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discussion, brought it to a close, and passed on to the next
subject on the paper.
HOME MISSIONS AND LAY AGENCY.
The Rev. Canon M'NEILE read a paper on this subject,
in which he considered the reasons why they should have
home missions, and also how they should be conducted.
He said we had up to the present day no regularly consti-
tuted Church of England missionary societies, although
they certainly had missionary societies, and he expressed a
belief that had such existed:dissent might nut have arisen
to.its present condition. The clergy were not numerous
enough for the people, and their work must be supple-
mented in some way. Innovations had drawn many frc,m
the Church, and to recover these home missions of some
sort were indispensable. It was a mistake to speak against
it. To expect that thousands of th it fellow creatures,
who were living without God in the w orld, were to be re-
claimed by ritualism or psalmody, or by exhibitions of
bodily austerity, or by brotherho ds —(loud applause) —or
by anything except by preaching the word of Jesus C 'artist
and Him crucified, appeared to be a great and grave mis-
take. He suggested that diocesan preachers should be
appointed to preach in rooms and in the open air; that
short services, compiled by authority, should be used ; and
lay readers, not only stipendiary but voluntary, should be
authorises. They should not lose the help of enthusiasts.
Fas est ab hosts doccri. The Roman Catholics took every
advantage of this enthusiasm.
. The Rev. Mr BARNSLEY (London) spoke highly of the
value of lay agency, which he illustrated by facts that bad
come under his own observation.
Mr RAYMOND and another speaker closed the discussion.
SYNODS OF THE CHURCH AND RURAL DEANS AND

Naval and Military Intelligence.

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parsons died. Diseases of this _. 442\fr-J64cl,-
gradual and steady increase.
Five hundred and twenty-seven persg: 149 S
their lives during the quarter from accidents of
various kinds ; 264 of these were killed by fmcm'
tures and contusions, 49 by burns or scald 2, 13 di 3d
from the efLets of poisons, 84 were drowned, and,
66 were suffocated; 68 persons committed suicide-
The mean temperature of the air during the guar.
ter was 594 deg.
In the 13 weeks ending Oct. 31 the births of
12,855 boys and 12,100 girls—in all 24,955 child•
ren—wero registered in London.
The births registered in Dublin during the quar-
ter were 1,930, and the deaths were 1,285.

