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 Vfl>fc| Wlllttlffw r% mil «r M»|»n»»n ■»••» 
 
 •m«nil lh# lttw« nttaiina lotitt Ctinvchin ilk^ 
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 h« lm|Nirial Farliaiiu'iii \*nt voat by M r 
 illaailuti*, WM MihinMiMl. ui|{«»Ui«t» willi ear- 
 lAih rftcotnmMtiilaiMiiii for iIm* mruMnlminit '»( 
 ilii! Mint*, M iIm lU«m»n «f OniMiii»i«*»» ll|»- 
 (louittf*! HI tt firvvtmi* iiM't'tivtr \w^'\ in Jttii- 
 uary IH.Vi, for the purptMu of Intdntf UimiOimm 
 oon«iJMrati<Hl itui otuut i»f lliu'fffidrdi in ilili 
 Dtu€o«(t ill tmlor il |KM»il»lt* to ludsu** l<Ntm 
 pravuMm for (ii« U'Uvt lulmHTUtTiuioM ut iu 
 tmeriiiti r«{{uiMtioiMii«d (liKiplmv. Smii* ii>i> 
 tiitioiml r«voinMU*n«liitioM<« iWr tlit* miirmttiiiMti 
 of lh«t Hill, h»vina Un'ti upprovfttl gf'nt tliu 
 (jtoural M««ltMg, it wh"* n-iwilviHl : 
 
 Ui. " Thai uiiliTM iliMM •tn«*iulin«>iiii «rt faith* 
 iully adoptaU in \h« Hill, il will moI b« •aliifaclory , 
 tn lli# Church «il Oin Oio*"***.'* 
 
 34. "That 0\« Dill with iU amfniiniffnta b«* 
 aJofilMl, anU thai huL'triMnp, lh« Hi«hnp oflhii 
 l)i<KMo, tM rMp«ei fully ri>q<i«<ii««l to lorward liii* 
 •anxt (o th« Ki<ht Hon. ili«i S<<cr«lar)r of Mala for 
 th« ColoniM. with au«-h oi»«frviitHMi« or mmarlra 
 11 to hit LanUhip may Mmi appropritU*." 
 
 Tlitt rulluwiiig ia •'(lie \W\vnl of ilic Coiii- 
 iiiilMe,'* with all ilio af^vornt niiifiiiliiieiilH 
 rocominrtiKled, ua it wnn iinally mlopird by 
 tlift mertitig,— tlio!t«! in ttnlici having Ix.tii 
 iiiiMrteil at Ihu Gone ral Mucliiig. 
 
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 Taamttuiand tgpUin th« Lawt rtlaiing to iht 
 * Church in tht Cotonin. y . 
 
 ^ Wb«MM Doubts exist ■■ to the RifhU of th« 
 BwhoM. Clurjy, and Lay F«iMn« iiibiibitiif| tb« 
 Colonial INwaeMiona of Her Majesty, and bsini in 
 communion with the Churcb of Encland, in recard 
 to th« Manacemenl ot their internal Kcciesiaatieal 
 Aflaiis: Andwbfreta it is expedient that such 
 Ueubts should be removed, anJ that, under certain 
 Kesiriclions, they should \h, aulhoriz»d to make 
 , ReguUtiuna for the SHid Manag*>m<>nt by Agret' 
 men! among Ihcmselvea : fin it declared and en> 
 acted hy the Queen's Most Kxcellent .Maiesty, by 
 and wiih the Ad? ice and Content ot the Lords 
 Spirihia and 'l'em|ioral, and Commons, in this 
 present F«r||nm<«ni assembled, and by the Authori* 
 ty of Ihs same, Thai— 
 
 .1. *r.'^^'*'f'"Jf' ^•*' ^"'»' U"*". o' o»h" Au- 
 thority of the United Kingdom shall be construed 
 or shall extend to prevent any such Bishop of any 
 Diocese m the Colonies enum«rated in ihe Sched-^ 
 ule(A.)tothis Act anmxed.or in any other Co- 
 lony which Hft Majesty shall, as hereinafter 
 provided, have declared by Order in founcil to fall 
 witbin the Operation of this Act, loxether with 
 the Clergy, and the Lay Peisonsof the Diocese, 
 bemK declared or hnug (Kle Members of the Church 
 of England, or being otherwise in communion 
 with the same, from meeting together from Time 
 to Time to make or from making at such Mest- 
 ings, by common Consent, or by a Majority of 
 Voices of the said Clergy or Laiiy, severally and 
 respwtively, with the Assent of Ihe said Bishop, 
 any such Regulations as local Circumstances shall 
 in their judgnMnt render necessary lor the belter 
 Conduct of their EcclesiMtical Affairs, or for the 
 holding of M«eiinKS, whether on behalf of One 
 such Diocese only, or on behi<lf of more than One 
 ■uch Diocese in combinalioh and by mutual 
 Agreement^ for the said Purpose thereafter ; sub- 
 ject always, as at this Time, in common with all 
 other lieligious Communions, to the Authority of 
 
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 II. -Hut it ihall not M kwrul to impoM by anv 
 0uch RffKUlaiion any temporal or iwruniary ccrtal* 
 Iyer Uiubility/othor than Uott uf thti Emolu- 
 m«nl« ot any luccleaiaaiical t'fllceor BenaAcr, 
 under any 8«nt«nce or I'ruceaduig aflWcting tha 
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 III. And no aueh Regulation ihall be binding 
 ^on any l'«raon or Puraona other than the aaid Bia* 
 
 hop or Bishopai and their Cl<'rf y, with the Lay 
 Peraona reaiding within the aaid Coloniea, and be« 
 ing declared or Don4 fide (Vlembitra oi the Churrh 
 ol England, or being otherwiae in communion 
 with the aame. 
 
 ■ IV. And noihiug herein contained aball ba held 
 to authorizn aii> auch. RMgulaiinn nfa'de in reapect 
 oi the Nomination of Biahopa, except upon tha 
 Coiiaent of Her Majeaty previoualy or thereaHar 
 aignilied through One of Her Majesty'a Principcl 
 Sacretariea of State. 
 
