IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) ^cr <>.-*5^ € ^^-^ signifie "A SUIVRE", le symbole V signifie "FIN". Les cartes, planches, tableaux, etc., peuvent dtre filmds d des taux de reduction diffdrents. Lorsque le document est trop grand pour dtre reproduit en un seul clich6, il est film6 A partir de I'angle supdrieur gauche, de gauche d droite. et de haut en bas. en prenant le nombre d'images n^cessaire. Les diagrammes suivanta illustrent la m^thode. D 32 X 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 TIIIO CHURCH 01' EXGLAXl) IN I NEWFOUNDLAND, ! No. 2. I: A ST.\Tr,.MnN'r and i'I'IPly o:.^ * | i! THC:IA3 S. CCILETT, 13^., J. ?.. il jl A RRII:F r.L'Vn.W Oi' p:'M-KvniN-(;s ro.NN'F.CTr.3 pEiiGY AND cH['iu;i i\ THIS Diori::^!:, jl OuTvINt; TilK P.'.sr KHW VF.M'.S. I ' AND or.sr-'.MVATioN's A\;) A i:.')! I i( :.\ -.1, i:--ini,.\Tji: IN CONI-iUMArjoN OV Tili-: KuiiMKil AND IN IiriFU rATION OF Tlii^ ATrAfKS UFON ST. JOilNS. Ni:\VF(iUNDLAND, I-;! ill pniNTi.o i!v .»(!>ri'n wonns. '^ I ■i3i^-^ ii«^ -i g;g-.». j> — >. ._^. >-if?^:Ji'_"iv^;5r';n"i:;;»jrr- ;3 V *^.■V^^?. :■ "W^ THE CHUKCH OF ENGLAND - NEWFOUNDLAND, No. 2. COiNTAININO A STATEMENT AND REPLY OF THOMAS £. COLIETT, ESQ., J. P., A BRIEF REVIEW OF PROCEEDINGS CONNECTED WITH THE CLERGY AND CHURCH IN THIS DIOCESE, DURING THE PAST FEW YEARS, AND OBSERVATIONS AND ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE IN CONFIRMATION OF THE FORMER AND IN REFUTATION OF THE ATTACK^ UPON THEM. ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND, MOCCCLIV. rRINTKO AY J Oder H WOODS, Hfmce* S'*". peiiiiif. C">»ii«nt acta and dSS^ u"'" ""«'', <="'«-ul«u.rf g.i.,.„„.j '-SirH,; ',';■':""' "■■•' «''-'".."j»m« '■■'''■•'''"'«• bf eri siiid 5,- a,iii,„..i!. '"" "*"» iii'ii.rlt will I „ i ' '""""I bo ! . 1 of..T»f„ ""P'lfioii of Hide by ,h9 '0'» »llHt (Jrt. »ur Ciiuicli "usnl of the " f">'»i tha '" of ayin- Jt^rued 111, rfenldJa of ••Xp/illlrt. '"'culuied "l« i;(»n. UKtraiJua »"Pl«/i..d » i loct. " ufrika * a(h«i« nflrrtm. »ibni- of 'iJeiica iiot ba »." h>i» I di^tif . *» lllity !•> Ilia '«. no iiiiiid •wing 'vtiirit «t7>/y. ,> seek a sii.ing where iTo^ k ° P'T"' ""*'"«"' ''aa to -Mr. Whita'a^wUh : .^uke any "hin^^' ^V^'"' " ^°- '-^ i« concerned anuearennlit!.^ """g/z-ce where the Church goe« far to pro^r.he comity' "so f'' ^''"'"^^ '"" «°"'^"« having any Lports of the ChurchS- ?"^ Mr. White not «erl«, I have, and can Droli« ""^'^ '" ^^*^' " ''« «•• during thai Year bearing r ""^ Pfesented to me by h-ni In the^ame^'age he afys'f-f.Thr'' compliment. JrLu. never once soEaht the ritYj |^'«.P«'ent8 of tf.e children children. Mr. wLe hore • rPP''*'f"°'"'^"'"''"P''«™ "^ 'heir baptism of tho;srf.tirn^:'^'«;^^^^^^^^^^^ i was the only person nrei.«,.» ! • u ' ^^•'°' «* 'hough accompanied b/R^ha^dTo Lr llf'^-^'r' '!"' "'« ««««• being iB frequent if more than „««' '"^""^ " ^*"'*''' «'*'«« «» only ^as spou7sZ:!^zriZVZ' i^rwrr'-'' ""« being present assenting, and quite real ti."' ""^ '"" ■wer any questions put to him but «on«^ ^'^ ^. '"' '"' "'" aa 18 stated in his DeclaraS ,i ■ 'T?''*' "'"^ '"erefore, fully proved, and M. Whh;' m ^""' '^ ""' ''*^''"'«»' »""'J» himself out of i ; fiichai^ ColS^^Tr;' '" ""'" *" '^^'^ble -Ws^ndther^^^^^ second one wh ch he £ refi^r' "''"«'«P«'^, by him. and .he Pea^h. WesIey^Mhi as w«, 1 ^'f* T"^ ^^ "'" ^'''' ^'' fraudulently Lets ihnmrl- r ? ' • * ""'j' ' ^^^ Mr. White child by paE off ^i- ^ "f refusing to baptise the ,econ4 could offord, ir while bieih- . " Mr. Collatt littnoat to put free." N,„.v "-•" l"i« wish to «1 destioy the fierpeiual usa oot Society, it 'anied in lieu oment lias to t it was ever > the Church ^ his conduct r. White not iO, ai he as* » me by h''na •nts thereon, tfie chddren to Kichard iom of their >licatioii for }> as though case, being sr, when as lother, one '©. my son to, or a.-j. liierefore, usal stands to quibble ught to St. U.~(Vid6 a mistake lowJedges shiliinga, ii> and the •Rev. Mr. •Ir. White lie iccond m of the ii attack- #«o prrtvod by other pnitics who beard Mr. While's rct'iM il I Is it fiotn thin pubiicily, or bo- caufe such a rofusal niii^ht sHbjucl Mi. Wliiiu tn punitihrneiit by the Canon Law, uhicii if put in forco by the liishup, might cause Mr. Wiiitu's suspoiiHioii ? Or is it, bocuuso In- gram could neitiier bo ciijoluil or iiitiiniilittud. as by most un- wnrihy moans others Iiuth boon? 1 can but smile at Mr. White's attempt to dninnify Mie credit of two of tho »loclar- ants in tlie late Mrs. Kiiby's case; a]th')u<;h some Irnili miiy be attached to the name ot the Cove alluded t*>, where they re- sided, it may bo well to stute, tliitt (hat mime arose i'rorn piiilics who resided there many years before tlio pi-(!io\uu \^ii('ticiul to the juniors of a fumily. ii cuiniol und will not justify .Nir White in Ins 8up|)o»eii iidvaniuno over tju! paiiniM. wlio at nil events have iifV|-li While has, and thut only a t'<-w uft-ks Ninci*. The d inainini; df< claraiit (Mrs Heiiille> he liab not dared to t-ast any itHcction upon, well knowing, 1 prertu-in-, that every Minister who has visited mis Bay lur liic iaai iliiny years, would defend her from impuiHiioti, and to whom hu must ever f'el indulted fur the cimrituble color of his conduct as stutcd in her declaru* tiun. There is oyideully an error in a date in Kirby'e declaration, but of so trifling a nature as scarcely requiring tlie correc- tion, of 1848 for 1849, which error arose in mis-copying the Regislei, in ul! *• .or particulars regarding the child it is perfectly clear ; lio child referied to having been ex- tremely ill was privately baptized in J3eaufet, being of course only one portion of the ceremony, but being refused the completion caused the conveyance of it to Uurin, whore the reniuiniiig portion was performed, as proved by the Kev. Mr. Harvey's letter; as regards Kirby's mistake in the name of the <.fficiaiing clergyman, there being three then in Buriu beaides the Bishop, let Mr. White make the most of it. This division of this service, by the bye, is not as disci edit able as the division of a marriage service in the cliuich ui this place by Mr. White, when the bridegroom, in the middle of it, was /^quired to place the ring and fee upon tho book, and unfor- tunately for him having but one dollar, the Prayer book was closed, the ceremony broken off, and himself dispatched for the remaining three dollars, and lie was obliged t«) return up the Jiittjr to burrow or procure as tiest he could, aod after aomujjay • •!,« .ome ,i„,e |,« U only cnplb o of « N '"' ''•"■'^'- ^' -' » o/ two p,.Mu„s .vl,„ wore cvi" e, V L . . "'""^ ""l-meni. while o..e o/m... Wln..,'rwi,,e,,,^''M*'"';^ ''»''" '*'""*" •.".r« .1.0, I.., Mr. W|,i,e. '^ " " „:u. ri'^"''''"' ''"••^•••o to r.cnvt. i," «..c.|fr,edr«rin ;■'"'''' '^ **'■" «" " ''«•«'•« opr.o.ni..,, ^tr, «W Mr om J/ i/ // ;'"';■' f''""'^''' ill ■ny pers..,, o»,lu.,i,...| ,„ ]^„,,y'' ^^^^^ ';*''"'«'--«'e. 1... al.,enco nf t iM.m.. 1 must inform i.im I. , "'"'"*""• ''"' '""^ * ^'^^n BiHl.np publicly i,,vi^,,,^ I ''•'' "'^':'"i« 14. "ThoLord ie HH I knew i^ wo. CV^e •'";." ir''' "''*' 'i"""' » '« very fi,u._|,i, L,„,,, .j j, ^Jj ^ , ,^ll this eert,.i„|y ,eud. c.nftrrcd ..me iiXW , ' ,i:^'dJj;", ■''••• ^^"''" '-'i ».a»d. aiiiBted in fi b.riw^ fr.Z T'^' ""^ "''"' '"- "^v. deak and Uv« o.. tl^'^clm;" 1^ TJC'^,? .' M '^ '"« •mall I sometime aficr remov«;i .1 V • '•**''® '"''"ff •hem on brackets fa"!:^^. 1^^^: walToveHr " .'",' »''''^«* Jmve remained since ■' I d I 1, ' '• "'"' *'"-*'" »•'»/ tJle8.ick«.ond,henniar ran I .P'-f" "* P«''« of ca... I di.l present ami ffix to i C^'' *'"''.'^" 'r'"^^'"-"" ^l'i«=l» i^ Tn Removed by Ah W bi o ar^rr"";" '"''*' ^^» ""-*••*• I'hich for eoBH • rtiri priivinf M'». Kiiby. nsavritf it >,, f < •tutcmeiiit '■icli iiccdsinn liarles 'i'u||,, '•'•'• Wiirt'a to ^"i)/e«« liir Hit a ilcMittf f'uitlift com. •«tli»T iulfly I f«iaiti'>uii(J it It} I'iiily lemU yef nut one "T |)uriitj» VVtiiio had • iiilifr lo. 'l'"lk iKtVV Hoy oiilie »8 lliniigh cli I lully Jlfiily ex. «l»8i Mr. > liid own > leading! le bt;iiig, J placed lero they > of can* «« wliich 38 there. lirir. rfm8in|..l Ae.ln. "In 1851. aa theBiohnp waa eKppet. rd M B.a„ra ,ho tl.u.d. was clcnncl up. .heell.Iaof c!;E. *vhi. I, hn.I gn.wn ked should we enter upon the question of the im« provement, — ' By all means, let's have a hack at it,' was the general reply ; so I produced the plans and estimate and ex< plained thera, I asked who was to do the work? 'We will,' was promptly answered. Perhaps there will be some« thing too difficult for you, 1 suggested. 'Oh, no, sir;' the builder of the present Church said, there were twonty-eight ' St time comet White and his ibiic with auy replying to it, ling the legal I instance wit- and brought table to them* ence to a bad thing of their re upon this and sorrow* y shape and J Mr, Whit© irch latteijy, vhen its rites ' and others ; escriplion of in the Quar- lion Society, togeiner lost )erfecily ridi- arrange the IS to consult I we have no should meet m day to be Fanuary, they ery hard and voluntary, I )nage. This t the tower, the present people to the ■eed to do.— meeting, the iccounts pas- n of the im- it it,' was the mate and ex< irork ? • We vill be some> no, sir;' the twenty-eight ' men in Harbor Beaufet able to do any thinir. t smiled, and 1 confess I felt pleased with their simple but hearty zeal.