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THE which will not "restore peace to Dame on a solid foundation." ibtrpool A or be #ptanbarb. chief means of effecting which is stated to the reduction abrogation of Russia's supremacy in the Black Sea. It continues, " The blood and treasure which have been so freely expended in support of that policy would be altogether thrown away, if the only result of our efforts should be a hollow truce, to be broken whenever a suitable opportunity should arise for the attainment of the long-cherished objects of Russian ambition—the subjugation of the Ottoman Empire in Europe, MONDAY MORNING. and the enthronement of a Russian Prince in the capital of THE Parliamentary Session is obviously drawing to a close, I Turkey." The sentiments thus enunciated by Lord CLAREN and will soon be run out, " anything contained in the DON are fully reciprocated by the general voice, and his PREMIER'S threat to keep honourable members at their i lordship is lauded for the union of firmness and foresight voting-poets till September, notwithstanding," as the Scotch exhibited by him; the wonder still increasing, as to how, lawyers phrase the singular form of negative. The threat with instructions so explicit as those furnished to him, Lord referred to, it will be remembered, was used by Lord PAL- JOHN RUSSELL could have so far forgotten himself as to be MERSTON the other night, while making complaint that the cajoled into a favourable view of the Austro-Russian pro- House was endeavouring to escape from further labour by position. Lord Joner has already explained, and will probably hindering the bill for Limitation of Partnership Liability, re-explain this matter ; in the meantime, however, even the thus obstructing what his lordship took occasion to remark : " 'cute ones" are sorely puzzled to understand what justifi was an important element of commercial legislation. The cation can be offered by the ex-plenipotentiary for so wide a plain English of the threat, and Ministerial interpretation of deviation from the letter of his instructions. this PALMERSIONIAN pet measure, is broadly asserted to be, From the terms on which alone peace is to be concluded, the that it affords an opportunity to the Cabinet for making present position of affairs and the prospects which arise out of capital, out of a pretended liberality of commercial views and that position, in regard to the probable termination of hostili policy, among commercial a n d man u f a ct ur ing constituencies. ties, is an easy and not unnatural transition. Military au- A dissolution, it is said, looms largely on the retina of every thorities assure us with confidence that nothing has occurred eye in Downing-street; an d, a lth oug h it is pretty generally in the course of events which might not have been reasonably admitted that the political copartnery there established anticipated; and these gentlemen found their confidently ex stands greatly in nee d o f re f orma ti o n, still the belief that the pressed opinion on the fact that the Russians have never been Limited Liability Bllis a mere feint, sustains its ground, and able to make head against us, and that, on the contrary, we spreads over the count r y. The newly-awakened anxiety of have always been successful in our encounters with them. Ministers for the success of this bill contrasts singularly with True, these same military gentlemen, who stem to enact the the remissness and apathy displayed by them towards part of Jon's comforters with wonderful naivete, admit that it during the early part of the session. Then it we have had severe and unlooked-for losses, but console us seemed to be nobody's business, nor anybody's favourite ; now, with the assurance that these have never been inflicted by the that the dog-days have set in, and the factitious popularity of hands of the enemy. They seem to forget, however, the me an effete administration has melted away, like the treacherous lancholy fact, that the prodigal sacrifice of human life which accumulations of the winter's ice, Lord PALMERSTON and his has been made, the dreadful amount of suffering inflicted, and cabinet . discover that the measure and its accompanying the gross waste of treasure sustained, are serious national as satellite are indispensable to the national well-being. February, well as military afflictions, and that to the sufferers it is a March, April, and nearly all May were allowed to be consumed matter of comparatively small moment whose hand may in in ministerial disputes and explanations, accusations, and filet the blow, so long as its deadly influence is felt. Worse retorted crimination; but still, in each of these rencontres, than that, the sufferer must, with double keenness, feel the the successful pummelling of an opponent was expected not pang which is inflicted by a friendly hand. Against the foe merely to effect a temporary triumph, but was looked forward they can and will protect themselves, and the sufferings en to with confidence as a means of firmly mooring in a safe dared in this manner will never be complained of; but if, in haven the tempest-tossed barque of the ministry. Like indi- addition to the injuries inflicted by a powerful and brave viduals, however, they have made the unwelcome discovery, enemy, they have to provide also against the more fatal be that continuous strife results in exhaustion and weakness, and cause less easily parried afflictions heaped on them by those that a series of protracted combats are mo s t likely to end in for whom, and under whose direction, they are sustaining the the overthrow of the too-pugnacious victor. Convinced by conflict, their position—that of both the army and the nation fatal experience of the truth of this, after it has become too —instead of being bettered, is made infinitely worse by the late, Lord ParosenseoN casts about for some class or interest to well-intended assurances of our military oracles. The reve conciliate, and a seemingly chance-medley groping in the lations made before the Sebastopol Inquiry Committee went dark has filled his hands with the Limited Liability bill, far to demonstrate the absurd inapplicability of the home and that for altering the general law of Partnership. In direction of affairs to a successful result ; but it did more these he places his hope of re-establishing that popularity than that merely, it showed at the same time that very which he feels he has forfeited, and as a public man cannot do strong grounds existed for suspecting the entire wisdom of the without.' The state to which his lordship and his quondam authorities managing the various departments in the Crimea ; colleagues have so systematically reduced themselves, each and, above all, it went to show the absence of a strong and other, and the legislature, by their unseemly parliamentary inflexible master-mind, which, instead of yielding to the bane diatribes, and more unseemly acts, is thus significantly and ful operation of a fatal routine, should have bent that routine graphically described by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR, a philo- to the necessities of the case—so far as the means were within sopher and poet of fourscore years, who has been through life reach. That this was not done, the witnesses before the com an upholder of that school of political ethics of which Lord mittee abundantly proved ; but the inquiry abruptly termi- PALMERSTON is presumed to have been a distinguished pupil. uated where elucidation of this difficulty could alone have been " Lord JOHN RUSSELL," quoth the sage, " bows to Austria found, and where it could have been shown on whose shoulders and crouches to Russia. Peace at any price ! Honour counts the responsibility rested. It.is unquestionably fruitless to rip for nothing. No losses are in the estimate, but loss of office. u p old grievances, and painful to dwell upon disasters which Lord PALMERSTON, our Most Gracious QUEEN'S prime minis- cannot be remedied; but dearly-acquired experience should not ter, is merry and jocular in the midst of disasters. He lies be debarred from shedding whatever light her funereal torch and gives the lie with equal volubility, and the House of may be enabled to throw upon the present and the future Commons rings with applause." Strong painting the above, course of events to guide us in our proceedings, yet every effort but true. True as its verity is unfortunate and disgraceful. is being made to prevent the slightest gleam of illumination While Lord PALMERSTON is thus jauntily amusing himself, being derived from that fatal experience which it has cost us and amazing as well as grieving the country, how is the so much to acquire. The parliament and the country were general legislative melo-drama being enacted in the