The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-07-08 00:00:00

July 8, 1845. IE oral anb probintial ,ebs, There are now in progress, in the diocese of Chester, tto fewer than 96 new churches. Chester regatta is fixed to " come off" on Thursday, the 7th August next. A fancy fair and bazaar was held at Stockport, last week, in aid of the funds to pay off the debt on St. Tho mas's Church and Schools. The receipts exceeded £2OO. On Monday last, at the quarter sessions, at Lancaster, Bohn Murray, Esq., of Hornby Hall, near Lancaster, qualified as a county magistrate. Michael Tierney, butcher, in Harrington-street, was Convicted, on Friday, of having dressed six small sheep as lambs, and fined 10s. and costs. Mr. Trafford Tra ff ord has intimated his intention of re tiring from the office of chairman of the Cheshire quarter sessions. BIRKENHEAD NEW DocKs.—lt is expected that the Magnificent pier at Woodside, and the coasting dock, will be completed so as to be opened on the Ist of August. The steam-ship Severn, Captain Evans, sailed from this Port to Havre and Paris, on Wednesday last, with a full cargo, and upwards of ninety passengers. Every berth was engaged long before sailing. - - NOVEL SIGHT.—A butcher, riding upon a bull, which he guided by a piece of cord attached to one of the horns, and driving three cows before him, passed through the streets of this town on Thursday morning. At Birkenhead cattle and cheese fair, on Thursday, cart horses were in request, but scarce. Cows fetched good Prices, and pigs and sheep went off better than on any former occasion. THE BIRKENHEAD DOCK.—On Saturday the Birken head Dock Committee commenced driving piles on the Seacombe side for the new river wall which h to extend across the mouth of Wallasey Pool. wo p with olice-ocers were, last week, fin ss. each or ha T ving behaved with insolence to Mr. Ellis,ed the Clerk to the Magistrates, and for having refused to make way for Softie ladies, at the Seacombe steps, when requested to (10 so. On Friday last William Jones and James M`Donald were committed for trial, by Mr. Rushton, on a charge of haying picked the pockets of several ladies, on board the Ayrshire Lassie, during her excursion, on Thursday, to Meet the Great Britain. REMOVAL OF THE COUNTY SESSIONS.—To a circular sent to thirty magistrates in the Liverpool district, t wenty-five returned an answer expressive of their desire of the removal of the county sessions to Newton from Preston. TROTTING MATCH.—On Wednesday a trotting match tame off on the Bootle-road, between Mr. Farrer's mule and Mr. Langley's poney for £2 aside, the distance being between the two toll-gates, near the Mersey Hotel, which was won by th e f ormer w ith grea t ease . Th e mu l e was ridden by its owner, the pony by Mr. S. Dumbell. • - - WEST DERBY UNION.-At the meeting of the guar deans on Tuesday, Mr. Thomas Smith brought forward the motion of which he had given notice for amending his r esolution of the prey ous Tuesday. He proposed that the accounts should be referred for examination to Mr. C lements, the assistant poor-law commissioner. After some discussion, the motion was negatived by 7 to 4. On Thursday, Mr. Willoughby and Mr. Robert Hughes, overseers of the poor, made an application to the magis trate . son the subect of truck sstem, which was " e ing carried on j to a great the extent in Birkenhead and now the ' e ighbourhood. The magistrates suggested that the aggrieved parties should apply themselves, when the tlnenders would be dealt with according to the act. FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday night Joseph Oxton, cond engineer of the mail steamer Urgent, was on board be Egremont steamer Queen of Beauty, and while near l th e engi ne , th roug h th e pit c hi ng o f th e vesse l, h e s li ppe d °ls foot, at which mament the starting bar of the engine st ruck him on th e b reas t an d d rove him head foremost d °wn the crank hatchway. He was immediately taken ti ll quite dead, THE WALLASEY COMMISSIONERS.—On Thursday the astral mont hl y meet i ng o f t hi s b o d y was h e ld at the queen's Arms. Joseph Ewart occupied the chair, and 11 . Winch, Esq. the vice-chair. The business was merely °f a routine character. John Hall and William Henessey I t ve re appointed assistant-constables for the township. At he conclusion of the monthly meeting the annual meeting i te quired by the act of parliament was held. The business transacted consisted solely of that which had been previ "SlY before the beard. SALE OF LAND IN BIRKENHEAD PARK.—On Wed kesday last, the land surrounding the new park at Bir tenhead, was offered for sale by auction, at the Town- Messrs. Winstanley and Sons were the auctioneers. price obtained for the lots sold, will, of course, esta -12,11111 the price of the remaining land, and we understand ulat the sum to be thus realized will reimburse the town hahiP for all the expense incurred by the making of the new r h ar k and cemetery. The lots sold produced prices vary - 1-1 from 7s. 6d. to 15s. per square yard. The total amount told was a y about £60,000. We understand several lots e since b een disposed of, making in the whole nearly ' lOO ,OOO. C HARGE OF BIGAMY.—James Reid, a man about 3:5 Ye ars of age, who was formerly a police-officer, but who is ho w t , a shipping master, w as ye s t er d a y pl ace d a t th e b a r of ,;'° Police -court, on a charge of Bigamy. It appeared, peter n the 21st September, 1835, he was married at St. 0,.s Church, in this town, to Anne Bowse ; and , "Qc 21st October last, his wife being still alive, he was arri e d at St. George's Church, Everton, to Anne Reece, I,h° was at the time lady's maid in a re spe c t a bl e f am ily. e Pri soner accuse d hi s fi rst w if e o f having d eserte d h i m and of livin g w ith o th er men , b u t M r. R us ht on sa id thi s W as all beside the question, and, although she might have ti ; ,nged him, that did not lessen the injury he had in 'cLed on the second wife. The prisoner was remanded. l'ortTo Rico SUGAR.—The importation of Porto Rico '' s agar to which we referred on Tuesday, was offered for Thereey brokers' auction at Liverpool on Wednesday. of were only ' 10 hogsheads submitted, all of which were ti ° lle quality, and described as very good. Some liesita t.en was manifested in making offers in the first instance, tt,verai parties urging that the question of its admission aPon the most f avoura bl e terms, as c l a i me d b y S pa i n, V°d not y et b een d ec id e d ; an d t h e b ro k er was requested s s tate his opi n io n upo u th a t s u bj ec t. H e comp li e d a t nce, and said he had no doubt the cl a i m adva nce d by o rn would be conceded by our government ; but, The Course, he did not make any pledge to that effect. biddings then commenced at 235. per cwt., and tiPein would be conceded eventually the whole iroporta b°ll was sold to one buyer at 245. Another cargo of `orto Rico has arrived. °r e )„,, TA. Loss OF THE SHIP "ADAM S ."—lntelligen . ce neen received by letters brought over by the Cambria, f a n g to the complete destruction of the Liverpool cltet-sbi Adams, 400 tons burthen, in Maranham har oar P On the morning of the 9th of May last. The ship, was considered a fine vessel, was commanded by to? t • Holloway. She had taken in her cargo, prepara -14 to her return across the Atl an tic t o Li ver p oo l, con blng of bet ween 500 an d 600 b a l es o f co tt on , and about th e a cs of Para nuts. She had everythi ng on board for os v qage, and several passengers, and was waiting at tl e4 l° , , ready to sail at a moment's notice, when slid- Y the ship's company were startled by the cries of fire. gm Proceeding on deck, the fire was discovered to be I . : 4ll 7ngst the cotton, and obtaining a powerful hold of the °f the ship. Water was thrown down the hatchways fet.'e°Pions quantities, but every exertion failed, and be ere d aybreak she was in one immense blaze. All the bo a ; and passengers saved themselves by taking to the a te : B, but were unable to save any part of their clothes, th e The ship was totally consumed. As to the cause, ta t ip,‘ e cannot be a doubt but th a t it o r i g i na ted from spon ia ignition a m o ng the co tt on . H er l oss , w ith carg o, P o rted to be £lO,OOO. th e t 'e " 13 BALCARRES'S COAL MINES.—Mr. Pearce, in 1146 ce mmittee on the Buy Railway, stated that Lord bo r ;, ar Tes empl o y e d 1000 co lli ers , an d h a d eng i nes o f 450 ahi p ' s Power. The quantity of tons raised by his lord of co , e ,Pnnally was 200,000. There were a large number raiselneries around Wigan, at which there were annually kit e ' 1 ,500,000 t ons o f coa l. Th ere were 60 1-5 square 4 7 4 °f coal-fields through which no line passed, or Th e 8 acres, or 1,186,341 acres of one foot thick of coal. tveolVtole district of coal.fields, calculating in this way, r t l ld• suPPlv 15,000,000 of tons, after supplying the im tiotiete neighbourhood. He had not taken into calcula ooarlY Coal lying lower than 600 yards. The quantity ki ee ;ns tak en to L i verpool in one month from those coal Dooi ' was 22,5301 tons. The coal imported into Liver !lttestrinnally, was 1,183,8-14 tons. The coal-fields in tnexh" would last for 1,267 years ; in effect they were fr e austible The average export was 109,435 tons l ate °1 Liverpool. The export from Liverpool had been of 441 l e ars decreasing, not only from the higher price of t o ut from the duty. The present mode of transit by 1 , 1; Leeds and Liverpool Canal, cost 3s. 7/d. per ton. attto rie °Pie of Liverpool would save in coal for home con ti Pti on s Ph, by the projected line, £107,444; for exporta `4 nA ' ,, 327 annually. Thus the whole yearly saving to 4,2n6 of Liver 00l by the new line would be i tt 771 - 1 P f hi s le coals for export rom Liverpool would, the s °Pinion,. increase to 404,827 tons annually, from 30,34'e.110r facility ; this would be a saving of 11, 4 i tis• 6d. thiMNREAD CosamissioNzus.