The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-05-17 00:00:00

CHURCH MISSIONARY MEETING ON TUESDAY
EVENING.

A second meeting of the friends of the Church Missionary
Society was held at half-past six o'clock on Tuesday evening,
in the Music Flail, when the attendance was equally as throng
as on the preceding evening. The interest in the proceed-
ings seemed to be not only unabated, but increased. The
Rev. Chancellor RAIRES presided.
The Rev. CHAIRMAN briefly addressed the meeting, after
which he called upon the Rev. Mr. Carpenter, the secretary,
to read the report. This having been done,
The Rev. R. P. BUDDICOM rose to move the first resolu-
tion, which expressed regret that the nation had not taken
more extensive and efficient means for the spread of the gos-
pel in the British colonies. The rev. gentleman said, in the
course of his observations, that there was no subject which
had pressed more on his mind than that of the colonial rela
tions of England. Viewed simply in a political aspect, an
overweening colonial population and empire was like a large
wen on the surface of the body, which, the more that it grew,
the more it became a matter of disease to the body ; and the
only way of making a colonial empire and population a bles-
sing and a strength to the mother country was by infusing
into it, like a healthful circulation proceeding from the heart
in this country, a portion, and a full portion, of the religious
principle, of the high and animating motives, and of the glo-
rious gospel of the blessed God, that was' n our own hearts,
so that there might be a community of interest, and the va-
rious people be linked together in one bond in the Lord Jesus
Christ ; and then the very extent and enlargement of the
tolonial system would give power, and substance, and soli-
dity, which, in the present state, and in reference to the very
little that had been done in a spiritual capacity, we could not
possibly expect to have. It might well be asked why such
vast colonial possessions should have been given to England.
It was a marvellous thing that such an enormous empire
should have been granted to one little isle. It had been long
ago said by Burke, that if our dominion in India should cease
at any one moment, we might be tracked like the tiger, by
carnage and blood. He hoped that all fear of that had long
passed away. There were tens of millions of people now re-
posing Under the shadow of the constitution of this country,
possessing privileges and justice which they had never before
known, and enjoying the blessing of unaccustomed peace. But
although this were true, if we stopped here, we should stop
vastly short of the point which the gospel pointed out to us, and
whither the love of it ought to carry us. The great question,
at the day of judgment, would be, what had Christian Britain
done for heathen India, heathen Africa, and heathen America.
To enable us to accomplish what it was our duty to accomplish,
there must be a large increase in our own personal religion. He
entreated the meeting to think of thie, and not to depart with a
sort of barren admiration of missions, but to go away pledged to
a more fervent support of them, to offer up more ardent prayers
for their success and, with the determination of holy Jacob, to
say, " I will not let thee go except thou bless me." (Cheers.)
The Rev. F. CLOSE seconded the resolution. He said that
there had been a time when missionary meetings were held
in contempt, and by some it was doubted whether they were
consonant with church discipline ; but those who once dis-
agreed had now come in, and they had the authority of the
church, as well as of the word Of God, for meeting together
and recounting what had been done in various parts of the
world. It was not his intention to make a regular speech, but
to confine himself to a little detail respecting one or two mis-
sionary settlements, and the way God had dealt with them
there. The mission he referred to was one little known ; it
was in New Holland, and bordered on the penal colonies.
The way in which the natives had been almost annihilated
was well known ; and the Colonial-office, proverbially slow
in its movements, were tardily driven to do something for
the miserable remnant that had not fallen a sacrifice to British
gun and British vices. Year after year the mother country
had poured out the scum of her society, there to spread on
every side their baneful vices. He found, the other day, in
reading over an official document, that two families, all that
had been left of a once powerful tribe, had been taken away
from their native home, and were now supported, that they
might not follow the steps of their predecessors, who had
fallen victims to the vices taught them by British subjects.
The accounts which had come to this country of the state of
degredation to which the escaped convicts had been reduced
were appalling. He was acquainted with no heathen people
that had been reduced so low. Their bodies were covered
with loathsome diseases ; they were without .covering, and in
many instances they were found roosting among the trees
with the monkeys. He recollected Mrs. Watson, who went
with the forlorn hope of this mission. At first she was so
disgusted with the appearance of the poor creatures, that she
felt it impossible that she could mix with them to do them
any good. But, after having been there some time, that
Christian woman was seen binding up the sores of those
wretched creatures, in hopes that, by attention shown to their
bodies, she might find the way to their dark and benighted
souls. When Christian women read of one of their own sex
making a sacrifice of all her woman's feelings for the sake of
Christ, they must think it was a very little thing indeed to
ask them for their prayers to cheer her in her benevolent
work, and to support it by exery means in their power. The
church missions were of a very varied character. They had
one in Abyssinia, for it was their object to revive as well as
to plant. The Abyssinian church had fallen very low, gross
ignorance prevailed amongst the people, and he grieved to
say that they were still under the influence of the pontiff,
through whom the church missionaries had been expelled
from the country. One of the missionaries, observing that
the churches in Abyssinia were rather numerous, but small,
asked what was the use of such small churches. " Oh," was
the reply, " we do not think it necessary to go into a church
to pray ; we only look at it when in the act of prayer." It
was also explained that some of the more religious actually
went up to the walls of the church, but they were looked upon
as mere devotees, and were called "church kissers." They had
in that country a beautiful instance of the special protection of
Providence. The Rev. Mr. Gobar, who was now in Germany,
had, when pursuing his missionary labours in Abyssinia, fre-
quently to travel through the dense forests of that country, and
he was often awaked in the night by the laughing of the howl-
ing hyenas, and dare not light a fire for fear of being found out
by men more dreadful than the beasts. Being asked how he
acted on such occasions, he replied, " I committed myself to
the protection of the God of missions, and laid myself down to
sleep again." (Cheers.) This led him to refer to another very
extraordinary instance of the watchfulness of Providence over
missions. He perceived in the last report that there was a re-
solution expressive of delight at the success of the mission in
the Zoulah country, in south-eastern Africa. New, the
tidings had reached them that as the missionaries had been
expelled from Abyssinia by the baneful influence of the pope,
they had been driven out of the Zoulah country by its king,
who was a most savage barbarian. Indeed, some of his acts
were of such an extraordinary kind, that he (the speaker)
could terra him no other than a most ridiculous monster.
