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Royal Highness the Duchess :t ' I
4. Kent took an airing to-
and her
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,isPORTING IN TELLIGENCE.
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TATTERSALL'S-YESTERDAY.
Tewheitebhetstitnagkeiz the afternoon was confined solely to the Ce- , -. ----_ TIIE StTN, LONDON. FRIDAY, aCTOBRII, 11. IRI. -
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TUE REVENUE FOR THE YEAR, AND QUARTER ENDING OCTORL-"R 10, 1839. -
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No. L-An Abstract of the Net Produce of the Revenue of Great Britain in the Years and Quarters ended 10th of October, 1338, and 10th of October,. 1839, shewing the Increase
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g YEAR _fl _
-Yrar ended Oe t '0• , Charter ended Oct. 10.
gether in a pony carriage at fou
which a new first favourite appears in the or Decrease on each head thereof.
I Increase. 1 Decrease. Increase Decrease.
QUA RTE 1T,..........._,„......................Th5ENDED , . 4E41
in tha Park, the Countess of S 'arnidnich attending 0 person of Mickleton Maid; a change in some measure indicated _
Queen. Two pony carriages . o.lowed, in one • ' by the state of the market on Monday evening. She was backed
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I were th,is day. at 7to 2,- and.half a point mor laid against Cruiske.en,
Lady Charlotte Dundas, Hon. Aim Campb," . 'Jan. -5, April 5, Jul 5, Oct. 10, i Oct 10, cjan, 5, -Agpt-rjjAIRST,--"--8 .71831Dy:5:, 011.3i0, Ofs3tl,, ' "-•
- 1838 1833 18.3 1838 1 1838
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awsoosheetriendisact were less numerous, and. not quite so sanguine,
1839 1839
Viscount Alelhourne, and in the . )thee wer,a
#"the Hon. quoted the odds. • Prime& unproved a point,
Miss Cocks and the Hon. Miss Paget. and Joannina declined three. No others were mentioned. A Customs.-Consolidated Duties . 3,629,703 3,153,007 3,4:53,052 3,990,050 - 3,750,032 3,497,823 3,823,871 4,484,752 ,- I
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A numerous
•- '303,068 1,31%1:46
Party attended on - horseback, cc ansisting , few minutes before the close 6to I was taken in fifties about - - - 493,323 1,045,462
Sur
Fund
Ty applicable to Co. n..so. Mated...
893,570 605,395 1,479,221 - 1,101,356 420,4'23 - 1,293,254 1 - -
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Falkland, Hon, Colonel Grey, Earl r , •:31 Viscount
.4 Surrey, Hon.
Science, who had not previously been named. It is not impro- Sugar Duty applicable to. Supplies.
bable that a question will arise as to the power Of the stewards ..-_______ _____ ....._ .
.Mr. Byng, Sir Wm. Lumley, a) id L
ord Alfred Paget. to alter the articles after they had been published and sub.:, 4,52•3,278 4,061,670 4,769,400 N 46,271 1 18,.423,619 4,854388 4,411,569-1 '4,971,333 5,7V,0f 6 19.915,i'96 1,091,677 ...... 308,735
3.59',4(•11 1,705,853 2,437,112 4,093,959 1 1.,.:2,7,788 3,627,120 1,S41,:::11 9,570,311 4,113,159 12,15,171 394,33
19,200
I.'he Royal party passed throng h t) ae Little or Home scribed to. The alteration imposes a penady of 31b for every
_--iiiiii--p-5... 1,544,4f 0 1,649,194 1,699,134 1,751,476 O,O ,6,201 1,521, :c3 . 1,4140,:.,53 1,647, It-:iAt
Pack towards Datchet. handicap of the value of 200/. won between the 4th of Sep- Taxes 1,579,028 130J)76 1,, 09,:,C8 32.1,r45 30;17,157 I,F-A6,681) 176, 4 44) 1,(3.:0,37 2 :311,281 3,713,784 66,627 51,75'2
