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BY JOHN, LORD BISHOP OF TORONTO. Canada, 2()th February, 18J1 I Inhabitants, anxious to preserve their allrpiance, Mr Lord, — .m}d, in as tar as they were able, tlie uniry of the As your Lordship appears determined to guard i eni|)ire, sought refuge '". the we>t»:rii p:irt of the United Church of England and Ireland UK.re Canada, l)e>oiid the settlements made before tlie rffVctiially from Romish iii;gi;. salon, it is to b(^ hoped thit whatever measures you propose to Parliament for this purpose may be conceived in a truly Catliolic spirit, and extended to Canada. N:>t liiat wo desire paint and peiudiies in this province to be enncted as-tin-.t any of our fellow-subjects, on account of their n li.;i.)us bt lief, I' •'! of (Jovernuient, ami to enjoy the srinn- hcrte — we merely tlaiui cupiality tin 1 freedom frou !its wliich tin y had aharuioned fioin tlieir laudubla oppreRsiim ; we claim that our just riglils aiul :ittaehiue"t to tlie parent State. privileg(!s may be henceforth secured and rt spccted, ; Tiicse el aims were so felt by the Kio!; and Pir- and that we nuiy no lotiatr be compellerl, by uu- liamt-iit, and tlifnfore an Act was pished in 1791, wise legislation and unjust preference!), to remain, i dividiiit; Canada into two provinces; the one, toin- as at present, in a condition of inferiority to other (ireliendin^; all the Frtiic!) setiUnieuts, to be called religious denoudiiationa. ; Lower Canada, and thu other, e;ni)r. icing the Our position has for some time been that of a reiu'iiiidei of the country, still a wildtrnes'-, to he Buffering and prostrate branch of the National called Upper Canad;i, and in wliich the 1 'valisls Church; and how we have fallen into a state so were to liiid an asdum. extraordinary and humblinj:; in a llriiish Coloiiv, Ti/e oiject of the Act was to suit the two will be best shown from a brief history of what i nations, diiiering as they did in lana;"ase, v.orship, has been going on tjincj the conquest of the j and manness, i:nd to give to each th»i power of country. legislatieg fi,r themselves in all matters not atf.-ct- When the French possessions in North America j ing religion and commerce — more espteially to were ceded to England at the peace of 17G3, the I coi.f.r upon the loyalists Kuch a constitution as free exercise of the Roman Catholic religion was j should be as near a transcript us practicable of that granted to the inhabitants of Lower Canada. In of England, that they ndght have no reason to 1774, the British Parliament not only confirmed regret, in as far as religion, law and liberty were CO! quest, under the K'ngs of France. 'I liese loy.ili^ts, who haa for seven years perilled their lives and fortmies in defence of the throne, the law, and religion of I'.iif^land, h-id irresi>tablc elui;iis, when driven I'rom llnir homes into a str::iigt! !;ind (yet u vast forest), to tiie immt^dlHte pmitc- this grant, but authorized the payment of tithes to the Romish Clergy by those who professed rheir religion, reserving the payment of tithes from Pro- testants to be made to the Receiver General towards the support of a Protestant Clergy. At the close of the war in 1783, which gave iiidtpeodeDce to the United States, till then Colo- aits of the British Crown, great numbers of the concerned, the great sacrifices which they had made. By this Act one-seventh of the waste lands of both provinces were set apart, in lieu of tiihef, for the Kup'port of a Protestant Cleriiy, leaving the Roman Catholic Clergy within the French settle- ments which had already been divided into parishes, their tithes, glebes, and parsonages, but leaving the ri'liKi<)ii<( h"';"" m •!»>■ •"(•"•"■t«'rii'!», iV;l'. with Miuli iirivili'^i-M, liiruU, ami finliiwiiicnts, ns tiny Imd .ncqiiiri'd wliilc tlu; dulijocl!! of Friiiiu-, in ■ twjrnnce. Thus, Upprr Canada wan at first scttlpd en- th*ly by refunec loyalists, wliodi; rights hh Urilisl) ■ubj«>ct« to all the privileges of KiigliKhiiieii wtre enrdially acknowledged and giiHratitpcd by the Imperial (lovern'ni'iit. Tliey wtre at ritft few in iiumberM, jitxl lor many yours iiitrt'ascd hlowly, lor the wars in Kurope ptevfnted emi^riitinn froni the mother country, and the thiirueter oCtlie proviiicL' NB to t'litnate iiiid soil Lleill^ entirely unknown, was represented to be tuu cold and barren to encourage settlement. 'I'iie nohlf sfjind which the province made naainst the United Staten in the war of 18li*, in wliitli the uttachnient of it') inhabitants to the liritisli empire was a second time si<;nally di''|)layed, brought the country into deserved notici', aini graiitially removed the threat i^iioratice which had to this time |ircvailed as to its healthy climate, fer- tility of soil, and natural advanta<^cs. After the peiieral peace of 1H1,>, emigrants be- gan to arrive from tiie three kiii^'doms, and were encuura^i d by tiiu (Jovcrnment with free grants ol' land. Portions of the soil wen; also bestowed on the olKcers and men of the army and navy, to induce them to settle in the Colony ; and thus a considerable addition wad inude to the p()|)ulaiii)n. Vet, so late as 1824, t!ie iidiabitauts .scarcely luiiiihercd l.