-* Where shall I begin the subscription 1 I enquired. Begin with the sun, sir, and go round, was suggested, and so I did begin. The fish i>r cash was promised for the Ist August, the labour for October. I asked how much labour ihcy would give f * We '11 stick to it till it's done, sir ;' c£34 with labiiur were promised at the meeting ; the estimates give ..€58 without wages, about i£100 with ; the feeling was general the meeting most unanimous." Now, after all this bombast, vi'hat has been actually per- ibrraed T Since Mr. White's r 'val in this place, merely a Unhay vestry, about eight fee' juare, put up and not even completed ; whereas, previous to his coming, there was litllo ^ifllculty among us in erecting the Church, Clergyman's dwelling-house, school-room, and teacher's house. The above, to fill up a space in the Report, was only equalled by tjie strange details in the Christian Rcmembrancei of 1850f No. Ixx. under head of " Newfoundland Mission," where the malevolent falsehoods about the " Planter fisherman," and silly twaddle about " the Larder, which con- (ists of an open cask of biscuit in the Bishop's dining-room," cut BO conspicuous a figure. Such thin|(d are got up simply to mislead pious and charitable persons in England. In the proofs and explanations I offer in this publication, I trust my pledge to substantiate all I have advanced will be considered to be redeemed ; and in holding myself ready to meet any further attacks upon my reputation, as truth must and ever will prevail over falsehood. I have no doubt of find* ing at the hands of my fellow Churchmen and the public at large, that favourable consideration which justice may afford, and my conduct merit ; and, disagreeable and painful as my exposure of abuses may have been, I have at least the con* •ciousness of having, in my humble sphere as a sincere well wisher to my Church, endeavoured to do my duty. THOMAS EDWARDS COLLETT. i ":-a ,ts is -v"- • " "^ tl'at the thought of reviowino. ,1 ?•'"'''' '" '''« l^easfs of aU ";.'''d with ,h'o mo^r a'Xj^tL'tf ''''■T'"ff «^-"'« fi'^ S f 'esent a strong cotilrasi To ,?®"""'°"«' «''e more so, as ihev "» I"«viou3 yea?3 '''' '° '''« P««c« and harmony 'enjoye J l-^j;^ l^tj^ny "!;S^KJ°'^ -- ushered i„ .Jth a da.„ «" J with fa%o,frabIe p r^Ss T "^ ^"''' '"^ «"''^-^" Church; for ,he Lord BiZ. '. ^ ^'"^^^ prosperity to thL ot II e b essmg of the Gospel of Ch,U» • ""n'??'?^ «', tl,o fulness c f-ated J, vely satisfaction, and on i!" ' ^ *"' announcement ««'"? year, his Lordship wa "»,'., ^u ""^«' >" ^u'y of iha J"'"y-f l.im to the coumrroJnf '"u- ."°'"'^'^' addresses wel! flock in St'^T ? I's^ ^'^f-",^on'f;^::''r P"T'^^ * "'^ «;)CK in bt. John's, creetino. hi^ • . ™ '"® members of hi. '^"'•J'H-ss. that he cSd "f,'';V"' "" ">"«='• warmth and «u; f'nze and «ratif5ca" on a[ far'' ^^P'"«««'"» '"» extreme •"a'-'festt-d such a decree nft •,• ^^'"^ ''me his Lordal^n «<---'"sioM, that all werj eh- •'" •"^' '"^«''"^'«3, and cZ? •'--selves on IhewlZjZTnt U:V'"' '''' -'"-S J3"t«hisfair. promising, /r "«^ *•"'''* ^'«''^P. jpeed.l, were tl£ hope?.Lt b^3 .?' '^ ^'"'^^ duration.'^and forebodings of a dark ar, Xo^t n " ^"'"^^ converted ituo 'l>ree months from the day of ,^1!^"' ' *'"' ^"'"■» 'es^S old Church, endearedlotheo I ^ ' ^^'''^'^ ""'"^ of the I the Dioceao of 9 8o replete with ujd Laity— .win, regatians^wlth ' hand, and now on the other,— ommiinities: and '»e breasts of all, ? events fills the nore su, as they irniony enjoyed in with a cJawn ' and good-will, "periiy to thv out to the Dio. ill the fulness announcement in July of the addresses wel- "esetued to his Joibers of hi, I warmth and g his extreme bis Lordship 3. and conda. Jon^raiulated a Uishup. Juration, and Jnverted into tliin less than ind of «• axes walls of ihe <»U8fuid fond '«'e<,f." and J interior- outrage tha •1 i 1 U frelinga of the people, that ho was able to announce to Ins Clfigy, assemMed shortly uAei wards for the Visitation, that "the Pulpit, Reading pow, and Clerk's dtsk," because they ••very much obstructed the view towards the East, and Ihiew all th3 services of the Holy Table into tho shade," had been removed elsewhere. Hesides, his Lordship, in imitaiiou of the Bishops' Thrones in the English Caliiedrals, had erect- ed a raised beat for himself, plarinsa: "ver his head the sound- ing-board from the Pulpit, where it had echoed messages of peace for years preceding; this has since been lookeJ°upon as very significant of what was to follow, for, from that day to this, the preaching of tiie pure unadulterated (Jospel, as Lvangelicul Churchmen view it, has been discountenanced, and III heu thereof the extreme views of the Exeter School have beeti constantly poured into the ears of the congreortion of which was printed '• at the request and for the use of the Clergy," to whom alone it was given. This document demands the utmost attention, as to it may be traced many of the disturbances that have distracted this unhappy Diocese and tho source from whence the Ministers received strict instruclicns to guide them in conducting the services of the Church, and it is easy to judge from it on whom rests the chief blame ot all attempts made to enforce Tractarian prac- tice8.--.(ior vauous extract from thi Charge see Appen- dix, No. 6.) "^^ Not long after tbeVi8ilation,the Bishop left Newfoundland *i'v ,T^"'^?"""S "hat winter (1S44-6), the Congregation ,ot i?t. John B Church was in a very pertu.bed slate, in con- aequence of ftlr. Bridge's persisting in carrying out all the Bishop s recomnriei.datio.is. True, only a few intmbLrs an- peaied actively in opposition to their minister, but liie .neat majjiiiy, who, for various reasons, leirained from nul^lidv avowing thcu- scniimeuts, sccrcUy dieliked and disapproved 01 mo umavHiioiis. ' ^ I t 'if It In the month of Febmarv ia>i« i Parishioner, was held ir/.'. ^' ' ]«^«« »««Jng of th« several pe*.....Uer. ^ ,'h"e iCc^ f ' '"'*''"■'">«" f-'o™ -ome ^.re desirous lh« Mr BrTdJI'^"?; •" ""•* "•««'"« ponunity of beating a?etrSft?r'^'"?V'^*''"« "'«««»'« up. *»{•« victory ,o the ^^p'TgjZy^^^^^^^ i"g his .-ifice. «8 he wcTm r ' T**"*** *"■ "'l«"'i'>n of resign* %;ere designated Ao^:: sinrdotrri:::r''"u'' ^to favour wLt (Marrh 81m) neisons wer« l-IL- FE.*° ^°°<* ^''d«/ for an expl..i.,n. when . e LC of aTtfe ""%""^ '''''' turned i4i this portion of l.;« iv! \ *"" confusion, re- «;■ a part of lis X L hilifv I'.T '** •""^""'^ ^'••- -Bndga May vvasheJdalarJS L^.f .1 T'^'?r ^" '^^ 19'«i the Bishop deiiverera.rLdd .^;f„i''*' Panshioners. to whorti "P a» the contend Sorn'siu^^^^^^ ^i2:~theu8eof theSurXe'in ,»1 .^•'^^P'*"" "^ ""* vice, for permission to comLS i Jj l^t' ". *"''•""« ""r^ pneuus aVd beseeching awe"""' '^^ "** ^^ «^'***^» "' «<*t do?hro:eVt?h:;a?tt'V£'"£"V*"^'^ ^''-^^ * publicion in (he Record Newsn.^f'°?^V'*"'='""^' ^^a' th» 1846. of a letter byTcieZlT "^ '^^ ^^."^ November. «o.aaining. among ithlsriE ?;;?"** '•" ^ewrfoundland to his Lordship-" he conVantl!nr\°'*^^^ '° reference •ary act iu orSer to tbS^veflaSi^*'', ^''^'"* •" » "«««! jectites those Clergy who j J /mr^il*'^"'!-" "He per. *^ 0.0 .o.u-te s,:dtt=U'^,/^^s;^,p-j meeting ot th« equiaition froia at that meeting mraediately re> ». whilst oiliersf suit of a reftfi- Xiordahi^'g re- lateArchbiaho|» ivate opiniung'* trover ted ques* g them the upk lie appeuratice T approached^ tion of resiguk > favour what Good Friday irch whenever BcUcea. Thtt ion and read/ confusion, re^ e Mr. Bridge On the ISth era, to whoib ited) yielding tion of one, morning sefr ;ads in moat <<> tliroiv (1 ng, was this 1 November, vvfoundland, io referencis I au a neee«> "He per. iloctriue of rJews of tiM \b% « dufft. > loth J^ebr Hip, deprd* etting that 13 In his Vepty, hia Lordahip uti'^ri^J not one word to lead the gentlemen proaenling the A'iJrpss to believe the charges in any pai't or measure triiB— on the contrary, hin Lordiiliiu deacribea the contents of the letter an " rniltni; accusalinna" against him, l.

