The Montreal witness, 2 février 1867, samedi 2 février 1867

[" = E et, LA \u2018OMMERCIAL REVIEW AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER: Vou.XXII MONTREAL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, the, \"ANNIVERSARY MEETIN Gi.tons tot together in the Awericau Presbyterian bid from them, Drove al things, 80d bid fast | The Rev.§, B.Guxby seconded the motion, | incorrapibing of their English judges aod: mar * i \u201cNe.lu.churol, then standing on Great St.James sireet, that which is good, and the word of God will The doxology was then sung and the benedic- gistratre, und agreed to form the present Society, They soon be the light of Canad, as it is of many ti T 5 le: i of Christianity was also MEETING OF THE FRENCH CANADIAN bad einted in their purpose, and others bud other countries.Let us abow courage and tion pronounced, ud the meeling seperated.opera Influence of Ch Misrionars Sovier MISSIONARY SOCIETY.gsthered round and assisted them.Their pur- fidelity, aud our Lord will bless us.UMON MISSIONARY | tes, aud 213,060 native Christiane; the average The twenty-eighth Anniversary of this Society pose was to lead their French Canadian Qutbolic The collection wad then inde, during which UNARY MEETING.l'inorense of these during we teu years precediug was celebrated on the 24th: Jan., in the Wealeyan citizeus from ignorance to » noWledge, from dark- the scholars from Poiote-sus-Trembles sang (wo The last of the anniversary meetings of the 1862 being 37 per cent Church, Great St.James street.The attendance, Bess to light Not that it was desir:d specially of their besutiful pieces.week was held last Friday night in the Wesleyan Tbe women of Indin, notwithstanding their ais usual on this occasion, was very large.to bring them to our form of Protestantism, The Rev.Joux Bourann moved :\u2014 Church, Great St.James street; the subject to great seclusion, were being reached by tuvans of Jobin Redpath, Esq., occupied the Chair, aod {but to the Lord, and in order that there \u201cTh be antici Lo be presented being that of \u201c Christian Missions * | zensna or bouseheld schools, of wich thers on the platform were, Rev.Wm.Taylor, D.D, [might be & revival of aposiolic Christi- sh md anticipated political relationship The Rev, Dr.Taylor presiced, and the fev.| were hundreds in Calcutts and sil over Lie Rev.R.Ievine, D.D, and the Rer.J.M.|snity in Lower Canada.Just as they bad : Barto Caen Tony strengtben Romunism Dy.Wilkes conducted the opening devotiopal country.They were superintended by Eoglists Gibson, AM., Canada Presbyterian Clurch; expected, there bad been much iguorance (0 Eastern Canada, it is important to place this services of praise, reading the Scriptures, and ladies, and the scholars were by this means be.Rev.Wm, Bond, Church of England ; Rev.J.|found.Tn those days, perhaps not one family Society tn ® hosition Lo extend its ugencies for raver, coming acquainted with Christianity.Jenkias, D.D., Church of Scotiand ; Wesleyans : |i twenty bad a reuder amongst them, now |! 1 Prong sation of our beloved felluw-subjects \"Foe Cueaynusn observed that, Litherto, during The speaker concluded an address of which Rev.Messrs, Borland, Clarkson, Douglas; Me nearly every family bud one.This chunge waa Of French origin; vis, the circulation of 1be | the week, each of the meetings bad been some- the foregoing ie but an outline, by requesting thodist New Connexion: 8.B Gundy ; Congre- not, of course, the doing of this Society.Super.Scriptures, the preaching of the Goapel, and the what circuruscribed in its sphere, being cou- the varnest prayers of the audience for the work Kational : Dr, Wilkes aud Rev.J.T.Byrne; |Stiion hnd, perbaps, increased.He believed l'éligions traioing of the young, that it may thus | fined to this Province; but the Gospel to |in India, whicit was 80 greatly prospering.Rev.Theo.Lafleur, Baptist French Mission ; Rev.there wer more prayers now offered to the Vir.couuleract a system of error 80 subversive of which all these meetings had been sub-| The nissivnary hymn was then sung.J.A.Vernon, French Onoadian Missionary So- gin Mary than there were then, and be believed heir best interests, socielly or individually, sud sidiary, was for the whole buman fami.The Itev.Mr.Giason, of Erkine Cuarch, fol- ciety; Dr.Sherring, London Missionary So- there lind heen a revival of medieval supersti- Pave this cuuntry from those evils to which he lly, and the Redeemer had said, \u201cGo ye into lowed on the subject of * Infidelity and Ration- ciety.! tion.Yot the Society was not anxions to do |Bistory of Romunism in other laods shows it all the world nod preach the gospel to every alism.\" The scholars from the Pointe-aus-Trembles battle with them in polemics, but that they | Would most certainty be exposed.creature,\u201d and till this had been done the Infidelity, be remarked, varied its modes of should find the living Ohrist.If alt tbeir| The rev.speaker enforced the resolution at church could not put off its armor nor Jay attack from time to time, at the French Revo- pulpite resounded with the Gospel of our Lord, considerable length, showing that from having agide its weapons.There was Do reason for lution it came openly, in all its terrible deformi.and the doctrine of the atorement through Christ been mere spectators of grave changes at a die- deeponding when they saw the mighty change ty; but now it came as an angel of light and as the only living mediator ; if only they wonld | (Race, We were about to becowe participators which bad been effected since the early part of liberty, under the name of Rationalism.It was, unfold the doctrines of the cross and of the in thew.As a warning against the danger from tbe century, when the present missionary work bowever, the nutural outgrowth of the spirit of Bible \u2014the Society would retire from the BDY increase of the iutluence of Romauism, he began.The South Sen Islands were heathen ; the times, whizls waa pee eminently one of free- both of the Queen and of the Cross, & combina.fivld, if, indeed, they were not, as moat like.CODtrasted the despotism and decay of those China was hermetically sealed ; and in Burmak, | dom.The age of authority, amongst Protestants tion now happily uot so rare as it was at the ly would be the case, solicited to remain therein ith ie ti ere it bad the most complete sway, 4a especially Hindostan, what a change ! Toe at least, was over.All doctrines were being time that Col.Wilgress firat engaged in this |aud assist in preaching the Gospel.But With tbe li TU, progprily, and growth of coun- Sepoy muting was victually the death struggle put to the searching crucible of these rationalistic work, tbe Bible must be open, not burned, and the tics where | rotestantism prevailed.Roman [of Hindooism.Mahometaniem was failing, inquirers, and even the Bible was put upon its The Rev.A.Macoowaro, the Secretary, read work of tbe colporteur g0 forward.These col- Catholicism had bad & fair field in many coun- in the person of the \u201c sick man,\u201d wbo was its trial, bay og difliculties of all kinds proposed 0 abstract of the report from which the follow- porteurs bnd Inst summer gone down some hun.fies to show whetber it could raise up a people, political head, and Italy had passed from the against it; from the insolvable question of the ing is selected :\u2014 dreds of miles below Quebec, and there found but had failed, It was righteousness which ex- Lower of the papacy, while Austris, its great origin of evil, to the mathematical niceties of BOYS INSTITUTE AT POLNTE-AUX-TREMBLES.the happy effects of the labors of colporteurs of alted « nation, and one reason why Catholicism atay,bad been unexpectedly overthrown, and now Colenso.The Darwinian development theory .; Gfteen years ago.Others had gone up the had failed was because it was a heaven-daring che Pope, like the Suitan, was in the list of sick had been brought against the Ncripture account The session of this school, which opened on Ottawa, aud found a similar atate of things.In iPYasion of the privileges of the Lord Jesus men.Then there was Spain and the work in of the animal creation, and certain.divines bad the 17th of October, 1885, closed on the Sed of fine, the twenty-vinth year of the operations of Christ.Had Ireland been Protestant it would France, and if all this bad been done in the firat striven to awee from the Bible all the wiracl May last.There were in attendance during this Sosiety had begun hopefully; and it pro- Would have been as prosperous afer the union half of the century, what might not be expected ou which iw ing to a divine character 80 the winter 55 boys, of whom 44 were present posed to go on until the work was achieved, or 48 Scotlund.in the second ?wuch rested, from the Commencement atl the close.; until those now engaged in it should bear-| Wu Lowy, Esq., eeconded the resolution.The Rev.Dr.Sirwarixa, missionary of tbe This scepuicism was partly favorable and partly ° The Pregent been hl fash y atitute rested by death.The Rev.Dr.Snare supportad the resolu.London Missionary Society, sud who fins Inbor.unfavorable to Curistiamity.It was well to put Le Dames of 53 scholars have been entered and The Rev.J.Jexuins, D.D., seconded the re- tion.He bad been a missionary in India during ; ed in lodie for 13 years, gave some account of aside the authority of man, as had been dons at 6 more are still expected.Of these 47 are now solution.; thirteen vears, and could see but little differ.the religio rate and progpects of tbe Hindoo the Reformation, but there vas anotber autbo- in atiendence.OF the whole number 24 see In so doing, he said, he canld not but praise ence in their effect on the minds of the masses of population of that country.rity, that of sempre, which ought not to he new pupils, 8 of whom are Romanista and chil- God at the aitered condition of thie Socivty as| ihe respective countries, between the religious The work of micisters of the Gospel, in set aside; one shove reason.Reason could dren of such, seven uf whom were induced to, COTupared with its state some sixteen years #20 | gymbolisms used in the temples and elsewbrre Christina countries, and their work iy heathen not he made the ultimate source of appeal, ex- attend by the\u2019 influence of English Protestants.when be was one of its secretarien, He found | in India, and those to be seen in the Catholic jands, he ubserred, were not nltogethe be same cept by the deiticauon of wap, and while man The Rev.Mr.Vernon etill continues Principal | thst the same old zea! existed, bi:t be apy:reheud- churches of Cansda, in the form of the pictures io \u20ac a us Le missionary ice preach.; existed in ins present state ef weakoce and of the school, end Mr.Rivard, bead-master.