Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-12-08 00:00:00

IDEt,EIVII3FP. 8, ISA *l. , tak e • on additionat artisans,- for the purpose of com- Wiling the ships.ef-war now on the stocks. The Admirdtv . will' issue a circular to the navy in a f ew days, • adapiing a late regulation of the Horse Guards regarding flogging in the army to the navnl. service Th 6 Miles has a leader on Mr. Bright's speech; and L a . theoriesof the Financial Reformers of Tiverpool ; and also one on Roman Catholic .dertionstrations' in favour of the Pope. The meeting, yeit.3rdaY, between the directors of. the Sot% E?stern and London, ,Chatham,_and Dol'er East Kent, on the amalgamation, has been again adjourned ttntil to-day (Wednesday). • Signor Mortara, whose child was lately abducted, in consequence of having-been surreptitiously baptised, has arrived in London, and has had interviews with si \ xeral of the leadiro• promoters of the Mortara protest. Lord Palmerston arid tie Earl of Elgin have accepted the invitation to a banquet to be given at Southampton, by the Chamber of commerce, to celebrate `the selection of th e port of Southampton for the Great astern steam ship. The. Norwich Town Council, at a special meeting, _decided to stop the bribery inquiry so far as they are concerned. -This decision was arrived at by 28 votes to 1 1 1 Further proceedings will be taken by the Liberal party. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. A good Playing Card for ls. 6d. Sold by Mawdsley and 50n 2 .4, Ca.stle,street. d 22 REWARD OF BRAVERY.—Yesterday - Joseph Rogers, 1 , the Maltese sailor - who swam ashore with the rope from I the Royal Charter, was, in ackno - wlodgment of hisgallaut totduct in connection with the loss of that vessel, pre- I ] ented by the Local Marine Board with the sum. of :Cit), atthe request of the Board of Trade. The silver medal, also awarded by the honourable board, will be presented 'on the return of the Great Britain. THE LIVERPOOL CORRESPONDENTS OF THE FRENCii - tAIPEROII.--Oit aTit the original letter, written by Messis. 'Shaw, Mellor, Irving, anti Gaskell. 'to the Emperor of ? the 'French, the answer -tin. which -has caused so much 'comment, was of so laconic and curt a nature, that both 'the writers and the recipient of it are alike indisposed to have it published. At a meeting of the Law Society, held yesterday, it is rumoured that the subject was formally discussed, and a rosolution , passed to the effect that if the .Attorney 7 General should, in the exercise of his public duty, deem .it requisite to institute proceed .lngs against the four gentlemen, named, for correspond= mg with the Sovereign of a foreign country, the society Rill be ready to lend professional assistance in carrying out the prosecution. ,„ STANLEY VILLAG LECTU --iRES.ne - second lecture of present session (connected with St.' Anne's Work ing Men's Association) was delivered on Tuesday evening by Mr. It: S. Harding, who selected for his subject " Sayings 'a:7:d Doings of In the' course of the evening many ans is and eatin g circumstances connected with r,ssious musical celebrities were introduced and caused considerable a„., l, Ousement, the songs being greeted with applause. The lecture was divided into two parts, in the latter of which, - more . particularly, a song 'on the anxious circumstances pictured as attending a volnr.- teer'S early drilling caused much incrriment. The e ntertainment was conchided aniidst•considerible applauSe, and the audience would not be satisfied Without a repeti- , li en of the last song - introduced. The room was crowded,' and tie l ec t urer reeeived a most hearty vote of thanks, as well as Mrs. R.' S. Harding, who kindly presided at at the piano-forte, In the absence of the president, T. 13 irchwood, Esq., occupied the chair. It is purposed to continue these free lectures during the winter months. IRISH VOLUNTEER 'RIFLE' BRIGADE. Yesterday evening a preliminary meeting was held in the London Clayton-square; to-take measures for forniing un Irish Volunteer Rifle Brigade. Mr. S. J. Meany Wa.S Proposed to take the chair, - but he excused himself by s aying, that he did not attend to take any prominent part in the proceedings_ of the meeting ; and as - a mem ber of the press, he -would. content himself with being , their trumpeter. On the motion of -Mr. Barrett-Capt. "'alkner took the chair. 'Mr. Barret then read a, letter from Mr. S. R.G .:raves, expressing. his regret that he , r .ould not att en d, ow i ng t o a - prior .engagement. The chairman then proposed the following , resolutien : " Resolved that, in, the, presence of the armed de konstration now being made . throughout this country, slid to which our Scotch and Welsh fellow-subjects have respectively attached a distinctively !national character, we, on the part of thelrish inhabitants of Liverpool, . consider it our duty to form, after the model of our countrymen in London, a Liverpool Irish Irelunteer I „.•`'ille Corps." Mr. Meanly seconded the resolution. 'lr. Redmond did not think that such a movement would .11 ,e succ ess f u l, i nasmuc h as a number of young Irishmen 44 4 already joined.other corps, -and on these groan& lie c onsidered they should not be distinctive. After eon- EjElerable conversation .on the subject, a committee was f ormed to carry out the object 'of the above resolution, a nd the meeting separated. • . - SOCIETV - OF FINE AUTS. 2 ---Last year, the douneil of. t his Society introdueedthe first RuyalAcademician who' ever visited Liverpopl.; that visit _is now followed by a nother of that illintrious body, • 'under the seine aus- - Vces. Professor Westmacott is to delifer, at the Royal astitution, the first of his two lectures on sculpture, „ evening. The'aecond will be delivered to-morrow. ' e underitandthat our eXcellent chief magistrate will . ue unavoidably aksent to-night in discharge of his niu-' '"ficent civic hospitality, but he has announced his' n t:ention of presiding to-morrow night. We anticipate that a large audience .will avail themselves of'this op :Portnnity of hearing Mr: Westmacott: CRESCENT CHAPEL LITERARY Sotrixy.—The fourth annual soiree of this, society took _place last night in the' s ehool-room under the chapel, EVerton-crescent. The room Ras completely filled with a highly-respectable audience; a- considerable portion of which consisted of the fair sex. Mr. James Mahood, president of the society men- Pied-the chair. -After tea number -of addresses were 'delivered, and papers read by members ,of the assoeia lion. In general they displayed very considerable literary .taste and ability. .The opening piper, on " Literary Societies," was read by Mr. Reader, the s ecretary of the society: • In it he set forth the ,I l oantages, both moral and intellectual ,, ' to be derived a association, for the purpose .of acquiring more extensive acquaintance with literature, and Pointed out the fallacy of the arguments advanced a te.inst it 'Mr. H. B. Wyatt followed with an address ( 1 41 " Unity ;" Mr. j: Maltman, on " - Joseph Addison;" J. M. , Labouchere, on " The sure things of life ;" r. r . r. Jam es Ba x t er , on "Woman." Mr. Lewis Mor-- :on concluded the intellectual part of the entertain a. ~t by a paper on " Humbug.". A Anumber of v " . ' . e.erus and glees were sung during the evening in a ~, e ry superior style. After the usual compliments by t)te s of thanks, the meeting separated. ~, the A.NNE'S DISoIiENSARY. — We understand