the present system because they can hardly improve it. Denominational teaching even in Sunday-schools has become very unpopular. The longer the Common Schools exist, the greater will become the unpopularity of distinctive religious teaching. And herein lies the danger; for experience proves that those who now believe that all religions are equally true are very like before long to think that all religions are equally false."

It does not often fall to the lot of a Chancellor of the Exchequer to make so pleasant a representation to the country concerning the state of its financial affairs, as that communicated by Mr. Lowe in the House of Commons on Monday. True, part of our immediate financial ease is the result of a bold and clever hocus pocus, and the general condition of the trading community is very far from being one of prosperity; still it is impossible to deny that the fiscal results of the last twelve months are, on the whole, very satisfactory. As to the disposal of the surplus, few will dispute that the first claim for reduction was presented by the Incometax; and none, probably, will doubt the wisdom of getting rid of several vexatious minor imposts. Nor will many object to the virtual reduction of the game certificates to £1. The reduction, however, of the sugar instead of the malt duty is more questionable, and we are disposed to think it a great injustice to the already very ill-used agricultural interest. The clause which concerns ourselves, namely, that which will, six months' hence, reduce the newspaper stamp to one halfpenny, we accept with much satisfaction both on our subscribers' account and our own. Practically this change will reduce the amount of our country subscription for a single copy by 25 per cent.

bers to prevent full discussion, intrigue working, as usual, in the dark. Such are the reports we receive. Let us pray that the darkness may pass speedily, and God's truth be set forth in such a manner as to draw and not repel those who

now waver.

THE BISHOP OF LONDON'S LETTER.
We copy the following from Tuesday's Standard:-
"Sir,-The accompanying letter was sent to the Editor of the Church

Times for insertion in yesterday's issue. It does not appear, nor is any
reason given for its rejection. As you copied the letter into your columns,
though happily without the comments, my brother Clergy and myself
will be obliged by your inserting our remonstrances.
"Yours faithfully,

"C. F. LOWDER.

"St. Peter's Vicarage, London Docks, E., April 9th. "P.S.-I need scarcely add that the details to be discussed at the meeting proposed, and published in several papers, rest on a purely mythical foundation."

"Sir,-We think it due to ourselves to express publicly the extreme astonishment and disgust with which we found in your pages of last Friday Bishop, and which we had considered to be of a private character. The the copy of a friendly letter which had been addressed to us by our special mention of our names compels us to seek the earliest opportunity of stating that the publication of the Bishop's letter was entirely without our knowledge or concurrence, and that we consider the comments it to be uncalled for and unjustifiable. We therefore extremely regret that they should have been admitted into your columns.

made upon

To the Editor of the Church Times.'"

"C. F. LOWDER.

J. GOING.

A. H. MACKON OCHIE,
C. J. LE GEYT.
H. D. NIHILL.

The Hemera, a Greek newspaper published at Trieste, which has always advocated heartily and with ability the subject of Intercommunion between the Anglican and Orthodox Churches, translates the Article of the CHURCH HERALD on the Archbishop of Syros, in its issue of March 26th. The same paper contains also a letter from Dr. Fraser, a member of the Committee of Convocation on Intercommunion, containing explanations of the Anglican doctrine on the Communion of Saints and the Anglican practice in Baptism.

The attempt made in Bishop Tait's day to destroy our city Churches and relieve the worshippers of mammon from being reminded of Him who alone giveth power to get wealth, proved a failure. But the sight of a Church is unpleasant, and so is the sound of its bells to those who have no tone for holiness, so the excuse is framed that there are only a few poor old people now in the parishes, and it cannot be worth while to keep up Churches merely for them. Prebendary Blomfield is induced to assure Churchmen that the new spo liation scheme is framed by friends, and the usual threat that, if not acceded to, something very dreadful will follow, is urged upon the timid; but, Churchmen of London! show yourselves Christian men, and stand up boldly for your Churches. If they fall, depend upon it, the truth will again appear, "Them that honour ME I will honour, but they that despise ME shall be lightly esteemed." Let the Clergy reside in their parishes, and visit their people, have daily and cheerful Services in Churches free of square pews, and a population will soon be found to assemble out of lanes, courts, and alleys. "The poor, the blind, the halt, and the maimed," it may be, Llandovery. but all souls needing food.

