The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-12 00:00:00

THE STATE TRIALS,

DUBLIN, JAN: 9.—Summonses were this day served, by
the Crown, upon several members of the Committee of
the Repeal Association, who are required to attend as
witnesses at the trials. Yesterday and this day sum-
monses were also served upon most of the reporters of the
Dublin newspapers, who are required to give evidence on
behalf of the Crown. As all the witnesses are to be ex-
cluded from the Court, unless the witnesses actually under
examination, this summoning of the reporters will pro-
duce extreme inconvenience to the various journals to
which they belong, as well as disappointment to the
public. There are various rumours afloat as to volunteer
witnesses for the Crown ; but nothing has transpired
of a character sufficiently authentic or decided to be relied
Upon.

AGGREGATE MEETING OF ROMAN
CATHOLICS.
The requisition continues to be signed by the most
-Influential Roman Catholics in Ireland, chiefly anti-
repealers, and many of them gentlemen of large for-
tune in the country, who have never taken any part in
political discus ions, but have been forced oat of their
retirement by the exclusion of Roman Catholics from the
special jury. Sir Robert Peel's subordinates in Ireland
have raised a storm ehich be never can allay. It has
been ascertained, beyond ail possibility of doubt, that
several of the Roman Catholics struck off by the Crown
never had been connected with the Repeal Association,
et in any manner whatever identified with the rept al
Movement. The attempt to defend the Government on
this ground must, therefore, be totally unavailing. Mr.
Kendrick, wine•merchant ; Mr. Dunne, and other Ca-
tholic special jurors, excluded by the Crown, never had
any connexion whatever with the Repeal Association.
Amongst the new names signed to the requisition are
the Right Hon. D. R. Pigot, Mr. Redington, M. I'. ; Sir
Thomas Est-nonde, Bart. ; Mr. J. H. Talbot, Mr. Leni-
gan, of Castle Fogarty, &c. Two Roman Catholic
bishops have already sent in their names. There are to
be meetings in Cork and other towns.
The Freanan's. Journal contains the followilig
Cork is in the field. We have now before us a private
letter, written on Sunday last, addressed to an in-
fluential gentleman in this city, from one of the first
Men in Cork, in which he thus speaks of the feeling
excited there by the striking of the jury :—" We
have had a large and influential meeting called at
a moment's notice, and a requisition to the Mayor, call-
ing on him to convene a public meeting of the Catholics
)f Cork, to address the Queen and both Houses of Par-
liament was agreed to. I never witnessed a more deci•
sive expression of feeling, at the shameful conduct of the
Parties who sought to obtain a verdict by such means.
ICork will do its duty.' We cannot doubt it, and so will
reland.. On Sunday next every Catholic congregation
,
leiughout Ireland will resolve itself into a meeting,
after the devotions of the day shall have concluded, and
%act& will give utterance to the feelings which the act of
the Government is calculated to excite. Addresses to
sec
M ol ajesty,
regation." and to Parliament, will proceed from every
athic Cong