Tk', a Ducha3s of Kent r ado r Jut on horseback this tember and the day of running, and adds 61b to Cruiskeen's Post
.uross-°n tends 376,000 369,000 381,000 410,000 1,536,091 36.,,006 . 392,000 339,000 497,00) 1,a33,000
6:•,600 6;,,•1 0 1:10. ,00 423 1,6,9,724 6,568,' 23
40 000 40.004) 40,060 40,000 160,000 20,000 .....
3,C00 1,,762
3,000
'weight, and 31b to Joannina's, without . ... .
..... . . ... . 95,000
tnornit. g, atteogled by Lady; C, affecting Mickleton Miscellaneous . .
narlotte Duudr,s, Miss Maid, !who won a large Make (not a handicap) at Doncaster. - - - 174 25,841 10,,f,0 8,376 44,781 6:310 33;545 14,611 , 17054 1031407 t.,9,196
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Quentin, thiri. Colonel Gri !y,* and Sir George Quentin.. By an alteration in the Cambridgeshire Stakes, also made, we Total Ordinary Revenue 11,613,741 8,006,134 10,899,M1 12,126,
' Excise.... Total Customs.
127 42,64E,549 a
:337,213 1.6, ',l
1 ',C00,730 8,537,318 11,159,030 12,30;826 i 449E0,681 1,571,813 130,681 -------
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Count Neat lrode, Baro n Brunow, the Marchioness believe, subsequent to the publication of the articles and the
, Iraprest and other Moneys 97;7643 33,018 320,758 28,414 481,966 105,P60 31 853 201195 41,4‘.M 409,964 17,998 13,002
of Clanricarde, the Marc! tV sof Normanby, Earl and receipt of subscriptions„the winner of the Cesarewitch Stakes Re-payments of Advances 90,492 89,%62 127,660 194, :24 ~, 501,168 193,716 io.-,,786 . "40,2,402 234,045 i 750,000 254,811 • .....
1:-I.O.,118. 1 73:------;),'75;3216
1 Countess of Gr.', %mine; aril the Hon. W. Temple, are will have to carry 71b extra. The stewards have expressed an
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Dion, that as partie3 who accepted to the stakes did so after Total Income ii,.4ui,93•2 8,11.1',714 11,347,902 12,349,075 43,628,683 II 12,349,26:3 8,694,957 11,655,137 12,642,t-,117 ,15,342,654 1,811,,52
expeet,:d to arril 'e at the C tstle this afternoon, and w.ll
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re said conditions were announced, and without making any e
join the Royal di 'nner part: ( this evening, •
objection thereto, they must be considered as having acquiesced 111 Amount applied to the Consoli
dated Fund - - 8 Q:.-8 08j ' 6,181,1;8 6,750,9,-2 p,641,131 3 31,851,497 Deduct
9,596,103 6,009,031 6,602,924 9;91,504 31,602,822 Decrease. Deduct ,
Decrease.
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130,651 96,514
The Hereditary Prince - (Ernest), and Prince Albert The following were the closing prices:- cchequer Bills, i,sued as A drlnces... :31,080 3,203 78,150 126,C00 238,430 50,40 4:1,677 172,4C0 93 ',761 1 874,838 ----
of Saxe Cobourg G otha, L ended at the Tower at four Bto 1 asst Mickleton Maid-take 7to 2 Ditto, as part of the Ways and Means
of the Year,94l 11,536,7!6 ~ 2,702,800 0,9.64,249 4,6'40,913 3,016,97:1 12,864,994 lncrease on Increase on
4to 1 agst Cruiskeen-taken •
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o'clock yesterday alit emoon„ from ene Continent. Their sto 1 asst Primefit-taken and afterwards offered
Total - -
11,801,939 8,129,714 11,247,962 I 12,349,075 P 43,1,29,083 1i 1:?,349,96.3 8,694,957 -1 11,056,137 12,612,297 i 43,342,f 54 1,713,1)71 29.1,222
Serene
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Highnesses a ad svite rollre conveyed in two of 6to I asst Science-taken
thr. iel.,__ _ , , •

