..WHINNIi 8. lank I ' , AVID M'KINNEY & CO. Editors and Proprietors. TERMS liN ADVANCE. amitis SirsacsipTimirs 111.30 IN cLPBS. iIIIIND IN PITEII2: OP '''''''' 2.00 ti TWO Dettans. send by mall seventy number ply 'Owe DA AM thlm.three numbers. Pnitbre sandhi* . uorrwsitt enbecrtbers and upward4wlll tbarehy entitled ttistipaper without charge. liftt3italeshotild be in'ompt. a little before the year expires Send-rqulFoll47,,Fellands.or,by ' IStrect all lettere toi, DAVID WILII4NET & 00., Pittsburgh, Pa, For the Presbyterian Balmer huts- we too many llinisters? navel alreadi expressed the conviction, that we have nut too many. And I add, that we have only a very small proportion of ministers who are not, capable of, being u'seft i ii in` the work to which they are , called. Th'it .we'haVe too ninny unemployed' in the Pfisto4, l 4tee, is plain enough. , But this doe`" arise from any defect in our Pres byt4ittl'system' which, while it gives to the people the right of choosing, imposes also the obligation of supporting, thiir own min-, 1 *cis. The apparent Fedundancy of min- }Mars springs , froni Itidelinquency in, the administration of out , system or rather, front a deviation froiNit: To ;how thiS, is the design of the - pfeieuf article, which I submit, with tiipizio4lto the reader's eon side:ration.: The great delinqnbnoy of our Church, whence this, and ;some other grave evils. spring ,ii With tine Presbyteries, in not fel fillitig- their obligations to the unsettled ministers,,tior to the vacant congregations. Presbyteries are bound, as the idea of over sight evidently implies, to see that the licentiates, and ministers under their, care he employed in their proper work, and that congregations have as full a supply as poi- Bible of the ordinandes :of religion. This obligation is ;to be met, by a regular scheme; of appointments and sup plies , to ministers without charge and t vacant churches:. But,' for the want of this simple seheme, the Church presents the anomalous and alarming statistical fact of nine hundred churches without ministers, and half as many ministers without churches. , Hence we hear the inquiry, Have we not too , many, ministers? And on the same ground, we , might start the 'question, Have we not too many churches? I unhesitatingly answer both= in, the negative, while,l., sorrowfully admit , the facts which suggest them, and, the plausibility; of the suggestion. But I attribute 'these facts' to a different cause— thedelinqtainoy of Presbyteries. • A considerable amount of =lndependency and a small initiative of Diooesanism have flowed 'into the Church, and have narily, carried away with their currents, and pert.' ly covered with their debris; the: whoIOL ,I same 'provisidne of our Presbyterianism.; To these two intrusions may, be traced the, results which, having long disheartened many faithful ministers in their unwilling inaction, are. , hovi; suggesting the sad and harmful question which stands at the head of this article. And; as the question is not one of mere stitioultition:,' but one of deep and 'Practical importance; it becomes the Church to contdmplate the 'evil seriously, and to apply the remedy to Lb!, proper point. 'lt f is,nugatory to-offer an impracti cable expedient:on an erroneous hypothesis, when the real evil;is ,admittedp-and legiti mate relief lies within our reach. As at, present generally managed, the settlement of ministers is effeeted, except in its bare forms, almost without the coun sel, aid, or„ oversight of the .Presbytery. The youngiliceatiateior the unsettled min ister Must seek a place for himself. The vacant ;church must seek, its:pm! pastor.' The ingenuous young preacher, inexpert - firmed and timid, discouraged lsy want of knovitedge of the Church, and disquafffied 7 in a.itheasure,, for facing the world, 'by Aix or sever ` yearst ;ohnost 'monolith,' seclusion in colleges.. and -seminaries, is stunned by the difficulties that meet him at the thres hold of the ,ministry., Whither, shall he direct his litaidsl How Shad he solicit;the privilege. `jiff:preaching, as 'al eindidate, in such vacant.therehes as be happens te•hear of; when half a , seore of competitors aresoli citing thelikune favor ? The . Presbyterial provision' is needed here, toAppoint ; the young niatkfte;the vacant churches' of itti own charge, if it have:Say ;, orio commend him to :sores: other Presbytery, if it live not. : And .where shallt:the:.ohurches4ookP for ministers whew they tufted l them, &nut: to , their own Presbytery; that hthe- over l sight of them ? No sunray bein ' .furnished: ir from that quarter, they . are le ' to casual: imosers.by,i'or to such asTrivite iendship or interest Inlay recommendii Thel:Presby= . i ts , , tery not meeting oblightions to either party, they:have no alternative. but either to remain as- they;arei or to make , the best arrangement they: can <; with each other:; This is' the Congregationalism that I have Halide& to. Things left in this loose disorder; it , is not , suittrising that many ministers are without= oftarge—enough to give the. appearance of excess, while, in re ality, there is 'fidgreat deficieney. The difficulties , that, like an abatis, em barrass the :licentiate's approach;to the pas torate, are ;formidable ; enough, where the Presbytery fails in- its; duty. But he has softie advantages from , ?another quarter; that is, from the' modified Diocesanistn, which