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r 0' THE MOTHER-TONGUE. The mother's name is a heavenly sound, As far as the blue sky bendeth ; The mother's voice casts gladness round Where the iciest realm extendeth. Sweet in pleasure and sweet in woe, Sweet in life and in death also, And sweet in recollection. Our mother's voice was the cradle song That soothed us beyond all other ; And sweetly soundeth the mother-tongue When the first-born lispeth " Mother !" Our mother-tongue is that in which Our young souls first found exprossion ; And the lover knows no other speech To pour out his full heart's passion. 'Twas spoken by all those kings of old Round whom our homage gathers. And by those warriors true and bold Whom we proudly call our fathers. Our mother-tongue, in the people's mouth, With words of nower it liveth ; 'Tis loved in the North awl in the South, And its echo the green wood giveth. Oar mother -tongue, like a flowery wreath, BOth high and low it enfoldeth ; Through it the souls of our fathers breathe, And the true heart fast it holdetli. Our hearts speak only our mother-tongue, They know no foreign translation ; 'Tie it alone, whether written or sung, Which from sleep can rouse a nation. Our mother-tongue, by the sea-shore wild, And in deep woods, smnmer laden, How sweetly it sounds, from man or child, But sweetest from the lips of a maiden. Sweet in pleasure and sweet in woe, Sweet in life and in death also. And sweet in recollection. LITERATURE. BOOKS FOR REVIEW, &c.—Books, New Prints, Music, &c., intended for review, may be left at Mr. C. Mitchell's, Red lion-court, Fleet-street, London, addressed " to the Editor of the LivEaroot STANDARD," when they will be forwarded, and receive attention. Report on the Cure of a Cataract of Ten Years' • Continuance By John Nottingham, M.D. _ . . . • _ _ Liverpool : Deighion and Laughton. This is an interesting pamphlet, showing what human skill, well directed, may do in the alleviation of human suffering. Dr. Nottingham has treated his patient skilfully, and, like Caesar, who could handle the pen as well as the sword, he can describe his own operations in graceful language as well as perform them. Report of the Superintendent of the Lancaster County Lunatic Asylum at Rainhill. 1852. This beautiful building, which was opened some what more than a year ago, gives promise of great usefulness. The causes of lunacy in its inmates were—intemperance, 16 ; poverty, 7 ; domestic unhappiness, 3 ; grief, loss of money, and physical causes, 2 each; hereditary disposition and fright, 1 each. Among the English patients there were 134 men to 118 women ; among the Scotch, 7 to 8 ; among the Irish, 24 to 52 ; Welsh, 13 to 31. Thus, in England the lunatic men preponderate 14 per cent.; while in the other three countries jointly, the women preponderate 107 per cent. Among women of known occupations, about the half are housewives and domestic servants; among men, 27 per cent. were labourers or sailors. The system which has been called the soothing system is employed here with the very best results, and care is taken to keep the patients constantly occupied. The Law, Constitution, and_Rrform of Convocation London: J. H. Parker. This is one of the many pamphlets on this and kindred subjects ; but, though written with care, it appears to us to be out of place. Church Reform in a general sense must come first; and a Reform of Convocation, if it come at all, will lie part of the former or subsequent to it. To advocate it now, must be viewed as an inversion of the natural order, even by those who concur in the writer's views. The Tagus and the Tiber; or, Notes of Travel in Portugal, Spain, and Italy. By Wm. Edward Baxter. 2 vols. London : Bentley. Mr. Baxter is evidently a native of Scotland, dating from Dundee, and in 1850-51 made a tour through the above-mentioned countries, having been previously accustomed to travel. He is a man of intelligence and a clear observer, well read in history, and with a good eye for the picturesque. His descriptions do not abound in the marvellous, as the writings of a very young traveller usually do, from his want of familiarity with objects and man ners different from those at home. Nor do they, on the other hand, assume too much; many of our sketchy writers fancying that the things which are familiar to themselves and their fellow-travellers do not require to be told at home. The Scotch pre dilections of the writer show themselves of course: all the world was to be agitated against perfidious Albion, because the Free Kirk people at Gibraltar had not a i•udiiciently excellent site presented to them for a chapel. Like sensible people, however, they purchased a site; so we trust that the writer's wrath will be stayed, and that an appeal to Queen, Lords, and Commons may not be necessary. The following are extracts from Mr. Baxter's work : GOVERNMENT IN ITALY. Unfortunately for Central and Southern Italy, her people have no choice between despotism and democracy. " What can we do ? " asked some of them whom I met while travelling, " we have no native princes to lead us ; the Grand Duke of Tuscany is an Austrian ; the Pope has made a league with our oppressors ; the King of Na ples is a tyrant of the worst possible kind ; one portion of the nobility frowns on liberal principles—the other pos sesses neither energy nor talent ; we must trust to the chapter of accidents, and, although no republicans in theory, Ilazzini is our man." I mourn this lame ntable want of royal leaders ; but the fact no one can dispute. In the fourteenth century Rienzi cherished a noble idea of uniting Italy in a great federal republic, of which Rome should be the bead, and all the principal cities members. His messengers, bearing in their hands the white rods of embassy, traversed the Peninsula to explain this at that time visionary scheme, and everywhere the people on their knees asked Heaven to bless the under taking. Italy for the Italians—union against the north— local administration, but mutual dependence —were the watchwords which more than three hundred years ago kindled a holy ardour in the breast of the last of the Tribunes. RELIGION IN SPAIN. A man might travel for days in the hereditary domi nions of Isabella the Catholic, without discovering that her subjects bad a faith ; undisturbed by priests or friars, he might chant a dirge to the memory of other days in those deserted fanes where once Cardinal Ximenes re ceived homage from the proudest vassals of the Castilian crown. A few dirty, shabbily-clothed clergymen may now and then be seen in the precincts of .a church ; but on Sundays the market-place, even in villages, is always better filled than the sanctuary ; the butchers' shops have more visitors than the confessionals. You may see also the peasants busy ploughing, watering, or sowing, when an other Popish countries they would have been hearing mass. There was a time when Spain slowed herself, by her superstitious observances, by her liberality in provi ding money for the propagation of the faith, by her reli gious pomp and her persecuting efforts, to be the eldest daughter of the church. There the Inquisition did its deadly work ; there the Pope had only to command, and a nation's chivalry rushed to the rescue ; there a monarch laid aside the cares of state " to conform to all the rigour of monastic austerity." " Such," says Dr. Robertson, " was the superstitious veneration of the Spaniards for the papal character, that Alva, though perhaps the proudest man of the age, and accustomed from his in fancy to a familiar intercourse with princes, acknowledged that when he approached the Pope be was so much over awed that his voice failed, and his presence of mind for sook him." I mourn not over the decline of a childish faith, supported by monkish legends among an ignorant peasantry, not that the influence of Rome no longer reigns paramount in council, but that from superstition the Spaniards have fled for refuge to indifferentism, from the creed of Loyola to the creed of Voltaire! Hogg's Instructor contains, in the present num ber, several articles of interest : " the Court of Ses sion from 1820 to 1830," " Robert Blair among the Religious Poets," " Life of S. T. Coleridge," and "Sketches in Scotland in Auld Lang Syne."—Cham bers's Edinburgh Journal contains the usual num ber of interesting articles, one of the best essays being that entitled " Imperfect Respectabilities."— Lewis Arundel, Part 16, is at a most interesting point of the story, but some facts appear to come in inverted order.