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The ManlesPd Oneness of the Church of Christ, with
some Reasons for not jai>ting the pr liosed 'Evangelical
Alliance; a Sermon preached by toe Rev. Hugh
M'Neile. Third Edition, with a Preface and Appendix
not in former editions. Ilatchards, London; Lace and
Addison, Liverpool.
The call s speedily made. for a third edition of this val.
o
nabie tlise..tirse proves that Es contents have brei duly
appreciated by tea pubic. The reverend author has
given in this a lui .n more than double the quantity of
matter in those previously issued. In the preface t' this
edition, Mr. M'Nele enters at length into a variety of
arguments to scow that the proposed Evangelical Alli-
ance, from recent eahibiii ns of ita promoters spirit,
as well as from its avowed rittc.ples of action, is "a
rash exvetiment, the very terms of whose proposal
contained the seeds of its own inevitable failure."
At the outset, the reverend gentleman states his per-
suasion that Vie Alliance contaiited a snare for the un-
suspecting evangelical clergy of the Church of England,"
and, with fits usual ham-sty, gives the following as his
reasons fnr entertaining, the opinion:—
" The idea was, that being grieved by the disastrous
spread of Tractari tnisin in our own Church, and hopeless
of. any rest amendment by anthority—nay, rather, dis-
gusted by the fact that authority, while softly disapprov-
ing of excess, was substantially nourishing and cherishing,
and of course propagating, the fatal heresy—we would be
found ripe and ready for a recoil, and captivated he a
prospect of true Christian union. on a basis which made
light—or rather invited us to make light—of all secondary
ecclesiastical considerations; that sonic among us, in the
loving4indness and open generosity of our hearts, would
join such an alliance witeout a serious thought about any
ulterior consequences; some, with a strong conviction
that, in so doing, they were io no way whatever compro-
mising their standing or their principles as members ofa
national Episcopal Church ; and it was felt that there
were many, beth clergy and laity, who, to use the lan-
guage of one of the many pamphlets of last year; rather
than see their country deluged by. superstition, and a con-
tinuance of the shameful scenes which have been lately
enacted, wool.l consent that all connexion between Church
and State, however hitherto held deer,• very dear to their
hearts—should be at once and for ever cut off.'
" That such views and expectations existed, and in the
quarter f.orn whence the or'ginal invitation to the Alli-
ance conference emanated, is not a matter of mere con.
jecture. The writer was put into possession of it as a
matter of fact, in the meet emphat it., because the most un-
suspecting manner passible, by a distinguished foreigner—
himself an ardent and conscienti ins opponent of the con-
nexion between Church and State—who paid us a visit
last summer. Immediately previous to his visit to Liver-
pool, he had been in communication for some time with
some of the most active, talented, and influential mem-
bers of the Scoteh secession ; and one of his primary oh-
' jests of inquiry, on coming here, was the character and
probable time of our eporoachiug 'secession in England.
He was evidently surmised by the tone in which all
thought of arty and) secession was dialiaimed, and even
resented. lle possessed too much Christianfe,img, and
gentlemanlike courtesy, to press the subject; but the im-
pression was made ; and by the convener's invitation to
the Coral rence two months afterwards, the impression
was revived."
It is no marvel that such reasoning end such
honest avowals as these should have occasioned considera-
ble feelino amongst the admirers of the alliance, and that
feeling has been manifested already. It will be seen,
from a letter in another column, that Mr. Mc. Neile, in
reply to a communisation from a highly respectable gen-
'denim in this town, has had an opportunity afforded of
explaining himself on the point adverted to in the pre-
ceding statements.
The followins is a powerful. and to a steadfast friend of
the Established Church we deem an unanswerable, argu-
meut agsOinst the basis of the Alliance:--
" Toe ca,e would be essentially different, if the pro-
posed Alliance were really and bond fide a great Protes-
tant Cenfoleration, with the avowed abject of guarding
the Protestant Laws of England against any further Rome-
ward alterations ; and not only so, but of recovering the
lerotestant ground which has been lost in our statute book.
If Churchmen and Dissenters could join in one body for
this national object ; without on either side, taking or
wishing to take advantage of the occasianjor driving for-
. ward any ecclesiastical or denominational objects ; the
union would be intea Bible, andas I think, Most laWfut
and- right. Such a confederacy was anticipated in the
Ariti-Maynooth canference : and had it been bond fide
such, the result might have been very different to the na-
tion. Soon, however, it becJmc too apparent that it was
not such. • The question is, can such a Confederation be
• formed? can the provisional cartiMittees of the Alliance,
when they meet in London, assume this strictly and ex-
clusively national aspect, in defence of our national Pro-
testannsni ? .
" My conviction is, thahthey cannot; and my reason for
se thinking is; that our national Protestantism as it is,
and es it. was, gives precedence in many things to the Es-
tablished Church. Of course to aim at maintaining it as
it is, or recovering it as it was, would be to aim at giving
permanence to that precedence. This is what multitudes
'of Dissenters cannot (to. They do not think it lawful, or
right, or Christian. English Protestantism, as by law es-
tablished, lies hitherto contained something, whiCh neither
Accords with their taste er their principles; and if they
enter into a Protestant Confederacy, a part of their ob-
ject must be to get rid of that soniething. But that
something is a national Church. This seems to be for-
gotten by those who speak of the dangers which threaten
• our Church ; and then-refer to a union with Dissenters,
as any refuge from, or strength under, those daggers."
In the appendix we find a large body of scripture truth
adduced support of the following "conelti-ions."
" First, aga'rist the extravagaut expectations held out of
corivertieg the world ; and, secondly, against the applica-
tion to pry sent efforts. however combined, of the Lord's
prayer, in the seventeenth chapter of St. John." The argu-
ments on these subjects are too continuous to enable us
to extract with satisfaction any portion. We may obser re
• that the evidence is derived chiefly, though by no means
exclusively, from the parables of our Lord. We cannot
refrain, however, from reprinting the following eloquent
and justly deserved tribute which Mr. M'Neile advances
'to toe attachment of the evangelical clergy to our vene-
rable establishment :
"Secession ! Let Tractarians secede, condemned as they
are by the scriptural standards of the Church : and in
• proportion as they learn to add to their heresy,
bonesiy ; they will secede. Let those secede who re.
quire subscription to our Articles, and then encourage,
by promoting, the violators—or the eiders and abet tars of
the violators—of these Articles. The Church, as such,
disowns them, while she groans under their partial mis-
rule. Let Aritinomians secede, who reject as their rule
that holy law which the Church reiterates as the mind of
Him who in Christ Jesus is love. Let Anti-Episcopalians.
secede, and accidental Episcopalians. who can recognise
nothing more sacred titan human management in the or-
ders of the Christian ministry. Let the votaries of a world
that lieth in wickedness secede, the frequenters of its re-
velries of gaiety and its purlieus of sensuality ; condemned
as they are by their baptismal vow to " renounce the
pumps and vanhies of this wicked world, and all the sin-
ful lusts of the flesh." Let Formalists secede, who not
content with the spiritual worship of the Church, desire
to revive the altars and postures, the dresses and decora-
tions of cce:iiceval corruption. But who are they who
cannot secede? Who are they whose sentiments and lan-
guage are most cordially and constantly in harmony with
the standards of the Church ? Who are they who cite
con amore tic words of the Reformers?. who delight in,
and as far as circomstances admit, imitate the deeds of the
'Reformers ? Who are they, who-declane it to be the duty
of the civil Ruler to know the good from the evil, the
truth from the falsehood, and " to rule." as well as live,
e" in the fear of God?'' Who Ere they, who maintain the
authority of the Ruler, whether civil or ecclesiastical, as
based upon the Bible, and limited by the Bible? Who
are they, who urge, by both example and precept, that se-
paration fron the world to which the Church pledges all
her children ? Who are they, in a word, who are living
samples of Church of Etiglandism, so that in leaving that
Chatch, they would be, as it were, leaving themselves ?
The truly enlightened and impartial observer, will at once
reply—the Evangelical portion of the English Church."