Yeetz.,rday Major-Gen. Sir R. Walpole, K.C.8.,
commanding the force stationed in the Chatham
district, accompanisd by Brigade-Major Congreve,
completed his first half-yearly inspection of the first
division of the Depot Brig-.de, Royal Artillery,
ender the command of CA. C. J. B. R ddell, C.B.
Major-Gen. Warde, C. 8., commanding at Wool- •
wich, desirous of benefiting by the continuance of
weather favourable for outdoor military exerciser,
yesterday assembled a large portion of the troops in
garrison on Bostol-heath and Plumstead-common,
consisting of two batteries of Horse Artillery, under
the command of Col. Price, C. 8.; two batteries of
the 4th brigade of Royal Artillery, under Col. An.
derson, C. 8.; two batteries of the 2d division Dee
pot, under Col. Middleton, C. 8.; the brigade of
Royal Marine Light Infantry, in two battalions,
commanded by Col. Marriott and Capt. Bunce, and
in chief command of Col. Travers, C.B. ; the sth
Fusiliers, in command of Col. Master, C.B. ; one 40-
pounder battery, and a detachment of the Military -
Train. They drew up at halfepast 10 a.m. in two
strong forces, each occupying a favourable position
pointed out by Capt. Nangle, Deputy Assistant.
Quartermaster-General to the garrison. Oa the
firing of a signal gun, which was replied to by the
opposing force, the batteries were put in motion,
and a fierce cannonade commenced. The cavalry,
followed by the infantry attached to the attacking
force, made a gallant charge to capture the deep
ravine separating the two armies, and aftec consi-
derable resistance it was victoriously carried. The
proceedings represented as nearly as possible the
operations of real warfare, and were most interest-
ing, lasting without intermission about three hours.
The troops then returned to Woolwich-common,
headed by their respective bands of music. The
General and staff took up a position, and the whole
of the troops marched past, and were dismissed to
quarters, the General having previously expressed
himself well satisfied with what had taken place.
Major-Gen. Lord William Paulet, C. 8., Lieut.-
Governor of Portsmouth and general officer in come
mend of the district, yesterday inspected the 21st
Regiment of Infantry, now stationed in that garri-
son. The regiment in the morning was inspected
under arms on Southsea-common, and in the after.
noon in its quarters in Anglesea-barracks, Portses.
The War Department steamer Balaclava, Mr W.
Pellett commander, having shipped a full cargo of
guns, carriages, shot, platforms, &c., for Davenport
and Portsmouth, went down to the powder buoy off
Woolwich Arsenal yesterday, and took in the corn•
plement of powder and ammunition for the supply
of her Majesty's iron steamship Achilles at Devons
port, Among her items of cargo the Balaclava
shipped the 300. pounder smooth-bore gun which
was injured iu the practice on board the gunnery
ship Excellent, and sent to Woolwich to be re-
sighted and repaired. Four other guns of the same
calibre, each having a rifled bore, are lying on the
shipping wharf in Woolwich Arsenal, and are
destined for her Majesty's ship Scorpion.
The Urgent, screw troopship, the arrival of which
from Canada was announced in The Sun of yester-
day, left Portsreouth, on her outward voyage, on the
16th of August, and arrived at Quebec on the 6th
of September. She experienced a moderately fine
passage, bat with heavy fogs off the banks of New-
foundland. From the 6th to the 16th of September
was occupied in clearing up the ship, receiving the
baggage and troops, and otherwise preparing for
sea, the ship weighing her anchor again to corn.
moiler) her voyage homeward on the last-named
date. A course was laid for St. John, New
Brunswick, to fill up there with coal, and that
port was reached on the 21st, just in time to escape
a strong gale from the westward, which detained
the Urgent a prisoner in St. John's harbour
until the 24th, when the weather moderated and
the ship resumed her voyage. A moderately fair
passage was experienced from St. John to within
about 500 miles westward of the Channel. The
very strong easterly gales were met with, which
beat the Urgent's steaming powers, end corn.
pelled Capt. Henderson to put the ship under sail
and stand off until the weather moderated. On the
Bth inst. the Urgent put into Falmouth for coal.
She sailed thence on the following morning, and.
arrived at Portsmouth, as already announced, yes.
terday morning. No deaths or sickness of any kind
occurred during the voyage. The present has been
the Urgent's first voyage since her refit and rear.
rangement under the direction of her present com-
mander and previous to commission, and it was
gratifying to hear the officers and men speak in
warm terms of the accommodation on board for
themselves and their families, and of the attention
they had received during the voyage. The Urgent
with a sister vessel was built in a private yard to
an order from the Russian Government, but on the
approach of hostilities with that country she was
taken possession of by the British Government, and.
the Admiralty, under the circumstances, had to
utilize her in the best way they could. Being only
of 1,961 tons and 400-horse power of engines, she
could not be compared with nor expected to do the
work of the Himalaya, of 3,453 tons and 700-horse
power, but she has always been a most useful
vessel, and under new arrangements, introduced.
by Captain Henderson, or at his suggestion. pros
mises to obtain a still higher character.
The Lords of the Admiralty have at length de-
termined on making a small commencement towards
the diminution of the number of old and useless
ships of war which incumber the harbour of
Hamoaze, and involve a constant outlay. The pad-
dle-wheel steam sloop Centaur, 6, is now at Keyham
yard, where her engines and machinery of 450-horse
power will be taken from her. She will then be
conveyed to Devonport Dockyard, where a number
of labourers have just been entered for the purpose
of breaking her up. The Centaur was built at
Portsmouth in 1845, on lines laid down by Sir
William Simmonds. Her burden is 1,270 tons. She
is 200 feet long, 37 feet broad, and 23 feet deep.
The usual annual examination of the machinery
of the screw frigate Constance, 39, in Hamoaze,
has just been completed, and she is now in all
respects ready for the pennant.
The establishment assigned to the officials cone
netted with the steam reserve at Chatham and
Sheerness having been found altogether inadequate
for the rapidly increasing business connected with
that department, the Admiralty have given direce
tions for a more commodious range of offices and
buildings to be erected, and the work is now in
progress by Messrs Foord and Sone, of Rochester,
the Admiralty builders.
The convict ship Porchester, Mr Dick master,
sailed from Spithead yesterday for Portland and.
Gibraltar, after embarking 65 convicts from the
Portsmouth Convict Prison. Dr Crawford, R.N.,
is the surgeon superintendent on board, and the
guard is furnished by a detachment of the 22d
Regiment, which will afterwards join the service
companies of the regiment at Malta.
In order to provide abundant caution, so es to
prevent the occurrence of accidents ha the shipment
and discharge of ammunition, the following clauses
in the War Department regulations were ordered to
be read yesterday at Woolwich to the crews of the
ships in the Ordnance service :—" When the ves-
sels are unloaded and not immediately wanted, the
master, mate, and crew will be permitted in turns
occasionally to be with their families, when the
weather allow ; but the steamers re never to
be left without the master, or one mate, one engi-
neer, one stoker, and one boy ; nor is any person to
absent himself without express permission from the
senior officer of the military store department.
Smoking is strictly prohibited, and any one found
with a Lucifer or patent match in his possession will
be immediately dismissed.