Copy of Letter addressed by the Church Missionary Society to Lord Stanley.
CHURCH MISSIONARY HOUSE,
SALISBURY SQUARE, E.C.,
December 4, 1866.
MY LORD,
The Committee of the Church Missionary Society most respectfully submit to your Lordship that they have proposed to his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury the consecration of a Bishop by Her Majesty's Licence, under the Act commonly called the Jerusalem Act, 5 Vict., cap. 6, for the benefit of Missionaries and Native Clergymen of the Church of England residing in the northern parts of China.
The Archbishop entirely concurs with the Society in the desirableness of this measure.
Hitherto Clergymen in the north of China have been placed under the jurisdiction of the Bishop of Victoria at Hong Kong, under the provisions of an Order in Council, May 1, 1848, which directs that all Her Majesty's subjects in Holy Orders, within the dominion of the Emperor of China, shall be subject to the authority and jurisdiction of the See of Victoria, and the Bishop thereof, in the same manner as if they were resident within the Island of Hong Kong.
The Society has several Missionaries labouring at Ningpo, which is 750 miles from Hong Kong, and at Pekin, which is 1500 miles from Hong Kong. Such distances preclude the efficient superintendence of these Missions by the Bishop of Victoria.
It appears further to the Committee essential to the progress of these Missions that they should have a resident Bishop, and further that he should be acquainted with the dialect of the country, which a Bishop of Victoria will never be likely to acquire.
The Committee of the Church Missionary Society therefore humbly pray that Her Majesty will be pleased to modify the Order in Council, May 1, 1848, so as to release the British subjects in Holy Orders in the parts of China north of 28° north latitude from the jurisdiction of the Bishop of Victoria. And that Her Majesty will also give Her Royal Licence, under the provisions of the Act 5 Vict., cap. 6, to the Archbishop of Canterbury to consecrate a Bishop to exercise episcopal functions in the parts of China and Japan north of 28° north latitude.
The Committee of the Church Missionary Society would further humbly submit the name of the Rev. W. A. Russell, M.A. of Trinity College, Dublin, as the person to be consecrated such a Bishop, he having laboured with much success in the Mission at Ningpo for nineteen years, and having acquired great influence and a perfect knowledge of the language.
We are, MY LORD,
Your Lordship's obedient servants,
CHICHESTER, President.
HENRY VENN, Secretary.
To the Right Hon. Lord Stanley, M.P., Her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, &c. &c.
MY LORD,
Copy of Reply of Lord Stanley,
FOREIGN OFFICE,
December 8, 1866.
I am directed by Lord Stanley to acknowledge the receipt, through your Lordship, of a Memorial from the Church Missionary Society, stating the grounds on which the Society desire to obtain Her Majesty's Licence for the consecration of a Bishop to exercise Episcopal functions in the parts of China and Japan, north of 28° north latitude, and
* The degree of 27° North latitude was first proposed, but 28° will leave the whole of the province of Fokien under the superintendence of the Bishop of Victoria.
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Copy of Letter addressed by the Church Missionary Society to Lord Stanley.
CHURCH MISSIONARY HOUSE,
SALISBURY SQUARE, E.C.,
December 4, 1866.
MY LORD,
The Committee of the Church Missionary Society most respectfully submit to your Lordship that they have proposed to his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury the consecration of a Bishop by Her Majesty's Licence, under the Act commonly called the Jerusalem Act, 5 Vict., cap. 6, for the benefit of Missionaries and Native Clergymen of the Church of England residing in the northern parts of China.
The Archbishop entirely concurs with the Society in the desirableness of this measure.
Hitherto Clergymen in the north of China have been placed under the jurisdiction of the Bishop of Victoria at Hong Kong, under the provisions of an Order in Council, May 1, 1848, which directs that all Her Majesty's subjects in Holy Orders, within the dominion of the Emperor of China, shall be subject to the authority and jurisdiction of the See of Victoria, and the Bishop thereof, in the same manner as if they were resident within the Island of Hong Kong.
The Society has several Missionaries labouring at Ningpo, which is 750 miles from Hong Kong, and at Pekin, which is 1500 miles from Hong Kong. Such distances preclude the efficient superintendence of these Missions by the Bishop of Victoria.
It appears further to the Committee essential to the progress of these Missions that they should have a resident Bishop, and further that he should be acquainted with the dialect of the country, which a Bishop of Victoria will never be likely to acquire.