 V. And nothing herein contaiiie«! ahall ba hatd 
 to authorixe any auch Regulation which ahall touch 
 the Subordination of thi; aaid Biahupa, Clf>rgy,and 
 Laity to the See of Canterbury, except upon the 
 Conaent of the Arch biahop aflhe aaid See pre- 
 viously or thereafter aigned by him under hia 
 
 " Hand and SenL 
 
 VI. And nothing herein contained ahall be held 
 to authorize any auch Regulation which ahall di* 
 rector allow the Biabopofany Dioceae to rnif 
 firm or consecrate, or to prdain, or to license or 
 inatitute any Penon to any See, or to any Paator- 
 al Charge or other Rpidcopal or Clerical Office, ex- 
 cept on auch Peranrra having immediately before 
 taken the Oath of Allegiance to Her Majf>sty, 
 and having likewise aubacribed the Thirty-nine 
 
 . Article8,and having turthermore declared his un- 
 tiaigned Aaaent and Consent to the Boole of Coin* 
 mon Prayer ; but if auch See, Paatoril ChargeTbr 
 Epiacopal or Clerical Office, be in a Foreign 
 Country, then the Oath of Allegiance need not be 
 luired to be taken by auch Per'iOn. 
 
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 VII. And it ahall be lawful for Her Majeaty, if 
 

 4iid wb«ii »U« •hall think ^t. to dmUrt, by orJ«t 
 in ("ouiicil, llmt ihif. Act thall, from ■ i)«y to b« 
 nmnwd in aurli UmIvi , t)« in loree witliin any oUi«r 
 Oil* or mora of Her iMajt^tly's Coloninl |*om«miuiis 
 bvtidet thoM conUiiifU in th« ^c|lfcul« (A • in 
 itiii Act annexfld, anJ this Act ahali take tllevl 
 in the Colony nr Colonies so U«sigiiat«d accurU* 
 ingly. 
 
 SifKDULiKA.) to which this Act lefvi*. 
 
 Cinada. 
 
 New Brunswick. / 
 
 Nova Scotia. 
 
 NfWioiiiidlarid. 
 
 Prime Kdward's Island. 
 
 <'a|M; oi GoojI Hope. 
 
 New South Wales. 
 Victoria. 
 South Australia, 
 VBn Diemen's Land,. 
 VVt8l<>tn Australia. 
 New Zealand. 
 
 Togethfr with the UcprnUencies ol the said i ulo 
 mem respectively. 
 
 The (ore|{oin|{ bill, together « ith the following 
 atterationii and suitgestions, were submitted 
 .lor the approvul and adoiition of the meeting ot 
 thtt Uler^y and Lay Delegates convened lor 
 the 19th day (ilJanujiy, instant, as indicative ut 
 thfir views of the (>eneral Legislative rnactmt'iitit 
 required ip this Di'icese. 
 
 Kkioirt itfthc Convocqiion CommiUee, uftpoinUd 
 lit the General Meeting of the Vttrgy ami Lui' 
 ty,on the 22dJunuary, ISbl. 
 <'Tbe Colonial Church Ikll" having been consid- 
 ered, the adoption of the General Principles of the 
 Kill was recommended with the follow iijg sugges- 
 tions. ' 
 
 1. With nfe^ence to the first clause: That the 
 hnperial Mat., 25 Henry VlIL,c. 19. so fur as 
 the same may affect cUuicheS in tbu coloDief>, now 
 included or hereafter to be included in the Sched- 
 ule A, should be repealed. 
 
 2. With reference to toe same clause : and in 
 order rnore clearly to define what shall constitute 
 Lay Membership; that aH persons having received 
 Christian Baptism, and made a written declaration 
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 order to prutluce, m» f<ir ee itukiible, utiiiomliiy oi * 
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 lnysidHiicy ; that no Canon, Hide or Uetfiilalion 
 ihoiilil be in^urce a$the uct of «iic/i Oenenil t'o/»- 
 uention, until it $haH 6e atlowwl by tht ^hdibi hop 
 of Canttrburj; a$ MtlrsyporUan, — and thai the 
 L>iuC(;»ait (Jo:iveiitions, meeliii^ uiitler each |iuili- 
 culur |]i»h(>p, should be realrictfd Irotn iidHkiiije 
 any Canons contrary to the Lawn and I'anonJi of 
 Ihe Ueiieral ConviMirioiii i aliio, that in i'runiiltK 
 any new (Tanoiis, or adapting those ol 1603 to tiie 
 pr««eni stHiM of the ("hurch in thesf Colonica, jit 
 ahoiild not be lawful for any Synod orCoiiVt*iitniii, 
 •o da«ci)ib!ud, to //ni/ce any alteratioru ialhe uif 
 thuristd venion of the Holy Scriplutti, in thtf Book 
 orCumujun I'layer, or in the Thirty-Dine Articli'^ 
 now in ujt>, or to da anything wbicli shall alfi'ci . 
 4ny mutlern of Drtctrint*, or interfer.' with the su- 
 premacy of the CioWii, or "the antlionly ofl|it* 
 Archhiihop of Caiit«'rbury, as MetWpohtaii j 
 
 i. iVilh reference to the same clause ; "That the 
 cMicluding words from ** subject alwayi*' to ths 
 cndt be altogether omitted. I 
 
 5. With regard to the 6lh clauae : 1 he connnniit' 
 tee do not understand on what i>rinciplo the uatti 
 of Hupremacy is not included to{;eiher with the 
 oath of allegiance, particularly as it forms part of 
 the service for the ordination of Bishops, Priests 
 and Deac(>n8, as now in use : \^nd they further 
 recommend that it should be everywhere tttuined,' 
 where it is now by law required. ' ^ 
 
 And Turtber, the Committee recommend, :'^ 
 
 6. That in ord«r to avoid the great expense and 
 delay which would necessarily attend an apimal 
 
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 to tha Archbishop ol CMt«rbury,MMflfropo1!^*.v. 
 by mny mie eonctivinf hinriMlf ■(gritvil by an) 
 iudgmaiil or (i«ciaiaii ol • l>io<*«Mn Oonvitniion, 
 oiahup, ur ulh«r Oourl, or mithorily in ihn (lolaif 
 i«i, authority b« gr«iit«(l to thr mkI Meiropohian 
 to name mid contiiiulv ■ Court ol AppvaU, with' 
 in ili« i'lilony* to fxeeut* hi* authority in thtf Mint)' 
 in hearing nnii ilctiirminr g of aiich a|ip<>al ; /A« 
 right of tlirtct afftenl Iq Im Metroiioliltan •»« 
 Eniftand, bting nevirtMtiu fttU relained. 
 
 7. TbAt in any L>«giNla(ion lor th« Church in 
 these Colonies, it is mtwt desirable that any hin- 
 derancra .to a Cull and fref communion, between 
 uurselVfS aiK^otliwrrerormed flpisroiHil Churches 
 should be removed, as rtcommendfd in "the >liii' 
 uteaofa conference of the Bishops ol Quebec, 
 Toronto, Newfoundland, Fredfrioton, and Moii* 
 (real, holden at Quebaci in 1851 " 
 
 F, MONTREAL. 
 
