The petition addressed by the Bishop of Exeter to the
Queen, in refuta- tion of the address signed by the other Bishops, has been returned to the Bishop by Sir George Grey, without presentation to her Majesty ; on the ground that it is not in the usual form of petitions or addresses to the Crown. The newspapers publish the letter of Sir George Grey, and a letter by the Bishop on the form of his petition, which seems to have been adopted after consideration. The justification, which is urged with cha- racteristic subtilty of expression, is founded mainly on the two points— that the Bishop has "a reluctance to use the word pray' applied to my earthly Sovereign in immediate juxtaposition with the words of prayer to the King of Kings " ; and that his petition itstrictly according to the precedent of that presented by the Seven Bishops to King Jotted-An Second. On this similarity Dr. Phillpottt observes— ' 15E. "True it is, that the petition of the Seven Bishops was not Sent' tckiti- Secretary of State, but was presented to their Sovereign by theinselves trite also it is, that, instead of being returned to them, it'ires made theigeo an indictment for a seditious libel. In these respetti:4111nil. modno 00 cases are not parallel." Lod kajiyolants - The Daily News says it is understood that the,Aiokep 0A ,.,,etayeis withholds his signature from the episcopal address to the Queen "because of an' expression deemed by hini too harsh to be applied to any Chris- tians."
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