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      members , amid every description of clamorous demonstration , and numerous interrogators were still competing for a bearing , when the advancing darkness and the confusion that prevailed brought the meeting to a close .

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      Ecclesiastical, Items. Lonn Rbdksdale On...

      ECCLESIASTICAL , ITEMS . Lonn Rbdksdale on EsDomiaiTS . —The opiuion of the High Church and Tory Lord Kedesdale , the Lords ' Chairman of Committees and Deputy Speaker , and one of the most practical and hard-working members of their Lordships' house , deserves notice . It was expressed at a late meeting of the Bristol Diocesan Society : " He knew that many of the interests of the Cliuroh had been neg lected—indeed , they were hardly understood by the laity . And he was afraid that such a state of things had arisen from what was in a great decree the strength of the Ghurcb , namely , the fact that

      it was an endowed Church . Iu consequence of the endowment so many members of the Church had their own wants provided for , without doing anything for them ^ selve . ? , that they wore wholly forgetful of the wants of others . He believed there was not a single person whom he was then addressing , who did not find it perf ectly easy to obtain a place in his church , but unhappily , finding their own comfort attended to , they attended church themselves , but went home without any reflection whatever as to the numbers who were deprived of the privileges which they themselves possessed . "

      Tiije Established Church of Scotland . —An interesting and not unimportant piece of intelligence comes to us in the columns of a Scotch paper . It appears that Lord Aberdeen ' s Act , framed to give contentment to the " Christian people" belonging to the Church of Scotland , and to heal the schism which the disruption of 1843 left , has proved a total failure , inasmuch as the people find themselves unable , under its working , to shut out an unacceptable presentee , the denial of which right it was that led to the disruption . Great dissatisfaction prevails , and another schism is imminent ; but before the laity should leave the communion bodily , it was deemed advisable to sound Lord Aberdeen and Sir James Graham , the authors of the Act , to see . whether , so ' calamitous an issue cjuld be

      averted . The Earl expressed his concurrence 111 what the deputation wished done , namely , instead of giving the congregation an impracticable veto , to legalise their " call ; " but Sir James they , found of a . very-different mind . He told them , says the ScottisJi Free Press , that he had acted for the best in these bygone proceedings , but public opini o n had passed into a new phase , and whereas various modes had formerly been adopted to bolster up the National Church , he was fully persuaded that the-days-of Church establishments were numbered , and that henceforth men would not bs satisfied unless religion were left to the voluntary support of Christians . For his part , he would have no hand in buttressing any State Church . Our Scotch contemporary thinks thia is ominous of the fate of the Church of Sootluud , but it has even a wider significance .

      Ai . 'kicular Confession . —At a large public meeting in Southampton , Lord Hi Cholmondcley took the chair , and said : — " We have met for a very important objectan object which concerns us all as members of the Church of England and lovers of Protestant truth . We have to determine whether we shall unite in condemning practices which have of late sprung up in the Established Church , and which wo hold to bo opposed to the true spirit and teaching of that Church . I allude to the practices of auricular confession and priestly absolution . What was meant by auricular confession and priestly absolution ? It was this—that I , a wonk , fallible mini , am to go to another man as weak and as fallible as myself , to confess to him all the sins of my past

      lilbof omission as well as commission—that I may receive at his hands absolution and pardon , which can be given by no mortal man . * ' After reading several stntomontson tho practices of tlio confessional in the metropolis , hid Lordship said : — " What is tho difl ' eronco between practices such qs those and tho practices of tho Church of Komo ? And yet this system is defended by numbers of the clergy of our Church , who cull themselves Protestants , and Are still eating the bread of tho Church of England . " Ho called upon the meeting to protest ugainst suoli practices . Ho bolioved tho aouiul grievance concerned us deeply ae fathers , husbandry , and brothers . It is more particularly among tho gontler box that those practices are being

      disseminated ; and tho apostle meets tho case whore ho says , " Of this kind are they who croop into houses leudiug captive silly women Indon with sins . " J . Dovorol . l , Esq ., of Purbrook Park , proposed tho resolution : — "That this mooting desires to axpress its determination to resist to tho uttor-most tho introduction of practices so opposed to tho principles of tho Reformation and to tho whole spirit of tho standards of the Cliuroh of England , and likewise so fraught with danger to tho spiritual and civil liberties of tho Church and nation . " Tho next resolution was , " That u memorial founded on tllo foregoing resolutions bo presented to tho Quoon . " Tho resolutions wcro put from , llxu chair , and carried unanimously . TliJH IiUOUNX DlSMQJfSTKATIQN OF VBSTUYJMUIN . In

