ffL i iizaC etnumunitati)Jits. THE LATE KING OF SIAM, The death of the late King of Siam, which oc curred but a few days ago, is an event of more than ordinary interest to the Christian world. One year since thielivriter spent three months at Bangkok, the capital of Siam, and enjoyed a num ber of interviews with the King, besides witness ing many religious and civic festivals in which his majesty took a conspicuous part. Indeed, no Asiatic court at the present day can at all equal that of Siam in royal pageantry, and the display of strange costumes and ceremonies connected with national and Buddhistic festivals. The late King's proper title was Prabat Somdet Pra Paramendr-Maha Mongkut. He was born Oct. 18th, 1804; and ascended the throne in 1851. From the founding of Aytithia,the foriner capital of Siam, in 1351, until the present time, there have been three distinct dynasties and thirty-nine kiiige.' • In a dispitte regal ding the possesSion of a white elephant (supposed to hold the spirit of the de parted 'king) the Bttrinese, in 1767, invaded Siam and sacked Ayuthia, When, under a new king, of Chinese extraction, the capital was removed 'te Bangkok—A city containing, at present,' over four hundred thousand inhabitants. On the death of the thirty-seventh 'king in 1824, the late sovereign, being heir apparent, shoidd 'have ascended the throne, but was pre vented by an ambitious brother who usurped his plane. 'Without contesting the matter, the late king, being of'a quiet and scholarly turn of mind, retired to.a Buddhist monastery and joined the priesthood.. By virtue of his priestly office, he - Was not compelled to prostrate himself before the 'usurper (as is the universal practiCe, before roy alty, outside the - nriesthtxl) or in any way to ac knowledge his own inferiority. During twenty 'seven years he remained in the cloisters 'of the monastery, abiding his time, and gathering,, from every direction, vast stores of kn'orPle.dge. thCSe long years this prospective king enjoy ed the interconse of Roman Catholic and Protes tant Missionaries; and from them he obtained 'much of his knowledge of the sciences, the lan guages and the theologies of the West. At one time, this friendship for Christian teachers seemed to promise great things fcr missions in Siam; but while his mind was enlarged and liberalized, and Christianity freely tolerated on his accession to power, he had only reSol4ed 'to' become a great reformer'of Buddhism. For this purpose, though 'he studied astronorny, natural philosophy`, polo cal economy, the Latin, 'French; and English lan guages, ke became familiar, not only with all the dialects of Siam and Indo-China, but also with , the ancient Sanscrit and cognate tongues. On ascending the throne he inaugurated, his reform of Buddhism by declaring the so-called footprint of BoOdh at Prabat—a shrine on a mountain near Ayuthia, to , be an imposition. 'He reorganized the priesthood; purified the ritual, and in his reign 'Bangkok became great center of Buddhism in Asia', with its lofty teniples, its shaded' 'elois- ters, its 'gorgeous civic arid'religtous festivals,and its thousand of shaven and yellow robed priests; The king; hbwever, with all his acknoWledged attainments, never contributed much to the gen eral store'of Asiatic knowledge, though' he did, something to ameliorate the condition of 'his own people. While he maintained religious toleration; and was personally kind to missionaries, he was not at all favorable to Christianity. A few years ago he discussed with Dr. Bradly, an American missionary, through the columns of a newspaper published at Bangkok, the relative 'merits of Buddhism and Christianity. His' strong :arid ment against the latter was, that it did not make Men betters and he cited the Roman CathOlic eonvert,s.in Siam, in proof of: this position. If this discussion as a whole, however, were taken as a proof of his mental poWer 'and doctrinal ;views, it is to be feared he would not, rank very high, either as a thinker, or a theologian: In this discussion, he constantly lost his temper, and could not bear to have polygamy, the priesthood, the doctrine of the Iranstnigratiati of souls and of idol-worship, overhauled, exposed