House ? again did again assured by Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT that we In the same sort of way that any other game of cross- had always been unsuccessful at the commencement purposes is bein g carried out. Honourable members as- of our military enterprises; in fact, he seemed to consider the semble and grumble at the loss of time consumed in initiatory misfortune as the inevitable first step in our way to the debates on frivolous questions, yet w ill wa s t e half an success. Now we have to this negative sagacity of the civilian evening in ringing the changes on a motion for adjournment to add the corroboratory testimony of a great military chief. of the debate or of the House, without intending, even by Sir DE LACY EVANS tells us we suffered nothing which that means, to forward or retard the business under discus- ought either to discourage or alarm us, because the enemy has sion. Nearly the whole morning sitting of Tuesday last' was never been able to make head against us. The military skill devoted by honourable members to lamenting the brief space and the personal bravery of this gallant officer are too well of time and the amount of legislation left for the remainder known and too highly appreciated to be either questioned or of the session. Having completed the jeremiad, they, no disputed. His logic, however, is entrenched behind no such doubt filled with virtuous legislative resolution, adjourned to prestige ; and when he tells us that nothing has happened out dinner with what appetite they might, and read a practical of its usual course, and that as little is to be apprehended, homily on their own text, by allowing the House to be because the enemy has never been able to make head against counted out at a few minutes past six. Thus was an entire us, we look round and see a gallant army which has melted day wasted in expression of vain regret at the loss of valuable before the wasting breath of cold, hunger, and pestilence like time, while forty members of the House could not be per- snow before sunshine, and are forcibly reminded that suicide suaded to attend to the public business at so inconvenient (!) is not more pardonable or less fatal than murder—that the an hour as six in the evening. In the mean time, the session unintentionally directed bullet of a friend may be as deadly wears on, and the time wasted in endless and useless speech- as the missile of a foe, and, with the ghastly reminiscences be -making at the beginning and persevered in- throughout is fore us, we derive but little consolation from the assurances he sought to be made up for at the end by the withdrawal of offers. More comfort is unquestionably to be found in the fact measures which it is impossible to pass conformably with that, in the Crimea, active steps are being taken to prevent the the established usages of Parliament ; be the value of these necessity for our gallant troops from again treading in the measures what it may. On Wednesday last, not fewer than dreadful path of fatal adversity, that the questionable goal of six bills, which have occupied the serious consideration success may be ultimately reached. Preparations for efficiently of Parliament, were summarily dismissed. True, se- victualling the army through a winter campaign are now, we veveral of these, Mr. HEYWOOD'S Marriage Bill, and are told, in active operation. That no winter campaign will be• Sir WILLIAM CLAY'S proposed scheme to legalize the endured by the Allied army in the intrenchments before Se robbery of the Church by the confiscation of church-rates, bastopol, is both to be hoped and expected ; but last winter's among the rest, it were a good riddance to be quit of at any experience argues trumpet-tongued in favour of early and price. Still, that is no satisfactory reason for such a slovenly effective preparation. In the meantime, it is cheering to learn and hap-hazard mode of doing business. Empty talk and that the health and spirits of the army continue excellent, and: frothy pretence are the bane of the House of Commons, and that to a man our troops are sanguine of success, and deter fatally destructive to the progress of public business. For mined to obtain it. The spirit which animates our men is this puerile vice, and its rampant prevalence, constituencies to be gathered from the numerous characteristic letters writ are themselves in no small degree to blame. So long as they ten home by them to their friends, and which, from time- to insist upon recognising their representative only by the num- time, find their way into the public journals. One which has ber of his speeches, and estimate his value by their length, the recently made its appearance from JOSHUA PRIESTLEY, of the unfortunate gentleman is more to be pitied than blamed for Grenadier Guards, to his parents residing at Solhill, Ovenden t Ins tedious attempts at fooling them to the top of their bent. is so singular and expressive as to be well worth quoting. in the:House of Commons,to the dismay o f th e wearyreporters, After referring to the loss of one of his comrades, who, was whose business it is to chronicle the nothings which silly mem- known to his parents, and who fell a victim to the cholera, hers clothe in rankest verbiage, there are at least a hundred and other topics, chiefly of domestic interest, he alludes in the men whose business and whose pleasure seem to consist en- following terms to some of the letters he has received from his tirely in chattering, and who never miss an opportunity of in- mother :—" I don't want," he says, "to see any more crying Bulging it, no matter . who or what they interrupt by the in- letters come to the Crimea from you. Those that I have re dulgence of their hobby. If the evil is grave, and its indulgence ceived, I have put into my rifle after loading it, and have fired costly, at the commencement of a Parliament, it becomes into- them at the Russians, because you seem to have a strong dis ierable and destructive towards its apprehended close; for then like to them. If you had seen as many killed as I have, you something must be said which may be referred to on the hus- would not have as many weak ideas as you have ; .besides tings—something done which may be made to flash in the being present when the shot, shell, and musketry were eyes of the electors. A good deal of this fighting of hustings' flying past and ringing around you, bursting and killing. hun 7 battles, and throwing dust in the eyes of the constituencies, dreds on your right hand and on your left, and yourself kept has been practised since the commencement of the present firing until the sweat streamed from you." He alludes in session, and it is nightly growing worse, When or how it will graphic, though quaint terms, to the unsuccessful attempt of end, he would be a bold vaticinator who should venture to the 18th •of June, and concludes by saying : " The next foretel. attempt will pay for all, or one-half the Allied armies will b e Among the notabilities connected with the proceedings in sacrificed." Such is the spirit which animate s our t roops; parliament, was the re-election on Friday last of Sir WM and, with troops animated by such a spirit, no achievement MOLESWORTH for the borough of Southwark, he having re- seems too difficult to be beyond the reach of their success. TUESDAY, JULY 31, 1855, FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. signed his seat on receiving the appointment of Colonial Secretary, vacated by the resignation of Lord JOHN RUSSELL. On the hustings, and in his published address, Sir WILLIAM repeated his previously declared political faith. He was still, he said, as formerly, in favour of extending the suffrage, of vote by ballot. of the abolition of church rates, and of colonial self-government. The declaration of these sentiments was received with wild enthusiasm by the multitude to whom it wa s addressed ; and from the frankness with which his views - werelelared it would appear that these questions are either settled in Lord PALMERSTON'S Cabinet in the way approved of by the new Colonial Secretary, or that they are allowed by that unanimous body to occupy the dubious position of open questions ; in either case, a fact indicative of the danger which threatens the state under their control. At the election a formidable show of opposition was made by a numerous body of electors who supported Sir CHARLES NAPIER as a candidate. The gallant Admiral, however, seemed more bent on delivering a broadside at the reputation of the late Government, than earnest in his attempt to obtain a seat in Parliament. In pursuance of the former resolution, he made Sir JAMES GRAHAM, who was absent, attending a great bucolic gathering at Carlisle, the special object of ;•!s fire, and him he certainly did