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    form . The requisition has been signed by a large number of the reformers of the borough , ana the meeting is intended to be held in the Atbenieum ^ Tuesday . Lord L * tto : ton . — At an educational soireVheld at Birmingham , Lord Lyttleton said :- ! am "" willin g to meet aay large assembly here without saying a tew words on a passage relating to the upper Classes in one £ the recent speeches of Mr . Bright ; for f must say that the obvious effect of that passage is to hold up those classes to public odium , and that if such are ^ thei sentiments of the great body of the intelligent people of this S , any member of them may well think twice before he presents himself to any assembly here , fhe words to Which I refer are those in which Mr . Bright said that the aristocracy of England acquired predominant power and from that time to this

    at the revolution of 1688 ; they hav e deliberately used that power for the purpose of plunging this country and the world into a series of ruinousf unnecessary , and sanguinary wars , with the direct object of putting money into their own pockets . A greater crime could not be imputed to any class : and I do not hesitate to say that if that charge were true , the confiscation of every acre of land which we possess would not be too severe a punishment for that great crime . I think that the people of this place do not agree with the statement which I have quoted . They have almost always been represented by gentlemen holding Liberal views—views in which I myself , to a great extent , share ; but they have never yet been represented by one in whose public life a main object seems to be to inflame the feelings of one part of the public against

    another . Mr . Dunix > p , M . P . —On Tuesday Mr . Dunlop addressed his constituents at Greonoek . The hon . gentleman , referring to the Reform question , said : —So far as regards the franchise , I expect that the Government measure will go further than is generally looked for . The Government bill , even though plausibly liberal in many of its provisions , would require to be narrowly watched to secure that it shall be a real and true , and not a sham reform . In this view the question of the distribution of seats is one of vital importance , though I must guard myself against being committed to any

    absolute rule , which , if carried out without qualification , would give London as many members as Scotland , the number of -whose representatives I trust to see adequately increased , I am still opposed to the Ballot , which I believe would prove a cloak of corruption , and would undermine the bold independence of spirit and action which is far / more valuable to a nation than any form of voting . Nor am I satisfied with the proposed rating franchise ; it will , I fear , exclude a large body of clerks and rising mechanics not settled down in life , who may perhaps be the very elite of . their classy while it will , I fear , embrace classes whom experience has shown not to be beyond the influence of corruption .

    Mr . E . C . Egerton , M . P . —At a recent meeting at Macclesfield , Mr . Egerton touched upon several political questions , declaring that the topic of education had been worn so threadbare that it was impossible to say anything more about it . He sincerely hoped that in the promised Reform Bill the framers of the measure would not forget an educational franchise . The working classes had shown , by their extreme forbearance in all times of difficulty , that they were intelligent , and worthy of the privileges conferred upon thorn . Ho therefore hoped that those who should have the redistribution of the franchise would not overlook any further claims which the working classes were entitled to urge .

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    The Bishop of Ripon on the Reformation . —On Tuesday evening the Bishop of Ripon delivered a lecture in the great hall of Exeter Hall . The Right Rev . Prelate commenced by stating that they were on the eve of the three hundredth anniversary of the Reformation . On the 17 th of November , 1558 , Queen Elizabeth ascended the throne , and from that moment the power of Popery was abolished in thjs country . The effects of the Reformation had three influences-r-political , religious , and social . With regard to the social influence , nobody could regard the Reformation but as a deliverance from bondage and a Papal supremacy . The Pope could depose sovereigns and absolve their subjects from obedience to them ; and it was not for the want of will

    that that power was not exercised now . That was at a time when the power of the Pope ' s bulls , which made kings tremble , was not the shadow which it had now become . In former times the Popes filled the Church benefices with Italian priests , who took the money from the flocks they never saw , and never intended to visit . He also taxed the country heavily to support his Papal State , and carry on his foreign wars , and thus impoverished the kingdom over which he usurped a power ; and the abolition of these things was a great benefit to the people of this country . The breaking up of the monasteries had been accompanied by acts of spoliation , but , notwithstanding that , he considered it a national blessing . The first great effect of the Reformation was

    a deliverance from mental bondage . They had now the blessing of thinking for themselves , and judging for themselves , which was against the first principles of the Roman Catholic religion . The result of this emancipation was the advancement of science , art , and commerce ; and if Newton were alive again , he would wonder at the progress that had been made in his own science , which had already gone further ' than he ever conceived it would reach . The Reformation had given them the Bible , established the right of private judgment ; it had given them a pure liturgy , upon which , they were complimented even by the Dissenters ; and it denounced auricular confession—^( tremendous cheering )—for which there was no authority in the Church of England , and against which a hundred arguments might be used .