--The usual meeting siteekBo oard %vas held on Tuesday. The chairman (W. ) 1 4 ceted n e s .Es9.,) expressed his thanks that they had re v_ r. m o ';Z : 1 to the office. The chairman said the letter of each a 1 , i 4 . 1 , 6 Y, respecting a new Bridewell, was referred to a irr , qes of the district. The propriety of erecting t ell a'!llding as would answer for the purpose of Bride iatuse Ses sions -house, in case the town should, at some I . ° the Period,, have a separate jurisdiction, was referred 4Aor t 4ting and Watea Committee to consider and L.e, th e r,,°.rePort being made from the Ferry Commit t` re.. o `'"allnaan said the question of penny fares must I. l ° the r P e e d ri . edand he trusted the companies would agree i.etion the next meeting.—A letter trom J. W. coeB s q. , One of the magistrates of the county of catabl:,..ivvas read, recommen di ng t h e o b ta i n i ng an act Orti on 'sn a court of requests , to rotect the poor from e . eks o , and the shopkeepers from imposition.—Mr. 1 4 , 4 0 air mao ° 1 . 1 ght such a court was much required.—The tiNuld dire, there was another subject to which he be a r e ago itewatheir attention. They were aware that some h eh t . sho Proposed that the owners of cottage pro afte'''es, bui`i that had to pay the rates on their pro %o W alk that had been abandoned. Now, however, t ee u ght t h s eY and Chester had obtained such powers, he 1 0 e th at p might follow their steps, and he would pro• p e tlY the the ovvners of all property should be required 1,4 pose he rates instead of the tenant. He would also k a Ytt.-...A, 1 t.t, Power should be obtained to flag the foot -1,1.111 exhit:'.-ne conclusion of the proceedings the Chair ,' ch tab the designs of a handsome Gothic church, Is about to erect near the Park. DOCK COMMITTEE, THIIRSDAY.—Mr. Wilson Green, on the part of Jamieson Brothers and Co., complained that the vessel Euphrates had been kept out of the graving dock since the 23d ult., by Mr. Askew, when there was room in the dock, and which room had been unoccupied since. Mr. Green, Mr. Askew, Mr. Hodgson, and Mr. M' Bride were called in and examined ; and the result was, tbat time was given to Mr. Askew to explain in writing. Mr. Horafall said there was evidently some ill feeling existing between the parties. Letters from the Dundalk Steam-packet Company and Messrs. D. M'Ar , thur and Co. were referred to the sub committees. ROYAL MERSEY YACHT CLUB.—The monthly meet ing for July was held on Tuesday evening last, at the Club-rooms, and was numerously attended. Thirty-eight gentlemen were admitted members by ballot, and about fifty were nominated. The day for sailing for the Grand Challenge Cup was fixed to be Thursday, the 11th Sep tember. The prizes for the second Club Sailing Match were exhibited. They are very unique and elegant, and consist of a large claret jug, with suitable devices ; a claret jug in the Elizabethan style, extremely elegant ; and a plain but massive drinking cup. These prizes are to be competed for on Tuesday, the 29th instant ; and several of the yachts are entered for the contest. The Challenge Cup is in process of being finished, and will, we learn, be a splendid specimen of the art of the silversmith. This prize, in addition to its own high intrinsic value, will have a purse of money nut into it each year, which last will be taken by the winning vessel (each year); but the cup itself must be won twice by the same yacht before it is awarded. On the proposition of the Commodore, Chas. Wye Williams, Esq. was unanimously elected an honorary member. The business being concluded, the remainder of the evening was devoted to the usual pleasing conver sation•. ST. MARTIN'S ScHoot.s.—On Sunday week two ser mons were delivered in St. Martin's Church, on the occa sion of the completion and dedication of the new schools for that district. The one in the morning was by the Rev. Cecil Wray, the incumbent of St. Martin's, after which the sum of £43 6s. was collected, inclu ding a donation of 20 guineas from some anonymous be nefactor. At the evening service the pulpit was occupied by the Rev. J. H. Brooks, (son of the Rev. Rector Brooks,) and at the conclusion a second collection was made,- which increased the sum considerably. The clergy and choir, attended by the greater part of the con gregation, then proceeded to the new schools, which are situated opposite the southern entrance of the church, and assembled in the lower room. After a few ejaculatory sentences from the common prayer, the choristers and people chanted the 27th psalm, "Except - the Lord build the house," &c. The Rev. C. Wray then addressed the assembly. On Monday the schools were open for in spection and a great number of visitors availed them, selves of opportunity. The building is in the Tudor style of architecture, and is calculated to accommodate about 700 children. The interior is conveniently fitted and ornamented with various sentences, chiefly from holy writ, which are painted on the walls in ancient Lombardia characters. ACCIDENT.—On Saturday forenoon, an accident took place in Castle-street, which caused considerable alarm for some time for the safety of several workmen, who were egged in pulling down the building known hitherto as " The Queen's Arms," and on the site of which a new bank is about to be erected. While the men were at work in one of the upper rooms, the floor of that over them (an attic) gave way with a crash, and a quantity of the weighty materials, bricks, timber, and rubbish, fell, upon them. Immediate assistance was procured, and after great exertions they were extricated, happily with personal injury so slight, that they were enabled soon; afterwards to resume their work. One workman, who was outside of what may be now called the " ruins " of the lofty pile in Cook-street, was not quite so fortunate. Hearing the noise of the fall, and being under the mo mentary impression that the wall on that side was about to fall outward upon him, he leaped down into an exca vation in the freestone on the opposite side of the top of Cook-street, (intended also for a new bank and shops,) a height of 12 to 13 feet, and landing on the hard stone, sustained a rather serious injury in one of his legs, but not, as we learned, amounting to a fracture. The exca vation alluded to is of great extent, perhaps the largest that has been made since the digging out of the moat or ditch round the " Castle of Liverpool," now extinct, and which stood at a short distance to southward and westward. THE DARK AGES RETURNING The public of Liverpool were not a little astonished on Friday week by the announcement that a practice—that of doing penance—which we imagined to have been buried with the mummeries and superstition of the twelfth cen tury—had been revived on that day, in Wallasey Church, for the especial amusement of the male and female tabbies of the locality. By the report of the interesting spectacle given by our contemporaries, we observe that it proved rather a failure. Though a large audience had collected, amongst whom (fie! fie!) were some ladies, to gratify their prurient curiosity, there was next to nothing to be performed, and that little unintelligible. The doors were scarcely opened and the company seated before the play was over, the performers off the stage, and the audience dismissed to wonder what in the world, except wet jackets, draggled dresses, and spoiled bonnets, they had come for. We are not about to enter upon the merits of the mighty squabble, as the sequel to which this petit drama was got up. The disgraceful fact that the neighbourhood was ex tensively placarded with bills announcing it, shows suffi ciently its character, and the animus existing in the minds of the promoters towards the party whom an absurd and antiquated tribunal condemned to be thus exhibited. We only notice the affair to direct public attention to the ab solute necessity of remodelling the tribunals in question, by whose fiat these ridiculous and barbarous scenes are enacted, viz., our Ecclesiastical Courts. If an injury has been done, there are surely courts of law sufficient to de• termine upon the degree of its applicability, and the punishment to be awarded. If these are not sufficient, Lord Brougham could speedily be persuaded to invent a new court, and Punch might draw up a graduated scale of opprobrious words to be punished, running say from " Jilt" to Jade", and ascending to words of what may be viewed as capital objurgation. But we object to have the Temple of God made the scene of punishment