Let from them. It is said by some that episcopacy is a plant that can take no root in Scotland. I have looked into the history of Scotland; and, I must say that I am not convinced of the truth of that statement. me see episcopacy tried on its own merits, and then I will abide the issue. But when episcopacy was mixed up with civil or secondary considerations, it did not stand on its own merits. It is well known that among the rich and noble of the land a large proportion are adherents of our Church; but it is supposed that there is something in episcopacy peculiarly repugnant to the common people. But, the nature of the people of Scotland is human nature; and the nature of episcopacy is the nature of that scheme which God has ordained to redeem human nature. And let us not be told that it will not take root in the soil of this land. We are not left in this matter to consider mere general probabilities, but the evidence we would entertain is that afforded by a number of cheering indications. Enough has already transpired since the foundation of this society to render it impossible for any man to say at this moment to what extent episcopacy is cherished in the hearts of Scotsmen. A highly respected clergyman has placed in my hands, since I entered this meeting, a petition signed by 120 persons resident in and about Dalkeith, who never have enjoyed the blessing of our worship and ministry among them. They are not moved through the influence or solici tations of the great, the wealthy, or the noble, but by a warm attachment to the episcopal communion. The appeal which they have made will not remain without a response; but is it not a proof, and a striking proof, that there does exist a sentiment in favour of the polity of this church, a sentiment of the extent and tenacity of which we have no opportunity of being aware? I look forward, therefore, with cheerfulness to the future prospects of our Church in Scotland; and it is from the character and usefulness of this Society, that in a great measure I anticipate the realization of those prospects. I would say in conclusion, may God prosper the Episcopal Church of Scotland, may the hearts of the laity in this Church, and the hearts of those innumerable persons in Scotland who revere her polity, be moved in her behalf; may those pecuniary means which we humbly offer, as human means ordained for producing divine purposes, be blessed to the production of those purposes; and may this church be endowed with that spiritual energy, and life, and peace, on which, after all, her titles must depend; and which, we trust, while she is yet militant on earth, will be perfected when she reaches her final state of peace and glory. (Great cheering.) Our Edinburgh correspondent informs us that £269 were collected at the three largest chapels there, on Sunday, the 13th December, and it is hoped that it will be in the power of the Society next year to raise the incomes of the clergy to £100. Sincerely do we wish that a similar society existed in every diocese in England and Ireland to raise the incomes of the plundered vicarages. See Ep. Mag., No. 12, for some remarks on this subject.-ED. PRINCESS ROYAL. ON the 21st ult., at Ten minutes before Two, the Queen was happily delivered of a Princess, at Buckingham Palace. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, several Lords of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and the Ladies of Her Majesty's Bedchamber, being present. This great and important news was immediately made known to the town by the firing of the Tower guns: and the Privy Council being assembled as soon as possible thereupon, at the Council Chamber Whitehall, it was ordered that a Form of Thanksgiving for the Queen's safe delivery of a Princess be prepared by His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, to be used in all churches and chapels throughout England and Wales, and the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, on Sunday the 29th of November, or the Sunday after the respective ministers shall receive the same. A Form of Prayer and Thanksgiving to Almighty God, For the Safe delivery of the Queen, and the happy birth of a Princess. To be used at Morning and Evening Service, after the General Thanksgiving, in all Churches and Chapels throughout England and Wales and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, upon Sunday, the 29th of November, or the Sunday after the respective ministers thereof shall receive the same, "O