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SPRING-THE AWAKING. BY DENIS FLORENCE NOCARTHY. A lady came to a snow-white bier, Where a youth lay pale and dead, And she took the veil from her widow'd head, And bending low in his ear she said— Avfaken ! for I am here. She pass'd, with a smile, to a wild wood near, 'Where the boughs were barren and hare; And she tapp'd on the bark with her fingers fair, And she call'd to the leaves that were buried there— Awaken ! for I am here. The birds beheld her without a fear, As she walked through the deep'ning dells; And she breath'd on their downy citadels, And she said to the young, in their ivory shells, Awaken ! for I am here. On the graves of the flowers she dropp'd a tear, But with hope and with joy, like us; And even as the Lord to Lazarus, She called to the sluinb'ring, sweet flowers thus — Awaken 1 for I am here. To the lilies that lay in the silver mere, To the reeds by the golden pond, To the moss that rounded the marge beyond, She spoke, in her voice so soft and fond — Awaken' for I am here. The violet peep'd, with its blue eye clear, From under its own grave-stone ; For the blessed tidings around had flown, And before she spoke, the mandate was known — Awaken ! for I am here. The pale grass lay with its long locks sere, On the breast of the open plain ; She loosened the matted hair of the slain, And cried, as she filled each juicy vein— Awaken ! for I am here. The rush rose up with its pointed spear; The flag, with its falchion broad ; The dock uplifted its shield unaw'd, As her voice ran clear through the quickening sod-- Awaken ! for I am here. The red blood ran through the clover near, And the heath on the bills o'erhead ; The daisy's fingers were tipp'd with red, As she started to life, as the lady said— Awaken ! for I am here. And the young year rose from her snow-white bier, And the flowers from their green retreat ; And they came and knelt at the lady's feet. Saying all with their mingled voices sweet— () Lady ! behold us here. LITERATURE. BOOKS FOR REVIEW, &c.—Books, New Prints, Music, &c., intended for review, may be left at Mr. C. Mitchell's, Red lion-court, Fleet-street, London, addressed "to the Editor of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD," when they will be forwarded and receive attention. The Botanic Garden and Fruitist. London : Groombridge and Sons. The part for April contains descriptions of woody nightshade, or bittersweet, the silvery-leaved Daphne, the yellow•flowered fumatory, the Canadian lily, the asp, and the Corovitsky apple. This apple with the outlandish name is said to be a very ac ceptable early apple of northern origin, having been sent from Russia to the London Horticultural Society, in 1524. The present is a most useful publication to the possessors of gardens, large or small, as well as to the student of horticulture—one of the most inviting fields of knowledge which can engage the attention of young or old. A Sermon for the New Year. Edinburgh : Paton and Ritchie. Although we are somewhat late in drawing at tention to this sermon, still, as it may be read with profit at all seasJns, so may we appropriately enough recommend it, even at this stage of the current year's progress. This sermon was preached in St. Bernard's Church, Edinburgh, by the Rev. David Brown, minister of the parish, formerly of Liverpool, From the eloquence of the discourse, we are not surprised that Mr. Brown's congrega tion expressed the desire that they might possess it in a printed form, or that they were seriously im pressed with it at the time of its delivery from the pulpit. We cull a passage, which forcibly urges the necessity of observing THE STAGES OF TIME. How universal is the effect produced by the departure of one year, and the beginning of another ! There are events in the personal history of men whereby their at tention is called to the passing of time. Our recurring birthdays are among the most notable of these. There is a solemnity about that day in the revolving year which calls us to add another figure to mark our duration upon earth, which tells us we have taken one step more nearer to the grave. The upgrowing and recurring birthdays of our children have, although in a fainter degree, a similar effect, or the anniversary of some important change we have made in life, or the particular day on which our father, or mother, or some dear friend, died ; or when, after the lapse of years, unconscious of the change, which time has been working on ourselves, we meet some one, and marvel at the tall stature, and manly face and bearing of him whom last we saw as a child, or the grey hairs and furrowed cheek of him whom last we beheld in the bloom and vigour of manhood. But these, and such as these, are personal changes; and although affecting our minds ever so intensely, they do not produce a general, far less a universal impression. How different is it in this respect with the event which has just be fallen us ! The voice of Providence bath simultaneously entered the ears of millions of human beings. The truth it has proclaimed is equally affecting to all. We are car ried away as with a flood ; we are as a sleep ; or like the growing, withering grass ; we spend our years as a tale that is told. In the palace and the cottage—by the noble and the peasant—by the sick man in his bed, and the strong man in the street—by the prosperous and the un fortunate—by the young and the old, hath that voice been heard. Men of many nations, and lineages, and languages, and opinions, have listened to it ; and while the voice has been differently interpreted, it has made itself heard by all. Now, take this one particular lesson from these reflections: it surely were well if a truth so universally heard, and of equal interest wherever it is heard, drew closer the bonds of fraternal fellowship among mankind. The conventional distinctions of life are so often obtruded on our notice, and the classifica tions of human society operate so frequently as a restraint on the best sympathies of our nature, that it is good for us to retreat occasionally quite out of the labyrinth of conventionalities, and in such a region of universal in. terest as the present, to survey our mutual relationships ; and seeing that, classify and separate as man will, Provi dence is proclaiming that we are carried by a common stream to a common destiny, to gather into our hearts, as largely as we can, a spirit of love and charity to all our brethren of mankind. The Dodd Family Abroad. By Charles Lever. London: Chapman arid Hall. The narrative is intensely exciting in the eighth part of Harry Lorrequer's new novel, and, as usual, abounds in that quiet undercurrent of wit and humour for which the work is conspicuous, and specimens of which we may select from any page : THE ACCOMMODATING FACULTY. After all, 1 suppose it is downright balderdash to say that a man is not adapted for this, or suited to that. I remember people telling me that public life wouldn't do for me; that I wasn't the kind of man for Parliament, and so on ; but I see the folly of it all now. The truth is, Tom, that there is a faculty of accommodation in human nature ; and wherever you are placed, under what ever circumstances situated, you'll discover that your spirit, like your stomach, learns to digest everything ; though I won't deny that it may now and then be at the cost of a heartburn in the one case as well as the other. THE TARIFF OF PURGATORY. Father Maher remarks upon poor Jones M'Cartby is, I must say, very unfeeling ; and I don't coincide with the conclusions he draws from them ; for if he was half as had as he says, Masses will do him little good : and for a few thousand years, more or less, I can't afford to pay fifty pounds ! Ask him, besides, is it reasonable, that when the price of everything is falling, with Free-trade, that the old Tariff of Purgatory is to be kept up still ? That would be downright absurd ! Priests, my dear Molly, must lower their rates, as the Protectionists do their rents : that's " one of the demands of the age, and can't be resisted." As Lord George says, " The Church, like the railroad people, fell into the mistake of lavish expenditure! Purgatory was like a station, and ought never to be made too costly. No one wants to live there : the most one requires is, to be decently comfortable, till you can go on.' What's the use of fine furniture, elegant chairs and carpets ? they're clean thrown away in such a place." If Father Maher thinks that the remarks are not uttered in a respectful spirit, tell him he's wrong • for Lord G. and all his family are Whigs, and i n t en d t O do more mischief to the Established Ch urc h than any party that ever was in power ; and I roust say, I n ever beard Father Mahe! abuse Protestants, Bigotry, a n d Intolerance, more bitterly than Lord G." HIGH SOCIETY AND GENTEEL MANNERS. It is the same with one's thoughts as with their diet ; half the things we like best are only what is called acquired tastes. Trouble enough we often have to learn them ; but when once we do so, who'd be fool enough to go back upon his old ignorance again ? High society and genteel manners, Molly, however you may like them when you are used to them, are just like London porter—mighty bitter when you first taste it. I know there are plenty of People will tell you the contrary, and that they took to it naturally like mother's milk • but, don't believe them , it's qu it e i mposs ibl e i t cou ld be true. TOE GLASGOW STONEMASONS are beginning to wear mustachios, on the score of health, as recommended by Dr. Allison, the Edinburgh professor, who regards them as a preventive t o b reathing the fine dust which so much injures the mason, and shortens his life. CHILBLAINS.