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1858.

established in that county as the o
the malcontents, in which appeared several artiorgan ;esof and communications, charging the law officers of
the Crown, the Judge, and Mr. Gore Jones, ILX,
with the murder of the brothers Cormack; masked
under the forms of law, and thus exciting the
mindquillis of
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A MEETING OF THE WORKING CLASSES took place in
Glasgow on Thursday, to consider the question of
emigration to the colonies. Mr. R. Dalglish,
presided. Resolutions were moved and carried, to the
effect that—The colonial waste lands ought to be
appropriated to the use of the working cla-ises—lt is
the duty of the Government to enable the surplus
population to emigrate to the colonies--There are
great numbers of unemployed throughout the
kingdom who would gladly avail themselves of a
feasible plan of emigration—There are numbers who
would be willing to serve as a militia in the colcnies
for five years, if allowed to locate themselves at the
end of that period. Memorials embodying the reso.
lutions to be sent to her Majesty were also submitted
to the meeting and approved of.

Ourril.
THE BISHOP OF EXETER ON MISSIONARY
EFFORTS IN INDIA AND CHINA.

THE anniversary of the Society for the Propagation
of the Gospel in Foreign Parts was celebrated on
the 16th inst. at Exeter. After Divine service at the
cathedral, a public meeting was held at the Guild-
hall. The Bishop of Exeter presided. The right
rev. prelate, in moving the adoption of the report,
said that the want of the stimulus of the Queen's
letLer had been felt for a few years past, and it was
his intention—having been solilited by more than
one decanal chapter—to issue a letter to every
clergyman in his diocese, requesting him to make a
collection at least twice in the year, and to preach
sermons in aid of the missionary wants of the Church.
He would not advise the advocacy of any particular
society, but would rather leave it to the discretion of
the clergymen themselves. With regard to an
important point in the report—the want of men
rather than of money—the bishop said:—
I must say that 1 am thankful to his Grace the Arch.
bishop of Canterbury for calling upon me to invite the
young clergy of the diocese to look abroad for the means
of serving God by preaching the Gospel in foreign parts.
Whilst I say that I shall be anxious to forward any well-
considered efforts in that direction,l cannot close my eyes
to the extreme difficulty of finding men. Ido not know
that clergymen are now leas zealous than those who have
gone before, but the truth is there is more need of men at
home for the ministry of Christ's Gospel among us; and
I hope that another year will not pass over without a strong
appeal being made to the country to provide means for
supplying additional ministers at home. How the dill
culty is to be met it is not fur us, meeting here casually,
to attempt to decide. It will, I hope, have the best con•
sideration of all men of experience in the Church of Eng-
land, and I hope that we shall have the benefit of their
advice u to the fittest means we can adopt to promote
this great object ; and we cannot disguise from ourselves
the difficulties with which our rulers have to contend in
the adoption of a plan which shall deal effectually with the
great subject of the rechristianization—and I am afraid 1
must say the christianization—of India—to regain whatis
lost, and to gain fresh strength, caused by supineness on
our part, that mainly contributed to the mischief which the
last year's history records. Let us recollect this in a
stimulus to fresh exertions, but let us recollect that it is
connected with questions of prudence and experience. In
looking at India it is impossible not to remember that a
much larger field has been opened to our hopes, to our
exertions, ay, and with a certainty of success, it those exer-
tions are carried on in obedience to God's laws, in depend-
ence upon His aid, and by the application of all those
powers which lie gives to man to carry out His ends.
Chiba will require a large effort of missionary labour, and
I hope our Church will not be slow or backward in con-
tributing fully to the great cause.
The right rev. prelate then said, in imitation of a
gentleman who had promised to give 1001. if nine-
teen other gentlemen would do the same, that he
would give 1001. that day six mouths if 100 gentle-
men would do the like.

THE BisHor OF Nouwicit has ruptured a small
bloodvessel. His lordship was engaged to preside
on Tuesday at the anniversary meeting of the Norfolk
branch of the Chu' ch Missionary Society, but to the
regret of those present he was unable to atteud.
1 HE ARCHBISHOP ELECT OF UTRECHT was copse-
crated on Tuesday last, St. Matthew's-day, in the
church of St. Gertrude at Utrecht. The ceremony
was performed by the Bishop of Haarlem, assisted
ted
by the Bishop of Deventer, and the Dean,
place of a third prelate.
THE VISITATION OF THE BISHOP OF
WiscsEsTEß
commenced in Holy Trinity Church, Guililtord,. on
Monday. Owing to the many events of ecclesiastical
Interest which have occurred since the last visitation

sod the course which Parliament has taken in
matters affecting the Church, there was a very large
attendance of the clergy. The Bishop in his charge
very strenuously advocated church extension. He
alluded to the agitation against Church-rates, as
rendering necessary a measure for their adjustment,
and he then proceeded to comment upon the fol-
lowing questions :—An appropriate course of pro-
fesaional study for candidates for holy orders, the
abolition of pluralities and sinecures, the augmen-
tation of poor benefices, the commutation of tithes,
the division of parishes, additional curates, the
licensing of public worship in populous districts tor
the accommodation of the poor, the revision of the
boundaries of dioceses, the extension of the Church
to the colonies and all the foreign dependencies of
the empire. With regard to the subject of con-
fession, he contended that the language of the for-
mularies gave no sanction to private confession, while
by the homilies it was expressly condemned. He
believed that the practice was attended with the
greatest danger, that it had been perverted to the
vilest purposes, and that it was as repugnant to the
spirit of the Gospel, as it was to the manly common
sense and independent mind of the great mass of the
English people. The Bishop then pronounced the
benediction, and the proceedings terminated.
THE HON. AND REV. AUGUSTUS DUNCOMBE, the
recently appointed Dean of York, has just obtained
leave of the Chapter to restore the Chapter house at
his own expense, which is estimated at 1,0001.
THE DONCASTER NEW PARISH CHURCH IS nearly
completed, and will be consecrated on the 14th of
next month. The masonry and carving have been
finished some time, and the interior fittings are well
advanced. The new peal of eight bells, cast at the
foundry of Messrs. Warner and Sons, from designs
by Mr. E. B. Denison, Q.C., have been suspended in
the tower.