TUESDAY, JULY 24, 1877.

T the Court at Windsor^ the llth day of ' shall be lawful for Her Majesty in Council to July, 1877. " make and issue an Order or Orders for uniting " such benefices, sinecure rectory or rectories, PRESENT, "vicarage, or vicarages, into one benefice, with The QUEEN's Most Excellent Majesty in Council- " cure of souls, for ecclesiastical purposes only." And, whereas by another Act passed in the HEREAS by an Act passed in the first session of Parliament holden in the thirteenth and W session of Parliament holden in the first fourteenth years of the reign of Her present and second years of the reign of Her present Majesty intituled " An Act to amend the law [Majesty, intituled " An Act to abridge the holding relating to the holding of benefices in plurality " " of benefices in plurality, and to make better it Was (amongst other things) enacted, That the " provision for the residence of the clergy," it is, provisions of the hereinbefore in part recited Act. amongst other things, enacted, " That whenever should extend and be applicable, notwithstanding " it shall appear to the Archbishop of the Pro- the aggregate yearly value of such benefices '" vince, with respect to his own diocese, and rectories or vicarages, should exceed £500. . ** whenever it shall be represented to him by the And whereas the Lord Archbishop of Canter- " Bishop of any diocese, or by the Bishops of any bury pursuant to the provisions of the said Act, " two dioceses, that two or more benefices, .or hath duly prepared and laid before Her Majesty in " that one or more benefice or benefices, and one Council a certificate in writing, bearing date the •* or more spiritual sinecure rectory or rectories, thirteenth day of June in the year of our Lord one " vicarage or vicarages, in his or their diocese or thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven, in the " dioceses, being either in the same parish or con- words following, that is to say.:—- rt tiguous to each other, and of which the aggregate " population shall not exceed one thousand five " To the QUEEN's Most Excellent Majesty in " hundred persons, and the aggregate yearly value Council. " shall not exceed five hundred pounds, may, with "We the undersigned Archibald Campbell " advantage to the interests of religion, be united Lord Archbishop of the Province of Canterbury " into one benefice, the said Archbishop of the' Primate of All England and Metropolitan do . *' Province shall inquire into the circumstances of hereby certify to your Majesty in Council: — " the case ; and if on such inquiry it shall appear " That the Honourable and Right Reverend " to him that such union may be usefully made, John Thomas Lord Bishop of Norwich as Bishop " and will not be of inconvenient extent, and that of the diocese within which are situate the rectory " the patron or patrons of the said benefices, of Coltishall and the rectory of Hautbois Magna " sinecure rectory or rectories, vicarage or vicar- in the county of Norfolk having represented unto **" ages respectively, is or are consenting thereto, us that the said benefices being contiguous to each " such consent being signified in writing under the other and of which the aggregate population does " hands of such patron or patrons, the said Arch- not exceed one thousand one hundred and five " bishop shall, six weeks before certifying such persons might with advantage to the interests of " inquiry and consent to Her Majesty, as herein- religion be united into one benefice we enquired 14 -after directed, cause, with respect to his own into the circumstances of the case. " .diocese, a statement in writing of. the facts, " That on such enquiry it appeared to us that 41 and in other cases a copy in writing of the such union might be usefully made and would not " aforesaid representation, to be affixed on or near be of inconvenient extent and that the Reverend " the principal outer door of the church, or in John Colk Girling Rector of Hautbois Magna " some public and conspicuous place in each of aforesaid Clerk being the patron or person " such benefices, sinecure rectories or vicarages, entitled to present to both the said benefices " with notice to any person or persons interested, if the same were now vacant has signified his 11 that he, she, or they, 'may, within such six consent in writing tathe union of the said benefices '* weeks, show cause in writing under his, her, or into one benefice with cure of souls for eccle- ((their hand or hands, to the said Archbishop, siastical purposes. ." against such union ; and if no sufficient cause ' '' That six weeks and upwards before certifying " be shown within such time, the said Archbishop such inquiry and consent to -your Majesty in " shall certify the inquiry and consent aforesaid Council we caused copies in writing of the afore- " to Her Majesty in Council, and thereupon it said representation of the said Lord Bishop to be