The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-31 00:00:00

NEW ZEALAND COMPANY. -
A General Gaut of the Proprietors of this Company
was hell esterday, at the Company's offices, Sew Br, tid-
st:eet-buildings. The following Directors were pre-
sent:—Sir John Pirie, Bart., Alt x. Currie, E,q., Stewart
.sl:ijoribanks, Esq., M. t'., Captain Nairne, Jeremiah
Filcher, Esq., J. H. Gower, Esq., Sir Isaac Lyon
Goldsmid, Bart., G. F. Young, Esq., Joseph &imps,
Esq., M.P.
The chair was tak,-ri by Joseph Somes, Esq., M.P.,
the Governor of the Company.
The CHAIRMAN sail, in reference to the smallness of
the attendance, that it was to be attributed to the fact of
its being understood to be the intention of the Directors
to move an adjournment. The Secretary would read
the notice of the rtleeting, and the report, and no obser-
vations would be made.
The SECRETARY then read the following notice
New Zealand House, 23d Jan., 1845
" Sir,—l am instructed to inform you that at the
General Court Lf Proprietors of the New Zealand Com-
pany, to be held on Thursday next, it is the intention of
the Directors to recommend an adjournment.
" I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient
servant, " T. C. HARINGTON, Secretaft
The SECRETARY then read the following Report:—
" In consequence of the brief correspondence between
Lord Stanley &Ed your Governor, which has taken place
since the advertisement calling this meeting was issued, ,
' and which will now be read to you, we recommend you
to adjourn for a fortnight, and to abstain from asking us
to lay before you to-day a statement of the condition of
your affairs, which would bo devoid of information as to
the views entertained by her Majesty's Government, in
consequence of the Report of the Select Committee of
the House of Commons.
" It is with much regret that we revert to a system of
repeated adjournments; but the present critical state of
the Company calls for this exercise of a power conferred
on you for occasions requiring more frequent communi-
cation between the Proprietors and Directors than is
compatible with the length of notice on original meetings.
New Zealand House, Broad-street Buildings,
30th January, 1845.
" MR. SOMES TO LORD STANLEY.

" New Zealand House, Jan. 20, 1845.

" My Lord,—Feeling that the time has arrived when
it is indispensable that the Directors of the New Zealand
Company should decide upon their future course of pro-
ceedings, we have deemed it right to summon a meeting
of the Proprietors to be held on the 30th instant, for
the purpose of taking into consideration the affairs of the
Company, and of adopting such measures as may be
thereupon deemed expedient.'
" To enable the Proprietors to arrive at a conclusion
upon this question, we beg to represent to your Lord-
ship the importance of their being put in possession, as
far as may be practicable, of the intentions of her Ma-
jesty's Government.
" The report of the Committee of the House of Com-
mons of the last session is, of course, an object of the
greatest interest to us ; and without presuming to con-
fine your Lordship's attention to particular points among
those embraced in that document, almost all of which
are of equal moment to those engaged in the coloniza-
tion of New Zealand ; we trust that we may, without
impropriety, ask whether her Alajesty's Government
has taken, or intends taking, any steps for the purpose
of giving effect to the recommendations of the Com-
mittee.—l have the honour, &c.,
" JOSEPH SOMES, Governor.
" To the Right Hon. Lord Stanley, &c."
" MR. HOPE TO ME. SOMES.
" Downing-street, Jan. 23, 1845.
" have laid before Lord Stanley your letter of
the 20th instant, and with reference to the inquiry it
contains, whether her Majesty's Government have taken,
or intend to take, any steps for the purpose of giving
effect to the recommendations of the Committee of
the House of Commons, which sat last session to in-
quire into the state of New Zealand ? his Lordship de-
sires me to acquaint you, for the information of the
Directors of the Company, that he proposes, as the
most proper and convenient course, to present the in-
structions issued by him to the Governor of New Zea-
land, subsequently to the Report of the Committee being
made public, to the Houses of Parliament, immediately
after they meet.
" Lord Stanley trusts that no inconvenience will result
to the Directors from postponing for so short a time the
publication of those instructions.
"I have the honour, Ste.,
" G. W. HOPE.

"To Joseph Somes, Esq., 141. P.," &c.
Mr. MORTIMER moved the adoption of the report,
which was seconded and carried unanimously.
On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, the meeting then
adjourned until the 13th of February.