not spare. Another opponent co the Right. Hon. Baronet appeared in the person of Mr. JoHN HAMILTON, who spoiled whatever chance of popularity he might otherwise have had, by declaring that in the present war " we are fighting to keep up a tyrant,Louis NAPOLEON," an, announcement which was fatal to his oratory. The assembly would hear no more ; but denounced him as a Rus sian and a traitor. Sir WILLIAM was elected, neither of his opponents choosing to go to the poll. He has thus succeeded in achieving a long-cherished object of his ambition, the management of our Colonial policy. In his case the Adminis trative Reformers will probably recognise " the right man in the right place." NouB 7 , errons. At the Board of Works, Sir W. MOLESWORTH is succeeded by Sir BENJAMIN HALL, whose successor is not publicly announced, though several have been named. Mr. LOWE is presumed to be the favourite. Public opinion is not as yet by any means settled, in respect to the part enacted by Lord JOHN RUSSELL, in his character of envoy-extraordinary to the conferences at Vienna. The letter of instructions drawn for the guidance of his Lordship has been published by authority. That letter is generally admitted as explicitly at variance with the conduct observed by our extraordinary ambassador. In the letter it is clearly pointed out that no terms of accommodation can be agreed to Considerable speculation has been excited among political circles, and particularly among the foreign refugees in the metropolis, by some remarkable expressions which fell from Prince Ne.roLßox JEROME while returning_ thanks at the dinner given him on Monday by the persons connected with the Universal Exhibition. On that occasion he defined: the present system of French government as "an orgAnised democracy." This he illustrated by reference to the Exhibi tion, the success of which he alluded to as an indication of the strength of an organised democracy,.adding, " In fact we are a nation of democracy and equality by our habits, our institu tions, and more particularly our objects. With us. the•employe becomes a minister, the workman a manufacturer, the peasant a landowner, the soldier a general, and the whole people crown themselves by raising to the. throne a dynasty of its own choice. The Sovereign understands the genius of his nation." A section of the Administrative Reformers is said to be in raptures with that portion of the confeskon of political faith which declares the employe shall become a minister, and the soldier a general. Much general satisfaction is felt and expressed at the recom mendation of the Committee on the North-West Passage awarding the sum of £1.0,000t0 Captain MTLURE and his crew,. £6,000 of which will constitute the captain's own share of the reward ; the remainder to be divided in recognized proportions among his officers and crew. Medals have also been proposed to be bestowed on all who have served in the Arctic regions. The award, however, is not without its value in another and a very unexpected point of view. It turns out to be one more Irish grievance. Captain M'CLunE is an Irishman, and the Irish are deservedly " mighty proud" of his success ; yet it is not that he has received a too well-earned tribute, nor yet that it is not large• enough, although, all things considered, the latter may well be doubted ; but because another has not also been rewarded ! Captain KELLETT, R.N., another brave and in trepid Irishman, conducted an expedition which carried suc cour and relief to M'CLuitE and his brave companions, and his somewhat sensitive countrymen claim for him, with great show of reason, a public recognition of his intrepidity and services. The filthy condition of the Thames, and the necessity for cleansing• it, have set in upon the natives and inhabitants of Cockneydom with all the virulence of a dog-day mania, and the question, pro and con, is debated with a vehemence and energy of spirit becoming so important a discussion. One party will have it cleared by one process, and another by another ; but nothing seems more unanimously resolved on than that the stomach of "Old Father Thames" shall be tho- THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. roughlycleaned out; whether by the application of the stomach pump, or through the operation of an emetic, seems to be the chief object in dispute. The celebrated civil engineer, Sir Joint 111`NEILL, just returned from the Crimea, has among others been called in to give his opinion and advice. He states his conviction that most, if not all, of the evil has arisen from contracting the river-way, particularly above the bridges, which, by narrowing the stream, prevents the full effect of the tide-ebb from carrying away the refuse and fetid water. To remedy this he suggests the widening of the river and the construction of reservoirs above bridge, which, receiving and storing the water of the flood-tide, will increase the run, and scour off the ebb, carrying with it the impurities of all descrip tions out into the sea. This suggestion meets with consider able favour, and is recommended by the fact that its operation would be self-acting and continuous. " THE CHURCH AND THE POOR." TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sin,—l have long read with interest your tempe rate and instructive articles on Church matters. You have recently opened a question to which I have been accustomed to direct my thoughts with considerable anxiety, as it is involved most intimately with the future progress of religion among the neglected population of our towns. If you will permit me, I will endeavour, to expand my view of the causes which have impeded our Church's missionary work among these classes of the people. It is possible that many of your readers may accuse you of taking too gloomy a view of the present condition of the Church of England. You may be told that religion will never find the majority of mankind among its real followers, and, therefore, as the lower classes think little of appearances, still fewer of them among its professed disciples ; that it is not all gold that glitters, and that a Church with a greater show of adherents but masks a larger amount of hypocrisy and pretence. There is, doubt less, some truth in this. We must not expect results of too startling a nature from any religious system. We must be prepared to discover that the unaffected votaries of piety will not be the many, but the few. The Church, however, as a visible body, must, when her work is not forcibly checked by extraneous cir cumstances, be judged by the extent of the external religion which she exhibits. She is a net which must gather of all sorts, and it is the number of her disciples which tests her efficiency, even though that number include a large portion of the insincere acid the wicked. Much of insufficient, and much of corrupt motive, might avail to draw to her, or keep within her, the majority of the poorer classes ; but a Church which shirks the task of evangelising them, must be well nigh forfeiting the charter of her foundation. The fact we have to account for is, that the Church has lost her hold upon the masses of the poor—that the poor refuse, or neglect to wait upon her ordinances ; and the solution, I contend, is found in this reflec tion, that the hold which the Church retains upon the majority of her professed members is very defective, that the motive of their adherence is mainly one not likely to affect the poor ; and, therefore, a superior motive failing to be put in their way, the Church makes but a feeble claim to their allegiance. It is but a trite remark, that every scheme of belief, or religious movement, presents a tendency to a pecu liar form of exaggeration or perversion at the hands of its adherents. The Christianity of the Primitive Church was thus, in time, corrupted into Popery ; and in our own days we find foreign Protestantism deve loped into Deism, Pantheism, and infidelity of all shades and peculiarities. Now the perversion which the great religious Reformation of the 16th century has ex perienced at the hands of many of its allies is precisely what our country is now suffering frem---Sectarianism.. The Reformation was an intellectual movement. It was a removal of certain tenets which disagreed with the Reformers' convictions of the truth. And, as- a popular movement, it developed itself into the denial of certain doctrines which were embodied into a system. by a foreign Church_ Now, unfortunately, the Church of England henceforth practically assumed a too exclusively intellectual aspect. She was too exclusively I accounted as merely a branch of a great movement got up against a doctrinal system,-and it became too-un usual to view her in the aspect stamped upon her in her Divine institution, and which, independently