the dereliction'- otiPreilbyteries has 'devolved on our Theological Faculties. This ;is; almost a. necessity, under the air ounistanced ; and its spontetteousidevelop meet - eau; hardly ;be a matter of surprise. The secluded student, drawing near to. the close of his preparatory course, looks: out anxiously into the field : it is large land needy, but where shall be his scene :of operations for its improvement 2; The ilethytery under whose 'care he is, nom= inalli,ohao given him license to preach the Godpetf but points him to no place. This right and ditty have been surrendered to. the Congregational liberty of choke. But the Professor, interested in him and in the Church, is able to counsel and direct him. And this he .etin'• , do the more effectively, because the churches have got into the way of looking to the Seminaries for their sup ply of ministers., This is unavoidable, when the oversight,nd care of the Pres byteries do not furn ish them. And so, Congregationalism 'i/e&B into Episcopacy, while Presbytery stands) passive between them; and the Professofelhaveiforced upon them the functions of Presbyteries, viz., the oversight of miniatsrs,iritlibut ehaige and Of vacant congregititni. 0 Jf! , , . n , :''These unsought and t. preanyteat di cesan powers are, of course, Chiefly opti '- tiveity the case of preaohers jtist • leaving the'Sentinaries, and do not reachlo a sec ond settleinent. Hence a large proportion of the ministers without charge pare' not-li centiates, hut•lhose who have -tattoo been settled, whoni time and dieter:Cell:have iilaced beyond' the range of the operation f that system Which has, in a' 'Measure, uperseded the . Presbyterian system. And u 'Oen sf this, the.remark of a Professor its ~be. t . in accordance withrfacts ;lie. sold: here, is , no difficultyin our.studenteiget ing ,settlements; but it is', very hard for ne to plitain a call, who hoe been i settled efore . an d is, now without charge. And t is s (MA, jelso, that :Dr. hedge ' s St4te ent, t it all the students froM AlleAely, . . . . . "1" 46. . . . , . , . . . . . . . . . . _ .. . . . ~ .. n ..........,.: , ~..,... ... ~, ~....,,,..._,,,... ...„... •• : . . ... . 1 . . t . _ . . . . . . . . . , .... ~ . , . . . VOL ~.X.NO. 28. and nearly all from Princeton, were settled in the ministry within a few months, does not meet .the exigences of his argument. I take it 'for granted, of cQurse, that he does not intend to intimate that the minis-, tars of from two o twenty years' expe rience, who are ` thout charge, are less qualified for the•wo k than those fresh.from the-Seminar „ , ieH. he fact,,at any rate,, re mains, ,that we h ve a large number of Ministers without, charge; ' and if ,only a snuill pr portion ,l of these are licentiates, it only confirms my 'hypothesis, 'that the Presbyteries de not exereiseAheir preroga tives and fulfill their obligations as well as the Faculties do ',hose which Presbyteries have &Volved ugn'thens: To secure fields of labor the unsettled ministers must. look 'out for themselves: This brings them under the .congregational regime; as the Seminary, preachers are urn der the Episcopal-the 'Presbytery being relieved . of -ita functione ,equally by both.' And here.; the gg art andimystery," for such it appears to be, of candidating, is brought. into ; requisition. This,- it is true, is no part of our Presbyterial, system, but we haVe 'made" it a necessity:, by the disuse of our` systein. MattyledP its repellant chai acterso much, that theyare, at the same time; kept at af distance from it and from settle, ments.,, Arid, hence, it does but little to re r lieVe the Church from that apparent redun 7 daticy of ministers, which threatens to em-: barrass our Education! Board. The supply, of ministers 'is constantly going on, under the blessing of God upon the wise and be nignant plans which our General Assembly has adopted; and if our Presbyteries would do their duty to unsettled ministers and va cant Congregations, Our Church would speedily' be relieved from the occasion of sorrow , within and. of. reproach without. We would cease to present the anomalous as pect;f three or four hundred unemployed ministers anti eight or nine,hundred vacant congregations, If Presbyteries took the over sightvand supply of churches into their own hands, we should not be obliged to blush at the unseemly spectacle of a dozen or a score of ebinpeting applidants for a single church. Addits to' the destitutioni, whether in mew, sOttlements or in large Cities, no means for their supply is more convenient or avails blo than the Presbytery, Qur system, thei•efore, is not only capable of supplying thenecessities of the poor' in cities,'but is beautifully adapted to it. Individual en terimise and salfdenial, encouraged andfdi rected by Presbytery, can Always be found in large cities, ready- to labox,. for the poor. And the aid of weelthycongregations and individuals is seldom inVoked in vain; in behalf of such labor, whew it has the ap.