©d that the figures of the report came fur short and images, before which the worshippers in s e Gospel, | to attac! th idolatry crime, be was aurely something less than God.Mr.Lachance still occupies bis position of last Of the full results.There was a work going on each country knelt to perforin their devotions, Todin be has in beatben grads ad ch th This Dativoalum was, after all, a witness to winter, as assistant teacher; Mr.Geoffroi was DtIow the surface greater than anything that The Panacea for the moral and spiritual evils of | il posuil caste, which | the truth, from i \", concestions which i.was employed up to the st of January, bat as the 939 Apparent.The seeds of truth are being | both countries wa the Bible ; and if so vast and \"9 85 Breat un evi \u2014and even grester-\u2014than bound to panke to Christinnity, even while call- classes under bis charge were then sufficiently 2owa on youthful soil, and it was just now ger.wonderfully populous s land as India, contain.| dviatry iteclf, The Hiaduos were au idcl-lov.ing it m question ; and showed that in coatem- sdvanced to be taught with otbers, be has been MinAting, and fhe time would assurediy come ing 180 millions of people, could be slowly ioæ, and, in their way, & religious people.Their plating the character of Christ, it, Ratiovaliem, removed to Belle Rivière, whore is services When the efivets of their work would ap- repovated and transformed.as À was now in lixion was loterwovsn witb all the transac- waa compelled to admire, thungh too proud to were much required Madame Vernon, as usual, Per in abundant frait, Me bad no more course ot being, surely we should not be dig.VOUS of the day.Bnt this inexorable ard cum- | adore.; Itatiocalism made the most unbounded superintends the househoid arrangements, aided doubt of tbe triumph of tenth over error in conraged here in desling with a sparse popula.Seraoue system of paste ras wore than a meie preteasio ng of liberalism, yet, while protesting by her daughter, Miss Sarab Vernon.Lower Canada, than be bad in the giv laits of tion of only one million.did mot in or runes ; nor er, Cy pins ' d ogmatiom, we Rival Toe of the great- The report states that the church in Montreal, Christ, the inspiration of the Bible, thé light of 3 A à Tie Boag ociate ic expec.rons arriere.It alio affected a \u201cwon.havi ted tho resignation of ita pastor, 10° un.He knew them existed formidable The Rev, Mr.Laruxon, of the Grande Ligne | other, numbers of the Brabminieal caste especi- jrous certaînty in what it called the last Rew § ru = final 8! ecepted th Re 0 difficulties.They had a higtly orgrnized sya.Mission, supporied the resolution.He said, iu | sls, holding themselves 1 bare become defiled j result of the higher criuciom, but the last reeult L bell ; ed ne 4 on 7 & mé = a x ly tem 10 contend with, and it seems now te bave French, we are accuscd of trying to destroy thie should they come in contact with ture of lower of this eriueism Lad been vimply \u2018confusion noel educated at Knox les Shao fuemerly | ups resolved, if poss ble, 10 rescue Lower religion of Jous Christ, but whe ean believe caste,\u2014even the shadow of one of the lowect worse confounded.' a il at Pointe-anx-Tremhles.He commenced | Canada from Protestantism.But prire Chris, That cf men who are cireulating iis Word at caste being sufficient to convey this imeginary In cenclusion, the reenlt of this rationatistie in May aud continued Lili November, when he tianity must triumph, unless they (bemeelves | their own cost and with touch Inbor?But you | pollution.This rendered communication with ! controversy brought us to those words of left to seek a warmer climste.The Church 18 should prove recreant.say, Messieurs the priests, that tke peuple fhe hig ber classes difficult to the Englisbian, for, | Obrist.\u201c1 thank thes, © Father, that thou indebted to Rev, Mesars, Denon and vudiet, Tue question which had to he determined 610000 understand the Itible.Well, in that | though be would be rece.ved withall courtesy and | bast hud these thinga from the wise and prudent, and also to Mr.Vau Buren, for valuable aid in Tue a n, a, whether urn Ps case, it will do them or you very little harm | deference into their houses, yet after the guests and bast revealed them unto babes.\u201d K was not maintaining tbe ordinençes of the sauctuary.\u201con at ry va rood te the Jo sd five But they will misunderstand it.Well, ou are ! departure the host would\u2019 wash his bands, or the difficulties of revelation, but the pride of The Rav.E.Sauvain, © Switzerland, is now oc- ; ristianity ey a5 R \u20ac tre pe ed there ia abundance to expisin it to them, and i whole pesson, while the room would, perhaps, Luman reason that ovscared from their minds cupying the pulpit.The réa has much | ho lorry.il SL © i what better work can you be engaged in?When | be whitewashed, to get rid of the ceremonial he gospel.improved.The church also prcralls acknow- we La De Fe Ro Se a vere on principle re see you At this business we will be content.defilement, and the hust wouid hope bis English At the conclusion of these addresses a col- lodges the receipt of $83.72} from the Ladies re correct, the Reformers nL TIONG ID pie will make those who read it Protestants.visitor would not come there again.To be lection was wnde in aid of missions, and the Institute were present, and sang several times duriug the evening.The CHarnman opened the meeting by alluding tn the death, since the last meeting, of the late Col.Wilgress, who had been President of the Society during 27 years.He was a soldier Weekly Penny Society, through Ars.Aitken, in [disturbing the faith of the masses.But he Ab, do you confess that?Is Protestantism the support of the poor, \u2018The stations of Joliette and Belle Rivicre were progressing satisfactorily.EVANGELIZATION AND COLPORTAGE, In these departments there were employed, during the past year, six ordained missionaties and fourteen eolporteurs or evangelists, Of the former, Messrs.Vernon, Duclos, and Ami labored throughout the year, and six of the latter, from two to four months each.Including teachers, the whole number of laborers employed by the Society was twenty-nine.Many interesting interviews with Roman Catholics are reported by the missionaries.There were circulated 1,038 copies of 1be scriptures, in whole or in part, and 13,073 religious tracts and hooks.The report Ismenta the death of Colonel Wil- gress, late President of the Society, sud Lieut.Col.Young, of Bedford, England.Lieut.-Col.Wilgresa had filed the office of President since the formation of the Society, and for 27 years was connected with it.Johu Redpath, Hq, senior Vice-President, has been selected by the Committes ag President, and Wm, Lngn, and Joseph Mackay, Esgra., as additional Vice-Presi- dents.FINANCIAL, At the commencement of tbe year there wag a deficiency of $988, nod at its close the amount on band was $744.The total income was $16,167, there belug from Caosds $10,120 ; Great Britain, $5,719; aod from the United States, $327.The expenditure for the Jour wes $14,834.The Rev.H.WiLxss, D.D., moved, \u201cThat the Report, aa abstract of which has just been read, be ndopted, and that the following be the office-hearere for the ensuing year, with power to add to their numbers.\u201d Prasipent \u2014Jobn Redpatly, Esq, Vice Prusipunts.\u2014Rev.Wm.Taylor, D.D.; Jobn Dougall, Er.; Hon.Jas Ferrier ; W.Lunn, Eeq.; Jos.Mackay, Enq.Tasasvren.~James Court, Fea, Honoxart-SscrzTAnIES.\u2014Rer.lenry Wilkes, D.Di Rev.J.B.Bouar; Rev.D.H, McVicar, Secaugary.\u2014Rev, Alex.Macdonald.Couuirren.\u2014Revs.Dr.Lillie, J.N.Gibson, Dr.Hamilton, Geo.Cornish, J.Fraser, jr, R.Irvine, D.D.; 8.B.Gundy, J.Borland, G.Douglass, A Young; Messrs, J.C.Becket, Wm.Rowao, L.Paton, Geo.Rogers, Geo.Childs, J.W.Howes, G.W.Reed, G.Hagar, W.F.Light.ball, 8.M.May, C.Alexander, G.Winks, R.Holland, N.B.Oorse, R.Irwin, J.Baylis, A.McK.Oochrane, A.Ferguson, James Holiday ; Dr.Reddy; Messrs.P.D.Browns, J.McLen- nan, L.Oushing, jr, J.Watson, P.W.Wood, A.Robertson, A.Walker.Ho said, twenty-eight years ogo twelve per- clmmed the gamw right to reform as did our fathers.The Church of Rome to-lay was the same 45 it was when it was protested against three centuries ago, and be cinimed the right \u2018| 10 carry on a friendly, wise, faitiful, earnest propagendism among our French Oatholic fel- We owed this much to our fathers, to the country, to the British Crown, whose surest basis was Protestantism ; we owed it to the perpetuity of British freedom and laws, and to the new political order of things which was about to grow up amongst us, and God grant tbat no influence or power might ever take tbat right and liberty from us! we owed it to our French fe)- Jow-subjects to rescus them from an erroneous and corrupt form of Chrisuanity, He did not meditate an abusive, not even an unfriendly, attack on any men, and, be would say, that unkind hrases towards persons were comparatively un Down on that platform, They spoke the trath in love to their French Catholic friends j~\u2014but might they not sell them the scriptures, build schools and churches, sud put in them French Protestant Ministers?He knew that the errors of the church of Rome were not to bs overthrown 80 much by violent attacks as by the insertion of tratb which would eventually leaven the whole lump.This had been the case with Italy, which was no longer a Catholic kingdom, but was in a teansition state, as were Germany, and Scotland, three centuries ago.RX to hope from the adoption Ag surely as popery 80 surely, side There was everythin of this system in Canada.was Dow tottering in Europe, by side with a faithful earnest would it totter and be overthrown here, and there arise in Lower Canada a liviag and trae Rev, Mr.Vannon, principal of the boys'school, Pointe-aux-Trembles, supported the resolution in French.Hesaid that such s vast meeling gement to the missionaries; and composed, as it was, of different denominations, it constituted an evangelical alliance in lll.