for such or any offences. We have often been shocked to see the solemnity of our noble sacred edifices invaded by the brawling of a vestry meeting; but it is even worse to see them made the arena in which petty spite can be indulged, by submitting individuals to public gaze and shame for offences which a court of justice would, in nine cases out of ten, scout as unworthy of their notice. Besides what do the decisions of these tribunals prove ? Their pro ceedings are hole and corner ones, and generally leave the real question at issue just where it was. In the present case, we ask are the public any wiser as to the real ques tion at issue between the parties, whatever it might be, than before ? Seriously, these courts are an anomaly to their con struction, and ought to be greatly altered. They can seldom be creditably resorted to in their present shape ; and only exist as an instrument of extortion, and a scan dal to the church to which they are attached. " THE GREAT BRITAIN" STEAM-SHIP, AND HER ARRIVAL IN LIVERPOOL. Great interest was excited in this town, as elsewhere at the previous ports of her calling, by the expectation of he arrival here of " The Great Britain," on Thursday evening, —the accounts of her magnitude, the splendour of her equipments, and her peculiar mode of propulsion by " the screw," having gone far and wide. The usual steamers plying to Dublin, including the mails, received, for some days before, an extraordinary accession of pas sengers ; and the " Iron Duke," one of the finest mail ships afloat, was on Wednesday evening crowded almost to excess, chiefly by parties, including many ladies, who purposed to return by the Leviathan steamer on the fol lowing morning, when, about half-past nine o'clock this moving world" began to back off from Kingstown, and at about ten minutes before ten might be said to be fairly on her outward track, the weather being wet and inclement. We should here state that the vessel had been visited by an average of about 2000 persons a day, during her stay at Kingstown. On the previous day, (Wednesday,) she received on board nearly 3000 individuals. On her passing the end of the south jetty on which stands the light-house, the parties on shore gathered to the final standing place, and saluted her with loud and re peated cheers as she moved rapidly and majestically into the open sea ; and the compliment was returned with interest by those on board. The hill of Houth, the Kish light-ship, and vessels on the wide waters beyond, became successively objects of interest, though the vista was comparatively linyted. The engine made about an average of 15 revolutions in the minute, giving a speed of about 10 to 101 knots in an hour, and this, though the stea.n was never thoroughly got up—the stokers being new to the service and only hired for the occasion—she kept up, and frequently ex ceeded during the whole passage. The working of the immense and extraordinary machinery became a theme of great interest and astonishment, especially the huge and restless pistons and connecting rods, and the main driving wheel, the latter encased in wood and open wire -work, and giving great velocity by chains, or iron straps, to the spindle of the screw-propellor. The passage across until the land at Holyhead came in view was somewhat barren of interest. One of the mail steamers between Dublin and that place started a consi derable time before the Great Britain, but the latter soon came nearly abreast of her, and finally lost her in the haze. There was necessarily some disappointment at the ave rage speed of the vessel not exceeding much above ten knots; but it is justice to state in explanation, that the engines are new, and being fitted with such nicety in every part, as to work with unavoidable stiffness for at least some time. From probably the rather too tight " packing" of one of the pistons, it at one time became heated by the friction in one of the crank bearings, which had to be kept lubricated with cold water to keep it cool, and the full steam power had to be reserved. This is one of those circumstances that cannot always he avoided in new engines, and for which due consider a ti on s h ou ld be made, especially in the present instance, the construc tion of the whole (both as regards boilers and mac hi ner y) being original, though highly scientific, and, therefore, to some extent experimental for adaptation to the screw. Mr. Guppy, the directing engineer, was on board, and rendered his best services; and Captain Hosken (than whom there can be no better authority) expressed his confident expectation that the vessel would yet equal, if not exceed, any paddle-wheeled ship in speed. The whole of the iron-work of the engines, which is of im mense bulk, as well as the brass-work, is of the finest polish and finish throughout, and was much admired by all the scientific gentlemen on board. The action of the screw in the tail, or what would be the " dead wood " of a wooden vessel, excited great at tention. It consists of six fans, or blades, and as the whole, as segments, or parts of the screw, similar to the flails of a windmill, turns in one direction, the wake, or in other words the disturbed water, smashed into white ness and ebullition, is thrown, in this instance, to the larboard side of the sternpost. Had the screw turned the other way, the reverse would, of course, have taken place. About three o'clock the company sat down to an ex cellent dinner and wines, in the principal saloon; Capt. Hosken in the chair, and Capt. Claxton vice-chairman. Both were assiduous in their attention to the guests, and the goodhumoured sallies of Capt. C. especially kept the table in a roar. A number of appropriate toasts, inclu ding success to the ship, the health of her owners, the gentlemen on board, &c., &c., were given in handsome addrgsses, and ably responded to. Amongst the principal speakers, besides the gallant captains named, were H. Littledale, Bold, Guppy, Ripley, Bright (of the firm of Gibbs, Bright, and Co.), and J. Grantham, Esqrs. two French naval o ffi cers, and others, i nc l u di ng Mr. Miles, one of the directors. After a most convivial " doment," the whole again went on deck. The ship made the Skerries in six hours and four mi nutes from the time of starting. She drew about 13 feet forward, and rather more aft, being in what may be called light sailing trim, her draught when fully loaded being about 16 feet. About half-past five she passed the Menai estuary. After this the wind freshened from the south east, until it almost amounted to a gale,—though the sea, the land being to windward, was comparatively smooth. Soon afterwards, on nearing the Wirral shore, by the Horse channel, several steamers from the town came up, one of them, " The Prince," full of passengers, and de corated with flags ; also the "Ayrshire Lassie" and others The mutual salutations and firing of cannon were enthu siastic, and the steaming of the Great Britain up the river was marked by similar demonstrations throughout. Vast numbers of persons lined the quays, particularly the Prince's and George's piers, and were loud in their accla ' mations in welcoming the monster ship, which passed every contending steamer, and finally cast anchor in the Sloyne—all on board highly delighted by her accommoda tion and performance throughout the day. She arrived off George's pier about 25 minutes before 10 o'clock, thus making the passage in ten minutes under the twelve hours, which under the circumstances stated was good going, and vindicates the applicability of the screw for sea-going vessels. At one time, after starting from Dublin, she set several of her fore and aft sails, but the wind having headed her she soon took them in. She stood stiff and upright under her canvass, thus proving her advantag e over paddle-wheeled vessels, when s a ils ar e av ail a ble, for however much she had stooped to the breeze, her screw, unlike paddles, would be equally effective. The Great Britain was exhibited in the Sloyne on Fri day and Saturday. She has since gone into the Queen's Graving Dock, where she was also shown to visitors, and she is now ready to receive visitors (Sunday and Friday excepted) in the Coburg Dock. There being a light spring tide on Saturday, a very short draught of water was necessary in order to get this leviathan steamer safely into the graving -dock. After every exertion, by trimming coals, cables, anchors, &c., at seven o'clock on Saturday morning the ship was drawing fourteen feet eight inches aft and twelve feet six inches forward. Captain Hosken, seeing this, immedi ately ordered a bolt to be taken out of the bow, and allowed the foremost compartment to fill with water. This, in a short time, brought the ship to fourteen feet aft and thirteen feet one inch forward, putting her in the trim required, and, at the same time, affording satisfac tory proof of the utility and efficiency of the water-tight bulk-heads. Not a drop of water found its way into the adjoining compartment, though not less than fifty tuns were allowed to enter at the bow of the vessel. PUBLIC BREAKFAST TO MERLE D'AUBIGNE. (From our Second Edition of Tuesday last.) The entertainment at which the above distinguished foreigner was to be the honoured