that it is e intention to hold a ball either at St. George's-hall, o t' the T own -hall,' on Th ur sday, the 12th January, in aid ,of the funds of the St. Anne'-s Dispensary and Eye Ear Institution; Rose-hill. This institution extends usefulness over the north-ea Stern portion of the tOwn, Which there is a population of about 70,000 inhabi tants ; - and we believe the' number of patients it will ha ve relieved this year will be upwards of 16,000. The I:f at itution is'greatly in debt, only two donations having en received within the current year by the treasurer. R hope .this ball will be Well attended, and by its . . t ttsfactory result encourage those on whose shoulders. he burden 'and candid of the institution rest. M r s : William Preston has - kindly consented to be .the lady. riess upon ' the occasion. " th I , ANKESTER'S LECTURE. --I ThO third lecture of 110. ° Present course was delivered last night by-the above-, N t , 4l € 4 gentleman, at the Concert-hall. The niidience rt," extremely large--a fact which speaks volumes for the' 4utation which .he enjoys as a lecturer, as it is not: tI le Z that lectures upon scientific subjects meet with: thi, 4 au • amoiint 'of encouragement as has'so far attended • course in Liverpool. Dr. Lankester, by treating his betlbeFt in a popular manner, combines entertainment' g Instruction; and the large audiences he has Obtained fi ti i,l'alnple testimony to the success of his . endeavours:_The a ti ,i e t of last night's lecture was "Flesh-forming; foods," Whi it . t was illustrated by diagrams and experiments,' )( I ! .l 4tter were-performed in just sufficient number to• na terf ln the more difficult parts of his subject, without The lest with the inttruction intended to be conveyed. Pre e „,, ee ttte was commenced by a brief review of his nii li ;:tung lecture, and he :their proceeded to ;enter- more 1 ) , ectely upon his subject. The body, he said,' might rooq B ""Pared to a steam engine, and the heat-producing repro of which h e h a d t re ated in his last lecture would " rp e s ent the coa l, w hil e . the flesh-producing food would: the represent the i ron cas i ng o f the engine. He then noticed th o . 4 'l..f fe rent kinds of food, the peculiarities of each, and v alialeet on the system. The lecture contained much e information, and was listened to with that "Rt:of attention. which it so well deserved. MALTA PROTESTANT COLLEGE. THE EAaL OF SIIAFTESBURY ICY LIVERPOOL. Last night a public meeting Was:held in the lecture hall of the Collegiate Institution, for the purpose - of promo ting the religious and social `improvement of Turkey, and other 'countries of ASia and Africa, through the instru mentality of the Malta Protestant College, the .objects of which are := 1 " ist: The religious arid social amelioration of above two'hundred millions of the inhabitants of the East, by the ed4eation, chiefly of 'a native agency,. as .schoolinasters, 'Missionaries, interpreters, consular agents, phySicians, ; . 2nd, the foundation of English Branch Schools • throughout the Levant, 'where numerous Preach Roman Catholic Schools already exist ; and 3rd, the preparation 9f an Anglo- Oriental literature. If one hundred Oriental free pupils could be admitted, their education occupying five years, from fifteen to twenty qualified labourers might be sent out annually in various capacities. But, as the average cost of each free student is £4O a-year, the ip.- stitlition requires, in order to carry out this design, a permanent income of £4,000 a-year. 7. T. B. Hon.SFILL, Esq., M.P., for Liverpool, occupied 'the chair, and amongst those present were the Earl of :Shafteshury, the Hon. A. Kinnaird, M.P., Dr. Craw ford, Adam Hodgson, Esq., W. Gregson, Esq., M. W. Collett, Esq., W. Jones, Esq., H. E. Webster, Esq., and J. Banner, Esq. The Revds. Dr. AP_Neile, C. Lawrence, - Dr. Taylor, F. Harke, T. 'Cowan, T. M. Lester, W. H. Vernon, D. Ttycroft, J. Bardsle - y, W. Bannerman, J. Ball, E. Green, R. C. King, C. Jape, F. M'Allon, S. Sampson, E. Pilkington, Ciementson, W. Eliaby, and W. Baugh. The proceedings having been opened in prayer by the Rev. Charles Laurence, The Ciissinsissis said, we are assembled this evening for a great missionary object- - -the promotion of the spread of Christianity in the East, through the instru _ . mentality of the Malta Protestant College. • This insti tution has now been established thirteen years—long enough to test its usefulness, but not, long enough to inform its promoters of the blessings it has already con ferred. The chief objects of the Malta Protestant College is to give an education—a sound Scriptural and literary education—to the natives of Turkey and the sarrounding countries. Many of the,pupils are educated gratuitously, but those' who can afford to pay fsr their education are called upon to do so on fair and equitable terms. The great object of our. present meeting is to hear from the noble president of the institution—(ap plause)—und the other gentlemen who will be called upon to address you, something of the past history and futint prospects of the institution. I have been requested, in conjunction with this object, to mention I to you a project which has been concerned, and which, I trust, you will help.to carry out, by raising a large sum of Money for extending the usefulness of this,insti tution. (Hear, hear.) It is set forth in a circular, 'which perhaps some of you may have read ; but pro bably some may have not, and I will, therefore, venture to read a short extract, from it, which will put • you in Possession of every information which you may desire to have, 'better than I should do by any 'observations of mine.—" For the original purchase of the land and 'premises at Malta, the adaptati o n of the .buildings • to collegiate purposes, and the. supply - of books, map's, and Other educational apparatus, a debt was incurred, of which about £3,000 is still un licuidated: The necessary expenses of the College, on its present - lithited scale, are nearly £ 4,000 a-year, towards which the amiudsubscriptions are as_ yet 'only about £9OO, the remainder of the income being made up of donations, as is the case with all religious societies. In order, therefore, to pay off the debt, which is a heaTy . drag on the institution, and so improve its funds as to increase the number of free pupils by enlarging the buildings, the committee have determined to make a great effort throughout the kingdom to raise £lO,OOO. As it is' found that many would gladly contribute if they were sure that by so doing their object would be accom plished, it is proposed that no contribution which may be promied shalibe asked for, unless the whole RlO,OOO shall be subscribed. It is also hoped that, should any of the present subscribers wish to•contribute to the spe cial fund, they will do so in additior s to their usual sub scriptions ; for, if these were withheld; the permanent resources on which the 'committee now partly depend for' the current expenditure would materially stiffer." I will not anticipate the observations which the noble president will 'address to you, but -I 'Would just make this" one remark. This college is, as its title denotes, a Protestant college—(applause)—and it is conducted upon the principles of our national church. (Applaute.) The articles of our church are there understood and tatig-,ht in their plain' grammatical and natural sense. With these -few observations, I beg to call upon the