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-.•~ THE , -,,, L.41‘4.1- ia4 A..pont , k _ TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1555 LITURGICAL REVISION SOCIETY. W,E have already said, that of those who advocate alterations in the Book of Common Prayer, some do so upon the ground that the said Book contains false doctrines, while others maintain that its doctrines are really sound, but sometimes liable to be misunderstood ; and both of these the Society is evidently anxious to number in its ranks. Of its general rules the second is worded with this object in view. It declares the object of the Society to be, " the Revision of the Book of Common Prayer, in order to remove from it all expressions really or apparently at variance with the Principles of the Reformation, and with the written word of GOD." Really or apparently . ! Would it not be much more honest and straight forward if the Society would point out the expressions which come under these heads respectively P—if they would say at once what they regard as false, and what as only seemingly so P It would, perhaps, puzzle the heterogeneous collection of clergy and laity —lawyers, sailors, and soldiers—of which the Society is composed, to agree upon a definite answer to these questions. Old chronicles relate how that, once upon a time, a little urchin, who had paid his penny to the proprietor of a peripatetic peep-show, and was dili gently flattening his nose against one of the glasses thereof, ventured timidly to inquire of the proprietor aforesaid, " Please, sir, which is Daniel P and which is the. lions P" and that the answer which he received was the very indefinite one, " Whichever you please, my little dear ; you pay your money, and take your choice." Now, bearing in mind the Society's fourth rule, " That every member be a contributor of not less than ten shillings annually, or of a donation of five pounds"—bearing this in mind, we say, let us suppose the case of a member thirsting for informa tion, and writing to the secretary in order to obtain it —proposing, in fact, the very reasonable questions above propounded. We fancy that he would find it the pursuit of knowledge under difficulties ; and that the answer, however worded, would, in fact, be iden tical with that returned by the showman to the inquiring juvenile—" All that the Society wants of you is your assistance in bringing about an alteration of the- Prayer Book ; and this assistance you may render upon any ground you please. Far be it from the Society to dictate what passages you are to oppose as unsound, and what as loosely expressed ! You have paid your money, and you have a perfect right to exercise your own private judgment upon these points." But who is to decide what parts of the Book, if any, are really or apparently at variance with the Principles of the Reformation, and with the written word of God ? who to decide what the Principles of the Re formation were ? Whether in all points they agree with the Word ? and what is the true meaning of the Word ? for all these are questions which may be raised; and will be raised, and fiercely disputed too, if indeed the Society should succeed in making any real progress. The only Principle of the Reformation which we could ever succeed in apprehending and identifying is this, that the Church was to be brought back in doctrine, and as far as possible in dicipline, to the primitive pattern. To this principle CRANMER gave his adherence just before his death, however he may have vacillated previously ; and, tried strictly by this principle, we maintain that the Prayer Book is sound, not only in the main, but, in every particular. If people will fancy, that because the Reformation gave them the blessed privilege of reading for them selves the Word of GOD, therefore it was a principle of the Reformation that every one should put his own interpretation upon that word, then, doubtless, there are many' things in the Prayer Book with which they will be dissatisfied. Indeed we have no doubt but that, if a number of such people were requested to score out the portion to which they objected, there would be none of it left. Not even those parts which are extracts from Scripture could entirely escape, for we have heard several of the Psalms decidedly objected te. Now let us suppose the practice of infant baptism objected to, as we have ourselves known it to be, by nominal members of the Church. Here we have a thing which the Church believes may be proved by Scripture; but which, confessedly, is not read in Scripture. How could the Society have such a ques tion decided ? True it is that their third rul.e de clares, that all their members must be members of the Church of England ; and, consequently, they might reply, that such objectors were not bond fide members, and that therefore they were not bound to entertain their question at all. This would be fair enough : but, unfortunately, every member of the Society stands in a position which renders him liable to receive the same reply, i.e., professing to be a member of the Church, he either objects to usages, or doctrines, or both, which she has retained as primitive and scriptural. But there is one most important part of the Society's second rule which we have not yet noticed, in which " the Repeal or Modification of all such Acts of Par liament as are found unduly to abridge the liberty of Christian action within the Church as Established by Law," is declared to be one of the objects which the Society has in view. It would be more satisfactory, perhaps, if the Society would indicate those Acts, or portions of Acts, which it would desire to see repealed ; but this would be a difficult matter. Some would support such a measure as that lately advocated by Lord SHAFTESBURY ; while others would oppose it, as going too far, and others would only accept it as an instalment of some more sweeping measure. Some there are, who would only allow power to the Bishops of the Church, provided it were always to be, exer cised in one direction; and others who would have but the name of Episcopacy, reducing the Bishops to mere machines, and, indeed, we may add the Clergy generally. Witness the language used in a paper upon " Liturgical Reform," one of those of which we have already spoken as not apparently emanating from the Society, but circulated with its papers, and evidently penned by one who generally agrees with, if he do not belong to, it. " The absurd attempt of. the Evangelical Clergy to reconcile the Liturgy to the Scriptures by a non-natural or hypothetical inter pretation, is repudiated by the laity. It is equally impotent to appeal to ecclesiastical laymen heed them no more than they do the laws of the Medes and Persians. Canons may terrify the clergy they do not convince the laity." It is a common say ing that there is no tyrant like your liberty-boy,—a saying which, we believe, will be found to hold as true in the Church as it does in the world. We feel con vinced that the above passage is, in fact, a most foul libel upon the laity, taken as a body ; but its author would evidently deny all liberty of conscience, all right of private judgment to the great bulk of the bishops and clergy—to all, in fact, except the few who are prepared to condemn the Prayer Book as unsound. High Churchraen,to a ra an,receive its sentiments as true in their literal sense,—the vast majority of Low Church men as true in a non-natural sense but all these must give way, all yield their convictions to a tyrant mino rity, who please to take a different view. This minority may also be honest in their convictions; but, their con victions b e i n g that the Church is unsound, they are bound, either f or peace and order's sake to submit t the Church, or, if they think that their salvation 1 z endangered by so doing. to leave it. Such of our readers a s have not seen 04 papers issued by the Society may, perhaps, be . curious