 Explanatory Obacrvatloiia, kc. 
 
 Drawn up by tlio L<ird llisliop of Mimlreal, in eumpliano 
 with th« ItMolution of Um Cl«rffy and Lay Represtnta 
 tivMoftha MImcm of Montreal, aiMinlilctl nt th« Nn- 
 ional UclitHil Hoom, in Uiia City, on Wadnaiilay, Jaa 
 tath. 1833. ■ 
 
 Having been appointed Bishop ofthe Diocese 
 of Montreal, on ita separation from the old 
 Diocese of Quebec, I arrived in Montreal on 
 the 1 1th of September, 1850. I had scarcely 
 entered upon the duties of my office^ when 
 cases came before me, in which it was neces- 
 sary for me to take action, and which obliged 
 me to enquire what means I possessed of ad- 
 miDistering the Ecclesiastioal affairs of the 
 Diocese, and by what system of taw and dia- 
 ciplioe I was empowered to exercise any «u- 
 tbority, I 8000 found that all was involved in 
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 code o( Kcclntiasiical law in fiircos ami lliat 
 nearly every thing ■eemrti lodejiemi upon ibe 
 individuni will of ihn Hi«hop. IJ|n>m conrull* 
 ing with my brother prelates, it appeared that 
 ihe;^ were ^lually at Ikuli with niyseir. The 
 subject WHS ru>m time lo limo much canvas* 
 •ed among various uiemlicrs of the Church in 
 this Diocese ; and on the Isi of July, 1851, at 
 a meeting of "The Church Hocicty," im the 
 motion of the Rev. C. Morice, ^seconded by 
 the Rev. C. Bancrofk, a Committee was ap- 
 poiiiiod to consider what stcns might be taken 
 to provide a remedy for such astate of things, 
 either through Ihfrjiction of Synods or Con- 
 ventions or oihor wise. 
 
 The Comrniito* consiniod oY the following 
 persons :■-> The Lord HiHliop; Kuv. J. Be- 
 thune, D, Dm Rector of Montreal; Rev* W'. 
 Leach, D. C.L., Minister of St. George's 
 Church, Montreal ; Rev. M. Townsond, Rec- 
 tor of Clarencevillu; Rev. C. BancroO, Ree- 
 tor of St. Johns j Rev. C. Morice and Rev. J. 
 P. While, Missionaries ; Hon; Judse McCord, 
 and Dr. Holmes. On the 5th of August (ol- 
 lowing there were added to the above, Gul, 
 Wilgress, Major Campbell, and John Abbott, 
 Esq. The Committee held one or two ifieet- 
 ings at which the subject was generally dis- 
 cussed. But as there was then an immediate 
 Erospect of a conference of several of the 
 iishops of the North American Dioceses be- 
 ing held at Quebec, where h was expected 
 that some action would be taken by them \n 
 the same matter, it was thought advisable to 
 suspend the proceedings of this Committee, 
 until the result of that conference should be 
 made public. The Bishops of Quebec, To-»^ 
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 real, met at Que1i«e on the 24ih of Sept., and 
 in ihe imblithed " Minute* " ofiUelr "Con- 
 ference^* th<i following wai^ati'd a« the first 
 subject that had engaged their aileniion : — 
 
 CONVOCATION* 
 
 *' In conMqatnce of the anom»lout state of the 
 Church of England in these Coloniea with refer- 
 ence to its ti«neral Government, and the doubt« 
 entertaine«l as to the vslidity of any Co<ie of Kc- 
 elesiastical Law, the Bishops of lh*tse DioCises 
 experience great difficulty in acting in accordance 
 with their EpiKopalConnnnission and Prerogatives, 
 and their decisions are liable to n>isccinstruction, 
 as il emanaiing from their individual will, and not 
 from the general hody of the Church f we there- 
 lure con«ider it desirable, in the first place, that 
 the BiahOpe, Clergy, and Laity of the Church ol 
 England in each Diocese should meet together in 
 Synod, at such times and in such manner as may 
 be agreed. Secondly, that the Laity in such ^iynod^ 
 should meet by representation, and that their He* 
 presentatives be Communicants. Thtrdly,Mt is 
 our opinion that, as questions will arise from lime 
 to time which will aflect the welfare ol the Church 
 in these Colonies; it is desirable that the Bishops, 
 Clergy, and Laity should meet in Council under a 
 Provincial Metropolitan, with power to frame such 
 rulea and regulations for the better conduct of our 
 Ecclesiastical aflairs as by the said Council may 
 be deemed expedient. Fourthly, that the. said 
 Council Should be divided into two houses, tb« 
 one coosikting of the Bishops of these several Dio- 
 ceses under their Metropolitan, and the other ol 
 the Presbyters and LayMemberaoftheChMrch 
 assembled (as before mentioned) by representation. 
 Upon theee grounds it appears to us necessary 
 that a Metroftalitan should be appointed for the 
 North American Dioceses.** 
 
 It seethed now deairable that the aiibjeet 
 should be brought in a more formal manner 
 before the whole body of the Clergy and 
 Laity of the Diocese; and aa I waaabovii; 
 
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 uf huld my fini *' (3vn«ral Viaitatioii <if the 
 Clergy," in ihe month cif January 185*2, 1 rf« 
 iiaeMml in my noticu to ih« Clorffy, rfa|»«i't- 
 
 / ilia thti VinitutiiHi, that thry would, if |»oMi-. 
 l»Ui, brin{{ with them on timt iK'cnaion, fwn 
 Layinun, to Iw clioMoa by the Vi-atry, h*- Ki- 
 prf«miintiv«!s from varU Misflioii or ('nrtkh. 
 
 witii witom w« might talt« mutual cwiH^el 
 
 nnd n«lvico. In my Vi-^imtion rhnr/»i» if^-li- 
 voriMl in the Cnihedral, on the *2Ut ol Ian. 
 1852, 1 tijfain adverted lo the iiuHati«tariMry 
 Hiaio, in which wewi^ro |)ln9<Ml n« to nil mat- 
 ters ufdiHcipline and oxurciiia of auliioriiy,* 
 nnd referrcti to •* tlu> minute" of our router, 
 reuco III Qu«4m»c, a« j?ivcn aUiVH. In ilit 
 evening of tho namr day a itroliininary 
 Mooting of the Clergy ami Lay Koprfw-utii- ' 
 tivea was hold in the National Sch<H)l-H*N>m, 
 to tak« down tlic namo^ of all prcaent, and 
 agree on our course of pruceedinga. A rid »>u 
 ^he following day, wo mot again by adjourn- 
 mentat l*i o'clock. .The Primary Visilnliori 
 of their HiHhop, natuinlly induced the CltTuy 
 to assemble in full numbers, nnd out ol lifty 
 one orticiating Clergyrhen in the Diocc«e for- 
 ty nine were present ; and thero- were hixjj 
 eight I aymen representing forty two Pari«li- 
 08 or Missions, out of forty six. In imhimc- 
 .<{uenoe of the expence, many of the Parislieit 
 only sent up one Lay Kcpresenintiye. Tli** 
 first subject brought before the Meeting wjna 
 " the government and discipline of the 
 Church ;" and after a lengthene<l diaciission, 
 it was moved by the Revd. C. Bnncrott, m*- 
 ■ condeil by the Honble. Judge McCord, ami 
 carried unanimously, " that it is the opinion 
 of this meeting that in consequence of the 
 want of any Law Egciesiastical for the 
 
