The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-10-03 00:00:00

GENERAL TRADE REPORT.

Monday Night.
•
Beyond the financial agitation, the past week has given
little of importance for the consideration of the commer-
cial world. Trade still drags on a fettered existence,
and will do so while trammelled with its golden chains.
Our continental advices contain no intelligence of any
moment, and manufactures still languish in uncertainty.
During the past month, Consols have experienced less
variation than at any time during the past year or two,
the fluctuation being only from 851 to 861 ' • while the re-
verse has been the case in the Share Market, London
stock having fluctuated between 116 and 106; Midland, 89
and 81; Caledonian, 221 and 181; Eastern Counties, 13/
and 121; Great Western, 82 and 72 • North Staffordshire,
11 and sa ; York and North Midland, 601 to 53 ; with
others, the general result of which shew s a further and
most severe depreciation. Consols closed on Saturday at
86 to
Notwithstanding that purchases have been made to a
considerable extent all week, the tendency of prices in our
SRARE Market has been downward, and all stocks mark
lower than on this day week. London stock is quoted to-
day 108, Midland, 821._

The movements on the CORN Exchange have been slow
since Friday. Holders remaining firm, the large arrivals
reported and expected have produced a waiting market.
Should the present wind continue, our imports of Indian
Corn will shortly be immense; and unless the demand
increase, a tendency downward in price is to be antici-
pated. The trade to-day in London is also dull, at pre-
vious rates ; and a decline must be noted in several mar-
kets in the southarn and western districts of Ireland.
The arrivals into this port since Friday are :—Wheat,
from Ireland 254 qrs., Europe 7532 ; Barley, Europe 1697
qrs. ; Oats, Ireland 420 qrs., coastwise 190, Europe 133 ;
Beans, coastwise 20 qrs. ; Pease, Europe 90 qrs. ; Oat-
meal, Ireland 1104 lds. ; Flour, Ireland 410 sacks.—
Exports :—Wheat, for Ireland 1138 qrs. ; Barley, coast-
wise 25 qrs. ; Beans, coastwise 200 qrs. ; Indian Corn,
Ireland 2246 qrs., coastwise 25 ; Flour, coastwise 60 sacks
55 brls., Ireland 460 brls. A summary of the condition
of the Grain and Potato crops will be found elsewhere.
Full particulars of the prospect of the COTTON crop in
America will be found in the intelligence received per
Hibernia. The trade here during the week has been
heavy. On SATURDAY the sales amounted to 3500 hales,
the buyer having the advantage in price ; and TO-DAY the
market continued dull, and much less business was tran-
sacted than had been generally expected. 3000 bales was
the total amount,-2500 American, 50 Maranham, 50
Egyptian, and 400 Surat. All were taken by the trade.
We have nothing further at present to add to our last
week's remarks as to the prospects ofthe IRON trade. The
Scotch Pm IRoN Market continues dull. The quotations
for No. 1 good brands are 455. ; Mixed Numbers, 445. 6d.
free on board at Glasgow ; 535. to 535. 6d. free on board
here.

There is not any perceptible improvement in the de-
mand for Foreign Woh, but on the whole there has been
a little more enquiry within the last few days. Holders
do not appear to wish to force sales, consequently prices
are pretty well supported. A little business has been done
in Scotch, but it is difficult to sell any quantity. Imports
for the week :—Foreign : From Calcutta, 37 ; Kingstown,
6 ; Islay, 999 ; Lisbon, 49 ; Oporto, 201 ; Copenhagen,
198; total, 1,490 ; previously, 56,187. Scotch : 1,066,
10,927 ; total, 11,993. A moderate business has been
done during the month : buyers having their attention
directed to the London sales, transactions by private
treaty are limited to a few descriptions, viz. : Alpaca,
Russian Fleece, East India, Mogadore, Buenos Ayres,
&c. The unsettled state of affairs in France, and other
parts of the Continent, causes the manufacturers in York-
shire to fear a bad autumn trade.

