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

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OCTOBER 205 1846.
LONDON, T UESDAY „4,441,
RA. 9

No. 16,875.

GSAVESEND STAR and BLACKWALL
PACKETS.
Packet and Railway Fare included in ono payment upon every
Passage.
-N.B.—No other Packets call at the GRAY'S or GREENIXITIIE
PIERS.
FROM THE NEW TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND.
WEEK DAYS.—At 83, 91,4, 11%, I, 2%, 4, and 5.
SUNDAYS.—No Packet at 9 g.
FROM THE BRUNSWICK WHARF, BLACKWALL.
Ihe Trains starting One Quarter of an hour before each of
these Hines. •
WEEK DAYS.—At 9%, 11, 12, L , 214. 3%, OA, and 6.
SIINDAYS.—No Packet at 12.
Fares.—To or from London—Fore cabin, and Secokd Class Rail-
way, 9d.1 Saloon and !rat Class Railway, Is.
To or from Plackv.-all and intermediate Piers—Fore Cabin, 6d. ;
Saloon, 9d.
Boat Tickets.—Fez Twelve months, 4/. 45.; Six months, 2/. 15s. ;
Three months, 11. 15s. To be had of the Collectors on hoard the
packets; of Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend ; or of Mr. Saunders,
Brunswick-wharf, Illackwall.
Star Office, Gravesend, Oct. 14, 1846.

HALL OF ROME, GREAT WINDMILL-
STREET, HAYMARKET.

ElOtt doors from Coventry-street,

Under Dlstinguisci;iiaironaze::Tho original Poses Plastiques and

Tableaux Vivans.
Professor TURNOUR, ever anxious to diversify the attractions at
the above splendid theatre, kegs most respectfully to inform the
Nobility, Su)scribers, 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 Turn•ur's cele-
brated groups of Venus Rising fr•m the Sea and th• Lute Player.
The new Classical Groupings, which have been acknow7eciged by the
press as far surpassing anything •f the kind ever attempted i❑ this
country, will be repeated during the week, introducing the THREE
COLOUItv.D FEMALE MODELS, natives of Hindowtan, who have
been received with rapturous applause by fashionable and crowded
houses.

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

OFFICE of the GAS LIGHT and COKE
COMPANY.
19, New Bridge-street, Binekfriars.
. London, 19th October, 1846.
Ido hereby give Notice that, pursuant to the Bth by .law of this
Company,

OFFICE of the GAS LIGHT and COKE
COMPANY,
19, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars.
London, 20th October, 1846.
Ido hereby. give Notice that, pursuant to the Bth by-latv of this
Company
FRANCIS WITHAM, Esq,,
ALEXANDER LUARD WOLLASTON, Esq. The present
• and Auditors.
JONAH SMITH WELLS, Esq.
have severally given me notice In writing of their intention to stand
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 poportlon of
depos'ts, 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 affplication), on or before the 21st

day of October instant, whither they elect to proceed with, or
withdraw from the undertaking. If the Scripholdcrs 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 he 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 receipt will be issued immediately, to
be exchanged hereafter for New Scrip by those who elect to proceed.
Scriftholders, not being original allottecs, 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
ma lnei, 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
Address ••••• • • • • • •• • • .

Iteference .. • • • • • • • • • •
Total number of Scrip enclosed • • •
Designating •...........

• Parties wishing to withdrawwill substitute the following words:
—" Withdrali 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.
Parliamentary rs
Agreementtha that the
Committee
c o not
fra3c ft
aantaidg eMS
Supplementary ei nmfbernmt artyheSSubbsacrreihbelrd;
will lie for execution at the following places and dines, between the
hours of ten and four daily :
In London—From October 22d to October 24th, inclusive, at the
Cornpan,y'e offices in Westminster ; and from October 26th to October
30th, inclusive, at the offices of Messrs. Bolton, Merriman, and Dun-
ning, ALUM n-friars.
In Gla.qew--From October 22d to October 24th, inclusive, at the
offices of M essrs. Buchanan, Aitkin, and Co.
In Manchester—From October 27th to October 31st, inclusive, at
the offices of Mr. James Wheeler, 58, George-street.
And in Southampton—During the same period,
at the
Messrs. Deacon and Long.offices of
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 WHEELER, Secretary.
19, Great George-street, Westminster, Oct., 1846.