of her relations towards other systems, is the indelible mark of her origin and mission.. Religious communi ties came to be looked upon only, or chiefly, in their re lation to the Popish system, and the standard_ of their comparison, with the Church of England to- be the position they assumed against the Church of i Rome. Any exclusive claim for - the Church was- on this principle impossible ; and if any such was ad. vanced, the sects endeavoured to impugn the sincerity of her Anti-Popish character, by declaring that the genius of Protestantism was Sectarianism. The Church's relations- to- the Economy of grace, amiher office of binding men in one in Christ, came to be lost: sight of, and her only claim to adherence to be-the profession of doctrines which were approved by the intellects of her members. She was • accounted asone among many varying religious professions, all with one object impressed upon them,the publie assertion of a certain system of belief, and the voluntary association together of religionists, who accept this belief Ts-ac cording with their intellectual conelusions, convictions, or • tastes. In. this theory she is a mere provisional arrangement, whose place is recognised after these in -ilividual conclusiona have been formed, - or tastes con tracted. Adherence to her is not a matter of wind ple, but of voluntary adoptiOn ; . the bond of connection is not supplied by anything she specially originates or imposes, but by mere accidentalities presentato . the choice of theindividual. She partakes, more or less, of the nature-of an accidental framework, on which is held forth a system of doctrines-, which is the common property of all,„ which can be appreciated equally well apart from this platform of exhibition, and which that framework is only useful to hold forth-, exter nally to mankind. Now, it is- clear that, this' mere platform will challenge no other species. of at tachment than that which-, a lecturer does from those whom he harangues-; and that, on this theory, no principle is provided on which a different adhesion can be claimed from what may be paid to any other framework, charging,itself with the enunciation of the truth. Ido not speak- of a. framework set up to inoculate the people with a set of tenets or opinions, as having ornot having a "hold" upon them in the sense in which we ought to do ofthe Church... I do not con nect the notion of influence with a schod„ for instance,, that taught the doctrines of PICTITK,ORAS, or that teaches the views of Roar= OwEN, as we do with the, corporation called the Church. In the former, adile-. rence to a eorporationis. an idea that has no place. No basis of union is supplied distinct from the individual approval of the tenets of the one on the other. But it is only in her special character, as connected with the-ministry of grace on earth, that the Church estab lishes a hold among men. The Church of Christ pre.. seats herself to mankind, not as Laving been originated : by the voluntary association of a number of persons who have agreed, to certain points of doctrine or opinion, but in the first instance as the diyine and _ _ corporate embodiment of an . Idea coming to mewfrom without. Men, do not make that embodiment by, espousing that idea, but the two are contemporaneous. We become connected, if I may so use the term, with that idea, by being taken into that embodiment. To achieve a hold upon mankind, the Church comes to them as the agent hi the Economy of grace.. Her work is not accomplished by merely propounding to the indivklual,.truth,s upon which his intellect is to decide ; she does not merely treat mankind as fallen into a state of ignorance, and needing the inculcation of a higher system of truth,. but she treats them as in a position of estrangement from a Power to which they must be brought back, and that, not by the mere appropriation of a doctrine which she offers to their understandings, but by the prior operation of the Power itself ; and in this sense she says to them, " You have affairs with Heaven. I am commissioned on GOD'S part to transact them as His ambassador. I am sent to reinstitute _ the relations which you have forfeited. lam specially charged with a mission to you, which this special charge alone authorises me to negotiate. lam sent with a treaty, and to invite you to become, through my divinely appointed agency, a party to its provi sions. It is evident, then, what claim for enduring good the Church, under this notion, 'resents to the allegiance of those who accept her ministry. It men feel that the evil of their co n ditio n is a natural inabi- lity to gain that connection with the AUTHOR of their being, the necessity of which is stamped upon the very constitution of that being, and that their own minds are not sufficient to furnish a basis of restoration, but that it is requisite for the way of restoration to be let down from Heaven to earth, we need not inquire into the nature of their " attachment" to the platform on which GOD promises to descend to man, and where the supernatural way of connection is externally wrought out upon earth. Now never, in the whole history of the world, did a mere system of doctrines establish a permanent hold upon the masses of mankind. It was but part of an economy rooted in the nature of man that proselytising was not the object of our LORD'S mission upon earth, as His Church was not yet founded. Neither were those who accepted His teaching drawn away from the Jewish communion until the latter was finally superseded by that " Fellowship of the Apostles," which was hence- forth the only Church of God. On the theory, there fore, that the Church is nothing but a teacher, the administration of her system is hopeless. Unless she is acknowledged as the medium and development of a fellowship—unless Christianity be accepted as an actual communion set up amongst men, we shall find her, as a missionary, just as ineffectiVe as we find the various communities of mere intellec tual dissent. We need never expect to see any great anxiety to invite the poor into her fellowship ; to see churches built with the true notion of establish ing a machinery, by which the outcasts from religion may be taken into Christian communion, and so in troduced within the range of. Evangelical blessings ; to see them left free for universal use, as being the stage on which this communion is developed, and the means by which it is participated. On the contrary, we must expect to see the Pew system, and its abomi nations. Churches being the manifestations of the individual principle, as distinct from that of fellow ship, we must expect to see them built by individuals for themselves, and for those who can pay for them ; and, when they are built, our notions of Church com munion outraged by the assumption of an individual exclusiveness, and of mere intellectual distinctions. If Christian communion be a wholly invisible thing, to be realised by the individual himself (I confess my inability to state it without a solecism), so that the closet is as fit for the work of prayer as the public congregation, and Christian assemblies are for the mainpurpose of hearing a preacher, I know not how you will secure the con stant attendance at your churches of the classes whose absence you deplore ; nor how you will induce the rich to provide for the poor the expensive luxury of a po pular preacher. Let the Church be duly esteemed as a communion into which men must be gathered; let the poor not be merely taught and then left to seek or form a communion, but the communion in the first instance be presented to them as a part of the message itself, and on the one hand, with the help of God, you will find the rich not backward to contribute towards the material organisation of this communion among their poorer brethren, and, on the other, the poor not backward to accept the Church's invitation to enter the brotherhood of Christ.—l am, Sir, your faithfill servant, L. D.. [We had intended tohave continued our remarks on the above subject. But the insertion of the letter of our correspondent, and the general pressure upon our space, compel us to defer them to another oppor tunity.