The demand for SUGAR since Thursday last has been
good, and very full rates have been paid. The sales are
400 hlids. West India, chiefly Barbadoes, at 345. to 40s. ;
250 hhds. Porto Rico, at 365. 6d. to 41s. ; 2,000 hags
Bengal, principally good middling to fine white, at 395. Gd.
to 425. To-day's market is not quite so brisk. Very
little doing in MOLASSES. Holders will not sell at pre-
vious rates. RUM is very much depressed, and to effect
sales much lower prices would have to be taken. The
stock in the kingdom is considerable, and there is a falling
off in the consumption. Not much stirring in RICE; fine
white Bengal is worth 12s. 6d. per cwt. COFFEE, very
flat. 300 bales and baskets Gambier fetched 10s. per cwt.
and 100 tons St. Domingo Logwood £4 7s. 6d. to £4 12s.
61. 40 tons Jamaica Logwood £4 7s. 6d. £5 12s. 6.1.
only bid for fine Laguna Wood—bought in at £6 per ton.
There has been a good demand latterty for all descrip-
tions of TALLOW, and P. Y. C. is now quoted at 48s. Gd.
per cwt. . .

The quantity of OLIVE Oat being small, prices have
advanced : the sales are, to a fair extent, for consumption
as well as speculation : holders are firm at the quotations.
The aggregate supply of TIMBER up to this time is
about equal to an average quantity ; but if reliance is to
be placed on the last advices from Quebec, this propor-
tionate supply will not be maintained for the remainder
of the season. Confidence as to the stability of the de-
mand gains ground, and importers are now less inclined
to dispose of the recent arrivals, unless at some advance
on former rates, which, however, is not yet freely given.
The Intsu PROVISION trade, although the arrivals con-
tinue small for the season, is still at a low ebb. Dealers
in Butter have their pick of the freshest shipments, all
other kinds being unsaleable, and purchase in retail quan-
tities only ; a few good northern brands have been sold at
78s. per cwt. free on board for shipment.
AMERICAN Provisions have moved slowly this week,
with the exception of •• Prime Mess" Pork, in which a
good business has been done; and some sales have been
made in "Riess" at rather higher prices. There is very
little Beef on hand, and nothing offering under 90s. A
parcel of 300 firkins Canadian Butter brought 655. at auc-
tion. Lard and Bacon unusually flat.—Fruit : Several
parcels of Apples have been received ; they were unripe
and small, and sold at 12s. to 19s. per barrel.
In connexion with the two foregoing branches of trade,
it is perhaps not out of place here to show the great con-
trast which exists in the respective prices of Irish and
American produce, which accounts for the depression in
the demand for articles from the former country. We
give the top prices of four articles :
Irish American
Butter .. per cwt.... 82s. 665.
Bacon . . „ 465. 425.
Hams „ 665. 425.
Lard