iieriitii' poor gooii old mtes, occasionud isastroua resulia, iii cuusinij many iiimovud by Bucti ;u, to which ullu. ected your attnn- Kosof iljoClmrch, B (!!!) and 1 will uctidos (!) 1 then "t His L)rd!«hi|» B opfiosiiioD had >!' it. he inioriiied ^cqAined people'^ duur ui thoApus- lal services, hia lier from these tliat wo should order and uui. and rigorously ce upoa their 5. P. G. for ma. )ur Grace, until fyi siinpliciry of .—for rectitude ta Miaisterfaas es— he was, ia that selfish sor* fur disiulerust* But hnbued as id learning ndd ) coosequeiices itig ductriues, i siuce passed ird. lis subject, as »rence tu the re, tbeltttiica 15 unwilling people tho olwervanco fircfrem)nia8 to which they liad Bliuwn iheirnitire di»-ippn>val, aixl striving witli pereevcr- ing energy \>t \\'\ Un th* brwachos alroa ly exiHiing — and thid, with the full knowledgo that th«j r(F)rtH oi WinisttTi to carry out hift inxtiuctiiini, liad created strifos and disseti»i.His of n m)st lamentablo clnracter, and that aevt-ra) of them were dijinclined to fo!iow his directions, and so raise their Parishioners agiinit ihona. —Happy Nowft.iindland ! in pos- •osning m quiet, loving, and peaceable a Bishop. In 1849 the Bishop delivered a Charge in Bermuda, after- wards published here and distributed among some of the Clergy, if nut all, in Newfoundland. From this document it is evident his Lordship has grown bolder, as he proceeda to advise the introduction of mote Tractariun novel'.iea.— The following is a quotation, page 20 :— " What were the ornamenta of the Churches] in England w« hove learnt rather by traditionary custom than by order and enu« nieration. I siiall mention only tliose which have already beea adujjted in some one or more of your Churches— (1 )— The • Sucrad Monagrnin with the doss,' is common io the English Churches on the Pulpit and pulpit hangings, but more frequently and properly on the Altar cloth and Sacrameotal pinte. {2)— Two lights, of coui-se, on candlesticks, were set on the Altar (!i!) by the injuup- tions of Edward the Sixth, (which iiijunctioos were ratified by the Act of Uniformity that passed soon iifter the Heformntion) as a slg. nificaot ceremony to represent the light which Chrisi'a Gospel brought into tho world. (3)-Pictuies of Apostles and Evangelists. (4)— Pidnlings in tho windows of Scriptund subjects. (5)— ScroMa of Scripture language. (6)— Carved work on the Screen of the Chiincel. These are the ornaments of Churches most common in England, and adopted some in this, some in that Paiish in Bermu* da ; and I heartily toish they were adopted, xcith due hcnor, in all. I could meniion uthei-s of Jrequent occurrence at home ; but we may be satisfied with what your own Churches supply, and escape. 1 trust, all charge of innovation." Capital! Be it well observed, what things the Bishop «• heartily wishes were adopted in all Churches," the Sacred Montigram with tho Cross, the two Candles burning. Pictures, Paintings, bcrolls, Screens to the Charrcels, with carved work, arrd other things hesides, not mentioned. Mark, also, his Lordship's language • how he styles the Table the "Altar," a term not to bo fouud in our Prayer Book as applied to the Communion Table, and tow he recommetrds " due honor " to be paid to t.iese things ; ^•ho could, after this, doubt the tendency of his Lordship'a' principles ? If there bo an " Altar," there must bo also a • awrificing^ Pr iest, atid a eacrifico to be offered, and iu t^e Churci'. of Uoiao Uicso are proieeeouiy to be fouud j for ill ' ! eeeJing from his Lonlship. cnn it^be'a.w m" .er . f ° ^'•"* hat young njen. .e way ao that the face, of the Con- gregation are all directed toward* the upper or East end. thd backs 8o low as not to interrupt the view V any pemon look, ing^up to the EMt.".-the pul/u ea the North .iSH^Jitr I I thf>rn tlip •« Prifsf lovc ilie loaniiigs of jions of di'fliio prn- maiter of aiirpriso haiiclg, or Deacons, "g a removal to a lie Ills Lor»ls»ln|,'» 8 tlieso formsi and iaiies" were adopt- ly would appear, . on whom these lOrdship's appoint* J the town of St. furtutiato cii-cuni' lelieved him from te proprietorship Hf. For the pur* Enghsh public to t out in Sepiem- amount of about the •• ere" fmuJ^. eviousiy on hund, Church Society, y" •* received in Cathedral, but in ' the edifice was ngly conaecrated le Great Fire, as r I he Bishop. It is own plan, freo iling Commiiiea iplaint0 ur claims rd to symholism, • ably with his own I to be found •• a imWest to East, or othei euclqa* 1C08 of the Coa> )r East end, tbd ny person look- h fidtt— M«ts or I I 11 •tnlln for Clergy and choriaters on an elevated platf.irm at the East end, and looking NoKh and South-— a Lectern— the Altar, raised on eteps, with two Caudleslicks. and a book standing in the centre bearing a cross on the back, (an excel- lent mode of gradually accustoming the Congregation to tho eight of the Cross) — that uncanonical piece of furniture, the Credence Table— windows with figures of the Apostlos— the prayers slightly intoned— surplice in the pulpit at morn- ing service— notices given of Fasts, Vigils, and Festivals- daily prayers, morning and evening— Communion every Sunday morning at 8 o'clock, excepting the first Sunday in the month.* ' Only a comparatively small portion of the contemplated Cathedral 18 erected- only sufficient for holding service, and not capable of containing more than the oM Church— no towers— no choir- no chancel— no gallery. When so little was accomplished, with such large funds, an account of theif disposal was looked for with much anxiety by the public, but as yet it has not been given. r » The attention of the reader is directed to a Letter from thoLord Bishop to the Churchwardens, soon after the conse- * Reflections upon the various innovations recommended and in- troduced into the (Jhurch in ihia Island, reminds cue of the accu- sntions against Archbishop Laud. who. in 1644, was impeached, tried, and condemned to death, for high treason. A few of these accusations are here briefly summed up: The Archbishop was accused of having •• set up in GlassWiodows Images and PicTiraEs- Z?ln-l l^}^"" -^"'"c'"'' Articles of Religion. Homilies, and the Jlh/^^^ ?°''""^ ?^ '^If, ^''''"'■•^'' "^' K"g'^»d 5" »f having .. fur! Dished th» Communion Table with two great silver Cundteslickl with taper, m them;" ol having ..introduced a credeS o ,ide table whereon the Bread and Wine, intended to be conse ra ed a, the bac ament, were first placed, with a great deal of solemnity :'' ^utn "r"« V'"''^''^'''f'* the frequent and powerful preaching of be naTf A V'',"'"! '''T" '''"' °"« "^ »'^« chief offences^a the pait of Archbishop Laud, was bis endeavour, by means of these fni «v«rv ?Iv "• A'""^"!"""""' i« « system sui generis, and is becom- mg every day more and more distinct, possessing neither the com- S>,'"f"'""^' '^T''^' ""'• ^""««'y of RoLnism to ivcom- mend u to favour, and is the growth of but a few years :-it is of a niongrel species, belonging neither to Romanism n^o. Pr^estm tis.n" and Its dishonesty stands out in bold relief, inasmuch as it « ves neJl mission, indeed sanction, to men to retain and enjoy the aZtase. ff is;: I 1 I H a. it. ' 1 1 -i L , u «T8tion of the CatJiedral J,. ,.«f ' of the manner in which mo?tL P'!'""'''"""". as an examr>l« • proof of the consTSy pCt r/r U^!"" . exatnpio y Higli Chmcl.mon •— liere. The •• ri .1. ' ' « ricli mom- -> lememher, that "they '"rch wuliout any coat . o*" assessmentei of any torvvuicjs am i.,/i,rmej, llWy collection, are *a;. V/Zieir accommodation, ('liurch." "iJeaisare Jimodation. There is s.Mon of a Beat, "—yet H'vvn ofTetjgively to re- from the seats they •ooni for their betters J been de.iird the use because certain pay. karate the poor from wealthy and zealous ere placed in agree- \ e seen and heard— ' lumble, are, like the ague glimpse of the ' Minister's voice, so ition { .; • which the persons, ations, must belong. ' gallon^ of St. Tiio. < John's, have ever I ich they have been f fiances, and denied I nes they regarded f lujcipies by the ad- I ■dral, they no long. | ft an attempt, made f . the late Kev. Mr. j y, as was well un- In to adJreM pr«aented to Mr. Ulackman, (vide Apftendiic, No 6), whilst — '• Acknowledging the services of the Rev. Gentlemen, who, dur. Ing hii4 illneBs. Irom time to time ofTicinled lor him," they "nt the SHn.e time begged leave to express their doep regret that soma of them should have introduced changes in the mode of cunductinK Divine service nt St. Thomas's, to which they had beon long ac- cuitomed " In a more emphatic manner they proceed fo say :— . •'ThMB InnovHlioiis we view wiih feeliugs of dissaiisfaclion, moro •Bpecially the practice of preaching in the Surplice, to which wa «ntertain no aversion, from its nssdciation with a paity which has done, and is Hoini,'. incalculalde mischief in the Church, and with feelings of pain, in as much as it must havo been well known that such R departure from the customary tnoda of conducting Diviue service, would be generally offousive to the congregation."* ^ NotwUhstandintr this plain and decided statement of their Tiews, signed by 53 of the principal members of the contra* gatiun. and the declaration of Mr. Blackmati (the Incumbunt), that these " views entirely coincided with his own," Arcluleal eon Bridge, with an effronteiy little becoming a minister of the Gospel, ventured soon afterwards into the pulpit with his Surplice. Still moro recently he has repeated tiie offence, but received such intimation that, notwithstanding all ihe temerity of his disposition, lie has at length felt obliged to Auccomb and preach in the gown. The month of October, 1845, is memorable as the period when the Lord Bishop publiaiied those directions regardin? collections for the Church Society, which have produced the most baneful results. In a Circular, dated the 28th of tba same month, his Lordship addressed himself upon this sub. ject, in most peremptory language, to the Clergy, leaving them no other alternative than to enforce tbo propo.sed system upon their congregations, or be regarded as diaobedieut to Iheir Bishop. And it is deserving of notice, as indicating the arbitrary and absolute manner in which tlie " Plan " was thrust' upon the whole body of Churchmen, that the Clergy were not consulted on its expediency, or their willingness to undertake the duty imposed upon them, nor the Laity on their ability, or their disposition, to contribute the required * The matter was referrad to the Bishop, who replied, by Letter, to the Attorney General, whose answer bis Lordshiti wiM «ave eaute loag to remember. I'll to amouia. Neither Pu.