The Dutch boors who had gone to settle in the country, by
his invitation, he deliberately murdered—man, woman, and
child, all were slaughtered, and yet the Church of England
missionaries, and an American missionary, then residing not
far from the court, had been allowed to depart unharmed.
How was that to be accounted for ? He could account for
it in no other way than by supposing that God had said to
the heart of the barbarian king, " Touch not mine anointed,
and do my prophets no harm." (Hear, hear.) Turning
from this, he should next allude to another mission, which
to him was one of greatinterest ; he meant the North-west
American mission. How widely spread were their labours !
They had missions in the burning plains of India, in the
savage island of New Zealand, in New Holland, in the in-
terior of Africa, and in western Africa, and he was now about
to speak of one in the extreme north, among the eternal
snows of North-west America. It was a singular fact, no
less true, he believed, of other missions than of their own,
that the most flourishing of them were those which were the
longest before they returned any harvest at all. The dis-
couragement was Feat, and then, in God's own good time,
lie added the blessing. When the agents of this society first
went into North-west America, and joined the fur dealers,
they said, "Itis no use you coming here. The Indians are
so wild that you will never catch them. Sometimes we never
see them for six weeks together. They are like the wild
asses ; they snuff the wind, and away they go to their bound-
less liberty." Nevertheless, it had pleased God to give them
some singularly gifted, patient, and wise missionaries, (one
of whom, Mr. Jones, had returned to this country, and was
expected to have been there that evening, but lie had been
prevented by continued indisposition,) and after fifteen or
sixteen years of labour, what had been the result ? God had
shown the English settlers on the banks of the Red River,
that there was an attracting power in the gospel able to over-
come all difficulties, and to alter the character of man, in
whatever state of developement. God had tamed the wild
Indian. Three churches-had been built by their own hands,
and four others were in progress ; and Sabbath after Sabbath,
the houses of prayer were crowded by simple-minded Indians.
Although they had been wild and fierce as the eagle, they
were now in a right mind, sitting humbly at the feet of Jesus ;
and wherever, during the week, they might be pursuing their
avocations, they were always in the house of God on Sunday.
Some of them carry their aged parents through the snows of
winter, that they may place them in the aisles of the church
to hear the preaching of the gospel. It was his firm con-
viction that there was no mission, whether belonging to that
or any other society, which bore more the impress of the
finger of God. Out of 1550 persons who attended to three
churches, (which, of course, were not like the churches of
this country, but were little more than wigwams,) there were
300 stated communicants at the Lord's supper. The com-
municants there were not like those of our land. The strictest
discipline of the old church of England prevailed there, the
least degree of inconsistency was sufficient to cause their re-
moval from the Lord's table.. He could not here refrain from
expressing his extreme satisfaction at the great increase in
thejnumber of communicants in the different stations through-
out the world. The last time that he went out for the Church
Missionary Society, the communicants were under 2000—they
now amounted to 2608 ; and it was his deliberate conviction,
formed from the knowledge which lie had of the missionaries,
that amongst no denominations of Christians, of whatever
rank or class, could there be found 2608 persons, whether
white, black, or copper-coloured, who were better Christians
than those communicants. (Hear, hear.) A very affecting
circumstance happened at the Red River settlement some
few years ago. The station was so far north, that the sum-
aner was ntcourse short and-precarious, and they were very
much dependent on au annual shin from England, that
brought stores and took back furs. Four years ago it pleased
God to afflict them in three ways. In the first place, the
summer was so short and bad that they lost their crops ;
secondly, the sea was so little cleared of ice that the annual
ship tailed ; arid, last and saddest, God removed from
amongst them that excellent woman, Mrs. Jones, whom the
Indians so loved that they called her by the name of mother.
.some of the converted /ndians were heard lamenting her
death in these strains :—" Our summer crop has failed, but
another summer will come, and, by God's blessing another
harvest. Our annual ship has failed, but the season will
come again; and another ship will arrive ; but, oh, sound for
weeping, our mother, our mother will never return,to us."
That, he thought, showed the beautiful and civilising effect
of Christianity on the minds of Indians. He would narrate
another anecdote which likewise illustrated this blessed and
civilizing effect of Christianity. There were two converted
Indians, a male and female, who formed an attachment for
each other, and who were married. They had a child, of
which the parents were dotingly fond, and which, in a very
few months, was taken away from them. The missionary,
afraid that the young converts would, in their extreme grief,
forget their Christianity, and show their sorrow in the In-
dian fashion, by maiz; their flesh, and by horrid howlings
and yells, went down to the wigwam to see the poor bereaved
parents. He looked' down and saw the mother sitting with
the dead baby on her lap, and, to his astonishment, with a
smile upon her countenance. " How is this ?" said the
missionary, "I expected to find you weeping and wailing."
