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Waiting for Christ
FROM TITS GERMAN OP MU HL
We wait for Thee, all-glorious One 1
We look for thine appearing ;
We boar thy name, and on the throne
We see thy presence cheering.
Faith even now
Uplifts its brow,
And sees the Lord descending,
And with him blies unending.
We wait for Thee, through days forlorn,
In patient self-denial;
We know that thou our guilt haat borne
Upon the cross of trial.
And well may we
Submit with thee
To bear tho cross and love it,
Until thy hand remove it.
We wait for Thee; already thou
_Hest all our heart's submission;
And though the spirit sees thee now,
We long for open vision;
When ours shall be
Sweet rest with thee,
And pure, unfailing pleasure;
And life in endless measure.
We wait for Thee with certain hope—
The time will soon be over;
With childlike longing we look up
Thy glory to disoover.
Oh bliss ! to share
Thy triumph there,
When home, with joy and singing,
The Lord his saints is bringing.
For the Prestqtorlein Banner.
Presbytery of West Virginia,
pursuance of a recommendation of
General Assembly of the Presbyterian
-eh, adopted at Peoria, 111., on the 26th
of May last, for the organization of a
Itery comprising all the churches and
tors in the State of -West Virginia
of the Pennsylvania line extending
_lay to the Ohio river, to be known by
name of West Virginia, and to be at
-d to the Synod of Wheeling, a nutri
a ministers and elders assembled at
:rsburgh, October 6th, at 10 o'clock
being the time and place appointed
l e Assembly.
IL W. Bins preached a sermon
Acts i : thou at this time
ire again the kingdom to Israel ?”
`immediately after constituted Presby
-ith. prayer.
;c were present four ministers and
ling elders.
11. W. Biggs was elected Modera
and A. G. Leonard, Clerk. Rev. J.
Ewing was elected Stated Clerk, and
J. fi. Flanagan, Treasurer.
irniont was chosen as the place of next
tr. meeting; and the Fourth Thursday
)61 next, at 7 o'clock P. M., the time.
name of the church of Pennsboro
changed to Highland.
call from the church of Fairmont for
ninistersal services of Rev. J. H. Flan
was placed in his hands, which he
'ranted leave to retain until the next
nr meeting of Presbytery.
. ministers and elders present made
.1 reports on the State of religion in
respective congregations, and in con
.on with these, letters from a number
ther churches were read, expressive of
• present condition and prospects.
Committee on the Parkersburg church
:fed as follows :
Whereas, the Rev. J. H. Leps did, on
oth day of November, 1861, tender his
- ;nation as pastor of said church, and
on the same day, due notice having
previously given, the congregation
ved to unite with him in asking Pres
to grant his request, therefore we
:lend that the request of Rev. J. H.
be granted, and that the pulpit of
church be, and is hereby declared va
1,
, e report WRS adopted.
. H. W. Biggs, and elder J. S.
.11, were appointed Commissioners to
next General Assembly. Rev. J. H.
'gat) and elder A. G. Leonard, were
n ted alternates.
was resolved to make application to
Synod of Wheeling for the support of
missionaries within our Presbytery.
the close of its sessions, Presbytery
half an hour in devotional exercises,
then adjourned to meet at the call of
Moderator, during the sessions of Syn-
New Lisbon, Ohio.
Stated Clerk would here add, that
cordial reception given to our infant
)ytery by the Synod of Wheeling, the
al interest manifested on behalf of our
Jive, but destitute, field of labor, and
hearty response to our call for help,
led us great gratification and encour-
Int. J. A. amigo, Stated Clerk.
ATIVE OF ytu STATE OF RELIGION
THE BOUNDS OF THE PRESBYTERY OF
T VIRGINIA.
e Presbytery of West Virginia beg
to report to the Synod of Wheeling,
in obedience to the recommendation
to last General Assembly, they met and
ised at Parkersburg, four ministers,
ive, ruling elders, being present. So
I of the churches being unrepresented,
Presbytery not having the opportu•
of communicating with them, we are
to give but a very general view of the
of religion in our bounds.
'e have n missionary field coextensive
our bounds, in portions of which the
are already white for the harvest, but
7e neither the men nor the means to
desolations of war, and the evils in
to the present distracted state of our
.y, have been felt in a large portion
'.territory to an extent that none but
'itnesses can; realise. In many places
;hurches hate lost, their pastors, the
Irship have been ,scattered, their
Larics closed, or used 'as hospitals and
-s; the people havi been tuipover
and, in many instances, are divided
the great national questions,,uf the
are therefore unwilling to'ceoper
th us.
•
have, therefore, to report w ide-
desolation within our bounds,
the other hand, we find much to.en
-4e ua. From the signs of the times
lieve that now is the time for our
to plant her standards in this see
oar State is just entering upon its
its institutions are just forming;
r is emerging from its chaos; in many
there are no church organizations;
?pie are dissatisfied with, their fernier
ma; very many are mostdcindly die-
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posed toward our branch of the Church,
and are willing and anxious to go earnestly
and heartily into the enterprise of build
ing up the Presbyterian Church. Already
are there several centres of missionary la
bor where, we believe, a great and good
work may be at once commenced; and to
day, fathers and brethren, we lift to you the
Macedonian cry, " Come over and help us."