to know how, e., by what instrumentality, it proposes to effect the objects which it has in view. In the first place, then, it makes no allusion to C 7 7ock'ltion? -.A -k - *. either reformed or unreformed, either with or with out an admixture of the laity. It ignores the very existence of such a body. But, "it is hoped that Parliament may, at no very distant period, be induced to address the Crown for the appointment of a Royal Commission, in which Laity may be combined with Clergy ; so that what is for the good of all classes may be settled by the wisdom of all, and a proper basis laid for sound Liturgical Reform." Another Westminster assembly of Divines in the nineteenth century ! And what would be the composition of such a Commission P Would it not, in all human probability, take its complexion from the views of the Prime Minister of the day P Would not such a Commission, issued under the Premiership of a GLADSTONE, be a very different thing from one issued under that of a PALMERSTON ? Commissions, we know, may be so managed as to ensure any report that is desired by him with whom the nomination of their members rests. However, let us suppose the work of the Commission concluded, and its report agreed upon : the next step would be to embody the recommendations of the report in a bill to be brought before Parliament. And will the Society dare to say that Parliament is a fit body to reform the Prayer Book, even supposing it to need reform ? Would any sect in the country, from the Papists to the Plymouth-Brethren, submit to such a tribunal, under similar circumstances ? Would not the mere attempt to enforce such submission upon the weakest of them all raise an outcry from one, end of the land to the other ? And, even supposing that the Church, instead of being " the Church," were but one sect among many, is it to be endured that she is to be deprived of a liberty which all enjoy ? She, who, by her enemies' confession, is equal in point of numbers to all the rest put together, in fact very much more than equal, and in point of wealth, intelligence, and education, infinitely superior. But the whole thing is too absurd to bear serious argu ment. The mere introduction of such a measure into the lower house would turn it into a bear-garden, and carry the worst dissension into every parish and family in the land. However, as we have said before, we have no fears with regard to the efforts of this Society; and we only discuss its objects because we feel that, unless thoroughly exposed, it may be the means of misleading some well-meaning but ill informed individuals. All that we require is, that the Prayer Book may be left as it is. It is an anchor which has kept the good ship steady, while all around have been drifting in different directions ; and the purpose which it has so well answered, we trust it will continue to answer for many an age to come. Upon the particular alteration which the Society proposes we would not speak hastily ; but may have something more to say upon this part of the subject, when we shall have had more time to consider it than we have yet been able to bestow upon it. FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. MONDAY MORNING. SHORTLY before midnight of Monday last, the QUEEN of England, having taken farewell of her Imperial host, who ac companied her . to Boulogne, went on board the Royal Victoria and Albert steam-yacht, accompanied by Prince ALBERT, who,, the preceding day, completed his thirty-sixth year, and along with the Royal children set sail for Osborne, at which they arrived early on the following day. The Royal visit and the ceremonial pomps attending it have come in all respeets to a gratifying and prosperous issue. The Imperial host had much to contend with in conferring due e clat upon the festivities. Glorying, as he has himself told the world, in the title of a parvenu Emperor, upon his own shoulders rested the respon sibility of offering to his Royal visitors such a reception as, while it should not be unworthy of their distinguished rank, should likewise be such as would reflect honour on the taste, the judgment, and the high position of the nation which has chosen , him for its ruler and head. Shunned by the legitimist rulers of the continent, scarcely less sedulously avoided by those who in France are surrounded by the prestige of ancient lineage, and of family distinction, he was, to all appearance, destitute of the means by which to supply the absence of a brilliant court. The great men of the early empire had died out—the ancient noblesse held aloof — the higher men of the Republic, including LAMARTINE, and his associates, kept away—and those of note who have clung to him, and aided in furthering his fortunes, were absent at the call of duty. Thus left to himself and his resources, he boldly undertook the task, and proved that, where a powerful mind is bent on the attainment of an object, its achievement is a certain result. The occasion itself added much to the chances of success. The selected host of the greatest consti tutional monarch in the world held a position of 'vantage, whence it would be difficult to dispossess him, and he knew it. Falling back on his own resources, and the willing service of his people, he was able to offer to the QUEEN of ENGLAND , such a welcome as was never before accorded to a foreign sovereign. To invest every place and surround every object with an air of welcome, and so to honour his illustrious visitors, was the EMPEROR'S aim. To secure this no expense was spared, and its attainment was perfect. Admirably dis ciplined taste was brought to bear upon the task, and its em ployrisent resulted in a splendour and magnificence of effect such as one generation rarely sees repeated, the completeness , and beauty of which is almost unknown within our island home, rich as it is in material wealth, and ungrudging-of its application. Splendid though the preparations were, and successful their result, their value as a series of courtly pageantry was their smallest claim to notice, and will consti tute their briefest tenure of endurance in the public me mory. That must be sought for, and will be found chiefly in the interchange of national good offices, and the growth of mutual esteem between the people of the two most civilised countries in the world, united, for the first time, in a common endeavour to restrain the inroads of aggressive barbarism, and for the spread of civilisation and of social freedom. Such a union is of happy augury for the peace of Europe and the progress of intelligence. If denied the brilliancy fostered by despotic pride, and a stranger to the hollow artifices which too often surround the thrones of monarchs, these national celebrations were distinguished by a cordiality of friendship and a unity of feeling which will be productive of greater benefits to both France and England than has been attained from all the intercourse of all their sovereigns. Even in the eyes of courtly spectators the visit is one of deep interest to the ruler and the people of France. NAPOLEON 111., the head of that state, the ally of Great Bri tain, at first the guest and now the host of Queen. VICTORIA, occupies a place equal to the representatives of ancient dynas ies. The recognised equal of the sovereign of the British .----- _ empire, he need no longer court the forbearance or solicit the favour of any European potentate. In the estimation of his own subjects, not less than in the eyes. of Europe, his power, and-his claim to honour and dignity_stand declared and solid. 