— "PI""," hia Lo..d«,i^ wrote Cad^Mr^ ''P^^'^""^' ^"^'h: «o put u in opcratio.!^ i„ your Zln " ''""^•' " ^'^'">'you your colJections may be. a^L^ J' " \ "■'^,''''' " '^''«'«'«r Jreasuror of the Church Sud^v •' n "^^ i^'^ "^ °'- ">« ". the machinery „f ,ho nlan . { ' —"g"'" " For this," that 'nennt by this ter'n. f) 'm.S •;* t'r Sr!'';/^^" ^ -^.H,' -they mmt carry it into operation- (\?^^' ^^''^ ''""' '^'^^^^re njend.ng the Clergy ,o aCc ate ti?e P."'^?'"'"'^^ '•««°'"' others With them, in ma\Z7T^ ,, <^ '"•'cl'vvatdens. and ' -a.d "but^.«W//...r,a^^^^^^^^ '''^ Lordship •tood under this j.hrase?) <• look to vm/'^ "^ '° ^« ""d««- port and ,e.urns of the col e ^3' "tS '"' '"'"^^ '^'^ >•«- lected was. "at the rate of fives ihnJi '"*'""' '° ^^ col- a week, per head, from each and evefv rVT' ""' """ P«""y and young." Where did the BisJ^on f ' 'l'- "^^^^^r, old J'upose this tax upon "each nfi ^ '^^^.''^^ '''^ authority to Jjd young;., No^t Lm'S C 'mSe'^tr'' '"^^l'-' "'^ of It. nor irom Sir J«h„ Harvey the tff; i" "^^^'* '^'•^«"'t ciety. who. in hi, address, onfv^^ronn i" ^*'^'"" ^^ '^e So- nual contribution to be nai,?K„ P'^°P''«ed "some trifling an- -ouldbogladtosee aj;1uiro77h:f'^''"'l'-'' ^W demand ,s sanctioned, and to hav« ^""^^'J^. therein ihij Commujee.. allowed and a'ppl^ye'r^crr/X". ''" "^^ the'dtJ^Xatu^rtir:?^ -mp . . Uh . was doubted ;" no? wo e"hev ''•'::' "^^ °^ ''^"' J ' atiy other than the approved mL ^""" «^ 'o contribute ij ^ J^ Bishop. .. all oZ7o'C^oVs''t'' ^'"^'^^•' ^••- ««i5 ^ Clergyman. »»tt,^. ai ,he close of ?f.«.' •" P^^™*"' «o, the That the contribution by Z nj^ /''••• <^ together cea^e.'* | compulsorily exacted, is evident ft orS rh T . ""^"'^^^ '" be I S^^ptember. 1846. wherein htlo Sin '1''"^'" ''''''^^^' "^ i three years, the ^«^;«^«,, can fardTvt ."^••/' "i "'« «'"^ "^ ' I -a., .hat, though the Churc:;^ b^Set^'j^ltS; 0. nor il,e,r ropresenfa- nw or oven u, ex pre,, Jf"f^'l"y; but I,i8 iTord. «'> the ComrniltoB of «8pon.ibIe body), who, ^ "; . 0"J then, in I i^ '0 l)i« suboidinalos, tbu .afowexfract«f.omtl., ralo. Speakui.^ of th© ssionary. ../^,,„y „y ; —again, •• whatever 'turned to me or the »ga|n"Forihi8."that J'ch" (who or what is "^gy> they mutt declare CO more, after recom. \ ^churchwardens, and actions, hia Lordship wlio are to be undei!. and require it of you •Hi. and make the re- he amount to be col. a year, or one penny church member, old !;>ve his authority to church member, old who never dreamt n Patron of the So. "some trifling an. remember." Many jciety wherein this oof given that tha ^ ("'Stem." '' to comp " V jth \ ••' ioUl or liberality I ;*o. contribute ia | MiiiMters, for. said '' r payment to, the '* altogether cease:* | 18 intended to be I ishop's circular of \ Id. •• at the end ,)f J sidered voluntary, ! >sed against noue. 21 and the poor and destitute will er«T bo niinislored tu ch«*r. fully, without codt or charge, yet o/Urit can hardly vrpert the viaitaqf a C/ergyman, or the ofirfg <,f the Church, who do not make their due and required contrihufions:' and that the Clergy fully imderstood tiio Hithnp's iiistruclions in their cmmnii act /,)iation, is evident from a C«iri08|)on(lence betw«?en J. B. HiKhmore, Eaq. and the Rev. James (iih-.hrial, on the Buhject of the latter's refusal to baptize his child. ' Greenspond, \»t April, 1848. Rrv. SiR-I sent you a verbnl mnomtno, lequegling you would be kind enouRh toclirislen my littlo child in the course of the morniug, which you hitve, I ti„d, rnfuied to do. I now b.'^ leiive to enquire, on what grounds you rt-fusH to comply with my it-queBt. You will be good enough to remember, that 1 have not iofu»ed you th« eeo- erul tee for such an occaitiuu, whutever it may be. Youis, J. B. HIGHMORE. Greenspond, 1st Aprd, 1848. Sin— I bfl^ to Inform you, that the only lenson I have for refusinir 1 1 bnptize your child, is simply because you contribute uothiac to the suppoit of the Church. * You will please take notice, that there is no such thing as a •' geoerallee," nor any fee at all for baptism, in this place, though such IS the custom iu most other pluces in the Island. All that is required from the members of the Church, is simply to accede to the wishes of the Lord Bishop of the Diocese, by becoming sub. ecribers to the Church Society, every man according to his ability. iJo you become such subscriber, and you may be certain that you will never be denied the services of the Church to which you pro- fess to belong. ^ ^ Necessity has compelled me to adopt such a course ; but not without kuowing the mind of my Bishop, to whom I am to send collect"** ^ "'^ "''"'^ " '^®'^'"^*'* °°^ ^''^ '" ^®^^) ■" ''»"* * cau 1 remain, yours truly, T p „. . ^ JAML:S GILCHRIST. J. D. Highmore, Esq. T ^j ^u® ,'* «<=«''cely a man in the whole Island who, in his Liordship s estimation, is so poor and destitute as to be unable to make the required contribution, and therefore scarcely one ot whom It migl t not be sternly exacted by denial of the Church 8 ordinances, in case of refusal, as poor Ingram's case testifies.— Vide former Pamphlet, page 10 It may be proper to pause here, for a moment, and enquire into the cause of this " Plan " being proposed, and of these •>«) t! Hil !1 cojunh^ions of .heir congregation: ard"aM'^n''rm^^^^^^ rally to then- own use, without beinir called n.r,!- account of. the sums they received S. ^"- l"^ and distHq»«r..l .« „ ^ rece yea. J hu was unsuitab a ana uistastetul to a man ambitious of power intolnmn* r any obMruc.ion to the prom..iion of hi, ?ecu ia'r v^Jr -d seeking to have every one compIet.>Iv subi^n 1.1^7 ■ non; therefore, the .Jid system ^of pl^in^^re'^Vr';; 'jS f 1 A ^^/""^^""g '«>- 'he Chu.ch Society, muft^be abo ished. and there muat be created a nevv "kT' Xrebl every Clergyman was required to account forViS ar^u, t of tbrBi hoo '" B.!t1 ^'r? '• ""•^^'' "^^ ^"'« administS of the Bishop But by that lime it was discovered that the in- troduction of Iractar.an novelties and principles had created some alarm and offence among the Laity^artd it vvas na turally suspected thnt they would be unwilling to c n ribVte especiully so niucli as was required, to those Clerg^me . who attempted to bring in Puseyite innovations, and^nie^he authority given them to deny the offices of the C huJch to such contumacious individuals as objected to pay the tax. It is necessary, now, to turn to circumstances of more re- cent occurrence. Acting upon the principles laid d^n Jv and utide, the orde.s of his superio.s. the Rev. Mr White* a Missionary Bt Beaufet, a remite place 150 m les fro^ ^r John's, influenced either by more zeal or less disci^t m" ht * acme of his brethren, refused the Sacraments of the Churd. both Baptism and the Lord's Supper, to various members of his Congregation, on the express^round that t^ey did !,ot contribute the required subscripiiL to the funds of ho Church Society, and after some expostulation by M. Collltt one of t^ie members of his Congregation, with Mr. White from which no satisfaction was derived. Mr. Coli;tt; vory properly, brought the matter before the Bishop ^ The Bishop's Reply (vide Church of England in New- stated by Mr. Colleit, and sustained Mr. White ia reSine the Sacratnents of the Church to the Laity, for no'paymetrt of their subscriptions to the Church Society, at St. JoVr" Finding, that under such a tyrannical and unscriptural sva tern, there was •' no security for the rites of the CI cl bS ^uiy admiinstero.l to its members." and thai a - ., I . ^ riaced acroos the door of the Chnid, to oXnt t « , ?'' "'"' -rf Children, by Baptism," MrX^oUetb^'^^rir'XKr Dovvn to that perioj, Ueclinjj the voluntary 1 applying them seve- lied on to give any I'liis was unsuitable power, intolerant of peculiar views, and ibjf'ct tc» his d(»iiiina- ? tlie Clergy, as well >cieiy. muMt be abol- w " Plan," whereby nt for the amount of >le administration of covered that the in- iricipiea bad created aify, and it was na- 'illing to contribute, lose Clergymen who lions, and hence the 3 of thd Church to 1 to pay the tax. stances of more re- :ipl«!S laid down by, le Rev. Mr. White, 150 miles from ^St* less discretion than Jnts of the Cliurcb, ■arious members of 1 that they did not the funds of the lion by Mr. Collett, , with Mr. White, ; Mr. Collett, very ishop. England in New- if the Charges as White ill refusing ', for non payment y. at St. John's. 1 unscriptural sys. fthe Cliiiich beiri<» lat a •' loll bar was ?vonl the entrnnce ;ut the wbule mat- 23 ter befiire tbe Public, and appealed to the members of bis Church, both hero and in the parent Country, adducing fur» (her proofs of repeateJ refusals of tlie Sacraments of the ; Church to the Laity. or course, Mr. P dlett has been visited with a full measure of odium theologic im. The base slander— the unworthy do- tracJion— the ma icious whisper— and the false aspersion— j> have not been v anting to attack liis character. Aye, and they have been applied too by those, whose professed duties 8hould have taugiit them better — by those wlio should make their practice better agree with their precepts — and who, while they liave the name of charity so frequently on their lips, ought, by their conduct, to ail'ord evidence that they possess its substance in their hearts. i That some persons have followed in the track of their con- 1 science-keepers, is not to be wondered at. The weak minded and the lukewarn, in matteis of religion, are prone to shel- ter themselves under the aegis oi' authority. Some who know bettor, think it respectable to be allied to High (.'hurch prin- ciples, and to follow in the wake of High Church Dignitaries, whatever their course may be ; and all these are ready to echo the voices of their leaders, and cry. Wolf, at an honest watch-dog, if he sound his wakeful voice, to warn the Fold of its danger. The charges contained in the Pamphlet, having the proofs adduced in ttieir support, may be briefly conipiised as under: IstanJSd — Refusal of Mr. WhitetoHiipiizeRichardCullelt and Samuel Masters' infants. 