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London, England, 1846-10-20 00:00:00

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No. 16,875.

GRAVESEND STAR and BLACKWALL
PACKETS.
Packet and Railway Faro included in one payment upon every
Passage.
N.R.—No other Packets call at the GRAY'S or GREENHITHE
PIERS.
FROM THE NEW TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND.
WEEK DAYS.—At 74, 8.36, 934, 1134, 1, 234, 4, and 5.
SUNDAYS.—No Packet at 932.
FROM THE BRUNSWICK WHARF, BLACKWALL.
he Trains starting One Quarter of an Hour before each of
these times.
WEEK DAYS.—At 934, 11, 12, 134, 234. 334, 134, and 6.
SUNDAYS.—No Packet at 12.
Fares.—To or from London—Fore cabin, and Second Class Rail-
way, 9d. ; Saloon and First Class Railway, Is.
To or from Plackwall and intermediate Piers—Fore Cabin, 6d. ;
Saloo* 9d.
Boat Tickets.—For Twelve months,' 41. 4s. • Six months, 21. 15s. ;
Three months, 1L 15s. To be had of the &Hectors on board the
packets; of Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend ; or of Mr. Saunders,
Brunswick-wharf; Illackwall.
Star Office, Gravesend, Oct. 14, 1846.

'TALL OF ROME, GREAT WINDMILL-
STREET, HAYMARKET.
Eight doors from Coventry-street.
Under Distinguished Patronage.—The original Poses Plastiques and
Tableaux Vivans.

Professor TURNOUR, ever anxious to diversify the attractions at
the above splendid theatre, begs most respectfully to inform the
Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public, that he has succeeded in en-
gaging one of the finest Models of the day, who will appear every
afternoon and evening during the week in Professor Tumour's cele-
brated groups of Venus Rising from the Sea and the Lute Player.
The new Classical Groupings, which have been acknowledged by the
press as far surpassing anything •f the kind ever attempted in this
country, will be repeated during the week, introducing the THREE
COLOURED FEMALE MODELS, natives of Hindoostan, who have
been received with rapturous applause by fashionablo and crowded
houses.

Morning Performance at Three o'clock, and Evening at Half-past
Eight.—Stalls, 2s. 6d.; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is.

OFFICE of the GAS LIGHT and COKE
COMPAN Y.
19, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars.
London, 19th October, 1846.
Ido hereby give Notice that, pursuant to the Bth by-law of this
Company,
GEORGE WIGG, Esq.,
one of the Directors of this Company, has given me notlee in
writing of his intention to stand for the office of Deputy Governor at
the election which will take place at this office on Monday the 2d
day of November next. By order,
CHARLES BURLS, Secretary.

OFFICE of the GAS LIGHT and COKE
COMPANY,
19, New Bridge-street, Blackfri aro.
London, 20th October, 1846.
I do hereby give Notice that, pursuant to the Btla by-law of this
Company
FRANCIS WITHAM, Esq.,
ALEXANDER LUARD WOLLASTON, Esq. The present
and 5 Auditors.
JONAH SMITH WELLS, Esq.
have severally given me notice in writing of their intention to stang
for the office of Auditor at the election which will take place at the
Crown and Anchor Tavern, in the Strand, in the county of Middle-
sex, on Tuesday, the 3d day of November next.
By order,
CHARLES BURLS, Secretary.

MANCHESTER AND SOUTHAMPTON'
RAILWAY.
19, Great George-street, Westminster, October, 5, 1846.
It having been resolved at a numerous meeting of Shareholders in
this Company, that a renewed application should be made to Par-
liament, in the ensuing session, for authority to construct a railway
from CHELTENHAM to SOUTHAMPTON, power being also given
to the Directors in that event, to allow those who shall dissent from
this decision to withdraw, receiving back their relative poportion of
deposits, after payment of the expenses incurred—parties being
Scripholders, are requested to notify in one of the annexed forms
(copies of which may be had on application), on or before the 21st
day of October instant, whether they elect to proceed with, or
withdraw from the undertaking. If the Scripholders who have not
yet notified their intentions shall determine (in pursuance of the
resolutions of the meeting), to proceed with the undertaking, those
who elect to withdraw, in case they signify their wish within the
time above specified, may receive back the sum of Fifteen Shillings
per Share, with any further sum which may be found due to them
upon a complete adjustment of the Company's accounts, which ad-
justment will be effected with all practicable dispatch.

The Scrip must at the same time be forwarded to the Company's
Offices, in return for which a receipt will be issued immediately, to
be exchanged hereafter for New Scrip by those who elect to proceed.
Scripholders, not being original allottees, will be required to give a
reference. _ _

By order,
JOHN WHEELER, Secretary.

To the Directors of the Manchester,,,and Southampton Railway

Company

Gentlemen,—l hereby inform you that, as holder of the Scrip for
Shares in this undertaking, which I enclose, it is my wish to*
be a party to the proposed renewed application to Parliament for
power to construct a Railway from Cheltenham to Southampton ;
and I elect accordingly to PROCEED with the undertaking, in such
manner, and under such name or title, and subject to such conditions,
as the Directors shall deem best ; and I request you, accordingly, to
issue to me Scrip for Shares in the said Manchester and Southamp-
ton Railway, or any new undertaking founded thereupon, in exchange
for those now held by me._

Name •• •• •• .. • . • • • • ....... .
Description.... • . • • • - .........
Date • .. •• • ••
Reference ••..•••• • . • • • •
Total number of Scrip enclosed • • • • • ••• • • •• • • • •
Designating Nos. :.......

* Parties wishing to withdraw will substitute the following words:
—" Withdraw from the Company, and to receive back the balance of
my deposits, in respect of such Scrip, in the manner prescribed in
your Advertisement."

