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subject. We acquiesce in the proposal. We rest upon the basis of the original statement submitted to the Jews' Society, which is to be the subject matter for the deliberation of the tribunal to be so formed. The present proposal disposes of the difficulties against which we have protested. It will supply a fair Conference, such as we sought for, from the commencement. A challenge of all the parties selected to act to be allowed on either side. A chairman to be elected, and reference for final decision to be reserved for some eminent person, if needed.”
And a paper containing the above was drawn up and exchanged as the basis for the continuance of our inquiry by a reconstructed conference.
Matters having been settled on the above terms, the Committee of the Jews' Society was applied to for the names of those whom they proposed for the Conference, but instead of forwarding these according to the arrangement, Mr. Goodhart sent the following to the Bishop:–
My Dear Lord,—A special meeting of our Committee was convened yesterday, to receive the Report of the Conference from our own members, and consider the proposition on our part, in which, with certain modifications, your Lordship and your colleagues concurred, for the future conduct of the business in hand. After careful and deliberate consideration on the subject, our Committee came unanimously to the Resolution, a copy of which I enclose. This Resolution has been submitted to Lord Shaftesbury, and he entirely concurs in it. Your Lordship will see that the Resolution adopts at once the requirement made by your Lordship and your colleagues, that the ultimate appeal should be to a single individual, if needed.
I remain your Lordship's very truly,
The Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Rochester.
At a Meeting of the Committee, held at the Society's House, 16, Lincoln's Inn Fields, July 4th, 1866.
The Committee having heard the reading of a Report from the Conference Committee,
Resolved,—That the Conference Committee be requested to confer with Lord Shaftesbury as to the appointment of some eminent legal man, who shall hear evidence and give judgment on the Rosenthal matters; and to take such steps as may be necessary to get the concurrence of the party acting with the Bishop of Rochester; that such appointment, if made, shall be made by both parties, and the decision shall be final.
To the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Rochester.
In consequence of this communication from the Society, a meeting was held at the Bishop of Rochester's on the 12th of July, when the following resolutions were passed, and immediately forwarded to the Society by the Bishop.