rr-RE FORGERIES OF WILLS AND
TRANSFERS OF STOCK IN THE BANK
OV ENGLAND.
On Wednesday night, at a late hour, Daniel For-
wrester, the officer, arrived at the Mansion-house,
aving in his custody a respectably-dressed female,
Whom he charged before the Lord Mayor as a person
ePly implicated in the nefarious transactions with
Which the names of Barber and Fletcher are mixed
A. The prisoner is the wife of a respectable trades
aanin Oxford-street, to whom she has been married
out twelve months. Her husband accompanied her
td° 116 Lordship's presence, and suffered dreadfully
uring the examination of two women, who were
lirrituitcyed. by Daniel Forrester, as witnesses to her
vs The LORD MAYOR, upon hearing the statements of
1:1;e Witnesses, committed the prisoner, who will be
svh°lolght up with Barber and Fletcher, together with
tln she is represented as having been a principal
rformer in the forgery exhibitions at the Bank of
'gland.
kr. Charles Freshfield solicitor to the Bank of
tEngland, attended the examination, and said that he
rd reason to believe that in consequence of the ex-
. rdinary exertions and skill of Daniel Forrester,
;13 Unbroken chain of evidence would be produced,
ittflecting the prisoner, not only with the cases of
which ,Slack and Miss Burchard, the inquiry into
fore flas been already, to a certain extent, laid be-
_ Ile the public, but with other cases of fraudulent
c°,..spiracy under similar circumstances.
bail:iwoefsthquite evident from the conduct of the hu--
e Prisoner, that he was wholly ignorant of
the nature of the difficulty in which she is placed.
INCREASE OF THE BRAZILIAN
i)UTIES ON BRITISH GOODS.
'We.ll ( Liverpool Times) find, on examination, that the
razilian Government has done nothing more than the terms
the treaty between the two countries authorises it to do, in
%,„.111111 gati I, g the increased valuations of British and other
E7"48, which we mentioned last week. A friend of ours, who
I:lstelf assisted in framing the valuations of the tariff which has
th't been superseded in several of its articles, informs us that
we_to?de of estimating the value of goods agreed upon by the
lir! I.!, vernments, is by a Commission of merchants, partly
,i.:2 !tans and partly foreigners. It was by such a Commis-
tile! Jhat the valuations promulgated by the Brazilian Govern-
t "on the 31st Octob: r, and which came into operation on
Mme day, were drawn up.
e .141 following are the principal alterations :
tip.,, Old val. New vial.
-Atnel6 ereanellas
Ain neat) tar barrels 5,000 9.,500
8t e, sheets
eel .or nails .Ib. 200 240
pi._ , c.nglish . quintal 20,000 16,000
teZtlel, all colour; ...
covado 300 400
:44,,ttn_114'75rilelirna.ssusio;ititsvooi;oil or wool 600
QUIP 84 boots
pair 3,000 6,000
2 000 4,000
:1; Q . figured --vain '240 400
l'tqlzerei, o::dinal r - eovade 6(.,0 800
,ilk '''ruskdhat ary
each 2,1100 3,000
eti 3 .....
. ''''''''
41$111:!4 qUiltin covado 1,800
900 2,000
1,000
ktm:illerts ga..
vara 5,00 800
..o,llr:!ines
....................... .covade 400 500
voi„d uti razors ......
dozen 1,000 1,200
"itt eri etneroori lb. 450 300
1'144): Ine --

k4t,,,1(31, ............... .• 450 600
`at
.. w°ol er cotton covado 500 COO
we •
.............. pair 2,800 3,000