and denounced. ~. The moral code of Buddhism is - Very pure; but • to show you the mental deoTadation Which the .system " exerted; even over the scholarly mind of Mongkut, let the following incident suffice. When, a few years ago, Sir Jno: Rowring was about to leave Siam for England, the king plucked a few intirs'fioni the 'tail of a white elephant, he ,de mieildein apartments belonging 'to the Royal Palaceiand supposed to hold the soul of some deceatied king,'audisent them to Queen Victoria' as the highest mark` of his esteem. •' ' There is no question' but that the late king's 'active • ~ . e defence and'eneouragernekit the national religion' on all occasions, joined With the non-im ‘ pressibility ofthe native mind, has been a serious :hindrance to the progress of Christian Missions' in' eiarn. ! 'lndeed, the acceptance of Christian doctrine in Siam has been confided, with butfew exceptions; to 'the 'Chinese residing there, or tic` their offspring Siarnese wives; though we Would not; for one monient, call in question the , deVOtiOn and ability of our missionaries; but the truth is, Siam very difficult field of labor. 1 Asa sliedri l idn of the late king's English, the ffolloiriArig `document' to a fiK Samde:' It was; corn Vised birds ''''iltijeityabour a tear' ago;' sprinted, just as written, by the Royal Press at THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1868, the Palace. It is a remarkable Asiatic document and gives us an insight into the king's mind and heart, and the state of things at the Siamese capital, not very unlike that formerly at Wash- NOTICE. When the general rumor was and is spread out from Siam, circulated among the foreigners to Siam, chiefly Europeans, Chinese &c., in three points:— J. That Siam is under quite absolute Monarchy. Whatever her Supreme Sovereign commanded al. lowed &c., all cannot be resisted by any one, of his subjects. 2. The Treasury of the Sovereign of Siam, was full of money, like a mountain of go; d and silver; ller Sovereign most wealthy. 3. The present - reigning Monarch of Sixth is Shal low minded and admirer of almost everything of curiosity, and most admirer of European fusages, customs, sciences, arts and literature &c., without limit. He is fond of flattering term anti ambitiotis ofthonoty so that there are:now niany'optiortunities and operations to be embraced,for drawing great money from Royal treasury of Siam; &c. The rnost many foreigners being under •belief of each general rumor were .endeavoring to draw, mo ney from hitn in ,various•operatione, ; as aluring him With valuable curiosities and'exriectations of inter est, and flattering him, to be glad to'them,:Tand ceiving him - in various-ways; almost, on every asp= portunity of Steamer - coming to Siam, various for eigneis partly knoWn inhim and acquainted With him; and gene' ally funknaGvn to liim, , boldly wrote to him, in such the tevn , of various application and treatment, so that he can Conclude that the chief oli ject 'of all letters written to him; is generally to draw money from him, even - unreasonable. Several instances and testinuonies can ,be shown for being 'example 'On this sitbject.-Lth e'" foreigners let ters addresseilto hirkweotne by every one steamer of Siam, and of foreign steamers visiting Siam; 10 and 12 at least and 40 at highest number, Urging him in various ways; so.he concluded that foreign ers, must consider him.only as a mad king of a wild land! lie now states that be cannot be so mail 'More, as he knows• and oliterves the coneideratiOn of the foreigners towards !him. Also he now became of old age, and, was very sorry to lose principal , mem , ben of his faadly namely, his. two :Queens, :twice, and his youpger brother tnelate Second King, and his late second son and beloved daughterond more over now he fear of sickness of eldest son, he is now' unhappy and must solicit his friends' in cor respondence and.others Who please tw write for . the foresaid purpose, that they should ,kpo'w suitable reason in writing.to.him, and , shall not urge him as they would urge a ,Madman t And the general yu mours forementioned are some exaggeratectand some entirely false; they shall not deeplybelieve such .the ru mors, and'aacertaineclly. N. 8.