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THE kiberpoot TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1856. FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. MONDAY MORNING, THE Royal_Family and the Court 'still rethain at Windsor Castle, thesojourn having been interrupted for a brief period in the middle of last week by the journerof HER MAJESTY and the PRINCE Co :4'0022 to London, for the opening of Parliament. On Monday evening, there was another dramatic performance at the Castle, when Tom TAYLOR'S new comedy, " Still Waters Run Deep," and J. MonTON's farce of "A Game at Romps" were enacted for the amusement of the Qussmi, the Royal Family, and HER MAJESTY'S distinguished guests. The whole of the visitors left the Castle on Wednesday morn ing, and, soon after their departure, the SovEREIGN and the Court left Windsor for London, and arrived at Buckingham PalaCe at a little after noon. In the afternoon, HER MAJESTY held a Court and Privy Council, and, in the evening, accom panied by Prince ALBERT, and attended by their suite, the QUEEN honoured the Haymarket Theatre with her presence. Theisame day, there were political meetings, under the name of full-dress dinners,given by the leading members of Govern ment, Lord PALMERSTON entertaining a select body of his supporters in the House of Common's at his residence in Picca dilly; Earl GRANVILLE, Lord President of the Council, giving one to a party of peers, at his residence in Bruton-street. At both of these re-unions, the speech which was delivered from the throne next day, and which had been submitted to HER MAJESTY at the Council, was read by the hosts to their respective guests. On Wednesday evening, the leading Con servative peers were entertained by the Earl of DERBY, at his mansion in St. James's-square. Among the guests of his lord ship were the Dukes of MANCHESTER, MONTROSE, and CLEVELAND ; the Earls of EGLINTON, CARDIGAN, LUCAN, HARDWICEE ; and Lords REDESDALE and ST. LEONARDS. On the same evening, Mr. DISRAELI received at dinner, at his residence at Grosvenor-gate, a select party of members of the time of Commons. At both these latter banquets the tactics of the Conservative members of the Houses of Parliament were understood to have been brought under con sideration. The course of action, although pretty well known to have been previously arranged in its broad and general features, was here to receive direct " form and body." Some difficulty as to this particular was thrown in the way of a definite arrangement, by the absence of any outline of the royal speech, which, for a good many years past, was fur nished to the various morning journals, and was pretty freely discussed in the clubs and political gatherings on the evening of the day before its formal delivery, but which was this year sedulously kept out of view. This change in practice with respect to the royal speech has been freely, but in general favourably commented on by the leading journals. The pro seeding was altogether an anomalous one, and could scarcely be productive of any good, while evil might and awkwardness was sure to follow the observance of such a practice, which was introduced as one of the many strange ways of courting popu larity by the Whigs. The inconvenience is said to have attracted the attention and remonstrance of a highly illus trious personage, on whose representation the change referred to has been brought about. The Morning Post, with the good taste and sense which generally pervade its columns, ap proves greatly of the new arrangement, declaring its approval of the new and more dignified plan, and states also that the other- was, as HAMLET held the drinking bouts of Denmark, a custom More honoured in the breach than the obaervance. Even the great potentate of Printinghouse-square makes vir tue of necessity, and grumbles approbation. The absence of any hint as to what was to be the leading features of the royal address piqued the curiosity of many, and gave zest to the speech as it was delivered, of a kind and to a degree that it has not enjoyed for many a day. The morning of Thursday was dull and cloudy, and the metropolis wore an aspect more forbidding than has of late been customary on the eve of a royal pageant. Notwith standing this, however, from a comparatively early hour the line of procession was the scene of gay displays of spectators all the way from Buckingham Palace to Westmister ; and any spot of "'vantage ground" which promised a good view of the royal cortege was densely crowded. Although no inkling'of the speech had been allowed to ooze out, everyone felt assured that the present position of the belligerents and the prospect of a termination of hostilities must form leading features in the speech, and each was anxious to learn the first tidings of what they looked on as an official declara tion of the state of affairs. Impressed with this feeling and belief, the pageant itself assumed a new importance in the eyes of the anxious beholders, and this was heightened by the concourse of distinguished public characters who congregated from all quarters to take part in the imposing ceremony. There seemed an unusual attendance of foreign ministers, besides the ordinary array of state officials. These different individuals were received with more or less marked courtesy accordingly as they were known and popularly appreciated. The French Ambassador, the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, and Lord PALMERSTON forming distinguished marks on which the populace poured their warm and hearty applause. HER MAJESTY was everywhere received with marks of repectful homage, and shouts of enthusiastic loyalty accom panied her progress from the palace to the House of Lords. The interior of that noble chamber presented an imposing and fascinating spectacle. Crowded as it was in all quarters by an array of peers and peeresses—of native and foreign statesmen—of rank, wealth, and beauty, it acquired a yet higher interest than the mere display of official dignity and the presence of personal worth could bestow on it. Peace or war, was the alternative which each anxious listener expected to hear announced in measured cadence from the royal lips, and the hopes and fears of each rose and fell from time to time as the minutes rolled along in slow suspense. As HER MAJESTY entered, a momentary feel ing of'pleasure brightened up the scene, and once more the silence of intense expectation settled over the brilliant throng. Shortly after being seated on the throne, and the Peers and Peeresses, in conformity with the royal intimation, having resumed their seats, HER MAJESTY, who remained sitting, in her usually clear and firm tones read the speech, amidst the breathless attention of the audience. Immediately on having finished the reading, HER MAJESTY was conducted from the chamber by Prince ALBERT, and the ceremonial portion of the day's proCeedings terminated. The QUEEN and Prince AL BERT returned to Buckingham Palace, and having remained there for nearly =lour and a half, took their departure thence for Windsor at 20 minutes past four, arriving at the Castle in about an hour after. No sooner were the pageant and ceremonial ended, than all• ranks and degrees of the people were deep in cogitation on the contents of the official manifesto. Of course different opinions prevailed in different quarters, and conflicting views of its meaning were elicited from opposite commentators, the pre vailing declaration being that most matters touched upon in it were left much in the same position, as before. In the speech, the nation was informed that Russia had expressed willingness to accept the Austrian propositions as the ground work to negotiate a treaty of peace. That, however, the nation had been apprised of before. Doubts were insinuated rather than expressed, that Russia is not quite so sincere as she professes to be. In that sentiment the nation at large had long before, and emphatically, expressed concurrence. In the speech it is distinctly intimated that the naval and military preparations for next campaign will not be relaxed until a satisfactory peace has been concluded, That was at once admitted to be a true expression of the national will, although a considerable section of the people and the Parliament are prepared to adopt Lord DERBY'S suggested amendment, that it would be a better reading to make it that " I shall deem it right hallo degree to relax my naval and military operations," instead of preparations, "until a satisfactory peace shall have been concluded." One 'an nouncement in the speech, which also had been popularly un derstood, was made officially clear, that a treaty has been entered into with the RING of SWEDEN and NORWAY. So far all that had been inculcated through semi-ministerial agency in reference to the mi ghty issues of peace or war hive now been officially confirmed; but really, as yet, the Cabinet has made but little way in the " diffusion of useful knowledge," by means of the royal speech. If its positive information on these heads be meagre, its promises are even more hazy and