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London, England, 1845-01-15 00:00:00

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WINDSOR, TUESDAY.—The Queen and Prince
Albert took equestrian exercise in the riding school
!ast evening for some tine, attended by the Equerries
in Wait;ng.
Neither the military nor the private band per-
formed at the Castle last evening.
The Marchioness of Douro has relieved the
Countess of Charlemont in the duties of the Lady
in Waiting on the Queen. The Viscount Sydney
has succeeded the Earl of Warwick as the Lord in
Waiting on her Majesty; and Captain the Hon.
Nelson Hood has succeeded Captain the Hon.
Arthur Duncombe as the Groom in Waiting on her
Majesty.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited
her Majesty and Prince Albert this afternoon.
The Countess of Jersey, Lady Clementina Villiers,
and Sir Henry Wheatley, took their departure from
the Castle to-day. The Earl of Jersey remains to
attend her Majesty to the seat of the Duke of Buck-
ingham and Chandos to-morrow.
The Queen and Prince Albert promenaded this
afternoon in the pleasure-grounds for some time.

THE HEREDITARY GRAND DUCHESS OF
MECKLEN BURG H STRELITZ.

The French Ambassador, the Austrian Ambas-
sador and the Countess Dietrichstein, the Danish
Minister and the Countess Reventlow, and the Hano-
verian Minister, called on Monday evening at Cam-
bridge House, to make inquiry after the health of her
Royal Highness.
Yesterday the following account was issued :
" Cambridge House, January 14, 1845.
Half-past Eleven o'clock, A.M.
" Her Royal Highness the Hereditary Grand
Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz has passed an ex-
cellent night, and is going on perfectly well.
(Signed) " CHARLES LOCOCK, M.D."
The Queen sent yesterday morning to learn the
state of her Royal Highness, and the Duchess of
Kent sent from Frogmore House to inquire after her
illustrious relative. Her Royal Highness the Duchess
of Gloucester and the members of the Royal Family
also sent in the forenoon.

The Belgian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer,
the American Minister, Mrs. and Miss Everett, the
Bavarian Minister and B ironess de Cetto, Count
Pollon, the Brazilian Minister and Madame de Lisboa,
the Mexican Minister and Madame Murphy, the
Russian Minister and Baroness Brunnow, Count de
Jarnac, Baron Koller, Count Louis de Noailles, M.
de Koudriaffsky, Count de Revel, Baron Gersdorff, and
Count and Countess d'Harcourt, called yesterday to
learn the state of the Grand Duchess.

In the afternoon her Majesty again sent to inquire
after her Royal Highness. The Duchess of Glou-
cester also inquired after the health of her royal
niece ; and the Duke of Cambridge paid a visit to
the Royal Duchess at Gloucester House. Inquiry
was also made on the part of her Majesty the Queen
Dowager.
Among the very numerous list of the nobility and
gentry who called and left their cards yesterday at
Cambridge House, were the Duke and Duchess of
Norfolk, the Earl and Countess of Haddington, the
Marchioness of Westmeath, Viscount and Viscountess
Combermere, Lord Euston, Colonel and the Misses
Fitzgibbon, Rev. Dr. Dakins, Rev. Dr. Horsley
Dakins, Marchioness of Douro, Viscount and Vis-
countess Hawarden, Viscount Templetown, Mrs. L.
Fox, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Hon. W. and Mrs.
Ashley, Marquis of Bristol, Colonel Scott, Earl of
Warwick, Lady Mornington, Countess Dowager of
Dunmore, Earl of Clare and Lady Isabella Fitz-
gibbon, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, Lord and Lady
Ernest Bruce, Lady Alicia Gordon, Dowager Lady
Rivers, Mr. Cox, Viscount and Viscountess Pon-
sonby, Mr. C. and the Ladies Gore, Mr. and Mrs
John Talbot, the Lord Chief Baron, Lady and Mils
Pollock, Prince Castelcicala, Sir W. Curtis, Bart.,
Lady and the Misses Curtis, the Earl and Countess
of Dalhousie, Mr. and Mrs. George Hope Sir
James and Lady Graham, Rev. Dr. Jelf, Earl and
Countess of Clarendon, Marquis and Marchioness
of Downshire, Colonel and Mrs. Hugh Baillie, Miss
Baillie, Lady Stuart de Rothsay, Viscount and
Viscountess Canning, Lord de L'lsle, Viscount and
Viscountess Newport, Earl and Countess of Erroll,
Earl of Pembroke, Captain Henry Murray, R.N.,
Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, the Lord Chan-
cellor and Lady Lyndhurst, Miss Copley, Mrs. de
Rothschild, Dowager Countess of Listowel, General
Sir George Murray, Mr. and Mrs. Boyce, Colonel
Cavendish, Dr. Francis Hawkins, Mr. Culling Smith,
Lord Foley, Lady and Miss Foley, and also many
others, comprising nearly all the nobility and gentry
in town.
The Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh
Strelitz was going on favourably yesterday evening.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester sent
to inquire after the state of her Royal Highness.

A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon
at the Foreign-office. It was attended by Sir Robert
Peel, Lord Wharncliffe, the Duke of Succleuch, Earl
of Aberdeen, Lord Stanley, Sir James Graham, tlic
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Earl of Ripon, the
Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, and Lord Granville
Somerset.

The Lord Chancellor joined his colleagues at four
o'clock.

Sir R. Peel arrived in town in the forenoon, from
Windsor Castle.
The Council sat three hours.

The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had
a meeting yesterday afternoon, at the office in White-
hall-place. There were present the Archbishop of
Canterbury, the Bishop of London, the Bishop of
Exeter, the Bishop of Llandaff, the Earl of Chichester,
and the Dean of Westminster.

The Archbishop of Canterbury had an interview
with Lord Stanley yesterday, at the Colonial-office.

FLANDERS MAIL.

