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their report and recommendation was notoriously and
expressly founded on a certain statement of the doc-
trines held by the said George Gornelins Gorham, as it
appeared to them, the said Judicial Committee, which
statement was in the terms following :
" • That baptism is a sacrament generally necessary to
salvation, but that the grace cf regeneration does not
so necessarily aceompany the act of baptism that rege-
neration invariably takes place in baptism; that the grace
may be granted before, in, or after baptism; that baptism
is an effectual sign of grace, by which God works in-
visinly in us, but only in such as worthily receive it—
in them alone it has a wholesome effect; and that with-
out reference to the qualification of the recipient, it is
not itself an effectual sign of grace; that infants bip-
tized, and dying before actual sin, are certainly saved,
but that in no case is regeneration in baptism niacon-

ditional.'
" And whereas the above-recited statement, on which
the said Judicial Committee did so expressly found their
said report and recommendation to her Majesty, was set
forth by them as a just and true and sufficient state-
ment of the doctrine held by the said George Corne-
lius Gorham, notwithstanding he had declared (A.
15) that as infanta are by nature unworthy
recipients, being born in sin, and the children of wrath,
they cannot receive, any benefit from baptism, except
there shall have been a prevenient act of grace to make
them worthy,' and had solemnly re-affirmed the same
(A. 70) when his attention was by us specially called
thereto, in order that he might correct it if he thought fit;
and notwithstanding that he, the said George Cornelius
Gorham, had further declared (A. 19) of bapezed in-
fants, who, dying before they commit actual sin,
are undoubtedly saved,' that therefore they must have
been regenerated by an act of grace prevenient to their
baptism, in order to make them worthy recipients of that
sacrament.' Again (A. 27) the new nature must have
been possessed by those who receive baptism rightly; and
therefore possessed before the seal was of axed
thereby before baptism was given. Again (A. 60)
that filial state,' (meaning thereby adoption to be
the sons of God'), 'though clearly to be ascribed to
God, was given to the worthy recipient before baptism,
and not in baptism,' manifestly contradicting thereby
the said Articles of Religion, and the doctrine of the said
Book of Common Prayer, as set forth in its offices of
public-and private baptism of infants and of confirmation,
and especially in the catechism, or instruction to be
learned of every person, before he be brought to be con-
firmed by the bishop.' Notwithstanding, too, that the Lord
Bishop of London, who was summont d by command of
her Majesty to attend the hearing of the said..app,:.l,
and who did attend the same accordingly, having been
requested by the said Judicial Committee to read and
consider the said report and recommendation before it
was laid before her Majesty, did thereupon read and
consider the same, and, after such reading and consi-
deration thereof, did ray and advise the said Ju-
dicial Committee to this effect, that he could
not consent to the said report and recommendation, be-
cause the said George Cornelius Gorham holds that remis-
sion of sins, adoption into the family of God, and re-
generation, must all take place in the caste of infants,
not in baptism, nor by means of baptism, but before
baptism —an opinion which the said Lord Bishop
declared to the said Judicial Committee appeared to
him to be in direct opposition to the-plain teaching of
the Church, and utterly to destroy the sacramental
character of baptism ; inasmuch as it separates
the grace of that sacrament from the sacrament
itself ; which said heretical opinions so bald by
the said George Cornelius Gorham, and thus by .the
said Lord Bishop of L aidon expressly brought to the
notice of the said Judicial Committee, and the manifest
contradiction of the said opinions to the teaching of the
Church plainly pointed out, were nevi rtheless wholly
omitted by the said Judicial Committee in the statement
of the doctrine which appeared to them to be held by the
said George Cornelius Gorham, on which statement they
professed to found their report and recommendation to
her Majesty as aforesaid.
" Now we, the said Henry, Bishop of Exeter, taking
the premises into our serious and anxious consideration,
and furthermore, considering that the judgment of
her Most Gracious Majesty in Council un the said
appeal was pronounced solely in reliance on the
statement made in the report
.and recommenda-
tion of the said Judicial Comitittee, as being
a just, true, and sufficient statement, do, by
virtue of the authority given to us by God, as
a bishop in the church of Christ, and in the apostolic
branch of it planted by God's providence within this
land, and established therein by the laws and constitu-
tion of this realm, herd)), solemnly repudiate the said
judgment. and declare it to be null and utterly without
effect in fore conscientice, and do appeal tneretrom in all
that concerns the Catholic faith to the Sacred Synod of
this nation when it shell be in the name of Christ assem-
bled as the true church of England by representation.'
" And further, we do solemnly protest and declare,
that whereas the said George Cornelius Gorham did
manifestly and notoriously hold the aforesaid heretical
doctrines, and bath not since retracted or disclaimed
the same, any archbishop or bishop, or any official
of any archbishop or bishop, who shall inatinve
the said George Cornelius Gorham to the cure
and government of the souls of the parishioners
of the said parish of Bamford Speke, within
our diocese aforesaid, will thereby incur the sin of sup-
porting and favouring the said heretical doctrines, and
we do hereby renounce and repudiate all communion
with any oue, be he whom he may, who shall so institute
the said George Cornelius Gorham as aforesaid.
" Gtien under our hand and episcopal seal this 20th
day of July, in the year of our Lord 1850.
" H. EXETER."