noble president of this institution, the Earl of Shafts bury. , (Cheers.) - • The Earl of SHAFTBSBITRY, on rising, was received with loud applause. He said—Mr. Horafall, ladies and gentlemen, it is right, and indeed indispensable, that when a stranger offers himself to the attention of so large a commuity as that of Liverpool, he should assign some'reason for his appearance. The short statement of that reason is simply this. A number of gentlemen in Liverpool being interested, by what they had heard, in the affairs of . the Malta College, met together, and basg anxious to know more of that institution, they' iv'ere good enough to address an invitation to me, because it was known that I had been connected with it from the beginning, and that I was cognisant of most of its proeeedings. That invitation was addressed to me,. and I felt very deeply the honour which was conferred upon me ; and having also very deep convictions of the great value-nay, I may say, the necessity—of such an institution as that, I did not hesitate tosaccept the invi tation ; and although a stranger in the municipal sense, I am sure I am not a stranger in the English sense. (Applause.) I am come here ; and I hope that I may be enabled to impress upon your minds the conviction that is so deeply impressed upon my own. Now, the statement that • has been circulated imprint, and what you have heard from my friend, Mr. Horsfall, would make perhaps any detail of the origin of the institution unnecessary; and, therefore, I will say no more than that the project of an institution such as this is not of recent date. The subject was first propounded to me as - early as the year 1823, when I was resident in Rome. There I met 'the Lord Hastings, who had just returned from his governor- generalship of India, and who, after a short perioduf holiday, was to assume the government of the island of Malta. He then stated to me that he had a notion which he would endeavour to carry into effect during:the period of his government there—the project of founding an institution where the natives of the . east should be gratuitously taught. He had not formed so large a conception as we have since formed ; and, 'certainly, at the time I had not any conception of the plan we now • desire to carry into full.effeet. The subject, however, workedin my niiid very much. I Felt that a very great suggestion had been made. The longer I lived, and the more l examined the plan, the more was I led to consider that. the possession of that island of Malta by Great Britain, touching upon the confines of two great quarters of the: world, in the centre of the Mediterranean, having access' to all the sources of ancient and modern civilisation, could not but feel that it was given by Providence ' to Great Britain for some great, though, at that tithe, unseen and undiscovered purpose. It did so happen then, by the bles sing of God, that the same thought had entered: into the nundrof my friend Dr. Crawford; who froni the - beginning hat been the living soul—the rtry this:institu tion. Ho opened the matter to. me. A meeting was convened at the Thatched House Tavern;, the subject was proposed to the few gentlemen who were there assembled. We opened to them a, somewhat larger plan ;than that opened by Lord Hastings ; but by degrees the plan has grown up to the present propor tion ; and that plandnow submit: to you this day for your most favourable and I hope hearty consideration: (Applause.) Now, our plan was Simply this. The: object was.to afford gratuitously to the natives of the East the means of education in a college to be founded at Malta. There they were to be trained for every department of industry—for every calling and profession that you can well imagine—to be trained as school masters, traders, commercial 'agents, physicians-sin short, I may say in every form of useful profession. Likewise, -we intended to receive' into the college or school, such pupils whose parents 'could afford to pay for their education and maintenance, Our great desire was also, by means of a good sound theolon P ical eduei tion, Conducted upon the basis of the .doctrines and discipline of the Church of England, to impart to the mem. bars of the Greek and Armenian Churches, true, sound, and saving knowledge of God's holy word, in precept and in practice. (Loud applause.) We desired also to found , a school for the benefit of the children of European parents living upon the shores of the Mediterranean, or living in the interior and not having access to good places of education and discipline for their children; and we likewise though it would be extremely advantageous to those parents who, being in India, wished to send their children for a short time to receive the benefits Of a European education. We'considered we would afford .them great advantages by opening such a school as that which now exists in: the island of Malta. Many things were favourable for that consideration. In the first place, there is the great salubrity of the climate. There is next, the particular position of the island of Malta, affording such means of communication with all parts of the civilised world. The climate is of that favourable character that it. is not too severe fOr the Asiatie, and it is not too relaXing for the European. The Asiatic may by' degrees be accustomed to the milder climate, and the European acclimated to one somewhat more ardent than his own. And this will explain a question often put to us—" But why was it that you did not found the college in England itself ? why found it in the island of Malta ?" Why, for this reason e-The object of this college is not, so to speak, to dis-Orientalise the Orientals. The object is to receive the Orientals, and give them just so much of English habits, English mannei, English knowledge, and English principle, as shall qualify them to serve in English interests. And the object is also with respect to Englishmen not to uneAncr b licise them altogether, but to give them such knowledge of Asiatic will, Asiatic manners, and Asiatic feelings as shall enable them to conduct themselves with propriety and :vigour in the -great responsibility they may be called upon to assume, as consular, diplomatic or commercial agents. Neither is it desirable we should bring the Orientals from their own country into the heart of our great cities, there to be exposed to every contaminating influence. But in Malta, there within a given 'compass, and with the college somewhat remote from the larger town, they could all ise under the. supervision of.one president or ruler 'and there trained in the great subjects propounded to their notice, and • the great principles which we hope will be the guide, of their life. (Applause.) Well, then, this is the plan - that we have before us ; and that plan has been attended with very great preliminary difficulties. You. are to judge of this college —you are to judge of the future by what is past. I will indicate a few of those difficulties that stood in the path of the early insti tution. In the first place, there was the great and normal difficulty that besets every institution at its first outset, and oft-times during the whole of its career, which was a deficiency of the necessary funds. Next, there was a difficulty in giving sufficient publicity to the institution, in its claims upon the natives of the East, and the benefits it propounded to their notice. Again, there was a diffi culty when it was more known, in begetting that con fidence without which no institution of the kind can prosper. Again, we had considerable difficulty, from a variety of. causes, in finding the fit men to under take so very new, so very responsible, and so very arduous a charge ; and that difficulty is increased by the fact of this necessity, that the central or goVerna ing power must necessarily be in England, at k very considerable distance from the seat of our opera tions. Notwithstanding all these difficulties, 'which beset our path at every step, we have been enabled' to ' make - very considerable progress. 