01d-established prejudices have given way on both sides, and QUEEN Vioxonta, the honoured. guest at the palace of St. Cloud, paid a visit of posthumous respect to the tomb of the first NAPOLEON at the Hospital of the InValdes. This visit appears to have given great satisfaction to the French, and is especially commented on in the Moniteur. "No one- of her visits," says this journal, "produced a deeper impression. An.. the review- had lasted till very. late,. her MAJESTY was no longer expected at the Hotel des Invalides ; nevertheless she determined on *going there, notwithstanding the lateness of the hour. The QvEEI arrived, consequently, at nightfall, fol lowed by a numerous staff, surrounded by the veterans of our old wars, who had hastened to meet her, while she advanced with noble composure towards the last resting-place of him who was England's most constant adversary. What, a spectacle! How many remembrances with all the contrasts, they brought up to the mind ! But when by the light of torches, the glitter of uniforms, amid the strains of the organ playing " God save the Queen," her MAJESTY was led by the EMPEROR to the chapel where the remains of NAPOLEON lie, the effect was overpower ing and immense, the emotion profound; for every one was - reflecting that this was no ordinary homage offered at the tomb of a great man, but a solemn act, attesting that the ri valrieS of the past were forgotten, and that now the union between the two peoples had received its most signal conse cration." The event itself, the scene, and the circumstances were all calculated to arrest attention and to awaken thought. Perhaps-no other spot in . the universe was so appropriate to ratify the telminaticui of those insane and sanguinary scenes of strife which had far centuries disturbed and torn both na tions as that in which the dust of NAPOLEON, once so agi tated with dislike and hatred . of the British . name and race, now finds are s:t so placid and profound. On the whole, so far as human judgment can determine, the Royal visit to Paris has been conducive to strengthening the newly-entwined bonds of affection between the, two nations. A great pledge of na ! Conal esteem has been mutually exchanged between the people in the persons of their respective sovereigns ; may it continue and extend for the benefit alike . of monarchs and peoples ' The whole proceedings at Paris tend to foster this expectation, " 1 THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD and confirm the belief in its fulfilment ; for, it would be no easy matter to reconcile the voluntary demonstrations of re spect, paid on all hands to our QUEEN, with any other opi nion than that the French viewed the visit of our sovereign, not merely as paid to their EMPEROR, but through him to the French people, Next to the gratifying details of the royal visit to France, the subject which has most exclusively occupied attention has been the war. Not because intelligence of unexpected victories has fed the public ear, but because all classes and ranks of the people feel alike convinced that the season for great under takings in connexion with it is rapidly drawing to a close ; and even the most callous put the question to themselves, are our brave countrymen and allies to be exposed to the horrifying rigours of another Crimean winter in the trenches ? Are our ships to be once more subjected to the fitful and fatal wintry tempests of the Euxine ? Various circumstances conspire to justify an affirmative or a negative answer to these questions, according to the humour of the respondent. Recent state ments made on authority have been exceedingly meagre, yet on the whole comforting. The works of the besiegers, we are assured, as we have been for the last ten or eleven months, are making satisfactory progress. True, the progress has been but slow; still there is reason for thankfulness in the fact that it has not been retrograde. This latter circumstance must be looked on as the more gratifying and surprising, when it is contrasted with the serious blundering which first and last has hung like an incubus upon all the incidents connected with the siege. Even the last and most vaunted achievement of the campaign, the battle of the Tchernaya, appears to have been forced upon the allies under circumstances for which they were not prepared. Like that of Inkermann, it tarns out that the battle last fought and won was: thrust unex pectedly upon the French and Sardinians, by the Russians, as was that of Inkermann upon the British. Such a sur prise was greatly culpable, and might have been fatal in either case ; yet, singularly enough, no one seems to have been held accountable for it any more than for the others. Judging by past experience, the blundering seems so inveterate, that one is more at a loss to conjecture in what form it will next display itself, than expectant of its cessation. The Crimean campaign itself has been, on good authority, stigmatised as a blunder ; but as that has been traced to the conflicting counsels which prevailed at Downing-street, and as an official revolution has taken place in the establishment there located—and as it is im possible to turn from that expedition, or to escape from its responsibilities—present discussion relative to it would be un profitable. Not so, however, with those singular and fatal errors of detail which have oftener than once imperilled the safety of the army, and placed in serious jeopardy the honour of the allied arms. Such were the disastrous glories of Bala klava and Inkerman, in the last campaign. Such were the misfortunes attendant on the combined, or rather uncombined, actions of the 18th of June, in which no readiness was shown to take advantage of a British brigade having unexpectedly obtained a footing within the walls of Sebastopol, and which, after being held for several hours, it wee- forced to abandon, not on account of any vigorous measures adopted by the enemy, but simply because no effort was made on our part to profit by the heroism of our troops. Want of energy, self possession, and presence of mind, appear to be characteristics of the commanders in all their changes. This-IS-true of both nations. If the memory of Lord RAGLAN is to be impeached for want of due precautions, leading to the gallant though un profitable actions of Balaklava, and Inkerman, these seem fully balanced by the misconceptions and contretemps of General Peeisseen, in his attack upon the Malakhoff e and his more than questionable state of unpreparedness' on the 16th of last month, to repel the attack of the Russians on his position at the Tchernaya. It is certain that the attack was ultimately repelled with great loss to the-enemy; but good military critics- maintain that, with the army and the position which he held, and , with the warning he had pre viously received, the Russians ought never to have been `per mitted to cross the aqueduct, nor to have carried the Sardinian outposts. These scrutineers are positive in their averment that, with such dispositions as General PELISSIEE had it in his power to make, the Russians never could have forced the bridge of Traktir. In Parisian 'military circles, the conduct and result of this battle are in many points severely censured. On the other hand, it is generally admitted, that the ad vantages gained in the victory, -although probably not all that could have been desired, or even all that might have been made to flow from. it, - are nevertheless great and im portant. No room exists for doubting that the attack was meant for a decisive one, any more than for questioning that it has signally failed. The day for making the 'attack -was deliberately fixed. The general plan of the battle was-sketched out by Prince Gonrsemenonrhineself, and carried into ope ration without mistake or hesitation, all except one of the pro visions of the intended action. This was a sortie,. in consi derable force, from the garrison of Sebastopol, to be made simultaneously or nearly simultaneously with the grand attack, so as to distract the attention of the Allies, and pre vent them from acting with promptitude in a combined en deavour to repel the intended advance. Here, as on- other oc casions, the hardy and indomitable bravery of the allied soldiery stood the army and the