-1. The ifs'pal price of everything ' &Ways required for consnmption spread always in the mar- ket, and the cost .of' work and usual employ in 'any country is strong testimony of the commonwealth of that country. • , , 2- The Sovereign of - that.country cannot, confine greeter collection of i rnoneY than that may be agreed to birn Ills servants and people, and he catindalwaya keep each of Money eon cealed froni kribwledge ovheih in his Country, from whom rebellien, insurgence and hating, he ought to fear, and from'Whose consent and. agree mentfhe has , obtained,saprefnacy,, and under whose combined or .unammous,proteoion - he lives. happily with. his family. • 3. ,The King eirnaklf alone cannot manage a couri lb,- quite" well. - • '4. The'Sovereign's power cannot be greater than the commonwealth of his country. • The King'of Siam had, at the time of his death, hirty-two so called wives, ; and seventy-six ail- dren—many of them'quite:beautiful and intern gent. At his receptions and State festivals, many of these wives and children together with their Amazonian &aril, constituted '.a VerY , tiniqUe and gorgeous spectacle., The death of the king will be of great benefit to'Siatn. He stood; at 'one time, 'confeasedly'at, the head of Asiatic severeicma in point of ctilture; liberality of ideas anorforee of charaCter, but had outlived, in a great degree, his,usefulness. In ;his old age, he had become petulant and Whimsical; governed by Caprice;ithe victim of foreign' cupid ity, and altogether too much Occupied with the management of his extensive Harem and the ceremonies of Buddhism. In his old age he-bere many indignities for-the sake of peace, and was too feeble io inaugOrate a vigitions foreign policy. During- the last,years of his life, inspiredly his Prime Minister, he -made some feeble protests against` the; advance of the French in Cambodia; "and even Went so far as to Send 'an enthassador last year. to -France, but;he returned in, disgrace 'to Siam. It is the general impression( among informed foreigners at Bangkok,, ,that nnlesi something is done, the Breneb will; by-and-bye seize Siam , , „ T heir-apparent ,is -buts youth;: ; and at. -pre sent, a-Buddhist Priest; ,but the Prime,M k inister; ,Chow -P'raya- Kralahom Probably he,deulagtcd -King. This ,prince is a very superior.l.ool;-.04 will. if possible, inaugurate a new, awl', better policy. V. Coiturist! THE rEEEDMEN'S CAUSH IN' PITTSBURG; 'As our brethren in." the smoky citY? have takep the , lead in, , the.mavemhntiin behalf of the Freed men in the New School Church, so they'seeni acterinined‘ to keep sib. On Sabbath . evening, , November 160 the Thirdl church was filled to , overflowing by ft meeting in 'behalf of the Wes tern .Pennsylvania Freedmen's , Aid ;Commission, now transferred•to-ouriHothe Mission Cemmittee. After introductory exercises, conducted •!by.• Mr. 'Noble and Mr. Clark; the 'formeriletroduced Mak Geu. owartlto the fi.udiencls. ,11"G-en.ilow,- ard's eloquent and forcible. address' fills three columns Of The • Pittsburg Gazette. We extra° Et few points-: There are among the Freedinen "SchkxilS 'of allkinds 4 1 026 ; pupils 241,819 d;; :amounts 'con tributed for the t year ,hy• bet evoleut societies $700,000.!'.;:_In the eagerne.*ofj . the colored people for kneWledge ; they Contributed :laEit year some $366,600:' Newspapers from the North; that a few years 'agoteoUld'ilot penetrate into the Southern States; are now read night after night in reoms,Allettwith cotovA ten,, ; y .44 only about one-tenth of 'the .p,opp)ftn has been reached by the seliiolk . .rTwo mil: lions, at least, of these people cannot to-day read the word of God. . Where there are no schools their religious meetings are apt to afford noisy exhibitions of mesmeric dxcitement instead of sound and joyful Christianliemonstrations. Many ministers assume to preach' who impart little or no information, 'but merely, by their manner, work 'themseldes and their people into a sort of frenzy, difficult to describe, and very objectiona ble. . . In Washington in a population of up wards of 30,000 colored people, less than one thousand are indigent." ;Aid must come from the North, for