3d — Refusal of Mr. White to Baptize Kirby's child. 4th— Rt fusal of Mr. While toad- minister the Sacraments to Mrs Kirby, previous to her death, without paiticuiar confession of her sins! otii — Refusal of Mr, White to Raplize Geoige Ingram's child, (page 10) until Ingram engaged to pay a qiiintal of fish, and until lie worked in the gr.iunds of Mr. White, to the value of five shillings. Gib — Refusal of Mr. \Vliite to allow Mr. Collett, and four members of his fumiIy,to receive the Sacrament. 7th — That Mr. White had two new mould candles placed over the Communion Table, and none in the other pHrts of the Church. In addition to these charges, of which the proofs were ad- duced, there were other chiirges as to Traclarian forms and emblems, Ifitely introduced into various Churches in this Diocese, which are not denied, but can be proved if neces- sarv. ! I F ';• 34 f^.'^t'^p" al^-^.the charge of Missionaries of ihe Societr waptism oi We.-leysn Ministers. For instance iIih AU- ..o.ary of the S. P. G. at Lumaline. Mr. Roz er is cha Jii wul. baptising persons, who were already banHse/ bV Wea^ leyan Ministers, years before any Church of Erlnd Clel. This charge is not. anJ cannot, be denied, any more than other charges of misconduct, against the ssml M ITd « Ofjw?' '"'''"''^ ""'''' '""^'^'^ »>« TracTadauTsm »,n?^ f a™Pj>et. containing these various charges, it ;. ems. having been brought^ as they state, under the not ce of S Coniraittee of the Church Society, they submitted ihLto tdT:T'""f'^''\ '"Sal adviserJ. Messrs. Robila and Hoyles ; and, singular to say. although these gentlemen report, that they have investigated the charges, they refeT'o bree only out of the whole number, and one of these three they greatly pervert and misstate. «J^u ^'f ''^";^" ''J^y '■^^*''' ^"' *•«'«*«« t" K^by'a child, the liff h "^ "I'' '^T ^''^ ^^"" ^"y '•«f"«^' "f Baptism-- the child haying been already privately baptized: but. they do not say that Mr. Whi.e had not refLed U,e public ch is. ten.ng or reception into .he Church, which it appear., was the ceremony performed at Burin, though Kirby. an ignorant man. called it "Baptism." Well, if Ki.by, or hi! wife rrr?r,h'1-/'' '^^^"'^ christening, and In consequence IVr? fJ^^^'^u '" ^"J'"' •"'^ ''«" ihe learned Counsel fairly say the charge substantially is disproved ? They find a trifling flaw in the Indictment, and Lawyer like, they avail themselves of it without any merits for the benefit of then client. ^ i»o As regards the sponsors "residing atBurin." of course they did. How could fvirby and his wife, who were paupers, prevail upon godfathers and godmothers, from Beaufet. to accompany them, sixty miles, in an open boat to Burin ? Do the learned gentlemen think it was a party of pleasure on which they carried their child so great a distance upon the open sea. or that they v/ould have tiavelled so far if they could have had the ceremony performed in their own Harbor? The second charge, referred to by the Counsel, relates to the refusal of Mr. White to administer the Sacrament to Mrs. Kuby (the mother of the child just referred Uy,) with-iut con- •aries of the Society aiing 88 a nullity the r instance, the AJis- r. Kozier, is chntfired tly baptised by Wes- ch of England Clen- ch previous bapii»tn ied, any more than e same enlightened i his TraGlariauistn 18 charges, Jr ; ems, r the notice of ths submitted ihem to Messrs. Robinson jh these gentlemen arges, they refer to one of these three to Kirby'a child, jfuaai of Baptism aptized ; but, they J the public chris- h it appears, was Kirby, an ignorant rby, or his wife, d in consequence learned Counsel )ved ? ent, and Lawyer my merits for the n," of course they ho were paupers, from Beaufet, to »at to Buriu ? Do ty of pleasure on distance upon the ed so far if they heir own Harbor? ounsel, relates to acrament to Mrs. io,) without COD' nt It i6 ffession, &c. ; and ihey appear to rest their conclusion thai i iia unfounded, upon Mr. White's own state-rnpiit, and, ilie cer lificfJtes of Mary Embpily and Frances Biiiton. N(iw, tlia latter is lemarkable only for an incredible statement of what she could not possibly know, " that Mr. White never asked hei (the deceased) to confess her sins, or denied giving her the Sacrament " And though Emberly states, that in her last moments the deceased wished Mr. White to bo sent for ._.and that her husband would not go for him, and that she (I!.mberly) was so overcome by the scone that she went !l""«^.-'' ^^^ be asked why Emberly herself did not call . ; ,11 '"'r^' t^ *=^""' ^^«'" ^''"'■"y after, at ten or eleven ^o clock, Mrs. Kirby having just died. % Mr. White stales, that he sedulously attended the deceased during her illness, from the 1st of February until her death. 4n April, and upon his own etatement. his delay in adminis- tering the Sacrament to this poor and humble woman is hard t^o^reconcde with the principles of Christian charity or clerical But in confirmation of the charges against him, are the C .rr ?7^TT' "f^S^"'"^! K"by. Bridget Bendle and CharlesTulk. (vide - Church of England in Newfoundland.'' jages 8 and 9) taken rnore than /Wo years ago, when U^e ^rcumstances were fresh in the memory oi the wft. esses ; and hough referring to different .imes, thej all agree in confi-^a. ^I.onofthe charges, that Mr. While requirad 4 particular cml th?r' ^"i '^'' " : ''^""'"^ '" aclministertl/eSacrament o the deceased;" and there is the fur.her declaration of Mary 1 ulk (videAppendix. No. 9,) taken last February, now pS .shed, and corroborative of .he other three Declarations'^ as to Mr. White s refusal to administer the Sacrament These t)oclaral,on.s, if unlrue. wo.ld subject the partes who made €a>,e. mcy would well deserve ; but as the mailer stin.lv, t:rXiz^r'" '""■ "■» -"-'- p-3'ii '.si: ♦.fl'tW'''?.'!!'*''^"'' ««'*»«f«'J by the learned Gentlemen is to hght candle., dunng the day, i„ tho Church in Beaufet Plnddl".^"™"""""''"^''^' -'"«'' M- White ai!;Z!:i L m«^ r '^^V^*"^ "^'y ""^'^« "^ the learned Counsel so to magnify and pervert the charge, as made by Mr. Sleu I)id they really see his charge with their owu eyes or iad I 26 thrnugh the mngnifying lenses of their Ecclesiastical Assia- lant 1 Let Mr. Cc»llett'» own words speak for ihemselvts, in his letter lo Mr. White, " when you prove thHre were not two new mould candles, placed over the Communion Table, and none, at the same time, placed in the other usual places, &c." (Vide Church of England in Newfoundland, page 15.) But where is the charge to be found, " thai the Bishop de- sired Mr. Wliite to light candles in theday time, &c." 1 Was this said by the learned Counsel, to use their own words, '' with a knowledge of its falsehood " 1 In common charity it is to be hoped not, but even treating it as a blunder, il may be fairly taken as a criteiiim of the value of this legal Opinion. Had it not been asked, or given, perhaps John Hollctt's Declaration, (vide Appendix No. 4) might not have made its appearance, and the extract from the Bishop's . Bermuda Charge of 1849, (ante page 15) referring to the *' two lights set on the Altar," which (among other things) the 'Bishop wished " might be adopted with due honor in all" (Churches), would have been deprived of half its signifi- cancy. Here (in Newfoundland) it seems the Bishop's legal Advisers, would consider the imputation of a penchant on his part for "lighted candles," as a •• gross libel" upon him, to be avenged by the infliction of their legal Tulons upon the character and veracity of the unfortunate person who might make it. In Bermuda, in the same diocese, the opposite etatement would be a libel ! But the " legal Opinion" is not more remarkable for what it contains, than for what it does not contain. Though it proposes to deal with the whole Pamphlet, and in true ex Cathedra style, pronounces not only " that the charges are groundless," but with a coolness (might it be said an inso- lence ?) truly professional, adds " that they must have been published with a knowledge of their falsehood ;" yet it is iinw abundantly evident, that this " Opinion" does not even allude to one quarter of the charges contained in the Pamph- let. To Nos. 1, 2, 5, and 6, no discernible reference is made, < any more than as though such charges did not exist, and the } necessary inference is, that after all their inquiry and examin- ation, the learned Counsel could not gainsay