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2. The Address has been laid before Her Majesty, who was pleased to receive the same very graciously; and the subject will receive the earnest and attentive consideration of Her Majesty's Government.
Governor Sir Edmund Head, Bart.,
&c.
&c.
&c.
have, &c.
(Signed) J. RUSSELL.
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which I have returned to his Lordship, relative to the division of the diocese of Toronto, and to the election of the bishop of the new diocese by the clergy and lay delegates.
I have, &c.
(Signed)
J. RUSSELL.
Governor Sir Edmund Head, Bart.,
&c.
&c.
&c.
No. 8.
No. 7.
No. 10.
No. 10.
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Copy of a DESPATCH from Lord JoHN RUSSELL to Governor Sir EDMUND HEAD.
(No. 16.) SIR,
Downing Street, May 19, 1855.
I HAVE to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch No. 37 of the 26th of April last, and to state that the subject to which the joint letter of the Bishops of Quebec, Montreal, and Toronto refers, is now under consi deration, and will not fail to engage the careful attention of Her Majesty's Government.
I have, &c.
Governor Sir Edmund Head, Bart.,
&c.
&c.
&c.
No. 8.
(Signed)
J. RUSSELL.
COPY of a DESPATCH from Lord Jous RUSSELL to the Bishop of
MY LORD,
TORONTO.
Downing Street, May 3, 1855.
I HAVE to acknowledge your Lordship's letter of the 20th January last, addressed to Secretary Sir George Grey, forwarding a memorial addressed to you by the clergy and laity of the western section of the diocese of Toronto, praying you to take steps for the division of the diocese, and for obtaining the sanction of the Crown to the election of the bishop of the new diocese by the clergy and lay delegates.
Since then an address, with which you are doubtless acquainted, has been presented to Her Majesty by the Legislative Council and Assembly of Canada, praying for the repeal of statutes supposed to affect the meeting of the clergy and laity of the Church of England, and also for the election of bishops by the clergy and laity. The whole subject will receive the serious and early consideration of Her Majesty's Government.
I have, &c.
The Bishop of Toronto,
&c.
&c.
&c.
(Signed)
J. RUSSELL.
Cory of a DESPATCH from the Right Honourable Sir W. MOLESWORTH to Governor-General Sir EDMUND HEAD. (No. 36.) Sir,
Downing Street, September 24, 1855. WITH reference to Lord J. Russell's despatch of the 4th May last, acknowledging an Address to Her Majesty from the Legislative Council and Commons of Canada in Parliament assembled, praying for the repeal of such English statutes as impede the meeting of the clergy and laity of the Church of England in Synod, and that the choice of the Bishop may be left to the clergy and laity of each diocese, I now inclose, for your information copy of a letter received from the Law Advisers of the Crown, to whom the subject of that Address had been referred by his Lordship.
You will perceive from the terms of that letter the difficulties which must necessarily impede Her Majesty's Government in dealing with that subject, regarding as it does the rights, and position of members of the Church of England, not in Canada only, but throughout the Colonial possessions of the Empire.
Her Majesty's Government will, however, not fail to take the whole question into their earnest consideration; and notwithstanding the legal, or rather constitutional, objections adverted to in the letter which I now transmit, I am myself strongly persuaded that the desire for freedom of action and self-government on behalf of the Church of England in Canada, is just and reasonable, for the reasous specified in the address and in your despatch.
For the present, however, further delay is unavoidable; and as it appears to me that the division of the diocese of Toronto is so much desired that it might be very inconvenient to postpone it until the general question is disposed of, I have to inform you that Her Majesty's Govern- ment are prepared to take the necessary steps for this purpose when- ever required to do so, and that they will recommend to Her Majesty for appointment to the new bishopric such clergyman as you may yourself designate to them, after consulting the Bishop and such authorities of the Church of England in the Colony as you may think advisable; and taking such precautions as to the sufficiency of the means for endowing such a bishopric as you may judge necessary.
You will have the goodness to communicate a copy of this despatch forthwith on my part to the Bishop of Toronto.
(Signed)
1 am,
&c.
W. MOLESWORTH.
No. 9.
No. 9.
Copy of a DESPATCII from Lord JonN RUSSELL to Governor Sir EDMUND HEAD.
(No. 4.) SIR,
Downing Street, May 4, 1855. WITH reference to my despatch No. 3 of this day's date, I transmit for your information a copy of a letter with its enclosure, addressed to Sir George Grey by the Bishop of Toronto, together with a copy of the reply
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