\u201d We all stood in this work on the same ground and with the same aime.have preached the gospel, circulated the ecrip- tures, established and supported achools, sustained reproach, snd, In & word, imitated their Master ; and this work is going on bere, We do not worsbip the image of à little child in the arms of n woman, nor a dead body hung upon tbe cross, but a living Saviour, able and willing 10 save to the uttermest.He would ny to all who have escaped from the deceptions cast around them from infancy, come and warm yourselves at the Sun of the firat-fruite of followed by à gloi begin to see that they Lave all al ceived, and that the only true Saviour has been WAS & great encoura Righteousness ; Te are Jour nation to Obrist, to be natural result of reading the word of God 7 On Jacob's ladder there were some at the bottom and some at the top where Jesus stood, but no really familiar with them was almost imporsible.The Brahmin was chiefly chargeable for perpetrating this caste system.Jt caused him to be looked upon as a god, and his peculiar gait, one, however high, could look with disdain! so different from that of others, showed bim to on those below.They might, however, look | be fully conscious of this distinction.And, in- with pity on any one Attempting to climb under the weight of a useless burden, or upon crutches, Romanists are continually seeking crutches to Jean upon.Protestants lean upon Christ.We are not like Voltaireand Rousseau, seeking to overthrow the edifice of Chriatinnity, but to take away the unsightly scaffolding which Rome bas reared around it, and which hides its beauty, He (Mr.Lalieur) had met with bigbly-educated Fieuch Canadians who said they wished to retain the morals of Christianity without the dogmas.Ah, but you cast, You cannot bave the fruit without the tree and the root.We fully believe in the supernatural aud in miracles, and are not jufidals in apy sense.Ca- tholi is strong in sll the weaknesses of buman nature, but not in intelligence or morality.It is dying out in the old conntries, and its nominal converts from Protestantism in Britain never were Protestants.Why is there such 8 differcnoe between France and Canada in point of freedom ?In Paris, Father Hyacinth can teli the immense crowds who go to bear bis preaching that Protestant patinng have been the chief supnorters of Christianity ; and tbe Archbishop of Paris can send bis warm thanks to & Protestant minister, M.de Pressens(, for his book In reply to Renay.In Cannds any Roman Catholic would lose caste who uttered such sentiments.There ars many noble priests who know snd love the truth to some extent in their hearts, but they wear the soutane, and that makes them slaves.Were they unfrocked, they would be free and liberal men; and even shonld they not preach in all things hike us, we would gladly fraternize with them.The resolution was then put and carried unanimously.The Rev.R.Invixe, D.D., moved :\u2014 \u201cThat as the Divise blessing, which can make the means employed for the spread of the gospel succesaful, is promised in anawer to prayer, & solemn duty rests upon those interested in the advancement of tbe Redeemer's Kingdom, to pray that God would graciously pour out His Spleit- lo copious efusion upon all the agencies employed by this and kindred Sorie- ties for the evangelization of the Canadian people.\u201d The duty and powsr of prayer was urged upon those present, aud the necessity of the Divine blessing, without which Paul mig ht plant and Apolios water, but, unless God gave it, there would be noincrease.He ugged prayer for the Holy Spirit as the best means of promoting the work.deed, be was by no meaus to be despised.He was thoughtful, & man of reading, logical, subtle, metaphysical.Multitudes of Hindoos wouid 10-day become Christians, but for this obstacle of caate ; it and their idolatry being inseparable parts ofeach other.In spite of this, a work of destruction, and also one of construction, were going on smongst this people.Idolatry was decreasing.The youug men amongst them who went to our schools and colleges left them no longer having respect for Hindooism, but suspecting that there was a better way, They talked about this to each other, to Europeans, to the missionaries.8auscrit or sacred learning was on the decline, Many of the pundits, instead of teaching it, were seeking government, or otber English- given, employment, Even the study of the philosophy contained in the vedas was decress- ing.There were varius reasons for all this, and one of them was the late rebellion, which, while shaking the government, shook both Hin.dooirm and Mahometanism.That terrible scourge had s purifying effect upon all, even the native Christians, who since then had felt they must depend upon themselves, and assert their right toa position in the country.In addition to this breaking up of the old system, there was A spirit of both sacred and secular inquiry raised.The educated young men of Caleutta and other parts had set up a new religion for the warship of the Supreme God, and all the educated people of that city belonged to this confederation.They discarded idolatry, yet were not Christians.Their religion was, in many respects, like ours ; but they left ont the divinity of Christ, aod his office as medistor.They held weekly meetings for worship, had organs or instruments of that class, saog hymns, prayed, preached sermons, culling texts from our Bible, and interweaving them into these sermons.This new religion was spreading rapidly, and would end in Christianity, for their sentiments changed from year to year, and they already believed in the efficacy of pray.et, in the existence of futare punishment for sin, and a coming judgment.Thus was there also a work of reconstruction going forward.The religion of Cbrist was working ite way in every direction, and the civilization of Europs was spresdiog amongst them.They were ot a barbarous people.They bad a civilization of their own, though it was not of so bigh an order as ours.They were anxious to become possessed of ours; they bought our books acd some of them bought French books.The influence of the government was now also à civilising ageney ; tbe people * prised it, and felt uabounded couSidence in the Chaman announeed tbat otber speakers bad been expected to be present, but had, from some hindering cause or other, failed to appear.A vote of thanks was then passed to the trus- toes of the Wesleyan Church, for their kindness in allowing its tse for the anniversary meetings.A vote of thanks was also passed to the Grand Trunk Railway Company, for facilities afforded by itto persons comiug to take partin these meetings, and who to that end had been furpish- ed with return tickets.The doxology baviog been sung and tbe bene- dietion pronounced, the present scries of anniversary meetings closed.ANNIVERSARY MEETING OF THE MONTREAL, TEMPERANCE SOCIETY.The thirty-fourth anniversary meeting of this Society was held Tuesday evening in Zion Church, the Rev.Wm.Taylor, D.D., in the Chair.Tbe Rev.Dr.WiLkss conducted the opening devotioval exercises.The Rev.Cusinnan ssid, all the anniversary meetings of last week had obtained a Srm place in the bearts and consciences of the Christian andiepcea that had attended them, for the societies which they represented were connected with the furtberance of Cbriat's kingdom.Bo also was this Society, and was a» necessary in ita sphere, as they were in theirs.The temperance cass had not of Inte years been pleaded as it oughtto be.They had depended too much upon legislation and governmental prohibition, and, while keeping their attention on tbe restrictions and inhibitions provided by the law, were partially forgetting the use of moral means It was to be hoped, however, that this growing indifference had come to an end, snd that this evening would see ionugurated n new stage of earnest agitation of the temperanee cause, Nr.Jomx Dovearl then read the report but a3 n copy of it in full will be published in tbe Witness during the course of the week, we forbear from giving an abstract of it in this place, He then moved: That the report now read be adopted and published, and that the foltowieg be the Committee for the ensuing year == Rev.Wm.Taylor, D.D., President.Joho Dougall, James Court, Rubt.Campbell, and D.P.Janes, Vice-Presidevts.J.0.Becket, Treasurer.Rev.8.B.Gundy, Secretary.Committee \u2014Rev, H, Wilkes, D.D., Revds.J.B.Bonar, D.H.McViear, Geo.Dougise, J.M.Gibson, Theo.Lafleur, J.B.Carkson, H.Jobe- ston, A.Macdonald, T.Gales, W.Henderson ; Messrs.Jobn Hall, T.8.Brown, J.A.Matbew- son, Robert Irwin, Jobn Sinclair, Chas.Alexander, Laird Paton, 8.B.Scott, Geo.Childs, G.Muir, Ben).Lyman, T.M.Beyson, Geo.Bagar, GQ.W.Weaver, H.A.Nelson, W.J.Patterson, F.B.Grafton; Dr.Carpenter; Messrs, John THE MONTREAL WITNESS.FeBruany 2, 1867.Gaedocr, P.H.Burton, Jobn Richie, Alfred Bandham, Jobn Watkins, 8.Massey, J.Millen, Me.Wtitaker, R.B., and Wm.H.Orr, with power 10 add to their number, ta moving the resolution, Mr.Dougall made A tow patements This Society, he said, had insted daring more than a third of a century ; was the oldest of itn kind now in existence, acd the only one, be believed, that distinctly owned tbe need of divine aid for ita success.The «other Societies tbat did not recognize the religious principle had gone down, It must be confessed thet this Society had rat doe all that it might in promoting the great princsples on which it had been founded.But ite committee had not been entirely to blame for this.Their occasional public meetings bad frequently been smail, and it bad been found better to have their meetings oftener, say weekly, with brief, but poiotrd addresses.And now, finding it proper to start à cew campaign against intemperanee, like that which they began thirty Years sgo, tbe Society was going to-night to be re-constructed.Those who were going out of office were glad to see that many ministers of the city had promised to give it what aid, upon the new committee, their other duties would al- ow, aod they trusted that this would lead to a revival of temperance societies on the old principle of mors] means.Not that they repu- disted tbe ides of a coercive law in dealing with objects or practices whereby public iu- jury was sustained.Mr.G.Cmitps seconded, and the Rev.Dr, WiLkus supported tLe resolution, which was thea unan;mous!y adopted.À collection baving been taken ap, The Rev.CHainman aunounced that the Rev.Nr.Bonar was prevented from being with them on account of the state of his health, but went cordially along with tbe object of the Society.The Rev.8.B.GoxDt moved as foilows :\u2014 2.Resolved ~~That ioasmuch as the temperance cause does Dot occupy that place in the sympathies, prayers, and efforts of the religious public which its importance requires, Churches, Sabbath-schools, and Young Men's Christian Amociations are earnestly invited to give it their eountenance and belp.It wag well, be ssid, to look at (be matter in this way.Total sbetinence was attended with safety.There was danger, even to Lhe strongest, in the use of intoxicaung drinks.There were strong and distinguished meu in this city,\u2014men of cultivated minds, \u2014who were in & dangerous position therefrom, and thereby causing loss to themselves aud to the country, The use of intoxicating drinks was unsafe both to the man himself and to his children and friends, for no one could use them without recommending them by tbat use; and though be bimself should stand by dint of strength of will, yet might his children and friends, being surrounded with leas favorable influences, or not so gified with determination, fall a prey.The abstaining from these strong drinks wass mental and moral safeguard.