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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-07-18 00:00:00

en of the most exemT

must be evident that the

efforts fall far short of the great work of extending
the Church upon Church principles. As was well
observed by Bishop SEt

st cierg,

in a new colony should be the bishop, and thus

ith the episcopat(

of Church government would be

enjoyed from the

beginning.

States was

Ilost to this count

and the West Indies began to

I decay, that the English Governmen

Lt perceived

I importance of a legally constituted Church for

hose who had left our shores to civilise our depen-

den cies

For a long

time the vast empire

f India

though under British dominion, wis without a
Christian Church, through fear of shocking the

Iprejudice

s of Brahmins ar

Hindoos, a

id the

!teal interests of many ti

sands of our popu-

lation wer

made secondar

worldly busi-

ness of mone

'-getting.

.t time, howeve

thing has been done to remedy the evil so
ng-neglected, and within the last few years,

very I

through the

lificence of pi

s Churchmen,
numerous additions have been made to the Colonial

Episcopate, so that no colony of any importance is
now without the superintendence of a bishop. The

good of

,ct is appar

ent in

the great increase whic

has taken place in the numbers of the colonial

T, and this has further

en shown in the

rapidly-augmented prosperity of the colonists. It I
was, indeed, the only way in which the blessings

of Christianity could be ext(
of +

aded, for the practice

we have daily evidence of the spread of the Gospel
in lands which but a short time since were sunk

the darkness of hea

then ignorance, we ma

forward, with confident hope, to yet greater bless-
ings, as the good seed which is now sown shall
take root downward and bear fruit upward.

While, however, we witness so much cause for

AND COLONIAL.

FOREIGN

auxi

FRANCE.

under Gen

al Bar

_
d'Hilliers, for the Baltic, are just now the foremost topics
on the opposite side of the channel. On Tuesday evening
Dr.arrived at Boulogne, and the following day
,wed 'the troops, after which the first division
d for Calais, where 9,000 men were to embark on

the Enmier

znglish ships for the Baltic, and 3,000 men, with
biege artillery and 100 horses, onboard French sailing ships.
The total force that will proceed to the Baltic in subse-
quent detachments will be about 30,000 men. It will con-
sist of a body of English marines, and a body of French
ertill aarine and infanterie de la marine. The
precise point to which this formidable force will be sent is
kept secret. and it is said that the commanders of the ex-

Lerie de la, r

aemselves will start with sealed orders, which
they are not to open till they are fairly at sea, and which
will reveal to them their destination.

The review took place on the race-course, at 11 o'clock
The weather was fine, and the Calais road wore the bus
tling sight of a race day, from the crowd of vehicles tha'

e formed

potu;ed -along
When all the troops had defiled, the 6,000 wer_
into a hollow square, when the Emperor, in the
the most solemn stillness, addressed them as follows :
" Soldiers I—Russia having obliged us to go to war, Franc _
has sent 500,000 of her children. England has also sent consi-
derable forces. Now our fleets and our armies are united for

the same cause, to maintain dominion in the Baltic as
well as the Black Sea. I have chosen you to be the first
to carry our eagles into the regions of the north. English
transport you there—a unique fact in history,
is the intimate alliance of the two great nations
resolution of the two governments not to
—ce to defend the right of the weak,

!ssels w

which prow
and the fir

•om an;

and the national

Go, m

!.mope, openly or secretly, offers
pup

prayers for your triumph. uur cuu.,,
struggle which only threatens the aggressor, accompanies
its ardent vows; and I, whom imperious duties
retain still distant from the scene of events, shall have

you wit

able to say to,—You are worthy sons of the conquerors of
Austerlitz, of Eylan, of Friedland, and of Moskowa.
Go; may God protect you!"
In the afternoon the Emperor inspected the camp at
Equihen, and on Thursday left for Calais, where Commo-

Riau-sell, of t:

e the Hon. F. W. Grey, Capts
lgcome, of the Royal William,
nt, and Clifford, of the Sphynx, with
ted on the Emperor, and met with a most
i. Proceeding to the business in hand,
sed an opinion that the emba-'

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