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Lecture: on the princ►pal types of the Old Testament.
Vol. 1. By the Rev. J. Jones, incumbent of St. An-
drew's Church. liatchard and Son, London.
We some time since received the first volume of this
work on a deeply important branch of divine truth, and
ought to have noticed it earlier. The reverend author in
these discourses h,..s brought together a vast mass of scrip-
tural evidence in his interpretation of the typical portions
of Holy Writ, and has evinced his usual desire to make
the whole, of practical utility to every Christian reader.
Mr. Jones tightly of serves, that in too many instances
" the types have been so minutely interpreted, or rather
misinterpreted, in particulars of the meat trifling nature,
as ofttimes to destroy their erancleur and sublimity;" and
thi . led to a very general disregard of their proper use
and application. 1 hey are nevertheless " shadows of good
things to come," and cannot be too highly prized as recti-
fiers of any false interpretation of new testament doctrines.
Having been " made according to the pattern shown to
Moses in the mount" (that pattern being the everlasting
Gospel), the typical illustrations become of paramount
value; because we have just reason to suspect the correct-
ness of that exposition of divine truth which does not
dovetail with the Mosaic institutions, of which the gospel
was at once the antitype and pattern.
After a beautifully clear definition of the characteristics
said scriptural method of interpreting the types, our au-
thor adopts no artificial arrangement of his subjects, but
takes them exactly in the order in which they are pre-
sented to us in the Word of God, commencing with the

