The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-12 00:00:00

DISSENT IN UPPER CANADA.

The following extract of a letter from a Wesleyan
Methodist minister dated Port Hope, Upper Canada,
Jan. 25. 1841, will be read with painful interest.
Have Dissenters not enough to do in resisting the en.
eroaehments of the Established Church wi.hout fight-
ing with one another ?

" The Wesleyan Methodist Church of Upper Ca.
nada is the oldest—is the Mother Church in this co-
lony. Methodism was introduced into Canada in 1780
by a Mr. Lyons and Mr. M'Cirtey from the then
British Provinces, and now tie United States. It was
not, however, until 1790 or 1792 that regular Mis-
sionaries visited Canada. About this time the New
York Conference sent two Missionaries into Canada, the
Rev. Messrs. Losee and Dunham. Under the D.vink.
blessing those devoted servants of Christ were success-
ful in raising up societies, and forming circuits, and
building chapels, so that Methodis:n soon became firmly
established in the country. In about ten years from
this period, Methodism had extended its influence and
its triumphs through the entire colony, embracing cir-
cuits and stations from Quebec to Niagara. Thus had
Methodism been introduced and societies orga-
nized full twenty-three years before an English Wes-
leyan Missionary visited this country, and about ten
years before any regular Church of England parsons
trod the soil of Canada. And it is my deliberate
opinion that it would have contributed very much to
the peace and prosperity of this distracted colony had
such persons in such a capacity never entered this
country. Never, in my humble opinion, was there a
more ill chosen sphere of Missionary operations se-
lected by the Wesleyan Missionary Committee in Lon-
don than Upper Canada. And never was there a
more wicked and unnecessary prostitution of public
monies (raised for the purpose of sending the Gospel to
the heathen) than those expended in supporting the
agents now employed in Upper Canada by the autho-
rities of the English Conference—agents who are
not penetrating the wilds of this western wilder-
ness, and carrying the Gospel to the heathen and the
destitute. No, they are, with one or two exceptions,
atatedly preaching in the large towns and villages to
those whom they have been the guilty instruments of
leading away from our societies, thus dividing the flock
of Christ. Surely it is enough to make an enlightened
Christian community blush when we reflect upon the
exertions put forth, and the appeals which are made to
the bevenolence of British hearts, in order to raise
funds for the evangelization of our world, and then to
witness the shameful expenditure of those funds in
creating and extending the work of schism, and support-
ing those agents whose principal object is to perpetuate
those political and invidious distinctions which have
already almost torn up the very foundations of
civil society, &c. The Wesleyan Methodist Church
of Upper Canada is as truly Wesleyan in its cha-
racter, its doctrines, and discipline, in its rules,
regulations, and usages, as any body of Methodists in
the world. This the authorities of the English Con-
forcnce have not attempted to disprove. It follows,
therefore, that the true reason of their separation is to
be traced up to some other source, no principle of re-
ligion or doctrine of Methodism being involved. The
true grounds of their separation is to be found in pounds,
shillings, and pence, and in doubtful disputations and
unsanctified intermeddling in party politics. The con-
duct of the London Wesleyan Missimiary Committee
in these respects exhibits the most glaring piece of in-
consistancy ever witnessed in the world. For while
they enforce upon all the Missionaries they send to
foreign countries the necessity of abstaining from all
political disputations, &c., and also loudly and bitterly
complain of the political character of the official organ
of our conference, yet they are as deeply immersed in
the political disputations of the day as any class of poli-
ticians. And the Watchman newspaper, which they
conduct, control, or superintend, and which is virtually
the organ of the Wesley an connection in England, is as
political in its character and tendency as any of the
English or Canadian journals."