guest, and which, it will be remembered, was postponed on account of his ill-health, took place on Tuesday morning, in the Music-hall, which was crowded on the occasion. The appearance of the room was one of a most pleasing character, ladies and gentlemen being almost equally divided. Six tables were laid out along the length of the room, and the gallery and platform were so arranged as to accommodate the greatest number possible, consistently with comfort to each. The breakfast was grovideo by Mr. C. Chalk, of the London coffee-house, St. John's-lane, and was abundant and excellent in quality. The chair was taken by the Rev. Chancellor Raikes, M. Merle D'Au bigne being on his right, and M. Roussel on his left, and supported by the Revs. Hugh M`Neile, J. H. Stewart, Dr. Raffles, D. James, 111 r. R. Harbord, Rev. Bichd. Burgess, D.D., London, Fielding Ould, and other influential clergymen and laity. In the body of the room we noticed the Revds. J. R. Connor, F. Parry, J. Cordeaux, R. Davies, W. Maynard, Dr. Beaumont, W. Falloon, H. Carpenter, T. Nolan, J. Jones, J. Jones, jun., H. Hampton, D. Thom, Chawner, Messrs. T. Glazebrook, T. Forsyth, H. J. Webster, Wm. Jones, Captain Huish, Rev. J. Baylee, G. Podman, Messrs. Dearden, (Birkenhead,) D. J. Hirsch, Thomas Alston, &c. We cannot speak in terms sufficiently congratulatory of the enthusiastic feeling which appeared to animate the entire meeting. Churchman and Dissenter, on this occa sion, throwing from them their jealousies, and meeting hand in hand and shoulder to shoulder to contend against their common enemy—popery. The arrangement of the company was excellently managed by the stewards, the Rev. T. Nolan and Mr. H. J. Webster. Breakfast having been concluded, and a hymn sung by ,he assembly, The Rev. CHA TAMAN proceeded to state the objects of the meeting, and to introduce the speakers by whom it was to be addressed. He said he should endeavour to discharge the duties of chairman by briefly stating to the meeting the plan proposed for the regulation of it. He was apprehensive that the two objects com bined, that of a breakfast and meeting, might be at tended with some inconvenience to many present. The former might interfere with their domestic arrange ments, and although he was aware many were ready to make great sacrifices to attend a morning meeting, yet it was his desire and wish that their proceedings should be divested of some of that formality which usually attended such assemblies, in order that he might as speedily as possible introduce to them the two distinguished indi viduals whom they had met to welcome. (Loud cheers.) He therefore thought it most advisable that there should be no formal resolutions moved and seconded, but he held in his hand a series of resolutions which it had been intended to be proposed. Those resolutions, in order to save time, he would then read over and ask the cordial assent of the meeting to them in order that they might go forth to the world as the expression of their feelings on the subject. Having read them over he would then take the liberty of introducing to them the distinguished individuals who were to address them. (Hear, and cheers. ) Before reading the resolutions, however, he would take the opportunity of stating that his Worship the Mayor of Li verpool had intended to be present this morning, but was compelled to deny himself the pleasure by important official duties. (Loud applause.) The rev. and wor shipful chairman then read the following resolutions : Ist. That this meeting gladly avails itself of the present op portunity to express its cordial sympathy and brotherly love to the Protestants in France, Germany, and Switzerland, who are engaged in spreading the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, and cordially bids them God speed in their work of faith and labour of love. This meeting also desires to express its confident hope that the fraternal intercourse which subsisted in former days between the Protestants of this country and the Foreign Reformed Churches may be speedi:y renewed, with a view to the increase of brotherly love, the promotion of the religious principles of the Reformation, and the advancement of the Re deemer's kingdom throughout the world. 2d. That this meeting, whilst desirous to exercise entire for bearance with the conscientious feelings of those brethren who do not a cord with them individually, or with each other on matters of discipline and church government, or on some parts of Divine truth, which are not generally considered as essential to salvation, would humbly express its unfeigned sorrow and deep humiliation of heart before the Lord for their own past neglect, as well as the general disregard of the Church of Christ, of our Lord's new commandment, that " ye love one another as I have loved you, that ye a'so love one another." 3d. That hearing in mind the earnest prayer offered by our blessed Saviour on the night on which he was betrayed, that all who believe [Jim might be one, even as He and the Father are one. Considering also that there is but "one body, and one spirit, even as they are called in one h pe of their calling, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, cne God, and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in them all;" this meeting desire themselves individually, and most earnestly and affectionately to recommend to all who are united to the Lord Jesus by a lively fa th " to endeavour to keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace," and to make it their great aim as children of God "to walk in love as Christ also bath loved us and given himself for us." 4th. that as sincere, heartfelt, Christian union can only be effec tually maintained with those believers, who " walk worthy of the vocation wherewith they are called," and as this must depend upon the assistance granted to them by the Holy Spirit, and as his gra cious influence cannot be expected without fervent prayer, this meeting earnestly recommends " all who love the Lord Jesus in sincerity" to continue instant in prayer for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, in his enlightening, enlivening, strengthening, com forting, and sanctifying grace, that thus, through the riches of Di vine mercy, this promised gift of the Father, being bestowed through the merits of the Son, the Church of Christ" knit together in love and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ," may grow up unto him in all things which is the Head even Christ, from whom " all the body by joints and bands having nourishment mi nistered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God." The resolutions were received by the meeting with conti nued cheers. The Chairman then said, it seldom hap pened that the mere mention of resolutions in a public meeting met with such a cordial and unanimous approval as those he had the gratification of submitting to them. (Loud cheers.) He then had the honour of introducing to them the Pastor Roussell, who, however, was but im perfectly acquainted with the English language, and was also suffering severely from the effects of a recent sea voyage; and therefore he threw himself on their kind in dulgence. (Loud cheers.) After that he should intro duce his reverend friend, Monsieur Merle D'Aubign6, a man whose great work on the Reformation had produced such mighty influence in various countries of the world, and was destined, he humbly hoped, to exercise a still greater influence, not only in this but other countries. (Loud cheers.) The chairman then mentioned that Dr. Raffles, Dr. Marsh, and the Rev. Dr. Burgess, and, lastly, the Rev. H. M'Neile, would address the meeting, and resumed his seat amid loud cheers, after introducing the Pastor Roussell. Monsieur RouSSELL, on rising to address the meet ing, was received with the most enthusiastic cheers. After apologising to the meeting, he proceeded to detail the number of agents, colporteurs, and ministers at pre sent working in France for the spread of the gospel. The expense of the society was, during the present year, £6,000, but the society wished to add 200 to the number of her ministers, and that would increase the expenditure for the ensuing year to £B,OOO. This sum he ur ge d upon the meeting the necessity of raising, for never was France in a better disposition to hear and receive the Gospel. (Loud cheers.) It was often said that there were in France no less than 44,000,000 Roman Catholics. This was a mistake : there were in France nearly 44,000,000 of infi dels, disgusted with the Roman Catholic religion—dis gusted with the conduct of the priests of that religion, and therefore as soon as the true gospel was preached there was such a vast difference between it and the Ro man Catholic doctrine, that it was most readily received THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. and the other deserted. (Loud applause.) He would, however, mention a few facts which had come under his own knowledge, and which would show the state of France. He then proceeded to detail to them several very grati fying statements, showing the progress of Protestantism in France, in which whole congregations had left their priests and become members of the true church, of priests who bad left the