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London, England, 1854-09-30 00:00:00

The Primate replies to this letter as follows :

"Addington, Sept. 18.
" Venerable Sir,—l beg to acknowledge your letter of
yesterday's date, and to say, in reply, that I still retain the
opinion that the Court of Arches is the most proper place
fur the trial of the doctrine which you have propounded.
And I conceive that if the result of the proposed commis-
sion should prove to be that a prima facie ground of in.
quiry is made out, the diocesan will then think it right to
submit the question to that court. But meanwhile the
law admitted of only ohs course, and rendered it necessary
for me to issue the commission.

"You speak of the late bishop's correspondence with you
as a trial. But you must allow me to remind you that no
such trial is recognised by the law.
" I remain, venerable sir,
"Your obedient humble servant,
"J. B. CANTUAL
" Venerable Archdeacon Denison.

" It may be convenient for you to be apprised, before the
legal notice is sent to you, that the first week of October is
at present intended to be the time for the inquiry which is
to take place at Wells."

On September 22 (yesterday week) Archdeacon
Denison forwarded a further communication to the
Primate, in which he enlarged the pleas urged in
his former letter, and expanded them into a formal
"protest," developing at Lull length the allegation
that the complaint had become a res adjudicate, and
that during the late vacancy in the see the arch-
bishop had never attempted to disturb the judgment
given by the late Bishop of Bath and Wells. He
concludes :

" I, therefore, do hereby formally protest, as well against
the commission which his grace the said archbishop has
given me notice it is his intention to issue under the Act
3rd and 4th of Victoria, c. 83, touching the matter of the
said complaint, so adjudicated upon as aforesaid by com-
petent) authority as against any, and every, other attempt
to place me twice in peril for one and the seine alleged
offence.
" And, further, against all acts had or done by virtue of
any such proceedings, as null and illegal.
" And I do hereby reserve to myself tbe power of taking
such proceedings as I may be advised, or see fit, to iusu-
tute for my own protection."
A letter from the Primate, significantly stating that
he "had transmitted this protest to the proctor who
is concerned in the management of the suit" (dated
Sept. 25), closes the correspondence.

AN IRON THEATRE is being built at a foundry in
Manchester for exportation to Australia. It seems
that a Mr. Coppin has engaged Mr. G. V. Brooke, the
tragedian, to perform in the principal towns in Aus-
tralia for 200 nights, for which performances he pays
the sum of 501. per night, or 10,000/. for 200 nights.
Mr. Coppin determines to go out with a complete
portable theatre of iron, which, with all fittings and
appurtenances, will cost a sum exceeding 4,000/.
The building is eighty eight feet in length, forty feet
wide, and about twenty-fourfeet high from the ground
level to the peak of the roof. The contractors have
undertaken to have the whole on hoard ship in Lon-
don in about thirty days from commencing opera-

tions.
THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION has decided on holding
their meeting next year at Glasgow. Invitations
were presented from Brighton, Cheltenham, Noting•
ham, and other places, but the choice of the com-
mittee fell upon Glasgow, where the association met
once before, in 1841. The Duke of Argyll has been
hosen president for the year 1855.