--From constitutional predisposition, some families suffer both pain and inconvenience from severe winter attacks of chilblains, the most violent of which may be removed in a day, probably by one applica tion, by rubbing common chalk over the parts affected, whereever situated. If the hands, simply rub the chalk well over the parts at night, and put on gloves ; the ap plication will instantly allay the itching, w hi c h is so an noying a feature of the complaint, and in the morning, i n _ flammation, cause, and effect, will all disappear. The sim plicity of this remedy, it is to be hoped, will not cause it to be treated as a quackery, and so neglected ; on the contrary, it is infallible, and worth recording in the recipe book of every family. CURE FOR BROKEN CHILBLAINS.—One pint of sweet oil, three ounces of Venice turpentine, half a pound hog lard, three ounces of beeswax. Put into a pipkin, and on a slow fire. Stir with a wooden spoon till the wax is dis solved, and the ingredients simmer. It will be fit for use mmediately, but the longer it is kept the better it is.— spread very thin on a linen rag. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 1853. VARIETIES. GENTILITY is said to be eating meat with a silver fork when the butcher has not been paid. . . IT would require several horses to draw all the strings of a piano -forte to concert pitch, the strain upon them, when in perfect tune, being about seven tons. - •• - " How IS IT," said one little miss to another, " that John's never afraid, and I am ?"—" Because he's got a Roman nose and feels safe ; don't you remember how we read, that it has always been said that a Roman knows —no danger ?" THE ELEPHANT AT EXETER CHANGE.—This ele phant once nearly killed an Irishman for an insult offered to his trunk. The act was rash in the extreme : " but it was impossible," the Hibernian said, " to resist a nose you could pull with both hands."—Hood. AN ATTORNEY, about to furnish a bill of costs, was re quested by his client, a baker, to make it as light as he could. "Ah :" replied the attorney, " that's what you may say to your foreman, but it's not the way I make my bread." A Goon PRICE FOR A LADY'S TOOTII.—M. A. Lenoir, the founder of the French Museum, relates that during the transport of the remains of Abelard and Heloise to the Petits Augustins, an Englishman offered him £l,OOO for one of the teeth of Heloise ! INFIDELITY.—An Infidel, who had been attempting to prove that men have no souls, asked a lady, with an air of triumph, what she thought of his philosophy. "It ap pears to me, (she replied,) that you have been employing a good deal of talent to prove yourself a beast." FIRST BOY.--" Here's a pretty go, Bill ? Through this coagulition Ministry, there arn't to be no more transportation to the Diggins', by the old Bailey emi gration." Second (Jen) Boy.—" Oh, never mind, - old feller ; they're going to let my sort into Parleyment ; and as soon as I'm in I'll do summat for ye !" RICH AND COMFOKTABI.E.-0110 of the wealthiest farmers en the Connecticut tells the following story : " When I first came to settle, about 40 years ago, I told my wife I meant to be rich—all she wanted was enough to make her comfortable.' I went to work and cleared my land. I've worked hard ever since,—and have got rich, as rich as I want to be. Most of my children have settled about me, and they all have good farms. But my wife isn't comfortable' yet." A KNOTTY POINT SETTLED.—First Juvenile Politi cian—" Wall, say, now the Demmycrats is in, wat do youspose they'll do ?"—Second Juvenile Politician (scorn fully) : " Do, yer fool? Why 'nex Cuby and Canadee, take the Givano Islands, 'nex Hingland, and bring Halbert and \Victory over, and show 'em at Barnum's —that's what they'll do."—First Juvenile Politician : "They will . 7 —Hooray Demmycrats for ever !—say give us a plug, will yer ?" As AMERICAN WRITER remarks:—England breathes withthe lungs of Birmingham and Manchester; herheart is Australia ; her pulse is London 'Change. If plethora threatens her, and there is congestion in the bellows, or the furnace on fire, or if the boiler of the steam engine threaten to burst, or rattle, she prescribes for herself the medicine of the market. She discharges her accumulated manufactures upon the nations of the earth. Trade has increased all their avocations ; and now the noble lord and the princely merchant can come together east of Temple Bar. Society is thus fused into and polished by Commerce, and more than all, Commerce opens up the track for the Church to follow on to evangelize the world ; and nobly does she now pursue the paths provided for her mission. BEHAVIOUR IN COMPANY.—On the subject of beha viour in company, Legh Richmond gives the following excellent advice to his daughters:—" Be cheerful, but not gigglers. Be serious, but not dull. Be communica tive, but not forward. Be kind, but not servile. Beware of silly, thoughtless speeches ; although you may forget them, others will not. Remember that God's eye is in every place, and his ear in every company. Beware of levity and familiarity with young men; a modest reserve, without affectation, is the only safe path. Court and en courage serious conversation with those who are truly se rious and conversible ; and not go into valuable company without endeavouring to improve by the intercourse per mitted you. Nothing is more unbecoming, when one part of a company is engaged in profitable and interesting conversation, than that another part should be trifling, and talking comparative nonsense to each other. CROSSING THE DESERT.—I was amused at seeing our passengers, immediately on reaching Alexandria, wind great white shawls around their hats and hang green veils over their faces. While crossing the Desert, although the temperature was not above 70 deg. at noon, they per sisted in doing the same thing, and some of them even protected their eyes with spectacles, although there was no glare that would have made an infant wink. Accord ing to their ideas, they were in constant peril of having a sun-stroke, and catching the opthalmia. My companions in the van were inured to an Indian sun, and so we threw aside all fears, and made merry from one side of the Desert to the other. At the fourth station we stopped an hour to breakfast. Here we found a spacious two story house, with a large dining-saloon, divan, &c., and an excellent breakfast for thirty persons on the table. There were several neat bedrooms for the accommodation of persons who wish to make the journey slowly.—Bayard Taylor's Letters. YANKEE LEARNING.—The physician who attended sic transit has arrived in this city and taken rooms at the Tremont.—Boston Museum. The pugilist Whit fit has gone to Boston, and hopes to see sic transit in gloria mundi morning.—Springfield Post. He arrived safely, but soon delta blow at sic transit, and beta hole in his head.—Boston Bee. We understand that nihil fit him and noctes head completely off.—Boslon Museum. That must be a mistake, for sic transit was inter see Dr. Dieg last evening and stayed till tecum.—Carpet Bay. Sic transit came into our office this morning with a " Carpet Bag." lie cum by rail, with the carmen.—Hart. ford Excelsior. Oh unum sculls ! Sic transit drove a to pone tandem temo ver from the eastward. He is visit ing his ante, Mrs. Die Terra, in this city, and will stay till ortem. Dr. Dignos the Terris (Terrys). He like wise et super ‘ith us last evening. He eta beta pi. The pugilist also cunt with him, and lambda man badly in the street ; he cutis nos off, and noctem flat urna flounder.—Hartford Republican. Silicit the whole of you.—New York Tribune. THE ETTRICK SHEPHERD AND SIR WALTER SCOTT. In a life of Sir Walter Scott, recently published, his first interview with the Ettrick Shepherd is thus amusingly told :—One day, while Scott was still in Edinburgh, there came into the city a brawny, rough fellow, driving a flock of sheep. It was James llogg, who finding himself in the capital, was seized with a violent desire to see himself in print, and accordingly got somebody to strike off a few of his verses, which, however, made no sensation. " Tue Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border" set him to work at imitating the old Scottish ballads ; and as his efforts were warmly praised by Scott, he came down again from the forest to pay his friend a visit. He, with William Laid law and others, was invited to dinner. The worthy shep herd appeared in his ordinary herdman's dress, with his hands well tarred by a recent shearing. Not being accus tomed to the society of " grand folk," he had com muned with himself as to how he should act, and had come to the conclusion that he ought to copy the lady of the house in all things. Mrs. Scott, being unwell, re ceived her guest reclining on a sofa, and Jamie accord ingly, true to his principle, had no sooner made his best bow, than he crossed the room, and stretched himself out upon another. At dinner he ate, drank, laughed, and chattered, amusing the guests by los strange, uncouth jokes and remarks, and even songs. As the good wine began to operate, Jamie grew familiar, and after tickling everybody by his rapid advance from " Mr. Scott" to " Shirra," " Scott," " Walter," and " Wattie," he at last threw the company into convulsions :of laughter by addressing Mrs. Scott as " Charlotte." TEA AND ITS ADULTERATIONS.