cause in better steadthan the generalship and prudence of their. leaders. The effect of this victory, like most of its predecessors in the Crimea, essentially a soldier's battle, must be greats upon the morale of both armies. It has taught the Ruseiane, once more, the bitter lesson that in < the open field they are no match for the higher disciplined: soldiers of the west —that the ' stubborn courage of the serf is an inferior element in war, when confronted with the intrepid zeal and ardent heroism of the free soldiery of civilized Europe. Another matter of.no ' small consequence in connexion with this victory will be found in the fact that the troops engaged and beaten were obviously of a higher military character than these previously encoun tered.. This is attested by the circumstance that-the arms and appointments found upon the battle field by the-victors were of a superior kind to those generally met with on. similar oc casions. Whatever the grade. of the Russian army, whether veterans or raw conscripta, one- feature of their warfare ap pears attached alike to all a merciless and savage habit of firing among masses of their countrymen, if it afford the chance of slaying their epponents while slaughtering their friends. At the battle of the Tchernaya, as on. previous occa sions, their artillery poured showers of round, shot, shell, and grape among the French. and Sardinians, who were endeavount ing to succour and rescue the Russian wounded- Cruel as the: usages of war must inevitably be, these XIISSiaIaS have thus added a new and horrifying feature to its ruthlessness and barbarity. Another disheartening feature of the war e as a war conduct ed en a great scale, has been the sad neglect of the opport‘nity afforded by the co-operation of peoples hestile to Russia. The European allies of Turkey have evaded and postponed, f they have not absolutely lost the opportunity of striking a vital blow at the Russian avarice of territory, by re-establishing the nationality of Poland, and thus paralysing the enemy by creat ing within his own. boundaries a formidable foe. Policy of a similarly sinistelecharacter has operated in the couneils of the Turks themselvss,wbo, instead of availing themselves of the invaluable aid they might have derived from gallant. though irregular warriors of Circassia, have held aloof from them in sulky suspicion. A vigorous and hearty co-operation on the part of these latter would have rendered the Geor gian campaign of the. Russians not only abortive' ut disastrous Jealousy, however, instead of amity, has been fostered between the PORTE and the followers of SegeiN.Yl., and the natural consequence has ensued. What at first promised tabe a feeble -and ill-supported. campaign on the part of Russia, hs turned.uut her only success. At first the Tarks had the superi , - ority. Theconquest of Fort St. Nicholas weaaspromisingto their armein Asia as the action of Citate was upon the Danube, and if I duly followed up must have been attended with signal leaven- I tages, The. Asiatic campaign has been treated as a secondary matter, and the Russians have reaped-the benefit of so.ttnwise a policy ; the Turks have become enfeebled 'and disheartened; not only has Kars been invested, but Erzeroum itself is threat ened. Fortunately it is not yet too late to remedy this state of matters,, although probably too late to render the change of great importance during the present campaign., OM AR PASHA has at length been appointed, and has consented to lead a large body of his veteran army against thellussians in Arme nia.. The landing of this force at Monne will at once check the Russian advance upon. Erzeroume as it would enable him to raise the siege, if that be attempted, and also to cut off thee retreat of any Russian force which may have ventured so far. This view is, no doubt, so far consolatory, but still the fermi dable question remains behinde—Why has it been so long delayed? ' Has the Turkish like the English cabinet been also hampered in its motions by the &Weida' counsels, of a " peace-at-any-price party ?" From the north-west no further expectation seems to be en- tertained, and the second great naval campaign hi the Baltic I appears to have ended in the smoke of Sweaborg. A gallant action in itself, no doubt, though only half performed from want of proper means to perfect it ; but, like the destruction of Bomarsund, sadly inadequate to the .cost at which it has been achieved. The amount of damage inflicted on the enemy in the last exploit is estimated at upwards of £2,000,000, but the fleet which accomplished that achievement has cost Jonx BULL and his French ally £20,000,000 to equip and send it out, showing a considerable balance on the debtor side of the transaction ! ThiS costly enterprise has, in truth, resulted in a large and triumphant experiment in pyroteclmy. ; but it has also—if anything could have done so - demonstrated to the Russians that the race as well as the name of our NELSONS and COLLINGWOODB is extinct,and has no representh tive heirs at present in the British navy. Now-a-days we hear of nothing but the magnificence and power of our incomparable fleets, but this ground of joy is speedily re moved by the next stave of the naval chant. which (:r,,:vis,ts entirely in pointing out the impropriety of exposing such fine ships to risk ! In days of old, our. Admirals, if they were not entrusted with such model fleets, were, at least expected to work them. Without going back to the days of naval glory, when NELSON, in the tame Baltic Sea, stood boldly in and dared the conflict with stone walls at Copenhagen, a briefer memory suffices to show that at Algiers Exmouxn moored his ships not two miles off, but within less than two hundred yards of batteries. The old lumbering tubs, as they were called, were not considered too good to risk against batteries bristling with cannon, and those who commanded and manned them did not expect they should come out of such tussles without having some of their beauty tar nished, lightly as that beauty may be esteemed in modern eyes. Nay more, instances are numerous in which those same despised ships have sailed right into an enemy's harbour , fighting his batteries and his shipping both at the same moment, and doing both considerably more damage than they themselves received. Now the care seems all for the in strument; then it was devoted to attain the object for which the instrument was made. The din of distant battle, and the prospective closing of another year's campaigning, have almost entirely absorbed the public attention, to the exclusion of most other subjects. One of the few which still divides consideration with those mighty topics, is that propounded the other day by Lord STANLEY, for an earlier opening and closing of the par liamentary session. The. suggestion is not entirely a new one, but the tact with which his Lordship has brought it forward has done as much to ensure it a favourable reception as it could have desired from its intrinsic merits. His arguments are terse and telling, and they are cogently put before the public. He handles his case like an unconcerned spectator, and, having secured his audience in the belief that it is a matter of indifference to him, he has awakened their earnest co-operation. What may ultimately come out of it, it is no easy matter to predict, but it is something to have secured an attentive and indulgent audience in the public, and that Lord STANLEY has effected in part through the goodness of his cause, but more by his judicious treatment of it. The newspapers, and mostly without comment, intimate that on Thursday last YERS , US O ' CONNOR died of paralysis. For two years past, the life of this once reckless and noisy agitator has been a blank, he having for that length of time been under the care of Dr. TIME, at Chiswick ; about a week before his death, which was obviously fast approaching, he was removed