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

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      ECCLESIASTICAL ITEMS . ; - Loiu > Eedesdai-k osr Endowments . i-The opinion of the High Church and Tory Lord lledesdale , 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 Church Lad been neglected—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 degree the strength of the Church , namely , the fact that

      accordance -with the resolution passed at the recent meeting , one of which provided that a copy of the resolutions should be sent to 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 , have fixed Thursday next for a special general meeting of that body to adopt a petition . The important borough of Mary lebone have fixed this day for that purpose ; and at St . James s , Westminster , at the ordinary vestry on Thursday , the brief discussion

      matter was considered , and after a , a petition , moved by Mr . Beal , and seconded by Mr . Channock , was agreed to by art 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 .

      it was an endowed Church . In consequence of the endowment so many members of the Church had their own ¦ wants provided for , without doing anything for themselves , that they were 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 perfectly 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 de ^ - prived of the privileges which they themselves possessed . " ¦

      The Established Cnuncu of Scotland . —An interesting and not unimportant piece of intelligence -comes to us iu 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 light 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 cauld be

      . averted . The Earl expressed his concurrence in 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 Scottish Free Press , that he had acted for the best in these bygone proceedings , but public opinion had passed into a new phase , and whereas various modes had formerly been adopted to holster up the National Church , he was fully persuaded that the days of Church establishments were numbered , and that henceforth men would not be satisfied unless religion were left to the voluntary support of Christians . For his part , ho -would have no hand in buttressing any State Church . Our Scotch contemporary thinks this is ominous of the fate of the Church of Scotland , but it has even a wider significance .

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

      lifeof 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 statements on the practices of tho confessional in the metropolis , his Lordship said : —¦ " What is tho difference between practices such as tbesa and the practices of tho Church of Rome ? And yet this system ia defended by numbers of tho clergy of our Church , who cull themselves Protestants , and are still eating the broad of tho Church of England . " Ho called upon the meeting to protest against such practices , lie believed tho social grievance concerned ua deeply as fathers , husband * , and brothers . It is more particularly among the gentler box that thoso practices aro being

      disseminated ; and tho apostle meets tho case whoro ho aays , " Of this kind rvo they who creep into houses loading captive sUly women ladon with sins . " J . Doverell , Esq ., of Purbrook Park , proposed the resolution — " That this mooting desires to express its determination to resist to tho uttermost tho introduction of practicos 30 opposed to tho principles of tho Reformation and to the whole spirit of tho standard *) of tho Church of England , and likewise bo fraught with danger to tho spiritual and civil liberties of the Churoh and nation . " The next resolution was , " That u memorial founded on tho foregoing resolutions be presented to the Queen . " Tho resolutions wore put from tUo chair ,. and carried unanimously . Tub IiucKNT DjuuMOHflTaATJOsr op VissTWTMEN .-r-In

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      REFORM CONFERENCE . A number ot 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 . Conynghann M . P . -, Mr . Cox , M . P . ; Mr . White , M . P . ; Mr . Miall , late M . P . for Rochdale ; Mr . S . Morley ; Mr . Muntz , Birmingham ; Mr . D . Nichol , M . P . ; Mr . H . Brookes , barrister ; Mr . Cunmington , Brentford ; Mr . James Taylor , Birmingham ; Mr . Elt ; Mr . Peter Carstairs : Mr . Tindal Atkinson ; Mr . Lawrence , barrister ; Mr . Passmore Edwards ; Mr . Boyce , secretary of the committee , Sue . * .

      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 __ throxighout 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 of the heads proposed for deliberation that day which appeared to him of such very great consequence that he could not pass it over 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 the old name better than the new one , under which they were invitid

      to decide whether the Radical party should or should not introduce a Reform Bill of its own in the coming session . ( Hear , hear . ) He would not dare rashly to anticipate what the Reform Bill of Lord Derby ' s Government was likely to be—he had no means whatever of forming an opinion—he would not venture to say that Lofll Derby ' s Government were not capable of being Reformers ; but he thought that ho might take it for granted that tho Reform Bill introduced by Lord Derby would not be such a measure as the Radical party would accept as a permanent settlement of the question , or as a settlomout for anv great length of time .

