Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-10-01 00:00:00

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

PILOTOGRAMIY.—We notice that Messrs. Goodwin and
Keet have added to their gallery of celebrities an ad-
mirable portrait of Miss Alice Dodd, whose appeavance
at St. George's Hall, on Tuesday next, will be one of
" the events of the season."

AMERICAN MAIM—The British and North American
Royal mail steamer Africa will sail to-day for New York
direct, carrying out mails and passengers: The letter-
box at the General ,Posf-office will close at 10.30 a.m.,
and the Receiving-house on; the Landing-stage will be
open until 12 O'clock on the payment of a late fee of 6d.

.ttractions' regularly

TEE COLUMBIA MISSION.-A public meeting, for the
purpose. of flirthering the establishment of a mission in
connection with the new diocese of British• Columbia,
was held last night in the Argyle-rooms, Birkenhead,
the principal object of the assembly being to heat an
account of the colony of British Columbia from the
newly-ordained bishop. The number of persons pre-
seat was not very large, in consequence of the in-
clemency of the weather. The Rev. Dr. Baylee, the
.principal of St. Aidan's Theological College, occupied
the chair; and the proceedings having been opened with
prayer, the chairman briefly expressed his concurrence in
the object of the meeting. The Lord Bishop, who was
warmly received, then addressed, the meeting at some
length, pointing out first the geographical position
and extent of the colony of British Columbia, and then
giving a lucid account of its great and but very partially
developed resources. He showed the advantageous
position of the colony for the increase of British com-
merce in the Pacific Ocean, and described its mineral
wealth, not only in the precious metals, but also in coal,
extensive beds of which had been discovered. Another
reason that the colony was destined to occupy a high
position, was to be found in the fact that it would ulti-
mately become the depot in that trade between Europe
and China, the passes over the Rocky Mountains in
British North America being much lower and more
practicable than those in any other part of the
continent. (Hear, hear.) He proceeded to pourtray the
large amount of spiritual destitution which prevailed in
the district, and eloquently appealed for increased funds
for the establishment of an adequate mission not alone
to the professed heathen lin the country but also to
the only nominal Christians who had flocked to the
land in search of wealth. A collection in aid of the
funds was made, and the proceedings terminated with
religious exercises.

I SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF

THE G 0 SPEL.

The annual meeting of this society was held yester-
day evening, in the Aigburth Schools. The meeting
was very numerously attended, notwithstanding the
inclemency of the weather. The Rev. H. T. Hecker
occupied the chair,. and there were also present the
Bishop of Brisbane, the Revs. J. W. Welch and Kings-
ford, Messrs. C. Parker, E. Garston, S. Eden, W. -J.
Tomlinson, C. Bushell, L. Bailey, G. Erving, &c.
The meeting was opened with prayer, when
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The CHAIRMAN said they had once again met
together to exhort one another, to endeavour, according
to their several abilities, to carry on the work of spread-

ing the glorious Gospel of God throughout the World.
As he had often said before that society, in whose name,
and for whose eause, the. Bishop of Brisbane .was em-
ployed in spreading the Gospel of God throughout the
world. It was the Church of England working to do
the commands of the Lofd laid upon the apostles. It
was the Church of England working for them, for they
were the church. They could not all go out as mis-
sionaries, but they gave their subscriptions to the society,
and the society sent out the men to our colonies. These
colonies would not have the Gospel without the society.
The general meetings had been hitherto for the benefit
of the society, without distinct reference to any particu-
lar diocese. They would, that night, he hoped, have
laid before them, by the Bishop of Brisbane, some of
the needs of his own diocese, and the collection
to 'be taken up would go towards the needs
of that diocese. He was glad that they should
have an opportunity of having laid before them
a statement from his lordship. He had heard a
statement from him ; and if they should be as much
impressed as he had been, few of them would go away
without testifying by their gifts their sympathy for
their fellow men. They could all give something ;
some could give money, and some could give men ;
and he was not sorry to see that there was one amongst
them who had given himself to God, to go out with the
bishop—one who had been an able assistant and com-
forter to him—one who the bishop would find a willing
and an active coadjutor. (Applause.) He had nothing more
to say, but begged leave to ask the bishop to address them.
The BISHOP OF BRISBANE rose and said, that many
people asked, what was the use of sending out mis-
sionaries to a foreign land, when they had so many
people at home who were in such a state of spiritual
destitution ? but if these people had got their wish, the
GOspel of Christ would never have reached the white
cliffs of England, so long as there were people in the
land from whence it reached us who were in such
a: state. It was the duty of the Church to send
forth the truth throughout the world. It was a
melancholy thing that England had acted so carelessly
with some of her colonies. What account could Eng-
land have rendered at the judgment day for the
time which she had ruled over India, if that im-
portant empire had been wrested out of her hand in
the late rebellion. He then
_proceeded to give a geo-
graphical description of his diocese ; and showed the
very foolish way in which the governors had ruled the
country. He went on to say that many people asked
him what he was to get from the Government ; but he
had to say that he did not get one farthing. £5,000
had heen.raised, and he was to get the interest on that.
He trusted that they would pay 4 per cent., and then

