An address has been presented to the Archbishop of Canterbury
by a considerable body of' the Prelates of England and Wales, in which they entreat his Grace to withdraw any sanction he limy have given to the Bill now pending in Parliament for the reduction of our Cathedral establishments. The address, we under,tand, expresses the most respectful and affectionate attachment to the Archbishop and deference to his high authority, but at the same time declares the firm detennina- lion of the Prelates by whom it is signed, to oppose a measure which they consider would prove most injurious to the interests of religion, anti to the welfare and stability of the Established. Church. 'file ad- dress is signed by the Bishops of' Winchester, Llandaff, Worcester, Ro- chester, Carlisle, Ely, St. Asaph, Bangor, Oxford, Bath and Wells, and St. David's.—Times. [The dissentient Bishops are at least consistent When episcopal incomes were to be regulated, they took care that not a penny should be abstractsd front the sum-total. They reduced the revenues of' some sees, after the death or translation of' the incum- bents, and increased the income of others ; but they considered not the wants of' poor parsons, or the " religious destitution," which, in spite of the millions annually appropriated to the support of the Establish- ment, is said to prevail in many parts of the country. When, however, the property of the Deans and Chapters caine to be dealt with, the Bishop of' London's bowels yearned with compassion for poor incum- bents, and the need of raising the incomes of small livings out of Cathedral revenues was strongly impressed upon his conscience. But Deans, Canons, and Prebendaries, resemble Bishops greatly in many things—in none more than the love of good living and little work. So they protest vigorously against the spoliation ; and it appears that they will be aided in their opposition to the bill for reducing Cathedral establishments by a considerable minority of the Bishops. We learn,.
however, from the Chronicle of this morning, that the Archbishop of Canterbury told the Bishops that he was pledged to the bill.] The Wesleyan Methodists have subscribed 185,000/. for the "Centenary fund." June the 7th has been named by the Queen for the grand fancy-ball, under her Majesty's patronage, for the benefit of the Royal Academy of musk.
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