.e Hereditary Prince - (Ernest), and Prince Albert
of Saxe Cobourg G ltha L ended at the Tower at four
o'clock yeiterday aft€ moon „ from ene Continent. Their
Berene Highnesses a nd svite wrlre conveyed in two of
the Queen's landaus to the Royal Mews at Pimlico,
and shortly afterwar Is left to wn, with their suite, in
two. of the Royal -c arriages and four, for Windsor
Castle, on a visit to the Qut
Her Majesty the Queen 1 Dowager, attended by Vis-
count and Viscount.ess Bart ington, and the Hon. Miss
arrived at Marl .orough House soon after
eleven o'clock yes terday Inoi ming in an open landau and
f!Mtr from her retidence, B, ashy House, Bushy Park.
Her Majesty visited the L luckless of Glonceste.• at
Gloucester Rouse, and in t he afternoon left Marlbo-
rough House at half-past film o'clock, on her return to
bushy Park,
The Marquis of Norman by lett „tOwn yesterday af-
bernoon on a visit to her Maj esty et Windsor Castle.
The Grecian Minister traL Isaar,(l business yesterday
t the Foreign Office.

The following were the closing prices:-
8 to 1 agst Mickleton Maid—take 7 to 2
4 to 1 agst Cruiskeen—taken
5 to 1 agst Primefit—taken and afterwards offered
6 to 1 agst Science—,taken
8 to 1 agst Quo Minus
10 to 1 agst Joannina—taken
7 t 0,2 laid agst each of the first two in one bet
No Derby betting.

No. IL—lncome and Charge of the Consolidated Fund, in the Quarters ended the 10th October, 1838, and the 10th October, /839.
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Quarters ended 0ct.1.0. I
Quarters ended Oct. 10.
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INCOME. 1833 1839 1 • CHARGE. '' ---.....
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Customs.—Consolidated Duties 3,991',050 4,434,752 Permanent Debt.
3,416,k1 3
1,10 1,271
37 :975
Consolidated Fund lnterest on Exchequer Bills issued to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund
1,391, C
Sinking Fund 23,89 ,4027,,714
Total Customs ' 3,990,05 i 4,431,7.52 The Civil List —
. Other charges on the Consolidates Fund 95,411 96,570
Excise
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Taxes
Post Office
„.„;.__. The Surplus 5,426,833 5,506,662
Crown Lands 65010 40,000.
... 5,464,819 6,0,1;5t6
Miscellaneous 8,376 17,631
Imprest and other Moni6s 28,424 41,4'26
Repayment of Advance
The Amount of Exchequer Bills issued to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund for the Quarter ended July 5, 1839,
and paid offout of the growing produce of that Fund for the Q
10,c91,652 11,359,218 Quarter ended Oct. 10, 1,29
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The Amount issued in the Quarter ended Cc, 10, 1830, in part of the sums ,granted by Parliame.,:t out of the Consoli
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- 7,893,952
To Cash brought to this Account dated Fund for Supply Services
, 3,016,972
to be applied to pay off Deficiency , , The Surplus of the. Consolidated Fund, Quarter ended Oct. 10, 1839
6,092,556 3,075,584
8i115... T:0070 1
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10,891,652 11,1;99,218 1 Oct. 10, 1839
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HOLYWELL HUNT •RACES—TUESDAY.
Produce Sweepstakes of 50 sovs each, for the produce of mares
cover el in 1835 ; colts, Bst 51b'; fillies, Bst 31b. Two miles.
(5 subs.)
Mr. Mostyn's b c Papineau, by Emancipation,.....walked over
The Mostyn Stakes of 10 sous each; for three-year-olds, 7st
51b; four years, Bst 51b; five years, Bst 121 b; six years,
9st ; and aged, 9st 21b. The Mostyn mile. (23 subs. )
Lord Westminster's •The Lord Mayor, 3 yrs... ..( Francis)
Mr. F. H. Price's br g Captain Pops, 4 yrs.
Sir T. Stanley's b h Cowb,,y, 5 yrs 3
Mr. :Holker's ch m The Maid of Monton, )rs... ......... 4
Mr. Mostyn's Hugh Lupus, 3 yr, 5
Betting-2 to lon The Lord Mayor and 4to 1 agst Cowboy.
Won by a head, after a fine race between the first two.
The Champagne Stakes of 30 says each; 20 ft ; for two-year-
old colts, Bst Sib ; and fillies, Bst 31b; any horse having
started once without winning allowed 21bs ; twice or more,
31bs. The last half mile. (3 subs.)
Sir T. Stanley's ch c Rabitcaicher (Templeman) 1
Mr. F. R. Prism's ch c Tully
5t02 on Rabitcatcher. Won very easy.
Sweepstakes of 50 sovs each, lift, for three-yr-old foals of 1836;
colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 51b. Mile and a half.
Mr. Mostyn's b c Papineau, by Emancipation walked over
The Pengwern Stakes of 30 sovs each, 10 ft ; for three-year-
, :olds, 7st 91b ; four yrs, Bst 91b. One mile and three quar-
ters. (5 subs.)
Mr. F. R. Price's br f Lady Abbess, 3. yr 5...... 1
Lord Westminster's Sir Ralph, 4 yrs
Mr. Mostyn's Hugh Lupus. 3 yrs 3
3tol on Sir Ralph. Won in a canter.

