The Sun.
London, England, 1832-01-13 00:00:00

THE BISHOPS OF NORWICH AND

CHICHESTER.

The following ure the replies of the Bishop of
Norwich and the Bishop of Chichester to the com-
munications which the Right Rev. Prelates received,
that a vote of thanks to them for their support of the
Reform Bill had been unanimously agreed to by the
" Independent Association" of the town of Rye,
Sussex :

REPLY OF THE BISHOP OF NORWICH.
" Sin,—The approbation of so respectable a body of
men as the members of the Independent Association of
Rye, is one of the best rewards which an honest individual
can receive in doing what he believes to be his duty.
Your letter of course must give me very sincere pleasure,
and also encourage me to persevere in the same line of
conduct. " Yours, &c.,
" HENRY NORWICH.
" London, Dec. 19, 1831.

REPLY OF THE BISHOP OF CHICHESTER.
" Preacher's Chambers, Lincoln's-Inn,
Dec. 26, 1831.
" Rev. Sir,—ln consequence of an expectation, very
generally entertained, that the recess of Parliament at the
present season would be extremely short, I made arrange-
ments for remaining in town, instead of holding an Ordi-
nation and passing the Christmas at Chichester, as I
wished and intended. This has occasioned a delay in the
conveyance of your obliging communication ; for it was
not forwarded to me till yesterday.
" I make this explanation, because I should be ex-
tremely sorry, if it could be thought that such a marked
expression of respect and confidence from a respectable
body of men of my own diocese could be a matter of
indifference to me, and that I had suffered any time to
elapse unnecessarily before I acknowledged it.
" I will beg you, therefore, to assure those gentlemen
who have affixed their signatures to the address, that, par-
ticipating as I do in their zeal both for civil and religious
freedom, I was happy in having an opportunity to record
my sentiments by my last vote:in the House of Lords. I
shall be still more happy in finding myself united with a
patriotic and wise majority in support of the new Bill,
when it shall come before us,—for, in its success, I anticipate
a return of activity and enterprise to trade and commerce,
more confidence in our public resources, greater security
to private peace, and moreover additional stability to our
religious as well as civil institutions.
" I will not anticipate the possibility of defeat ; for I
trust that the idle fears and interested hopes, which, in
some quarters, obstructed the success of the late measure,
may by this time be sufficiently dissipated. If the many
marks of national feeling which have been since exhibited
(some of them indeed we must deplore and condemn) shall
not have convinced our opponents of their mistake, as to
a supposed alteration of public opinion about Reform, still
we have the satisfaction of knowing, that the Constitution
places in the hands of the Sovereign a safe and easy re-
medy- for ignorant or factious opposition. In that case,
no time should be lost in augmenting the number of those
who have at once wisdom to see, and courage to provide,
what is absolutely required by the circumstances in which
the country is placed, in consequence of the ardent and al-
most universal wish to correct long standing abuses ; and
to guard against their future recurrence by a more rea-
sonable distribution of the elective franchise, and by a more
fair and equal representation of the people in Parliament.
I have the honour to be, Rev. Sir, your most obliged and
very obedient servant, " E. CHICHESTER.
" The Rev. R. R. Knott."

THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.—We are
happy to have it in our power to announce that the Duke
of WELLINGTON has so far recovered from the effects of
his late indisposition as to be able to take exercise for
above an hour yesterday in the enclosure behind Apsley
House, where his presence excited some observation. • His
Grace does not appear to have lost flesh during his illness,
which cats scarcely be a matter of surprise when one con-
siders how little he had to lose. His features, however,
have become more prominent, and his face more like the
caricature likenesses which every body has seen. The
Duke was accompanied during the whole of his prome-
nade by the Earl of ROSSLYN and Earl BATHURST,
with whom he appeared to be engaged in earnest dis-
cussion. He wore the short cloak which was familiar to
all who were in the Peninsular army, and which the
soldiers used jocularly to observe " must have been made
when the General was a little un, as he had greatly out-
grown it." He Naw•ahlikeehdhwavitehaltwhaeyssadmisetinqguuiicskhefidrnhiimst.ep,
K HILDYARD, Esq. M.A. of
andFnitiilEitparEylatiirc,
Trinity College, has been appointed Fellow and Tutor of
Trinity-ball, in the room of the Rev. Wm. HILDYARD.—
Cambridge Chronicle.
On the sth inst. the Rev. GEORGE EDIs
WEBSTER, M.A. Senior of Trinity College, was instituted
to the rectory of Grundisburgh, Suffolk, vacant by the
death of the Rev. Dr. MAnsnEN; patrons,the Master and
Fellows of that Society,—Cambridge Chronicle,