those charges. True it is, the refusals to baptize Masters' and Richard ' Collett's children Vt^ere admitted, and justified by his Lord- ehip the Bishop, and were undeniable ; and then, again, the'* refusal to admit Mr. Collett and nearly tha whole of his fam foui wit the the woi sur.t the: wo I 1 can I of waE in ' I be: jfish gra the apf ^ wei . sity ; niei i tair [ fre« , (Vi I lani ; 1 ; voc are olh 1 end just whi pro thei trot por • avRJ r Ecclesiastical Aitsis- peak for ihemaelvts, in prove there were not be Communion Table, the other usual places, iwfoundland, page 15.) , " that tlie Bishop de- day time, &c." ? Was use their own words, J In common charity it as a blunder, it may la value of this legal given, perhaps John ; No. 4) might not have let from the Bishop's 15) referring to the h (among other things) with due honor in all" ed of half its sigiiifi- ems the Bishop's legal )n of a penchant on his 9 libel" upon liim, to legal Talons upon the iiate person who might diocese, the opposite e remarkable for what contain. Though it phlet, and in true ex " that the charges are ight it be said an inso- they must have been falsehood ;" yet it is )inion" doss not even ntained in the Pamph- lie reference is made, , 1 did not exist, and the 1 ir inquiry and examin- irisay those charges. Masters' and Richard justified by his Lord- and then, again, the* iarly ths M'hule of his family to the Sacrament, (vide Church of England in New- foundland, page 14) involving the minor Excommunicatian without any Ecclesiastical or moral disability on the parts of the applicants, would require very serious considt^ralion in the minds of two learned Counsel of respectability, who would feel that they could neither deny, nor legally justify, sur.h refusals, and thai tbo latter case might even subject ■ their client to certain legal proceedings, in which the Bishop would not be the judge. There was a degree of prudence, therefore, though not of candour, in passing over such charges in silence. But what is to be said of Ingram's case, (page 10 of Church of England in Newfoundland) whero the fee for churching was had irom the mother, and the parents and sponsors lefc in the Church by the Clergyman, and the child unbaptized, because Ingram had not signed his name to pay a quintal of ; fish !* Nay, more, the cIuIlI was refused baptism, until In- gram, bepides engaging to pay such demand, had worked in the grounds of Mr. White, to the value of five shillings, apparently as fee for baptism I Yet Ingram and his family were in a state of poverty. lie was compelled, from neces- sity, the then coming winter, to apply for part of the Government meal for his family, and had to work upon the roads to ob- tain it. Is this " giving the Ministrations of the Church as freely and cheerfully to the poor as to the rich, to those who pay nothing as to those who can anddopay the largest sums?" (Vide the Bishop's letter, "Church of England in Newfound* land," page 4.) Thus fades away " the clear and conclusive evidence against Mr. Collett's charges." It vanishes with the «• viva voce "Statements " which accompanied it, and both together are of wi more value than a rescinded " Resolution," or any other worthless thing. They may be pointed at hereafter, the former as miserabla endeavouie to excuse clerical delinquencies which nothing can justify, the latter as an impotent attempt to wound with shafts, which, sUbeit aimed high, met with a coat of Mail in their progress, the effect (mitigated as it was by the generosity of their opponetit), being to give the discomfited Archers, tho trouble of picking up the pieces of their own broken wea- pons. * The quibbling denial of Church Membership, would not here avul, as Mr. Wjuto churched the mother of the lufant. d:"m.ng the Committee knew, allowed, and approved of ^.e whole ..Plan "of collecting, as it was eet fonh by ll^ Bishop 8 C.rcu ar. and as U at present is put into operation, and the conclusion intended to be inferred is, that those gen- tlemen. who were membe.^ of ,hat>-.^ Committee and who ,"hJr TT '^ ''¥?^"'^'"^^ t/u:'-PIan."uve inconsistent in Plan as instituterl apd enforced in the Bishop's Pastoral was laid before that Committee for considerati'on, ard it much of 11 was sanctioned by them. ecting a dollar a head Irom every man capable of earning im livelihood; they never alIowed,-for the proposal netef was made— to compel payment from the people by refusing the ordinances of the Church. The Compulsory pa f of^ the system must not be saddled upon the Committee Who at the time of the proposal being made to them, were utterly ignorant of tJie means conlemplated by the Bishop for car,y,„g u ,nto elTec. as set forth in his Lordship's let er subsequently made public. The Committee were not so fh«?ff "f \''«'=»;f"'»«'ance3 of the general class of persona to be affected by the payment of one dollar a head, as to dream of calling u^ori a hshermat,, with a wife and six child, TOO, for a fiubscnpiion of one dollar for eacb, or two pouad* .• S9 the warfare whicTi has ment only ; and, two alinn Society to bo al- price upon the Sacri- <>f the Colony i„ 1,^^^ <. and dogmas, wliich nnd tlie Aiclibishops, lilened Clergy, repu- 'marks upon tliostalo- ;d by the Commit toe vember, 1853. '• In n, " the fjord JBisliop a his Clergy, submit- icli doliberation, iiod mitte of the Church /enough, the names ling the "plan," are ] thai the gentlemen ed, and approved of vas eel forth by the 3 put into operation, id is, that those gen- Cora niiltee and who !,"are inconsistent in re, how muck of the a Bishop's Pastoral, isideration, and how y ihem, was the co!- jg capable of earning the proposal never people by refusing compulsory part »n the Committee, ade to them, were J by the Bishop for a Lordship's letter htee were not so ^ ral class of persona liar a head, as to wife and six child- cb, or two puuad» "for the whole, and in default of pnjrtirnt donying him find hi^ The ordinances ofthe Cimroh. Tin-- ronsiructiou of their act, jcsuitically put upon it, the C«)nriinilieo hiid notliintj to du with ; lliey did intend that every n^ the fi... and mrsLte/S of r1 ""'rti'" '''' " "'- to provide fur th..e who Jabo. i^ t L VVord ;^^™n^''"^'?'f' '^ Iho who e of this uoiiir... ^f»i i ' "'° ^"" Doctr ne." by a letter from a 'cZTLI: fc n^ '"'^'^"'^ '""^''-''^"^ parish/oiiers,^ »/man, a ttmal Dean, to one of his what you may not be aware. th«r.hH T^ ^"^^ ^° "''P''^« you of rules of the Society, to emi.l„ . ^"'? " "°* «ufiideDt, by the benefit of Church Ve„.be.S, ^T' "' /'"'"^ of a family tllht Church, from wht „„Z't"SluSr" Ad'",; 1 ""-'^-oe at of a family was the sum onginX fixed in ^ftA"/' ^°'u^"^^ '"«'"''" lowesi sum now admitted in arycre e«?.«!! f.* '«" shillings is the erty. and twenty shiJioes is r/JT' ^'"'^''^"'nt of extreme ,,ov. has more than one chiT ^"' *'^'-^ ^^''^ °*' « ^oiily who ' ^ _ •• 1 have, &c. ^.■^^jonrTl^'^^^^^ Chlh ZieTy'-rwoSldTeyr^ "^« ^'«-'"'-"- "f" the amount of cSty to diive 1 'r S ^" '^•'"''^"^."'S «" """«"«! Resolution wasno^exp tirem . „ 'h^^^^^^ '''" ^"'-^'^'^^J when he informed hU^Ere, ' ^?/ V^'.^rr^'^'ll'^'^."^ having "steadily advanced in .I^'ff • ^ °"^ "^"'" S'»C'«'y'8 Churfhmea of a'), tntt Wo^J-Tiat*':-''^-'""^ "^ had increased in the shnrt or.., '^""""'^"''' '"at •• its income £IS00." That the Cnm 'fr? °^ '^''.'.' y«"'"« ft"ra<£l70 to deceived. may'Uadily b^c eSLT'^r"^-".^^^ themselves how eagerly any trafifvL; inf.?;' "'''"•' " '^ remembered only ^^ ^Ahe^SsJte;tf::-Lr ^iij^ ;;- analyze tho extract • J"ty of the Clergy. CCORUINO TO THEIR Je'^uired from all to os8«ss of paying,— 'means"? Not the . vvho is to decide " or "more" than poor that "they can :alled on " ro tkacii 2SPECTIV£LY UNDER- I. hy - withholding Church," that «• oi.d uich Membership is ord and Doctrine." s happily illustrated ean, to one of hia «ix «hillin/w, to the ty to apprize you of not iufficirmedof . has contrived to i Luiy a dobasinir " '-^Hly sapping 'sq-. the Governor })omhm as a gon-' > airost tho pro- ut fielding his be. « vvith a dotor. ^stedly sacrificed, oted his valuable •adicaie this dele- ■<;'•• His Excel- the system <.r his ormor desires to Ambassadors of i own words,) in which are alone '"3 "evoke the I'ardsGod'scoij. atter is to|,,w,ej. ceremonies, for nstant endeavour purpose ahulJ te I 51 .,« peH«nt.s.ce of wh-d. --- ^^^J^^^ l^tSthe^^ gymen's) «^i||t» "» ^»'« [ ™"",^;;, ^ -^ juslificatio,. of that i^rch.leaco»^ptep»;«^^^ „,., Ejecting Clergyman who ictuses they ro i„,,i„„ici*l system to the tax. M7«"^:''b"!;u;hl into 7peratfon. which u. the i-XT/:!. elnitnSg^ S.ates^^.u, •• tends to deg^da lb/int!nect ...d enslave the soul ,,,,,,„. that This publication IS issued '"'^^^^XtlL a«sist to un- its general ci-->«;'-.:;";lf .S"l ighlo,. fl.em to a ju.t close tho eyes of Chuichmen anu » ^^^^ to ener- appreciation of their servile J^f ;^^";Ii;%ieir mental and gJtic an;l persevering efforts fo^rem^^^^^ ,^,,.„, epiriiual bondage. And when v>rm (i.imsulf a true Ithat even the R«P;;«««""'^^'^ delibeia eU and repeatedly and pious Christian, has been del De.a e y i _^ expowd to offensive insolence. be«3« ^^J^,"? '^.j ?hat. un- fiiiSself the protector of the weak anj hu-bl« a^^ ^^^^^^^^ der the arbitrary and unjust Pr\»«'r«.