The I sultan mother looked up to him with an expression of
sweetness on her face, and said, " Ah, sir ! you taught me to
believe that my child is happy. He has a softer bosom than
mine to lie on at this moment." What Englishwoman could
have expressed herself with more piety, or delicacy, or pro-
priety, than the Indian woman ? Well, from those Indians
there was an urgent appeal for more missionaries. There,
was now only one left foe those flourishing churches in the
'American wilderness. The last station to which he would
call attention that evening was one of which they had not
heard much. It was in Western Africa. That was the first
and original mission of the society, and was once, if he might
so speak, the New Zealand of their society ; that is to say,
they were continually hearing flourishing accounts of the
progress being made at Sierra Leone. God, however, as he
invariably did when men boasted too much of their doings, had
been pleased to humble them. Western Africa had proved the
grave of more missionaries than the rest of the world together.
He held in his hand a very interesting original letter, a brief
extract from which he would shortly read. A young mis-
sionary, of the name of Graaf, a German, received ordina-
tior in this country, and went out to Western Africa. In
twelve months he came back, formed an attachment' for a
young lady, a very devout, pious, and excellent young
woman. Before their union, he said to her, " Remember,
if you marry and go with me, you go to the land of death,
and I feel that it is almost wrong in me to make proposalato

any one." She had been devotedly attached to the mission-
ary work, and she replied that if it should please god that
she was to die an early death, she should look upon it as the
greatest honour to be brought to an early grave, and to be
buried in a Western African churchyard. And this was
what God had in store for her; very shortly after her arrival
at the station she', died. The letter he had alluded to was
written by her husband to a lady in Cheltenham, and gave
an account of Mrs. Graaf's last moments and burial, and
was interesting as throwing light on the feeling of the negroes
in that station. The letter said, " she began to groan a
little, and soon gently gave up breathing altogether. Thus
her soul departed from her body without any apparent pain,
and a most sweet smile adorned her cold, fair face, as though
her soul had printed on her material body the mark of that
bliss she is now enjoying. Neither my tears nor my groan-
ings were able to, bring her to herself again : she has gone
never to return. Hundreds of black friends came to sym-
pathise with me, and to speak a word of comfort. The
following day her remains were carried to a place three miles
distant, and buried there, accompanied by a multitude of
more than 1500 persons, from all the stations, some as far'as
fourteen miles." The missionary and his wife had only
been there twelve months, and 1500 persons attended the
funeral of the lady, and hundreds went to condole and sym-
pathise with the widower. It was a delightful subject of
reflection, even for the philanthropist, but how much more
so must it be to the Christian ? Yet those kind-hearted ne-
groes had all once been in a slave ship, and had been taken
there by Britons to enjoy liberty. One word more, for the
purpose of provoking the jealousy of the audience, by
stating what had been done by the negroes themselves, and
then he should conclude. In the year 1837, the converted
negroes themselves contributed no less than £96 to the
Church Missionary funds. Now, he would put it to them
whether £96 a-year from the Western Africans did not put
to the blush their few hundreds in Liverpool, whose people
were rolling in wealth and abounded in spiritual plenty,
Altogether the negroes had contributed to the funds no less
than £lOOO. He hoped that this example would not be lost
sight of. Indeed, he was happy to say that the collections
made at this anniversary in Liverpool already exceeded by
£5O those of the last year. On Monday night, no less than
£65 were collected at the doors of that room. (Cheers.)
He liked that cheer, as he could not but consider it indicative
of what was to come ; and, while he thanked them for past
favours, he must tell them that his gratitude was something
like the Frenchman's—a lively sense of future favours.
(Laughter and cheers.)
The collection was then made.
The Rev. Mr. SEDDON, a missionary from Jamaica, moved
the next resolution. He had been four years in Jamaica,
and he could state, from his own experience, that a great
change was taking place amongst the negro population. The
negroes are not what they were, and in a few years they
would not be what they now are. They were an improving
and an improvable people. The great day of liberation was
spent by them, at his stations, in an extremely quiet, orderly,
and edifying manner. Whilst the places of worship were
crowded, he did not meet, in going from one station to the
other, a distance of eight miles, a single negro. If ever men
were actuated by a feeling of gratitude, the conduct of the
negroes exhibited it on that day. The rev. gentleman gave
a rather flattering account of the progress of the mission in
the island.
Sir DIGBY MACKWORTH seconded the resolution, and
said that he should confine his observations to one mission
where he had personally been. He contended that England,
as a nation, should have done more towards the propagation
of the gospel in her colonial possessions. He was not so
young that he could not recollect the day when it was said
that if an attempt was made to introduce Christianity into
India, the British power would be shaken from the centre to
the extremity. In spite, however, of the fears of politicians,
Christianity had been introduced into every part of India,
and there had not been, in consequence, so much as a revolt
or manifestation of hostility in a single village. Was not
this an additional reason of regret that England had not
sooner done her duty, and sent the gospel among 120 millions
of people ? They who preceded Britain in the possession of
India were not so slow in introducing their religion. The
Portuguese had left many monuments throughout India of
their religious zeal, and the Dutch had almost filled ancient
Ceylon with their churches. The speaker then went on to
point out the good effects which had resulted from the mis-
sion at Tinnivelley.