Standard-office, Eleven o'clock.

To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD,

SIR,—My correspondent, in your columns of to-day,
said, in his letter to me, " I would be sorry to have this
letter published, and rely on your not doing so." In his
letter to you. he refers to his letter to me, and says, " of
which I retained no copy." On this you licve a note,
" We subsequently obtained a copy."
Of whom cou'd a copy be obtained, but from me? Arid
yet my correspondent relied on me not to publish his let-
ter ! This places me in a position in which I must not
remain.

I pore my correspondent his own letter, and you must
have obtained it from or through him. When he wrote
to you to say he had not retained a copy, and, at the same
time, sent you the letter for publication, he should have
added that, at his request, I had returned to Lim the ori-
ginal.

I think he should not have suppressed his name, but
under existing circumstances 1 will not publish it.
I am, Sir, yours faithfully,
HUGH .11'NEILE.
171 h March. 1846.

[We certainly received the letter to which Mr. M`Neile
alludes from the gentleman who wrote it, and who, being
wishful for its publication if his name were suppressed,
informed us that he had requested Mr. M'Neite to return
the original, which he handed to us for insertion in the
Standard. This circumstance ought to have been ex-
plained by our correspondent in the course of his letter to
us.]

CANNING'S BoYnooD.—The childhood of George
Canning was passed under the inauspicious guardianship
of Mr. Reddish (his mother's second husband), whose
disorderly habits excluded the possibility of moral or in-
tellectual training. The profligacy of his life communi-
cated its reckless tone to his household, and even the ma-
terial wants of his family were frequently neglected to feed
his excesses elsewhere. Yet amidst all these unpropitious
circumstances, the talents of the child attracted notice;
and Moody, the actor, who had constant opportunites of
seeing him, became strongly interested in his behalf.
Moody was a blunt, honest man, of rough hearing, but of
the kindliest disposition ; and foreseeing that the buy's
ruin would be the inevitable consequence of the associa-
tions by which he was surrounded, he resolved to bring
the ma:ter at once under the notice of his uncle, Mr.
Stratford Canning. The step was a hold one ; for there
had been no previous intercourse between the families, al-
though the boy was seven or eight years old. But it suc-
ceeded. Moody drew an indignant picture of the boy's
situation ; declared that he was on the high road to the
" gallows," (that was the word ;) dwelt upon the extraor-
dinary promise be displayed; and warmly predicted, that
if proper means were taken for bringing him forward in
the world, he would one day become a great man. Mr.
Stratford Canning was at first extremely unwilling► to in-
terfere ; and it was not until the negotiation was taken up
by other branches of the family, owing to honest Moody's
perseverance, that he ultimately c insented to take charge
of his nephew, upon condition that the intercourse with
his mother's connexions should be strictly abridged.—
Bell's Life of Cannino.
GAMBLING IN TUE EAST.—Cock-fighting is carried on
to a great extent here ( Btncoolen), and is indulged in by
the natives, high and low. On market.days vast numbers
of natives may be seen wending their way to the cock-pit
at tached to each market or bazaar, with one of the cele-
brated Malay game cocks under their arms. At the pit,
some hundreds of these birds may be seen in the hands of
the fanciers, who weigh and examine them thoroughly be-
fore betting on them. As soon as the bets are arranged,
the two birds first on the list are brought into the centre
of the pit, armed by their owners with a fearful spur about
four inches long, of the shape of a scythe, and as sharp as
a razor. The combat seldom lasts a minute; the first
charge generally rendering one, and frequently both the
combatants, hors de combat, by inflicting upon them mor-
tal wounds. Then begins the most disgusting part of the
scene. The owner of each bird takes him up, blows into
his mouth and eyes, and uses every exertion to make the
poor tortured victim give the la.it peck to his adversary.
Failing this last peck, the battle is drawn. Bets are usu-
ally paid, particularly in the country, in geld dust, which
is weighed ont in small ivory steelyards kept for the pur-
pose The Dutch. with-their usu it policy, derive a reve-
nue from every cock-pit within their boundary here. For
my own part, I am not inclined to blame them, and think
our revenue at all the three Straits' settlements might be
materially increased, and the scamps of those places kept
in better order, by having every gambling-house in them
registered and subjected to a tax. To put a stop to gamb-
ling, in any Asiatic town, is beyond the power of man ;
and the attempt to do so only drives the s:amester to the
