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      The Usual Indian Mail Arrived Thia Week,...

      The Government of Dantzic has brought an action against all the public functionaries Mrho attended the free trade congress . Letters from Madrid , of the 10 th inst ., announce that Lord Howden has just obtained , the concession of a burial-ground for British subjects in Madrid . The new cemetery is to be outside the gate and bridge of Toledo , on the road to Carabanchel . The Peterhoff 8 team yacht , the property of the Emperor of Russia , which Captain Fell so skilfully rescued from destruction on the rocks off the island of Oessel , has arrived at Blackwall . M . Ducloux and M . Grassart , booksellers , were sentenced by the Court of Assize of Paris , on the 14 th , to imprisonment for three months , and to a fine of 300 francs each , for having published three pamphlets iasultinz the Catholic religion . Constituzionak

      A letter from Naples , on the 3 rd , in the of Florence , states that forty-six persons have now been arrested for the part they took in the affair of May 15 , 1848 . Among these persona are : —Archdeacon Cagnozzi , aged ninety-seven ; the ex-Miniater , Pietro Leopardi , who was at Turin on that day ; Vicenzo Tavazzi , aged eighty-six ; and Giuseppe Solidati , aged eighty-three . The New York Evangelist says , that President Blanchard , of Knox College , I llinois , estimates , from calculations based upon the United States' census and the statistics of religious bodies , that the Methodists in the United States own 219 , 563 slaves ; Presbyterians ( old and new school ) , 77 , 000 ; Baptists , 125 , 000 ; Campbellites , 101 , 000 ; Episcopalians , 88 , 000 ; other Protestants , 50 , 000 ; making a sum total of 660 , 563 slaves , owned by ministers and members of Protestant Churches in the United States . At 400 dollars ( a low estimate ) for each slave , this makes a property fund vested in human bodies and souls of 570 , 225 , 200 dollars , owned by the Protestant Churches .

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      Satuhday , Juiy v . The debate in the House of Lords last night was very important , and will make a profound impression . The unusual earnestness and solemnity , the very Blight mixture of common parliamentary jargon with the texture of the speeches , and the stirring address of the Bishop of Oxford , show what a firm hold the idea of a synod , not only as a necessary but as a rightful measure , has obtained in the convictions of the energetic and thoughtful members of the Church of England .

      Lord Redesdale moved last night for a copy of a petition presented to both Houses of Parliament in February last from clergy and laity in the province of Canterbury , in order that the House might have an opportunity of discussing the question as to whether the revival of Convocation would benefit the Church . He was decidedly convinced that Convocation was needed , and especially at this moment of confusion , discord , and the absence or

      hesitation of authorized guidance . This demand for Convocation was met by an official "No" from the Archbishop of Canterbury . He thought " great disappointment or great excitement" would infallibly follow the sitting of Convocation . If it confined itself to formal reforms great would be the disappointment ; if anything more important was touched hostility , excitement , discord , would come upon them : —

      " Where we have now a smothered fire , hotter perhaps than is agreeable , but still manageable , we should raise a conflagration which it would require all her Majesty ' s prerogative to extinguish . { Hear , hear . ) Would peace foWow ? Can we suppose that this would prove a healing measure ? I cannot so interpret the spirit of the age a 6 to believe that the great body of the Church , laity or clergy , are prepared to restrict the liberty of opinion on matters hitherto undecided , which our forefathers have always enjoyed , and under which the Church has nourished for three hundred years . "

      He pointed to Australia , where Convocation had failed ; to the General Assembly of Scotland , which had not prevented the Free Church secession . He desired peace , he longed for uniformity ; but peace and uniformity would not flow from Convocation . Lord Lyttelton opposed the Archbishop . The Church was an organic body , and required an independent existence . The connection between the Church and the State was not one of necessity—but convenience in the early days of the Reformation . The Church then submitted to the State , but should the submission be continued ? As to Convocation being a means of destroying " peace , " he eaid : -