The Rev. H. M'NEILE presented himself, amidst loud
cheering, to move the next resolution. He said that before
he read the resolution which he had been requested to move,
he desired to add to what had already been so amply said
with respect to the foreign operations of the society, by read-
ing an extract from a letter which he had just received from
Miss Wilson, of the Orphan Refuge, at Calcutta. The letter
was dated Feb. 6, 1839, and, after alluding to Miss White,
stated that the writer left this country for Calcutta- in the
year 1821, for the purpose of devoting herself to the educa-
tion of the Hindoo women. She went out with the late ex-
cellent Mr. Ward, of Serampore, whose address to the ladies
of Liverpool, published in a missionary magazine, first led.
her to undertake this interesting labour. Small day-schools
were opened while money was being collected for the erection
of the central school. That was finished and occupied in
the year 1828, and by degrees 300 native girls were collected
as pupils. At present, 132 orphan girls were taught and
watched over by Miss Wilson and five other Christian
females. The object of the sequel of the letter, the rev.
gentleman observed, was to request that he would urge a de-
sire that some Christian man and his wife would go out from
England and join in the work of education at the Orphan
Refuge. Now, where, he would ask, could such a couple he
better found, or more suitably proceed, if God willed so to
honour Liverpool, than from this town? (Hear, hear.) He
thought that enough had been said, at least for one meeting,
on the foreign operations of the society, but he would just
add one short extract from a letter from Miss White, who
informed him that she had received a letter from Miss Wil-
son. It was dated January 28, and stated that the Bishop of
Calcutta had been laying the foundation stone of a new
school room, and that, the week before, he had confirmed 22
girls. The rev. gentleman then proceeded thus :—He was
going to say that the managers of the society had so far suc-
ceeded very well in their administration that night. They
had had, if he might so speak, a very good secretary for the
foreign department, and he did not think that he had ever
seen or heard a better chancellor of the exchequer, at any
meeting ; for he had contrived to send round his Lox while
the iron was hot. (Laughter and cheers.) The knotty point,
however, was the home department, and that brought him to
the resolution. The resolution spoke of that gigantic
mischief which stood in the way of the missions, and
which, instead of being put down with all the authority of
England, the great patroness of missions, had been patted
and fostered in England, so that it was putting worse and
more heavy prohibitions on the progress of missionary la-
bours in the colonies of this country. He hoped that the
audience was not so dull as to require, after such a descrip-
tion, that he should name the gigantic mischief he had alluded
to. (Laughter and cheers.) It was sometimes a difficult
thing to speak plainly, Some people seemed to feel on the
subject of popery—(laughter, followed by great applause)—
as the poor Hindoos, whom they had just heard of from their
gallant friend (Sir Digby Mackworth) felt with respect to the
idol which they had abandoned, but of whose powers they
still retained a lingering dread, and therefore hesitated who
should strike the first the first blow in the work of demoli-
tion. It was decided that the head marr of the village, by
virtue of his station, ought to hit first : he did so, and as he
(the Rev. Mr. M'Neile) delighted to be a head man in hitting
popery, he should not shrink from striking at the idol.—
(Laughter, and greatapplause.) And now, with all solemnity,
he declared that he was willing to follow the example of the
heathen of whom they had just heard, and on his knee, in
the name of the Lord Jesus, he vowed to oppose popery as
long as he lived. The resolution stated that " the activity of
the Church of Rome in extending its influence, especially in
those countries where Protestant missions are carried on,
calls for increased liberality, faith, and prayer, on the part of
the members of the Protestant Church, to extend to the
heathen that system of pure Christian truth so fully embodied
in her articles, liturgy, and homilies." There could be little
doubt tof the justice of the position put forward. A fact was
stated, on the ground of which a duty was propounded. The
fact was stated, that the Church of, Rome was actively ex-
tending her influence in those places were Protestant mis-
sions were carried on, and the duty grounded upon was—in-
creased exertions on the part of Protestants to oppose that
activity, in order that the heathen might be provided with a
pure religion. And that pure religion was described in a way
which should commend it to all, not. merely as the religion
of scripture, though substantially it was so, but emphatically
and descriptively it was set before them as a religion ex-
pounded from the scriptures in the articles, liturgy, and ho-
milies of the church of England. Here then we are brought
into immediate collision with the church of Rome, because
the church of England had her standard constructed, not
merely what was in the Bible, but to express it in attitude of
opposition to the corruptions of Rommusin. She was thrown
into an attitude of defiance ; for Protestants were pledged to
use all diligence, to banish and drive away all false doctrine
opposed to the word of God. The Romish doctrines were
enumerated in the articles of the church of England—some
being described as false, some as vain things foolishly in-
vented, some as blasphemous and dangerous deceit. They
(the Protestants) were all solemnly pledged to those as docu-
mentary interpretations of holy scripture, in opposition to the
Romish corruptions ; and he considered that every member
of the church of England, and, still more, every minister of
that church, was pledged, whatever might be his delicacy
about using the hammer for the first blow, to strike at those
corruptions ; and he was confident that the minister who
refrained from striking did not perform his vows, (Cheers.)