Church of Rome, one of whom had gone out to Canada to teach Protestantism, and of the fact that during the past year be bad succeeded in one department in France of establishing six christian churches. He again reminded them that France was ready and willing to re ceive the Gospel, but ministers w-re wanted, and although there were young men ready to be educated for the pur pose, yet it would take ten years to effect that, and he was not willing to wait so long. (Hear.) If they did, the Jesuits would occupy the ground. They wanted young men now ready to teach the Bible. For £2,006 sterling two hundred of these could be obtained and supported for the next year; and be appealed to the people of this country to supply that sum. (Loud cheers.) Mons. MERLE D'AunIGNE, upon being introduced by the venerable chairman, was received with unbounded applause, which lasted for a considerable period. After a few opening remarks relative to the difficulty he felt in speaking the English language, he said he felt he must begin with an apology for not having been in Liverpool when many persons had met to receive him. But all our ways were in the hands of God : the state of his health had detained him in Scotland, and he was not at this moment quite well. His cause, however, bad been ably pleaded before them by an eminent advocate, his rev. friend Mr. M`Neile (cheers); and as that gentleman was never known to lose his cause, he hoped the disappoint ment had been forgiven. (Hear, and cheers.) In some measure it had been good be was absent, for from that circumstance a new demonstration was obtained of the trust of the Protestant Church not being upon man, whether bishop, priest, or pope, but upon him who, to us, was always held to be quite sufficient for all —that man, that God-man, who said, " Lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world." (Hear.) The Protestant Church was built upon no bishop, no minister, and no member; it was built upon Christ alone, and where Christ was it could not fail. We had experienced this great truth in Liverpool when we met upon the 16th June last, no man seeming afraid, for Jesus Christ was with us. The all-sufficiency of Christ must be dear to all our hearts. When we witnessed the dangers of the church in these times we might be afraid for it. Let corruption, indifference, and infidelity abound. These were the evils with which the church had always to contend. But there were dangers to it peculiar to our own times. Popery was striving to overcome again, and was outstretching its arms to the ends of the earth. Pa pists were in the church drawing away the souls of men from the Word of God, and from the blood of the Lamb ; and the state was every year coming nearer and nearer to the establishment of anti-christian doctrine and anti christian power. Many bishops were abandoning the doctrines of the bible, which were professed by the Cran mers and the Latimers of olden days. (Hear, hear.) There were, however, some striking examples of the ser vants of the Lord, but perhaps they were not combined far enough, and there was not a sufficiently efficacious union of all. Those who confessed the Lord Jesus Christ, relied upon the efficacy of his blood. He indeed saw in this sky of Christ's ministers some stars of the first mag nitude; and he wished to see preserved in England this great army, which should be one in action and in love. Yes, the state of the church in this point of view was sad and discouraging, but, as he had before said, " Jesus Christ is always with us even unto the end of the world." Much was now being spoken of the real, but incorporeal, presence of the Lord. We were they who believed the true real presence of the Lord. (Cheers.) Others might believe the presence of some meat, some flesh, some bones, but we believed the real presence of Him who was able to save. (Hear.) Yes, Jesus Christ was really present in his church : the Son of man is in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks. (Hear, hear.) We saw his eyes as a flame of fire : we heard his voice as the sound of many waters : and when seeing and lamenting all the dangers of the church we fall at his feet. and he lays his right band upon us, saying " Fear not : I am the first and the last ; behold I am alive for evermore. Amen." (Cheers.) Friends of the Lord—of the present lord—we were assembled for the interests of the great battle which was now waging everywhere between Roman. ism and the Gospel, between the Pope and Jesus Christ. We desired the evangelization of all Roman Catholic countries, France, Belgium, Italy, Spain, Portugal, and—lreland—(eers)—and all others. In this wag we desired to be instrumental, first for the salvation of souls, and secondly that we might by the Word of God, pull down the strongholds of Popery and exalt the knowledge of Christ our Righteousness. And where was our power ? Our power was in the Word of God alone. (Hear.) By that Word, by the power of the Holy Ghost acting by that word, and by bringing that word everywhere we shall certainly overcome. (Cheers.) It was true that many, both in Rome and Ox ford, said it was not the word of God, but the traditions of the church that should be observed. What, the tradi tions of the church? Well then, the traditions of the church. There was an apostolical tradition, and from this source alone came the knowledge of the true christian faith; but this apostolical tradition was exclusively the Holy Scriptures of the New Testament. (Cheers.) Pe ter' by his vicar, it was said, was teaching the Holy Ca tholic Church ; but we said more ; we said Peter, not by his vicar but by himself, and not Peter only, but Paul, John, Matthew, and . James, were teaching us. (Loud cheers.) They still held their functions in the church, and no body on earth had power or au.hority to take their place. Yes, the apostles of the Lord Jesus Christ preached now everywhere the remission of sins and the conversion to God by the name of the Lord Jesus Christ ; they forgave sins, they laid the foundations of the church, they taught by missionaries and preachers— they did all this by the power of the Lord. And they had left to the church not a dead word, but a word living and refreshing, and the influence of the II oly Spirit by whom these holy men of God spoke as they were moved. (Hear.) The Papists boasted of having among them the successors of the successors of the successors—and so on—of Peter ; —(a laugh)—but we had more than they, for we had Peter himself—(hear)—and not Peter only, but all the other founders of the church. But, above them all, we had the divine head of the church, who died for us, and who was now living far evermore making intercession for us at the right hand of God—(hear). He (M. D'Au bigne) wished, in the next place, to Flvjgest to his worthy friends some thoughts which he would also recommend to the serious consideration of every minister and christian among us. They had been spoken to about the evangeli zation of the continent, and some striking facts had been reported to them by his dear and reverend friend Mons. Roussel. Now for the evangelization of Europe, not of France only but of all the papacy, two things were neces sary, first, the liberty of speech, and secondly, the reality of action. (Hear.) First the door must be opened, and secondly, we must enter in and speak. There were many countries upon the Continent where there was no Bible, and no evangelization, because the door was shut. This was the case in i part of the neighbourhood of Geneva, which was under the dominion of Savoy, and he would rr ' , te one or two facts which had recently occurred there. An English gentleman, a cap tain in the royal navy, who had been in his (M. D'Aubigne's) house, told him the history. He was going with his fa mily from Switzerland into the Savoy dominion, and when he came to the frontier, the custom-house officers found a Bible among his effects. "We cannot allow that book to enter here," they said. " But it is my Bible," replied the captain—" my on n Bible ; I need it, for I read it every day." "No sir," responded the officer , , " you cannot bring that book into this country, we are very strict to see that no Bibles at all enter here." " What then shall Ido ?" asked the captain. " You must send it back," was the answer; and his gallant friend was obliged to send his Bible back by the coach to Geneva, where he found it again upon his return. This instance was a clear proof that into that country the Bible could - - not enter at all. (Hear.) Anotler case was as follows : A countryman of his, (M. D'Aubigne's) an invalid had occasion to go to the baths in Savoy for the sake of his health. He was a Christian, and had some little tracts in his possession. The maid who took care of his room found one or two of theselittle tracts lying upon the table. The maid said to him, " Sir, can I take one of these with me?" " Yes," he replied, " but bring it me again." She took the tract away, and shewed it to another person. By and bye it got to the priest. The poor invalid was thereupon taken up, and put into prison ; he was brought before the court, and condemned, for the crime of having a tract upon his table, to one year's imprisonment. What was a great trial to him, he