The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-03 00:00:00

BISHOP AGAINST BISHOP.

The Bishop of Exeter does not recognise the Protestant
Bishop of Jerusalem, who, although consecrated by the Arch-
bishop of Canterbury, has not " the express permission of the
bishop" U. e. the Greek or Roman, ecclesiastic] "in whose
diocese Jerusalem is situated." The following letter states
the case : . .

Bishopstowe, Oct. 24, 1853.

My dear Dr. have received a letter from a friend
informing me that the absence of my name from the protest
now in circulation against certain acts of the Right Rev.
Bishop Gobat (called by many Bishop of Jerusalem) has been
considered as a proof of my disapproving that protest.
Permit me to say, that such a conclusion is wholly
unfounded. . . . . .

I decline to sign that protest—and, indeed, to inquire into
the statements on which it is based—simply because I had
previously protested, by a formal instrument addressed to the
late Archbishop of Canterbury (under date May 25, 1846),
against the consecration of any successor to Bishop Alexander
at Jerusalem, as involving very grave violations of the laws of
the Catholic Church, and of our own branch of it in

particular.
Having made that protest, I cannot enter into consideration
of the details of conduct on the part of him who ought not,
in my judgment, to have been sent thither by any authority of
this Church or country, to minister as a bishop, without the
express commission of the bishop within whose diocese Jerusa-
lem is situate. In truth, I know not how to distinguish the
principle of that act from the mission of an Archbishop of
Westminster by the Pope.
Believe me, my dear Sir, very faithfully yours,
Rev. Dr. Mill. (Signed) H. EXETER.
The following letter appeared yesterday on the same sub-
ject :
" Whereas certain clergymen have addressed a memorial to
the Oriental Patriarchs and Synods, in which the Anglican
Bishop in Jerusalem is accused of having exceeded the proper
objects of his mission, and of introducing schism into the
Eastern Churches :

" And whereas some of the names affixed to the said docu-
ment are the names of persons who hold official stations in the
United Church of England and Ireland; and it might be sup-
posed, at least in foreign parts, that a censure of the Bishop, as
having acted without due authority from his Church, would
not be made by persons who were themselves acting without
such authority.
" Therefore we, the Metropolitans of the United Church o
England and Ireland, deem it expedient to make this public
declaration, that the said memorial does not in any manner
emanate from the said Church, or from persons authorised by
that Church to pronounce decisions.
" We are induced to take this step, first in order to guard
against the danger which might arise to our own Church from
til< example of the irregular and unauthorised proceedings of
the memorialists ; and, further, because we sympathise with
our brother, the Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem, in his arduous
position, and feel assured that his conduct, under the circum-
stances in which he is placed, will be guided by sound judgment
and discretion. _ _ _

"J. B. CANTUAR.
" T. EBOR.
" JOHN G. ARMAGH,
" RICHARD DUBLIN."

" Nov. 1, 1853.

COMMENCEMENT OF MICHAELMAS TERM.—Yester-
day being the commencement of Michaelmas Term, the Lord
Chancellor entertained the judges and the bar at his man-
sion in Upper Brooke-street, Grosvenor-square. A more
than usual number of the members of the bar were present.
Amongst the guests were : The Lords Justices Sir J.
K. Bruce and Sir Geo. Turner ; the Vice Chancellors
Sir R. W. Kindersley, Sir James Stuart, and Sir Wm.
Page Wood ; the Master of the Rolls, Sir John Romilly ;
the Lord Chief Justice of England, Lord Campbell ;
the Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, Sir
John Jervis ; the Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer,
Sir Frederick Pollock Knt. ; the Right Honourable
Edward Hall Alderson, one of the Barons of
the Exchequer; Mr. Justice Maule, Mr. Baron Parke, Mr.
Justice Wrightman, Mr. Justice Earle, Mr. Justice Cress-
well, Mr. Baron Martin, Mr. Baron Platt, Mr. Justice
Williams, Mr. Justice Talfourd, the Attorney-General, Sir
Alexander Cockburn, the Solicitor General, Sir R. Bethell,
J. Russell, Esq., Q.C., Malins, Esq, Q.C., Edwin James,
Esq., Q.C., P. Crowder, Bsq., Q.C., Mr. Huggins, Q.C.,
Mr. Temple, Q.C., Mr. Knowles, Q.C., Mr. Watson, Q.C.,
&c., &c. At the conclusion of the general levee and break-
fast his Lordship, accompanied by the Judges, proceeded in
state to Westminster Hall to open their respective Courts.
The Lord Chancellor, the Lords Justices, the Master of the
Rolls, and the Vice-Chancellors, sat at Westminster ; to-daY
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