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abliug the Sehwarzenburg. However, before the
conclusion of the engagement, the Radetzky was
snuck by 28 shot, mostly on her port side. A
young naval cadet, who directed the fire of her two
rifled cannon, o❑ the quarter-deck, was severely
wounded in the early part of the engagement, and
died of his wounds yesterday morning at 11. The
shell which fractured the thigh of the young officer
passed clean between the legs of a seaman, who was
hauling back his gun to recharge it. In spite of
his desperate wound, the brave young fellow cheered
on his men, while ho lay himself iu agony on the
deck.

The gunners of the Radetzky showed great
coolness throughout, and more than once recharged
their guns with Danish balls, which fell on the
deck. One shot entered an ante-chamber leading
to the captain's cabin, and, curiously enough,
smashed to atoms a portrait of Field-Marshal
Radetzky, which was hanging on the walls. A
second shot made great havoc with the fur-
niture in the captain's cabin. A shell burst in
the chamber where the ship's papers were kept,
setting fire to them, and doing much irreparable
mischief. The total loss of the Radetsky amounted
to five killed and 31 wounded.

The Adler and the Blitz, owing to the long range
of their guns, sustained no loss, all the Danish shot
falling short of their mark.
The engagement, which commenced a few minutes
before 2 p.m., was over by 4 p.m.

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Presentation of the OxforeDeciarationi

SHIELDS, May 11.—A large fleet of laden vessels
sailed from the Tyne this morning, many of them bound
for the Baltic, as the armistice has opened out the German
ports. There is a considerable demand for coals to be sent.
out to Cronstadt, and many chips have been chartered
thence, the rates bring about .El 3 per keel. The wind is
not favourable for quick passages to the Elbe and Baltic, as
it is still from the north-east.
The barque Francis Milky, from Mauritius
landed at Plymouth last night Captain Howes, his wife, two
children, and five seamen of the Boston ship Avon, laden
with guano for Queenstown, which was destroyed by the
Confederate cruiser Florida, on the 29th of March, 14 N.,
long 31 W.

