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London, England, 1841-05-21 00:00:00

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tun of those corruptions. You argt ihttt Tenison's
form is to be compared as to its ' ritv,., _to the ;
form for the Consecration of Churc {ity, ,argu- - :..... -
ment is just ; but it does not excul
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London. On the contrary, it criminat Aiki)V4.sll. -- ~ 4
and indeed all the Bishops) if they h ' ' ".., - Ot-w2
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form in its present state), still more extensiet E. t
form is not free from error, and therefore th e who use
it in its present state are not free from blame. The fol-
lowing extract from that form—" Grant, 0 Lord, that
they who in this place shall in their own persons renew
the promises and cows made by their sureties for them at
their baptism, and thereupon be confirmed by the Bishop,
may receive such a measure of thy Holy Spirit that they
may be enabled faithfully to fulfil the same "--if it be
according to law, is not according to the gospel, which
recognises nowhere vows made by proxy and episcopal
ministrations, " interposed as media between the souls of
men " and that regenerating and eternal life in Christ,
the second Adam, which-is-the gift of God best Owed on
the children of promise as freely as the rain that falls
from heaVeril

With.the exception of this sentence, I knew of nothing
to object, either positively os relatively, to the fkirm of
consecration. On the contrary, it is very decent and
orderly, though it exalts the Bishop rather too much. I
don't very much like (I mean as a mere matter of taste)
those rubrics which describe " the Bishop sitting in his
chair ;" for I know but of one Bishop who deserves to
be Enthroned and exalted in the minds of men.
But the passage which I have quoted is very. seriously
objectionable. It is nothing less than an appeal to the
Almighty, to confirm our prejudices and sanction our
errors.

Indeed their Lordships the Bishops (the Bishop of
London pre-eminently), deal with the faults of the Church
as Pharaoh's magicians dealt with the plagues pf Egypt
—they exert their zeal and power, not to reinove, but to
increase them.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your most
obedient humble servant,
HENRY ERSKINE HEAD.
The Rev. Preb2ndary Stonestreet.

LOSS 01."111E MARY SCOTT,
CAPTAIN RICHARDSON'S STATEMENT OP
THIS MELANCHOLY CATASTROPHE.
On the 9th• instant, °at six A.M., the ship Brooklyn,
under my command, proceeded,- with 'the assistance of a
steamer, from the river Mersey to sea.. At two P.M.,
being seven miles outside the Bell Buoy, discharged the
steamer, and made 41; wind light from S.E. At 830
P.M., saw Point Lynes Light S.W., about eight miles dis-
tant, wind brisk from S.S.W. Arnine brisk breezes
from S.W. by S., took in the studding-sails. At near
ten P.M., being on deck myself, and having a gcol
out kept by myself and men, we observed a sail our
larboard bow: I immediately saw her, and, seeing she
was steering in an opposite direetion, (that is, E.S.E.
'and ourselves about W.N.W.,) and she ,to windward
of us, the wind having just headed us one point,.and thus
favoured the strange sail, I was induced to keel my ship
off, by putting helm aport, which was done, and my ship
immediately swung off two points ; but on looking to the
strange sail again, to my astonishment I Observed her
keeping-off, which caused me to believe, that as tie-were
so near each other we should soon come together; bow to
bow, which would have destroyed us both almost in-
stantly. I, fearing so frightful a collision, thought at
the moment, that if my helm was, put down, my ship
might come to • quick enough to clear her ; conse-
quently I . had my helm put to starboard, and my ship
began to come to quickly-, 'and had there bee"n one
or two minutes' more time, the strange sail would have
been sufficiently ahead to have cleared us, • as we
struck. her about the Mainmast. I saw her in one
minute After she was seen by the look-out. I did
not see any lights on board of her, neither have I'learnt
that anyone on board my ship saw any. My ship lost
her bowsprit, cutwater, stem badly split, bows much in-
jurodrifini at the dine -of-the collision, and for two hours
afterwards, I had strong fears of my ship springing a
large-leak suddenly, as, iu addition to the injury just sus-
tained, her bowsprit was thrashing her bows sufficiently
to cause great anxiety for the safety of 195 souls al
board ; also, the foremast was much endangered from
the want of head-stays. As the strange sail
passed from
us after the collision, I heard dreadful shrieks and cr:.es.
I had no doubt they were cries of . distress, and I f.:ared
the strange sail -was sinking. -I thought of the drown-
ing crew, but I had not the power of affordi7* any re-
lief; as.my ship was-under full sail, and in an unmanage-
able and oxtremely dangerous state ; however, in a few
minutes I.let my sails fly, backed my main-topsail, and
stopped the ship's way, but did jidt, at that time or after-
wards, hear or see anything of the strange sail, her
boats, or men, until I likatd of the arrival of some of
them at this place,