Ît was also, to take lower ground, economical.Sixty millions of dollars were annually spent upon intoxicating liquors in the United States.There were also other sources of pecuniary loss from drink ; euch as valuable labor, accidents, crime, and varions forms of wickedness, which had to be checked by the expensive machinery of the criminsi law.What, be asked, was the place which this tem- pearance question ought to occupy?A place proportionate in importance to the evils which it was went to check and cure.It ought to occupy a high place, and be sustained by the prayers of Christiana, by instructions from the pulpit and in tbe Sabbath-school, by young men's religious associations, and, in fine, by all.I conteruplated the greatest evil of our land, pe in which was included nearly every other evil, Mr.Gonoz Hagan seconded the resolution.Rev.H.JonusTox supported the resolution.\u2014 He said some people affirmed that the temperance cause was dead.[i certainly had for the last few years been ou the decline, but all causes were subject to reactioor.But they were now awakiog to tbe fact that the temperance cause was closely connected with the religious part of man's nature.The resolution struck the right chord, and the meeting was an omen for good.If the temperance movem:nt became divorced from religion, avd its advocates ran to tempe.range entertainments and balls, the cause itself would run to the ground.The venerable Lord Brougham had said that no cause could stand that wes not founded upon Christianity.He, the speaker, referred to a temperance meeting held at Point Su.Charles the previous evening, when 115 bad come forward and signed the pledge.This accession was a triumph, too, amongst the very bone and sinew of society; amoog men wbo bad held all the fallacies touching the supposed varied and coû- tradictory beveficial effects of strong drink.Some said the temperance theme was old and trite.Cbrist\u2019anity was old, but nineteen centuries hind robbed it of mone of its truth and beauty, and the temperance topic could never be trite, while, iu Montreal alone, bundreds went annually down to a drunkard\u2019s grave, and a million of dollars were spent in 1be city during one year in strong drink.The vpeaker\u2014afier having drawn a vivid picture of the frightful personal, domestic, and sociel evils attendant upon drunkenness, which was itself the Inevitable offapring of the use of strong liquor-\u2014said, be believed that prohibitive Jegisiative enactments were required.The pre- peut mode of licensing showed that this was felt.When Government was asked to take nway this licensing power, it was asked to take away only that which it ought never to have given.A prohibitory law was needed, and the way to obtain it was by getting a healthy public opinion by meaos of the press aud the pulpit.Young Men's Christian Associations, Christians in churches, and their ministers, algo Sunday- schools, should take up the subject, and by so doing the temperance car would at length ride on from victory to victory.The resolution was adopted.The bymn * Your Mission\" was then sung by the Rev.Mr.McKillican.The Bev.Me.NcKiLLican moved :\u2014= 3.Resolved, \u2014That, in view of the necessity of educating eech geoeration in temperance priuciples, parents sre earnestly entrested to explain to tbeir children the danger of partici- ting ie tbe drinkiog of society ; and th-school teachers end profresional educators are 10 like manuer respectfully requested to take enitable opportunities of conveying the same ssiotary warnisgs to their pupils.In moving the resvlution, Mr.McKillican observed that there was (elt in the minde of wany Christians a want of a revival in the temperance cause, such as the more educated and Christian could take part in.There had been & good deal of outward display, and what be might call ritualism, which rather brought with it weakoesr, aud detracted from the movement, se that some respectable, thoughtful people had retired therefrom.lu the country were many Christian men and women doing notbing in the temperance cause; there was little or no temperance literature, so the cause was declining in many places.He thought there ought to be a more careful regard to the feelings and tastes of the cultivated io order to have the benefit of their co-operation.Ta the United States he had seen high officials presiding or taking prominent parts in temperance meetings, and he felt sad when he thought that we had not the assistance of such men here.Hud we not, he asked, many Christian families, 100, who were never found where good men were setting forth these temperaote principles?He exhorted parents to bring the subject of temperance before the attention of their children, and to recommend to them ita practice ; but, above all, to avoid speaking disrespectfully of its advocates and followers, of which practice he gave ons or two warning examples, woerein such speaking had recoiled upon the heads of those parents.It wus theduty of Babbath-school teachers to inculcate temperance, and he was giad to say that many Babbath-scbouls were jurenile temperance societies.The medi-| cal profession alae should promote this cause.Above all, there was wanted a revival of that earnest spirit that would work for the simple unadorned principle avd practice of temperance, irrespective of any extriusic adjuncts or appeals to the fancy, or a providing for the mere entertainment of its followers, Mr.Roer, CanpsILL seconded, and The Rev.Mr.McVicar supported the resolu tion.He remarked that the present organiza lion was a good instrument and well calcu- Iated to do its work.It was a fallacy to suppose that this temperance work might come to be placed in lieu of the Gospel.Instead of injuriously interfering with it, it might be made its powerful pioneer.He would seek to make a man sober before preaching the gospel to Lim, just as be would clothe him first were he naked, or feed him were be famishing.Obrist first cast out the devils from those who were possessed of them, and healed the sick, before he preached the gospel to them, and the Apostle acted upon the same plan.Paul, when be saw the Plilippian jailer fall upon bis own sword, first cried out, \u201c Do thyself no harm;\u201d and, baviag first stayed him from committing suicide, afterwards preached to him the gospel, He beid, along with Mr.Dou- gall, that this Society possessed its extraordinary longevity, and present existence and power, mainly from the fact that the organization was based upon the Word of God, and was sought to be supported by His aid, called down by babitual prayer.The resolution was carried.The Rev.Mr.GaLxs moved :\u2014 4.Resolved, \u2014That juvenile temperance societies in connection with Sabbath-schools are among the most appropriste means of advancing the temperance cause; as they are sure in tbat connection to be conducted in a religious manner, and to train up à large portion of tbe population in sound temperance principles.He complained of the difficulty be bad found, at least in England, in enlisting the sympathies of Babbeth-school teachers in the temperance work.But it was their duty to train up the young in these principles, if it were only on account of the difficulty of dealing with #12 older who bad obtained a strong appelite for drink.At Point St.Charles they bad a juvenile temperance organization of about & hundred members, and Le had visited some such organizations in the city, which were doing much good.He trusted to see ministers and teachers showing an earnest desire to forward this movement, and that when the Sabbath-school Convention met next summer it would take up the consideration of the temperance question.Nr.J.A.MaTiEwson seconded tbe resolution.He said the Catholic Church understood this matter of taking up the young, and, bence they succeeded.In this respect a lesson might be taken from that church.There was a generation rising up which required to be educated in temperance principles, and it was essential that its societies should be founded on religion, as was this one of Montreal.It was now proposed to let Sabbath-schools have a pledge of their own, and this would secure the religious element to them, and cause them to receives biessing.The Rev, Tumopors LarLecr supported the resolution, He remarked that Mr.Mathewson had said that the Catholic Church knew how to deal with the young.Yes; but not in this re.sect.Very little was done to prevent drunkenness from getting hold of their people.There bad been a great movement amongst them a few years ago, but it bad bien nearly abandoned.He would like to see all the priests en- gnged in this work again.Some men, be said, by force of a strong will, and the power of religion, could kee) from excess in the use of in- toxicatiog liquor ; but most men were weak, and we bad reen strong men reeling in our legisin- tive halls aud upon our streets, Even religion at times seemed unable to cope with strong drink.We had seen tbe ferocions lion in tbe menagerie managed by some strong-willed man, but tbe brute at last came suddeniy out In its ferocity, and bit off the keeper's bead, and so it was with this monster, strong drink.Men were weak, in contending with the appetite for liquor, snd be would advise them never to wrestle with that brute.Religion was the main thing ; but temperance organizations that were not exact]; religions ought to be encouraged, for the chur needed all honorable help.The resolution was carried.The Rev.Mr.MoKitLican then sang the hymn \u201c Olimbiog up Zion's Hill The Rev.Wu, Hembursox moved : 5.Resolved \u2014That, whilst a general probit- itory law ia desirable, the probibition of Batur- day night and Sunday liquor selling, as in Scotland, New York, Toronto, Montreal, and other places, is a very grest boon to the working- classes, who \u2018usually receive their wages on Se- turday evening, and many of whom are tempted to spend most or all, of those wages in tippling bouses, if open on Saturday night and Buvday ; The speaker said it was evident that moral sussion would not effect what was designed, and how could there be moral suasion where there was no moral principle?What chance had moral suxsion with the confirmed drunkard and grog seller?The great aim of temperance societies should be to agitate until they got a prohibitory liquor law.Every Government had a nght to protect its subjects from barm.There could be no honest place made in the community for the liquor trafic.To defend it on public grounds, by saying that vast sums were invested in distilleries and breweries, was absurd.Woo could defend a state of war and speak of its benefits, by saying that it caused a large amount of money to be pat into circulation for arms and war material ?The Legislature would make a prohibitory law, but the great difficulty would be to induce the executive to carry it out.The people should eee, in voting for members of Parliament, and city councillors, that they were men of temperance principles.It was when Lycurgus bad rooted out the vine that Sparta rose to ber bigh- eat deeds of valor and endurance, and it was that Spartan spirit which was wanted now in Canada, Mr.Jaume Qourt seconded the