    Anti-Confessional Meeting . —At a meeting of the Kensington Vestry , the subject of the confessional in the Church of England was considered , as an adjourned question on . the report of a committee which recoupmended the adoption of a petition to the House of Commons , praying that they would address her Majesty to take into her consideration the abuses and innovations which had been introduced into the Church . The petition was unanimously adopted . . . ¦ ¦ . The Church in India .: —A memorial , numerously signed by members of the Church of England , to the Earl of Derby , has been published . The memorialists deplore that laws still exist in India whereby the superintendence of lands devoted to the support of idolatrous

    ECCLESIASTICAL ITEMS , The Bishop of London ' s Charge . —His Lordship ' s charge was delivered at great length on Wednesday to nearly a thousand of the metropolitan clergy in St . Paul ' s Cathedral . Church-rates and Pusoyism were the topics chiefly Adverted to . With respect to the former , the Bishop advised the clergy not to be sanguine in their hopes , for where Church-rates have once been refused all chance of recovering thorn is gone . He looks to a land rent-charge being imposed in rural parishes in lieu of the rates , but he cannot hope that such a substitute will be found in towns . Generally speaking , the Church now-a-days must not look to bo propped up by the secular powers if it forfeits the affection of the people . Tho Bishop's opinions are whatmight have been expected from one who isa liberal churchman , butyet a churchman . hardshi

    He can see no p in any man being called upon to pay for a public institution like the Churoh , whioh tho majority of tho nation la content to keep up . Against Pusoylsin the Bishop spoke plainly . •« Why should any clergyman -wish to make his church such that a common man , placed suddenly within it , would not be able to say whether he was | in a ohurch of England or a Romish placo of worship ? " The Bishop commented upon a publiohocl letter addressed to him by tho Hon . and Rev . Mr . Liddoll , in reference to the summary dismissal of Mr . Poolo . With respect to tho services in Exotor Hall , the Bishop stated that the incumbent of tho parish in which that building is situated had takon a mistaken view of his rofiponslbtlities . Tho Bishop also dwelt , and at considerable longth , upon tho desertion of the flooka from the City ohurohos , nnd proposed a better application of existing endowments ,

    temples is vested in the officers of Government . They suggest that the observance of heathen festivals as public holidays in our courts of justice and other public offices should cease , as this gives a sanction and recognition on the part of Government to idolatrous worship . With regard to caste , they ask that no ground of exemption from tho discharge of ally military or civil duty voluntarily undertaken be admitted on the plea of respect for the usage of caste . The memorialists suggest that the best mode of meeting educational difficulties is by the system of giving grants in aid to any school which secures to children a specified amount of secular knowledge ; and , further , that in every school maintained by Government the opportunity of Christian instruction should be offered to all who choose to profit by it .

    The 300 th Anniversary of Queen Elizabeth s Accession . —An attempt was made among the evangelical party to get up a demonstration on Wednesday to celebrate that day , but it was not very successful . The Lord Mayor went to church , and there was a special service in Westminster Abbey , and in other places of public worship . Dr . Cuinming , and another bidder for popular applause , the Rev . Robert Mnguire , " improved tho occasion " before admiring audiences . Impoutant Meieting of Dissenteks . —A tea pavty in connexion with tho Religious Liberation Society was held at the Milton Club on Wednesday night . Mr . Miall presided , and with his accustomed vigour expounded the principles of the movement , lie remarked upon tho extent to which their sentiments wore now being indirectly supported by loading statesmen ,

    instancing as tho latest proof the case of Sir Jamos Graham , lie avowed that tho separation of tho Church from tho State was tho object which ho sought to accomplish , and declared his conviction that tho moral and spiritual power which belonged to tho Church of Christ would suffices to give it vitality and success . On the question of church-rates , ho said that no settlement short of their entire abolition would bo satisfactory . A vast amount of spoechifying followed , diversified by " sontimonts , " tho first of which ran as follows : " Church-rate abolition , total nnd immediate ( by Par-Hamont if it will ); but , failing Parliament , by- the people in the parishes . " Tho Rev . John Durnot proposed " Voluntaryism at hohio as well as in tho colonies ; may tho tendencies of legislation stimulate its friends , and the teachings of exparionco hasten the conversion of Its opponents , "

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    GATHERINGS FROM LAW AND POLICE COURTS . At the Court of Bankruptcy , Commissioner Goulburi has delivered judgment on the question of certificate h the case of Joseph Levy , of Jewry-street , Aldgate . Th < bankrupt applied for a certificate on the 23 rd of Jun < last . The Commissioner , who on the former occasioi saw grounds for suspending hi 3 judgment , now wholly refused the certificate , granting protection for twentyone days only , for the purpose of appeal . There has been a certificate meeting in the case oi Davidson and Gordon , when , after considerable discussion , an adjournment was ordered , to obtain the evidence of Mr . Chapman , late of the firm of Overend , Gurney and Co ., and also that of J . Windle Cole .