^O.OOO, and being sciltercd ovtr a Cleat region, nearly (iOO miles loin;, little or no benetit had been iltrived from the reserve of jine- seventli of the land for the support of a I'rotestant C'leri^y. Had the jirovince been systeniatically Rrttled. township by township, taking care to till up one befire anoti.er was oix ncd lor location; and h.ul p.uislu - 1. cell (ill iiiiil and endowed, and elmrches an;l SI liiiiih tTt'cted, witii masters and Clergymen i:i'p(iinif!il,as the settlement proceeded, the risi tves intended li-r the support of reliiiion would huvi grown by di grees iuto a rif^ulur Establishment, I ijual to that of Lower I'anada, and the intention of the Imperial Legislature would luivc been realiz>^d. Hut instead of ihi^, fowii'^liips were sinml'ivie- ou>ly opeiii d in all jiarts of the province. Tin; settlers, thus separated, were unable to combine for the support of schools and churches; and as tlie re;er\c lots or portions (lUrcd no peculiar advant.it;cs, and could only be lease!, while all who pcliti'ined (I.ivernmkiit received lands ;.'rati«, they were in iidieral kit waste, insomuch that th'j revenue derived scarce ly amounted to live himdted |tounds pi r annum, after the lapse of thirty-live years. Yet this error, threat as it was, might have betn in some measure corrected, had the inclina- tion which at first prompted the reservation con- tinued to exist. Hut it was far otherwise, for no foiiner did rival claimants appear for a share of these reserved lands, or cneiiues ask for their ap- propriation to other jnirposes, than (Jovcrnment ii4\e them a ready couuleuauce, aud the services 2 a of thoie for who;iven to sell one-fourth of j the Clerjzy Ueserves in e;ieh province, lindting such sale to one hundred thousand ac res in any one year. I IJut lu'itlier did tiiis law pive peace and satis- I faction to the dili'ireiit clainiant.s, because unrca- I sonable desires can neviT be satisfied or Ket at rest. On the contrary, the enemies of the Cliureh, hav- ing succiedetl so tar, wer<' encouraged to renewed 'agitation for the alienatiuti of the remaining three- fourths. They went even .so far as falsel^> tonttri- i bute the rebellion which broke out in 1837 in ' Lower and Upfier Canada, of which they them- selves were the autliors, to the discontent occa- sioned by the Clergy Uiserves. The insureetion was, iinleed, instantly suppres- sed by the military iti Lower, and by the constant loyalty of the peo[)le in Cpper ("anada, now exer- ted for ilie third time in favour of the Ci'own, and without any assistance from the army. Hut the slanderous ealumiiy was still continued by the insurgents, who wiie partloned and allowed to I re turn, and being connected in Kngland with an I appnheiision of a fresh outbreak, induced the Imperial r.irliament to adopt the fatal measure of uniting the two province-, and to pass the 3 & 4 Victoiia, chap. 78, to provide for the sale of the Clergy Rrscrves, and the distribution of the pro- ceeds thereol. ■ iJy its provisions the Church of England in Canada was deprived of seven-twelfths of her pro- perty, yet her members in the Colony, tired with cotMentioi), and more than indifference from go- ' vernment, received it, unjust as it was, with satis- faction, rather than cuni|)laint, as a fiuurth, cliap. (.2, II oiie-Courth of *N liiiiiting auch ill nuy one ytar. >eaie and satis- hi'tatise unrcB* d or set at reHt. e Church, hav- ged to renew«(l iiDiitiing three- fnUe]^ to nttri- it in 18.17 in ih they thein- iiconteiit OL-ia- imtly suppres- y llie constant idn, now exer- Crown, and III3'. lUit the iiUfd by the i ullowed to ;l.ind wirh an iiuhiced iho al measure of ;is8 the 3 & 4 be sale of the 1 of the pro- Kngland in s of her pro- y, tired with ce from go- I, with satis- il scttletneut compromise, ch bishop of London on ting for the r peace, and V hdil it bppn honnnrnMy carried nnt, by plnclnn n the onsfrrn pnrt of th*! Provinre, and rompri«c« all jiisi value on the remaining fivc-twiiCih',, wiihonr the I'rciich settbineiits ami feinnnrics, and has liurrying the Hales, and WH-hnienf, ineredilile expenscH, Hninediji f; roiHiiiiriililc ininlii liavini; lucn ilisidtil into pariNhc?', a procesH which have been Htill preNcrved tnwanls a |i:irtiid iiniow- in Mtiii c'iiiiIiiik il iih tlic i onnirv in oprntd, |']ach inetit of the National Cliurcii in the i'rovince of p irisii has had rrmii itM first iiistitulion an incuin- Canada. Iient, supportid by tilhes, ami various dues, with n But, instead of e::ccufing the law with scrupu- parsoiiam', K't'>i'. ""d otlitr eiidowineiits, in iniieh lousexactuesH, incoui(>etirit persona, and in uidny the Mime way as the Cliifry of tlie Kstablislud cases notorious enemies of the Churcli, were ap- I'liurcli in Kiiijland and Iidand. Ilmce, tlu; pointed to value and disposi; of the liiiids, so that Koinisli Church lias incriascil