 
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 Gvtrnmont uf iti«i Unit«tl Churoli of Kn^ 
 id ani Irelttiiit in ihii Cukaxy, ■ml lltti 
 
 iioknowl(i(it(«Hl (lifnoully of ainyini; imo 
 •iTuci AM^ oilicicul iiy»lttm of (;hu«-li (lii«< 
 cipline, it it impuialivitly ru)ci'ii««rv ilmt a 
 body alioiil'l ht« roriiiiNl wiih |)«>vv(tr iiiiii niiilior- 
 iiy (M riaiiMi an*l ttitloin* liiwn nml rrgulution^ 
 fat iIm HMVtriiiiMntt Uitciiiline, anU iititrMV 
 nifitmgviiuitil of Ihfl Cliuivlt; iu^h |N>w#r, 
 however, III ii(« inaiiiiiir lu ontcml lu iiioliorn 
 of fiiiili, nr ill any way iniurffri! with, or alter 
 (IcK'iriiit'H or foriiiM ol nriiyrir ; titui (lint xiicli 
 \H)i\y iUoW roiiMinl ol Ituhnp, ('Ivrgy nii<l Loi* 
 ly, iiifHiiin;^ kiuoUior in tucli maiin«r, ami o\* 
 (•rriMiiiK nijcIi JiiiirtiotiM riitl duticM iik may be 
 heroulicr by law aiiihoriictHl." in punsitig ihia 
 Konotiiiion 11 was A«li by all, iliat wu bad ilien 
 no definiio nrotM>Niiion bel'oro u«: that we bad 
 met raiber lor consuliniittn on ibu general (|ueii' 
 lion, and accordingly a Coiiiniiiiee was ap- 
 iMiiiiiMd, coniiisiingoribo Hi«<bo|i, Hon. (jc<jrg>: 
 Molloti, llun. Jungo McCoid, Major C'arnii- 
 betl. Rev. J. Ueibunc, D. D.. Rov J. Leach. 
 D. (\ L., Ncv. A. U. Cani|'<ill> MA., and 1I16 
 rierical and Lay Secretaries uf ibe Meeting, 
 viz., the Rev. C Raiicron, M.A., and (i. I'yke, 
 Ksq. At lirst it was proposed to uivc diroc- 
 lions 10 t\m Committee to irarne a Hill, which 
 nvight be presented to liie Legislature for thoir 
 approval. Rut ibis being allerwards ihoughi 
 premature on our |>art, uh it was necei^Hary, in 
 order to be etrectual, that any legislation for 
 this pur|^K)8<* should be generul,and' not the act 
 of any sing'o Diocetie ; the C< miiiiii(>e wer**. 
 directe<l to deliberate carefully upon the mat- 
 ter; and as tooh asibey were prepared with 
 a Report, recommending any (lelliiic courso 
 of action, I waa to call ibe members of tb<i 
 general Meetiiig together again, 10 consider 
 
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 M. Karly hi Ptbruary I UA Muntrtal uit k 
 Cunflrniailon lour } arul •miii •flnr wr hfiir«l 
 ihac Mr. (ttntUtmia liad inirtMlUGOii a Hill iiii«i 
 the llouwiorCoiiimont, in Knglnml, on tin* 
 vary lutijof^U wo wtr« anxiou« lo Irarn ilir 
 t'ontnnu of thi« Hill, at ii would mau'rially 
 an-iiimhnCoinmitnw inllielr work. Ii waa 
 tlabated in Parliamnnt, and wiihttrawn. Air- 
 oihor Hill wa» an«rward« intnxluccd by Ittf 
 «nmo mombar, aixl ordorwtl lo bfl |iriiued.«M, 
 tli«30th of Juno; aoon alior which i'nrha- 
 inntii WAN diuwtlvud. I won a^oiu alHKJiit oi 
 a Confiririoiiuii lour durioy; ilift ^roaicr jmr- 
 lion of Jun«, Julf, and some t>r AuRUit ; and 
 ih« niioution of all of u« wa« oUo d««|ily «h - 
 cu|ned by iho ollcol* of iho iwo d«'»olaiii»f: 
 tire« that occurred in thi* city in the courta nl 
 la«i aumniar, doMroying X500,(KK) wortli 
 of liroperty, and rendering upwards of KMMMi 
 o( the inhabitanta IioumjIcm. Towurd'* (h* 
 laiicrond of August I rwoivcd from ilie Rijrhe 
 lion. Sir John Pakington, then Secrriory ot 
 Siatu for the Colooiet, the following loti«?r t^. , 
 , i Downing Sraaar, 
 J 3mh July, 1852. 
 Mt Loaor-Aiyour Lordihip muii n«iurallr 
 reel much intArtit in ih« deba1«« of last Heuion in 
 the House ol Commoni upon the Bill brought iu 
 by Mr. Uladilooe for itgulaiinf the Church of 
 linfUnd in the Colonies, I forward to youi lordthip 
 aomc Copiee of the speech in which I stated my 
 obiectioni to Mr., tiladitone's meisurw. 
 
 I also tend to your Lordship Copies of the BID. 
 aud of the altered BUI which Mr. UUdstone sut>- 
 •equently introduced, bnt which was not discussed 
 m the House. X , 
 
 The subject will doablleaa be renfWed in the 
 neil Session of Parliament, and in the event ol 
 . legislation upon it by Her Majesty's Oovernmcnt, 
 it will sflbrd me much Msistance if your Lord- 
 ship will favour me with your opinion upon the 
 
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 I MM.nl aui* of ilM Ckyrtli in )e«ii ilMftt*. »n*' 
 nhal l#fttt«llv« rhftnfM jroa wfluM «uggMi tn 
 »-nWi lo jiUf« ih« C'l.urrh in your iImm-*** ,n ■ 
 lliwrK rmri#n« •«•! iiilur«rtorv iMWilion. 
 i k*»t Ihff iiiinor lo h«, 
 
 Your Lardihi'fi^ ,■ 
 Iloft cbMliiml M«f vant, 
 
 J«»n« ». Faiinqt«N 
 
 1 1«» Loril Ui«Kop of MonVMl. 
 