- proval and advocacy of - the Presbytery, whose oversight embraces the field. ,„ Having exhausted my space rather than my argument, I must eose these artieles. I must say in closingstbat I desire to do good aJd not harm by them; I want to honor and 'not repro.ach Presbyteries ; I would see all ministers occupied and not idle, and all churches 'furnished with ordinances, and not destitute. Ar return to the good Pres byterian order-would, I think, accomplish all: these objects and , free. us from the 'se rious, evils that are felt to he imininent, and from greater,ones , :involved in their legiti mate train. ' ' *, 3.F. M. Contributions. Mn. EDITOR :—I, propose to \ submit, a through ,your, columns, few facts , and fig ures, under the above general heading. Statistics r lowever dry to the mass. of read ers, are; after all, the 'isiost.reliableliource of knowledge„ They are ,simply. an -ex hibit of the moral, 'social', : financial, or re ligions• condition of any body or organiza tion,. We cannot arrive atthe true condi tioni of any country, church, or • organization of any kind, except through , its statistics. These reveal the facts on, which all theories Land reforms, must be"based. Hence the importance of publications like our , Some rind. Foreign, Record, With' its monthly ex *, hibit 'of tho' work tOr'6 ' done by , the Chnrch, aid how theqllitirO,h '.is 'actually doing the work. . , This ;same Home and- Foreign.. Record, 1 by the way, has,been .thc, object of an !an nual attack in our General Assembly, as, a dry, uninteresting .putdication, and; the subject nf perennial, complaint by ,the,:ueo ple, on the same general grounds. I know not the reason of this, ,unless it be thikit is• the pen of the statistician, rather than ; the novelist, that is employed on its pages,.. I have thought, sometimeS, the work is, un popular because, through ,its dry c,olumns of figures, it tells the truth, and sometimes very ugly truth. People see themselves i 4 these, figures as they do not like toilen themselves, and so push, the, mirror aside, palling it .a . .horrible thing . just as, ugly people avoid their * glass, blaming, their ug liness on it. Its columns , eertsinly do not tell a ,fiattering4 tale as to. the zeal of ,t,he Church in carrying out the great commis _Edon ; " Go preach the , ,Gospel, to every creature." Allow. me to submit some facts gleaned from its columns, together with the Annual Report of Ihe r fieneral Assent .bly for the year 1861. ' , I will take, for a specimen, a.;Synod 10, opted in the heart of Presbyterianism, comy }posed Of ,a thriving population of, farmere, * merchants, , and mechanics-, Grier i Presby,- tery, I find,,reporting'3,34s,members, con tributed' tnDomestic Missions ; - 474; to Foreign Missions, , $638; . 0 the. Board of Education, $301; to the Board of. Pabli. cation, $B5 ; to Church Extension, $1.20; and to , the Fund for Disabled Ministers, s2B—in all "$1,446. This ) sum= 1446 - divided imOng''B,34s people, gives to each, as the sum:. of his , or her; contribution during the yeariferty4wo cents and a fraC -1 tion. Divided among the Boards, it gives Ito Foreign Missions, eighteen cents ; to ' Domestic. Missions, eight,: ants ; to Edu cation, nine cents;. to Ch rah Xxtension, three cents ; to Publicatio and. Fund • for i Disabled Ministers tOge, er, about five cents. These are the 'ft res. Now it is In respectfully submitted to the judgment of the people, whether this ds indeed, , a flat tering testimonial. 0 the monhment , . , whieh stands over this l'eharity,'? could, it 'he truthfully written, f " She hat,done Whit' she *could ?" Cifuld:not thelse - 3,345 peopleothaire done more? Could they , not have dollars in the Report equal thektown,numbers, and not have . felt the effort ? - 1 0 but, says one, yap. forget that' this is only one deplartinent i'of our Beneficence. You overlook entirelyiour contributions :to sustain the Gospel a, home, to build .and repair our own chn ches,%to. keep :o,p: } our ) Sabbath Schools to the Bible cause, and 1 * Colonization, and a that; add that-* ii, For the Piesbitenati Banner PITTSBURGH, SATURDA Y, M ARCH and the figures will, show more to our credit. I will. The .result is this—for. the Presbytery 1 have taken as it spec-, imen—s3.os from each church member for all religious uses ; the Boards,. pas tors' salaries, and Miscellaneous objects —everything l Out of our. annual income of $6OO, or 6900,,,er $l2OO, we expended $3 on the kingdom oft God. and its progress in the world. make no comment.' I have given a fair exhibit of the contributions; for , re. ligious uses, Qt !a Presbytery Which- is, probably, a fair sample of, the, ,average ability of the Church. If these facts and figures shall provoke inquiry, or stimulate liberality,' the object of the Writer will be gained. STATISTIC. Por the Presbyter*n,Bataker An' Interegting Scene. DR. MCKRTNEY:—Lear know it will give you pleasure to, hear how I spent the Sabbath, March 9th, in the _63th Regiment Col. Alex. 'Hays near Vort, Lyon. As, you are well aware,,there has been for some time quite a revival of religion going on; a most inieresting, soul-stirring state of things exist, among them. God is certainly largely blessing them. Never did I see men so deeply in earnest. In the morning at 11 o'clock, Dr. Marks. preached in, the tent-church, to as,many filled the two tents; at the close he said that as it was likely.the regiment. would move soon . , he, would hold a Communion' that night, and invited, any 'persons wish ing to join, to meet, him. At 2 P. M. we 'held a most solemn and touching prayer-meeting. The prayers of the soldiers were very ardent and to the purpose. I conversed with Mani: deax young men in their tents and alone who readily acknowledaed their need of salve,- ticin. At night the tents - were crowded to ex cess. And as the evening was pleasant, the ends of the tents were opened and an eager Crowd pressed around. A small rude table was used ; common , bread, wine made of grape jelly and water, and two glasses-were placed in the centre. Our tents Ifere lighted by three candles,. swung from the centre. Familiar: ords•were well sung.