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

( From the _Hampshire Telegraph )

PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 10.—The Stag, 46, Capt. T.
B. Sullivan, C. 8., arrived at Plymouth, on Thursday,
from Rio Janeiro. She brings no news.
The Southampton, 50, with Sir Edward King's flag,
was about to leave Monte Video for the Cape of Good
Hope, on the 21st of January. The Curacoa, 24, was
to go to Rio Janeiro, to join the Rose, 16, and the Clio,
would remain in the Plata. The Pearl, 20, was at
Bhaia. The Grecia, Wizard, and Fawn, were cruising
on the coast, looking out for slavers, the orders to cap-
ture which were very stringent.
The Cornwallis, 72, was commissioned at Plymouth on
Wednesday, for the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir W. Parker,
appointed Commander-in-Chief in the East Indies.
The Horatio transport, Lieut. Chapman, R.N
agent, arrived on Monday from Jamaica, whence she
sailed on the 3d ult., having on board seven officers,
158 privates, 27 women, and 59 children, of the Royal
Artillery, and some invalids. The following were the
officers on board :—.Captains G. Bingham, J. A.
Caddy ; Lieutenants R. Harvey, A. H. Graham, E.
M. Shakspeare, and C. Wilson ; Assistant-Surgeon
Howard, R.A. ; Lieut. R. V. Jenkins, R.N., of the
Sappho ; Surgeon M. Thomson, of the Magnificent ;
and Mr. Lawson, of the Ordnance Department. The
Horatio sailed for Woolwich, with Captain Bingham's
company, on Wednesday.
The Asia, male convict-,hip, which arrived from the
River on Sunday, and etnbarked on Tuesday 140 con-
victs for Van D'elion's Lard, in addition to 120 re-
ceive(' on board at Woolwich. She will proceed about
T.•
,esday next on her destination. The prisoners are
under the medical charge of Dr, Stewart,
The Rapid brig arrived on Monday from Plymouth
and the western ports.
The St. Vincent, Madagascar, and Fair Rosamond,
were put out of the basin on Monday, and the Vindic-
tive and Warspite on Tuesday, in order that the basin
might be run dry, to repair the works of the woodmills.
The Mercury sailed to-day for Sheerness, with a
Lieutenant of the Indus on board, to volunteer men
from the Asia for that ship. The Emerald sailed
yesterday for Devonport, with seamen gunners for the
Cornwallis,
The Geyser, a first class steam frigate, of 1,350 tons,
was launched from the dockyard at Pembroke, on
Tuesday.
In Harbour—Queen, Victory, Excellent, Royal
George, Rapid, and Echo, steam tug.
At Spithead—ludus,i VO-39i), rtilican, and Nautilus.

PROMOTION 3 AND APPOINTMENTS.
PROMOTIONS,—SP4IOTIC", J:
the rank or Nl;tSter, if! (le ,v ti ,wan •v .ti !,.

Eslstani-Surgeoo—R. R. Ho;
Corry. Patrtek Brenan, and lleory Lt,ldle, to rank
of surgeon.

APPOINTMENTS.—Captain—Peter Richards, to the
Cornwallis.

Commander—Charles Richards, to Cornwallis.
Lieutenants—Charles Wise, James Stoddart, Grey
Skepwith, H. J. Lacon, and James Fitzjames (from the
Excellent), to the Cornwallis ; James Lowry, to the
Impregnable ; Lindsay P. Burrell, to the Tyne, vice
Johnson ; J. E. F. Risk, from Princess Charlotte to the
Bellerophon, vice Saunderson, invalided ; Arthur Cutin-
ming from Bellerophon to the Hydra, vice Malley,
sick ; A. G. Bulman, to the Fair Rosamond, about to
be commissioned at this port.
Masters.— Raines (Acting) to Cl,opatra, vice
Fowler ; William J. fiery to Pilot, vice Lingden, de-
ceased ; George Wright (Acting), to the Edinburgh,
from Dido, vice Davies, invalided ; J. R. Ayleu, from
the Wasp, to the Dido, vice Knight ; Roberts, from
Alecto, to the Wasp, vice. Aylet.
Purser—John Tapson, to the Cornwallis.

Assistant.Surgeons—D. W. C. Hancock, to the Ito-
pr,:gnable ; J. Simpson, the Queer ; Dr. Charles Paget
BiAke, from Haslar Hospital, to Cornwallis ; J. S.
Burn (Acting) to the Queen.
Mates— Smith and Harvey, to Gorgon ;
Marryatt, from Ganges to Edinburgh ; N. Van-
•ittart (from the Queen), to the Cornwallis ; Messrs.
Pyne and Vyse, to the Polyphemus, steam-vessel.
Midshipmen—C. W. Elton to Cambridge ; Dew,
to Thunderer.