in (tticirn(\, wealth, it may be safely averred that scarcly oiiL'-l'ourtli luul iiiiportaiice, with the jjrowih of the Colonv. of their true value is likely to be realizrd. | 'J he average v due of the livinj^s it is not easy to Indeed, the course taken by the Provincial ascertain with niiiuite exactiuss; but, from the Government in this matter was so bl.inieable, that best iiiforniation that can be obtained, it may bv coinpluints by petition were made to the Legisia- taken at i."'2.jO per aiiiiuiu; and assuminj; the ture, and the Report of a Select Committee, dated Parochial Clergy at 400, exclusive of those em- the 19th of February, 1845, established their ployed in colleges, monasteries, and other religious truth, but no steps were taken to remove them. ' lio'isen, we have lor the revenue of the Homait From the passii g the ;J i*< 4 Victoria, chap. 78, ('atholic Church in Lower Canada, .£ 100,(100 per in 1840, to the close of the year 1n4!), no move- annum, a sum which r(!prcseiits a money capital «>f inent against the arrangement which it made was at least C2,(i(i(l,0()0. manifested from any (piaiter, nor up to the last j In I'pper Canada the Roman Catholic Clergy session of the Provincial Parliament was there on do not, at pn.sent, excetd seventy in number, and that account any agitation i'l the |)roviiice; and the provision for their support is very slender. It we began to btlieve that the Clergy Reserves j depends chielly on their customary dues, and th» question, by which the country had been more ot contributions of their respective flocks. Unless, less disturbed for more than thirty years, was set indeed, they receive assistant c from the French at rest for ever. i jiortion of the I'rovince, where the resources of thj From this pleasing dream we were suddenly Romish Church are abundant. awakened, by a series of resolutions, which were | lu regard to education, the means nt the dis- introduced and carried through the Legislative j posal of the Roman Catholic Church in Lower Assembly by members of the K.xecutive Govern- i Canada are npt merely ample, but munificent, as nient, and an Address to the (iueen founded there- ! appears from the following Table, quoted from on, praying that the miserable pmion of pro|ierty •till left for the support of a Protestant Clergy, might be alienated from that holy ol)ject, and ap- plied to educational and other secular purposes. liefore the union of lJp[)cr and i^ower Canada, such an unjust proceeding could not have taken place ; for, while separate, the Church of England prevailed in Upper Canada, and had frei]uently a commanding weight in the Legislature, and at all times an influence sufficient to protect her from injustice. Hut s'nce their union under one Legis- lature, each sending an equal number of members, matters are sadly altered. It is found, as was anticipated, that the mem- bers returned by Dissenters uniforndy join the French Roman Catholijs, and thus throw the members of the Church of England into a hopeless Smith's History of Canada, vol. 1. Appendix (> : — Acrrii of Laixl. Uisiiliiies, Qiicbce 164^1(5 rrsLiliiios, 'I'hiuu Kivers 3u,()()3 Uecollects W.i IJislirip and Seminary ut t^uebeo 6(t3.;iJl .Ic'suits SU1,S1) Till,' Sii!pici;ilis, coveiiiis; thft wliole isluMJ ami city ot Mon- treal. coiisuleiL-d worth nearly a mil lion (jcauai llospiiui, (^iioboc Ditto, .Montreal llotol Diiii, (Quebec bujuis Giises 2.')n,19l ;.'.S,4!I7 •Iff I 11.112 •I2,:!3t; i2,117,17!» Now, averaging the value of these lands at the very low price of six shillings and elghtpcnce per acre, they represent a capital of more than seven minority in all questions in which the National ! hundred thousand pounds. It is true, all these Church is interested. I possessions were at one time at the disposal of th« The Church of England has not only becsi Crown, and the Jesuits' estates are not yet finally prostrated by the union under that of Rome, and appropriated; but who that knows the readiness the whole of her property made dependent on , with which Lord Sydenham gave a title to a few Roman Catholic votes, but she has been placed ' monks of St. Sulpice, covering the whole city and below Protestant Dissenters, and privileges wrested sland of Montreal, with the consent of the Impe- fcom her which have been conferred upon them, {rial Government, leceived or implied, can expect The result of such proceedings will be seen in that these vast possessions will be now kept back ? the present state of the two Churches in this But, independent of the Jesuit estates, we have Colony, to which I crave your Lordship's attention. , the Seminary of Quebec, after deducting a generous The Roman Catholic Church in Canada consists I allowance, if thought good, for the Archbishop, of one Archbishop and six Bishops, who have, it ' with a princely endowment of more than half a U said, about five hundred and fifty Clergy under million of acres of land, to establish colleger jnd their chargf. The strength of this Church lies iu scininarles of a higher order iu