—The Protestant Magazine, in an interesting collection of articles on its special sub jects, contains some curious letters respecting a schoolmaster at Frome, five years ago.—The Bul wark has a good deal of information on the Nun nery question, and details some not very flattering facts of Cardinal Wiseman respecting his skill as a controversialist. VARIETIES. THE • WORST FORM OF FRENC H T 1,2: or 10.000 French corsets are impo r t e d i nto this country every yunch. " DADDY, I want to ask you a questio n . Wh y is a gin palace like a bad shilling ?" " I can't tell, son. " Because you can't pass it , " said the boy. QUESTION FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS.—Whethe r amongst the paths of medical science, which lead more or less - zo the college, should be included the Hydro -path, the Allo-path, and the Horooco-path. — Punch. AMONG the advertisements in the Lancet, is one for a " medical assistant" who must be " unmarried, whis kered !" and not under 28 or 30 yea's in appearance. Per onal application required. WHY, JACK, I t h ought as how they'd done away with the " cat in the N avy ?" " Well, so they have, old Not they ; I found one in a canister of pre served provisions only the day before yesterday." P , THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, MAY CON.—Mrs. Malaprop wishes to know why the rope that banged Pharaoh's chief baker reminds one of matri mony. We blush to make such a guess at the good lady's riddle, hut we suppose she means,—Because it is the high menial halter. JOE HUME is indebted for his advance in life to the late Lord Panmure, who when a gay, wild young man, broke the shop window of a poor widow in Perth, but she so freely forgave the offender, that he resolved to do her a service, which he did by sending her son Joe to India, where he made a fortune, and on his return obtained a seat in Parliament. WE ALL HAVE OUR TROUBLES.—Sister Sally : " Why, Charley, dear boy, what's the matter ? You seem quite miserable." Charley : " And aint I just ! Here's ma' says I must wear turn-down collars till Christmas, and there's young Sidney Bowler (who's not half so tall as I am) has had stuck-ups and white chokers for ever so long !"—Punch. SWEETHEARTS AND WIVES.—Even in cities, amid the more busy haunts of men, on a Saturday evening we toast " Sweethearts and Wives ;" but nowhere is the custom so rigidly observed, nor is the pledge given with so much earnestness and endearing associations, as when we are " far at sea." This arose out of the coun try courtings on the Saturday eve. It was an ancient practice to cease from all servile labour at three o'clock on Saturday afternoon, and to attend evening prayers preparatory to the Sabbath. This vigil afforded a con venient opportunity for courting, which custom continued afterthe religious observance ceased.—Nautical Standard. SONGS FOR ALL SEASONS.—The New York Reveille gives a series of songs for all seasons. Here are a few : When a stout gentleman treads on your corns—" Twere vain to tell you all I feel." For the young lady who has had her dress torn at a military ball—" the Soldier's Tear." For the man who dines on three dough nuts, and lives on the Astor House steps—" I dreamt I dwelt in marble halls." For the brisk young widow who clears out her weeds in three months—" Behold how brightly breaks the morning." When your hear a party of young bucks wrenching off your door-knocker in the small hours of the morning—" Lo ! hear the gentle (genteel) lark." When your husband asks after that money you spent on trim mings for your Bloomer chapeau—" It's all round my hat." "Do 1 - 011 BELIEVE IN GHOSTS, MRS. PARTING TON ?" was asked of the old lady, somewhat timidly. " To be sure I do," replied she, " as much as I believe that bright fulminary there will rise in the yeast to morrow morning, if we lire and nothing happens. Two apprehensions have sartinly appeared in our family. Why, I saw my dear Paul, a fortnight before he died, with my own eves, jest as plain as I see you now ; and though it turned out afterwards to be a rosebush with a nightcap on it, I shall always think, to the day of my desolation, that it was a forerunner sent to me. 'Tother one came in the night when we were asleep, and carried away three candles and a pint of spirits, that we kept in the house for an embarkation. Believe in ghosts, in deed ! I guess I do, and he must be a dreadful styptic as doesn't." CHARACTER OF MARLBOROUGH.—"Marlborough," said Bolingbroke, was " the perfection of genius, ma tured by experience." This was really his charac ter. He began life without any of the vast advantages which knowledge affords ; but he made admirable use of the opportunities he afterwards enjoyed. In the school of Turenne, he imbibed the art of war; in the pa lace of St. James's, be learned the mysteries of the human heart ; in the House of Peers, and at the Vague, he be came master of the art of diplomacy. "Itis a charac teristic," says Adam Smith, " almost peculiar to the great Duke of Marlborough, that ten years of such uninter rupted and splendid successes as scarce any other general could boast of, never tetrayed him into a single rash ac tion—scarce into a single rash word or expression." " I take pleasure in doing justice to that great man," said his old enemy, Bolingbroke, " whose faults I know, whose virtues I admire, and whose memory, as the greatest ge neral and greatest minister that our country or any other has produced, I honour." —Marlborough and his Times. VINEYARDS IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE.—AIong either side of the road the vines extend, utterly un protected. No raspers, no ha-ha's, no fierce denun ciations of trespassers, no polite notices of spring guns and steel-traps constantly in a state of high-go-offism— only, where the grapes are ripening, the people lay prickly branches along the wayside to keep the dogs, foraging for partridges among the espaliers, from taking a refreshing mouthful from the clusters as they pass ; for it seems to be a fact, that every body, every beast, and every bird, whatever may be his, her, or its nature in other parts of the world, when brought amongst grapes, eats grapes. As for the peasants, their appetite for grapes is perfectly pre posterous. Unlike the surfeit-sickened grocers' boys, who, after the first week loathe figs, and turn poorly whenever sugar candy is hinted at, the love of grapes ap pears literally to grow by what it feeds on. Every garden is full of table vines. The people eat grapes with break fast, lunch, dinner, and supper. The labourer plods along the road munching his cluster. The child in its mother's arms is lugging away with its toothless gums at a bleeding bunch ; while, as for the vintagers, male and female, in the less important plantations, heaven only knows where the masses of grapes go to, which they de vour, labouring incessantly at the metier, as they do, from dawn till sunset."— The Vineyards of Bourdeaux. EFFECT OF PLACE ON POETS.—Moore was made for cities ; all his habits were social, and he must have languished for society. The cooing of doves and the songs of nightingales were not the music to accompany such verses as these— " Fly not yet, 'tie just the hour, When pleasure, like the midnight flower, That scorns the eye of vulgar light, Begins to bloom for sons of night, And maids who love the moon." We can imagine the look of melancholy with which, after having finished his stanzas, Moore gave a moonlight glance to the woods and wilds, as he stood at his cottage door, and thought of the lively scenes at that moment glittering in London. Solitude may be the place of the philosopher, and universities the stronghold of science; but, for the knowledge of life, the play of character, the vigour of manly competitorship, and even the variety of views, events, and character, which make the true mate rials of the poetic faculty, association with our kind is in dispensable. The poet in retirement either becomes the worship of a circle of women, who pamper him with pane gyric, until he degenerates into silliness; or, living alone, becomes the worse thing—a worshipper of himself. Like a garrison cut off from its supplies, he lives on short al lowance of ideas ; like a hermit, thinks his rags sanctity, and his nonsense Oracles ; or, like Robinson Crusoe, imagines his geese conversible, and his island an empire. We never heard of a great poet living a hundred miles from a metropolis. Contiguity to the world of men and women was essential. All the leaders of the tribe lived as near London as they could. Cowley lived within a walk, Pope within a drive, Milton within sight, of the walls—Shakspeare saw London Bridge every day of his life—Dryden lived in the Grecian Coffee-house—Byron, with his own good-will, would never have stirred out of Bond-street; and when the newspapers and Doctors' Commons at length drove him abroad, he nestled down in Venice, instead of singing among the slopes of the Apen nines, or acting distraction among the pinnacles of the Alps. It is even not improbable that the last few and melancholy years of Moore's life owed some of their de pression to the weariness of this unnatural solitude.