was put into the same room with a murderer ! (Hear, hear.) After having been in prison for a period of six months, by very great influence he was freed. Thus this invalid was imprisoned for six months for having a little tract in his possession! Another circumstance happened in the neighbourhood of Geneva. Three miles from the city was a Catholic town belonging to Savoy. A poor man was hurt there, and he was taken to the Dispensary at Geneva. The poor man had no money to pay a physician ; but some of the physicians there were good Christians, and they lost no occasion to render useful service to the bodies of their fellow-men, and to save their souls. They gave to this poor man a Testament. The man went back to his village, recovered, and then read his Testament. For that offence he was taken by the carabini, condemned to the galleys, and he was now in the galleys in Genoa. (Hear.) Such was the state of things only three miles from his (M. D'Au bign's) own country, and he could assure the meeting that these statements were true, for he had seen and spoken to some of the parties. (Hear.) There were many other countries, Italy, Spain, Austria, and Portugal, which were shut up in like manner ; and he would ask, so long as this state of things existed over a great part of the continent, what could we do with our bibles, our tracts, our evangelistes, our colporteurs? Absolutely nothing. (Hear, hear.) Should that state of things always endure ? Should the great principles of reiigious liberty and of free inquiry never prevail in the world ? The doors were shut in many countries, and there were others where they might be very soon shut. France and Belgium for instance; in one the government and in the other the jesuits were ad verse to the liberty of conscience, and to religious liberty. Now, religious liberty was the principle which, as Pro testants, we must everywhere maintain—civil and religi ous liberty all over the whole world. (Loud cheers.) That, for a long time, had been the motto of this country —the motto of England, and of her government. (Cheors.) We must have Bibles, colporteurs, evangelists, and mis sionaries, but before all these we must have the liberty of sending our Bibles, our colporteurs, our evangelists, and missionaries—(hear). There must be some power with the special charge of counselling and of obtaining reli gious liberty and free enquiry in the whole world. There must be a watchman to watch everywhere over that pre cious right. England had for a long time been the watch man, the sentinel of the world. The English government had for a long time considered it one of its duties to maintain everywere the rights of conscience and of reli gious liberty. England had long been essentially a Protestant State, and the supporter of free examination all over the world. But was this so now ? Was the English government for free examination by Protestant anthori7 ties ? Let Maynooth answer. (Tremendous cheers.) He need scarcely speak more on this point, except to ob serve that a new system of government appeared to have been introduced, that the sentinel had deserted his post and taken up another, and he called upon the christian people of England to look to it. He was speaking in a town where there was a sincere love of the Gospel and a zeal for charity; knowing this he must be allowed to express a desire—not to make a motion but to manifest a serious wish, viz., that a society might be formed in Pro testant England to maintain over all the world religious liberty —to procure the right of free inquiry to every nation—to counteract the oppressive tendencies of Rome —and, in a word, to fulfil the mandate which God had given to England in olden times (cheers); and that this society should have correspondents everywhere, in order to be informed of any encroachments upon religious freedom in any part of the world, and to use all means consistently with the gospel to maintain that great princi ple. (Cheers.) He had received a most cordial reception in this country—(hear) —a reception which had refreshed his feelings; but he desired that his journeys in England and Scotland should be attended by something beyond mere flattering remembrances. Before he went away he should like to place his hands upon a monument erected among us to religious liberty—(cheers ;)—then he should be able to say he had not been here in vain ; and he would begin this monument by expressing, before that assembly, his wish for a public and per man nt institution among us on behalf of religious liberty throughout the world, and especially in all popish countries. (Loud cheers.) Ile must also express his joy to meet the chairman, and after many days of corres pondence to see him in that position. He must, indeed, express the sadness and sorrow of continental Christians on hearing the bad news which came from England, at hearing it maintained by some in the Church of England that the evangelical doctrines of the gospel were not to be interpreted according to the known opinion of their framers, but in what was called a Catholic sense—at hear ing that that " Catholic sense" was consistent with the decrees of the Council of Trent—that Protestantism, in all its bearings, was the religion of corrupt human na ture, and essentially anti-christian; and that we must recede more and more from the principles of the Refor mation, of our holy and blessed Reformation. (Loud cheers.) When we saw men holding high stations in the church speak of the Romish doctrine of apostolical sue cession, and of baptismal regeneration, as the whole of the Gospel—when we heard the cry of "The church, the church, the church !" and not " Christ, Christ, Christ !" then, they upon the continent were afflicted and mourned. The best friends of the English Church lost hope. But how could he express the joy of continental christians when they saw men like the chairman, like our venerable bishop, and like his friend Mr. M'lsleile, maintaining with courage the Gospel of Christ—(loud cheers) — and sealing this testimony with their lips. In these men the hearts of continental Christians rejoiced. When they had heard it asserted that the clergy were not the church, but that the faithful were the church, the ministers being employed to teach and exhort them with all doctrine, so that every believer must do what be could to main tain the true faith with meekness and perseverance, their hearts had ben gladdened and filled with joy. The chairman, and such as he, were the honor of the Episco pal Church of England, (loud cheers) and continental Christians had still a good hope of their church, because the principles they advocated had many friends in our church. May (said the speaker) your hands become stronger and stronger by the grace of our Lord : may the supporters of the cross be multiplied among His ministers: may multitudes of faithful members and true believers hear every where your voice, and come over to vindicate the rights of the word of God, and of Christianity.—Af ter a few further rema►ks M. D'Aubigne resumed his seat amidst loud cheers. The Rev. Dr. BAFFLES was next called upon, and he said,—Mr. Chancellor, I must be utterly destitute not only of all good taste, but of all good sense, were 1 to at tempt, under present circumstances, to inflict upon you anything like a set or a lengthened speech. You have read the admirable resolutions prepared for the meeting; the whole, I apprehend, are for me to choose from, and, having this liberty of choice, I will just select one topic, and for a moment or two presume to occupy the attention of this meeting with it. I have lately read much and heard much about Christian union. Very much has recently been said and written happily upon that most interesting and delightful theme ; but this morning, Sir, I see it, — (cheers)—l see it visibly embodied, nay made palpable upon this platform and in this room. More, sir, I feel it. (Loud cheers.) I feel it in that hallowed communion I am thus permitted to enjoy with the loved and honoured brethren—may I not call them so—(cheers)—whom up to this hour I never had the privilege thus to meet before ; —(renewed cheers)—and, Mr. Chancellor, I hail it as the harbinger of that still sure perfect union which the Chris tian church is destined to realize, and which shall be to the world the most impressive demonstration of the Messiabship of Christ. (Loud cheers.) Mr. Chancellor, I have no fear of popery, if protestants are but united, (cheers) if the church is one,—for said the adorable Re deemer; "upon this rock",—not upon Peter, no but upon that great fact which Peter's testimony had just embraced, namely his own Messiahship. "Thou art Christ," said he, a good confession, "the anointed one." It is as though he had said "Upon this rock, myself, the rock of everlasting ages, I will build my church ; and the gates of hell, nor the powers of darkness, shall not prevail against it." But then, Mr. Chancellor, it must be an united church, not a divided church, against which the gates of hell shall not prevail. And can it be an united church ? It must. The thing is possible, for it is pre dicted. May there not be union, •Mr. Chancellor, with out compromise ? May there not be a perfect one ness in all the grand fundamental