The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-05-12 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY ef CLERICAL NEWS

The Queen has appointed the Marquis of Bute to be
her Majesty's High Commissioner to the General Assem-
bly of the Church of Scotland.
On Sunday week thirteen persons publicly renounced
the errors of Romanism in St. Audoen's Church, Dublin.
On the same day forty others renounced Popery in the
Missionary Church, Achill.
The income of the Gospel Propagation Society last year
was considerably less than that of the previous one. In
nineteen dioceses there has been a decrease, in eight an
increase ; of these eight Chester is the only one in which
the increase is considerable.
THE NEW BISHOP OF JESUSALEM.—It is rumoured
that Dr. Pusey has addressed a letter to the archbishops,
within the last few weeks, couched in more than his ac-
customed tone of menacing entreaty, (against the appoint-
ment of Mr. Gobat). A report, too, which has been cur-
rent within the last few days, adds still further interest to
the subject ; namely, that Sir Moses Montefiore has ob-
tained permission from the Emperor of Russia for the
migration of ten thousand Jews from Russia to Palestine.
Record.

SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL.
—On Thursday, the 145th anniversary of this society was
publicly celebrated by divine service at St. Paul's Cathe-
dral. His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury arrived
at the Cathedral at half-past three, and a procession was
formed which moved into the church, where the dignita-
ries took their seats. There were present eleven bishops,
four deans, five archdeacons, the Lord Mayor, eight al-
dermen, the sheriffs, and a large number of clergymen in
full canonicals. Full cathedral service was performed,
and the sermon was prtached by the Bishop of St. Da-
vid's from the 7th chapter of St. John's Gospel, verse 6.
BIBLE SOCII,TY.—At the annual meeting on Wednes-
day Lord Saudon presided. The entire receipts of the
year amount to £101,305 155., being an excess over the
last year of £3,550 4s. 2d. This increase has, chiefly
taken place in the free contributions from auxiliary so-
cieties and in the sales. The sales of the year have
amounted to £55,976 108.9 d., being an increase over the
preceding year of £8,076 16s. 11d. The total ELM appli.
cable to the general purposes of the society is £45,329 4s.
3d., including £33,022 9s. 6d. free contributions from
auxiliary societies, being an excess of £1,473 18s. 3d. over
the free contributions from auxiliary societies of the pre-
ceding year. The issues of the society have amounted to
1,441,651, viz., from the depository at home, 1,104,787 ;
from depots abroad, 336,864 ; being 525,840 copies more
than in the preceding year. The total issues of the society
have been 18,322,487 volumes. The expenditure during
the past year has amounted to £105,851 2s. 9J., being
£20,033 7s. more than the previous year. The engage-
ments of the society exceed £56,730 Os. 7d. The speakers
at the meeting were the Marquis of Cholmondely, Lord
Ashley, the Bishop of Calcutta, Lord Teignmouth, Sir
Digby Mackworth, &c.
SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIANITY AMONGST
THE JEWS.—The annual general meeting of the mem-
bers of this society was held on Friday, at Exeter Hall.
Lord Ashley was in the chair, and amongst the supporters
of the noble lord were the Marquis of Cholmondeley, the
Hon. W. Cowper. M.P.' Sir George Rose, Bart., the
Rev. Hugh M'Neile, the Rev. Hugh Stowell, and _a large
number of clergymen. There were also on the platform
several children of Jewish parents converted to Chris-
tianity, and educated in the society's schools. The report
stated that the amount of contributions towards the ge-
neral and special fund, not including the temporal relief
fund, amounted during the year to £25,581, being an in-
crease of £293 over those of the previous year. In addi-
tion to the sum, £630 had been received on account of the
temporal relief fund, and the munificent donation of
£2,600 from Miss Jane Cooke, of Cheltenham, the whole
of the sum required for completing the ;Protestant church
at Jerusalem. The. society had distributed 3,683 bibles,
1,619 testaments, 2,274 portions of the scripture, and.se-
veral copies of English religious works, translated into
Dutch and Spanish for the use of Jews in Holland and
Spain. Four young students had been sent from the He-
bremeollege as missionaries to the East. Converts con-

