, 1865-06-13
and that tie prcsentmenr I1ust recefTe Jour ap-
p1oral before any proceedings upon II coult be

and that tue prcsentnens E1ust receive Jour ap-
gsesysal before sny proceedings upoa IT eonlt be
The canon under which you protsss to act In
refusing the !ettsr t,naseorJ provides ta.t - :
| nfn!ster 1emoging fnto an6thtr Diocese ahall
testimonial In the form Aforesaid (as Dr.
p.las dAe H. adsess Se'eeanea saass y xi 10 Is
,he Leitcr Dimissory sn1oy he ia
the following words" NOT t1aa BE- il shal1 be the
e which BE - removed. to aceeps il miles. The
Bishop ahould have heasn ruuors tha! he helfeTes
Hellf- -unaed AGAINST the character Of the Mlnster
concerned Which would foEa proper eEo1ad Of
case The ecclesias,iea1 anihortty shall eommunt-
cate The came to The Bishop Of the Diocese t?
IN such il ehal not be he duty he ec:lesi
ssical authority 70 accept the testimonial unless
and n9i'I the mlnister shall be e1ca'p.ted ftom
~ se sad Is s9etgss 1eIgs" &C. e. tson!. xm, IT. T.
mtssory. ron place the refusal on no rumors al
legged, not On he ground Of complaints made be-
1ore md In no connection Sita lettsr dl.mlssory
The snajeet nf .scsnonical tuqutrF"-ant eunle o.
them adindsfd by the legal authority TO be not
proper ground q prsaent1entGWh'1a othcss
actsly declared to You that III. c. h.s been, aler
c3nonlcal process and The sdmlnistsado1 OF The
eentsnee q sduomtlon pptEed and ds1lyesaa.e
cahon now quoted Eive1 you no authority 70 re-
ject tie Letter Dsrnisso,y, On the contrary Ii re-
JetHnE IL JOu are Flultnng thaF Canon and depf1F-
ing PREF byter OF this diocese of bis lust right
under the laws Of the church, Of which be has iuat
retson TO complain ss q gflsSous in5usuec AID
oppression from which it is ny duty rs his Bishop
10 protect .. fir rs can. II ever these matters
come tesole the tribunal Of the public opinion OF
the church, 1t r1lt be determined, and probably
with 1atsnees, who Ia IN st amenah1e to seusure,
the PrcshTter under your complaints or the Bishop
untce h's. Ot course am not Indifferent t. the
rights Of Bishnpa under our laws. But consider
the rights Of Presbyters just as smrrd and y1fua-
bic 70 them, and tu:t aa carefully 10 be pro-
On lhe strength Of the asove views send b,Sk
to you the Letter Diulssoly as having been re-
jected without canonfcsl authority
now note your request that will forTasd to
IN the case - presented" {by MOI " to The Stand-
that yon hare NO meAnE, ut present, Of knowing
whether those transmitted BY you have all reach
ed me, snd Of some Of them you retained no du-
plicate, II this request embrace any papers but
such "a you aenr, In making and sustaining your
compliant. must respectfully decline 1t In regard
10 such papers. and chiefly bscanse gou assert the
right u revising the proceedings OF The Standing
Committee upon then1+. cal consent to nothing
that will l0ok IN the least a. acknowledging any
snch Ecvftozy power. When your papers came l
acknowledged the receipt ofthem. In my letter
s1l PfeseEtment oI the Standing Committee,
esld "al the papers received By n1e from yon,
&c.. wszc laid before the Standing Coumittce,
&C."
Aud EaW that you ms5 know whether received
all that were seGt, give Hat OF the papers lsId
before tho Committee
1. Letters from Bishop Whitehouse to BtBhop