principles of Scriptural, immutable, eternal truth, while there is variety and diversity as to modes of operation upon minor points and details ? (Hear, and cheers.) The church, with all her various sections still essentially one —in all her various sections each may maintain its integ rity, but together presenting a goodly fellowship—distinct as the billows, but one as the sea. (Loud cheers.) Mr. Chancellor, it is good for us to be here. (Hear.) For myself I seem as though I were caught up into the third heavens—positively, whether in the body, or out of the body, I can scarcely tell, hut this I know, if it is not heaven itself it is the gate of heaven, the foretaste and pro mise of its bliss. (Hear.) Permit me one word more and I have done. I must be allowed to throw in my mite of contribution, small as it is, one cordial greeting, one respectful salutation, one hearty welcome, one grateful acknowledgment to the honoured and illustrious stran gers we are permitted to behold. One name—and the other, I am sure, will forgive me in selecting that one—one name illustrious, indeed, in the highest sense in which that term could be understood ; Mr. Chairman, we owe to that honoured name a debt of gratitude which we should be prompt to pay, while we lay all the glory at the feet of Him who made him what he is. (Hear, hear.) Do you not, christian brethren, respond to the sentiment, do you not add your hearty amen to the prayer, when I say, looking up to Him with whom are the issues of life, " Long may the life of that honoured man be spared ?" —(cheers)—spared in all the vigour of his sanctified in tellect, while unborn generations reap the fruit of those labours to which that life is consecrated ! (Loud cheers.) The Rev. Dr. MARSH was next called.upon, and on rising was greeted with loud cheers. He said he was an Episcopalian, and, if he did no deceive himself, he was a Christian, and if he were a Christian he felt bound by his religion " to love all who loved the Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity and truth." (Cheers.) He remembered reading in the papers of the Hand-in-Hand Insurance Society. (Cheers.) He considered Romanism as a crusade upon Protestant love, and therefore upon the present occasion he was a member of, and an Actuary too of the Hand-in-Hand Assurance Society. (Loud and continued applause.) He should therefore offer one hand to his rev. friend on his left, and passing over the Rev. Mr. M`Neile—no, he could not pass him over either : but if he would have the kindness that morn- ing to personate Calvin, he would join, hand and hand, Luther and Calvin together. (Cheers.) He was fond of old proverbs. " Divide and conquer," was the motto of of their enemies ; but, " unite and conquer," wai the motto of their friends. (flear, hear.) Alas! the children of this world were wiser in their generation than the children of light, and, therefore, Herod and Pontius Pilate, and Caiphas and the multitude could unite against truth ; but he beseeched them to remember the conduct of those blessed men and women in that day of tribulation, Herod, Pontius Pilate, Caiphas, and the multitude and were at length able to establish such a glorious church. (Hear, hear.) It was true Christians could use no other weapons than those of argument, persuasion, and exam ple, and love and prayer; and that love must manifest itself in praying for the souls even of their adversaries; and he conceived the period had arrived when those wea pons must be used right and left in every direction, and must not be confined to this country or the other— to this class of heathen or the other—but in behalf of all Christian Churches for a general outpouring of the Spirit and a renewal of Christian zeal. Then they need not despair of many, even priests of Rome, becoming obedient to the faith. (Cheers.) There were, however, difficulties to contend with. In unity, beyond a doubt, there was perfection. That ever blessed nature, the self sufficient, the perfect self-existent ani eternal nature was Os E, though a social nature in three substances, and the church was at last to be conformed to the very image of that blessed nature in oneness. They all knew that this blessed nature was called in the Scripture light, and light was the great beautifier of the natural world ; but they would recollect that He was also called love, and if his people did but exercise the graces of love through the influence of the Holy Spirit, then would they be light—then would they be love also, and that was the destiny of the Universal Church, and ought to be the practice of all its members now. (Cheers.) He hoped that passing events would be overruled by the spirit of God, to produce something like that effect, he did hope there would be the exercises of all the graces of the spirit, and that all would centre in love. He urged them to pray that Christians might abound in love one to wards another, and towards all men for in proportion as the spirit of love was exercised in the same proportion, would they be conformed to the image of God. (Applause.) He therefore concratulated the meeting, on seeing what had taken place, to find assembled together many who, though they differed in mind on some subjects, yet they differed not in heart, and were bearing in mind the new command. ment of our blessed Redeemer, and were at last turning to love another. (Loud cheers.) He subscribed to all that had been said about the difficulties which they had to contend with, but on the other hand they could not refrain from congratulating the meeting on the glorious truth, that though Episcopalianism might fall, though Presbyterianism might fall, though Independence might fall, though Wesleyanism might fall, though in the providence of God there might be a dark season for a while, yet the Church of God could never fall. (Loud cheers.) Was it not a marvellous fact, that the church either had not read the xv. chap. of St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans or had not understood it. After re minding the meeting of the truth taught in that chapter, that the Jew should not envy the Gen tile, nor the Gentile the Jew, the Rev. Dr. observed that the true spirit of Christianity was a spirit of prefer ence amongst the Episcopalians, amongst the Presbyteri ans, amongst the Wesleyans, and amongst the Independ ents, but not of exclusion, and he prayed that Christians might enter more and more into this beautiful part of our religion, by which Christians were taught to bear and for bear with one another. (Great cheering.) True it was they might be beset with danger, but thus united they would be able to meet and conquer it. This reminded him of a saying of Louis IX., when threatened by inva sion from the Mahomedans, he said, " Well, we shall live as conquerers or die as martyrs." He trusted this spirit would animate the Catholic church throughout the world, that all her members would either live as conquerors, or should they be brought to the test of being required to give up their faith, it would please God so to strengthen them that rather than give up their christian faith and christian love they would die as martyrs. (Hear, hear, and loud applause.) Let it be their delight to anticipate that period when they would enter a world where there would be no Episcopalians, no Presbyterians, no Independents, no Baptists, no Wesleyans, but a world of christians filled with light, filled with love, and therefore conformed to their Divine Head, and blessed in his presence for evermore. (Loud cheers.) The Rev. Dr. BURGESS, the representative of the Foreign Aid Society, then rose and addressed the meeting at considerable length. The substance only of his remarks is all that time allows us to give. The rev, gentleman commenced by explaining the constitution and govern ment of what is called the Established Protestant Church in France, and shewed that though founded by that " great theologian," Napoleon Bonaparte, and in part an example of liberality, it was still one which would not suit the views of English Protestants. The law restricts its ministers in the exercise of their functions, and did not allow of the establishment of new con gregations without the consent of the state. Thus practically they were prevented from spreading the prin ciples of the reformation ; and in these restrictions lay the difficulty with which M. Roussell had had to contend with. The Rev. Gentleman went on to point out the leading features and the practice of the Foreign Aid Society, and showed that although an instrument of great usefulness, there were cases (several of which he mentioned, and amongst them that of the effort making by Mr. Roussel) in which their regulations would not permit them to do all the good which they wished ; and he recommended the formation of a society, in Liverpool, which would co-operate with the parent society and which could apply itself to these cases which the society did not reach. The Rev. gentlemen then proceeded to point out the the necessity of pursuing with determination the task of evangelizing the Continent of Europe. Protestantism had acted too long on the defensive and ought now to take an aggressive attitude. He knew that there were men in England in the present day who, to