thence by his sister. The deceased, whose politica, eccentricities, to call them by the mildest name, rendered him notorious and dangerous for a considerable period, was a mem ber of an ancient Irish family, which for many years has been settled at Fort Robert, in the county of Cork. . Amusements of all sorts have of late ; 'as is customary at this season,- become retiring, or at all events unobtrusive. The theatres , may be denominated spectacles of woe, their radiant stars of " bright-particular " lustre having travelled into the provincial, or other spheres for the time being. This brings to recollection - the absence of a very glittering-star. Some of your readers may remember that about a year age. Mr. G. V . BROOKE, crowned with factitious laurels and heralded by an incongruous blast of penny trumpets, took his oft-repeated leave of British auditories,• and winged his way to the anti podes. In Australia his advent was hailed by a similar chorus to that which inaugurated his departure hence. Newspapers gave essays columns long anticipatory of his merits and his triumph ; but alas for the brevity of human joys ! At Sydney his success has been so poor, that he' has had to prematurely terminate his engagement there ; his Brummagem tinsel not answering the purposes of the pure ore. To return from foreign to domestic entertainments, it is somewhat pleasing to observe that, notwithstanding its early unpopularity, Mr. BUCK szarra is making head with his Olympian "Muddle," which still keeps the stage, and even promises to be popular. The great Nimrod of modern days, Mr. GORDON CUMMING, has betaken himself to-lecturing on his " travels' history." Standing in his, well filled gallery in Piccadilly, surrounded by trophies of his- skill and -daring, and leaning over an old saddle which serves- him for a reading-desk, he - recounts " the-story of his life," wherein it is indeed his cue To speak of antres vast and•deserts idle. In his interesting though not very well;delivered leeturs,he tells• how, when a mere- boy, he began a hunter's life among the craigs and tarns and mountain solitudes of his native laud how, when a lad, he " harried " the eagle's eyrie, and carried off the eggs of other birds—which -do not :build among finches ? though they soar above the lark. In his narrative of African adventure he is particalar.ly interesting, illustrated by a per-- feet museum of the natural history of , Africa. Mr. GORDON CUMMING'S lecturing: exhibition, which is already popular, andis rapidly growing: more so, is at once entertaining and instructive, exciting and amusing. Another of our popular lecturing authors, Mr.. TIKACIEERLY, is-aunounced to give:a series of lectures on the " Four Georges," at the Mercantile. Literary Association, New York. His- lectures will, it is under stood, be prepared especially for the atmosphere of the United. Str.tes, If so, it cannot be difficult toguess the kind of season*. ing -with which they will be spiced. PHILHABMONIC COSTUME. TO: THE EDITOR, OF THE LIVERPOOL. STANDARD 313,—Wi11 you havnthe kindness. tu-ascestain the exact out of a Philharmonic - Coat, and the name: of the tailor of the society where the pattern may be seen I—Having been refused, admittance to the last concert, although.l had travelled along, distance to be present, because the coat I bad on was round fronted, a la Quaker, although tla&whole of my dress was black, and I had _used a more than. ordinary care in, its arrangement.—l 61114 sir, your obedient Servant, Aug. 29, 1855, ANTI-SNOB.. THE _PITCAIRN ISLANDERS. interestingsinformation regarding the 'Pitcairn Islanders,. descendants- of the mutineers of the Bounty, is derived, from a letter or date 31st March last, received by Uses family of a young; gentleman belonging to Greenock, whols an officer on boardJI.M.S. Amphitrite,. one ottbe British.squaehon in the Pacifier— " At, daylight. observed Pitcairn!s• Island about 30,miles off; et ten p.m. wereclase to it, andstood off for the night under easy sail. l'Ztlis—At daylight we have-to off Bounty Bay,and fired' a gun,. which was repeated; at 6.30 a.m., and:soon after wards we saw the whale-boat:-full of islanders .coming out. They got alongside about 7530,. (there were 13 - -in the boat.) They were, on tin whole, fine-looking men. We nad.no. news to give them,. for they had_ as. late European. news,as our selves. The cutter left thee ship at 8.30 a.m a intending to wait outside the surf for the whale-boat, in which I took a passage.as I was late for the, first boat. We left about nine o'clock:and. want directly on shore, as we had a boat-load of gear crossed ; the i su sla r n f de ci rs uite so ese th u at y cro e an w d e . re on tha l • a fi n rs di t n . g to , land. fonnd 3, W i r r e . Nobbs,, with the greater portion of the males.and children, on the beach. We received a hearty welcome, an thd, after e party, from the cutter hatjoined us, proceeded up the hill, whkhis about 300 feet perpendic ular ; it is ver y ba d at a n y time., but late in day, after some rain heaLfallensit was dread frilly, slippery, and we all had one or .two tumbles coming dassa.. We reached the market-place, (after a climb over 500 yards of ground,) as it is.ealled, beingaspace sit the top of the, hillnusler some cocoanut trees, in about ten minutes, and there: were surprised by seeing nearly all the..ladies, about fifty or so, awaiting our arrivals. I was greatly . pleased, and so was everybody—for yeit might go a long,way before you could see such a collection ,of pretty, goodshumostred, cheerful faces. They were most of them a little shy at first, but it wore off. After chatting ,short time, we went en to the settlement, and walked about, seeing everything and everybody. We all dined about noon, each family asking two or three ; andsto that house where you dined you were expected to go, if you wanted water or a melon,—in fact make it your home pro tern. We soon got, a little singing up, and the ladies favoured us with " God save the Queen,". the "Pitcairn Song," and, two or three others: They sang very nicely, and so pleased the captain that he said he would wait till next day, instead of sailing at : dark, as he intended at first. The girls made very pretty wreaths : they are made of a flower very much. like a red daisy,. and they wear them round their heads. The _whale boat came off a seven p.m., and was hoistedup to. the port main rigging ferthe night, the islanders, about a dozen, sleeping in the after s cabin. They are dressed nearly all alike, except the Nobbs',,who were shoes, and are regarded as supe rior. There are only eight of the first generation, two men and six women; The oldest man is sixty, and. the oldest woman between. seventy and eighty. None of these will leave the island, at least they say so, and only wish removal to Norfolk Island. for their children's benefit : for, they say, in a few years the island • will be too small for them. The number of inhabitants at present is. 190, 95 *males and 95 females. They are all in go.d health, except Reuben, Mr. Nobbs'aeldest son,who is - in consamption,and cannot live many weeks longer. They were greatly pleased with our presents, and they sent off to the ship's company lots of pumpkins, water melons,. plantains, &c. Every house is beautifully clean, and for the first time after leaving England I have seen scrapers, which are made out of old cutlasses. The houses have the. sleeping places made like bunks round one side, and there is generally, besides a chest or two of drawers, a table, a stool, and a cupboard. Some of them have a slight partition, where ' the father and mother sleep ; the rest are berthed indis criminately: All the bunks have curtains to let down.. They are all excellent swimmers, being in the water as soon as they can walk. The women are considered the best. I expect we are the last man-of-war who will see them before their divi sion ; for I suppose they