Vols. First Class—W. B. Masson and J. Miller, to
Inconstant.

Boatswain—Wm. Lang, to Cornwallis.
Carpenter—G. T. Alidricks, to Cornwallis.
ROYAL MARINES.-Lieut. J. K. Wilson (now serving
on board the Princess Charlotte), is appointed Adjut mt
of Portsmouth Division, vino Dwyer, promoted ; Cap-
tain James Uniacke, and Lieutenants C. 0. Hamley
and George Elliott, to the Cornwallis.

GREENWICH OUT-PENSION.—ThOSC respected old
officers, Captain John Gourly, Commanders George
Hillier and Joseph Patey, with Retired Commander
John Anderson, were, on the 16th ult., placed on the
Out-Pension of Greenwich. These compliments to
veteran worth will be hailed with satisfaction by the
whole Naval Service.

THE CORN-LAWS AND THE

SHIPPING INTEREST.

A great deal has been been said, and very justly
said, above the difficulty of British ships competing
with those of foreign nations, who are able to obtain
labour, timber, and provisions, at a rate so much be-
low what it is possible to do here. Now, if an altera-
tion in the Corn-law did not produce any diminution in
the rate of wages, it undoubtedly would in the price
of provisions, and thus one important item in a ship's
expenses would be materially reduced. There is no
doubt that with a trade in corn, even partially free, we
would carry on a very considerable traffic in grain with
foreign countries, and the employment in that branch
of commerce of so large a number of vessels as would
certainly be required. to be engaged in it, could not fail
to advance the interest of all shipowners, whether
their own ships were actually fo.ighte:l with corn or
not. That a trade in corn could not be carried on
without a very considerable number of vessels, is suffi-
ciently obvious ; especially when we remember that, in
the six years preceding 1833, the average annual impor•
tati•ms of about one million quarters of wheat, employed
upwards of 400,000 -tons of shipping. Now, supposing
what is by no mans improbable, that by the repeal of
the Corn-law we could obtain a regular trade in corn to
the amount of .one million quarters per annum beyond
the average importation tor the last ten years, there
would immediately be called into requisition 400,000
tons of shipping more than those engaged in that trade
at present ; which, supposing each vessel to make, one
with another, between two and three voyages yearly,
would employ considerably more than the whole num-
ber of vessels which this port (the fourth in the king-
dom) possesses ; and that, not by carrying on a trade,
which, for a few years (as between 1825 and 1832)
might be in a very flourishing condition, while in the
tol:owing years such a thing as rt corn-freight might not
be heard of from one end of the conot to the other ;
but. a trade which, in all likelihood, would gradurilly and
tendily increase.

s Let us now consider whether the present depressed
state of things in this port is not in great part owing to
the Corn-law. We know that the grain freights during
the recent high prices, gave a great spur to the shipping
interest, and that when grain freights were no longer to
be had, when the trade which had employed four ves-
sels was not merely diminished, but entirely gone, a
downward movement took place in the trade of this
port ; and down it will continue to move, if the Corn-
law be not repealed, until the sudden opening of the
ports again gives us an unnatural stimulus, which, how-
ever, beneficial in its immediate effects, is only too
surely the harbinger of a return of that severe depression
under which we are labouring at the present time.
But, further, another result of the late corn trade
was, an unhealthy, hot-bed, increase of ship-building and
the timber trade, which in its turn has been followed by
severe depression ; so much so that I shall not be far
from the mark in saying, that for every cargo of Ame-
rican timber which is at present on order, there were
fifty or sixty at this time last year. To the Corn-law,
then, and to that alone, is the present almost unprece-
dented low state of trade in this town to be attributed.
—Sunderland Herald. •

FLANDERS AND DUTCH MAIL.

BRUSSELS, APRILB.—The average price of wheat
last weds was 17f. 96c., and that of rye, 101. 78c. per
hectrolit-e.