The TOBACCO trade - has been heavy throughout the
month; the sales, however, show a total of 1,079 hhds.
The present stock is 15,418 hogsheads, against 13,780 at
the corresponding period of last year. The deliveries for
the month were 1,315 hogsheads, against 944 in Septem-
ber, 1847, and the imports 1,228 hogsheads, against 190
in September, 1847.
The market has been heavy during the month for salted
River Plate and Rio Grande HIDES, and the transactions
are only to a moderate extent, at barely previous prices.
The sales are 3,600 salted Monte Video, Ox 58 to 621b5.,
at 31d. to 3d. per lb., tare 51bs. ; light Ox, 46 to 471b5.,
at 24d. to 21d. per lb., 4 and slbs. ; Cows, 41 to 451135.,
at 24-d. per lb., tare 41135. ; 11,300 salted Rio Grande, Ox,
67 to 721b5., at 3d. to 34d. per lb., tares 6 and 7lbs. ; light
Ox, 481b5., at tad. per lb., tare 41bs.; Cows, 471b5., at
2d. to tad. per lb., tare 41bs.: a cargo of damaged
Hides sold at auction, Ox, first class at 21d., second ditto
at 2d., third and fourth ditto at lad. to ltd. per lb.
Horse Hides, 3,345 damaged salted, average 241b5., at
Is. sd. to 4s. 6d. each. In other descriptions the sales
are 1,698 Brazils, salted Ceara, 501b5., at 21d., dry
salted, 301b5., at 3d. per lb. ; 830 dry Puerto Cabello,
281b5., at 3d., seconds, at 2d. per lb. ; 450 dry Savanilla,
23 to 241b5., at 3d., seconds and damaged at 11d. to 2d.
per lb. ; 360 inferior salted West India, at 14d. per lb. ;
400 salted Cape of Good Hope, 581b5., at 2d. per lb. The
stock of salted River Plate Hides is 8,800, namely 2,900
heavy Ox, 1,700 light Ox, 4,000 Cows, and 200 Kips ; of
Rio Grande the stock of 14,000 Hides, consisting of
13,700 heavy Ox and 300 light Ox. The week's arrivals
have been by the " St. Helier" and " Shamrock," from
Rio Grande, bringing 5.242 salted Ox and Cow and 985
salted Horse Hides ; by the former vessel we have received
998 salted River Plate Hides ; we have to notice an im-
port of 985 dry River Plate Horse Hides, aid Rio de
Janeiro, from which port we have also received 2,957 dry
Ox and Cow Hides. From the Brazils 2,505 dry and
wet salted Hides have been imported.
It is understood the Bank of England made some ad-
vances on Exchequer-bills on Friday until the middle
of October, at the rate of 3 per cent., obviously with the
usual view of equalising the circulation as much as possi-
ble in connexion with the payment of the dividends.
By the last returns from the Bank of England, the
amount of notes in circulation is 17,311,005, being a de-
crease of 376,365 ; and the stock of bullion in both de-
partments is 13,865,081, showing an increase of £42,400,
when compared with the preceding return.
We are glad to mention that Mr. De Mattos, whose
firm of De Mattos and De Leon was compelled to sus-
pend on the 4th of March last, on Saturday announced a
new partnership under the name of De Mattos and Go-
defroi. . _ _

Letters from Hamburgh, speaking of the state of the
exchanges and the position of the money-market, mention
that the business transacted just before the departure of
the mail was not important. Paper at long date on Lon-
don was scarce and in demand ; short-dated bills were not
inquired for. The latter stood quoted at 13 81, the former
at 13 R. Bills on Frankfort, Amsterdam, Berlin, and
Breslau were also in request. Money continued abundant,
and gold was quoted 436 per mark. In public stocks and
railway shares there was not much activity, and prices
closed flatter than they opened.
Accounts from Berlin state that the aspect of political
matters had favourably influenced the Bourse, and that,
notwithstanding the limited extent of business, a slight
advance had occurred in quotations.

Mr. Gifford has been appointed secretary of the Chester
and Holyhead line, in place of Mr. King. Mr. Gifford
understands the details of the line thoroughly.
GREAT Loss OF LIVE CATTLE.—On Saturday the
Foyle steamer was lying at the Queen's. Quay, and had
taken in her cargo with the view of sailing at nine o'clock,
for Fleetwood. The cargo consisted principally of cattle
to the number of 305 head, fifty of which were placed
down in the fore hold, and the rest were tied on deck,
with ropes in the usual way. A few minutes before the
hour of sailing, the vessel began to sway a good deal from
the motion of the cattle on deck, the, action of the tide,
and her lightness in the water, end the cattle dealers ex-
hibited the greatest alarm for the safety of their stock,
and expressed themselves in a hasty and somewhat vio-
lent manner. A heavy lurch to one side inspired them
with so much fear that they foolishly cut the ropes which
tied the cattle on that side, and the next moment another
lurch threw the untied cattle with tremendous violence
against the others opposite, and the result was seventy-
seven bead were killed or smothered, about thirty hurled
overboard into the water, and the ship thrown on her
beam ends. Five out of the thirty were drowned, and
the other twenty-five with difficulty saved. Two of the
dialers narrowly escaped being crushed in the collision.—
Belfast Chronicle.

MEETING OF THE COLONIAL CHURCH SOCIETY.