resolution.He was in the old country last autumn, and found that both in Scotland and Ireland there was a desire for probibitionary or restrictive legisla- ton.In the latter country mauy were desirous of some biog like tho Forbes-MacKenzie Act or a Sunday liquor law.Every parent ought to endeavor to place in his houicn good temperance paper, like the Dritish Workman or the Band of Hope.Tbe friends should try and get up en illustrated Canadian temperance paper.He always had faith in the old pledge, and if they wanted to get what they might call the fastidious to join them, they must put the cause before them in ke simplest form, and he knew nothing simpler than the old pledge.Let them uphold the old banner, that bad floated over them, and seen their struggles, reverses, and successes during more than tkirty years.The resolution was carried.The Rev.J, M.Gisson moved :\u2014 6.Resolved, \u2014That, in view of the prevailing apatby and ignorance on the temperance question, and the necessity of beginning again with first principles, it is desirable to re-or- ganize Temperance Societies on the old open basis wherever they do not now exist, and that the Montreal Temperance Society be instructed to promote this object by lecturing-agents, or euch other means as they may be enabled to employ.On account of the lateness of the hour, he refrained from supporting the resolution in an address, contenting himselt by simply affirming that this which they contemplated was one of the great works of the church, and one which might be done through the agency of terape- rance societies.Mr.Roer.Inwix seconded the resolution, which was then adopted.The hymn \u201cMy House is founded on a Rock\u201d was pow sung, and after the benediction bad been pronounced, the meeting separated.SPIRIT OF THE EUROPEAN PRESS.(For the week ending Jan.12.) RITUALISX.The Daily Telegraph (Jan.8) asks where and how is the discussion on Ritualism to end ?After incessant warfare and struggle, we may, of course, get a judgment of the Ecclesiastical Courts, apd ultunately of the Privy Council, suppressing this innovation and forbidding that ceremonial novelty.And what then?When all this has been accomplisbed,\u2014wben we have got ths orthodox fashion and ceremonial exactly defined,\u2014bave we succeeded in cutting out the cancers which cat into the very beart of our religious system?Until the means be found of enlisting into the priesthood men valiant for that cause which the Reformation proclaimed, the Establishment must continue to be ina great meagure the thing which it is called by enemies,\u2014a cold inanimate creation of Acts of Par- lisment.It is mainly to the miserably lifeless condition into which tbe Church had fallen forty or Gifty years ago that Ritualism owes its possibility of existence, Even to Ritualism, then, we may owea debt of gratitude, if it serve to awake the rulers and dignitaries of the Church from their Jethargy, and evoke a spirit of wise statesmanship, determined to grapple with tbe dangers which beset her, and to remove tbe impediments which hinder her from evangelizing tbe nation.MA.BRIGET AND THN \u201c FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW.\u201d The Fortnightly Review haa got into trouble, remarks the Spectator, for the article called * Public Affaire,\u201d the only one unsigned in the Review, which sppears to be Yeritieu, in part at least, by Mr, Dauby Seymour.That gentleman bad quoted Mr.Bright aa saying that \u201cail the land \"in England and Wales, was in the bands of 150 men, and all in Scotland in the hands of twelve.Mr.Bright said \u201c balf \u201d in each case, ns Mr.Jacob Bright pointed out.Mr.Danby Seymour spologives, but says that the error is trivial.Would be have regarded it as & trivial error if Mr.Bright had said that all the taxation of this country is paid by the working clase, because atleast balf is so paid?But the other misrepresentation was worse.He made Mr, Bright say hat It was quite wrong for the rich to legislate for the poor, but quite right for the poor to legislate for the rich.Mr.Bright, as bis chivalric brother pointed out, refused the right to Lotb poor and rich to legisiate for the other.The london Review observes that it suspected tbe \u2018\u201c Liberal M.P.\u201d to be Mr.H.D.Seymour, the member for Poole, and the mere mention of his name will at once deprive bis writing of the only power wich it derived from being anonymous.As for his apology published in the Times, like that in the Fortnightly Review, it is 00 apology at sil.It, too, entirely omits any mention of the most offensive portion of the libel.Mr.Seymour talke about \u201c an inaccuracy,\u201d but it was mis-stetements of which Mr.Jacob Bright complained, which mis-statements are otill unretracted.As for the impertinent piece of advice which Mr.Seymour gratuitously offers Nr.Bright, we should advise him anotber time, before he sends it, to consider its value, The controversy, says tbe Globe, between Me.Jacob Bright and Mr.Danby Seymour arose from curious misprint In the Times\u2019 report of Mr.Jobn Bright's speech.That journal made him say,\u2014* But [ deny altogether that the rieh alone are qualified to legislate fur the poor, and more and that such laws should be strictly enforced.thaa that, the peor alons would be qualified to legislate for the rich.His actual words, as given in the other papers, varied only from these by a letter and a comma.\u2018But I deny alto gether that the rich alone are qualified to legislate for the poor, any more than that the poor alone would be qualified tolegislate for the rich.\u201d Whatever Mr.Bright's faults, he speaks fine, flowing English; and we are rather surprised that the awkwardoees of the phrase in its Zimes form did not make Mr.Beymour hesitate before foundiug upon it & charge against tbe member for Birmingham.For our own part, we are beartily glad to find that atleast one accusation of extravagant absurdity against Mr.Bright has fallen to the ground, and tbat what seemed an almost insane assertion is resolved (by the change of æ letter) iuto & statement which is essentially true.THB LATE GXOW-ATORM IN LONDON.The Daily News (Jan.7) hopes that the recent miserable experience of the streets of London will bo of service in two respects, The whole system of vestries, with their street com- wittees, surveyors, inspectors, and clerks, has palpably fuiled during nearly & week to make the streets passable for ordinary traffic.The failure is not from any overwhelming or exceptional cause, but frem one which may be looked for in greater or less degree haïf a doxen times every winter.But not only must we have a change of system to give ue better administration, we want algo in some respects new principles of administration.Instead of the clear ing of the pavement being left to private bouse- holdecs, the public body which bas charge of the street ought to have charge of the whole of it.There would then be no competition for the labor that is in the market, and no excuse for not hiring and organizing it on a systematic plan, Then, when it was known that on occasion of à fall of snow the local authorities would employ gangs of laborers, crowds of the unemployed would besiege the office doors before dawn, just as the dockyard laborers throng the dock gates every morning in eager competition for whatever work is to be bad.The Morning Advertiser (Jan.1.) defends the vestries.Iu removing the snow, first there is the difficulty of getting carts, and then the want of bands is anotber insuperable difficulty.Here one w reminded that thers are always 37,100 or 40,000 men out of work in London.Yes, but one-half of those are broken-down, or dissipated, or balf-starved men, who are quite incapable of doing & bard day's work.Of men fit for the work, not 10,000 could be found in London ready to accept that employment.The most insuperable difficulty, however, is that no one can tell where the snow, when it bas been got into carts, is to be deposited.Some say, \u201cIn the Thames.\u201d But this answer, in a time of bard frost, is, practically, nonsense ; and in a time of thaw, the snow will remove itself.The whole of the snow of London, if cast into the river, would last week bave blocked it up, and would thus have created greater mischiefs than the mere obstructions of the streets.The truth ie, that there is no place where such an enormous mass of solid matter could be thrown, without inflicting some serious injury.Still the Advertiser does not mean that nothing should be done.Many an evil may be mitigated, which cannot be entirely removed.THE STATS OF EUROPE.The problems which the year 1866 has left na a legacy to 1867, remarks La France, are of indisputable gravity.Dut when and how will they be resolved ?By peace or war; by reason or the sword?It is natural that this question should be asked, and it is natural that public opinion should notice carefully all the symptoms which appear of a nature to clear up its hesitation and doubts, Hence the speeches given on the occasion of the pew year are elements, the significance of which oughitneither to be exaggerated nor underrated.Evidently wishes cannot be regarded as declarations.But when these wishes emanate from the sovereign of France, they bear with them an authority which can dispeuss with commentaries.The general feeling is not mistaken in this, and events, moreover, have proved more than once the particular importance it was right to attach to it, The words used Ly the Emperor to the diplomatic body have produced the most salutary impression.People have seen in them not only a pledge of a year of peace, but also the indication of concilintory ideas which France is disposed to make prevail.At the same time that the Emperor made this reply to the diplomatic body, tbe telegraph brought ua the words uttered by King Victor Emmanuel at Florence, and by tbe Holy Father at Rome.His Mejesty Victor Emmanuel also salutes the new year as An era of peace which is beginuing, and Pius IX, io the different allocutions which be bas made to the heads of the Roman Administration, bas made no allusion to those sad extremities, which lately, again, be bad referred to.Are we, even in this quarter, on the eve of one of those rapprochemens which all sensible men desire to see on the other side of the Alps, and which would be welcomed with so much joy in all the Catholic world?We do not know what the future may reserve for us, but, io the presence of the words exchanged on the threshold of the new year, we have a right to say that it will not be from Paris, Florence, or Rome that the soul will be given for the complications ln which Europe may be cogaged, ITALY AXD THB POPE.L'Italie (Florence) says it bas received from Rome intelligence which admits of ite believing that the negotiations entered into with the Var tican are drawing to a close.itmay therefore be considered to be certain that tbe Papacy bas come