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London, England, 1835-12-22 00:00:00

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house,
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John Wesley was the founder of this sect, every where spoken
against. Both by his preaching and his living he showed himself
the witness of the truth and power of that inspiration, which enables
the man of God to know nothirig amongst men but Jesus Christ, and
him craciflcd. No one could ever charge him with seeking his own.
" It is you I seek and not yours"—was the unchallenged and un-
changing spirit, in which he hued, and worked, and died. All that
he did is before the world. He knew nothing of men's opinions and
persuasions as such. Men of all sentiments, religious and political,
were his brethren—and allies—if, with him, they strove to flee from
the wrath to come, and to lay hold on endless life—to save their
own souls, whilst they were instrumental in assisting others also in
working out their salvation with fear and trembling. This was the
great—the only bond of his confederated or " United Societies,"
whom he supplied with every means of grace, required'by the
coming emergencies of their novel situation, and evidently furnished
out of the providential storehouse of the great Head of the Church.
Himself a churchinan (as to its doctrines and discipline generally),
lie applied himself to the reformation of mankind, according to
the light and help which God himself was pleased to afford, deter..
mined, in the mean time, to know no man after the flesh—but
thankfully to avail himself of the aid of all, and never to rest, until
the heavenly character of the church of Christ should be seen and
acknowledged, and every thing worldly and unholy be taken for
ever out of its way. In one short sentence he has left upon record
the full and settled judgment of his enlightened mind upon this
fundamental subject—on which also he uniformly acted throughout
the whole course of his truly apostolical career ; and, instead of
crowding together a variety of quotations, all of them to the same
point, we shall rehearse these memorable words—written, as if for
these very times—spoken as by a spirit of prophecy, to mark out the
doom, and betoken the speedy downfall of the UsuRPATION that has
subsequently been built upon the Scriptural foundation which he was
chosen of God to lay in this benighted land. THE BEAST IS A
SPIRITUALLY SECULAR POWER, OPPOSITE TO THE KINGDOM OF
CHRIST; A POWER NOT MERELY SPIRITUAL OR ECCLESIASTI-
CAL, NOR MERELY SECULAR AND POLITICAL, BUT A MIXTURE
or BOTH." These oracular words of his weleave to the thoughtful
meditation of the true Christian. They will Nar a second and a
third perusal. We pray God to carry them forward to his inmost
heart—there to become auxiliary to the establishment of the almost
unknown, unheeded, but Heaven-sprung truth of Jesus Christ,—
" MY KINGDOM IS NOT OF THIS WORLD."