is income would be £206 ainualy. When he
ere, he was determined to have, if possible,
a quantity of land attached to each church, by which
the clergyman was to be supported. He spoke, in
fee-Ane terms, in reference to the gentleman who is to

went out

accompany him, and sat down amid applause.
Mr. C. BUSHELL was then called. upon. He said
that he had not voluntarily enlisted, but had been

pressed into the service, for A was not till half an hour
ago that he was aware that he was to take any part in

the proceedings, and he hoped on that account to be
excused if he did not say as much as he otherwise
would have done. Of course it was not for him to enter

into details on the bishoprick of Brisbane, but he might
be permitted to state generally what he conceived to be
the position of Great Britain in reference to such work
as the Lord Bishop had on hand. He was quite sure
that the advances science had made of late years had not
been for the aggrandisement of this country alone, or
the trade and manufactures which belonged_to this

The father of the young gentleman who had
agreed to accompany the Bishop of Brisbane, was his
friend for years. He possessed a spirit which he wished
he could lay claim to. That gentleman and his wife
were about to surrender their child to the service
of God ; and, he believed, rather than part with
their son they would more gladly part with half
their worldly goods. When they • Were willing
to make such a sacrifice, he thought that meet-
ing ought not- to be scrupulous in parting with
that. the possession of which could not be compared to

the possession of a dear chid. (Loud .-.pplause.)
During the singing of Heber missionary hymn, a col-
lection was taken up, amounting to about £lB.
The Rev. J W. WELSH next addressed the meeting,
and he warned the Bishop of -Brisbaue that he would

had piesceded him.
The Rev. Mr. KINGSFORD made some brief remarks,
after which thanks were voted to the Bishop of Bris-

The meeting concluded by his lordship pronouncing

the benediction

THE CHURCH-RATE QUESTION

Last evening, a meeting of the parishioners of Vanx-
-11 was held in the large school-room connected with

All Souls' Church, for the purpose of receiving informa-
tion on the subject of Church-rates. Notwithstanding
the inclemency of the evening, there was a large attend-
ance. The Rev. Dr. Hume was called to the chair ;
and there were present, also, the Revds. Messrs; rhos.
Moore, Bardsley, Richard Moore, and Friel.

J 1
The CHAIRMAN explained the position of the Na-
tional Church, showing that, at an early period, the rich
had set apart a portion of their property for spiritual
purposes, the duty of keeping fabrics in adequate repair,
and seeing that duties were decently performed to all,
being left, with the inhabitants of each parish. Certain
duties must be discharged to all—old and young, rich
and poor—and in those churches which are parochial,
the poor as well as the rich are cordially wel-
comed. Their own, which was an example,
and though hitherto they had not called upon the
possessors of property to aid them in any of their -annual
expenses, it was quite another thing to be forbidden to
do so. 'The abolition of Church-rates struck directly at
the poor, and in our great towns, where they collected
in masses apart from the rich, would be attended
with very serious consequences morality and re-
. to , .• • ,

he nc

Jigion. Already s distriouted uiei
and other donations too, exclusively in the nei

hbour-

and startling proposal to ,take that which is the birth-
right of the poor and transfer it"to possessors of pro-
perty, or to prevent even Churchmen from taxing them-
selves, when they think proper to do so.

Mr. BAnnsLty next addressed the meeting in a long
and able speech. After complimenting the audience on
the size of the meeting, he reviewed the principle of
Church-rates at great length, and showed that they
were a charge upon property, fairly levied upon all, for
the benefit of all. The agitation which prevailed at
present, he added, was only the insertion of the
thin part of a wedge, which, if ever driven
home, would lead to the confiscation of all
church property, public and private, in England, Ire-
land, and Scotland. The argument of individual objec-

tion is equally powerful in other cases, as in the case o
poor-rates, war taxes, &c. Numerous testimonies wer
read from the Nonconformist divines, of past and pre

sent times, in favour of Church-rates, and of the general
principle of an Established Church. Apart from,this.