secret haunts where he may indulge his propensity, and
where, I fear, too often he becomes a witness of, if not a
participator in, deeds of blind. As a grand jur-r in Sin-
gapore, I hive had evidence enough of this —Davidson's
Trade and Travel in the Far East

THE POLICY TO BE PURSUED IN INDIA.—The most
eminent statesmen who have learnt the it lessons in Eng-
land, and those who have gained their experience in India,
have uniformly concurred in the opinion that extension of
territory was not only undesirable, but hurtful. Those to
whom the local government of our Eastern empire was
intrusted have had every motive to preserve peace and to
avoid war. Nevertheless, they have almost all engaged
in war, and those who ha re avoided doing so have con-
fessedly left it as an inheritance to their successors : and
let us add to this strong fact that the different Presidents
of the Board of Control, the very institution of which was
associated with the object of preventing the pu'suit of
schemes of aggrandizement and the extension of domi-
nion, have almost in every instance concurred in the wis-
dom and necessity of those measures of the local admini-
stration which have been attended with such results.
This forces us to a conclusion that all the Engtsh states-
men which this observation includes have either been in
their turns tainted with the culpable ambition of which
the Indian Governors are accused, or that their fuller in-
formation obliged them to give the sanction of their ap-
probation to such wars, from being satisfied that they
were just and expedient. There may be some cases where
it is possible to prove that the temperament or the judge.
meet of indeviduAs has precipitated a contest ; but, on the
other hand, it is clear that the most moderate have been
compelled to the same course, and that the orders of
superiors and the enactments of law have not only failed
in the end proposed, that of averting the growth of our
power, but have actually caused it to be more rapid than
it otherwise would have been. These are the deductions
which must be drawn from the events that have occurred ;
but the law which forbade conquest and interference is
now a dead letter. We are the acknowledged lords of
India, and there exists not a sovereign prince or a chief in
that vast country, with whom we have no ties that imply
friendship and protection on our part, and dependance or
allegiance on the o' her.—Memoirs of Marquis Wellesley.
AN ITALIAN SCENE.—There lies Genoa, in beautiful
confusion, with its many churches pointing up into the
sunny sky; and down below me, just where the roofs be-
gin a solitary convent parapet, fashioned like a gallery,
with an iron across the end, where sometimes, early In the
morning, I have seen a little group of dark-veiled nuns
gliding sorrowfully to and fro, and stopping now and then
to peep down upon the waking world in which they have
no part. Old Monte Faccio, brightest of hills in good
weather, but sulkiest when storms are coming on, is here,
upon the left. The fort, within the walls (the good king
built it to command the town, and beat the houses of the
Genoese about their ears. in case they should be discon-
tented), ctanmandS that heght upon the right. The. broad
sea lies beyond ;—in front there ; and that line of coast,
beginning by the light-house, and tapering away, a mere
speck in the roar distance, is that beautiful coast that
leads to Nice. The garden near at band, among the
roofs and houses, all red with roses and fresh with little
fountains. is the Acqua Sola—a public promenade, where
the military band plays Oily, and the white veils ClUster
thick, and the Genoese nobility ride round, and round.
and round, in state-clothes and ciaches at least, if not in
absolute wisdom. Within a stone's throw, as it seems,
the audience of the day-theatre sit, their faces turned this
way. But as the stage is hidden, it is very odd, without
a knowledge of the cause, to see their faces change so sud-
denly from earnestness to laughter ; and odder still to
hear the rounds upon rounds of applause, rattling in the
evening air, to which the curtain falls. But, being Sun-
day night, they act their best and most attractive play.
And now the sun is going down in such magnificent array
of red, and green, and golden light, as neither pen nor
pencil could depict ; and to the ringing of the vesper bells,
darkness sets in at once, without a tonight. Then l'ghts
begin to shine in Genoa, and on the country road; and
the revolving lantern out at sea there, flashing for an in-
stant on this palace front and portico, illuminates it as if
there were a bright moon bursting from behind a cloud,
then merges it into deep obscurity. And this, so far as
know, is the only reason why the Genoese avoid it after
dark, and think it haunted. My memory will haunt it
many nights in time to come, but nothing worse, I will
engage.—Dickenx's Travelling Letters.