Since John Wesley's death, his successors of the Conference have
endeavoured to root themselves as " a spiritually secular power" in
the land—to rival, to outstrip, and then to cast under them, all
other modes or forms of faith whatever. They have, for near half
a century, been underworking the rights and freedoms of mankind;
the same outside show of doctrine and of discipline, which their
Father left them, being uniformly presented to the beguiled and
beblinded eye of their unsuspecting adherents. The last meshes of
their net have lately been knotted, and upwards of one million of
our fellow-countrymen, of their classes and congregations, in. Great
Britain alone, now find themselves enclosed within the toils of an
ecclesiastical economy, which asserts the divine right of an irrespon-
sible priesthood to legislate in all matters of doctrine, whilst it
maintains the legal right ONE HUNDRED self-chosen elders of that
priesthood to have and to hold, to open and to shut, several thousand
louses for worship, all raised by voluntary subscription,for the reli-
gious instruction and benefit of the respective neighbourhoods, in
which they have been built. Besides which appalling fact, it is
openly, unblushingly asserted, that, while this priesthood can deal
as they list with the souls of men and the things pertaining to God
—the members of their numerous societies and congregations have
no right whatever, human or divine, so much as to deliberate, much
less to decide upon, any of the great principles which associate
them together as a religious or, a corporate body. Certain opinions,
held indiscriminately, amongst all classes of the community, civil
and religious, have been declared irreconcileable with the con-
nexional existence of the parties holding them; certain. proceed-
ings, sanctioned every where else in the churches of Christ, have
been denounced as unmethodistical, and have entailed the sum-
mary excommunication of all who have hitherto dared to iden-
tify themselves therewith. Thus, within a few short ,months (the
machinations of these lords over God's heritage being completed),
several preachers, with thousands of the members of the boil}
have been solemnly expelled. These men are now unwillingly
obliged td renounce all connexion with their brethren—all claim
and title to the temples they have assisted in rearing, in which
themselves and their children, and their neighbours, have toge-
ther worshipped the Lord God of their fathers. Since the in-
famous Act of Uniformity was proclaimed, the consequences of
which are matters of notorious history, so frightful, so ski-
ing a stretch of priestly prerogative, was never been exhibited
in the United Kingdom. Of the real state of things in this
body, the country at large has but little knowledge—nor are
our fellow-countrymen at all aware of the dangers with which they
in common with themselves, are menaced by these overt acts of an
ecclesiastical tyranny. The concentration, the organisation, the
secrecy, the ease, with which, at the nod of one man, the most
complicated, yet most efficient machinery in the world is now
brought to bear upon the people of England, as one means of
checking the progress of salutary reforms ; and, under the mask of
religion at home, and missions abroad, of overtopping all other
churches, and upon their ruins causing a second grisly papacy to
arise. These religious and political features of Wesleyan Metho-
dism, as at present administered, are now disclosing themselves in
a way that, unhappily, leaves no room for doubt, whilst it must fill
the mind of the generous philanthropist with serious apprehension,
if not with dismay.
To counteract this influence, and, if possible, to subvert this
power--to find out what is the freedom wherewith Christ has made
his people free, and then—having attained unto the truth of God
(whether Wesley, or Calvin, or Luther, may have aided us in our
search after it), to hand down the clustering blessings that grow
out of it, to our children after us : this great idea has led to the for-
mation of the Wesleyan Methodist Association. Whether it shall
succeed or not, it is for God—for time—for the friends of truth—
everywhere to determine. On this one thing the members of this
Association have set their hearts, and they hereby again pledge
themselves, never to grow weary, so long as they have any hope from
heaven—any help from their brethren, whatever may be their creed.
and whatever the"name by which they are called. The object of
this address is to call the attention of Christians, and of the public
generally, to the present position and aspects of the Wesleyan Con-
ference, on the one hand, and of its reformers on the other—to
forewarn Englishmen of all classes of the danger that threatens
their municipal and national liberties, through the wily but stea-
dily progressing career of this now stupendous body, more secret—
fai they ramified--and more dangerous than any Orange Union that
ever plotted against our freedom—to forearm all, thus forewarned,
that they may be ready to meet these men at every fresh develop-
ment of their deep-laid schemes, and to bespeak the counsel and
support of all who are willing to take any part in reforming this
great people, and so, relatively, in reforming the entire Church of
Jesus Chris....

The friendly leaning of Wesleyanism tcwards the Church of Eng-
land, so grandiloquently but gratuitously trumpeted forth by the
Conference of 1834, and so covertly made to bear upon the politico-
religious crisis of that period, together with some more recent at-
tempts to conciliate the influential Dissenters, whom they had
previously most cavilierly affected to despise, has happily opened
the eyes of both these great parties in the State to the Jesuitical
character of modern Methodism,—running with the hare, but hold-
ing with the hound,—standing loof on the field of battle, and in
treaty with each of the contending hosts, until the hour of hottest
fight should afford an opportunity to pour down with its mercenary
legions, and occasion their mutual discomfiture. This trickery with
the one party, and treachery with the other has disgusted them
both. Whig and Tory, Churchman and Dissenter, Conservative
and Reformer, Protestant and Papist, are all alike prepared for the
tortuous, though undeviating, policy of the best organised, and
moat dangerous hierarchy, at present to be found in Christendom.
We seek not, as an Association, to mingle in this strife. We are
men, Britons, and followers of Christ ; as such, we would seek out
the truth, and, having found it, under whatever shape we care
not, we are willing to walk after it, and to abide by it. Whoever
is like-minded with ourselves in this matter, or whoever should
think we are in this, followers of that which is good, he is the man
to whom we look at the present crisis of our ecclesiastical and na-
tional existence, for the kindly help he sees we need ; whilst,
at the same time, we trust we shall not be backward in doing
all that may be in our power to assist him in the furtherance
of everything that shall be shown to be truly wise and good,
and strong and holy. Sure we are, that the times we live in,
are not times either for sleep or for sloth. The minds of men
everywhere are athirst, we might almost say,
agasp, for some better
thing than that they have hitherto been furnished with. We are
weary,—we are woe, when we look at the tearing, the biting, the
hating, the worrying of one another, that has been, and still is;
too visible in some of the sections of the professing church of
Christ. Men and brethren help—come up with us to the help of
the Lord—to the help of the Lord against the mighty.
We call, then, most earnestly upon the free press, metropolitan
and provincial, to afford their powerful assistance in disabusing the
mind of the public, who know little or nothing comparatively ',:)f
the real state of this hierarchy ; we invite the notice of all parties
of politicians to the existence of a priestly power, that is ready for
the time and, to the seeming, to coalese with any, whilst it as
,ilently working its way over them all, and above them all, and to
.he destruction of them all. We solicit the assistance, pecuniary
and every other, of the friends of truth and liberty—the wise—the
great—the good of all parties, who are bound to none, but God
only, to enable us to carry to successful termination a work Which
INC have undertaken, not with any private aim, but for the public
. good ; and in which we are resolved never to slacken, whatever the
sacrifice we may be called upon personally to snake, until having
brought the subject before the whole Dritish public in its courts of
law and of equity, and of supreme legislation ; and, lastly, before
its most awful and all-determining tribunal—the tribunal Qf public
opinion—it be seen what the truth is, and whether that tittth shall
stand or fall.
In every principal town a Committee of the Wesleyan Me-
thodist Association is fie be found, to whom Donations and Sub-
scriptions can be transmitted; thence to be conveyed to the Man-
chester and Liverpool Central Committee, or to either of the fol-
lowing gentlemen :—W. Smith, Esq., Reddish House, near Stock-
port , W. Wood, Esq., Newton-street, Manchester ; Richard
Farrer, Esq., St. Ann-street, Liverpool; or John Thurston, Esq.,
Catherine-street, Strand, London.
Liverpo9l, Oct. 24? 1835.