it "is the people that make up the State. If they are impoverished, the State is, impoverished- The political condition of these several States has been such as to prevent capi tal and capitalists from movinr, in that direction." Rev. J.,8, Pittenger, D.D., of Sewickley, fol lowed in a shoit address. He said, among other things : " Cloa k country the one-eighth of the population are negroes: . . In 1865 the Freed rrien'siß ureau oias 'established., In the first'report there was seven hundred . and fifty 'schools, and now it reaches four thousand schools and four huOdred and fifty thousand Pupils, and "in' h tien - to this we have - twenty-five normal sc oola, three or four colleges and a university. , And if you were to cover• the faces of: the teachdrs, and pupils, you would know not whether they were black or white. Fide thousand of these scholars are in high schools, _stOyitg'the samebrandhes taught in the Pittsburah, high schools.", After an eloquent and we believe ,an effective appeal ' ,to the pockets , o£ the audience by Mr. N,oble, ;Rev..,Pref. Henry. 'Highland Garnet spoke in behalf of his race and kindred. " Any, other lace (he said' ) opptessed'as we 'hive been kir two and a half centuries, would' to day hive been blotted out'Of existence. 'lt is said of a certain pet domestic aniinal that it has, line lives. ,We black people have mere than that,;. we do not in tend to be crushed. out ; we do nitit intend to die beneath the 'oiSpieisora' heel; vie 'feel that We have God and all good Men 'on our side." Mr. S. L. Langston, of the Freedmen's Bu real Preiented a topching plea in behalf of the poor whites of the &nth., We regret that we have no room fOrtouching incideni;s with which he il lustrated his theme. At a late hour the Concre;ation was dismissed with doxology and' bmiedietion. EXTRAM' TE.OM, DR. RIDDLE'S , SERMON Pieached at the Dedication of the'Third . ekurch, Pittsburg Nov. 30th, 11368 The '3d Churoh ft-omits inceptioniand from the previous training of its chiefoonstituent member ship under Dr...Hdrioncwasiit fullsympathy With the men and measures, the." 'spirit and peculiar principles of ,that, portion of the Presbyterian Church which has come to be IcnoWn as "New. School." -It was from the beginning strongly' imbued with the element of "Liberty.in prophe sying," a freer and more genial, interpretation aplication of-the great 'principles'. of orthodox MlyinisM And. the - unshadkled - privilege. of abene-, ..volent coptriliation,in•such channels as: individ-, ual.conidience appreted., -without -the' imposition' of authority:. ,With such .principles, and after such, training,' it was_hatural that both ,pastor. and ••people should; protest against the Acts of dikcision andisympathizei not With the alleged:errors, but with the sufferings land: what we deemed thehn rightedus,oppression of the ;excinded portion:, In these respects we had previously stood on common grouncliwith darg6 number of the min isters and , inembers of the Presbytery [of Ohio.] After the diiision of the Church, :hewever, it' was thought best , ttr adhere, for the; resent, with distinct protest against the:measures; which pro duced thUdivision, to the 'Presbytery of Ohio. And so the church did, in good faith, from that time during the - whole period when' the first deci sion of Judge Rogers• gave the: fended prcipetty of 'the.church to the Other [N. S.] party. 1 here desire distinctly to state the fact, to the honor of this church :and the truth of history, that it con tinued its connection with,the.Old School body, When they Were' stripped tOfthe property by, legal adjudication, an& that. , the aifirit, movements to :Wards ideetificationiwith the 'NeW'School were only made After the cThcision of the Court in Band virtually gave all'ihOproPerty to the Old School; and when the preciously exscinded`became again the suffeting%iartg. . The queStion hf-the permanent: position' of the 3d church was one of great difficulty endi per, plexity. . . . Various expedients for pse serving the unbroken integrity:of The church . . having failed . : ' the pastor of the ehurch 'NIA the ,teSpOnsibility of 'transferring his rela-. tions from a . the Presbytery of Ohio to the 3rd