port of all ; for, beyond her own more inimed

she educates three-fourths of the children of the poor
in England and Wales.
The Rev. THOMAS MOORE said that it had been ruled
repeatedly in the highest courts of the land, that

pa'rishioners are boiuid to maintain in good order the
fabric of their Church. ile showed that, not merely had
the wise and good of every name asserted the principle
of providing the Gospel for the poor, but that even the
Saviour of mankind had conformed to the laws of a
heathen country, and rendered to Caesar the things that
were Caesar's, _ _

At the close of the meeting, petitions were adopted to
both houses of parliament, praying that either addi-
tional efforts be made to remove the spiritual destitution
in our great towns, or, at least, that the privileges at
present possessed be allowed to remain. This was nu-
merously signed.

CHINA

Belgiun
France.

....... ._
country. The mighty power possessed by England
was delegated to her people by God, and he was per-'THE AMERICAN MINISTER AT PEKIN.
suaded that, though they were used as a means to put
The Paris Pays says :—" The last news from
money into their pockets, God had a higher object in view.
Shanghai establishes be yond a doubt the arrival
It seemed that the power which they possessed was given
diplomatist ascended the to England that they might bring together the nations of Mr. Ward, the American Envoy, at Pekin.
of the earth. He believed that on them devolved the This
Ki-Tcheou-Yun-
carrying forward of Christianity to the world. The power Ho, one of the branches of the Peiho, accompanied
which had been accorded to this country—the wonderful h y all the members of his Legation. Arrived at
additton of steam as well as electricity had been given Ning-Ho-Fou, the American corvette which had
to man, by which he defeated time, and almost space.
These were not given for the sole purpose of money- brought Mr. Ward was retained in the port. The
members of the Legation, under the guidance
making ; but, out of them, had arisen an opportunity
of a mandarin, were placed in a huge box,
for the Church of England to perform her duty to the
about five metres long by three broad,
world at large. When the bishop spoke of the
which was closed everywhere but above,
Church, he did not speak of the clergy of
so as to
any particular part of the Church. The opportu-prevent those it contained from seeing the
P
nitres of the Church became the duty of the laity, country. This box, or travelling chamber, pro-
and it was for them to apply those mighty talents not. vided with all things necescary to the comfort of
solely for self aggrandisation, but to devote them to the traveller, was placed ona raft and taken first
higher and mightier purposes than anything that could up the river, then up the imperial canal, as far as
'
belong to them. The Lord Bishop had compared the gate of the capital. Here it was placed on a
England to Australia in a geographical point of view, large truck drawn by oxen, and in this way the
and. although England was small when looked at in minister of the United States and the members of
that view, still it was a mighty nation. - Her commercial his legation entered the town of Pekin. They were
greatness, her manufacturing greatness, and her national
power, though she were a mite on the map, in the eye perfectly well treated by the Chinese, but were not
of the world she was a great and a mighty empire, anything.Thetruck was
.destined to accomplish for God a mighty work. They the courtyard of a large house, which was to be
allowed see anythi
be allowed to g? out. At
should not stop short with satisfying themselves, but the residence of the American Envoys, but from
consider that they had a higher duty to perform. It which they were not to
devolved on Great Britain, and it was expected by the . the last dates they were awaitding their interview
not been allowed
Almighty that she should perform her duty to the rest with the Emperor. They had
of the world. He believed he spoke the experience of
all veho had any thought on such matters. The first thoughtdespatch to .
'but were permitted to send a .
was generally for oneself. So soon as a man made Fish, the American Consul at Shanghai, informing
any progress in spiritual gifts or attainments, the next him of their safety. After the interview, the
to have any communication with the outer world,
step was for those around him. The spiritual wants of
American Minister was to be re-conducted to the
one's children and family took possession of the mind,
frontier in the same way as that in which he
and then it extended to neighbours, so that all should
be possessed of that which he knew to be a privilege came'
÷
on till his spirit knew no bounds in nationality
and a blessing. Not satisfied with that, he went
nothing
atottenddoedwißAlLWAYS IN HOLLAND.—The Minister of Finance
presented to the Dutch Chambers the Budget for 1860
or class ; and the only question which he at
on the 26th instant. Amongst other important items is
length asked was, whether a man had a soul
the provision for a subsidy of 28,520,000 florins, or
to lib, saved, and then the geographical position
haddiet£2,376,ooo sterling, to be paid in instalments during six
years, in promoting the system of railways in Holland,
andth supportedit. Formienrlay,
very involving, at the same time, a guarantee of interest, on
degree indeed. Latterly, the support given was im- which the Government expect to lose during that period
sense, but not equal to the wants of missionary work.
5,277,800 florins, or £140,000.
The increase was a proof, however that they were no ,
nURNS, SCALDS, WOUNDS, ULCERS.—In the wide field of
longer selfish ; but that a true Christian spirit was to be
missionarylimited
surgery, nothing has given rise to more dispute than the
found, and that they knew no bounds in their Christian treatment of these disorders. Ice, turpentine, astringents.
philanthropy, pUilanthroy. When they considered that there could
a
andvo havecwardath'most e been
eminent
e
Let deep sciencer
then
such no selfish purpose to be served by those who undertook
retically settle which mode of practise is best defended, Igiiilos!
such a work as the Bishop of Brisbane had undertaken ; the poor sufferer turns for ease,. comfort and cure,won wanders
in
all
he had ventured to put the question in it financial point way's Ointment,
whatever
practically citrlisT performsau Cause or
d
present nature,
of view as to the diocese. He did not wish to say what external sores,
soothing the tortured nerves,ei and reducing irlfliul=l,,,,i
the Government ought, or ought not to do ; but 1
The heat, pain, and tightness are soon removed, 30
seeing their colonies—seeing that but a few years leaving a blemish.