quite as little inspiring, as to the contemplated course of in ternal improvement. True enough, towards the end of the document there is a sort of generalised intimation that there exist differences "between the commercial laws of Scotland and those of other parts of the United Kingdom ;" that the crude and hastily concocted law of " Limited Liability" is not satisfactory ; that complaint is made of the " local dues or pass ing tolls" levied on mercantile shipping ; and that something is not quite right in "the law in Great Britain and Ireland." Measures to remedy all which are promised with the easy off-hand air which is so peculiarly characteristic of the Panmien's senatorial eloquence. If liable to such objections in regard to its intimations of fact, and the mysteriously mud-foggy style of its promises, it is quite as remarkable for the cautious and unsatisfactory silence which it observes in relation to the threatened com plications with America, which are believed by many well informed parties on both sides of the Atlantic to be matters justifying anxiety, and far, indeed, from being unworthy of attention. The omission of any allusion to the disputes between the cabinets of Washington and Great Britain is quite as likely to generate irritation as to soothe excitement, However trivial it. may appear in the eyes of Lord PALMERSTOR, the unpleasant feeling existing in Persia against this country is the cause of very considerable un easiness to many, who believe, it may be erroneously, that it is in a great degree the result of Russian intrigue, and is only part of a system which, if not effectually checked, will, sooner or later, occasion this country great efforts and many sacri fices to counteract. The Parliamentary campaign has now begun in earnest ; and notices of motion, of varying degrees of interest, have already been given in both houses. One of considerable im portance, in a constitutional point of view, has been given for discussion in the House of Peers, on the subject of life peerages, occasioned by the elevation of Baron PARKE as a peer for life, instead of making out the patent of his nobility in the usual form. The motion is to be made on Thursday, by Lord LYNDHURST, who is to state this evening the precise nature of his motion. Various constitutional authorities t jaold the precedent an exceedingly dangerous one ; and altli;ugli no one offers the slightest opposition to the elevation of the learned baron—indeed, there seems to be but one opinion as to the expediency and propriety of that proceeding—very grave objections are urged in opposition to the Wensleydale peerage as a life one. The division of the House of Lords into two bodies—hereditary and life peers—it is felt would be a dangerous innovation, and one which, if conceded, will open the way for a wayward Minister to swamp the House by the creation of numerous life peers : indeed, it is among the cur rent rumours of the day that Sir Join{ JERVIS, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas,is also to be raised to the UpperHouseas a life peer. Much interest is attached among legal circles to the discussion. The law lords, it is said, are, with one excep tion, opposed to the new creation, on the ground of its illegality. Brief as the period has been which has elapsed since the meeting of Parliament, no small amount of interest has attached to the proceedings in the House of Commons. Im mediately on re-assembling, after the brief adjournment cus tomary on the first day of the session, several new members took their seats, among whom was Sir CHARLES NAPIER, for Southwark. So soon as the standing orders had been com plied with, new writs were issued for a number of places, in cluding the University of Cambridge, Edinburgh and Midhurst. To these writs more than usual interest is attached. The first named is expected to involVe a severe contest, and excites great attention, involving as it does the Parliamentary status of the Right Hon. Mr. H. S. WALPOLE, one of the best as he is also one of the most distinguished of the Conservative party. To enable him to stand for Cambridge, Mr. WALPOLE has necessarily resigned his seat for Midhurst, where the return of his friend, Mr. SA.MIIEL WARREN, is considered secure. To obtain the University seat promises to be an arduous under taking, and a severe contest is anticipated. The result is con fidently looked forward to by the friends of Mr.WiLPoLn ; but they do not attempt to disguise that a heavy task and a sharp conflict are before them. The claims of his opponent, Mr. DENMAN, son of the late Lord DENMAN, rest chiefly on his recently-acquired popularity as a scholar of some promise, and his consequent favour among the resident voters. Political position he has none, nor has he any foundation to ground his political pretensions on beyond the ordinary vague profession of liberal faith and a plentiful crop of promises. On the other hand, Mr. WALPOLE is known to be a ripe and well-cultured scholar, an able and judicious lawyer, and a sound practical statesman. The polling for this election, on which the eyes of the country are turned, commences on Thursday, and may ' continue for a considerable time. The interest attaching to the election for the Scotch metropolis is rather that belonging to the shadows of the past than of particular interest in itself. It is occasioned, as all the world knows, by the resignation of his seat by Mr. T. B. MACAULAr, who retires into the quietude of private and the - sedate luxuries of literary life. The senatorial chair which he has vacated has become the object of ambition to two gentlemen, both natives of the city, who, though brethren in profession, are rivals in renown, who have long "agreed to differ" on many public and private matters. So far as present appearances go, Mr. ADAM BLACK, the pet of the Whigs and Dissenters, seems to have the advantage over his rival, Sir WILLIAM JORNSTON, who is the idol of the Free Church party, and who is, moreover, well known to have a profound knowledge of the art of "circle-sailing," as that is applied to municipal politics. A third candidate, in the Con servative interest, is spoken of for the northern Athens, in the person of the Hon. T. C. BRUCE, brother to the Earl of ELGIN, who stood at the last general election, and made a fair show on the poll. Conspicious among the extra-legislative displays of the past week was the great MILNER GIBSON-BRIGHT exhibition, last Monday night, at Manchester. This brilliant assemblage was presided over by Mr. G. WILSON, who told the motley gathering that they had assembled to do honour to the public services of " one gentleman who was right honourable by favour of the QUEEN, and of another who was right honourable by favour of the people ! " and this too in the presence of and in compliment to a gentleman who, as a Privy Counsellor, must have sworn to support and maintain the privileges of the QUEEN. This worthy Privy Counsellor and high-spirited gentleman offered no rebuke to his "excellent friend," who had thus wantonly insulted his Sovereign, and sneered at the dignity and honour she had conferred on so unworthy a recipient of either. The BRIGHT vagaries of Mr. M. Ginsow's colleague consisted in a repetition of the old tricks. Villifying all who differ from him in opinion— shaping his facts to fit his case—as a joiner, pares and alters the piece of wood he has to put into a parti cular hole. One matter alone must be borne steadfastly iu view—whatever JoHN BRIGHT says of himself, or his case,or his opponent, is ipso facto true, correct, and proper; and so of all those who agree with him. All who differ from him are fools, knaves, and liars. At his bidding right becomes wrong ; black, white ; truth, falsehood; knowledge, ignorance. He is the only infallible man alive, and his world is peopled by only two classes, the wise and the good, who implicitly agree with him—the knaves and fools, who dare, in even the slightest degree, to differ from him. While politics and war continue to divide the senatorialand electoral interests of the realm, the contentions which for sonic time have shaken the rival thrones set up in Drury-lane and Covent-garden theatres continues unabated. In this instance, however, the strife is turned to mutual profit. At Drury-lane, the great gun trick, by Professor CHARLES MATHEWS, the Wizard of the S.S.W. by S., continues to fill the house with shouting and admiring crowds, who nightly applaud to the echo the clever travesties of Ali DERsow's robustious and some what clumsy necromancy. The Covent-garden squib in retort is a smart dramatic pasquinade, under the title of "What does he Want ?" in which CHARLES MATHEWS is tellingly caricatured and happily mimicked by Mr. LEIGH Munnex. The contest of mimicry between these two rival comedians is cleverly sustained, and its reward is sensibly perceived at the treasury, the receipts at which are large, and said to be increasing. A current rumour has it settled that Her Majesty's Theatre will be opened this season under the combined government of Messrs. LUMLEY and- MITCHELL and Herr OTTO, GOLDSCHMIDT, the Swedish Nightingale resuming her place, it is said, as prima donna. The rumour, like all rumours, is, of course, well authenticated, but the individual sponsors for its accuracy are, it must be confessed, somewhat difficult to find. Still, as it contains nothing at variance with probability, there may be truth -in -it. - The Royal Italian Opera company is still in, course of formation by Mr. GTE, who has secured the services of Madame GEM. and Signor MARIO. At the opening of this theatre, among the early novelties, it is understood an Italian version of VERDI'S Sicilian Vespers will be produced, similar to that which last year created so great a furore in the musical world of Paris. THE SABBATH DEFENCE MEETING. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SlR,—The editor of a newspaper has, of course, to exercise considerable discretion in the accepting or rejecting of certain documents that from time to time find their way into his letter-box. I picture to myself an editor at his desk, having just received the postman's morning contribution. A mass of heterogeneous matter, in the shape of a variety of letters, lie at his side, and three baskets before him. Then comes "the tug of war !"—a " Balaklava charge" into the multitudinous conglomeration of correspondents' cogitations ! Au envelope is torn open, and the contents hastily " run through ;" it falls into basket "No. 2" "for further consideration." The next is twice read, and enters "basket No. 1" "for insertion; another is looked into, and soon appears in fragments, in " basket No. 3," the worthy editor exclaiming—" What stuff !" 'NOW, Sir, the presiding genius at tile " Blue Pill Office" admitting into does not appear to me to havd used his discretion aright in "basket No. 1" a long-winded letter (dated Jan. 22), and styled by its author " A BLISTER," relative to the late " Sabbath Defence Meeting" in St. George's-hall. I shall now quote a few extracts from the said produc tion : " I never before saw so many assembled in one building wearing white neckcloths, which had a puritanical effect, and was strongly suggestive of those times when the Pharisee used to go abroad marked with some distinctive badge." Mr. B. (as we will call him) is evidently set against the ` vent his spleen" up on a t n o n,oyed to find the build iSnagh o a t w h e l m l movement, andnt, and g i i n v s as a t m o u n c c h e the clergy, against which body of men (through the whole length of his letter) he especially directs his attacks. He stated that they " earn wages on the Sabbath by preaching," and that this is " working on the Lord's-day ;" and moreover, that " they prefer the money to the labour which they expend. " Let Mr. B. remember that " preaching" is - God's own appointed ordinance, and that he has said, "The labourer is worthy of Ills reward. The writer, in the next place, seems to have been annoyed at the " white cravat gentlemen," and " white chokers" ( as he designates the clergy) appearing in their best coats! " They appeared to me to be the best clad and best fed in the assembly. (o doubt tailors consider them their best customers, for their garments always appeal' to shine, whilst their hearers often enough are compelled to let theirs become "seedy." . . • . If the meeting had been weeded of the "white chokers," of their wives and daughters, of their hangers-on in the garb of Scripture readers, of deacons, of .churchwardens, anti:their wives and families, the - Hill would have been much thinned, and the meeting stripped'of its fine feathers." " BUSTER" next advocates the setting up as preachers men who "work during the week at the hammer, saw," &c., and says, "we do not want refined speculations, or scientifiniseottrses on the Sunday. Plain food is best for us, and it may be provided at a cheap rate." Would Mr. B. like to be lectured from the pulpit, Sunday after Sunday, by his tailor, joiner, or shoemaker I—would not his "amen" be exchanged for "ne mew' ultra ere pidam 1" 8., in proceeding with his letter, abuses preachers right and left, in "exchanging sermons' for money." " When Dr. Raffles was first appointed, he had a lower. salary than he re• ceives now • as he increased in popularity he obtained higher wages. The same may be said of Dr. M`Neile and others. . . . These, our blind leaders [very complimentary !] work on the Sabbath, because they receive money for what they do on that day. . . . The meeting to my [blistered ?] mind smelt a good deal of the shop, and, I fear, had no better root than hypocrisy." [Very charitable, Mr. B.!] He nextwould lead one to believe that " Mr. Horsfall's forge hammers" are "not always silent on Sunday," and that 'Mr. Peto employs workmen in Paris on the Sabbath." --- "BLISTER," in concluding, Makes the following extraordi nary statements :—"Drunkenness is the sin of this nation; and nowthat an attempt has been made to wipe it off, the old cleri cal spirit is with its hand.up against everyman. . . . Every great reform has been made in spite of the clergy, and by men moved by a higher feeling than the love of gain. . . Lord John Russell was moved by the spirit of a noble philanthropy when he carried the Reform Bill. [! !!] . . . Drunken ness will be done away with in a great measure, but not by the preachers and clergy. They will do their best to hinder the progress of the good work. [H] They must be made to stand aside, to make rcom for other men. . . . Seeing that the speakers were so much affected by inflammation, for their good lam moved to apply this BLISTER: "* So ends Mr. B.'s production. Will not even the • Anti- Sabbath Defence party exclaim, " Save us from our friends !" Talk of inflammation, why " himself is in a most highly inflammatory condition ! Let his medical man keep him, by all means, for the next three weeks, upon a very low diet. The St. George's Hall meeting has been much too exciting for his tender constitution ! The " white cravats " haunt his disturbed brain and his poor mind is evidently blistered with prejudice against all the preachers of the. present day, and especially against those who stand boldly forward in defence of that noble, sacred; and Divine Institution, which (in pro portion as it is honoured) tends, and ever will tend, to exalt a kingdom, whilst the opposite course is sure eventually to end in degradation and ruin. TrUsting, Sir, that Mr. B:s future productions upon the matter in hand (i. e., whilst he continues a victim to prejudice) will be consigned to the receptacle "number three," I re main, your obedient servant, R. " Blister's" letter appeared in the Liverpool Mercury, of Janu ary 22, 1856. THE IMPORTANCE OF SPEAKING THE TRUTH in RELIGIOUS CONTROVE.RSY.. A LETTER PROM THE REV. DR. BLYLEE, PRINCIPAL OF ST. AIDAN'S TELEOLOGICAL COLLEGE, BIRKENHEAD, TO THE REV. EDWARD NANGLE, EDITOR OP THE ACHILL MIS SIONARY HERALD. MY DEAR BROTRER,—I read with much pain your stria tures ou my little tracts upon certain proposed changes in our Liturgy. _ _ The pain and grief which your observations caused arose from the sad exhibition of how far one Christian can go in falsely accusing his brother. You have written respecting me that which, so far as I am concerned, I am thankful to say, is utterly contrary to the truth. You accuse me of Romanizing tendencies, which, in my heart, I abhor ; and of ignoring part of God's Word, although I have written a little treatise on Verbal Inspiration, asserting and, I hope, proving;.that every word and syllable of the Holy Scriptures is just what God would have spoken from Heaven, had He employed no human instrumentality. _ In endeavouring to make your statements appear to be true, you suppress those parts• of what I have written which would have prevented the possibility of your readers accepting those statements. Your first charge against me is, that I have rapidly gone down the inclined pl a n e towards Romanism in my statements respecting. the Christian. priesthood. Now, what are the facts ? In the year 1836, I was engaged with you in the active duties of the Achill Mission. Z then wrote a little book, en titled, " The Institutions of the Church of England one of Divine authority." Every line• of that book you heard read as it was going through your own printing•press, and you made no objection to a single statement in it. That little work contains precisely the same views of the analogy between the Levitical priesthood and the Christian ministry which my recent tracts-advocate. As we lived next door to each, other for nearly three gears, and were in habits of daily intercourse, you were intimately acquainted with my sentiments. - With such facts on record, it is no wonder that my heart felt sad that a minister of Christ should so pervert Christian morals, to the bitterness of religious controversy, as actually to print a statement, highly injurious to his brother, which he knew to be without foundation. Your seco n d charge is that of Romish and Tractarian principles, because I assert that the Christian ministry is an exact transcript of the Levitical priesthood in all its peculiarities. In making this assertion, you suppress the part of the sentence which would have shown the true meaning of my words. My statement is, that " Priesthood has been. strangely con founded with mediation, so that, to most minds, to speak of sacerdotal functions is the same thing as to speak of a media torial office." A still more prevalent error has been, to regard a certain ritualism as essential to priesthood. In the following pages I hope to prove the erroneousness of those opinions, and to show that the Levitical priesthood was in reality far less ceremonial than all former. ones • and that in all its peculiarities it was an exact pattern Of the Christian ministry." The whole of the tract is written to show what were those peculiarities. They were these : I. Public Worship, without, Sacrifice. 