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Same day at Bath, Mrs. Forward, wife of Doctor Forward.On Tuesday, at Ernest Towu, Mr. Duncan Macphersoo.Cobourg, 19tii September, 18*28. The Lord Bishop of Quebec made his first visitation to the district of Newcastle last week. Shortly after his arrival at Cobourg, a deputation of the principal inhabitants of that place and its vicinity waited upon his Lordship with the following address;To the Right Reverend Father in God. Charles James, Lord Bishop of Quebec.May it please your Lordship ;We the undersigned inhabitants of Cobourg and its vicinity, members, adhereuts, and friends, of the Church of England, a-vail ourselves of the opportunity afforded by your Lordship's first pastoral visitation to this district, to oiler our sincere congratulations to your Lordship on your elevation to a station where your well known piety and zeal cannot but add increased success to the cause which has heretofore 60 warmly engaged your Lordship's interests and exertions.While your Lordship's desire, as an •* overseer of-the Church,” to guard and advance the spiritual interests of this Province generally affords us unfeigned satisfaction. we have other and more individual eourcos of pleasure in the prospect of the celebration of those rites and ordinances of our Church, which knit every branch of the community togelher in the bouds of Christian fellowship, and by their solemnity and importance, give an increased incitement to the due fulfilment of our moral and religious duties.To this we beg to add the contemplated iJbrmation of a society in conuectiou with Venerable Institution in the Mother ^Country by whose exertions the cause of true religion has been so eminently furthered ; in which design we both hope for and solicityour Lordship’scountcnance and aid. A society w hich, by affording the means of diffusiug the light and consolations of religion where they may hitherto have failed to penetrate, will be hailed by all as the harbinger of joy to the “ wilderness,” and the herald of gladness to the “solitary place.”Jo those nmoue't us whose attachment e torins and doctrines o! our veuerable Church has, from the first dawn of reason, “grown with our growth aud strengthened with our strength.” as well as to those whose access to her pale has been more receut, every thing which has a tendency to promote the spread of her pure and mild principles is matter of no ordinary interest. Wo cannot but warmly desire that all men should be enabled to participate in that which has been to ourselves the guide of erring youth, and to which we look forward as the stay consolation of declining age.We beg leave to offer to your Lordship our sincere wishes that you may enjoy years of continued health and usefulness and that under your superintending care we may witness the advancement of our Church, to which, alike from claims of national affection as individual affection, we feel a devoted attachment. Satisfied that her tenets are those of “ pure religion and undefiled,” we view her success and prosperity as a sure indication of the approach of that glorious period when oarlh's remotest corner shall hear the glad tidings of the gospel of peace, be actuated by its influence herer and enjoy its promised blessings hereafter.Signed by about ninety persous, almost I heads of families.alltoTo which his Lordship was ploascd make the followiug reply :Gentlemen,Inhabitants of Cobourg and its vicinity, members, adherents, and friends, of the Church of England :Accept my sincere thanks f«r your warm congratulations on my elevation to the Episcopal Office, and 1 beg to assure you that the interests of the Church in this part ofmy diocese, shall’ever fto ftte’ object of njy care and solicitude.I derive great satisfaction from your expressions of regard to the rites aud ordinances of our Church, and I heartily concur with you in the sentiment that their tendency is to promote Christian charity, and preserve her members “ in the unity of the spirit, the bond of peace, and in righteousness of life.Your intention of formiug a district committee in this town, for the promotion of Christian Knowledge, in connection with the Parent Institution, I highly approve, and you may depend on my countenance nnd support towards carryiug into effect so desirable an object.I congratulate you on your attachment to the doctrines and formulas of our truly Apostolic Church. Their best recommendation is, that they havo the Holy Scriptures for their foundation, and speak not the words which “ man’s wisdom spcak-eth,” but the words which “ the Holy Ghost teachedi.”Your kind and affectionate wishes that I may enjoy years of continued health and usefulness, I duly appreciate. Length of years may be deemed a blessing, if thoseEars are devoted to the service of Almighty od. And may he in his mercy grant that my life may bo employed in successfully propagating the Gospel of his Son our Saviour Jesus Christ. I am deeply impressed with the awful responsibility that now devolves on me, but I look for strength— not my own—to enable me faithfully to discharge the important and sacred duties of my offico. I implore the Divine blessing on all our undertakings designed to promote his glory, the happiness of one another, and of all our fellow creatures.Immediately after which, a meeting was held for the purpose of forming a District Committee in connection with the Society for promoting Christian Knowledge, when the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Quebec, being requested by the meeting accepted the office of President of the Com Diitte and took the Chair.His Lordship (after prayers according to the Parent Society's prescribed formulated the object of the institution to be the circulation of the Bible, Prayer Book, and such other of the Society's publications as are adapted to the religious state of this Province, either gratis or at rediice'd pri cc« to the poor, and at the Society’s priees to all memberS of this institution ; and further recommended the general object of tho Parent Society both as combining its efforts with those of the Sister Society for Propagating the Gospel in Foreign Parts, as well for its own vital importance.