the districts of 27 Thrra RWen and Quebec; and the itill richer ' liiglicr branchei of literature and Kivnct can b*' aeminary of St. Sulpice, with more iliun half a taught. million, and believed by many to bu worth double. In 1827, an univerKJty, connected with the Na* that sum, to do the nunie fur the district of Mon> tional Church, was cHtablished by royal charter, treal. and liberally endowed with landn, rxpreaaiy let Contrast all this, my Lord, with the Uniti'd apart Cor that purpose, so far back as 1798, by the Church of Knglcnd and Ireland in Cnniuia. We command of (ieorge ihe Third, of worthy uie:nory, have three Hisliopg, and about two himdred and and now yielding a revenue of JCl 1,000 per annum, forty Clergjmen; the latter having vtry scanty Hu: because it was so connected, though not ex- aupport, and yet, scanty ns it is, they are much cliuiini; the youth ot other religions denon.inations more indebted for it to the unwearied benevolence j from the educational benefits it oiforded, it became of the S )ciety for tlie I'ropagiiiion of the (lospel in | an object of attack ; and after a long »:ruggle, an Fortigii Tiiits, the generous protector of tlie Colo- Act was passed, which came into operation on the niul t.!hurclt, titan to (loveriirmiit. For altiiough (irnt of January, 1830, not oidy destroying the it was tlie iiitentiim of tlie Ihitish Parliament, in royal charter of King's College, but eslablihhing a 1 70 1, to make ample pro\i^ion for the maintenance new univer'sity under a difl'eient name, from which of a Protestant Clergy in Canada, and to place the all religious instruction, according to any form of National Cliurch on an eipial fooling in tempora- doctrine, is excluded, all religious observances are lilies with that of Home, that intention has been j virtually abolished, and graduates in Holy Urdera frustrated by neglect and mismanngement, and at declared ineligible as members of the Senate, labt by the active interference of the Govcrniiietit. The members of the United Church of England III 1840, the lands set apart for this purpose, including the one-fourth under salb,may bu assuiiu d at three millions fif acres. Of this quantity, seven- twelfths were at once swept away (as already men- tioned) by the 3 & 4 Victoria, chap. 7S. leaving only Hve-twelfths for the support of a Protestant Clergy. 'Ihe Church requested that she might have the management of this small remainder of her properly, either to lease or endow parishes, and so ensure a permanent provinion, at least to a limited extent. This was denied her, and the lands were ordered to be sold without reserve, nnder the direction of the provincial authorities. Thus, my Lord, Governitient refused to confide to the Church of the Sovereign this small portion and Ireland, thus deprived of an university with which til .y could in any sense, as religious men, co-operate, felt it their duty to sacrifice endowment rather than principle ; and as it is impossible for them, great as the sacrifice is, to hold connection with an institution essentially un-Chrifatian, they have taken measures to establish an university in strict connexion with their Church, without asking for any pecuniary aid. But here, my Lord, again the policy of your Government interposes, by various annoyances, to compel U3 to send our youth to the anti-church university. Among others, our application for a royal charter to enable us to confer degrees in the arts and faculties, and to manage our own property of her patrimony ; but they very readily entrusted ; and affairs, (although such charters have already ten times as much in value and extent to the Romish Church in the same Colony. Now, it is believed, that under this unscrupu- lous management, the share of the Church, or 1,250,000 acres, will not realize one-third of their true value; but, assuming that they may, on the average, realize six shillings and eight pence per acre, or, for the whole, £420,000, which, at the present rate of inrerest in the province, may pro- duce £'25,200 per annum, what is this fur the Bupport of all the Protestant Clergy who will ever be in this vast province P Nor is tliis all : a money cspital is not like tithes or land, of a steady value, but liable to fluctuation and contingencies, by which the income may be diminished. This same capital, fur in- Btance, would afTurd only half the revenue in the three per cents, in the mother country, which it does at present liere, while tiie incomes of the Ro- mish Clergy arise from land, and arc not only per- manent, but liable to no such diminution. My Lord, we have not yet done : this pittance, miserable though it be, is once more in jeopardy, because the constitutional power which Government possesses, of declaring thcsettlement of 1S40 final, has not been exercised. As respects education in Upper Canada, we have at present no Church institution in which the 28 been conferred on two religious communities in the Colony, far inferior in number,) has been as yet without' success. Hence, there is at