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 TO THE CLERGY \<?^ 
 
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 €HURCH OF ENGLAND AND IRELAND, 
 
 IN THE PROVINCE OF CiVNi>pA. 
 
 At a period like the present, when the Interests of oar Church necedsarily 
 occupv a large share of public attention,-when the advancement and stability 
 «f these interests obviously demand our united energy of thought and action, and 
 "When a distinguished layman of our communion (the Hon. P. B. de Blaquiere;! / 
 has published his riexfrs on the important subject ot the self-Gov'nt of the Church 
 in this Colony, I have thought it expedient to submit to y ju the accom|)any>ng 
 information , as well to'shew.that the clergy have long since c . t^ressed their opinions 
 and used their efforts' to obtain so desirable an end, as to assist our member* 
 generally in forming their judgment upon so grave a matter. 
 
 It may be necessary to premise that the " Western Clerical Society" was 
 formed at the Rectory, at Woodstock, 19lh November, 1834, seven Clergymen 
 being present. The proceedings were iraa!?mitted to the Bishop of auebec and 
 received his unqualified approbation ; to his approval of our Society he added 
 his recommendation to all the Clergy ii) the West to join it. The principal law 
 or fundamental rule of tjie Society was "to confer on the measures best calculated 
 " to advance the interests of the Redeemer's Kingdom, and to afford such mutual 
 "aid as the circumstances' of the Church or of each individual member of this 
 " Society may require." 
 
 In carrying out this object the attention of the Society was especially 
 directed to the cUvision of the Diocese, and the formation or establishment of a 
 "Convocation." Frequent conferences were had and various plans suggested. 
 The Honorable and Venerable Archdeacon Strachan was chiefly and geierally 
 eoosulted. 
 
 On the 4th November, 1835, the Society (twelve Clergymen being present) 
 Jlesolved, — 
 
 " That we consider it of essential and vital importance to the welfare of 
 " the Church, that & general meeting of the Clergy of this Province be held at as 
 /"••fly a period «s possible, to confer on the general interests of the_Church in 
 
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 " the present crijita'l posture of Ler affatin, especially with regard to the divitioB 
 " of the Diocese,— the provision for a Bishop, and the induction of the Clergy." 
 
 This resolution was communicated to several Clerical Brethren in the East, 
 and replies of concurrence were received. 
 
 A meeting of the Society took place on the 3rd February, 183(3, when a 
 letter from Archdeacon Straclxan was received ; the following is an extract : — 
 
 Toronto, 30th Jan., 1836. 
 "For more than twenty years t have urged the necessity of «n an«iial 
 •* Convention or Convocation of the Clf?rgy of this Colony but without success. 
 " Yet I am not one to give up what I consider essential, for hope deferred; and as I 
 " have, through the blessing of Cod, lived to accomplish an object after more 
 " than 30 years diligent exertion. I trust thai with the help of my brethren, I shall 
 " accomplish this. The present situation of the Church of England, glorious as 
 " she is, and first in purity, in strength and learning, may be attributed to her 
 " having no general convocat^p'i by which her power might be concentrated, and 
 " through which the Laity might contribute their aflFectioaate aid. She is the 
 " only Christian Church that has no meetirgs of her Clergy, no means of calling 
 " forth the sympathy of the whole papulation in her favor. Look at her sister 
 ''" Establishment in Scotland , her general assembly meets annually for 2 week?, 
 " and no government can withstand the unanimous request of this court. Ther^ 
 " are during its siltiiigs, many questions of {, reat moment discussed, in all of 
 " which the people take a lively interest,— their affections are awaJkene^ and 
 " their love for their ecclesiastical Establishment becomes an active and Hvinif 
 "principle; and so woi»ld it be. in England, and even to a greater degree were 
 " the ancient Convocation of two houses under propw modifications tbm^ 
 '' tjransacti9nof l>iU6ines9.'-i|ut'to.cpme nea^^^ 
 
