The Express.
London, England, 1852-01-14 00:00:00

" 31, Cliarterhoneraggese, Dec. 31, Mil.
Isar Lord Archbishop,—l gm requested by the
'Fiplaucv and Gorham Canoe IBllliaratios Committee' to
Simard to your grace the enclosed ' declaration,' which
c..w lean •ignea by 3,2012 of the clergy (not including
uses rims, which we have hero unable to verify); &mini
Oen are seven deans, 12 archdeacons, and a large number
eft!, dinsitaries of the church throughout the kingdom.
The signatures hare been obtained, not by mewed
stilicatiou sent to all the clergy, but by private corm-
spni nee with persons known to the committee, and a leer
• ri.. :atuu in the newspapers ; consequently, the nasal
bet it obtained canhot be considered as at all an adequate
etasecatioa of that portion of the clergy who wad&
s,garil the • declaration' if it had been sent to the
able beady; anal, further, the answers which we
Mil received show that it represents but a fraction of
tt r who cordially agree with the views stated in the
de(laration,• a very large number of the clergy being
Marmot, from failing to recognise its necessity and
trim other muses, to make any public movement in the
ram r With a feeling of reluctance to issue such declare
the committee cordially sympathise ; nor
• vitae time hail elapsed after the delivery of the
b A.amidement that it was determined to offer the clergy
epv.rtunity of publicly testifying their sense of its value.
Bit i.erunistancee, to which it is unnecessary further to
-.cud to render it a duty incumbent upon them to
Liie :Bows their sentimeals on the subject, not only to
the public mind of the false impression which it
taught to t.itertain respecting their views in the
but also to diwountenanoe any attempt that might
• to .1 aside in practice. a judgment solemnly pro-
s ~., tLy the ultimate court of appeal in matters tale-
. and for these purposes the names appended to the
icons I • .1i claration appear to the committee to be amply
nrieunt. taming as they do from every diocese, and from
11- Port% ,Lif the kingdom, and amounting, probably, to about
n-leunh part of the officiating clergy. (-specially when it
s T. rise ltlll that a r, cent de( laration of a contrary kind,
*KA was lent to every individual throughout the whole
icety of the clergy, and also to the lay members of the
sevenities, obtained, as is well known, less than 1,900
immures. lanand clerical together.
I ash my dear Led Attlkbi%hop,
" Yew ylace's ebbesi mil Waded servant,
" W. GOODE."
11.—Tur. DICLAILATIOR Esctoseu.
"A lb (Lentioo, by the undersigned Clergy of the Church
of Lealand, la support of the Royal Su tremacy in things
Etta seolical, and of the wisdom an authority of the
help., at emanating from it. recent exercise.
,"" IS.. the mad, 'signed clergy of the church of England,
Inni,,7 with surprise and concern the attempt. made by
Pra•h-I.ling ounce in the church to invalidate and nut-
-1.s1) lie polemist recently delitered by the Sovereign, as
11.1,0 e g..s. row id this realm, as well in all spiritual se
4,•tu 4; thou. os tissues as temporal,' by the advice of
lA• Pr. y Council awl the Primates of the church, in the
cot of ;helms v. the Bishop of Exeter, hereby testify
sun IhAßWlelliOn for the lodgment so di livered, anal feel
"mss,
", called upon. un r present eireuninanees (whether
niter or not the ricer which called forth the judgment),
ss's ey state our envie-bon that it vim • wise and jwit
u'' a aceerdauce with the principles of the church of
balm+
And we reirpeetfully, but firmly, protest against an al-
"sikt, trigswhatever piaster it nosy proceed, to bring into
ssti'mart a .I*dg:sent so Owned, end to charge with false
irl ac,sod discredit with their flocks those whose doe-
Ise bees pronoun:v.l by that judgment to be' sot
-41.1:i.lePtsgiant to the declared doctrine of the church
of Eee •
'Midi messt we hold to be equivalent to the encase-
lint
Led a staidand of doctrine in our chureh, by unautho-
rised irielividuals, upped to that established by its supremo
.___"%s"tr consequently, to be irreconcilable with the
pinnpin of all church polity, anal necessarily to lead
do!. .4 disorder, strife, and confusion in the church."
Reret or THE ARCHBISHOP Or CAIITIRBURT.
"Addington, Jan. 2.
41t dear Sir,— have much 'addiction in receiving the
"`"sistiou which you hate forwarded to Mfrom so unme-
t:los of clef* upon a subject which I sincerely hope
east s. Lager be permitted to disturb the peace of our
thenh.
Gore are many questions in theology neon which
I."' 1.30 • may differ without reproach to themselves or
',7107Y to others. From the Reformation until the present
rs• re of oar clergy hate subscribed the saws arts-
h•Um used tne Mime formularies, have mialmitind in
"t", thatches, who teatimes% If they had hem