      accordance with the resolution passed at the recent meeting , one of which provided that a copy of the resolutions should be sent tb each vestry , with the request that they would adopt a petition on the same subject , a number of vestries are already in motion . A great meeting is to be held at the Vestry Hall , " Paddington . St . George ' s , Hanover-square , haye fixed Thursdaynext for a special general meetih g ^ of tliat body to adopt a petition . The important borough ' Marylebone have fixed this day for that purpose ; and at St . James ' s , Westminster , at the ordinary vestry on Thursday , the

      matter was considered , and after a brief discussion , a petition , moved by Mr . Beal , and seconded by Mr . Channoek , Was agreed to by an overwhelming majority . At Brighton , a meeting was called for in the Town Hall , which could not contain those who sought admission . It was adjourned to the open air . The memorial to the Queen was unanimously adopted . Three cheers were given for the Queen , three groans for the Bishop of Oxford , and three cheers for Mr . Westerton and the vestrymen of London . The vestries of Chelsea , Kensington , and Lambeth meet during next week to discuss the same subject .

      The Following Was The First Resolution T...

      The following was the first resolution to be moved : — " That the Conference having reason to believe that the views laid before the country by the Parliamentary Reform Committee have been received with great favour , is of opinion that a bill intended to meet the wishes of the great body of earnest reformers throughout the kingdom should be prepared for introduction into , the House of Commons in the coming session . " - The ¦ Chairman read a statement of the proceedings of the Parliamentary Reform' Committee since its first constitution , and said it would be their duty to deliberate on what remained to be done . Those present had received a circular on which would be observed heads under which it was expected the Conference would be conducted . It was his duty , as Chairman , rather to listen than to take any part in the discussion ; and if it were not so , he should wish to set the example of short speeches . There was , however , one

      REFORM CONFERENCE . A n . umbkr of gentlemen who are desirous to effect a reform in Parliament , assembled yesterday ( Friday ) at the Guildhall Coffee-house , for the purpose of conferring on the subject . On the motion of Mr , Cox , seconded by Mr . White , the chair was taken by Mr . Clay , M . P . Among the gentlemen present were Mr . Roebuck , M . P . ; Mr . Roupell , M . P . ; Mr . W . Williams , M . P- ; Mr . Conyngham , M . P . ; Mr . Cox , M . P . ; Mr . White , M . P . ; Mr . Miall , late M . P . for Rochdale ; Mr . S . Morley ; Mr . Muntz , Birmingham ; M > . D . Nichol , M . P . ; Mr . H . Brookes , barrister ; Mr . Cunmington , Brentford ; Mr . James Taj-lor , Birmingham ; Mr . Elt ; Mr . Peter Carstairs : Mr . Tindal Atkinson ; Mr . Lawrence , barrister ; Mr . Passmore Edwards ; Mr . Boyce , secretary of the committee , & c .

      of the heads proposed for deliberation that day which appeared to him of such very great consequence that ho could not pass it ovor altogether in silence . He alluded to that under which they were invited to decide whether or not earnest reformers , or rather , let him say , the radical party . ( Hear . ) For after all he liked tho old name better than tho now one , under which they were iuvit ; d to decide whether the Radical party should or should not introduce a Reform BUI of its own in tho coming session . ( Hear , hoar . ) He would not dare rashly to anticipato what the Reform Bill of Lord Derby ' s Government was likely to be—he had no means whatever of forming an opinion—ha would not venture to say that Lord Derby ' s Government woronot capable of being Reformers ; but he thought that ho might take it for granted that tho Reform Bill introduced by Lord Derby would not bo such a moasure a » tho Radical party would accept as ' a pormanent settlement of the quostion > or as a settlement for any grout length of time .

      Puuuo Amuhkmrnts In "This Status."—A Let...

      Puuuo Amuhkmrnts in " this Status . "—A letter from New York says : — "Wo are labouring in tho throes of a Piccolomini mania . Tho lady arrived with her relations a few days ago , and tho Opora-houao is now besieged from morning till night by a tumultuous throng , sooking tickets , Without intending tho smallest disroapoot to tho lady , I must add , however , that she divides tho public attention with a groat * mill' which is to come ofi" to-morrow in Canada botweon two Irish prizo-llghters , named Moriasoy and llconan , for 5000 dols . and the championship of America . ' The rapid ride of tho ring into the ohavuetor of an ' institution' hero ia

      ono of the most curious signs of the times , lifty years ago , whon it flourished in England , and found sumo votaries umongst gentlemen , it wad unknown on this side of tho water , at least in tho north . Prize-llghtera are now quito Important political personages . They are oourtod lor tho aid thoy render at elections ; cither in assailing or dofonding tho polls . When thoy commit an assault , as thoy often do , it in almost impossible to got a conviction against thorn 5 while thoy are training for a bruising match , tho loading papers keep tho public constantly informud with nlmost as mucl | i assiduity as BeWa JLifo of tliolr noiuts' and . ' condition , ' and .

