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vacant, since his deposition has been pronounced
null and void in law by the highest Courts of the
realm.

" 4. That some also of our body, whose authority
is very great in such matters, believe that (quite
independently of questions of English law) the de-
position is uncanonical.
" You will remember also,
" 5. That, whereas the words of 26 George 111.,
cap. 84, declare that by the laws of this realm no
person can be consecrated to the office of bishop
without the Royal authority—if any doubt exists
as to the applicability of these words to your case—
that consecration service which alone can be law-
fully used within the Church of England prescribes
that the Royal mandate shall be produced before the
consecration is proceeded with ; and, moreover, the
bishop elect is called upon to declare in the face of
the congregation that he is persuaded he is truly
called to his ministration in the office of a bishop,
not only according to the will of our Lord Jesus
Christ, but also according to the order of this
realm.'

"To many it seems inconceivable that any man
will be found to make this solemn declaration, in
the midst of all these doubts, before the legality of his
consecration has been publicly established by some
competent authority.
" Under thesetirenmstances I venture to call
upon you, my dear Lord, not to
,go further without
the most perfect openness and the most complete
examination by the authoriries of Church and State
as to the legality and propriety of what you are
doing. You surely will allow that you ought not
otherwise to proceed to a step which (must be
fraught with the gravest consequences for the
Church, both at home and in the colonies, and for
which, certainly, there is no preeedent since the
schism of the non-jurors.
" Let me remind you that what I ask implies no
long delay as to the authoritative settlement of
whether or no you are right in your view of your
duty. Parliament and Convocation both meet
early next month, and it surely would be unbecom-
ing, in the face of statutes and of ecclesiastical
precedent, to hurry on this step before either au-
thority has had an opportunity of expressing its
opinion,

" Believe me to Ir, my dear Lord,
" Yours very faithfully,
" A. C. LONDON.
" The Lord Bishop of Capetown."

THE ABISSINIAN EXPEDITION.

(FROM A MILITARY CORRESPONDENT OF THE TIMES.)

CAMP SENAFE, Dec. 17, 1667.

One of the principal events of the past fortnight
has been the arrival of Sir C. Staveley on the sth
instant, to assume command of the troops in Abys-
sinia, pending the arrival of his Excellency Sir R.
Napier, K.C.8., K.C.S.I.
The consequence of this has been that the com-
mittee, of which Colonel Merewether was president
e., the officers composing the pioneer force—
has been dissolved, not, however, without an ex-
pression of thanks in General Orders by Sir R.
Napier to those officers for the zealous manner in
which they have performed the duties required of
them.

It is now stated that Colonel Merewether is about
to leave this to take up his appointment as Com-
missioner in Scinde owing to there being no suitable
appointment for him with this force ; this, however,
is not currently believed.
Sir C. Staveley's arrival is a source of the greatest
satisfaction to all departments, as we sadly wanted
a head at Zoulla ; where everything seemed to be
going wrong, owing to`want of system and the issue
of definite orders. With Sir C. Staveley, and on
his staff, have arrived Lieutenant-Colonel H. Wood,
Assistant Adjutant-General, and Captain Moore,
Persian Interpreter. Eventually Sir C. Staveley
will command the Ist Division, which, in all proba-
bability, will consist of the following troops :-
Ist Brigade, under Brigadier-General Collins,
33d Regiment-3d Regiment Light Cavalry ; Major
Marett's Mountain Train Battery ; 33d, Duke of
Wellington's, Regiment ; 10th Native Infantry ;
27th or Ist Belooch Battalion.

2d Brigade, under Brigadier-General Wilby, 4th
King's Own-3d Regiment Scinde Horse, G 14
Royal Artillery, 4th King's Own Regiment, 3d
Regiment Native Infantry, 25th Regiment Native
Light Infantry.
The 33d Regiment, which arrived before my last
letter was despatched, had on the 13th inst. only
landed two companies, owing to the scarcity of
water on shore, and these two companies were at
once pushed forward to Koomain. On the way
they lost the whole of their ammunition and
tents, owing to no rear guard having been furnished,
and up to the 13th no trace of them had been dis-
covered. The remainder of the regiment will re-
main on board ship till their warm clothing arrives
from Bombay, when they will be landed and at once
sent to this place.

