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Lord Mayer Wire entertained a large party of bishops and clergymen at the Mansion House on Tuesday to commemorate the founding of the Association for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. Lord John Russell and a goodly number of laymen were also present. In the course of the after-dinner-speaking, which chiefly turned on religious topics, the Lord Mayor introduced the question of the means of spread- ing the gospel in India. The Bishop of Bath and Wells had preached a sermon in the morning in St. Paul's and the Lord Mayor, referring to it said that he concurred with the condemnation pronounced by the Bishop against the infidel sentiment, inimical alike to our holy religion and to the true interests of India, that the Bible, the source of all our national blessings, should be excluded from the Government schools in that country. That sentiment, although it had been sanctioned, mistakingly, and without a proper sense of the obligations of Christian rulers, by the late Government, was, he believed, opposed to the feelings, not alone of the dignitaries and clergy of our church, but of the people of England. The free use of the Bible, that common inheritance of all, should be al- lowed both to those who were willing to teach and those who were wil- ling to listen.

The Archbishop of Canterbury entirely agreed with the sentiment ex- pressed by the Lord Mayor, and earnestly trusted, now that tranquillity again prevailed in that country, that no opportunity would be lost in offering to its benighted inhabitants those spiritual advantages which constituted the most precious boon that could be conferred on any people. The Bishop of London reminded his distinguished audience that near, as well as distant lands afford a field for exertion.

From the convulsions now taking place among the nations of the conti- nent, opportunities would, he believed, be afforded to her for sending the Gospel, not to heathen lands like India alone, but also to countries much less distant, whose people had, unfortunately, for many ages past been de- barred from the use of the Holy Scriptures. Lord John Russell spoke of the benefits to Europe of British neu- trality, of the fatigues of House af Commons life, and of the Bible in India.

With respect to instruction in the Scriptures in the schools of India, the question was too serious to be introduced before a company like the present. That topic, however, is one on which the wishes of all men must be the same. Although the mode of proceeding to be adopted requires the greatest caution and the greatest toleration of the opinions of our fellow-subjects in India, still, with regard to the object itself, no person in that room agreed more perfectly than he did with the sentiments of the Lord Mayor. (Cheers.) The Lord Mayor is in a small difficulty. The late Government did not send a copy of the Rifle Corps circular to the head of the City. A requisition was presented to him, however, asking him to call a meeting. He consulted the clerk, and found that the Court of Lieutenancy has power to raise a volunteer corps subject to Government sanction and be, therefore, appealed to the Court on Thursday for advice. After some debate it was agreed that the Lord Mayor should see the Minister of War, and talk the matter over with him. The City is terribly backward in this business.

The Inns of Court have moved. The Inner and Middle Temple met on Wednesday, and resolved to bear their part in forming a volunteer corps. The only opposition came from Mr. Ayrton' M.P., and Mr. Bowyer, M.P., who, one is tempted to say, were touting for the much Upraised Victoria Rifles. Yet, Mr. Ayrton, who took this line, actually objects to "class corps" ! The members of Lincoln's Inn met on Thursday, under the presidency of Vice-Chancellor Kindersley. Sir Richard Bothell made an admirable speech in support of a motion in fa- vour of forming a rifle corps from members of all the Inns of Court. "Upon us as lawyers it has always appeared to me that this duty is more particularly incumbent than upon almost any other class, because you are all aware that our law has established two things, one of which is a matter of obligation, and the other a matter of right. The matter of obligation is this—every one of us may be called upon at anytime to act as part of the posse comitatus of the country in repelling invasion or putting down riots. There undoubtedly is a universal principle of law establishing the obliga- tion of every person in the country, and more particularly those in a certain rank of society, to join with the established authorities as part of the posse comitatus. Indeed, it is part of the declaration embodied in the Bill of Rights that every Englishman has a right to have arms suitable to his con- dition for his defence. I repeat, therefore, that in forming these bodies with a view to bring about an ancient and laudable custom—namely, that of familiarizing the people of this country with the use of arms, more par- ticularly when the arms which are the distinguishing characteristic of mo- dern military bodies are arms which the people are hardly likely to become familiarized with, except they possess the advantages which rank and wealth afford—in forming such bodies, we are only following the example of former times."