tinued to be made amongst the Jewish population in War-
saw, Frankfort on the Oder, Berlin, Konigsburg, Stock-
holm, Copenhagen, and other large European cities, and
in several parts of the East, including Jerusalem, Bey-
rout, Aleppo, and Bagdad. The Marquis of Cholawn-
deb.), moved, and the Rev. Mr. Freemantle seconded, the
adoption of the report. An expression of regret at the
death of the late Bishop of Jerusalem, was proposed by
the Hon. W. Cowper, M.P., and seconded by the Rev.
Hugh Stowell.
CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY.—The annual meeting
of the friends of this society was held on Tuesday, at
Exeter-hall, and the immense attendance assembled am-
ply testified to the interest felt on the occasion. Among
those present were Lord Glenelg, the Bishops of Oxford,
Calcutta, Cashel, Chester. and Ripon; Sirs R. H. Inglis,
G. Rose, and Digby Mackworth; Revs. Hugh M'lsleile,
J. W. Cunningliame, and H. M. Villiers.—The Earl of

Chichester occupied the chair. His lordship expressed
the peculiar satisfaction with which he regarded the ap-
pointment of Mr. Gobat to the bishopric of Jerusalem.—
The report was then read by the secretary. It appeared
thereby that the receipts of the society for the year
amounted to £102,458, a sum which was less than that
of the preceding year by £2,790. The expenditure was
£1,093 under the income actually raised. The report
described the condition and progress of the college at Is-
lington as favourable on the whole, although the number
of students was not large. The various missions of the
society in East and West Africa, Greece, Egypt, Jamaica,
North-West America, Ceylon, South India, New Zealand
and China, were also in a prosperous condition ; but the
mission of the society could not be further extended unless
its funds were increased.—The Bishop of Chester moved
the first resolution, that the report which had been read
to the meeting should be adopted and printed. He dwelt
upon the necessity to promote the great work of mission-
ary labour. More than £2,000,000 were annually swal-
lowed up by the consumption of ardent spirits, and very
large sums in the purchase of ice and other articles of
useless luxury •, and he impressed upon the meeting the
duty of curtailing their superfluous expenses, in order to
render their efforts for the conversion of the heathen more
commensurate with the progress of the nation.—The
Bishop of Oxford moved the next resolution, and the
meeting was also addressed by the Bishop of Cashel, the
Rev. Hugh Stowell, &c.
RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY.—The 47th anniversary
meeting of the members of this society took place on
Friday evening at Exeter-hall ; Sir E. N. Buxton. Bart.,
in the chair. The report stated that a great and encou-
raging event had recently transpired in China, viz.—the
promulgation of a royal decree authorising the freedom
of religious worship. It was impossible to foresee the
happy results which would follow this circumstance. The
shops, streets, junks, and temples, were now accessible
to the Christian missionaries. The committee bad caused
to be distributed at Hong Kong. 22,000 tracts. and had
made grants to the amount of £393. In India there were
twenty auxiliary societies engaged in distributing religious
works. During the year nearly 1,200,0(10 tracts had been
printed by these societies, to which the London Society
had made grants to the amount of £1587. The circula-
tion of religious tracts was producing important results
in France. A Protestant tract society has been formed
at Paris, the receipts of which during the year amounted
to 229,000 francs, and which had issued 650,000 tracts.
Whole " communes " were now forsaking the Roman
Catholic church and embracing Protestantism. In
Switzerland 8000 tracts had been sent for the use of the
Italian population, and a grant made to the. Geneva
Evangelical Society. The Belgian Evangelical Society
had distributed during the year 42.000 tracts, and had
received from the London Society a grant of £2OO.
Amongst the other Continental cities where the greatest
number had been circulated were Amsterdam. 60,000;
Stockholm, 50,000 ; St. Petersburgh, 167.000 The
Society's tracts had also been issued in Pers;a and other
parts of the East. The number distributed in the British
Isles was altogether 2,260,000, at a cost of £2761 ; and
the total grants to foreign and colonial societies amounted
to 450, at a cost of £2003. The issues during the year
amounted to 17,571 413, making, with those distributed
by the societies abroad, a total of 42,000,000, in ninety-
eight languages and dialects. '1 he receipts of the Society
amounted to £56,110.