present no seminary in Upper Canada in which the children of conscientious Churchmen can receive a Christian and liberal education ; for the institution at Co- bourg is very limited, and confined to theology. Even in regard to common schools, the prerail* ing influence of the Roman Catholics effects a dis« tinction, by allowing them separate schools, a pri« vilege denied to the Church of England. Such, then, my Lord, is the state of the United Church of England and Ireland in this noble pro« vince : degraded, crippled, and impoverished by the policy of the home Government, both in Eng< land and in Canada, and her complaint treated with indifference and nejjlect. And yet of a sudden your Lordship manifests a marvellous indignation against the Pope for doing in England what he has been long doing to a far greater extent in this Colony. An Archbishop has been created by the Pope, and powers allowed to the Bishops, which are not permitted even in Roman Catholic countries. Moreover, soon after Her Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria erected the See of Toronto, and appointed it3 Bishop, a Priest was aent by the Bishop of Rome to assume the tame title, calling •nd Kivnet ran b» biniwlf Biihop of the atm See, and mliblUhing far richer endowment, which they bold bj • much ineetrd with the Na* by royal charter, liindit, rxpremiiy aet ack as 1798, by the , of worthy uie.'iinry, C\ 1,000 p<>r annum, ted, though not fx- ^ioiis dciioniinationa : afftirded, it became n long sjruggle, an to operation on the )nly destroying the but eHtabii(.hing a t name, from which ling to any form of UU8 observancea are tea in Holy Urdera of the Senate. Church of England an university with , as religious men, acrifice endownieot it is impossible for to hold connection un-Chribtian, they »h an university in cb, without asking he policy of your us annoyances, to :o the anti>church r application for a nfer degrees in the ! our own property ters have already lommuniliesin the ) has been as yet is at present no 'hich the children eceive a Christian institution at Co- td to theology, tools, tlie prevaiN >lics effects a dis- te schools, a pri- igland. ate of the United n this noble pro- inipoveriNhed by nt, both in Eng> DUiplaiut treated iship manifests a B Pope for doing ig doing to a far ed by the Pope, >!>, which are not : countries. ■acious Majesty of 'i'oronto, and vas sent by the iioe title, calling himself in the same city. I The rightful Uishnp thought Hrst of complaining > ' of so glaring an infringement of primitive Hud Ca- tholic order; but seeing, from the tHMtnii-nt received by the Right Reverend Dr. lt^ou^ht(>ll, the first UiHhopof AuDtralia, tliut instcid of rtdrts^, he would meet with contumely and derinion, hu tliou^iit it wiser to furbeiir. weaker tenure than we did ours. Dut the Romani«, ilifir (mwir is in no 'l>u; , i .N.i, • .. y »o!ii(iiiiie>4 i;in' IIS i-rfiiit (i>r iiiMt I ^t• j,.;io wliicti lliey in prai'tici- ncglei-t, ami i>« lu\c. aiitl perl):i ro of ,_, , , , ,. , , , , ''"' ^•^tioiial Cliurcli would not consienl lo bucli 1 he facts thus establiHhed, my Lord, present a rol>berv a curious commeiitary on your Letter. Vou give more than usual efficiency to the Romish iiiiriinlty in Canada : you confer upon tlx ui BuperabuiHlu;it means for the higher educational purpoiicH, and you award them u con^plete and well-endowed ecclesiastical Kstabiishnieiit. lit coniraHt, you per- Such, my Lord, i^ the state of the Nalioniil Cliuich ill this Colony a.i compared with that of Uome. What are the reincdiii'? Fiixt. Since no resioriition can bn hoped for, mit, without reinonstrance or interference, the at leiist give protection to tiii- hiiiuII reinHiiider of national Church to be deprived of her solitary en- ^ the property left the Cliiir( li, snid take order that dowed College (she had but one), and to be strip- ' the pledge under the 3 ^ 4 Victoria, chap. 78, be ped of the greater part of her patrimony, conferred no loMt;tr suilVrcd to become a outijeci of dmcus- upon her in 1791. sion or cornpiaint. Compare, my Lord, your policy towards the' Si-cu'lli/. Let the Ciiunli in CH'nda be allowed Colonial Chutcli with the generous conduct of the full liberty of action. Wiiile there was only one United States. The members of the Church of liisliop and a few Missionaries, siaitered over tli« England inhabiting the Slate of New York are at , surface of thi.s vast province, and while the (lo- this day enabled to erect their Churches and pay verninent here and in tlie mother country were their Missionaries, in every section of that exten- members of the Church, and her natural guardians sive country, by the aid ol' funds provided by the from position and inclindtion, we had security and pious care of British monarchs when they were [)eace. Her ministrations were gradually extended Colonies; for so scrupulously have all endowments ^ as the country became settled, and she poNwesiied to the Church, or to Colleges, such as Columbia that influence in public affairs to which she