We believe the very existence of our
Church depends, under God, upon the im
mediate and earnest coiiperation of those
under whose ecclesiastical care our infant
Presbytery has been placed. We believe
that in a very few years we will be able to
repay tenfold all that may be done for us.
We ask not only your sympathy and good
wishes, but your• contributions both of
means and men, and especially your prayers.
We want earnest, prudent; self-denying
men, men willing to endure hardness as
good soldiers of Jesus Cbrist; believing
that for such there is a great and glorious
work.
Fathers and brethren, in this our time of
need, we ask for help. Shall we plead in
vain ?
For the Preehyteritui Banner.
Presbytery of New Lisbon.
The Presbytery of New Lisbon held an
interesting meeting in the church of Colts
commencing on the 27th day of Sep
tember last. Rev. Wm. Dickson preached
the Presbyterial sermon, from Mark xvi :
15.
Revs. Absalom M'Cready and William
Nesbit, of the Presbytery of Beaver, being
present, on invitation, took their seats as
Corresponding Members.
Mr. J. .Bailie Adams, a licentiate of the
Presbytery of Madison, was received under
the care of this Presbytery. This young
brother is laboring in the churches of Hub
bard, Brookfield, md Liberty, with a pros
pect of permanent settlement.
Rev. A. S. Mac Master, D.D , and Mr.
Jehu Dildine, were appointed - Principal,
and Rev. T. P. Speer and Mr. Wm. Wilson,
alternate, Commissioners to the next Gen
eral Assembly.
The Committee on Bills and Overtures
presented the following report, which was
adopted by Presbytery:
"Overture No. 1 asks, 1 What should be
done with an individual who fails to sup
port the Gospel in the church where he
holds his membership'?' To this Overture
the Committee would recommend the fol-
lowing answer: It is the duty of
_every
member of the Church of Jesus Christ, to
contribute to . the support and extension of
the Gospel in the world to the extent of his
ability, as be expects to render an account
to God at the last day. This. duty ought
to be explained and enforced diligently and,
discreetly from the pulpit. When a mem
ber, because of wounded feeling, unholy
,passion, or for any cause whatever, with
holds his support from the church of which
he is a member, he should be kindly, ten
derly, and patiently remonstrated with. He
should, if possible, be led to see that his
course is calculated to' weaken the church,
and wound Christ in the house of his
friends. It is to be • hoped that in , -alinost
every case, where the Session, after• . a wise
and patient forbearance, either in a body or
by committee thus remonstrate and pray
with such persons, they will see the evil
tendencies of their course, and be in
duced to turn to the pUth of duty. '
"Overture No. 2 asks, c What ought.
Sessions to do with such members as in
tentionally absent themselves from the
public ordinances and - sacraments of the
Church ?' It is the duty of Sessions to
look after all such, to know the cause of
their conduct, and to remove, if possible,
the stumbling block: In many cases it
would be advisable to invite members of
neighboring Sessions, of good report, to
remonstrate and pray with them. When
they persistently continue to absent them
selves after all such means have been used,
there is no course left for the Session but
to suspend their from the communion of the
church, for insubordination.
" Overture No. 3 asks, What is the duty
of a Session when the State or Nation ap
point days of thanksgiving or of humilia
tion, especially if such days are enjoined
by the higher judicatory ?' The answer to
this Overture is to be found in the Direc
tory for Worship, chap. xiv, sec. 4, which
says, 'lf at any time the civil power should
appoint a fast 'or thanksgiving, it is the
duty of the ministers and people of our
communion, as we live in a Chrzstian gov
ernment, to pay all due respects to the
same' It is the understanding of Presby
tery, that in all such eases it is the duty, of
the officers •of the church to afford the con
gregation an opportunity to observe the day
in its proper spirit. Presbytery eonsider it
a great sin and misfortune, that in any case
our churches shouldhe unable to lay aside
their political heat and strife, and to ataem
hie in 'the honk) of God in the spirit of
Christian humility and thanksgiving. In•
all cases of civil appointment, Christian
libeity must be allowed, and tender con
sciences must be dealt with in the spirit of
charity,"
Presbytery, in accordance with the action
of the late General Assembly, recommended
the churches ender its care to observe the
last Thursday of February next as a day of
special prayer for the children and youth of,
the Church, and our Colleges throughout
the land ; and also the observance of the
first week of January as a week of prayer
for the conversion of the world.
After the transaction of various other
items - of business, Presbytery adjourned to
meet in,the Presbyterian church of Salim,
0., on the fourth Tuesday of April next, at
2 o'clock P. M. ROBERT HAYS,
From the Christian Intelllgencer,
REUSES why the Closeville Church should not
Raise their llinister's Sttlary.
EDITOR': I have been annoyed this
morning—seriously annoyed; and inasmuch
as you are, in some sense, the author of my
trouble, I take the liberty—unused as Lam
to newspaper correspondence--of writing
to you with regard to the matter. I was
just eettled at my desk for my blonday's
duties, when in walked my fellowdetuxu,
Theophilus Worthy, with thelait Christian
hielligwer in his hand.
" Look at that I" he said, pointing to a
column on the second page.
So Tread, under the caption of "Salaries,"
an editorial; beginning with this sentence.