^P^' ., bo driven (with classes of the Laity, he would l>o ^u^ject t^ (.„^„^„i,3„, the full sanction of the Bishop.; ^'"P''^^|""7y. because he by any Missionary of the P'-^^'^l to Ui^^ support of the IsciLtiously declined co;;;'b,Uu.g to t o „pp ^^^^ ^^^^^ Church IN THE MANNEB un awtully imp s c<.mprehend iho bers.-lhey will, it is ardently l-P^-^^J^^ ^ i.V tTib Colony is ::^^! ^ sam^lS trvigorous.exeitious to deliver Km a degrading and irighlful opprc..tuu. (Copy) *'""*'^ 'n 1(8 ficti. »'■'^'or^a ' 7>7n,,.,,uc,i,," '"''" pretend to iS , '^ "'^'^C" j"st o s^ ,"'"'"''- "'Jmh tfV, " *vhu/e ;; t'^ ''"'«« -'Mings ^ h Mr. ■W/„-,„ . '''^'•'' '4. 1849, J'- ">. co.aS '- Cl.u,ch, of ""'"' t fiitfrein ' ""« i'arbor. •^y can afford.. ^^" «''« ox-ac- "'^^ "P to ,|iO '"'«« f-'Uinaa ' ''^11 OS To '""St be uri. '"'•"'a.., be lore par,,-. • o/' ibeir ^ a re/iisuf ' burnish in my intention, afuU nml true {io«cri(iiit)n of thotrickery, coax- iiil{,i>ribcry,iiitiiniJti'iuii, mid l.iitt of all, lotl and tutroi';:i, wliicii «rt* being ttxc'icisod ovur tlio heads of paitiod wln) buvo been and Hiiil at'u, nii ex irnjjle in woi'i{j at le.-ist, to nny ulhcr por- tion of ll»e Hiiy. 'llu.' sin you alludo loin opposing Christ's MiniBtcrs in thoii cx'tctions, tlio viuiiMir, unch^ii liable and iin- rhnsiiiiii fcuiinjija iMigt-ndciod ; and last, the paltry sum of 5j., bi'itig iho cauao of all fucli mischief, lies equally as much al yiior door as at ihoiiH — if the riles of tho Church aro vnlncd ut such a paltry sum, it would be no great display of Chris- tian charily l»y iiu-y of its unworthy Ministers to cast i' to the winds: "Go and Biplizi- all nations," •' Sufl'or little children to cotno unto me," " Freely yo have received, freely give"; have no ijuintal of fish aitachod as prices for such privilfi^es. In your 6orinon itnmediately previnus to the Church collec- tion, you diftinclly slated tho gifts were to be entirely free and uet compulsory. 1 wonder you aro not more cautious in piaclisiiig wh It you preach. The great fear you express in your letter of your honesty and sinceiity in the matter being Buspected, must depend entirely upon your own conduct and not upon your tongue or pen. That they wish to do asolhots of their standing have done, I am well aware of, ond must remind you that they are doing more, as they hold tho interest of ihe ochool Society quite equal to that of the Church, and to vvhicli they will always devote a poitioti of theii nioans to support, and if you can succeed in getting from every member in this Bay 18s. annually ffir such purposes, the best wisheaof their parent would be gratified. You know they would. Why are not the Reports of the Church S >ciety collections distributed ? Is it because parties like my childr»n may not discover that halt'-quintals and quarler*quintal8 of fish aro given by scores of their equals in worldly means? As for any bitterness of feeling being continued by differ- ences upon this head, I apprehend none upon mine or my children's part. The [)lain matter is, whether you choose to administer the rites of the Chuich to my graiidcliildren or not, Iboir parents consider, and justly, ihat they have paid and of- fered lu the Church what they are in duty bound to. and will not deviate from their determinntioii, in which they havo my firm support; for, rather than I would submit to such abominable intolerance, and were there ao worthy Miuister to be found in the Church of loy forefulhers that will buplize the children, 1 would seek one out of her pale, and await the arrival uf bumu luoiu Clui^liun-like Bit>liup lu (be laad.to df- 3(J .™ptr.rri£,?!.'B»p.«m„f.„. I remain, Sir, Your obedient Servant TH. Rev. W. k'w'";™! ^''°*'*« ^- COUETT. (N0.2.J Mv Dear .-, Saturday Morning . ct^° A'^-""^'St"'^r^r "P ^''^ ^-^ corresoon J-ad been refus;d7o ^ S 1° "PP-« «y B h': j'^'^R^^^nff a quintal of fish Z l"^' ^^'^^"se its pa.enAfl ^^P''«ra given Six 8^,1?,!^?/": V" ?"« ^^-c" S. ie y ""if '^ he cons dered lU^nl . Society, and Six <5J,;n-^* "® ^«<^ circumstances l^ru\^'^f'"«' Society a^d"!? '° ^'''"^ 'niJes)lC2i:;;''f paving been &4utZ7 t"? * naa appointed. stated J[ «;<;a/^ (Signed) ^^""cSrRrte'""^' f^o. 3.J ^m«/-e/» ^'EWFOUNDLAND, i^aptism of an. It j, >'^.^f' «»d I ,m Jn •1 most gladly admit " lot iijlo Ueaufet vvi.'l Servant, 3 E. COI,J:,Exr. !'^iamunion^ B« to CUOkolv. *)S •■'it I 37 «tating that she, the eai.l Ediih Kirby, wns not wortliy, on J )eft the house in my presence. And 1 make this solemn de- claration believing the same to bo true, &;c. her (Signed) MARY X TULK. mark Taken anci declared before me, having been read over find explained to the above declarant, in i3eaufet, the 2d of [February, 1854. (Signed) THOMAS E.COLLETT,J.P. [No. 4.] Beau/et > NEWFOUNDLAND. to wit. ) John Hollett, of Beaufet, in the Southern District of New- foundland, planter, a member of the Church of England, solemnly and sincerely declares, that I was in the Church of Beaufet, upon the first Sunday aiter the cleaning up of it, in expectation of the arrival of the Lord Bishop, in the year /one thousand eight hundred and fifty one, when there were two new mould candles placed over the Communion Table, and that there were not any othei candles in any other part of the Church. That a short time afterwards, in a conversation I had with the Rev. William Kepple White, upon asking him whether he had an intention of having evening services in the Church, he informed me that he had not ; and upon my fur- ther enquiring what ihen was the use of the Candles above alluded to, he, the said William Kepplo White, expressly in- formed me, that be was sworn and bound by three oaths to have those two Candles upon or over the Communion Table. And J, the said John Hollett, make this solemn declaration, ic., &c. his (Signed) JOHN X HOLLETT. mark Taken and declared before me, having been first read over and explained to the above declarant, in Beaufet, the 11th «f. February, 1854. (Signed) THOMAS E. COLLET T, J.P. ; |No. 6. J The following extracts from the Bishop's Charges, are ^feliabcd lit wa Appcudis, With siiQu HXpiauvXnir^ ivsuiu«s> 38 ■"ill Bs may be necessary judgo for themsel eee ce tl»at the members of the Ch^'-ch may - - «3. as to the views of iiia Lordship, and Kiii'W the rec(mimendntinn3 given to the Clergy. From tiio Ciiarfto delivered " on the Feast of St. Mat- thew. 1844." " There is another methorl of marking the divlMon of th. services,'' that is the morning prtiyer and the Lilnny, •• oni;o common, if not universal.and still retained in a fewChurches, viz, by saying the Litany at a different desk, facing East! and nearer lo the East end of the Church. Thi.T ia called the Litany Desk, and is still used in many Cathedrals, parti- cularly duiing the season of Lent." " The practice, also, of facir)g to the East, in saying the prayers, ha.s many recommendations, supposing the peoplo generally can hear and follow the Minister, which, with the help of their books, may easily be done." • ###.< I vvould recommend such an expedient as we have adopted in this Church, to which, I conceive, no just ol.jection can attach," that is, "the Pulpit is now placed against a pillar on the S)Utli side, and an open-praying Desk opposite to it. A stand for iho Holy Rible, from which the lessons are read, is placed in the middle passage." * * * "Though we have not in this country tho benefit and beauty of tho Ciiancel to mark more significantly and impressively the change and advance from a common and open service to that which is ever considered the hitrhest and most sacred of our religion." «' I wish it to be under- Blood that, in fitting up or arianging Churches, the Pulpit should not be considered and provided, as is commonly tho case, before the Communion Table, with its steps and rails." *• I might still fuilher add, that tho Pulpit ought not to be considered and provided even before the Font." "Let thero be no galleries, except where absolutely necessary for accom- modation." ^ "Let there bo sufllcient and ample space • • • about the Communion rails, end between the rails and Holy Table, (ui.til we aio blessed with proper chancels) for the solemn preparation and administration of tho Sacied Elementa. It 18 desirable, in most cases, that tho rails should run across the whole width of the Church from the North to the South waHi, and Iho Holy Table should bo raised two. three, nr more steps, according to its distance from tho Weeterii end " "The proper p-tsition t,f tho Singers is clearly at the ^pper or East end of the Church. You are, no doubt, aware liiat the Ciiaucei is iuteuded for iho Gboir us w±;U.ua iy^ the ihe Chtt'-ch may ia LorJsliip, and ■'•gy 'east of St. Mat- (livi-'ion of thpse J LiUiny, "odce a iewC'liurclies, ik, fuciiig East, Tlii.; ia called ulhudiais, parti- t. in saying the inof the peopio which, with the an expedient as I conceive, no it is now placed n-praying Desk fioni which the jgo." Ilia country the ire significantly Tom a common 'red the highest it to be under- les, the Pnlpit } commonly the teps and rails." ight not to be ." "Leithero learyfor accom- • • about the d Holy Table, for the solemn Elements. It i run across the lie Soutii walld, , or more steps, d" clearly at the lo doubt, aware w^ijius lo^- the i *«'■ * *■ *""' °"-""' '"-V l.rar cml }" ; '''«^ ^ '« design of CiHUJinSi^h;;' ''^ 'emeniuS ; gaze ,„, or that the ConaZ , " "'^' P^^^ers by m-iv \ {hat ligh. sufficient fi.r Slet^;,'"^^^ ''t ""'^ "^'^ '^^ 1 need scaroelv snv l,r.,., '''''^•t-es may be provid^.fI . "i ' , " -^^'tT the notices nr ,T .1 fcnconceus un,i fanned ..