A large number of the clergy attend • • 4 k,
.7
beth Palace to present to the Arehbis .. • ..tee 1 ' ;••
prepared by the committee appointed at the rkepting •Igla
Oxford, and which has since received the sigtature ur
wards of 11,000 of the clergy of England and Ireland. His
Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury received the deputation
in the library of the palace. About 300 of the cleney wero
present. With his Grace there were the Bishop) of St
Asaph, Bangor, Rochester, Gloucester, Carlisle, Moray and
Ross ; the Hon. and Rev. G. M. Bourke and the Rev. Pre-
bendary Hall, chaplains to the Archbishop; the Rev. W.
Stubbs, librarian ; and Mr Dunning, the secretary.
Among the clergy present were the Yen. Archdeacon
Clerke, Dr Cotton, Provost cf Worcester College; Dn-
Leightoe, Dr Courtenay, Rev, R. R. Faulkener, Rev. J.
Bareman, Rev. C. M. Arnold, Rev. E. Bull, Rev. E.
Davidson, Rev. R. Gunner, Rev. F. 11. Sharpe, Rer. W.
Davies, Rev. C. C. Spencer, Rev. Dr Biher, Rev. W, R.
Cosens, Rev, T. F. Lingharn, Rev M. Mayow, Rev. \V.
Lyall, Rev. W. Glitch, Rev. George Philips, Rev. S.
Merry,
Rev. E. Over, Rev. -- Ackworth, Rev. T. Silus%
Rev. Burman Casson, Rev. Francis Poynter, Rev. Sir N.
Rev. F. T. Leigh, Rev. W. S. Buckle, Rev. W.
Chinnery,
'W. Robinson, Rev. Ernest Cowan, Rev. Henry Caltnorov,
Rev, Prebendary Stevenson, Rev, E. Bull, &e.
The Yen. Dr. CLECCKE, Archdeacon of Oxford, in ere-
senting the address, said—illy lord archbishop, every one
here present must be so perfectly well acquainted with she
object which has brought us together today that I con-
ceive I shall best be consulting your own convenience and
my own feelings by introducing this subject in as few words
as possible. (Hear, hear,) I have been requested, as
chairman of the committee who have drawn up the declara-
tion so generally published, in the name of that committee
to present to your grace and the bishops now present an
address, and also to deliver to you the declaration which has
met with so large a number of signatures. With respect to
ourselves, acting as the committee, we have drawn up the
declaration in compliance with a request which was made
when we were appointed in February last, at the meeting
in Oxford, to draw up that which would receive the sanction
and approbation of a great number of the clergy, and I am
anxious here to state that that meeting at Oxford was
called together by a very strong expression of feeling and
of!anxiety which seemed to pervade all parts of the land.
(Cheers.) This declaration has since been in circulation,
and has received a number of signatures, amounting, I
believe, to at least 11,000, and that number is even now
increasing, for we have daily been receiving additions to it.
In discharge, therefore, of the duty committed to me, I
will proceed to read the address to your grace, previous to
delivering to you the declaration. Thus far I think I have
discharged as briefly as possible the duty which has
been committed unto me as chairman of the committee which.
was brought together. It was at the meeting at Oxford
that we were appointed a committee, and upon that autho-
rity alone, and not upon any authority of our own, we have
continued to act to the best of our ability. But, my lord, in
the discharge of this duty I feel that I have another which
I ought in the first instance to discharge, and that is to ex-
press to your grace, in the name of the committee and in
the name of a large number of the clergy who are here pre-
sent with the deputation, how deeply indebted we aro to
your grace for your kind consideration—(cheers)—in re-
ceiving us in your palace in order that we might here pre-
sent to you, in a manner most congenial to our own feel-
ings, and, as I conceive,
,most suited to the solemnity of
these proceedings itself, and within these walls to have the
honour of presenting your grace this declaration which I
am now about to lay before you. This, my lord, is but ono
of the many proofs, if any proofs were indeed necessary,
of your great kindness, condescension, and willingness to
meet all the just wishes, and to consider the accommodation
of the clergy generally, and also to support cordially every-
thing that the clergy may take up which they conceive to
be for the benefit of the Church, for the glory of God, for
the;keeping of the faith of Christ, and for the maintenance
and support and increase of the Church, as the witness and
as the keeper of Hely Writ. I believe it will be necessary
for me only to proceed to read the address, which I now
read in the name of the clergy here present to-day, and re-
presenting also a much larger body of clergy, who are not
able to attend this meeting. The venerable archdeacon
then read the following address :--
"MOST RET. AND RIGHT REV, FATHERS IN GOD,
"We, the members of the committee appointed at a meet-
ing held in Oxford to draw up a statement setting forth the
clear and consistent teaching of the Church of England and
Ireland on matters upon which such clearness and consis-
tency of teaching have been gravely questioned, have now
the honour to present to your lordships a declaration of firm
belief that the Church 'maintains without reserve or qualifi-
cation the Inspiration and Divine Authority of the whole