BORDEAUX, TOULOUSE, and CETTE
RAILWAY,
(Ezpcletti's Company, EZPELETU'S COMPANY.
The Shareholders in the Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette Railway
pany, are requested to sand 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.
. . . DAY II) S A LOMONS, Chairman.
Bordeaux and Cette Railay 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 112Ibs. , • Mottled, hqs., 60s. and C4s.; Wax
Candles, Is. per lb. ; German, Is. 2d. ; Fine Wax, Is. sd. ; Trans-
'arent Wax, Is. Bd. ; Genuine Wax, 2s. Id. ; Store Candles, 5%d. ;
Extra Wfixed-wick Moulds; 6%d.; Genuine Sperm Oil, 7s. per gallon;
solar, 3s: 3d., Pale Seal, 3s. 6d. ;' Amend, or Vegetable, 4s. 6d.;
Windsor Soap, Is.l I. per packet ; Palm, Is. 4d. ; Old Brown
Windsor, Is. 9d. Ass e, 2s. ; Almond, 2s. Gd. ; Scaling Wax, 4s. fid.
ner lb. ;, Hale's erior Paragon Composite, reguirinz no snuf-
fing, 9%c1.
For Cash—At DAVIES'S Old Established Warehouse 6 St.
Martin'S-lane, opposite New Slaughtor's Coffee-house.

LIGH T.—CAMPHINE, CANDLES.—Patent
CAMPITINE in sealed half-gallon cans, 4s. 9d. per gallon ;
Palmer's Patent Candles, 714 d. per lb., at WILLIAM S. BURTON'S
(late Rippon and Burton's), 39,9xford-street, corner of Newman-
street, whose assortment of Camphine, Argand, 'and Solar Lamps,
and Palmer's Magnum and other Candlesticks, with all the latest
inkProvements and of the newest and most recherche patterns, is the
largest lu existence. All tha seasonable novelties are now ready, and
selling from 20 to 30 per cent. under any house with whom quality
and style arc 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 61s. ; rich bronzed scroll ditto, with steel bar,
les. 6d. ; iron fenders, 3 feet; 4s. 6d. ; 4 feet, 6s. ; ditto bronzed, and
fitted with standards, 3 feet, 9s. ; 4 feet, 11 s. ; a rought iron kitchen
fenders, 3 feet, • 4s. Cd. ; 4 feet, 6s. ; bright register stoves, with
bronzed ornaments, and two sets of bars, from 955.; ditto ditto, with
or-mole ornaments, from 91. ; black dining-room register stoves,
2 feet, 18c ; 3 feet, 275. ; bed room register stoves, 2 feet, 16s. ,
3 feet, 245. The new economical thermic, stove, with fender and
radiating hearth-plate, from 81. ; fire-irons for chambers, Is. 9d. per
set; handsome ditto, with cut heads, 6s. 6d. ; newest pattern, with
elegant bronzed heads, lie. 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 not 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 in Wells-
street 1820.

EYEBROWS, MOUSTACHIOS, and WHIS-
KERS produced in a few, weeks, and Baldness removed and
prevented lay the use of GRIMSTONE'S AROMATIC REGENE-
RATOR, an essential spirit, drawn from aromatic herbs and flowers,
a few drops of which cure headache in a few minutes ; it Is also a
most delightful, fragrant toilet perfume. Sold only in triangular
bottles, protected by the Government stamp, at 49. ; double the size,
7s. ; and double this size, I is. 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 Herbary, Highgate, near
London ; and by Messrs. Barclay and Ski, Farringdon-street ; Sanger,
'GS, Cornh111;
0
Oxford-street;
Messrs. Butler and Co.;Cheapside ; Fisher and T 11CT,
and by
Conduit-street t,-Lisitr,e;item;
perJohnston,fuiners a
nd medicineothers warehouse
l 0
,rEdinburgh, J. and
R. Rennes; Leith-walk ; for Manchester, Leresche and Son, Adver.
tiser-office.