11. Public Teaching on the Sabbath-Day. 111. The Pastoral care. IV. Judicial Functions. How far this agrees with Eoruanizing tendencies, , l leave to the judgment of my readers. Your third charge is, that I ignore the Epistle to the Hebrews. I believe every word, not only of the Epistle to the Hebrews, but also of the whole Bible, to be-God's Word. As I have already said, I have written a little treatise on Verbal Inspiration as a truth essential to the-authority of Holy Scripture. The ground of your false accusation is my. saying that Christ is nowhere called a priest, except in the Epistle to the Hebrews ; but you omit the real force of the argument. It is commonly alleged that, inasmuch as Christian ministers are not called priests in the New Testament, therefore they are not priests. MY answer was, that throughout the whole Gentile portions of the New Testament our. Lord is never once called a priest ; that the question is not about names but things. The func tions peculiar to the Levitical priesthood, as distinguished from former priesthoods, belong to the Christian minister ; and, therefore, this argument about a name ianothing. And now, to prevent farther misrepresentation, I shall state briefly my views upon two. or three points in which I have been grossly' misrepresented in various quarters. L-EONANI9~i. I. I believe Rome to be the Babylon foredoomed of God. 11. I believe Transubstantiation and the Sacrifice of the Mass to be " blasphemous fables." III: I believe the , Supremacy claimed by the Pope to be a blasphemous intrusion into the Headship of Christ. IV. I believe , the diomish Ideal of a Mediatorial Priesthood to be an intrnsbin into Christ's High Priesthood. 11.-TRACTARIANISIK, The views propounded in the Tracts for the Times, and by the avowed members of that party, I believe, to be dangerously erroneous in the following particulars : I. In ascribing, an undue efficacy to baptismal grate, taro-- founding it with. the renewal of the soul. 11. In going too near to the Romish ideal of the Christian Priesthood. 111. In mystifying the doctrine of th,eßealPresence,ascribing some mysterious change to the consecrated bread and wine. IV. In not giving to - Justification..by Faith its due place and prominence.. V. In giving over dissenters and others to what are- falsely called the uncovenanted mercies of God. VI. In.being dissatisfied with our Reformed Ritual. iit.—naarnsm. I. I do not believe the doctrine of renewal in baptism, as taught by the Church of Rome and by the Tractafian party. 11. I de not believe in the hypothetic view of our baptismal service, because I think that it ascribes too much, to baptism. 1.11. I believe that baptism does no more than incorporate into the visible church, and. so convey those spiritual pri vileges which belong to the visible church. Those spiritual privileges I believe to be only the grace of the Holy Spirit to wards and upon us, but not that He renews the soul in bap tism. IV.—THE. LORD'S SUPPER. in LI do not believe any presence of Christ in the conse crated bread and wine. IL I do not believe in. any sacrifice of the consecrated bread and wine. 111. I do not believe, in any bodily reception of Christ in the Lord's Supper. IV. I believe the Lord's Supper to be both a commemoration and a communion, but not a sacrifice. V-TILE REAL PRESENCE. I. By real presence is meant efficacy, and not local nearness. The sun is present when he shines upon us, although bodily hp is ninety-five millions of miles distant. 11. Christ's real presence I believe to be the energy of his action upon us, . . _ That action I believe to be from the God-man Christ Jesus, and that the energy of his power in the Lord's Supper is from His divine and human nature. This was symbolised in Rev. xxi., 11, by the divine light coming through a jasper or blood-coloured lamp. VI. - SICRIPICE. I. There is no sin offering now either in reality or figure, but the one continual offering of the blessed Jesus in heaven —" a Lamb as it had been slain."—Rev. v., 6. 11. I believe that our " alms and oblations" are of the same character as the Jewish peace-offerings, that is, presentations to God as a thank-offering for His pardoning mercy and con tinual grace. 111. I believe in no other material sacrifice on our part in Christian worship. VII.-PRIE3THOOD. L I believe Christ to be the only High Priest and only Mediator. 11. I believe the Christian ministry to have succeeded to the moral and spiritual functions of the Levitical priesthood, but not to those offices which were limited to the Temple ritual. VIII. - APOSTOLICA.L SUCCESSION. I. I believe the episcopal ministry - to l;;COMe down from apostolic times. 11. I do not believe that divine grace is limited to that ministry. 111. I believe that those in every sect and party who fear God and work righteousness are accepted with him. These views you knew to be my sentiments. You knew it twenty years ago. They are earnestly re-stated in the very tracts which you misrepresent, I freely forgive you yew! uutruth and your injustice. It is THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. a great comfort to me to be able to pray for " my enemies, persecutors, and slanderers," and to feel towards several of them that they are my brethren in Christ, who will in heaven acknowledge the untruth and unkindness with which they have assailed me. My dear brother, the Lord grant to you grace to acknowledge the sin which you have committed against me, and grace also to see that divine truth does not need the weapon of misrepresentation. In remembrance of many happy hours in which we have spoken and prayed .together, in remembrance of a period of united service, in which I was privileged to be in daily danger of life for Christ's sake, and in the prospect of meeting you in heaven, _ I remain, Your injured brother in Christ, JOSEPH BAYLEE. St. Aidan's College, Jan. 25, 1856 IMPROVEMENTS IN LIVERPOOL. ALTEIOUGH the progress of those new arrangements in many of our streets known by the general name of " The Town Improvements" are not making very obvious or striking way towards a systematic completion, no small amount of real improvement is being carried out by private enterprise, while some stir is also being made in the same direction by the corporation. Some time ago, the Town Council acquired the premises in Dale-street, formerly occupied as the Sara, cen's Head Inn, on which it has been determined to erect an edifice for .the accommodation of the officers in the various public departments, in lieu of the "Public Offices" in Corn wallis-street. Within the last few days workmen have been engaged in the demolition of the old premises, preparatory to the erection of the new buildings. The plans for these were submitted to the Committee on Friday, and approved by them. The plan is at once capacious and extensive ; and, from the great magnitude of the area intended to be occupied, as well as from the well-considered nature of the plans, the accommo dation for the transaction of business will be ample, while, from the central position occupied by the building, it will be easy of access. Architecturally considered, this edifice will add much to the rising character of the town. The Dale-street front is very long, stretching from Sir Thomas's-buildings on the west, to Crosshall-street on the east, and from this circum stance affording fine scope for the, development of an imposing street front. Some time ago the Liverpool and London Fire and Life Assurance Company purchased the large pile of buildings, near - the Town-hall, bounded by High-street, Exchange street East, and Dale-street, which is to be pulled down, and a magnificent erection substituted, in which, besides other offices, will be comprised a building for earrying on the busi ness of the company. The sale of the old materials took place last week; and already the work of demolition is in progress. The pile was divided into four lots, and sold by auction, by Messrs. Winstanley, in the old police-office. The several lots were purchased by Mr. Williams, builder, of Crown-street, for about £520, the lots thus averaging £l3O each. Mr. Williams is tied down to have the buildings demolished, and the mate rials :cleared off' the ground, before the 20th of March. The tenants, including