OFFICIAL TRADE RETURNS

ago they spent enormous sums of money ..
emigration, to people these colonies—and seeing r.
. _
that they had been relieved . from - that burden, he Returns made to the Board of Trade for the month
it would only be wise to make a grant if they
of August and the preceding - seven months, have been
wished, to maintain the population in , a moral published. These returns extend over the whole of the
health, to such a bishopric as that. Why they did not eight months, commencing on the Ist. of January, and
do so, was not for him to say ; but since the machinery ending on the 31st of August. From these it appears
was to be put in motion, it was for them to take care, that the exports for 1859 were to the value of
and for the Bishop of Brisbane to take care, that £86,405,855, and that the imports for the same period
that machinery was kept in motion till not one were of the value of £76,657,679, thus showing a dif-
spot was left uncultivated in the . land, spiritually ference of £9,747,976 in favour of the exports over the
considered. Seeing that their time was
.but short imports. From the same returns it appears that, for the
on earth, and that some of them were cut , eight months referred to, the imports of the precious
down like the trees, and left to lie where they fell, with metals has been £26,702,568 ; while, during the same
all their deep responsibilities on • their heads, there period, we have exported such metals to the value of
were few of them that would not feel that it was £26,307,033, or within £305,535 Of the full sum received.
their time to give and their time to work, not by words The gold and silver exported, we learn from these
only, but ,by substantial proofs of their sincerity. returns, was in the following proportions to the subjoined
It was to be lamented that there were so many of places :
them—and he would take his full share of the fault
—that were not persuaded of the immediate necessity
of spiritual things. If they
.could, realise the truth
that it was more pleasant to give than to receive, how
much more pleasure would they have in parting with
that which God had given them than to allow it to, be in
heaps; cankering, as it often did, the heart of the
possessor—a possession which could not be taken
from this world, and which must -be left behind. He
did not believe in bequests. They never bequeathed
anything. People parted with their possessions
when they could no longer retain them ; and the gifts
of God, which might have 'been profitable is their
fellow-men, were often kept back _by avoricious-

Hanse Towns
Holland

GOLD.
404,536
316,709
173,333

SILVER. TOTAL.
827,352 1,2.31,888
28,639 315,348
68,469 247,802
243,227 11,845,824
174,311
332 137,313

112597,597
174,381
. 136,981

Egypt tin tranaitu to India j 188,434 11,580,234 11,768,668
and China
--- la ( 1,947

British Possessions

South Africa
Danish West Indies
United States
Brazil
Chili

Other countries.

143,070
13,933
145,574
145,349
190,759

20,864 12,876,169
The articlei of import which show Marked variations
in computed value during the eight months are guano,
which was,. in 1858, £2,667,074, and £542,537 in
1859. Breadstnifs, in opposition to the generally re-
ceived notion, exhibit comparatively little ,change in the
aggregate, but great change in reference to the quanti-
ties received from sundry places. The import of wheat
was as follows from the places named :

26,397,033

Seven Months ended 31st July

► 1837

1858,

From Rnsssia

„ Prussia
„ Denmark
„ Mecklenburgh
„ Hanse Towns
„ France

Aug 31
1859.

5,786,994
599

ase in the

)eriod of

HATS

15, 1859
nt.

nce I pro-
ever pre-

a very rich

1y testimony
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;0 the head.