We have discussed elsewhere the schismatic move in Natal for
the election of a new Bishop,—the Rev. Mr. Butler, in the diocese of Oxford, being the Bishop Designate of the schisma- tics. It may interest our readers, however, to know what the Natal papers have told as to the personnel of the clerical vote for and against this schismatic proceeding. For Mr. Butler were (1), the Dean, Mr. Green ; (2), Archdeacon Fearne, who for a year has been incapacitated by ill-health from taking any duty in the diocese ; (3) Mr. Walton, formerly a Wesleyan ; (4) Mr. Barker ; while the three last, Mr. J. Robinson, Mr. Rolfe, and Mr. Taylor, are the three clerical cuckoos introduced by Bishop Gray into the Natal diocese, for the very purpose of opposing Dr. Colenso during the latter's absence in England. Against the election were (1) Dr. Callaway, M.D., a missionary, and a great Zulu scholar, who has, if we mistake not, 'translated the Zulu fairy tales into English ; (2) Mr. N ewnham, M.A. of Cambridge, -an English theologian and scholar ; (3) Mr. Elder, of C. C. C., ordained before he left England, and approved by the S.P.G. Society ; (4) Mr. De la Mare, also ordained in England, and sent -out by the S.P.G. Society ; (5) Mr. Tozer, a former incumbent in Lincolnshire, and also sent out by the S.P.G. Society ; Mr. Jacob, -son of the Archdeacon and Canon of Winchester, who stated that be voted against the step by his father's advice ; (7) Mr. Lloyd, M.A. of Oxford, the oldest clergyman in the colony. Besides these, the Rev. A. Tonnesen and the Rev. E. Robinson were not present, because they have always adhered to their proper Bishop ; and the Rev. Mr. Baugh wrote to oppose the election, but was prevented from attending by ill-health. It is pretty evident that a clear majority of the clergy, ten to eight at the very least, are -against the schism, and this in spite of the three clergymen foisted into the diocese by Dr. Gray during Dr. Colenso's absence in England.
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