CUBEBS, with SARSAPARILLA, &c.—
STIRLING REES' ESSENCE—The vast and increas-
ing sale, from the recommendation of the highest medical charac-
ters, as well as those who have experienced its salubrious and bene-
ficial effects, proves'its great success and superiority:over every other
preparation, in being the most effectual remedy ever discovered.for
the cure.of strictures, pains in the loins and kidneys, heat, irrita-
tion, and other disorders of the urinary organs, frequently removing
every symptom of disease in three or four days. It contains, in a
concentrated state, all the efficacious parts of the cubeb, chemically
combined with sarsaparilla, and other choice ingredients, which
render it invaluale to those afflicted with syphilitic symptoms, scor-
butic eruptions, and all diseases arising from an impure state of the
blood. In case of debility and nervous depression of spirits, it has
been taken with the most decided benefit. A regular perseverance
inits use has invariably been found to improve digestion, and give
muscular strength, energy, and vigorous health to the whole frame.
The most delicate female may take it with perfect safety.
Prepared only by J. W. Stirling, 36, High-street, Whitechapel,
from whom it can be sent to any part of the world, upon enclosing
the amount, in bottles at 4s. 6d., 10s., 205., and 30s. each.
The Proprietor being apprised of several unprincipled medicine
venders who, when applied to for this remedy, substitute, under the
name of Sarsaparilla Cubebs, &e., an inferior article of their own
make, feels it his duty to sly that it is absolutely necessary before
purchasing to see the name of " J. W. Stirling" is engraved on the
government stamp.
Agents—Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Barclay, Farringdon-
street ; Prout, 226, Strand ; Johnston, 63, Cornhill ; Hende-
bourck, 226, High Holborn ; Stradling, Royal Exchange ;
Harvey, 61, Great Surrey-road; Sabine, Old Bailey; Brew, Me-
dtcal Hall, Brighton ; Tundy, Bailey. Wolverhanipton ; Wimble,
Week-street, Maidstone ; Mawhood; St. John-street, Liverpool ;
Grosse, 3, Foubert's-place, Regent-street ; Macheli, 8, St. Mar-
tin's-court, St. Martin's-lane ; Dye and Bruce, Goswell-street;
Itawliood, Lord-street, Liverpool, and can be had of all the princi-
pal medicine venders in town and country,

A young lady of Marseilles lately brought an action
pgainst the Sieur L—, for unhandsome usage on his part.
The day of judgment approached—the Court was crowded,
and a very fair proportion consisted of that sex justly im-
mortalised by Milton, as " Heaven's last best work." The
usual questions were proposed to the pretty plaintiff by the
President, " Quel age • avez-vous?" " Dix-nercf. ans,
Monsieur." " You mistake, Mademoiselle," interrupted
her Counsellor, " you are of age." The lady, however, per-
sisted that she was a minor ; and in spite of the earnest ap-
peals of her avocat, still adhered to "Dix-netff ans."
Nothing could induce the fascinating descendant of Eve to
pass the rubicon of nineteen years ; and there beinc, no
proof before the Court to the contrary, the complaint
against the Sicur L— was dismissed, and the " young
lady" in her teens condemned to pay the costs. Registerial
report has since proved-that the beautiful maid had attained
the discreet age of 2.5. .