Merciful Lord, and Heavenly Father, by whose gracious gift mankind is increased, we most humbly offer unto Thee our hearty thanks for Thy great goodness vouchsafed to Thy servant our Sovereign Lady the Queen, in supporting her under the pains and delivering her from the perils of Childbirth, and giving to her and her Royal Consort the blessing of a daughter. Watch over her, we beseech Thee, with Thy fatherly care; sustain and comfort her in the hours of weakness and weariness, and day by day renew her strength. Preserve the infant from whatever is hurtful either to body or soul, and adorn her, as she advances in years, with every Christian virtue. Regard with Thine especial favour our Queen and her Consort, that they may long live together in the enjoyment of all happiness here on earth, and finally be made partakers of thine everlasting glory. Establish their descendants on the throne of this kingdom, and make them, through all generations, the blessed instruments of Thy providential goodness to Thy church and people. Implant in our hearts a deep sense of Thy manifold mercies towards us, and give us grace to show forth our thankfulness unto Thee by dutiful affection to our Sovereign, and brotherly love one to another, by the profession of a true faith, and constant obedience to Thy word and commandment; so that, faithfully serving Thee in this life, we may in the life to come be received into Thy heavenly kingdom, through the merits and mediation of thy blessed Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen." A TABLE OF MORTALITY FOR THE METROPOLIS,* Showing the Number of Deaths from all Causes, registered between Saturday, Nov. 21, and Saturday, Dee. 12, 1840. *Under the term Metropolis are comprised Thirty-two Districts, which include the City of London, within and without the Walls; the City and Liberties of Westminster; the Out Parishes within the Bills of Mortality: and the parishes of St. Mary-le-bone; St. Pancras; Kensington; Fulham; Hammersmith; St. Luke, Chelsea; Paddington; St. Mary, Stoke Newington; St. Leonard, Bromley; St. Maryle-Bow, Camberwell; Greenwich; St. Nicholas, and St. Paul, Deptford; and Woolwich. The population as enumerated in 1831 was 1,594,890. ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE. ORDINATIONS. List of Candidates ordained by the Lord | Bishop of Rochester, in the chapel within Bromley Palace, in the county of Kent, on Sunday, the 8th of November, 1840:Priests. George Damar Parnell, B.A., Downing coll.; Samuel Neale Dalton, B.A., Caius coll., Cam. Deacons. James Hutchinson, B. A., St. John's coll., Cam.; Charles Adolphus Row, B.A., Pembroke coll., Oxon.; Henry Johnson Marshall, B.A., Pembroke coll., Oxon; Wm. Lewis Wigan, B.A., Christ Church, Oxon.; Wm. Pearson, B. A., Exeter coll., Oxon. The following gentlemen were ordained by the Lord Bishop of Sodor and Man, in St. Barnabas' Chapel, Douglas, on Sunday, November 15, 1840:- Deacons. Andrew Williamson, B. A., Trinity coll., Dublin; G. Harvey, Fourth Master, King William's coll., Isle of Man. List of Candidates ordained by the Lord Bishop of Ely, in the Cathedral Church of Ely, on Sunday, 29th Nov., 1840: Priests.- Wm. Anderton Smith, B.A., St. John's coll.; Wm. Henry_Bateson, M.A., St. John's coll.; Thos. Fothergill Cooke, M.A., St. John's coll.; Charles Thornton, B.A., Clare Hall; Robert Goodwin, B.A., Clare Hall; Chas. Grain, B.A., Pembroke coll.; Francis Forster, M.A., Catharine Hall; all of Cambridge. Charles Tombs, M.A., Pembroke coll., Oxford; Edward Forbes, B.A., Trinity coll., Dublin; letter dim. from the Bishop of Bath and Wells. Deacons.- Wm. Parkinson, B.A., St. John's coll. ; Alfred Pyne, B.A., St. Peter's coll.; Wm. Sam. Parish, B.A., St. Peter's coll.; John Rustal Crowfoot, B.A., Caius Coll.; Jos. Woolley, B.A., St. John's coll.; Thos. Clarkson, M.A., St. John's Coll.; Alex. Grant, B.A., Trinity coll.; George Currey, B.A., St. John's coll.; Joseph Bell, M.A., Clare Hall; Fred. Fisher, B.A., Magdalene coli.; Benjamin Morgan Cowie, B.A., St. John's coll.; all of Cambridge. PREFERMENTS. Rev. Rev. A. Annand, to the Perpetual Curacy of Road, Northamptonshire. J. Atkins, to be Chaplain to the Union, Windsor. Rev. C. Awdry, to the Rectory of Worting, Salop. Rev. E. Baines, | Rector of Clipston, Northants, to be Master of the Hospital and Free Schlool, endowed by Sir G. Buswel. Rev. J. Bardsley, to be Senior Curate of the Parochial Church of Burnley, - Lancashire. Rev. J. Bedingfield, to the | Vicarage of Debenham, Suffolk. Rev. W. Bean, to the Rectory of Corney, Cumberland. Rev. R. Blackmore, to the Rectory of Charles, Devon. Rev. A. N. Buckeridge, to the Rectory of Kennerleigh, Devon.