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THE BISHOPRIC OF JERUSALEM

(From the Prussian State Gazette of July 12.)

BERLIN, JULY 11.—His Majesty has been pleased to ad-
dress to the minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs the following
orders in respect to the relations of the Bishop of the
United Church of England and Ireland in Jerusalem with
the German congregation of the evangelical religion in
Palestine :

" I send you herewith a letter from his Grace the Arch-
bishop of Canterbury, Primate of England, which contains
the definitive proposals respecting the relations of the bishop
of the united church of England and Ireland in Jerusalem
with the German congregations of the evangelical religion in
Palestine, which are inclined to place themselves under the
jurisdiction of the latter. You will see from this letter that
the prelate secures to the congregations of the German Pro-
testant faith in Palestine the protection and pastoral care of
the English bishop at Jerusalem, without any other condi-
tions than such as the exercise of the protection itself re-
quires. The publication of these proposals will be the best
means to dispel the misunderstanding of some well-meaning
persons, and to render the misrepresentations and calumnies
of the evil-minded of no effect. Though there are at pre-
sent no German Protestant congregations in Palestine, but
the formation is still to be looked for under the influence of
favourable circumstances, yet young divines of the German
Protestant Church, whom tho increasing interest in the la-
bours of the missions for the conversion of the Jews induces
to go to Palestine, will certainly think it desirable to avail
themselves of the offers contained in the letter of the Arch-
bishop of Canterbury, to obtain a greater freedom of action
and a more successful result of their labours, by accepting
the protection and care of the Bishop of the United Church
of England and Ireland. I am very ready to support, in a
suitable manner, young divines of this kind, when they have
been examined and found duly qualified, and especially
proved themselves to be thoroughly grounded in the doc-
trines of the Protestant faith, according to the Augsburg
Confession, and I invite you to point out to me any such
"
persons. FREDERICK WILLIAM.
" To the Minister of State, Eichhorn."

" Lambeth, June 18, 1842.
" ' Sire,—As it seems to me to be desirable that your Ma-
jesty should be thoroughly acquainted with the relations in
which the German congregations in Palestine will stand with
respect to the Bishop of the United Church of England and
Ireland in Jerusalem, I take the liberty most respectfully to
submit the following proposals, which I hope will be agree-
able to your Majesty :
" ' The bishop will consider it as his duty to take under
his pastoral care and protection all the congregations of the
German Protestant faith which are within the limits of his
diocese, and are inclined to place themselves under his juris-
diction, and will afford them all the support in his power.
The German Liturgy, which has been carefully examined by
me, which is taken from the liturgies received in the churches
of your Majesty's dominions, will be used in the celebration
of divine service by the clergymen who are appointed, on the
following principle :--Young divines, candidates for the pas-
toral office in the German Church, who have obtained your
Majesty's Royal permission to this end, will exhibit to the
bishop a certificate from some authority appointed by your
Majesty, in which
their good conduct as well as their quali-
fication for the pastoral office is in every respect attested.
The bishop will, of course, take care, in the case of every
candidate so presented to him, to convince himself of his
qualifications for the especial duties of his office, of the purity
of his faith, and of his desire to receive ordination from the
hands of the bishop.
As soon as the bishop has fully satis-
fied himself on these points he will ordain the candidate on
his subscribing the three Creeds, the Apostles', the Nicene,
and the Athanasian, and, on his taking the oath of obedience
to the bishop and his successor, will give him permission to
exercise the functions of his office.
" With respect to the confirmation of young persons of
such congregations in Palestine, the clergyman of the con-
gregation will prepare them for that purpose in the usual
manner, will subject them to the requisite examination, and
profession of their faith. They will then be presented to the
bishop, who will confirm them according to the form of the
Liturgy of the United Church of England and Ireland.
" With the most profound respect,
majestY's most sincere and humble ser-
vant,l have the honour to
remain, Sire our , y
W. CANTERBURY.
To His Majesty Frederick William Iv.,
King of Prussia.

The election of a professor to the surgery chair in the
Edinburgh University was, on Tuesday, determined by the
town council unanimously in favour of Mr. Miller.