The Press.
London, England, 1855-01-13 00:00:00

" Evangelical," " Protestant," and " Low Church ;" and
when she refers to the fact of Mr. and Mrs. Bracebridge
being associated with her, as a "sufficient guarantee of the
Evangelical nature of the work," she has had recourse to
that species of morality which has been so often practised
by Dr. Pusey, Mr. Newman, and the Jesuit Fathers. Her
appeal to the Christian Times is of the same character,
and has strengthened the persuasion I have long felt, that
Mr. Gladstone and his friends, whilst they denounce the
Protestant clergy for uniting with Dissenters in the circula-
tion of the Scriptures, are ready enough to fraternise with
them for their own Revolutionary purposes—as, for in-
stance, the separation of Church and State.
It is instructive to notice the compliments that now
pass between the Guardian and the Nonconformist press.
I observe, also, that a sharp tire has taken place between
the Christian Times and the Record, relative to Miss
Nightingale: but, though Mrs. Herbert seems to patronise
the former of these organs, as 1 atu neither a Dissenter
nor a " Recondite," 1 have nut gathered my views on this
subject from their columns.
I am, my dear Sir, your's truly,
P.S.—The fact that Miss Nightingale is so variously
represented, by some as a " Roman Catholic," by others as
a " Unitarian," and by Mts. Herbert as "rather low
Church," is a pretty good proof that her creed is not very
distinct.. The creed of the modern Iligh-Churchman is
likewise of a very nondescript character. It would not be
difficult to show that it is a combination of Judaism,
Romanisin, and infidelity ; while some, like the Bishop of
Oxford, love to infuse into it a tinge of Evangelicalism.

LORD ELGIN'S RETURN.
THE ELM OF ELoiN arrived at Liverpool on Tuesday
night, on his return from Canada, and was on Wed •
nesday presented with addresses on behalf of the
American Chamber of Commerce of Liverpool, and
the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce. In the course
of his speech in reply, his lordship said
That the tale of his administration of affairs in America
was very simply and easily told. lie went out in January,
1847, with two objects in view. In the first place it had
been his earnest endeavour to place the colonists in such a
position politically and economically as would leave them
nothing to envy in the condition of any other people on
earth, not excepting that of their neighbours and prospe-
rous citizens in the United States. He might say without
egotism that, in undertaking this task, he considered it of
no ordinary difficulty and magnitude. In the report of
Lord Durham on Canadian affairs, the respective conditions
of the territories 13 ing on opposite sides of the boundary
lino separating the United States and the British provinces
was contrasted, and even if later evidence were required of
the hopeless entanglement of Canadian affairs, it would be
found in the recently-published pamphlet of his distin-
guished and immediate predecessor. Be felt, however,
great as was the task, it was his duty to undertake it, be-
cause he felt confident that upon no other condition than
its fulfilment could the connection between England and
the Canadas be permanently maintained. The other view
was not of inferior importance. It was to place the com-
mercial relations of the United States and the British pro
vinces on such a footing that they should not, if possible,
at any future period furnish occasion to estrangement or
alienation between those two kindred nations; and be
thought that both of those objects he had to some extent at
least accomplished. Indeed, he imagined he might say
that nine-tenths of the people of Canada were now of opi-
nion that their condition in connection with England con-
trasted favourably with that of any other people in the
civilised world ; and he believed, also, that the intimate
commercial relationship which would spring up between
the United States and Canadawhen the Reciprocity Treaty
came into full operation would render Canada in its affairs,
not a barrier or a severance, but a link that would unite
the kindred people of the United States and England.

TUSCANY.—From a report
ears pre
that sented to
budget the Grand
for
Duke of Tuscany, it app the
1855 is fixed as follows :—Receipts, 31,340,338 f.;
expenditure, 31,288,910 f. ; leaving a surplus of
51,417 f. This is exclusive of the expense which
may be required for the maintenance of foreign
troops ; but the report states that the reorganisation
the Tuscan army has been successtully com-
Plbted.

The Moniteur contains a letter from Cardinal
Antonelli to the French Ambassador, acknowledging
in grateful terms the communication that the Em..
peror will allow French troops to the number of
3,500 to remain in Rome.
THE Courrier, of Douai, tells the following story :—A
lady, of Soignies, feeling some time ago that her end was
approaching, summoned M. Pletain, a notary at Mons,
and directed him to have a will made, by which she would
leave him all she had. He thanked her, but said he could
not accept her generosity, and reminded her of her duty to
her family. She, however, insisted, and declared that if be
would not accept what she offered, she would give her pro-
perty to a M. M—, a complete stranger to the family.
Finding that she was quite determined, and being himself
a distant relative of hers, he at length consented to have
the will made as she wished. Shortly afterwards she died.
Immediately he assembled the heirs of the deceased, none
of whom were rich, and two resided in England, and de.
dared to them that he had only consented to accept the
legacy in order that they might not be deprived of it. Ite.
thereupon tore up the will in their presence,
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over to them the fortune of the deceased, atiiepan
at
100,0 Mt This generous notary has died withpi
few days, and this is the brat time his noble a* .
made public.
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