BRUSSELS, JAN. 12.—The Government has received
from Mr. Aehille Battaille, a report containing detailed
information respecting the commercial condition of the
republic of Venezuela, and of the articles of importation
and exportation. The report is accompanied by a tariff
of the customs of the republic. The Chamber of Repre-
sentatives is to meet on Tuesday next, the 14th. The
budget of the Marine Department is the first subject of
the order of the day.
The Princess Clementine, sister of the Queen of the
Belgians, and the husband of the Duke of Saxe Coburg
Gotha, arrived by a special train, at eight in the evening,
from Germany. Their Royal Highnesses were con-
veyed from the station in a royal carriage to the palace
of Lacken.
The Organe des Flandres announces, on the authority
of a letter from Riga, that the ice which detained the
ships in that port had been broken through, and that on
the 29th of December more than eighty vessels had put
to sea.

CONSTANTINOPLE, DEC. 24.—We still continue to re-
ceive accounts of disasters that have lately occurred in
the Black Sea. _ .

Accounts brought by the Perwas steamer, belonging
to the Danish Steam Navigation Company, which left
for Galaez on the 19th, but was obliged to return with-
out reaching that place, nearly 300 merchantmen were
hindered by the freezing of the Danube from proceeding
on their zoyage.
Abdallah Pasha, of Trebison, who had been ordered by
the Porte to make a return visit to the English Vice-
Consul, who, on receiving a written invitation, was to
visit him with his interpreter, was preparing, when the
last steam-boat left, to return Mr. Stevens's visit. Sir
Stratford Canning is fully satisfied with this satisfaction
for the unpolite behaviour of Abdallah Pasha to the Vice-
Consul and his interpreter. He considers this affair of
the ill-treated Greek as a distinct matter, in which not
only England, but the three Protective Powers were
concerned.

VIENNA, JAN. 6. rhe Vienna Gazette published
yesterday the report of the receipts of the Northern
Railway Company during the year 1844. The total
amount was 1,603,686 florins, deducting the expenses.
The Company received nearly 5 per cent. for its capital.
This is a favourable result.

WINE AND SPIRIT DUTIES.—The Committee of
the Wine and Spirit Association on Monday received the
following communication. It is an important concession
in the mode of charging duty on spirits to the trade, and
which has been solicited by the Committee for the last
two years :—" Treasury Chambers, Jan. 13, 1845.-
1 am directed to inform you that my Lords have autho-
rised the Commissioners of Customs to issue general in-
structions to their officers to adopt the practice and rules
of computation which have been observed in the Excise,
both as regards fractions of under-proof and over-proof
foreign spirits, viz. :—ln cases of over-proof to charge
84-100 parts as a gallon, and to reject all fractions below
that amount ; and in cases of under-proof to observe the
same rule, and in like manner to disregard all fractions
below 84-100 parts. This regulation, upon being carried
into effect, will, my Lords conceive, afford to the im-
porters of foreign spirits all the relief which it would
appear to be their object to obtain."
WIDOWS' FRIEND SOCIETY.—Monday the annual
general meeting of the Widows' Friend Society, founded
in 1807, was held at the London Coffeehouse, Ludgate-
hill, for the purpose of receiving the annual report, and
transacting the usual business of the society.. The Rev.
R. Munro, M.A., Vice- President, in the chair. The re-
port stated that during the past year 256 individuals had
been relieved with various sums, many of whom were, in
consequence, enabled to set up in some occupation cal-
culated to yield a subsistence to themselves and families.
The financial statement showed that the receipts of the
year amounted to 438/. including a legacy from the late
Miss E. Gibson, of 2251. ; and the distribution to the
purposes of the charity, to 295/., leaving a balance in the
treasurer's hands of 351. 16s. _

OMNIBUS ROBBERY.—On Saturday information
was given to the police, that a lady, residing in Glouces-
ter-terrace, Regent's Park, after having received her divi-
dend at the Bank of England, entered a Paddington omni-
bus near the Auction Mart, having placed her reticule,
containing two 401. and two 101. notes, besides gold and
silver, in her muff, and held it as she considered safe.
A gentleman in a cloak entered the omnibus and sat
near to her. lie got down near the Green Man, oppo-
site Albany-street, in the New-road. When she de-
scended, to her utter astonishment, the reticule had dis-
appeared, with its contents. Persons, especially ladies,
cannot be too cautious of their money_in omnibuses.

T ItE ARMY.
(From the Limerick Chronicle, Jan. 11.)
Advices to the 6th of December from Barbadoes state
that Lieutenant-Colonel Torrens, 23d, had returned to
St. Lucia, after a week's absence, the court-martial on
which he proceeded to Barbados having been aban-
doned on condition that Captain Campbell, 23d, would
send in his papers, and sell out of the army. Captain
Marinden, of The Royal, arrived at Barbadoes from
Grenada. A company of the 23d Regiment has left
Barbadoes for Grenada ; a company of the 71st from
Grenada for Dominica, and a company of the 46th from
Daßinica for Barbadoes.
The detachments of the 15th Regiment at Newcastle,
141thkealz, Killaloe, and Tipperary, will be called into
helig:quarters the ensuing month, and relieved by the
3dtta. Regiment, after which the former corps will move
into the Cork district.
-Captain W. Calder, staff officer of the Limerick dis-
trict, this evening concluded his payment of the quar-
terly pension bills of the veterans in Limerick, Bruff,
Kilmallock, Charleville, Rathkeale, Newcastle, Ad are.
Cappamore, Newport, and Killaloe, mustering upwards
of 700 men.

Lieut. Fleury, 36th, has taken the command of the
company at Charlemont4 Brevet Major De Lacy having
retired from the regiment upon full pay of major.
Captain Alan Chambre, barrack-master of Gort and
Clare Castle, has received one month's leave of absence
to proceed to London. Captain Meynell, commanding
a troop of the 2d Dragoons at G ort Barracks, will offi-
ciate during his absence.

The 66th Regiment, Royal Barracks, Dublin, will
march for Athlone.

A general Court-martial has assembled at Belfast, for
the trial of a private of the sth Fusileers, named Cotton,
for hating in his barrack-room loaded two muskets with
ball cartridge, for the purpose of shooting some person
or persons not specified.