—ED. L. S.] PROVISION FOR THE POORER CLERGY', THE position in which we stand with regard to the Church the confidence reposed in us by many of its most eminent members, and the undeviating advocacy we have voluntarily offered on all occasions in behalf of the humbler orders of the clergy, all render it a duty incumbent upon us, again and again, to call' public attention to one of the most valua ble and efficient institutions connected with the- Establish ment. The Society we especially refer to on this occasion is that which was established in 1840 for the relief of distressed clergymen, and the- widows and unmarried orphan daughters of clergymen ; and also for granting aid to enableelergymen, with limited incomes,. to provide for their families by assuring their lives at reduced premiums. One of the most distin guished features of this institution is the " Clergy Fund," which is formed by setting apart one clear tenth of the entire profits of the proprietors-far the purposes which we have just specified. During the past six or seven years, we find , that considerable sums were set apart towards these objects and the directors have now resolved that an equal portion ehall be annually distributed among such applicants for aid as-may be recommended as proper and deserving objects. It is obvious, however, that the tenth part of the entire profits must be inadequate to• the purpose, and confined to a comparative few, if the institution is not extensively sup ported; and it therefore behoves the wealthier portion of the clergy to afford their valuable aid and patronage to an esta blishment peculiarly adapted for the relief of so meritorious a class of the community as the poorer members of a profession in which all are so deeply interested. The result of the an.; nual investigations instituted by the directors, appointed fore the purpose of distributing the fund, has been to impress upon their minds a conviction, not only of the great advan— tage, but of the necessity, for such, a fund, and for increasing: . it by every means in their power. It appears that the com— mittee were compelled, on each occasion of a distribution, to pass over many highly-deserving cases in order to select the-- most urgent of the numerous applications ; while the grateful acknowledgments which have been received from all parties to whom relief has been extended induce a most painful con viction of the extreme distress to which numerous meritorious clergymen must have been exposed,. in order to render the limited . assistance afforded of such..important and essential service to them. It is necessary at the same time to state that the "Clergy Fund" is-altogether unaided by donations or subscriptions of any kind ;: and we again desire to repeat that it consists solely of one-tenth of the Company's profits-:. in fact, it appears that the directors have no power whatever to• extend or limit the amount of the " Clergy Fund," which must entirely depend upon the profits realised from the business transactions of the institution. It is therefore of the utmost importance that the clergy, as•a'body, should earnestly devote themselves to the encouragement and support of this -company, to the fullest extent of their power, by whatever assurances they or their friends maykave occasion to effect. We•consider that the in terests of the more independent portion of the clergy are iden tical with those of their poorer brethren;. and we now trust that we have assigned ample reasons• for placing before our readers the.-" Clergy Fund" of the Church of England Life and Fire Assurance Company, with adesire to secure to that institution the extended patronage ands support to which it is eminently entitled. In conclusion, we must not omit to •state that, at the divi sion in i 854, special grants were made- to sixteen clergymen,, sixteen widows, and sixteen orphan daughters of clergymen— in all amounting to forty-eight ; and fifty-two grants were made in aid of premiums on life policies to clergymen with limited incomes. We have likewise• to• observe that, accord ing to a change recently effected in• the•eonstitution of the• company, no deduction is made, on account of the " Clergy- Fund," from the profits of the miztual.branch of assurance— the entire amount of this especial`••fund being now supplied~. out of the profits of the proprietary branch. When the many great advantages resulting from life assurance are seriously considered,. and its tendency to promote the religious and moral. advancement of mankind, it • will be readily admitted., that an institution, constituted as- this. one is, bestows on it. the _strongest claims to the support, of all the clergy, without , any exception; and we cannot help,therenewed expression. of; the• conviction we entertain that this-beneficial object will be, fostered, as it deserves to be, by the wealthier members, of, that -body ;: and that their assistance will not be wanting in granting so great a boon to their poorer brethren. At the same time,. we may be permitted.to observe that clergymen of inore limited incomes ought cheorfully to co-operate towandc the support of a fund upon which they themselves may become.- i. claimants.—Ckurch and State. Gazette, SHOCKING TER24INATION TO A-2 MARRIAGB:IN FRANCE. It - V,I3:I , SHTFITI, ease of hydrophobia is described in the. Lyons journals. A young farmer, named Peyron, about twenty-five years of age, in the department of the Rhine, was married a few weeks ago to a neighbour's. daughter. The young couple had - been long attached to each, other, but the parents of the bride bad refused their consent on account of the strangeness of conduct occasionally observed in the young man, who otherwise was a most eligible match, his parents being com paratively well off, andltheson himself generally of exemplary conduct. His passion.for the girl became at length so violent that he declared he could not exist without her, and his mother, fearing from- his manner that he meditated suicide, went to the parents of the young woman, and, after some entreaty, prevailed ; upon them to agree to the-match. Young Peyron at once recovered his spirits, the young woman was delighted, and the marriage was celebrated with all the rustic pomp and ceremony common in that part of the provinces, con cluding with a grand dinner and the inevitable ball. The gaieties were kept up until daylight, when the company separated. The new married couple were lodged in one wing of the. house, separated from the main building,. but, in a short time after they had retired, cries were heard from the nuptual chamber. At first they were unnoticed; but at length they increased, to fearful shrieks, and the father and mother, alarmed, hastened to the room, followed by the farm servants. The cries were by the time they arrived changed to scarcely audible groans from the poor girl ;, and on breaking open the door she was found in the agoniea of death—her bosom torn open and lacerated in the most horrible manner,, and the wretched husband in a fit of raving madness and covered with blood, having actually devoured a portion of the unfortunate girl's breast. A cry of horror burst from all present, and be was dragged from the noel after a most violent resistance, it taking no less than six men to hold him down. Aid was instantly sent for, and before the doctor could reach the spot the unhappy victim was no more. Young Peyron was put under treatment, and a strait waistcoat was attempted to be put upon him ; but his struggles. and screams were such that the doctor, apprehensive that he would expire in, the assistants' hands, ordered them to desist. The unfortu nate man had by this time become so, weak that he was easily conveyed to bed s and died at four o'clock in the afternoon of the same day without having for one moment recovered his consciousness, It was then recollected, in answer to. search ing questions by a physician, that somewhere about five years previously he had been bitten by a strange deg, and taken the usual precautions against hydrophobia ; but, although the dog was killed, it had never been satisfactorily shown that it was really mad ; and, no ill consequences resulting from the bite, his friends concluded that it would come to nothing, and the incident had been altoge- forgotten. It was considered by the doctor that the circumstances preceding the marriage, and the excitement of the occasion itself, had roused the latent virus which had so long lain dormant in the blood, and led to the terrible out break of frenzy which had ended so tragically. On the me dical report being laid before the authorities, the extraordi nary nature of the case naturally excited much attention and considerable controversy—the opinions of the heads of the profession being, after full inquiry, that there was no hydro phobia whatever in the case, but rooted insanity, and that it was shown to exist by the occasional aberrations of the unfor tunate young man as before-mentioned, and that his diseased temperament and too violent passions, powerfully acted on by the circumstances, led to the fatal consequences narrated above. This sad catastrophe has given rise to a fierce medical controversy in some of the professional journals on the nature of hydrophobia, from which it would appear that, although instances of remarkable cures of this frightful malady are often described in the journals, no authenticated account of its favourable termination is yet known in France.