—AduIteration with simple leaves of trees is innocent enough compared with some of the abominations to which the competing prin ciple has resort, and can practise with impunity. On the continent the natives have not waited for that propitious ness of site and climate which the Chinese tea-plant has been proved to require. English tea having first served them as a foliage, is next seized to satisfy our national appetite. Many a wry face have our wandering country men made over the tea-pots of Rhineland and of Flan ders. A lady, a friend of ours, once met an old Belgian peasant gathering leaves from some wayside trees and hedges, a little distance out of Brughes ; and upon asking him what he was storing so carefully in his basket, the old man, taking her for a countrywoman, answered, to ' her horror, " tea for the English !" lie looked as old in his task as Wordsworth's leech-gatherer. But al though it is sufficiently unpleasant to be mocked in our pilgrimages in search of the picturesque by the very vege table kingdom, still, this is harmless, comparatively, when we read the accounts given by Mr. Twining and others of the villanous mixtures and disgusting ingre dients detected in the compositions of convicted spurious tea-dealers in England. If it is difficult for the expe rienced to detect the true from the false, difficult teas may defy the scrutiny of the public. When the company were merchants, this system of adulteration did not and could not exist. They had the first choice of all the teas which were imported from the tea districts into Canton. These were there submitted to the inspection of a gentle man, chosen from among the tea-brokers of London, who, at the head of the regular servants of the company, care fully examined the teas several times previous to com pleting the purchase, and then fixed their valuation ; and so great was then the confidence of the Hongmen in the spirit of honourable dealing which always influenced the company, that they invariably acquiesced in every reduc tion of price that was decided upon. Again, on being exposed to sale in London, every chest of tea was sub mitted to another examination from the tea-brokers, and their report published. These gentlemen were entirely independent of the company, and could have been actu ated by no ulterior motive in the good report they did constantly give. Inferior teas were thus rejected—adul terated teas impossible. Moreover, the cultivation of the finest descriptions of tea was encouraged by the genero sity of the company. For the delicate flavoured black souchong, which is now so rare, and only to be had in England in the shape of a choice present from some friend in China, the company paid higher prices than were given for green tea, and pains were consequently taken to foster its growth. And this the company did without regard to profit. They imported some teas, as they exported certain British productions (to pro.note re ciprocal commerce) at a positive loss ; confiding for remuner ation to their aggregate profits. But the free im porter, whose object is necessarily immediate gain, and who is not sufficiently conspicuous before the public to induce him to make generous sacrifices for the sake of high character, can neither afford nor care to flatter the discriminating tastes of the rich, or satisfy the demands of the poor, by such rare principles of conduct. His ob ject is simply to get rid of his stock ; he has no feeling of responsibility somewha t painfully th bought, e nation, e t and ach e su sthat, experience,tt lwithoutatterly some wholesale check upon private rapacity, the public must unavoidably become victims to a system of almost universal chicanery. Against this, the position, interest, and honour of the company were ample guarantee. But the artists, both of' China and England, have now full swing, and, with all vegetable nature for their material, and the entire population of the British isles and colonies for their subjects, there is reason to believe, that when they have destroyed our palates, they will soon be able to compete openly with the genuine tea growth itself.— Fraser's Maaazine. CORRESPONDENCE. Letters addressed to the Editor should be accompanied by the real name and address of the writer, not for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith ; this is indispensably requisite in any statement of facts. The Editor wishes it to he understood that he does not hold himself responsible for the opinions or statements of his correspondents. DR. M`NEILE'S SECOND LETTER TO PRIEST POWER. TO THE REV. MR. POWER. SlR,—Above two months ago, on the 15th of February, I ad dressed a letter to you in the public press, and sent you, by the post, a paper containing it. I need not now recapitulate the circumstances which led to the writing of that letter, but I must remind you of its contents. It contained a demonstra tion, on the authority of the Councils of the Church, that the Creed of the Church of England was the Creed of the Church Catholic, assembled, by representation, at Nice, A.D. 325, at Ephesus, A.D. 431, at Chalcedon, A.D. 451, and at Trent, A.D. 1546 ; and that the Creed of the Church of Rome—the Creed which contains all her differences from the Church of England —was never heard of, as a Creed, until the year 1564. The conclusion is inevitable. We of the Church of England are the true Catholics, in strict accordance with the true antiquity ; and you of the Church of Rome are modern sectarians, dating, for all that is peculiar about you, no farther back than the middle of the sixteenth century. I invited you, with all courteousness, to show, if you could, any inaccuracy in my statements, or any inconclusiveness in my reasoning: and if you could not. I invited you to the frank, and in that case honourable acknowledgment that your Church, in all that is distinctive about it, is a novelty, introduced by a Bishop of Rome in the year 1564. I have been waiting for your reply ; so have many, very many who have read my letter. As yet we have waited in vain. SAINT PETER, ir. his first Catholic Epistle, in the third chapter, at the 15th verse, wrote these words, "Be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you." This supposes, as a matter of course, that the follower of Saint Peter in the ministry of the Church can give a reason; and it clearly makes it his duty to do so. I am at a loss to know how you reconcile your silence with this duty. There is, indeed, one hypothesis which would ex plain your silence, but it would not throw an agreeable light upon your conscientious discharge of a great Christian duty. If you feel that you CAN not prove me wrong, and that you WILL not acknowledge yourself wrong, the❑ of course you must say nothing, and earnestly desire that my letter may be forgotten as soon as possible. tinder these circumstances, can you wonder that I should desire that my letter should not be forgotten But I have a still further object in addressing you again. I wish to come to your assistance, and point out the best defence that can be made in answer to the charge of novelty brought against the Church of Rome. You might argue, if you were competently informed upon the subject, that the doctrines which distinguish the Church of Rome from the Church of England, though not condensed into a form of belief, and imposed by authority as a Creed, prior to the year 1564, had nevertheless been taught with acceptance in the Church for ages, as may be proved by reference to the i - itings of many of her greatest and most distinguished doctors. You might refer to A ItNOBILS and Sr. BASIL, and ST. EPH RENI OF EDESSA and ST. CYRIL OF JERUSALEM, in support of prayers for the dead. To ST. 0 PIATUS OF M LEVI S, and THEODORET and ST. VINCENT OF LERINS, for the pri macy of the successors of Saint Peter. To ST. HILARY OF POITIERS, ST. JAMES OF NISIBIS, and ST. PACIANUS, for your doctrine of confession. To VICTOR OF ANTIOCH, and INNOCENT I. for extreme unction. And in support of Lenten Fasts and unbloody sacrifices, you might refer to ST. EPI PHA NIUS, and to ST. JOHN CH RYSOSTOM, which last writer, in his llomii. vi. De ira, says—" Lent and the holy exercises conjoined with it, are undertaken, that by them those crimes being wiped away, which, in the course of the year, we have committed, we may, with holy confidence, be made partakers of the unbloody sacrifice." More, much more of this kind you might urge; I could prompt you through pages, chapters, volumes: but what then? I admit all this; and I perceive in this the