Canonical Scriptures as not only containing but being the
Word of God, and also teaches the eternal punishment of
the wicked. My lords, we understand the work entrusted
to us under a sense of many and deep responsibilities ; we
were called ripen to act with decision in matters of difficulty
and importance which were heavily oppressing the minds
of Churchmen, and did not issue the declaration till we had
obtained the consent and sanction of a large number of the
clergy of England and Ireland. We cannot draw our
labours to a close without first of all expressing before your
lordships and the clergy here assembled that we are heat tilt/
thankful to Almighty God because the task imposed Open
us has been carried through to the end with perfect
unanimity on our part, and because the weight of it Ira
been greatly relieved by expressions of cordi-1 assent end by
hearty co-operation on the part of a large number of the
clergy who have affixed to it their signatures. We can
assure your lordships that, large as this number is, it by no
means represents the whole of those who unswervingly
hold the several articles of faith, the truth of which this
declaration seeks to affirm. Beyond the public means of
communication, we know through a large correspondence
that there are, besides the number of names appended to
the declaration, some thousands of the clergy whose faith
it equally expresses. They assure us they were deterred
from signing it, not by any doubt as to the faith of the
Church of England or their own, but by various natural
and legitimate considerations. Indeed, when we consider
the novelty of the course which the necessity of the case
suggested in order to reassure the lay members of our
Church of the faith of their clergy, we have reason to be
thankful to Almighty God for the great success with
which He has been pleased to bless it. We trust that the
declaration has had some force in removing the misgivings
of many as to the authoritative teaching of the Church on
matters of such vital moment to men's souls as the accept-
tance or denying the inspiration of the Holy Scriptures,
and also the eternity of the punishment pronounced upon
the accursed. We further trust, that, as expressing the
opinions of so large a body of the clergy, it will strengthen
your lordships' hands in any future measure which you may
devise for guarding the faith of the Church. As we com-
menced our work with humble prayer for Divine guidance,
so we close it with fervent joy that we have been allowed
to promote the glory of our Lord, and with thankfulness
that the acceptance which this document has met with,
affords an assurance that the Church of England can give
to all her members throughout the length and breadth of
the land a 'witness that the true faith of Christ, which is
her life, is upheld in her by her Divine Lord, and that her
clergy who bind themselves to it, evince their obligation
by a faithful, open, and unreserved acceptance of the doe-
ungplreesnhdywautherdos:oranreida Catholicnddea'
Church,
doc-
trine of the Church as set forth in her creeds, articles, and
other formularies.
" (Signed) C. C. Clerke, D.D., Archdeacon of Oxford,
chairman; R. L. Cotton, D.D., Provost
of Worcester College ; G. A. Denison,
M.A„ Archdeacon of Taunton; W. H.
Fremantle, M.A., Rector of Claydon,
secretary; F. K. Leighton, P.D., War-
and E.
den of All Souls College;
RD:Dp„
Pussy, D.D,,
aDrt,iDn'.s; Birmingham;
holde.ll.ee 1M
to be
Hebrew." Regina Professor of
The declaration, of which the following is a "TY. was
next read 7.-•••
to the souls of then
orders " W
ofe thethe undersigned Church of o f
our bounden duty to the Churthon ande
Church of England and
to declare our firm belief that the Church of England and
Ireland, in common with the
Canonical Scriptures as
ye or qualification, the inspiration
_ • -
the whole Ca •
nalraelinantarli,nsi,nweiothmemutonreswerith t
ogf our blessed Lord, that the
the Word of God; and fur-
therequally with the ' lifo' of the
nota nd
only
Divinete aeheeens 'authorityni n g
"'u otordfbes
is everlasting."
addressg were handed to his grace by
The declaration
and
stated
the ARCHDEACON,that a more complete list of.
• attires would shortly be presented.
Archbishop of CANTERBURY, in reply, said —Reve-
:rpiugnhitsehemuse,n, t' of the cursed,'
the sign
The
—Reve-
rsed and dear brethren : we, the Bishops of the United
Church of England and Ireland here present, accept this
declaration as a eneeeed expression of your belief in those
doctrines of the Church to which it refers. It is satisfac-
tory to receive your assurance that there are some thousands
of the clergy who, agreeing with you in the substance of
the declaration, hesitated to sign it only by reason of its
form or circumstances. This assurance strengthens
doiusr
conviction that the clergy of our Church will never be
the
posed to propagate opinions which tend to subvert
fundamental doctrines of Christianity.
We, for our parts,
shall ever feel it to be our duty to maintainty, that we may
the authorita-
tive• teaching of the Church ; humbly
endowedtrusting
with siren gt h
and wisdom to promote the glory of Got and the welfare of
receive guidance from above, and be
His Church, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
d by the benediction of the
The proceedings were close
Archbishop.