—Paris Paper. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE AMERICA. BY the British and North American Royal Mail steam-ship America, Capt. Lang, which arrived on Sunday, at eight p.m., we have intelligence from Boston to the 18th, and from New York by telegraph to the 17th instant. The America brought 188 passengers, and $795,236 in specie. The U. S. mail steamer Pacific from Liverpool arrived at New York on the 11th instant, and the Arago from Havre on the 16th. The Southampton and Havre steamer Herrman did not leave New York until the 16th, owing to disarrangement of her machinery. About one-half of the Manchester Corporation mill in New Hampshire had been destroyed by fire. A portion of the in surance was with the Royal, of Liverpool. The loss was esti mated at between $50,000 and $lOO,OOO. There is no political news beyond the usual number of meetings of Know-Nothings and Know-Somethings, but which presented no features of special interest. Long interviews bad taken place at the State Department between the British Minister and the Secretary of State, rela tive to the course pursued by the Fishery Commissioners under the Reciprocity Treaty. These interviews had been attended by Mr. Cushman, the American commissioner, and Perley, the British commissioner. It had been agreed that the commissioners should forthwith proceed to the fishing grounds within the Gulf of St. Lawrence, embarking at Hali fax in a British cutter, each being attended by a secretary, surveyor, and marine hydrographer, to record the proceedings and make the requisite charts. The Liquor Law question has been settled by a decision of the Court of Special Session, New York, given on the 17th instant. The New York Evening Express, in a second edition, says •--" The court-room was crowded to excess, all waiting in almost breathless anxiety for the result of Recorder Smith's decision. The substance of the decision was, that 'all persons have a right to sell liquor provided it is imported,' which throws upon the complainant the duty of proving that liquor sold was not imported. This is in substance the drift of the whole of it. The consequence of this decision will be that all parties now under arrest will be brought before him, or the city judge, upon writsof habeas corpus, and discharged. Then will come the question whether a man cannot recover damages for imprisonment," Sce. In the Cincinnati United States Commissioners Court, the British Consul had been held to bail in the sum of $2,000, on a charge of enlisting troops for the British service in the' Crimea. Messrs. Turnbull and. Hamilton were also held in! 81,000 each, and Captain Pashner in his own recognizance, to appear before the United States Court to answer a similar charge. Captain M`Kay, the agent of the British Govern ment, was absent on account of . sickness, and his friends, there . ore, entered into the requisite security for his future appearance. • The crops are even more abundant than was anticipated. The Herald says :—" Considerable quantities of the new wheat has arrived in the Baltimore market, and on Saturday there was a decline of 3 or 4 cents per bushel, selling at $2:.23t0 - $2.35, and closing with a drooping tendeney, under the expectation of larger receipts this week:" Letters from Washington state that the duties paid under protest while the reciprocity treaty between Canada and the United States was being ratified by the Colonial Legislature were to berefUnded, as rapidly as circmstances - wouldpermit. Nearly half a million dollars had already been•paid back by the Secretary of the Treasury. Advieesof the 11th, from Havana, state that the'disarming of the negrnmilitia was progressing, their sew - lees being no longer required. The sugar mills had ceased grinding, and many thousand boxes were left standing in the - fields, that could not be conveyed to the sugar houses on moonlit of the rains. The market continued active at the advanced•prices of last advises for staple products, and the stock diminishing. At Port-au.Piince the yellow fever was cotnnaitting , ravages. The latest :dykes from the Rio Grande state that the revo lutionists werebesieging Camargo. and were expected'soon to , attack Matamoras; which General Wood was fortifying.. Saltillo had surrendered to , the revolutionists without a struggle. Colonel Kinney and , a small. party of Fillibusters InCbeen wrecked near St. Domingo, while' on the passag3 to Nicara gua. No lives were lost. Fifty artillerymen serving in Nova Scotia and ITeiv Bruns wick, having been called upon, volunteered for service hi - the Crimea. COMMERCIAL. INTELLIGENCE. Nrw YORK, July 16th. MoNm—The market continued:to be freely supplied with , money,with a fair demand;lenders havingno difficulty in placing their funds. The bank .statement for the week ending July 14 shoWed an increase in the items of loans and specie. Foreign ,1 Exchange was firmer, but only moderately active; an London were quoted 110 - to - 1101 ;. Paris 5,15 to 5,121 ; Ant werp 5,161 to 5,15; Amsterdam 401. to Ili; Frankfort 411 to; 41 ; Hamburg 361 to 36-1-; - Bremen 70-to 7911. COTTON.—With an improved demand from spinners and speculators, prices have again improved to the extent of per lb., the whole advance from the lowest point on the 6th inst. amounting to c. per lb. Some considerable parcels of previous speculative purchases are in process of shipment to Liverpool and the north.of Europe,-and there- are also buyers in the market for the same purpose. After the receipt of the Arago's advices, buyers withdrew, and the market closed with a chill feeling and downward tendency. Messrs. Talcott and Co., under date of -- New York, July 16, say Pacific's advises of 29th ult.; from Liverpool, to hand 11th inst., (noting sales of the week 43,330 bales at a decline of Id. to id. in the beginning of the week, which was fully regained at the close,) were considered favourable, as :consumption was unchecked, and speculators evidently were ready to renew operations whenever favourable opportunities of investment occurred. About the same date as the receipt of- the Pacific's advices =important reaction occurred in the Southern markets. At New Orleans, on the 9th inst., mid dling was quoted at 91c: to 9tc., a decline of 24-c. per lb. from the quotations of the 21st ult. Between the 10th. and 12th inst., with an active demand, prices advanced 4e:.;: the value of middling on the 12th being 101, and freight to- Liverpool id. A similar movement occurred at Mobile and- Charleston. At the latter, on the 10th , inst., "middling'_ was quoted at and strict "middling" at 92x. A reaction here and at the South ern• markets was not unexpected after the rapid. and serious decline, last advised, as having occurred - within the last thirty days without any material change in opinion as to the pro bable supply or consumption. But the upward movement was accelerated by the accounts received at various- points from the interior that " too much rain was falling." While we do not believe that any inbary of moment±as yet been done by the rains which havefalleis, we incline.to the opinion that the prospects of the growingerop are not as flattering rarepresented aahort time since. The tables of receipts and steaks made up to the- latest dates, show a deficit in the receipts at the• ports of 119,464 bales ; deficit. in export to Great Bititairk 53,140 hales ; excess to France 96,959 bales.; stocks in all the- ports 193;254 bales, against 291,331 bales at the same period.. BumansTurrs.—Vvlth moderate receipts of flour there has been a good demand: throughout, but - without any material change in prices. 1n wheat no alteration either-as to price, supply, or demand. The market for Indian corn. has been slightly irregular, closing at a decline of 3c. to 4e: per bushel from the prices of thiseNy week. PROVIBIONS. — SaIes.of mess pork, were made-to a fair ex tent at $19,75, and. some choice at $2O. Bsef is steady. Lard is firm, and less freely offered., Butter aed,cheese dull, the latter selling at.6c: to 92c. FRElGATS. — Fraights to Great Britain dulL The engage ments include :—To Liverpool : corn at 31d. in, shies bags ; cotton, 3161 to 7;:3211. To London: rosin, Is. 61 to Is. 9d.; heavy goods, Szc,, 15s. to 17s. Gel. A ship was chartered from St. Stephen .:to. Liverpool. Deals at 1.11 10s. A bark from liichibucto 50. Hull, £4 55..; one from St. Stephen to Liverpool on pri , eate terms. LATEST BY ZELEGRAPII. Navr YORE, July 17, Six p,tn.— Cotton dull and heavy. Floor easier, sales 7,200 Ws.. Wheat easier. Corn steady, but closes heavy, sales 05,000 bushels. Lard: better. Iron, 150 tons Scotch., 30c. to 31c., six months. SA - venNA.IJE - IX 13.—Cotton : stock 6,. - 980 bales Uplands, 4,20.5. 