THE INFLUENCES OF,THE ENGLISH FLAG.—Previous
to the occupation of Port Essington, every English vessel
that had resorted to the islands lying between Timor and
New Guinea had been a• tacked, and, when successfully,
the crew massacred ; so that tl:e names of many of the
larger islands were associated with outrages committed on
our countrymen. The Essington, the first vessel sent
out to the islands, was only saved by an accidental occur-
rence; but no sooner had it become known that the Bri-
tish possessed a settlement in the neighbourhood (and this
occurred within an exceedingly short space of time), than
these aggressions suddenly and totally ceased ; and al-
though 'he number of vessels resorting to these islands is
far greater than it had ever previously been, no single act
of hostility was ever again committed. Indeed 1 speak
advisedly when 1 say that small vessels may now traverse
the adjacent seas with greater safety than they can coast
the islanchof Java, the oldest established of the European
colonies in the Indian Archipelago. 'I he western coasts
of New Guinea were never visited by our merchant ships
far purposes of trade previous to our establishment in
these seas ; but an intercourse has now been opened which
bids fair to become a thriving and profitable branch of
commerce. The Timor Laut group, again, the nearest to
Port Essington of the islands of the Indian Archipelago,
was so notorious previous to our arrival, that even the
native traders of the Eastern Islands dared not visit it.
Vessel after vessel, whether English, Dutch, Chinese, or
Macassar, was cut off and plundered ; but the spirit of
peace has now extended itself to this important group, and
it has became a favourit e resort for traders; an inter-
course having been established with ports, especially in
the southern part of Timor Laut, which were never before
frequented. When it is taken into consideration that our
manut:ctures form the bulk of the cargoes of all vessels
resorting to these remote parts, whether European, Chi-
rese, or Indian, the circumstances here detailed become
interesting. The commerce of these Eastern Islands is
little regarded by the mercantile community of this coon.
try, simply because its details are not known. The mei.,
chant loses sight of his goods after they reach Singapore,
for even his consignee in that emporium of the further
East has only a vague notion of what becomes of a large
portion of them. He knows that they are carried away
to the eastward by hundreds of small craft, which return,
in the course of Lime, laden with valuable produce, but of
the particular countries from which it comes he does not
often know even the name.—Enterprise in Tropical Aus-
tralia.
E CUSTOMS AND MORALS OF THE SlKHS.—Gooroo
Govind banished all distinctions of caste amongst his fol-
lowers; he granted to the converted (whatever might be
Cher belief) equal privileges; and, to cause greater unifor-
mity, he ordered a peculiarity of clothing and manners.
Every one of his disciples was obliged to serve as a sol-
dier, to carry some kinu of weapon, wear blue garments,
and let their hair and beard grow. The Sikhs despise to-
bacco, because it renders them impute ; and, like the
Ilindoos, they hold the bull as holy. But by this spirit of
moderation and patience are the Gooroos. their present
priests, and the Akalis, fanatical fakirs, no longer inspired,
for the Musselmen can only quietly and secretly conduct
thei▪ r religious worship. The Akalis acknowledge 00 su-
perior ; they only endure their princes, whom they abuse
at their pleasure, whose life they would, without any re-
spect, attempt, if he interfered with any of their projects.
They are usually armed with a round iron weapon, which
is carried either at the point of the flawing turban, or at
thei▪ r side. It consists of flat iron rings, from eight to
fourteen inches in diameter, whose outer edge is exceed-
ingly sharp, and which they are so skilled in whirling
round their finger or a stick, and then darting it at the ob-
ject aimed at, as to unfailingly sever the bead from the
trunk. Several of these Akalis form a peculiar troop in
the army of the Maharajah. The Grauth, the Bible of the
Sikhs, which contains their commandments, is the
.sole
object of their reverence; iu nearly every village it is to