'We have received into the institution since its first foundation, no less than 215 free and paying pupils. On the roll at the present time, there are 44.. I believe now it is 51, but these 61 represent no less . than 13" different Asiatic languages. It appears The languages spoken or understood at various times by the inmates of the:insti tution are, English, Maltese, Italian, German, Spanish, French, Latin, ancient and modern Greek, Ethiopic, Amharic, Arabic, Turkish, Persian, Cabalistic, Hebrew, Nestorian, Chaldee, Syriac, Armenian, ancient and modern Coptic, Albanian, and Bulgarian. At this moment' there are in the college and school pupils speaking 13 different languages, viz., English, French, German, Italian, Greek, Hebrew, Armenian, Amharic, Arabic, Turkish, Persian, Albanian, and Bulgarian. It is pleasing to reflect that the rich promises of God's Holy Word will be disseminated by the pupils in most of those languages, on returning , to their respective countries." But I will go furthers We have also, by the effect of whit we have done—we have sufficiently proved in our results the truth of the principle we laid down. We laid down this principle—that we were quite sure education was required for the natives of the East. 'We said we were.quite sure the natives of the East would accept , education when they understoodT. the benefits offered to them ; and we stated moreover that we were quite sure we should produce a most -beneficial and lasting effect upon the minds of those educated in our college. We have abundant proofs of this. At this . time we have 210 less , than twelve missionaries in different parts, who are carrying on their high vocation with singular vigour and effect, and the blessing of God manifestly rests upon their endeavours. A number of laymen have also been sent forth .from the college after being trained there, and have discharged 'secular duties with great credit and. effect in various parts of . the East. Of these, two were officers in the English army, and one was an officer in the English navy, while five others held situations as interpreters and in the Commis sariat department in the Crimean war. Three were greatly distinguished for their bravery, one of them, who was employed in the Naval Brigade during the siege of Sebastopol, having been mentioned in the public de spatchesior his conduct, - and obtained the decoration of the French Legion of Honour. They preserved in the camp the piety they had imbibed in 'college, their letters exhibiting the' spirit of Hedley •Vicars. All those who have inspected the college have reported upon it Most favourably. We had the testimony of Lord Lyon, and of the excellent and good Bishop Gobat. I could quote the: testimony of those gentlemen most conversant with Eastern matters 7 -of Mr. Layard and Sir Henry Rawlins On. LOrd LYon expresses hiS aston ishment that so admirable an institution is not better known, and better supported. But some of you may perhaps say—" With all those efforts you have made, hew is it you have produced so little effect ?" My answer is, it is not that we have produced so little ' effect, but that we have been so little supported. If you had given us greater support, we 'would have produced greater results. It is not we have done so little, but I venture to say that' we have done' so much.; because I will put before you, other difficulties that have stood in our path, which show, so far from falling short of what may have been expected, we have exceeded that which the most sanguine on the committee ever dared to believe we should achieve. (Applause.) Look at what has happened. In the first place, owing .to the 'difficulty of making known the institution, and its several advantages, we were fully three years before we had a single Oriental pupil. * During the period of the Crimean war, not only no Oriental pupils came to us, but many of those in the College were taken away, so anxious were their parents or relatives to find employment for them in the British army, ordn the commercial houses who were engaged in provisioning the British army. So five years are taken out of the fourteen during which the institution has existed. This leaves but nine years to account for. But remember, 'that the course of education in the college requires full five years before we can indicate any results. This leaves but four years for which we have to account. Depend upcin it, these four years have not been mis applied. These four years would have been turned to. to . more account if We had had the means of meeting the necestities "of the case. But when you see that we have not even been able to offer to the functionaries.adequate salaries—that we are obliged to employ , a principal at the salary of a vice principal ; and . that at the present moment we are looking for a first-rate classical master, and have not the means of giving him an adequate salary—how. can you say we are the parties to blame, because no more has been done, when we have appealed year by year, and hour by hour;' and when the people have sat as dumb as statues when we spoke to - them, and never put their hands either to their eyes to weep, or to their:pockets to draw out the money. (Applause). But, nevertheless, matters are brought to this . pass, that, indeed, nothing' is required but means of putting into operation .the machinery we have formed, and :.carrying out to their full extent the plans we have laid down. . At this mo ment the accommodation is 'sufficient for, say at least 100 pupils. At. this moment, the staff we are obliged to maintain could be dedicated to the instruction of at least twice the number of pupils that are there. And can there be any doubt that, if we afforded these addi tional means, that the Easterns would be ready to accept the bounty we proposed ; and, can there be any doubt whatever that it is only for the want of opportunity that our courts and our halls in Malta are not thronged with anxious Orientals, praying for introduction ; and what does Sir Henry Rawlinson state ? He says that the great and besetting evil of - things in the East is the total want of * education ; and that the total want denY power fount ritinle •-7 • Pit.] , _ - A ble Ls ' illl- r intcr . 7. [uotel icti-..