 ?; ipan that the lister Churcb in t)ie United Stattf. Has yet WwaHed.'^s^^^^^^^ 
 "that the diocesan Contention* mry three ye^rs Jeytir^ j^ar 1) were oi 
 "importance to the prosperity of the Charcl?.' i^nd k^ve we uql.seeneven in thw 
 "pcovince the imposing.aintudea8»uroc4J?jr the^fefcnl c1aM<M pi Pres^^^^^ 
 "r^v^ing the name of Pieshy%ie» and ^ynpds. , 1 s;^ajc; not to blame jbeip 
 •' for 1 .consider them right, but to urge .• propriety of our aniiual meetings, ^h^t 
 " we may also gather strength. At the last visitation I presented to the Brethren 
 "the accbmpanying plan or coiisrtitutibn fori Convocatidh lA' tT^pV/'Canada. 
 " It had been previously su^jmitted to' the tord Bish6j),'%tf«'1b^ OTdfcr»tfe bHn^^tht 
 " maUefmor«!impreMiveiy Before the Clergy, l dVelt upon the subjtctaiSotoe 
 length in rhy senion (PAgi: 18 tb'23.) This constitMon 1 by nd means offer i» 
 " perfect; it is merely intended as the basis, to be altered, amended and ext^ded, 
 " a» a committee of the Brethren may deem meet." J'' . .- 
 
 The Secretary was requested to reply to ihe Archdeacon; the*)ir<5whif i» 
 
 an 'extract from his communication: ;:■ . o 
 
 Woodstock:, l6Ah Feb., 1936. 
 
 " Your general plan for the constitution of a Convention or Conv^*|io» 
 ' was approved of by all. To the furtherance and final eucci-s. of this object the 
 
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 •• Society is fi'.Uy a'ftarc that every energy must be put forth; anJ I am authorizerl 
 "to say that the Society will leave no logitinnate measure uncssnyeJ to secure it. 
 " The position of our Church in this province, left, as she almost is, to her own 
 "guidance and resources, must, if anything can, animate her Ministers tn h«K 
 '■ defence and establishment. Our Society has from its very formation, entertained 
 " attdcherislied the hope that a general meeting, preparatory to the formation of 
 •' a Council or Convocation, would be permitted, if not directly sanctioned by 
 " our venerable and beloved Diocesan. The Society ha% been desirous to commend 
 " itself to the notice, approbation and confidence of the Ministers and rulers o-f 
 " our Church by the soundness of its principles, and by the sobriety of it« 
 '• proceedings. This expectation has been realized to an extent scarcely anticipated. 
 " We are therefore resolved under the Divine Blessing, steadily to pursue our 
 "course." 
 
 €hv the 18th May, 183G, the Society met at the Rectory, Woodstock. The 
 Aichdeactn {Dr. Slrachan) and 11 Clergymen were present. It was Resolved, 
 
 " That the Secretary and the Rev. B. Cronyn be requested to wait upon 
 " the Lord Bishop, and to bring the subject of a " Convocation" under his Lord- 
 •' ship's special notice, and press for its immediate formation or constitution." 
 
 The following circular was addressed to the Clergy of the Archdeaconry 
 of York, a similar one was sent to the Clergy of the Archdeaconry of Kingston. 
 
 f "CIRCULAR." 
 
 i;"'^ "Toronto, 31st August. 1836. 
 
 "KKv«y'2^fD Sir,—' 
 
 t'SHC " '^^^ imporlancie of Establishing a 'Convocation' of the Clergy, 
 " as a peans of promoting the best interests of the Church, having been long and 
 " generally felt, and such a measure seeming to be especially called for at the 
 •' present t^me, it is proposed, with the nanctir n of the Hon. the Archdeacon of 
 i' York tW the Clergy of the Province meet at Toronto', Wednesday, Oct. 5th, 
 <' to take t^e subject into consideration, amd to submit the views of the meeting 
 ' to th^ Lord Bishop for his approval. 
 