4,815,T38

BISHOP PHILLPOTTS AND THE

REV. H. R. HEAD.

ment of the negligence of the Spiritual Peers in Parlia-
ment, whose duty it is with holy jealousy to labour to
remove them.
" I humbly entreat you, my Lord, not to enforce
them, or act upon them—but rather to use your influ-
ence in Parliament to promote a mitigation of these in-
tolerant enactments, in which the string of human pre-
rogative is stretched tighter than the 6th Article permits.
" It has been well observed, that we ought to treat
the defects of our laws with as much tenderness as we
would treat the wounds of a sick child. This is just.
But there is such a thing as drawin out a tooth—and
there is such a thin.- as cutting *pea limb. In such
cases of necessity, the fi'rmness and dexterity of the sur-
geon must be superadded to •the tenderness of a friend.
And so it must be with regard to the alteration of our
laws.
" If, therefore, it be an arduous or an inconvenient
task which I have entreated your Lordship to under-
take, it is nevertheless a necessary one. Anti-Chris-
tian stains ought not to be suffered to remain on the
face of our laws and. establishment, merely because it
is inconvenient to our Bishops and Clergy to wipe them
away.

ing an alarm concerning Roman Popery. The Right
Reverend "Prelate has been apprising his clergy that her
Majesty's Government are patronising Papists in Aus-
tralia and Upper Canada ; but withal the Right Rev.
Prelate is endeavouring to impose upon our consciences
as heavy a burden as any that a Papist could bind upon
us. The Right Rev. Prelate has raked up a few anti-
Christian statutes, virtually obsolete, because inconsis-
tent with the general tenor of our laws and religion.
By threats and intimidations 'drawn from these raise=
rable statutes (which it is the Right Rev. Prelate's duty
in his place in Parliament to endeavour to rectify), bc
is endeavouring to force upon our consciences a burden
no less intolerale than that of Popery itself.
" Brethren; if .we, the clergy; of the Church of Enr