MANCHESTER AND SOUTHAMPTON
RAILWAY.
The Committee of Management inform the Shareholders that the
Parliamentary Contract and Supplementary Subscribers' Agreement
will lie for execution at the following places and times, between the
hours of ten and four daily :
In London—Prom October 22d to October 24th, inclusive, at the
Company's offices in Westminster; and from October 26th to October
3otihn.oiliusive, at the offices of Messrs. Bolton, Merriman, and Dun-
ning, Austin-friars.
Z.w—From October 22d to October 24th, inclusive, at the
offices of Messrs. Buchahan Aitkin 'land Co.
In Manchester—From OCtober 27th to October. 31st, inclusive, at
the offices of Mr. James Wheeler, 58, Geerge-street.
And in Southampton—During the same period, at the offices of
Messrs. Deacon and Long.
It will be necessary that parties attending to execute the deeds
should previously have transmitted their scrip to the Company's
offices, and obtained, in lieu thereof, the Secretary's receipt, in ex
change for which New Scrip will be issued after such execution.
Due notice will be given of the times and places, not herein speci-
fied, at which the deeds will hereafter lie for the convenience of the
shareholders.
(By order) JOHN WHF.ELHE, Secretary.
19, Great George-street, Westminster, Oct., 1846.

BORDEAUX, TOULOUSE, and CETTE
RAILWAY.
EZPELETU'S COMPANY.
The Shareholders in the Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette Railway
(Ezpeletu's Company, are r,equested to send in their Scrip to this
office forthwith, to be exchanged against Definitive Shares in the
Constituted Company, which will be ready for delivery as soon as
the arrangements for that purpose can be completed.
DAVID SALOMON% Chairman.
Bordeaux and Cette Railway Office, 37, Lombard-street,
London, October 19, 1846. -

DAVIES'S FINE SPERM CANDLES
Is. sd. per lb.; Genuine Sperm, .s. 6d. ; Yellow Soap, 425.
165., 525., and 58s. per 1121bs. ; Mottled, 565., 60s. and 645.; Wax
Candles, Is. per lb. ; German, ls. 2d. ; Fine Wax, Is. sd. ; Trans-
parent Wax, Is. Bd. ; Genuine Wax, 25. Id. ; Store Candles, 5%d. ;
Extra Waxed-wick Moulds, 616 d. ; Genuine Sperm Oil, 7s. per gallon ;
Solar, 3s. 3d., Pale Seal, 3s. 6d. ; Argand, or Vegetable, 4s. 6d.;
Windsor Soap, 15. i 1. per packet; Palm, Is. 4d. ; Old Brown
Windsor, 15. 9d. Rose, 2s. ; Almond, 2s. 6d. ; Sealing Wax, 4s. 6d.
per lb. ; Hale's erior Paragon Composite, requiring no snuf-
fing, 9%d.
For Cash—At DAVIES'S Old Established Warehouse 6 St.
Martin's-lane, opposite New Slaughter's Coffee-house.

LIGHT.—CAMPHINE, CANDLES.—Patent
CAMPHINE in sealed half-gallon cans, 4s. 9d. per gallon;
Palmer's Patent Candles, Nd. per lb., at WILLIAM S. BURTON'S
(late Rippon and Burton's), 39, Oxford-street, corner of Newman-
Street, whose assortment of Campine, Argand, and Solar Lamps,
and Palmer's Magnum and other Candlesticks, with all the latest
improvements and of the newest and most recherche patterns, is the
largest in existence. All the seasonable novelties are now ready, and
selling from 20 to 30 per cent. under any house with whom quality
and style are considerations. The money returned for every article
not approved of. Detailed catalogues, with engravings, sent (per
post) free-

FENDERS, STOVES, AND FIRE-IRONS.
The largest assortment of Stoves and Fenders, as wel as
General Ironmongery, in the world, is now on Sale at WILLIAM S.
BURTON'S (late RIPPON and BURTON'S) extensive warehouses.
Bright steel fenders, to 4 feet, from 30s. each ; ditto ditto, with or-
molu ornaments, from 60s. ; rich bronzed scroll ditto, with steel bar,
10.. Gd. ; iron fenders' 3 feet, 45. Gd. ; 4 feet, Gs.; ditto bronzed, and
fitted with standards, 3 feet, 9s. ; 4 feet, lie. ; 'erought iron kitchen
fenders, 3 feet, 4s. fd. ; 4 feet, 6s. ; bright register stoves, with
bronzed ornaments, and two sets of bars, from 955.; ditto ditto, with
or-molu ornaments, from 91. ; black dining-room register stoves,
2 feet, 18s. ; 3 feet, 275. ; bed room register stoves, 2 feet, 165. ;
3 feet, 245. The new economical thermio stove, with fender and
radiating hearth-plate, from 8/. ; fire-irons for chambers, Is. 9d. per
set ; handsome ditto, with cut heads, Gs. 6d. ; newest pattern, with
elegant bronzed heads, 11s. A. variety of fire-irons, with or-molu
and richly cut heads, at proportionate prices. Any article in the
furnishing ironmongery 30 per cent. under any other house. The
money returned for every article riot approved of. Detailed cata-
logues, with engravings, sent (per post) free.
WILLIAM S. BURTON'S (late RIPPON and BURTON'S) stock
of general furnishing ironmongery is literally the largest in the world,
and as no language can be employed to give a correct idea of its
variety and extent, purchasers are invited to call and inspect it.-
39, Oxford-street (corner of Newman-street). Established lu Wells-
street 1820.

