The Sun.
London, England, 1861-03-13 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 13, 1861.

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PRESENTATION OF AN ADDRESS TO THE
ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY.—THIS DAY.
His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury having appointed
this morning to receive the address on the subject of
" Essays and Reviews," a number of clergymen and others
waited on his Grace at Lambeth Palace shortly after 11
o'clock. Among those present we observed Bishop Trower,
Archdeacon Hone, Archdeacon Utterton, Dr. Irons,
Dr. M'Caul, Rev. C. Kemble, Rev. J. M'Connell Hussey,
the Hon. and Rev. H. Legg, Rev. T. 3ackson, Rev.
Mesack Thomas, Rev. E. Bayley, Rev. E. Auril, and Rev.
E. Bickerstcth.
At half-past cloven his Grace received the deputation.
Bishop TROWER stated he had been deputed to present
the address of the clergy on the subject of the Essays and
Reviews to his Grace. The address contained upwards of

eight thousand signatures, beinc, those of the clergy of al

shades of opinion. Out of that eight thousand gentlemen,
no doubt some better fitted than himself for the perform.

ante of the duty with which he had been entrusted
might have been found, but not one of the members
sympathised more than he did in the importance of
the subject. The essays and reviews, if their opera-
tion was not destroyed, were calculated to do away with
all authority in the things in which they had been in-
structed to believe. They were fully sensible of the im.
portance and worth of the declaration which had been made
by the bishops, and an expression of thankfulness to their
lordships for the steps they had taken would have been

included in their address had it not been proposed and
signed by many clergymen before the declaration by their
lordships appeared ; and whilst they were deeply sensible
of the ,importance of the declaration to which he had re-
ferred, they had thought it desirable that the clergymen of
the Church of England throughout the length and breadth
of the land should also enter their protest against the doc-
trines promulgated by the Essayists.
Dr. M'Caur. then read the following address :
"To the Most Rev. Father in God, John Bird, Lord
Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of All England and
Metropolitan :—We, the undersigned clergy of the United
Church of England and Ireland, respectfully re-
quest your graot's attention to certain opinions
contained in a volume of Essays and Reviews'
recently published, the tendency of which, as it appears
to us, is to annihilate the authority of the Bible as the in-
spired word of God, to reject all miracles (not excepting
those of our Blessed Lord), as incapable of proof and re-
pugnant to reason, and, in one instance at least, to under-
mine faith in God as the Creator. These opinions have
been promulgated, with one exception, by clergymen of our
Church, holding positions of great trust, and possessing op-
portunities favourable in no ordinary degree for the diffu-
sion of error. We therefore earnestly entreat your grace to
take counsel with the other members of the episcopate, and
to devise such measures as may with God's blessing banish
and drive away from our church all such erroneous and
strange doctrines. The opinions against which we protest
as being repugnant to the natural meaning of our formu-
laries, and inconsistent with the teaching of the Church of
England, are expressed in the accompanying extracts from
the Essays' to which we refer."
Dr. IRONS said it had been stated that they had intro-
duced the book to notice by the steps which they had
taken; but this was not so—for his own part he could say
that it had gone through three editions before he saw it,
and had, therefore, been widely circulated. They desired
not only to protest against the doctrines put forward, but
also to ask his Grace whether it was lawful for a clergy-
man of the Church of England to deny the atonement, to
state that there was no sufficient authentication of the
miracles of our Lord, anG to declare that the prophecies of
the Old Testament were not fulfilled in the New. This had
been done, and the whole body of the clergy had thought it
desirable, whilst they believed that those errors would cor-
rect themselves, nevertheless to protest against them, and
to invite those in authority to take such steps in the matter
to remedy the evils which might result from the
publication of such views. It had been said by these per-
sons that they desired to place the Church on a
firmer foundation ; but he desired no broader foun-
dation than the Holy Scriptures whereon to rest their
church. That was all sufficient, and nothing that
man could do would improve or strengthen that basis.
Something hal been said of the charity they should dis-
play on this occasion, but whilst they pitied those who
had fallen into these gross errors, and hoped to see them
come to a sense of their error, they must recollect that
charity must first he extended to those in their charge
whom it was their duty to preserve as far as possible from
the injurious effects of such publications as these. They
came then to entreat his Grace to consider what was his
duty in the face of Christendom in this emergency;
whilst they did not undervalue the declaration of their lord-
ships or the literary efforts to correct these false doctrines,
and whilst still less did they believe that the Church was
permanently endaugered, they entreated his Grace to con-
sider whether something could not be done at once. Charity
was broad enough for those who entertained the views of
Bishop Andrews or '. ishop Sanderson, but it is not broad
enough for those who denied the Holy Scriptures.
Archdeacon UTTERTON, whilst he deeply regretted the
unfortunate publication of these Essays and Reviews,
trusted that good might yet come out of evil. It would he
hoped be the means of bringing the clergy who had been
too much divided into unity, to protect the sacred
church. It was, nevertheless, very painful to have to
arraign as it were some of those connected with them, to
charge them with what he might almost stigmatise with a
stronger term than heresy. It was sufficiently lamentable
when those connected with the church were guilty of irre-
verence ; but it was worse, far worse, when they were found
denying its truths and expressing such opinions and views
as caused them to fear sending their children to the colleges
in which they might be induced to receive such erroneous
doctrines. The time had now arrived when it because abso-
lutely necessary that they should take steps to check these
evils. Some had objected to sign the address as they had not
read the whole of the work. lie thought that a very insuffi-
cient reason, for it was not necessary to eat the whole joint
to test its quality; a slic •out of it was sufficient. Although
they knew that the gates of hell would never open for the
destruction of the Church, still it was necessary to protect
their branch of the Church by repelling such attacks as
these.