HoNiTaN, OcT. 8, IB39.—The quiet borough of
-loniton bad its propriety somewhat disturbed yesterday
by the visit and visitation Of Bishop Phillpotts. It was
expected that the Rev. H. E. Head would receive a severe
admonition touching his soul's excesses in the matter of
setting up the Open Bible above the canons of the Church.
It is worthy of remark, in limine, that whilit Bishop Phil-
potts takes his stand on the open' Bible ii the House of
Lords for the purpose of advancing the Interests Of his
political party, here, in his own diocese, a gtowing
party take their stand on the same open Bible against
him. The public are not fully acquainted with ,the quar-
rel between Phillpotts and his sulgirdirtte brother, and
with your permission I will briefly state the facts :
Phillpotts issued, in the course of his vocation, a circular
commanding the clergy to perform certain duties, which
the Rector of Feniton considered to be contrary to Scrip-
ture. He addressed a letter to the Bishop, demanding
his authority for making this call, and treated the Bishop
in that letter with a want of ceremony which his subor-
dinate station did not warrant. Mr. Head is a mild
benevolent man, exceedingly beloved by his parish.:
ioners, of simple habits, and most enthusiastic tempera-
ment. He yielded to a conscientious conviction of the
truth, or what he felt to be the truth, and replied to the
Bishop accordingly. This reply was, in manner and mat-
ter, a breach of clerical discipline, and on reflection, Me.
Head felt regret and deep anxiety to make that atone-)
ment which a conscientious man would do when sa-
tisfied that he had done wrong. He apologised to the
Bishop, and the friends of the Prelate have most indus-
triously spread the report that he had recanted the doc-
trines on which the reply was based. But the fact was
that he made atonement for the disrespectful manner in
which he had entered his protest againSt the Bishop, call-.
ing on him to do that which he believed to be opposed to
Scripture. But Mr. Head took proper means to set'
hiMself right here in 'the diocese, by printing, with his
name attached, a recapitulation of his principles on the
point in question, which was addressed to the Bishop.
A repetition of the offence in an unexceptionable form
had its due effect upon the Prelate, who took the oppor-
tunity of his visitation to discharge a regular pamphlet
against the misguided Rector. Mr. Head took this as it
was doubtlessly intended, and replied 'in a very spirited
manner, taking his stand upon the 4! Oracles of God."
The fact that the Rev. Mr. Head and the Bishop
were to meet face to thee drew some attention to the
Honiton visitation; but it was not sufficient to fill the
church. :The Bishop appeared in company 'with his se-
cretary, Mr. Ralph Barnes ; his chaplain son-in-law, the
Rev. Mr. Stephens; the Archdeacon of Exeter and a
general gathering
.of the priesthood. The sermon was
preached by the Rev. Mr. Conybeare, the geologist ; it
was a well-written production, but rather severe on
Phillpotts, as it went to show the mode in which St. Paul
discharged his episcopal and ministerial duties, and
which it may safely be said is widely different from
that of the good Prelate of Exeter. However the Bishop
took it in good part. After the Bishop's benediction
he proceeded to the altar, headed by his arace• bearer,
and followed by his Secretary. Here he took his seat
on a throne brought within the railing for the occasion,
and turning his back to the Divine command which was
inscribed on the wall—" Go ye therefore and teach all
Rations, baptising them," &c., proceeded to open
the preliminary business. This being done, the names of
the clergy were called over—the good Bishop giving a
patronising boW and the blandest of smiles to each as he
replied. Mr. Head was standing immediately in front,
and when his name was called the Bishop bowed with
the meekest grace to the recusant Rector, and told