A meeting of the members and friends of the Liver-
pool Auxiliary to this Society,—which has for its object
the sending of Clergymen, Catechists, and Schoolmasters
to the Colonies of Great Britain, and to British residents
in other parts of the world,—was held at the Music-hall,
yesterday evening, and was numerously and respectably
attended. Several sermons had been preached on Sun-
day in behalf of the funds. There were present the fol-
lowing rev. gentlemen :—Dr. Byrth, D.D., Ed. Bicker-
steth, M.A., the Rev. E. J. Yorke. M.A., (the deputation
from the Parent Society,) the Revds. W. W. Ewbank,
Cordeaux, D. James, Dr. Hume, A. M'Conkey, B. A.
Marshall, and others, as well as a number of the most
raspectable of the laity.
The Rev. Dr. BYR-rx was called to the Chair.

The proceedings having been briefly opened with prayer
by the Rev. Mr. M.CONKEY, the Secretary of the Liver-
pool Auxiliary, _ _

The CHAIRMAN addressed the audience as follows :
At the present meeting it is not my intention, as it would
not be my duty, to press on your time by any very
lengthned remarks. You will be addressed by those who
are officially commissioned to state in detail what are the
proceedings which you will be called upon to assist in
carrying out. It will be sufficient for me to observe that
the object itself is one that must come recommended by
the strongest arguments to every Christian mind, and es-
pecially to those of us who belong to the Church of Eng-
land. (Hear, and applause.) That object is the diffusion
of Scriptural knowledge—evangelical truth, wherever we
may find the opportunity of sending forth agents for this
great purpose. (Applause.) So far as our Church is
concerned, it is no common satisfaction that I feel,
that there is not one society connected with our establish-
ment that seems to have stronger claims upon our support
than this. (Applause.) It would be altogether uncalled
for to prove that there is anything belonging to a church
society that could bear the imputation of rivalry or of
opposition. 1 believe that every individual connected
with it would disclaim such a thought. (Hear, hear.)
And considering how wide the field is for Christian labour,
and what a large portion of it remains uncultivated, unre-
claimed, who would not be more than ordinarily dis-
posed to do what he could to prosper every eflOrt that
should be made to carry a knowledge of Christ Jesus
throughout the world ? (Hear, hear, and cheers.)
But there is a large portion of our fellow-countrymen
who seemed to have an especial claim upon our notice.
There arc multitudes abroad who are actually without a
shepherd, although when they went abroad it was sup-
posed erroneously that they would not be left in that state
of spiritual destitution. Those of us who have been
abroad, however little, have seen this to a lamentable ex-
tent, and if our societies were multiplied by scores, it
may be said, without exaggeration, that there are those
who have natural claims upon our attention as English-
men and as members of the Church of England, who still
would be unprovided for. It is melancholy to read the
report of the parent society and to find that the sta-
tistics would show that in vast districts there are per-
sons speaking our own language, nominally brought
up within our own Church, or at least the de-
scendants of those who were members of that church,
who by thousands have not one spiritual instruc-
tor. It is a deplorable fact that, notwithstanding all that
has been done, not only are they destitute of that which,
as members of the Church of England, they think the
highest privilege, namely, a Gospel minister of this order,
but that the want is not supplied by any one of these
Christian societies, who, notwithstanding they differ from
us, 1 believe there is not one of us who does
not feel that he regards them as ministers of the
Divine Gospel unto the world. (Hear, hear, and applause.)
Having stated these very few general facts, merely re-
minding you that it is to send " the truth as it is in
Jesus," regardless, I trust, of anything like sectarian