CONSECRATION OF ST. JOHN'S
CHURCH. NOTTING-HILL.
This new church was consecrated on Wednesday by the
Lord Bishop of London. Besides his Lordship, there
were present a great number of clergymen, among them
the Venerable Archdeacon Sinclair, the incumbent of
the district ; the Rev. Mr. Houldsworth ; the Rev. Mr.
Dalton; Chaplain of the Hon. Society of Lincoln's Inn ;
the Rev. H. H. Milman, &c. The consecration service
was in the usual form, and the Archdeacon read the
prayers. The sermon of the Bishop, who preached on
the occasion, was rather of a practical than a doctrinal
nature. It inculcated the necessity of enabling the
Church to keep pace with the wants of an increasing po-
pulation ; and insisted on the propriety of making the
house of God accessible to all classes of the community.
The Right Rev. Prelate then adverted to the occasion for
which they were assembled, and stating. that those who
had the management of the edifice had, in their zeal for
religion, exceeded their means, he appealed in forcible
terms to the congregation, of all ranks and conditions, to
come forward in aid of the good work. His Lordship
concluded his sermon by observing that, according to the
ancient usage of the Church, the collection for the pur-
pose would be made during the offertory.
The church is early Norman in its architecture, and
it presents a pleasing specimen of the manner prevalent
at the period of the first introduction of that style into
English ecclesiastical edifices. It consists of a nave and
two aisles, with short transepts and a channel. The roof
is an open one of timber, and very light and elegant,
springing from arches supported by. massive circular pil-
lars of Caen stone. The interior is plain, and dwarf
seats, with doors at either extremity, occupy the floor of
the church. The exterigr is lofty and handsome, being
built of rough-cut limestone, dressed at the doors and
windows with Caen stone; it presents features of solidity,
in character with an ecclesiastical edifice. The spire,
which is central in the roof, is composed altogether of
Caen stone, and has a remarkably good effect. The ar-
chitects were Messrs. Stevens and Alexander. Altogether
it is not alone an ornament to the populous neighbour-
hood in which it is planted, but it also supplies a want
which was hitherto most severely felt by the whole po-
pulation, namely, that of sufficient church accommoda-
a.m. There is a well-toned and powerful organ and one
painted window in the church.
The ceremonial was over about half-past two o'clock,
having commenced at half-past eleven. The church was
crowded throughout the service.

THE CHURCH.
(From the Plymouth Herald.)
The following petition to Parliament was adopted
at a numerously attended Vestry Meeting of the
parish of Buckland Monachorum, convened by the
Churchwardens, held on the 15th inst., for the purpose
of taking into consideration the Bishop's Pastor al
Letter. Several able addresses were made, and it was
resolved to petition both Houses of Parliament, pray-
ing the Legislature to interfere, to put an end to the
unhappy divisions in our beloved Church, acid to re-
lieve it of such of its ministers as are dishonestly re-
ceiving its revenues:—
The humble Petition of the Parishioners of Buck-
land Monachorum, in Vestry assembled,
Showeth,—That your petitioners deplore exceed-
ingly the schisms that have arisen in the Church of
late years, and the attempts of some of its ministers
to revive certain ancient and conflicting laws and re-
gulations that the common sense of both clergy and
laity had consigned to oblivion, by allowing them to
fall into desuetude.
That these attempts, in connexion with the promul-
gation of what is come to be familiarly termed
Puseyite doctrines from tie pulpit, and the counte-
nance
,they have received, until very recently, at our
Universities; together with the sanction of some, and
the apparent connivance of other, of the higher order
of its ministers, to whom the people have a right to
look for protection against any inroads on their faith,
have, not unreasneably, from their decided tendencies
to Romanism, filled them with very considerable ap•
prehension and alarm ; that your petitioners, judging
from certain expressions in Pastoral Letters, issued
by the bishop of this diocese to his clergy, and the
general tenor of what has received the designation of
Tractarian publications, are conscientiously impressed,
with the opinion that the time is arrived for Parlia-
ment, who alone have the power, to interfere with a
strong hand, not only to repress all attempts at
priestly domination, but to cause a searching inves-
tigation to be instituted into the origin of these here-
sies, and to relieve the Church of such of its minis-
ters, whatever be their station, as are dishonestly re-
ceiving its revenues, by propagating or permitting the
propagation of tenets at variance with their ordina-
tion vows, and that have a tendency to undermine the
Protestant faith. That your petitioners, justly con-
ceding to all men the right of private opinion, view
with the highest admiration the noble conduct of
those ministers of the Scottish Church who seceded
therefrom—they thereby showing that a far higher
principle than the love of filthy lure governed them
in their secession.
That your petitioners deeply lament that this great
example has been lost on the ministers of the Esta-
blishment professing Tractarian opinions.
That your petitioners, earnestly wishing to see
healed these divisions in our beloved Church, there-
fore pray that your Honourable House, conjointly
with the other branches of the Legislature, will take
such measures as shall effectively secure to the people
of these realms their religion in all its purity, as de-
rived from the Sacred Scriptures, untainted by the
traditions of weak and erring men, and will cause
such a code, in lieu of the absurd and conflicting
laws, canons, and rubrics as now exist, to be enacted
for the regulation of its ministers of all grades—from
the archbishop to the deacon—as shall be in coinci-
dence with the present enlightened state of society,
andhave the effect of restraining them, with a view
to increase their superior usefulness, from interfering
in secular affairs.
And your petitioners will ever pray,