sharebrokers, shipbrokers, insurance brokers, lawyers, shipowners, railway carriers, &c., have " cleared out," with the exception of two—Mr. Lea, the news vendor, and Mr. Bird, druggist; whose terms of notice do not expire until the. 30th of June next, and with whom, it appears, the company have not yet been able to come to a satisfactory settlement. The land is said to have Cost the pur chasers about £70,000. For some portion of it (the corner of Dale-street and Exchange-street East) £7O per square-yard was paid. The new building is to be from the design of Mr. Cockerell, of London ' Professor of Architecture to the Royal Academy, the artist entrusted with the completion of St. George's Hall, after the death of Mr. Elmes. It is to be com pleted as speedily as possible,• and will consist of offices only, all the present shops being abolished in the new plan. With regard to the two tenants who will not move, it is expected that something similar will take place to what was witnessed a few years ago, in the case of the Royal Insurance Company's buildings, where a contumacious barber—who occupied a little shop at the corner of North John-street and Dale-street—re fused to evacuate, until the roof was literally taken off above his head, and an avalanche of bricks, mortar, and old flooring drove him out of the premises. In Water-street also, two extensive piles of old offices and warehouse* are nearly completed in the progress of demolition, for the purpose of being replaced by handsome structures, de voted to the accommodation of shipping and other mercantile firms. In Oldhall-street also, an extensive area has been all but cleared, for the erection of premises by. Messrs. Leyland and Bullins ;: this latter area is rather more than an acre in extent, and affords fine scope for the construction of a large and beautiful pile of buildings. LIVERPOOL JUVENILE REFORMATORY. A MEETING of the Juvenile Reformatory Association was held on Tuesday s in the Council Chamber;- John Stewart, Esq., Mayor in the chair. The Chairman read letters from Mr. T. B. Horsfall, M.P. and the Recorder, the latter gentle-, man enclosing a subscription of two guineas. At the request of the Chairman, Mr. BRoutarmat read the report, which stated that the hulk Akbar had been fitted up for the purposes of a reformatory, at an expense of £lOOO. It was capable of accommodating 500 boys, who weukl be trained as sailors. Owing to the difficulties of obtaining land, &c., the association had been unable to make any progress with the other two branches of the reformatory scheme, Though liberal donations had been received, much more money would be required to carry the institutions on with, vigour and success. The• Rev. Rector CAMPBELL moved the adoption of the report, expressing his heartfelt commiseration for - the objects whose reformation they , were met to promote. He drew a parallel between the "city Arab" and the ownerless dogs which. infested Constantinople, and commented in feeling terms upon the wretchedness and degradation which the neglectof parents on the one hand, and of society , upon the other, imposed upon the class of young people described. Mr. BROWN, M.P., who seconded the motion,.remarked that as none were victims at once, but as the progress of crime was gradual, prevention should by all possible means be adopted. He hoped the community would assist heartily in carrying out the objects mentioned in the report. Mr. .L P. HEYWOOD (Islgh-sheriff) urged als) the-import ance of attacking the evils alluded to at their root, as his experience of office had led• him to the conviction that no good was to be done with the old thieves. The floating reformatory was, in his view, an excellent mode of disposing of the youths whom it was desirable to • improve, as there was- always a demand for good sailors. Mr. ADAM HODGSON, with the object of setting forth more clearly thed esign and character of reformatories, read the reso lutions of the parliamentary select committee on the subject. He eulogised the Corporation of Liverpool, and those who had come forward to support the establishment of reformatories in the town ; but he urged that, from the paramount necessity of such institutions, the cost of maintaining them cught to be thrown upon the public at large. Let the community, then, assist government as earnestly and liberally as possible, in making_the great experiment—an experiment whieb had suc ceeded wherever it had been fairly tried—in order that govern ment might ultimately be justified in obtaining the funds for the regular support of such institutions from the public. The: resolution was then• put and carried. Mr_ 3. S. MANSFIELD. moved the next resolution. The riches of a country, he said, did not consist in material wealth alone-, but in a well-ordered population, which would be useful in peace and a defence in time of war. In this view the re formatories were most important institutions„ and should receive liberal national support. The floating hulk he thought the most expensive kind of reformatory, as it could only be a training establishment, and was not likely to- become self supporting. -When they. considered, however, that a criminal, from his boyhood to his deportation or death, cost the country several hundreds of pounds, the Akbar would be a most profitable venture, and the voyage a most successful one, even if it were only limited to swinging in the River Mersey. It was- a most desirable thing that there should be an occasional interchange of boys—those from the Akbar being exchanged for boys from an agricultural reform atory, and vice versa. But what was needed just as much as reformatories for boys was the establishment of similar in stitutions for girls. They were as much neglected by their parents, as much incited to theft and depredation, as boys were; and, owing to their sex, were most difficult to manage. The reformation of girls was at the root of the evil. Every thing in the morality of a family depended upon the morality of the mother; and it was one of the most painful things which, as a magistrate, came before him, when married women were brought up, charged with being drunk and dis t orderly, with fighting, drinking, and acts of outrage, and who were obviously incapable of performing. the functions of wife and mother. Hering deprecated a mode-of teaching which was too high in reformatory and kindred institutions, Mr. Mans field said, that what women had to be taught was, that the modesty of their sex should never be overstepped ; and, that ardent spirits, indulged in by a great number of young, mar ried women,, should be avoided. They should be taught the ordinary work of a house, to keep, their houses clean, to be able to malto their own, and to mend their husband's-clothes, to wash, to nurse, and to cook. These were the things which a young woman ought to be educated to know, and without which it was a falsification of terms to call her a man's help. mate. Mr. Mansfield concluded with a motion, pointing out the value and importance cf reformatory institutions, and earnestly appealing for public support. Mr., SAMIIRL HOLME seconded the resolution in a speech, during which he traced the progress of one of the "neglected" boys through his varied peculations to his first committal. The gaol to him was but a school for crime,, and ultimately, after costing the community some £2OO, he was despatched to a penal settlement. He had been from his infancy the victim of circumstances ; society expected to find an angel, but these children had had the education of devils. In Liverpool alone there were hundreds of such parentless creatures growing up criminals ; and, if something was not done with them now, the community would have to maintain them in prison, and at last to transport them. Upon economical grounds, then, reformatories should be pressed upon the attention of the public. £160,000 to £170,000 had been spent upon a new gaol at Walton, capable of holding 1,000 criminals, and it was nearly full. If reformatory measures were not more exten sively availed of, the same sum might, ere long, be demanded again for another geol.—The Rev. F. Bishop supported the resolution. Mr. J. C. EWART, M.P., moved the appointment of a com mittee.—Mr. J. A. Tobin seconded the motion.—Mr. W. Rathbone supported the resolution, dwelling upon the im portance of improving the homes of the poor.—The Rev. J. Carter (chaplain of the borough gaol) also supported the reso lution. He commended the change in the law which made parents responsible for payment towards the reformation of their children. He condemned the practice of exposing goods for sale in the front of shops, as affording great temptation for theft. —Thanks to the chairman were passed, on the motion of Mr. Cropper, seconded by Mr. T. D. Anderson. The former said that £2,000 a year would be required for the reformatory experiments in Liverpool. CHURCH SCHOOLMASTERS' ASSOCIATION.