- . A few introductory:remarks and a prayer, then eight stalwart soldiers kneeled around the table. -and were baptized.; the bread- , and wine were then, passed ato communicants; even outside the tents all eager -to obey the command, "This do, biz remembrance ,;of me."' Everybody was 'weeping; twenty nine; joined on profession ; , •the- whole ,now being one hundred and eighty eight. We had sweet singing while Elder Daub - , ( Captain,) and myself distributed the-. Sacramental elements. s Surely God was there. And it was wellimalculated to re mind us of that dark night in which it;was instituted. It was a most -solemn,iinpres sive scene, and one never to be forgotten; we closed it by all audibly uniting in say ing the LordTs- Prayer,. and parted , n ever, all to meet until we meet:at:the marriage-feast In heaven.: The The soldiers , areobligedto put out lights and ,fetire at tap :of the .drum, but.a ,few of us< spent an - hour yet ith devotion, singing and ,conversation in Captain , D.'s tent. , it was a good meeting. To-witness the men's peep emotion at any reference to their families in prayer, and then to hear them say, we can die without fear and.leave the loved ones with,Grod—con tent, so our gloriou.s ilac , is sus tained—gave confidence in the success of our country's . cause. I stepped into tent in 4hich werelve young men, Sabbath.morning. ,Three were reading their- Testaments; had a pointed conversation with them, found they had all been well trained at home; all knew what was their duty;`three of them joined the glorious army to-night. Another, fine, well-trained, young stra,nger, had been halt ing and hesitating, though greatly exercised for some time; four of his mess had joined, the ;fifth having died' suddenly. He said every letter from hisgood father and moth er urged and entreated him to seek:religion, but he doubted hia fitness. Be was that night baptized and cnminuned, and after -Ward told Dr. Marks tow happy and thank ful he felt. His load Was all gone He intends to be a preacher. On Monday morning, among the first persons I saw was is' stalwart man coming opt of the Dr.'s cabin weeping. **He grasped:my hand and said he was so:happy., The Dr. has written to me since, that the goad work is still increas ing. May it go on until every dear soldier in 'our army shall become' a good soldier Of the Cross. • For Alm RreotryteritT )4n1113r. liossip at Mrs. Climb's Tea-Party. ," Our minister must spend more time ambng the people, if the church is to pros per," said' Mrs. Jones, as She handed her Cup to be replenished ; "'old` Father EasY, you remember, used to visit us every:week nearly, and his talks did:us mere good - than his sermons. "Yes, indeed,". - replied - Mrs. Crumb ;' " preachers were:- different then, but now, ,they get a big salary, and stay at home, and the church". suffers. We never have any more”stormin' revivals , like' we use to ; ',and then you know-- there is so much pride in the church now; I . think Mr. Parsons ought to , preach aboutat ;. we must return to the. old landmarks, , or , the young .folks the olcLelder ' " tiguess uuri minister aint to blame. 0 ! Mr.:-Goodinan,; I love our. pastor." " But the church, needs, reviving," added . Mrs. Jones. Yes we alieftys need reviving," replied Mr.' Good: man ; "'but surely there' is teething Ts,ttr . tief ularly discouraging in the chureh-now:1 Wel, have, no storming, revivals," ,after I which ; ., alas I too many, return,' like the, sow, to the,,, mire;' but the church is gradually:grow lag.' The Sabbath School is flourishing, the attendance at. church is as gbod as ever;- though many have removed from theineigh bonne ; and the people are growing telligent, and indoctrinated in Scripture,, under Mr. P.'s preaching. Prayer-Meet ings 'are held all through the congregation,' and the young men have kist started one- , of their own, • The ladies have a.veryin teresting meeting at, the parsonage, Tues.. day afternoon, for prayer. Yon ought to , go up sometime, Mrs Jones. Yes, we I have reason to thank. God for'our present t prosperity. - is A long.. pause:-followed. I,Mis. Crumb I had till now forgotten. to offer-Mr. G00d,,, man a,,chair: A warm apology was offered,, together with a cup of cold tea. Thai rniglit` two new faces' were at prayer-Meeting, and on their'return homeyo one a hispered to -, the otheri Mrs.periznibi/: we must .pray, more for our pastor. Here.; lies liestherwhole trouble:" " Yes, replied the other, " I feel we have wronged him`; but I was ignorant of the value of a minister's' time; 0 !that bleaSed old , elder Gooduiat; how could-the church. exist without lim4",` True enough ,The eldef.s.,pray,er was an,,, sireted. The beam, fell from, their own eye,, and the mote disappeared from their pas;' tor's. HOLE THE WALL. ME EII*OPEIN- GOKRBSPONDEB.CL, American Festival in Freemasiiit's sembly—,•The Speakers—The, U. S. 