EYEBROWS, MOUSTACHIOS, and WHIS-
KERS produced in a few weeks, and Baldness removed and
prevented by the use of GRIMSTONE'S AROMATIC REGENE-
RATOR, an essential Writ, drawn from aromatic herbs and flowers,
a few drops of which cure headache in a few minutes ; it is also a
bomotstite.d,ellpgrohttefeutel,
dfrbaygrtahnetGtoovielertmpeernftumstea.mp,Saotld4son;l
only
double in
h
triangular
e size,
7s. ; and double this size, 11 s. each ; enclosed in "a
Pamphlet, con-
taining testimonials of undoubted authority, entitled " Three Minutes'
Advice on the Growth and Preservation of the Human Hair, &c."
By post, 4s. 6d., 7s. 8d„ and 125., for money orders only.
Sold wholesale only at Grimstone's Ilerbary, Highgato, near
;
London ; and by Messrs. Barclay and Son. Farringdon-street ; Sanger
Oxford-street; Messrs. Butler and Co„Cheapside ; Fisher and Tolle;
Conduit-street ; Mr. Johnston, medicine warehouse, 68, Cornhill
and by all Chemists. Perfumers, and others. For Edinburgh, J. and
It. Raimes, Leith-walk ; for Manchester, Leresche and Son, Adver-
tiser-office.
TO THE LADIES.
This lady had the following letter inserted in the "Times" news-
paper on Aug. 7, 1846. Reader, remember, this letter was put into
the paper by the lady herself, as a testimony to me.
" Mrs. Weekley, of No. 3. Swan-street, Borough, takes this oppor-
tunity of publicly thanking Mr. W. Grimstone, of the Herbary, High-
gate, for the efficacy of his Aromatic Regenerator, in having com-
pletely restored the hair on her head, after using it about four months,
and the whole of her hair is much stronger and mere luxuriant than
it ever was before the baldness appeared.
" Mrs. Weekley inserts this testimony
to the virtues of Mr. G.'s
Rogenator. feeling assured that many ladies would gladly purchase
an I Is. bottle if they were as certain of its virtues as she is, from ex-
perience, not only in the restoration and production of hair in abund-
ance, but as a cure of nervous headache; as a toilet perfume it is far
beyond any to her taste. She will feel a pleasure in answering any
lady of respectability to the above facts.-3, Swan-street, Borough."
In cases of the hair becoming thin, weak, or turning grey, a few
drops on the crown of the bead occasionally, every week, will pre-
vent the hair from coming away with the comb, make it strong, and
prevent it turning grey, rendering the hair luxuriant and curly. A
few dross on your hairbrush before brushing the hair, will give the
hair brilliancy, causing it to curl.
The mud delicate ladies may use this delightful product of the
most aromatic herbs and flowers with confidence; its refreshing
odour removes headache and makes it a most necessary companion
to the toilet. In cases of nevous headache, pour ten or twelve drops
on the grown of the heal ; If v ry bad, repeat it every quarter of an
hour. In most cases relief is certain in ten minutes. it produces
hair on children's heads in a few apppllcations. If used on infants'
beads, it has such a peculiar cooling influence on the brain as to pre-
vent convulsions, as well as promoting the growth of hair.--See
pamphlet of testimonials.
All morn addressed to William Gallstone, Herbary, Highgate.

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Just published, Second Edition, much enlarged, with Maps, &c.,
INDIAN RAILWAYS.
By AN OLD INDIAN POSTMASTER.
" In no other publication extant is there the same amount of valu-
able information to be found as in this upon the all-engrossing and
most important subject of railways in India, or information of a more
complete and compendious form and charaeter."—Observer.
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well as to our Eurorgmn capitalists."—Douglas Jerrold's Newspaper.
".We hare been ' ,•11 gratified and instructed by the perusal of his
pages."—The Scot, Railway Gazette.
London: T. C. Newby, and Simpkin and Co. Dublin: Cumming
and Ferguson. Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd. Glasgow: Griffin
and Co. Liverpool ; Grapel.