Presbytery of Philadelphia' and thni to the other General Assembly. The reasons of this course werepublicly announced shortly afterwards, and a large proportion of the church and congrega tion approved the decision a'nd resolved to iden tify themselves ,with, that, ; body. ,They also hono rably ,profferred to ',these who .were : _otherwise ;minded, to restore : 7.5 per: cent. of all the money contributed by,thenidtbr the, erection of, the build ing/to :secure : : its; peaceful and legal possession : ;to themselves: . , a . This arrangement , was ultimately ratified by both l)arties; fan& those who left , the- ebureh, aniotlrifing tO SiX. families, *ere regularly did- IniAiSed, et their own retinest, l to !other iongrega tions, Presbyterian and Methodiiit: Thus both the 'ecelesinstioal and property relations ofthe difurch iikre. l satiiftietorily and permanently adjusted. Soonr.ufter tlie'dettilerriedt of these , perplexities, pleased God io'..,krantifirt prC&lm. , seatan • of .re "fiishiiig' Ws" thel I ChUrch ) , th'atettift plied the losses occasionVd:V•the'irkitrettielitarai ready stated. As the fruits of this gracious out- pouring of the Spirit which then seemed to -us all as an evident seal of His approbation, more than sixty persons were received by examination and twenty-three by certificate, and this pros perity continued more or less for several years afterward. ; "We will not hide from the generation follow ing the praises of the Lord. We will mention the loving kindness of the Lord, according to all the Lord bestowed on this people, according to his mercies and the multitude of his loving kindnesses that children's children may set their hope in God and not . forget his works." REV. A. M. STEWART'S LETTERS.-XXIII, TREASURE CITY, - Nevada, Nov., 1868. Some time since I Wrote briefly from the hear ing of the ear about White Pine District, Nevada, a very far-out-of-the-wayi Mountain region, where new and marvellous discoicries of silver had been Made, and whither people were flocking as buz zards to the- carcass. I aminow. able. to commu nicate from 'sight, from presence and froin feeling. From my last place c,f preaching and writing (Tilickee ) .oa,).tothis about. four ;hundred miles,—nearly a hundred over the Western end of the Pacific Railroad ;:-and over` three hundred by - stage. Pen could mot -easily furnish a just description of:those three :hundred Miles. of so called staging,—not along ;the overland route, with . good coaches, stations; drivers and hores, but by a new course over:. immense mountain ranges and wide valleys,. and in ricketty vehicles, drawn by mustang ponies or ratlike mules. By necessity we were compelled to walk up the mountains, and glad to walk down them.to escape being dashed to pieces. Stopping places were' ew and far-between, and these of the most rugged arid primitive character. Dupt worked fine - from granite, limestone, scorim and alkali was as all- pervading as'ihat which Moses threw into the atmosphere of Egypt. No rain or dew had fallen to moisten it since June. This powder gets into your eyes, mouth and nostrils; it penetrates into 'every article' of clothing, • and ;permeates each pore of the skin;—you revel in dust: Wash your dusty hands and face at the' far-between alkali Springs or wells; then look at` yourpalms and digits, and face (if there be a-pocket glass,) and what-spetteiii streak r ed curiosities you Possess. When yen get into the new city, your condi tion with respect; iolduatilecomes rather far the worse: There is no paventent or sidewalk. Dust has been worked several' inches deep in the street by the constant passing of heavy wagons; there are'frequent gusts of wind land no house as yet 'so' close that it does not find pretty'free passage; 'thus' giving you, in-doors and out, the constant benefit offree inhabitants say it is healtliy:'' THE NEW CITY- • . "Beautiful 'for siination, the j'nYbf the whole, earth is 'Mount Zion." Thin sang the 'son of Jesse concerning a loeality in his'royal city. But what was Jeinsaletn, With' her hills and' djacent scenery, with respect to grandeur, compared to the location Of thisareashre City. (if any) 'towns 'on the globe are positioned' with such Sub