DETERMINED SUICIDE BY A FEMALE.—Yester-
day evening an inquest was held before Mr. Payne, the
City Coroner, on the body of Fliza Lane, aged 22 years,
who committed suicide by throwing herself into the Thames.
It appeared that about one o'clock on Saturday morning
last, two boys, named Robert Henderson and Patrick
Ryan, observed the deceased kneeling down, as if pray-
ing, on the side of London bridge, by Southwark. She
then stepped upon the last sitting place on the bridge
and looked over into the river. After looking carefully
about to see that no person was near, she hastily ran down
the steps, and, on reaching the water, threW off her cloak,
bonnet, and cap, and plunged head foremost into the river.
Her clothes buoyed her up for three or four minutes,
during which she struggled violently, and then sank. The
boys directly gave an alarm to the police, and the drags
were procured and used with' as little delay as possible.
In about an hour afterwards deceased was found near the
spot where she was seen to sink. Inquiry was subsequently
made, and it was ascertained that the deceased bad been
known in the neighbourhood for between two and three,
years as an unfortunate woman. A young woman, who
was acquainted with the deceased, stated that she met
with her on Friday night, between eleven and twelve
o'clock, near Blackfriars-road, when the deceased gave
her a rinr, and a cap, and told her to keep them for her
' sake as she would never return home, but was going to
her friends. It ovas stated that 'the deceased was the
daughter of reputable parents living in the Borough, and
had been frequently taken home for the purpose of re-
claiming her—but without effect. 'The Jury, after con-
sulting together for a long time, returned a verdict, " That
the deceased committed suicide, being at the time in a
state of temporary insanity."
SWAN RIVER NEWSPAPER.—In my perambula-
tions I fell in with the written newspaper of the place, ap-
pended to a stately encalyptus tree ; where, among other
Oahe notices, I observed the Governor's permission for one
individual to practise as a notary, another as a surgeon, and
a third as an auctioneer. There did not appear to be an
opposition tree,; and so much the better, as, although a free
press may do good to a community arrived at a certain state
of perfection, yet I think it may be doubted how far it can
be serviceable in an incipient colony, where private affairs
are narrowly noticed and animadverted on ; hence spring
jealousies, ill-feeling, and their numerous train of disagree-
able attendants.—Wilson's Voyage Round the World.

The _lndicalcto• of Bordeaux of the 16th inst. mentions
a rumour that Mina had overtaken and completely defeated
the Carlists in a sanguinary hattle but has no Atails. The
Christino army occupies the whole line from Pampeluna to
Vittoria, by which means the insurgents are drawn from the
centre of the province.
The Vapor of Barcelona of the 11th inst. mentions two
petty engagements which have taken place at Arcos and
Fassanan, in 'which the-advantage was to the Christinos.
Mina, in an order of the day, dated the 7tia, at Manresa,
informs the army that a sub-lieutenant and a sergeant had
Len shot for acts of violence towards the inhabitants, and
two. 01a10r.., CarEat-Juut, -pthc-vataoll Ot 6t.
Pador, have shared the same fate. Other members of the
same Junta have been delivered into the hands of justice.

GERMAN AND BRUSSELS PAPERS.

BRUSSELS, DEC. 19.—1 t is affirmed that the Director;
of our .Post-office have agreed with the French office for a
daily estafette between Paris and Brussels ; and that if the
arrangements should not all be Made by the Ist of January,
they will be so by the 15th at the latest.

The Queen-lie,,ent of Spain has just sent to General
Daine.the cross of Commander of the Order of Isabella. tile.
Catholic, as an acknowledgment for the zeal which he has
manifested for the constitutional cause in Spain, on occasion
of the offer-of service v.-ILI' he made to the Queen some
months ago.
CHAMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES.---SITTISG or