The Express.
London, England, 1868-02-22 00:00:00

CONVOCATION SF THE PRININCE OP
CANTERBURY.

Yesterday morning's convoratim of the Pro—
vince of Canterbury assembled at Westminster for the-
despatch of bestrews. The Archbishop of Chaterbury pre.
sided .ri the Upper Houma The Bishop of Salisbury pre—
sented a inemorkl from the English Church Union, nom.•
plainiag of blasphemies and heresies contained in a volume.
of sermonsecatitled " The Shag and the Stone," by the.
Bev. Chutes Yoysey, intrambent of Healaugb on the
troupe of York. His lordship said he Doubt not read the
entracte, soblasphentous use they. He knew that great
liberty might, be allowed Mans statement ot doctrine, but
mill he react the extracts appeeded to the petition be had
wales of the horrible nature ef the priacipleoenunciated
bythis a He should have thoughttbat it was
impossible tun any man with the tername of a con-
science to advocate dosestres which se plainly
mietradieted the doctrine* of the chosicb. The
Bishop of Gleanester and Bristol asked whethes any pro.
ceedings had been taken. bouts* he could hardly conceive
that such destriees could haver been taught without being
takennefore the courts of law.. The Bishop or Salisbury
sailhe bad made no inquiries. The Archbishop of Can-
tertiary maid that on former occasions representations had
been made oaths Archbishop of York in reference to the
publications of Hr. Voysey, whesoonsulted hie chancellor,
and that officer gave it as his impinon that tae} were not
such doctrine* aa mist.: not IN bold in the church of
Ragland, and which would nee sly be punishable by •
*sort of law. Baring read the eatracts which the Eaglish
Church Union had sent up. be mai hardly conceive how
it meld be said that they could be held consistently with
the doctrines of the church of England. He would con-
sult the Archbishop of York on the subject. The Bishop
of Orient said the book was eau dull, very .timid, and
not worth reeding. He should promose that convocation
should take me antic. of it. This preposition wet with
general assent, out the mattes dropped, Their leedshMe
then posseeded (outsider the qurslos of diocesan synod.;
and afloat PON discussion, the report we. unanimously
adopted. The Venerable Arehleaces Bickerateth, D.D.,
the prolocutor of the Lower Hues of Convocation' who
was accompanied by the Dean of Canterbury, the Dean of
Chicheeter, Chancellor Maasingberd. the Warden of All
Souls' College, Oxford, Arcbilsoooo Mackenzie, and other
gentlemen, Straight up an arlieWes cirri, stating that,
while abstaining front expressing any opinion upon the
legality of the e aim of Bishop Coigns° to the temporalities
of the see of Natal, they prayed their lordships to take
insamires for declaring, Ens, that the church of England
aosepte as valid the exounianuticatioe of Dr. Coteau, and
that until he be reconciled unto and reeeived into the
church by proper authority they will hold him to be ex.
communicated ; end second, that they accept the spiritual
validity of the sot of the I.ced Bishop of Capetown in
deposing Dr. Cetus* from his bishopres. The bishops sat
in consultation nearly three hours, during which time the
nastier was fully considered. On the readmation of the
representatives of the pram, the Bishop of Capetown was
illiitted at the same time as " e. stranger." The Bishop of Ox-
goireatlangtla various reamer:iamb, their les dahips'house
shoarrd statain front taking action in the matter, while at
the same time it must not be supposed they had the
slightest sympathy with the teaching which Bishop Gray
had condemned. The Bishopof London seconded the mo-
tion. He hail ventured at various times to express that he
could not approve of many of the acts whereby Bishop
Gray had, most coescientiously, carried on this very
cult matter. Tbeinfore, if it should appear to soy per-
sons that any phrases in their resolution. were stronger
than would naturally have beset used by himself, consi-
dering his known opinions, he legged it to be understood
that he acquiesced in a general admiration of Bishop
Grey's courage and goodness, while he reserved to himself
right of criticising the particular acts which he had
adopted The Archbishop of Canterbury said it was some-
what unfortunate that the ureic's! es deri from the Lower
House did not come up collier, so that it might have been
more folly damaged. Some further discussion took place,
and the Archbishop of Canterbury then put the resolution
to the meeting, and it was unanimously adopted. By
direction of his grace, Mr. F. H. Dyke then read a eche-
dole pecauguing convocation until the 98th of April next.

In the Lower House a protest was presented by Arch.
deacon Ibis (which was on the ruling of the prolocutor
received am a gravamen) against the resolution peened cm
the previous day in reference to the church is Booth
Africa and the Bishopric of Natal as being opposed to the
Queen's supremacy over the colonial as well as the English
church, and therefore contrary to the law and the consti.
ration. On a motion to that effect, the gravamen was
referred to the committee of gravamina' but the arch-
deacon reserved to himself the ftht of tendering it to the
srchloishop as his own indiviikal complaint. The debate
on the resolutions agreed to by the Upper House on Wed-
nesday en the subject of ritualism, and published at the
time, was then prooseded with as the order of the day.
The Dean of Chichester (Dr. Hook) moved, mid Arclideacce
Mackenzie secianded, the adoption of the resolutions. To
this Archdeacon Maims moved the following amendment :
" That this house earnestly desires that it may be able to
co-operate with the Upper House upon the whole matter
now submitted for ha consideration. But having regard

to the fart, that two forted inquiries, by autho-rity: are
now pending - one before a royal commissioo, the other
before the hiihest ecclesiastical court, the issue of both
I roreuhrwintguieries will supply materials, now lacking, bat
for a sound decision by this house upon the
what sere, this house humbly represents to the Upper
Rouse that it does not appear to this house to be saps-
diens to proceed by way of any Astrid resolution at this
Archdoaeon Wordsworth roes at dr o'clock to
move the adjournment of the debate, having, he said, been
welting for seven boars fee the opportunity to speak. The
Prolocutor suggested that a division might first be taken
on the 11111111011111111 M. Several members hithilated their M-
emnon te address the home, and some spoke of the un-
reseonableasos of resk.ulietag the hoes* to mime tea dead=
on se inspertaril • ea widen* the fallen opportunity
for discamion. Ult the Prolocutor, finding it
impossible fa Whim the house to come to a vote that even-
ing, reed the sandals of prorogation *diem/sing the honer
until the filth Apr&