'Consul in London, (mid the' ( Causes 'of the CieillWalailhe ClergYmen from:Northamptonshire and the. Wash= ing ton „Family--Eart„ Spencer's • Letter—Tenden cy of the lestioal-2-The Albert Monument- 2 21e 'Queen arid'her. Daughter—A Bundle of Facts-- Longevity Statistics---A7,tirish Election. LONDON, March 1, 1862 THE ANIZBIOA.NS 1 , 1.1 LONDONIave held', a festival- it Freeinaibn's Hall, ConlineMora- tive of the birthday of GeorgelVashington.. The occasion was full of, interest,.and: as I , had =the privilege of being present, I,shall give. your readers my, notes, and„impres sions in connexion. "The Americans here have for some years' celebrated the 'Fourth of July, but as far as I know, this is the , first timo , that.they, have forma4 and specially done l hpnor to.. the birth.day of the illustrious Father of his country. The idea Was Once:bind only'. &few days before the Feitival,.ind therej , fore its success'was all the`-mere gratifying. , The Magnificent ~ l arge room of the , Fren,,, mason's , Hall, was beautifully decorated. A.t the top, and behind the chair were sus- ' pended in loving proximity the stripes and stars, - and the Union Jack, while higher' than either was a , painting , presenting the calm, meek, nelf-abnegating' ,, face , ' of ,the great,Patript,himself. The Chair was-oo- 29, 1862. cupied by D .. Melkeine, the Bishop of ' l a Ohio. Iha long associated his name with his able wori s in opposition to Tractarian ism and Pri stism, and his noble stand for Apostolie s' l lilicify and truth. His ap pearance was ;.most' pleasing—benignant, venerahle and ,good, looked the teen; an l i„. P almost.,Qua er-like repose about. his face, and serenity looking forth from his eyes. When he sp ke, it 'was in vicar mellifluous Ninths, and •with "singular propriety did he preface .the m uccesve sentiments—" The Memory ofashington," " President,Lin coin," ":Fier Majesty, the Queen of, Eng land" and ‘f Out', CoMitry." Dr. McIll: vame made special reference to the visit of \ i, the , Prince of Wales to-tbe United States, to thelactrtha he had been :his guest, and. I stated that ha ing had ,frequent opportu nities of obse ving 'him closely, he said: "I . - Was exceedingly :impressed with the very great jud mentl will xiot:say pro priety, it, is net sufficiently strong term= with which he reecived therespects of adobe variety . of daises in the United - Statee. , T I am , peratiaded: that. the';very spontaneous; earnest, and affectionate veneration that wiaPitid;Ahrough hitn,,to his honored Mo ther, still continues:with the same ardor, in the 'breasts of some' Americans. I'am satisfied that nothing'has impaired' it, and 1 - do,not believe that any thing will ever , occur tO. iinpair it. Americans; therefore, telaim, to take the, next place to Englishmen in sympathising` with ,the present sorrows of that Reyal house, and to express their deepest;and Most affectionate sympathy, in the afffi s ction of the Queen." These sen timents were. loudly responded to. Mr. Adams, the Ambassador, in speak ing to " the „Memory of Washington," evinced just ,discrinainition both as to an alysia of 'chit:tie* and jin the choice selec tion Of ; hie words. Indeed nothing could be better. or more worthy of the theme. The t Ode written by Mrs. Dr. MacGowan, was received with great ,enthusiasm, when it was ; . read from the chair. Its two first stanzas ran, finis : \ , "Honored name—revered instory, Father of his Countrys glory ; Echo of the patriot's'heaft; 'E'en when e,alled witlqife to part, watcherord--brothers, On ! Shout the narae,of;Vfaihington I "What, though Treason stalks ouriand, Woe and death go' hand' in hand,- Mothers wail and orphans moan? Victory still Os then brOthers—freemen, On! Shout the name of. Witahington !" ' ' The last, stanza, — Was the 'best of all, be cause of the'sentinient 'conveyed,: .% 64 Burst-thele'tters of op:pressiori, Let our land M,truth.be free ; And no longer Slavery's curse Blast the land " of Liberty ; On to Victory,"-brothers, On! Shout the name of :Washington!" Mr. George Thompson bore emphatic testimony to the feelings of 'the great 'Ili& dluclatis, and also 'the working classes of the English: people' in the manufacturing districts. The-followin , cr,are his words : ,Withreprd to the sympathy of the people, Of this' country' with the North, I assert that so far as the industrious. classes•are con garnet., in all the meetings I i have held, and in private intercourse with them,T have scarcely biter diseovered,lwhen- the truth has:been fairly 'placed:before them, any. d,ifference with the .peo 7 pie of the North now engaged in this fierce con flict. (Hear, hear.) It anything would have tried the loyaltY of the 'people to:their prineiples in ; regard- to, !freedom, it is, the recent adversity that has come upon our manufacturing districts throdih' the suspension, and, in 'fact, the entire stoppage of 'one of the 'greatest branches of man ufacture in this country.' Yet from the various meetings which I have attended in-Manchester and its naighborb.ood,-I ani able here to declare that there** greatest and most noble spirit of self anionget the working classes of this coun trf. : (Loud Cheers.) ' Again and again I.have put the question pointedly and 'in fthe plainest and:directest terms, " Will.you hamper the Gov ernment of the United. States, and paralyse the people_ of the North, or at least' distract their at tention and engage;them in two wars at the same . time by 'a prepipinue recognition of these seceded States, or by attempting to break the blockade of the Southern , ports '. The, reply has. always been the