A pauper admitted to the Tipperary workhouse, this
week, formerly held the commission of Lieutenant in
militia of that county.
The following officers of Royal Artillery in Ireland
are on leave :—Licut.-Colonels Walcott and Scott, Cap-
tains D'Aerley, Lake, Williams, Wilmot, Hamilton, and
Rowan ; Ist Lieutenants Morritt, Adye, Adair, Young-
husband, Longden, and Price ; 2d Lieut. Chandler.
The company 34th, ordered to march from Athlone
head-quarters for Sligo, is countermanded.
The company 38th at Sligo, under Captain Smith, or-
dered to march to join head-quarters at Boyle, will re-
main, being countermanded.

Effective strength 73d Regiment, Dublin, under Major
Eyre-40 sergeants, 16 drummers, and 750/ rank and
file. Recruiting-5 sergeants, 1 drummer, and 11 pri-
vates.

Effective strength 67th Regiment, Richmond barracks,
Dublin, under Colonel Bunbury, K.H.-45 sergeants,
17 drummers, and 780 rank and file.

A recruiting party of the 69th, from Templemore, has
arrived at Omagh.
The company 35th, at Portumna, under Lieutenant
Parker, is under orders to move to Dunkerrin, there to
be stationed.

Officers entered for study this month at the senior
department of the Royal Military College :—Lieut.
Campbell, Queen's Bays ; Captains Douglas, 60th ;
Biscoe, 66th ; Barlow, 68th ; and Lieut. Nicholson, 96th.
The Governor's staff at St. Helena is broken up.
Depot Adjutants appointed:—Ensign Tisdall, 35th ;
Lieut. Gaisford, 79th ; Lieut. Sorell, 81st ; Lieut. Par-
ratt, 85th.

Lieut. J. B. Hamilton has succeeded Lieut. T. Bur-
ridge as Adjutant to the Bristol recruiting district.
Major-Generals Alex. Thomson and W. A. Gordon are
appointed to the staff of officers in receipt ofcompensation
at 255. a day for distinguished service.
Officers appointed to the Recruiting Service.—Lieut.
Garrett, 78th, to Kendal, vice Lieut. Rawson, 28th ;
Lieut. Wallace' 16th, to Shrewsbury, vice Lieut. Bayly,
94th ; Lieut. Lister, 9th, to Gloucester, vice Lieut.
Denys. 77th.
Depot Adjutants recently appointed.—Lieut. Topper,
7th; Ensign Cuming, 35th ; Lieut. Fordyce, 74th ; Lieut.
Raikes, 81st ; Lieut. Halliday, 82d ; Lieut. Paterson,
85th ; Lieut. Stewart, 89th.
Lieut. Hillier, 14th Light Dragoons, is added to the
staff of Lieut.-General Sir H. Hardinge, Governor-
General of India.
____

Colonel Sir Thomas Wiltshire, commandant of Chat-
ham, received orders to hold in readiness for embarka-
tion, on Wednesday last, by the freight ship Anne, for
New South Wales, the following detachments :-51st
Regiment, 22 men. 58th—Lieut..-Colonel Wynyard,
Captain Leigh, Lieut. Petly, Ensign Wynyard, Assistant
Surgeon Philson, and 196 men. 86th—Assistant Surgeon
M'Andrew and 18 men. 99th-45 men. Total-6
officers and 281 men.
The death of the lamented Major Gallwey is a source
of deep affliction to his many relatives and friends in
and about Killarney. Several leases terminable with
his life fall in, and no inconsiderable share of property
in that neighbourhood will be seriously affected by the
event. Captain J. Cramer Roberts, provincial inspector,
is reported to succeed the late Major Gallwey, as deputy
inspector-general of constabulary. Major Priestley,
K. 11., of Nenagh, is also reported for the office. Chris-
topher Gernon, Esq., sub-inspector of constabulary, has
been promoted from Loughrea to Sligo.

IRELAND.
CHARITABLE BEQUESTS COMMISSION.

DUBLIN, JAN. 12.—The second meeting of Charitable
Bequests' Commissioners, held at their office in Lower
Gardiner-street, on Thursday last, was attended by the
following members :—The Archbishop of Dublin ; the
Mott Rev. Dr. Crollv, -Roman Catholic Primate ; Most
Rev. Dr. Murray, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dub-
lin ; Right Hon. F. Blackburne, Master of the Rolls; the
Lord Chief Baron ; the Earl of Donoughmore ; Dr.
Keatinge, Judge of the Prerogative Court; Right Hon.
A. R. Blake ; Dr. Pa,ckenham, Dean of St. Patrick's;
the Rev. Shouldham Henry.
There were only three of the Commissioners absent,
namely, the Primate, Lord John G. Beresford ; Right
Rev Dr. Denvir, Roman Catholic Bishop of Down and
Connor ; and Sir Patrick Bellew, Bart.
The Master of the Rolls presided at the meeting.
The principal business transacted related to the clauses
of the Act for the regulation of bequests to the various
religious denominations, and rules were adopted for the
future guidance of the Board on this important sub-
ject. It was arranged, with the unanimous con-
currence of the members present, that all questions
respecting Roman Catholic bequests should be referred
to the Roman Catholic Commissioners, whose certificate
is to be conclusive as to the clergyman of any parish en-
titled to any trust or donation. The same rule has been
adopted in regard to bequests to clergy of the Esta-
blished Church ; and in reference to bequests to the
Presbyterian clergy, the certificate of the Rev. Dr.
Henry is to be acted on in the like manner.
A very important regulation has been adopted in re-
ference to Roman Catholic bequests, with a view to pos-
sible objections affecting the discipline and usages of that
Church. It is to this effect:—ln all cases where refer-
ence may be made to the Roman Catholic Commissioners,
in order to ascertain who is the person entitled to the
benefit of any donation or bequest which may be made,
to or in trust for the Roman Catholic clergyman of any
parish or congregation, it is to be understood that their
duty is to be merely ministerial, and that it will be in-
cumbent on them to act on the certificate of the Roman
Catholic archbishop, bishop, or vicar acting for the time
being, instead of the Roman Catholic archbishop or
bishop of the place, as to the person entitled thereto,
and to certify accordingly.
The object of this regulation is to obviate any objec-
tion as to interference with the control and authority of
each bishop in his own diocese.
ARCHBISHOP CROLLY'S LETTER.

