church of deportment,' there was no little uproar. Bishops, archdeacons, and canons were literally clamoured down. The Record pronounces the whole affair a high church convention, and warns evangelicals to have nothing whatever to do with it. The speakers assumed that there were no Christian workers in the country beside themselves. The Liverpool meeting was the autumnal gathering of the Independents. Rev. Enoch Mellor gave an earnest and masterly inaugural address. Better psalmody, more fervent prayer, more active work, greater liberality -these were his chief points quaintly discussed under the claims of the church upon the Voice, the Hand, and the Purse. More than 600 ministers and delegates were present. Papers were read on various subjects, and the high tone given by the chairman's address was sustained throughout the whole of the sittings. When will the Baptist denomination be able to boast of a similar congress ?-Two clergymen have signalized themselves, but in different ways. Rev. Rowland Henneker, incumbent of Cauldon, in Staffordshire, has been playing such a scandalous part that the whole community is up in arms against him. He has been mutilating the order of service and reading out of the Douay, or Popish edition of the Bible. He has positively refused to bury the body of an aged parishioner, and allowed it to remain uninterred for fourteen days. He will not read the burial service over a dissenter, nor even officiate at a funeral if a dissenter chance to be among the mourners! He has been mobbed and has retaliated. His bishop threatens him with ecclesiastical frowns, and a neighbour has taken out a summons for an assault. There must be something rotten in a system that cannot at once remove such a man from the sacred office. The other case is that of Rev. Peter Jones, incumbent of Hindley, near Wigan, who has just resigned his living because he can no longer conscientiously declare his unfeigned assent and consent to all and everything contained in and prescribed by the Prayer Book. He intends still to remain a member of the Church of England, and will do all he can to secure a revision of the liturgy.-Archbishop Whately is dead. He was seventy-seven, and had held his distinguished office since 1831. His well-known opinions made him suspected and feared by Churchmen, but gained him many admirers among dissenters. Without question he was the most advanced liberal on the episcopal bench. Canon Stanley has been mentioned as his successor. Some, however, point to Dean Trench as the more likely man.The annual meeting of the Regent's Park College was held on Wednesday, October 14th. The President stated that since the last meeting seven students had been admitted out of fifteen candidates, and that of the four fresh lay students two were desirous of becoming ministers. The reports of the examiners were highly creditable both to teachers and students. There was a balance in hand of a little over £20. Dr. Lorimer spoke on the importance of a thorough Bible training for the ministry, especially in our times. Notes of the Month-General. Revs. C. H. Leonard, M.A., G. GENERAL. 431 Massachusetts preacher. Another lauds it to the skies as an unanswerable defence of the Northern policy. -The most notable event of the month is the seizure by the Government of the steam rams at The Birkenhead. The whole country applauds the act.-England has lost one of her oldest statesmenLord Lyndhurst. He was in his 92nd year, and retained his faculties unimpaired to the very last.-France has been mourning, or rather Napoleon III, over the death of one of her statesmen-Billault. The deceased gentleman had granted him a public funeral.-M. Nadar is dividing the honours of the aeronaut with Mr. Coxwell. The Frenchman has constructed a monster balloon, which has twice ascended. car is two-storied, and will hold numbers of people. Nine persons went up the first time, one a lady. The second journey was upwards of 400 miles in a straight line from Paris. Both descents were attended with great danger.-The Empress Eugenie is on a visit to Spain. She has been so handsomely received at Madrid that Louis Napoleon is asking for a return visit to Paris from the Spanish court.-Poland still excites the hopes and fears of every lover of freedom. There are rumours of the certainty of war in the spring.Germany has lost one of her great scholars, Jacob Grimm.-Prussia is busy with her elections. The newspapers think the government will not gain more than a dozen seats.-Italy is secularizing some of the ecclesiastical properties which have so long been grossly THE QUEEN has once more appeared before her people in a public ceremony. The occasion of her return to public life was the unveiling in Aberdeen of a statue of the late Prince Consort. We rejoice at this evidence of improvement in Her Majesty, and sincerely hope she may still be sustained by the consolations of the gospel.