The Committee of the Church Missionary Society therefore humbly pray that Her Majesty will be pleased to modify the Order in Council, May 1, 1848, so as to release the British subjects in Holy Orders in the parts of China north of 28° north latitude from the jurisdiction of the Bishop of Victoria. And that Her Majesty will also give Her Royal Licence, under the provisions of the Act 5 Vict., cap. 6, to the Archbishop of Canterbury to consecrate a Bishop to exercise episcopal functions in the parts of China and Japan north of 28° north latitude.
The Committee of the Church Missionary Society would further humbly submit the name of the Rev. W. A. Russell, M.A. of Trinity College, Dublin, as the person to be consecrated such a Bishop, he having laboured with much success in the Mission at Ningpo for nineteen years, and having acquired great influence and a perfect knowledge of the language.
We are, MY LORD,
Your Lordship's obedient servants,
CHICHESTER, President.
HENRY VENN, Secretary.
To the Right Hon. Lord Stanley, M.P., Her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, &c. &c.
MY LORD,
Copy of Reply of Lord Stanley,
FOREIGN OFFICE,
December 8, 1866.
I am directed by Lord Stanley to acknowledge the receipt, through your Lordship, of a Memorial from the Church Missionary Society, stating the grounds on which the Society desire to obtain Her Majesty's Licence for the consecration of a Bishop to exercise Episcopal functions in the parts of China and Japan, north of 28° north latitude, and
* The degree of 27° North latitude was first proposed, but 28° will leave the whole of the province of Fokien under the superintendence of the Bishop of Victoria.
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Copy of Letter addressed by the Church Missionary Society to Lord Stanley. CHURCH MISSIONARY HOUSE,
SALISBURY SQUARE, E.C.,
December 4, 1866.
MY LORD,
The Committee of the Church Missionary Society most respectfully submit to your Lordship that they have proposed to his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury the consecration of a Bishop by Her Majesty's Licence, under the Act com- monly called the Jerusalem Art, 5 Vict, cap. 6, for the benefit of Missionaries and Native Clergymen of the Church of England residing in the northern parts of China.
The Archbishop entirely concurs with the Society in the desirableness of this measure.
Hitherto Clergymen in the north of China have been placed under the jurisdiction of the Bishop of Victoria at Hong Kong, under the provisions of an Order in Council, May 1, 1848, which directs that all Her Majesty's subjects in Holy Orders, within the dominion of the Emperor of China, shall be subject to the authority and jurisdiction of the See of Victoria, and the Bishop thereof, in the same manner as if they were resident within the Island of Hong Kong.
The Society has several Missionaries labouring at Ningpo, which is 750 miles from Hong Kong, and at Pekin, which is 1500 miles from Hong Kong. Such distances preclude the efficient superintendence of these Missions by the Bishop of Victoria
It appears further to the Committee essential to the pro- gress of these Missions that they should have a resident Bishop, and further that he should be acquainted with the dialect of the country, which a Bishop of Victoria will never be likely to acquire.
The Committee of the Church Missionary Society therefore humbly pray that Her Majesty will be pleased to modify the Order in Council, May 1, 1848, so as to release the British
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subjects in Holy Orders in the parts of China north of 28°* north latitude from the jurisdiction of the Bishop of Victoria. And that Her Majesty will also give Her Royal Licence, under the provisions of the Act 5 Viet. cap. 6, to the Arch- bishop of Canterbury to consecrate a Bishop to exercise epis- copal functions in the parts of China and Japan north of 28° north latitude.
The Committee of the Church Missionary Society would further humbly submit the name of the Rev. W. A. Russell, M.A. of Trinity College, Dublin, as
person to be consecrated such a Bishop, he having laboured a suitable with much success in the Mission at Ningpo for nineteen years, and having acquired great influence and a perfect knowledge of the language.
We are, MY LORD,
Your Lordship's obedient servants,
CHICHESTER, President. HENKY VENN, Secretary.
To the Right Hon Lord Stanley, M.P., Her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, &c. &c.
MY LORD,
Copy of Reply of Lord Stanley,
FOREIGN OFFICE,
December 8, 1866.
I am directed by Lord Stanley to acknowledge the receipt, through your Lordship, of a Memorial from the Church Missionary Society, stating the grounds on which the Society desire to obtain Her Majesty's Licence for the con- secration of a Bishop to exercise Episcopal functions in the parts of China and Japan, north of 27° (28) north latitude, and
* The degree of 27° North latitude was first proposed, but 28° will leave the whole of the province of Fokien under the superintendence of the Bishop of Victoria.
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