TO VIE LADIES. '
This lady had the following letter inserted in the "Times" news-
paper on Arg. 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. Gemstone, of the lierhary, High-
gate, for the efficacy of his Aromatic Begenera:or, in having com-
pletely restored the hair on her head, after using it about four mouths,
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
Regenatcr, feeling assured that many ladies would gladly purchase
an l la. bottle if they were as certain of its virtues as she is, from ex-
perie•nce, not only hi the restoration and production of hair in abund-
ance, but at 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 head occasionally, every week, will pre-
vent the hair frcm coming away with the comb, make it strong, and
prevent it turning grey, rendering the hair luxuriant and curly. A
few drons on your hairbrush before' brushing the hair, will give the
hair brilliancy, causing it to curl.
The most 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 appplieltions. It used on infants'
heads, it has such a peculiar cooling.influence on the brain its to pre-.
vent convulsions, as well as promoting the growth of hair.—.lee
pamphlet of testimonials.
All letters addreased to Willlara Grizaatone, Herbary,

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Just published, Second Edition, much enlarged, with Maps, &C.,
RAILWAYS.
By ANT OLD INDIAN POSTMASTER.
" In no other publication extant is there the same amount of valu-
ab'e information to be found as in this upon the all•cngrossing and
most important subject of railways in India, or information of a more
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well as to our European capitalists.' —Douglas Jerrold's Newspaper.
" We bare been both gratified and instructed by the perusal of his
pages."—The Scottish :Railway Gazette.
Landon: 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 residcntiary,
&c., at hair-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. Ilall ; after which an able and eloquent sermon was
preseved by the Rev. Dr. M'Caul from the second epistle

to Tunothy, 3d chapter, 16th 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

tookhis 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 aide,
within the railings, and the tither clergymen present
seated themselves on benches in front of the communion

table. Mr. Shepherd, the registrar, then called over
the names °fiche clergy who had been required to attend
the visitation.. This ceremony having been concluZed,
The Bishop of LONDON proceeded to read his charge.
"[he Right Rev. Prelate commenced by observing, that
the four years which had elapsed since he had last ad-
dressed them from that place had been marked by a
series of events of the deepest intt rest and importance to
Church;of 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

hoasehold 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 lessons 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 he 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. lie 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 ;—" There have, I apprehend,
at all times been clergymen who have been distressed
by this inconsistency ; and of late y<ars 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-

iionof great weight, to follow the usage which they found
established in their respective churches. Under these
circumstances, a divt rsity of practice has arisen, which
is not only inconsistent with the principle of uniformity
maintained by"the Church, but is sometimes associated
in the minds of the people 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 schisms was 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 the principles of the Church, or offence to the most
scrupulous 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 in 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 eipressed 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
trinesw-ithaony tic
r•
tphaerchula
Church
opinionsh at
but
the
erevfaursiaalnocfe a Ncvoitmhp
comparatively
small portion of the clergy to act upon his recommenda-
tions had precluded these 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 l3ishop 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 recommendations,
and the speedyireturn 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 undo a solemn obligation to follow
the expreis 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 ch-rgy, as opportunity offered, that he did not re-
quire thorn 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 r• quired
him to do. The etmost length to which he (ihe Bishop
of London) could go was to abstain from eni'orcirg
strict obedience to the lax. lie was well aware
that some of the parochial clergy thought it was his
duty to uphold them at all hazards, in opposition to their
parishioaers, in requiring strict compliance with the
letter of the rubric ; bat it was evident if he had
done this in any one parish of his diocese that he must
have done it in all, and this was a course of procet ding
upon which, with a full conviction of the consequences
which were certain to follow, he was not prepared to
eater. 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 itt the moment
posed to complain of his not having effectually supported
recommonda-
them in their endeavours to carry out