The Roman Catholic Church of Westland-row, one of
the mensal parishes of Archbishhop Murray, was
crowded today. The Reverend Gregory Lynch (who
has published several letters in favour of the Charitable
Bequests' Act) read the letter of Archhishop Crolly and
the accompanying letter from the Propaganda. The
Rev. Gentleman went on' to remark that the Holy See in
that document had strictly admonished all clergymen
from interfering in political questions, and that his
Holiness, as the successor of St. Peter, to whom were
given the key. of heaven, was the paramount authority ii
the guidance of the clergy.
Dean Mayler, and several others of the clergy, were
in the church during the discourse of the Reverend Mr.
Lynch.
STATE OF THE COUNTRY.

There is a manifest improvement in the state of Tip-
perary and the other districts which have been so much
disturbed. There are comparatively few reports of crime
in the provincial jonrnals, although there are some ac-
counts of the seizure of fire-arms by marauding parties.
The town-lands meetings, organised by the Roman Ca-
tholic clergy in North Tipperary, amongst the farmers
and labouring peasantry, have already produced a visible
change for the better.
The Limerick Chronicle of yesterday contains the fol-
lowing :—" Thursday evening last, twenty men of the
constabulary reserve force arrived here by the canal,
under Head-constable Lavelle, from the Phoenix Park,
to reinforce different stations in the Rathkeale district ;
this augmentation having heengrantegditnracteos atnse Rath-
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THE CROWN JEwnL6.—The Lord Chancellor, the
Master of the Rolls (Lord Langdale), and Lord Chief
Justice Tindal, the Commissioners appointed to inves-
tigate the claim of the King of Hanover to a portion of
the Crown jewels, met on Monday morning, at eleven
o'clock, in the Lord Chancellor's private room, adjoin-
ing the Court of Chancery, Westminster-hall. The pro-
ceedings were conducted with closed doors ; no one be-
sides counsel and an attorney on each side (except a
short-hand writer) was allowed to be present. Sir
Charles Wetherell addressed their Lordships in support
of the claim of the King of Hanover. The argu-
ments of the Learned Counsel will be answered by the
Solicitor-General and Sir Thomas Wilde, counsel for the
Crown. We understand the result of the inquiry will
not be made public until after the opinions of the Com-
missioners have been submitted to her Majesty.
WINDSOR GRAND MILITARY AND ANNUAL
STEEPLE CHACES.—This annual sporting event, which
has been announced to come off on Easter Tuesday, has
been postponed by the stewards (Captain Mountjoy
Martin and Lieutenant Tollemache, of the 2d Life
Guards, and Major Lawrenson, of the 17th Lancers),
until Wednesday, the 2d of April, in order that it should
not interfere with the Northampton three days' meeting
for flat racing and steeple chasing, which commences on
the Tuesday in Easter week. There are eight entries
Tfohrethe
second race
militar
is forayehace' which closed on the Ist inst.
sweepstakes of five sovereigns
each,
third,with 3hoic w
each, with ten sovereigns added, will be for horses that
never won a steeple chase, and to carry eleven stone.
anddwedill; the winner to be sold for 150/.
be a hack race, of two sovereigns
The
The winner to be sold for 601. The entries for the two
last-named races to close on the 31st of March, and un-
less four horses start the pnblio =en—
try will not be given.

A LETTER ADDRESSED TO THE
CLERGY AND LAITY OF HIS PROVINCE,
BY WILLIAM, LORD ARCHBISHOP OF CAN-
TERBURY.