good and suffi cient reason which existed for the otherwise unaccountable decrees of the Councils of Ephesus and Chalcedon, from which I furnished you with extracts in notes to my first letter. Those Councils pronounced an anathema on any one who should profess, write, or compose any other form of faith than the Nicene Creed.. Why, it may be asked, were such decrees necessary? The answer is obvious. Heretical opinions, de rived from Paganism and perverted Judaism, were advanced and taught by so many individuals of eminence, that the Church, in council assembled, felt it needful again and again to protest against such innovations, and to keep her Catholic creed pure from their debasing admiiture. Happy would it have been for Christendom and for the world, if this watchful wisdom of the assembled Fathers,—restricting the faith of the Church to what could be proved by sore war rant of Holy Scripture,—had been practically attended to by all their successors. We in England, though harassed long by the abuses of the Church, and the aggressive pertinacity of the Pope, never formally acknowledged your Creed. Our reforma tion of evils and falsehoods which had crept in among us was completed before your Creed was composed. Queen Elizabeth ascended the throne, and gave stability to what bad been done in the reigns of Henry VIII. and Edward VI., A.D. 1559, five years before Pius IV. consummated the apostacy of Rome. In an evil hour, a Bishop of Rome, despi sing the authority of the Church, and gathering togeth.tr the leading heresies which had for years distracted her, arranged them into a creed of twelve articles, added them to the Nicene Creed, pronounced the thunders of excommunication against all who refused to receive them, and thus exei;:ed all his over grown power, too successfully, alas ! to impose them as a creed indispensable to salvation upon the conniving clergy and the prostrate multitude.t Till then, the duty of Christian men among you was to pro test and reform. Since thee, their duty has been to secede. The creed of Pope Pius IV. cannot be reformed. It admits of no palliation. Amputation is the only Christian treatment of it; the only process by which Rome can become Christian. There is a difference between practical corruptions and (else hoods, however widely spread, in defiance of a Christian creed, and the systematic adoption, by authority, of an unchristian creed. There is a corresponding difference between reformation and secession. In England there was no secession. There was no sufficient cause for any; because England's Reformation preceded Rome's Apostacy. In :559 the Church of England reformed her abuses; in 1564 t he Church of Rome stereotyped her heresies. In connexion with this, I am anxious that my readers (I hope you will enable me to say, in my next letter, our readers) should have before them a specimen of genuine Christian antiquity, and to this end I transcribe for their edification the following passages from Tertullian—De Prwseriptione: " It is a maxim not to be controverted, that what was first delivered is evan gelical and true; and what was afterwards imported is extra neous and false—id extraneum et falsum, quod sit posterius mmissum. Again, "We are not allowed to indulge our hu mours, nor to choose what another has invented. We have the Apostles of our Lord for founders, who were not themselves the inventors or authors of what they left us; but they have faithfully taught the world the doctrines which they received from Christ. Therefore, if an angel from Heaven should Area ch another gospel, we should say anathema to him. He r esies have arisen from philosophy and from human wisdom, w hick is different from the spirit of Christianity. What is there common between Athens and Jerusalem? Between the academic groves and the Church ? Our lessons come from the porch of Solomon, and teach us to seek the Lord in simplicity of heart. Haring learned Christ and his Gospel, we must indulge no curiosity—no farther inquiring. We believe: that suffices. Our first maxim is, that nothing more is necessary." This is much to the purpose, when compared with the histo rical facts which I have set before you. I wish you could be induced to speak out. What can you be afraid of? Does not discussion, when conducted in good temper and gentlemanlike courtesy, elicit truth ? Backed as you are by what you con ceive to be infallibility, may you not succeed, peradventure, in silencing the gainsayers? Or, are you under restraint? Has your bishop forbid you? Or, have you had a hint from his Eminence, the Cardinal, that a discussion on the subject of antiquity is not likely to tend, at present, ad ecelcsice utilitatem ? I had designed a further exercise of generosity in enabling you to trace some of your doctrines to a vet y early pet :od ; but this letter is already too long. I must reserve for my next a proof that some of your leading peculiarities were derived from heathenism, and may be traced, with convincing clear ness, to the schools of Pythagoras and Plato. Meantime I hope you will prove yourself an obedient successor of Saint Peter, and give a reason for the hope that is in you. Your silence is attended with some risk. My first letter has been very largely circulated. Many and anxious are the inquiries, "Well, has Mr. Power replied yet?" And some, in their audacity, have ventured to insinuate that Mr. Power can't reply, without betraying either himself or his cause or both. Even Catholics, as you call them, begin to talk thus, and the subject is so pressed upon them by zealous Christian neighbours, that they are longing for the shield of yos' defence. Hoping that you may be induced (better late than never) to take this matter into serious consideration, and praying in all sincerity that a saving blessing from on high may attend and crown your deliberations, I have the honour to subscribe myself, in the sense explained in my first letter, A PRIEST OF TILE CATHOLIC CHURCH, Aigburth, April2s, 1853. HUGH M'NEILE. * DECREE OF THE COUNCIL OF EPHESUS. "These things having been read, the Holy Synod decreed, that it should he lawful for no one to profess, to w,.te or to compose, any other form of faith than that defined by the Holy Fathers, who, with the Holy Ghost, had been assembled at Nice." "But those who shall have dared to compose, or to profess or to offer, any other form of Faith to those wishing to be con verted to the acknowledgment of the ti nth, whether from Paganism, or from Judaism, or from any sort of Heresy, that these, if they were Bishops or Clergymen, that the Bishops shonld be deposed from their Episcopacy, and the Clergy from their Clerical office ; but that if they were Laymen, they should be subjected to an `anathema.'" Mansi, vol. iii. p. 1362. EXTRACT FROM THE COUNCIL OF CHALCEDON. "1 he Catholic F a ith d e li vered b y the H o l y at Nice,)and by the Holy 150 Fathers, (viz., at Constantinople,) also by the other most Holy and glorious fathers, (viz., at hpliesus,) we guard, and according to that we believe. Elie most 318 Fathers, (I.lz. Bishops exclaimed, No person makes any other e , xposition of faith. W e ne i t h er attempt nor d are to do so. For the Fathers . have tau g ht, an d wr i tings preserv ed, tho s e things which have been set forth by them : and other than these we cannot speak.' 'l'hose principles which have been set forth are sufficient ; it is not lawful to make any other exposition."—MarPi• i• 2. t submission surrendered to the P o p e a power which has proved, and is, in our own days, proving, an iron sceptre indeed. The Archbishop of Paris h as just quailed under its stroke. It bids fair to try to the uttermost, perhaps to wear out, the patience of mankind. COLOURED STATUES. To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR,—To your notice, last week, of the coloured statue by Mr. Gibson, of Rome, I should be glad if you would add the following remark, which will explain his object, namely,—to make known to the British artists the Polychromatic style of the Ancients. This emblazonry was common to the sculpture and architecture of the Pelasgic style of art, which preceded the Hellenie style in Greece, and'which still continued even during the Hellenic era, after the fall of the Pelasgic dynasty in Greece• Pausanius, in his Peregesis, has noticed 3,000 statues in his travels in Greece, and most of those were in the Archnic style, which was the Pelasgic of the symbolic colours. With this explanation there can be no difference of opinion, as it is only the revival of an obsolete style, and which our critics had forgotten, for want of looking at the fountain head of the history of art amongst the ancients.--I am, Sir, with much esteem, Liverpool, ?