EXHIBITION of INDUSTRY of 1851.
The Executive Committee have replied as follows
to a question submitted by the Manchester Committee
on the admission of articles "not for competition for
prizes":—

" Palscg of Westminster, July, 1850.
" Sir,—Your letter of the 2d July, in which the Man-
chester Committee regent to know whether • articles
marked not for competition would be admitted to the
exhibition,' has been laid before her Majesty's Commis-
sioners for the Exhibition of 1851, and we are direetad
to state to you the views of the Commission on the

sub;ect.
" The Commissioners apprehend that the medals to be
awarded by the juries appointed for this purpose would
lose much of their honorary distinction if permiseloa
were given by which articles of high merit would be
excluded from the reward justly due to them. The
exhibitors who transmitted articles not for competi-
tion,' may be supposed to be those who, having acquired
a reputation for excellence of manufacture, did not
wish to hazard that reputation by a possibly un-
successful competition. There would, therefore, be
a contingency that in certain classes articles only of
inferior manufacture might be the subjects for re-
ward. The Commissioners perceive that very grave
evils would result from distinctions thus conferred
on articles of inferior merit, by misleading the
public opinion, and withdrawing their attention
from works of greaser excellence. It is also probable
that the possessor of such medals, necessarily con-
ferred on inferior works, might so use the award as to
injure the manufacturers of superior merit who declined
to enter into competition with him, and the Commis-
sioners further think that absence from the exhibition of
the articles of the skilled manufacturer of reputation
would act still more prejudicially on his interests than
his presence in a non-competitive department.
" The Commissioners apprehend that some misconcep-
tion has attached to the term competition.' Accord-
ing to their decisions, the money prizes, except in the
cases of workmen, or in special instances in which it
may obviously be desirable, are not to be given. It is
the intention of the Commissioners to reward excellence
in whatever form it is presented, and not to
give inducements to the distinctions of a merely
individual competition. Although the .Commissioners
have determined on having three medals of dif-
ferent sizes and designs, they do not propose to in-
struct the juries to award them as first, second, and third
in degree tor the same class of subjects. They do not
wish to trammel the juries by.any precise limitation;
but they consider that the juries will rather view the
three kinds of medals as a means of appreciating
and distinguishing the respective characters of the sub-
jects to be rewarded, and not of making distinctive
marks in the same class of articles exhibited. By this
arrangement individual competition would be much les-
sened, while a general emulation in industry would be
increased and secured.
" The Commission« rs wish it to be fully understood
that they are desirous, as they have already expressed
themselves in the 107th decision, 'to reward all articles
in any department of the exhibition which may appear
to competent judges to possess any decided superiority,
of whatever nature that superiority be, in their own
kind.' They fully recognise that excellence in
production is not only to be looked for in
high-priced' goods, in which much cost of la-
bour and skill has been employed, but they encourage
the exhibition of low-priced fabrics, when com-
bining
quality with lowness of price or with
con-
ceiveclass
medaltha juries n rt toe s
cheapest.jutieede
calico
novelty of production. They can readily
the
the Brazilian or other South Americangiving
print, maderho
s forme
rmarket, as
they would to the finest pie*w of mousseline
or mousseline de laine, if each Possessodsse me de sole
its own kind. The Commissioners beinge thexcellence of
anxiousb to
reward excellence wherever it presentsitseulsf
ge-
neral emulation, and not by individual compety a
being at the same time desirous not to and
skilled manufacturer by rewarding objects of ther
ferior merit because they only happen to be in compete-
. lion, trust that the Manchester committee will approve
of their opinion that articles should not be received into
the exhibition if marked ' not for competitieu.'
" The unanimous and cordial approval given by the
delegates of the manufacturing towns, at the meeting of
the 28th June, to the plan suggested by the Commis-
sioners for obtaiuing jurors well skilled in the various
branches of industry comprised in the exhibition, lead
the Commissioners to hope that they have succeeded in
which the most ausple security is
devising means by
given that excellence of production will always be recog-
nised and appreciated.—We have, &c.
' I " Thomas Worthington, Esq."
,rd