— Blackwood's Magazine. JOHN PALMER, THE ACTOR.•.--It is universally known that the eminent actor, John Palmer, died on the stage, at Liverpool, on the 2nd of August, 1798, while performing in the character of The Stranger; and to make the tragic in cident morecompleteand memorable, it is generally record ed, that he expired immediately after uttering these memo rable words, which occur in the third act—" There is another and a better world." So strong was this belief, and so com mon the report, that on the first occasion of Kenible's ap pearance in " The Stranger," at Drury-lane, after the melancholy event (being for the benefit of the deceased actor's family), a strong excitement prevailed with the audi ence until be had pronounced the dangerous sentence ; and an audible expression of relief went round the house when he did so, and no catastrophe ensued. But the fact dif fers materially from the current version. It was in the fourth act, in the scene with Baron Steinfort, and at the close of his story, that Palmer was stricken by the hand of death. He crossed the stage as usual at the end of his long recital, ending with the climax of passion—" What are chains or death compared to the tortures of a de ceived, yet doting husband !" He tottered, and appeared exhausted ; and at the following words, in reply to the in quiry of his friend, as to where his wife was now ? " I know not, nor do I wish to know," became speechless, fell, and was carried off the stage by his brother actor. Whitfield, who personated the Baron, published this cor rect statement, which appeared in a Liverpool paper; and the same has often been corroborated to me by the elder Hamerton, many years a member of the Dublin company, and who also acted in the play of " The Stranger" on the night of Palmer's death. With reference to this event a singular anecdote is related by Mr. Dendy, in his volume entitled the " Philosophy of Mystery. 1841." " The tragedian, John Palmer, died on the stage at Liverpool. At the same hour and minute, a shopman in London, sleeping under a counter, saw distinctly his shade glide U - rough the shop, open the door, and pass into the street. This, an hour or two after, he mentioned very coolly, as if Mr. Palmer himself had been there."—Leaves from the Portfolio of a Manager. THE EFFECTS OF DEPRESSION.—This involves one of the most curious phenomena in economical science. When aninterestisdepressed,itdoesnotalwayshappen—especi a lly in the first stage of depression—that the labourers attached to the interest feel immediately the consequences of the de cline. Agricultural wages, for example, do not fluctuate according to the price of wheat. The retrenchment which necessary in consequence of lessened returns is usually be comes effected, in the first instance at least, by curtailment of personal expenditure on the part of the cultivator—by abstinence from purchases, not necessary indeed, but convenient —and by that species of circumspect, but nameless thrift, which, at the end of a year, makes a very considerable difference in the amount of tradesmen's bills. This kind of retrenchment is the easiest, the safest, and the most humane • and it is not u n til th e de pression is so great as to render other and more stringent modes of economising necessary, that the agricultural labourer is actually made to feel his entire dependance upon the land, and the interest which be has in its returns. The small tradesmen and dealers in the country and mar ket towns are usually the first to discern what is called the pressure of the times. They find that the farmers are no longer taking from them the same quantity of goods as before; that their stocks, especially of the more expensive articles, remain on their hands unsold ; and that there is no demand for novelties. If the depression goes so far as to necessitate a diminution of rental, then the same economy, but on a wider scale, is practised by the landlord. Expensive luxuries are given up, establish ments contracted, and the town's-people begin to com plain of a dull season, for which they find it impossible to account, seeing that money is declared to be cheap. All this reacts upon the artisans very severely; because in towns labour has a far less certain tenure than in the country ; and when there is a cessation of demand, work ' men, ho wever skilled, are not only liable, but certain to be dismissed. I ftheshopkeeper cannot get his goods off his hands, th e manufacturer need not expect to prevail upon him to give anyfa r ther and orde manufacturer,rs. T hedema findi ng demand up o n the mills becom es slack, the that there is no immediate Proftimreevi_vaTl.4ceonvseidneior.s it his duty to have shortrecoursetoospect (Tat ic Confederacy, in Blackwood's Maga: . ine. CORRESPONDENCE. Letters addressed to the Editor should be accompanied by the real name and address of the writer, not for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith ; this is indispensably requisite in any statement of facts. The Editor wishes it to be understood that he does not hold himself responsible for the opinions or statements of his correspondents. HORTICULTURE. ECCLESIASTICAL. 8, 1852 MEETINGS OF THE CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY. Yesterday the anniversary of the Chur eh Missionary Society was celebrated in this town by a morning and evening meeting in the theatre of the Collegiate Institution. MORNING MEETING, This meeting was most respectably, though not nume rously attended. The Worshipful the Rev. H. Raikes, Chancellor of the Diocese, occupied the chair, and amongst the company we noticed the Revs. H. Stowell, Dr. M'Neile , D. Wilson, Vicar of Islington, London, Wm. Knight, one of the secretaries to the Parent Society, J. B. Mars den, W. W. Ewbank, F. Barker, F. Parry, H. Carpenter, C. W. Lawrence, J. 0. Powell, J. Jones, J. Bardsley, Wright, Z. S. Barry, D. Anderson, W. Williams, J. H. Jones, W. Rawson, J. R. Conor, W. Hughes, J. M'Naught, Marsden, and Messrs. Charles Inman, Wm. Jones, J. P. Mather. Rd. Evans, T. D. Anderson, R. Fry, J. 0. Duncan, W. Maples, Josias Booker, J. Dutton, &c., &c. On the Rev. Chancellor taking the chair, the proceed ings of the day commenced with a suitable prayer by the Rev. H. Carpenter. The CHAIRMAN said he was very unwilling to trespass, even for a short time, upon the attention of the meeting, though it was not numerous, for he was disposed to look upon it rather as a kind of nucleus from whence informa tion was to emanate respecting the operations of the society, and which was of the most abundant and gratify ing kind. It was too abundantly plain that there was the utmost cause for thankfulness that it had pleased God to open out so wide a field for the exertion of Christian missionary efforts. There never was in the history of the church so extensive an opening for the spread of the Gospel as at the present moment, and he trusted that there would be a thankful response to the call for in creased missionaries ; that numbers would " come to the help of the Lord—to the help of the Lord against the mighty." The CHAIRMAN then called upon the Rev. H. Carpenter, who read the following important TO EDWARD CARDWELL, ESQ., M.P. SlR. — Your committee and friends have rung the changes sufficiently upon the subject of the alleged insin cerity of the Conservative party. One day we are Protec tionists " in disguise ;" another day we are free traders "in disguise." One day we are accused of a desire "to reverse the principles of the past ten years ;" another day we are twitted with having been compelled to " pay ho mage" to those principles. Pray, Sir, if it be not imperti nent in an humble individual, like myself, may I be permitted to ask what are your principles ? What is the policy determined upon by the Peelite party, to whom you belong ? I can well imagine the answer with which you would like to satisfy the public. You are prepared to " carry out the policy of the past two administrations ;" or, per