lime surroundings. The.range of mountains, near the summit of which the city is being built, is not the hialiest in. middle and Eastern Nevada. The cityla a mile and'a half (9,000 feet) above the level ot the Sea. Standing upon an immense strata' of' 'bare limestrine at the 'summit- of the range;a feW hundred feet above the town, turn ing and gazing towards every point of the coin pass, the hands 'are involuntarily lifted, fhe mouth 'opened and the tongue' utters ; "These 'are' Thy works, 0 Lord." Several ranges of mountains both on th'e , East and lir estare evidently a lit le higher than the one on which youstand and so seemingly warping into each other at long distances as to entirely enpompass you. "As the mountains are round about Jerusalem 'so the Lord is round abort this people, from henceforth even forever." :When - the - sari rises and shines through this transparent atmabphere upon the highest peaks On the' suminit ranges, down.the sides 'add into the *alleys of these mountains, and when the setting San drair's avray'its light from these sane loealities;' the beholder for the first time, '.5.f pos sdaged of 'any sensibility,'is` ready 'to eclaiiit; '"Amanew scenes, iu another world ' !" As the nioeii, a few evenings after its fullAtegins tb throw it,sweirdlikhf down; doWn the§e'monntain heights into the deep gorges, the impressions of the night are; "There' dreamland, the home of'song and '' ' k As ''to the'appearance of 'the'rising'city, were all our Eastern City architects present in a body, 'the fttat business wOrdd•be a general, hearty and 'long continued" laugh. Then after due examina tibn il4ulgted declaration"would be'; "We give it 'tiPl; these 'diversified stylea of architecture far i sdiPassui." :Itis altogether democratic, viz.: elieh I man'after his own notibiaability; frbui 'the Nixie house 'doWn 'to the' clay 'hovel. ' ' ',A strange; interesting and very important fact to-these City builders andjalmost a. solitary ex ception to Nevada, is that:, there' are , - on' these mountain ranges and stretching up to their gum ' mits, various groves, of white pine, balsam fir, red cedar- and mountaitinahogany:' So'me .of the •White pine. fiees; though sotriensh"a,t iarly -look koking,rimeasard three :-feett in , diaineterence :the nainfez .- "White;:Pine vDistficurtt ,, Two.fiteitta saw-mills have been erected, and are furnishing Tay,Es lumber for the new city at two hundred dollars. coin, per thousand. Vegetation ceases 'before reaching the top o f Mount Washington, New Hampshire, though Only a mile high. Here on a mountain a mile and a half high, are pine trees three feet through. Beautiful compensations are often found in the physiology of our globe. A. M. STEWART. TRY IT. I have an old-maidish way of sitting by my fire knitting and meditating with my old cat Downy by my side. I know it is very old-maid ish, but I like it nevertheless. Downy is alried friend, and she is a great comfort to me when am lonely. She often gives me thoughts which are piofita,ble and pleasant. Tdo not 'think she knows that she does this, but unconsciously she has taught me many a lesson of life and duty. Let me tell you hqw she gave me one the other day. I should say, perhaps, that Downy usually only stai.ts the ide6,, which afterwards runs 'on far :beyond her capabilities—but the credit of laying_lhe first stone in the pile of meditations undoubtedly belongs to, pg . : aithful, sleepy pussy cat. Well—there we were —the other 'evening— Downy asleep inn soft ball on the rug, and I at my Old "occupation of knitting' and thinking. Suddenlyl , Dowarwakel up, stretched herself. yawned, and looked around as if her feline mind were , not altogether satisfied. I did not take much' notice lier i utiltil she came' Close up to me and putione paw gently upon my.dress. Then I looked down at her and saw her kielden•Yareen • • . . eyes gazing at me earnestly. I bethetight me what s'he wanted, anclptit my hatid•tiown.'earess ingly on her, head, rubbing her neek, and saying, Poor old Downy !" She bent her head - to my ca ress, and lifted her paws up and down with delight. I soon returned to my work, and she went back to her warm place on the rug, and after turning round