The Express.
London, England, 1865-05-17 00:00:00

BISHOP COLENSO ON POESIGN MISSIONS.

At the meeting of the Anthropological Society
last evening the Bishop of Natal reed a paper on "Miteioss
among Savages." Ha detailed SO= at the diMoultiss to
be contended with, and maintained that there was so reason
to be dissatisfied with the results chtaleed. After all, be
said, there would be room for the miasionaries. Those who
have had their own hearts warmed with the knowledge ol
God's love —shoes souls have realised the truth cd
their Creator's memos in the midst of his
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universe—whom spirits have been wakened to lerrow n-
=inmost of their high vocation, their mighty hope, their
saga= =tentage, as so= sad daughters of the Lord
Almtghty ; who have known for themselves the blewiedases
of living, amidst all duties, trials, sorrows, in daily
communion with God, the Father of spirits, the =ring and
*woe of all life, and truth, sod love,—such as Wes cannot
be cootent with having this bloats' for themselves dose ;
they must help in some way to spread the Icaowlsof God's
love and truth to others ; their own joy would= utterly
wanting in one of its chief isgredients if they did not noor
also that the truths, which have ref =shed sod gladdeoed
their own souls, are meant also for all melded, sad are only
fir= granted to them that they might each be, in His measure,
the ministers of this great joy to others. We are al/ familiar
with the words, "Go ye into all the world., and preach
the Gospel to every creature." But, whatever criticism
may do with the text which contains them, whatever out-
ward sanction they may lose, or still retails. they must eon-
dune always binding as the expositioe of • clear human
duty. The feelings of common brotherhood with white
our God has gifted us, as real though faint reflections of
that great love with which He embraces Oa Sill wash' still
urge assay among to go forth—personally, ot by others
sent is our same—to communicate to our brethren is
heathen and savage leads those spiritual as well as temporal
blessings in which we ourselves rejoice.
A diecumios ensued, in the course of which the Rev.
Donna HUTH expressed his approval of the views ex-
pressed by Dr. Oolesso.
Mr. WINWOOD RILLDZ, while totalities hie owe *elms
expressed his admiration of the paper. "It was the first
time," he said, ",he heard a missionary tell the troth."
Mr. ARTHUR and the Rev. Dr. Isom; expressed in strong
terms that dissent from many opinions in the paper, as
opposed altogether to the spirit in which the Apostles set
about the task of spreading Christianity.
Mr. RID= also opposed the paper with s= roformos
to its recognition of polygamy, while Mr. Teal mid
that Christianity was not at all suited to the Semitic ream.
It was first plastid among them, but hod utterly died oat,
and had been superseded by Mohammedanism, which woe
adapted to them
Dr. Cotes= replied ; and a vote of thanks for the paper
was, on the motion of the chairman, unanimously agreed to.

The Owl says :—" The tenor of our last advioes
from Vienna leads us to fear that Mr. Hutt's mission will
not prove siusessfuL The Austrian authorities seem to
imagine that free trade means oseaided gale to England.
and are not yet sufficiently advanced in the study of poll.
tiaal economy to comprehend that what benefits England
must necessarily be of advantage to Austria. We trust,
however, that Mr. Hutt and his able associate, Mr. S.
Beaumont, may yet succeed in convincing them of their
error."
The city of Orleans has just celebrated the 435th
'nattering of its deliverances by Joan of Are. The Maw-
honoured solemnity -cc one of the great festivities of the
Orleans's, and on this evasion only all distinctions of ohm
or party ere laid aside. On the eve of the festival the ma I
nicipal body of Orleans marched to the stately cathedral to
deposit the banner of the Maid, which is preserved in the
Town-house. The whole body of the clergy attended the
ceremony, while hymns were chanted by hundreds M
votes. The banner was blessed and received by the
bishop, and the church. oovered with flap and displaying I
the aims of the towns which assisted Orleans darts(
its struggle against the English end the Borgne-
dims, was magnificently illuminated. On the following day
the prefect of the department, the magistrecy, the clergy ct
the city and of the adjoining towns and villages, the troops
of the garrison, the municipal councils of the neighbouring
communes, the medallists of St. Helena, the corporations of
the working classes, assembled in the cathedral to bear the
panegyric on Joan of Arc delivered by the Abbe Bougaud.
The procession, in pies to end returning from the church,
I traversed the streets of the city, which tradition says Joan
rode through in full armour, bearing her sacred banner, the
day she convoyed • supply of provisions from Bina to the
famished defenders of Orleans, and visit( i the ruins of the
fort of the Tourelles, where she was wounded by an English
snow.
The Morning Post publishes a letter which
illustrates the mode by which the Prussian government le
endeavouring to manipulate public feeling in the Duchies :
—" Hamburg, April 18.—Mr. Doilies= Weds', —Yon are
hereby requested to accept the following communication
as confidential. The royal Prussian government requires in
the Duchies judicious men in order to mike propaganda
among the population, and in those circles with which they
come in contact. As your antecedents are very well known,
you are privately requested to exert all your infinenoe in
the interest of the above-named government. The latter
will always be informed of your activity, and the Laurance
is at the same time given to you that your operations, in
the sins mentioned, will soon offer you, as a matter of
course, corresponding advanteges.--Signed, FL VON RIMER.°
So Mr. Detlefeen Weds' is now hard at work.
"Strikes," says the /nd,,per.dance, "are multi-
plying to an incredible extent in Paris. There is scarcely •
Ueda which has not struck."
THE NATIONAL REFORM CONFERENCE AT MAN-
otErria.—The third resolution, proposed and under discus-
sion when our report of the first day's conference left Man-
chaster, was as follows :—" That this conference recom-
mends reformers throughout the country to make
parliamentary reform • lenitive, question at the next
general election, and to support such candidatas
s axe
favourable to the introduction of a comprehensive measure
of reform in the next session of parliament." Mr. Little,
of Nottingham, moved an addenda to the motion of the
words, "which measure shall embrace as • cardinal prin-
ciple manhood suffrage." This was disused at eons
tskgand the queetion was ultimately adjouroed without
taktor • vote. Yesterday the coolers's reassembled at
eleven o'clock, and after considerable further dimension the
original motion was carried with three or four dissentients.
Mr. Beale moved • resolution, recqpisieg the principle of
manhood suffrage. Mr. Fisher, of Liverpool, worded the
matins. The Rs. Mr. Street suggested that the principle
of the preset motion bed been safficisetly diseased in Mae
observations on the lest motion. Mr. P. A. Taylor, K.P.,
Leicester, hoped the motion would be withdrawn. He lead
, been an advocate for universal suffrage all hie life, hat he
• bad been delighted with the amity M Wino which had been
Imanifested by the meeting, though there Iced been sufficient
diversity of opinion expressed on Moor points to Sadists
the sentiments of the delegates. Mr. Beale omented to
withdraw the motion, though very much opposed to oath
a course, and be most certain throw the responsibility
upon his advisor. Votes of thanks to the committee and he
the chairman were unsahnoualy carried, and the eankeemee
separated. A. great reform meeting was to he held in the
Free Trails H.B is the even*, at which Mi. Fersrer, MX,
Mr. Taylor, /LP.. Easley.awl other kWh%
geternso, ware upolled he ba preinaL