For a considerable time past my attention has been
anxiously turned to the divisions in the Church, occa-
sioned by differences of opinion with respect to the in-
tention of certain rubrical directions in the Liturgy, and
diversities of practice in the performance of Divine Ser-
vice. These questions, relating to matters in themselves
indifferent, but deriving importance from their connexion
Kith the maintenance of uniformity and order in the solemn
ministrations of the Church, are rendered difficult by the
ambiguity of the rubrics in some instances, and in all,
by the doubts which may arise as to the weight which
should be allowed to general usage when it varies from
the written law. It is partly on these accounts, and
partly from uncertainty with respect to the extent of the
powers committed to the Archbishop of the Province, in
the preface to the Book of Common Prayer, for the reso-
lution of doubt in regard to the contested points, that
I have not felt myself justified in expressing an
authoritative opinion upon questions occasionally sub-
mitted to me on these subjects. I was, indeed, willing to
hope that these controversies, like many of much greater
importance which have for a season disquieted the Chutch,
would be suffered to die away of themselvcs, when the
arguments on each side had been thoroughly sifted,
from the good sense of the parties engaged in them,
and the general conviction of their unprofitableness.
But having been disappointed in this expectation, and
considering the tendency of continued agitation to weaken
the sacred bonds of affection which ought to unite the
clergy and laity as members of one body in Christ, I
hold it a duty to come forward, in the hope of allaying
animosities, and putting a stop to dissensions, which are
shown by experience to be not only unedifying, but mis-
chievous. With this view I would call your attention to
a few considerations, which, with persons who are de-
sirous of peace, will, I trust have their due weight.
It has long been observed that, in the performance of
Divine service in the genrality of our parochial churches,
there has been a deviation, in certain particulars, from
the express directions of the rubric, and that, in some
cases, a difference in respect to the sense of the rubric
has led to a diversity in practice. In regard to such
points, in themselves non-essential, the most conscien-
tious cleygymen have felt themselves justified in treading
in the steps of their predecessors ; and hence the
irregularity (for all departure from rule is irregular),
which seems, in some instances at least, to have existed
from the beginning, became inveterate. There have, I
apprehend, at all times been clergymen who have been
distressed by this inconsistency ; and of late years it
has been regarded by many excellent men as irreconcil-
able with the obligations which they took upon them-
selves on their admission into Holy Orders. Under
the influence of these scruples, they thought it right
to adhere as closely as possible to the letter of the
rubric in their ministration ; whilst others of their
brethren, not Jess conscientious, have been deter•
mined by considerations, in their estimation of
great weight, to follow the usage which they found
established in their respective churches. Under
these circumstances a diversity of practice has
arisen, which is not only inconsistent with the
principle of uniformity maintained by the Church,
but is sometimes associated in the minds of the
people with peculiarities of doctrine, and gives
birth to suspicions and jealousies destructive of the
confidence which should always subsist between the flock
and their pastor. To prevent the increase of an evil
which might terminate in actual schisms was confessedly
most desirable ; and the most effectual mode of accom-
plishing the object, it has been thought, would be found
in general conformity to the rubric. Universal concur-
rence in this easy and obvious regulation would have
combined the several advantages of securing comet)liance
with the law of the Church and the land, of putting
a stop to unauthorised innovations, and of excluding
party distinctions, in their character decidedly un-
christian, from the public worship of God ; and I can-
not but regret that measures which, with a view to these
good purposes, have been recommended by high autho-
rities, should not have been received with unanimous
acquiescence, as the means of restoring order and peace,
without any departure from the principles of the Church,
or offence to the most scrupulous conscience.
At the same time, I am sensible that those who
object have much to allege in their justification.
If the written law is against them, they plead an
opposite usage, in parochical churches at least, reaching
back, perhaps, to the time when the intention of the
lawgiver was best understood, superseding its literal
sense, and determining its real meaning ; they appeal to
the general consent of bishops, clergy, and laity, implied
in the absence of any effectual interference during so long
a period, they object to the sudden revival of rules, which
in their opinion are obsolete, and still more, to their
rigid enforcement after so long a term of abeyance,
In fairness to them we must allow, that this dislike of
alterations in the manner of worship to which they have
been accustomed from their infancy, proceeding, as it
does, from attachment to the ordinances of the Church,
ought not to be visited with unkindly censure ; and we
can hardly be surprised at any change being regarded
with suspicion when so many attempts have -been made
to introduce innovations which are really objection-
able, and tend, as far as they go, to alter the cha-
racter of our Church. It must also be granted that the
intention of the Church is not always clearly discoverable
from the language of the rubric, nor determinable with
absolute certainty from the records of early practice.
In such cases it may with some show of reason be said,
that, as the eminent men to whom the several revisions
of the Liturgy were successively entrusted, did net see
the necessity of giving directions so precise as to insure
a rigid conformity in every particular, we may be con-
tented to acquiesce in slight deviations from rule, sug-
gested by convenience, and sanctioned by long usage.
Now, whatever may be the force of the arguments on
either side, a difference of opinion will probably always
exist in regard to the contested points. But all
parties will concur in regarding these points as of
far less importance than the maintenance -of that
mutual confidence which, next to support from
above, forms the main strength of the Church, pro-
ducing tht harmonious co-operation of its several
members, and disposing the people to look up with
reverence to their pastor as their spiritual instructor and
guide. In whatever degree, or by whatever means, the
tie of affection is loosened, a proportionate diminution
will follow of that moral influence on which the efficiency
of the clergyman's teaching will always depend.
The case, then, if fairly considered with reference to
the existing dissensions, and the results to be expected
from their continuance, will show the necessity of mutual
forbearance to the peace and the honour, I may even say,
to the safety, of the Church. The laity, it may be hoped,
will see the propriety of respecting the consciences of
such of the clergy as have held themselves bound
to strict compliance with the express direction
of the rubric, without regard to former disuse ; and
the clergy will perceive the expediency of Aot pressing
too harshly, or abruptly, the observance of laws which,
having by themselves and their predecessors been long
suffered to sleep, have now the appearance of novelty.
I am fully alive to the importance of uniformity in the
celebration of Divine Service ; but I think it would
be purchased too dearly at the expense of lasting divi-
sions—a consequence which, I trust, will be averted by
a suspension of the existing disputes. My hope of such
an adjustment is grounded on the wisdom, temper, and
piety which are engaged on both sides of the question. A
settlement which would have the sanction of law is at
the present moment impossible ; and, were it possible,
could hardly be attempted with hope of success till the
subsisting excitement has been allayed by time and re-
flection. But till that time shall arrive, our regard to the
spiritual interests of our brethren ought surely to put a
stop to contentions, which, besides the 'offence against
charity, engage much time and ability which might be
infinitely better applied, and which can afford pleasure
to those only who bear to our Church.
The matters in controversy, considered in them-
selves, are not of vital importance : the service in our
churches has in general been conducted in conformity to
the Apostle's direction, with order and decency ; and,
whether performed with exact regard to the letter of the
rubric, or with the variations established by general
usage, will still be decent and orderly. I therefore entreat
you to consider, whether the peace of the Church should
be hazarded by prolonging an unprofitable controversy,
at a time, more especially, when her energies are di-
rected, with such hope of success, to the promotion of
religion and morals, and when the clergy and laity are
zealously engaged in united exertions for the erection
and endowment of churches and schools, and for other
pious and beneficial objects in almost every part of the
country.
What I would most earnestly recommend for the pre-
sent, is the discontinuance of any proceedings, in either
direction, on the controverted questions. In churches
where alterations have been introduced with general acqui-
escence, let things remain as they are ; in those which re-
tain the less accurate usage,let no risk ofdivision be incurred
by any attempt at change, till some final arrangement
can be made with the sanction of the proper authorities.
In the case of churches where agitation prevails, and
nothing has been definitively settled, it is not possible to
lay down any general rule which may be applicable to all
circumstances. But is it too much to hope that those who
are zealous for the honour of "God and the good of his
Church, will show, by the temporary surrender of their
private opinions, that they are equally zealous in the
cause of peace and charity ?