The Archbishop of CANTERBURY said it was with great
pleasure that he received the deputation on this important
subject. Nothing had been said on this subject to-day of
which he did not fully approve. He could not be surprised
at the great sensation that these Essays had occasioned
amongst his brethren in the clergy; he could not be sur-
prised that they should have risen as one man in a body to
protest against the scandal which had been brought, he
might almost say, on themselves. Such opinions as those
put forth in the " Essays and Reviews," he agreed, were
calculated to undermine, if unanswered, the very founda-
tions of Christianity. The sentiments of his brother
bishops on the matter could not be doubted. They had
given a strong testimony to what those opinions were, and
he was quite sure the step taken by them would not have
been adopted but under a strong conviction of duty. Hav-
ing referred to a statement in the Saturday Review imput-
ing to his grace that he used the signatures of his brother
bishops in a way he was not entitled to do, and having
denied the accuracy of the statement, his grace proceeded
to observe that the only way of proceeding against the
Essayists was under the Church Discipline Act in the
Ecclesiastical Courts. This was always a difficult pro-
cess, and there were so many technicalities and
delays in those courts that if they once got into them they
never knew when they would get out again, and this diffi-
culty is increased on this occasion by the fact that the
book was the work of several persons instead of one indi-
vidual. If they proceeded in the way 119 had referred to,
the matter would be kept open for perhaps three or
four years, and an objectionable discussion would thus
be prolonged. For prudential reasons it might,
perhaps, be desirable to avoid the application to the Eccle-
siastical Courts ; but this, as well as every other part con-
nected with the case, would receive his and his brother
bishops' earnest consideration. He felt he need not say
more on the subject. He was greatly obliged to the depu-
tation for their company ; and, in the name of the Church,
he begged to thank them for the attention they had given
to this important subject.
His Grace having pronounced the benediction, the depu-
tation withdrew.

SPORTING -INTELLICIENM

LIVERPOOL SPRING MEETING-MESDA.Y.

The Trial Stakes of 5 sous each, with 30 added; three-year-
olds, 6st 61b ; four, Sst 41b ; five, Bst 121 b ; six and aged,
9st 1 llb ; mares and geldings allowed 31b. One mile and
a quarter. 5 subs.
Mr. Parr's Avalanche, 4 yrs, Bst llb .... (Clements) w. o.
And divided the stakes with First Lord.

The Aintree Plate of 50 sOTS ; a winner of any handicap
after Feb. 19, at 7 p.m., 71b extra. Entrance, 2 soya.
Five furlongs.
Mr. Angell's Tyrant, Bst slb (inc. 51b extra) .. .. (Perry) 1
Mr. Barnett's Zingari, 4 yrs, 6st 121 b (Grimshaw) 2
Mr. Hare's Hartley Wintney, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b .. (Bullock) 3
Sheffield and Shugborough also ran.
Betting-2 to lon Hartley Wintney, and 4to 1 agst any
other.

Tyrant made all the running, and won by a length ;
head between second and third; a bad fourth.
The Selling Stakes of 3 soya each, with 20 added, for all
ages ; weight for age, with certain penalties and allow-
ances. The winner to be sold, and any surplus to go to
the fund. T.Y.C.
Mr. Windsor's Libellous, 4 yrs (E2O), 9st 11b.. (Bullock) 1
Mr. Anderson's Mortimer, 2 yrs (L2O), 6st 101 b (Daley) 2
Mr. Wilkin's Companion, aged (L2O), 9st 41b (Charlton) 3

P]iny and St. Bridget also ran.