 " Your presence is earnestly solicited. 
 
 *' I am, Rev, Sir, 
 
 " Your Faithful Servant, 
 
 
 William bettridge, b. 0. 
 
 The Reverend — 
 
 StCRETAkT, PRO, TCM. 
 
 N. 1^.— Service at eleven o'clock, at St. James' Church. 
 
 .tlxe.C^lergy of, the Archdeaconries of Kingston and York, assembled ac- 
 cordinfiy at St. James' Church, 5th October. 
 
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 The VciiPi-.'il'le the Aalidfucun ut' Kingston in the Chair. 
 The Huiiuialle and Vctierabli?, the Aichdcacuu ui' York. 
 
 Dale of Orders. 
 
 The lUv James McGrath. M. A ^1^^ 
 
 " Thoa. Philips, D. D. 1300 
 
 V. P. Meyeihofler, M. A. i807 
 
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 W. Betlridge, B. D. 
 
 J. Grier 
 
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 C. Mathews 
 
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 T. Greene 
 
 E. J. BosweH 
 
 V. P. Rogers 
 
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 Arthur Palmer, A. B. 
 
 H. Patton 
 
 S. Givins 
 
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 The Rev W. Bettridge. B. D., Secretary lor the Archdeaconry of Vork. 
 
 .. R.Cartwright, M. A., •'•*•{:: " - " Kingston. 
 
 The meeting proceeded to the full and patient consideration of the subject 
 of a •• Convocation." The following plan was unanimously adopted : 
 
 Whereas the Ecclesiastical Law of the United Church of Erigland a^d 
 Ireland has never been introduced into tms Provinc?, by reason of which much 
 inconvenience has arisen in matters of order and discipline; and whereas from 
 the increasing number of Clergy, and the great distance which separate them 
 
 irom 
 action 
 
 nnP another th^rc is great want of mutuaK commtinicai ion and unity ot 
 
 the Bishop ". ',»« ;.^""^ °' "tions oVheld in this Province from time:o lime 
 
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 lity of 
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 %uch measures fur the goud of the Church as ber particular situ'jiiou in (hi« 
 Diaccse may requite, provided the same be uot repugnant to the constitution ol 
 the United Church of England and Ireland, the laws of the Province, and the 
 pierogaiive of ihe Crown. The following resolutions were unanimously adopted 
 at a meeting of the Clergy of Upper Canada, and respectfully submitted to the 
 Lord Bishop of Q,aebec for his sanction. , 
 
 1 — That there .shall be an annual Convocation or meeting of the Clergy 
 of that portion of the diocese of Cluebec whinh is comprehended within the Pro- 
 vince of Upper Canada, alrcrnateiy at Toronto and Kingston, on such day as the 
 Lord Bishop shall consider most expedient. 
 
 3. — That the Convocation shall be composed of such cauonically ordained 
 Clergymen as are residcniin Upper Canada, and have the cure ot souls, whether 
 settled in parishes or actinj; as Missionaries; as also of such Clergymen as are 
 employed as professors or instructors of youth in public seminaries; and of not 
 more than two lay delegates for each rector or stated minister, to be chosen by the 
 members of the vestry being communicants {mm amongst members cf the Vestry 
 (being also regu}arcommunicants)at the usual Easter Meetings. 
 
 3. — That the Convocation shall be opened in Church— the Clergy attend- 
 ing in their Robes — with public prayer, a sermon, and the Lord's Supper :— the 
 Bishop appointing the preacher. 
 
 4. — That the Bishop, or in his absence, the senior Archdeacon shall pre- 
 side. In their absence the President shall be chosen by »he Clergy present. 
 
 5. — That one or more Secretaries shall be chosen by the Convocation at its 
 annual Meeting, whose duty it shall be to keep a record of the proceedings and 
 to give due notice to e<*ch Minister and Vestry of the time and place of the next 
 meeting. 
 
