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Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 45, 14 April 1863, Page 5 (Supplement)

Dr. Colenso's Book. — Addresses are now in course of signature by the clergy and laity of the arch-diocese of Canterbury, in reference to the work of Dr. Colenso. One to the Archbishop and bishops of the province of Canterbury in convocation assembled, prays that body " to take this book into its serious consideration synodically, and to adopt such measures towards a judicial examination, and if need be, condemnation of it, as may seem expedient, and so to vindicate the Church of England from any suspicion of unsoundness in a vital point of belief, which may in the eyes of Christendom attach itself to her." Another, to «he Archbishop of Canterbury, " expresses an earnest hope that his grace will take such measures as he may deem expedient to uphold the belief in the inspired Word of God, and to vindicate the Church of England from those imputations which would be brought against her orthodoxy, if one of her bishops might with impunity'make use of his high position to 9pread erroneous views on such a fundamental point as the inspiration of Holy Scripture."— Weekly Dispatch. Dismantling of Sandown Castle. — During the last few days a troop of Royal Horse Artillery, with a train of 10 waggons, have been actively employed in removing se eral 68 and 32-pounders, and a large quantity of ammunition, from Sandown Castle, Kent, to Dover. The men now stationed at the Castle daily expect to receive orders to evacuate the old pile, as from the effects of the late gale it is in so crazy a condition as to justify apprehensions of danger. No 1. Battery, rather more than a mile from the Castle, is in a similarly shaky state, and is, now being dismantled. — Weekly Dispatch, Another English Eleven for Australia. — Another body of eleven cricketers are engaged to visit Australia, to play matches with twenty twos, at the end of next summer. Negotiations have been conculded between Mr. George Marshall in Australia, and Mr. George rarr, the celebrated cricketer, in England, with the view of his taking an eleven over to that country at the close of the next cricket season. The following are the names of the players who are engaged to go ont : — George Parr (captain). Daft, Jackson, and " Jemmy" Grundy, of Nottingham ; Carpenter, Hayward and Tarrant, of Cambridge ; George Anderson, Yorkshire ; E. Willsher, Kent ; Caffyn and 11. H. Stephenson, Surry. By the terms of the agreement Mr. George Marshall is to remit to Mr. John Johnson, solicitor, .Nottingham, L6OO, besides the passage money, in order that each man may leave a certain sum at home before setting out. The passage is to be made in a first-class sailing vessel, and should the speculation prove succesful the return home overland. — Weekly Dispatch. A great meeting, composed of the leading men of all Irish parties, was held in the Man-sion-house, Dublin, on the 20th January, as a demonstration in support of the claim of Galway to the long-agitated postal subsidy of £75,000. Ic seems to bo Jho pnp topic on which the Irishmen'bf* air parties do agree, and certainly the unanimity was complete on the present occasion.