 I Ksiml in rufilv that « I hoil ref^rrttl ih# 
 
 nUjve lr««rior«'lni»r wild the ■^eom|Ninyinff 
 «U)c:unic«lg, whicii I had hud ihn himarm^^' 
 cfive, in « rnmmiii«n wiiirli limHirrn 0|m 
 |rtiinlrU in Jon. In<ii. ni a lirnmil ^t( tii(i|t **( 
 Cl»'rgy nnd I,nv DfU'RniM nwtifiiliUil inMoii 
 irool. Tlm« iliiii Comiiiiiicn would iiinkc' n 
 Mf rmri lu iht> Clorpy ami Loity, wlw wouhl 
 um«i pitr'm in January next l\ ndjnurnn <<ni : 
 •nd 1 uliould \me mi lime' in liirwaiding any 
 Kfiioluiioni, wIimIi nii|(hl ba idupiod on iht 
 nubjpci. HtJt (lu) nuhjici un» mo iin|xirianf. 
 «nd any folMu iffp would bo no iujuriou*. ili^ 
 luiinibtTt of iii« Colonial Churrlt.il ih«y could 
 ••nly fcol aMurinl, nw w« ihihU\ mw loilo, thai 
 
 • fi« OulhoriliUN 01 lioiiM^wuro rnilly iinkioi^ 
 Iw n^ii^t uo, ^would^l ^VHl|^•^•rlflin'd«•|li(l!ca^^• 
 nllv liifiNlnilon iinhl thf inmnr wo* moM 
 lully w«iglird nnd dif(t<iitud ; and for niytfll" I 
 i.hniilil Av»Hi>, if iMMMildr. to have totiiuihinK 
 more delltiiif; lui*l down in nny Ac* poMi d by 
 
 • bf Iniptriat LrciMulurc for our ^incrul guitl- 
 *«nc«j, at ii would bo px,irvii»ely inronveniriit 
 «nd ilftrinitnial to ihr inicrcMH of the ( hiirch 
 d. as I «-oncciv(;d umler Mr. viladHiono'* pro- 
 rn*«i.'d Hill might bo thu cato, each Oiucc«« 
 wer« lo odopt a -ditlcront My«»itui of intorual 
 dmiMplinij and lulo." ^""^^ 
 
 Hoving •unimorcd.tlio Comrnhtee. «p- 
 I oiiiicd 01 llic (icnurol A.ecting of ihe Clrrity 
 
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 Mhii (<aity <I4 inrnii'HH^I •Inivu, tin* cniinrtiu 
 tiietUoti r«c«ivo«l by iii.! (mm Hir i<»liti i*ak- 
 ingtim, wHh iImi aecmnf*aiiyiiit| if'K>uiH<*iM«. 
 wai takitn ittio i;iiti»i<icrrt(itMt ni liirrif «ur(?f« 
 •iva Mootitig*. 'riirough wmiiu ittiKCtmut'iNl>i«i 
 nf Um A*»ut«ni !ii!0riiiiwy of "UmCUufcUMti 
 eiffiv " li« hS'l «iiinni(<nQ<i tm llii* •Iril IW 
 nil iiif> gtMiilomoii who hitil lM«rii orlalrtiitiy '»m 
 Iho Hrtt ('omniltiAo iimi«>ininl t»y •« itm ( liufh 
 tSooieiy ;" Hfulnn l>r llulmi*, Col. Wilf^riM, 
 in AbtKMi, KiK|., Btxl iltii KcviU. hi, N«>){f*i4. 
 «Lf.P. Wlilio w«r« I'lrQuifrii, wlifri 'li« (Vmii 
 iniireAsiiiAt, it WII4 ri*tulvr<l that iK«y iiImmiIiI 
 net with thi ; to whk'U I K^ndily tMi'iiinl. .h 
 my only ohjflcl wrt4io givD thi! timitrr <i ftitl 
 •ml ftlr tiotiitiitorntioii. Nt<«tiM;ii:t ^vrv *uh 
 «*qut(tttly )i«l<l oti^lhi' 7ili aiut llltli Ih riMii 
 Iter . ami on iliu Itn'oUiiiu; u|* of lh» ^ oimutit* • 
 an ih« latitfr ilnyjt I tnhiroMril the IWHowmm, 
 Cirrtilar to oil tny ('t<!r^y; )uut'itii>r wiih • 
 flopy ot Mr. lila'lnUHHi'a hill nifl ih«' Ki'tnit* 
 •»r ihit Cof|imilic(*, wtiirh will !»w.l'»'tn'i %' 
 IMii^fft I et §tq. 
 
 MoMTiiitAL, Dec. I3«h, IH'»;' 
 Riv.'amo Vrak'MR'— I huv« rrtrivf.t itiiti 
 .Sir John fakiiitifitrii • ropy of a hill |iilMi<litii»i 
 tntollu* llou4M ot Coinmoi:* iii Junu UkI, by Mi. 
 (tl«(]«t<iii«, uii (hittulijccl III lh« (!t)loiiiul (y'biui it. 
 •ecotnpanied hv d rvqucit thai 1 »aulJ taV'Mii 
 hlin with my ophtinn upon tlir|trp*ciUatat<>«>i 'U- 
 Churoh in ihii ()in<*af(<,.iiir. I hiiv# tboii^dt it 
 bnt to brhiv lh<t NiihjifCt un(|<*r the cnn«i(lafitl4>fi 
 >tf the Committed, wtiich waM a|)|K)iiitif<| in Jumi- 
 4ry la»t, by th« Clergy axd. laityi aMcnibh"! tit 
 Dioetaan ay nod. 
 
 1 bevii now t«> r><()>te«t that you will attiml Nti 
 adjourned Mcetiit;; iti Ihut i>ioc«>iiiiii NyiitiU, lo li** 
 held in tht* Natio^Hl Sctiool Koom,on WeduttiKJay, 
 19th January next, at twelve o'clock i and that 
 you will communicate uitt» (he Lay l)«d«:yiiii*4 
 ffom your !Vtinion, and obtaii., if potiihl^ Ummi 
 
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 «iltfi«l«nf» •(•» on ttet a<>#t«iaii, Mi a«4«r t4 #«• 
 ««(f« ibfl K«|iaft of »»•• Conimiti**. «( whirH, | 
 n«w •«»•! y<>«« • rfipy. lo(«th«r with <mi« «I Vf » . 
 Ul««k«.w«'« proi^wMl lull i ihci «r« m«jr IM pf 
 |M#«<I i« «fr«« Ut MOM •uum«at, wHMh imv W 
 lm^%i^ «#il|^«M l>aill|IMIj^Nl rfflf I* to 
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 ^ tUf • tiNl i>»tr tUf, 
 
 F ^YiMirt MihMly. 
 