-Rev. Henry Ward Beecher has for the first time come before a purely English audience. He has given the completest explanation of his speech on the Trent affair, which was sadly garbled by the newspapers. He acknowledges that he did say 'that they would bide their time till they had settled matters with the South, and then! Here the report stopped, but the speaker went on to say-' and then we will show England how we can forgive an injury, and heap coals of fire on the heads of those from whom it comes!' Mr. Beecher has spoken to very crowded meetings in Manchester, Edinburgh, Liverpool, and London. It is said that 2,000 were unable to gain admission into Exeter Hall. Many of the facts put by the celebrated preacher will go far to modify the views hitherto adopted in this country upon the American question. It is amusing to see how differently partisan papers describe Mr. Beecher's last address. One organ styles it the poorest, silliest, feeblest address that could possibly have been given by a abused.-Austria is reported to be financially improved.-Turkey is in- in Lancashire.-The earthquake on creasing her naval force, and rumour says, will yet be a customer for the confiscated rams at Birkenhead.-The Shah of Persia is threatening the Nestorians.-India is reported to be most prosperous.-China yet suffers from its protracted rebellion, and the cruelty of the Taepings increases. -In Japan matters have become serious. One of the Daimios has had his town knocked about his ears by a British fleet, because he refused to give up the murderers of Mr. Richardson.-In New Zealand the natives are again troublesome, and war is imminent. -At home matters still look serious for many thousands of operatives the night of October 5th has given rise to much discussion. One writer assures us that we have every right to expect earthquakes, since we are on the great volcanic chain which stretches from Hecla to Vesuvius; and another declares that England may any day have one as violent as that which destroyed Lisbon. The accounts of the noises, the tremour, and the number of shocks felt vary greatly. Its centre appears to have been Hereford. Of the 700 metropolitan policemen on duty that night only one felt any movement of the earth, although several speak of hearing strange noises. Marriages and Deaths. MARRIAGES. DEATHS. In April last, at the River Shire, aged 25, Richard Thornton, Esq., of Bradford, Geologist to the Government expedition to Central Africa. September 20, in his ninth year, John, the only surviving son of Mrs. Barton, Humberstone-road, Leicester. thelsdorf, near Herrnhut, in Saxony, September 24, suddenly, at Beraged 69, Rev. Peter La Trobe, for many years Secretary for the Unity of the Brethren (Moravians) in England. September 29, at Hackney, aged 72, Rev. Andrew Forbes. He was the first Protestant missionary in Bengalore. October 2, at Loughborough, aged 55, Mr. Thomas Pollard Hull. Missionary Observer. LETTER FROM THE W. MILLER. Piples, July 8th, 1863. HAVING recently returned from Pooree, I must try and furnish you with a brief account of our labours during the two months we remained there. REV. One evening a temple burkanday, at the instigation of the priests, tried my patience greatly by taking his stand just in front, and giving the lie to every word I spoke, regularly shouting out that what I said "was false, and I knew it." According to the "New Penal Code" this man might have been punished severely, and had there been a policeman within sight or hearing I should have made an example of him, but such was not the case. respectable and noble looking Shiek gave me on one occasiongreat pain and trouble. He persisted in applying the most dishonouring and blasphemous language to the Lord Jesus, and asserting that He was a great sinner, and crucified by the Jews for His crimes. I reminded him that the gospels contained the only authentic history of the life of Christ the on A searching, educe from them one sinful act the part of the Redeemer, I should stand ready to forfeit one hundred rupees. This had at least the effect of opening the eyes of the congregation to the Shiek's ignorance of the gospels, though he retired, saying he should meet me again the following day furnished with what I required. He did not of course keep his engagement. Mrs. Bond having engaged a large house for the season, she kindly invited us to occupy a part of it, which we gladly accepted, the mission bungalow being sadly out of repair, and much less conveniently situated for our work. Finding the chaplain in the station and most of the European residents strongly attached to "the Church," we did not attempt a public English service, and therefore had all the more time