was College, formerly King's College, New York, justly entitled; but now that the State at home William and Mary's College, in Virginia, &c. &c. j and abroad profesHCs to have no religion, and seems been preserved, notwithstanding the levolution, : to prefer all religious communiiies, but more espe- ^. that it was urged lately, as a strung reason why, : cially the Roman Catholic, to the United Church members of the Church should join the annexation of England and Ireland, it is unjust to hold her in party in Canada, which though dormant is not, chains by antiquated laws which have no force extinct, because the moment Canada becomes a < against any of Her Majesty's subjects except those State, all endowments for the Church, educational ' that belong to the National Church, and to which and charitable purposes, will be guaranteed for | she submitted at a time when there were no other ever for the purposes intended, as such property religious bodies, and for the sake of the preference has been declared sacred by the Supreme Court of | and special protection which are now withdrawn, the United States, nnd cannot be couiiscated under j To speak of the Church as in unity with the their general Constitution. ' State in the prenrnt state of things is as ri(iiculous But with us, instead of protection, the Church as it is untrue ; for since the unequal application and her possessions are made the sport of the i of the principle of civil B.xi religious liberty, in Home as well as of the Colonial authorities. ' 1824 and 1829, slic has been left ns a target for We do not, my Lord, contrast the two Churches, all sects and denoniinaiions to shoot at, and as as respects their wealth or poverty, with the view hel|)less ns ?uch tiir;:;et ; bicauso she is not free to of seeking to diminish the ample endowmrnts of, exercise in her own dtfeiicettie rights and inherent the Roman Catholic Cluireh by a single sliiiliiig or powers wliic!), in common justice, ouglit to be con- acre, — they have been dedicated to sacred purjiosesi firmed to her, from that same principle, and should be held sacred ; — what we contend for: -All oilier religious bodies have their legislatures is, that the endowments of tlie United Church of' which are free to meet wlien and where they please England and Ireland, appropriated so very solemnly to dcliherate and pass bye-laws, so long as such by the 31 George the Third cliap. 31, and the en- only idl'.ct the spiritual concerns of tho»e who are downient of King's College, guaranteed by three willing to accept them, and impose notliinp incon- of our 8overei;?n3, should be held equally sacred as ' sistent with their condition as subjects, to which all the grants of Louis the Fourteenth, anil that what '■ denominations must yield obedience, has been unjustly taken away should be in some I In this Province the Roman Catholics are under way restored. ! no restraint ; the Wesleyans have their Conference ; It may indeed appear strange that the Roman i the Kirk of Scotland and the Free Kirk have their Catholics in Canada should, as a body, have lent ! Presbyteries and Synods; but should the Church themselves on every occasion to the spoliation of desire to meet in Convocation, for the regulation the national Church ; because, in doing so, they of her affairs, she is threatened with the Act of are giving a precedent for confiscating tbcir own : Subtnissioii, which ii said to meet the Colonics, 29 / /,/ •hhoiigh thii country wnii not known nt the tlmo j nntwlfh«fitndlng the OTerwhrlmlnf? numhrr of ul itN i-iiuctinciit. lloiiiiiiiiMtH. A iip4?(.-iiil lici'MNn frnin thi* (inern i« nn'ul to In- Ilciirr, wo frnr not lloiiip, her Jt'itiiitfl or her nbiolutfly neceRnnry tci innlili* itiiy ltiHliii|i to »<<• Ntlicinii*. Our lioly Chiirrli, roNtiiif; nn the faiih neiiible hill ('lergy ill Ciiiivncalioii, l'*>r iht> imrpoNi' , (nict; tlclivi rnl to thr NHiiitH, hnit kiicceHftfiilly op- of pHHHJiig caiioim nnd rrgiilatiiuis (or lliu pcHce and posiil them for tlir<-c ciiiturieR, on the principlcH of good gnverniueiit of his DIiki-ni!. Now, as Huch liceiiNL' Iihh beon rcfiisi-d to the nioliier Church in KiiKhmd for ii|)wardH of a cun- tury, it would Heeiii to be in viiiii to apply f»r oi>e here; neverllirlcNi*, the attniipt must xooii he primitive truth nnd order, and is fltill e«|u;illy ahlo to do HO, kaniiig on Divine help, in every part of the world. I. The Chr^iy and Lny Delegates might meet, with their iiishop!', nnd iiuikc rules and re^ulHtions made ; and should it prove iiiisueeex»fiil, we must tor the better conduct of their ecclesiusticnl HfTuirs, i then carefully exumine tiic restniiniiig enactment nnd for holding such meetings from time tu tiino of Henry the Kighth, as doubts have been lately thrown out by high lr>gul authority ol'its applica- tion beyond the scus. IIS might be deemed necessary and convenient. II. Such rules or regulations not to impose or in- flict nny corporal or pecuniary penalty or disability, It is, however, our design to proceed with all other than such as may attach to the avoidance of becoming respect nnd moderation. We shall there- 1 any office or benefice l)(dd in the said Churcii. fore petition, in the fir.