—At a pre liminary meeting held at the school-house, Sutton, on Satur day, it was resolved to form a Church Schoolmasters' Associa tion, for St. Helen's and the neighbourhood. The following gentlemen were appointed on the committee for the ensuing Year : Chairman, Mr. W. White, Moorflat School, St. Helen's; secretary, Mr. J. N. Brooks, National School, Sutton ; treasurer, Mr. G. Eyre, National School, Rainhill ; Mr. ', 73. Goodwin, Holy Trinity School, Runcorn ; Mr. C. M'Clij an d , National School, Halewood ; Mr. T. Westland National School, Parr ; Mr. Aldred, National School, 4 Outon. The meetings of the association will take a e up* the first Saturday in every month, at the douses op schools of the various members, when an essay will be read by the members alternately upon some practical sgbject Qf education. LIVERPOOL BOROUGH SESSIONS'. TUE General Quarter Sessions of the Peace forthe Borough of Liverpool were opened yesterday, before Gilbert Henderson, Esq., Recorder, in the Crown Court, St. George's-hall. The calendar is comparatively a light one, embracing the names of twenty-two prisoners charged with felonies, and twelve accused of misdemeanours. The following gentlemen were sworn on the GRAND JURY : John Bibby, merchant, Tower-garden, Foreman, Thos. Stevenson Ashbur, tier, wine merchant, Rumford-place, Charles Frederick Came, merchant, Rumford-place, William Rushton Coulburn, merchant, Old Church-yard, William Cliff, merchant, Tithebarn-street, Ralph Dawson, merchant, Chapel-walks, - George Langford Fosbery, merchant, Tithebarn-street, • Edgar Garstou, merchant, Rumford-place, Abram Gartside, wool broker, North John-street, Edward Jackson Lowe, sharebroker, Exchange-street East, William John Marrow, merchant, Brunswick-street, Robert Rankin, merchant, South John-street, ' Alexander Sleigh, broker, Hackin's-hey, • George Blundell Thompson, merchant, Fenwick-street, William John Tomlinson, merchant, Rumford-street, Caleb David Watson, ship broker, Water-street, Wallace Walker, merchant, Rumford-street, Horatio John Webster, broker, Rumford-street, Robert Vining, merchant, Chapel-street. The learned RECORDER then proceeded to charge the Grand Jury ; he said :—Gentlemen of the Grand Jury, looking at the calendar now before us, we find that it contains the names of little more than about thirty individuals ; and this number may be looked on as small. The offences also, it appears, from the same date, are comparatively light. There are a con siderable number of cases of stealing, but none of these of a very aggravated character. One is a case of stealing palm oil from the dock-quay, which is rather unusual; there are seve ral instances in which shops have been broken into, and goods and money stolen from the premises. Several cases also occur in which the knife has been used, thus showing that the dis graceful practice of stabbinc , is still prevalent in this com munity ; but also proving that the authorities are watchful in detecting the perpetrators of such offences, and that the ma gistrates are vigilant in their endeavours to repress it, and determined in their resolution to have the offenders brought to punishment. Still, on the whole, there is but little to re mark, either on the nature or the number of the offences charged in the calendar. Considering that six weeks have elapsed since the last sessions were held, the number of pri soners now committed for trial must appear somewhat small, when compared with this great community; and might in duce the mere casual observer to suppose that the smallness of the number of prisoners was indicative of a diminution of crime. This, I fear, upon examination, will be found scarcely to be a warrantable conclusion. It may be accounted for in various ways, apart from so favourable a view as that of dimin ished criminality. One thing strikes us forcibly, on an inves tigation of the subject, and that is the large number of sum mary committals by the magistrates, as compared with those which are sent for trial. When the act under which the power of summary commitment was so greatly enlarged, I entertained some doubt as to the effect it might have ; and large as the experience of one sitting in such a place as this is, I had, I confess, some doubt of its actual working. The sub ject, hors ever, has fallen under the consideration of a gentle man who has ample opportunity for judging, and it appears to him that the operation of summary commitment is more extensively carried out here than in many other places. In the admirable report made to the county magistrates, by Mr. Clay, the chaplain to the House of Correction at Preston, the subject is referred to ; and in regard to it that gentleman says, " Captain Greig, in his tables,. shows only 455 committals for trial, and 13,127 summary punishments ! This is a startling discrepancy, and indicates an extra ordinary want of uniformity in the mode of dealing with crime and disorder in the same county." It shows, indeed, a singular discrepancy in dealing with crime and dis order in Liverpool, when compared with Manchester and other large towns. Criminals know and appreciate the dif ference of being dealt with by the one mode or by the other, and instances are common in which prisoners- implore the magistrates to do whatever they please with them summarily, but not to send them for trial. An instance came to my knowledge not long since, in which an individual was taken almost in the act of committing a robbery, and under circum stances which did not admit any chance of his escaping con viction. On being taken he remarked coolly to the officer, " this will not he much, not more than three months under summary conviction." This shows clearly that criminals are aware of the more lenient sentences passed in the summary way than when sent for trial s and that they calculate accord ingly. Such considerations as the above lead forcibly to the conclusion that the practice of summarily convicting before magistrates is one deserving of careful attention, as it may lead to consequences very different from those intended by the Leg , islature. None of the cases in the calendar appear to , be of a nature to cause any difficulty in the 'way of your• dealing with them, and with the few observations I have' made I shalbrefrain from further occupying your time. The Grand Jury then retired, and shortly after the court proceeded with the trials of prisoners. COUNTY COURT - OPPRESSION. IMPORTANT INVESTIGATION. On Saturday, Mr. Pollock, Judge of the Liverpool County - Court, sat in inquiry upon the case of M`Mahon v. Bromielaw,, involving a charge against the under-bailiffs of the court,. Lloyd and Keenan, of extorting. 4s. from a poor woman, under the following circumstances :—On the 7th of January, the• bailiffs proceeded to the house•of the• defendant to distrain under an execution for 4s. let. Mrs. Bromielaw and her husband asked them to wait until they had raised the money; and after they had done so the bailiffs demanded 45., as a day's wages for Lloyd, for waiting in the house until they had found the money. They threatened to take away some of the furniture, unless their claim was satisfied; and, in order to get quit of them, .the 4s. was paid. On applying, the following day, at the office, for a receipt,.Mr. Jackson refused to give her one for more than 4s. id; She had:thereupon applied to the court, and his honour had ordered this inquiry. Kee nan explained that the additional money paid was only 3s. 6d., and that was asked after a special agreement with Mr. and Mrs. Bromielaw that they would pay a man that amount for staying with the furniture until the money was obtained. Lloyd said he was not a legalised officer of the court ; that he accompanied Keenan "on spec," as it was called; that it was agreed that he was to be left in possession, and to receive the fee ; and that he was subsequently paid 3s. 6d- by Keenan. His Hoisoun„having elicited from Keenan that he was for merly in the police, asked him-if he had a written apppointment as an officer of this court. Keenan ' a in, some confusion, produced filthy bit of paper,.) which his HONOUR declared to be not a legal document. Have these men, he asked, any appointment at all 2 Mr. Goon , replied that the appointment of Keenan had net yet been certified, as he was on trial ; that Lloyd was not an officer of the court ; and that the only person who had a write ten appointment was Jackson. His Hotarauß observed that there was still another point to be explained. The officers of the court, had spoken only to receiving 2g.. 6d., but Mrs.l3romielaw, and the other witnesses, had de fared that 4s. was the amount of the extra sum claimed. What had, been done wl.th the sixpenee, and under what authority was it claimed ? Mr. HEIR explained that that was claimed as possession money, under a Treasury order ; and directed his Honour's attention to the 106th suction of Archbald's Practice, which authorised the high-bailiff to claim sixpence in the pound as possession money, after goods had been distrained. His HONOUR : I don'A see in the act anything about pos session-money before a sale. Mr. GOOD: It is done in every court in England. His HONOUR.—BuLif it is not authorised by act of Parlia ment, the sooner it is out of every court the better. 