►pril 25, 1853. SOL. GIBSON. THE NEW CHURCH IN MYRTLE-STREET. To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR,—In passing up Myrtle-street the other day, I was in duced to turn into the new church in course of erection, con nected with the Orphan Boys' Asylum, and was much pleased with the tower, as regards the size, winding stair, &c. Now, I do not know whether it is the intenti3n of the com mittee to have a peal of bells put up in their steeple, but I hope a provision will be made for such ; that is, by carrying a circular stone-stair right to the top of the square part of the tower, and putting in proper beams for the framing of the bells, while building. A great mistake has been made in many of the steeples in Liverpool, by not fixing the beams at the proper time (while the walls were being carried up), and the want of circular stone stairs; for instance, St. Martin-in-the- Fields, a noble tower, built expressly for a peal of ten bells, but, strange to say, without its circular stone-stair, and the beams were actually put in after the tower was finished. The zigzag wood-stair that goes up that fine tower at Walton is most inconvenient, besides taking up a great portion of the ringing chamber. At Leeds parish church, where there is a peal of twelve bells, a circular stone-stair was obliged to be built outside the tower some time after it was finished, which shows plainly that the architects of St. Martin's, Walton church, and Leeds parish church, and many others that I could name, never could have visited those justly celebrated steeples in London, built by Sir Christopher Wren and other eminent architects. Indeed, we need not go from home, for we have one of the finest and most convenient towers in this part of the country, St. Nicholas'. Would that the church was equal to the tower. The steeple in Myrtle-street is admirably adapted for a peal of eight or ten bells, and some philanthropic individual may, ere long, be induced to present the institution with a peal of bells. We are miserably behind London, and many other places, as regards our bells, having only three peals, whereas London has upwards of sixty! and new peals put up every year. Hoping Liverpool wiil not limg remain in the background as regards music and bells,—l am, Sir, yours, respectfully, It. 11. PSEUDO -CONSERVATIVES. To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD. beg you will accept my cordial thanks, for the ve:j pertinent observations you addressed to "A Protestant" cor respondent in the Standard of last week. My ors n experience, unfortunately, enables me to verify all you have stated with retard to that class of spurious Conservative-Protestants, who, while they are loudest in declaiming against their political or religious opponents, would still, to save a penny, patronise the Pore, were he to become a shopkeeper; and who, while the most noisy-tongued supporters of the creed which they profess, will borrow the Conservative journal from some unlucky and more conscientious Conservative with whom they have contrived to scrape an acquaintance. Now to my own case. I shall, for the nonce, call my neigh bour Mr. S. P. He is a wealthier man than myself; and, although I consider I am a sound Churchman, and a staunch Conservative, I must confess that Mr. S. P., with his fierce denunciations, makes my most decided expressions of disap proval look exceedingly like milk-and.water. Yet Mr. S. P. takes advantage of my acquaintance to dispense with sub scribing for the Standard, and regularly for years has been in the habit of sending for the loan of my copy. The sound of the newsman's horn who brings the paper of a Tuesday morning has not yet died out of our terrace till a messenger arrives " with Mr. S. P.'s compliments, and Mr. S. P. would be obliged for the loan of the paper." The paper, be it remembered, for which I have paid, and which I am legitimately about to enjoy after breakfast, when it is snatched from me with an effrontery that has never yet failed, because I really cannot muster sufficient courage to stop what has become an old custom, and what Mr. S. P. appears to regard as quite a matter of course; although, Sir, sometimes my indignation rises to a very high pitch indeed. If this is inserted, I hope it will be read and well pondered by Mr. S. P., and every member of the miserable class to which he belongs— fur I am afraid, Mr. Editor, that many of your subscribers could each " a tale unfold," very much resembling my own. This much I ehall say—that if ➢lr. S. P. does not take the hint from this epistle, I shall in future stop the supplies, and give him, in addition, a bit of my mind. Blackwood has shown that Whig governments have been better patrons of literature and the fourth estate than Tory administrations; and I am half afraid that what is true of Conservative leaders is likewise true of their followers. Let me ask—How is it, that while the Radical sticks exclu sively, and through thick and thin, to his own journal, the Conservative on the other band is too often found giving no support, save the reading of a borrowed copy and empty words of praise, to the newspaper which upholds his own creed, while he heaps favours and bestows his cash upon those members of the press whose opinions and designs he honours in private conversation with the name of dangerous and incendiary 7—l am, Sir, your old subscriber, Liverpool, April 22, 1853. SENEX. A GLANCE AT THE AUSTRALIAN FLEET IN THE PORT OF LIVERPOOL. No. I. TN an age marked by the extraordinary material progress of the one we live in, we have a right to expect that advance. ment will be exhibited in the means of emigration. Stimulated to: improvement by the remarkable Exodus from Britain and the continental countries, ships and voy ages are both better capable of investigation now than they were even a couple of years ago. A ship fitting out for Australia then was one of the most melancholy sights that could well be imagined. But London, the monopolist of that day, has been taught a lesson. Liverpool, by the introduction into the trade of some of the finest British American ships, has shown how that trade ought to be carried on ; has deprived the metropolis of its long enjoyed and unmerited prestige; has conferred great boons upon the passengers; and has inaugurated a new era in the " strange, eventful history" of English emigration in the nineteenth century. The " cribbed, cabined, and con fined" ships for Australia, which lay in the London docks two years ago, have been to a great extent supplanted by what, in comparison, we may with truth call the floating palaces which are daily setting sail from the Mersey. Roomy berths, light, ventilation, baths, and airy hospitals are now enjoyed by the emigrant bound for the antipodes —luxuries these at which the luckless passenger to Port Philip in 1850 would stare with vacant astonish ment. Nor :less startling would be his surprise at the accomplishment of the passage in eighty days, as is now not unfrequently the case, remembering that when he undertook the long voyage it always occupied 110 days, and oftener still 120, or exactly double the time which that glory of our own Australian fleet, the Great Britain, took to steam out to Melbourne. Liver pool has seized the great bulk of the vast trade in Austra lian emigration. A new department has been added to the features of interest, and to the sources of profit, in our port. The question of paramount importance at the present moment is, can we retain that trade ? and if so, by the adoption of what means? We must not close our eyes to the fact that jealousy and competition have been awakened elsewhere. The Clyde is intent upon catching and retaining all the emigrants from Scotland—a section of our island which in the matter of emigration is of no trivial importance, as may be imagined from the migra tory habits of its enterprising people. Our great metro polis is growling defiance at the northern port which has stepped in and deprived it of a monopoly which it only enjoyed too long. Bristol and Hull are looking with an envious eye upon Liverpool; and at this very moment Mrs. Chisholm is on the banks of the Mersey, raising her silvery but indignant voice against alleged grievances in the ships engaged in the Australian trade; of course forgetting not, at the same time, to show how very superior are the vessels with which she herself is connected. All jealousy and opposition Liverpool may neutralise, by simply doing justice to herself and the emigrant. Let the shipowners and the authorities do what they can to provide superior accommodation, and every facility and ease for the emigrant who comes hither—not only while he remains among us preparing for his voyage, but also as far as possible while he is on the great deep. The Dock Committee, the Police authorities, the Government Emi gration officer, and the Shipowner are the parties upon whom they depend for comfort and justice. The first named body have done well in, as far as possible, appor tioning the Salthouse-dock for the Australian fleet. It is hoped, and indeed anticipated, that ere long we shall see the fleet wholly accommodated in that and the neigh bouring Canning-dock. Were such done, Liverpool would soon attract hither the greater part of British emigration, from the many facilities which it would provide for the emigrant, including inexpensive and easy distances between the hotels and lodging-houses and the docks, and the consequent facility in visiting their ship. and in getting themselves comfortably settled on board. Then let our streets at the same time be cleared as far as pos sible of the hordes of wretches by whom they have been too long infested—vagabonds, without any lawful