The Rev. Jermyn Pratt, of Royston Hall, is a candidate
for Lynn. In his address he declares that he comes forward to establish the rights of the clergy of the Church of England—the only class of commoners now excluded from a House which admits Catholics and Jews. He denies that he is represented by Convo- cation or by the Bishops, for the Synod only exists in form, and the Bishops are appointed by the Crown, and "have scarcely ever represented the intelligence, I had almost said the integrity, of the Church." Obviously the Rev. Jermyn Pratt is in no want of a living. He will find it, even if elected, a very difficult tersk to obtain an admission, for the entrance of clergymen into the House is not forbidden Lem a political principle, but from a lay instinct. The House does not want to import into its debates the vapid virulence which characterizes most political sermons.
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