- Rev. Bryant Burgess, to the Rectory of the united parishes of St. Benet, Gracechurch, and St. Leonard, Eastcheap. Rev. E. Caswall, to the Perpetual Curacy of Stratford, under the Castle of Old Sarum, Wilts. Rev. J. H. Cartwright, to the Perpetual Curacy of Westbury, Wiltshire. Rev. Claughton, to the Vicarage of Kidderminster.-Rev. J. Coyte, the Rectory of Polstead, Suffolk. - Rev. A. Crowdy, to the Rectory of Winnal, Hants. Rev. M. Davies, to the District Church of St. James, Emsworth, in the parish of Warblington. Rev. J. to Dix, to the Curacy of Charing, Kent.Rev. A. Douglas, to be one of the Chaplains of the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland. Rev. T. F. Dymock, to the Rectory of Hatch Beauchamp. - Rev. J. Fox, to the Perpetual Curacy of Kirby Bellairs, Leicestershire. Rev. T. Grylls, Rector of Cardynham, Cornwall, to be one of the Domestic Chaplains to Lord Rolle.-Rev. C. Greswell, to the Rectory of Tortworth, Gloucestershire. - Rev. T. Halton, Curate of Liverpool, to be Domestic Chaplain to the Earl of Lonsdale. Rev. J. C. Harper, to the Vicarage of Stratfield Mortimer, Berks. Rev. Mr. Hughes, M.A., to be Curate of Eastbourne, Sussex.-Rev. G. D'Arcy Irvine, to be Evening Lecturer to St. Mary Redcliff, and - Rev. Chaplain to the Bridewell, Bristol.-Rev. E. H. Johnson, to be one of the Domestic Chaplains to the Lord Bishop of Chichester. -Rev. A. Irwin, to be Private Secretary to the Lord Primate of Ireland. Rev. E. Labatt, to the Living of Meveagh, Derry. Rev. R. Martin, B.A., to the Perpetual Curacy of Dore, Derbyshire. Rev. F. Merewether, to the Vicarage of Woolhope, Hereford. C. H. Minchin, to be Chaplain to the Lying-in-Hospital, Dublin. Rev. W. Munsey, to the Vicarage of Fownhope, Hereford. - Rev. W. J. Phillpotts, to the Precentorship of Exeter Cathedral.Rev. S. Richards, to the Rectory of 'Thorp, Yorkshire. Rev. T. Riddell, to the Vicarage of Sedbergh, Yorkshire. Rev. A. Scott, to be a Governor of the Free Grammar School of St. Bees. Rev. T. Shelford, to the Rectory of Lamborne, EsRev. E. Thompson, to the Ministry of Charlotte Chapel, Pimlico. Rev. F. B. Twisleton, LL.D., to be a Canon Residentiary of Hereford Cathedral. Rev. G. A. Walker, to the Perpetual Curacy of Alverthorpe, Yorkshire. Rev. T. Walker, to the Rectory of Toft cum Caldecott, Cambridgeshire. Rev. H. Walton, to the Curacy of Kirby Ireleth, Lancashire. Rev. J. T. Ward, Vicar of Askham, Westmorland, to be Chaplain to the Earl of Mexborough.. Rev. W. H. Whitworth, to the Mastership of the Free Grammar School of Dedham, Es. sex. Rev. T. Williams, to the New Church of Abergavenny.-Rev. T. Young, to the Perpetual Curacy of Salcombe, Devon. sex. DEATHS. Nov. 5, the Rev. W. H. Harvey. Nov. 8, in Suffolk, in his 36th year, the Rev. W. T. Sinclair, of Cambridge. Nov. 10, at No. 1, St. Alban's place, Regent-street, the Rev. W. Thompson, aged 39.- Nov. 20, aged 39, the Rev. Robert Watts, M.A., junior, Rector of the united parishes of St. Benet, Gracechurch, and St. Leonard, Eastcheap, London. Nov. 22, at Tything, aged 50, the Rev. T. Eades, late of Harvington, near Eversham. Nov. 23, suddenly, at Abele grove, Epsom, the Rev. John Wellings. Nov. 24, in the 89th year of his age, the Rev. Wetenhall Sneyd, Rector of Bletchingley, Surrey, and upwards of forty years Curate and Vicar of Newchurch, Isle of Wight.-Nov. 28, aged 77, the Rev. T. Cornish, fifty-three years Rector of Heathfield, Somersetshire. Nov. 28, at Southampton, the Rev. G. Secker, Prebendary of St. Paul's, aged 74. Rev. Wm. Bowerbank, Rector of Salmonby, Lincolnshire, aged 71. — C. R. Burnet, B.A., of Trinity College, Cambridge. In Sept. last, at St. Christopher's, West Indies, aged 35, the Rev. John Penny, Rector of Sandy Point, in that island, and Chaplain to the GarriAt Longfleet, Poole, aged 85, the Rev. T. Racket, sixty years Rector of Spetisbury with Charlton, Dorset. Aged 82, the Rev. G. Turner, Vicar of Spelsbury, Oxford: Patrons, Dean and Chapter of Christ Church, Oxford. At his father's house, near Merthyr Tydvill, Glamorganshire, the Rev. Morgan Watkins, B.A., Vicar of the parish of Southwell and Bleasby, Nottinghamshire, in the 41st year of his age. At Market Bosworth, Leicestershire, of which parish he had been Rector fifty-two years, the Rev. T. Wright, in his 85th year. |