occu. pation, who lie in wait for the simple countryman, and too frequently rob him of all the hard-won earnings with which he bad probably designed to carry himself and his family to the New World. The very height of local com petition which we have attained has been stigmatised as the cause of much that was wrong and unjust ; but we are of opinion that it must speedily work its own cure. Excellence of arrangement, both in providing information for the intending emigrant, and in making him healthy and happy on the passage to the land of his adoption, will undoubtedly be induced - by this competition which, all must admit, presents to the view at the present mo ment an unlovely, as well as an attractive, aspect. As the spring advances the tide of emigration is swelling to an astonishing height. It is quite clear that thousands at Relent M the mother country lig not contemplate spending the Christmas of 1853 in this little northern island. It is equally clear that the labour movement, originated by the dawn of the most extraordinary Exodus ever witnessed in the world, is not yet at an end. The old country, one sometimes cannot help fancying, must, ere long, become as attractive to the labourer—and as thinly populated—as the gold colony at the Antipodes. Even the stagnant current of German life is being moved by tidings of the far-off country, and the blue-eyed sons and daughters of Fatherland are flocking in thousands to the banks of the Mersey, there to take their departure for a young land in which they will yet exercise a great power —for the German is invariably an active and useful man when abroad. The Dutch, too,—they who founded New York,—are daily seen in our streets, side by side, with the refugee from Hungary and the Roman States. Altogether, the present year promises to be one of the busiest in emigration which we have yet witnessed. On visiting the Salthouse Dock the flags of several houses engaged in the Australian trade may be seen wav ing among the masts. First there is the Falcon, belong ing to Messrs. Gibbs, Bright and Co., which will sail on the 10th of May, and which is one of the most beautiful clipper ships in the port. One of the most pleasing features in this vessel is the excellent light and ventila tion. There is a fine fresh current of air continually rushing through the vessel, while one may be in his berth and at the same time obtain a peep at the blue sky above. In a long voyage like that to Australia we suspect this must be a precious privilege, while, on the score of health, it is very strenuously advocated as a necessity, by the emigrant's friend and protectress, Mrs. Chisholm. The second-class cabin is very nicely arranged—and is in every respect like the first, so far as substantial comfort and healthfulness is concerned. A plentiful supply of decan ters and glasses are fitted in a rack over the table, on which, likewise, the plates and the necessary instruments of gastronomic warfare are very nicely fitted. Stewards, we should not omit to menti on , w ill a l so b e prov ided in the second cabin—one to every twenty-four passengers. The berths are large and roomy. The third-class berths are partly fitted up in the same style as the Government emigration ships, although this section of the vessel is not less airy than the rest of the ship. It is also well lighted. Indeed, for the purpose of fur nishing air and light, there are three great ventilators, in themselves sufficient to supply more air than is legally required by the act of parliament. Paper and pictures do not adorn the walls of the Falcon saloon or second cabin ; but there is, nevertheless, an air of quiet elegance, tho rough comfort, and respectability, about the ship, while the plain and substantial fittings, though they do not look quite so winning while in dock, will probably keep better, and be more comfortable upon the voyage, than others which have been highly decorated. We have noticed, in connexion with one of the Clyde emigration ships, which recently arrived out at Port Philip, that on one or two occasions liquor and provisions, which it was found could I be spared out of the ship's stores, were put up by auction, and sold to the passengers. In the Falcon a fairer plan appears to exist. A price -list of provisions, &c. is hung up in several parts of the ship, which, of course, is strictly adhered to during the passage ; so that the passenger may know, before he secures a berth, what he has to pay for goods bought in this manner on the voyage. When we visited the Falcon, a few days ago. upwards of one hundred and six berths were taken. Like those whom she previously took out to Nugget Land, they are a most respectable body of people—not a few of them, we believe, being individuals in the middle rank of life from Scotland. In connection with the Great Britain, belonging to the same owners, we have pleasure in stating that, in view of her intended departure in June, her sailing powers are being greatly improved. Experience bas pointed out to her spirited proprietors the defect which alone prevented this noble specimen of naval architecture from distancing all her competitors; and it is generally believed that to the union of steam and sails which she will soon command we may look for the quickest voyage ever yet made by a ship in that fleet which can boast of a Marco Polo. In the same dock lies the clipper-ship Lochiel, one of the" White Star" line (Messrs. Pilkington and Wilson), which will sail on Saturday next. This is a single-decked ship, and is excellently lighted and ventilated. The berths, even in the third-class, are roomy and agreeable, and a great many have been taken. Those of the intending passengers whom we h ave seen ev id ent l y b elong to the middle class of society ; and, whether attracted by the northern name of the vessel or not, not a few of them are from Scotland,—a country which appears to be sending away from her shores a large number of the more re spectable and well-to-do classes. The Ann Dashwood, a clipper-ship of 1,500 tons, belonging to the old-estab lished and familiar " Fox" line of packets, also lies in the Salthouse Dock ; and is advertised to sail with a limited number of passengers and specie early in the coming month. In reviewing the several portions of this fine vessel, we perceive with pleasure that the 'tween decks were ventilated through the upper deck in such a way as to introduce a copious supply of light at the same time. The seats. even in the third class cabin, are very nicely cushioned : while the water-closets, the hospital, &c., are apparently in such excellent order as cannot fail to insure a clean bill of health. We were especially struck on our visit to this vessel by the particular way in which several intending emigrants requested to know if there were baths on board. It was evident that Mrs. Chisholm had not been lecturing to no purpose, as many of the queries put were evidently suggested by her remarks on Thursday evening at the Mechanics' Institution. This is all right and proper ; and, where the necessary provisions to insure cleanliness and health do not already exist, we hope they will as speedily as possible be supplied. The Canning Basin has been much frequented during the past week by the visitors to the Indian Queen, a new vessel just completed in her fittings, and one of Messrs. James Baines and Co.'s already-celebrated " Black Ball Line" of packets, being, indeed, the sister ship to the Marco Polo. She is rigged in precisely the same fashion; but, both in the magnificent roof-promenade which she possesses and in the internal decorations, we think the Indian Queen by far the finer-looking vessel of the two. Those who had an opportunity of admiring the costly and elegant manner in which Captain Forbes's vessel was fitted up will be surprised to find the chief saloon of the Indian Queen, if any thing, superior in grandeur and luxury to her predecessor. The de corative work is chiefly illuminated glass, in which the story of the heroine, after which the vessel is named, is elegantly pourtrayed. Every one will remember the history of Poccahontas, who saved the life of Sir Edward Smith (one of the early English settlers in America,) when menaced by her father, the powerful Indian chief, Powhattan. The illustrations have been designed by Mr. Rainford, of Renshaw-street, and the stained glass sup plied by Messrs. Forrest and Bromley. The chief subjects are—the first meeting of the Indian Queen and the Eng lish governor ; her warning him of impending danger ; their discovery by the Indians ; and Poccahontas saving the governor's life—the most touching episodes in the history. Besides these there are other appropriate designs, and a very tasteful one of the rose, shamrock, and thistle. Panelled mirrors, velvet carpets, and crimson and green upholstery, combine in giving the saloon and adjoining boudoir an air of elegance and luxury. The other arrange ments of the vessel are also very attractive. A deck house extends almost the whole length of the ship, and con tains second cabins, sleeping berths, cook-houses, and other offices ; while on the roof there is a clear promenade extending from stem to stern. Her 'tween decks are conspicuous