 AtviirilMii^y, «Mi Wtilnfttlay, ih* lOih jjO^ 
 Jiiiuirjf, l9Aa. aAcr OiviiM ««rvM wiih i|» 
 Holy ( rmiinutiioti in liin (!aihi>ilral, 1)10 %il» '*' 
 iourued ni«<tling of ilie tilrri^ «ti<t l«y ritprt' ' 
 MiMaiivM wM tMtlil ai ih« Naii'iiial Hch4K>|- 
 l(i>u«r at fU o cluck. Tfirrti w«r« |trrMm Ml 
 MiMiiocatiuti tliiriyiwoelergyrtirn and thlrty- 
 •^irtn tayiiteu, r^prrMniiiig twunty Mvati . 
 |Nirich«t ur jniMiofi*. Two other clerayiiiari 
 arrifrtl in,ii|riir(}ttl ( but otm waa lakcn III. 
 iitil ilio otfil^ wa« too l9it>. AOi'r I lia<l • 
 iiricily (taj,aiiril to tlio niiwtin|( what liatl baen 
 iha iH'iitm of ihoCoinotuine, it waa mo%p«l b}|j^ 
 tUa Hon W. Hailulfly, M.IM'., ami •..coM.ltt'PP* 
 by \\(9 Rev. If. Townnflrnl, Rector of Cl«> 
 r.fnoevill#,, «' Thol tlin Hvfmt oftlio Cooimii. 
 iiHi now pree^iiioa b< rocoireil, sikJ coiiiiiJ. 
 *t«4 claoM by^i«ti4u.J» 
 
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 that thU Hill» with ihoir r&cottimcnAtion%, 
 WM jiint whoi ihny nhoiild hoiro thumwlv^ 
 withtid to i)rM|M)4«t| and iliurolur^ nduptod it in 
 th«ir K<i|)uri. It wa« aUu ubjoctcd 1 1 ml oor* 
 tain natnunhad been addtid to thoCumiiiiltHl^ 
 withuui any authuriiy fur nuking iut:h addi* 
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 wwe, I own I wa« »urpriw«l at ii. Th« 
 i^rttut d«sirc wiih all of us wn», simply, Uia 
 lulleKl ari(i faireit'cunsideration of the mattt^r 
 btfloro us : arul when I I<H)k at the names oi 
 the ^cntlomnn who eomiHwod that Comroittt* 
 thus enlarged, I appoat to any member of the 
 Church in this DuMese, if it could ba.po»t»i. 
 >»l« to select, ill erery lespect, a fairer in 
 ).iiore effective lift. Clerffy and Laiiy troiii 
 »'>wn niid country, and ♦>ach party (as we must 
 <Je»ii{nato them) of religious opiuior», were all 
 lully represented by men of acknowledged/ 
 caleiit and iiilluenc*); and there were also two 
 ubin and experienc«<l members of the legal 
 ' profiBSsion. 1 do not tli^nk it likely that th«» 
 maifor t'ould ever bo ittore satisfactorily and 
 diMpassioiiately investigated ; and our iteci- 
 , siouh were unanimous. It was further ob- 
 jected that many i>arishe.s on this occasion 
 h«il,iM»t rcinesentatives i>resent. This musi 
 W expectcil more or lesA in Much an extensive 
 J)iOceHc ; particularly when there is no provi-. 
 Viioii made for defraying the expenses of at- 
 tendance, which in some cases must be con- 
 siderable. The members of the Provincial 
 Parliament are all allowed travelling expen- 
 ses atid a certain sum, per diehri, during tlie 
 ejession. And I really think in this country, 
 with an unfavourable season for travellintj^. 
 that it showed considerable interest m th^ 
 matter, that so many were present; and I may 
 idd that out ofnine Rectories in the Diocese, 
 which are the oldest and most important par- 
 ishes, eight had Lay Representatives at the 
 Meeting ; nor is there the slightest reason to 
 Jsnppose that, had the Representatives from 
 all tlio country Missions l)een able to attend; 
 fhoMiuoniy would thereby have been reJa- 
 
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 (iveiy iiicreaned. A recumendation was alt«i 
 proirased by the Ruv. C. Morico with tdoT- 
 •Mice to tliu tirst ctauHO, giving jwwer tu the 
 (clergy and Lay Reprasuittativov to paN.t any 
 Kulu or Canon, witliuut tho assfiit uf \h» 
 Kisltop, u|K)n ii8 boiug re-aiiirmed by a mu- 
 jority ')f voiceH after ihc uxniralion uf Htx 
 monlln ; which was aegatived. The princi> 
 pal objects which the iueutin<{ liad in view,ui- 
 recummeuding the above amendments to the 
 Kill wt'ie to keep up aclo^to connection with 
 the Mother Church, and uphold the supre- 
 macy of the Qoeen, as now by law established 
 and arknovvled^^ed. And in the adoption oi 
 the tieveral portionsi of the, ReiHirt, as niially 
 amended, I do not believe there was iiuy dil>- 
 terence of opiniun,r-the minority Who voted |^ 
 against ilio reception of the Retnirt concurring^ 
 that if the Bill was to be received, it would 
 thuH be materiallv improved. And a Reso- 
 Intion mbved by Major Campbell and secon- 
 ded by the E%ov, Dr. Leaoh, Minister of iSt 
 (Jeor^e's Church, Montreal, to the elfect, 
 '* That unless these amendments are faiih- 
 fully adopted in the Bill, it will not be eatiN- 
 tnctory to the Church in this Diocese," was 
 most cordially and unanimously agreed to. 
 
 As far as I could understand the grounds ul 
 the op|K)sitiun, it was not so much to the Hill. 
 itseH', as on account of the real or supposed 
 opinions of the framer of it, Mr. Gladstone; 
 who was stated to have some ulterior design 
 u-onceajed under the general terms, in which 
 the JBill is expressed. Iiiformaiion also was 
 required as to what partic(dar Acts of Parlia- . 
 mcnt, if any, besides that of 25th of Heury,. 
 VIII., would be alTecied by the first Clause ; 
 and upon what grounds the Oath of Suprcma- 
 <!y was not to be required with the Oath of 
 Allegiatice iit the sixth clause. 
 