haps, you would rather confine yourself to carrying out that of the administration of the late Sir Robert Peel. The reply, Sir, is too vague. It is, hoar ever 7 characteristic of the man. You, Mr. Cardwell, and the late Sir Robert Peel, your idol, never originated any policy ; you always followed. It was such a statesman as yourself—such a dealer in second-hand opinions —that the London Times, some years ago, felicitiously compared to "a duck-legged drummer boy waddling in the rear of the march of intel lect." lam afraid, however, that we must accept your vague reply, so far as relates to commercial policy. But there are other matters deeply interesting to Englishmen, over which you cannot be permitted to throw the veil of mystery, now that you stand before the electors of Liver pool a political " gentleman at large," as you would pro bably claim to do if invested with official station. There is one question in particularrespecting which your opinions and intentions must be explicitly declared. Need I say that the question is as to what course you are prepared to take in the struggle which impends between aggressive Romanism and the Protestant Church and liberties of this country? You, Mr. Cardwell, are the chosen champion of the Roman Catholic portion of the constituency. Do not tell us that, so far as they are concerned, you are fighting the battle of free trade, or of " liberal" principles. These men, in one of the most numerously and influentially attended meetings of their body ever held in Liverpool, distinctly spurned your cheap loaf, and declared their ad hesion to you solely on the ground that you had not voted for the bill to put down papal aggression. There can be no mistake, and " there shall be no mistake," upon this point. You opposed the first reading of that bill because, you said, it was not stringent enough. On the occasion of the third reading, after increased stringency had been infused into the bill, you absented yourself from the division. Your present position as the Romanist candi date for Liverpool is incompatible with your vote against the measure, as not being sufficiently stringent. The fair inference, in the case of a straightforward man, would be that you had changed your views as to the necessity of a stringent measure to check Romish aggression. In that case you are in your proper position as the selected can didate of the Roman Catholic electors ; and no sincere Protestant can support you. But your friend, Mr. Am brose Lace, has recently claimed you as an evangelical member of the Church of England ' • one of those, too, who are anxious t o p romo t e th e spread of true religion by the circulation of the Bible ; and he adds, that for you to forward the views of Roman Catholicism in this country would he " to run counter to your long and deeply•rooted convictions." If, in sincerity, you arc such a Protestant churchman, then you are not in your proper position as the selected candidate of the Roman Catholic electors. Whichever way we view the matter, this conclusion forces itself upon us. You must, Mr. Cardwell, deceive one or other of the parties who are asked to place their trust in you. This is not my opinion ; it is that of the public. Your Romanist friends expect you to hand over the Protestant institutions of the country into their de stroying hands. Your Protestant friends—they are few, Sir !—expect that you will " whistle down to fortune" your Papist allies,- on the very first opportunity. They believe you to be insincere and tricky. Time will prove whether, in so doing, they are wrong or right. I ask you, Mr. Cardwell, to throw off this dishonest re serve. Do not ask the electors of Liverpool to support a man who, Janus-like, has two faces ; whose one eye looks to Rome and the other to Geneva Be not one of those spirits " Who palter with us in a double sense !" An open enemy Englishmen respect. The enemy, whose approach is stealthy, and whu stabs behind their hacks, and wears a mask,—Englishmen detest and scorn. Throw off that mask which you wear, Mr. Cardwell ! Let us know how you propose to earn the approbation of your Roman Catholic allies, and, at the same time, to defend from insult and aggression the Protestant Church of this country. If you remain silent—if you still keep the veil of mystery drawn closely over your intentions, with re spect to this vital question,—the electors of Liverpool have a just right to regard your pretensions as fraught with very great suspicion. . - I remain, Sir, your obedi en 'Z'tT l ANS. Liverpool May 15,1852. PRAYERS FOR THE DEAD AT OXFORD. To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SlR,—Whilst perusing the report of the celebrated controversial discussion, held at Hammersmith, in May, 1839, between the Rev. Dr. Cumming and Daniel French, Esq., barrister-at-law, on the differences between Pro testantism and Popery, I was much startled by a fact connected with the University of Oxford, then stated by the Roman Catholic opponent ; and as a new edition of the report of this discussion has just been issued, and is now in the hands of so many friends and foes, I beg earnestly a small space for the extract in your valuable Protestant journal, that it may either be denied in toto or carefully investigated. I quote from the authenticated edition of 1848. the faithfulness and correctness of which is certified by both of the above-named gentlemen. Speaking in behalf of the Romish doctrine of Purgatory, Mr. French. in page 385, states as follows :—" At Oriel College, Oxford, they PRAY FOR THE REPOSE OF THE SOUL OF ITS FOUNDER; and why .? Because otherwise the College, with its ap purtenances—the summum bonum of celestial Protestant felicity—would be forfeited, according to the condition of the original deed of grant. It is a fact which cannot be denied, that year after year, in order to keep the filthy lucre, they do so at Oriel College, Oxford: and it is done in other parts of England. At Oxford it is, and it cannot be denied by tny learned friend." In this statement, Sir, we are accused of fostering in a Protestant University two unreasonable, yea damnable errors, viz., " PRAYERS FOR THE DEAD," and " PUR GATORY"—delusions of Satan, carried out into all Chris tendom by his Prime Minister, who sits in MAHOMET's (not Peter's) chair in the " City of the Seven Hills." Is it possible that such enormities, totally repugnant to the Word of God and to the Articles of the Church of Eng land, are practised by any society professing to be a Pro testant society for the education of ministers for a Pro testant community ? I trow not ; but as the accusation has been made, I do trust, as a satisfaction to the Protes tants of the present day, you will not hesitate to insert this letter; for in this our day we must not be seen to wink at such things, but faithfully to wash our hands from all such vile impurities ; for though we have many unfaithful sons creeping into our beloved Church. who are introducing the very quintessence of Popish mumme ries, to the partial if not total exclusion of the simple Gospel of Jesus Christ, (of which sect, with some honest apostates to Rome, Oriel College claims not a few,) — still, believe me, we are not all Oriel men. No ; thanks be to God that England's Church has within her pale many faithful champions for the simple truth as it is in Jesus, to the preaching of which all England's unrivalled Glory is to be attributed. Hoping that some one connected with this Tractarian seminary will step forward boldly and unflinchingly to acknowledge or deny the .fact, as the case may be. (I repeat unflinchingly, for away with all half-hearted Pro testantism !) that we may be cleansed of all such conta minating stains, I am, Sir, in behalf of the Church of England, Your obedient servant, A PROTESTANT CLERGYMAN. Kirkdale, Liverpool, May 13th, 1832. DIOCESE OF CHESTER. PREFERMENT.—The Rev. Joseph Oakden, to the Per petual Curacy or District of St. Stephen. Congleton, in the parish of Astbury, in the county of Chester (void by resignation of Rev. John Scott), on the nomination of the Lord Bishop of Chester, patron fur this turn. Value, £l3O. ORDINATION.