The Express.
London, England, 1851-08-29 00:00:00

THE CONVOCATION OF THE CLEUGY.

months. previously a.iitating
Yeetertlay morning the Archbishop of Canterbury,
accompanied by Mr. F. 11. Dyke, her Majeoty's prictor,
proceeded to the Jerusalem Chi.imb,r t'or the po:i ese of
asseit.hmcent:lyifFozormfaCcortnivonicautfiothn,,,
rthhnerchiiigli.,,,i.honurehro.
further prorivuing the Convocation of the Ch•ryyy.
a representation of their views
At the re-
rcfp,artritaony, whoco revival r c
succeeded
had
in
forcing
upon the assembled synod, and the following petition wan
i presented:—
,o To the Most Rev. the Arthbi4l op and the Right v. the
Bishops of the Province of Canterbury, in Synod assent-

bled.
" The humble petition of the en& rsigned clergy and laity
of the said province showeth :—That for upwares of
years past the church of England—the oversight of which
is, by Divine providence, and permission, committed to
your lordships—has suffered grievous inconveffienc and
injuries through the continued suppression of h. r svorxlal
action, whereby she has been prevented from eau,. her
proper authority for the regulation wholesome • v. rti9o
of her discipline, for the development of her ii re-
sourees,—that the result has been the weakening of emits
of love and unity among churchmen, thegrowth of ilosound
doctrine, great diversity of rites awl eeremoniv s, ;eel a
mentable deficiency of provision for administeriin; il••• wort
and sacrament and other mesas of grace to the p. 'pie of
this land, whereby it has come to pass that error an I super-
stition, heresy and schism, ungsallioesa and immorality have
greatly increased, to the injury of Christ's people and the
I reproach of the church.
'that, in consequence of the recent aggressive In• marts
of the Pope, the attention of the queen and tic ; vile of
England has been forcibly directed to the religi•oi,
of the country, and that if at this time the real the
decrease of true religion, as well its of the growth oi P ipery
and other grievous errors, and infidelity itself, w.
seated to her Majesty by the bishops of the church, to whom
it especially belongs to advise the kings of the tun • h in re-
gard to spiritual mutters, there is great reason to I. •••. that,
by their representations and entreaties, her Majc.!‘• might
be moved to restore to the church the freedom of r,%-
dial action, as in ancient times.
" Con which consideration, the undersigned re tit inners,
having approached her Majesty in a humble whir,. for the
revival of the active functions of Convocation, litnel.ly im-
plore you, rev. and most rev. father in Bud, that j•••i will
again urge the prayer urged by the two 111,111.1401.4 aiveca.
tiun of the province of Canterbury in the yo ar Is l 7 for
license to deliberate, and, with the royal aswitt, :Is all
such things as concern the settled continuance of !: • doc-
trine and discipline of the Church of Englund, to t,e, end
that, in concert with the lower house of Convota• yon
may be enabled to take such measures as may is•n•ince to
unity within the church, and to her efficiency as hurch
of the nation; and that so the salvation of souls inns '•:• pro.
meted, and the mists of ignorance be dispelled, by t night
beams of Christ's Holy Gospel."
The archbishop and bishops having received th
it was ordered to lie upon the table.
During the time these proceedings were goilv, -nt the
lower house had assembled in an adjacent Ch4lith amine
the presidency of the very Rev. W. It. Lyall, D.l) . Dean
of Canterbury. A similar petition, mutat is 'amt. : was
presented by the very Rev. Thomas Thorpe, 11.1 t Arch-
deacon of Bristol.

ition,

A lengthened discussion arose as to the suffi. • ••-y of
the Lower House to receive the petition; and, •rence
hAeiog hetn made to the Archbishop of Cant, rho •y, his
Grace decided in the affirmative; and the p..te n wai
duly recorded.
1, oder these circumstance., the members of th.• Lower
House considered themselves qualified to take O.• . their
con-ideration general matters aff.eting the wdfac •,1 the
church, and had entered upon a discussion. when ;1..• meet.
in., was suddenly broken up by order of the orel,bi•hop,
and a further prorogation was ordered to ve,t mil.c!. who a
the archbishop again attended and took hi; 1.4,4 •• • pre,i.
dent. . .

After some preliminaries,
His Grace the Ancuntsitor called upon Mr. F. R.
Dyke, the principal registrar of the province of Lui• cbury.
to read the writ of prorogation,
Mr. Dyke having dune so, the proceedings terminated.