>ft |)liice, for license to meet I III. That no sucli rule or regulation shall be ill a Diiieesan S\nod, (or the regulation of the spiri- biiuling on any person or persons, other than the tual affiirs of the Church ; and shoulil we (ail, it < said Itishop or Hisliops, and the Clergy and l much power here as the Church has in Kngland, yond all praise in the faithful di-icharge of their im- and that all things required ("or Church Govern- p hy the highest authority. To this we reply, that llisliop frequently feels himself weak, and requires io tlie Coloiiirs cases are constantly arising for at such limes the tefresliing counsel of his brethrtii, w'lich no provision has been made, and it is neces- and their constitutional cooperation in maturing the • ^ary for the Church of God to adapt herself to the measures which he may fee! it proper to adi pt. — ' circumstances with which she is surrounded, so far Tiieir presence therefore appears indispensable, if os it can be done consiateully with her religioua the Church in this extreme portion of the Lord's principles. vineyard is to carry out successfully her divine mission. Were the Clergy of the province to meet under But this and much more is required in the pre- sent crisis, when the Church is attacked by a host of enemies from every quarter; some openly avow- their three Bishops, or even were they to meet under i ing their inlidelity, others adding to or subtracting one Bishop in their respective Dioceses, with such | from the faith, and agreeing in no one thing, but representatives of the laity, being Communicants, their wish to destroy the only true branch of th« as might be thought right, they would accomplish > Catholic Church which is able to stem the .orrent all that might be required. Never, perhaps, did the Church proceed in any Colony with the like rapidity ; and this not merely in Upper Canada, which happens to possess pecu- liar advantages, but equally i>o iu Lower Cauada, 30 . . , of irreligion, fanaticism, and presuhiDtion, which it * These suggestions are founded upon certain clauses pro|)osed by the Uight Hon. W. K. Gladstone to be in- serted in the Australia Bill, during the last Session of Parliament. thrtatrning world. We terk in penal em nations of defence we under God, leaching, k| as she oiigh •ynodical a( nsturalty fli catholic doi cipline, the The first i f synodical action, from wliii ii all hhu n ijuifiH will naturnlly flow, such as the ritpi I hprcad of litr catholic doctrine, the rcstorulion of u litalihy dis- cipline, the establishment of proper tribunaU for the correction of offences, the control of the edu- cation of her chililren, \c. \c. lUniember, my Lord, that the principles of tntiit •olernlion are too well understood and established in the present age to admit of their infringement, and that the only way left of successfully conibal* ing ihu I'apal or any other aggression, is to eman« cipi»ie the Church from her present thraldom, in suine such manner as has becu indicated in this Utter. I linve tlie honour to be, my Lord, Your Loidkliip's must obedient humble Servant, JOHN TOIIONTO. X KI\(;.STO\ liRAXCII UNION'. ( /Vkvi //ii' A'i;i ,'<.'i"t ("iiiiniili\) The first mcetiPfjof lliis assnciution w.is liilJ attliu i Tin- socoml resolution niJopt"tl was moved hy Mr. Court llousi', piirsbaiit to nutu-i-, on NViiIiji-mI.iv even- (inolcve, ati'l hccDiich'tl hy ilie ilcv. II. Hri'iit — inn. JdUu U. .M.irUs, l',>i| . h^iviii',' luoii iuK'nI to tin.- ] !(• -^nlri.t. — Tiiat tin- ^rt-ncrul bll*lIll•^» ol' iliis liraneh Clmir, ami .^l^. ('. NV. (.'iiii|)it rii(iif>tii.l tu act as .Si-- of iin- l!|iiin;li Ihkih \h- i'()uiiiul'"l liy a Chuiriiiaii, cri'lary, the t'hiiinniiii ad.lii smvI iiu' uie.-lnij.' in lX(iI;i- ('lia|ilaiii. >i'iri't.iry, TriMsiiriT anil (.,'oiiiuiitlfe, to be natiou of ttiL' iihj ■(•!» aii.l ;.iiriM.st.'s nt' tin- S'ML'ty, .uiJ | i'lin,s,-n at tins niteloi);. dwelioii ilif iuipirtaTice of lliat eiiKa^'iiiff tiK'ir nuiiie- ; .Mr. Ur.'iil sai I tiiit thcm^zh llii- immediate subject diate atteiilioii — llie |ircstTva!ii)ii ot liiat iMiiioii lit the oftlio ri sulnium ri'ijuircil no ri'inarks to euforee, as t;iergy llesfrvj-s u'l'ittcil to tlio ('huroli. I'lu; (.'hair- ilic hori.tv, 'o i-xisl an I carry on il;i diilii's, in'Ci'sxarily man m the coursi- of his rcinaiks read a leUt-r he liad j riM|iiired idlii-cis, that he fidt calli'l on, in tlie preseut written some clozi'U yeifn aj;i to tliij late lainentod I posni,.!! of Cliiiroli inicfi'sts in ( 'anada, toiirgeitasa llev. Mr. Cartwrifflit, on tlie siiiijioi of tlie l'liT;;y | clnfy on fvi-ry (iiio p.issL".>iiiK intlui'iioi', aliiliiy or tali-nt Reserves, wlieii In- ( Mr .M.irUs) w.:s a iucin!n.'r ot ibe to exi-rt u to pr.'servc to iliu (.'Iiiii'lIi that portion of tho Lesi.slatiire, in wliiLdi ttn; ipir.-ition was tlim triatcd ! ('!i.