-c, r par:' mbet' ruder' ;eco: l J 3USS I¢ ion t° )er . e ctor abbea in th e 010 .; ' veil were iatiou jecree en ipo' , 010 °. • C t ;ed for .er the spor e ' DOD' I atelly f g °l3 an 06 L eri° ° 1, )Ir. bf. a pe 0 1 11 13 0 t 0 11 sati NORTHERN DAILY TIMES r f , arises in a great measure from the difficulty of obtain ' ing it. And yet he says that, in every instance, where the Christian population can obtain education, they invariably exhibit far greater intellectual and moral powers than the' Mahomeda,n or the Turk. And, I am sure, that all those who 'are conversant with the mem bers of the Greek church—with those who come from Syria and those parts—will agree with Sir H. Rawlinson in saying that there is no deficit in intellect, no want of acuteness and readiness to acquire. AU that is needed is that an opportunity should , be given for thousands and tens of thousands to press forward and share the bounty that by your generosity wad the generosity of others might be afforded. (Applause.) Well, then, is this a state of things to be disregarded If we disregard this state of things, do the other Powers of Europe altogether disregard it. (Applause.) Are they backward in availing themselves of the oppor tunity afforded—are they indifferent to the means of ad vaneing the influence of the person of their Emperor, or of the: character of their nation ? 'Die empire of Austria is not remiss. She offers every facility that can be• offered, and so determined is she to maintain Austrian interests, that she will allow no one functionary to exercise any calling, if he is not an Austrian-born sub ject. Nobody can doubt that the empire of Russia is making immense advances, not so much by material as by -moral force. Nobody can doubt that the whole power of the empire of Russia is directed to acquiring a dominant influence.over the subjects of the Porte, • and remember that she has a great and antilipating influ ence': compared . with. anything you can exercise— she claims such influence and such fellowship with her co-religionists of the Greek Church. Are the French people—is the Emperor of the French—indifferent to the institution of French. interests ? Is there any part of the East where there will not be found some, representative of the. French power doing all that he can, and with unlimited funds, to advance the influence of the French empire ? Have they not instituted in Paris a college for the education of Asiatics —offering, I believe, board and lodging to no less than 300 of young Orientals? And sp anxious are they to avail themselves of every means of influencing the I. minds, that weekly there is issued from the frenah press an Arabic paper, touching upon all the topics that could influence in any way the Oriental mind—which, at the expense of the State, exist ing in Paris, is freely circulcatcd throughout that country. And depend upon it, where no other counter influence is exercised by a power such as ours, merely from want of opposition, such efforts as these cannot fail to produce a dottlinant and lasting effect. Well, now, are these things to be disregarded ? I do not find • any fault with the powers of Europe ; I find no fault whatever with the Emperor of the French for the efforts which is making to establish the influence of his country in the Oriental regions. It is perfectly legitimate—it is perfectly natural that they should do .so ; but I mention this only to show you that we should be as wise and as active as they are—to impress upon you that we have as great an interest in, and as great a right to exercise an influence over the minds of the Orientals as any one - of the Continental. Powers. Aye, we have a deep interest—a deep right ; and there will, by and bye, press upon, u,s a very deep necessity. We are living in very remarkable times, and in no parts of the world are the signs of the, times more vigorous and more ex traordinary than they are in all parts of the Eastern world. Now, look for a 'moment at the question with me. Direct 'your attention, and just look at this question in three different aspects—look at it in ,a political aspect, in a commercial aspect, and in a religious aspect. I am sure if you look at it in a political aspect, you will begin to see that it is indispensibly necessary that there, should be establiShed without delay ahody of native agents —that there should be provided a native agency purified. froth the dross andvicsousness, of its present state, and adapted to the wants awl necessities o f the times, and of the great nationalities of which it is capable. (Hear, hear.) Any of those who have looked into the history of our consular service in the east must have been astonished at its hideous deformity, must have been struck with wonder at its utter incompetency, and that such a state of things should have been allowed to go on, so disgraceful and pernicious is it. No doubt I may be told that the consular system ,is to be revised by authority. But supposewe admit, for the sake of argu ment, that every consul should bo a British-born subject, yet for the formation of his staff—for consular agents and those persons who constitute the great multitude of agents and the official bodies in those countries must of necessity be native-born—must be persons Conversant with the tnougnts anti reenn.. b s ana wan - the interests of the country. Now, British interests in those countries must be confided in the first instance to British people, and if you cannot carry it to the fullest extent of saying that there should not be employed in the British service any but British-born subjects, I say the next thing is to take care that those interests shall not be confided to any but those who have British syinpa thies, British feelings, a British education, and British hearts. (Applause.) Now that is attainable in a great measure through the college and school we now pro pound to you. It is in this college and this school that many of these young people can be educated and then sent out in the service of the Government, or by the swims Commercial traders, to act as diplomatic agents or as conimercial . agents in various parts of the East. Why, see how important the college and the school became. It is well known that many of our consular agents, both of the principal consuls and the vice consuls, residing in those countries marry native and Levantine women. What is the consequence ? The agents are unable to educate the children themselvei; they have no safe place where to send them, .and the education falls altogether into the hands • of the mother, who very naturally takes very good care, as you may sup Pose, to bring theni up in the habits, the religion, and the hopes and feelings of the country to which she belongs. Well, now this school, if it were on an ample footing, many of these children, instead of being retained in theheast of the country, would be sent to the Island of Malta, and there they would receive in' many respects a superior education to any which they could receive in England, and, in all respects, quite on a level with the very best F chool in the I British Islands. Now you know • this influence has a far more extended, and far more serious political con sideration. Nobody can look at the present state of the Turkish Empire—and when I use the words " Turkish Empire," I mean the governing powers of those vast regions—without seeing that that mighty monstrosity is drawing rapidly to a close. (Hear, hear, and applause.) The question then arises what is to become Of those vast provinces—the finest provinces ever inhabited by the human race—perhaps for intellectual and physical de velopment, more adapted than any country on the face . ' of the earth for the residence of mankind. When you consider their vastness, their beauty, their great richness, you must ask yourselves when the Turkish Government shall have fallen into dissolution, what shall be the condition of those mighty regions. (Hear, hear.) One of two things in the present state of matters must follow —that they . will fall into complete anarchy, and become a prey to violence