Betting—Even on Libellous, 3 to 1 agst St. Bridget.

Mortimer made the running until half-way up the straight,
where Libellous came out and won in a canter by three
lengths ; two lengths between the second and third ; a good
fourth.

The winner was bought in for 75 guineas.
The Liverpool Spring Cup (Handicap) of 100 soya, by sub.
scription of 10 soya each, h ft, with 60 added.

Mr. Angell's Calpe, 3 yrs, sst 71b (Whiteley) 1
Mr. Drummond's Oxford, 4 yrs, 7st Blb .. (J. Snowden) 2
Mr. Saxon's Jenny Longlegs, 4 yrs, 6st 101b..(Midgley) 3
The following also ran :—The Prophet, Mistake, North
Lancashire, Desmond, Feodorowna, Trothplight, White-
well, Mantrap, Princess Royal, and Rose.
Betting-3 to 1 agst Calpe, sto 1 agst North Lancashire,
7 to 1 each agst Feodorowna and Desmond, 8 to 1 agst the
Prophet, 100 to 8 each agst Jenny Longlegs and Troth-
plight, and 20 to one agst Oxford.
After several false starts Oxford went away with the lead,
attended by Mantrap, The Prophet, Whitewell, and North
Lancashire, the favourite heading the others, the last
three being Feodorowna, Trothplight, and Jenny
Longlegs. Rounding the turn Princess Royal bolted,
and as they approached the canal Desmond rushed for-
ward, and was arming the leading horses ; Oxford,
however, increasing his lead as they went round the
canal turn, North Lancashire going on second, The Pro-
phet third, Calpe fourth, Desmond fifth, and Feodorowna
sixth. In the straight Oxford's lead decreased, and Calpe,
coming out, passed The Prophet at the distance, and at the
same time North Lancashire died away. Calpe had the race
in hand up to this point, came away pulling double, and
won by a length; Jenny Longlegs finished third; six
lengths behind Oxford; The Prophet was fourth, Feodo-
rowna fifth, Trothplight sixth, Desmond seventh, Mantrap
eighth, and Mistake ninth. Whitewell, Rose, and North
Lancashire did not pass the post.

The Wynnstay Cup Steeplechase, a piece of plate value GO
sovs, added to a sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, for horses
that have been regularly hunted. About 3 miles. 15subs.
Mr. Rowland's Medora, aged, 12st (Owner) 1
Mr. Clayton's Pnynton, aged, 12st 71b.... (Mr. Thomas) 2
Capt. Coates's Linkboy, aged, 125 t...... (Mr. Edwards) 3
Betsy, Heliotrope, and Balzarine also ran.
Betting-5 to 4 agst Medora, and 3to 1 agst Linkboy.

The favourite made all the running, and won in a canter
by ten lengths ; bad third ; only three passed the post.
The Tyro Stakes of 15 sous each, 5 ft, with 100 added by
the lessee, for two-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b; fillies and

geldings, Bst 71b. T.Y.C.
Mr. Jackson's IN eptunus, Bst 101 b (Bullock) 1
Mr. Parr's Bonnibelle, Bst 7lb (Custance) 2
Mr. Stevens's Ethel, Bst 71b (Payne) 3
Pot Pourri, Birdlime, and Lady Fanny also ran.
Betting—Even on Bonnibelle, 3 to 1 agst Neptunus, 4
to 1 agst Pot Pourri.
They all lay abreast to the distance, where Neptunus got
his head in front, and won a good race by a length ; half a
length between the second and third ; Pot Pourri was a
good fourth.

A Handicap Plate of 40 soya ; a winner of any handicap
after Feb. 19, at 7 p.m., 91b extra. Entrance 2 soya; half

a mile.
Mr. Flutter's Lady Derby, 3 yrs, 6st 81b (Bailey) 1
Mr. Hare's Hartley Wintney, 4 yrs, Bst (Bullock) 2
Captain Christie's Queen Bee, 4 yrs, 7st 21b (Grimshaw) 3

The following also ran :—Polly Peachum, Tyrant, and
My Dear.
Betting-2 to 1 agst Queen Bee, 3to 1 each agst Lady
Derby and Hartley Wintney.
Queen Bee led to the distance, where Hartley Wintney
took up the running, which he held to. the strina; Ntritere
Lady Derby went up and won by a length ; the same be-
tween second and third ; Tyrant was fourth.