Should they not, indeed, ,stand on their testimony against
Romish corruptions ? They had a foundation to stand upon
that was laid before those corruptions were heard of ; but the
attitude they assumed on that foundation was an attitude of
opposition to Popery, and while that remained the attitude
ought not to be relaxed. He thought, then, that it was of
the last importance, considering the danger to their missions
—to that very society—that they should arouse and oppose
the last and most fatal attempt now being made by the church
of Rome, in this country, to tamper with the scriptures them-
selves. He would ask what version of the Bible was it that
our missionaries had been sending it abroad for circulation
among the heathen—what was the version of the scriptures,
or portions of the scriptures, which had been translated into
Bengalee and other languages? Undoubtedly, the authorised
version, and he begged to call attention to a most important
fact respecting it. It was but a few days ago that a question
was put by Sir George Clerk, in the House of Commons,
to the Lord Advocate of Scotland, on the subject of the patent
to the queen's printer in Scotland. Sir George inquired
whether is was intended to withdraw the patent, and the
reply of the Lord Advocate was, that it was not intended to
renew the privilege, which expires in July next. He (the
reverend speaker) saw this in a Scotch newspaper, and though
that might have been satisfactory for ordinary information,
he felt that it would be acting somewhat rashly to rely upon
it on a point of importance about to be brought forward
before a large and grave assembly. He therefore made in-
quiries from a member of parliament whether he had been
present when the question alluded to was put and answered,
or, if not, whether he could satisfy him (the Rev. H. M'Neile)
as to the truth of the statement. The answer of the gentle-
man was that it was perfectly correct, and that he himself
had been present at the time. Confirmed thus, the paragraph
became authority indeed, and he therefore desired to call the
attention of the meeting to the fact. It was the intention of
her majesty's government, after July next, not to renew that
national guard over the text of holy scripture which had, for
so many ceuturies preserved to us a pure and faithful trans-
lation of the Bible. The consequence would be that the
printing of the scriptures would be thrown open to all ; that
trade would become like all other trades. One man might
alter this verse and another man might alter that verse ; the
text might here be varied to please this controversialist, and
there to please that controversialist ; here a verse might be
omitted to please the followers of Dr. Priestley, and there a
word inserted to gratify the followers of the Right Rev. Dr.
Murray ; and a sentence might be altered to please the Jesu-
its, who were poisoning the minds of men—the secret emis-
saries of popery, who called themselves friends and disciples
of Mr. Owen. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) The meeting need
not be astonished at that, for there were cunning Jesuits
passing themselves, off for socialists. Beware of them. They
were no ignorant lads that had written some of those socialist
tracts and books. He would repeat—beware of them. It'
was evident, then, that after July next such a principle was
to be introduced in the printing of the English Bible as would
allow the text to be tampered with to suit the views of any
man, insomuch that it would at length become difficult to
ascertain whether it were a genuine version or not. Now,
this was precisely the consutnmation which the popish system
had been aiming at. The ground of controversy between the
two churches turned on the sufficiency of the word of God as
the rule of faith. The catholic church denied the sufficiency
of the word of God, and had recourse to antiquity ; the pro-
testant church asserted its sufficiency, and maintained that
whatever was not read therein, or proved thereby, was not
required to be believed as necessary to salvation. It was
quite obvious therefere, that if, by any process, the Romish
church could throw any doubt on the canon of scripture, it

would throw doubt, and difficulty, and uncertallitfraf toga
was the Bible. It would then have a powerful PP of co.
antiquity, its tradition ; and where; in any struggeetot);
science, must the conflict end but ,in hopeless prYs",;lbeite
the church of Rome, under her assumption of infawdfee
(Hear, hear.) This was what she was aiming at. 'Id!,o1
the Bible should be looked upon by any Pe°Ple asat3etill
parallel authority with tradition, or of parallel
_a the
with the book of nature either—whether philosophY,:oree
one side, or popery on the other, elevated the book )jth the
ation or tradition to a parallel place, in theory,tos
book of God—so soon as either was elevated in teeee:re
parallel place, it would become in practice snperlanula be
would have the ascendant practically, because it Tecciee
found more congenial to man than the Bible. All f sot;
that partook of falsehood partook, in some degree, °f
of God
thing congenial to human nature. It was the w° .on,
alone that made no allowance for man's corruPtletroee
maintaining its standard at the very height, at the e"_e„te
perfection, set forth the way of salvation witleoutteevrorte
mise, without even the shadow of comromise.lll
Bible alone that gave no quarter to man's cornieton'oll#
wonderful! It opened the bosom of God to man' ..,eO,
the very warmth of love which it showed to save, AA
shamed the sin out of the heart and out of the souellio),tee
the sinner detest himself, while he found himself„b4o3
God. This ran counter to the human heart. An eijt^
found something parallel. Tradition was full of conarsetede
Popery was ready to make a bargain with man—it waeuelf'l
to allow him to run riot at one time, provided he %fog,
for so doing at another time. It had its penance an
ou
rot teat
and its purgatory, all connected with payment, t tar'
paroxysms of the humaia conscience ; and it had its ca
sae
its dances, its headlong riot, and its sabbath-breakiatieliq,
the paroxysm was over, in order that these things Of,
the foundation of a fresh paroxysm, and that par°llse
to fresh payments. (Cheers.) Thus it was that, lettinth
down to man's corruptions, it played fast and loose an IV
unclean creature, managing still to leave it unclean' ties;
it was that popery left man corrupted and degrade(' ,seeitt
was that in popish countries there had been no preg,re-toeeci
in the higher branches of learning, no raisiriNgs,
morals. The aim of Christianity was to elevate tor
it was so entirely opposed to any indulgence of sineowere"
a:sefiwntat'sgie:liti;
proportion to itself was the hatred of sin. PoperY:',,
sought not to elevate man, but itself and its off eet-geaf
man—to elevate the commissioned officers of feat
revolt from Christianity which had waged,
must continue to wage war with God and his
Great Captain returned in power, and with a strong 3rd. gMI4,
down Babylon the Great. Oh! she should fall ;flanbieel:'
would be the shout when the word was given, " P,3te'en
fallen, is fallen !" (Much cheering.) But -teens'
must continue to wage war with the saints—t"'„
must accommodate herself to man's corruptions, !ate 111'
by a false peace with his conscience, to procrastl, Ore
fears for eternity, and keep him degraded in time °dig
he has passed from the visible world, make merclia?, tof
his precious soul. (Cheers.) Oh ! how graellic„e al
much after the manner of men that spoke in laltie
completely and truly had she been described leY,"
teacher, who was asked to tell what purgatory was'. It aq.