and bloodshed ; and the fairest sur face of• the world will be disfigured for centuries to come by the ravages of internecine war, or, it is possible that. Europe may claim the partition of the Turkish empire as the partition of Poland was claimed. Now 'I say God forbid either alternative ; God forbid anarchy—God for bid that there should be so abominable an issue as that of partition. (Applause.) We look much further—we go deeper, and we pray God to grant the prayer of our aspirations. Our desire is to introduce true, sound, practical, primitive Christianity into those vast regions— (great applause)—ands by the introduction of Chris: tianity; to give to them those interests—that spirit of order andifself-control, without which no liberty its possible, I believe, for an hour, and certainly cannot endure for more than two. (A laugh.) The principle of self-control is the principle of all liberty. Without it, it become license; it is dangerous to' the man who. possesses it—it is dangerous to all -who are around him• that possesses it. We therefore pray that this principle: may be imparted. There are in the Turkish Empire at this moment some' 14 or 15 millions of Christians, many of them holding, it is true, spurious Christianity, but, nevertheless, capable of improvement, especially if they see connected with that improiement, the develoP ment of the .greatest gift of God—the gift of civil and religious liberty. (Applause). I suppose some one may say, that in the fragmentary numbers which we send out—scud out by ones, by twos, or by threes, from the Malta college.— what do we ex pect from them amongst '36 millions of men ? Now• never let me hear. such an argument as that; never tell me that if one man makes a start he can do nothing. Don't you think, though he be but one man, he can do something ? Has not every great movement com menced with one individual ? (Hear, hear.) :Who knows what can be effected by one individual ? I will tell you what may be done by him. A single man may affect a family—a family may affect a district--districts may leaven a province, and then the leaven overflowin,g, the whole pe o pl e i s affected—the empire i s changed. (Loud eheeri.) Talk of individual men! Why, when there are such names before us in the history of missionary labours as Mossman, Carey, Williams, and, lastly, in the person of that good man, who has produced the greatest effect by his individual exertion— David Livingstone. (Applause.) Don't let us be told that one man can do nothing, or that he is insufficient. Depend upon it, that The few who do go out spread; abroad in different parts, in various callines, setting an example in the district where they live, n by advice, by persuasion—depend upon' it that they rill greatly in fluence all those around them, and secretly, though not ! visibly, great preparations-may be made for the coming change. (Applause.) But yet, again, we may be answered, Ob. ! but these tens of thousands, these millions of Christians so long subject to the Turkish. yoke,- are unfit for the liberty we would offer them. How long did you hear that argument urged against that people who, by - the blesSing of God, are now stand-' hig erect as freemen, surrounded by the dignity of free dom, of truth, of liberty, capable, as they have shown them selves; of receiving civilised liberty—how often Were told 'that of the noble Italians ? (Loud applause.) How long were we told that the people of Italy must spiritually be coerced by.the Pope, and materially, must be kept by the bayonets of the Austrians ? The pressure -has been removed, and what is the result ? Have they proved unfit for freedom ? Have you not seen a nation born as were in a day, exercising self-control, preserving order, violating no rights, respecting each other, and their enemies, proving themselves capable of self-government, and that they are capable of standing next amongst all the ancient and the greatest nations of the earth. And who knows but that such may be the issue, even-in Turkey ? Possibly, by way of argument, they may not be so ripe as the Italians were for freedom. That is, however ' only an argument in our favour—an argument to stimulate us to bring them to that state of maturity, and who knows but that it may be in the .order of Providence that the disruption of the Government of the Turkish Empire shall be delayed so long as shall be sufficient to train these people by endurance and by teaching to the exercise of the great rights which by the Providence of God-are,preserved in store for them. (Cheers.) I hope, , then, upon these considerations, possessing as •you do these great blessings, and having to account to God for your stewardship of them, that you will use every legitimate' .meane and every effort in your ..power to impart to these many anefteeming millions a share of those blessings you have so long enjoyed, and which you will, by God's blessing, transmit to your posterity. Now look at this question in a commercial point of view—how necessary is it to take this matter into our serious consideration? The arguments that affect the political view of the question are nearly identical with those affecting the commercial view of it. They cannot well be separated. If your commerce is to extend greatly with those countries by reason of the great" internal improvement of those countries, in the course of a very short time it will be perfectly -impos sible that you can supply a sufficient number of British officials to ()eery on your vast concerns in those great domains. (Hear, hear.) But even if you could And the men, and could bear the cost of their mainte nance, I don't think it would be desirable tudo to. One of our great objects is by the. training of these people, to enable them. to fulfil the duties which they may;. be called on to perform in the administration of their own country. Again, it is essentially necessary that the lan- guage of those countries should be rightly understood. No Englishman can acquire the language without great difficulty, and' when acquired he never can acquire it ,in iteperfeetion, It is most essentially necessary that the Orientalkshould become acquainted with the . language of; .England, and the English agents acquainted with, the language of the East. (Hear,. hear.) Unless the Orient* know the language of England, they will not be able to enter into th full length and breadth of our Ciiilisation andelf all the advantages we offer them; and unless ,w,e know their language we shall fall into ignorance and misapprehension of.our interests. There will be much delusion, perhaps much tyranny, great difficulty, and great discomfort ; and in dealing with the natives in that part of Asia we shall fall into many of the errors, and consequently many of the dangers, into which .we have fallen in India—(bear, hear) — by reason of those - who undertook to do public duties in that country, being wholly ignorant of the language, and consequently entirely ignorant of the rights and merits of the people whom they governed, and with whom they should have associated. (Hear, hear.) The religious aspect is one of singular import ance. ln the first place, the College of Malta offers the very greatest facilities for the institution of missions. Now just consider what is the state of the minds of the zeistens WILII regsru to rue various religious wawa they profess, I believe that both in the pelt of Asia to, which I allude, and in all Other parts of the