|.j,y Ui-siTvi's allotted to lier l)y llie Act of the Im- ns a dilliciilty of loiii; standing', and its iinsi'tiU'd htate I p.Ti il I'ariiaiiii'nt, and tu pnvciit the puTVLTsion of it laineiiteil, the writer little aMtitiipatinj,' tiiai at at the I to sconl.ir pllrpl)s(•^, wlu'li In- fur Ins |).irt loi>ki-d on present day it Would he 111 no 111' rf .'^all.^lac^lly a con- , .'IS iioilniii; li'-s than Mu'iili-ge. 'i'li.it, unhappily ditinii. The spfaUiT also ri'inind-d the lU'ttinf; that i (diiircliiiu'ii wi.'fe unifiiiiiiL'd on tlie sul'jrct, and did hy H «tr,i'i»?«.« (•oiiicidcnci' tin- day (ix.il lur the lir»l ! no", testify tin- inlcri'.st in il they should do. Ot>i>er»o incetiiip of the Kni^tsion Uraii h id' the .Vssi.ciatiiin i the encr^iv with whiidi other rili^ious bodies aided in was tli • .Anniversary of the tiiith day of lU- good old Kin^' who h id (granted what In- no doiibl fnidly bc- lieVf 1 would havi.- foinnd a Millicii'Ul and haiidsoiii.- endowment for the Cliureh in this I'olonj , as it wouid have done if not wrested from its orij-'inal piir|)(ise liny iind MtaUMii; for the niaiiitonanie of their rights of or inii-rr-ts; tint eluueli'iieii did not do Sii ; they MMined to lliiiik their t hT^'v wt-re provided for, and uave iheiiiseKus liltle tr'iuhle on the siitje-et ; and even now, when the inistrahle piiiaiice that the ministers It was moved by l>r. I'etei' Uiehl, sceoi.dcd by J.iof reliijiou were in reciipt of wa.s in danger of lieing ' taken from them, no proportionate /.eal was displayed. One ohj'i't of the l.'hnreh I'liionwas to disuMiiinate correct uiformatiini tnncliin* (ler^'v and Churcli mat- ters. Why is till! C'hnicii attiicked and didraudid ? N\'iiy ? beeaiisi.' sin: is pasiive. t.'hrisiians should be peaeeable and snbmisMve, aiel no one was a WHrmer advocate id' tlii' mild doctrine of tliat saiTed creid than he ; hut there are c.reiinistai'ces in wliicli resislancu s jiistiliahle ; tlii'ri; is a point hej ond whicb submis- sion ceased to he a virtue. Tlie rights and interests of 2'iii,(iu(i pi'dijle ought tint to be invaded without nieetin;,' « itii remonstrance and resistance. He called on every one [lossessing talent for the purpose, to exert it in conveying through the pre.ss correct views on church matters, idiurch interesl.s, and the objects of the association; and to urge the necessity and i:uport» anee of organiz ition. and he doubted not that success would attend their etfurts, and we should have no reason to couiplaiu of supineness. ."Mr. (". Hreiit moved the following resolution, which was unanimously adopted. /I'i so.'rc'/.— I hat this meeting believinp the pros- iiiey uiigiii u» uiis lie woum leim in miio mc m" » , periiy o( a Clirisiian country is mainly dependent na made by the Parent Siciety at Toronto. (The learned maintenance of religion, aud the dilfusion of Christian pentleman then read the puhlislied rules of the Church ' kuo« ledge among its community, considers ibealiena- IFnion.) He had always been taught, he continued, tion of the (Clergy Reserves to other than religious tube true to his King and just to his country, and be uses calculated materially to retard the progress of felt that his present efforts to aid in carrying out the religion in the Troviiice, and to check the geueral generous iiit*!ntion of a deceased Sovereign, aud to prosperity of the country. prevent if possible an act of iiijustlee to liis adopted 'J'his residution was seconded hy the Rev. T. W, country, in despoiling a large prodortion of its inbabi- Allen, who stiid, that he was convinced that the well A. Henilersou, I'.sii., and /{I'so/iv/. — That an association be establisbeil, to be called the Hraneh of the Chuivli I'liion of toe Dioeese of Toronto for the United I'ouniiesof rnuteiiac. L'mi- riox & Addington, to be C(Unposed of nienihers of the United Church ot Knglaud auJ Ireland within the said Ciuinties. Mr. Henderson in seconding the resoliiiioii, said that the members of the Church in llnv.e I'ounties were now following the good example which had b<;en set them by the people of Toronti>. That at no lime did tiie Church stand lu greater need of the ex<-rtii)ns of her children than the preseiii, and he trusted that in those exertions thev would he unanimous ; that the want of unanimity that too often existed even amo.ig members of the same congregation, and yet m.ire fre- (luently aiiioii^ muiuhcrs of diUerent congregiilions, but who formed one universal and Catholic Church, was one great cause of the want of sinjcess that at- tended their efforts for the advanoenient of measures fur their general good. It behoved every one to un- derstand the objects the Union had in view ; and that they might do this he would read to tlieiii the ruKs tants, aud those the members of the (.'hurch, in whose precepts he hadl)ecn bnmght up, of their vested rights tha!t he was acting in accordance with that principle hti had learned in early youth. 31 fare of any State was dejiendant on the extent to which religion was supported within its borders and that the want of that su|