CURIOUS STORY.--It is currently stated that on the
death of an individual not many weeks ago in the Vale of
Belvoir, and on the examination of his papers, a packet
will
found, with seals unbroken, purporting to be the last
and testament of his mother, who had died thirty years
bet': ire. Being of miserly habits, that is to say, " penny
wise and pound foolish," he ha I really taken possession
of the property without " proving," as it is termed, the will
in ques:ion, and had actually kept it by him all these years!
On opening the packet, three promissory notes were found
inclosed, for two hundred pounds each. The Statute of Limi-
tations, therefore, will in all probability bar the recovery of
the principal, whilst the interest lost will have been 30/. a
year for 30 years! At compound interest the sum Would
bave made nearly about 2,501)1.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

N 01?FOLIC ClRCUlT.—Cambrirlge, July 22.
Clt( )WN COURT.—(B=•fore Mr. Justice PaTresoN.)
131 .17JTAL ASSAULT.—Thomas Dirkin, Michael Ginty,
The? eas Dirkin, jun., end Martin Dowling (all Irish-
men:), were charged with having, on the 26th of May
last, .t Chatteris, violently wounded Edward Jones with
a ler! ;e wooden scoop, with intent to do him grievous
bodik y harm.
Mr •. C. Mills appeared for the prosecution, and Mr.
Nay '.or for the defence.
Tte prosecutor is a navvy, and employed on the
drainage works now in progress at Chatteris. On the
26th ot June, Jones was employed to sit up all night
to watch the tools used by his fellow-workmen. About
one o'clock in the morning a party of a dozen Irish-
men (reapers) came up to him, and one, having a large
wooden scoop, struck him a violent blow on the head.
He fell; and several of the party commenced kicking
him till he was insensible. He was then robbed of his
cap and five shillings. When he came to his senses
he gave an alarm, and a party proceeded to the farm
of a Mr. Jones, where, in a barn, were found eight or
ten Irishmen. One had the prosecutor's cap, and
another a couple of half-crowns. One ran off, and was
overtaken. The prosecutor then identified the fur men
who had been most prominent in the affair. To three
he distinctly swore. The other, though certain about,
he would not swear to. He was afterwards confined to
his bed a fortnight.
The extent of the injuries was proved by Mr. Dean, a
surgeon, of Chatteris. There was a dangerous wound
of the scalp, and for seven or eight days the prosecutor's
life was in danger.
The jury Acquitted Dirkin, the elder, and found the
others Guilty of a common assault.—Sentence deterred.
Ansox.—The jury acquitted Wing, charged with set-
ting tire to premises at Dry Drayton. And in the case
ot John Hayward, charged w►th setting fire to out-
buildings at Cottenham, by which a fourth ot the village
was burned down, the grand jury ignored the bill.