East, Turks, Mahomedans, and membere of the Greek' Church are dissatisfied with the present- state of things—all are dis Satisfied in their own belief ; though few of them have yet made up their 'Rinds as to the form of belief they would like tnassume, all are discontented with the belief Which they actually or nominallyprofeSs. If you - 'loOk at the effect that has been produced in these countries by the American missionaries, you will see what great results may be expected from any body of persons who shall go into the countrY - with the same zeal, the same prudence, and the same determination as that body of men. Perhaps there never has existed, in the whole range of missionary enterprise, a body of men so qualified for the great task they undertookHea body of men combining good sense with the most ardent -piety—a. body of men who for their, knowledge of the lan guage, from their knowledge of the habits, and, moreover, for their respect for , the feel ings of the natives of those countries. See the effect they have produced upon the members of the Armenian Church, and nobody can sufficiently estimate the results froth effects such as they produced. The Armenians are the commercial travellers Of the East, and every 'Armenian who' is brought to !entertain these views, takes them with him into all parts of the Eastern countries ; wherever he goes, he carries with him light, and knowledge, and influence ; and from the fact of having stirred the Armenian Church into such a state of activity,' I trust in a very short time a moral revolution would be produced in those mighty provinces. When you go into Constantinople, you will find it is now safe to proclaim that you differ from them. Dr. Dwight told me that he has preached in Conitantinople in the open air to a large body of people, including a hundred Turks. Twenty-five years ago, his head would have been off his shoulders five minutes after he 'mounted the pulpit. There is at this moment in Con stantinople a converted Turk, bearing the name of Williams, who has a chapel of his own, and his son told him that when he went out, the Turks came out and stood at their doors to salute him as he passed, and that man was educated at the Malta College. (Applause.) Now, there was passed some time ago by the Sultan, a decree, which granted religious liberty to all people in his dominions, that allowed the Greeks to secede from their church and embrace the Protestant faith ; and even allowed, though it was not expressed in actual terms; Turks to depart from the faith of their fathers and profess what faith they pleased. For sonic time• it appeared to be a dead letter ; but nevertheless it was not without its value, because you obtained by that the confirmation of the' principle that religious liberty was acknowledged by the Sultan of Turkey, and it gave to all the Powers of Europe representing the Christian religion, the opportunity of interfering when they heard f any act of aggression upon co-religionists. That wasbeginning to have real and effective results. Are you aware that in the Turkish empire, at this time, there are hundreds of thousands whose ancestors professed the Mahomedan religion by force, and who handed down to their Children a dispoSition to the religion that they were compelled to throw off: Give them an opportunity, and hundreds of thousands will throw off theMahomedan cloak and return to the faith of their fathers. I re ceived an account stating-that a district Containing no less than 40,000 persons professing Mahomedanism presented a petition, praying for permission to return, to their faith. The Sultan gave them permis s i on , an d t h e missionary fully believed that the whole district would return . to the profession of Christianity, and thousands and hundreds of thougands more 'would repudiate the apostacy of their forefathers, and place themselves at last in a condition' to receive once more the truths of simple primitive and ' gospel Christitinity. (Applause.) If this be the condition. of things, if this be the religious • condition of that Country, when you see how ready the people are to receive the truth, when you -find that hundreds of thousands are ready to dis card Mahomedanism, when you find that Mahomedans themselves are' dissatisfied with the faith they profess,, when you see—and- they see too—that the government that rides over thein is now verging to its dissolution — can you have a doubt that you must come forward and occupy the ground, and join the American missionaries, —for never let it be supposed that our object is to come forward as rivals to these men, unless it be in doing as much good as they—let us j o in the American mission-, aries in the furtherance of their great cause. I venture to believe that many more years will not elapse before you see so great a change - as to make you rejoice that you ever came to the Collegiate at Liverpool to hear-a statement of the progress and success of the Malta College. _ 5 Now, really I know not what more there is to say, ex cept to ask you what, you can say if you refuse to do less than what we ask you in furtherance of this great cause. Really, the times in whiCh we live are very remarkable ; they are, far more remarkable than any times that have. preceded the m . \V e a r e li v i ng very f as t ;• we are im pressed in a va r i e ty o f uu d erta ki ugs, —i n specu l a ti ons o f all kinds,—in maki ng and* enjoying. money; and yet, though - we are engaged in seeing how we can improve our electric telegraphs or construct our Great Easterns, we are every now and then reminded by wars, and rumours of wars, that we must examine our position, • put our heuse in order, and prepare ourselves for the . worst. Now you are proceeding to the establi s h men t of volunteer ,rifle corps and, artillery corps—(applause)— aulevery means of defence e and it is right and good that you . should do so. (Applause.) You are lovers 'of, peace; we are all lovers of peace, and we 1. seek • alliance but we will gratify our love of peace by showing that we will not only observe peace our selves, but compel those to observe it who are inclined to break it. (Loud applause.) And as for alliances, we Will put no trust in them. (Applause.) . Alliances may be very necessary. No doubt they - are very neces sary to all, and to a certain extent they may be very, . effective; but they are much more matters of taste than of truth, they are much more matters of interest than of justice; and when the taste chane.es, or when the inte rest is seen in another light, the alliance, and the paper on which it is written, go along with other rubbish into the waste-paper basket. (Laughter and applause.) Do not let -me told that England is isolated. England always was isolated, and England always will be isolated. So long as she professes those great principles of civil and religious liberty—(hear)—so long as she stands upon the basis of Protestant truth—so long she will be isolated, and God grant she_ may be isolated. (Loud applause.) ,There never was a time at which we were found in alliance with the other powers, except when under the . ,pressure of a common fear, and then our power and the subsidies of the people of England certainly did bring a number of powers to our assistance. Depend upon it, if we stand firm to the principles we profess; if we hold out that where we have a right to the power we will, by • authority and precept, institute these things ; and that