The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-06-03 00:00:00

Jane 3, 1851•

THE COMING MEETING OF THE NATIONAL SOCIETY.
—The resolution which has been already widely circulated
by the Rev. Edward Girdlestone, will be moved at the
annual meeting of the National Society to morrow (Wed-
nesday), by Lord Robert Grosvenor, M.P., and seconded
by Sir John Pakington, Bart., M.P. The meeting will
be held in the central school-room, Fanctuary, Westmin-
ster. The doors will be open at twelve o'clock, and the
chair taken at one o'clock punctually. It is very impor-
tant that all who sympathise with the above resolution
should meet at Fendall's Hotel, Old Palace-yard, at ten
o'clock on the morning of the meeting.
THE EXETER SYNOD.—The following are the matters
which will be considered at the Diocesan Synod to be
holden (God willing) in the Cathedral at Exeter, on
Wednesday, 25th June next. "A declaration of adherence
to the article of the Nicene Creed I acknowledge one
Baptism for the remission of sins', and especially to the
doctrines of the Catholic Church, and the articles and
formularies of our own -Church, on the spiritual grace
given to infants in the holy sacrament of baptism. A
declaration of adherence generally to the doctrine and
discipline of the Church of England, as now set forth in
the Articles of Religion, and in the Book of Common
Prayer ; and of our firm belief that secession from our
Church, being a sound branch of the Catholic Church, to
any other religious community, is an act of schism ; and►
in particular, that secession to the Church of Rome in-
volves the abandonment of truth for error, and is peril-
ous to salvation. A declaration against the recent schis-
matical assignment of a Bishopric of Plymouth by the
Pope."

The clergy of the diocese of Exeter, to the number of
forty-four, have entered their formal protest against the
Synod intended to be held by the Bishop of that diocese
in June. The heads of protest may be thus briefly
summed up :—That the said Synod is opposed to the spi-
rit'of the constitution of the Church, and quite unprece-
dented ; that the declaration intended to be issued at the
Synod is totally uncalled for ; that the said Synod will not
be one free for discussion ; that such Synod, having no.
power of itself, would be futile,- and only have the ap-
pearance of schismatic interference.

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from
at Freemasons' Tavern, to concert measures for the es-
tablishment of a Metropolitan Association, having for its
object some alteration of the Prayer-book and a reform of
the National Church. Deputations to the Meeting were
clergymensent from Liverpool, Birmingham, Carlisle, Plymouth,
Reading, Bristol, Bath, Leicester, Colchester, Gosport,
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Brighton, the Isle of Wight, Bedford, Sheffield, Notting-
haul, Buckingham, and from other quarters of the country-
J. Sullivan, Esq., of Brighton, presided ; and a series of
resolutions was adopted after some discussion. The
meeting pledged itself " to endeavour to carry out the
glorious Reformation to its legitimate development ;" to
" clear the Church of England from every ground or
pretext for Romish teaching in all matters of mere
ceremonial to seek " general union rather than strict
unity," to promote " a comprehension of Evangelical
Nonconformist Christians," to promote a revision of the
Prayer Book, and to remove abuses of Church propertl
and patronage.—London paper.