—The Lord Bishop of Chester intends to hold an Ordination on Tuesday, the 19th September next, at Chester, candidates for which must send all their papers to Charles T. W. Parry, Esq., his Lordship's Se cretary, at least six weeks before that day. SECOND " AUTO DA FE" IN TUAM. To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD. is only a fortnight since I was obliged to call public attention to the burning of Thomas Bohens' house, in this town, in which fifteen persons, ten of whom were Protestants, were then asleep. Depositions on oath were since taken before a magistrate, and these went to show that, as was suspected, this diabolical act was per petrated by a Popish incendiary. Indeed, it is notorious, as has been published, that menaces were held out, by persons of influence, that houses would be burned if their owners continued to harbour Protestants or encou rage Protestantism. It will scarcely be credited, that a second attempt was made on this morning, about three o'clock, to burn Bohens' house, but such is the case. About four o'clock. as some persons were proceeding to work, they observed the thatch of his house on fire ; and, before it could be extinguished, the roof of an adjoining house had caught the flames : no lives, however, were lost, and not much injury done. Since the former attempt to burn this poor man's house, lie made it a practice to sit up till one or two o'clock in the morning; and it is remarkable, that this second attempt was made about three o'clock, when it was known be had retired to rest. Had not Providence again caused timely warning to be given, the lives of Bohens and his Protestant lodgers would have been sacrificed. I give the facts as they are, and commend their consi deration to the Protestant public. Persecution is rife ; inquiry is abroad ; and truth is progressing. It behoves us all to consider what is our duty. Your obedient servant, CH ARLES H. SEYMOUR, Tuam, Bth May, 1852. Provost and Vicar of Tuam. CLANDESTINE MARRIAGES..—The diocese of London is not the only one in which complaints are made of the facility with which clergymen of populous parishes solem nise marriages between persons who are not the'r parishioners. St. Martin's, the Mother-Church of Birmingham, seems to enjoy an unr,nviable notoriety in this respect among the rural clergy in the neighbouring counties. The evil of such laxity has been recently illus trated by ilbe occurrence of a marriage at that church between an uncle and niece. Of course they are not legally married, but they live together as man and wife under colour of the Birmingham marriage service. THE CAFFI WAR.—SIR HARRY SMITH'S LAST DISPATCH.—The Gazette, of Tuesday last, contains a lengthy dispatch from Sir Harry Smith, in which he as signs the following reason for not giving up his command earlier :—He commences by stating that, at the time he received his notice of recal, "such were the prospects of the Caffre war, and so rapid the progression towards that state of things which can alone perpetuate peace, (best shown by the proclamation issued by me on the 6th of February, and again enclosed), that a sense of the duty which has guided me in the service of my sovereign and country for so many years induced me to persevere in the preparatory steps I had taken for the expulsion from cer tain strongholds within the colony, of the rebel Gaikas and Hottentots, under the wily chief Macomo, a rene gade from the authority of his paramount chief, Sandilli ; as, also, for expelling the Gaika tribes from British Caf fraria, and driving them over the Great Kei." The gal lant general enters at length into a detail of various brave exploits, and thus speaks of the conduct of the troops en gaged fifteen months against 25,000 savages and sturdy enemies, in an almost impassable country, larger than England :—" I am fully aware that I have been accused, during the progress of this campaign, of using the lan guage of hyperbole in describing the numerous recontres which have occurred, and in giving praise to the gallant officers and troops as well as burghers. Possessing, how ever, some experience in war, I must maintain that such is not the case. Troops acting in the open field expect not the stimulus of praise ; the soldier sees his foe, and his British courage rises at each step ; but he who, after, perhaps a night march of great length, has to ascend mountains or penetrate dense bush and ravines, filled pro bably with a daring and intrepid enemy, as resolute as ath letic, ready to murder any one who may fall into his hands, and whose warfare is of the most stealthy and en terprising kind, appreciates the praise of his commander. because when his acts are conspicuously daring he is con scious he deserves it. H e d oes his duty ; but human na ture renders e ven th e so ldi er ' s i n t r epid heart sensible of the approb a ti on o f hi s super i or , which he is proud to know may reach the ey e of hi s p aren ts and friends." OPERATIONS FOR THE WEEK. Stove, Conservatory, ke.—The temperature in the stove should now range from 73 to 80 deg. by day, and at night from 60 to 65 deg. If orchids are the things prin cipally grown in the stove, 5 to 10 deg. more must be al lowed. Ferns, lycopodiums, and orchids, all require slight shading. The conservatory should not exceed from 50 to 70 deg. by day, and about 50 deg. at night. Tho rough ventilation must also be allowed, and even at night the slight admission of fresh air is very desirable. Flower Garden.—The desirable change effected by the rain has also brought its work with it. Weeds are now rampant, and must be got rid of without delay. If any doubt is felt about the vegetation of the annuals, which the dry season has prevented from coming up, sow a fresh lot immediately; many have no doubt perished, and the best seed would be most likely to suffer, for it would ger minate, and having no moisture to sustain the young shoot, it would perish. Begin to harden dahlias, previous to planting them out, which must not be done until the beginning of June. ft is too early in this neighbourhood to begin putting out tender bedding plants. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Z.—We shall have a full and impartial report of the Liverpool Flower Show in our next ; and if your straw. berries deserve the commendation you give them, we shall not omit to notice their merits. G. Davies.—We are glad to perceive that our opinion of your new and very beautiful seedling, AzaleaStanleyana, was confirmed by the judges at the Chiswick Exhibition last week. PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS. The Rev. E. A. Brooks, to the Curacy of Seend, Melk sham, Wilts. The Rev. J. Collingwood, M.A., to the Assistant Morning Preachership of St. Marylebone. The Rev. C. P. Cotter, to the Curacy of Holy Trinity, Trowbridge. The Rev. C. Crossley, to the Perpetual Curacy of Bel leek, county of Armagh. The Rev. H. H. Dickenson, to the Assistant Curacy of St. Anne's, Dublin. The Rev. W. L. Eames, to the Curacy of Castlepollard, county of Westmeath. The Rev. C. Faloon, Curate of Lurgan, to the Vicarage of Magheragal, near Lisburn. The Rev. J. C. Grainger, 8.A., Vicar of St. Giles', Reading, to the Chaplaincy of the Royal Berkshire Hos pital. The Rev. J. H. Hill, A. 8., Rector of Cranoe, Leices tershire, to be a Surrogate. The Rev. J. Jenkins, to the Rectory of Bowness, Cum berland. The Rev. J. Lawrell, M.A., to the Preachership of Archbishop Tenison's Chapel, Regent-street. The Rev. NV. L. Lewis, Vicar of Sedgley, to the Rural Deanery of Himley, Diocese of Lichfield. The Rev. J. M. Lowther, incumbent of St. John's, Hensingham, to be a Surrogate. The Rev. A. Major, to the Rector of Derver, county of Louth. The Rev. H. W. ArGrEth, to the Incumbency of St. Paul's, Kersall Moor. The Rey. E. Nangle, to the Rectory of Skreen, county of Mayo. The Rev. E. J. Nixon, M.A., Curate of the Marsh District, West Ham, Essex, to the Chaplaincy of the London Hospital. The Rev. J. Richardson, to the Rectory of St. Ann's, Manchester. The Rev. J. Rowe, to the Curacy of Sturminster Mar ahell, Dorset. The Rev. R. Vance, to the Assistant. Curacy of Wicklow. The Rev. P. Whitfield, M.A., to the Vicarage of Hat field Peverill, near Chelmsford. The Rev. W. Willock, M.A., to the Rectory of Bally money. THE DEAN AND CHAPTER OF ROCHESTER AND MR WHISTON.—ThiS case is again adjourned, and this time sine die. DIOCESE OF BATH AND WELLS.—The Bridgewater Times says, " We hear that an application is in contem plation for the placing this diocese under a commission." PRESENTATIONS BY THE LORD CHANCELLOR.—The Lord Chancellor has made the following appointments : The Rev. 0. V. Goodrich. to the vicarage of Leppington, Salop ; the Rev. John Griffiths, to the vicarage of Nevern with-Kilgwyn, Pembrokeshire. EXTRAORDINARY MUNIFICENCE. —At the annual meeting of the London Missionary Society, held at Exe ter-hall, on Thursday last, the Rev. Mr. James announced that on the preceding evening, a note of £5OO had been put in the plate after Dr. Beaumont's sermon, in support of the society, and that another gentleman had promised a guinea a day. These facts were received with tumul tuous cheering. ARCHES COURT.