" ought to be remembered by all Consis
tortes, without exception, that the salaries
of pastors, always small,nre now worth only
balf what they awere at , " the - beginning; f
diets:44l' •
I finished the article, and then asked,
" Well, what of that ?"
" Only this," said he, "I think that our
Consistory ought to take the hint."
" Our Consistory I" I repeated in amaze
ment. " What under the sum has that to
do with us ?"
" I mean," he continued, in some excite
ment, " that that article was written ex
pressly for the admonition of.our church."
" Humbug 1" I interrupted.
He went on : "At all events, you and I
know, if the editor does not, that it costs
every member of our Consistory twice as
much to live as it did three years ago, and
that this state of things must bear more
heivilysiipon our pastor than upon all the
rest of us put together. While you
. have
advanced the price of yoursuaar, tea, etc.,
to suit the rise in other commodities, and I
ask two-thirds as much again for, my calico
and broadcloth, Mr. Goodwill gets just the
same for preaching, for visiting the well,
for ministering to the giek and afflicted; and
burying,our dead, as he'did ten years since.
In fact, Brother Grindhard, everything has
gone up in market value except the Gospel• 1
The Lord will have-a reckoning with this
Dutch Church of Closeville, one of these
days, that will confound some of us. I,
for one, am resolved ' to clear my skirts of
this monstrous injustice. At our next regu
lar meeting, I shall move that Mr. rood
will's salary be raised, and I want you to
second me.'
I declined positively to do any such thing,
and a long and-warm controversy followed.
Worthy is a stubborn, opinionated- fellow,
and not so open to conviction as could
wish; and fearing lest his influence in our
congregation should bring about the end he
advocates, I have determined to jot down,
for publication in your paper, a few of the
leading arguments by which I tried to dis
suade him from his unwise course. The
Intelligalcer is a valuable paper, and, has a
considerable circulation in Closeville, at
least one-third of our church members fa
kiwg it, and the rest borrowing from their
neighbors.. My brother-in-law is a sub
scriber, and never fails to send the paper
into our house by Monday noon; so, you
see, I am one of your constant friends and
patrons.
In the first place, then, Mr. Editor, our
minister has never asked for an increase of
salary. It stands to reason that if he was
in perishing, need of funds, he would let it
be known. He is a proud, honorable fel
low; won't run up an account anywhere. If
he has not the cash by him, he goes with
out the article needed. I have offered him
credit at my store,,when I have had` gOod
rea'son Tor believing that butter and sugar,
or the like, were wanting in his store-rooth,
buts it'is always, "No, thank you; I ''con
tract no bills I" So, as I said, sooner Amu
run in debt, lie would make known his
wants to the church.
Then again, aere is no danger of our
losing him, even should the times pinch Um
pretty hard. He wouldn't leave us, sir !
I say it with ride. When he came to us,
ten years ago, he was a good deal sought
after, as a remarkably promising young - man,
and, since then, might have bettered him
self a dozen times, only for his attachment
for this his first charge, and his praise
worthy determination to remain with the
people of his lovS as long as possible. You
perceive that , I love and praise -my pastor.
He is a faithful 'shepherd—ono who carries
his church ever on his heart. If he had a
loud call to another field, and were to
threaten to leave us if, we did . not come
down with a hundred<or so more annually,
the case would, be different; for, between
you and me, sir, we couldn't, in these times,
get another as smart man' for whit 'we pay
him. But until then, assi told - Worthy,
where is the propriety , of agitating the
question ?
Again, for all that 1 can see, our minis
ter rubs along well enough upon his present
alkwance. We require him to keep up a
genteel appearance, and he does it His
wife is a wonderful manager. So is' mine,
for that matter ; but as I told her the other
day, Mrs. Goodwill, with just the same num
berof children <as we have, buys clothes,
- food,_ and fuel for her family for a less sum
than' our marketing alone costs us. I ad
mire that woman ! She was raised in,
affluence, I've.heard.;- but she never pulls
down a long face about altered -circum
stances—just goes ahead like a good wife
and faithful Christian, and works like a
trooper to make both ends meet. We, are
very proud of our minister's wife. Why;
sir, - to my certain knowledge, she has n't
had -:a new dress of any description since
calicoes took such a rise, nor - has she 'ern
ployed a dressmaker or, seamstress two
years. rep her children are always tidy.
The youngest is bat six months old, the
oldest nine years, and' there are three be-'
tween—fine, bright children as I•ever saw:-
a Blessed is .the matt who has his quiver
full of them." To be sure, the ladies
of .the Dorcas circle complain that ; Mrs.
Goadwill is not always prompt in her
attendance; at their 'weekly gatherings,
but I often remind them that while she
puts the, best foot foremost, she -is,' never
theless, a weakly woman. . Shp isconsump
tive, I'm afraid. I have good'authority
for stating that her husband devoted, his
wedding-feei--Lfive dollars in all—to the
purchase of cod-liver oil for her last Win
ter. He ,would miss her sadly if she was
providentially removed. -
But to proceed; There are several fam
ilies in the church who live upon less than .
their pastor does. This is a point "'which ,
I have contrived, more than once,, to set
before Mr. Goodwill, and I doubt not that
he appreciates the truth. Worthy was "so'
uncaudid to-day as to say that this fact was
irrelevant to the subject in hand;' that the
question was rather whether there was
another man in the town; of Mr. Goodwill's
talents' and energy; who lived as economi:-
cally as does he. But, as I answered 'him,
Mr. Goodwill' Chose his profession 'with his
eyes open; he knew that ministers of the
Gospel' ere not expected te lay up treasure
in this vain, fleeting world ; that his life
would be ond'of self-denial' and 'unceasing:
toil forthe good of others;'and, as`he is a
reasonable man, he will never think of coni
paring hiS lot with that of Mr. Brief, the
lawyer,. who lives next him' on one side,
or Dr. Bolus i whose elegant mansion
overshadows ths modest parsonage on the
other—'l6n who, I freely acknowledge, have
not our minister's abilities nor, industry.