POLICE IN TELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.
DISGRACEFUL ASSAULT.—A tailor named John II ana-
gan and his wife, and a young fellow named John Long,
were charged with having desperately assaulted William
Rawley, one of the same trade.
The complainant went out at rather an unseasonable
hour on Saturday night, to get some beer, and meeting
with the defendants, asked John Hanagan fir the
amount of a debt which ought to have been paid long
ago. He received an answer from each of the three, viz„
a screech from Mrs. Ilenagan, a blow from Long, and
from John Hanagan a bite which actually made a mouth-
ful cf his ear.
The biter stated that the complainant provoked him
by the most dreadful language to stand up to fight, and
at the commencement of the conflict, seizsd him by the
ear and endeavoured to drag it off his head, that the row
became general, and every one in it got the worst of it
till the whole business was finished by an interview with
the inspector at the station-house.
The woman said she only had done what any woman
ought to do when her husband was attacked —defended
him, when the complainant and two other persons at-
tacked him.
The ear-biter was sentenced to imprisonment for one
month, his wife to impikonmeat for 14 days, and Long
to imprisonment fe. 14 days.
WORSHIP-STREET. •
THE ALLEGED ATTEMPT OF A SURGEON'S APPREN-
TICE To MURDER HIS MASTER.—George Frederick
Masterman, as apprentice to Mr. Wiliness Finer, sur-
geon, in North-place, Kingsland-road, who stood
charged with having a•tempted to strangle his master,
surrendered in discharge of his bail for final exami-
nation.
The facts of the case have already been fully detailed
in this paper.
The prisoner, who, by the advice of his solicitor, re-
served his defence, was fully committed ; but tne magis-
trate consented to his liberation upon the amount of bail
he had previously put in, namely two sureties in 100/.
each. for his appearance at the next sessions of the Cen-
tral Criminal Court.
M A R YLEB ONE.
CHARGES OF WILFUL DAMAGE AND ASSAULT DI
AN OFFlCER.—Yesterday, Frederick Mundell, a member
of the United Service Club, and who resides at Ne.
101, Milton street, Dorset-square (he refused to give his
address when taken to the station-house), was charged
with the f 'flowing extraordinary conduct :
Mr. Johnson, proprietor of a highly-respectable
boarding-house, situate ar No. 4, Cavendish-equare,
deposed that on the 2d of December last, defendannwho
represented himself as a lieutenant in the army, and said
that he belonged to the United Service Club, made ap-
plication to him to be admitted as an inmate of the e.ta-
blishment, and after he had given in the name of a party
by way of reference, complainant consented to the pro-
posal, tut he subsequently mentioned to two ladies who
were boarding with him the agreement which he had
come to, and from what he heard with regard to defend-
ant having been in Horsemonger-lane Gaol for an as-
sault upon a gentleman. he (complainant) wrote to him
to the effect that he could not be admitted; he sent to
know the reason why he had come to this determina-
tion, upon which he went to Peele's Coffee-house,
and having copied from a paper the particulars of his
committal to prison, forwarded it to him ; he after-
wards called upon complainant, telling him it
was all wrong, and that if he would go
to the Duke of Wellington with him everything
could be explained. On the 11th of December defen-
dant addressed a few lines to complainant. The note
was here put in and read. It set Willi that the writer
considered that a great insult had been put upon him,
and of which he could not help taking cognisance. Com-
plainant added, that since his refusal to admit 6 defendant
a number of panes of glass, principally in the drawing-
rooms, had been broken by some unseen head, and with
the view of causing, if possible, the detection of the
guilty party, whom he imagined could be no other than
the defendant, be gave information to the police; the
ladies by whom he (complainant) was induced to come
to the decision which he did had given him to understand
that they should quit if he (defendant.) became an in-
mate; he had been persecuting one of 'he ladies (the
younger) with his attentions and had called in order to
see her, but he was peremptorily told that she would not
grant him an interview.
Mr. BRuUGHTON—Do you know where the young
lady first became acquainted with him ? Complainant
—I believe in Harley-street, at my house, with her
mother, and, had I
,received defendant they would both
have left me.
It further appeared that Superintendent Hughes, of
the D division, had directed police-constable Hawker,
271, to station himself in such a position in the square
as would enable him to have a complete view of Mr.
Johnson's dwelling; he accordingly did so, and at length
saw the defendant pick up from the road some stones,
which he threw towards the house; upon his going away
after the last throw made by him at one o'clock yester-
day morning, witness followed him and took him into
custody. At the station-house a large stone was found
in his right-hand coat pocket. Witness went back to
Mr. Johnson's residence, when he called up one of the
servants, and four stones of a similar description to that
produced were picked up in the area. Evidence was
also given as to defendant having cn the way to the
station-house violently assaulted Hawker and two other
constables who came to his assistance.
Inspector Jackson said that he asked the defendant
his name and address when the charge was taken by
nim, but ho refused to give either ; he was subse-
quently billed, and the required information was then
obtained.
The solicitor said there was no proof whatever as to
his client having broken any windows. To the constable
—Did you hear the smashing of glass ? Constable—I
did not, but I saw stones thrown, and they rebounded from
the building.
Defendatit —Let me speak, Sir, if you please. I heard
that policemen were been making inquiries about me is
a very improper way, and in consequence of their con-
duct, I wrote to Sir George Grey, hoping that he would
look to the matter, but I have not yet seen him. I know
nothing about the breaking of any glass, neither did I
fling a single stone. I was pounced upon by three men,
and dragged along by then; and it I had struck either
of them, I should certainly have made a mark. In try-
ing to free myself from them I might have kicked out,
but nothing more.
Mr. BROUGHTON, after carefully reviewing the whole
of the evidence adduced, inflicted upon defendant a I,e-
-natty of 405., and two of 203. for assaulting the police,
and, in addition thereto, csllJl upon him to enter into
his own recognizance in 100/., with two sureties (with
notice, in order that due inquiry might be instituted as
to their rimless to be accepted as bail) in 501. each, for
his keeping the peace towards the complainant and all
in his house for the next three months. The Magistrate
remarked that it had been intimated to him that he
(defendant) had also used threats towards the young
lady, who was not incline I to listen to or pay any regard
to his attentions; that, however, would not now be en-
tered upon,
Defendant—She had agreed to accept my hand before
she went to Mr. Johnson's; had it been otherwise, I
should not have been in any way troublesome to her.
He was then locked up.
SOUTHWARK.
VIOLENT ATTACK UPON THE MAGISTRATE BY Two
FEMALES.—Mary Grogan and Ann APCarthy were
charged with using improper language in the public
streets, and assaulting the officer in the execution of his