—The case of the Bishop of London against Mr. Gladstone was called on at the sitting of the court on Wednesday morning. The rev. gentleman did not appear in person as on former occasions, but Mr. Tebbs, the proctor, stated that he had been instructed by Mr. Gladstone to conduct all the further proceedings, and he therefore begged an extension of time. The Dean of Arches at once granted the application. THE NEW BISHOPRIC OF BORNEO.—The Rev. F. T. M'Dougal, who was formerly a medical gentleman at. tached to King's College Hospital, will be the first Bishop of Borneo, and will be consecrated so soon as the ar rangements for the formation of the bishopric are com pleted. Mr. M`Dougal entered into holy orders a few years since, and proceeded as missionary to Sarawak. He appears to owe his promotion to the strong recom mendation of Sir James Brooke. CHURCH PASTORAL AID SOCIETY.—The seventeenth anniversary of this society was held on Monday, in Exeter-hall, London, the Earl of Shaftesbury in the chair. The report gives a favourable account of the pro gress of the society during the year. The income has amounted to £34,095 Os. 2d., being an increase over that of the previous year of £2,500. The total expenditure of the year was £33,047 Os. Bd., being an increase of £2,986. The society now furnishes the incomes, either wholly or in part, of 317 clergymen, and 115 lay assist ants. Through its operations, 569 additional public ser vices on Sundays have been instituted ; besides 307 week-day services, 376 school-room and cottage lectures, and 279 Bible classes. Its grants have also led to the opening, or keeping open, of 150 churches or chapels; and by all these means, additional and more systematic pastoral visitation has been provided for a population of about 2,600,000. The Rev. W. Pollock, of Liverpool, amongst other gentlemen, addressed the meeting. FESTIVAL OF THE SONS OF THE CLERGY.—The one hundred and ninety-eighth anniversary of the Festival of the Sons of the Clergy was celebrated on Wednesday in St. Paul's Cathedral. This society was instituted when great distress prevailed among the clergy, and it has been continued under the presidency of the successive Arch bishops of Canterbury. Its objects are to afford pensions and other assistance to necessitous clergymen and their widows, and to aid in the education or apprenticeship of their sons and daughters. There was on Wednesday a full choral service, in which the choirs of the Chapel Royal, St. Paul's, Westminster Abbey, and St. George's Chapel, Windsor, assisted. One portion of the choir was occupied by the Archbishop of Canterbury. the Bishops of Oxford, St. Asaph, Chichester, Bangor, Ripon, and a number of other Church dignitaries, and opposite the Archbishop a place was provided for the Lord Mayor, who was sur rounded by the sheriffs and a number of other civic officers. The sermon was preached by the Rev. G. B. Blomfield, M.A., Canon of Chester. The service in the cathedral was brought to a close at five o'clock ; and shortly after six o'clock a party, consisting of about one hundred and fifty supporters of the institution, sat down in Merchant Tailor's Hall to an excellent dinner. The Lord Mayor presided at this entertainment, and was surrounded by a greet number of prelates, clergymen, noblemen, and gen tlemen. The total receipts this year are £1,520, the largest since 1720. r`' - REPORT. After the lapse of another year, the Committee of the Liverpool Church Missionary Association are again called upon to present.their annual. report. This they do with, mingled feelings of joy and grief. They cannot but re joice and be thankful to God, for what He is doing for and by this society ; but they are grieved also for the gradual declension, year after year, in the amount of the funds collected by our association. At no period was the annual amount contributed in Li verpool proportionate to the measure of prosperity be stowed on this town by the bountiful providence of God. For, after all, what are two or three thousand pounds for evangelising the heathen world from one of the greatest marts of commerce upon earth—from a seapart whose ships traverse every sea, and convey the produce of our country to the shores of every nation under Heaven ? But when the comparatively small contribution has been gradually declining, it ought, surely, to awaken and pro duce serious concern in the Christian mind. There is no change in the Church Missionary Society, nor ere the ne cessities of the heathen less. The same evangelical truths which the society communicated to the heathen from the first, it communicates to the heathen still. The command of Christ to send the Gospel to the Gentiles is equally binding, and the necessities of the Gentiles are equally ur gent. But, from whatever cause, the claims of the hea. then on our Christian compassion do not find in Liverpool that degree of support to which they are indeed entitled, according to the rule of duty prescribed in the written Word of God. Not that we would indulge in a censorious spirit. God forbid ! Not that we would judge others and excuse our selves. Rather would we deplore a want of zeal and self denial in which we feel that we ourselves have our full share. Rather would we ask ourselves, in the sight of God, and invite others to do the same, "Am I aiding the cause of Christ among the heathen as I ought to aid it ? Are my contributions to this work in proportion to my means ? Da I employ my influence to advance the Gos pel of salvation as I should ? Do I remember the be nighted heathen, and our faithful missionaries, at the Throne of Grace as I ought ?" _ These are fitting questions for all who profess to be friends of the Church Missionary Society. And if each of us will examine himself, we may, perhaps, discover some latent causes for this decline in our funds ; and we may be stirred up to fresh energies and fresh activity in this blessed cause, the fruits of which will be felt throughout our Liverpool Association, and still more felt in spiritual blessings in our own souls. We cannot, we ought not, to be content with our pre sent condition. Last year ,•e were £l6O less than the preceding, and £BOO less than a few years before, when our churches in Liverpool were fewer, and our friends less numerous than they are at present. But while we lament this, when we look at the state of the Society at large, as to its funds, its opportunities, and its operation among the Heathen, we cannot but rejoice in the abundant blessing bestowed upon it by our gracious God. During the year which has just closed, the income of the Society has reached an amount unprecedented in its history. £118,674 10s. 2d. have been contributed to spread the Gospel of Christ among the Heathen. The addition to the Society's funds occurring at a time , when openings in Western Africa and elsewhere seemed like providential calls to the Swiety to go forward, has decided the Committee to enter boldly and in faith on some new fields of labour ; and in consequence of this resolution, they are now prepared to receive and send forth 40 additional missionaries to " preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ." But where are these to be found ? The Lord of the Harvest alone can provide them. He only can qualify men for this work, and the eye of faith will be directed to Him to do so. Let us remember this want of the Society in our daily prayers. Let us ask the Great plead of the Church to raise up men after His own heart—men of God —men alive to the soul's value—men moved with pity for the Heathen, and longing to make known among them the riches of Redeeming Love. Let us remember our Lord's promise, and look in faith for its fulfilment "If two of you shall agree on earth, as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in Heaven." Matt. xviii. 19. The TREASURER then read over the accounts for the past year, from which it appeared that the receipts of the auxiliary in Liverpool had been £lOO less than the previous year. The total receipts were £242814s Id, and after deducting expenses £2320 7s 5d had been remitted to the parent society. He also read over the following account of receipts since 1843 to the present time:— 1843. £2Bll 1844.. 1845. 1846. 1847 2228 (this was the year of famine arising from the failure of the crops) - - 1848 (and £770 for the Jubilee fund) 1849 2349 1850 ..... 