      " Peace was good , but life and freedom were better . ( Hear , hear . ) There had been peace during the last century—a peace in which the Church had slumbered . During the continuance of this lethargy , the Church had sulfered more than at any other period of its history . Had we peace now ? Had we any chance of peace ? None until the Church should , in Bome measure , recover its action . If wo could not have peace without sacrificing life and freedom let us have war . "

      The Archbishop of Duiiun was favourable to some kind of Convocation . The Duke of Akgyll thought the Church had better , perhaps , remain as it is —" great disruption" being a necessary consequence of Convocation . The Bishop of Lonjjon said , that " unless some representative body , combining the representation of all classes of the Church , should be permitted to assemble and deliberate , he ' thought the time was not very far distant when the Government and heads of dioceses ( ua we , Times , understood ) would not know which way to turn . "

      Earl Nelson blamed the apathy of the Government . He asked whether they hud no " use" for the Church of England , which was their " greatest bulwark against infidelity , and against the aggressions ofKome , und if they did not listen to her claims for freedom of synodical action they would be punished by the success of their two great enemies . " ( Hear , hear . ) The Marquis of Lanmdownh looked upon all pant Convocations an fuilurcH ; andMininters could not make themselves a party to try an

      experiment " long , so new , and so perilous . " Taking exception to Lord Lansdowne ' n account of Convocations , the Bishop of Oxfokd rose in a heat , and began a vigorous attack upon the Marquis . Unfortunately , ho pointedly misstated Avhat had been said , and got himself corrected in a quiet , gentlemanly manner , which must have hurt his pnlatiral pride . When he got clear of the Marquis lie Haid Home notable thingH . The Bishop spoke with unaccustomed directness and prelmicul fervour : and he took high ground .

      He believed the great and fundamental objection to grant to the Church of England any synodical action arose less from any fear as to the mode in which she would use it , than it arose from an entire want of faith in her divine mission . { Cheers . ) He claimed for the English Church , from the Crown of England , the right of assembling whenever her need should require and he claimed it not only as the right of the Church b ecause the . royal word had been pledged to grant her such a liberty , but he claimed it as her right where the Crown of England was not . { Cheers . ) He claimed it for her as the Church of God , as the representative of the Apostolical Synod at Jerusalem— { hear hear)—that the Church , according to His Almighty Spirit , should have a right to meet in her ancient synod . "

      There were those who looked upon the Church of England as a " mere weapon to keep down troublesome ideas and thoughts among the people : "" They believed that there was no presence of God with her ; that there was no truth of God in her for which to live , and , if needs were , for which to fall { Hear . )" He boldly met the cry of " peace" : — " What was the history of the Church but the history of her strife against error ? They had been told that this measure would endanger the peace of the Church . But they all knew that Christ himself spoke of his doctrine as that sending a sword upon the earth . And why ? Because he knew that that was not peace which was only an agreement in error ; that it was death instead of peace . "

      And , referring to the internal divisions in the Church , he asked whence it arose : — Whence , but that the spirits of the devout were driven inwards , and their hearts were rendered troublous with despair ; whereas , if the Church had been able to discuss those things which so deeply concerned them in lawful synod , with the hope of some practical result , doubtless the presence of the Spirit of God would have been there , and , if there were truth in this world , the result must have been different , and beneficial consequences , ere this , might have been seen . "

      It was also because the lay element had almost ceased to act any where else that he should be anxious to restore synodical action to the Church of England . The laity could only act through the House of Commons ; and they did not act , but " looked only on the Church as some State establishment for which they had to legislate as for any other institution of Great Britain . " Towards the end of this remarkable speech he said : —

      "It was not , and never had been , the condition of the Church of Christ to have perfect unity of opinion . It could not be . He believed that the constitution of men ' s minds made it impossible . Some must incline to Calvinism , and others to Arminianism . The office of the Church of Christ was not to extinguish all those differences of opinion , but it was , nevertheless , possible that Christians should coexist together in harmonious cooperation , according as it had been arranged by the divine founder of the Christian religion . "

      The motion was agreed to—that is , the copy of the petition was ordered to be furnished to Lord Redesdale , and the House adjourned .

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      Births, Marriages, And Deaths. Births. O...

      BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS . BIRTHS . On the 9 th of July , at Wickam , Hants , the wife of Lieutenant-Colonel Dun 9 mure , Forty-Second Royal Highlanders , of a son . On the 11 th , at Chister-terrace , Regent ' s-park , the Honourable Lady Pearson , of a datghter . On the 11 th , the wife of Trehawke Kekewich , Esq ., of a son . On the 12 th , at Carlisle , the Lady Mary Hope Wallace , of a daughter . On the 12 th , at Catton-hall , Derbyshire , the wife of the Honourable Robert Curzon , jun ., of a son and heir . On the 13 th , at 7 , Upper Grosvenor-street , Grosvenor-square , the wife of Dr . Tyler Smith , of a daughter . On the 13 th , at Weatbrook , Ryde , Mrs . Pakenham Mahon , of a son and heir . On the 13 th , at Weavering-, Kent , the Lady North of a sou and heir . On the 15 th , Mrs . Herbert , of Llanarth , of a son and heir .

      MARRIAGES . On the 9 th of July , at Wellington , Shropshire , Clement Swetenham , Esq ., eldest son of Clement Swetenham , of Somerford-booths , Esq ., in the county of Chester , to Louisa Catherine Sophia , second daughter of St . John C . Charlton , of Apley Castle , Esq ., Shropshire . On the 10 th , at St . Mary ' s , Cheltenham , by the Venerable Charles Warburton , Archdeacon of Tuam , Charles Warburton , Esq ., Thirty-fifth Light Infautiy , eldest son of the above , to Matilda Caroline , third daughter of the late Jonathan Peel , Esq . of Culham , Oxfordshire . * On the loth , at Richmond , Surrey , William , eldest son of William 8 impson , Esq ., Mitcham , to Winefred , sixth daughter of the late Sir Edward Mostyn , Baronet , On the 10 th , at St . Puul's , Knightsbridge , Sir Godfrey Webster , Haronet . of Battle Abbey , Sussex , to Sarah Joanna , youngest daughter of the late William Murray , Esq ., and widow of tlie Honourable Charles Ashbnrnham .

      On the 12 th , first at the Spanish-place Chapel , and nfterwards at All Souls * Church , Marylcbone , Marcus Stannton Lynch , Jisq ., of Clydagh-house , county of Gal way , to IJor . itia Anno , daughter of Charles Powlett ltushworth , Eeq ., aud great granddaughter of Leonard , the last Lord Holmes . On the 14 tli , at St . Stephen's , Hammersmith , J . W . Swaby , Esq ., of her Majesty ' s Forty-first Regiment , to Everilda , only daughter of Samuel llamforil llamer , Esq . of Daleside , Yorkshire . On the ir > th , at Clcwer Church , the Reverend William Barclay , B . A ., Second MuBtc . r of Slaaford Grammar School , Lincolnshire , and curate of tevedon and Kwerby , to Mary Ann Martha , eldeHt daughter of J . unea Kufuu Teuton , Esq ., Royal Iloiae Guards Blur . On the 15 th , at St . James ' s Church , by the Lord Bishop of London , the Honourable and Reverend Doug-Ian Gordon , third eon of the Karl of Aberdeen , to Lady Ellen Douglas , second daughter of the Earl of Morton .

      DEATHS . On tho C ) th of May , at Bea , near the Cape of Good Hope , on board the Queen , from Calcutta , Commander Jumca Henry Johnston , R . N ., Controller of Government Steamers , H . E . I . C . S ., aged sixty-three . He was the first to open the route to India by steam , in the Enterprise in 18 if > , and subsequently to establish steam navigation on the ludinn rivnru . Oit tue 2 nd of July , at Fifield-houae , near Pewsey , Wilts , Lmlitia , daughter of the late Charlet ; Penruddocke , Esq .. M . P ., for Wilts , and sister of the lute John Hungerfoid 1 ' enruddocke , E * q ., M . P . On the 3 rd . at Bath , General John Hulivan Wood , Lieutenant of the Tower , late of the : Eighth Dragoons , aged eighty-lour . On tin ; 8 th , at Trent-park , the l .. ily Agneia , wile , of R . C . L . Jlevan , Esq . On tlie Hth , at Loughrig Holm , R . vdal , Edward Quillinan , Ekj ., nfiT « "d ( ilty-nine . On tho till ) , at Martyr Worthy , near Winchester , in the neventytliird yenr of his ago , the KeveiuncI Hir Henry Itivero , Hart .