The resolution was carried, and a committee composed of members of all the Inns of Court was appointed to execute it.

The two Houses of the Convocation of the Province of Canterbury assembled for business on Wednesday at Westminster. The most re- markable incident in the Upper House was a proposal from the Bishop of Oxford to found a missionary episcopate.

In the 'Lower House there was a smart discussion on church-rates. Archdeacon Hale desires that Convocation should be consulted before any alteration is made in the law. The House was far from agreeing on the subject. Some thought church-rates no grievance, others that they are a grievance, and yet others that in principle they are just, but that they are unjustly levied. Some thought the motion of Archdeacon Hale a de- claration of war against the House of Commons. The matter ended by the adoption of an address to the Upper House praying them to unite in averting the abolition of church-rates. The House also adopted a reso- lution praying for an amendment in the Divorce Act. The clergy ought to be consulted on matters affecting the cane= or articles of the church and the duties of the clergy. On Thursday the Upper House appointed two Committees ; one to consider the laws relating to Simony; the other to prepare a draft for such occasional services as may seem needful to carry out a report of Convocation in 1854. There was rather an interesting n

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chancels. Lay impropriators and lessees of tithes, it appears, teclaim and take possession of chancels, refusing at the same time to execute the

cessary repairs. The Bishop of Salisbury said he had refused to give up his estates to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners because they would not allow him to have the chancels where the see has property. The Lower House was engaged on Thursday in debating the clauses of its address to the Queen.

A pastoral letter from Cardinal Wiseman to his London flock was read_ in the Roman Catholic Chapels on Sunday. From this document it appears that during the last ten years the Roman Catholics have esta- blished nineteen complete missions, built eighteen "quite new churches," and substituted six larger churches" for six insufficient chapels. The schools have increased in proportion to the missions. Fifteen communi- ties of nuns have been established during the ten years some contempla- tive, but "most engaged in varied and important works of practical els, rity." The Cardinal regrets that the fund for maintaining various foun- dations has since 1851 been steadily sinking, and he makes an eloquent appeal for the needful.

The Reverend Lord Wriothesley Russell, Canon of Windsor, Deputy Clerk of the Closet to the Queen and half-brother of Lord John Russell, preached in the open air in Covent Market on Sunday. This is the beginning of a series of sermons.

At a meeting of the Parliamentary Reform Committee on Wednesday, Mr. Arthur J. Otway in the chair, it was moved by Mr. W. Coningham, M.P., seconded by Mr. W. Roupell, M.P., and resolved-

" That this Committee believing that they have reason to complain of the ieadequate representation of the independent Liberals in the Cabinet, await with anxiety- the fulfilment of Lord john Russell's promise of an early in- troduction of a substantial measure of Parliamentary Reform, and are of opinion that the support of independent Liberals both within and without the House of Commons should depend on the character of the measures sub- mitted by the new Administration."

The annual dinner of the Royal Literary Fund took place on Wednesday; Mr. Gladstone in the chair. A brilliant company assembled, and

after dinner listened with pleasure to an eloquent speech from the chair- man, on the world-wide benefits of the institution, the nobleness of the profession of literature, and the refining effects of its cultivation. One passage may be taken as a specimen.

"1 may, indeed, couple with the profession of literature those who be- long to a sister calling—I mean the calling of the fine arts—for there is little that can be said with respect to the essential condition of the pursuits of one class which is not equally applicable to that of the other. This prin- ciple, at all events, is applicable to both—that the followers of those ele- vated pursuits, in proportion as they follow them with an enthuliastic devo- tion, which is alone the parent of things really great, become a many oases less capable than they would otherwise be of bending down their minds to the ordinary course of life. It frequently happens, therefore, that one be- longing to this brotherhood will come innocently into distress, where in the case of a man not connected with these peculiar pursuits it might fairly have been expected that he would not have become dependent on the bene- volence of others. Together with this circumstance rendering them less capable of sustaining ordinary human cares, there is, as we have all seen, a peculiar susceptibility of organization, which renders these men more sensible to pain, which multiplies the effect of pain and care upon them ; and when once pain and care have assumed a certain influence, they tell directly upon what, to use the language of political economy, we may call their productive powers ; so that the combmation of these causes, together with the liabilities which attach to such men, and which attach to them in proportion as their professions are devotedly followed, constitutes a ease of peculiar necessity and of peculiar right to your assistance."