While Churchmen are endeavouring throughout this week to mourn in sympathy with their dear Lord suffering for their sins, the world does its best to shut out thoughts of Holy things, profanity culminates in the entertainments announced for Good Friday. How can any Christian fancy that he is not committing grievous sin in going to such things? and yet we find the Crystal Palace provided with not only a concert of Sacred music, by way of veiling self-indulgence, but a circus comes in the list of entertainments for that day on which we commemorate the death of God's own Son.

From Ireland we hear of nought but disturbance, seizures of arms in different parts, all many symptoms of a preparation having been made there, as well as by Mazzinians in Italy, for a revolutionary outbreak.

The reports of the Vatican Council are all most sad; strife among those assembled, arbitrary attempts by power of num

MEETINGS OF CHURCH SOCIETIES.

MONDAY, 18th.-Church Penitentiary Association. Executive Com

mittee. Three p.m., 32, Sackville-street. TUESDAY, 19th.-National Society. Committee. Half-past two p.m. Sanctuary.

PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS.

The Rev. H. N. Collier, to the Incumbency of Holy Trinity, Finchley.
The Rev. Leonard Helps, to the Rectory of Clowne, Derbyshire.
The Rev. T. Mathews, to the Vicarage of Llandingad and Llanfairarybryn,
The Rev. W. Newman, to the Rectory of Barlavington, Sussex.
The Rev. John Robinson Porter, to the Vicarage of Kniveton, Derbyshire.
The Rev. W. H. Purchas, to the Vicarage of Alstonefleld.
The Rev. S. D. Stubbs, to the Vicarage of St. James's, Pentonville.

Home and Foreign Church News.

The Irish Church Convention stands adjourned until October.
Keble College, Oxford, is to be opened on the 15th of October.

A Bill is about to be brought into Parliament to sanction the wholesale destruction of the City Churches.

It is proposed to erect a tower to St. Mary's Church, Exeter, in memory of the late Bishop of the Diocese.

The Mayor and Corporation attended in State.
On Wednesday the Dean of Rochester was installed in his Cathedral.

The Rev. C. Ward, of Ipswich, has been appointed local treasurer of the Free and Open Church Association.

Cardinal Cullen arrived at Dublin on Monday evening from Rome, and was received at Kingstown by a large number of private friends.

The Russian Government has resolved to prevent the publication of all the decrees of the Roman Council that are likely to cause dissension At a meeting of the Carlisle Diocesan Education Society, on Wednesamong the different sects in the empire, or to excite discontent or ill-day, Dean Close took occasion to state his opinions on the movement for will against the Government. In this category are comprehended the secular education. He expressed his regret at the position which the dogma of Papal Infallibility and the Syllabus. Dissenters had taken upon the question, and said that he would rather have his children educated at any Dissenters' school than at one from which the Bible was excluded. tion compulsory clauses were necessary; but he thought it would be For a comprehensive system of educatyrannical and oppressive if God-fearing parents were compelled to educate their children at schools where the Bible was prohibited.

to hear the heartiness with which the responses have been given by the deep male voices.

Glancing over the Record one day last week we were surprised to find the following:-"Preaching in a surplice is only objectionable if an objectionable meaning is thrust upon it. The addition of the Pre-Communion Service to the Morning Prayers, when there is no Communion, is not, perhaps, always for edification, and it would be interesting to know exactly what the use was before this innovation came in. Causing organs to be set up in Churches, brought Dr. Lamb and Sir John Brent into trouble with the Long Parliament; but instrumental music finds place in God's worship in heaven, and ought not therefore to be excluded from His worship on earth."

The Church Review says:-"We understand that in the event of any fresh ecclesiastical prosecutions being instituted against any member of the High Church party, several laymen have resolved that the flagrant breaches of the rubrics committed by certain of the Bishops, shall no longer be allowed to pass unnoticed; it is felt that there is no reason why the same measure of justice which is meeted to the poor Incumbent should not be dealt out to the wealthy Prelate. It is stated on good authority that the last move of the Bishop of London against the Ritualits does not meet with the sympathy of his Epicopal brethren, but very much the reverse."

A correspondent writes in last Friday's Record:-"I observed in your Wednesday's issue an article on Lord Shaftesbury's measure in which the question of fees for ordination, &c., was raised. As one of those ordained at the Bishop of Lichfield's Lent ordination, and feeling deeply impressed with the great kindness and consideration which he shows towards his candidates for Holy Orders, I wish to record the fact that the fee for a Deacon's Letters of Orders is only 3s. 6d. at Lichfield, a sum considerably under both the legal and even the canonical tariff. In these days of sifting, when every weak place in our beloved Church is rudely assaulted by her various enemies, I thought that the knowledge of the above fact might prove useful."