 6 — That in all matters which shall come before the Convocation, the 
 Clergy and Laity, shall deliberate in one Body; but, in voting, the Clergy shall 
 vote by individuals, and the Laity by congregations. Unless there be a majority 
 of both ( lers, the measure shall be considered as lost. In matters purely doc- 
 trinal, the Laity to have no voice. 
 
 < 7. — Special Convocations shall be summoned by the Bishop when he 
 deems it necessary for the good of the Church, or when a requisition to that effect 
 shall be made to him by seven or more Clergymen who have been at least five 
 years in priest's orders. 
 
 8.— That the following be the object of the Convocation: — To deliberate oft 
 and to adopt nieasures for the general interests and more permanent Establish- 
 ment of the Church in this Provirice, — for the more efficient maiatenance of 
 discipline and order, tor the isupply of Ministers where wanted, foi thesiipport of 
 thp§e.already employe^, and for securing unity ol. design and action in all. 
 
 ^ 9.— Thp,t:no discussion on any meaauie be had before leave of Convocation 
 , be obtained for its introduction. 
 
 10.— That every measure adopted in Convocation shall bo submitted to 
 the Bishop for his approval, and if so approved shall become a standing rule for 
 ihe Government of the Church, 
 
11.-Tl.atil^halI beiI.eUutyof every Cbrgyman to attend ihc Convocation 
 ihal no excuw ahali be valid except that of Ill-health, extraordinary dutv or n« 
 mlMion from the Bishop. - ■ i ■ 
 
 ^,. '2^~That these fundamental Rules be not changed unless the proposed al 
 leration be submitted at one nrieeiin^ of the Convocation for the consideration of 
 the ncxt.-adopted by at least two thirds of the members of each order present 
 and tanctioned by the Bishop. ' 
 
 U. D. CAirrwRiGUT. { Secrtlantf. 
 
 Ir. an address to the Clergy delivered 13th September, f837, by the Venert- 
 blc Archdeacon of York, (and printed and published immediately afterwards) 
 W8 lind the following observatious. , - 
 
 '* My RivEREND Brethren, 
 
 , " The meeting of the Clergy of the Established Church of this *"rorinee 
 " held jn October last, under iheir Archdeacons, in the absence of the Bishop maV 
 '• with great propriety be considered as an Era in our Ecclesiastical History In 
 " regard 'o annual Convocations nothing material has been effected from the 
 •'.absan re and feeble health o( our late excellent Diocesan. The subject of an 
 " annual Convocation being still in abeyance it was deemed inexpedient to con- 
 " vene a general meeting of the Clergy during the summer, but for the purpose of 
 " procuring brotherly communication and a good understanding among the bre- 
 " thren, the Archdeacon resolved t j meet in their respective Arcndeaconries, and 
 •' by. means of a deputation it was hoped that the same community of opinion and 
 " sentiment would be obtained as if all had assembled in one Body Next 
 'season the Lord Bishop of Montreal will, no doubt extend his visits to thi* 
 " Province for the purpose of exercising his Episcopal fur.ctions and will, in all 
 •'Probability assemble the Clergy, and favor us with his opinion on the subject of 
 " a Cofrvocaiion." 
 
 vii' The subject has remained " in abeyance" but not in oblivion since that 
 time, II Maow again fully brought before the public by theletteis and proposed 
 Bill of Mr. de Blaquiere. The object of the writer of this article is to assist the 
 Clergy ii» forming rheir oJ)inioas. That the Church in this Colony should have 
 the management of its own affairs is the full. Acknowledged persuasion of all. 
 This persuasion (as far as regards the Clergy Reserves) was expressed by petition* 
 to the Legislature in 1845, as may be seen by the following extract from the re- 
 port of a Select Commiltee of the Legiclative Assembly, 
 