1851 Liverpool, the treasurer also observed, had done some thing towards the bishopric of Sierra Leone, but only to the extent of £228, but the kingdom had made up a suf ficient sum for the endowment. Let us, said he, be thankful that somebody has made up for our deficiency, and let us feel ashamed of ourselves for the past, and strive to do more for the future. (Hear, hear.) The Rev. T. E. COWAN, of St. Andrew's, proposed the adoption of the report and the appointment of a com mittee for the ensuing year. He observed that it was the peculiar character of David that he served his God in his day—that he was one who possessed not only the great feeling of all christians with regard to the will of God, but that he did it with reference to his own day and generation. This principle the speaker applied to the Church Missionary Society, and particularly when it was evidently the will of Providence that the proper time had not arrived for the establishment of missions in particular portions of the world. He urged them to exercise wisdom in the selection of missionary stations, and whilst they ought not to anticipate the proper time, they ought not to lag behind. He congratulated them on the increase in the funds of the society, by which it was pro posed to send out forty more missionaries during the present year, and concluded with an appeal for more earnest exertion in its behalf. The Rev. J. B. MARSDEN, of Birmingham, seconded the motion. What was really the best method of under taking the missionary work ?—ought missionaries to go out in company, or one by one? The example of our blessed Lord showed that at least two should go together, for He sent His disciples two and two. It could not but be unsatisfactory to find that the friends of the Liverpool auxiliary had been declining of late years. Still it was not discouraging, but how was it to be accounted for ? There was one circumstance which might in some measure account for it, and which would apply as well to Liverpool, Manchester, and Birmingham, and that was the gentry going to reside in the country, so that the healthy state of society which used to be seen in our churches—of the gentry, the wealthy merchant, the labourer, and the tradesmen assembling together in our churches was no longer observable in large towns. He did not blame them for it, for who, with affluence sufficient, would not prefer the green fields and open air of the country to the smoke and dirt of the town. Still, it was a serious question for the gentry to determine—how was the deficiency to be supplied ? The rev. gentleman then referred to the cases of Henry Martyns and Mr. Fox, two missionaries who had died young, but the publication of whose memoirs had materially helped forward the missionary cause, more especially in India. (Cheers.) The resolution wa: then put and carried unanimously. The Rev. W. KNIGHT, one of the secretaries of the Parent Society, moved the following resolution :—" That the fact of the society having received a large increase of income, concurrently with encouraging openings in Western Africa, Palestine, and the Punjaub, ought to be regarded as an invitation from God to the Church Mis. sionary Society to endeavour to spread more widely in these regions those gospel truths which He has already so signally blessed to the conversion of souls." The rev. t g h e e n t ehmuarnchs Mis s t e l y i a r h y a d s a o l c r i e c a t d y y , e n a d r d a s of h e t h e s h s o u u c i c d e s s n o o t f have an opportunity of addressing them in the evening, be wished to say a few words on the general state of the society under these heads :--First, he wished to point out the openings for missions throughout the world; next, the necessity which existed for increased exertion, and con clude with some observations respecting the want of men to occupy those openings. The openings which presented themselves ware in every quarter of the globe. In India the whole valley of the Ganges was opened up, and although they only heard of conversions here and there, still the whole Hindoo superstition seemed to be shook to its very foundation. The population was of a very peculiar kind, and generally moved in masses. There was every indica tion of such a movement at the present time. Still it would be necessary on the renewal of the East India Com pany's charter next year to take care that the restrictions on the spread of the Gospel in Northern India should be removed, but it must be done with caution, lest too great haste should make persons hypocrites instead of christians. The speaker next referred to the Punjaub and the encou ragement the society had received from that quarter, and then proceeded to notice the opening in western Africa, .--____...-------- -- "i ,, slave trea t in consequence of the destruction of the a,.0 fobs,., only for the spread of christianity but l ' rove r eto commerce. The speaker then gave se vera bortleo amongst the Africans, illustratingthe fact t ri _ os o ~, such savages aswes generally supposed. Orie t i le ( r eel; "No one weeps when the slave dies. Wh i ell et rli , e 1 child dies, there is lamentation; an' Y rI11 5: (0 too, was once a child in his mother's 8 , a ke 0 , il to Pa t ' so ffiole o s o cause friendship is pleasant, I come entertainment. ; not because I have " aotio my own house." "He that is in distress -tojsr to 1 )1 111 pr odoli be laughed at ; for what happen s happen to you to-morrow." Ile th en ro esseaV despatch, which had been sent by a f Ip llsl e fl the missionary at Abbeoku, by the ICing ° res . 0 1 4. ing the misionaries to that country. The, o f to, li next referred to the pleasing circuels tln '' elo r t g rd being appointed to Sierra Leone, wh. ° o t he P a il consecrated on Ascension day next, and i i cong rst o s of Christianity in that country' ; Soci e ty the Y the meeting on the prospects of the s, of which, by the especial providence. 01 „ JO'? always been increased when extraordirsocietfot were made upon it. The funds of th , i f ico„v not, however, expended in building places _.,;011/0 All they did was to supply missionaries lea",t'itholgj to whom they were sent to raise churches. t eg oar i l i ; funds of the society had increased, it was Osten lei ba d, to learn that towards the revenue of Ilex' i l - (At l- tioF the extent of £4,000 had been announce"' noo lOoi The rev. gentleman, after pointing out announce"' ca eisf t st requisite for the missionary, concluded 10 1,, t , 114 the meeting not only to support the . sc) ,,, cl :ro j P erlig purses, their prayers, but also by . induc)!V e rs.) '0 lifted persons to become missionaries. l' , " Lo odo!d The Rev. D. WILSON, Vicar of Is!ingtt jor.Po seconding the resolution said, what struck . ao ry s ;: i to tbe present position of the Church Mis' c keaPtifti was the remarkable manner in which God ha d ,0,d(1,0J missionary enterprise in a few places , b ut o t or e as 4 o i te n ivpeepa H r:ye i a s sTtisi m ud aa y dnr s idt t se e cre r on i ou o cfr u uat s mhg p eeb r me o wre v on i t d rit I, e sed n :s c iol e nec , oyi e a t th f t yoa e dt r day.l thept o t e r rie s e i po s ec ' 1 ipc d o os is iti:01 : 1 i gc fi ts, the '' lri a es si o l # o and the numberless opportunities w fo i r th u setu e rlo Olt? one of their stations, so that they were ut t o,ls °,oeo occupy, with any degree of efficiency, th e 010'0 0 1 sionary labour which were presented before re ler, t, ), hear.) II e would simply, for one moill,,e n ,* gnigV first mission, about which their friend , -',,l r ;b s elc , ° , 5 ;p 4 been speaking. Let them carry their iniau.,;otiar l dtA TfiEo L tri e niisi o egtey n .irsa e aminlnad t itds o :oituoo t hwt h ne, e ai ngrogi y rnee e esa a t when towo r efestwtrie,l two German to this country, and the other failed, in 1 1 ; 1 494 manner, to carry out the work. Two }'ea ts a d frog Ofa . e ' d s o i e wffi rn n:t erus i o n , u t i a , , l l i l i i n e c e r h y li e n r ;;;CeA tt ; j l main roads being occupied with the 0 1 ' fries' 'of certain degree of delay, thev set out for A tist tho 0 0 4 first news that reached these shores Was, t i'bei li V,4 had been wrecked on the coast of Irelann% bul, f ir, they h u ne b dl s , m e r sg eoa u nc e tl n li eitsldyast Sierra Lone. ea.n in d If f a t another a t r l s i es e n: r na evi erne s:: ; at : s r :be e i o fi pl arriving at their destination, they were de',,,tbs,,or, friends rw o ie y e nl a v g de e s yo c e o fa s r t tsi : te h h e emo s i o sps c i i ro e an t t y :ou £ nns s t 3 id O lidt honireogiios;eitaoirjet.47 success proportioned to the sanguine elP . :`:: li e ej : t ;l :s l o ':o, 'ir abolished, and the liberated Africans retlllisel 2 Lo n Africane. m Then, is s si o after n , God the I r 3 e a d tried ea e the a faith ti t0: 1 . 