DEATH of GEN. SIR HENRY ,GREG'

This Gallant Officer, who has been in the .militaz y
service of the country since November, 1779, Wh en 4 e
obtained his first commission, an Ensigncy in the 26t1
Foot, lied at his house in Hertford-street, May-fair:- "
Saturday, having i early reached his 80th year, 65 of
which he had held the royal commission. He had held
the Colonelcy of the 13th Light Dragoons since 1811, and
the date of his commission as a General was May, 1825.
He was the ninth General in seniority in the service.
He was removed- from the Line to a Cornetcy in the
19th Dragoons, and served as Aide-de-camp to his
father, the late General Earl Grey, at Plymouth, until
1783 ; be was also for some time, while in the 17th
Dragoons, Aide-de-camp to the Duke of Rutland, during
his Lord-Lieutenancy of Ireland.
He served at the following places :—At the siege of
Nieuport ; as Deputy-Quarter-Master-General in the
West Indies ; at the reduction of Martinique in 1794,
and on the staff at home as Assistant-Quarter-Master-
General until September, 1795, when he again went
out to the West Indies, in command of his regi-
meat (the 18th Dragoons), with the expedition I
under Sir Ralph Abercromby, and served at St.
Domingo, until April, 1787, when he came home with
the 17th Dragoons as its Lieut.-Colonel. He was
nominated Aide-de-camp to George 111. in 1798, and in '
1805 Major-General. From this date he served on the
staff in England until July, 1806, when he was appointed
Commander of the Forces at the Cape. He returned
home in 1811, and from that time to 1814 commanded a
district. In December, 1811, he got the Colonelcy of
the 13th Light Dragoons, which is of course at present
at the disposal of the Horse Guards.
General Grey was also a member of the Consolidated
Board of General Officers.

THE BOY JONES IN GREECE—HIS VISIT TO TYE
PALACE OF KING OTHO.—The following is an extract
of a letter from an officer on board her Majesty's ship
\Varspite, Smyrna, Dec. 23, 1844, to his friends in
England :—" The boy Jones, who belongs to this ship,
disappeared one night at Athens, and every one said he
was gone to call on King Otho. I believe that was his
intention, as he was found near the palace, and brought
back very much disappointed, to think that he could not
pay his intended visit. He is a strange-looking fellow,
appears half asl'ep, and seldom speaks to any one. It
is the custom to punish when a man deserts, but Jones
is put on the black list, and his grog stopped as long as
he remains in the ship."—Shipping Gazette.
THE FRENCH AT OTAHEITE.—The communication
of the King of the French was read at the meeting of
the Directors of the London Missionary Society last
night ; but the contents have not been allowed to tran-
spire, and we are informed that it will not be determined
whether the document shall be published until the next
fortnightly meeting. The inference drawn from the de-
termination not to publish is, that the reply of the King
of the French is unfavourable.

SIIOOTING EXTRAORDINARY.—Yesterday week, a
shooting match of a very surprising character took place
at Bardsey, near Wetherby. Mr. Waite, of Burley,
matched himself to shoot 100 pigeons in 100
minutes for a wager of 100 guineas ; to have
two traps and four double-barrelled guns, and fifteen
yards rise. Instead of occupying 100 minutes, the
match closed in favour of Mr. Waite in the short space of
48 minutes, being 52 minutes under the time. 125 birds
rose from the traps ; of these 103 fell within 60 yards,
the distance stipulate, 13 fell out of that distance, and
9 got away, missed, or slightly hurt. We understand
that soon after the match commenced, Mr. Waite offered
to kill 100 birds within 60 minutes. It is said that he
cleared by the match about 300 L He suffered some-
what severely from the great physical exertion required
in accomplishing this task and the recoil of th•
Leeds Mercury.

CHURCH INTOLERANCIL—The chapelwardens of
Uxbridge, William Harmand and Thomas Moor, having
few days ago to distribute bread, left to the poor of
the parish by way of charity, actually refused the benefit
of such charity to several poor persons, who were in great
distress through sickness, merely because these pour
persons lately voted against the granting a church-rate.
What would such bigoted and narrow-minded men do
further in the way of persecution, if they dared, or had
the power ? A few liberally-minded Churchmen and
Dissenters, on hearing of the persecution, immediately
subscribed for and presented the poor people with bread
and coals.— Windsor Express.

EXTENSIVE FIRE AT NEWCASTL2.—A fire broke
out on Saturday morning last, shortly after one o'clock,
in an extensive steam flour mill, situate in Gallowgate,
near the barracks, at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, the property
of Mr. Laws, and in the occupation of Mr. Anderson.
The premises are nearly new, and had been fitted up at
great expense, with all the recent improvements, the
model being supplied by one recently erected in the
United States. The fire originated in the upper part of
the building, it is supposed from the heating of the flues,
whence it had communicated with some of the beams in
the vicinity. The mill had been at work till after nine
o'clock, and it is probable the fire bad been smouldering
some time before it was discovered. A smart breeze
prevailed at the time, which caused it to spread rapidly.
The engines were soon upon the spot, and the men
laboured with great assiduity for a long while with little
apparent effect. The fire having been observed from
the barracks, the garrison engine was dispatched, with a
strong party of the 26th Cameronians, under Lieutenant-
Colonel Campbell, who rendered most efficient aid, but
it was nearly five o'clock before the fire was subdued.
It was fortunately confined to the upper stories of the
building, but much damage was done to the flour in the
lower department by the immense quantity of water
thrown in, as well as from the hasty manner in which
the sacks of flour were removed. The police, under
Superintendent Stephens, were present, and kept the im-
mense crowd assembled at a distance. The damage done
is estimated at 2,0001., the stock only being insured to
the extent of 700/. in the Norwich-office.