effect that union, which had been so eloquently advocated by pre ceding speakers, would unprotestantize the Christian Church. He was for another plan and would unpoperize Rome. He would not go so far as his rev. brother M`Neile and say that Romanists were not Christians. That church, however, had become so corrupt, that it had lost most of the essentials of a Christian church ; and it was the duty of every supporter of the Gospel to endea vour to carry the light of truth into the darkness of that church. The rev. gentleman, who was listenedto with great attention, sat down amidst great cheering. The Rev. HUGH M'NEILE then rose, and was received with unbounded applause. He said, late as it had become, and inconvenient, doubtless as it would he to many friends, to prolong their stay in that room, he could not bring him self to read the resolution which had been entrusted to him without making a few preliminary observations. He was reminded this day of the names of Boutangu, Martyr, and other kindred spirits, with whom our exiled reformers took sweet counsel in Basle, Zurich, and Geneva, when in the days of Mary England was crushed under the iron hand of popish intollerance and persecution for the truth's sake. (Cheers.) He was reminded, too, of the affectionate tone of brotherly and Christian sympathy which charac terised the correspondence and fellowship, when Jewel, in all candour and frankness, wrote to tell his Presby terian brother of his appointment to the bishopric of Salisbury, and that brother responded with unaffected sympathy to congratulate the bishop, and ernplore the Divine blessing upon his labours. (Hear.) It was one of our high privileges, and one which we should not foi feit, to live in the inheritance of the good name which our re formers won for us. He was not prepared to recede one step, no, nor half a step, from the principle s , an d, m i g ht he not add, from the practices of the British reformation ? And while Bishop Jewel, in his defence of our Episcopal Reformed Church, was dear to him, the principle of episco pacy distinctly announced, and, as he thought, scripturally maintained in that book, more precious than gold and silver, he did at the same time most unfeignedly hail last Saturday as one of the most auspicious days of his life, ashen he was privileged to receive to his house, to his hand, and to his heart, his Presbyterian brother from Geneva. Here there was no dividing —no disturbing influence arising from other sources—collateral sources. Here they had fair play to show what christian union was, be cause the elements which arose in our home atmosphere, not belonging to our christian union, but inseparably linked with our christian sympathies, and which hindered the church at home from that union, did not apply to the church abroad. (Hear.) Out of doors, at home, they had not fair play, and why? He liked honesty. He had obtained a very bad name in Liverpool, but it was because he liked honestly to express his opinions. (Loud cheers.) They were all politicians—that was a fact, and he did not see how, as Christians they could avoid being so, because owing to the nature of the constitution under which they lived they had political duties to perform, and Christians were bound to perform all their duties, and to do so in conformity to the divine commind—" Whatso ever ye do, whether ye eat or drink, do all to the glory of God." Was a man therefore to goto his counting-house as a Christian, and to the hustings as an infidel? (Loud cheers.) Here they observed, was a disturbing influence, and there could be no political union in this country. (Cheers.) They had intue Church ofEngland some wonder fully high politicians, who were for divine right and such things —men who had the impudence to tell them that the glorious revolution was a curse instead of a blessing. (Hear, hear.) Men who said the commemoration of that event ought to be celebrated as a day of mourning, al though the church had appointed that it should be kept as a day of thanksgiving. (Cheers.) How then could christian men hold communion with such ? On the other hand they had some very low church politicians, real radi cals, who wanted universal suffrage, and such things, and who, to obtain that, had actually made common cause with Papists and Socinians, and how could christians fra ternize with such men ? (Cheers.) It would indeed be a triumph for christianity if it could be devested of all these influences, and a line could be drawn to show how far they could fraternize as christian bretheren, and where they should stop. (Cheers.) His christian brother on his right (Dr. Raffles) had asked whether there could be union without compromise: he, (Mr. M`Neile) however, would ask him, could there be union with a papist without compromise? That was his opinion, and why should he find fault with him for say ing so. Could there be union with a S ,cinian without compromise ? (No.) Very well ! He (Mr. M'Neile) loved honestly, and when they talked of Chris tian union, he must exclude on the one side the Romanist, and on the other the Socinian, because they not acknow ledge either to be Christians. (Loud cheers.) Mr. Burgess had alluded to him (Mr. M`Neile) and said he would not go so far as to say the Church of Rome was not a christian church, but be called it a corrupt church, having none of the essentials of christianity. (Hear.) Now that might sound very charitable, and kind, and proper in the ears of some, but it seemed to him the same thing as denying it to be a Christian church, for where was the difference between a church having none of the essen tials of Christio.nity and a church not Christian ? He liked honesty, and there was an honest table before him— work, but suppose some one took the timber away, and placed stone in its place, and for the nails supplied mor tar, what had they then ? " Oh," said his rev. friend, " I will not say it is not a table, I will only say all the essentials of a table are gone. (Loud cheers, and laugh ter.) He had attended a great many Protestant meetings in that place, and he thought the present a good one. (Great cheering.) They had bad a famous Protestant speech from the H istorian of the Reformation —a speech which fully corroborated all he had been say ing about the intolerance of Popery—which indeed had be',4i acknowledged in that room, but denied out of doors. (Hear.) Now, they had heard, from an eye witness, of gentlemen being imprisoned and condemned to the Ral lies for merely reading the Bible. (Hear, hear.) This was in Savoy ; and could they have union with Savoy ? where was Christian union to end ? Oh how sweetly men could talk of Christian union, and love, and charity ; but, alas ! the millennium Lad not come yet, and therefore they need not go far out of that room without findir , that the devil reigned as the god of this world, and would continue to reign until the glorious appearing of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ." (Cheers.) This was the truth, and what was the use of disguising it ? They must have honesty or they could not have unity at all. (Hear and cheers.) But although he boldly bore his testimony against any union with either Romanism or Socinianism, he chal lenged his most virulent enemy to point out a single in stance wherein he had lifted up his hand against either Presbyterians, who hold the gospel, against Independents, against Wesleyans, or against Baptists who hold the head. (Cheers.) He loved them all. (Continued cheering.) The rev, gentleman then paid a high compliment to the Church of Scotland, declaring that although he disap proved of the disruption in that church, yet he hailed the seceders as having set forth to the world a noble example that religion was really and truly a practical thing. He then went on to show the inconsistency of our rulers with regard to their recent measures, as showing to the world that Protestantism was no longer defended in the Senate or the government of the country, but expressed his gratification at the strong feeling which had been ma nifested throughout the country ; and in conclusion ob served that he was happy to find the dissenters joining in the good work, not only, he trusted, with their money, but with their prayers. (Hear, hear.) Thus another door was opened, and he called on the meeting to implore Almighty God to raise up faithful pastors, that what had been done by M. Roussell in one depart.. ment in France might be accomplished from the Nledeterranean to the Baltic. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) The rev, gentleman concluded by moving the following resolution : sth. That this meeting cannot separate without expressing its unfeigned praises and thanksgiving to the God of all grace for this season of delightful union and brotherly love—and with out offering up earnest prayer—that it may be as the commence ment of a new era in the Church of Christ, when laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrises, and envies, and all evil speaking ; all who all upon the name cf the Lord Jesus, both their Lord and ours, may love one another witivft-ore heart fervently. v i A hymn having been sung, and the blgifilqr • c by the Venerable Chancellor, thaibektivg little after 12 o'clock. k