same—" No." (Cheers.) There is not a eentithent, the'Tinglish :mind at this time more powerful;•and more universal L than the sen timent of entire non-interference in the present state of affairs. (Hear, hear.) He concluded thus : - Iveliture to ex.prods a hope that as' events are now .shaPip.g• themselves; and compelling states 7 mento attend to them rather than control them, not 'onlythat• your' Union maybe restored, and certain of vont.. stare“which- are now eelipsed, may. reappear more resplendent than ever, .hut that - vihen that happy -day arrives, you may not only rejoice in the reestablishment of .the Union,, at present severed by traitorous hands, and of your Unrivalled. Constitution, but that in the-pro gress and issue •of this ,great war-you may secure also, impartial % and nnisersal liberty.: (Loud che.ora.) Of ; the. success of -the. North I have no fear-I 'never had any fear. (Rear, hear.) I vied have had none unless I had, lost all faith intintimiii , Progiess; and "all belief in an overrul- inglProvidence. I know thatthe citytotßoston, :oonld ,buy,np •North Carolina ;; and all her staves,,and that. New-York could buy up Vir ginia„ and hake thirty millions Sterling to spare. I linew'the blighting influence of slavery in the Smith butl see in the North a display- of virtue and: a .determination that.their country shall be regenerated, and .I cannot doubt the issue of this neatest. cflear, hear. )You may s hive te'sirtig 7 gle for a while, but the time is coining when in the language of one of - our poets— ' , Jae some tall Off that istui its awful form, Swells from.the-vale and , midwai meets:the Storm; Though round its breast, the gathering clouds are spread, ' Ste'nutf inahhine'sattleit on ita head." but:the smell. Of the occasion was that the 'Hon. Preetnin H. Morse, (Consul at the port. of., .bondert,) and I say this be causeit brought out with a convincing clear; ness, for,Whielt I could not personally express my :'thinks . mth_c"-lapeaker, the real causes of secession of the tenth; T h la-, nation Was needed in this country, and is sure, to tell 'on all ',candid Minds. He proved' that in the original Constitution there was, n 6 Provision which established the right ,of Seceision. "No State could dissever itsellY' 'He traced the grEtdual rise of the Seuthern slave-power, until it got the control of the Government. " - Ite supporters got up , the Mexican war, went to Cuba, reversed in the .Dred Stott case all. the 'decisions >of all the law! courts, trampled,' .on the Missouri Compromise, and tried to take slavery into Kansas. At last they came up With the proposal that slavery shoeld be put.inte the' Constitution as a principle of Government,' They 'said, that unless' sla very was, recognized in4llterritories, South , of the Missouri line, now in the. Union, and, hereafter, to be acquired, by =tend nient of the Constitution, and that, by another amendment the :United Stites should bind themselves for ever to protect slavery, like other property, they would'ge 04 of the Union. ''Theit came the :Come mittee of Thirty-three, of which" Mr; Adanis and - himself had been' meMberS: ,7to grievance With the Southern tiAnhers of that Committee that the North Mir WHOLE NO. 496. had enacted a high' tariff : it was slavery, slavery, and nothing 'but slavery. "'What would have been said of us, if we had yielded to their propositions, and allowed that in famous institution, which was neither, in the common law, nor in the . civil law, to be perpetuated .? Then ~came the ,bombard meat of. Sumpter, and the stealing 'of the property of the Government for two•whole years by Floyd, the-Secretary of War,-wlio appointed his own tools :over the various arsenals, ,and in ,the end' , the North was almost disamed. Mr. Morse concluded as follows Many people were impatient with the Govern ment 'of the 'United States.. But, what could they 401 , They, had to create .an army and 31#37- It took England and France, with all their prep arations, months to makeisoldiere fit to go into the field, and should xtot•some time be alloWed.to the United States' to make soldiers of the five hun dred thousand - or six' hundred thousand' Milt Who hadruslied, forward to defend the Union ? There were men sweeping the camp as,common soldiers wini Were vvOrth half of dollars in their own:right. . They were-hair - ready; and they had begun, to make prep4ss down ,South. These were Union men ready `to' join them in the South whenever they could appear on Southern soil: Mention had been made of England having given twenty Milliena'cif money to get rid of Slavery ; but let them consider the stierifibes 'which the North was making. • (Cheers.) It seemed . as the North had wanted this very thingto stir it up against the - evil which was 'growing' up in its midst: The: people, 'of. the North had found. out that slavery had destroyed every country where it,had obtained, and that it would destroy there also, if they did not throw--it out,. (Cheeri.) They were, beginning to realize that, and was it to be supposed that they would ever turn back? They had waited. patiently, and Veen trampled upon ,for years. They had , suffered almost ev i erything,' and was it to *be suppoSed that, now they were fully roused, and. understood the cause of all their troubles, they. would patiently give it up, patiently sink back to the old feeling ,and say Slivery ;_ oh, let it go on . Never,,,uever (Great cheering.)"" They were there in the old Mother country, and at' n American meeting, on the birth-day of Washington, and he would ven ture, to predict that :before-another birthday of Washington rolled round, the Union would' be one and • inseparable, and that only one Lag would be acknowledged by thirty-three States. (Loud and continued cheering.) Mr. Cyrus W. Field spoke in kindly terms about the Prince . of Wales, and his visit, to New-York. He gave specimeni of the• salutations addressed to, him in writing by the , children of the Institution for Deaf Mutes, where he visited. .He predicted the restoration and preservation of the Union, and added: We will, 'at _the earliest practical moment that we can le *may do so, remove from its the °Teat curse which has brought all this trouble upon us!" A considerable number of American ladies were present at the festival 'among others the daughter of the Bishop of Ohio. An' Episcopal clergyman came expressly from Northamptonshire to the festival,'" in order, as the Rector of the parish, to give most interesting information as to• the Washington family, which for several gen erations had lived and died, there, pre viously`to the'emigration of the immediate ancestors of George Washington to- Amer ica. He indicated how the family had been cherished in theirf adversity,,by the, noble family of Spencer. The present Earl Spencer is a man of like spirit, and at the Festival a pleasing letter was read_ from him, referring to his travels 'in the United States, his great regard for the 'Oeople, and his earnest desire for their peace and pros perity. Altogether, this Commemorative banquet was a great success, and 'it gave high minded, patriotic Americans, a happy op portunity to stimulate the rising sympathy of. the English people with the Northern cause. That sympathy,will complete,, if an anti-slavery policy is fully, endorsed and adopted. THE MONUMENT TO PRINCE ALBERT iS to be erected on the site of the Exhibition of 1851. The Queen has suggested its nature, namely, an obelisk, surrounded; at the base by statuary-=the work of the best sculptors of all nations. The Queen has.also asked, as, it were, pertnission, to join the cation in the erectineof the mon ument. A letter to the Lord Mayor, dic tated-by her, has awakened- deep emotion ".;Who has - a dearer interest than the Queen in, the well-being h and happiness of the. people ? Ana - if xt has pleased God to make her reign so 'far happy and prosper ous, to whom, under Divine Providence, is this so much owing, as to her beloved hits= band—in all matters of doubt anddiffteulty, her, wise counsellor, her unfailing guide and support ? " No one can know, as the Queen; knowe, how. his every thought'was devoted ; tor the; country,; how his only aim was to improve, the conditiprof.the people, and to promote their best interests. Indeed, his, untiring, exertions in fdrtherance off - these objecti tended, in all probability; to shorten' his precious life. " Surely, then, it will not -be , ont of; place that„following the movement of, her people, the 'Quieen should be allowed to consider"hoi She may best take part With' theni,- in doing honor. to'her beloved Prince, so that the- pro Posed methiment may;lie recorded to future ages. as raimd by4the, Queen and the people of a grateful country, to the memory of its 'benefactor?' The subscriptions for thiS'lffernorial arei floWing .in daily. Lord , Derby takes the deepest interest in it. f, Measures, are being taken..to relieve in ,part the Queen's official inns,- in `signing military and ether com , missions, &e: Her daughter, the Prince:psi' ha,s Iduffered 'in health , from long' watching, eel well,: as g‘.waiting omher wid owed -mother , Stle has beer! .at the lions% of the Belgian Ambassador, (in London,) for change, and is now the guest of the State phYsician; James Clarke!' Her, health is nearly rastablished. She is uni versally reipected and beloved. A FEW FACTS, stated Without comment; may be interesting. The,Met,hodists have paid off, within the last ten years, nearly 00,000 of chapel debts They are - doing, g ood work - at Ablershott and Ipswich among soldiers. - Sir S. Peto, who'-is a -Baptiste and who,:as, a lay patron, has the-right of pre , seutation the,Bectory of Oult i on, con, felted• the, vacant living on the, man. who had endeared himself, as curate, to_ the par ishioners. Religions liberty is outraged in Italylby persecutions of Gavasii, Ribette and others, for preaching. , , General Alexander (from tondon) has visited Madrid, Spain, to intercede' with the Governm e'nti: for 'MatamOres and other=-Bible readers, whO haveobeen 'con. demned to the, G r aileys. Be received, a courteous reception .from MurAhal,,O:Dou r nel; It ift hoped .by t,he Antes, that ME = . Publication Office GAZETTE BUILDINGS, Si FIFTH ST., PVICHISIIRGE, PA. Yanansamsin, BOUTB-WSST COIL of 7w LSD ChnsTaitit ' , ADVERTISEMENTS. . '• 7.,;8ad a. 