duty.
It. INGHAM, after bearing the evidence, ordered each
to be imprisoned for one month.
Before the sentence had been distinctly pronounced,
each of them suddenly took off their heavy shoes and
throw them with great violence at the magistrate's head,
accompanied with dreadful oaths and imprecations. For.
tunately for Mr. Ingham the missiles escaped his head,
and merely grazed his right shoulder. Finding they had
not succeeded in injuring the magistrate, they attempted
to break down the front of the dock, but several officers
being in the body of the court they were prevented, but
it repaired the united strength of ten constables to drag
them to the cells, and in doing so their clothes were torn
from their backs. Their violence was so great when in
the latter place that the magistrate ordered their instant
removal to Brixton.

SWORD Fisu.—Another illustration of the well-
known power and agility of the sword fish, the formidable
enemy of the whale, was discovered by the workmen en-
gaged in repairing the brig Leonidas, whaler, at New Bed-
ford, United States, a short time since. In searching for the
cause of the leak which bad occurred during her last voyage
it was found that the.side of the vessel had b
and two
quite throug!i, including the copper sheathing and two thick-
nesses of solid oak plank, not less than five inches, by the
sword of one of these fish. The sword was about twelve
inches in length, and had produced a seam by splitting the
spilaet of the vessel.— nl atitsesnseti.ramverlpot wasl
oubdroekren off smoothly at
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THE TEA TRADE, JULY 22.—A fair business has
been done within the last few days; last week's deliveries
were about 550,00011 A