in height, light, and ventilation. Baths and every sanitary convenience are fitted. Well may Captain Mills be proud of his vessel ; for the Indian Queen is without question one of the richest and most noble-look ing craft that ever sailed from the Mersey. At the GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION DEPOT at Birken head there are at present not more than forty inmates— these being chiefly English, and from the agricultural counties in the south. The Banker's Daughter will sail with 400 passengers on the 4th of May, and will be followed during the month by three vessels—the second to sail on the 9th, the third on the 14th, and the last on the 21st. We are glad to perceive that the chapel is being considerably improved at present. A fitting porch is in the course of construction, and accommodation is like wise being provided for an organ, which has been pro mised, and which will probably arrive in a short time. The arrangements in the out-offices : too, have been much improved of late. We were especially pleased to notice the alteration in the water closets, and the arrangements by which all the smoke in the immense establishment is carried by a flue to a tall chimney, so that there is not a particle lett behind to incommode or injure the always interesting, and sometimes numerous family of emigrants, gathered under the friendly roof of Ois emigrants' home. We have only glanced at a few of the Australian ships now in our port : a more extended notice we reserve for our next. SECRETS OF THE COALITION. (From the Standard of Saturday.) The Times of this morning, with its usual indiscretion, charges the Conservative party with a conspiracy with the Irish Brigade, the object of the alleged conspiracy being to obtain the defeat of the ministry on condition of ex empting Ireland from the Income-tax. . . . . We are now in a position to disclose the following revelation of the means by which the majority of De cember last, against Lord Derby's Government, was obtained, and our readers will probably judge to whom the charge of conspiracy is applicable. A few days before the division on Mr. Disraeli's Budget, which drove Lord Derby's ministry from power, a meeting of the Irish Brigade was held, to determine the course which they should pursue. One of the stipulations demanded by some of that party was, that in the event of a change of ministry, an Income-tax for Ireland should not be proposed by their successors. A right honourable gentleman who now fills a high office conveyed a pledge to that meeting that an Income tax for Ireland would not be proposed by the party then in opposition, in the event of their accession to power. The pledge was conveyed to the meeting by three Irish members, one representing a western county, the two others representing southern boroughs. We can further inform the Times that within the last twenty-four hours, when the right hon. gentleman was upbraided with the violation of his pledge, his reply was, that he had pledged himself for the old Whig ministry, , and had given none for the Cabinet now in power. Comment upon this transaction would be thrown away. TELEGRAPH.—On Monday the committee on the Bri tish Electric Telegraph Company Bill declared the pream ble proved, the clauses seeking power to run over the railways being withdrawn. ELECTION COMMITTEES.—The followinghave been fixed upon for decision, and there are many more to come : Tuesday, April 26: Finsbury, Clonmell, Carlow. Wed nesday, April 27: Bolton, Totnes, Harwich. Tuesday, May 10 : Clam (co.), Liverpool, Sligo. Wednesday, May 11: Bury St. Edmunds, Peterborough, Durham. HOLLOWAY'S PILLS, A CERTAIN SPECIFIC FOR NER VOUSNESS, LOWNESS OF SPIRITS, AID DISORDERED STOMACHS.--The wonderfully regenerating effects pro duced by these invaluable pills; are truly astonishing. They act in so peculiar a manner on the system. that by following the directions affited to each box as to the mode of using them, nervouOrritabilii y is allayed, the tone of the stomach strengthened, the digestion improved, freedom of circulation given to the blood, and a robust state of healtliattained. Persons of studious and sedentary ha ifs being more especially liable to the class of disorder ere alluded to, should take Holloway's Pills to east, good state of health. CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY. The anniversary meetings of the Liverpool branch of . the Church Missionary Society were held in the Hall o f the Collegiate Institution, yesterday. The morning meeting commenced at eleven o'clock, the Rev. Dr. M'Neile in the chair. The deputation from the Parent Society consisted of the Rev. F. Close, of Cheltenham ; the Rev. G. T. Fox, of Durham, and the Rev. F. F. Gough, missionary from China, who has just returned from that country, and the Rev. J. C. Ryle, rector of Helmingham, Suffolk. Amongst the clergymen and gentlemen on the platform we noticed, the Revs. F. Barker, J. Jones, W. M. Falloon, J. H. Jones, H. Marlen, Gardiner, F. Parry, W. H. Wright, NV. Hesketh, J. Wainwright, S. B. Sutton, D. James, J. R. Conor, A. Knox, (Birkenhead ;) Charles Inman, Esq., . 1 - S. Ball, Esq., T. D. Anderson, &c. The meeting having been opened with prayer, The Rev. Dr. M'NEILE rose, and said—My Christian friends, once more our Church Missionary Society presents itself before us, seeking its annual sup plies for the support of its missionaries, and catechists, and schoolmasters, and all the et ceteras inseparable from successful missions to the heathen. Once more we are called to the devout and grateful consideration of the spiritual riches enjoyed in this land, as contrasted with the destitution which is still the characteristic of so many lands. Everything in this world is comparative; and the aspect presented by every object depends greatly upon the medium through which it is seen, and the contrasts by which it is surrounded. View England in comparison with what it ought to be, considering its opportunities, and with what every Christian heart desires that it should be, and manifold are our wants. Masses of our popula tion, sunk in squalid poverty and brutal ignorance, engage' our sympathies in their suffering, and demand our best efforts for their relief and instruction. These supply warm elements of appeal in sermons and speeches. on behalf of our Home Missions, our Pastoral Aid and our Scripture Readers' Societies. These invite our attention in detail to the back streets, courts, and alleys of our great towns, to the lanes and cottages of many of our rural districts, and we sigh over the pain ful picture, desiring and combining to make England bet ter. But change the point of view : look at England as a whole, and in comparison with other nations of the earth, Pagan or Papal ; and then, manifold are our mer cies. Peace and comfort, social and domestic; civiliza tion, physical, political, literary ; cultivation of every ele gance, as well as every convenience of life ; wealth, com merce, and, above all, religion, pure undefiled religion, the word of God in our native language, in various shapes and sizes and types, suited to all, and brought within the reach of all, accompanied, too, with illustrations, both of geography and natural history, calculated to convey in struction, while they administer enjoyment to every mind ; the Church of God, with government and or ders, and ordinances, which, if not perfect in their ad ministration (nothing entrusted to human management can long continue perfect), are beyond comparison su perior to anything else of the kind to be found on the face of the earth. These are the elements of appeal on behalf of our foreign missions. Upon England so highly favoured • upon Englishmen and E ng li s h women , an d' English Children, partakers of these privileges; upon you, my Christian friends, among the rest, we call, on behalf' of the dark places of the earth, that you will help forward the good cause, which has for its object to dispense' among them also what you have bad so long and so freely' dispensed among you, namely, the unsearchable riches of Christ. The anniversary of our Church Missionary Society is a season well calculated to remind us of two' things ; first, that our Christian privileges are very great.. O ! how great, when contrasted with the condition of hea then lands ; and secondly, that our Christian privileges• are not finecures. They are inseparable from respon sibilities. Their enjoyment calls aloud for their propa gation. There is a charge on our inheritance, and mis sionary exertion is a debt. There is a charge upon all our temporal blessings and possessions. Taxes are lawful debt. Their payment is enforced by the law of the land. Missionary activity in some shape, either by personal effort or liberal self-denying contribution, is gospel debt. Its payment is enforced by the law of love. If you pay your taxes, which every man must do or have his goods distrained, what thanks have ye ? What do ye more than others ? Do:not even the publicans so? But if you join cordially in missionary enterprise, which no man need do unless he likes it, this is acceptable with God. The object of the Church Misssionary Society is to pay this debt of love, and to give to every man