that purgatory was the priests' cow that never oeirdog
(Laughter and cheers.) There was a volume of 01,,e8,-er
that reply. They (the protestants) were frequenuY 9'l'l
at because of their strong testimony on this subjeaf•cp
were laughed at by grave and sober-minded men, W:,.'ee
them all sorts of sneering names, just as if they car des,'
people called them. (Laughter and applause.) P' 'ell Sr
minded of this, not'from the way in which he had be frl
ken of on the previous night by his reverend broth,
Cheltenham (the Rev. Mr. Close), who, by the nee'
spoken very civilly of him, but by a paragrayhi:t3ril
paper, to which a friend had called his attention ti ph ;d
mg, when he came home from London. The earag-,0113
as follows :—" It was announced to a religious as,l'Ougd
London, by Lord Winchilsea and our own belovedt eel;
(loud and long-continued applause)—that Sir Iti,oberiiden‘A'
visit to the Queen was an interposition of Divine 1,111)e P:io
but, without imitating this pious blasphemy,. Pr, Illec
may inquire why Divine Providence was less kin° ""ezile'
day than on the preceding day. It is certainly a Pe-for 5
devout tories, but, in their grief, we must not look ica
th
solution." The paragraph had reference, a 3 ceS6 et
-have seen, to the subject of the ministry, which ha 1...ds
so much interest within the last few days ; but he 10V,
afraid to venture on it because it involved s;politic befe
was not ashamed of politics, and never intended ttieeister:i
this reason, that it was impossible for any Christian 'coo
to acquit himself, in a country like this, withal!, of
into contact with profane writers, such as the yr' dlej
paragraph he had quoted. To that he would nt4, aneitd.
himself. First, then, he distinctly asserted, Ow
Lord Winchilsea nor himself said anythin about . peleft
Providence in the case alluded to. (Hear. nut,'olo2
that they had, was it blasphemous to call the t:"jeir•Pcd!
of any man, in any circumstances, however ," direcee
Divine interposition ? Was it not the Lord that
the ways of men? and did the writer mean to Or
the doctrine of special providence was, in the colecietl;
a lofty-minded man like/ him, a pious ,blasena) • erg scee
people of England hear, and learn what theneferemetred'e
(Cheering.) Let the people of England know II boa,°"o-
- who sneered at all that was good, and great, aapidas,'",f)
able in the country, and who claimed to be them woe
sidered as the climax of all that was liberal. JeFt;,-e`a,Pliorf
that they pronounce a reference to Divine Peorinett're" 0;0
blasphemy. (Cheers.) Was there anything el'"- of feol
in a, man saying that it was the good providenaLtiev
watching over the land, that had entrusted the wt,ealco
the country to one who was not only an eminentespeeiliee
but a man of principle—a man who would not r tie'.,,,
sovereign, who would not accept office, keeping 4.1°0019
ground his intentions, who would-not be guilty (chef:till)!
degrading, liberal conduct—(vehement applause)--;irl ie
not lend himself to any intrigue, but who at once' -be 101
beginning, honestly stated the only terms on which ,0 woo
stand aClast. There were, no doubt, persons w„P;et aPoi
have counselled him (Sir R. Peel) to have kept,±l"dge,,ej;
he was secure, not to have told tales until things °a One
far that his remaining in office could not- Imvg beelloalko
there were those who would have so counselled, an ioefor
rals who would have so acted ; but Sir Robert Peeee eel ale
duty better, and acted in an open and straightfem.r"oeidvd
ner. And if that were an interposition of Divine l'"oe
it was no more than a righteous retribution that s-t., evel
had failed—that cabal had succeeded, and our eajes'iefte
and interesting Queen was made the the victim ol ) tst y
men and women. (Hear, hear, and loud cheela Woe
pausing for a moment, the Rey. Mr. M'Neile satiety
had been pausing to determine whether he shoul°,, ,
dude his observations, as the hour was growing la,lete'
were loud calls for the rev. gentleman to eoceea'wott!A
was past ten o'clock, he declined doing so. Ile cif'',
affect to say that he then concluded because he Inf it,pi
that he had to say, for he had not said one-tent'the bf
should he ever cease protesting against popery wbil
oda'de 4(4
health and power to speak. (Cheers.) He Or' aeltv",oil
exhorting the meeting to be indefatigable in their etllol,,
to drive popery, not only out of England, Se°l;et
Ireland, and out of Hindoostan and Abyssinia' - fate
ride world. (Raf turaus aiplause.) fed, ti 4
The resolution having been seconded and adol) vec
of thanks to the rev. chairman was passed, and the
then separated.