tions, would see, upon reflection, the extreme hazard of 1
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 avas bound to say th upon a calm and deliberate '
Areview of the opinions d expressed in his last charge,
he could not discove anything that he need scruple to
1,.
avow. He- considered that, as to those points which
related. entirely to -questions of doctrine, he was called
upon in the present state
AsAf the Church to express his
views freely and withont:feserve ; but with respect to
matters of outward observance and disc'pline he did '
not think he would have felt himself bound to press
his opinions-upon the clergy had he been fully awaaJ,
of the amount of prejudice and misinrormation whin
prevailed upon such subjects. He wished this observa-a
tion, however, to be understood us applying only to
those questions of rubrical observance which had been
the more especial subjects of .difference :between the
clergy and theft'. +-belts, and not to questions which in-
volved, directly or by implication, any point of doctrine.
To use the words of his Grace the Arclabishop—" 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 party 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 the Church. They had been prepared for the almis-
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 Home. There could
be no better method of unsettling or pprverting 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. He 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 speclfied tempo-
rary purpose, bat 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. Thoy 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 he 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-
hoed 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 h s 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
then the Church instructed its members to de. 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 for mutual-in-
tercession, he entirely agreed with the duty so proposed
to be performed. A special duty was laid on them by,
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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
distress, and which might fitly become the subject of
particular intercession, both public and private.
The 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 had
left the Church in comparison 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. Ile 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 thin
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
the only legitimate interpreter of the mind of Jesus
Christ, and of the laws of his Church, and that those who
believed whatever he commanded, and practised all that
he enjoined, were secure of salvation, was too comfortable
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 fur that of
Rome, in consequence of the doubts suggested to their
minds by the writings and conversation of subtle dis.
patents, assigned as their sole reason fur 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 that any person who had a tolerable
acquaintance either 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 beer,
able to define whether it resided in the Pope alone, or in
the eJuncile, or in the canons of the Church?Tthis,
infallibilitytewhole stem was,ys in
of Romish truth, h,
which
error rested ; and if they removed it the whole fabric
ver portentouskeystone doctrine
nin e of
the
would crumble into dust. Ile (the Bishop of London)
premeey necessarily involved the
particularly recommended the clergy tomake themselves
masters of the arguments on this question. The
theasser-
iatnisosfnaelrlotiiib'oinlitoy led i
fPhopsdeiresnf'lscitily to
ib'ilirY th while the admission of his
e admission of his supre-
macy. lle hoped the clergy would not fail to endeavour
to remove from the minds of their people any doubts
'they might have been led to entertain by the statement
that the English Church was in a state of schism. Every-
thing that could be said on this subject they would find
in .the works of Archbishop
_Cramer i and he need
hardly tell them that every argument which could be
urged in oupport of such an ussertio4 had keen 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 weapon of defence,
which, if its temper were known and proved, would of
necessity, as it appeared to him, destroy the charm of
infallibility. When her champions mere long ago
defeated uppn Scripture ground, when they were driven
from tradition, and when the great Diana was unable to
protest 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
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 hid hitherto been placed, as a final and con-
clusive revelation of the Divine will, to a 'mere rapt.,
obscure, imperfect announcement or suggeition of God's
cunsels,—reeresenting them as .containing principles to
be unfolded from time to time, as the exigench s of the
case might require; and as men's' minds might be
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 Miller, a German Rationalist,
and another Mader 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 appealed 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 Gospekrevelation,:and that they would be in
no danger of being entangled in this web of sophistry.
lie believed that the theory itself would,• ere long, 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 advocetes had come for-
ward to undertake the task. In closing his allnsiun to
this subject, lie 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-
lisheil by the Society for Promoting Christian Know-
ledge, with a view to counteract the attempts now matte
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," frond the writings a the
livines of the I ith 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
he 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
especially 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 wee 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 ef&ct, a considerable number of persons
would be found to profit by it. lie 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. He 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 eburcbes.were in the
city of London. lie 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,
that persons living in crowded dwellings, who could
not their solemnize their minds for prayer, might resort
to the house of God.

