The Sun.
London, England, 1861-05-24 00:00:00

THE BISHOP OF SALISBURY AND

"ESSAYS ATD REVIEWS."

The following important letter, addressed by the
Bishop of Salisbury to the Archdeacon of Dorset,
appears in this day's Dorset County Chronicle :

" The Palace, Salisbury, Whit. Monday, 1861.
"Dear Mr. Archdeacon,--Last week I informed
Dr. Rowland -Williams, whose name is prefixed to
one of the essays in the book entitled Essays and
Reviews, that I have determined to institute legal
proceedings against him in the Court of Arches.
" I have come to this decision most reluctantly,
and only after the most anxious consideration of
the consequences which may arise out of the course
which I have now adopted. But my duty seems
to me clear. As I still agree with the opinion ex-
pressed in the letter addressed by his Grace the
Archbishop of Canterbury, on February 12th, to
one of my rural deans, the Rev. H. B. Williams,
with regard to this and the other essays, and as I
believe (on the very best advice) that the writer of
this essay has brought himself within the reach of
the ecclesiastical law, I cannot escape from the con-
clusion that I am bound to endeavour to show that
the Church of England does protect her members
against such false teaching as is contained in diffe-
rent parts of Dr. Rowlanct Williams's essay.
" I will only further say that the feeling of my
clergy, as expressed to me both privately and in
public addresses, with regard to this essay, has
quickened my own sense of responsibility about it,
and that I am now acting in full reliance on their
prayers that the issue of these proceedings may be
such as to vindicate the truth of God, an that we
may be all kept from mixing up with the pure feel-
ing of loyalty to the Church of England any leaven
of bitterness and want of charity.
"I shall send a copy of this letter to the two
other Archdeacons of my dioeess.

" I remain, dear Mr. Archdeacon,
" Your affectionate friend and brother,
"W. K. SARUM.
" The Ven. Archdeacon Buckle."

THE PRINCE OF WALES.—His Royal Highness
the Prince of -Wales arrived yesterday at Portsmouth, and
was received at the King's Stairs by Vice-Admiral Henry
William Bruce, the Rear-Admiral Superintendent, the
Hon. George Grey, His Royal Highness, on alight-
ing from the Queen's carriage, most kindly shook hands
with the gallant Commander-in-Chief. The Prince then
embarked in the Admiral's galley to go on board the Fairy,
which was made fast to a buoy in Portsmouth harbour.
Master Commander David N. Welch had the honour of
being his Royal Highness's coxswain on the occasion. In
a few minutes the Fairy cast off her warps, and proceeded
to Osborne.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge
honoured Lord and Lady Clareace Paget by his company
at dinner on Wednesday evening, at their residence at the
Admiralty, Whitehall. A select party was invited to meet
his Royal Highness.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam-
bridge and the Princess Mary will return to their residence
at St. James's Palace on the Ist proximo, from Cambridge
Cottage, Kew, for the season.

Lord Ashburton, as president of the Royal Geo-
graphical Soddy, will give..his next conversazionne on the
sth proximo at Bath House, Piccadilly.

Lord and Lady Monteagie have returned to their
residence in Park-lane, from a visit for the Whitson holi-
days, at Oakham;Park, the seat of the Right Hon. Stephen
Lushington.

The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone left Downing-
street last evening for Flintshire.

RUMOURED ;MARRIAGE OF THE DUKE OF NEW-
CASTLE.—It is rumoured that an alliance is likely to take
place between the Duke of Newcastle and the Princess
Mary of Cambridge, and that, too, with the concurrence of
the Sovereign.--Doncaster Gazette.

HEALTH OF RECORDER HILL.—We regret to hear
that the health of the Recorder of Birmingham is in such a
precarious stata as to nesessit_►te his leaving England for
Germany fora time.

The passage of the Great Eastern to New York
occupied 91 days.

MISS ANNA WHITTY.—This young lady,
daughter of the proprietor of the Liverpool _Daily Post, who
has been pursuing a most successful musical career at the
principal opera houses of Italy during the last six years,
made her debut in her native town, Liverpool, on the even-
ing of Tuesday, at a subscription concert given in the Phil-
harmonic Hall. As might have been expected from Iter
antecedents, the fair debutante was enthusiastically received
by one of the largest audiences ever assembled in the town.
She sang both in Italian and English, and succeeded in
satisfying the audience that her powers had not been over-
rated in, the Italian journals.