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TUESDAY MORNING, SEPT. 26, 1854.

THE PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL.

THE annual meeting of the venerable Society for
the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts
was held last night, at the Collegiate Institution,
under the presidency of the Lord BISHOP of the
diocese, and attracted, as might have been antici-
pated, a very large assemblage. A report of the
proceedings will be found in another part of our
paper, and perhaps we need do no more than call
attention to the excellent speeches of the Bisuor
of NEW ZEALAND, who offered his valuable testi-
mony to the practical operations of the society, of
the ARCHBISHOP of DUBLIN, the EARL of HAR-
ROWBY, and the Right Rev. Chairman. We may,
however, remark that, notwithstanding the im-
mense amount of good, in the extension of Chris-
tianity, which this society has been the direct
means of effecting, it has not received that propor-
tion of substantial support in contributions to its
funds to which it is so well entitled. It is now
some years since its resources were recruited by a
annual grant from Parliament, and so secure was
this deemed, that many engagements were entered
into from confidence in the good faith of the Im-
perial Legislature. In an evil hour the Whigs were
entrusted with the custody of the Exchequer, and
almost one of their fii st acts of miserable economy
was to withdraw the annual grant to the society, a
petty saving, something akin to their selling naval
stores in order to prop up a falling revenue. The
first consequence of this unchristian act was, that
the society was compelled to withdraw many, if
not most of the grants upon which the Colonial
clergy depended for their subsistence ; much dis-
tress was thereby occasioned, many were compelled
to retire from the scene of their useful labours, and
the result which speedily followed was the greater
part of the important Colony of Canada in a state
of rebellion, which there is every reason to believe
might never have taken place, but for the compul-
sory contraction of the operations of this society.
If England would preserve her colonies, which it
has been shown are her best customers, it can only
be done by maintaining in them a Christian Church
in vitality and usefulness ; and for this end we have
no better means than the Society for the Propaga-
tion of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. It is, there-
fore, not only the duty of every man to lend his aid,
as far as lies in his power, but it is a privilege
which many would not willingly forego ; and those
who can appreciate the luxury of doing good
should gladly seize the opportunity afforded by this
excellent society, and by their contributions to its
funds enable it to extend its sph(

fulnes

THE JSE OF ST. GEORGE'S HALL,

IN the brief address with which the Worshipful
the 311YOR or LIVERPOOL declared St. George's
Hall to be opened, he stated that the magnificent
s then filled with the beauty

apartment which
and fashion of the commercial capital would in
future be used for meetings to be called by the
MAyou. The inhabitants need not wait long for
this promise to be performed, as an opportunity
now presents itself of which advantage should be
taken without delay. The country is bearing the
pressure of a double Income-tax, a largely in-
creased Malt-duty, and expected remissions of tax-
ation indefinitely postponed ; and these burdens
have been cheerfully borne, because the people of
England, although " they love golden store, yet,
they love honour and virtue more." The cause of
truth and justice was hazarded in the aggressions
committed by the insatiable ambition of Russia,
and no sacrifice would have been deemed too great
to justify the character of Great Britain as the
arbiter of national quarrels ; but the miserable ter-
mination of the cruise in the Baltic, the long delay
in effecting any operation of magnitude, and the
evident leaning towards a settlement by negocia-
tion without obtaining the substantial advantages
for which the war was undertaken, have created
more than a suspicion that the English Ministers
have not acted in good faith, and that, while pro-
fessing to carry out the intentions which public
opinion has so clearly expressed, they have, in
reality, been scheming to screen the old friend of
the PIIEMIEE from the retributive justice which
he so wantonly provoked. The only course under
present circumstances, while the voice of Parlia-
ment is silent, is for the voice of the people to
make itself heard in addresses, to Hun MAJESTY,
expressing dissatisfaction at the manner in which
the war has been conducted, and praying HER MA-
JESTY, without raising the question of party
politics, to call such men to her councils as possess
the confidence and will use the means so amply
confided to them by Parliament to justify the
honour of the nation, and obtain substantial satis-
faction from the oppressor. In such a movement
Liverpool, which has so large an interest at stake,
not only in contributions to the revenue, but in
her widely extended commercial operations, should
take a prominent lead, and the inhabitants of all
classes, for all are concerned, should sign a requi-
sition to the MAYOE to call a public meeting in
St. George's Hall for the purpose. This would be
an inauguration of the Hall for practical business,

attach to the opinions of

such an im-

ity, but it might be the means of

inducing other public bodies to follow the exampl

There can be no doubt that the removal of the
Earl of ABERDT

N from the Ministr

would be

hailed throughout the country as an omen of bet

ter times, and the demand for his retirement should
emanate from the people of Liverpool—the most
intelligent constituency in the Empire.

THE MEETING OF THE BRITISH
ASSOCIATION.

WITH the single exception of the news from the

Black Sea, which has lately created more than
ordinary excitement, owing to the expected assault
on the fortress of Sevastopol, the political world
appears to have recently sunk into the Lethe of
inanimate dulness. The London papers have no-
thing to communicate or to write about, and even
a railway accident is eagerly seized upon as some-
thing to break the wearisome monotony of quietude
which so geaerally prevails. Amidst the general
stillness, however, Liverpool is an exception, and
the northern capital was, perhaps, never fuller nor
more actively engaged. The ceremonial of the
opening of St. George's Hall, last week, brought
many thousands to listen to the exquisite music
provided for the occasion, and view the gorgeous
apartment, which, for size and beauty, is almost
without a rival ; and hardly had the sweet strains
which filled the hall been hushed into silence,
when a new :.subject for excitement, and one of
more lasting:interest, was found in the meeting of
the British Association for the Advancement of
Science, which has not yet concluded ; so that, while
distant contemporaries are languishing for lack of
news, our columns are filled to overflow, and so
abundant are topics of interest, that the

r exu-

berance becomes oppressive. Amidst the vast
profusion, it is in vain to attempt any more than
a brief allusion to the majority of subjects which
have been brought before the various meetings
held during the week, but it may not be out of
place to call particular attention to those which
have an especial local interest. In the statistical
section, on Thursday, Mr. H. ASHWORTH read anela-
borately prepared paper on the late Preston Strike,
detailing the causes and consequences at great
length. He showed that the alleged grievance of
a lower rate of wages was utterly groundless, and
that the strike could nev erhave been entered into, but
for the ignorance of the great majority of the opera-
tives who became the easy dupes of their designing
leaders. The result was an actual loss to masters
and men of more than half.a million sterling ; and
the latter, so far from ga

any

advantage from

their long protracted sufferings,
compelled to return to work at a less rate of wages
than that which they turned out to increase. The

were at length

discussion which followed did not throw much ad-
ditional light on the subject, but the publication of