The Express.
London, England, 1851-06-16 00:00:00

TO TILE BISHOP OF LONDON.

Mi Lottn,—ln the month of March in the present
year you wrote a letter to the Marquis of Cholmon-
detev, as president of the Foreign Aid Society, re-
femng to the expected arrival in England of several
foreign protestant ministers. You said, "It appears
to me that we may, in perfect consistency with our
obligations as members of the church of England,
assist in providing those of our guests who belong
to protestant churches, and hold the great doctrines
of evangelical truth, with the means of attending the
public service of God, according to their own forms
of worship,during the short period of their visit to
this country, although such services could not be
performed in our churches, nor could any of our
clergy properly take part in them."
You added—" I think such assistance, tendered in
the spirit of Christian love, walk no more than a proper
acknowledgment of the kindness with which in seve-
ral continental towns the consistories or ministers of
different protestant churches have allowed us to use
their places of worship for the celebration of divine
service according to the rites of the English church.
can speak to this from my own experience, having
myself officiated in several churches, both of the
Lutheran and reformed communities, on the con-
tinent." _ . .

YOU brought to public notice a letter addressed
by the late Archbishop of Canterbury in behalf
of " his brother bishops," in 1833, "to the company
of pastors of the Swiss church assembling at
Genc%o." You at that time gave your assent to the
language of that letter, and now again repeat your
adhesion to it. It contains passages such as these :
—" My brother bishops as well as myself arc much
gratified by this proof of your confidence in our
rooted attachment to the holy cause of the reforma-
tion, and of our high respect fur the protestant
churches on the continent, and sincere concern for
their welfare." "We deeply appreciate the feeling
of religious joy with which you look forward
to the commemoration of that noble achievement

(the Reformation) which brought light out of dark-
ness, and rescued your church from the shackles of
papal domination and the tyrannical imposition of a
corrupt faith and a superstitious ritual. •We are
exceedingly gratified by tho desire expressed by
your venerable company for the appointment of de-
puties to amist at the festival as representatives of
the church of England." " You may be assured et
our cordial sympathy."
My lord, your letter, bearing the attestation of the
Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of Winches-
ter as to their full concurrence in its sentiments and
objects, was very gladly received as a document of
great value and importance. Its importance was en-
hanced by its reference to the letter of the late arch-
bishop in 153.1. It was still further enhanced, be-
cause it was supposed to yield evidence of your un-
swerving attaclunent to tho principles of the Refor-
mation. It must not be concealed from you that
such evidence was felt to be much needed by
those who were personally attached to you, as well
as by those who were coasters that our church was
suffering through the enspesimil lastability and
soundness of one of its add pesters. It had been
observed with infinite pain that though Mr. Bennet,
with arrogant defiance, had peseeed upon you state-
ment after statement of dsek contrary to the teach-
ing of wiper*, and thornlike of our church, you
never amiseverted, never selmked these, but de-
scended always to question steandlesticks and bow-
leg/eel Sam= and of mamma So it has been in
imeMmess seek as those ef Messrs. Murray, Dods-
wank Richards, Base. The anti-scriptural
Isheimed on wide& them men built their follies was
he untouched, unquestkeed. This letter, altogether
and unimpeded, proceeding frem your
os a perfoedy spontaneous act en your part,
pyre utmost saddled= to these who had been
mourning over the inadstpmey el your language
and the feebleness of your casket throughout those
miserable discussions which the folly and obstinacy
dlitz. Bennet had forced mum you.
Tear letter found aim low of your clergy ready
to adopt the course which it appeared to recommend
with reference to the foreign Ministers.
It had been perfectly well known, even if your
brdahip had not adverted to the fact, that the law
does absolutely prohibit any other service in our
parochial churches or chapels but that which is so
explicitly prescribed in the act of uniformity. It
is just as well known that this act does not
extend to proprietary chapels. Some of your
clergy, proprietors of these private chapels, seeing
how your lordship expressed your gratitude "in
having been yourself allowed to officiate, according
to the rites of the English church, inseveral churches,
both of the Lutheran and reformed communities, on
the continent," thought they could not better meet
your wishes and recommendations than by
.permit-
ting the foreign ministers to " officiate " in their
chapels " according to their own rites."
And now, my lord, what return do you make to
there ministers, who only adopted the conduct which
you appeared to suggest? What encouragement do
you give to those who bad, more than willingly, en-
asavoured to renew their confidence in your lord-
ship's soundness and stability?
A gentleman, who is kip mischievous beams his
policy is to remove hbmW es mach as psalm Sam
public notice sad
RI aniniadver baisozardwik=tint
wonted policy. Mr. W. Upton of
the challt I‘iargerststreet, whisk is mew converted
into a descrier clunk "ventures is submit to your
laraehip haw mash distress of mind many members of
his sempepetion id at the waded al the 'ministers of
mass prepeielsey is Leaden who have re-
okay alisired this pains arearises brain reformed
!aggregations to presehiatheirpsiphs, *may redac-
tag ear embolic church to an siraattay with those
MAWR Mb hl thesiciat=e." He alms that ,
" church of En Pere Ravignan as
a past of the alumna aboak, while, on the ether
lalwA, it spree M. Hagar and M. Merle d'Aubigne
id:Assessmil 2111 Z aim* He i your
not to be anise this outrage upon our '
dash and entreats as oily answer, as the minds of
SO many are so sadly pied.
Tow lordship has ghat ea wdy answer. Let us
se *dim it Is a fit ase.