views, believing that the great object for us all is to ad-
dress ourselves to the minds of men—to come to them if
we can and make them feel the power of that Gospel
which is God's own message of salvation—reminding you
that we will do what we can to counteract idolatry, infi-
delity, Popery, and, let me add, Tractarianism. (Ap-
plause.) I will conclude by calling on the Secretary to
read the Report.
Mr. M'CONKEY read the report, which alluded to the
services to the society rendered by their excellent departed
friend, the Rev. Dr. Tattershail, whose character it
highly eulogised. It then noticed the great advantages
conferred by the operations of the society in the colonies,
and in other parts of the world where there were British
residents ; and concluded by a strong appeal in behalf of
the claims of the Society to the aid of the Christian com-
munity of this country.
The Rev. Mr. CORDEAUX then addressed the meeting.
He congratulated the Chairman in having lately been en-
abled to rise from a bed of sickness, and hoped he would
long be spared to forward the objects of the society. The
main object was to send out the unadulterated Word of
God amongst the benighted colonists. There were al-
ready thirty-nine missioners, or labourers, sent forth
by the society to foreign parts. They had ample proof
that the society was one of the best that ever claimed the
benevolence and sympathy of a British public. There were
many localities in the colonies where there were no churches
—no clergymen, no means of spiritual instruction. Let
them, then, followinc, the example of Jesus, contribute to
redeem the inhabitants' to religion and to virtue. If we
felt scriptural truth and its blessings to ourselves we
could not but feel concerned for others, and endeavour to
communicate to them that of which they most stood in
need. If we had this spiritual kingdom within us, we
ought to rouse ourselves in the good work, for the term
of life was short, and the opportunity would soon pass
away. He strongly urged them by this means to send
out the Scriptures to those thousands who were in need of
them, and he concluded by proposing the following reso-
lution :—" That the report read be adopted, and printed."
The Rev. C. J. YORKE, (the deputation,) was then
called upon, and addressed the meeting at considerable
length. He wished to be considered rather as a volunteer
than as a deputation. He was friendly to other similar
societies of which he was secretary or honorary member.
It would be difficult to assign to the numerous missionary
societies their precise and respective merits. But they all
should agree that many of them at least were highly
beneficial. The Pastoral Aid Society, bad done much good
to large towns at home, and other (missionary) societies
had done good abroad. Next to these they might class
the society, whose objects they had met to promote.
In respect to colonisation, it was peculiarly valuable. he
adverted to the vast colonial empire of this country—
parts of which were far separated, but continually approx-
imating by the improvements in steam and other naviga-
tion. The diocese of Quebec was territorially as large as
France. The New Zealand, still larger; Helligoland—
only about a mile and a half of territory, but it was a
favourite haunt of our Anglo Saxon progenitors. The
colonial empire of Great Britain was extraordinary. It
was " rounded upon the seas, and established amongst the
floods." It was not before but after the Reformation that
England was enabled to be the first to colonize ; we
were, in fact, amongst the last to begin, but we were not
now behind any. The Spaniards took possession of the
territory assigned them by the Pope, and there they esta-
blished papacy ; but where were now their conquerors.
their navigators ? They have passed away ! And we
trust Britannia will still rule the waves—for the glory of
God and the good of mankind. The Anglo-Saxon race
possessed great influence in foreign lands, and he trusted
their further efforts in spreading religion and civilization
would be successful. This could not be accomplished