two or three times to get her body into exactly the, right curve, down she laid herself for sleep again. , You understand thnt'all this had been done precisely'so, times withciut number in th'e' expe rience of Downy and MySelf—possibly other cats and other possemrs of them may have teaching recollections of similar - intercourse with' each other: But on this particular ocCasiOn, Downy's little 'demonstration taught me something. After she was again roaming ill eat-dreamland, 1. - thought about her action thus. How little the poor dumb thing needed to satisfy her ! A mo tion of my hand, a Lind touch, had brought her all the happiness she wanted. And would it take much more than this, in ordinary cases, to make human beings happy day by day ? There are, to be sure, fretful, morose, miserable crea tures who are fond of their misery, and refuse to ,part with it ; or there may be those whose hearts are in truth too sad end weary, or whose tem pers arc too much soured to be aide to take pleas ure in trifles or comfort in caresses. But in our homes and our daily liVes, the friends whona 'G'od has'giveri us—With • the little ones who are alive to every influence—with our ser vants—how much deeds and words of kindness. trifling in themselves, will do towards cheering and strengthening the heart! Perhaps we have 'never fully realized hotb much. For myself, L can remember liow a'gentle hand laid for an instant on my lead; with la caressing 'motion, lies gone thiong,h `my 'heart with sweet ness inexpressible, and the touch has seemed to linger there with softening, influence for hours. A kind word of sinrpathy with'sorrows and vex ations 'wliich do not really seem to us deserving of much notice in themselves, will often win the griever from the grief, and make' way for a brighter and truer view of things. It does not cost much to give , a smile, or a gentle caress, Of a kind ivordstozany bne—but it may' be worth more than tongue can tell to some `hekrt which' is weary, or faint,-or down for the moment in' the-battle' ' Try it, my friends, whenever yon have a • Chan* and- neither you 'nor those about you' will regret that for once you 'fellewed the advice. of DORCAS RICKS. Romanist.—The Pope's address to Protestants has produced a considerable cotnnuotion in parts of Europe. By the Order of the Central Conststory of 'Prugsia, a declaration 'Wits publicly read in all the churches and chapels of the country„declining his Holiness's invitation and repelling the -arrogance . with which it is necOrnpanted.—At a meeting of French Bishops and Cardinals at Rome, several re - Jurtnatory measures were proposed, which to the surprise of the ,Conservatives, were favorably re ' ceived by-a majOrity. Onelif these was to revise 'the Council of Trent decision concerning the celi bacy of the Catholic clergy, and declaring that they could Mari, 'and' the other was tciabolieh the Latin liturgy and substitute for :it -the language of the : nation tn.wbich the service is performed. These measures will die reported to the Ecumenical Coun cil' .totin'tO. be 'it elt.l::—Thd Jesuits who have been driven from many conntriee'ef Europe, Catholic as welA i lls Protestant, are coming to this country in large Protestant, _ Liberia attholiea says that 3,429'J esnitaiare novremployedin missionary wort., and it seems that of these there are no less than 759 in the United Statis---including fathers, schol a',ties, andibrother'coadjutors.—Ati reeentEnglisli ,electioa John Bright was, asked if he would Tote for their expulsion front Eng,land, and answered with an emphatic " T biol"- 2 —The !Germans in the 'United States, according:to .77he Lutheran Observe% are divided, into Catholics, Rationalists, Lutherans, German and Nadi Reforthed; and a 'number 01 small denominations and; asects.. The Romaniste uumber.more ;glop (me-0414 1 0t the Germans, and their relative ptrepgth'haiti beFi'eteadily increasing. ' Iu 1776 there Was 'one'Citholic temigrant to one hundred , Piofeatants. 1850 One Catholic to ft: - teen Peoteatants at present there is probably or.e Catholie to twelve 1 ro,estants, and among the Go mans three Catholics to two Protestants.
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