Mr. Robert Bell made a brief statement of the progress of the institu- tion. From 1790 to 1968 the amount appropriated to the recipients of the fund was 51,345-1. Between 1839 and 1858, a period of twenty years, during which the fund had been under its present management, 26,7751. had been thus applied. In the first thirty-nine years the amount bestowed in grants was 24,5701., while in the last twenty-years it had reached 26,7751., showing an excess in the latter as compared with the farmer period of 2200/. In the first ten years from 1839 the grants had amounted to 11,9701., while in the last ten years they had amounted to 14,8051. In the first five years from 1849 the grants had been 6,8251., and in the last five years 79801. The grants in 1856 had amounted to 12251., in 1857 to 17801., and in 1858 to 1840/., the largest annualsum ever distributed from the fund.

The annual dinner in aid of the funds of the Metropolitan Free Hos- pital, held on Wednesday, Lord Carlisle in the chair, yielded in sub- scriptions 2080/. This hospital, situated in the poor districts of Eastern London, and open to the sick poor of all countries, deserves the support it receives.

On Thursday there was a "Grand National Rose Show," held at Hanover Square Rooms ; the flowers and the music attracting a great number of visitors. The exhibitors were amateurs and nursery gar- deners, and some of the most beautiful roses were shown for their own sakes and the owner's pride, and not for the purposes of competition. The stands contained each a dozen choice specimens, set off by the soft green background of moss, and the blending of yellows, reds, dark crim- sons, and creamy whites, was most delicious. The prizes were awarded to classes and not to any particular rose. Any other arrangement would create jealousy among these "women of the flowers."

An action to recover damages for confinement in a lunatic asylum has occupied the Court of Queen's Bench several days this week. The plaintiff in the action was Mr. Ruck, whose examination before the Lunacy Comrais- sioners we reported at the time. Many of the facts in the present trial are repetitions of the statements then made. The defendant was Dr. Stilwell, the licensed keeper of a licensed lunatic asylum, Moorcroft House. Mr. Ruck, it may be remembered, suffered from delusions, more especially one —that his wife had proved unfaithful; and had injured his health by drinking. While he was suffering on one occasion, and certainly doing strange things, his wife called in a Mr. Barnett, a medical practioner. Mr. Ruck was takeu from Mr. Barnett's house to Dr. Stilwell's asylum, and there confined for nine months. The justification for detaining him was found in two medical certificates, one from Mr. Barnett, and one from Dr. Conolly, certifying that he ought to be detained. Now it was contended at the trial that these certificates were bad, because Dr. Conolly was part pro- prietor of the asylum, and Mr. Barnett was not in practice. It was also al- leged that Yr. Buck's friends were refused admission to see him, and 'certainly his brother-in-law was so refused. On the other hand it was urged that Dr. Conolly was only a consulting physician, and that Mr. Ruck was not debarred from. intercourse with his friends. In summing up Mr. Justice Hill said that in modern times great changes had been made in the treatment to which lunatics were subjected, and that a soothing kindly system had taken the place of the old role of bodily violence. It had been given in evidence during the trial by one himself an eminent practitioner, that Dr. Conolly had taken a prominent part in bringing about that system of amelioration. The questions which he should leave to them to decide were these. In the first place, was Dr. Conolly a Fart proprietor or Moorcroft House, or was he a regular medical attendant there ? If they should be of opinion that he was either the one or the other, he should direct them to find a verdict for the plaintiff with such damages as the case required. If, however, they should find that he was not a part proprietor or a regular medical attendant, he should direct them to find a verdict for the defendant, he reserving the point whether it was necessary within the act of Parliament to bring home knowledge to the defendants that the certificate was illegal. There were, however, two other points which he should ask them to decide. First, Whether Dr. Conolly examined Mr. Ruck apart from Mr. Barnett, as re- quired by the act of Parliament ? Secondly, Was Mr. Barnett, at the time of signing the certificate, in actual practice ? After an absence of an hour, the jury returned into court with the fol- lowing verdict : L That Dr. donolly received certain payments, by way of commission, for certain patients, and that that was sufficient to constitute him a part proprietor of Moorcroft House. 2. That Dr. Conolly was a re- gular medical attendant at Moorcroft." The Jury therefore assessed the plaintiff's damages at 500/. "3. That there was not sufficient evidence be- fore them to show that Mr. Barnett, at the time of signing the certificate, was not in actual practice. 4. That there was not sufficient evidence to show that Dr. Conolly had not examined Mr. Ruck apart from. Mr. Bar- nett."