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The twenty-fifth meeting of the promo. , ters of the Midnight Meeting movement, was lately held in London"—was names. ously attended by the class sought to res cue, and was addressed by the. Rev. Dr. Weir. Six hundred: and thirty-eight, in town and country, have been rescued. loins Napoleon is a HomeoPathic, and wishes a Chair established. The Faculty oppose the proposition. Salivetti, one of the Triumvirs :;of Rome in 1849, is dead. Mr: C. W. GOodWin, author of " Mosaic Cosmogony," " Essays and Reviews," is to be the new editor of the Literary Gag. iette. The, total number; of Jews in the world, is reconed, by the jewish Intelligencer, as amounting to between ten and twelve mil- lions Doctor Reid, an eminent London Con gregational i minister, and a still more ern inent philanthropist, in connexion with Orphan and Deaf and Dumb Asylums, has died, in his ,75th year. £2;000'($10,000) hasheen voted by the British and! Foreign 'Bible Society, to the Americani Bible Society. Four fresh missionaries for India have offered themselves to the Free Church Committee. The Annual Treat has been given to the boys• of - the eight London Shoeblack Brig ades,; They numbered 462 boys, and their total earnings, in 1861 was £4,665. The Bishop of Ripon has delivered one of a series of lectures to the young of a large London house `of business, on the In spiration, of the Bible. The nature of its contents, and their unity also—although composed -by different writers, at different times and in various countries—together with the fUlfillinea . of Prophecy; the real ity, of Scripture miracles ; the preservation of tho,l3iblethroughso many ages; the his tory of the Jews themselves ; the adapts. : tion of the Book to all minds; and lastly, the itidiViduhl experience'of believers, were all impressively set 'forth: An eagle, .I:od:thirty-two years, lately died .at Duff Castle, in ,13auffshire. A minister at Dundee was lately so much annoyed by coughing in church, that he first - Made. an appeal; then, when the coughing was resumed, sat down ; and then resuming and closing his discourse, ()Merv in his; peroration—in enunciating hin drances to the perfecting of the church— " an ill bred congreg,ation." " The new Catholic University at Dublin is about to be erected in the Northern su burbs. The Cork Reporter rebukes and remon strates with Dr. Cullen for his denunciation of 'the' Queen's 'Colleges; and tells him, that' as the Catholic laity pay no heed to him; he is seriously injuring the church. LONGEVITY IS more common in country places than in towns; but the latter, through the extreme care taken of late as to sanatory measures, keeps pace with the former. London, as I have often said, is one of the healthiest places in the world. We have dismal accounts of the want of drainage,, and the otherwise unpleasant and unhealthy coodition of the Capital of Prussia. Vienna has been, flooded, and the population suffer in consequence. Here, in -England, there have been some remark able-instances,of old age. For examples : on the 20th February were recorded the deaths of four ladies and two gentlemen, whose united,ages amount to 689 years, , giving au average,of 89 years. and 6 months for-each,; ~the youngest, a:woman, being,B2, and the,oldest,nlso,ofthe eame r sex, having reached the age of 103. years. Again, on the 25th February, was mentioned the death of another lady aged 103 years, leav ing three sons, aged, 75, 77, and 79, 24 grand-children, 51 , great grand-children, and 2 greatiFreat grand-children. Some years since died an old lady—well known to me—dri her 97th year, who had the most vivid' recollection of George 111., Queen Charlotte, and their family. It was quite picturesque to hear her describe the "Prince ofWales, ' (the future George IV.) and the .I);iike' of York, as they rode gout on horse back. One could almost see the cavalcade of princes and courtiers sweep by. A CONTESTED' ELECTION is coming on in County Longford, Ireland. One of its members having, , accepted a subordinate office under Government, was obliged by law to:appeal afresh to the electors. There upon , the• priests met in ; conclave, and leagued= , themselves, to oppose Col. White. They have set up as their candidate, Major O'Reilly, the, man who fought in Italy for the Pope, and who ,was taken prisoner along.with the'debris 'of the Irish Brigade. 'O'Reilly is the popular candidate. His address ; for the. bigoted -papists points to "a Government,hostile, to your • religion, to its venerable Head, and its dearest interests." He declares that if elected he will oppose, is Parlisnient " the system of sacrilegious iniasion.and robbery pursued.by Piedmont, which has ; receiv,ed theisanetion of English ministers ".--that he will demand " free Catholic educaqon, the radical reform of the NatiOnalAyatem' and the . recognition ,of 'one University." shall advocate de liverance from!" the monster grievance of an alien Church Establishment, perma nency of tenure for land-holders, extension of the suffrage and the ballet, and a reform of the Peer Law, and Grand Jury' Laws. The Conservatives, to their credit, are opposing the Papal nominee. Popular fan aticism is roused to the utmost, and the issue of the election is doubtful. Your •PirVAlid's , Part.—A- Virginia cir cuit preacher gives the following illustra tion of faith that. would remove moun tains," which he heard from the lips of a negro preacher, who* was holding *forth to his congregation . upon the subject of obey ing the commands of the Almighty : .!'lire,dr,erie' be said, in his :broken way, "whavbe,r.de poi' God tell me, to do in dis blessed bOol6,"'holding 'up at the same . old'imd evidently mita-read Bible —aP.dafrin. gwine to'do. If I see in it dat must jump troof a stone wall4= I'm gwing tojtunp troa, it belongs at it longs; to me." J. w