He was next led to consider the spiritual provision
provided by the Church in the metropolis. Ten 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 north eastern 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,
to endeavour to convert these multitudes to Christianity,
and to send more labourers into the fold. For 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 Ohurch was much indebted, for the erection
and endowment of ten additional churches, parsonage-
houses, and school-houses for a population of 70,000 in
the district of Bethnal-green. There had been contri-
buted to that fund a sum of 60,0001., making together
about 238,000/. 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
would furnish the means of Divine service, once a day,
to 130,000, making a total of 205,000, who could, at one
time, join in service, out of a population of 1,380,000.
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 pieus 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 c-ccasion of pleasure to themselves, had not yet thrown
their offrring 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 greet 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
suenfheaimr
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sinth against
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, the,
this statement was by no means generally true. Many
of the new churches were extremely well attended, and
when this has 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 ineompctent. The promoters of the plan were
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all circumstances, at once perceptible. It had been
found that in neighbourhoods where the. people
had 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
even 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 axes before that was done they must CVill be
taught the knoWledge of Christianity itself as a fact.
The obstacles which opposed themselves to the efferts 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 spiritualcondition of the people mast be gradually wrought, and
he believed it would chiefly be accomplished by means
of the rising genera Von. The f.cheel must train up a
congregation for the church ; and there was reason to
hope that, in many cases, the influence of religions
instruction would find its way to the parents through
the children. In many cases it would he 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 bean in vain in the
Lord, and to eiceurage 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'lol district visitors,
all engaged in making known the truths and duties of
their holy religion in that long-neglected neighbourhood.
The Right 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 pree
viousle been urged against it. He ' might observe
that it was intended by that Bill to grant the power
of taking viva voce evidence in ecclesiastical causes—
a measure which, ho believed, would be much more
effectual 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 thdse 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?4, 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 he
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 Bible as the subject of in-
struction, if they prohibited the use of prayer by the
teachers of the schools, they would net 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 to
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 he 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 dented that there was much
occasion for uneasiness and sorrow, if not of apprehen-
sion. lie 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 repairher 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 missiona' y labours
within the last few years—at the multiplication of colo-
r.ial 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
nurliber 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 to pas,
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. L.. t
them follow after those things which male fur
of op'.
everlasting peace, looking more to those poinutss aonfdoipn;
w
nion and practice—happily the most me
portant—in which they agreed, rathernutlrioan to those
upon which they differed. Let them be ready to make
any concession short of compromising the truth, in order
to keep the bond of unity. unbroken. Let them be
earnest in prayer for the guidance of the Holy Spirit,
that in all things love might abound more and more, so
that they might be found sincere and without offence in
he day of Christ, filled with the fruits of righteous-
ness, which were, by Jesus Christ, to the praise and
glory of His name.
The delivery of the visitation ch:a.ga brought the ser-
vice to a conclusion at half-past three o'clozk.

THE NEW GOVERIiOR. OF TILE CAPE OF GOOD
HOPE.—Major-General Sir Henry Potting r, Bart., the
newly appointed Governer of the Cape of Good Hope,
has, with Lady Pottinger and family, arrived at his mar,-
sion in Eaton-place, and is now engaged in making the
necessary arrangements for departure. Lady Pottinger
and the family vuriose remaining in England fig the
present.

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ROYAL NAVAL- 13-Ez
SOCIETY.
A quarterly Court of the Directors and Subscribers
of the Royal Naval Benevolent Society was held yester-
day in the Thatched House Tavern. Among the officers
present we observed Commanders—Millar, Cannon,
Higgins, Ommaney, Houghton, &c., &c. ; Captains—
Drew, Allen, Feed, Bague, Dickenson, Couch, Briggs,
&c. ' • AdMirals—Earl Cadogan, Sir Edward Codrington,
Bowles, and M`lienley.
On the motion of Admiral M'KENLEY -Sir Charles
Malcolm was unanimously voted to the chair.
The secretary, Captain DICKSON, then read the
minutes of last quarterly meeting, and a statement of the
accounts, which showed a balance in favour of the So-
ciety of 839/. Bs. lid. He also read a letter from Admiral
Sir Robert Stopford, President of the Society, stating
that being from infirm health incapacitated from attend-
ing the meetings of the Society, and otherwise attending
to the business of it, he begged to resign his office of
President: He did so with regret, but he conceived it
to be for the interest of the Society to have a president
who could fully attend to the duties of that office, and as
he felt himself unable to do so, he had resolved to resign
altogether.
The CHAIRMAN said he was sure that there would be
hut one feeling of regret among all present, that the gal-
lant old officer had found it necessary to resign.
The meeting then proceeded to the election of a
new President, when Sir EDSvARD CODRINGTON moved
that Sir T. Bp.= 11Iar:in should be elected to that
office.

Admiral APKENLEr seconded the election, n hich was
egret d to unanimouPly.

CASE ( MISS SARAH lIOAVE.
Lord CADOCAN then brought forward the motion Of
which he gave notice at list meeting, for a committee,
to be chosen by ballot, to inquire iiro the case of this
lady, anil to hear he r in deft ace of the charEcs brought
against her. The only mode, therefore, of clearing up
the matter was the appointment of a committee, and he
thought, if chosen by ballot, that committee would be all
the more satisfactory. He therefore entreated them to
allow a committee, and let the case be proceeded with
flatly and regularly.
Sir EDWARD CODRINTON seconded the motion, and
suggested, before they went further, that the instructions
given to the last committee, and their report, should be
read, which was done.
After much irregular discussion, •
Lieut. ANCSINK deprecated the discussion of such
matters as these in the society. They were sure to have
a bad effect on such bodies. If he understood the matter
right, Miss Hoare did not tome within the rules of the
society ; and as their rules ought to guide them, be did
not see how there should have been such a dispute about
the affair. lie concluded by moving that Miss Hoare's
case should be dismissed altogether.
Admiral APKENLEY seconded the motion.

