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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-06-09 00:00:00

The next assertion is most audacious anti truly Tractarian ;
the board a majority of anti-

it is this, that in constitutin.

We must briefly expose this
statement, so evidently made with a view to mislead the pub-

Tractarians well

secured

lie mind. First, the vice-chancellor, Dr. Wynter, is
attacked, and unfairness imputed to him. Now, there must
be, there shall be, no mistake upon this subject; we there-
fore do not hesitate to make it known—
That the vice-chancellor is a very high churchman; that
he objected, and hesitated to take cognizance of the sermon ;
that he actually appointed the Rev. W. Sewell, of Exeter
College, the most cautious but most determined of Tracta-
rians, to preach the sermon on the 29th May (and a strange
sermon it was). Beside, the vice-chancellor is not a mem-
ber of the board, but the ultimate judge upon the report or
reports of the board or committee.

The nest is Dr. Faussett, who, as Margaret professor of
divinity, is by statute a member of the board. Dr. Fausset
is a representation of the old high Church school, and would
have inclined to sy►epathise with Tructarian views, had they
been held quietly, and nut taken an aggressive and revolu-
tionary character. His first sermon against the doctrines
and designs of the party was even more severe upon the low
Church party, than upon the Tractarians : then the Tracta-
rians say, Dr. Fausset ought not to be a judge in the case
because he must possess superhuman virtue not to resent the

brutal attacks to which he has been subject from Tractarians ;
" a periodical passion for blood" having been imputed to him
by their ruffianly reviewer.

The next member of the board is Dr. Hawkins, of Oriel
College, a moderate high churchman, whose work on Apos-
tolical Tradition has been highly praised by Dr. Pusey and
Mr. Newman.
Dr. Symons, of Wadhain College, may be termed a mode-
rate low churchman, or rather he is one who would attach
more importance to the Articles, as embodying the doctrines
of the Church, than most of his contemporaries; but there
is no low Church party here; opinions such as those held by
Dr. Symons, maintained with earnestness and charity, would
most effectually counteract Tractarianism ; but this is the
want of Oxtbrd.

Dr. Jell, instead of being, as asserted, an " unfriendly
neutral," is the author of x via media, which many think a
via extrema, is the personal and intimate friend of Dr. Pu-
sey, and, if fame speaks true, has interposed his influence
in behalf of Dr. Pusey.
Dr. Ogilvie is a late chaplain of the Archbishop of Can-
terbury : remembering the decided preferences which the
archbishop has shown, and that too in some recent appoint-
ments, it may be fairly inferred that Dr. Ogilvie would be
no harsh judge.
Dr. ienkyns, of Balliol College, is the last member of the
board: it is his misfortune to have some fieroe Tractarians
in his college, who have endeavoured to usurp all power in
the house, hut while opposing this, no one has charged Dr.
Jenkyns with any strong opinions against the. party ; nor has
be repelled their doctrines.
Such is the board, which the Tractarians have, we must
say,. with characteristic duplicity, set upon as indecently and
unfairly constituted. We have felt bound to give this brief
sketch of the members of the board, that a decidedly, if not
designedly, false representation may not mislead the public
mind.

(From a correspondent of the Standard.)

OXFORD, MONDAY, JUNE s.—The Tractarian party were
actively engaged during the whole of yesterday in.a scheme
for counteracting the effect of the solemn condemnation
passed on Dr. Pusey's doctrines; but it is surmised that
those tutors who favour Tractarian views are reluctant to
adopt the proposed course of addressing a letter of condo-
lence to Dr. Pusey, as it would of course compel the heads
of colleges to a revocation of their appointments.
Dr. Pusey's protest, it is now stated, is preliminary to the
publication of the obnoxious sermon, which would then re-
quire the immediate interference of the bishops and the go-
vernment. The protest is here freely commented on, as in-
volving false assumptions and being otherwise untenable.
It is hoped that the sound portion of the clergy will give
their strenuous support to the important act of the vice-
chancellor and the six judges.

Da. MOSEY AND THE REFORMATION.—A paragraph has
gone the round of the papers purporting to be an extract
from a sermon recently delivered by the Rev. Dr. Posey, in
which he spoke of the reformation as " that deplorable
schism." The Rev. Edward Churton wrote to the doctor
on the subject, and received the following reply, which was
sent to a Yorkshire paper, in the neighbourhood of Mr.
Churton's residence :
" My dear Churton,—l never used any language designa-
ting the English reformation as ' that deplorable schism.'
But a person might speak with truth of a deplorable schism
haying taken place at that time—a schism which has weak-
ened the Church miserably ever since. The formal act of
schism was not ours; we did not renounce their commu-
nion, but they ours. One may be grateful to God for having
brought our Church through the reformation, and for all the
blessings which He has bestowed upon her out of it (as our
Liturgy and the use of the cup in the Holy Communion),
and yet have a sorrowful feeling that much about the refor-
mation was not as it should be, and that we are suffering for
this still. This is old George Herbert's feeling. In a word,
we may be very dutiful, thankful churchmen now, and yet
confess our own sins and those of our forefathers.
" I am your affectionate friend,
" E. B. PUSEY.
" To the Rev. Edward Churton."