him that after he bad delivered the charge he had
something to say to him. The preliminaries having been
completed, 'the throne was moved nearer to the centre
of the altar, and Bishop Phillpotts proceeded to de-
liver the Charge, which on a former • occasion called
forth the animadversiOns of The Sun. As soon as he
had concluded, the Rev. H. E. Head stood forward
for the purpose of addressing his Lordship, but a ge-
neral rush of persons, official and unofficial, was made
towards him. The throne was pushed aside, the Bi

land are to be burdened with the
,intolerable .yoke oi
human tradition in points of doctrine, like the ass in the
fable, we may inquire what does it signify to us whether
our minds are held in bondage by the bulls of the Bishop
of Rome or the threats of the Bishop of Exeter. Learn,
brethren, . learn to put a difference between the com-
mandment of God and the command of your Bishop.
'" Your Lordship will pardon me if I inquire how it is
thatyour Lerdship.omits,also to threaten the rigid en-
forcement of that statute of
,Queen Elizabeth which
awards ' deprivation to ministers who preach doctrines
contrary to the Thirty-nine Articles ? If this statute
were to be enforced,E the pulpit in many a church, the
throne in many a cathedral, will be vacant. Many of
our Bishops and. clergy will be expelled from their sta-
tions their flacks will he in the same predicament as
thetroops of the Israelitish king, of whom it was said,
These have, no. masters ;' the divines of the Oxford
school, among the rest, will certainly be deprived of
their benefices. Will the sermons of the reverend gen-
tlemen who have been so zealous in criminating me—
will yogi-, Lordship's own sermons bear the test of the
Thirty-nine Articles, those 'fundamental principles of
our • Church ? This question; my Lord, should
be answered to . the public before you proceed
to those extremities which you threaten. What if
you yourself, my Lord Bishop, can be proved to be
liable to deprivation under the 12th chapter of the
13th statute 'of Queen Elizabeth, for preaching doe-
trine contrary, and -repugnant to the Thirty-nine Arti-
cles ? I myself have heard your LOrdship preach doc-
trine both contrary and repugnant to the 11th Article,
which'teacher that we are justified 'by faith only.' I
have heard your Lordship preach contrary to the 17th
Article, which teaches the indefectible security of the
saints of God. Other discrepancies-between your Lord-
ship's preaching and the Thirty-nine Articles might be
pointed oat. Show, then, my Lord, to other men, that
toleration which you need yourself.
" That your Lordship should be persechted for these
discrepancies is what I by no means desire. If any
calamity were to befal your Lordship, no man in the
diocese would mourn for it more than I should. All
disaffection to your Lordship's person—all impatience of
your Lordship's authority, I disclaim. I have denied a
Bishop's right to glorify a scarlet .coloured throne at the
expense of'the Gospel ; to terrify timid men into an un-
holy subjection; and to push away the doctrines of the
Bible to make room for the doctrines of men ; but I do
not deny his la"wful'authority. Accordingly, here I stand,
in all due subjection, to answer any complaints against
me in your "Lcirdship's presence. Let me anticipate
some of these complaints, by observing that I have made
no secret of my opinions concerning certain passages in.
the baptismal 'service. It was 'suggested to the long
ago that I should procure these services to be pei formed
by a curate, that I might thus escape the anti-Christian
rigour which I have already spoken of. But I felt
arid 'feel that I do not need this expedient in such a
righteous cause. As long as I ern Rector pf Honiton,
and do the duties.Of the parish, I will, by the help of
the Althighty, perform the baptisms myself, and•in a
manner. consistent with His word, and with the general
tenor.of my ordination vows.