The Insolvent Court was engaged on Wednesday in looking into the af- fairs of Gustave Achille Fould. The insolvent, a young man of about twenty-three years of age, son of M. Achille could, Minister of State under the French Emperor, petitioned under the Protection Act. He de- scribed himself as formerly of the ldinistere d'Etat, Place du Carrousel, Paris, banker's clerk, lately of Moulsey, Surrey, and now of Tachbrook Street, Pimlico. His debts amounted to 2,072/., nearly all for money raised upon bills and promissory notes since May 1858, when he arrived in Eng- land with 1201. in his possession. Before quitting France he was in receipt of an allowance of 2201. per annum, from his father; but since May 1858, that allowance has ceased, and he now attributes his insolvency to that cause and to the heavy law proceedings in which he has been engaged. From his balance-sheet it appears that in May 1858, he paid 1201. to Mr. Edward Lewis an attorney, on account of certain proceedings in the Di- vorce Court. In November 1858, he paid 100/. for law expenses, and in December following he applied 7501. out of 1000/. borrowed from a Mr. Taylor in a similar manner. He also expended 2201. in paving messengers to and upon the Continent, " endeavouruig to serve process having reference to certain proceedings in the Divorce Court, and in payment of witnesses brought over to England." His property was stated to consist of a claim to 12001. upon his marriage or the attainment of his thirtieth year, and a prospective right to a share in his father's property upon the decease of the latter. It was stated that an agreement had been come to between the par- ties, whereby the case would stand adjourned by consent until the 221 of July. The Court did not object, and an adjournment accordingly took place Mr. Cofte, a grocer, residing in Chelsea, has been summoned before the Westminster Magistrate for refusing to pay a church-rate. The rate amounted to 53. 4d. The collector, not obtaining it after repeated applica- tions, said he must proceed to levy ; whereupon Coffee threatened to stab anybody who attempted to remove anything from his shop. The Magistrate reprimanded him for uttering threats that might have led to murder, and bound him over in heavy bail to keep the peace.

Last week a young woman Anna Bell, appeared before the Lord Mayor and told a tale of hard fortune. She said she was a native of Carlisle. Her parents being dead, an aunt had offered her as "a husband and pro- teeter" a man whom she hated, so she fled to Newcastle, and thence to London, hoping to obtain the post of stewardess on board some ship going to Australia. In her lodgings in town she had been robbed, and had been obliged to leave her clothes in pawn for rent. She was virtuous, and only wanted temporary relief. She gave as a reference the Countess de Mari- court. Inquiries were instituted : it was found that her landlady in Lon- don looked on her in a doubtful light because she slept from home ; that she was well known at Carlisle, where she had lived with a Militia officer ; that one of her parents is alive ; and that the Countess de Mariconrt only knew her as an inmate of a hospital at Newcastle. The Lord Mayor dis- missed her with a reprimand ; and advised her not to stay in London ; but she persisted in declaring her innocence.

"With all due deference to your Lordship, I will stop in London till I clear my character, and I will clear it if I stop till I. starve."' She then courtemed and quitted the court.

A woman, quarrelling with her landlord, the man sent for the police. She was undressed, going to bed, but the constables dragged her almost naked to the station, where the landlord could make no charge. Sum- moned by the injured woman before the Worship Street Magistrate, the man has been remanded. Mr. D'Eyncourt expressed a very strong opinion on the "atrocious" conduct of the constables. Whether the complainant was drunk or not they had no right to use her in that manner.