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 Thi* Bill, howoT«r, ii the only praeiu nl 
 nioaHure over oir«ro<J fur ourconnideraiion : a 
 was tent oui to u« by one of Her Majesly'n 
 Sucrf tario* of Siato for our opinion ; and ilin 
 inoeiing decided that it met ilic wanlt of (ho 
 Church in thi« Diocese, and, with certain 
 amendments given above, might be aafely 
 and uselnUy adopted. Some people have 
 oiijectcd that we are not yet fit to be entruKt 
 «d with such powers of self-government. But 
 we have got it in alt civil matters ; and it in 
 better to make some attempt in relation to 
 Ecclesiastical affairs, than to leave us in our 
 present discreditable condition, — one unfair 
 to the Bishop, to the Clergy, and the whoh- 
 Church, r believe, moreover, that great good 
 would result from such meetings; and that 
 rtven «he two, we have already held for these 
 preliminary discussions, have diffused infer 
 rnaiion ond produced considerable oflfect in the 
 riimds of several of the Laity; who coming 
 iroa |K)or and distant Missions, thus find fel- 
 iowship and sympathy with a large body of 
 .brethren. The recommendations conuiincd 
 in the Report, together with the Bill itself, 
 having been thus considered in detail; the 
 concluding Resolution, moved by Col. Aus- . 
 tin, and seconded by th^ Rev. Dr. Beiliune, 
 Rector of Montreal, was carried without any 
 •liviaion,—." That the Hilli with its amend- 
 ments, be adopted, and thai His Lordship, the 
 Bishop of the Diocese, be respectfully request- 
 ed to forward the same to the right hon. the 
 Necretary of State foi the Colonies, with. such 
 observatioDS or remarks, as to His Lordshin 
 inay seem appropriate.'* ^ ■ 
 
 i he Meetiog was then closed with prayer. 
 
 In compliance with this last Resolution^ I , 
 have tlrawn up these remarks, somewhat at ' 
 
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 length, and think it right t« make them j>ul>* 
 lie in the Dioceso, that the membert or Ihr 
 Church may bo iully cognizant ofthem. 1 
 hope I have .given a uiir account of what .hat 
 taken place 4||^ I came to Montreal, In or- 
 der to ahow tjiBbe want of lome provieion 
 for the regdlJn(mt>rour Eccleeiaatical affairt 
 is groatl3i^v|^-iJ^d acknowledged ; and that 
 the subjedt h|l been under coneiderable die- 
 cuuion. With retpect to the Meeting at which 
 the Report of the Committee, above given,wa» . 
 djicussed, it lasted for nearly five hours; and 
 I reflect with very coniiiderable satisfaciipo, 
 thai.'while there was great freedom of debate, 
 the proceedings were conducted without that 
 warmth and bitterness thai unfortunately so of> 
 ten are witnessed on such occasions. But after ' 
 all, if this Bill should pass, it is only pcrmis8ive;j| 
 it removes obstacles to our self-action, but * 
 tbrces nothing ufion us. And I fuel that we . 
 shall still require great cautiuU) forbearance, 
 and patience, before we can reasonably ex- 
 pect to see any system fully and satisfactorily 
 at work. But we are far from being in a 
 satisfactory elate now ; and I think we ought 
 to be allowed by such a Bill as this to under- 
 take the task, or to have some better means 
 provided. One thing, however, is certain, 
 that in any system to be adopted for the 
 Church in these Colonies, we must seek to 
 organize it on a broad and firm basis; and 
 must earn the respect and aflfection of the 
 Laity by serving them faithfully in the wdrk 
 of the ministry, and by inviting their aid and 
 co-operation in the internal administration of 
 our system. During a recent vi«it at New 
 York I made many inquiries respecting th«h||; 
 system of church discipline and governmeorf 
 and the efTects of lay influence in their coii-^ 
 
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 ▼eotioot. I was lold, by what may be termed 
 High Churchmen, that the admiMion of the 
 laity iiad been with thorn a matter of necet- 
 iity ; but that, whatever might have been 
 the a priori opinion* heUI on th« •ubjert, ii« 
 •iperaiion had been «o iocceMful, that it wouhi 
 jww be adopted at matter of choice. I will 
 only further add, in conclufion, that I irum 
 the Great Head of the Church will to overrule 
 k\i our purpoeea and actioni that they may 
 promote His glory and advance, the work of 
 aalvatiob, and ihat He will graciounlv be 
 }>lea8ed to build ua all up in one butly, iii 
 unity of spirit, In the bond of peace, and in 
 rigbteouaaessof life. 
 
 P.MONTREAL. 
 January 21, 1853. * 
 
 Exlrad from the Visitation Charge ojthi 
 . Bishop ofMontrealjeferred to at page II. 
 
 "It i§ my wish, in the flrtl place, to dirccr 
 your attention to the real position, which a# 
 members of the United Church of England 
 and Ireland, we occupy in this Diocese. 
 While s|>iritually we are identified with the 
 Church in the mother-country,- emanating 
 from her, nsina the same liturfyy, subscribing 
 the same articles, blessed with tlie same apus' 
 tolie niinistry, Tisibly forming part of the same 
 ecclesiastical body, and claiming as onr own 
 all her mighty champions,, confessors, and 
 martyrs— yet in a political sense, and as re- 
 gards temporalities, aod everything that is 
 understood by a legal establishment, or as 
 conferring\ apecial privileges <tbbve other re-. 
 
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 23 
 
 l.igiout oommuAittei, w« are in « totally dig. 
 •imilir tiluatlAi. Wh«)hor it «?er was con- 
 leiiiplated in these respects to carry out th« 
 theory of the Church of England in Canada, 
 cenoitily it never has been practically effcct- 
 Hil : |)oliiicaIly considered, we exial but as onw 
 of many religious bodies, consisting of such 
 IMriOos as may voluntarily declare themselves 
 to be members of our Chijrch ; and who thus 
 Hs^'icioto logtMhor because they njte agreed 
 nj)on certain principles and (hictrincs, accoi- 
 dmg to which they beliovo it to have been 
 from the beginning the rule of the Church to 
 x.-rvo and worship Cod. The abstract truth 
 t»fany religious principles or doctrines in no 
 way depenJs on the degree of countcnauca 
 which thoy may rocoive from the auihoritiea 
 of (he State, nor can there be the slightest ad- 
 vantage or wisdom, but quite thot reverse, in 
 putting forward claims of the naiurO above 
 meniioned,which we cannot fully substanti- 
 ate, and which, circumstanced as we are here, 
 iflhcy wore to bo granted to us to-day, ^t 
 must be absolutely absurd for us to expotl to 
 muiniain. 
 
