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London, England, 1848-01-24 00:00:00

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presence of a large assemblage. _'he ceremony was
performed by :the Right Rev. Dr. Musgrave, the
newly-appointed Archbishop of York, who was as-
sisted b'y the Bishops of Worcester and Chester.
The proceedings seemed to create a considerable
degree of interest, for, immediately upon the doors
being opened, the chapel was speedily filled by a
most respectable auditory. Shortly after eleven
o'clock the Archbishop of York, the Bishops, the
Bishop elect, and the usual officials of the Ecclesiastical
Courts attendant on such occasions, entered the
church. The Right Reverend the Archbishop of
York took his seat at the right of the communion
table, while the Bishops of Worcester and Chester
took their places upon the left—the bishop elect who,
at this stage of the proceedings, appeared in the dress
of a common clergyman of the church, having seated
himself in a pew in the vicinity of the altar, the
usual morning service was then gone through, after
which the sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr.
Garbett, rector of St. George's, Birmingham, who
selected for his text the 42d verse of the second chap-
ter of the Acts of the Apostles. The sermon was
most appropriate for the occasion, and was listened to
with great attention. On its being concluded, the
Bishop elect was conducted from his pew to the
railings in front of the altar, when the conge' d'elire
and the various acts of his appointment were read
over by the registrar for the diocese. The beautiful
service of consecration was then gone through, and
the Bishop elect, having taken the prescribed oaths
after returning to the vestry, was conducted from
thence, arrayed in his episcopal robes, and took his
seat within the railings, on the right of the Arch-
bishop of York, as one of the Bishops of the
Church of England. Although considerable discus-
sion has bees originated out of doors in reference
to the appointment, in consequence of the proceed-
ings of Mr. Gutteridge, yet, as a matter of course,
the proceedings of yesterday passed over undisturbed,
the law not affording, on the occasion of a conse-
cration, any latitude whatever for expressions of dis-
sent or protest. We understand, however, that
about twenty-five minutes before eleven, the hour at
which the ceremony was to commence, Mr. Gutte-
ridge, accompanied by a legal friend, arrived at the
chapel, and was conducted to the robing room. The
Archbishop of York having made his appearance in
the room at the same time, Mr. Gutteridge, addressing
him, said, "My Lord, I felt it right personally to
place in your hands a document, a copy of which was
delivered to you last evening."
To this the Archbishop responded, " I cannot re-
ceive anything here."
Mr. Gutteridge then added, " My Lord, I lay this
before you," at the same time placing on the table
before the Archbishop the protest, of which the fol-
lowing is a copy :
"To the Most Rev. Dr. Musgrave, Lord Arch-
bishop of York ; to the Right Rev. Dr. Pepys, Bishop
of Worcester; and the Right Rev. Dr. Sumner,
Bishop of Chester ; the prelates commissioned to con-
secrate the Rev. James Prince Lee to the bishopric
of Manchester at Whitehall Chapel, this day.
" I, Thomas Gutteridge, a member of the United
Church of England and Ireland, do solemnly, as in
the presence of God, protest against the rite of epis-
copal consecration being administered to the Rev.
James Prince Lee, lately nominated Bishop of Man-
chester, because of articles and libel of accusation
charging the said James Prince Lee with grievous
immorality, and especially with repeated acts of
drunkenness having been exhibited against him be-
fore Commissioners of the Archbishop of York,
sitting at St. James's Church in London, on the Bth
day of January of this present year; and also because
that legal proceedings are now in course in the Court
of Queen's Bench for investigating the truth, or
otherwise, of charges of wilful lying, acts of drunken-
ness, and malignity of disposition, alleged against
him, :the said James Prince Lee, and contained in
printed and published statements, and credited by
several thousands of the inhabitants of Birmingham,
the place where the said James Prince Lee has for
several years dwelt, and which said charges of immo-
rality are as yet undecided by any legal process,
and consequently stand undisproved against him ;
and further, because the act of consecrating the
said James Prince Lee to the highest rank of
holy orders would, under the existing circumstances
of his being notoriously chargeable with mendacity
and debauchery, be not only a manifest violation of
the laws and canons of the Church, and as such ut-
terly void, nugatory, and invalid in law, but also a
dreadful profanation of this eminently sacramental
rite—a grave and lasting cause of offence to all sober
and pious Christian people—a foul dishonour to reli-
gion, and a deep disgrace and injury to the Church—
a scandalous misapplication of the mystery of imposi-
tion of apostolic hands—an impious invocation of the
Holy Ghost—and a new and unexampled proceeding,
involving a willing outrage of the laws alike of God
and man, and one which might incur the high dis-
pleasure and penal visitation of the Almighty.
(Signed) " THOMAS GTJTTERIDGE,
" Member of the Royal College of Surgeons,
residing in Birmingham.
" Jan. 22, 1848."

In addition to the officiating Bishops, there were
also present Dr. Burnaby, the Vicar-General ; Dr.
Townsend, Dr. Bayford, Dr. Addams, F. H. Dyke,
Esq., the Registrar-General ; J. Baker, Esq., the
Apparitor-General ; John Burden, Esq., the Bishop's
secretary ; the Very Rev. G. H. Bowers, Dean of
Manchester ; the Rev. J. C. Miller, M.A., Rector of
St. Martin's, Birmingham ; the Hon. and Rey. G.
M. York, M.A., Rector of St. Philip's, Birmingham.
The Archbishop haying pronounced the blessing,
the proceedings terminated.