1., against 3,350 and, 1,422 last year. Week's sales limited to 311 bales, at extremes of 10c. to , lolc, ; dull and un settled. Accounts from the growing cropmery favourable, and, should no unfavourable weather occur,. we , may expect a very large crop za this' state. Freighes : To. Liverpool, 5-16 d., little offering. NEw OitLEANS, JULY 18,—Cotton declined: middling 10c. to 101 c. Sales to-day I,CW bales. Western yellow corn 85c. HAVAi;LA., JULY 10.—During the past month the sugar market has been very active under daily rising prices, owing to the lively demand for all parts of Europe and the small stock 031 hand. Thus a large business..has been done at gene rally rs. advance over last quotations. The present exorbi, tant pretensions of holders, however, have caused some inac— tion, and the transactions .are somewhat limited ; yet as plan teraand speculators-. are firm, in, view of the very reduced stooks, which may be, computed at about 170,000 boxes, and but; trilling lots to come forward, from the estates, there is. no doubt but what they will have tobe submitted to. GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY of CANADA: A GENERA.I 4 , MEETING of shareholders in this company was held on Tuesday at the Landon Tavern, Mr. T. Baring, M.P., in the•chair. The Secretary (Mr. thr-AXMAN) read a report from the Lon don board, of directors in respect to the progress of the under taking. It stated that £l7 10s. per share and 70 per cent. on the province and company's bonds, of the A series, have been called up. The total amount which has been received on this capital is £2,898,427, of which £464,391 is. in advance of fixture calls. The arrears _are £71,247, of which £22,207 are. on the last eall. The amount yet to be received on the A issue of capital is £083,972. The next call of £2 10s. per share, and 10 per cent. on each class of bonds, will be due and payable on the 12th of October next. The certificates for works in favour of the contractors for which the A capital has been raised amounted to £2,888,218, including the payment of interest to this date, which interest forms a deduction from the payments to the contractors as the works progress. The sum of £298,500 not originally reckoned upon, but which was found to be indispensably required for putting the line from Montreal to Portland into effective working condition, has likewise been expended. The progress and execution of all the works have been in the highest degree satisfactory, and the directors are assured that the sections of the line from Quebec to St. 'Thomas (40 miles,) and from Montreal to Brock ville (125 miles,) will be delivered over to the company for traffic in the ensuing autumn. The communication between Brockville and Toronto (a distance of 210 miles) will be com pleted in the course of next year. The section from Toronto to Stratford (82 miles) will be delivered over to the company by the contractors before the expiration of the present year. A connexion will thus be effected between Stratford and Mon treal, and between Montreal, Portland, and Quebec, a distance of 841 miles, with the exception only of the link of the Victo ria-bridge. The Governor-General of Canada was empowered by an act passed in the late session of the Canadian parliament to grant to the" company a further advance of province bonds to an amount not exceeding £900,000. Under the powers of this act bonds will be granted to that amount at the same rate of interest as borne by those already issued, and fbr a term directors a th rr e ai a lg id ea t i h en u t s s a fo ff r or t d h e e d, ca t m he . o f 2Oll have benefit of all concerned in the undertaking. In the new and Jackson, provision is first made for payment of the years. e a b rs een B able m t e o an eff s ec o t f balance due to the contractors in respect of works certified arrangement entered into with Messrs. Peto, Brassey, Betts, up to the first of May, 1855 ; and, as no part of the that time, this payment is to be made in B shares and new province bonds is available for works executed before [JULY 31, 1855 I s ß h a c r o e m s . 13 Thomas and Toronto, estimated at £1,60 0 ) are to receive Payment'One-half in cash, am any's For bonds—two o t - o th b i e rds o equal proportions of B company's bonds which latter £l2 10s. is to be taken as pair cash payments is to be deducted the interest contractors to the holders of bonds and sly the provisions of the o r i g inal contract. N( on the B shares bey o nd the £l2 10s., to be until after the I s t o f M a y, 1857. Shoup ctiivn bonds actively prose be required, the contractors have agreed to bonds and shares of the Atlantic and St. La' calculated at par in sterling, which bonds company hold to the extent of £200,000, ' as a provision for this purpose. The contra , disposal of the directors the province bonds ( which they are entitled under their original consent to the suspension of the works fro; Trois Pistoles, and from Belleville to Peterl Ist of September, 1856. The contractors modification of the contract for the Victoi arrangement will enable the directors to con. possible to adopt any more economical plan tion. The present expenditure on that wor, to £60,000, that being the amount estimated fulfilling existing arrangements with sub-cor astwuuonnobddi: submit ao r sir t tioa a int k ei hetteisoevt, actively yenr p ted r upg o proceed i e iosn e emi gdsc prosecuted et t illa i e v enba e ge l re y oeexmtp u ote ; t h tt s ee d. as t h,TfefrhaooiT hrfair wortrosa e pended are the portions likely to be least rein , total receipts from the traffic upon the line v from Portland and M on t rea l amounte d for lending the 31st of December, 1853, to £54, 6 144 30th of June, 1854, to £72,831 ; ending the 3 1 5 ot r 1854, to 1:97 907- and for the twenty-five We e 'isfriOr„, year ending the 30th ult. to £82,912, being 0 ,1, or e c'elt the corresponding period of last year of £1 5 ,1k, cent. Various causes have combined to ret s 'o l A! ' wr,, ment of the traffic over the eastern lines, sucli, A v, paralysis of the timber trade, the commercP' f4 eo y te, ensued, and the withdrawal during the last 11 1 11 0 it exigencies of the war of the steamers destined Liverpool and Portland. The directors express li ? roc' confidence in the undertaking-, and that it 01 0; remunerative when compl e t e d. On the motio n o f the CratratAff, the reu or iw c q d mously adopted ; an d th e proceed i ngs conclu ded W asifo thanks to the Canadian and London directors , a ll Chairman. 1 1°)' ‘ THE CHURCH-RATE QUES W subjoin an extract from the charge ree l ' lie by' the Ven. W. J. Philpotts, Archdeacon of Ceill pe y the' church-rate difficulty is treated in a- novel The Archdeacon says : I propose to appoint commissioners for the cele l l church-rate on precisely the same pl an as -the e sioners, Many of us can recollect the time* lies against:tithes- was much greater and more gec e.sl efr now against' church-rates. That objection ul d lee i f f moved by settling the amoun t, an d l ay i ng the bly and plait* upon the right persons- - ti: e n O i l. Now a tenant, when h e t a k es an estate, c' e (d, o r '; closely how match tithe-rent charge is to be P o t so much less rent to the landlord. He sees et °"; no grievance to him ; and, that if it were done 0,104 1 he would have to pay so much more for the laze / an•encl of all cause of complaint on his part. e , Now the landlOrds, as a body, have neverse, against church-rates, nor could they honestly il l oetl Dissenters or Chtitchmen. They bought or 1 11 property with this- burden upon it. If they b ° _ ,e 1 321 paid so much less money for their purchase on r" burden, and they cannot ask for more than their 1 ,494 they inherited it, that which they pay for eo rc e lett, - , not left to them, but to the Church. Thee e r s4 thankful for what is - theirs, and not graspa te fe, Tongs to another. The'Church's- title to the l o d t y is a better and a n aim title-than that of ell ebe rc ei England to his estate:- So. that to a bolish ro gel o r i altogether would be simply to• p u t so much t iee,e;ist landlord's pocket to which he h as no• ri g ht or es' 1 I cannot state this faetetoo plainly it is oft ° r id a e ll but cannot be contradicted.- . er'''eilfte Well then : after appointing the- consmissl,° e A g n n je' propose to proceed ? Let , them, appoint sev i et . :4 tore and sworn surveyors, who shall decide, firet, l' 'ti expenses are required on each -church and ehr u i ter i iect itin a real state o f repair.; .and, second, ptete l tY annual outlay necessary (afte r they are put t ee ord to -keep them in order. Let the ea eaves f° r it be laid over so man y years, if landlords- cie s , e O O 1.0 then ordinary repairs so estimated becoraea n t , payable- by the landlord, and recoverable' to. 00 0, 4 precisely the same way as the tithe-rent - charg % ! e ' r 0%01 that the landlords may have some contra t c ' e e tee t 1,6 tare, let the parish churchwarden be ail rfcin roe• co non-residents having a power to vote c i;e,'_2;_ yu rab s commissioners, on the complaint of th 'l uau ,d hor ya.