be found placed on a table in a spacious chamber, to which
all have access, and where it is u.nal for individuals to
enter and read aloud. Altogether their divine worship is
characterised by simplicity. At evening they commonly
offer up a short prayer, whereupon► they practise exer-
cises, having reference to their warlike life; grasping their
swords violently with both hands, they peritien their
Gooroo for victory and the propagation of their f►ith.
The wives of the chiefs live in close seclusion, but the
few who have been seen by Europeans are of extraordi-
nary beauty ; they wear high conical caps, richly embroi-
dered in gold, and ornamented with pr,.eions stones and
perils; they also wear trousers, a short tunic open in
front, and a shawl lightly thrown over the shoulders and
bosom. Morality and chastity ate neither observed by
them nor expected from them : it is not unusual for one
woman to belong to several brolters. Thus it has of, en
happened that the soldiers of Generals Ventura and Allard
have requested leave of absence, on the plea that their
brothers wives were solitary, and that fraternal duty
compelled them ti keep them company until their brothers'
return.— Translated from the " Briefe aus Morgenland."

GEORGE CANNING'S FIRST POLITICAL fIIAS.-At
Eton he first discovered a political bias. The boy was an
ardent Whig. His noble poem on " The Slavery of
Greece," in one of thsearly numbers of the " Microcosm,"
shows that he inherited his father's principles, which he
knew how to set off with a higher grace. But he gave a
more practical proof of his opinions on the occasion of a
contested eleCtion for Windsor, when he threw himself
boldly upon the popular tumult in opposition to the court
nominee. There was ill mistake here. Students who
are visited in their dreams by visions of Marathon and
Tiler nopy!re, must not be held too strictly responsible for
their classical enthusiasm, if it lean (as it always does !)
towards the side of public liberty ; but here is a question
of the day, between might and right—into which forms
such struggles, at that time, but too plainly resolved
themselves. And the young politician, with the whole
Collected force of his mind, was found battling on the side
of the people; speaking, buzzaing, swelling the shout and
chorus of the weaker party, which, being the weaker, is
Benerally the first chosen of generous and heroic natures.
ut how could it be othervtise ? His education had all
along been superintended by his uncle, one of the most
zealous liberals of the day. His Eton, and alerwards his
Oxford vacations, were passed either at his uncle's, or at
Mr. Crewe's, or Mr. Legh's, of Cheshire, or amongst the
Sheridansall of the same colour. What politics was he
likely to hear in such, circles ?—or where could they have
been so temptinely presented to his imagination ? His
progress, too. was watched with daily interest by Fox,
wto calculated upon attaching him to the Whigs ; and he
was already looked upon with such conVence as their
legitimate property, that Sheridan absolutely announced
his coming in the House of Commons.—Bell's Life of
Canning.