THE BISHOP OF LONDON'S
CHARGE. _

The Right Rev. the Bishop of London held a visita-
tion of the clergy of the metropolis yesterday. at St.
Paul's Cathedral. His Lordship was received at the
western door by the prebendaries, canons residentiary,
&c., at half-past eleven O'clock, and was immediately
conducted to the episcopal throne. Prayers were read
by the Rev. Mr. Packman, and the lessons by the Rev.
Mr. Hall ; after which an able and eloquent sermon was
preached by the Rev. Dr. M`Caul from the second epistle
to Timothy, 3d chaptei,loth and 17th verses.
At the conclusion of the sermon the Bishop of London
pronounced the benediction, and the Right Rev. Prelate
then: proceeded to the east end of the cathedral, and
took his seat on a chair within the communion rails.
Archdeacon Hale sat on the prelate's right hand, the
canons and minor canons occupied chairs on either side,
within the railings, and the other clergymen present
seated themselves on benches in front of the communion
table. Mr. Shepherd, the registrar, then called over
the names ofithe clergy who had been required to attend
the visitation. This ceremony having been concluded,
The Bishop of LONDON proceeded to read his charge.
The Right Rev. Prelate commenced by observing, that
the four years which had elapsed since he had last ad-
dressed them from that place bad been marked by a
series of events of the deepest interest and importance to
the Churcliof Christ in this realm. Some of those events
had been of a very painful kind, while others had worn
a cheering aspect of encouragement and hope. The most
remarkable of these varied features in the recent history
of the Church might be regarded as appropriate subjects
of contemplation on such an occasion as the present; for
God's dealings with his heritage ought surely to engage
the serious attention of those whom he had set over his
household to give them meat in due season. It would
be his (the Bishop's) endeavour to place some of these
topics before them for their consideration,• that they
might draw from them those lessbns which they seemed
designed to teach the Church at large, and especially
its ministers. They would naturally expect, however,
before he entered upon any other subject, that he should
make some allusion to a charge he delivered at their
last synodal meeting, and which had given rise to much
discussion and had called forth the expression of a great
variety of opinions. He might have availed himself of
this opportunity to enter into a lengthened defence of the
opinions and counsels he had submitted to them on the
occasion to which he alluded ; and he might have vindi-
cated himself from those imputations which no person
who did not wilfully misconstrue or strangely misunder-
stand the plain language of his former charge, could have
cast upon him. He might easily fortify the position he
had taken when be last addressed them by the authority
of many of the most able defenders of our reformed
Church ; and he might have re-asserted, under cover of
their venerable names, what he was persuaded were the
true principles of its doctrine and discipline. But he
wished to avoid all controversial topics, lest he might
revive disputes which were now happily subsiding, if
they had not altogether ceased. He could not, however,
pass over the subject altogether without offering a few
words, if not in self-defence, at least in explanation as
to the motives which prompted him to recommend a
closer adherence to the rubric than had been generally
practised for many years previously. He could not
state his opinions more clearly or succinctly than in the
words of their venerable Primate, addressed to the
clergy and laity of his province, in the pastoral letter
issued by his Grace early last year. Speaking of the
differences which existed as to the directions of the
rubric, his Grace observed S—" There have, I apprehend,
at all times been clergymen who have been distressed
by this inconsistency ; and of late years it has been
regarded by many excellent men as irreconcilable with
the obligations which they took upon themselves on their
admission into holy orders. Under the influence of these
scruples, they thought it right to adhere as closely as
possible to the letter of the rubric in their ministration ;
whilst others of their brethren, not less conscientious,
have been determined by considerations, in their estima-
tion of great weight, to follow the usage which they found
established in their respective churches. Under these
circumstances, a diversity of practice has arisen, which
is not only inconsistent with the principle of uniformity
maintained by the Cistirch, but is sometimes associated
in the minds of the peciple with peculiarities of doctrine,
and gives birth to suspicions and jealousies destructive
of the confidence which should always subsist between
the flock and their'pastor. To prevent the increase of an
evil which might terminate in-actual schismsvas confess-
edly most desirable; and the most effectual mode of accom-
plishing the object, it has been thought would be found in
general conformity to the rubric. Universal concurrence
in this easy and obvious regulation would have combined
the several advantages of securing compliance with the
law of the Church and the land, of putting a stop to un-
authorised innovations, and of excluding party distinc-
tions, in their character decidedly unchristian, from the
public worship of God; and I cannot but regret that mea-
sures which, with a view to these good purposes, have
been recommended by high authorities, should not have
been received with unanimous acquiescence as the means
of restoring order and peace, without any departure
from principles of the Church, or offence to the most
h
scrupulousle conscience." These words precisely de
scribed the view which he (the Bishop of London) in-
tended to take of the subject, when he found a growing
diversity of practice existing idit the churches of this
diocese, and when he was applied to by many of the
clergy as to the proper course to be pursued. It certainly
appeared to him that, while the consciences of those
clergymen who were distressed by a sense of these in-
consistencies of practice would be relieved by a more
exact compliance with the rubrical directions, no mi-
nister of one church could object on the score of con-
science to do that which he had expressly promised to
do, first, on the occasion of his ordination, and next, on
being licensed as the minister of a particular church
or chapel. He (the Bishop of London) did not, there-
fore, hesitate to repeat, with greater particularity, an
opinion he had expressed in a charge he delivered nearly
twenty years before, and to advise the clergy to act
in more strict conformity with the rubric. If
there had been, on the part of the clergy in
this diocese, that universal concurrence to which the
Primate referred in these views, no general or serious
objection would have been made on the part of the lay
members of the Church. They could not well have stig-
matised compliance with the law as evincing a sympathy
with any particular opinions at variance with the doc-
trines of the Church ; but the refusal of a comparatively
small portion of the clergy to act upon his.recommenda-
dons had precluded those advantages which he had
hoped might have resulted from his advice. It was not
to be wondered at, under these circumstances, that the
laity should regard with, suspicion a return to a more
regular mode of celebrating divine service, especially
when many innovations which were really intended as
such, and which were most objectionable, had been at-
tempted. He (the Bishop of London) was not disposed
to censure with harshness that dislike to change which,
in this instance, if it had been carried too far, proceeded
generally, if not in every case, from real attachment to
the services of the Church. The refusal on the part of
some of the clergy to carry out his recammendations,
and the speedylreturn of many others who had suggested
them to former practices, placed him in a situation of
great delicacy and difficulty with respect to those who
felt themselves under a solemn obligation to follow
the express directions of the rubric. In several
parishes a clamour had been raised which it was impos-
sible to still by reason, and the peace of the Church was
threatened with interruption. He, therefore, thought
that, however desirable uniformity might be, it would be
purchased too dearly at the price of that irritation and
discord which would certainly have resulted from an
attempt on his part to enforce in every instance compli-
ance with those rules, the observance of which he had
contented himself with recommending. Under these
circumstances ho deemed it right, after consultation with
those whose opinions he was bound to respect, to inform
the clergy, as opportunity offered, that he did not re-
quire them to observe that degree of rubrical strictness
which he still thought would be desirable. At the same
time, it was clear that he was not at liberty to direct any
one not to do that which the letter of the law required
strictthat some
of obedience
the t
parochial
the l
him to do. The utmost length to which he (the Bishop
of London) could go was to abstain from enforcing
He
thought was
was well h
awareis
awcierg
clergy
duty to uphold them at all hazards, in opposition to their
parishioners, in requiring strict compliance with the
letter of the rubric ; but . it was evident if be had
done this in any one parish of his diocese that he must
have done it in all, and this was a course of proceeding
upon which, with a full conviction of the consequences
which were certain to follow, he was not prepared to
enter. Under all the circumstances, he considered him-
self bound rather to consult the peace of the Church than
the wishes of individual clergymen ; and he thought
. that those of his brethren who were at the moment dis-
: posed to complain of his not having effectually supported
them in their endeavours to carry out his recommeada-

Lions, would see, upon reflection, the extreme hazard of
the only mode in which he could have done so, and would
make due allowance for the difficulties of the position
in which he was placed. In justice to himself, however,
he was bound to say that, upon a calm and deliberate
review of the opinions be had expressed in his last charge,
he could not discover anything that he need scruple to
avow. lie considered that, as to those points which
related entirely to questions of doctrine, he was called
upon in the present state of the Church to express his
views freely and without reserve ; but with respect to
matters of outward observanee and disc pline he did
not think he would have felt himself bound to press
his opinions upon the clergy had he been fully aware
of the amount of prejudice and misinformation which
prevailed upon such subjects. lie wished this observa-
tion, however, to be understood as applying only to
those questions of rubrical observance which had been
the more especial subjects of difference between the
clergy and their flocks, and not to questions which in-
volved, directly or by implication, any point of doctrine.
To use the words of his Grace the Archbishop—" All
change in the performance of the service affecting the
doctrine of the Church, by alteration, addition, or omis-
sion,. I regard with unqualified disapprobation. I may
further remark that the danger to the Church would he
great, if clergymen, not having due respect either to
episcopal authority or established usage, should interpret
the rubric for themselves, should introduce or curtail
ceremonies at pleasure, or make divine service in any
way the means -of expressing their own theological
opinions or perty views." It was, he was fully per-
suaded, by the use of unwarrantable license in these
respects, that some congregations had been led to
doubt the scriptural character of some of the offices
of•tbe Church. They had been prepared for the admis-
sion, first, of the ceremonies, and then of the doctrines
of the Church of Rome, by the introduction of unautho-
rised forms and gestures in the celebration of Divine
service, and especially in the celebration of the sacra-
ments. This led him in the most earnest manner to
protest against the publication, by any clergyman of the
Establishment, of books of devotion or confession com-
piled by them on the principles or from works published
by the authority of the Church of Rome. There could
be no better method of unsettling or perverting ardent
minds from the truth of Scripture. He confessed he
could not understand how any one professing to be a
member of the Established Church could reconcile it to
his conscience to be accessory to such a proceeding, the
effect of which was to diminish the importance of cer-
tain fundamental differences which separated the Church
of England from that of Rome, and to cause weak-
minded persons to regard at first with complacency, and
then with affection, some of the worst errors of that
Church. lie could understand such a course on the part
of one of that society to whom it was permitted by their
Church to disguise a sacred truth for a specified tempo-
rary purpose, but he could not comprehend the delusion
by which any one could persuade himself that in acting
thus he was pursuing his duty as a faithful soldier en-
gaged in the ministry of the English Church. He looked
upon such a step as an act of undisguised hostility to the
Church, and, deeply as he deplored the loss of those
who, from having been among her ablest defenders, be-
came her revilers, he would rather see them pass over
at once than continue within her pale, with the dis-
honest purpose of seeing how much of the Romanist
system might be engrafted into the Church, and how
much of error might be made compatible with the
truth.