An amendment to Lord Cadogan's motion was then
proposed by Capt. I)REw, to the effect, that inasmuch as
no charge was preferred against Miss Hoare, either by
the Secretary or by the Society, Lord Cadogan's snotion
was uncalh d for; and as, the documents given in evi-
dence to the Secretary were given in confidence, they
could not be given up for the purpose of being made
public.
The amendment was carried by 49 to 8.
Another motion, by Lieut. GARDENER, that the reso-
lution of the 20th April last, not to receive Miss Hoare's
letters be rescinded, in orckr that she might have an
opportunity of presenting another application, was also
lost, by 28 to 15. _ _

A b-committee for the examination of memorials
was then appointed, and the applications for relief having
been examined, the meeting adjourned. The proceedings
throughout were very stormy.

A VETERAN CRIMINAL.—The following is given
as a summary of the character and history of the man
named Cutmel, now ;n custody for the attempt to murder
Madame Morand, at Vaugirard :—He is about forty-two
years of age. He was condemned in 1828 to five years'
imprisonment for an unnatural crime. He was liberated
on the 22d of May, 1333, and in November following
was again committed to prison for a few months for rob-
bery. In 1834 he was arrested for a highway robbery
in the night, and sentenced to hard labour at the hulks
for ten years, which he passed at the Bague at Toulon,
and was dischargk din March, 1844. Since that time he
has lived by petty robberies, and in January and June,
1845, was again sent to prison for a few months each
time. Since his present arrest, finding that the evidence
against him is too strong to be resisted, he has openly
avowed that, when he went to Vaugirard, it was with
the full intention of murdering both M. and Madame
Morand, and stealing 800 f., which they had acknow-
ledged to their nephew they had in the house. To this
he has added a confession, that he had concerted with
Coulon and the nephew of the Morand., the murder and
robbery of a woman at Montrouge, who keeps an eating
house, and her servant-girl. To all this he further
stated, that only a few days ago he killed a drunken
man, and after stripping him, threw kim into the river.
On being asked how he could be so cruel as to take the
life of a man who was incapable of making any resist-
ance, or of appearing against him afterwards ? he re-
plied—" 014 ! it was only getting rid of one grumbler
m ore."—Gctfignani's Messenger.
Loss Or A CLERGYMAN, NEAR SNOWDON.—An
event, which has, without doubt, terminated in the death
of a most promising young gentleman, a clergyman of
the Established Church, recently occurred at Llanberris.

It appears that the Rev. Mr. Starr had, for some weeks,
been on a pedestrian excursion through the most roman-
tic portions of North Wales, and that he had been in the
habit of regularly c +rrespondin4 with his friends and
relatives at Northampton, of one of the parishes of which
Wiwu tic is a ,uiatv. Nut hay ins in atm.,
time, his mother and sister became alarmed at his long
continued silence, and ultimately determined to set out
for Llanberri3 in search of him. Mrs. and Miss Starr
reached the inn at Llanberris on the afternoon of Sun-

day, the 4th instant, and on inquiry learned that a gen-
tleman, answering their description of Mr. Starr, had
passed the night there about three weeks before ; that
on the following morning he left the inn, and ascended
Stiowdon ; was seen on his descent from the
mountain, and was again seen at the top of the
pass, where he stopped at a house, and obtained some
water to quench his thirst. He then ascended another
mountain on the opposite side of the pass, termed the
Glyder. He was next Observed on the summit by a man
named Hughes, living at Llanberris, who, at his request,
accompanied him full half-way on the descent, and after
pointing out the path 1.:-ft the unfortunate gentleman to
pursue his way alone. After going some short distance
Hughes warned him to keep to the right hand, as the
evening was becoming very misty, and there was the
danger of Llyn cwm Fgnon, a dangerous spot, to be
avoided. Mr. Starr was never seen afterwards, and no
doubt is entertained that he perished on the mountain,
having lost his road on the bleak and' barren ground he
had to traverse. The grief of his unfortunate relatives
on hearing the particulars of the sad catastrophe may be
magined, the more especially as no ground for hope is
left, the proof of identity being further supported by the
fact that the gentleman seen on the Glyder had only
glove on, the fellow to which was found in the
baggage of Mr. Starr. Search has been made for the
body with dogs, but hitherto without effect.
INTERMENT IN l'owNs.—The Registrar-General's