We commend the following paragraph, taken from the Record, to the attention of the Bishops of Chester, Manchester, Lincoln, London, and Winchester:-"Wemyss Bay, Scotland. The English Episcopal Chapel, belonging to Mr. Burns, at this watering-place, will be re-opened for public worship on Sunday, May 1, 1870, and the following Clergymen will officiate during the ensuing season:-Rev. John W. Bardsley, Incumbent of St. John's, Bootle, Liverpool; Rev. James Bardsley, Rector of St. Ann's, Manchester; Rev. Prebendary Macdonald, Vicar of Trinity Church, Nottingham; Rev. Thomas Pownall Boultbee, Principal of St. John's Hall, Theological College, Highbury; Rev. Charles Bullock Rector of St. Nicholas, Worcester."

The Rev. W. Proctor, Rector of Doddington, writes in the English Churchman:-"When I was a young man in orders, fifty years ago, I had scruples about the use of the title, Most Religious King, then strikingly inapplicable to the personal character of the reigning sovereign. I wrote to my Bishop on the subject, and he effectually removed my scruples by showing me that the title, descending as it did from sovereign to sovereign, could not be meant to designate the personal character of the individual, but the sacred character of the office he bore, as the supreme governor and sworn protector of the National Church. Your observations on the subject give the same view of it, and will, I hope, satisfy the movers of the petition for the removal of the words from the Prayer for the High Court of Parliament that their objections are groundless."

The Rector of St. James's, Piccadilly, has introduced a Special Service in his Church for the benefit of the "working classes," but unfortunately, they do not appear to appreciate it. But we certainly are not surprised at this want of appreciation when we find the Service last Thursday evening was as follows:-" SUBJECT,-ETERNAL JUDGMENT.-1. Hymn 3. 2. (The People still standing) Psalms ix., xcvi., xcviii. (Minister and people alternately.) 3. (The People kneeling) Prayers from the Burial Office, adapted. 4. Lessons, St. Matthew xxv. 5. Hymn 5. 6. Collects for the Sundays First and Third in Advent, and the Sixth after Epiphany. Lord's Prayer (The People joining). Sermon.-Ascription. Hymn 2. 7. Prayer for the Church Militant. Benediction." We hope Mr. Kempe will not be discouraged at the present failure, but that he may be led at Easter to provide a Service of a more popular character.

An Italian journal says that Dr. Manning makes himself observed at Rome by the excess of his zeal. He leaves far behind him the most fiery Ultramontanes and Italian Prelates who are devoted to Infallibility. He pays court daily to the Pontiff, trying to carry him along with his ideas of absolute power and Infallibility. He tries to draw attention to himself in the religious ceremonies by most exaggerated demonstrations, such as crossings and elevations of the hands, and a multiplicity of genuflexions. At the Agnus Dei he strikes upon his breast as if he would break it; and in the streets he affects most imposing attitudes, distributing his benedictions at every corner, and offering his Archiepiscopal ring to be kissed by women. He assures all who listen to him that he alone possesses power to bring England back into the bosom of the Church; but for this, he adds, it is necessary that the successor of Pius IX. should be an Englishman, in short-Archbishop Manning.

Proceedings were commenced some time since against the Rev. W. H. Pullen, M.A., one of the Minor Canons of Salisbury Cathedral, for brawling in Church, and the case was remitted by the Bishop of Salisbury to the Court of Arches. It appeared that Mr. Pullen had objected to the mode in which the Cathedral Services had been performed, and had publicly protested against them in the Cathedral itself. He had also written a pamphlet in which he very strongly urged his reasons. At the sitting of the Court of Arches on Saturday morning, a motion was made on behalf of the promoter of the suit that the letters of request should be withdrawn, Mr. Pullen having apologised. Sir R. Phillimore said he was happy to find that the case had been settled so satisfactorily, and gave permission that the articles might be withdrawn.