will remove either this year or the beginning of next. We took a great many letters for them, and brought several away, mostly for officers who have been there. They were all very sorry at our leaving, and some of the women cried ; some of the men, also, I think. There was only a'little dispute about some land, which had to be referred to the captain, and that was very soon satisfactorily settled. They rise. at daylight and begin the day's. work ; but, strange to say, they eat nothing till noon, then generally vegetable food, with meat once or twice a week only ; they have a sup per about seven'o'clock, and go to bed about eight p.m. The houses are raised about three feet off the ground, and thatched with palm leaves, with good eaves, so that all the rain runs off clear. The thatching lasts a long time. About eleven o'clock a.m., the islanders on board left, loaded with :presents for themselves and the ladies. Just after they pushed off, they gave three cheers, which were heartily returned ; they then pulled for the shore, and we made all plain sail, with a refr::sl:infr, breezy, ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE. PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS Rev. W. C. Adamson, to the Chapeiry of Cumberworth, near Huddersfield. Rev. E. Barnwell, 8.A., to the Incumbency of beeping St. Nicholas, near Spalding, Lincolnshire. Rev. W. Beal, LL.D., Vicar of Brooke, Norfolk, to be an In spector of Schools for the diocese of Norwich. Rev. W. F. Black, M.A., from Burley-in. Wharfedale, to the Rectory . of Raheny, diocese of Dublin. Rev. C. J. Black, 8.A., Curate of St. Anne's, Poplar, to the Incumbency of Burley-in- Wharfdale. Rev. C. E. Bowden; 8.A., to the Curacy of St. Teatli, Cornwall. Rev. J. Brunskill, 8.A., to the Curacy of Allhallows, Cum berland. Rev. F. Day, M.A., to the Mastership of the Grammar-School, Heighington, Lincolnshire. Rev. J. J. Day, M.A., Curate of St. Matthew's Denmark hill, to one of the Incumbent Readerships of Beverley Matthew's, York. Rev. J. F. Harward, M.A., to the Perpetual Curacy of Little Maplestead, near Halstead, Essex. Rev. H. W. Hickes, M.A., Rector of Cranford, near Hounslow, to be Chaplain to Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Rose, during the year of his shrievalty. Rev. T. H. Kersley, Curate of Devizes, to be Canon Residentiary and Sub-Dean of Middleham, York. Rev. S. T. Mosse, M.A., to the Curacy of Tisbury, Wilts. Rev. J: W. Payne, 8.A., to be Chaplain and Naval Instructor to H.M.S. Alarm, about to sail for the Pacific. Rev. H. Pix, M.A., to Le Assistant Curate of Mildenhall, Wilts. Rev. W . G. Royle, to the Curacy of Pett, near Hastings. Rev. W. Smith, D.D., to the Curacy of !rifled Bavant and Ebbesborne Wake, Wilts. Rev. S. L. Wilson, .8.A., to the Curacy of Prestbury, near Macclesfield. CLERICAL OBITUARY, Aug. 20, at Winchester, in his 51st year, the Rev. G. J. Cubitt, A.M., Rector of St, Thomas in that city. Aug. 22, at Jersey, the Rev. Matthew O'Brien, late Professor of Mathematics at the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, in his 40th year. Aug. 24, at Potterne Vicarage, near Devizes, the Rev: George Edmonstone, aged 91. Aug. 27, at Cranwich, Norfolk, the Rev. Vincent Edward - Eyre, aged 55. Aug. 29, at Br::nsw•ick-square, the Rev. Benjamin Seymour, Incumbent of Woburn Chapel, aged 26. archbishop Tits CONVOCATIOS.—On Thursday, the Archwjeco Canterbury, accompanied by Dr. Travers general of the province, and Mr. Francis Hart Dike,'iro jesty's proctor, prcceeded to the Jerusalem Charal2ecr:.., minster Abbey, the convocation of the prelates ,shamad !':/4 the province having been adjourned to that day. l O. ceedings, which were little more than formal Za despatched, a proclamation was read further Poibet. convocation of the province until the Nth of Oct;,tA parliamentary return publishes the following o f . " TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT 01_,hbist4 " We, your Majesty's faithful subjects, the . 0 .! Bishops, and Clergy of the province of CaP'epje, sembled in convocation, humbly represent to Yo,.fter " That Committees of Convocation have sat, a0u.71, ful consideration have reported to Convocation 0 3 ; r eo: namely, deeply concerning the spiritual welfare of di0.21, namely, on the measures needful for enforci;oe 00' amongst the Clergy, the extension of the Charo,_," fication of her services, and the reform Cane rep' of the Clergy in the Provincial Synod of e rbarf . fOl " We are convinced that the full consideratico_ °to subjects is of great moment to the well-being of, of t 00 but, in order that our deliberations on these and:scleffit/i o r t iyo nou,rforr Constitution,oeffe. which your Majesty shall see fit tosubmit for 010,,,, r i11ef 0 consideration, may tis be so conducted as to give to the Charchdtp .:A faction,. that in such deliberations the lai" orPri Clergy wh in ite t hai he i o A ae gu r H at o 7 u t s h e 01f8C505n.,v, °cation , t ir ) 13 706 Twiss, tier): will be fairly expressed, re humbly submit Ovistio::s it seems desirable Id modify the repro° ~,. N: ''e venture, therefore, humbly topraY 1 s gree ° Yet SOUTH LA (Signed) " CANT.e.I/11, ~, res s° ' The reply ....:no this t to the Primate 'in acknowledg.--. Chit-t 1 and respectful appeal, curtly informs his P"io th° address was graciously received by her Maie pre Majesty has not been advised tom t'" its ill' ei l in i c c tg e o n As s ub e eseh t ff o snulbo c i o nid ni c i t d ae d e oti r on to s , n yo u preo, r) % --•••••""""'"'....----- of,- Asslzss. NISI PRlUS—Tursoc a, f tt.) e ' (Before Mr. Baron „„rotliplitP pi ACTION 1108 'GOODS AND SEILITC',' florb,,h",s•,ffej ITER AND ANOTHER.—This action was d f, i c er penFoi Thornton, a sail-maker and ship-cha s e ,0 1, 18- recover £94 17s. Id. from Messrs. G e° ..7,ie f °l - 0 15 Parnell,-joint owners of the ship Cathek'i,:erdi and for certain repairs, in April, 18 -4 . ° for the plaintiffs. AN AncrioNzzes BILL.—LLorn v.ll-11011.)tht31:.earfe:11,-/r pa to , - e rw• an action to recover £287 for work Ac„ti, ing of the Mostyn sales of farming Pr ° r ' in 1847, and-291 for interest since that r a . - subrhecoort -2268 16s. 2d. was awarded to the Pla inti 'Ou t- hr ,4 duced by the sum of £B3 ss. 6d., which t might think 4eharred by the statute of 0 1-9 t 00°' MACDONALD • MATTIIEWS.—A ve,,,,,P•Pc ' for f v . sent on the penalty of a bond for 26, 4 , p- A ill 4 £3,000, with interest. el O lO ol i ROBSON v. TAYLOR.—John Bobson, the y ob f oe f t) owner of Newfield estate, in the cowl*" °S cot 0 9 1 0 0 , f° t iol defendant, William Taylor, was indebteu,' ate, svolerrd tain stone got from the quarries on the e'`% r ee ° ,o ss " f it) rent of a dwelling-house. There were2•loP.,` connected with the present, one of Olio' joru• and, at the suggestion of SerjearstW ilkiPs ' drawn, and the matter referred. •orot BABBEII v. DIINBAIIV—In this au.:o 3 10 V P i c P D drawn. r• 0 0 , ,to - WELSH MINING. theSFICIILATION ,00,0, This was an action brought to regoler tbe ss; e r'f; balance of 2100, agreed to be paid bS ices plaintiff, as remuneration - - for his enabling the defendant tt,- o rg a nise a lir''' . E - get j Wales. The proposed" company did 3 V ) ; f e tia''?,), posed of with such alacrity as the whin,/ desirable, and he removed , th e p ro p originated in Liverpool, to. London ; ""r a tiu. e t ); 4 ' eating his intention of sOdoing to th e P'r o t, a l l fr . in this ease was very conflicting; rcto oed • listening to the testimony,. the jury IP t 24655.,. in favour of the plaintifl. tig 1.5 0 05.' ejf ACTION IN TBOVER.—MARTIN ''6l-11wf'1h'er the plaintiff . obtained a verdict for g 25 ' 1 ,, - / egjef the value of shop fittings and. flicturesbe_..-ferew ,hoy, he had been deprived of through the i lly ' 'i s tbtt ltird; the. defendant. ' t J.-ON t. 4,1 BREACH OF PEOMISE.