are very
111444,,,tegret to state that the accounts of Lady
114%;4 health up to a late hour yesterday
'")ur hl
Iltert,• 4 e, and that no hopes of her recovery are
lot p;"7l'
Nu.- led notice to the following
at the several docks,
it
p.day at the c t In-house, and effect was
whichposted on
merchantstthe,clrnlPortanttous° and persons having business at
let e-t"l'hoase • “ The Board of Customs havingl
iiitllleiltuvltZtteesd
.and Pob!ished a.cotmhepimlaoti,o,tnhooffsbeepgteemnebrear,cewardheierhs,
t:-,11 the i2._l‘sued.by them in
Igrtati,ll,:nPortation and exportatthionseofwigteoodhsa,saenhinpsrtenseerssibtne
t4etiaet a for the conduct of ? .
_pie at the custom-house, l'l' ' the
Dec-
application at the
. co
notice is. hereby given, that
giplhoke same may be had
1),,,L lit ha,rul on payment of upon
thesum ontdeldm.
ayAhseimhiadlarawt work
i°44',(.4s'slied monthly in future, and
keok,...enlloned office." The above orer&rnnmcomnssteetimuence of
Itleett;:dation of the Revenue Inquiry
sineker,..b VICTUALLERS AND TM MILITARYof AMU:-
A, a.------The four deserate and brutal
Reid,ruffia
e-.-4ned .
aeic.Leittea
ce Jackson, Kirby,
_ Johnson, and ruffians
sho were
t,tt dlie.,_or fourteen days
dforlaandsalovradgenafttthacekputipkoenetlrH.
oSrosne--
allhiabliLved victualler an
ell as upon Sergeants
tra't Ulad nnuse, High-street,
i tit eta.ll, 37 R, returned "onw Wednesday to the Prisong
kio..rediaiei tone, and ae soon as the reached Woolwich they
117t117°1 t1..1 went to Mr. Sonnex siohnos,usaen, where they made
401_41_ (.4t dreadful imeca!
and the b—
d said
rt
nhiet they e would
when
ejtYraame7r,lurn with the landlord
__ _
re, i,d'en strong enough. Mr. Sonnex refusedaftteorwseartdves
it 400441
ret_they left the house, but a short time
bs M. It rued and tried to knock up toh.eor!litit`t
,le fully expected that
that
a fi
anotherht, but
outragecould
willn
indiscriminately
strZel le their by them upon any one A
40e have take ay', especially the Royal etilleirya;hothnet,y,huhtowin-
itc to _ leen the precaution not to go sing
1, how-
sh, re their rut:rattly assailants, should singly about,
be required.
Itee QH'reie c . OF THE MACKEREL
0 -Itk • •"--- OMMENcEmENT
13 • hton
ette, Itv•--.Wn the last few days several of the rig
ger, e left for
Oft . s
Plymouth, to commence the macrel
thst i etne of the Hastings boats have also shot their nets_st
ts4:_tket: ,"in. and on Monday two ot them brought in the fiarnd
ttaOcts, .rwilliey, Which fetch loetthr'augt this season • one boat having taken 1,300
marker. Up-
ched on the beach at Hastings Ms. per
h .
„if, . ere bought up for the London
.3_
eiNlhta., 60 sof French fishing boats are reported off
lih'heili- and the neighbourhood, and having letely !-Pftwnt
t,,,_t ti4lll._o encroich, her Majesty's brig Nautilus, Lienu_ ei-s
th" ert:Oneltas been sent round to Teoteect our
Nautilus dan-
r),Pee ,If h In the Channel. On Monday the
41.411
ozneht on.
IN-
-011110,,,' jOUANEYIIEN BAKERS' PROVIDENT
oTveu_eisndsatyiteuvteionningwaa public meeting of the sub-
s;s held at Mr. James's, the
ete Purposie"' ii!gh Holborn, Mr. Dweinble in the coltiaairn,
meow for th °f. reasillg funds towards the erection .
11, to e relief and reception of aged and infirm journey-
kee step": and their widows and orphans. Mr. Cruickshanks,
le, ' Piedgir3:' ,d several letters from millers, master bakers,
eeevie re.,ls leemselves to support the proposed Asylum, and
epiteelo:"ntlens favourable to the charity having been
tOvelvsl wards of 160 millers, master bakers, &c., enrolled
kiTtialtui tnevnbers, after which thanks were voted to the
hatN1,,,,,. LEW the meeting adjourned.
ktoitiotit.4o4l4oobLieuEst:olo:ritthel‘i: EAT —At Doncaster sessions,
was 'indicted for offering upon his
s, gs teat, 'me mutton for sale, and sentenced to two
t4.l,4rder :: +sone:lent and afi the Cro rm. e
ft:seri I,.otl4.ssing sentence,seated that if any one else seas
e,7 IA ~,,', .tvitted before him for the same offence, he should
.‘raile more severe punishment. It is to be hoped that the
', eff bad w Made will be a warning to butchers against palm-
4tilt pet on the public.
ia.Y ha, b:LiIaING EISHERY.—This week the Mid
qiti:l of a
te,i the scene of unusual bustle and activity, by the
lei, fresh hunnber of vessels from the Kyles ot Bute-, loaded
eo7tietive .rr'llense It appears that the fishing has been so
p.e
o._.athe fishermen have ht•en glad to find purchasers
41, 414475!
,t 0d per 120. Yesterday the herrings there
f4„_°f hesrir:r ". 44., and retailing at six a penny. fhe cheap-
''llock
„IP ar:d potatoes is a great blessing to the p00r......
evergiser.