1, 0 :: when some thought they ought t°,..; of 4 Out of the eighty-seven missionaries Iv° ten.' o A n f l r y i ca2.364wle}raed lefteither behind.d!e do or Then been o i b t lig i : a d s6t t i l s: o r b 4l ol' pleased in a yotremarkableeodr renewed zseiaelr,rtanm Leone. strengthn2,. d n oen e r r eu to OPe a ,,PrOC e , 110 . hr ness, a eeo n rr d cewo l lit o oehnv bless the missionaries with 1 " - raig li ;e0 r a t A a o n t d en t a l , 45,000 souls, they had 4000 witPielo°launrttetcitl°lei'isie,.:lYB:ed I;b i lelli c a blftiltj sacrament of the body and blood o f Car' carp The abolition of the slave trade was a cire b t o el pr a tby God in llis mysterious providence fur '" l ,,fes. AI on of Africa. One of those liberated , 5 ,.5001 1 ,4 Crowther, a o ft t e h r er be l i i n b g er t a a t k e e d n e to sp ti t t i e re c s o , lo h n s 9 ::" cot id e ;00 . to t roi was trained under the pious missionarieP oc h e a alli-vgyeesoorihfif,'i: (;:..4-(110/16:611 country to be ordained as a dere nni n ° cop t 01 1 0 England, and then returned to his ocoliev - . , make known, not only the glorious new!,.,,`" 1 492 1 ., 01 Person, but that greater liberty, the 1 1 " - , i ta.Lo Christ makes His people free. (Cheer s ' i oter ti I' oto i ing wheel reobteeveitll governor," whichyoung nybiol.Nvyni rea.hh,(l4, name etvteecoei kept ore a trupf, lto h wdhhpo o eeill l : zeal ao y aowrolt.etak),s a fno revidence missionary . 1,1 e f : 1 00!4 °,iis. stating that the falling back in the missif i t a t4s . 0/ spiritual love, Christian simplicity, and ,_".," 'sec° was needed, the rev. speaker concluded "I .4 . i motion. resolution, refer T h a for ß e fora a . had mnd H omw tr e c ana g t wtSaimotwwly:aLopi.rplatrabodrseseed.t:h.oollo6B;o4:t; I:loi.hi presented themselves to his mind as e."-„ifd listening to the preceding speakers.... , i .Tota:kor f og evident was the hand of God in this, R' s .;,,rchel .. ita There was one peculiar way in which He sod !Al i t interests of these cherished institutio n t, ftwAF FI O one of the most signal evidences of ~1 " in i j" providential care towards them—the l ia ' n lo l _," 0, raised up men of sound judgment•. e ii - ocia9„lo and great piety to take the helm of toe ".} le° 09 the secretary as a mechanic looked 80 ;4 0 .0 'lf 4 o e f Bickersteth .whichmachinery wouldb aa ll c k e rn (at without n e se s o oi P e r zt 2, e d o a k e t. : f r II fooie.. e; : r e. i s ej l fi l e d :06 000/ 11 ; the power of the machinery, if there: a :e h ,/ namew be ro missionary's . b°"'" g r eat r ge l • 4 1° tion ; and could now look upon the 11 ' n ea: • hr who at present occupied the post, 'lt ' s as or thingih( s He e t a h mr e : iogi L hlf eat o ar r rn d . ti) ; a s iki eTt d hh o eet i bbh living be eis which published l remaining b worth c e t o h f a d I 1 4 : m 4 oif declinedor w5.,11,500m0 thousands ; but to furnish men such as ribieg',o oo ( / , rT t ffhoo e eoh r :t.ni e merto s yeha t ud e onrri d scaoce n esrf e aeh s oibl s efisrsnnhoomw: famdei‘ i coati n odeitowrsei rarihtfuksobgiuttl M ribeoi eltekemuihrh ny eh r p y ntts g aae . ;ohrw e g l sn l ohr l en ?a ate l kvi V eta o' os d siii ' rfiui w edGs e tea a ssrne n eitosui trtnnona.dtdheer(ct,oeutiedhCTebfaabsyoi arduous ri l .hr t si l i w i wsrlyy a nfi e eeh t ps l i eh i ottr abesobto ) ,_ : t iohlu at il n ae . 9 :::::: 56 .,, : 6, it liwi d n a a l l_b_an'osoinwrdrap-_,,brt been s tin a toll (tot : se:it. o b :imi G v ibi,: - ~,c. ° inib ~ftia , Il i 1 i t 4 - iodc eido lot i 0 tbl ti : ;10„A 0 ) 7: fri:f;Aj for performing the onerous and hoe o_ 4 lB- A s . 1 th e whatever, but was anxiothusreteoe use i s th j e ‘ 0 1 ,..dr, and mental knowledge, and to u ar' et rt VIVA fact were not made known ; but he t"" -- o ar ' - 0 0 1* ragement to the friends of the hob' " - b•er',. - 0. r those at home were not making sacrificno sai n d eff toliftehefo world,the nloovtefoorfliCi,hr;As..ot „r Wishing a p in f r Surety,:Gose m a n d e c ~ presence sa t I and t in t w en i hy a d a e t what he migh t t ha 49 in whom much depended ; for if tbe " to' 'J a bad man, it would be a deplorable thieqoao,4y, man, it was impossible to calculate• th e fi rdebr#,l F tual benefit which would flow from bit: aa .. ,' 0 99 looked not so much at a manbecao 8 '''- W /e4 11 .11 to whether he was filled with c hri a stie n to livai ..i whether he were a successor of the aP°I., ) it 9, his apostolic faith and fitness. (Ch ee fr „ii o 4 l l, therefore that Bishop Videll would ta,,,, o ado ('1 A ttl l of bishop, which he admired, and not p ot" t iell, A rlr.i. of " Lord" Bishop ; because he was ._ ll %,•re men in title to the position of peers wP ° ..„40 0 .. ° 00 and he would consequently leave the 7•00 8 ,6' 1 0 1 Of) intrinsic " bishops" who call therosei ve " ) '6O B f.rd jesty's dominions. (Cheers and laughter r,. ot Or d Videll had been as clearly and Pared u rh e eir.; O r office as were Isaiah and Jeremiah, h e ",,0, 0o tetl : ) from the fact that a country clergqji 011/ rum' parish, should have bad his ntt o ot 8 , 4 °1 04 acquisition of the African language w"" s - 0 ill'o ke .1 object in view, until he had btion i e ng - seilir o kie African scholar. (Hear, hear.) ti al- f - g r ' l ' P ej4 terms of the high Christian character °" oas ot • oi had been described by a brother c olleg e tog fkobooff his knees," and referred to the interestiTyo pcittif day for the consecration of the fir st Is r t f3i lf.t Ff the anniversary of the day when the - tif t o g" 1 tChheurrecvherascended speaker e t or concluded heaven, ] ea b d y i n e g n are :l l : 9 l 7 h ti , f. i ti t, l 'i llo d yoke the inhabitants of Liverpool to 8 1; 1 6 0 0: 0 1 chester in their love for the Lord's Or s otoe."o ° / when Manchester was behind Liverpeo,,oos 1 1 _ 1 A 14 A O pounds in the amount of her contrih'l"o.lo7,oo' society ; but last year Manchester" wa s o ye i dg , A and if Liverpool did not take care 1 foe tf9 be beaten to the extent of a thousan „ f oe , Pi ,j sure Liverpool ought not to be behind Stioe.4o, should run abreast, side by side. (..AP P , ta ( Poor r his own dear friends in Manchester Vs' s, t o 00 1 6 i they had never forgotten. The first f/B,diera • 0 plf . . 0 , a f I a I a celebrated general addressed to his 'd step tins ' o m n ot h t i o s weansemonye'swshlileohrtens ;isb ie o N p o back B ' sr 0 1 .4e 4 lif forward as you please." (Cheers.) d e lif" f ell 0 0 li to his friends : " Onwards ; It f i ° l r esvr :r o lg l s ir iell° 1 1 0t °141;11 (Applause.) He trusted his LiverP° a nd 400 scribe those mottoes on their bann e l'3l oB " overtake Manchester, and if they di ' try to leave them again. (Cheers.) ev _ 00 4113' The meeting then adjourned until Ir mains of E IS D c—ooTthiye burnt. In Whydah ( gvhpe,ois A ltiliiittc.egiiod ß ioliin a. fdtr i o Tt t s h HOME. ready gea sßl, 0 0 ONE the neck,.o Alle:o escape. $ rplsnvo n feupo A mstenri, ND IjiuewnsgrhchrrFaiiiiTopiiiyispFnbifTsswanalrdEvgweNiSsbel'Tuaerreeli.ivocin,fcsoiklbsesubporinDlrliii.iveg;::::);:besiiiita9,oo!bi:t,e4sseLoir:ooyest::l: 0 04 1 a B r itish s g `i o f tip At ?entenced to death by the 'secret tribur;are i l •p0IV 0 in Rome. Some English resident,s 1 : 3 pr inc i el:4 brought against Murray is that, 41910'te9 ntbeli9 officer of the police in AnCOllB, he ss'°„r,cloo:oo IV assassins, and that a count Severinui;the lort'ioifre prison partisan, who had been imprioneti '00'111r; Poll/ were stabbed at night, whilst walkintadorde o cl o o d , him away from the prison, he bacilli arpenhoeqillel, governor to release them from eq f un 01 i , s lo,l 4 re s a Iptr us them safely out of the city. M r ' -- l II' b ail °). il meritorious British officer, himself a .' ll9 o rb' al!, Old has now been in a horrible prison forillociser;.,l3frof? debarred from consulting with 9 legas O tt' o r6 l ll o ll ' All t o t 0 ,45 0 "fi ines have been hitherto conducted in. 5; t ~ DI o t pi the criminal judges and their undelogsgaitl ,;(1/13,00) not allowed to examine the vvitnesse't, Kno,,fet49 even to be confronted witli.thero, or.. oc ate 7a ced , land i:enmoitrnhrelepicriisectisavefiriinnajoengeoldtaolsniiegtislvrvaaivsogio,ets.sbaiol.r?.iulitgsaie\cilrotei:ol?!lpoo.l6.ofpi, are. He is permitted to have no A.9.y.elf; sareoce7 appointed by the criminal tribunal Iconfc him he is prohibited from having ' Lie f rice . necessary to concert tlie plan of lets de e Of f i T t