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in the darkness of heathen ignorance, we n

forward, with confident hope, to

et greater bless-

ings, as the good seed which is now sown shall

take root downward and b

ear fruit upward,

While, however, we witness so much cause for

satisfaction in the progress which has been

and the gratifying fact that the Church has been

established in our colonies, we view with much
apprehension the appointment of Sir GEORGE

GREY as Colonial Secretary. Whatever may I

the extent of his administrative talent, which is

boasted as the pecnliar characteristic of the Coali-
tion Cabinet, or whatever may be the value of his
connexions as one of that interminable family of
GREYS, who conceive themselves to have an here-
ditary claim to the possession of official place, his

hostility to the Church renders his elevation

sent post not only a

)1 suspicion, but on€

of great danger to the interests of religion. No
sooner had the intelligence of his appointment
reached our Canadian settlements, than advantage

a of his known enmity to the Christian
Church to propose the secularisation of the Clergy

and although this bar(

Church robbery was unsuccess:

1, a modification

of it, under the guise of eff

sting a settlement of

the colonial government. There never was a better
opportunity afforded for the endowment of a
Christian Church without making the maintenance
of the clergy a tax upon the inhabitants, than the
reserves which were made from the Crown lands
in Canada for this purpose. Their security was
guaranteed by the Imperial Parliament and the
British Government, and many engagements were
entered into on the faith of such guarantees being
indisputable. The first breach was committed by
the Imperial Parliament surrendering the controul
to the Canadian legislature, although it was well
known to comprise many Romanists and Dissenters,
and the next step has now been attempted by the
Colonial Parliament, in proposing to appropriate
the provision for the Clergy to secular purposes—
the attempt being stimulated by the appointment
of the anti-Churchman, Sir GEORGE GREY, as the
official organ of the Home Government.
But this is not the only delinquency which has
been perpetrated by the Colonial Secretary during
the very brief term which he has held office. The
labours of Dr. SELWYN, as Bishop of New Zealand,
have been admitted, by common consent, to have
been most arduous and most triumphantly success-
ful. His visit to this country was with a view of
promoting the appointment of another Bishop for
a portion of his diocese ; and so sincerely did he
feel the importance of the great work, and the
necessity of further episcopal aid, that he volun-
tarily surrendered a moiety of his income, in order
that no difficulty might occur as to the funds for
the endowment of another bishopric. Of his official
income, amounting to £1,200 a year, half had been
paid by the Home Government, the other half
being provided by the Society for the Propagation
of the Gospel, but no sooner had the announce-
ment been made by Dr. SELWYN of his surrender-
ing the one half to the new Bishop, than Sir
GEORGE GREY, in proposing the estimates for the
year in the House of Commons, omitted the
customary allowance to the Bishop of New Zealand,
with the shallow excuse that it would be provided
for by the Colonial Government, although no
arrangement whatever had been made for its being
so done. Thus Dr. SELWYN was suddenly bereft
of all his means of usefulness at the very time
when the whole Church was ringing with his
praises for the immense amount of practical good
which he had so ably effected in his remote diocese,
and which was at one time deemed so impracticable,
that the Rev. SIDNEY SMITH, on bidding him
farewell, jokingly predicted that he would be eaten
by the cannibals among whom he was sent. Short
as has been Sir GEORGE GREY'S tenure of office
he has already given

o striking instances of the
man in power to the noblest in-

danger of

stitution belongir

g• to Great Britain, and one to
i should look as the sheet-

FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.

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FRANCE

ss of the camp at Boulogne and the emb:
under General Bara

the auxiliary

lliers, for the Baltic, are just now the foremost topics
opposite side of the channel. On Tuesday evening
ne Emperor arrived at Boulogne, and the following day
'-wed the troops, after which the first division

marched for Calais, where 9,000 men were to embark on
board English ships for the Baltic, and 3,000 men, with
siege artillery and 100 horses, onboard French sailing ships.

The total ?orce that will pi-oceed to the Baltic in—sub;e-
quent detachments will be about 30,000 men. It will con:

and a body of French
nterie de la marine. The

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