" ABEL W. RICHARSON,
" Commander of the ship Brooklyn.
" RS. Understanding that a report has been circulated
very prejudicial to my character for humanity, to the
effect, that immediately on the collision taking place I
caused the hatchways to be covered, for the purpose of
preventing. the passengers from coming upon deck, I beg most :cllstinctly to deny it, no such order having beea.
given by me, or •by any officer on board ray ship ; on
the cOntrary,•tU my own certain knowledge, 1 state, that
the hatch way s were open, and that several of my Win.
gets were on deck at the time of the accident:" •

•
• FLOGGING ON -SUNDAY,
RETux to an Order el the Iknoutilhie the Hods, of
Contmonst• .dAted 23d April, 1841—for
Return of the uumber of instances of corpo:al punish-
ments in .chi Army in Great Britain, intlie.ed on a Sun-
day, during the five years ending the Ist day of January,
1841 ; specifying the .rases, stations, and regiments in
each instance ; lkud- stating, when practicable, whether
or not the lAillding in which punishments' were carried
into elc4:ution is used-for any other, and what purpose.
Similar return for the troops gnartered in Ireland.
None.

JOHN MACDONALD, A.G.
411jutant-General's Otlice, 14th :May, 1841.

MASSACRE OF THE, CHRISTIAN
INSURGENTS OF BULGARIA BY THE TURKS.
A writer in the Allgemeihe Zeitling writes from Bel-
grade, 2d May :
The combat between the .Albanian troops of the Pacha
of Nissa and the Christian inhabitants entrenched by
Alexinezze, which took place the day before yesterday, was
'bloody iii• the extreme, The Christians fought bravely,
'but Their solare'i'S were too widely scattered to resist the
close columns of the Albanians. The insurgents, although
fighting for their women, their children, and their aged--
fOr their hearths and na,veable. propertyLLugainst the
ravaging Moshan, were obliged at length to giVe way.
The conduct of the AlbamansT after their victory was
horrible. They murdered the children and old people,
who were-incapable ei.resistance, in cold blood, impaled
every .prisomer Who was taken with arms in his hands •
laid the' Villages' which they stormed in ashes, violated
\mato) an girls, and threw them into the flaming ruins
it their habitations. Between twentrand thirty villages
fell a prey to the flames, but the greater part were set
fire to by the Christians themselves, as they fled from
theta inn the approach of the Turkish troops, leaving in
them whatever they' could not carry off, even their sick
persons; The '.OO-tquered Christiln, tbair'Alexinezze
cut their Way through three lines "of the' enemy, and
effected a retreat alto the mountains or into Servia,
Those- who took the direction of the Servian frontier
were for tne greatest part cut to pieces by their pursuers,
but a grant number found their way into the mountains,
and not only those engaged in the action near Alexinezze,
but the inhabitants of the revolted districts, who took
no part in the aflhir ; but, who, whim the others, to the
amount of several thousands, now wander roofless and
withoat victuals, and scarcely with the hope of joining
the Christian inhabitants of other districts'. For, fa-
vourably as the ream, of NiSsa endeavours to represent
matters in the European provinces, it is known here, as
I before- wrote you, that hi Bosnia, as well as in Mace-
donia and Albania, the revolt has broken out.. It is re-
ported, for the most part, that .this widely-spread move-
ment was arranged by foreign emissaries, mostly from
the north, but then the total want of money amongst
the inaura,ents is inexplicable if any great Power favoured
their'tindertaking. One would be more inclined/to be-
lieve that Aliloseh -is not altogether strange to the mat-
ter ; it is, however, certain that the intolerable oppresi
siert Of the Pitches gave the last impulse to this Sc ub
catastrophe. The endless illegal demands for money y
which the Pa of Widdin especially
himself; would appear incredible if told, and talnic;_lw
arbi-
trary nature of his Government in everybr
alb sx
sure to reap eventually its merited fruits._
Reportsitltat con-
sprea4 of disturbances in Anatolia, distinguished
but t.sie,yisibie.
in the
urination. A remarkable consternation
filthily of the Prince ; and Lubitza, thet.:lll9e'tti.;,er (1f Pl* NI
Michael, is said to betray the greattt
left'
the recent occurrences. The princely fancily
for Kragujewatz. Before their departure a
sati dent
ei
attendant of the Princess had a long conver o with
the French Consul.' "
conta