without labour. The society besought them to assist it
in carrying out their object of propagating pure religion,
by their contributions and their prayers. Let them not
lose the present opportunity. There were many circum-
stances connected with the Colonies which held out great
encouragement. He referred to the journals kept abroad
of the proceedings of the society, and read interesting
extracts. There were other societies which had coloniza-
tion and emigration for their objects ; but this society
confined itself to one object alone, merely to follow our
countrymen abroad, and send to them the best blessing
they could enjoy—the Scriptural truth. The men who
worked for the society were many of them humble, but it
was of such that the original church grew up, as we
learned from the New Testament—and if these men
were sincere, their labours would be blessed abundantly.
The resolution was then put and unanimously carried.
The SECRETARY stated that the total of the collections
in Liverpool for the last year amounted to £l3O, out of
which some disbursements had to be paid.
The Rev. W. W. EWBANK proposed the second reso-
lution, to the effect that the peculiar features of the pre-
sent day in relation to the colonies and emigration, require
Christian exation on behalf of colonial missions, and
that a special responsibility in this respect rested on
Liverpool, so intimately connected as this town was with
colonial and foreign trade. He confessed that he liked
the open constitution of this society, and thought it a
society which had especial claims upon the members of
the Church of England. Its open constitution enabled
its clerical members to become part and parcel of the
London committee. Again, the clerical ministers of this
society might preach and teach in a diocese, though he
might not in all things agree with his bishop • and he
certainly would not desire to see ministers symbolising in
all the peculiar views of the bishops, and this he said,
although a staunch friend to episcopacy. But it was well
known that the bishops did not agree in all things, and
why then should ministers be expected to symbolise with
the bench in all their peculiar notions ? (Hear, hear.)
Now, England had 70 colonies, and 150 millions of people
resident in them ; and many of these 70 dependencies
bad been chosen as military and commercial settlements :
he alluded to the settlements at the Heligoland, Gibraltar,
and Hong Kong. How important was it that these places
should be occupied by Christian men ! Wherever an
Englishman went he was recognised as a representative of
the truth which bad for ages been preached and propa-
gated in Great Britain, though it was, unfortunately, too
true that nominal Protestants were bad specimens of
the faith they professed. (Hear.) A Captain Poole,
for instance, who had at one time died in India, and who
was a nominal Protestaat, was buried by the natives, who
sung a hymn to the Virgin, and afterwards offered up a
quantity of brandy and water on his grave. (Loud
laughter.) It was also a melancholy fact that some who
had been brought up in the truth had relaxed into hea-
thenism, and even now, at Capetown, Christians were re-
lapsing into Mahomedans, simply because the moral cha-
racter of Mahomedans was better than the moral charac-
ter of nominal Protestants. (Sensation.) This latter
fact rested on the high authority of the Bishop of Cape-
town, who preached a few weeks since at St. George's
Church. Then, it was a fact that an excessive in-
dulgence in the use of spirituous liquors prevailed to an
alarming extent in Australia. In Sydney, shepherds
were treating their masters to half-dozens of champagne,
and rums and other liquors were being drunk by the lower
classes of that town in buckets-Nil. Why, then, should
not true Christians make vigorous efforts to reform the
character of such a besotted people as this ? (Hear, hear.)
Then, Rome was determinedly at work in Australia : she
bad one ecclesiastic for every 117 of the population of that
colony ; and why should not the Protestants of England,
who bad, for wise purposes, been raised above the nations

