The Sun.
London, England, 1850-05-08 00:00:00

PROMOTIONS.

Clerk—H. W. Ilollitgworth (1842), of the In &fatiga-
ble, 50, at Lisbon, to be Paymaster and Purser; Clerk,
John Tweedio (1842), to be Paymaster and Parser.
Second-Mastcr —Richard W.Ward (1842),0f tine Harpy
steam-vessel, on the south-east coast of Americo. station,
to be Master.
Second-Master—John G. Anderson 0843), recently
paid off from the Atholl, at Woolwich, to be 51 aster.
Second-Master—John Thomas (a) (1843),•fr0m the
Contest, 12, sloop, on the coast of Africa, to be Master.
Second-Master—Thomas Earl (1844), from tbo Thetis,
40, to be Master.
Second-Master—James Pyper (1844), to be Master.
WooLwiell, MAY 7.—The Archer, steam-sloop, is at
Devonport under orders for the coast of Africa, and not
at Lisbon as inadvertently stated ) esterday.
The Retribution and Inflexible, steam-frigates, both in
the basin at Woolwich, are ordored to be made ready
for eta by the tat of July next.

THE TRACTARIAN MOVEMENT.
Since our last publication, accounts have reacht•d
us from all parts of the country of the failures which
have befallen the agitators.
Mr. Goode's reply to the Bishop of Exeter is re-
garded, generally, as crushing in point of argument,
although the great body of the Church clergy will
probably dissent from the personal views of both the
Bishop and his opponent.
Mr Maskell's testimony to the existence of many
open questions in the Church of England, as coming
from an unwilling witness, is also most ♦aluable :
we refer to his ,correspondence with the Archbishop,
who is considered to have made rather too

liberal allowance of what a man may bold, as
regards absolution and confession, together with
his living., to suit the general feeling
of the Church
as to the meaning of Scripture. It is only to be re-
gretted that the publication of such correspondence,
with whatever advantage attended as indicative of the
gentle and conciliatory spirit of the Archbishop, should
incidentally assist the baffled party in keeping alive
' the agitation which is already in a rapid decline.
The same consideration makes us deprecate the
meetings of Bishops, day after day, to' discuss
eeNtVinegrsepeat that
means obviously, impracticable of restoring " peace
to the Church. Let the, " galled jade wince :"
there would evidently be peace, if there were no en-
couragement to disturbance. We see that Some of
bjthecetsm.
our contemporaries are discussing a " meeting held at
Lambeth Palaicse''a
the meeting proposed
at Lambeth Palace, we have reason to believe, w
at the suggestion of the Primate, not held at Lana heetrhe:
pooncrtyhepshealsu;
Amongst other indications of the
failure of the
efforts of the Romanizers to do more than scanda-
lize the religious laity, at the spirit exhibited by
and eighty
be noticed an
address their section u
to f 0
htheehucnlderregdy,
from eight to nine hundredw 'eh'
In the rural deanery eighty clergymen
only out of the large and an
Canterbury and archdeacor
Gloucester and Bristol, h. important diocese of
probably, numbers
y o f incumbents
m and
aiMaidstone,
curates.tone,
h e
of Mailing, archdiocese of
Manning influence has failed iu procuring any move-
ment.

Some clergymen of the deanery of Frome, arch-
deaconry of Hereford, have also addressed their
bishop, Dr. Hampden, who is, however, said to have
discouraged the proceeding.
Of the Episcopal Bench, the Bishop: of London,
Exeter, and Oxford, are understood to be chiefly
active in the movement ; and to be in constant corn-
munication with Mr. Badeley and the other Trac-
tarian counsel in the l9te trial.
The Catholic Standard even intimates that the
Bishop of Exeter has sought a communication with
Father Newman ; but this we can hapily.,faredit,—.
_Churqh and State Gateqe. ~4 ow 0,1 ;1,04;1