DEATH OF SIR HUDSON LOWE.
S:r
from the effects of the severe attack of paralysis of
which he was recently the subject. As the
officer to whom was entrusted the custody of the
Emperor Napoleon at St. Helena, his conduct
toward the fallen monarch was strongly cen-
sured; although, as a military officer in com-
mand, obeying he orders of his superiors, he
was merely the agent of others.
Sir Hudson Lowe was an Ensign in the East
Devon Militia, and served as a volunteer with
the 50th Regiment in 1785 and 1786, nearly sixty
years ago; and in Sept., 1787, was appointed
Ensign in that regiment, and Lieut. in Nov., 1791.
He served at Gibraltar six years, and subse-
quently at Toulon and in Corsica. He was pre-
sent at the attack of Martelio tower, the storming,
of Convention Redoubt, and the siege of Bastia
and Calvi.
Whilst holding the ranks of Lieutenant and
Captain he had in succession the following situa-
tions :—Regimental Paymaster, Assistant Pay-
master-General, Deputy Judge Advocate, and
Assistant Inspector of Foreign Corps. He next
served in Portugal two years, and at Minorca
one. He had then the command of a corps of
Corsicans. He served in the expedition to
Egypt, and was in the reserve under :Major-
General Moore. He was present in the princi-
pal occurrences of that compaign, and subse-
quently appointed Secretary of a Board at Malta
fbr the adjustment of claims; he received a
Majority in the Corsican Rangers, which was
ante-dated the sth of July 1800, and, in 1802, was
reduced to half-pay.
In April, 1803, he received a majority in the
7th Foot, and was appointed permanent Assistant
Quartermaster-General in the -Western dis-
trict. He was afterwards sent, at the desire of
Lord Hobart, on a secret expedition to Portugal,
and subsequently on a similar mission to Sar-
dinia. He raised and completed the corps of Royal
Corsican Rangers, of which he was appointed
Lieut.-Colonel Commandant, in June, 1804. He
served in Naples under Sir James Craig, and
afterwards, in Sicily, he was detached with five
companies to Capri, and was stationed there two
years and a half. The French attacked this post
with 3,000 men, and after a resistance of ten
days, the walls being breached, the guns dis-
mounted, and ammunition expended, Lieut.-Col.
Lowe evacuated it, by a convention, which
gave the- right of free departure with arms and
baggage.
In tae expedition to the Bay of Naples, under
Sir John Stuart, Lieutenant-Colonel Lowe com-
manded the first" line of the advance; he was
present at the attack and capitulation of Ischia.
In the expedition to the Greek Islands he was
selected to act as second in command to Colonel
Oswald ; he was at the attack and capitulation of
Zante and Cephalonia, and, subsequently, ap-
pointed Commandant and Chief of the Provi-
sional Government of the latter island.
He was Quartermaster-General to the British
Army in Flanders. In January, 1812, he re-
ceived the rank of Colonel, and the Colonelcy
of the Royal Corsican Rangers ; the 4th of
June, 1814, that of Major-General. In 1814
the honour of Knighthood was conferred upon
him, and in 1815 he was appointed to have
the custody of the Emperor Napoleon at St.
Helena, in which charge he continued until the
Emperor's death. This is the event in his life
which may secure hint immortality.
He was appointed L eutenant-General in July,
188 i). and obtained the Colonelcy of the 50th
Foot, Nov. 17, 1842. He was K.C.B. and G.C.,
St. Michael and St. George.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
l'ottioualt.—The vacant command at the Nore is
still discussed, and we understand that the successor to
Sir Edward Brace will not be appointed yet. In the
interim, the Superintendent of Chu: ham Dockyard, Capt.
Shirreff, IL N., is acting Commander-in-Chief at Sheerness.
The Albion, 92, Capt. Lockyer, C. 8., is nearly ready
for sea, and is intended to proceed to Cork, to receive
the flag of Rear-Admiral Bowles, which is at present
flying on board the Caledonia, 120.
The free-trader, Zenobia, is to convey Sir Peregrine
Maitland to the Cape of Good Hope, instead of the Ves-
tal, 26, Capt. Talbot, at Sheerness, the latter not yet
ready for sea.

Tile Hyacinth, 20, Commander Scott, having been
found overmasted in her cruise on the coast of Ireland,
has returned to Plymouth, and is to be fitted for the Cape
station, and to convey to Bona Vista, W. Macaulay, Esq.,
appointed Slave Commissioner for captures on the west
coast of Africa.

The Russian corvette store-ship, Irtysh, Captain Von
Liarski, bound to Kamtsbatcka, is still in the harbour,
re-stowing her cargo and completing her fitments.
The transport Pestonjee Bomaujee, Lieut. Still, agent,
is to return to the West Indies, to bring borne the re-
mainder of the 59th regiment, now serving at the island
of Barbadoes.

The corvette Larne, 20, Commander J. W. Brisbane,
is daily expected from the River ; but her destination is
not accurately known.
The brig Lily, 18, recently returned from the west
coast of Africa, is to be overhauled, preparatory to being
re-commissioned.

At Spithead—No vessel of war.
In Ilarhour—St. Vincent, Victory, Excellent, Pene-
lope, Satellite, Echo, Fearless, Pestonjee Bomunjee, and
Russian corvette.—BriOron Gazette.
THE NEW NAVAL REGULATIONS.

The long-looked-f'or new naval regulations have at
length been issued by the Lords Commissioners of the
Admiralty, and are now in force. The book contains
many alterations, but the following which we enumerate
form the principal : _ _ _

CAPTAINS.—The pay of Captains serving afloat, for-
merly. was according to six grades or classes. By the
new regulations they are reduced to four grades, the pay
of the largest rate being less, and the lowest rate more,
viz.:—Captains commanding first-rates (not being flag
ships) formerly received 61/. 7s. 4d. per month ; they
are henceforth to receive 53/ 145., which is the highest
pay now to be given. Captains commanding sixth-
rates formerly received 26/. 17s. per month ; they are
now to receive 301. 135.8 d., being the lowest class of pay
to captains serving afloat.
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.—AII officers are now to be
appointed by commission, including masters, surgeons,
pursers, mates, and assistant masters.
WARRANT OFFICERS.—The only warrant officers in
the navy will be gunners, boatswains, carpenters, and
engineers.