      retail all the small gossip that can be picked up about them with great , gusto . More marvellous still , nearly all the leading journals of this city are sending special reporters to the scene of action to-morrow , and we shall have hourly reports of the progress of the fray by the aid of carrier pigeons . Newspapers in this country depend so largely for their circulation upon a class to whom such details are intensely interesting , that they cannot refuse to administer to their appetite ; but that any such demand should extensively exist , and that a pounding match between two blackguards should assume the dimensions of an important public event , even in the midst of the election excitement , is a fact which no admirer of democratic institutions can afford to overlook . Pugilists have attained in the United States a standing and influence such as they have naver enjoyed any where since the last of the Olympic games . "

      The Church-bate Question . - — We read in the Liberator of this month : — " On Wednesday , the 17 th , the Council of the Liberation Society are to deliberate on the course to be adopted in the present position ol the Church-rate question , and will , at the same time , define the basis of the Triennial Conference to be held next year . This will be a private meeting- ; but in the evening of the same day there will be a soiree at the Milton Club , to which the society ' s subscribers and friends generally are invited . Sir John Trelawny , Bart ., M . P ., will preside on the occasion . The Bay of Nagasaki . —A letter from a member of the expedition to Japan says : —Nothing can exceed in picturesque beauty the bay of Nagasaki and the situation of the city at its extremity ; swelling hills covered with the most luxuriant verdure rise from the water ' s

      edge . The steep thatched roofs of snug cottages peep from out the dense foliage amid which they are nestled ; white temples perched upon overhanging points contrast brilliantly with their dark green setting . In some places precipitous walls of rock are mirrored in the azure blue of the water at their base ; in others , drooping branches kiss its calm surface ,. Green batteries guard projecting points , and rock-cut steps ascend the steep hill-sides , clothed with heavy forest or terraced with rice-fields . Boats of quaint construction , with sharp-pointed prows and broad sterns , aliove which flutter two black and white flags—the Imperial colours—glance across the harbour , propelled by stalwart naked figures ^ who scull

      to the tune of a measured chant . The forepart of the boat is covered by a roof , and contains a posse of two-sworded officials , who incontinently board each ship as it anchors , speak very fair Dutch , are extremely inquisitive , but very gentlemanlike and good-natured , and who , after official eiiriosity has beeri satisfied , proceed to make their reports , and return , in all probability , to circumnavigate the ship as a guardboat during the rest of its stay in the harbour . The city of Nagasaki covers a plain at the end of the harbour , but it has outgrown its . area , and the houses cluster up the spurs of the hills that sink into it , and the streets are in places so steep as to render

      steps necessary . Formerly foreigners were not allowed to enter the town , and the Dutch were only permitted to leave theirprison of Dechna under a strong escort of officials , and when permission had been formally asked and obtained . Now the barriers had been so far broken down that we explored nt pleasure the shops and streets of the town —not , as in China , an offensive and disgusting operation , but a charming and agreeable amusement . The streets are broad , clean , and free from foul odours ; the people civil nnd courteous , and if the shops in the town do not afford many interesting objects of speculation , tho bazaars , which are stocked with lacquer , china , & c , for the express benefit of foreigners , are so tompting that few can loavo them without experiencing a

      considorablo drain upon their resources . PuoFisssoit Rakkk . —This learned historian has long boon occupied with u History of England in the iGt / t and 17 th Centuries . It is nearly finished , and tho first volume is now at press . Tho whole ia to bo contained in throo volumes . It will bo founded to a considerable extent on original State papors , for which the author has searched both English and foreign archives . He ia at tho present moment in Venice for this purpose . Baptism or Jmvisu Children . —A case bearing oa tho Mortara affair has just occurred in Franco . ' Gugonhoim , who was condemned to hard labour for life for participation In the Caen inurdor , which made so much noise children

      a short time ago , had several illegitimate , ana tho woman who bore thorn to him having also boon condemned to a certain period of hard labour , the children Avore sont for safety to tho hospice- ol Caen . Doth Gugonhoim and tho woman aro Jow 8 » and thoy brought up their children iu tholr own fultu : tho children , however , wore , after duo preparation « y too sisters attached to tho establishment , and baj ) tlao ( i . m . Ibidoro , Grand Rabbi of Paris , latoly claimed tho ° uudron , in order to linvo thorn oducntod aa Jowa j 0 « ' * religious authorities of tho hosploo atrongly ^^ ^ give them U ]> . Tho Prefect of tho < J « Ivnd , rt ™ Ku £ ? matter to tho Minister y f Wo Iiijorlor , »« attoo ^ nJjtWr in tho name of tho Uo ^ rnmont , ma Jua "sontapoiomp tory order that tho ohHdruu shall bo handed ovor to the Grand Rabbi .

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 6, 1858, page 23, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_06111858/page/23/