'Kau have no right to take fees,,except by act a Parliament. But there is another question. If you are entitled to charge possession money by the act, by; what right have these poor people to be made to pay money to 'a separate person in addition to your ls. • and if that separate individual, by agreement, is entitled to Charge anything.what right have yon to say, " Well, now, having left a man. in possession,.under agreement.you must pay his wages, or I, will take youragoods." I say, even if such special agreement were made, you cannot enforce payment by keeping the goods. As to this part of the question, this pos session -fee, I shall defer it for future consideration. He was perfectly satisfied that a sum of money had been extorted from the Bromielaws., by. the officers employed under the high bailiff. It was said that 3s. was the amount.paid, but he had not the slightest doubt that the Bromielaws had had 4s. extorted from, them. It jest showed to what such arrange ments were liable. When a departure was made from the clear legal right of parties, nothing but extortion, and misconduck might be practised under tha cloak of " private arrangement." He had very little doubt that the 6d., beyond the 3s. 6d., had found its way into Keenan's pocket, after he had paid Lloyd for going "on spec," as be termed it. Now, these things could not be tolerated, and, as far as he was concerned, it should not be in that court, nor in that jurisdiction. He doubted whether the high-bailiff could legally claim the pos session fee, but being at present undecided upon that point, he would leave it for a future day. He had been told that it was a general custom to claim such a sum of money, Ho , should give it his best attention;and would , . ascertain whether any such claim could be sustained in point of. law. A certain sum was already allowed to the high-bailiff for execution; and at present he saw no reason whatever why he should claim an additional 6d., where goods had not been removed. He would, however, See that the high ; bailiff did not receive more than he was entitled to, or might consider himself entitled to. if it should be found that the high-bailiff was entitled to pos session-money. it would set at rest the other question of charging by' a person not an, officer of the court. Jackson appeared to laave'acted'by the orders of the high-bailiff, and he did not attach any blame to him ; and Lloyd was not an officer of the court, and, he could not properly deal with him. As to the high-bailiff, though he might have introduced this arrangement of permitting an irrespon sible person to receive money for remaining in pos session, with every good intention, and although he could see . that, in some cases, it might be a great boon, he could not allow such possession-money to be extorted by fear of any process of the court, or by any such compulsion as was evidently used in this case, and which was clearly illegal. He was satisfied that Keenan had no right whatever to this 4s. or 3s. 6d.; and he was persuaded that Keenan had told a falsehood in that matter, "He has told me that upon oath," continued the judge,. " and I direct that he he discharged as a bailiff from all employment here within a fortnight from this time ; that he be not employed during that period ; that an order be made upon him to repay, after settling as he can with Lloyd, the 4s. extorted by him from the Bromielaws, with all the costs of this inquiry. I shall enforce this, if necessary, by commitment to prison for the longest period the law permits, I direct further that no bailiff be hereafter appointed without a written order from Mr. Stone (the high bailiff) ; that no one be appointed before the court has been consulted, and has been informed of the character of such person; and further, that a list of all bailiff's so appointed be kept in Mr. Stone's office, to be referred to by me at any time," SENTENCES.—Thomas Hunter, convicted of stealing a purse and Bs. from Mary Hughes, sentenced to six years' penal servitude.—John Fortune, John Hughes, and Patrick Sharkey, charged with breaking into the store of Mr, Lawrence, and stealing a number of brass taps, &c. Sharkey was acquitted. Hughes w 7.5 sentenced to four and Fortune to six months' imPrir,nment.—Bartholomew Cook, convicted of stealing a 1 31 ',:ese from Catherine Kermade, was sentenced to four years' penal servitude.—James Neagle, Mary Neagle, and James Murphy, charged with breaking into the shop of Robert Brownig and stealing 23 pairs of boots, were convicted ar sentenced, Mary Nagle to 12, James Nagle to 18 Months' '" prisonment, and Murphy to fiveyears' penal servitade-1V Dillon, convicted of stealing a dress from J. H. Gibs' sward sentenced to six months' imnrisonment.—Win.Clark "n'. was of breaking into the siteiti4 Thos. Ellison and ' convicted ealing 405., 1111$ seztence4 to, §:gym 3 calif; r.r411. sentitut6 [FEBRUARY 5, 1856. ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE• PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS.. Rev. T. G. Atkinson, M.A., to the Curacy of Walton.le-nale' near Liverpool. Rev, T. C. Barker, M.A., to the Vicarage of Spelsbury, Oxford' shire. Rev. J. Bates, 8.A., Scholar of St. John's College, Cambria!) to the Second Mastership of the Royal Grammar-School, an" to the Curacy of St. Giles's, Colchester. Rev. F. Bathurst, M.A., to the Stipendiary Curacy of Maids morton, Bucks. Rev. R. H. Baynes, M.A., to th e C uracy o f Christ Church, Southwark. tte Rev. G. C. Berkeley, Vi car o f Southminster, Estiex,, ( 0 Rural Deanery of Dengie. . Rev. G. L. Blissett to the Curacy of St. Cuthbert's, Wells. t. Rev. G. H. Cooke, 8.A., t o th e C uracy of Cerne Abbas, Dorsie„, Rev. B. G. Goodrich, MA., to the Rectory of H ar d mea d, Rev. W. Hazeltine, to the Bengal Ecclesiastical E s t a blishraeV Rev. G. Hogarth, M.A., t o th e C uracy o f Hornsea, pear Hull. • Rev. It. U. Lambert, to he Assistant Curate of St. Mary and John, Devizes. Rev. C. S. Lowndes, M.A., to the Rectory of North Crawley' Bucks. Ven. H. Moore, NI.A., A r chd eacon o f S ta ff ord, to t h e Vies- rir °e of St. Mary's, Lichfield. Rev. R. Moss, 8.A., Curate of St. Mary's, to the IncumbeneY of All Saints' Church, Blackburn. Rev. F. H. Paley, M.A., Curate of Penn, near Wolverharno 3/4 to the Vicarage of that Parish. Rev. H. Parry, M.A., to the I ncum b ency o f Bylchau, near Denbigh. Rev. H. F. Philips, to the Curacy of St. Margaret's, Recbeste r : Rev. T. A. C. Pratt, M.A., to the Madras Ecclesiastical Est' b lishment. Rev. F. Simpson, M.A., to the Vicarage of Boynton, near Bri g ' lington. Rev. A. L. P. Snow, M.A., to the Rectory of Chilfrome, Dors, et• Rev. J. B. Stuart, M.A., to the Rectory of C ore l e y, near Tea" bury. Rev. A. Swain, 8.A., to the Rerpetual Curacy of St. Mar Devonport. Rev. G. E. Tate, Incumbent of St. Jude's, Southwark, to the Incumbency of St. Matthew's, Widcome, Bath, CLERICAL OBITUARY. Jan. 16, at his residence, West-park House, Clifton, neat Bristol, the Rev. Wm. Bennett,- Rector of Cheam, Surrey, in his 93rd year. Jan. 22, at Hulme, Manchester, aged 37, the Rev. JosePti Ryland, M.A., of Trinity College, Cambridge. Jan. 22, at the Vicarage, Newlyn, Cornwall, the Rev. Edward Dix, M.A., aged 53, for seventeen years vicar of that parish. Jan, 24, after one day's illness, the Rev. Maurice Hillier GoOu man, of Oare House, near Marlborough, vicar of Wilcott, is W I 70th year. DIOCESE OF CHESTER. PREFERMEIITS.—The Rev. Frederick Addison has beer! licensed by the Bishop of Chester to the Perpetual Curacy of Cleator, in the county of Cumberland, void by the cession of the Rev. John Taylor. Patron, the Earl of Lonsdale.—'l o b e Rev. Isaac Holmes has also been licensed to the Chaplaincy of the Industrial Schools, Kirkdale, Liverpool, upon the nomina tion of the Select Vestry.—The Rev. C. M. Empson has also been licensed to the Stipendiary Curacy of Knutsford, i n the county of Chester, on the nomination of the Rev. Robell Clowes, the Vicar.—The Rev. W. H. Denny has also been licensed to the Stipendiary Curacy of the parish of Liverpool, on the nomination of the Rev. Augustus Campbell, the Rector.—The Rev. William Henry Hopkins has te ll nominated to the Perpetual Curacy of Saint Paul's Church , Werneth, in the county of Chester, void by the resignation of the Rev. John Rodgers. Patron s ,G. and C. Andrew, Esqs. TEE FIRST SIKH OKDAII , TED AS A MrsmoN.A.ny.—T l l fact of the ordination as a minister of the Church of England in India, of the first Sikh who has sought the Christian ministry, is an interesting one, and ought not to be passed over. Daoud Singh, a Punjabi Sikh, has been for about nine years a convert, and has maintained an excellent Christian character' for some years in connection ' as a catechist, with the S. P. G. Mission at Cawnpo r e. About three years since he was tranferred to the Church Missionary Society's Missieu, at Umritzur,. in his native country, an d h as so commen de d , himself to' Messrs. Fitzpatrick and Clark,. that they hese strongly recommended him for Holy Orders, and after due examination,. he was ordained a native pastor, by the BishoP of Calcutta, at Allahabad, in October last.. Other converts of the Sikh tribes are associated with him in his labours ; and thus are the late enemies of our rule becoming the pro pagators of our faith.