to an understanding with the Italian envoy on the priucipal objects of his mission.The reduction of the number of dioceses is tbe only point which is not yet eet- tied.True, our correspondent informs us, there is only an obstaele of form in the way ; they are not far from agreeing At the bottom.For the rest, there is a compromise which permits of the difficulty being provisionally solved, until the day, no doubt not far distant, whea a more complete understanding will be come to.The problems raised by the events which have bappened between Italy and Rome are far from being completely settled ; they give rise to difficulties of more than one kind; snd they must have excited the Papecy.This impression could not but be very lively at first ; but it is allows- ble to say that it bas decreased, and that it will be more und more softened.The spirit of practical wisdom, the counsels of which have never been without influence in Rowe, will uot be long before prevailing.In the menowhile, the Italian Government will continue to show by facts thatit understands how to apply the principles of liberty it lately formulated, with all proper consideration.Is enewics reproach it with not advancing quickly enough, and only balf resolving the problem.Let thom have 8 little patience, and the Government will not fail to go forward, and to break the last ties which connect the Church and State to the detriment of the political and religious Interests which they both represent :2 bumen societios.BUBSIA AND THN BAST.Die National Zeitung haa received the following interesting intelligence from St, Petersburg, dated the 29th of December: \u2014An exhibition with a lottery is being prepared for the benefit of the Creleus, At the head of the undertaking stands Lo less a person than the brother of His Majesty, tbe Grand Duke Nicholas.Thus the , words of the Moscow papers, that something must be done for the Cretans, have worked in this sente.That, moreover, the Russiaus are not inclined to suppress the question, as France is, is clear from all circumstances.It must be remembered, with respect to this, that it bas in no esse been ea:d that Russia wishes a definite solution of the Esstern question; one must reflect on the circular note of Gortschakoff of the end of 1862, in which the autonomy of the different populations of the Ottoman empire is advocated.This is now also being striven after.If the Cretans show tbemselves ns brave as the Servians in their time, they also are to have their autonomy: perhaps an exception is made with respect to them, and they are urged, for similar purposes, to juin with Greece, which may be all the more possible, when Franee favors the de.sigus of the Viceroy of Egypt on this island, which would expluin England and Russia both on this special case sympathizing with the Sul.tav\u2019s subjects.Then the inbabitants of Thessaly come forward.The plan is transparent enough.The provinces are to become autonomous, and, as soon as the bond between them and the Porte is Ioosentd enough, the supremacy of Russia is to be substituted for that of Turkey.HOW TO REACH THE NON-CHURCH- GOING CLASSES.(From \u201c Evangelieal\u201d Christendom, for Jan.) Few things in the social aspect of England are more remarkable than the contrast between the enormous apparatus provided for public worship and instruction, and the complete aliens- tion of the masses of the working population from that worabip.The country from north to south is filled with edifioes of different maguni- tudes and degrees of splendor and plainness, devoted to the special purpose of furthering the spiritual interests of the nation, and of expounding the message of heaven, \u2014that message which was preceminently addressed by tbe Son of God to (be \u201c weary and beavy laden,\u201d to those who bear the heaviest burdens of life, and are weighed down under its most oppressive cares.But Sunday after Sunday these buildings are filled with the nobles and the gentry, with the comfortable, middle classes, with professional men, tradesmen, shop-keepers, place-men, and their immediate servants and depeedents, and with a thin sprizkling of the laboring classes in their different ranks.There is in all buts few exceptional cases striking and perpetual absence of the bulk of the working men and their families from these buildings.The great body of the hard workers of the kingdom,\u2014from the skilled artificers, whose wages raise them into close contact with the middle classes, to the intelligent mechanics, the artisans, the machioists, thé musical and surgical instrument makers, the joiners, the masons, the brick-layers, the painters and decorators, the hosts of engineers, \u2014thess are not there.Itis said that not five per cent, of their numbers are in the habit of frequenting the churches, or joining thetr fellow-counirg- men in the study of Christianity, or iu the wor- shi; of their Maker.There may be local exceptions to this rule.Some religious bodies succeed better than others in attracting the presence of the hard-working class.But, speaking generally, it is notorivusly true that the wiling multitudes do not seek for their weekly rest in the sanctuaries of God.Burely this indisputable fact deserves serious attention and examination.What is the meaning of eo lamentable a condition of affairs ?Does it sigoify that the Obristian religion bss become a luxury of the upper ard middle classes ; that the heaven promised to Christians is reserved for the well-to-do orders, for those who are enjoying all the comforu of this life, \u201csud are exempied from its most pressing woes?Does it signify that the laboring classes are more ungodly and profane in their disregard of God than other men, and that they are too deeply sunk in rensunlity and indifference to yield an ear to their Creators word?Does it signify that these classes are deluding themeelves by vain excuses into & systematic neglect of the Gospel which might save them?Or does it signify that the organized institutions of Chris- Vanity amongst us fail to present religion in & form fitted to attract the toiling multitudes of the nineteenth century ?Tt ia with a view to obtaining some definite Answer to these pressing inquiries, that it has been proposed to hold a Conference during the present month in London, of representatives of the various churches, both Jay and clerical, and of working men, who should similarly represent the pon-church-going population of thelr own rank ig socie:y.Attble Conference it {a proposed to furnish the opportunity, to those whose information may enable them to enlighten the public on the subject, of stating the causes of the remarkable alienation of the operative community from our Cbristisn institutions; in the hope that an altogetber free and frank interchange of opinion andexplanation may result in some better understanding, 50 as to renfôve many of the misconceptions which at present hinder tbe access of the workmen to the churches, and to assist the modification in worship or modes of teaching and living which may be presumed to offer obstacles to the desired union, It is probable that some persons may be disposed 10 question whether the alienation of the working classes from organized Christianity is do general as is supposed by the promoters of this Uonference ; but we apprehend that closer nquiry will fssue in substantial assent to the statement that the larger portion of them seldom.~ Fepnvarr 2, 1867.- enter a Church, The skilled artisans especially entertain the strongest objection imaginable to the habit of cburch-goiug.They dislike the very buildings where Christianity has taken up its public abode.If you invite them to come and bear a lecture on science, economics, bistory, and literature, in ons of these buildings, most of them will decline to attend because of the locality.There is a strong general feeling, loudly expressed in the workshops, against even the ministers of tbe Gospel.If the Sunday papers contain & report of the case of a professed church-goer's moral breakdown thereis a chuckle from one end of the kingdom to the other among the class of which we speak.If a minister of any sect disgraces his profession there is almost an cutery of triumph.What, then, are the troe causes of the abrence of the workmen themselves from those Assem- Llies of Englishmen in which God is worshipped and his truth proclaimed ?The right answer to this inquiry we believe to be aa follows :\u2014 1.The most common aud general cause is the weariness of the people with their work during the week, and the notion they entertain that it is necessary to refresh their spirits and recruit their energies by devoting the Bunday to vur- poses of physical rest and recreation.They have risen at fise o'clock during the six days of the week, breakfasted early, and walked to the place of their labor, continued at work during nearly the whole day, under ail weathers and in all states of feelings ard of health, and at the week's end they are suficently weary to wel- [¢ come, with 8 gladuess unknown to the middle ranks, the advent of the Sunday.They nearly all, therefore, lie late in bed on Sunday morning, too late to allow of their presence at church.In the fine season they take a walk before dinner in tbe country, and spend the rest of 1he day in the company of their families and friends.It is elear that such & mode of spending the diy of rest\u2014a rest, which, nevertheless, they owe to the influence of religien on others\u2014ia not favorable either to its sanctification or to the promotion of religions influence upon themselves.Their Sunday reading is restricted to newspapers which afford a general view of the events of the week, especially of the proceedings in the police courte, in the sporting world, and the labor market, and they seldom look into a book which might revive the better impressions of childhood, or increase their scanty knowledge ¢f Christian truth.It is evident that under such circumstances Christianity must be presented in a very inviting form to give the faintest chance of reaching their hearts or winning them to an abandonment of those slothful babitsa which derive 80 powerful an excuse from physical exhaustion.2.It is then a melancholy fact that we are compelled 10 set down as second among the really operative reasons of the absence of the working-clasges from the houses of God the generally repulsive mannor exhibited towards them on the part of the cburch-voing people, and of which the working men loudly complaiu! They say they know that they are not wanted at church; that the churches are for ladies and gentlemen, and for those who can make some humble imitation of a superior style of dress; that all the arranz-ments for sitting sre framed on the priaciple of givioz honor to wealtb, and little or none to honest lubor ; that it is impossible aux fathers of families in their condition always to obtain \u2018 respectable\u201d nitire ; tant they do not wish tu go once à week where they will be made to feel theis inferiority or be moraily punished for their poverty.They allege that they prefer to sit at home \u2018smoking their pipes in the full possession of an Englishman's sclf- respect, rather than to be thrust into & back seat of a galiery, or charged a price fora pew, to listen to what they do not quite understand.The one chief remedy for this neglect of God by the population is the going forth of a new spirit of living love towards the people; for love is a puwer which only the most hardened wickedness can resist.The churches must per- auade the artisans that they are beartily welcome at their doors, and must not ineist too Euon or too minutely upon fixed money payments for their accommodation.The men muat be com- Pelled to feel that Christianity is not an affair of the middle classes, but of all classes ; and the women to acknowledge thst their more fortunately placed sisters bave not lost a sisterly regard for their sorrows.