PURSERS.—The designation of pursers is in future to
be " pursers and paymasters."
FIRST CLASS VOLUNTEERS.—VoIunteers of the Ist
class are in tuture to he known as " naval cadets."

ALLEGED HARSH CONDUCT OF
WORKHOUSE OFFICERS.

Wednesday evening a protracted and adjourned inquiry
touching the death of E. Goldsmith, aged 34. a brick-
layer, was concluded before Air. Higgs, at the hint;
William, King William street, Strand. Sophia, thein
wife of deceased, said that on Saturday last, a little after
noon, he was seized with a fit, whilst working on a
scaffold in Great St. Andrew's-street, Seven Dials. He
was taken to a neighbouring public house, and two
surgeons attends d him, one of whom was Mr. Bennet,
a parochial surgeon. They advised his removal to
Charing-cross Hospital ; but witness objected, and in-
sisted that he should be removed to St. Giles's Work-
house. The surgeons assented, and the parochial one
wrote an order for deceased's admission to the work-
house. She conveyed him thither in a cab, and saw
the head nurse, on whom she urged the immediate re-
ception of deceased, lest he should die in tne cab. The
nurse answered, " Oh, you are in a very great hurry
If you are in a hurry, I am not. You must go to the
overseer and get an order before I can take him." She
said the surgeon's order was of no use. Witness then
went to the assistant-overseer for an order, and having
told him all that had just taken place, he refused to
grant an order, saying that it was an accident, and that
deceased should be taken to an hospital. Witness told
him it was not an accident, for that her husband
had had only a fi!. The assistant-overseer still
refused an order, and she had her I usband con-
veyed to Charing-cross Hospital, in which he died at
four o'clock the same afternoon. A young man, named
Mitchell, employed by deceased, corroborated the above
evidence.

Elizabeth Elston, the head-nurse referred to, said,
the reason she had not admitted deceased was that
hii wife told her he had met with an accident, and
she, therefore, referred the case to the overseer. A
written order from the surgecm, though sufficient at
night, she did not consul, r sufficient in the daytime,
and therefore desired a printed order from the overseer.
By a juror—Though a rate-payer should bring a dying
man witness would not receive him, without an over-
seer's order. I deny having used the unfeeling lan-
guage attributed to me by deceased's wife.
Thomas Tucker, the assistant overseer, said he should
have signed an order for admission had not deceased's
wife said he had fallen from a tuaffold. Accidents are
not admitted to the workhouse.

The wife was recalled. and asserted that she never
said her husband had fallen from a scaffold, but on one,
in a fit ; and that the overseer said they did hot admit
persons with tits.

Two witnesses having corroborated the evidence of
the wife,

The jury consulted a long time, and returned a A,er-
dict—" That deceased died from compression on the
brain ;" adding, We cannot separate without ex-
pressing our disapprobation of the conduct of the au-
thorities (,f St. Giles's workhouse, particularly that of
the nurse."

HASTINGS.--Several of our fishing boats have
lately brought home a considerable quantity of fine
mackarel. Yesterday Z. White made upwards of 321.,
and to•day he brought home about 3,000 fish, which
sold at 31s. per 100. Two brothers Phumfrey, with
two boats, cleared 1001. in two days.—Brightun Gazette.

•
CONSUMPTION OP BREAD AND FLOUR IN THE
METRoPoLis,—It is estimated that 30.00,. sacks of flour are
cortimed weekly in the metropolitan districts, the population
of which, according to the last census, is 1,870,727; the con-
sumption of bread, allowing 51bs. weekly to each person, is
336,419 loaves, e6ch weighing .llbs.; and admitting that a
sack of flour is manufactured into 93 of the,e loaves, it re-
quires 25,144 sacks to yield a sufficient quantity of bread for the
metropolis, leaving, 4,t56 sacks for puuctings, biscuits, pastry,
and other manufacturer.