—Oriental Christian Spectator. A NEW MUSEUM is , projected under fair auspices. It is to be called " The Scriptural Museum" ; and its purpose is to afford a series of illustrations of Bible history, geography', and manners. Mr. Bonomi has lent his cabinet of Egyptian antiquities and his sketches of Assyrian sculpture to the; society —a good beginning most assuredly. The soc i e ty, 01Y which. the Eat]. of Chichester is president, and the. Rev. D. Edwards secretary, propose to embrace the following subjects in their collection :—Landscape scenery of Palestine—modele of Jerusalem—productions, vegetable, animal, and mineral- - ' illustrations of the civil and ecclesiastical polity of the Hebrews' —military discipline—sacred antiquities of the Israelites , Assyrians, Egypiians—Tabernacle—Temple, proseuchw, and synagogues—dress , of priests—high priests and Levites— Temple vessels—musical instruments— domestic antiquities -- tents, houses, and furniture--dress—coverings for the bead, phylacteries, raiment of camel hair—signets, rings, sandals -- literature, science and art—writing materials and imple-' ments—Sinaitic and other inscriptions -manuscripts-poetry., —painting and music—agric u lt ura l implements —arms and' chariots of war—weights, measures, coins, and other articles• relating to commerce—t rea t men t o f the dead, and ' funeral rites. It is proposed to establish a library in connection with the museum ; and also to organise courses of lectures on the topics illustrated by the articles in the society's collec tion.—Athenceum. MEETING OF CONFOCATIONi—On Ftiday both houses of convocation met at Westminster; the upper house at the' Bounty-office, and the lower house i❑ the Jerusalem.- ..Al:ember. Tho Arobbieb.p of Oantowl...--, upper. house, and there were:• present the Bishops of Win chester, St. David's, Oxford, St. Asaph, Lincoln, Salisbury, Llandaff, Chichester, Exeter, and Rochester. The first business transacted was to summon the-prolocutor of the lower house, in order to inform him that the petition to the crown, agreed to last session, praying for leave,•to make canons and con stitutions, had been declined by the crown. A petition was presented by the Bishop of Oxford from the dean and chapter of Westminster, praying that the Archdeacon of Westminster might be summoned to convocation in the usual manner. On the motion of the Bishop of Oxford, seconded by the Bishop of Exeter, it was resolved—" That the petition of the dean and chapter of Westminster be received, and laid upon the table ; and that his grace the president be requested to direct his law officers to prepare a report on the prayer of the said petition, to be laid before the convocation at its next session. The Bishop of Oxford addressed the house at great length on the subject of a modification of the church's laws if it were to continue its labours, and on more frequent communication between the bishops and clergy by means of synodal action, and concluded by moving a resolution requesting the arch bishop •to direct the lower house to consider the law in re ference to the discipline of the-clergy, and to report thereupon on the 15th of April. The lower house assembled under the presidency of the Dean of Bristol, the prolocutor (the Dean of Ely) being too unwell to attend. A lengthened discussion upon the constitution of convocation occupied the greater por tion of the sitting. The proceedings were adjourned until Tuesday, April 15. COURT AND FASHION. ON Wednesday, the Earl. of Derby entertained at dinner twenty-eight members of the House of Peers, and Mr. Disraeli received at dinner forty-two members of the ouse of Commons. Ma- WHITESIDE, Q.C., and Sir James W. Hogg, are spoken of as candidates to repreEent the county of Middlesex on the Conservative interest at the next election. Mr. Grantley Berkeley has also been named as likely to come forward, in the event of either of the above declining to stand. TaE Morning Heral4 announces that the important queS tionlot peerages for life will this week form the subject of a warm debate in the House of Lords, and it adds that, with the• exception of the Lord Chancellor, all the law lords are of opinion that the creation of life peerages is unconstitutional. FIELD-MARSHAL VISCOUNT HARDIN-GE gave a grand dinner, on Monday, to General de la Marmora, at the gallant Viscount's residence in Great Stanhope -street. The Duke of Cambridge and a distinguished party had the honour to meet the gallant Sardinian General. The General was accompanied by his Excellency the Marquis d'Azeglio,„aud Count Very, WS aide-de-camp. _ _ RIIMOITRED MLXISTERIAL CHANialk—lt is reported that Sir George Grey is likely soon to resign the Home-oflice favour of the present Attorney-General,. Sir Alexander Cock burn. In this event Sir Richard Bethel' would become Attorney-General, and the vacant Salitor-Generalship would be conferred on Mr. Collier, Q.C. the thember for Ply mo uth. It is also rumonred that Sir John, Jervis, the present Chief Justice of the. Common Pleas, is to be raised to the Upper House with ulife peerage, and to be succeeded on the bench by Sir Frederick Thesiger. MARRIAG& IN HIGH LIFE.--The marriage of Captain Sayer, of the 23rd Royal Fusiliers, to Miss Phipps, eldest daughter of Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, C. 8., (keeper of Her Majesty's privy purse,) and. niece to the Marquis of Nor manby, took place in the Chapel Royal of St. George, Windsor , . on Tuesday. Her 'Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied , by the Princess Royal, the Prince of Wales, the Princess Alice, and Paine° Alfred, were present at the ceremony, which los' performed by the Hon. and Rev. G. Wellesley, Dean of Windsor , assisted by the Rev. Lord W. Russell, and the Rev. F. Anson , The Deus Misereatur, by Dr. Elvey, and the responses hi Tallis, were effectively rendered by the choir. The ceremonY being concluded, the bride and bridegroom received the con gratulations of their friends, and then returned to the chapter room to sign the register, Dr. Elvey at the same time playing Mendelssohn's beautiful " Wedding March." Immediately after the ceremony, her Majesty, Prince Albert, and the Royal family privately returned to the Castle. The bride was attired in a richly flounced Swiss lace dress, over a white glace silk slip. Her hair was, adorned with a wreath of orange blossoms and lilies, and over all a superb Brussels lace veil. She waS attended by eight bridesmaids, namely, Miss Phipps, Miss Sayer, (sister to the bridegroom,) Miss Farquharson, Miss G. Browne, Miss Knollys, Miss Hill, Miss Barrington, and Miss Harford, all of whom were attired in white glace silk dresses' and white Parisian bonnets, trimmed with rosebuds, lilies, and forget•me-nots—four wearing pink and white, and four bled 3 and white Cashmere opera cloaks, trimmed with forget-rao4 nots and lilies. The bridegroom. wore the full dress uniformof his regiment, and was decorated w ith th e Crimean xtied 4 having been present at the battle. of the Alm a , where be was bwriasde alsoa nddresabried severly wounded. Captain Marshall, of thp, 2 n d Lif e G u ards , leaving a g s groomsman,the chapel, the e d 'in fall their relatives and f r i en d s, proceeded " to the deanery, where u f ni oll f o o s r ve ra• ( d 1) : 7 ; dejeuner of a most rieherch6dcerription had been prepare under the able superintendence of Mr. Richard Gunter , ° A ; Lowndes-street, Albert•gate. 11. ,pwards of one hundred gues' e were invited. The bridecake was placed on the centre of 0. , table, and, from its chaste r and elegant design, attracted 1 1 1 ,1 versal admiration ;it was surrounded by appropriate nletn lions, beautifully met* al in sugar, and encircled by wres te d of orange blossom arso white roses. The table was decoll'_`,: i with vase,s containi- ig fruit, flowers, and birds of every varleli of colour, beallt° all ' s* modelled in sugar. The band of the end Life Guards, I.- • - woo.' the d' as in attendance during the repast. S aft" ejeuner, the bride and bridegroom took their d parture 'on a wedding tour, Among the company assemp' 4 , ne Duchess of Wellington, Lord and Lady Hardlofto """u' v Sophia Phipps , Earl and Coutess Mulgrave,Lord Mor fi ' vs , - Colonel and Mrs. Bathurst, Lady Caroline Barringto e m4r, George and Lady Cooper , Lady L. Phipps, Sir Henry Fl T 1 3,0 Captain Anstruther, Captain Farquharson, M. and Igna;o. Van de Weyer, the Hon. and Rev. the Dean of Windsora,-,,„14, and Mrs. Grey, Mrs. Phipps, Miss Barrington, Miss Itrrf, e . Miss Sayer, Miss Knollys, Miss Graves Brown, Miss yT a i'V. harson, Captain F. Bathurst, Captain D. Baillie, CaPta c ,',er, Bathurst, Joseph Hume, Esq., Errington, Mrs. Villebois, Esq., &c. ,_. T EE been f, kissing, t UR. Nor lotter halt, The Araeric ClYcle. „ 40 n, to and wil Sus] lecture 9 4 Toe: Jeet bei lion." ball wa cash. ou him th e / he a d A. su