—" "L"r o f , t 1 43 : which was an action for breachol ties residing in Toxteth-parry_ a verdict for Lto without costs. object of the plaintiff in bringin, character from certain imputati; her: Mr:. Atherton, on the g agreed • to- this course, having character. in: any way. This finishing the list of corm_ shortly after seven o'clock. (Wore Mr. .1110' Sni.P.lNsumaNcE CASE.- Ir. case ; - an outline of Which, on last week's Stmdard, four or for the defence, after which sellow.both. sides. His lordsll returned a verdict for tio , ship, was unseaworthy, in CO large a cargo. TOBACCO 8aun.a , 4 03: • -1 n SAMITELSON.—This was ; a c he, to recover the-sum of „ 130 3s defendant, who ci.3iFaCd. it as tobacco-which he had bee n emp3 but of which he-had only been of 22L 3s. 7L A very long which occupied: the cour t till The jury: returned a verdict £35;1952d; C 1 ` W EDNES THE NEW Gas COMPANY. — T action was brought again st the metnlier of the Provision al Co; GasCompany,.projected, unsucce year,.to -recover certain sums alleged that he- had pail I on be with, a fair remuneratic al for 1 Afterseveral.wituesses I Lad been. place - between the bar/ isters ' agreed ,that a verdict should without costs, the defendant not This was•thelast can se on tF nated attalf-past ten. MUSIC AND AT -THE . THEATRE ROYAL, Webster, from. the Adelphi Th inc-during the past week, in: produced one or two novelties,. the- old favourite dramas,. histriones hare rccule their novelties .have been " Helping.. lathe latter ef which Madame. vantage, in an exceedingly mi with a, prelude descriptive- of Pride,. a confirmed and hi with marvellous and startlini ster,. the character of his ill wife being enacted by Made] of the- drama she is represeir of an. infant daughter,.:, bo to- the-; brink of ruin_ drunken depravity of the bust infant a. chance of surviving,.th, the-bast of a foundling, hos afterwards she dies. Twenty elapses before the next scene time the infant troure Jane . , brought up in virtuous ,habits. her dranken worthless-. father.- career. Towards the conclusisn to which he has been brought beaatifully enacted by Mad.. by- some melo-dramatic cirenny upon his daughter ; hat just-as viLliany, he is made aware that lest child, he becomes. percent Both the characters. played by with her usual felicity. of dra; other pieces have also been we)' resident company,.in addition . Webster, having, been engaged engagement continues throng} course of which, there will be To-morrow Mr.. Webster , stream, in " Used Up ;" on F] Wien of Moliere's favourite e sonation of. this last-named cl strong, vivid, and faithful. I " Used Madame Celeste AT THII.I:OTeLI A3IPHITHE, the attraction of the past, as These operas have been got up Mademoiselle Nau and Mr. St, of tke.two vocalists named, ti worth, Mr. B. Bowler, and Mi Mio.lludson, and a good ch' mentioned, the company is art of Mr. G. Honey, Who has sevj in, the burlesque of Don Gior favourite operas, including. Lammermoor," and some.oth. clued Auber's new comic opera' , elusively for Mademoiselle Nair run on its first pmingtion, tha' hundred consecutive nights night during an eatire seasa London. It was produced fo7 Friday, was repeated on Sin • formed this evening. As an ope is not such as one would look f the libretto is,duli. Still thel burden of the, piece resting, on ' Nau, as Zer/ina. She is a cation, a considerable range 0 1 expression, and in several of served applause. Mr. 11. Albi voice is somewhat deficier he endeavours to atone for th 1 falsetto, at all times a qu estio: cornplishments. Mr. Whitw! evidently well schooled in h we have on former occasions.' are glad to meet him onee derably more than ordinary' of character, and is gan tle . versatile in his range of actin lITALIAN OPERAS—ONISI series of Italian gr and opera I Theatre ,Royal, which are to be Tqadame G; i)idiee and Sedlaezek, Su' Signors gassier, conducting. The repertot comprising Beilini's Sona!nes ramide and It Barbiere; _ Lacrezia Borgia. From. tce_e„..l.; eat for poG performance, and r a rich tr evident. that in this series 0 4 lovers of opera, which, a-^ I advantage of, Williamson T,,Es q " 1 .; of t Tr e s 9. ve' r eet - or pronus: . 41 , 4 0,,, i 0a.- Ae st to, 1 fry the- def e ' i ot 11 , e to ' co t c, - ;',,tie ',e,r t mi. SerJe:•, o a ' l ., e ell w i ' tlel Air; the ag_the • e;;' . 10 , 1 '',,, i lt, t o V, , , e 'kJ It B ; to olo,"tiefe9,,eoeit ~•,5 4 _.„ 4 -tpe. 1 ,,0f , / 4,,T0,04, ,, pr., _.,., ( Ds e, p. e enst - liv the `fie 41,4 co es, . 0 , ;4! anon 'jar)" ) , ltaitak, t e ,.. -- jer ) q 114 Of stiCe 'Cr° il. r iOil, o f tt 'S)zt - oaf b, th e ll the Plai ntig i r : , te Ntf)l eel five. witn ~,, . , th nuts .' r t oo e .,.,. jur y ,,, ,c ip StirririleCl cUP:folly , , i 3 fo q,, . d the on th ~,N; 0 , eJi.:! ! . 4,:, einmee of ha f'" I :A 4 ; l . 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THE BISHOP OF CHESTER and family are staying at New Brighton for the season. His lordship comes to town every other day, to despatch such diocesan business as may require his attention.—Chester Courant. PREFERMENTS TN CnEerEs.—We hear that the Rev. John Watson, of St. Michael's, is- to be appointed rector of St. Peter's ; the Rev. G. Salt, rector of St. Bridget's ; and that the Rev. F. Grosvenor, curate of St. John's, is to succeed Mr. Watson,- at St. Michael's. — Courant. PREPERMENTS. — The Rev. Augustine Howie Bull has been licenced to the Perpetual Curacy of the newly-consecrated church-at Toft, in the county of Chester, upon thenomination of Charlotte Leycester, and Emma: Theodosia Leycester, the patrons, for this the first turn.—The•Rev. Stephen Lea Wilson has been licenced to the stipendiary curacy of the parish church of Prestburf, in the county of Chester, upon the nom ination of the Rev. Henry Pearson, the vicar of the same church.—The Rev. William Henry Strong has been presented to the rectory of Newchurch, in the county of Lancaster, void by cession of the Rev. F. A. Bartlett ; patron, the Rev. J. Hornby, rector of Winwick - , for this turn. A DESPATCH from Stockholm, dated August 27, states- that the Archbishop Holmstrom : Primate of the Swedish Lutheran Church, and the most important ecclesiastical dignitary of the kingdom, died that morning, at Upsala. THE BISHOP or LONDON is under the necessity of having recourse to the advice of an oculist. His lordship, is at Dus seldorf, under the care of Dr. Leuw, by whose treatment his sight has been improved. - The bishop preached at the English Church on Sunday. THE REV. Da. AND 111- . ES: M`ROVG.ALL arrived safely gat Sa rewak, Borneo, on April- 24th, after a tedious passage 'of twenty-four days from Singapore. They were most cordially welcomed by Rajah Brooke and the. inhabitants, European and native. THE thirty-fifth annual report of the Commissioners for Building New Churches has • been issued. Twenty-seven churches, containing accommodation for 18,375 persons,-in chiding 11,774 free seats, have, by aide of grants, been cam pleted since the last report, and twenty-one new churches‘are in course of erection. DEA.TM , or ARCHDEACON Hinson.—The Ven. Gem , * Hodson, M.A., Archdeacon of Lichfield,. and Canon Reai dentiary of Lichfield Cathedral, died a few days since at Rive: The archdeaconry and canonry thus rendered vacant are in . the gift of the Bishop of Lichfield. The-reverend gentleman- , was also vicar of St.. Mary's, Lichfield, an appointment which, is worth about &COO-a year, in the-gift of the Dean and Chap ter of Lichfield.