- ,0 signed by the archdeacon, that the chuserend down 3 , proper state of repair, be required the e ase; re'ol raissioner or surveyor to en.quiic ; =if m isa9P A l amount, if the rate be really for e r a summary power to fine the iP°sll for the y o , So much tion-of funds entrusted to Mi n ' the church and churchyard- 040 1 1"0 0, the clerk and's ..0 0 ot J tl Next :- as to the payment of fh fi g I think, to be left to the discretion of .-0 0 0 ; d row egoe decide in: each parish whether they are to,be r commuted rate, or by an increase of fees ,on tees burials ; because, in small country - parishes,- tile n , l 6 . 0 c . 4 $ ' l ending person' Ot yat insufficient unless they were increased to ,`:.„ $ 11.,01 amount; whereas, in large parishes a veil s j e - to P t efd would suffice. The sexton would be requ' red ecte ll -fr for divine service, and keep clean the church, s eaye besides digging the graves. The clerk walla ,e /I 0 ordinary duties. to There.now remains to find'ineans for p'°',, , mental elements, the Bible, Book of Coluc'fo r books, and' surplice. With regard to the ' a ro oill e pl measure - as-I propose adopted, there-would be believe, on the pant of the clergy, to provi de ,:"o oe 4. and decent their own surplices.- As to out ' o f til e e t meats and books, let them. be paid for ow' ye ee c c ielvel rent-charge. The impropriators of tithes - ha` d i e ic eriti buted their fair share towards the expenses e., whose-funds they possess so large a portion'. stn'` acre;,, chancele contain ordinary sittings—(thou e they ought to be exclusively occupied by t o y e e oc i ( ?' gaged in, the performance of divine sereic r e ,; je liP, l l';, which are-appropriated to theeicar and hist 03 0 ) 06 .9,46,. might be let by the rector,aed the proceeds"; joy the churchwardens to providethese matter °" 0 / 1 4go,,, where- the contributions te, the offertory are:oter s.v t ; amount,m- certain portion r=ight be applied:fo e ,' r ee v,ble the consent of the ordinary, without riolatle'Vv,a dr intentkin of oblation to Ged,and His servkA tl er_„`eP„.efr; for Hie—poor. I would gladly lay down tet,' all causes but, as, from tLee•lifferent size, pal beats o, cumstances of the various parishes, this-weed e cefie possible, it becomes absolutely necessary to 1° ,;0, tion of-these details to the _discretion of the cc,'" 4 1Y FOREIGN INTEL LIG 01 ' , fof # rgi' h eo 4 / _fi, , ~ tr it Peres.—On Wedn , :isday the EmperorYf o rFs c err I Eaux, Bones, intendingfo accompany the -LF a ri s i ! : / Biarritz. Their Majesties will return.:to- ` - ,,,„ ./ ite _ e l ,It The Emperor's departure on Wednesday, was : v,,, , , , ,, , ., He arrived at the Orleans station at, half - P a i d...'ie:li plain dress, and without any escort . :. I ",, n t "Y,, i'1,16 0 :,0 made for his reception, and orders had. been 1 7.,Tere''to At that his incognito is-to be respected , .at the , t er,,, 1 ,7 1 ,,2, Notwithstanding the decision of the- Bin k r eh 15 lie hs i r the-- sum annually voted for the fetes. en '" 0 0 Aic menth.to the relief of the widows and. or phen s i oce,e; i t: and disease in the - Crimea, the Ate,. will: tel$1,01 1 ;19) the. Municipality having (according, to 1,1 1 4 , to 4, , t upon,. coming forward, and voting_ a . credit ' 6 expenses of the rejoicings, which. average "'" 1 ,44 L ( 616,000. die ,P tY to .- •0 ~,," SPAIN.7-ACCounts from Barcelona, lead abr t 1 ,,14 the Carlists are about to make-- a. grand, Dell 11 1 9` 7 00 It is said, by the correspondents. of the X re iber 0 4 °11 , Cabrera, the Infante Don Sebastien, and t,nce 5 ,,, , PrJ 7 •3, .already arrived in the province. ThOtlistn i r to ,r e 'fi',o,,'`'ll! were caused by the objection, of the peeP„l e vos e r l 4 oV levied in the -market.--Grave - accounts of t i i , wit 1, 114 1 % . , 1 ; .have reached, England. A letter of the 2°0y3,10, states that that he had been unwell. for some - 1 1 0 4-. 1 . continues:to take his eveningwajk u pon the 1 d 'e i 0 at the date-of the l e tt er , b een se i ze d w ith 3 t 9 much alarmed his friends. te ti l l PRUBBlA.—Letters from,Erdmanndorff st• t he 1 ,0 , a r , of Prussia had another attack of fever on,. st° 0 41,0 6 lasted the whole day. . lie passed, howev er ' ,illi t lep:; night, and has since been, improving. ~,,e/jrcii i, cto"; WtaT INDIES.—The, Banner of the -! ; r od,. er, e o ,`,101 1 7 just brought at out Kingston, Jamaica, In,'",ill"„oree,' summary of June 2(3, with the following g i 'y '' s?',. t et 01' The,packet which leaves our shores tlii s lo l/ 0 s teair thoAtiantic no tidings of joy or happine ss 4 I ',i4P„' jr , '; ; 0- 4 familiar with misery and suffering, pec e ' e s l' fi ' r esl s ;.,P c it4 i ness; no intelligence of revivinhe fo r o o 1 %0 , ) 1 . 11 culture; no improvement iu commerce' „,,,, fe' it s s c sa t , gation; no ray of light to cheer our gloolrad,, , ie 0 -` e t 0 4 r°"u:aijltlitsillve°P:til;:o7:o us forgetful of the past. On the C O t l eopeN ea r ; D oi ll i another Doff those-distressing tales which bo d ! l e o :OA have -so n heard, but which h 3ve ' s ion jp,. 10 ,1, f '41 1 ,.,f i' them to awaken the springs of con3P''',. - ST:, iivi l ri,7, lected but ever loyal and faithful colen? . e n o e- e e , e to report but increasing misery. There -. ito ot!,,,ipotloti;e 0 4 Matters. The whole island is plungeu, l e l ' o f d'" e nti, L . o , grows thicker rather than shows anY sig, er y ali i cat`. : l6 l agriculture is becoming more languid e 2, o f a , c esr'r e , l', 4 nants of properties are still going 0 ,,`1 1 , sollo c cij, l'' ile tl i lower portion of Port Royal-street, n . ,“ co nline r be tr i ;ilP' or alive and busy with the activity el l a wl ' to De 01 altogether deserted by the merchant _ ve al)/ , 15 . i , those immense buildings which used, w eoe tly ( b it ato o . ,itli tt ot, goods and merchandise of the n l°s l' o lol l ' a ta lte , e 1 0 ., afford the 'bats, owls, and mice undis n , : _. , par , . til ,f i io, stores, still kept up by dint of eco few exceptions, of the character of T - a brays Dea st ° if iti l te i: o of Kingston, which, in times past, had o nly o rilY era ft, 4 lo o o ll , o on f a th w o o b od os w om ith of it i s ts fo w r a e t s e t rs of a m f a e s si t s, dirn i toing ° f In °l' 5r . 0 0 t , % and there a vessel or two - of large re i t) , o do to ile tl o g thousand other evils which we cannot. e,_ ee rl ression• e co it , catalogue of our country's deP _ e • store 4 JO) persons unemployed, the ge neralscn ne vll t n ro t l t lg e e not far distant when we shall hay • f SA rj, chronicle. of 60 ................... 1 , 0- 4 f ,-.- ip 0 j D/FFlC C i ,'".mley 3 ,, 1 '01l ' o' s 09 &Um) CURB Or CoUGS AND 5. .. , ` ..- t ,- 11)-0 r.,, By Da. Lococa's PutzgoNlC VITA FE- hest t" tlia t I r If ii a coughing fit came on me with su norning ;• . v . to rts , l`l o ( thotrOt I should not live to see the 1 a ,,, r 1 , 01 1 ~ , o be rel y . Sir,—l was so much oppressed at my e vicon c b e ut D o u i e f li o c il l e , o o ,q a whole night without coughin.L.F, "' s c Mr. P:::tsr• t 1/0 1 911 boxes of wafers. 3. Hayne. Witt'f,., g ive' „f tl . l o l ie,, . rs - in t P Op( Ranelagh,strect." Dr. Locock's slfl'isorde ,re os 00 .0 rapid cure of asthma, cough , and ~a akers theY3veg I ''o je,i ~,P lungs. To singers and publie P.;„, TheY D . DOS' --: t Vill l ir clearing and strengthening the v. iv os. po.ol.lCe;tlo4lP4r jai prOVin,f, and ~t ri eS , $ ,:C 1 , 1. 0 6 . 1 taste. Prices Is. lid., 2s. 9d. , o a c i ' oci es Co"nd bo or s / f° , complexion, rendering the ,skiiu„bar, tav r : d 4„, co cly„id clear, sn it , pinW6.l. ''. , 5 'lit medicine fuliyfrasrant venders. p rep.ara Also, tio o p r ic?l _L . moving all eruptions, freck , es: . 1‘,.,. 0., a . pr. 1,, r. py ness. Sold in bottles, at is. lid t ., e z' • men; stain') e. • tic" on the gol ern ChM/3141C ware of counterfeits. Observe h lts r u 'P r _ rd t s ite ' vcr'rlie Outh I w zra s and one .o ,seeuted betwe4 1 1, 1 , ,000, the coatrt nd the reui I t,e4 , s and B 4 11 , ,_ id, and out spa'' - able 1.1 est pay a • I• ei , hares, accord) 4.4. p To call is to be• 1 11• la pe credited on, 11 Id any estrs .( , 1 41 o accept PII.IV Lawrence CA ns; .ds and 5 1, ° p ter which are to l io tx.. o ;ractors is of the n it ,`; a (Al al contract." -oin St. 1 1° Ite e c rt. 7borongb; 11 N e 11 4 tr e rs also or- ife`'ranl :Oria-brifigeeiyi; TNr( insider $l-11 itz an for toss; tridelthe -ork is _.;4 41 ; ed as 011'J tin al 9ntractorsa. c s from 0131:ex as Tbe Dus rat' s ntr line a?rP~ chines