" My Lord, I sincerely respect your Lordship in
many points of your administration ; I respect that in-
flexible love of just dealing which you have manifested
in some instances. I respect that ardent zeal by which,
doubtless, you mean to uphold much that is lovely, and
of good report. Nor would I withhold, nor have I ever
intended to withhold, any of the resp et that is due to
You—that respect would be increased, if your Lordship
were to endeavour to reform, in your place in Parlia-
ment, some Of the oppressive enactments, some :of the
flagrant inconsistencies, of our ecclesiastical laws.
.." In the meantime, my 'Lord, with all due respect
for your age and station ; with all love for your person ;
with all. tenderness for your feelings—l inttcat your
Lordship, as a father, not to threaten clergymen of the
Church of England with excommunication,' merely
because they refuse to lend themselvei to the propaga-
tion of doctrines, :contrary, to. Scripture, to, the Thirty-
nine Articles, and to common sense. .These threat-
enings,' my Lord, may remind us of St. Paul before his
conversion, but they form no' part 'of his character
after he had become, an ,Apostle. In vain, my Lord,
we ransack the histories of the twelve blessed Apostles
of the Lamb, of God for a precedent for • such intoler-
ance and coercion or consciences. I implore , your
Lordship not to force your clergy to obscure the clear
doctrines of the Scripture, in order to give lustre to the
doctrines of men. I implore your Lordship to pause
before you openly pass that Rubicon which constitutes
the boundary between Protestantism and Popery. I
implore your Lordship to pause before you avowedly
abandon that' great leading principle of a Protestant
Church—the all-sufficiency of Scripture as a rule of
faith. I implore your Lordship to pause before- you
place openly, avowedly, deliberately, and decidedly,
traditions of men instead of Scripture, and the sacra-
'netts instead of Christ.
" My Lord, it is no degradation to superiors to listen
to the counsel of their-inferiors. Christian ethics de-
mand this condescension at your hands. All of' you
he subject one to another.' I Peter, v. Naaman, the
Syrian, listeued to the counsel of his servants, and wen
was it for him that he did so. 4My father,' they said,
' you had better do so and so, far such and such rea-
sons.' Other heathen officers might have com-
manded these servants to be cut in pieces for
their temerity. Not so with Naaman, the re-
generating grace of God appears to have touched
his heart, therefore he paused, he reflected, and
at length said, 'My friends 'you say well—there is reason
in what you say. I will follow your advice.' This
placability in a great heathen general is one of the most
amiable features in ancient history.
" On thiS principle, my Lord, the principle by which
a subordinate man may sometimes offer his advice to his
superior, I implore your Lordship, for the sake of the
empire in whose counsels you bear a part, for the sake
of the Gospel which you reverence, and for the sake of
the Establishment which you love—to lend a favourable
ear to the counsel that I have laid before you—a coun-
sel which it is competent to me as a Church minister to
offer—counsel which will be no degradation 'to your
Lordship to receive.
" But if your Lordship is resolved to turn a deaf and
a contemptuous ear to all my arguments,' remonstrances,
public and private suggestions, protestations, and en-
treaties—if you only reply, I excommunicate you, I
suspend you'—to all the clear testimonies of Scripture
which I adduce—it only remains for me humbly to as-
sure your Lordship, that, by the help of the Almighty,
no menace whatever shall make me swerve from that
Protestant 'pledge which I gave to the ecclesiastical au-
thorities at my ordination, that I would make Scripture
my paramount guide.
"In conclusion, my Lord, I feel obliged to protest,
and do protest, against your Lordship's intimidating lan-
guage. I protest against it as a palpable instance o spi-
ritual usurpation and spiritual tyranny. I protest against
it as a transgression of the ' lawful authority of a
Bishop contrary to liberty of conscience, and contrary
to the principles of Protestanism ; contrary to the spi-
rit of the British laws, and contrary to the letter of the
6th Article of the Church ; contrary to the Apostle
Paul, who forbids you to exercise dominion over 4
Christian man's faith, 2 Cor. 1 ; and contrary to the
Apostle 'Peter, who forbids you thus to lord it over
God's heritage.
" And, my Lord, I pray that the Almighty may
show more mercy to your Lordship than your Lord.:'
ship seems disposed to show to the free-born minds andl
heaven-born consciences of Britons and Christians. •
" And now, Rev. Brethren, suffer me to address my-
self to you. I will not trouble you with many Worth--
I would merely say a few words in my own. defence.
Misrepresentations have gone forth concerning me. 1
have been prejudiced and prejudged. Variouis publiea •
tions have been written in deprecation of my principles.
—whether in a charitable strain, or whether. in a eliffe.
rent strain I will not inquire ; I would only remark that
the character of haste is impressed upon them all ; not
that haste which will sometimes hurry a man into a
few unguarded expressions in the heat of a just remon-
strance, and in a righteoss cause—hut that haste which
makes a partial judge *Univiiiing to weigh and examine
the defence of him whim he is predetermined to
condemn. •
" I will. give you an instance out of many. I received
which supply sometimiri thq.
a printed letter a month ego, signed W. Spry, Rec-
tory,.Bniny, Fleming.'
epithets which
Sir—l read over It contains no illiberal insienia-
inbsseelf time•tie
place of
noo. sacrugrurmiloeunst.epiltht
the first
great haste Mr. Head's Letter to the Bishop ofiaElxecte:nr.,
and the impression on my mind is,' &sc. This respict-
y
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appearance'—according to first
weigh
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able clergyman
arguments,
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crude impressions-that presented themselves to his mind.
Brethren, 'we are particularly forbidden to be hasty
as others,
actinertiiisisdreeassvpnecitn, Isaiah xi. He
in judging—. Judge Let
every Man be Swift to hear, slow to speak,slow to wrath.'
Judge not according to
and reprove. with equity
imitatepre impressions. ihoinms .
whose 14,7 e
eh shouldar
shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, nor reprove
after the-hearing of his cars. But with righteousness
shall •he judge the poor,for the
meek of the earth. And righteousness shall be the
girdle of his loins, and faithfulness shall be the girdle. of
his reins.'
" Brethren, suffer me to remind you or a fable. An
ass was grazing quietly in a meadow. One day his
owner came :o him, saying, Make haste and come
along—you tardy creature, don't you hear that 'sound ?
It is the enemy's trumpet. We shall be taken prisoners.'
The ass replied, What's that to me ? What do I care
for the enemy's trumpet ? He will make me carry a
burden—'-you will make Me do the Sarno. What does it
signify to me whether I carry a but-den for him or for
you ?'