TILE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY AND THE 111611
CHURCH PARTY.—The Archbishop of Canterbury has for
some time past been in communication with severa • lergy.
men in his diocese in reference to the manner in e l,i. h they
are in the habit of conducting the ordinary server., • of the
church. It appears that the clergymen alluded to practise
many of the ceremonies for which the Bishop of London
recently condemned Mr. Bennett, such, for exatusle, as
having lights on the alias during morning prayer, ••reach-
lug in the surplice, intoning the prayers, and Willi.; fro*
the congregation during certain portions of the service.
To these practices his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury
objects, contrary to the rubrical directions .-f the
Book of Common Prayer, and in the communications he
has already made has peremptorily ordered their discos.
tinuance. In most of the cases which have come Al Aer hie
grace's notice the clergymen to whom his instruetitios have
been addressed have merely acknowledged the net ipt of
the letters addressed to them, and have persevered in the
practices which the Archbishop considers objeeti-nable.
His grace has therefore determined on issuing monitions
against the offending parties, and they will be served forth-
with by the officer of the Ecclesiastical Court. If alter the
receipt of the monitions the clergymen alluded to perdst in
the course they have so long practised, his grace has deter-
mined on citing them into his court, in order to bring the
disputed question to a final issue.
THE REY. DR. CAHILL IN LEEDS.—This rev.
gentleman is at present lecturing in Leeds on astronomy.
He is the principal of the Roman Catholic College in Lon.
donderry, and, feeling strongly on the catholic question, he
has recently addressed several letters to his "fellow
countrymen," denouncing the Ecclesiastical Assumption of
Titles Bill, recently passed into law. In his last letter, the
fifth, he makes use of the following languaee : " But,
fellow countrymen, England shall not have everything her
own way. We arc now forming a society such as has never
been seen in Ireland before; and we shall live and din in
defence of the decision of this new and glorious, and, with
the blessing of God, successful association. Depend
upon it, that England has sapped her foundations.
De-
ppend upon it that France is not settled, and that
k ranee owes England a grudge which never will or can
be forgiven. There is not one Frenchman, or one French-
woman, or one French child, who would not dance with
frantic joy at the glorious idea of having the opportunity,
before they die, of burying their eager swords, and plung-
ing their crimsoned French steel, into the inmost breast of
every man bearing the hated name of Englishman t" Some
of the Leeds inhabitants were so aisgusted with this lan-
gunge that they determined to meet Dr. Cahill and demand
from him whether these were his sentiments or not. Ac-
cordingly the attempt was made by Mr. Councillor Newton,
Mr. Whitehead, and one or two others, before the lectures
commenced, to ask these questions in public. The audience
was almost exclusively Roman catholic, a considerable
hubbub was made, and nothing satisfactory was elicited.
At the close of one of the doctor's lectures, however,
he condescended to enter into an explanation, whether a
satisfactory oue or not the public will judge. Ile said,
As to the contents of that letter, almost every English
newspaper had misrepresented hint; and be solemnly as-
serted that he no more said what the newspapers had re-
resented him as saying than lie would consent to cut off
his left hand. These newspapers wanted to make him say
this—that to him it was a gratification that every French-
man, woman, and child, would be glad to plunge their
daggers into the heart of every Englishman. 'A hat ho
said was, that this was the feeling of Frenchmen ; but it
was not his feeling. He was talking with his own country-
men, and wished to reconcile the people of Ireland with
the English character—to reconcile them, and not to make
them enemies to each other; and he desired the English
cabinet to see that it was necessary to cultivate the good-
will of the Irish people, as England might he placed
in a position to need the assistance of the Irish,
because she bad such deadly enemies upon the
other side of the channel. lie had long been before
the public, and he appealed to any gentleman who knew
him, whether he was capable of uttering such a sentiment
as that which had been attributed to him? When ho
spoke of the English, he spoke of the English character.
e had the highest respect for the English character ; and
be could never forget the debt of gratitude which they
owed the people of England for giving relief to his starving
countrymen. He had travelled through Switzerland,
Prussia, Belgium, Holland, France, and other countries:
he had travelled more on foot, perhaps, than any man of his
age: for most of his travels had been upon foot; and he had
had the best means of learning the real character and feeling
of the people of these countries. He was tolerably well
known ; and in this letter he had stated distinctly that when
ho spoke of the English, he spoke of the English, for
i Englishmen and for the English character; and ho
repeated that he had never yet met with an Englishman of
character who did not feel deeply for the miseries of 11,i
country. He had put it in print on four several occasions,
and he had declared it in a public speech in Liverpool, that
the English nation was generous ; that it was hi the nature
and in the hearts of Englishmen to be generous, and they
should not be accused of the oppressions which had been
inflicted upon his country by the English cabinet. (Hears)
He declared that he hal been most bitterly calumniated
by the words which bad been put into his month by toms
at least of the English newspapers. He had intended
specially
eaiaplluybltioc
thmocesoticnaguoninnit,lz
to
oext
into the hands of the reporters, and requested thou to is
it before the public for their verdict upon it. (11, or, hear)
However, he had been anticipated; but he did not complain
of what had been said there that evening. Ile was glad
that the gentleman (Mr. Whitehead) had spoken, as it
haveev epalustntghewtplrki printed referpage
offered him an opportunity thus publicly of rt fitting t
he
calumnies brought forward. (Hear, hear.) Ile bad in this
letter desired the English cabinet to take note that they
ought not to make enemies of the Irish people, beettse they
a
had already such deadly enemies upon the ether side of tin!
Channel, anxious to plunge their swords into the hearts el
Englishmen. What the newspaper; put into his menu'
was that he had said he himself would do so. Ile was
stating a fact as he had seen it existing in Francs, and t?!
uttering a wish or giving expression to a sentiment.
told these newspaper calumniators that what they had se
sorted of him was a base lie. (Applause.)