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Father Ignatius appeals for help towards building his Monastery :"All the Monasteries of Old England are lying waste. Will not Christians aid the Monks to give to God one such house of prayer as they are now seeking to raise? Reader, in the Name of God and all the Saints of Old England, I entreat you, lay not this our prayer aside, but as you would rejoice in the hour of death, we implore you send us some substantial help to build this Monastery House, to the glory of God, the salvation of sinners, the benefit of the English Church, and the wiping away of the reproach that she has not one single abode for the highest, the contemplative life of perpetual praise, and prayer, and intercession. The land is bought, the building begun, the workmen on the premises, the site of the choir marked out, the architect's plans preparing, but no money for the work. Send us some for Christ's sake, according as you have the power."

land on the subject of University Education in that country, of which a The following is the declaration of the Roman Catholic laity of IreCatholic laymen, deem it our duty to express as follows our opinions on summary was published a few days ago :-"We, the undersigned Roman University education in Ireland. 1. That it is the constitutional right of all British subjects to adopt whatever system of Collegiate or University education they prefer. 2. That perfect religious equality involves equality in all educational advantages afforded by the State. 3. That a large number of Irishmen are at present precluded from the enjoyment of University education, honours, and emoluments, on account of conscientious religious opinions regarding the existing systems of education. 4. That we, therefore, demand such a change in the system of Collegiate and University education as will place those who entertain these conscientious objections on a footing of equality with the rest of their fellowcountrymen as regards Colleges, University honours and emoluments, University examinations, government, and representation."

On Thursday a meeting of City Incumbents was held at Sion College to hear from Mr. Andrew Johnson, M.P., the nominal, and Sir Charles Trevelyan, the actual, authors of the new Bill for the Demolition of City Churches and Secularisation of City parish funds. Mr. Johnston, who admitted that he was not a Churchman at all by education, and not a hearty one by conviction, detailed his scheme, which has been sketched from a favourable point by Mr. Blomfield in the Times. Mr. Milman objected to the provision which reduces Incumbents from the position of freeholders to that of stipendiaries. Mr. Kirby, the Rector of St. Dunstan-in-the-East, warmly approved the measure, and his speech received a practical comment from a lay supporter, who proposed, in effect, that St. Dunstan's should stand for a dozen destroyed Churches. Mr. Denton, of St. Bartholomew's, Moor-lane, strongly objected to take the small gifts from the poor and hand them over to persons whose income may be £700 a year. Mr. Fish, of St. Margaret Pattens, elicited that the education contemplated by the application of the charity funds sively, even in its elected members, of Churchmen. On the whole, the would not be religious, and that the commission would not consist excluClergy seemed very shy of the scheme.

On St. Patrick's Day the Archbishop of Dublin consecrated a Church which had been built near the railway station at Kilcock, at a cost of about £2,200, of which £1,200 was the gift of Mr. William Coates. The most striking feature of the exterior, says the Irish Ecclesiastical Gazette, is the tower, which is built beside the entrance, and is an exact miniature of "the round towers of other days," and leads back our thoughts to those early days of the Irish Church, when St. Patrick proclaimed the faith once delivered to the Saints. The chancel is in the form of an apse, and is ceiled with diagonal sheeting, below which runs a carved border. Its arch springs from coloured marble pillars, which rest upon richly carved stone corbels. The whole Church and chancel are floored with encaustic tiling. The sittings are in the modern style. There is a very all of stained glass. Those in the chancel represent the Four Evangelists. handsome carved stone pulpit, and an ancient font. The windows are The side windows contain figures of St. Peter, St. Paul, St. Bartholomew, and St. Patrick. The very fine western window exhibits a representation of the Flight into Egypt, of the Baptism and Ascension of our Lord, and

of a Lamb bearing a cross, together with the letters A and Q.

The Cambridge correspondent of the John Bull writes :-" Being so extremely poor, and so desperately in need of a large additional income to meet pressing and worthy demands, we treat ourselves to luxurious improvements in the University organ. That instrument is used to the extent of a hymn and two short voluntaries every Sunday and Saint's Day, excepting for a week or two in June and the month of September,

when we abandon our semblance of University worship altogether: and on Commemoration Day wsing the Te Deum. The organ is an elderly instrument, and musical me n say that its performances are of an excruciating character-men who have not the misfortune to be so sensitive think it good enough for the purpose. The musical men put on a severe whip, and outvoted the opposition by two to one. So we are to sell out £620 from the Funds and expend it upon the organ. It is only fair to say that several men who would be very glad to have the organ in perfect repair, voted against the proposal only because they objected to money being sold out of the Funds. Considering the state of our finances, there is no bursarial answer to this argument.