I hope,sir, that I have proved to yotir
satisfaction; and that of your readers, espe
cially to the Dutch church Closeville,
the manifest inexpediency of moving, piet
now,ba the, matter of Mr.: Goodwill's sal
ary: - 4( Wheri s tlaix ertiel *at' 'is over," when
prices are down and money plenty owe
Stated Clerk.
PITTSBURGH, WEDNESDAY, - P; OVEMBER 11,. 1863. WHOLE NO. 581
more, if he should insist upon having a
larger supply, and make his lodger resi
dence with us contingent upon our raising
the desired,'amountotivhy, I. trust that I
shall prove hy my Wiens that I . know. as
well as any one else icho it is that loveth a
cheerful giver. -
Very respectffilly,
Aoffitx GRINDIIARD,
Deacoff iu the'Dutchichurch
EUROPEAN CORUSPONDENOB.
Lord Lyndhurst'a Death---Boni in America—His
Father and his Pictities—The Student and the
Traveller—At the English Bar—ln Parliament
—A Vigorous. Old Age-,--Rev. If. W. _ Beecher in
Manche.ster—Analysis of his Speech, and'Ex
tracts—Coming .4leeting in .London—lnternational
Visitants-Balloon Ascents---Military, Besult)—
London as seen from A6oveAmerica and Eng
land Fraternizing in a' BestloonPr. Living
stone's Leiter—Queen's Colleges in Ireland—Re
. markable'Resides—Poland- and' Cruelly—Ruesia
and Turkish
_American' AlissionsHoiating the
Storm Signal—lnterview of two Kings—The
Queen at Aberdeen—Prince Albert's Statue—Hit
_Family_ Circle—Young King of GreeciPost
script.
.LONDON; Oct. 17, 1863
LORD LSZNIMECUR6T' tit@ Nestor 'of the
House of Peers, is no fibre. He had' at
tained the great age of nearly ninety-two
years, and to the last he was a great student
—his, eyes not failing him, and his intellect
clear and vigorous. His grandfather was
a Protestant Irishmin who emigrated to
America, .and his father was a famous artist.
The future Lord Chancellor of England
was born so long ago ,u the 2,lst ,of May,
1772—sOlong, indeed, that he was a na
tive of the United Provinces while they
were still an integral part of the. British
Empire. The year following his birth was
memorable for the " Tea Riots," and , some
years previous had : Occurred what was,
formerly celled " The Bosten Massacre,"
in which several lives were lost- by a 'c01, 7
lision with the military. But with neither
of these occasions eani the incident be con
nected, to be seen• in his, house, -George
Street, Hanover. Square, London, in whi,th
Lord Lyndhurst is represented as an . infant
in his mother's arms; which was probably
painted by his father ere he, as a " loyalist,"
departed for England in 1774, two years
before the Declaration of Independence.
The painter died in 1815, after_having ex
ecuted many great pictures, including tbe
death of Lord Chatham in the House of
Peers, which will always be,assooiated with.
the name of Copley. :
Young Copley was originally destined
for his father's profession. At the age of
nineteen, he entered the University 'of
Cambridge, where he disting,pished himself
in mathematics.. In 1797 he visited the
United : States, accon&panied in his . tour by
Volney, then well known author of the
"'Ruins of Empires." Be visited' Wash
ington and passed a week at Mount Vernon.
After his return:he -keenly, applied himself
to practipal chentistryland mechanics; and
long after, he fixed the date of an event by
recollecting that it' ',occurred at the time .
when - he was : reading:the - Principia of Sir
Isaac Newton. He , was called to the Eng
lish bar in 1804, after being thoroughly
initiated in the art of " Special Pleading,'
by the noted Tidd; who lived to see four of ,
, . . .
his pupils sitting together in the House of
Lords, viz., Lyndhurst, Denman, Cotten
ham;-and Campbell. He gradually rdse iu
hisprofession. .He acted for the Govern
ment at the..prosecution of Thistlewood,
who, with others, had conspired, to jnurder
the whole Cabinet at a 'blow, in connexion
with a. treasonable :plot, and who was after
wards executed. He took part-also in the
prosecution of Queen Caroline. Finally
he took Office under successive Ministers,
and ultimately became Lord Chancellor.