General Baron Hurel will quit the Belgian service
to return to France on the 200 of this month.
We learn that for some days competent persons have
been busily engaged in valuing the city library, with a
view to the sale of it to the Government. These per-
sons, we understand, were extremely surprised to find
that the library contained so many rare and curious
books.

We c. the Courrier Beige) were right in thinking
that the Crown would not ha-ten to come to a decision
before it was thoroughly informed of the situation and
wishes of the country.
BRUSSELS, APRIL 9.—The chief instruction to
derived from the addresses in favour of the retaining of
the Ministry, is tile disapprobation of that system of in-
stability which is so prejudicial to France, and which
destroys ad confidence in the repres,mtative system.
We were astonished to learn that M. Nothomb re-
fused to return to the depAtment of public works ; hut
on reflection we feel that it would be very dificult for
him to remain neuter and impartial between his own
system •,ind that of M. Rogier. M. Sublonkoff, a
Russian General, has just arrived here from Sr. Peters-
burgh,—Courricr Beige, April 9.
The Monitcur Beige, of April 9, has not been re-
ceived. The Courrier Beige of this day does not even
give any report respecting the change of Ministry, and
the Journal du Commerce, of Antwerp, which gives a
list of the persons reported as likely to be members of
the new Cabinet, declares, in its No. of Saturday the
10th, that it is not confirmed.
THE HAGUE, APRIL B.—The Sections of the Se-
cond Chamber of the States-General t,aying examined
the project of law for the organisation of the Courts of
Justice in North and South Holland, and Limburg, a
new draft of it has been sent by the Government to the
Chamber, divided into three separate projects of law.
AMSTERDAM, APRIL B.—We have learned with the
greatest pleasure the el,ction of M. A. ‘V. Huide
Roper, as Member of the Second Chamber of the
States-General.

h is said that a squadron will be shortly fitted out to
go on a cruise as of late years. His Royal Highness
Prince Henry will accompany it on board the frigate
Rhyn. The squadron is to go to Russia, and the
Prince will then make a tour in that empire.
_ _

The 17th anniversary of the birth-day of her Royal
Highness the Princess Sophia was observed yesterday
(the 7th) in the usual manner.
AMSTERDAM, APRIL 9.—We hear that we may flat
ter ourselves with the expectation of a visit from the
King and the Prince in this city, perhaps on Monday
evening next.
TURKISH FRONTIERS, MARCH 22.—We learn from
Constantinople that the Porte has communicated to the
Representatives of the Four Powers the remonstrance
of Mehemet Ali, transmitted by Mubih Effendi, and
has asked their advice. The Council held on the sub-
ject was not unanimous, and intended to leave the do-
cision to the London Conference, a result at which
there is certainly reason to rejoice, because the instruc-
tions on the point are doubtless on the way.
=The capital was illuminated on the 10th in the even-
ing, on account of the return of the Turkish fleet.
Nothing is decided respecting the retirement of Res-
chid Paella, which has been so much talked of. It is
said that he has lately three times tendered his resig-
nation, which the Sultan has not accepted, being un-
able at present to do without him.
It was reported at Constantinople that Baron Stur-
suer, the Austrian Internuncio, wished to be removed
to another post. As his probable successor, 111. Von
Rokescb, the Austrian Minister at Athens, was spoken
of, or else Baron Nieumann, wno has 1 itcly been en-
trusted with important missions.
Peace has bean concluded between Montenegro and
Herzogeivina, after a conference between Majago Mu
sopdi soh and Petro Petroiditsch at Grabowo. There
is a great fermentation among the inhabitants of Spizza,
neighbours of the Montenegrins, in consequence of the
appearance of a Turkish tax-gatherer. They seem
disposed to throw off the Turkish yoke, and to join the
Montenegrins. At the end of February, a place near
Rodgouzza was surprised by the Montenegrins, but the
attack was repulsed ; twelve men were killed on both
sides.
CONSTANTINOPLE, MARCH 17.—The Porte, in an
official note of the 11th of Karel:, announca to tho