[tis true that even after such a revolution there would still remain among working men, as among their * betters,\u201d multitudes whom no attraction would win, who would persist in going after their pleasures and their sine, and discover excuses for their irre- ligion in calumnies of tbe basest kind upon both religion and its supporters.Bat it in equally certain that if every churcb-goer in England from this day forward made it bis business to invite to hia church cvery week some working men, 0 assure them of a manly welcome, and to endeavor to intersst them in religious truth, o large reduction in the number of absentees would immediately occur.\u2018The style of preaching and the mode of worship bave not à little to do with the dislike of the working wea to the churches.They abhor read sermons and long prayers; and if they ace to be won, there must be some attention paid to s congregational psalmody in which they can noite.Many of them complain that thers ia no opportunity on which they can state their objections and difficulties in reference to religion.Às a class, they think more earvestly than either the shopkeepers or the servants.In order to persuade them to believe, (here is required a more aggressive and controversial style of discourse in the \u201cmissionaries\u201d who are sent to them ; and noue should be sent to the ergu- mentative sort of working men, with such a view, except ahle and competent defentiers of the faith.There is & work to be done in the workshops before the artisans will enter the caurches, aod tbat work is one which might attract the attention and kindle the seal of the best educated men in Christendom.The men are willing to listen to any first-rate teach- 010 who will devote themeelves to their iostruc- tion.There are skilled workmen who, during tbe last season, paid large pricos for tickets to bear Professor Iluxley's lectures at Jermyn- Street, and they would just as willingly listen to any equally able man who should successfully maintain the truth of Scripture.One great mistake bas been abandoning the business of out-of-doors evangelization nearly altogether to balfeducated men.The all-qualifed Aposties were seat forth to persuade, in tbe market-place, the working men of thelr day; and no bigher work could be pro to themselves by the Uaiversities of Bogland than to send forth ome higbly-qualified teachers of Christianity to lubor among the more intelligent portion of the non- eburcb-going community.Is :t with view to such ap issue that the Couference above referred to bus been summoned.It will consist of about ome hundred members, invited by circular; this bumber to be equally divided between representatives of the churches, lay and clerical, and representatives of the working men of London.At his assembly the freest utterance will be invited on all sides, with the single exception of that side from wbich might come au attack on Christinnity as a Divine Revelation.The Conference wisely declines to listen to that reason for not going to chureh.But any other \u2018 reasens\u201d fur their alienation from our worshipping assemblies may be freely set forth by the working men, and canvassed by the ministers nd laymen prevent.Every one will speak under the responsibility of the utmost publicity, and hence any serious misrepresentation of the opinion of tLe operative community is certain to obtain speed y correction.Itis difficult to say which party is likely to receive the greater benefit from the interview.BRITISH AND FOREIGN NEWS, \u2014 The calamitous fire at the Crystal Palace, and the inability of the Directors to meet the loss from the capit-l of the Company, bave induced the raisiug of public subscriptions toward its restoration.It is proposed to put a voluntary offering of £150,000 in the bands of Lbe Direc- 7 The trinl of James F.Wilkinson, late Manager of the London Joiut Stock Discount Company, apd well known in the banking wotld\u2014 upon a charge cf having franduleatly appropriated to his own use two checks, the property of the company, had resulted in a verdict of guilty, and he was seutenced to five years\u2019 penal servie tude, \u2014 Much interest was caused on Friday by the passiog through Ozford-street of 8 gentleman driving & sleigh.The driver was well wrapped in furs, the sleigh gaily decked with ribbons, snd the neck of the fine horse drawing iv hung with silver bells, The rapidity with which the sleigh passed over the snow was in strong contrast with the suaila pace at which cabs drawa by two borses struggled through.The yamine who throug Uzxford-street were evidently delighted with the new vehicle, and followed it in crowds, huzzahing lustily.\u2014 London paper.\u2014 Some extraordinary ecclerinstical doings Lave lately taken place ia Natal.Ju October the clergy and laity of the diocese assembled for the purpose of considering u proposal to elect à bishop, and, aficr two days\u2019 deliberation, the Desv's party succeeded in earrying à motion for the election of the Rev.W.Butler, vicar of Wantage.Dr.Qolenso\u2019s friends have, of course, protested against this proceeding ; and the right rev.prelate himself has intimated that \u201c Dean Green and bis supporters are excommunicated by their own act in clecting a bishop without ber Majesty's authority.\u201d Tuz Cooum Trang.\u2014 Late China advices state that the \u201cAvon,\u201d bound trom Maieso to Havana, with upwards of 300 coolies on board, camo into Hong Kong waters, and was seized by the authoritics on the ground of basing no papers on board.On investigation at Macao, it was fouud (bat there were many children on board wbo bad bcen kidompped.The case is stated to bave created much excitemen*.Tue Frenoz Coaz4n Exranition.\u2014The China papers state that the French bave been beaten off at Kanghoa, in Corea, with a 1083 of 45 men, One gunbiat got ashore iu the river, and owing to the tremendous full of the tide, which is stated to be about 43 feet, obe was for some time left 30 fest out of water on a flat rock.She was eventually got off.The feet had rc- turned Lo Shanghai.Gas Exraosion 1x Biitaix.\u2014Serious casualties have recently bien caused by the explosion of gas in private hovses.The most recent ine stance took place on the 220d, in Somers street, Louton, between Leather-lane and Satfron-hill During the day workmen liad bern engaged in repairing the gas mains in tie street, and left soon after two o'clock, thinkivx all was safe, About six o'clock in tbe evening 8 dreadful explosion occurred, which destroyed two of the houses, and several persons were seriously injured.There were three deaths almost instantly, and other persons areso much injared tbat their lives are in jeopardy.When an escape of gas is perceptible in «private residence the best plan to prevent accident is to throw up all the windows, and edit as much atmospheric air as possible.Tru irauian Sexarm ox THn Roman Quastion.\u2014The address of the fualinn Scuate in reply to the speech from the throne was voted on Dec.28.Like the speech of the King, it avoids spesking of the annexntion of Rome.[It merely says :\u2014\u201c Augmentcd, by tbe conclusion of peace, y illustrious provinors she so greatly desired, sad by formidable defonces, Italy presses around your throne while awaiting that agreement between Church and State of which your Majesty bas spoken, and which is the wish and the hope, not only of the Italisns, but of all the Catholic world, and which must be carried out in such a manner that the church, truly free and independent in its sublime sphere, does not afford any impediment to the State in the exer cite of its sovereign rights and in the develop ment of its legitimate aspirations.This will be the seal of our greatness and the siarting- point of « revieal of religious feeling, in case\u2014possibly owing to the ardor of past etruggies-it may anywhere have fallen off\" 72aLAup.~\u2014The excitement about tbe had subsided, there being & cessation of hostilities.A constant topic of discussion in the proposed amalgamation of the Now-Zea- land Steam Navigation Company with the Panama Company, a resolution ia favor of which was passed at the half-vearly meeting of the sbare- holders belonging to the former Oompazy.The directors of tho Colonial Company arc unasi- moualy in favor of the project, and advices from Eoglend are to tbe effect that it is viewed with much favor by the Pansms Company.The contract [a regard to the malls between Paname and New-Zealand remains unsigned Frora the position of affairs in regard to this question it Is believed that New-Zealand will take the whole burden of (his anbaidy upon berselt, and exact from the neighboring colonies sucha contribution as they ought to pay for participating in the service.The new gold diggings at the Pakibi and Fox THE MONTREAL WITNESS.Rivers, & litile south of the Bulier, have proved satisfactory, and the prospects of the diggings are spoken favorably uf by persons of undoubted respectability.At Pakili itis said that tbe diggings are gradually extending, snd instanees are not unfrequent in which they pay from £7 to £11 per week per man, Provisions are cheapand business brisk, A beavy rush has set in tos terrace on the right band side of the Waimea track.The prospect obtaiced was magnificent, as no less than half an ounce to the dish rewarded the enterprise of the prospectors, The Annual Statistical Register of New Zealand bas just been published.The advance of the colony bas lately been very rapid,\u2014mote rapid, proportionally, than that of apy other colony but Quecosisnd.At the present time the population may be safely counted at 200,000, exclusive of Maories and military.The total value of the gold exported in 1864 was £2,226,- 474.The value of the wool exported was £1,141,760.The revenue for 1865 amounted to £936,945, an increase of pearly 15 per cont, on the previous year.AMERICAN NEWS.