For nearly twenty years past, he was out
of office; but he was wont to "review the
session" of Parliament in speeehes which
were ofttimes damaging to his political op
ponents in power- Latterly be gave up
this practice, and become old and infirm
in body, he only necasionally appeared- in
his place. But he came forth on great
questions occasionally, with ti astonishing
power. One of these was furnished by the
attempt of Orsini on the life of the Em
peror Napoleon, and the consequent at
of the first Palmerston Cabinet to
pass the " Conspiracy Bill," which be
sternly denounced as unconstitutional, and
which was ultimately defeated. On -other
occasions he spoke at length, and it wal my
privilege to hear "the old man eloquent"
speak for an hour, without a note and with
out a pause, amid the reverent attention of
the : Peerage of England, only interrupted
by an `occasional " Hear, hear,", from Lord
Derby and others, near, to, wom he stood.
He was stalwart in stature and in frame,
and his -tenacity of 'life was wonderful.
Last week he s-rallied from the slow fever
whichconsurned.lim, ana l it was thought he
would recover. But it was the last fileker,
of an expiring lamp, and from' thedecay of
nature and `exhaustion,' he passed away: I
am not able -to- speak definitely as to his
spiritual condition; but have beard that
into his house truth' and . life . had been
brought recently to one or more menThers
of his family; and it may-be that his dying
bed was illuminated-by .the hope full of im
mortality. .
Mu. BEFMHER has, on two occasions ad
ditional to those noticed in my fast letter, :,
appeared before the British`public. The
first was at the- . . Manchester Free. 'Trade
Hall, on .the evening of the 9th instant. -
There had been a war, of streetplaeards
'for a fortnight, before, and it was supposed
that the Meeting `would be attended with
disturbance'and riot. Arrangelenta were
therefore made to suppress any attempt Of
the kind. 'Probably about five thousand
persons were Present Mr. Beecher` - was''
accompanied to the platform byMr;Barley;
M.P, and prominent members of the
Union and Emanaipation Society. After
the preeentation to, him' of an 'appropriate
address, he proceeded to 'deliver a' logth
eneir speech, Marked by great eloquence, as
well as dexterity and, good humor in parry
ing or answering objections, and in meeting
and . dealing with some Southern sympa
thizers who oceasionally interrupted' him.
This was 'attempted at the - very beginning,
and be exclaimed :
"My "friends, we will have& whole night,
session, but ire will'be heard. "(Lon&
'cheers.) I have'not come to "England' to
be surprised tthat those .men. whosa 'canes
cannot bear the light, are Afraid of free
speech. I have had.practice 9f : more than
twenty-five years in the presence of
. molis
and riots, - opposing those very men whose
representatives now-atteMpt 'to , oppose free
speech. 'Little by:little, I have been per=
misted to; speak in tay:.,own country, until.
at lasttho day hapeclue,,there when,,noth,,
ing Witt theintteratice 9f,8143: cdh fnifree4om,,
its :pupa a . •
He then went on to say that he desired
nothing better, and no higher ,honor than
to have his name joined in the list of that
great company of noble Engliehmen from
whore Americans had derived the doctrine
of liberty. " For although, I understand
there is some opposition to-what are- called
American ideas, what are they ? The
seed:Corn we got in England; and if, in a
larger sphere and under circumstances of
unobstruction, we have reared mightier
sheaves, every sheaf contains the grain
WIWI has made old England rich for a hun
dred years." r
He expressed`alSo his` gratification at the
opportunity of . speaktng in Manchester, one
of the : "great great central portions of England,"
where the , doctrine of human rights had
been battled for.' He said that words of
caution had been spoken to him in refer
ence to words or deeds of , his which might
be offensive to Englishmen. He had never
stopped in the heat, of, pasta struggles. to
consider whether his words would be liked,
when hC , had spoken' them in fidelity to
truth and duty• Hebad always one great
_
object-in view': to maintain' the' cause of the
pootand.the weak in his own country. He
then added..
" I have ground—and Godis my judge,
and bears witness to the truth of what I
say—l can return to my countrymen, and
bear witness to the cordial kindness of Eng
lishmen toward - America. (Cheers.) There
'has been serious doubt. The same agen
cies which have been at work to misrepre
sent good. men in our country to you, have
been at work to misrepresent, to us good
men here ; and when I say- to my friends
in America 'that I hive attended such a
meeting as this, received such an address,
and beheld such enthusiasm, it, will be a
renewed pledge of amity. (Cheers.) I
lave never ceased to feel that war between
two such greet nationalities as these would
be one of the most unpardonable and atro
cious offences that the world ever beheld—
(cheers)—and I have regarded everything
therefore which needlealy led, to this feel
ing,'out of which, war comes, as being in
itself wicked. (Cheers.) The same'blood
is in us. (Cheers.) We are Your chil
dren, or the children of
,your fathers and
ancestors. You and we hold the samesub
stantial dootrines. (Cheers ' and cries of
" Turn him out.") We have the same
mission amongst the nations of the earth.
Never were mother and daughter set forth
to do so queenly a thing in the kingdom of
God's glory, as England and America.
(Cheers.) And if you ask why they,are so
'sensitive, and why have we hewn England
with bur tongue as we have, I will tell you
why. There is no man who can offend you
so deeply as the one you love most. (Loud
cheers.) Men point to France and Napo,.
leon; and say he has been joint step by step
in all England has done, and why are the
press of At silent against France, and
why do they speak, as they do against
England? It is because we love England.