Oct. 3,1545.

of the earth, imitate the example of the emissaries of
Popery in the propagation of the truth ? ( Hear, hear,
and loud applause.)
The Rev. EDWARD EICKERSTETEr, on rising to second
the resolution proposed by Mr. Ewbank, was hailed with
loud and continued cheers. He said that at first he
might be discouraged at seeing that two years had passed
since the last meeting of the Colonial Church Society had
been held in Liverpool, and that only about £lOO had
been remitted by this auxiliary ; but when he remembered •
the feeblebeginningoftheLiverpoolChurchMissionaryAs-
sociation, which he had theprivilegeofattending thirtyyears
ago, he was riot by any means discouraged. He believed
they had more clergymen on the platform of the present
meeting than they had at the commencement of the
Church Missionary Association. His dear friend and
brother, Dr. M•Neile—(applause)—had told him that as
he had lately spoken at the Gospel Propagation Society,
he was desirous of speaking at the meeting that night,
had not circumstances hindered him from attending.--
(Hear.) He (Mr. Bickersteth) believed this society to be
eminently calculated, in perfect harmony and consistency
with the position of faithful ministers and members of the
Church of England, to meet a great want in all our colo-
nies ; and the urgency of the want was a great and all-
sufficient reason for the Society. Oh ! that they had a
little more faith in these things ! He did not say that
there would be no rivalry. He rather differed from his
dear friend who spoke before him on this subject (Mr.
Yorke) as to rivalry. He thought there would be a ri-
valry to do more than ever yet was done for the spiritual
benefit of our colonies. When the Ocean Monarch was
burning in the waters not far from Liverpool, with 396
emigrants on board, was it thought sufficient that one
vessel should go and attempt to rescue the crew ? Were
not three or four vessels gladly hailed and welcomed ?
Yea! Was not some reproach passed on two
Welsh steamers that did not go to meet so great
an exigency and difficulty ? (Hear, hear, hear.) The
real fault was, not that there was another society, but
that both our societies were not far more largely and
efficiently supported to meet so'great an exigency. (Ap-
plause.) They had heard something of the vast extent of
our colonies. There were 70 distinct possessions. Having
read the names of these possessions, he observed that the
vast proportion of them had been acquired by Engiand
within the last 50 years, since the revolutionary war with
France had been commenced. There were, therefore,
peculiar features in the present day in relation to the co-
lonies for the rapid, growing increase of our colonial em-
pire had put us, as an American writer had observed,
" into such a military position as was worth more than a
million of men in arms through the world." (Applause.)
Now, the provision made by our Church for the religious
instruction of these colonies was most deplorably inade-
quate. Take some facts. The colonies of the British
empire, in all the vast extent of territory spread over
Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, independent of mis-
sionary exertion, contained only about 500 clergymen.
Too often in emigration, the very last thing thought of,
was the spiritual welfare of those who emigrated ; and the
consequence was, that the emigrants were living in the
actual want of religious ordinances, to an extent that
could hardly be conceived. In 1846, a person journyeed on
a road 400 miles in length ; he traversed it by a weekly
mail, and more or less settled all along; and throughout
that whole line there was neither minister, nor church,
nor school, of any denomination. (Hear, hear.) A
family, also, who had lately returned from an interior
settlement after a residence of seven years, had stated
that they had never once seen a single minister of religion
during the whole of that time. ( Hear, hear.) Thou-
sands, in fact, never received any kind of spiritual instruc-
tion from the time they went out until they returned. He
classed the claims upon the Christian under six different
divisions :—the claim for the spiritual benefit of others at
home ; the claim on our colonies ; the claim on Christen-
dom at large; the claim among the Jews ; the claim
among the Mahomedans ; and the claim among the Pa-
gans. The first thing was to care for our own soul,—
next, for our own family, and next for our neighbourhood
and country, then the colonies came next, as the children
of our country—the children of those who are connected
with us and near to us; and in this view the Colonial
Church Society had a very important claim upon us. (Ap-
plause.) There were in the colonies vast numbers of our
countrymen and of Europeans. Probably 4,000,000
speaking the English language were scattered through our
colonies, and scattered over so wide a surface that they "
needed far more provision than the people of the mother
country. Then emigration was continually increasing,
and would probably still further increase, for God
designed that we should " subdue and replenish
the earth." God had designed by the overflowing popu-
lation of England that England should ultimately be a
large blessing through the world. The applications ad-
dressed to the London Colonisation Society by persons
and families desirous of emigrating, were reported to be
about 900 daily; and this, amongst other facts, showed
what a vast field of duty was presented to the Colonial
Church Society; and it seemed to him that if emigrants
went forth relieving of our superabundant population,
that they actually called upon us to make some provision
for their spiritual welfare. (Hear.) Mr. Ewbank bad
alluded to the efforts the Papists were making ; and he
(Mr. Bickersteth) could say, from a knowledge of the
fact, that the Papists were extraordinarilyactive at present
in spreading the apostacy in the Colonies—that they were
using, to the utmost the freedom which they denounced,
but which Protestantism had established, in all its domi-
nions. (Hear, hear.) They would not allow us to preach
the Gospel in Papal lands, and yet they availed themselves
of the liberty we had given to preach Popery in Pro-
testant lands. (Hear, hear, and applause.) No
colony, no mission was untouched by their efforts„and he
grieved to think that we had not common honesty in our
dealings in these things. Our governors talked of Papery
being superstitious and idolatrous, and they made our
Queen swear so ; and yet this superstitious and idolatrous
religion was favoured and supported in our colonlei.
(Hear, hear.) Mr. Bickersteth proceeded to eulogise the
frank, honest, manly, English-like manner in which the
Bishop of Melbourne had lately written against Popery,
and he made a spirited appeal in favour of the Colonial
Church Society, which, he said, had nothing either of
Tractarianism or of semi-Popery in its composition. lie
concluded an able and eloquent speech amid loud demon-
strations of applause.
The Rev. Dr. HtrME supported the resolution.
A vote of thanks was passed to the Chairman, and the
meeting separated about ten o'clock.