On Wednesday the Dean and Chapter of Chichester elected Archdeacon Durnford to the vacant Bishopric. After the First Lesson at Morning Prayer a procession was formed to the Chapter-house, when the Archdeacons, Chancellor, Precentor, and nineteen of the Prebendaries answered to their names. The Dean having declared the See vacant, and monished all excommunicated persons to "depart and leave this house," pronounced the assembly present a full Chapter, and the door was then shut. The Clergy constituting the Chapter were then asked seriatim for whom they voted, and the reply of each, without exception, was-Richard Durnford. The Dean declared that the Rev. Richard Durnford, M.A., "who had been regularly ordained a Priest, of good report, born in lawful wedlock, circumspect in spiritual and temporal affairs, and able and skilful to defend the rights of the Church," was elected Bishop of Chichester. The Chapter then returned to the choir, and the Senior Prebendary published the result of the election to the congregation, after which the Te Deum was sung, and the Service was proceeded with. The proceedings ended by the Dean and Chapter returning to the Chapter-house (preceded by the choir), and sealing certificates of the election. The bells in the old campanile rang a merry peal at the conclusion of the ceremony.

We quote the following from the Westminster Gazette:-"For what better attack upon the denominational system do they require, than to be able to say that the schools established by the Denominationalistsourselves among the rest, and more especially, indeed, than the rest—are not properly supported; that buildings are allowed of such a character as to be condemned by Government inspectors; or that they are so small as not to be capable of accommodating half of the number of children who ought to be educated? What answer have we to such charges? We have but one answer-an acknowledgment of "golden opportunities" neglected hitherto, but an earnest, during the short period of a year to be allotted to us for this purpose by the new Education Bill, of our determination to make up for lost time. Every Catholic must now take his part in the work, according to his capabilities and opportunities. Some will have to watch the Bill and amend it; others will have to organise meetings to influence public opinion, to direct the movement, and give voice to Catholic demands on this most vital question of the day. But one thing we can all do; and that is, according to our utmost means, support and extend the usefulness of our existing schools, even if we are unable, in the short reprieve accorded to us, to increase their

number."

The Tablet is indignant with Dr. Newman for having had the courage to speak his mind about the Infallibility question. We quote a paragraph for our readers' edification :-"We cannot doubt that Dr. Newman would warmly repudiate the intention, which these melancholy words seem to imply, of acting as the censor of an Ecumenical Council, or teaching the Universal Church, or claiming to know better what is for the glory of God and the good of souls than the 600 Bishops who wish to define the doctrine of Papal Infallibility. It is his words which are arrogant, not his thoughts. Yet he does not hesitate to ask-"What have we done to be treated as the faithful never were treated before? When has a definition de fide been a luxury of devotion and not a stern painful necessity?" We are not aware whether the definition of the Immaculate Conception was also, in his judgment, a mere luxury of devotion;' but it is quite certain that a vast majority of Bishops and Theologians consider that the definition of Papal prerogatives is a stern necessity.' They have said so plainly. Dr. Newman differs from them. Has he a clearer insight into the counsels of God than they? A better right to teach? A vocation to prophesy against and in spite of them? To speak quite frankly, there is nothing in the letter we are noticing to render this supposition probable. But there is a good deal which has a contrary effect."

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THE IRISH CHURCH.-The following reply has been received by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York to the address lately presented by them to the Archbishop of Armagh:-"We, the Archbishops, Bishops, Clergy, and Laity of the Church of Ireland, in Convocation assembled, have received with a cordial satisfaction the address of affectionate sympathy forwarded to us by your Graces, and signed by nearly 4,000 of the Clergy and Laity of the Church of England. We are deeply sensible of the kindness of our English brethren, and we earnestly hopo and pray that now, when some of the external bonds which hithert bound us together have been loosened, other and higher bonds which still remain, may knit the Churches of England and Ireland into eve closer fellowship in the spirit, and that in the maintenance and defenc of the common faith they may continue one to the end.-M. G. Armagh in the name of the Convention. March 17, 1870."