last report informs us that the mortality in the metro-
polis is higher than that in the country, being in the
proportion of 2,294 to 2,209 per cent., a clear proof that
there are some causes in operation to shorten the lives
of the inhabitants of large towns. What those causes
are it is the duty of the Legislature to discover, and, if
possible, to remedy ; and one of them is so plainly in-
dicated by Mr. Chadwick, in his supplementary report
on the practice of interment in towns, that we consi-
sider it quite unnecessary to reargue this part of the
question. Those who contend that the practice is not in-
jurious to health are taking up a view contrary to fact
and reasoning, and contrary to the principles upon which
they proceed to legislate in other cases. Other argu-
ments have been adduced in favour of a change in the
practice, and among these we may select that which
is based on the indecency of the practice. We know,
on good authority, that in. a certain London grave-
yard, in which the soil is rank with the decomposed
remains of the dead, the charge for interment is re-
gulated by the depth—a practice, we believe, quite com-
man in the metropolis, A person is informed that, by
the payment of a high fee, a coffin will not have to be re-
moved from the grave in order to allow another coffin to
be placed beneath it. The low fee leads not merely to this
act of desecration, perpetrated as it must be under the es-es;
of those who ought to be most earnest in checking it, but
probably to the entire removal of the body, the selling
of the coffin and the funeral ornaments, with the
destruction by fire, or in other ways, of the
last remains of the dead ; and so nicely are the
fees adjusted, that the earth piled at the side of the
grave is calculated in the measurement as part of the
depth, whence it happens that even when the remains
are hit undisturbed, they become a source of putrescent
exhalations to the inhabitants of the neighbourhood.
Many flagrant instances of the desecration of the re-
mains of the dead have been recently made public,
and we are coolly told, in reference to these abomina-
tions, that when they have once taken place the parties
may be punished by indictment ! No consideration ap-
pears to he given to the prevention of such indecencies by
removing the causes—i. e., by shutting up and
entirelyprivate or
prohibiting interments in graveyards, whether
gross of-
parochial, already overcrowded ; but
lead t
ftehieiceesxpaernesetoorkac
pthaerischhapnrcoesecofuteixopn,e
aunrde,
thetorisk o
of
or
a compromise of en acquittal upon some trickery
technicality in the law proceedings. With the
existence
of a proved public evil, a certain in-
juryand the fact that the pre-
ett
to time cease of itself, it is scarcely
necessary
mine the arguments which have been
i pra e t i pubict cn e mintxa i health,n
,
adduced for the continuance of this vile practice. There
must be a limit to the elevation of graveyards above the
street, and to the enlargement of vaults in churches,
unless soul') secret and inexpi,nsive method is taken,
by those who profit under the rreient system, to g, t
rid of the surplus b)dies. The annual interments ire now
much about the sit -lie as if the whole population of Leices-
ter were brought to be buried in Loudon. Decay cannot
proceed fast enough, and it will require more trequ tit
bolo :mists, or inure fre4uent cotaracts with dust colas ea •
tors to cart away as rubbish human remains, in order to
in,..ko room for the increasing deaths in a rapidly in-
creasing population. Legislation may be protracted,
but sooner or later a measure will be forced upon the
Legislature either for providing cenaetries out of towns
and cities, or for preventing that secret and extensive
desecration of the graves which in some measure tends
to postpone the necessity fur immediate interference.—
dical Times.
TIIE Anm y.— Tit E FIRST LIFE GuanDs.—lt is
stated in military circles that the Hon. Colonel Caven-
dish, of the Ist Life Guards, is shortly about to retire
i'rom the Lieutenant Coloneley of that regiment, and
that he will be succeeded by the Earl of Cardigan, Lieu-
tenant-Colonel of the 11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hus-
sars, by purchase.