POLICE IN7'ELLIGENCE.

TUESDAY. 11" LITTERING BASE COIN. 0
Peter Connor was placed before Messrs. Birch
kell, charged with having uttered a base half-cr°!sf-
Mrs. Jane Jones stated, that she was the w'e
Jones, who kept a beer-house in Limekiln- ptl
half-past two o'clock on Monday afternoon, Irifeas
walked into her house and sat down. Ile asl(c",,is 1°
sixpenny ale, and witness served him with it. -isoacetee'
a half-crown in payment, which she (witness) Prc's she lei
be a bad one. He said he had no other money, 3,1,0(44
the ale back, returning, him the half-croWn, and 0,5 F,
not to offer it again. He prOmised he would tt,,'„llse,s
he had received it. from a person for two unl;„,e,
he had sold for fifteenpence each. He left the wt-i;er",(04.1"
five minutes afterwards she saw the prisoner in halter,
cf two police-officers. Witness had no doubt the,serbi`r
produced by Constable Crowe was the one which 'ars'
-offered to her. She knewit by a mark upon theS. (Sll
she particularly observed when it was in her 1139.er,
Sarah Eaton, wife of Richard Eaton, shoOe„ePs
dart's-garden, not far from Mrs. Jones's, str"--s
half-past two o'clock, on Monday, the prisen,eidessoeft:
her shop and asked for twopennyworth of brc3'he
She cut the bread and cheese, and gave it to ti oses les
He placed half-a-crown on the counter; witnef.; bilo°;,,
and saw that it was bad. She pusheh it tow°, ►itiV,
told him it was bad. He said, "Ifitisa h 3 t 1
for me, for I have been working very hard at twes,o
it
for it." He did not enter the shop for the Plql
ing if the half-crown was a bad one ; be did "stand ei'sfe„;
at all, but put it down for payment for the bre't'tsel°dser'
The prisoner departed. She watched him into
Mrs. Rigby. She afterwards saw Constable
if 1
formed him of the circumstance, and he went 8, has Vioe
prisoner into custody. She had no doubt but tilth hg
produced was that which the prisoner offered t°-'";c'
time she was cutting the bread and cheese, she.S:eri'
prisoner held something like a sixpence in his II"
knew the half-crown by a mark on the side. oor /;ell,4et
Alice Rigby, a widow, stated that she kePt gct tge.°,,led 'O6
dart's-garden, near Mrs. Eaton. About halt.-Pl',sl 's
on Monday afternoon the prisoner came in tt"speile„"te's,
how she sold eggs. She replied, three for t''''‘,.-3:ihi",sto"'
asked for twopeunyworth. While. she Nvils w r
Constable Crowe entered mid took the prisoner°.
riseerf,
He did not ask if the half-crown were a gc°el°l-11cthe P► 1/sal
John Crowe, officer 95, stated that he toot` srs°o'
into custody in consequence of what he I,,eBfr„tio 15'°,4161
Eaton. When secured, he exclaimed, "
with me?" Witness saw him put his hand up IhT,, I,tsi
bi
He said, " What have you in your -03trpds.
"Nothing !" and opened his hands. Witn-5. -,ec*
hand up his sleeve and found a had half-eroonposoilo. !sty
" What are you going to do with this ?'' Thesorae'o.. s"
" I got it from Warrington for mendin4 .oto s4e4s
las." Witness asked him whereabont in War,' frocn'etsl,l
said, " I have not been in Warrington. I (Tr7pris.°lfl
castle at half-past twelve o'clock to-day." ":!1-:'efrs• .50
taken to Bridewell. The officer returned t'' c,ieesello:ol
shop, and close to the door he found a bad six Pit to oestvibi
Jas. Ainsworth, constable, statedthat lie WerrheYsJee
where the prisoner lodged, in Preston-street.
Pa z,
all the room, and in the privy, in one of the Praz, a vis°,,se
slates, found some sandpiper, and, in a check r
crown. Bridget Rigby. the person with who ill her to
lodged, stated that he slept with another man s
and had lodged with her about a fortnight. ,5i11'510,06
The prisoner in his defence said, he had a Pfeil vse'
pocket, and he gave it,. on Monday, to a wt°'-iie
umbrellas ;he went home and mended them. one 'islif.is(
out and met a carter, who asked him the
He charged ls. 6d. each. The carter bought s':,se
price 0,
vo.fot o
roi
r
crown. He went into these shops for the pore
whether the half-crown was a good one. sst
The prisoner was coinmitted for trial. 10, Ire:
A BRUTAL TRICE. ttles' OP' 0,11°51e•
The practice of throwing ginger-beer lici, te ► 05' r
is
has long been very common amongst certain
quest the gallery of our theatre. The wretches hit, t`ethl
of a dangerous nature, reckless who they PleYdise,o°,lsr`-ii,„
ging themselves in the certainty of not hemlsi,s Oster',
On Tuesday, a fellow named Thos. I-Icrs'ising -esi°lo
the bar of the POlice-court, charged with sto°4 of
injured a gentleman named Cloys, by throwing. 03:01iebres.
beer bottle from the gallery. Mr. Cloys st 3 `he to
close of the second act of the first piecel he,"„ vi, li.otio%
in the pit, about four seats from the orclici3Lt,."!-Deefoil,eods
ceived a violent blow on his head from a g'''S'erolys, to holt
It cut through his hat and injured him so ,se'ohinseil.
a severe wound in his forehead, that he was sore!' di a., to,'
the house. He gave information to Mr. .1 in fltiseso;llf.'