Under the strong impression that every approach to
the practices of the Church of Rome, not entirely con-
sistent with the spirit of their own Church, was not only
needless but dangerous, he would caution them against
the propriety of joining an association or confraternity
for the purpose of mutual intercession. The professed
object of such an association was that, as the duty of
mutual intercession was enjoined by the holy apostles,
it must, therefore, be right and proper that Christians
in this day should remind one another of the perform-
ance of such a duty. But he did not see the necessity,
and he greatly questioned the prudence of their joining
any body for a similar purpose but that to which they
already belonged—the Church of England. One obvious
danger arising from such a combination was that it fos-
tered a spirit of party. They who refused to join it
were apt to be regarded by those who had as lukewarm
and inconsistent, and its members would perhaps find
that they would be obliged to carry it into effect by ob-
jects not at present contemplated. This was one of
many objections which might be urged against what
had been called the Evangelical Alliance. Although
this was an association which contained the elements of
disunion within itself, yet he felt bound to express
his strong disapprobation of it. It had been said by
many zealous, well-meaning men, that the Church
of England might publicly from time to time unite in
prayer on certain days for certain specified objects;
and, though he considered such assertions somewhat pre-
sumptuous, as coming from persons not holding authority
in the Church, and therefore not likely to have a very
considerable effect, yet it differed materially from
another proposal that had been made, that the
names of the persons comprising a contemplated brother-
hood should be registered, in order that they might have
particular objects to pray for at specified seasons. Such
a plan was open t) the objections he had already stated—
that it was likely to form a secret party in the Church,
and that it taught the necessity of doing something more
than the Church instructed its members to do. This as-
sociation proposed several objects of intercession, which
were to be remembered at the communion, but in which
proceeding there was danger of the error or misconstruc-
tion pointed out by the 31st article. He who, in partaking
of the eucharist, accepted it not only for its benefits to
himself, but also on behalf of others who were not par-
takers of it, was in danger of being led on by successive
steps to believe that the priest obtained the remission of
sins and that he offered a sacrifice for the living and the
dead. But while he cautioned his younger brethren
against forming themselves into a society ror mutual in-
tercession, he entirely agreed with the duty so proposed
to be performed. A special duty was laid on them by
the present state and prospects of the Church. The con-
version of surrounding countries, the advancement and
preservation of the faith, and he would add the recovery
of those who had lapsed, he thought needed that they
should seek Divine help. For such objects special prayers
might, perhaps, be required. In reference to this
subject he might advert to the present difficulties with
which it had pleased Divine Providence to involve this
country, by visiting the people of Ireland with severe
is 9ainndtewrcheiscs both public and private.
The sh
might fitly become the subject of
dtrparticulares ion,
systematic efforts recently made to revive certain
opinions and practices which had been usually regarded
as belonging to the Church of Rome had tended to per-
plex and unsettle tender minds, and to prepare the way
for an acknowledgment of that church by some of that
sex whose sensibilities were the livelier, and also by
others of their own sex whose minds were of the same
class. Of the latter, some were caught in the meshes of
their own subtlety; others were perplexed by too great
reverence for the authority of antiquity; but, after all,
how inconsiderable was the number of those who bad
left the Church in compaiison with those who, by God's
blessing, held-the faith in purity. A few had seemed to
be misled by the treacherous light of poetic
mysticism,
and others had fallen a prey to Romanist sophistry, for
want of sound and well-digested theological learning.
It therefore behoved the clergy to be prepared, by sound
argument, to resist the approach of ,that adversary. In
pursuing these studies he would strongly recommend his
young friends to direct their attention to the subject of
the Papal infallibility, which was strongly connected
with the Papal supremacy. -He was persuaded this was
the most weak and untenable, and the least dangerous
of all the grounds on which the Romish Church
claimed allegiance, but it was that which was most
successful in ensnaring tender consciences. No attri-
bute was more gladly recognised in a preacher than
the assumption of infallibility. Unstable and ill-
informed minds were most easily captivated by the
promise of. a speedy and conclusive settlement of
their difficulties; and this was the leading feature of that
*delusion which made so many captives—of that master-
spell which gave potency to the deceitfulness of men's
minds. To be assured by a professedly infallible crea-
ture that he was in possession of the truth, that he was
ofg h
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nterpreter of the mind of Jesus
his Church, and that those who
believed whatever he commanded, and practised all that
he enjoined, were secure of salvation, was too comfortable
Christ,
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a doctrine not to be easily embraced by many who could
not substantiate practically to their own minds all that
was included in those grand fundamental truths of the
Gospel—" Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and thou
shalt be saved," and " Without holiness no man shall see
the Lord." It very commonly happened that persons who
were very imperfectly instructed in the grounds of their
faith, and who had quitted their own Church for that of
Rome, in consequence of the doubts suggested to their
minds by the writings and conversation of subtle dis-
putants, assigned as their sole reason for the change
that the comfort they longed for they fancied they
had found in the shelter of an infallible authority,
which spared them the trouble and responsibility of
thinking and judging for themselves. These people
told them that inward conviction was far better
than argumentative demonstration. But was it not
marvellous
thata person who had a tolerable
acquaintanceeither
with the volume of inspiration or
the records of history should be persuaded to venture
his salvation in so frail a barque as that of Papal in-
falibility—that infallibility which at different times had
stamped with its impress the most discordant and irre-
concilable doctrines and practices—that infallibility of
which the most learned doctors of Rome had never been
able to define whether it resided in the Pope alone, or in
the councils, or in the canons of the Church ? This
portentous doctrine of infallibility was, in truth, the
very keystone on which the whole system of Romish
error rested ; and if they removed it the whole fabric
would crumble into dust. He (the Bishop of London)
particularly recommended the clergy to make themselves
masters of the arguments on this question. The asser-
tion of the Pope's supremacy necessarily involved the
assertion of his infallibility ; while the admission of his
infallibility led directly to tho admission of his supre-
macy. He hoped the clergy would not fail to endeavour
to remove from the minds of their
people any doubts
• ht have been led to entertain by the statement
they
might
that the English Church in wasl4 state of schism. Every-
thing that could be said on this subject they would find
in the works of Archbishop Cranrner ; and he need
hardly tell them that ev argument which could be
urged ju support:9f ou cb y an assertion had been fully