(Cheers.)"
lie afterwards, referred to the " belliger
ency and neutrality ", questions,-and the
paising away of the dark days of embroil
meat between. this country. and America. ,
Ire added
" Let me be permitted to say, then,'that
it seems to me the darker days, in so far as
embroilment between • this country and
America is concerned, are past. (Cheers.)
The speech of. Earl Russel--(renewed
cheerio go far toward satisfying
our people. Understand me ; we shall not
aocept . his views of the past and the doe
trines` which he has propounded. (Cheers.)
,But the statement of the present attitude
of
its
Goyernment of. Great Britain, and
its intentions for the future, coupled with
the detention orthose armed ships of war
.. if -that will take away the sting from the
minds of ,our people. (Hear, hear.) And
although we differ with you in respect to
the great' doctrine,of belligerency, the time
is past to.discusa that, except as a question
of, <history and of civil- law. We have
drifted so far away from the period in which
it was of any use to discuss that, and the
circumstances of the war, and•youv circum
stances have so far changed, that. now we
can no longer stop to discuss whether it was
or was_not right.for Great,Britain to assume
the _position she has.assumed. - She has for
- yearsucted, upon it and will not change it;
and now all that.we can ask is, Let there
be: a: thorough neutrality. (Loud cheers.)
I believe-there, shall be one., (Renewed
cheers.) : If= youdu . not send lieu
_man; we
do not ask for a Man. If you do not send
us another pound of powder, we are able to
make our "own powder. (Laughter.) If
; you de not send us another musket or an
other cannon, we have cannon that will
carryfive-miles already. (Laughter.) We
do not ask for material help. - We shall be
graieful for moral sympathy--(cheers)- 7
but if' yeti cannot' give us moral sympathy
v , 070 shall still endeavor to do without it. But
; alithatme say is,.let France-keep-away, let
I England keep hands off; ifVe cannot man
; age thiarebellion by ourselves, then itehan't
be managed at all. • (Cheers)."'
The Moat sustained eloquencein this
speeeh was manifest in the folloiring words
!‘ If the, day _shall come in one, five, or
ten years, in which the old honored and
historic.banner shall; float again over every.
State of the South.,--if; the day shall come
when that which. wasthe accursed-cause of
this, dire and atrocions.war—slavery—shill
be • done - away—if the day - shall come
when through all the Gulf States there
shall , beliberty. of speech, as. there • never
has been,-(cheers)--if the-day shall come
when-.there shall he, liberty of the, press, as
•there never_has been—if the.day shall come
when men shall 'have:common schools to
send their children to, which they never
have had in ,the Soutft—if the ,day shall
come whentheland shall not be parcelled
in gigantic Plantations in the hands of a
few rich' oligarelis—but shill be paitelled
out to honest' farnier4 every man owning
his little—in short, if the day shall come
when the, ; simple, ordinances, the, fruition
and privilegesofs civil libert,y, shall pre
vail in every pert of the United States,, it
will be Worth all the dreadful blood,' and
tears, and woe. Yon are impatient; and
yet God dwelleth-itr, eternity, and-has an
infinite lelistiretto roll forward the affairs of
men, not to Alit the'hotfi &patience of those
who are 'but 'children of a day, and cannot
wait or linger for: long; but4tecordingto the
infinite,eirde on. which-. he measures time
and events : He ex,pedites or retards, as -it
pleases him; and , ifhe - heard our cries or
prayers, not thrice *aura the months - revolve
'hutpeace'weuld come. -' But the strong cry
,ing antLprityers.of millionwhave riothrought
peawbut enly4lickAningwar. -Wsaccept.
the providence the duty ie (Oliemi
and interruption.) I repeat the ill 1:
plain. So rooted is this English peep . ..I
the faith of liberty, that it were an ut
hopeless task for any minion or sympathiser
of the South to sway the popular sympathy
of :England if this English people believed
that there was none other: t, .a
between liberty and slavery. It is just that."
Since the delivery of this address at
Manchester, Mr. Beecher returning to Scot
land, has lectured to great audiences, both
at Glasgow and Edinburgh. The address
at Glasgow was a painstaking series of ar
.guments and reasonings, tending to show
that the triumph of the South would be the'
-perpetuation of slavery, and that of the
North roust necessarily, lead to its extine
tion. A series of questions was put to the
speaker, which he dealt with with greater or
less success. One of these was founded on •
the ;Fugitive Slave TAW, which is not re
pealed : "Was the North, then, fighting for
the old ConstitutiOn or a new"otto ? " To
ward the Close of his speech, he said :
"Not a - single catiswe quarrel would be
settled by the independence of the South;
not one antagonism would be reconciled; not
one provocation soothed. The North would
still make slavery feel angry by the con
trast of prosperity; it would still be a ref
uge for fugitives; it would still preach,
lecture and print, and throw over its moral
bombs into the Southern territory, and the
result would only, be a treacherous truce.
No; since the war, unprovoked by the
North, unsought by the North, and begun
by the fint shot at Fort Sumter by the South
for slavery and against liberty—since it has
begun, I say, bad as it is, terrible as it is,
let it be fbught out, and . God for bile right.
(Hear, and loud cheers.) The independ
ence sought by the South is nothing more
nor less than unobstructed liberty'to op
press."