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      retail allthe small gossip that can be picked up 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 3 Ucb as they have neveirenjoyed anywhere since the last of the Olj-mpic games . "

      The Church-rate Question . — We read in the Liberator of this month : — " On Wednesday , the 17 tb , the Council of the Liberation Society are to deliberate on the course to be adopted in the present position of 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 areinvited . Sir John Trelawny , Bart . * M . P ., will preside on the occasion .

      The Bay of Nagasaki . —A letter from a member p f 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 then- dark green setting . In some places precipitous walls of rock are mirrored in the azure blue of the water at their base ; ia 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 , above which flutter two hlack 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 euriosity has been satisfied , proceed to make their reports , and return , in all probability , to circumnavigate the ship as a guardboat during the rest of its stay ia 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 their prison of Decima under a strong escort of officials , and when permission had been formally asked and obtained . Now the barriers had been so far br&ken down that we explored ut pleasure tho shops and streets of the town —not , as in China , an offensive and disgusting operation , but a charming and agreeable amusement . The streets are hroad , clean , and free from foul odours ; the people civil and courteous , and if the shops in the town do not afford many interesting objects of speculation , the bazaars , which are stocked with lacquer , china ,, &c , for the express benefit of foreigners , are so tempting that few can leave them without experiencing a

      con-Pukuo Amusemknts in " the Statics . "—A letter from Now York says : —" Wo aro labouring in tho throes of a Piccolouiini mania . The lady arrived with her relations a few < laya ago , and tho Opera-house ia now besiogod from morning till night by a tumultuous throng , Booking tioketa . Without intending the smallest disrespect to the lady , I must add , however , that » lie dividos tho public attention with a great ' mill' which ia to coino off to-morrow in Canada between two Irish , prizo-figliterd , named Morissoy and Heonan , for 5000 dols . und ' tho championship of America . ' The rapid rise of

      tho ring into tho character of an institution hero b ono of tho most curious signs of the times . Fifty years ago , whon it flourished in England , and found some votaries amongst gentlemen , it waa unknown on this aide of tlie water , at least in the north . Prize-fighters aro now quite important political poraonagoa . They aro courted for tho aid they render at elections , either in assailing or dofendlng the polls . When they commit an assault , as they ofton do , it is almost impossible to , got a oonviction against thorn ; while they aro training for a bruising mntch , tho loading papers keep tho public constantly-informed with almost aa much assiduity as Bell'e Life of tuolr ' points' and ' condition , '

      siclerablo drain upon their resources . Professor Rankk . —This learned historian has long been occupied with a History of Enyland in tho 16 th trotf 17 th Centuries , It is nearly finished , and tho first volume is now at press . The whole ia to be contained iu three volumes . It will bo founded to a considerable extent on original Stute papers , for which the author has searched both English and foreign archives . Ho ia at tho proaont moment in Venice for this purpose . Baptism ov Jkwish Cuijudrpn . —A case bearing on tho Mortara affair has just occurred in Franco . Gugonhcim , who was condomnod to hard labour for llfo for participation in tho Oaon murder , which made so much noise a short time ago , had several illegitimate childron , nnd been

      tho woman who bore them to him having alao condemned to a certain period of hard labour , tho children wore sent for safety to the hospice of Caen . Both GugenUoiin and tho woman aro Jqwb , and they brought up their children in their own faith : tho children , however , wore , after duo preparation by tho sisters attached to the establishment , and bnpfclaod . xw . Iaidorc , Grand Ilabbi of Paris , lately claimed tho children , In ordor to have them ouiioutod as Jovnt Du * * " ° religious authorities of tho hosplco strongly o J »? ° g [* £ | t fivf them up . The Prefect of tho ?' llvftd XK teter matter to tiioMlniater of tho Interior , and «« »™ J ** In tho name of tho Government , ma J , «"'• g ' J P ^ X tory ordor that tho children shall bo Jmadod over to the Grand Kabbl .

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      aboul No . 450 , Notembeb 6 , 1858 . ] T H E L E A P E B . 1199

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 6, 1858, page 1199, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2267/page/23/