The Sun.
London, England, 1832-11-05 00:00:00

MEETING OF THE CLERGY OF THE

DIOCESE OF CANTERBURY.

(From the Kentish Gazette.)
Wednesday a most numerous meeting of the clergy of
this diocese was held at the National Selwol in St.
Dunstan's, Archdeacon CROFT in the chair. Upon sub-
mitting the first r, solution,
The Rev. Mr. CROWTHER moved an amendment, to
the effect, that it was not expedient at present to address
the Archhist op.
This amendment not being seconded, the regular busi-
ness of the meeting was proceeded in.
The Rev. W. F. BAYLAY moved, '' That the Address
to his Grace the Archbishop co Canterbury now read he
adopted by this meeting." Which being seconded by the
Rev. T. PEARCE, was carried unanimously, with the ex-
ception of the R-v. Mr. Croxvther's dissentient voice.

The second resolution, moved by the Rev. Dr. POOR,
and seconded by the Rev. C. Wonmmusx, proposed that
meisures should he adopted for enabling the rest of the
clergy of the diocese to affix their signatures to the address.
The third resolution, proposed by the Rev. T. C HAL-
LETT, and sec oiled by the Rev. C. CHISHOLME, requested
the Archdeacon to present the address.
The fourth resolution, moved by the Rev. J. Hooc-
sox, and seconded by the Rev. C. H. HANDLEY, was as
follosys

". That the grateful thanks of this Meeting he given to
his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, for originating
and carrying a Bill through Parliament. for enabling pa-
trons of small livings to increase them out of thiair own
revenues, and for his generous example in acting under the
provision of the Bill, in improving the incomes of many
of such livings in his Grace's patronage."
The fifth and last resolution, moved by the Rev.
G. RANDOLPH, and s•conded by the Rev G. R.
GUI°, proposed the thanks of the meeting to the
Chairman; which, as well as the three preceding ones, was
carried unanimously.
The following is a copy of the Address :
" We, the undersigned, the Archdeacon and Clergy of
the Diocese of Canterbury—
" Feel it our duty at the present crisis to come forward
with a public declaration of our firm confidence in your
Grace's piety, integrity, and judgment ; and of our readi
nuss to co-operate in any measures which, after competent
inquiry, may he found calculated to increase the efficiency
of the Established Church, and to meet the sober and
honest requisitions of public opinion.
" If we now deprecate the advocacy of specific plans of
Church Reform, especially by the Clergy, we are actuated,
not by a spirit of bigoted opposition to real amendment,
but by a conviction that truth and practical improvement
will be impeded, rather than advanced, by impatiently
forestalling the results of the Ecclesiastical Commission.
" It is too much to assume that nn information can be
elicited ty the comprehensive investigation now in pro.
gr. ss. Therefore, until this information shall have been
submitted to the public, any attempt of ours to lay down
a system of reform would tie open to the objectien of pre-
mature, not to say presumptuous, decision urn an im-
perfect case. It could serve no other purpose than that
of enlisting prejudices and pledges on the side of defective
projects; and it might be misconstrued into an evidence
of our b-ing more eager to be first on the tide of innov,tion
than to form a sober estimate of the difficuldes to be
encountered, and of the remedies to lltr applied.
Nor is it more than common justice to your Grace,
Vie Bishops, and the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, that
we should wait the completion of your labours, presuming
that you are not indifferent to safe and practicable measures
of improvement, when we observe you steadily approach-
ing the subject by those wens which reason and candour
evidently sanction—inquiry first, then julgtnent.
" With these views, the abstain from expressing any
opinion on the mo le in which the object of your inquiry
may be hest attained ; anti resp, ctfully offer to your Grace
the assurance of our lively sym p thy in your impoi tent un-
dertaking, of our strong confitiewe, and of our cordial and
dutiful attachment.

46 We pray that, supported and directed by that strength
and wisdom which cometh from abov,4, you may b. enabl.d
to render the Est.thlished Church more and more effectual
in ex,enaing th kiii4d in 4,f Christ, and enlarging in-
fluence of his Go-pel over the hearts and affections of our
countrymen.
" And we beg that your Grace will proceed, with the
fillies, reliance on our determination neither to shrink from
labour or sacrifice in forwarding those sacr.d objet s ; nor
to be diverted by good report or evil report from with.
sran 'ing unjust or mi,chievous innovation., whether they
may originate from the delusion of those who may have
mistaken the character and interests of the Established
Church, or from the machinations of those who desire its
destruction."

ANOTHER DISTRESSING INSTANCE OF
FURIOUS CAB DRIVING.—As a cab wis running at a
tremendous rate towards Westminster this morning, the
culpable driver ran over a poor boy. The wheel passed
over the helpless lad's led. an,' broke it. He was put into
a hackney coach and conveyed to the Westminster Hos-
pital.—[Whi n so much is said and done respecting the
navigating of vessels on the river for the protection of his
Mij-sty's subjects, ought there not to he some regulations
immediately adopted to prevent the further waste of life
which is so often made by these nuisances? From the in-
discretion or the ignorance of the cah drivers throughout
the metropolis, there's not a parent dare suffer his child
to cross a street withsut being accompanied and protected
by an adult. The aged, the lame, and the infirm, are
equally exposed to the unwarrantable danger.]

We are happy to find that Government is at
present instituting a rigid inquiry into the administration
of the poor laws, with a view to their effectual reform.
Mr. TWEEDY, an a.:sistant commist.ioner for conducting
this inquiry, is-at present in Leeds, and in c:immunication
with the parish-officers on the subject of his mission.
We hope that in every place the commissioners may
vi-it, all the various sources of information that they
require, will he freely laid open to them, and that, from
the whole, such a system of poor laws will be finaly
enacted as to separate all the benefits of the present
system from all the defects that have been in,roduced it,t4
it durirg a long succession of ages.—Leeds Mercury.