Tyrrell, who went to the gallery and suececdeus
delinquent, whom he took into custody an use
Bridewell. The ►prisoner endeavoured to eP-' spiry of
. sonic sr, A o,d
saying, that he and some companions tools oleo s'
theatre in the bottle. He was drinking, :al his t e tee
knocked his elbow and the bottle slipped It old the
e(1 c° t l
the front of the gallery. This, it appear ' thg, sic s,
case ; for Mr. Cloys stood so close to the slesableivally
must have been thrown forward with entissiefault°
The prisoner was fined -P3 and costs. In
he was committed for six weeks to prison.

Bt
to', 5 pre
Lord and Lady Francis Egerton intend lefiviThi2,ll.3o jor7
close of the ensuing month for a tour. flishr:
chased a tine brigantine yacht of near 20° t°'" t voi
ship, although recovered from his recent vole 0, e
gout, is far from being reinstated in health, widtba c°ol',lo
sequence, being ordered by his medical attends°oo,lo
air. The noble lord contemplates a cruise °I
—Herald.

Po.k 7.,
"e Lest N
11 xis Pres(
brat Zens wi
, iil tw,
To Which ,

id uncertainty on scbs'
a powerful SPPeBI toon
in any struggle of ot;
hopeless prostration
imption of infallibiliti;
• • t efer
was aiming a • r
any people as oalF d,_
✓ of parallel autlionsl
the
other philosophy on
vated the book of 're;
ye, in theory, with
to
s elevated in theorY
practice superlativr:l.
• because it would!:
he Bible. All eari!
some degree, of son
t was the word of
man's corruption, '7
might, at the cliraat P'.•
ation without cota_, `,',
i
mifomise. It 01,:
an 's corruption. ,
f God to man, and
Lowed to save sirs.l
mt of the soul, russrj
and himself beloveO
i heart. All false'ar-
was full of comproaut
with man--it was tell
provided he woula P!!.
:s penance and its sa;
payment, to
and it had its cara,4
abbath-brewking, lA
these things inightiesj
Ind that parolYsnij
t was that, letting:l7o
fast and loose witoot
eave it u dean.
and degraded thlio
been no progress nie
raising of the o°,ol
is to elevate roan; t is
ilgence of sin, ib,sfer,
sin. PoperY, Hers
and its officers
r
officers of that alitj
raged, was waginFii 001
and his saints, ti' tOl
with a strong 3rn'iatfil
should fall ;
s given, BabP° ste
) But until then sto
he saints—till,thenrirjrt,
corruptions, !s' tis
to procra.stinNer
led in time, anu,'•;" of
, make merhantelof
how graphicalb.; bolt
spoke in tinages,TO
described by tbde id;
irgatory was! letw,
that never Wel:,,,ia
volume of tnesn;eltd
'ere frequently orro
on this subject, led
inded men, wbc dot"
as if they care re,
tplause.) s(IP1
-hich he had been ;i4
reverend brother
who, by the eff.
Paragraph in B:iorir
s attention tits ph fsg
i• The paragrebicis
• religious as~ u6°
own beloved ;ell
that Sir Itobert
of Divine ProsidetTo
Ls henry, profank
is less kind on
~e fur
certainly a
must not loos: 5;;;,,,,
;ence, as they
'7, which had eas'',,ot
lays but be c:for
-olved politics ; ot,
°r intended to b.eo-iite,
any Christian 0,100
this, without of the
as the write r ;of
lC would no 01 eitlle
tsserted, as! I°
ything above, ~,po?
Hear.) Fut, ",r,,s;
o call the
however tril'lrocP
e Lord that orosf,
mean to inllionet
in the con yet
idasphenal?
at the refortnes-,., Abe
d lrnow who foioof.
nd great, ancl,;, coo,'
o be tbenaself'ioP
,oral. Let it e ~0
VIA
ne Provicteno-
tything extraor, ootiois
Providence ot
asted the (lest'!"
t 10
an eminen
could not ue— Vy
k •Q, in the '4l
keeping
guilty ot ,otto
applause) 0P
to at once' 8' ifod in
v'
ns on which he Ald
.bo til
persons N' .et no,
lave kept clu,',ve.t,
til things bat' h'ejfe
of have been "ti iilW
inselled, aY,
Robert Pear Straight,"
)f Divine PrqiiglOS°
tion that snc".out
and our poor, :400
Le victim of des
ud eheerinq that
Neile 0 co!,
he should the
growing 0
to proceed', %tail,
g so. He "A ,Aiaft
cifuse l'8", it,'/
one-tenth be 115
pope tied '1
) Ilry e coneli,
e in their ent'd;
;land, Scobutlait' 0; 1
Lbyssinia, A
(rA
l and adoptw,e3e
s.ed, and tile