—It was then «Reoslved 1st,—That the Newcastle District Committee be now established under the rules and regulations of the Parent Society—(which were read.)2d.—That a subscription of 12s. 6d. per anuum, IIx. Currency, shall constitute a member of such Committee.3d.—That a General Meeting of the Society take place auDually during the Assizes for the District.4th.—That a local depository of Books for the supply of the members be established at Cobourg as the place most central, under the direction of the Committee.5th. That the following officers be appointedVice Presidents:S.S. VVilmot, Esq. W. Boswell Esq. E. Barnum, Esq. B. Whitoey, F.sq. Esq.—Treasurer.Secretaries.Rev. J. Thompson,Rev. S. Armour,T. A. Stewart, Esq.T. Ward, Esq.Benjamin Throop Rev. A. N. Bf.thune,George S. Boulton Esq Wm. H. Draper. Esq.—Asst. Secretary.6th.—That a standiug Committee be appointed to meet Quarterly on the first day of the Quarter Sessions in this District, and that all the officers of the District Conimitteo be ex-officio members thereof, together with the following Gentlemen Robert IleDry, Esq.. William Falkner, Esq., John Lodge Wilcocks, Esq.—aud that five do constitute a Quorum.7th.—That the first meetiog of the Standing Commitee be ou Tuesday the 14th of October next, at Stile's Tavern, to complete such arrangements as may be necessary for carrying ioto effect the objects of this institution.8th.-That an annual Sermon be preached at Cobourg, to be arranged by the Quarterly Meeting of the standing Committee next previous to the General Met ting, and that a collection be then made for furthering the views of the Society.After which thanks were voted Lord Bishop for his conduct iu the iiuO'Utu- .Wui'Ubg *cpun«oi;«r.The following subscriptions and tions were ohtaiuedAnnual.The Lord Bishop of ( £1Quebec, \Rev. G. Archhold, don. I Hon. I*. Robinson, do. I Rev. A. N. Bethune, I5 00U0Benjamin Throop, Elias Jones,Thomas Ward,David Smart,Rev. Jos. Thompson, Zacchcus Burnham, Robert Heory, William Sowden, Marcus F. Whitehead, John Burnham,John Gilchrist,Arch'd. M*Donald William Falkner, Josiah White. Barnabas M'Kyes, Eliakim Baruam, Sheldon Hawley, Adam H. Myers. Robert C. Wilkins, Walter Boswell. Dugald Campbell, Johu D. Smith,Joho Brown,Edward Wilson, Thomas T. Orton. Johu Lodge Wilcocks, William Bnocks, Benjamin Woituey, Rev. John Greer,Joho Grover,David Ovans,James Rowe,Henry RuttaD,M.-J.-BWsWV;Erasmus Fowke,Job Fowke,John T. Williams. William Henderson, William H. Draper, James G. Bctbune, Mrs. Bethuue,Willis M'Kyes,George S. Boulton, Janies Robertson, William Wallis, Richard B. Mucliall, Alexander Davidson, Rev. Samuel Armour, Richard Hare,1 5 1 0 1 0 0 12 6 0 12 6 0 15 00 12 G 0 12 61 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 6 0 15 0 0 12 6 0 12 6 0 12 G 0 12 6 0 12 6 0 12 6 0 12 6 0 12 60 12 G 0 12 61 0 0 0 12 6 0 12 6 0 12 G 0 12 6 0 12 6 0 12 G 0 12 G 0 12 6 0 12 G 0 12 6 0 12 G0 12 G 0 12 60 12 6 0 12 6 0 12 6 0 12 6 0 12 6 0 12 6 0 12 6 0 12 61 0 0 0 12 6 0 12 6 0 12 6 0 12 6 0 12 6 0 12 6To the Editor of the Kingston Chronicle.Sir,I think I may say with truth that I yield to no man in a wish and zeal to promote the interests of the couutry ofmy residence, and as it is KNOWLEDGE that makes a principal difference between cither brute or savage society aud a civilized population, whatever teuds to increase knowledge, must teud also to the increase of civilization.And as tho rubbing of rough substances together produces smoothness, so the collision of intellect, or the rubbiog together of different and opposite minds, produces that polish which retired and abstract study alone cannot effect.Besides the sparks of one man’s genius thrown iuto the materials, combustible of another man's imagination, produces that effervesceuce before which the shackles of ignorance become “like threads of tow touched with the fire.”Then the introduction of questions which brings the iniud fully into play, aud sometimes half strains its powers, not only increases its knowledge, but also strengthens its faculties in the same way as exercise and labour do the sinews of a healthy man.However, as the exercise of either body or mind is only labour lost, unless it be directed toward some profitable er.d. there-fore, if the present happy taste which seems to prevail for the investigation and solution of questions and propositions should continue, I think it would be well woith a word of advice as to the description and quality of the questions, as well as the mode ul'their solution. , . •I would be glad to have the advice my friend “Problem,” in this matter: and as 1 am now about (with tho greatest dt-to the Chair,dona-
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