The ironmasters of South Staffordshire have resolved
not to advance the price of iron.

The Victoria and Albert, royal yacht, Captain Lord A.
Fitzclarence, G.C.H., passed through Spithead, en route
to'Cowes, at a little after two p.m. on Sunday.
A STARTLING FACT !-Mr. Halpin, late secretary of
the Confederation, has arrived in town, under escort from
Naas gaol, to give evidence against Win. Smith O'Brien,
now on his trial.—Clonmel Chronicle

A verdict of manslaughter has been returned against
an unlicensed medical practitioner named Whitehead, at
Sheffield, who subjected a young man afflicted with rheu-
matic pains to severe operations.
THE WEATHER, in this neighbourhood, has, during the
week just ended, been showery, with considerable hu-
midity in addition to the rain. We had, however, several
intermediate fine days. Yesterday and Sunday, though
gloomy, were dry. The,growing field crops alt look well.
MONS. Hotrnug.—This extraordinary man, in conse-
quence of his great encouragement, remains another
week. His morning performances have been well at-
tended, and no wonder, for all his tricks are managed with
the most consummate dexterity.

ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.—Mr. Mark Howard takes a
benefit this evening at the Amphitheatre, and as this gen-
tleman was the first to propose to the officers of the
garrison the amateur performance, the public will, no
doubt, be glad to show their gratitude to him for so
valuable an idea. Mr. Howard is an excellent actor, and
plays with perfect ease. He has a good voice, and it is a
wonder that he is not otherwise employed than lecturing,
for if he had a fair chance he would becomea great favou-
rite with the public, as well as an acquisition to any
manager.
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having in his possession on board the ship, (now in the
Waterloo Dock,) 491135. of foreign manufactured tobacco.
The article was found on Sunday forenoon concealed be-
tween the floor of the galley and the deck of the vessel.
As the weight exceeded Gibs., up to which the magistrate
has power to deal summarily, the case was remanded un-
til the authorities in London decide upon the proceedings
to be taken against the prisoner.
BREACH OF PROMlSE.—Damages to the extent of
£3OO were awarded in a case of this nature, at Bedford,
on Wednesday last ; the plaintiff being a governess, named
Miss Margaret Evans, and the defendant a Mr. George
Alfred Roberts, a near relative of the gentleman in whose
residence the lady officiated. The visits of the defendant
to his relative led to the match ; and matters were far ad-
vanced, when the defendant was suddenly called into
Wales. Gradually his letters, after a short period, be-
came more cool and studied ; and at length it transpired
that he had strengthened his financial resources by a
union with a lady of considerable fortune.

TELEGRAPH OFFICE.-YESTERDAY.

Wind at Holyhead S.S.W., strong breeze at 6 a.m.
Do., S.W., fresh breeze at 12 noon. '
Do., South do., at 3 p.m.
OFF HOLYHEAD at 7 30 a.m.—No. 3,507, Emily, ship, from
Charleston; No. 9,684, Folly, barque, (has not telegraphed
where from,) at 8 a.m. ; No. 5,489, Sir homas Gresham, ship,
from Bombay, at 9 30 a.m.
OFF POINT LYNAS, inward bound, at 6 30 a.m.—No. 3,204,
Eliza Bell, brig, and 2,043, Una, ship, at 3 p.m., (have not te-
legraphed where from.
OFF PUFFIN ISLAND, inward bound at 1 30 p.m.—No. 3,952,
Forsyth, brig; No. 3,204, Eliza Bell, brig; No. 918, Betsey,
brig, at 2 p.m. ; No. 2,357, Coromandel ship, ditto. ;—have not
telegraphed where from.
OFF THE PORT, at 5 15 p.m., 1 barque, 1 brig, and 2
schooners.

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