The Express.
London, England, 1857-11-21 00:00:00

EV.dNOILICAL ALLIANCB.

The conference re-assembled yesterday morning ;
Sir C. EAanz.zTin the chair.

After the weal devotional Derr'ma
001111111 ALeXANDeR brought forward the subject of
the *Oen kW& In the East, with a view to its suppression.
He inched the Watery of the traffic from the whist period
down to the bet yen when be mid 100,000 chests of opium
woo sent to Chine, where the see of ilia article in smoking
hid long produced the most demoralising effects. He denied
the moral tight of the Indian government to cerry on such a
traffic for the purpose of revenue, and °nerved that the war
with China, Thick had been providentially interrupted, was
tractable to the sweating of opium. As a matter of policy
also he condemned the opium trade, observing that the
Chinese had latterly paid 10000,0001. per annum for opium,
when they would otherwise have been prepared to spend an
edual amount on British manufactures.
After some discussion, the following reselution on the sub-
ject was unanimously adopted:--" That this Conference
cannot view the coincident disturbance of our relations with
India and of those with China without regarding the odious
opium traffic as an element in the proosedlnge of the British
authorities involving the nation in pill; displeasing to
Almighty God, end greatly impeding the progress of the
Gospel ; and would therelsre urge on all Christians the im-
portance of using every legitimate means to induce the
government of this country to disoountenanoe the production
of opium.ln India and Its sale in China for demoralising
"& tit ALLMAN said be we. happy to be able to announce
that the committee nth* Young Mena Christian Association
bed takes Enter-hall for twelve Sunday evening
_seirLite
ma that the first sermon of the course would be
ant :the Rev. W. Brook. rehe=.)
It es not, '=" that clergymen of the Church
of England would take pert in these service.. There
wee • anon of that chunk which forbade the
depravation of the Prayer-book, and the use of the Prayer-
book out of • regular church wee supposed oss under
thst description. (Laughter.) If the Liturtoam were dis-
peeled with, clergymen might Mill preach. He 'hen pre—_
caned to give an account of as interview which he had
with the King of Prue ia after the terinintion of the
Berlin Conference. He said his Majesty ex reseed to him
his joy at the =Cars of the Conferenoe, and told him that
the intelligence which he received from all quarters as to
its effects wee of the meet satisfactory ohs:ester. He ven-
tured to suggest to his Majesty certain practical measure.
of onion and crs-operation as desirable far the adoption of
the Christian brethren of England and Germany.
These included the use of pulpits to common by the
ministate of the two countries, and efforts foe the convereion
of the Jews, the Roman catholic laity, and the Roman
catholic clergy in Germany, in all which objects his Majesty
expressed his concurrence. He had been informed on good
authority that in Bohemia—the country of John Hem--cue
half or two thirds of the priests of the Romish church were
leave that church if they oscouldonly be shown
070. d to
obtain a livelihood and that with a view to the fur-
therance of secessions, a temporary refuge had been recently
open at Buie. He concluded by stating that the committees
of the different religious societies In London had lately ex-
their willingness to co-operate with their Christian
ex-
pressed
brethren In Germany.
The Rev. C. JACKKON gave a narrative of thlmondings
of the Berlin Conference, in which little was to what
had previously bees mode known.
Some reeeltdons eta Smug character were then agreed to,
and this tenanted the premedhap of the session.