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The Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol began his triennial visitation, at Newnham, on Tuesday ; when there was a numerous attendance of clergy belonging to the district. The Bishop's charge related in great part to church-extension and the expediency of diffusing and improving education under the superintendence of the Church, especially by means of training-schools. In this part of his speech he made favour- able mention of an act passed last session- " I speak of the Endowment Act ; by which, in anticipation of cathedral pre- ferments falling in, stipends are provided for a certain number of clergymen, who

are to labour in the new districts: and it is to be presumed that no great length of time will elapse ere these districts shall, by their own exertions and by the assistance of private parties, have procured the means of erecting a church. The principle of this measure has met with approbation wherever it is under- stood. Wherever a district is constituted in the manner prescribed, the appoint- ment of a clergyman is the immediate consequence; and a large population, hitherto destitute, will enjoy the undivided attention of a minister living among them, and exercising pastoral superintendence among the sick as well as the

whole, in compliance with the Apostolic precept."

But the part of his charge which has attracted most notice relates to the Tractarian schism ; about which he declared that his opinions had undergone no change-

" Everything has tended to confirm my opinion that the tendency of those writings is to Romanism. It is painful to my feelings now, as on a former oc- casion, to utter a remark which I know will give some clergymen pain, for whose worth and character I have a sincere esteem ; but whatever my real sen- timents are, such and such only must I declare. It would be of little value to you to come and meet your diocesan, and listen to his counsel, unless that counsel was the offspring of his own unbiassed judgment and mature convic- tion. The party that public opinion considers the leaders of the movement, I am far from thinking deserve the unqualified censure which hail been heaped upon them : neither do I deny that the Church owes them an obligation. It is much to be wished that every one of their opinions was considered on its own merits, and that the general adoption of such parts as are consistent with the precepts and practice of the Reformers would take place ; for it would do more to put an end to strife, and dissension, and ill-feeling, than all the denun- ciations we hear in such abundance. The rapid advance of such a party as Ism referring to seems the consequence of a tendency natural to man, to run, under Such circumstances as I am speaking of, into the opposite extreme. * * * 'What may be the result of the movement which has existed in the Church for ten years it would be presumptuous in me to attempt to foretel; but my own anticipation is favourable; and I venture to hope that the same kind Providence which has hitherto watched over and protected the Church will continue to do to unto the end. I cannot for a moment entertain the idea that Popery will Awer be dominant again in this country. I believe no country that once threw off the yoke ever submitted to it again ; and it is not probable that this en- lightened nation, on which Heaven continues to lavish its bounties, physical as well as intellectual, will embrace those long-discarded superstitions. The pe- tiodical publication from which I used to receive my information as to the sen- timents and movements of the party is abandoned and defunct ; and some of 'the most learned and respectable of the party have publicly renounced and withdrawn from the association. There may still be some who continue their -seal for Romanism, and who display their skill in balancing themselves so nicely .on the edge as to prevent them from plunging into the abyss below. But this may be explained on a well-known and universally-felt principle—the love of Illistinction, to the in fluence of which, although perhaps unknown to themselves, the conduct of the parties to whom I am referring may be attributed. To you, any reverend brethren, let me advise, that whatever your sentiments may be on slay particular point, express them with that moderation which the Apostle *twins."

• A new monastery of the order of the Cistercians, recently erected In Charnwood Forest, Leicestershire, was consecrated with great pomp On Tuesday last. A party of English Cistercians arrived at this spot Trom the monastery of La Trappe some time ago, and have ever since been lodged in temporary buildings. This is the description of the es- tablishment— " The building of the monastery, which from various causes has occupied a long period of time, consists of cloisters, chapterhouse, refectory, dormitory, Calefactory, guest-house, prior's lodgings, lavatory, kitchen-offices, &c. The buildings are erected in the greatest severity of the lancet style, with massive walls and buttresses, long and narrow windows, high gables and roofs, with deeply arched doorways. Solemnity and simplicity are the characteristics of the monastery ; and every portion of the architecture and fittings corresponds with the austerity of the order for whom it has been raised. The space en- closed by the cloisters is appointed for the cemetery ; a stone cross, similar to those which were formerly erected in every churchyard, is set up in the centre; and the memorials of the departed brethren will be inserted on plain wooden crosses at the head of the graves. The monastery is built of a species of granite, which from its colour harmonizes well with the romantic surrounding scenery. The grounds cultivated by the monks are also surrounded by irregular basses of this rock."

The strike of the pitmen in the counties of Northumberland and Durham is at an end ; the whole of the collieries, with very unimport- ant exceptions, having engaged all the workmen they require on the terms and conditions offered by the coal-owners before the 5th of April, when the strike commenced.

At Liverpool, on Monday, in an action against Mr. Aldis, a solicitor, for negligence in taking an insufficient security for sou/, which had been placed in his hands for investment, the Jury found for the plaintiff, With 300/. damages.

The master of the Earl Vane, of Sunderland, has been committed for trial at that place, for attempting to scuttle the ship, by boring holes through her when off the North Cape, on the voyage to Archangel. The man is considered by some to be insane; he is by no means a thorough seaman ; and the command almost totally devolved on the mate, who treated his pseudo-superior very roughly ; and this, with delay caused by contrary winds and accidents, preyed upon the man's mind, and induced him to act so strangely.

A Coroner's inquest has been held at Liverpool on the body of nalsey, the master of the Thomas Bennett, who was killed by the cook of the vessel. Halsey was an American ; Kent, the cook, a Liverpool man. For several days before the one on which his death occurred, rialsey drank a great deal ; he was then much excited with liquor, and abused and annoyed those attending on him : he was very dissatis- fied about his dinner ; when it was prepared he would not eat it ; it was removed ; and he called for it again. In this state he attacked the cook with a carving-knife ; there was a struggle ; the captain was wounded, and died. All the witnesses agreed that the cook acted in self-defence ; and the Jury returned a verdict of "Justifiable Homi- cide."

The case was gone into at the Police-office, on Thursday week, and adjourned till Monday ; when the prisoner was again remanded till the Magistrate could consult the Government on the point of international law, the dead man being a foreigner.

On Thursday, Mr. Rushton, the Magistrate, stated that he had re- ceived a communication from Sir James Graham, enclosing the opinions of the Law-officers of the Crown on the case ; and, as the American Consul did not appear to make any claim on the part of Halsey as a citizen Of the United States, the prisoner was discharged.

A Jury who have sat at Hulme, near Manchester, on the body of Jane Millen, have returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder" against Evans. He has been arrested.

• Beards, who murdered Elizabeth Griffiths, at Wednesbury, was hanged on Saturday, at Stafford. In a confession, he declared that he went to Mr. Crowther's to ask for work ; the woman irritated him by harsh language ; on which he murdered her, and his robbing the house Was an afterthought.

Another death has occurred from the hanging of Saville at Notting- ham. Frederick Smith, a boy fourteen years old, having witnessed the execution, wished to know "how hanging felt," and tried the experi- ment on a tree : he was found dead.

• A shameful case of punishment by "fees," where the smallest amount of punishment by fine was inflicted by the Magistrates, has just °c- entred at Witney. Two girls trespassed on a farm ; the farmer merely w ished to let others know that they must not trespass in the same way; he prosecuted them, and the Magistrates fined the girls twopence each : the fees, however, were twelve shillings in each case ; and one of the girls was sent to prison for fourteen days because she was unable to pay that atua