In our number for July last, there was an article, headed, "Modern Reformation We have lately learned, from unquestionable authority, that so far from his Grace the Archbishop of York having approved and lent his countenance to the "Refor- mation Society," he has always entertained, and still entertains, the strongest and most conscientious doubts as to its utility; and that while he feels the most earnest anxiety for the promotion and spread of the Protestant faith, he neither considered it proper or expedient to encourage the establishment of a branch of that Society in his own diocese; and, consequently, discountenanced any attempt to introduce it within the limits of his jurisdiction. The way in which his Grace's name has been employed in this matter, by our excellent correspondent, may have arisen from the circumstance, that his son, Captain Frederick Vernon, R. N., had attended seve- ral meetings of the "Reformation Society" in Ireland; and thus the error may pro- bably have sprung up, that those meetings had the sanction of his father the Arch- A correspondent of ours, in an article entitled, "British Settlements in Western WILLIAM BLACKWOOD, NO. 17, PRINCE'S STREET, EDINBURGH; AND T. CADELL, STRAND, London. To whom Communications (post paid) may be addressed. SOLD ALSO BY ALL THE BOOKSELLERS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. PRINTED BY BALLANTYNE AND CO. EDINburgh. WILLIAM BLACKWOOD, No. 17, prince's street, Edinburgh; AND T. CADELL, STRAND, LONDON. To whom Communications (post paid) may be addressed. SOLD ALSO BY ALL THE BOOKSELLERS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. PRINTED BY BALLANTYNE AND CO. EDINBURGH. |