who hears of it opportunity to join in so doing- It is armed on both sides. It has a collecting hand and a distributing hand : a collecting hand which enters every house and every church and every meeting, receiving con tributions from all classes and of all magnitudes, cheques, bank notes, gold, silver, copper ; and a distributing hand dispensing riches for eternity in the north and in the south, in the east and in the west. The power and stretch of the distributing hand depend upon the supplies heaped into the collecting hand ; while the real success of both depends upon the blessing of God. The Church Mis sionary Society has twelve principal missions, some includ ing a larger and some a smaller number of subordinate stations, and of course of labourers. The missions area Western Africa ; 2. The Mediterranean, the chief operations of which are in Syria and Palestine ; 3. Eastern Africa, where the indomitable Dr. Krapf is making fresh incursions into the Usambara country ; 4. Bombay and Western India; 5. Calcutta and Northern India: 6. Madras and Southern India ; 7. Ceylon ; S• China ; 9. British Guiana ; lO. New Zealand ; 11- North-West America ; and last, the more recently:. formed mission in the Punjaub—that very import a n d region containing a population of five millions, forming the geographical link of connexion between ) central Asia and what has hitherto been the northern frontier of the British possessions in India. Our friends, who have favoured us with their presence as a deputation,. will enter into some particulars respecting some of these missions, and I will no longer interpose between you and the combined instruction and enjoyment which such advocates of such a cause cannot fail to communicat e. (Loud cheers.) _ The Secretary, the Rev. H. CARPENTER, M.A., th en came forward and read the report, which was as follows : REPORT. The Committee of the Liverpool Church Missionary Asso— ciation have decided on holding their anniversary this years" few weeks earlier than the time at which it was usually kelp before. Our chief inducement for making this change was to.. secure the assistance of friends at a distance, willing to cone . to us, as a deputation, to plead the cause of the Church Mis sionary Society; many ofwhom are generally so engaged by the London meetings in May, that their help could not be ob tained for Liverpool in that month. The result of the change, in this respect, has been most sa tisfactory. For we have had comparatively little difficulty in finding a deputation for April. Among those whose well known devotedness to the Gospel of Christ will give weight to their advocacy . of this cause, and prove, we trust, useful to all of us, in stirring up our hearts to more zeal and activity, in aiding to spread abroad the glad tidings of salvation, throug our crucified Saviour. And when we think upon the condition of the heathen, "without Christ," " having no hope and without God in the world," well may we be moved, by the advocates of missions, to feel compassion for men, as they are, "sitting in darkness and in the shadow of death." And does not this society deserve our energetic support, which maintains more than 160 missionary clergymen aocl more than 1800 lay teachers, in making known "among the heathen the unsearchable riches of Christ?" Nor have their labours been "in vain in the Lord." Not to of those who have "fallen asleep in Jesus," who wer snatched as " brands from the fire" by the missionaries of this society, in years gone by, there are upwards of 100,00 at this day more or less enlightened, gathered out of heathen and Mahomedan darkness, and learning the truth as it is in Jesus from the teachers of the Church Missionary Society, Of these, nearly 16,000 are communicants of our church, of blame less lives, many of them advanced in scriptural knowledge an spirituality of mind, and adorning the doct r i ne o f G o d their Saviour in all things. And we are thankful to say that our missionaries are still receiving, from day to day, fresh proofs that "God is with them, of a truth." A Hindoo widow lady of high rank, niece to Dwarkanatb Tagore, who died in Europe, has recently avowed her resolu tion to renounce heathenism and embrace the Gospel of Christ. For some years she has been studying the Bible, first led to it by a converted heathen, a connexion of her own, who died about two years ago, trustina• in Christ. She persevered in searching the Scriptures amrd many trying difficulties, arising from the opposition of her heathen relatives, till th light of truth so shone into her mind that she no longer could resist it. She has placed herself under the protection of native Christian friends in Calcutta; and nether the threats nor the promises of her heathen relatives have prevailed to shake her' constant resolution to become a follower of the Lord Jesus. 10,000 rupees were offered to her, with many promises of kind treatment from her heathen relatives, and permission to read. the scriptures without molestation, provided she abstained from a public profession of Christianity and continued unbap Used. And these offers and promises were accompanied with threats of personal violence, and even death also if she refused. - But what was her reply ? If you gave me ten million rupees, what good would they do me, when what I want is the forgivenesss of my sin s and Christ the revival r h e e vi the salvation of my soul ? f "And as to your threatnings to kill me, you may kill the body, but you cannot kill my soul." May we not be reminded by this of the spirit of the martyrs time val of of the ed same confess spirit, rs inn theo se h t witnessedo iye Church, the Reformation in o ur o wn Church? This Hindoo l a dy is not ashamed of Chri s t, or of his gospel. Shecounts a ll t hi n gs but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Jes us . Sh e es rand o es teems the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of this world, because she "has respect unto the recompense of reward." other examples of a like spirit in other lands might be recorded. The populous city of Ningpo, in China, poora candidate needle-mak er fo r baptism iii the from our missionaries there, w ho, after a long struggle, at l as t c l osed his shop on the Lord ' s Pay, to the utter amazeme n t o f hi s heathen neighbours, is an other proof of the pow er o f gospel truth over the mind of man. His faith triumphed over all his anticipated losses. His faith triumphed over the expected reproaches of his heathen friend& He has resolved to forego his worldly gains for one day weekly, that lie may hallow the day of his Lord and Master; and that he may spend it in seeking after his salvation, which is better than all this world can afford. But we shall not say more of China, particularly as we have one here this morning who has laboured in our missions'" ? field in that vast empire. We shall hear details of the difficul ties of the work there, and the encouragements attending it, from the Rev. Frederick F. Gough, who has recently returned from China. The income of this association, we are happy to say, has ill; creased during the past year. The total amount from al'' sources was 42,668, being 4 240 above what was received in the' preceding year. But we are persuaded that a much larger sum would b e. collected. if our friends would use their influence, and bring. the subject of missions more frequently before the minds those around them. Let the wants of the heathen be mad e more generally known among the people—let them hear o their miserable degraded position, and, above all, of the efficacy' of the Gospel to save their souls. as proved in ten thousaa r instances among them. Let them be reminded, too, of own privileges and responsibilities, and they will learn to value those privileges more than ever, and to f ee l grea t er conc ern for the spiritual destitution of the heathen. This would soon tell on the a nnua l i ncome o f thi s essoc;,„ ation. Why, for example, might not all the schools for the poor of this town do what one of them did last year, froth th e boys of which upwards of £4 in p ence were rece i ve d by t association ? And if other sailors could be influenced to follow the exam r. of one whose missionary box was his companion on the: and which returned home with hi m f u ll f rom the contributio of his brother seamen—if others in different classes and occ,,, pations could be ind uce d to f o ll ow t h ese examp l es , it wo l u a lu s. tend to subdue selfish ness and enlarc,e their hearts, as extend the gospel of Christ more widely in the world. The committee wo u ld s t rong l y urge t h e i mpor t an ce of Tr u r % - - te rl y missionary meetings as one help towards accoroPli'" this good result. But, above all, let us never forget that all our success is u g the Lord. " Paul may plant, Apollos may watea, er a- God only can give the increase."—l Cor. iii. Let o ur her this, anti follow our missionary in every, land ' l, " prayers continually at the throne of grace. ten der , will specially prize. ThiS is a help all of us ought to ,.as ve / but )yhich rely of us can truly say rte luge rendered • Die is beiptbeY .4A tro an a p on an frc -ca op .co \ thou by t prop . iye n g I, 5. Johi