 "But while we have been held to be identical 
 with the Church in England, this practical 
 and essential diflcrence in our poliiitical and 
 legal position has never been provided for; 
 and the conscfjuence has been, that we have 
 lost the administrniive power provided for the 
 Church by its legal establishment at home, 
 and none has been supplied, adapted to our 
 condition here. We seem to ha^e been de- 
 prived of the ecclesiastical law of England, 
 and have not been provided with any recog- 
 nized and eflfectual means of self-government 
 f<»r those who associate themselves logeth^jc^^ 
 as members of our communiOD in^^Ianada. 
 
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 Th« ooIy ftlt«roativ« haa b«fn to tarli a rem- 
 •dv in tna diacretionary «i«rciM d|''Kpiaco|ial 
 
 I rule and atiMrintriiilonrf ; an aliernativr, 
 
 •which ia not always available in all caaes, and 
 
 which, by catling too much weight apd r«- 
 
 , »|MMitibiliiy uikui iIih individual judgment ond 
 
 — ditcreiion of iiia Ui«lin|i, lias a i«nden«y lode-^ 
 priva hit docisionit of much of that inlluenct 
 and authority which ought to attach to all tha 
 acta uDho occletiatiical body. 
 
 It cannot be thought unreatnnable that Wf 
 should all nnxinutl^ took a remedy fur ihit 
 •vil. Itwaiafull cpntoiouaiiftaofouruntatit- 
 factory ttaie in ihit ronprn that influenced 
 the Bithopt, atsembled at Quebec at our re* 
 cent Episcopal Conference, when we unani- 
 moutly agreed, amongst oiUert, to a reiolutioii 
 axpressiugopioiona almost ideotical with thota 
 which we lately embodied in the proceedings 
 efour ^'Church Society^" at one of the meat* 
 ingt of the Central Boaid, viz : "That in con- 
 aenuence of the anomalous atate of the Church 
 of England in lUese Colonies with reference to 
 its general government, and the doubts enter- 
 tainod aato the validity of any code of ecclesias- 
 tical law, the Bishops of these Pioceses expe* 
 rienced ^feat difficulty in acting in accordance 
 with Iheir episcopal commission and preroga- 
 tives, and their decisions are liable to miscon- 
 struction, as if emanating from their individtial 
 will, and not from the general body of the 
 Cjhurch ; and that therefore it was considered 
 
 ' dmirable that the Bishops, Clergy, and Laiijh^v 
 of.the Church of England, in each Diocese, v 
 should meet together m Synod at such times 
 tod in such manner sla may be agreed: the 
 . laity meeting by repreaeotaiion, and that their 
 rep^sentativesmust be communicants.'' ] 
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 Church, (havinK rfftirriice of couric only lo 
 thoM who, by voliiriiorily joining our cummu- 
 nion» muft.u( cour«« bu lubjcct to its rulei,) 
 would not only iiave iha hapniett influence 
 on the Church at large, but would aluo ttrengtli- 
 in the true and legitimate influence of the 
 BUhoDw «nd cauM inoreaied reverence and re- 
 fpect fori)i9 office and authority. 
 ./'The learned Thnrndike, a divine by no 
 means inclifiod to raake light of tho univoraal- 
 ly acknowledged taw of the primitive Church, 
 that « without, the Bishop nothing was to be 
 done/' thus expressed his opinions, writing 
 just two hundred years ago:* ** But if the 
 ** rank of Biidipjpt over their presbyters be 
 " not only a just humah ordinance, but 
 '*Mi9Md in possession of sixteen hundred 
 -'^earii, without deceit or violence at the 
 . " beginning, let me havtf leave to think it will 
 ** b« liard to show a better title of human 
 "right for any estate utwn the earth. How 
 ** much more when the possession is avouched 
 ** to have been delivered from the hands and 
 '* time of the Apoetles, must it needs seem 
 ** strange that the successora of their place 
 *' should be destroyed by the sons of their 
 « faith. * * * He that acknowledgeth, 
 " and is glad to see these heads stand in their 
 height place, looking back upon their 
 •< banning, which was to succeed the 
 " Appal lea over several preobyteriea, in the 
 " place wbich^ they held over all for the time, 
 ** must needs miss their reritf ives, the bodies 
 " of these presbyteries in the government of 
 •« the Churches,'^ * • ♦ . • ^ • • • * 
 
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 ** joining tlitm with mikI utulur llio llitliopt, (ot 
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 ** proved common to Ixith, •••••• 
 
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 ^*« tint which oomatli nearest \\m inatitmjon 
 
 *<of our lA}Tt\ and U\n Apositaii, miint nut 
 V think of (i«)ii(ruying Biihopti but of reatoring 
 *' their preabytcrioa." 
 
 The nxact dutaita of any mAatnrr, making 
 provision fur some aufticinnt oovluHiaNtical 
 gOT«rnment and rule, need not bo every whore 
 and at all times identical, but it should h« 
 •fleotual. And it cannot be reasonable or juat 
 for so large a body, aa our Colonial Church 
 now is, to bo left in its present anomalous 
 and unprovided atate, but howoirer iliu dolaila 
 may be carried out. from the firat all ecclesias- 
 lieal disoipline and govern ment seem alwayi^jjtt 
 aa churches became aettled, to hava pnrtak«i||r^ 
 of a Diooeaan character, in due auburdination 
 to the degrees and canons ofthe church, as set . 
 forth in national, provlncial,^K general 
 connoila, and to the authorities a^Border of 
 the particular body, occlesiastico^n well aa 
 ciTil.oit which they formed a part, ao that tha 
 general unity might not be broken. ** Ridiou- 
 ium eat dicere" (writea St. Aujgustino, Bishop 
 of Hippo, when asked to interfere in the 
 "concerns of another Bishop's Diocese), 
 ** qtMsi ad ma pertineat cura ipropria nisi ', 
 ** Hipponensis eccleslap. In aliis enim 
 <• civitalibua tadtum ogimus, quod ad ecc- 
 '< leaiam pertinet, quantum vel nos permit* 
 << tunt, val nobia imponunt earuodem ctvita- 
 <* turn episcopi fratrea et conaacerdotea nos- 
 
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 , aicapl in what ralataato tha Church in 
 Iha Dioeaaaof Hipjio. In othar citiat wa onljr aet ao far, in 
 what lalataa tw acclwlaUical aWklrt. aa ouf bfathfen tha 
 
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