where, we have no right we will shame them into it by example, isolated we'shall be—more than isolated—for doubtless that isolation will shortly combine against us all e the greatest and the most overwhelming powers that are opposed to those-great principles on which we stand. , If that. be so, does it not teach us that we may look to our volunteer rifle corps; to extend our armies, to in crease our navies ; but, does it not teach us that we must . look .to higher, greater, nobler, truer defences ? (Great applause.) Does it not teach us to consider what is our position, to consider whether we have not a mis sion to fulfil, whether all those, great possessions which we have, whether that indomitable energy of our people, whether residing where we do, we can point with our left hand to our possessions in the East, with our right to those in the Nest, and e „look upon our loossessions in the South, considering that our language is in every nation and our speech known to, every tongue 7 —considering all ' these things, must we- not bear in mind that we must trust to them for ourhope and our strength, and know that we have a mission tqfulfil. And so long as we are fulfilling that mission, and are found watch*, we may . rejoicein ample secr.eity. (Applause.) Our mission is to carry life, and light, and liberty into every nation in Europe. (Applause.) I maintain that here is our strength—here our security: and when we shall have made our armies and our navies living instances of the true Christian mind-e-examples to impress the heathen, and to impress faltering Christians ; whezi we shall have made our commerce the vehicle of religion, then we may in full security and independence enjoy, knowing that if our enemies desire, our land, they will desire it not to our, but to - their own destruction ; why then we may sit down. in safety, knowing that no enemy can harm us, because we know in whom we have trusted, and, therefore, we shall never be confounded. (Great cheering, during which the noble lord resumed his seat.) Mr. GHEGSON moved the following resolution, which was seconded by the Rev. Thomas Cowan, and carried with applause : e --" That this meeting desires to record its conviction that the noble objects at which the Malta Protestant College successfully aims, which are, the training of missionaries for the. East, and diffusing of Scriptural education among the nations dwelling on the. shores of the Mediterranean, and the great principles on which it is based, entitle the Institution to the sym pathy and support.of all earnest Christians." TIIQ HOD. A d AiINNMRD. M.P.. in mot& SPeond reso anon, sal e has oeen connected use" college from its earliest foundation, and had co-operated with his noble friend, the Earl of Shaftesbury, who had been the mainstay of the work. When they received so cordialan invitation from Liverpool; when they heard that their report had been received with-such warmth and cor diality, and that the principles which had been so ably enunciated by Lord Shaftesbury, had found such a warm and cordial assent from the people of Liverpool, he felt only due to their friends here, that the noble lord should not he left alone to represent the committee ;. and it was under; these circumstances that, he came down to address them and manifest his friendly' feeling to• the people of Liver , ) pool. He c oncluded by moving . the following resolution :---, ".Tbat this meeting is of' opinion, that it becomes this: .great town, highly privileged in the possession'of Gospel light, endowed with great wealth, and called by God's providence to hold intercourse with remotest land, to aid liberally by its means the diffusion of. Scriptural education among the nations of the East, in which this country is 'at present deeply interested, that God's glory may be promoted among them, and that the ties of common interests which now unite us may be further cemented by those of common principles.!' _ A hymn 'was then sung, during which a collection was taken up in aid of the objects of. the meeting. Dr. APNEILr, who was received with loud and pro 'longed applause, seconded the resolution. In the course of his speech he said, that the direct influence of. commerce was not all which they .as Christians could 'desire it to be.. It was the boast, aid the best one of this, great nation, that she possessed ,a reformed Christian. creed ; and it was amongst the plainest and most im portant of her duties, to blend with all her operations, political and commercial, the saving, the elevating, and truly civilising light of our reformed religion. (Applause) Mr. ADAM HODGSON moved a vote of thanks to the Earl of Shaftsbury, which was seconded by Mr. Collett, and carried amid loud cheers. Lord SHAFTESBURY said :—I do most cordially hope and pray that you may long continue to enjoy the full, free, and faithful preaching of the Gospel by th e ministers of this town ; and that this town of Liverpool may ever present such men as are 'around me on this platform for that great work ; and may such as those which constitute my audience flourish and abound. In moving a vote of thanks to Mr. Horsfall let me say he is one of the most estimable men to be found in this country. He is invalu able as a member of Parliament, and as a plea had d g f d o u r tp its t object b him je et member of English society. He is made of that solid, stern stuff, that. I wish we had ten thousand more such was at interest, a all ti and times which a pleasing men as he to adorn our nation. The motion having been carried by acclamation, Mr. HORSFALL acknowledged the compliment, and, in' d to take part in any institution in which his fellow the glory of God. , • The meeting then brok e up. townsmen s took an rlarge containing amount it. of BURGLARY AT ROC HDALE .—The house of Mr. Chad wick, Church- s til e, R oc hd a l e, was en t ere d by means of skeleton k eys, w hil e t h e f am il y was a t c hurch, on Sunday evening. The burglar or burglars completely rummaged t m h o e ne h y o , u t s h e o , ü b gh ut t f hee r y tu o n p a e t n el ed y The only property missed consists of twelve silver tea spoons, marked ".E. W. ;" two silver' saltspoons, silver fruitknife, with mother of pearl handle ; t wo p l ated missedthe ti ra a wC brooches, and 10s. in silver. STEPHENSON'S VOLUNTEER RIPLES.-011 Saturday (says the Newcastle Chronicle), about 100 men belong ing to Messrs. Stephenson and Co.'s manufactory assembled in the riding sch'ool, Northuniberland-strect, in order to be put through their first d r ill i n connection with the Newcastle Volunteer Rifle Corps, of which body they now form a c o mpan y . S i r J o h n Fife con gratulated his fell ow -t ownsmen upon t h e ir patriotic conduct and fine appearance. TILE SAN JUAN' DISPUTE.--The public , says the s G u i p ob er e se o d f i l n as g t o n f ig G h e t n , er h a a l s: a erenney.General Scott w a s t h e i a l rea dy informed of the arrival at the St ra it s o f Fuca of General Scott, and the bearer of instructions from the Government of the United States with reference to the temporary settle ment of the San -Yuan difficulty, and w e h ave s ome reason to believe that the tenor o these instructions, as communicated-to Governor Douglas, was that the island should remain in a neutral position, with no exclusive occupation by either party, pending the formal and deliberate settlement of the question by the Govern ments of the United States and Great Britain.