LARGE IMPORTATION OF VENEZUELAN SUGAR.—
The recent decision as to the admission of Venezuelan
sugar into this country, upon the most favoured terms,
is now well known the mercantile interest. Hitherto,
however, there has been no large importations of it ; hut
on Friday a cargo of about 300 tons arrived in the brig,
Warman from La Guara.—Manchester Guardian.
ELECTRIC TELESRAPIL—The construction of the
electric telegraph between London and Gosport, at a cost
of 24,0001, to be borne in equal proportions by the South-
Wester❑ Company and the Admiralty, is now nearly
completed. A trial telegraph has for some time past been
working between Coventry an Rugby on the Birming-
ham Railway

IVErmouTu.—A meeting of the town council was
held a few days since, on the subject of the Wilts, So-
merset, and Weymouth Railways, and also of the rail.
ways from hence to Southampton, as the two Companies
intend to connect the same rails from Dorchester, and
make their terminus in Victoria Park, close to which
vessels can come, ►•hen it was unanimously agreed to
afford every assistance towards carrying the object into
effect. As the two projects have received the full ap-
probation of the Board of Trade, we hope, in the course
of a few months. to see both of them commenced.

On the particular questions which disquiet the public
mind, I think it unadvisable to pronounce an opinion.
Upon careful examination, I have found reason to think
that some of these questions are more difficult of solution
than is commonly imagined, and that the meaning which
occurs at first sight is not always the most correct.
And the general question in respect to what should
be conceded to usage in controlling or modifying
the written law, seems to me to be open to much
doubt. But, if I were ever so fully persuaded in
my own mind, I should he unwilling, for reasons
already assigned, to pronounce a judgment which,
not having legal authority, might be accepted by
some and disregarded by others, and might thus increase
the confusion which it was designed to remedy. For
similar reasons I have not thought it expedient to call
the Bishops of my province together at this time,
though it will be my desire, as well as my duty,
to seek their advice and assistance when a fit op-
portunity presents itself. I am, however, fully
assured of their general concurrence in depre-
cating the continuance of discussions, which will
undoubtedly multiply strife and contention, but which,
in the present posture of things, can lead to no beneficial
result.
In order to guard against misapprehension, I think it
proper to state, that all I have here said is strictly con-
fined to the rubrical questions which have occasioned
the present agitation. All change in the performance
of the service, affecting the doctrine of the Church, by
alteration, addition, or omission, I regard with unquali-
fied disapprobation. I may further remark that the
danger to the Church would be great, if clergymen, not
having due respect either_to episcopal authority or estab-

RE*ECCA AGAIN.—Late on Monday night, or
early on Tuesday morning last, a most outrageous attack
was made on the Vicarage-house of Fishguard, the resi-
dence of the Rev. Henry Nathan, the curate, during his
absence from home. Providentially, Mrs. Nathan left
the house between the hours of nine and ten o'clock,
otherwise death inevitably would have been the result,
the attack being so severe with stones of huge dimen-
sions. About seventy panes of glass were destroyed,
besides other damage. Strong suspicions fell on three
notorious characters, who were committed in the autumn
of 1843 for destroying the turnpike houses of the parish
of FiShguard. This enmity against the Rev. Henry
Nathan arises from the circumstance of his communica-
tions with the Secretary of State on the subject of the
Rebecca riots, the result of which has been tne discon-
tinuance of any destruction of property, save in the pre-
sent instance.—Carmarthen Journal.

RARE Fisn.—Last week, a fine specimen of
Delphi.tus delphis was caught in the Hayle river._ It
came in over the bar, and could not get out agail4d
and
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DEVIZES.--
At a vestry meeting held at Potterne
on Friday week, and attended by most of the respectable
parishioners, it was unanimously resolved, OR the mo-
tion of Colonel Olivier, that the surplus labourers of the
parish (of whom there are a great number) shall be dis-
tributed among, and employed by av• occupiers of land
in proportion to the acreage.— 'Wiltshire Independent.
LEICESTER STATE OF TRADE.—There has been
more business doing in wools this week, and prices are
a trifle higher. The yarn market is firm, although
stocks are rather heavy. The general business has been
dull. Shipping orders aro closing for the spring. The
spring home demand is expected to be fair, but at pre-
sent little is doing.—Leicestershire Mercury.
MINE ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday last, a man named
Jolly was dreadfully injured by the explosion of a hole,
which he thought had missed fire, at Callington mines,
and there is but little hope of his recovery. He is a
stranger to that neighbourhood, and it was only his
second time of working in those mines.— West Briton.

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lished usage, should interpret the rubric for the' ni or selves, TUESDAY NIGHT'S GA:7.I.I4TTE.
should introduce or curtail cerem ure, onies at plea o,____
K,
make Divine Service in -kny way the means of e,. press- NIIITEHALL, JAN. 13, 184 t
r
inn their own theological amnions or party viev
Corn- ' A communication was this day receiver il from Cam-
respect to the ritual, the pi-e-tace to the Book of s. In i
bridge House, stating that her Royal Ti 'ighness the
ersely_ce Ilereditary.Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg) i Strelitz, at
mon Prayer directs all persons ha ving doubts, or dii
of theChurchiSt . 1,1
(-)1 half-past six o'clock this morning, was de livered of a
taking any thing in the performance
to resort to the Bishop of the diocese .For the rest) uti o , f.
ities. Had & tie Prince, who died a few minutes after the bin th.
DOWNING-STREET, Jexi. 14.,
such doubts, and the appeasing of div,:st:sis
salutary
ira, ,e,t,.
attention been paid, from the first, to ti ' '' The Queen 11?.s been pleased to appoint Lieutenant-
-1 Church might perhaps hare been gavel 1 from mil" . Colonel George Macdonald to be Lieuten anl-G overnor
divided tu
the dissension which at various times has r of the I4land of Dominica.
members, and grieved and perplexed her rulers, 'lllll whici l' WHITEHALL, JAN. 13.
if not speedily checked, may again cause ase -r,,,ous dis - The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev.
turbance of her peace. Considering the course I hmo. ye sttS
~ 1 G. Hutchison, Master of Arts, to the church and parish
Bested as offering the only immediate means Gf a\ -Crtin, 1: 1 of Monzie, in the presidency of Anehterarder and
such a calamity, and at the same time preparing- th i I county of Perth, vacant by the resignation of the Hey.
way for a final arrangement at a convenient season,. -t. IR. Waugh, late Minister thereof
earnestly recommend its adoption, in the hope thol.'., I Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire.
through the blessing of God, it may lay the founds...don Royal Bucks or King's Own Regiment of Militia—Sir
of lasting peace ; " and to this end"— (I borrow- the . If. Verney, Bart., to be Major, vice Sir W. L. Young,
words of a learned and pious ritualist —" to this end !nay 1 lart., deceased ; R. E. Smith, Gent., to he Lieutenant,
the God of Peace give us all meek hearts, quiet spirits, A ov. 25.
and devout affections, and free us from all prejudice, :that .2d Regiment of Bucks Yeomanry Cavalry—lL S.
we may have full churches, frequent prayers, and fere( nt T. iwer, Gent, to be Cornet, Nov. 19.
charity ; that, uniting in our prayers here, we may ; ill co. omission by the Lord Lieutenant of Renfrewshire.
join in His praises hereafter, for the sake of Jesus Chri st Rou-Crewshire Regiment of Militia—Captain R. Morris
our Lord." Amen. W. CANTUAR.. to be Maior, vice Walker, deceased, Jan. 9.
BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
Lambeth Palace, Jan. 11, 1845.