^^CSS^.""'' "" ^''^-'^^-^ ^ I'o Lord's Table J r '''?''^'''=^« '» ^^e read bv7l,?p- '''"''* ';'^7'.'gtobeobse,v.d" 7^'"'^' J^'y«. are i„ ,|,e ^2 40 [No. 6.] From the second Charge delivered •• on the Fea»t of SU Matthew, 1847." " I deem it right, however, to explain to you. why. after BivinVray." (a» his Lordship did in his Address to the con- Ireea'liou of St. John's) » on points of importance, and rehn- nuSe all the changes which could in any way be supposed ?o aSt doctrine, ifiill approved of retaining the Surphao n the morning sermon, and took upon myself the whole blame Jso vetaioing it. I cho.e to retam the burpl.ce for the7wo following reasons, besides thinking U as I have said, J« Sit and approved costume: First of all, tha I might make manSest my purpose of not ceding my autherily entire- W at eJe^Hema^nd.'-I'' But. secondly, I believed U a good and just occasion of lesliog the parties who had promoted Ihe movement." _ The following extract is given '"/^/^Re"! Presence" Bishop's views in regard to the doctrine oi Real Piesence in the Lord's Supper :— " The case is nearly the same, of the question, bo frequently •,o,»,f nf the Real Presence of Christ in the Lord's Sup- nir It^/lfulirbeUe^^^^^^^^^ discussed and disputed in our Krch rquestio^n and strife of words. One may deny :he S.«f Presence, and another may assert it. and yet they may neifec^ ag.?e in the true doctrine of .he Church and Holy g:;!^J|Allde^n^oi,th.meam.^^ Eil^/rr^^i^^^^ Tf our Clifirch hav^e not scrupled at.* must not be charged with teaching or allowing a corporal presence. T^e Bishop refers to an ^VP^-'^^J^^^'^^^^^J^^^^^^ ist of St* hy, after I the con* ind relin- supposed Surplice le whole rplice for have said, t I might ity entire- it a good promoted ixhibit the Presence" frequently lOrd's Sup- ted in our y deny ihe t they may 1 and Holy ation of the , doctrine," Bent) "you Presence,' 'hey, howe- ioua divines be charged the foltowitig ( :_«• By rtinl imagiiiaiion ; peusaiiont iu 08t emiuflully 'he Messias ih. that is. a of God, and a 41 [No. 7.] _ St. JoAn'i, October 8th, 1850. UENTLCMEN, In forwarding to you the completed arrangement of tho Bfeats in Ihe Cathedral for the information generally of the Congregation, it may not be superfluous to remark, that the seats are assigned to different parties and persons for order and convenience, but not appropriated for possession, or pro- p'crty, or pre-eminence. I have neither the power nor inclU nation to make such appropriation. The seats in a Cathedral are always frtc, and I have received large sums of money to- wards the Building, in England, on the plain understanding that the poor should bo considered and fully provided for. While therefore we assign certain seats to certain parties or persoijs and expect and desire that others should not intrude, n must be understood that we have no power to keep places vacant at any time, or to remove parties who have occupied them, or who are in possession of them. The principle of tho arrangement is - j place in the centre or nave of the Church, those parties who most regularly attend in families, while, for the men and women who come separately, the sides or aisles are set apart, the north side for the women, the south side for the men, but any man may pass from the centre, or nave, to the south side, and any woman to the north side, when neces- Bily may require, ar.J vice versa. There is no intention to separate the poor from the rich, or to make any unnecessary distinction in the House of God, which an Apostle condemns as wicked partiality. It must he remembered that Pews have been abolished in older to do awoy with auc/i distinction, and that all parties and persons may be fairly and freely accom- modated. It might have been possible, and indeed easy, to '"^'^^ ^ considerable sum by appropr-'-ng and letting out tho verifying of the promises made under the Faw; in this sense we acknowledge a real presence of Christ in the Suciament." Here Bishop Feiid closes his quotation ; but Bishop Burnet pro- ceeds in language very different from what Bishop Feild had used IQ uis Charge : — " Though we are convinced," says Burnet •« that our first Re- fprmoi 8 judged rightly conceroiog the use of the phrase, Real Pie- sence, that it were better to be let iail than to be continued ; since the use of it, and the idea which does naturally arise from the common acceptation of it, may stick deeper, and feed Buperstitioa more, than all those larger explaaations that are given to it can be able to cure " ! ! ! 4S wats for hire, but it would at once have placed the rich man in a 4)etter position than his poor neighbour, or at least have an invidiouB distinction between :hera. It is hoped that the wch membors of the Congregation will remember at iho mon/A/y collections, that a gieal sacrifice has been made, and thai they obtain their accommodation in the Church without ani/ cost ov charges, and that their contributions aie expected am reqitired, botli in acknowledgment of their accommodation and to provide for the expense of the Church. The upper ^uls or stalls are reserved for the Choir and Clergy. = •*••♦*••• I desire to remain, gentlemen. Your faithful servant, (Signed) EDWARD NEWFOUNDLAND. To the Church Wardens. [No. 8 J To the Rev. Charles Blackman, M. A., D J Tx «. ^'- 'fohn't, nth Octobtr, 1852. Rev and Dear Sir,— . c n^*' ***? "nJers'gned, members of the congregation of fct. J homas s Church, beg leave to convey to you the expres- ^lon of our sympathy with you. under the severe illne»s which bas so lonf interrupted the performance of your clerical du- ti. H ; but we trust, that by God's blessing, you may be spee- dily enabled to resume them. ' f M^e take this opportunity of acknowledging the services df ttio Kev. Gentlemen, who during your illness have, from time to time, officiated for you, but at the same lime we beir 1. ave to express our deep regret that some of li.em shoulS have introduced changes into the mode of conducting Divine tomld*' *' Thotpas to >vhich we have been so Jong accua- These innovarions we view with feelings of dissatisfaction, more especially the praclice of preaching in the Surplice «,!, .'**u*"u\'*""'. •*" aversion from its association w..h a party which has done, and is doing, incalculable mis- chief to the Church ; and with feelings of pain, inasmuch as It must have been well known, that sfch a depai'luie fromthe p.- umary mode of conducting Divine Service would be gea- .ef.Hy offensive to the congreeai ion. ^ 49 W« trn«t, therefore, thtt you will use your eudeavours to. prtvcnt tlie recurrence, in fu are, of a proceeJiug againu^ which we respectfully, but decidedly, protest. Signed by Robeiit Prowse, I ^. . •. Edwakd L. JAav.s. / Churchwarden.. Jambs Simms, Judge Supreme Court. William Thomas. Membei of Councih E M. Archib ALU, AttoriHjy General. Chaui.es iSiMMs, Regr. of Sup. Court* C. AvRK, Acting Colonial Secretary. N. W. HoYLEs, Barrister aod M. H. A. Hakcourt Mooney, Biiriister. Geo. VVinter, retired Ord. Storekeeper. John Wintkk, M. D, C. W. BiNDoN, late Major R. N. C. £. L. Moore, Her Majesty '» Customs* NoRL Hanw ER, Ord. Department. And forty otbsr Merchants, Gentlemen, and Members o^ the Church. St. Join's, 22nd October, 1852. My Dear Friends,— I cannot express to you what I felt on the receipt of your communication, which, though dated the 14th October, only reached me yesterday. The kindly sentiments you have expressed towards myitelf are deeply felt, and most gratefully acknowledged, and the views you have taken respecting the late innovations at St. Thomas's Church, entirely coincide with my own. I pre- sume, although your letter does not state this, that the use o( the Surplice in the Pulpit, by Mr. Moreton, on Sunday the 1 0th inst., has led to the remarks you have made upon lha( point ; and I think it due, both tu you and myself, briery tq ^>plain the facts of tl e cabe. On the morning of that day (having been expressly forbids den by Dr, Kielley to leave my home) I wrote to Mr. More- ton especially requesting him to uso the Gown in the Pulpit, I'cet he should give otifnce to the Congregation, and not knowing whether he received my note or nut, I asked Mrs. Blackman to meet him in the Vestry before service, and rix- plain to him my wishes on the subject. Mr. Moreton did re- ceive my note, and did hear the statement I had asked Mrs. Blackman to make ; aud yet hefvemhed in the Hurplice. The consequence, as you are aware, was, that several peo- ple Itift the Church, and, aa I bear, the real weie so ulTended 44 cou d bo assured that such an innovation should not be re- peated, and it was to meet the winhes of my congregation, whose opinion, as I have said, entirely coincide with ray own I int I prevented a recurrence of the offence on last Sun* 'lay, by taking the Pulpit myself in the morning, and per- lornang the whole service in the evening. • • • • • • • # ' ' Your affectioiiato Pastor and Friend, (Signed) CHAilLES BLACKMAjr, 8 ttiey be re- own, Sun- per- .jr. -Mb