- Sr. NTEDIOL'AB•eIItaCH, Bristol r ie now closed for the plir ipso spacious-and of is &c., a s n il d pp m osed eani sb v y ln s le o , m th e e to cry be p t t h , e lvh origi nalich church of St. Nicholas — will be - fitted up and lighted for Sunday evening.service. "The effectrof alargs congregation worshipping% down atneat the tombs-at night,"' says a local paper, " cannot fail to be at once picturesque and. impressive." THE REV: ROBERT FREEMAN, assistant chaplain. to the army in the East, died_ at sea on August Itith., Mr. Freeman left the Crimea some weeks ago, exhausted4by his. severe and in cessant labours:- Fever confined him for atimetothe hospital at Scutari ; bat-he was returning home with reduced; strength when he sunk, under an attack of internal inflammation and ulceration. He is, we believe, the third.of the chaplains con nected with the Society for the Propagation , of the Gospel whose lives hr.ve been saerificed in ministering.to the sick and wounded. A correspondent, ." J .. ..L.," sends us the followinremarks on " How to Employ an. Agricultural Population on Sunday Evenings." He writes--" . A few months -agoI; was- appointed to a vicarage -in the.-diocese of Lincoln,. with .a population of 360. I officiated there for the first time on the -17. th of June last, when I found the singing very b. indeed.. In conse quence, I at once -gave-notice that there 'would ‘be. a singing meeting at the church. every Sunday evening atsimo',clock. It was attended the first Sunday by about -sixty people, the second by about seventy, and ever since it has been- attended by about 100 to 120. We work hard for au hour and half at the Gregorians-and. good old psalm and hymn tunes,. and then for half an hour I examine the whole assembly, young - and old, in some portion of scripture, such as the history of Moses or of Jonah, &c. The.-hymmbook I use is Hkrun,s, for Public Worship, published by the Society for Promoting. Christian Knowledge, price 44-d.. In- all this the people take the-liveliest interest, which is - manifest from the fact that they have pur chased of me r since -the- 17th of June, seven dozen Prayer books, eight dozen Hymn-books, and several Bibles,. These and other means have been so far blessed as to add. twenty four to the list of communicants.—The Gucediad: THE CH - enamor FnAzicz.—Gallicanismis not dead_ There is again a stir amongthe dry bones whiclethe_lntramontanes would fain persuade.-us are the mouldering relics of past days. There has been a double cause for this reel ;ration :. the pro mulgation of- the new dogma, and the Liturgical: question. The form of the enunciation of the new decree iselistasteful to The Gallivan-;.. and the-matter still more - so; for there has always been.apparent in this part a love ef-historic- truth, and a genuine and -honest appeal to antiquity.; _while their oppo nents, satisfied as they are with the theory of present infalli bility, care- only for the voice of the Fathers: when it favours themselves, .and is-useful against an adversary. The person in whom the spirit-of the Gallican party recently found voice on this point, was the-Abbe Laborde. The -Abbe - Laborde is dead,—at a etitical.moment, when his fearlessness might have done much for -his- countrymen, and might have seriously interfered: ith the-plans of the Ultraraontane parte% It does not yet appear on .vehom his mantle has-fallen. The Liturgi cal question, again,.is- one calculated to stir-the- slumbering sparks of Gallicanism_ For some years- pest; the Ultramon tanes have been straining every nerve,-to destroy all the native- Liturgies. throughout France, and. to -introduce a uni formi...in the Roman use throughout. :the whole kingdom. The chid Ultramontane writer on this point has been Dom mother -church u m n a t t r l y w l to os h t a b s ad d i e y re o d n t t o he sP erth k er out side fo i r s the Abbe Prompsault. The latter has. been condemned at Rome. - Thus the two Galilean champlons- are—one dead ana other en co e n ed d , e an m condemned d w e ; b b e u l t ie w v e e t d b o at %t eu t e h e i e n ssor k that t be he lwill foauttaer.. fcr,the, former. The course that May betaken by the civil,. power will be very important.—Literetey C infrehman. RE-ORENIXG OF ST. PETER'S- CHURCH, NEWTON- - : , E.• W.-im..ows.7on Sunday week this church was re-opened for- • diyine service after undergoing various repairs and decoratinsdecorating..lt has been resented throughout ; new windows of cathedral. ' glass_ have been inserted; and an. east window of stained glass. nos bemegiven by the Rev. PeterLegh, the incumbent. New altar cloth, and furniture have been provided by private sub scription.. We understand £lo,ll3ore. has been offered towards, a new pulpit, and it is expected .that two memorial windows. will• also be contributed. Notwithstanding this gratifying liberality, there remained a deficit to meet the genera total. expenditure of about £BO. This necessitated appeals e to. the congregation generally, frorn e the pulpit. There were large and attentive congregatione e not only at the morning e but - alsea at the afternoon and evening, services. The morning prayers were read by the Rev. Peter Legh; the lessons and litany by the Rev. R. F. Browne; the communion service by the Rev. P, C. Claughton ; and the-sermon was preached by. the Rev.. Henry Gunning, rector of Wigan. The organist of Warring ton parish church presided over the musical serves, the ordi iary choir accompanying., The canticles were. sung to ser vices, and the psalms .Chanted. At the afternoon. and evening services, two sermons. were delivereed by the Rev. P. C. Claughton. After the three sermons the sum e of £.45 was col lected—a handsome sure ; considering the church is not large, and the congregation chiefly rural. - The re.openieg of their church will long remain a memorable day among the inhabit ants of that pretty. and picturesque village.. THE NEW WSITOP or SYDNEY. — TheIIt Rev. Frederic Barker, D.D., the recently-appointed sneeessor - of the late Dr. Broughton, as Lord Bishop of Sydney and Metropolitan of Australia, gerived in Sydney on the ittith of May. As soon as. his arrivalL in Sydney became known, a 'deputation of the. clergy and laity of the Church of 'England waited upon his lordship,. and a number of the ministers, and several members of the: diocesan committee, met in the school-hall of. St. Andrew's, when a congrahilatory address to his lordship.from the archdeacon, clergy, and laity of the diocese of Sydney, was read, by the ,Ven. Archdeacon Cooper. To this address Isis lordship made an appropriate reply,- in which, after ex pressing his thanks for thelind reception which in, had met with from the clergy and members of the church. he stated his earnest desire to to fulfil the duties of the station to which .he had been called that be might be found by experience to be such as their desires and expectations had led them to imagine his might bee," a promoter of godly union and conear4— a preacher of the, Word in truth and r i g hteousness—and an example to the floes of God." The ceremony of the installation of the bishop took place in St. Andrew's Cathedral on the 31st of May. A very numerous assemblage attended to witness the ceremony : many persons, indeed, were unable to obtain admission. James Norton, Esq., registrar for the diocese, then read a notarial-document. certifying the consecration of Frederick Barter, Doctor of Divinity, .to fill the see of Sydney, and to be Metropolitan! Bishop of Australia. He also read Her Majesty's letters patent, addressed to the Archbishop of -Canterbury, requiring the consecration of the Rev.Trederick Barker. After the reading of Her Majesty's letters patent, the Ven. the Arch . deacon of - Cumberland formally installed the right rev. prelate by - reading the letters of introduction. The communion ser vice was afterwards - read to the close of the Nicene Creed by the Bishop, assisted by the Rev. Mr. The rev, pre late then delivered an eloquent discourse, appropriate to the' some, pastors and teachers; for the pe rfectin g of the saints, o n t e ) c o a s s t i l o e l s ' frontans s'On " i e A : l e d v a h i e i g e g l a i e v t e s s ; o a n n for the work of the ministry, for the edifying • cf the body of Christ." On the conclusion of the sermon, his lordship, as sisted by the Rev. CenonsiAllwcosl and .'Vs alede adininieter,esl the Holy Sacrament! to a lat - Fe.nvomber o re‘zu:ents, [SEPTEMBER 4, 1855