Sine Episcopo nemo quidquam faciat eornm. quæ ad Ecolesiam spectant. S. Ignat. Ep. ad Smyrn. VIII. Ex vers. Cotel, Ed, Russel, ii, 50. FUNCHAL. - BERNARDO FRANCISCO LOBATO MACHADO 1848. PROTEST against the assumption of the spiritual duties of this Chaplaincy, without a Licence, by the Reverend Thomas Kenworthy Brown; as unduly interfering with the Office of the Reverend Richard Thomas Lowe, licensed by the Lord Bishop of London to the spiritual Cure and Charge of all members of the United Church of England and Ireland in Madeira. 1. Because such assumption is contrary to the Apostolical rule, not to <«<build upon another man's foundation » (Rom. XV. 20), «and not to boast in another man's line of things made ready to our hand» (2 Cor. X. 16); and is opposed to the Apostolical position (Rom. X. 15), that the preachers of the Gospel must be << sent. >> 2. Because without «sending », i. e. mission or special executive authority from the Bishop, such interference with the spiritual Office of another, however favoured by the Civil Government is by the Laws and Constitutions of the Church, which are founded upon Scripture, openly schismatical and sinful. 3. Because no Priest or Deacon of the United Church of |