    A charge of stealing 150 / . worth of boots has been preferred against Henry James Dell , cab proprietor , of Hoxton , at Southwark police-court . The evidence represented that the owner of the property had warehoused it with Dell , and on applying for the goods , with a view of removing them , he was met by evasive and shuffling answers , and the ultimate confession that some part had been disposed of . It was then stated by Mr . Solomon that the prosecutor in this case had been associated with one Roberts , formerly in Essex-street , Strand , and it was believed they were engaged in an extensive swindling transaction perpetrated on a Wholesale bootmaker of Northampton , and it was probable the property in question was a portion of that so obtained . This statement was indignantly denied , and Dell was remanded .

    The case of Mr . Samuel Griffiths , metal broker , who in the recent crisis " went" for the third time , and for a very large sum , has excited considerable attention because of its connexion with the affairs of the Wolverhamptou Bank . A few days ago , Mr . Commissioner Balguy , of the Birmingham Bankruptcy Court , gave the bankrupt a first-class certificate , and the solicitor of the Wolverhampton Bank threatened to appeal to the Lords Justices . Bills were circulated throughout Wolverhampton , announcing Mr . Griffiths ' s return to his home , and inviting all who were the friends of justice to meet at the railway station '' the friend of the poor , the fatherless , and the orphan , " and give him the Welcome reception that he deserved . At the hour appointed there issued from some public-houses , where drink had

    been provided , a large number of the baser sort . These soon swelled into a mob 1500 strong . There had been got together two bands of music , and all the cabs in the town ; Upon these , upon the hats of the multitude , and otherwise exposed , there were many such placards as " Success to Commissioner Balguy ! " " Welcome to Mr . Griffiths ! " " Return of the Persecuted to his Home . " " Down with his Enemies ! " On alighting from the train , Mr . Griffiths was presented with an address . The bands struck up " See the conquering hero , comes ;" and the bankrupt made a speech , saying he was a persecuted man , and that demonstration showed that his neighbours con firmed the testimony of one of the judges of the land , that he was an honest man . He then distributed barrels of beer to tlie thirsty crowd .

    At the Southwark police-court , on Tuesday , the engineer , carpenter , and firemen of a Hamburg steamer were charged with smuggling . There was clear proof that the offence of smuggling had been committed , and the carpenter admitted that he had put some of the brandy and tobacco in the place where they were found . There was no evidence against any of the other prisoners , who stoutly protested that they were innocent , but yet the magistrate declared that under the Act of Parliament he was compolled to convict the whole of them , and they were accordingly sentenced to pay a fine , of 100 £ , or to endure six months' imprisonment .

    At the Middlesex Sessions Mary Ann Davis was indicted for robbing Samuel Bonnet , a police-constable , who formerly served as an artilleryman in the Crimea ; and having been on n day ' s pleasure along with another policeman , went into a public-house , and * there met the prisoner and another woman ; and from thence went to other places with them , when the prisoner contrived to rob him of tho moneys stated in the indictment . Sh © was found guilty , but sentence was deferred , as she is to bo tried again on another charge . At the Surrey Sessions William Tweed , an ex-policeman , was convicted of stoaling 1 / . 8 s ., a pair of . boots , and other articles from Ills former companions in the force , taking advantage of the circumstance of having lived along with thorn at the section-house . The court sentenced him to four months' hard labour .

    George Pearce , a cabman , and William Brooks , a " buck , " had the charge preferred ngainat them of having robbed a lady who lintl hired the cab at night . Instead of being driven to whore she desired , Pearce , taking advantage of her ignorance of tho locality , drove her to sonic other pluce , and on handing her out of his vehicle , robbed hor of a purse , a mull ' , and n brooch , and also attempted to got possession of hor gold watch . The prisoners wore remanded . A judgment arising out of tho Now Building Act was given by Mr . Boudon , ut MnrlbproiiffU-stroot policeoourt , which his worship had postponed from latt week for < jon » idoration . Tho not requires that a certain vaoanfc spaoo bo left behind dwelling-houses for tno purposes of light and ventilation . It woa represented

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    T * n . 452 . November 20 , 1858 . ] __ T H B LEAiPEK . 1245

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 20, 1858, page 1245, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2269/page/5/