 " Committee Room, 10th Feby. 1845. 
 '■n J >f| TheComaiittee to whom: wa» referred the petition of the Church Society • 
 " of the Diocese of Toronto, and other petition* sigjipd by many thousand persons, ' 
 " members of the United. Church, of England and Irelattd, residetit in the said 
 " Diocsse of Toronto and the Diocese of daebpc, praying to have the controul 
 ' »ver, and the disposition and arrangement of their respective shires of the ' 
 ■ Clerjy Rpservps as is eqtiivalent to the proportion of . ilie fdhds assiintdby the 
 

 " Provision of an Act olihe Imperial Purliament passed in lUe founhyear ofHff 
 " Majesty's Reigu, 'or the support of therSurch of England, beg leave respect- 
 " fully to suggest to your Honorable Houw to aa»p« an addrest to Her Must 
 ' Gracious Majesty, beseeching Her Majesty to recommend to the Imperial Par 
 " liamentto amend the said Act, so as to placv at the disposal of the Church oi 
 '* England their share of the <»aid reserves in Upper and Lnw^r c».nada to be 
 •'controlled and managed by the respective incorporated Church Societies at tha 
 " Dioceses of Toronto and Gluebee, 
 
 HENRY SHERWOOD, CAairmtin. 
 It will not be a mi- iter of surprise that the Colonial Church has latp:y at- 
 tracted no small measure of attention, and the necessity of self-govemmeni is 
 Irankly admitted by some of the leading ^bmch periodicals in England. A 
 great increase in the number of our Bishops is also insisted t^n *s involving the 
 full extension and stability of the Church. To send " Pisihops in due nuubers 
 and proportion" to our Colonies is the only way.aays Lord Lyttleton in a speecn 
 lately delivered, tp haye.Clergy. If the " due number and proportion" were '^he 
 standard, Upper Canada ought to huve at least three Bi«»»<ips, as Mr. de B. pro- 
 poses and as the Clergy generally desire. In a review m the Colo-Mai CAurtk 
 CAronic^ for March 1850 of a work on "Church Colonization by Jataes Cecil 
 WynterM. A." we find the following rei^arks Mr. Wynter asserts the right 
 of oar Colonies to self Government; and as a corollary to the proposition, the 
 rigihi of the Colonial Churcb tp self gqvernfrijnt ^Iso. "It 
 ' Bishops draw up its own Canons of practice and discipl 
 " own internal Economy in the Colonies where its work 
 ' ' perfected; otherwise it cannot Colonize itself." This is I 
 opinions now used and expressed by men of high standi; 
 Mr. de B. then is not, in principle, one whit in advance in 
 
 should elect, its own 
 
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 ■rried on and 
 
 ♦heje are the 
 
 Lathomt. 
 
 ind wishes 
 
 of his fellow Churchmen. He deserves the cordial and grau /iks of all 
 
 and althongh the details of his Bill may be objectionable he is not the man to 
 refuse Counsel or conformity to the wishes of the Church fairly and frrnkty ex- 
 pressed. The nomination of Bishops for the Colonies has been relinquished by 
 the Crown ; why the Election should not be as safe in the hands of the Colonists as 
 inthoseof Prelates or Secretaries who know little of our state a^d condition re- 
 mains to be proved. Should any objections be raised to Legislative interference, 
 it may fairly be met by the fact that such interference was sought and obtained in 
 this Colony, in the acts called 'the Church temporalities' and 'Church Societies* acts. 
 Can there be any reasonable ple£ for further delay in this grave and all 
 important matter 1 Our Bishop, Archdeacons an-^ the great Body of the Clergy 
 have given their opinions and advice, it remains that some one should take the 
 initiative— why not the Clerical Societies, or better still the Vesrries of each Par- 
 ish where the views dt wishes of the Laity may be lejjtimately heard and expressed. 
 
 WILLIAM BETTRIDGE. B. D. 
 
 Rector of Woodstock. 
 Rectory Woodstock, 17ih April 1850.