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- • ' NEWPORT, ISLE OF WIGHT.
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
Lloosatlsattilotenss,
Sixteenth, which
/t/ay 18, 1841.—Will it suit your purpose to introdize
of
fe rtahtee
hoodlyor
butin yourunfo
met with in a work entitled " Anecdotesof the French Nation,'i
p. 417. It-illustrates the importance of the present nao
eheap bread in averting national calamity and • "rue"
sentiments of loyalty to the Sovereign. itrfpiring
When Guimard, a domestic officer under the
• with Louis the Sixteenth for his old 1,;
,-ng, and
a favourite rutusunaalteil
saw him reading a pamphlet which had f age an.. honesty.
or its title " The
King beloved by his People," he said roundly, " Sire, do net
believe these pamphlets, you never will be beloved A Inle bread
is dear."
Whilst I am writing, I may m
which I (anti I may say mention the surprise with.
all the
readers of your Paper is the Island), saw an article in your columns some time sines.
adverse to the projected improvements in the Rivor'hledins. a
measure so admirably calculated to promote the prosperity of
all the industrious classes in this
town, that it is opposed by
none but a very few of th
neighbourhood. It had elmost determined monopolists of the,
been desirable, but - beeame
absolutely essential to the welfare of the town, when the
Southampton and London Railway was completed, and I feel
satiated from your liberal feelings towards the welfare of the
would masses, that you -
not allow your Paper to be the Vehicle
of supporting
monopoly and the interests of the few, against
the many, if you were acquainted with the true circumstances.
of the case.

THE CRISES.—The work goes nobly on.. The
great upheaving of the
.i.iji.dustai:e,
I,w:eel:
people, conscious of their pvier, and
preparing to exert it, has now commenced. From the Land's
end to the Orkneys the nation is in motion. Its sufferings
have been borne too long. and too patiently, but human en_
of.has at last begun.
ftidaotu,nrre(ic.,nbleoue_:v.aerrhAAtveia,,sirhi,:r.leniflizaisaeLtnlkeei.dittitsuc7srli,:ulisi.3rimittrieiiiceda.satsiti.rsste::ioeTel4atphiitle,:iAoct
litNdiemercsEt,h e
surface
face
of
our
grounds at Beningbrough
this .
took a wholea pally from my v
in which they found three black rooks and a white one.
It still mole rematkable, that last )ear a nest was found in:
nest, in
for the purfu.c of shooting rooks. They
the s.nne tree, coAta.ning the above number of moks, one eC which was also white.— York Courant. •