      On ehc 8 th , at H « e-. kl « y , near Almvick , Northumberland , nged fifty , Kdward I '' t : nwie : kc , E « q ., third surviving-non of the late James l '' cnivicke , Kh < j ., of Longtvittou-hall , in tlie namo county . On the 9 th , at Ptilliam-plae . e . Urompton , Caroline , relict of iho late Uevernul Richard linn in Durham , aged Illly-Boven . """" On tho 10 th , at . 18 , \ Upper Seymour-mred . ortinan-Hquaro , STY » . Frederick Kickettu , niece of the late Earl of KhafleHbury . On tho 11 th , Mr . John Henley , of l ' ore-atr < : et . pplcgate , one . of the Common Comicilmcii of the ward , in Iho lilty-lilth year of IiIh age . On the 14 th , al Unrklienth-hall , Norfolk , fiir Edwurd Btraeey , Hart ., in his eighty-third year . On the l-lth , at Portland-place , in the lifty-lirat year of hid ngfi , John Barnard , Esq ., of Hani-common , burrey , and of Ceirnhill , hanker .

      At i . aiifiaiinn , in Switzerland , on bin way home from India , John V . Cathoart , of the Bengal Civil Her vice ., aged forty-nine , youngest , noil of tho late Le > r

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      TO HEADERS AND COEUESf ONDENTS . ^ Communications should always be legibly written ¦ , and on one side of the paper only . If long , it increases the difficulty of finding space for them . All letters for the Editor should be addressed to 10 , Wellington street , Strand , London . [ The following appeared in our Second Edition of last weeJc . l

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      When The Commons Were Going Into Committ...

      When the Commons were going into Committee of Supply , Mr . Mowatt brought forward the case of Mr . Whiston and the Dean and Chapter of Rochester . It seems that certain schools at Rochester were endowed in 1542 , at the rnte of £ 5 a head for each . boy . Since that period the income of the estates from which the endowment is derived has enormously increased ; hut while the Dean and Chapter have availed themselves , according to a custom long efctablished in the Church , of the increased revenue , they have doled out the literal £ 5 to the scholars . Mr . "Winston , formerly head master of the school , pointed

      out this fact to the authorities : and beinir unout tins inct to the authorities ; and being unable to obtain any red * ress , he wrote a pamphlet on ( Cathedral ' Trusts and their Fulfilment For this offence , as the dean and chapter deemed it , Mr . Whiston waa dismisned from his head-mastership , on the ground that a person capable of doubting tho infallibility and impeccability of a dean and chapter , was incapable of teaching the boys of a grammar-school . Mr . Mowatt moved for an

      address to the Queen , praying for n commission of inquiry . The House shirked the question . The motion was ultimately negatived without o division , and tlie House went into committee of supply . The chief suniH voted were £ 4 G , 824 for the British Museum , and £ l /> 0 , () 00 for public education . On the latter giant the ; only remarkable thing Haul was ( i gratuitous announcement by Lord John Kijhhkm . thai , in common with Mr . W . J . Fox , " he also looked / orward to the : establishment of u

      more extended system of natonal education , and that all our ellorls were progressing in that direction" ; and lie was afterwards compelled by enraged Tories toconfoHH that he diel ne > t mean secular education ; in short , that ho diel not mean anything at till .

      The Solicitor Ilug^Ius Hurt Been Sentenc...

      The solicitor Ilug ^ ius hurt been sentenced to death for urnon . It is understood that tho hcntenue will be comluuted . The iipwk from Lisbon in to the 7 lh . The Liberal Mii . ittte-is have been coinnelled to Kbign , nndutpirit of reaction has nhown ituelf in the choice of their succcaoora .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), July 19, 1851, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_19071851/page/10/