" my Lord, one would suppose from your
Lordship's language, that it is abject baseuesa' to
preach against error, and good churchmanship to up-
hold it,

" A Protestant Bishop, one would suppose, would
open the Bible, and say to his clergy I require you to
preach these doctrines, because they aro in this holy
book ;' but your Lordship opens the Prayer-book, and
you say to your clergy these . are the doctrines to
which you have subscribed ; preach against them at
your peril.'
" Now, in' order to show that your Lordship lays an
anti-Protestant stress upon some points of the Prayer-
book, and that we, the: .clergy, are justified in preaching
against error, even though that error be found in the
Prayer-book itself, I beg leave to refer to ordination
vows 1 and 3, and art. 6.

shop stepped. forth from the holy altar with wonder-
ful alacrity, smiling and looking as bland as a brides-
maid. " My Lord Bishop" (exclaimed Mr. Head),
" I have been called upon—," another rush stoppedlis
speech. "My Lord Bishop, I protest,"—again inter-
ruption stopped him, when the Bishop meekly, bit-
terly meek, with the cool assurance of a man who felt
himself not less a Lord than a " Never
mind your protest ; never mind your protest," and
walked off ; but not till Mr. Head had repeated,
" My Lord Bishop, I protest against an unlawful usur-
pation of episcopal authority." The organ struck up,
and the church was immediately cleared.

" ' Are you persuaded that the Holy Scriptures con-
tain sufficiently all doctrine required of necessity for
eternal salvation, through faith in Jesus Christ ? And
are you determined out of the said Scriptures to in-
struct the people committed to your charge, and to
teach nothing (as required of necessity to eternal sal-
vation) but that which you shall be persuaded maybe.
concluded and Raved by the Scripture ?—I am so per-
suaded,' &c.

4" Will you be ready, with all faithful diligence, to
banish.and drive away all erroneous and strange doc-
trine contrary to God's word ?' I will,' &c.
`" Holy Scripture containeth,' &c.. &e. So that
'rhateVer •is not read therein, nor ccri be proved
thereby, is not required of any man that it .rhould
be believed,' &c. &c.
On this principle I have acted, do act, and, by the
help OlGod, will continue to act, not in theory, but in
practice—not in pretence, my Lord, but in truth.
My Lord, the question between us, is, is the Bible
our rule of faith or not ? I stand oil the Protestant
otrhoedigvrascelaonfgGueergle,
is cwaiil.l
s
,
espturn'il nag' t'clei Id)flactsott .1
pi artoiciii, uOt c"ie' ra;driasyanoffdu: rcl 1-3 o n , to her most Gracious
I\lojesty our beloved Queen, God bless her—low far
you understand your own meaning, my Lord, on what
your Lordship affirms of the Sacraments, I have 'not
inquired. I have only protested. against your unholy
attempts to coerce and intiinid.ite the ministers of the
truth in the discharge of their duty. And as to the
consequences of thus protesting.--' The Lord -is my
light and my salvation, whom thou shall I fear. The
Lord is the strength of my heart, of whom shail. I be
afraid.' Psalm xxvii.

•
W.

" HENRY. ERSKINE

•EAD."

On Ti

uesday an inquest. was ‘held ik the board-
room-room of Middlesex Hospital, before Thomas
Wakley, Esq., M.P., on the body of 'John Teel!, aged
70 years, who came by his death under the following
circumstances. The deceased was coachman to Wil-
liam Back, Esq., of No: 9, Southampton-street, Fitz-
roy-square ; and about half-past eight o'clock on Thurs-
day night last, was returning borne with the carriage
through Manchester-square, having just set down the
family to a dinner party, when he fell off the box and
sustained very severe contusions about the head and
body. He was removed in an insensible state- to the
above hospital, where he lingered in •great agony until
Sunday afternoon. The deceased was slightly intoxi-
cated at the time the accident occurred. Verdict--
" Accidental death."

•
NEW MODE OF SATISFYING A DEBT.—At
Union-hall, on Wednesday, Thomas Swannutt was
charged with a violent assault upon old Hale, the. "com-
mon informer. • Since •the Aldermen of the Town,ball
have,determincd not to grant informations at the in,
stance of common informers, Hale and others, - who
used to gain a livelihood by their obnoxious avocation,
have. been starving. He owed his landlord, the derend-
aa few:. shillings, which the old man could not pay,
ann, wdt on Hale going home on Friday night without money,
Swannutt seized the stick from his hand, and beat him
about the head• and faCe until he was senseless. In'
answer to the charge the prisoner said that as Hale'
could nbt pay him "he took it out of his bones!' Tlle
Magistrate sentenced him to paV a • line of (AL,. and
costs, or go to" Prison for six weeks. - .3 •

" Brethren, the Bishop o fthis diocese has been sound-