In the course of some further re
marks, Mr. Beecher.referred to the question
of neutrality on the part of. Britain, with
reference to the supply of ships and mu
nitions of war to the South, and remarked
that he would, not discuss the question on
the tround of technical law, but on the
ground of morality. Every man , who struck
a blow into an iron ship for the South was
striking a blow to manacle the hands of the
slave. Great Britain was at peace, and if,
in the desperation of this gigantic conflict,
the North had accidentally trod on the foot
of Britain, he appealed to every generous
man in the audience whether, when Ameri
ca was bent double in the ano:itish of this
bloody war, and Great Britain was at peace,
if the forbearance ought, not to be on her
side. He concluded by asking them to
unite with him in praying that God, who is
the arbiter of the fite ornations, would so
issue events that these that strap.,gle for
liberty should be victorious, and -that God
who Stays the hearts of nations• might so
sway, the heart of Great Britain and Ameri
ca that not to the remotest time shall be
dissension, but golden concord-and peace,
for their own sake, and for the good of the
whole world. .
His closing meeting will be at Exeter
Hall, on Tuesday evening next, 20th inst.
No doubt it will have . a very crowded at
tendance. Meanwhile we beard from New-
York what was said by an American gen
eraf—Walbridge---whb is here accused of
having once introduced a non est California
miner on the-Stock Exchange,
that the de
sign ,of. Russia in sending her fleet to New-
Ylk is to sweep the commerce of London
Bridge; and from Philadelphia, where an
orator vowed vengeance against England by
and-by, expressed his hope, amid vehement
cheering, that Admiral Dupont might yet
throw shells on the dome of St. Paul's
Cathedral, and lay Louden Bridge in ruins.
These things are Counteraetives to friendli
ness, and are duly and prominently held up
by the Southern sympathisers.
BALLOON ASCENTS are now frequent. At
Paris, a monster balloon, on new principles
of construction, after ascending, came to
grief', although the inventerdoes not despair
of ultimate success. Mr. Glaisher has lately
made his five hundredth 'ascent from the'
Royal Arsenal, at 'Woolwich, accompanied
by engineer officers, who were reconoitering
a body of troops, expressly marched out for
the purpose. Another ascent was made last
week from the Crystal Palace. Mr. Glaisher
says of it, that " a distinguished ge.ntlernan
from the United States, too.ether with Count
Shaffgoteh, had engaged" the car of, my
balloon." The Thames and surrounding
country, although night was not far off, were
beautifully distinct, and so ' also were St.
Paul's Cathedral and the'Honses of Parlia
ment. -" Having been 'previously examined
by our trans-Atlantic friends`, and- their
magnitude and magnificence perceived by
a terrestial" view; it appeared almost im- .
possible that, those vast edifices could- now
appear so small and distinct." A= similar
charming diminution pervaded the eity and.
'suburbs, but not , so as to prevent us from
discerning ail the great leading features and
buildings which'were pointed out, one after
another to the-infinite delight of the voy
agers. "At one mile, high, the health of
her . Majeaty was drank, with the waving of
flags,and becoming honors. Then followed
the yespective governments of our com
panions, both Anierican and German.
These toasts-were given in -that broad cos=
mopolitam spirit, which became men who,
for the, time, present, had left all nations,
and' felt a common love for the human
family and all who direct their destinies. It
was, therefore, With heartfelt sincerity we
hoped that "the calamities which afflicted
some portions of the great globe beneath
us Would speedily cease, and that science
and Christianity, instead of strife and mis
ery, •may speedily prevail. There Were .
other appropriate-interchanges of sentiment,
and, then the -iStara and Stripes and the
English ; flagwayed harmoniously, and the
setting sun, as if apprcivingly, shed his part
ing lustre on a range of gorgeous Clouds in
the East." '
DOCTOR LIVIiIGSTONE, writing so far
back as April last to Sir Roderick;Murchi
,
son, from the ` 4irchison Cataracts-(on the
Shire,) tells•of the death f Mr. Richard
Thornton, an eminent_ Geologist and topog
rapherovho had accompanied the Zambesi.
expeditidn. To this is to be added the
previous deaths
,' of Bishop Mackenzie and
his Archdeacon, as well as the exemplary
and devoted wiTe of Livingstone. • The
great .traveller writes: ".Dr: Kirk and , Mr.
Charles Livingstone now go home. The
scene pf desolation (from famine) reacts on
my health badly." Feare may' well be en
tertained even for the hardy travellerhim.
self.
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dents ior the sessions of 1861 and 1862,
was 715 ; for the sessions of 1862 and 'ISO
it was 769. In competitive examinations
for places in the public service,
the stu
cleats have been very successful. They
have now places in the army and navy
medical service, and other appointments,
including Inspectorships ofNational Schools
in Ireland. The scholarships annexed to
each College are most important in assist
ing clever youth, the sons of poor farmers
and others to live, while they press on to
the goal of a thorough education. There is
fine material to work upon, both among the
Celtic and Anglo-Saxon population. "The
Irish, besides that faculty of expression
and power of ideal conception which in
sures them a good footing_ io literature,
law, and theology, have'sufficient observa
tion and subtlety; sense and perseverance,
fur arc and physical science. They certain
ly are as qualified cteteris paritus, for the
civil and military service, as the English ;
for against the faults of one nation may be
set the faults of the other." Such is the
verdict of the Times, which adds : " But
it so happens that the chief fault on the
other side of the. Channel has been a. want
of elementary instruction, sound training,
and exact knowledge. These deficiencies
the Colleges were meant to supply." Chem
istry and engineering are now brought in
to full play with a great future before them
as the development of agriculture, railways
and public works.
