OF THE BISHOP OF NATAL FOR ERRONEOUS TEACHING. BEFORE THE Metropolitan Bishop of Cape Town, AND THE BISHOPS OF GRAHAM'S TOWN AND THE ORANGE FREE CAPE TOWN: "CAPE ARGUS" Office, Adderley-street. 1863. 100.w.f. Opinion of Bishop Twells Notice of Documents filed in Evidence Documents filed from 1-14 Letter of the Bishop of Natal, read by Dr. Bleek Protest of Dr. Bleek Speech of the Dean of Cape Town Speech of the Archdeacon of Graham's Town Speech of the Archdeacon of George ... Letter of the Bishop of Natal, read in Defence... Opinion of the Bishop of Graham's Town ... ... THE TRIAL OF BISHOP COLENSO. The trial of Dr. Colenso, Bishop of Natal, on charges of erroneous teaching preferred against him by the Dean of Cape Town, the Archdeacon of Graham's Town, and the Archdeacon of George, was commenced in St. George's Cathedral, Cape Town, on Tuesday morning last, the 17th November, at eleven o'clock. The Right Rev. Bishop Gray, Metropolitan of Cape Town, presided, and was assisted by his Sufragans, the Right Rev. the Bishop of Graham's Town (Cotterill) and the Right Rev. the Bishop of the Orange Free tate (Twells). The accusing clergy,1 Dean Douglas and Archdeacons Merriman and Badnall, were present to support their accusations, and Dr. Bleek, Curator of the Grey Library, attended as a personal fond of Dr. Colenso, to protest against the proceedings. The Court being constituted, The Bishop of Cape Town said: On a presentation made to me as Metropolit n by the Very Rev. the Dean of Cape Town, the Ven. the Arch teacon of Graham's Town, and the Ven. the Archdeacon of George, I have cited the Bishop of Natal to appear here to day to answer certain charges of false teaching which have been brought against him; I am now ready to hear those charges, with the assistance of the Bishops that are here present. The other Bishops, I am sorry to say, are not able to be present. The Bishop of St. Helena has expre-sed his very great readiness and anxiety to be present, but the distance of his diocesetwo thousand miles- and the distance of the diocese of the Bishop of the Zambezi, also two thousand miles, and the difficulty of communication, have prevented them from being present. I now call upon the Registrar to read the citation and the charges with the return. B |