Three companies of the Ist Belooch Battalion have
been marched to Rayray Guddee, taking the place
of the companies of the 10th Native Infantry lately
withdrawn. The headquarters of this regiment will
remain at Zoulla for the present. The Gl4 have
been landed and marched to Koomaylee, where they
will, as a matter of necessity, remain till the passes
are made practicable for artillery.
On the 9th the Star of India (hospital ship), with
the Madras Sappers, arrived at Zoulla, and on the
following day the Golden Fleece (hospital ship)
also anchored in Annesley Bay. Major Prender-
gast, V.C., is in command of the Madras Sappers.
Altogether, there are some twenty-four vessels
in the harbour exclusive of the ships of the Royal
Navy.
The Madras dooley-bearers, under Lieut. Smith,
intended for hospital and commissariat duties, ar-
rived on the 9th, but a portion of them were handed
over to the officer commanding Transport Train
Depot for employment as muleteers, owing to the
strike of the foreign muleteers.
The Bombay Government was cautioned as -far
back as September last against employing foreigners
—Persians, Turks, Greeks, Levautines, Albanians,
Armenians, &c., and the like, and since then re-
peated letters have been sent urging them to
send muleteers from India. Colonel Merewether
also telegraphed for 1,000 men, foreseeing the
trouble and probable disaster these men would cause,
but up to the present time not a single man has
arrived.

It is almost needless to say that the Transport
Train is in a hopeless state of confusion. Animals
roving about day and night dying for want of water
(which only can be had at the naval tanks, where it
is dealt out without stint to all loose animals that
come there), and proper care and attention, add to
this the effects of the epidemic mentioned in my
last, and the deaths, I fancy, may be put down at
twenty a day, and in this state must the Train
remain till muleteers from India arrive. The
officers are mostly picked men of great Indian ex-
perience and well fitted for any emergency, but
their hands are tied.

Things have undoubtedly improved since the ar-
rival of Sir C. Stave.icy, and mules are now handed
over to regiments and detachments, where the poor
things are properly fed, groomed, and watered, by
which means the lives of many have undoubtedly
been saved.

Principal Veterinary-Surgeon Lamb, Transport
Train, arrived here yesterday, with the object of
examining and reporting upon the cause of the
epidemic. It is, I believe, his opinion that it is
entirely a disease of the blood, and attributable to
atmospheric causes. There appears to be no remedy
in the majority of instances. The deaths among
the cavalry horses amount to 200, and their daily
average to two, while in the Transport Train the
daily average is from 2 to 3 per cent. at Senafe,

and their total loss in Abyssinia may altogetherfrom
this disease be estimated at 500 animals.

With reference to the Transport Train, I may
may state that, as far as practicable, it is to be
organised on the same system as the Military Train
in England; and with this object in view, non-
commissioned officers from British regiments have
been appointed to the first and second class in-
spectorships, while the third class is to be filled by
non-commissioned officers ot the Native Army.
With such supervision, and with Indian drivers, the
Train ought to be as efficient a branch as any in the
service.

The Commissariat, always a hard-worked and
much-abused department, has been of late still fur-
ther harassed by the failure of the Transport Train ;
but the officers--Major Mignon (the most experi-
enced and able officer of the Bombay Commissariat
Department), Major Hawks, and Lieut. Shewell
have worked indefatigably, and so kept things from
coming to a dead lock.

It is reported that the Advance Brigade is to be
pushed on to Bahat, nine miles south of Senafe, and
more into the cultivated tracts of the Tigre Chief's
territory, where it is supposed supplies will be forth-
coming in greater quantities than here. At this place
scarcely anything is procurable, and ruinous prices
are asked, because there is but one coin—the dollar.
You must buy a dollar's worth of wood or honey,
and the same price is asked for a goat or sheep.
Rupees they won't look at.' -
The move of the Advance Brigade will enable the
speedy despatch of other troops to this place, but the
ground occupied by them will not be the same as we
are now on, but about two miles further on in a
large valley, where the water supply is more abun-
(hut, and the ground capable of holding a larger
number of men. The advance brigade was turned
out for exercise last week by Colonel Field,
commanding, and after a few pretty ma-
nceuvres, which much astonished a large num-
ber of Abyssinians who were seated on the neigh-
bouring rocks like eagles watching our movements,
was marched to quarters. This exercise is to
be weekly, and will doubtless do the troops
much good, giving them an idea of what they may
have to do should we meet Theodore and his army
ready to do battle.
On the 13th inst. the Norma arrived at Zoulla
with a constabulary establishment—a want long felt
at that cam-p. llad a small police force been added
it would have been better, for the Shohoes are great
thieves.

Captain St. John, R.E., has also arrived, and is
very anxious to commence laying the telegraph wire
to Kolmaylee, and thence to Senafe. Major Mig-
nm has offered to lend rafters to commence the
work with, and telegraphic communication between
Zoulla and Koomaylee ought to be opened in the
course of a few days, and with this place a fortnight
hence.

Captain Le Messurier, with some well-borers and
a staff has arrived, and his first experiment, made
on the 11th,- about a mile from the shore, was highly
satisfactory. The want of water is the greatest
drawback to the efficiency of the Commissariat and
Transport Train departments.
The spring tides at Zoulla, on the 11th and 12th,
are reported to have been unusually high, and had
it not been for the presence of the Sappers and
dooley-bearers (Madras) great quantities 91 com-
missariat stores would have been destroyed.