ST. JOHN'S NEW CHURCH, NOT-
TING-HILL, BAYSWATER.
The ceremony of laying the first sLone of the above
church to, k place on Monday last by the Venerable
Archdeacon Sinclair, Vicar of Kensington, in the pre-
senca of a numerous, and, considering the inclement
period of the season, highly respectable and fashionable
assemblage. Among those present we observed the Rev.
Messrs. Kenre ly, Phillips, Pitman, Sherringham, They re
Smith, Howlett, Hessey, Burnell, and Rowlett. The
Earl of Hop( to•tn, Sir John Conroy, Sir Henry Willock,
and the Hon. Mr. Lascelles, C. K. Murray, Esq., W. A.
Shaw, Esq., (trustees with the Venerable Archdeacon),
Richard Roy, Esq. (who has munificently presented the
site of the ground on which the edifice is to be erected),
Thomas Allason, Ecq., and Messrs. Stevens and Alex-
ander, architects.
Shortly after one o'clock the proceedings were com-
menced by the Venerable Archdeacon Sinclair, who
addressed the assembly as follows :
My Christian Brethren—l have long looked forward
to the solemnities of this day with mingled feelings of
satisfaction and anxiety—of satisfaction, from the hope
that we are about to provide for the grievous spiritual
destitution in this neighbourhood ; and of anxiety, from
the inadequacy of our funds as yet for the completion of
the undertaking. That additional church accommoda-
tion is most urgently required in this portion of the
parish, no man can doubt who is at all acquainted with
the circumstances of the case ; no man can doubt it Nyho
is aware that there is a population of 12,000 persons,
after all deductions, still connected with our parish
church ; that for this vast number only 1,200 sittings
are provided, and that of those only 80 are accessible to
the poor, so that to our shame one of the most
remarkable characteristics of Christianity was well nigh
obliterated among us, that to the poor the Gospel should
be preached. In considering how the deficiency in our
funds may be provided for -I am not without hopes that
our wants may elicit contributions even from friends and
strangers at a distance. From them, however, no great
amount of support can be expected. We must look
especially to the inhabitants of this parish. I trust that
all, to whatever district they may belong, will feel the
strong ties of interest and sympathy which should unite
them to their fellow parishioners, and induce them to
co-operate in this work. I look with greater confidence
to those who have attended at the parish church, many
of whom have shown an example which I sincerely
wish all will follow. I trust above all to the in-
habitants of this neighbourhood—to those whose
spiritual wants we are about to provide for—
to those who hope here to worship—here to be
instructed in the truths of religion—here to be prepared
for heaven. We read in Holy Scripture, that when
Moses was about to erect a tabernacle in the eilderuess,
he called the cengregation of the, children of Israel to-
gether, and gave commandment that whosoever had a
willing heart should bring an offering to the sanctuary
of God. The result of this commandment is ever me-
morable. 'The liberality of the people went beyond the
exigency of the case, and it was actually necessary to
issue a proclamation throughout the camp, forbidding
them to give more. Again, when David was preparing
to build the temple, we read that he also called a solemn
assembly, and demanded of them, " Which of you is
willing, this day, to consecrate his service unto heaven ?"
The result, again, was ever memorable. The people,
in a burst of generous enthusiasm, outvied each
other i❑ bringing gold, and silver, and brass, and
precious stones of all kinds, into the treasury of
God, and instead of claiming merit for this unexampled
liberality, they returned thanks to God for the opportu-
nity afforded them of expressing their gratitude for his
mercies, and in the humblest terms of adoration ex-
claimed—" All things conic of thee, and of thine own
have we given thee 1" And what, my Christain brethren,
were the blessings which the children of Israel so eagerly
and so magnificently acknowledged ? Their social pri-
vileges and advantages, their redemption from the bon-
dage of Egypt, their prospect of a Messiah. And do
not we, as c►tizens of Great Britain, enjoy social privi-
leges beyond any netion that ever lived under heaven ?
Have not we, as Christians, been delivered from an in-
finitely more galling yoke than that of Egypt, and are
not we, as Christians, in full possession of those glorious
promises of which the Jews saw only the shadows and
the types ? Let us not, then, submit to be outdone by
them in Christian liberality. Let us remember the ap-
peal of the Apostle to our Christian sensibilities—" Ye
are bought with a price"—•' Ye are not redeemed with
corruptible things"—" Ye know the grace of our Lord
Jesus Christ, that though he was rich yet for your sakes
he became poor, that we, through his poverty, might
become rich."
After a prayer from the Venerable Archdeacon, the cere-
mony of laying the stone took place, and the proceedings
were concluded by prayer and a benediction from the
Venerable Archdeacon.