Joseph norvey, builder, St. Mary Axe, City.
~ BANKRUPTS.
John Curwen
cheesemonger, Bridge-place, Vauxhall,
to surrender Jan. 4 and Feb. 27, at half-past eleven, at
the Court of Bankru ltcy. Alsager, official assignee,
13irchin-lane ; Dean and .Dixon, St. Swithin's-lane, City..
Louis Jean Baptiste AP-Andean and Louis Oneasime
Benjamin Vaudeau, dealers in .artificial flowers, Wood-
street, Cheapside, Jan. 24, at hal!--nast twelve, and Feb.
27, at twelve, at the Court of Bantamptcy. Whitmore,
o fficial assignee, Basinghall-street ; fictlgson and Burton,
s, lisbury-street, Strand.
• William Tydeman, coal merchant, Chelmsford, Essex,
jam 21, at two, and Feb. 25, at twelve, at the Court of
Bank, -uptcy. Belcher, official assignee, King's Arms-
yard, L ondon ; Hooker, Bartlett's-buildings, Holborn.
Chark s Frederick Warman, china dealer, Hounds-
ditch, Jan. 24, at two, and Feb. 25, at one, at the Court.
of Bankrupcy. Pennell, official assignee, Basinghall--
street ; Heath, Gracechurch-street.
William Moyes and Thomas ]Boring. carmen, Camo-
mile-street, City, Jan. 21, at twelve, and March 1, at one„
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee,.
Aldermanbury ; Hilleary and Co., Fenchurch-street.
Charles Lewis, licensed victualler, Bath, Jan. 24 and
Feb. 25, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller,
'official assignee, Bristol ; Cruttwell, Bath.
John Steadman, engineer, Hayfield-place, Mile-end-
ro, el, Jan. 24 and Feb. 25, at eleven, at the Court of
Baiikruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-
Pla ^e Old Jewry ; Morris, Stone, and Townson, Moor-
gate -street Chambers, Moorgate-street.
Cronach and Marx Hirschmaan, merchants,
Size-lano. Jan. 21, at two, and Feb. 19, at one, at the
Court of :Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basing-
hall-street ; Linklater, Leadenhall-street.
John Blake, hardwareman, Sunderland, Jan. 22, at
two, and Feb. 26, at half-past two, at the Newcastle-
upon:Tyne District Court. Wakiey, official assignee,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Price, Deakin, and Dent, Wol-
verhampton ; Moore, Bishopwearmouth ; Bower and
Son, Chancory-lane, London.
Richard Beatton, sen., cabinet maker, Shrewsbury,
Jan. 28 and Fa*. 15, at one, at the Birmingham District
Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; Mot-
teram and Knowleg, Birmingham; Parkes, Smith, and
Co., Bedford-row, London.
Conrad Haverkam Greenhow, ship broker, North
Shields Jan. 22, at eleven, and March 5, at two, at the
Newcastle. upon-Tyne District Court. Wakley, official
assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Dale, North Shields;
IMw and Dixon, St. Swithin's-lane, London.
Thomas Joplin, woollen-draper, Sunderland, Jan. 23,
at eleven, and March 5, at one, at the Newcastle-upoa-
Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Hartley, Southampton-street.,
Bloomsbury, London ; Brignal, Durham.
James Yell Yallop, carpenter, Durham-street, Hackney-
road, Jan. 21, at eleven, and March 1, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sam-
brook-court, Basirtghall-street ; Norton and Son, New-
street, Bishopsgate.
Arthur Brideson, cheesemonger, Clare-street, Clare-
market, Jan. 21, at two, and Feb. 27, at eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Cole-
man-street ; Perring and Co., Lawrence Pountney-plact.
DIVIDENDS DECLARED.
G. and W. Noel, shoemakers, Jermyn-street, St..
James's—first div. of 3s. fid. in the pound, on any Wed-
nesday, at the office of Mr. Belcher, King's Arms-yard.,
Coleman-street.
R. Palliser, saddler, Moorgate-street, City—first div_
of sd. in the pound on Saturday, Jan. 18, and the two.
following Saturdays, at the office of Mr. Groom, Ah-
church-lane.
W. Broome, linendraper, Oxford-street—second and
final div. of 31d. in the pound, on Saturday, Jan. 18, and.
the two following Saturdays, at the office of Mr. Groom,
Abchurch-lane.
J. Buckton, grocer, Darlington, Durham—first div. on.
new proofs of 3s. 4d. in the pound, on Saturday, Jan. 18,
or any succeeding Saturday, at the office of Mr. Baker,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
D. Storm, builder, Cardiff—first div. of Is. in the
pound, on Monday, Jan. 20, or any subsequent Monday,
at the office of Mr. Acraman, Bristol.
W. Walker, general dealer, Wetness, Lancashire—
first div. of 10d. in the pound, on Tuesday, Jan. 21, and
every following Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Hobson,
Manchester.
W. Butterworth, draper, Hulme, Lancahire—first div.
of ls. 10}d. in the pound, on Tuesday, Jan. 21, and
every following Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Hobson,
Manchester.