refuted in Dr. Barrow's excellent treatise on the Pope's
supremacy, of which Archbishop Tillotson said that no
arguments of moment, nor any considerations properly
belonging to the subject, had escaped the writer's
large and comprehensive mind. But so reluctant
was the Church of Rome to relax those artificial chains
by which she bound down the reason and consciences
of her children, that her partisans had lately be-
taken themselves to the use of a new wcapon of defence,
which, if its temper were knowp ar.d proved, would of
necessity, as it appeared to him, destroy the charm of
infallibility. When her champions were long ago
defeated upon Scripture ground, when they were driven
from tradition, and when the great Diana was unable to
protect them, they proceeded to undermine the very
foundations of the Christian faith itself, by advancing a
theory, or rather by expanding into a formal system a
principle incidentally put forth centuries ago by more
than one writer of the primitive Church. This theory
reduced the Christian Scriptures, from the eminence on
which they had hitherto been placed, as a final and con-
clusive revelation of the Divine will, to a mere vague,
obscure, imperfect announcement or suggestion of God's
counsels,—representing them as containing principles to
be unfolded from time to time, as the exigencies of the
case might require, and as men's minds might be pre-
pared to receive them ; and it was assumed—for clearly
it could not be proved—that the Church vested with the
important task of elucidating those principles was no
other than the Church of Rome. It was manifest that
this theory involved in itself the radical principle of
infidelity. [To show the opinions held by the pro-
fessors of this theory the Right Reverend Prelate quoted
extracts from the works of Muller, a German Rationalist,
and another leader of the same party ; but from the
rapidity with which his Lordship read them, and the
unfavourable position for hearing in which the re-
porters were placed, it is impossible to give the extracts
with anything like accuracy.] It appeared to him that
the common sense and honesty of every tolerably
well-informed mind would at once revolt from this
theory, whether propounded by a Romanist or Ration-
alist, as being inconsistent with the -essential character-
istics of the Gospel:revelation,:and that they would be in
no danger of being entangled in this web of sophistry.
He believed that the theory itself would, ere lung, be
found to be far more dangerous to the system of error
which it had. been contrived to uphold than to the truth
which it was intended to subvert. He left it to others
to expose the mischievous and insidious tendency of this
theory, and already many able advocates had come for-
ward to undertake the task. In closing his allusion to
this subject, he wished to recommend to the notice of
his brethren some excellent tracts on the errors of
Popery, drawn up by the Rev. J. H. Tyler, and pub-
lished by the Society for Promoting Christian Know-
ledge, with a view to counteract the attempts now made
by the emissaries of Rome to unsettle the minds of the
members of the Protestant Church in this country.
Those tracts were admirably adapted to the end in view,
while the clergy would find a more ample treasury in Mr.
Brogden's useful and able publication, "Discourses on the
Errors of the Church of Rome," from the writings of the
divines of the 17th century. He would now quit this topic,
recommending them to make it the subject of daily sup-
plication in their prayers that these unhappy divisions
might be removed.

He would now recal their attention to one or two
points to which he had adverted in his last charge. One
was the duty incumbent upon them to celebrate Divine
service on each of those days on which the Church cele-
brates the leading events of our Lord's mission. In ad-
dition to the nativity and crucifixion, the great events of
,ihe circumcision, the manifestation to the Gentiles, and
the glorious ascension of our Lord, ought to be celebrated.
For each of these occasions the Church had provided ap-
propriate collects, epistles, and gospels, and the last was
..specially intended by the Church to be held in remem-
brance. St. Augustine spoke of the celebration of the
ascension as so ancient that it must have been appointed
by the apostles themselves. Another point was that of
daily prayers. It was now 18 years ago since he had
expressed a wish that the experiment should be
tried, such being the practice of the early Church,
and of their own better times. He had stated
it to be his belief that, if the practice were carried
into effect, a considerable number of persons
would be found to profit by it. He now desired to
repeat, with respect to the metropolis, his opinion that,
if it were unnecessary to solemnise daily prayers in
every church, yet that they ought to be read in churches
not inconveniently distant from each other, by an ar-
rangement for that purpose made among the clergy, and
that in every large parish, having more than one church,
there ought to be a daily service in one of those churches,
so that none of the people should be deprived of the
opportunity of attending daily prayers. lie trusted that
no one would be deterred from a fear.of superstition
from returning to this practice. In a work published
in the year 1714 it was stated that there were forty-two
churches in London and Westminster, besides St. Paul's
and Westminster Abbey, in which daily service was
celebrated, twenty-five of which churches were in the
iity of London. He feared that the number now would
stand very different. It appeared from the last annual
return that there were not more than sixteen churches
in which there were daily prayers. He could not help
regarding this as a change for the worse. In cases
where money had been left by pious persons for daily
prayers, the receiver of this money was bound in com-
mon honesty to perform the duty. He hoped that some
of our churches would also be open for private prayer,
so that persons living in crowded dwellings, who could
not their solemnize their minds for prayer, might resat
to the house of God.