to devote to the heathen and native christians. Though our native fellow-world possessed, and, if he could, on labourers were fewer than usual, we were able daily to occupy two of the most public parts of the large road, and address congregations ranging in number from one hundred to six hundred persons, and often representing people of every caste, profession, language, and province of India. We had often as usual to turn aside from preaching the gospel to answer questions, refute error and objections, and conduct exciting discussions, though, if possible, this was put off to the close of a clear and faithful exhibition of the character and claims of Jehovah, man's sin, guilt, and ruin, and the only way of salvation. We were often severely tried by the levity, insensibility, and extreme vileness of the people. On several occasions I had to threaten to send parties to the magistrate for giving loud utterance to the most filthy language. Once an idiot in a state of perfect nakedness was placed in front of the preacher, as was an immense brahminy bull on another occasion. Notwithstanding many drawbacks similar to the above there was much in connection with our labours to encourage. The many thousands of perishing and deluded idolaters who heard from our lips of the nature, character, and works of the true God, and were made acquainted with the way of salvation; the order, attention, and seriousness exhibited by many; the general assent which statements expressive of the wickedness and worthlessness of idolatry, and the truth and importance of the gospel obtained; the several apparently sincere and earnest inquirers met with; the many silent messengers in the shape of tracts and gospels put into circulation within a sphere as extensive as the Indian Empire, and which may be productive of effects as lasting as eternity; all this affords matter for thankfulness, prayer, and earnest expectation of good to man and glory to God. Planting our faith on the sure word of promise, Isaiah lv. 11, we cannot but rest assured that in that day we shall rejoice that "we have not laboured in vain." Among the inquirers, who were was a almost daily hearers, He Byragee from the south. seemed deeply concerned about his soul, and often asked what he must do to be saved, seemingly unable to credit the joyful tidings that salvation was not of works, but simply by faith in the Son of God. A man of the Mahantee caste, a writer in one of the Cutcherry's, was also a daily hearer. He came to the bungalow and had a long He appeared interview with us. heartily sick of idolatry, and had obtained very clear views of hima sinner and the way of self as salvation. my Returning home from the town one morning, a young man of the Banea caste came running up to me. He said, Sahib, I have been one of your hearers this morning, and, while listening, this idea came into mind: "Hitherto I have imagined that the soul was composed of wind, and when it left the body it was absorbed in its kindred element; but now I learn that the soul will be punished for sin in the next world, how can this be? Do explain to me what you know about the soul and its future destiny.' We had very many written applications from youths of the governMany ment school for books. seemed really desirous of obtaining a knowledge of their contents. On one occasion, when about to speak, I was furnished with an impressive text, viz., a dead pilgrim, naked, fastened to a bamboo, and being carried by two men on their 66 Among the many illustrations of Sebo Patra's tact in silencing objectors, I give the following. When describing the characteristics of a true Gooroo, and how no one was found in those of the heathen, but all existed in the Lord Jesus, he The true Gooroo seeks the said, holiness of his disciples, hence, were yours true, they would at stated times, instruct and question you as to your subjugation of your passions and progress in virtue." A talkative fellow here interrupted Sebo, by saying, " My Gooroo regularly does this." Yes, brother," replied Sebo with great irony, "especially so on the occasion of his annual visitation, when you seeing him approach your house send your son to tell him you are not at home, and you hide yourself behind the garden hedge to escape This was paying the annual fee."* more than enough to silence the man, who evidently thought it was with such useless entering the lists with an opponent furnished weapons. 66 During our stay at Pooree, three festivals took place, the Chundana, the Luan, and the Ruth. The latter commenced this year on June 18th, and was, so far as the attendance, the spirit and enthusiasm of the people, the getting up and shabby appearance of the cars were concerned, the poorest festival I have * This mode of evading the rapacity of the Gooroos is often resorted to. |