POLAND bleeds at every pore. Execu
tions at Warsaw and elsewhere, and the no
bility and clergy of Lithuania have been
deported almost wholesale. All the landed
proprietors there are either dead, imprison
ed, or banished. Mouravieff having cffn
ted this, is now at Wilna, throwing females
of ail ages into dungeons. Three ladies of
rank are thus mentioned—one of twenty
s.ears of age was placed in the midst of
" malefactors and vagabonds." Two days
after, she was sent off to Siberia without
being allowed to take her servant with her,
or necessary clothin g . Roman Catholic la
dies connected with the Society of Vincent
De Paul-which had been 'sanctioned lay
the Government—have been thrown into
prison. "The rapacity of Mouravieff, like
his ferocity, knows no:.hounds. Re plum
ders.whole villages, and is constantly levy
ing extraordinary contributions on the
towns." And yet this man has been dee
'orated•with Imperial orders, with an auto
igraph letter, and expressions of "particu-
Jar.esteem." Whatever the Czar's anteee
denta have been as to serf emancipation, he
'is now completely in the hands of the old
Muscovite party, and cruelties are enacted
under his sanction which rouses the anger
`of all good men, and which makes it "too
bad" fora
. Russian Admiral at New-York
to proclaim him as "The Delight of Man
kind " Whatever the fickleness or faults
of the Poles maybe on the one hard, or
the peisonally amiable Character of the
Czar , may be, the policy pursued toward
Poland . is nothing less than atrocious.
Apart from the irritations of the past, or
preSent, 'or mutual interests, real or sup
posed, it is not to be forgotten that Russia
intended by the Crimean war to overwhelm
Turkey, seize Constantinople, set up a des
potic religious supremacy there ;. and had
she done So, Bible circulation would have
been prohibited, and American missions
would have = been uttery swept away..
None knew this .better than the late Dr.
Dwight, and his devoted brethren' who to a
man were opposed to Russian designs, and
wore the attached friends and admirers of
Lord *Stratford' Redeliffe, the powerful
and successful antagonist of the,Czar Nich
olas. Now blood - itiflowirigin Poland like
water, and that in. violation of solemn ob
ligations, and ere Winter is over, the con
summation is likely to be attained of semi
extermination. Looking around the'polit
ieal horizon; the sky looks dark.'
Hoisting the Storm Signal," is the
name of a carte= published lately. "Brit
tania" is seen running up the " drum "
Used by Admiral Pitzroy, and his weather
assistant seers when a tempest is at hand.
There is One who reigns supreme, who
"Rides on the whirlwind,. and directs the
storm.". Let us be still and know that he
is G-Ocl.
TGE KING or TILE BELGIANS has had
an interview with the, King of Prussia, at
Baden Baden, but it was" of an unsatisfac
tory. nature, and the two Sovereigns have
parted in mutual displeasure. King Leo
pold is believed to have pointed out, that
persistence in, the• present system was like
ly to breed serious disaffection in the Rhine
provinces, nearest France. This was a sig
nificant point, likely to impress, but the
King is surrounded by flatterers and favor-
i tes, and above all is under the control of
the detestable Von,Bismarck. It is known
that the King of the Belgians regards
that vile person as a pertnartent danger for
the peace of Europe. The Prince of Pm-
Ela,.the heir apparent and husband of the
Princess Royal, is proscribed at Court,
and has with his family come to this coun
try to be out of the way of annoyance and
insult.
The Queen, before leaving Balmoral,
came to Aberdeen, and was present at the
inangura.tion of a bronze'statue of Prince
Albert. She had previously written a most
affecting letter to. the Lord Provost, ex
pressing her wishes, who after the unveil
ing of the statue, received the honor of
Knighthood, out, of Royal respect for the
" Granite .City" and its inhabitants. 'Four
sears ago,,the Prince. Consort had deliver
ed an admirable address at the opening of
the Social Science Congress;
The Queen is about to-leave the High
lands for the Isle of Wight. She is now
snirounded.by her children and soninlaw.
The young, King 'of Greece, brother of the
princess, has been ' here for about a week,
and is now at'Paris. He is on his way to
his future kingdom. The Greeks of Lon
don had a special religious service, and a
Te Deum sung . irt his presence. The lonian
Islands are being made over to Greece,
Her old debts, however, are X 15,000,000,
and the financial adviser of the young
King seems either indisposed or unable to
hold out any hopes of their debts being
liiinidated, except in part. Heine' Greek
Rondsure at a discount, and the reign of
the new'monarch will - he, I- fear; very un
comfortable, at least at-the beginning.
p. S.—The famons - iron-clad French fleet
at Cherbourgovhen recently tried it sea,
has proved`it faihire. They roll almost'
helplessly,—and are only fit for harbor di=
fences. ' '
•
The,..•Gi•eat- Eastern has proved a sad
financial failure, and if not - sialit"fo satisfy
- ere, ditors, will probably be tried as ateznij
giant Mid ixitircatant Atarattii
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