He was next led to consider the spiritual provision
provided by the Church in the metropolis. Tea years
ago he had called attention to this subject. He then
stated, that omitting parishes of a less population than
7,000, there was a population of not less than 1,380,000
to be provided for, and that there was church room for
only 140,000, being about one-tenth of the whole. In
the eastern and northeastern districts the spiritual des-
titution was even greater. He then said, that it was a
work of prudence, no less than one of charity and piety,
ro endeavour to convert these multitudes to Christianity,
and to send more labourers into the fold. Far the ready
and in some respects unprecedented liberality with which
his appeal had; been answered he was thankful to the
Giver of all Good. The subscription received for the
general object amounted to 179,8551., and there was
besides a seperate fund formed at the suggestion of a lay
member of the Church, to whose support and co-opera-
tion the Church was much indebted, for the erection
and endowment of ten additional churches, parsonage-
houses, and school-houses for a population of 70,000 ip
the district of Bethnal-green. There had been contri-
buted to that fund a sum of 60,0001., making together
about 238,0001. for the purpose of supplying the spiritual
destitution of the metropolis. Of the 63 churches
thus provided, forty-four were completed, ten were in
process of erection, two about to be commenced, and
votes were obtained,in aid of the erection of the other seven.
These churches would contain about 65,000 persons, and
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time, join in service, out of a population of 1,3110,000.
Supposing it was sufficient that persons attended Divine
service once a day, which he denied, 410,000 only had
an opportunity of attending Divine service once a day in
the metropolis, and the rest of the 970,000 would be
wholly unprovided with the means of church instruction.
It must not be forgotten that the population had been
increasing at the rate of 30,000 a year, for whom it was
also necessary to make provision. It had been calculated
that the number of persons who might be accommodated
in the churches and chapels of all denominations was
about 500,000, but he believed this 'calculation to be
much beyond the mark, while the population of the
metropolis at present amounted to 2,000,000. An ad-
dition of 400 churches, each containing 1,000 persons,
would therefore not be sufficient to meet the deficiency.
It was fearful to contemplate that more than 1,000,000
souls were unprovided with the means of spiritual
consolation, and that large numbers were passing
into the eternal world in " the gall of bitterness and the
bond of iniquity." Was this not a case in which the re-
sources of the State might be profitably employed, if not
to do all that was wanting, at least to aid the liberality
of pious persons ? Luther told the magistrates of Ger-
many, that if they desired to see the prosperity of the'
country, instead of laying out money in war and the mu-
nitions of war, they would devote it to pay schoolmasters
and teach scholars. So they might remind their rulers,
that if they would but apply a tithe of the money for
churches and schools which they voted to gaols and pe-
nitentiaries, the necessity would be prevented of laying
out so much in the punishment and reform of criminals.
The Church must •endeavour, by her own unassisted
energies, to lengthen her cords'and strengthen her stakes,
and to gather into her fold those who were now scattered
abroad as sheep having no shepherd. A fresh subscrip-
tion had been opened for continuing the good work
which had been so successfully carried to a certain
point, and he earnestly entreated those whom he was ad-
dressing to urge upon their wealthiest parishioners the
claims of the Metropolis Churches Fund, and to remind
them that the wants it was intended to supply were in a
great measare occasioned by those very causes which
augmented their own resources and contributed to their
wealth. Liberal as had been the contributions to the fund
he had mentioned, he could not dissemble that it had been
raised chiefly by large donations, and that many whose
connexion with the metropolis was a source of profit, or
an occasion of pleasure to themselves, had mot yet thrown
their offering into the treasury of the Lord's house.
There were not a few members of the Church whose in-
comes derived from the successful pursuit of commerce
in that great city were so large that they might annu-
ally build and endow a church without abridging them-
selves of a single comfort or luxury. Before he dis-
missed this important subject he thought it right to
notice what he could not but regard as an invidious and
unfair objection, which had been urged against the
scheme of bujlding additional churches in the metropo-
lis. They were told that the new churches were not
more than half filled ; and that the spiritually destitute,
for whose benefit these churches had been erected, re-
fused to avail themselves of the advantages provided for
them. Now, he must observe in the first place, that
this statement was by no means generally true. Many
of the new churches were extremely well attended, and
when this was not the case it might be accounted for
without supposing that the scheme itself was faulty, or
that the agents by whom it was carried out were care-
less or ineompetent.- The promoters of the plan were
not so unreasonable as to anticipate that the benefits
likely to rooult from It would be everywhere, or under

Pa ICE SD.

all circumstances, at once perceptible. It had been
found that in neighbourhoods where the people
bad been desirous that church accommodation
should be provided the churches had been well at-
tended ; but in districts where the mass of the
population had long been left destitute of pastoral super-
intendence and instruction, it would have been perfectly
marvellous if the new churches had been all at once, or
ven after a short period, filled with congregations. In
districts of this kind the work to be done by the Church
was of a strictly missionary kind ; the people required
to be taught the first rudiments of Christianity, and in
some c ises before that was done they must even be
taught the knowledge of Christianity itself as a fact.
The obstacles which opposed themselves to the eff;rts of
the clergy in a work of this nature were even greater, in
some respects, than those which their foreign mission-
aries' had to encounter. The change in the spiritual
condition of the people must be gradually wrought, and
he believed it would chiefly be accomplished by means
of the rising generation. The school must train up a
congregation for the church ; and there was reason to
hope that, in many cases, the influence of religious
instruction would find its way to the parents through
the children. In many cases it would be necessary to
provide schools as well as churches, and in some
instances schools should be established before churches.
The fruits of their charitable exertions were al-
ready sufficiently abundant and palpable to satisfy
him• that their labour had not been in vain in the
Lord, and to encourage them to persevere in their un-
dertaking. The average aggregate number of persons
forming the congregations of the seven new churches
lately erected in Bethnal-green had been 1,500 in the
morning, and 2,000 in the evening. There were in
those churches 460 communicants ; and 3,254 children
attended the National and' Sunday Schools. As the
number of attendants at the parish church and the pa-
rochial school had not diminished, they were justified in
regarding the numbers he had mentioned as a gain to
the Church. In the single parish of Bethnal-green,
which was now divided into twelve districts or parishes,
there were employed—at this time twenty additional
clergymen, having under their immediate direction 15
schoolmasters and mistresses, 100 Sunday-school
teachers, 80 Scripture readers, and 101 district visitors,
all engaged in making known the truths and duties of
their holy religion in that long-neglected neighbourhood.