RELIGIOUS STATISTICS OF SCOTLAND.-Of Scottish religious bodies it would seem that the numbers stand thus as regards the number of Churches (as to the number of worshippers or communicants we have no data)-Establishment, 1,257 Churches; Free Church, 873; United Presbyterian, 600; Episcopal 157; Roman Catholic, 132; Congrega34; United Original Seceders, 25; True and Original Cameronians, 11 tional, 96; Baptists, 83; Morrisonian, 77; Cameronians, 44; Wesleyans, (this is the Church which southward is thought to be that of Davie Deans, the Church which is the typical Church of Scotland to the ordinary Englishman); unattached Episcopalians, 8; Unitarians, 5, That is to say, there are 3,400 noticeable Churches for a population of 3,300,000. Again, half-a-million in Scotland worship with Silas Marner, declining to be classified, or to be ecclesiasticised in any way. people, we may presume, are our old friends the Moravians, Irvingites, and Primitive Methodists. We are rather sorry to see that Edward there must be a few of our good friends the Quakers: we think we could Irving's Church is not better represented in his native land, and surely lay our hands on some. However, roughly speaking, the above statement may be taken as correct about sects in the most religious country in Europe. The startling result is, that if the population fit to go to Church all went to Church at once, there is one Church for every 524. We doubt if that result is reached in any other country in Europe except the Papal States and the City of London.-Daily Review.

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A LONDON CONFIRMATION.-"A Dissenter," who happened to be present at a recent Confirmation in Clerkenwell, writes to us, commenting severely upon the function as respects its general arrangements and the scanty amount of reverence exhibited by those who might have been correspondent terms it, "a prayer with interruptions," the Bishop began After the recitation of the Litany, or, as our expected to know better. To me it seemed to make a subject on which I am quite misinformed, if possible, darker than before; and I am bound to say it was delivered without appearance of interest or feeling, with one exception-a little child uttered a faint cry somewhere in the Church, and then the Bishop looked very stern, and ordered all children to be turned out of the side aisles, and paused for a considerable time until this order was executed. Quiet having at length been restored, his Lordship turned again to those who were about being confirmed, and said that possibly they had not yet thought of the matter, and if so, they had better at once stand up and return home. None, howeyer, did so, at which I thought the Bishop seemed displeased; and then I began speculating upon what would happen if he turned out all the candidates, and wondering how, after a long preparation by the Clergy, the offer he had made could be necessary; and so I lost the rest of his Lordship's discourse." The "Dissenter" winds up with some tolerably strong criticism upon the wholesale manner in which the Bishop laid hands upon those who were presented to him for the Sacrament. It may not be otherwise than useful to put on record what is thought by outsiders of Church functions conducted as Confirmations too frequently are still by all but a few honourable exceptions.- Church Times.

has received a letter from Dean Green, dated Maritzburg, 21st December, NATAL.-The Treasurer of the Natal Church Fund (Cambridge Branch) 1869. The Dean writes:-"The prospects of the Church out here are certainly just now not to be described as gloomy. Of course there must there is a bright and favourable side. be disappointments and anxieties, they are incidental to growth, but We have now an acknowledged position, and seem to be increasing, whilst Colenso is evidently decreasing. Our greatest want is men; and in these days when we are deprived of endowments, and people don't pay tithes, it is difficult to know how to support the Clergy. We are still without a The following on the same subject bears out what we stated some man to carry on, or rather to found, a Grammar-school in which our boys time ago, namely, that the Roman Clergy are not over anxious to receive would receive a good Church education. As it is, the favourite school in converts:-"Dr. Newman fears that the definition of Papal Infallibility the colony is a Lutheran establishment, maintained in part by a Lutheran may be an obstacle to the conversion of persons outside the Church. He Missionary Society in Hanover; the fees are in consequence low, the has especially in view the Ritualistic school of Protestants. Our own education is fair, and there is some discipline; the result is that it is the view is that there is an urgent and a peculiar need of extreme precaution favourite school of the colony. We groan over it, but find it difficult to in admitting this very class into the Church. The time may conceivably compete with them, as they have been able to erect their buildings with come when whole congregations of Anglicans, weary of their delusions, money from Germany, and the masters also are not altogether dependent may seek reconciliation with the Holy See. Before receiving such on the income of the school. A few years ago some halfpersons it seems to us essential not only that the entire truth should be dozen of us, Oxford and Cambridge M.A.'s out here, wrote to both the set before them, but that the most distinct recognition of the whole Universities and asked them to extend their Provincial Examinations to doctrine of authority should be exacted from them. For this reason we the colonies. There need have been no difficulty: the papers might are of opinion that the Definition will be salutary above all for Ritualists." I have been sent out to some of us sealed, and we might have forwarded