The Bight Reverend Prelate then referred to a mea-
sure, introduced into Parliament during the last session,
for facilitating the punishment of clerical offenders
in certain cases. That Bill had only gone through
some initiatory stages, as it was considered that some
of its provisions were objectionable ; but the mea-
sure would probably be again brought forward next
session, and he hoped that the alterations made in
it would obviate the objections which had pre-
viously been urged against it. He might observe
that it was intended by that Bill to grant the power
of taking vied voce evidence in ecclesiastical causes—
a measure which, he Mieved, would be much more
einctual than the present system in enabling the courts
to elicit the truth.- The Bill had been drawn by a gen-
tleman eminent for his knowledge, not only of the civil
and canon law, but of the common law of this kingdom;
it had been very carefully considered by the Bishops,
and had been proposed to Parliament with their general
consent and approval; and, notwithstanding the opposi-
sion with which all proposals for alterations in the law
were likely to be met, he trusted it would eventually re-
ceive the sanction of Parliament.

The Right Rev. Prelate observed, that he feared he
had already made too great a demand on the time and
patience of his hearers, but he could not conclude with-
out saying a few words on that most important subject
—the education of the poor. The proposal which had
recently been made, that the Government should un-
dertake to provide for the secular education of the
people, leaving their religious instruction to the volun-
tary exertions of the clergy and other ministers of re-
ligion, appeared to demand some expression of opinion
on the part of those to whom the clergy would naturally
look for counsel, if not for direction, in such a matter.
In the charge which he (the Bishop of London) de-
livered in 18. M, he said that religion ought to be made
the groundwork of all education ; but he added that in
his opinion religious and secular instruction might most
advantageously be blended or interspersed. lie still
adhered to that opinion, and he deprecated, as be
had always done, the system of separate religious and
secular education—a separation which must necessarily
be made if the Government were to take the education ,
of the people into their own hands, and to provide
secular instruction for all, leaving the work of religious
teaching, not to the masters or mistresses, but to the
voluntary exertions of the clergy and ministers of dif-
ferent sects. How far these exertions might be depended
upon, and to what extent they might clash or interfere
with one another, and embitter sectarian feeling, he
would not stay to inquire; but if they forbade by law
the inculcation of religion in their schools, if they pro
scribed the reading of the Bib!e as the subject ot in-
struction, if they prohibited the use of prayer by the
teachers of the schools, they would not only deprive
religion and knowledge of the support they ought
mutually to render to each other, and habituate the
learner to a notion that religion had nothing to do w th
the ordinary occupations of life, but they would le id
the training up of a race of school teachers devoid of all
religious character; for no truly religious teacher could
reconcile it to his conscience to be silent on the most im-
portant of all subjects, if he had reason to believe that
the minister of religion to whom the department of
religious
instruction would properly belong was negli-
gent or incompetent in the discharge of his duties. They
had only to look to the present state of popular educa-
tion in Germany and France to be satisfied that his ap-
prehensions on this point were not groundless. He was
more and more convinced that it was best for the inter-
ests of the people at large, and more conducive to charity
and peace, that the State should continue to assist with
an increased measure of aid the voluntary efforts of in-
dividuals and societies. The present was not a time
when it was proper to enter upon a new system. In
connexion with this subject he urged upon them to co-
operate with the London Diocesan Board of Education.
The Right Rev. Prelate concluded by saying, that
with respect to the present prospects of the Church of
this kingdom, it could not be denied that there was much
occasion for uneasiness and sorrow, if not of apprehen-
sion. He referred to the increased activity and hostility
of the Dissenters, as well as of those who were not less
a dissenting sect, though they arrogated to themselves
that they were the Catholic Church. They had effected
a certain number of perversions, which were blazoned
forth as the earnest of a larger number to come ; yet,
although these circumstances should rouse them to in-
creased watchfulness, he saw in them no reason for alarm
or discouragement. They were, he verily believed, the
results of the increased endeavours made by the great ad-
versary of the Church, when after seasons of partial dim-
ness she began to repair her lustre and to extend her sphere
of usefulness. They were therefore to be regarded as symp-
toms of energy rather than of weakness or decay. They
had much to reproach themselves for their unhappy divi-
sions, for their own want of zeal and self-denial, and for
an imperfect sense of their obligations, which might well
lead to self-abasement. Yet, on the other hand, when
he looked at the extent of the Church missionary labours
within the last few years—at the multiplication of colo-
nial bishoprics, and of schools and places of worship at
home—at the growing spirit of pious munificence in lay-
men, and of attachment to the doctrines of the Church—
above all, when he looked at the zeal and devotion of the
great body of the clergy, he felt that the " glory had not
yet departed from Israel," and that, although the Lord
was somewhat against them, yet that He was not pre-
pared to remove His camp from them. They had been
told that, unless they provided complete endowments for
the clergymen attached to their new churches, they were
raising up a class of needy clergymen, whose poverty would
bring discredit upon their calling, and greatly impair
their usefulness. No one was more disposed than he was
to appreciate the advantages of such an endowment as
would secure an adequate maintenance to a clergyman.
A scantiness of worldly means would no doubt cripple
to a certain extent his power of doing good. But if a
number of men were found ready to dispense the words
of salvation with the certainty of receiving a scantier
measure of this world's goods than in almost any other
worldly calling, that, so far from bringing discredit on
the Church, would be a circumstance of the highest
honour to it, and form one of the strongest proofs of its
inherent vitality. Such devotion ought to excite their
liveliest sympathy towards those persons, and the Church
should offer some tribute to their worth. Meanwhile,
let them inculcate upon him that is taught the duty to
communicate to him that teacheth in all good things,
not to supply the means of indulgence, but that he may
have the wherewithal to do his Master's work. Finally,
they must never lose sight of the solemn consideration
that the influence and usefulness of the Church *de-
pended, in a great degree, upon their own conduct as its
ministers. Although they had the recorded assurance
of the great Founder of their faith, that their
Church was founded on a rock, yet they knew
not what trials they might have Co pass
through. The duration and sharpness of these trials
would, however, be materially affected by the faithful-
ness or the failure of the clergy in the performance of
their duty. Whatever their station or offices in the
Church, let them all labour and pray like servants
waiting the coming of their Lord, looking in all things
to Jesus as the author and finisher of their faith. Let
them follow after those things which made for their
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The delivery of the visitation charge brought the ser-
vice to a conclusion at half-past three o'clock.

THE NEW GOVERNOR OF THE CAPE OF GOOD
HOPE.—Major-General Sir Henry Pottinger, Bart-, the
newly appointed Governor of the Cape of Good Rope,
has, with Lady Pottinger and family, arrived at his man-
sion in Eaton-place, and is now engaged in making the
necessary arrangements for departure. Lady Pottinger
and the family purpose remaining in En4land for tin
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