\u2014 Au invitation to dine at the White House was gent a {uw days ago to Senator and Mra.Sumner, who promptly declined the honor, \u2014 Dr.Laban U.Sanders of Barnstead, N.H., died a few days since from a disease contracted five years sgo wbile perfo: ming & dissection, \u2014 James Dixon, & poor fireroan of Nashville Teun., bas fallen heir to $150,000 by the death of a relative in Mississippi.\u2014 Ât the recent sitting of the New York Supreme Court, Mr.Thos.Moore, photographic artist, formerly of Montreal, aod now of New York, obtained n divorce from his wife, \u2014 Huyck, formerly President of the Merchants\u2019 National Bank, Washington, has been arrested for having stolen $13,000 in bonds belonging toa Mrs.Coyle, \u2014 The green-houses, or propagating-houses\u201d of J.W.Bailey & Co, nurserymen, Platuburg, N.Y., were destroyed by fire Just Saturday night.Loss about §2,000\u2014ipsurance £200, The grape vines were all saved.\u2014 The steamship \u201c City of Boston,\u201d of tho in- maa line, completed, within the past year, no fower than ten voyages between Liverpool and New York,\u2014or 70,000 statute- miles, \u2014a performance never befure equalled.\u2014 Jobo McGinnis, of Chicago, who sailed for Europe à few duys xgo with instructions from Mr.Seward to actas U.8.Mister at Stockholm, will learn by cable on bis arrival that Le bas been rejected by the Senate, and he can return, \u2014 A leetare committer in Baflslo threaten to sue tbe Rev, Henry Ward Beecher for failing to keep his agreement to lecture this season, They intend to test the question in the courts whether clergymen cannut be leld to a bargain the tame ag other people, \u2014 The Vicksburg //erald says that several men, who buve reccutly been engaged in duels in Mississippi, bave beeü indicted by tbe grand jury of tke county, and bound over in the sum of one thousiad dcllars to answer for their of- fener, \u2014 An enterprising Connecticut man bas sue- ceeded in curing beef in South Ameticn, so thay it can be sefely put up and brought North.It costs, eu.cd, à cent and à bulf por pound.Tue freight costs $2 à baricl, snd when brought to market it is equally good, snd bricgs the same price, a8 prime mess beef put up at Ubicago.\u2014 The Tariff bill was amended in the United States Senate on Thursday, snd a number of articles imported for educational uses placed upon the free list.An amendment to reduce tbe duty on lumber was rejected, and the duty on flaxseed raised to 20 cents per bushel, and on linseed oil to 80 cents per gallon.\u2014 A boy named Jobn Hayden, about fiftcen years of age, ha:liog from Owego, catered the National Bank of Port Jervis, N.Y., on Saturday, on pretcace of getting Il changed.Mr.Francis Marvin, the only person in the bank at tbe time, turned from him a moment, when the boy discharged a pustol at bim, the ball lodging in & large bound book, thus saving Mr.Marvin's life.Hin object nndoubtedly was to secure some bank notes 1bhat lay within reach.Th boy is under arrest.Tue Lawazves Miis.\u2014A despatch from Boston says :\u2014\u201c Owing to the state of the markets, most of the millain Lawrence will reduce ! operations from 10 to 25 per cent.on Feb, |, which wiil be the means of throwing several hundred operatives out of employment.\u201d SivauLar amp Fata Accinentr.\u2014Oapt.Mul- lew, of the New York line of steamers, undertook to 50 up to Washington from b which was frozen in, on a sled with panied by bia engineer.They had as Alexandria, when the wind changed, and, in endeavoring to turnaround, the led tipped over ; catching the bead of the captain, mangling it terribly, and killing him instantly.The engi- |g neer was badly burt.Tus Aceves Taaoxpy.\u2014 Tus Frexcuman |\u201c Cruarsp.\u2014A despatch from Lewwton, Me.dated 28th inst.anys :\u2014Freitche, the straggling Frenchman, who was arrested on Thursday on suspicion of being the murderer of the two old ladies at West Auburn, and against whom there were suspicions of an almost convincing charae- ter, bas proved bis whereabouts duriug the week of the murder 20 clearly as to establish bis innocence.The mystery of the murder is now greater than ever.Tum Nassy Larrmas\u2014Mr.D.R.Locke, of tbe Toledo Jiade, takes the responsibility, blame, and fame of the letters of Petroleum Vegu- vius Nasby.He is à thorough-going republican, & vigorous bater of political cheats, a man of brond views, a doer.lu the midst of very laborious editorial duties, be gives tbe public & half-dozen of his piquant revelntions every month.He bas cast more ridicule upon the Democratic \u201csmaifri\u201d than all the politicians since the time of Buchansn; snd much good bas come of it.No Pracmss Next Ysan.\u2014The extreme cold weather of the past few days bas completely killed off the peaches in this vicinity withoutany exception.The cold simply bas done it and not the sold winds, else farmers who owned peach orchards in sheltered places might bave boped to escape, Peaches cannot withstand a greater degree of cold than ten degrees above sero ; and 0 ihe thermometer swayed Thursday, Friduy in, in were more or less scratched or bruised.The T C H Ti oi H Ki fa: their annual festival the other © the course of tbe proceedings presented Nr.C.rare occasions that the n town apd Port Huron is obstructed by ice.Hell's not far from here, Tom.Breakers abead! All friends have disappeared like rats from an old ship, die\u2014buckle to\u2014grin and bear it.for health and strength and good spirits\u2014ppirite of tbe right sort.No more old rye for this boy.Who wants a hired man that's honest ?\u2014T.HL.R.¢.and Saturday, from (wo Wb eight degrees ubuve, we may look for peaches next fall from elsewhere than Western New York \u2014 Rochester £'c- press, Tew Reciprocity Tarary.\u2014Ooogress has If our representatives at 1 the advantages resulting from « full volume of Canadian and Proviccial trade \u2014N.F, Shipping List.TurrACciDENT ox THB Oapexsscro R.R\u2014In the railway accident near Rouse's Point on Friday morning, in which the engineer, William Davis, was killed, the following passengers were jured :\u2014Hrs.Thomas P.Capuwell, seriously the face and head ; Mrs, Mary Joslyn, of West Alburg, Vi, seriously in the head ; Mrs.Eliza- betb Hodgin, of Lacolle, C.E., severely cut and burnt in the head; Edwin Messile, of Stotts- ville, C.E., severely in the leg.Severs) others cause of the accident was as follows : ~The conductor of the western mail train told the fire- an to haul out and wait on the side track for the express train, which was nearly dee.The fireman having started the train, the engineer got on, and it was run out on the mein track, when it collided with the express train.The conductor of the mail train in the meantime was + in the depot.\u2018The mail train wae 34 bonre late, Lie engines and cars were badly smashed.Suoorino Casu aT Maxcexaren, N.H.\u2014Henry T.Hateb bad fallen jn love with Mrs.Amelia Bachelder, who bas a busband living, as she says, in Boston, and desired to marry her, This she very properly refused to do, but Hatcb's importunilies continued until he grew maniacal on the subject, and be threatened to take ber Life if she persisted in her refusal.openly stated that he would murder her on Suuday, but little heed was paid to his threaten.ings.About ¢ o'clock that evening be called at ber boarding place and fired at her.ruslied frantically out of the room and down ataies, exclaiming, Immediately there was beard the report of another barrel, and a lady who had gone to the room Was in seasos to see Hatch abgot himself and catch him as he tottered to full.Batchelder wus ucharmed excep: by the fright and a contused wound of little account.ball struck a steel atay aod was stopped from going further.tance behind tbe stay the ball would huve passed through.Her corset was ber armor, and saved her life, probably.\u2014 Bocton Journal, He even Mrs.B.* Harry Hateh has shot me.\u201d Mrs.The If there had been a bard resis- CANADIAN NEWS, \u2014 The store and post-office at Cold Springs, .W., owned and occupied by Mr.D.Mclotush, was destroyed by fire on Thureday night of Inst week.Luss from $1,500 to $2,000; no insurance.\u2014 The Megantic Argus states that « fine of fifty dollars and couts Las been imposed by tbe loc magistrates on Mes.Mary Lieurmonth, of the townsbip of [nveroesy, for buving sold liquor on Christmas-day without a license, \u2014 The employés of the Hamilton Times bold .Bull, the * local editor,\u201d with a bandsome pateat lever watch, as a token of their esteem.Tux Fantaw Turars ar Toronto \u2014On Fri- dny, Wm.Orr was put on bis trinl, tod was ac- quitled.Bnrncy Dunn wus found guilty; sentence deferred.Frederick Fry, John Hughes, und James Diamond were acquitted.Parsdxar.\u2014 We notice that Mr.Dunkin, M.P.P., and Ale.E.Kemp have entered into co- partnership, as advocates, at Nelsonville and Knowlton.this, resumes the practice of bis profession.He bad practiwed for many years in Montreal before removing to the Kastern Townships, being formerly a partaer of Chief Justice Meredith and Mr.8.Bethune.\u2014 Gazette, Mr.Dunkin, it would appear from Navigation OpsTRUCTE It is only on very igation between our bis season, however, we bare to chronicle the complete obatrection of the navigation between the points mentioned, the whole river below and opputite the town, and the bay above it, up to tbe narrows, being compictely jammed with the ice which came out of the lake, s0 that the only method of crossing for the past two weeks has been on foot or,sleighs.Poiat Edward is still clear, and (he G.T.steamer | makes ber trips regularly ss usual.\u2014Sarnia The navigation at bserver, Tire Last or Forty Tnousann.\u2014Mr.J.Hether- ington, of the Toronto City Chamberlain's office, few days ago received & bank-note,on the back of which the following was written.This note is the last of forty thousand pounds sterling, all gone in fun within four years.Now fur bard work.urrah! I'm a man again.Roll up your sleeves, Never say Thank God esp up heart, old fellow, and go to work, resdy for anything \u201d Pronaute Movement or Treors.\u2014The London Prototype gives publicity to the following rumor of expecied military movements in tbe epriog : \u2018\u201c We hear it on good authority that, on tbe opening of the navigation, a considerable reduction wili be made in the force at present atationed in this garrison.Two regiments are already under orders to leave Cansds in the spring for England, which will lessen the pum- ber of troops bere.Rifles will be despatched to Montreal, thus re dueing the force in London lo a battery of artillery and one wing of infantry.Regimeot, now stationed st Hamilton, on (be arrival of the wing of the 53rd there, will vacate that city and proosed further enst.We have reasons for believing that the above programme will prove to be as nearly correct as possible,\u201d It is said that the 601b The 16th Tun Graxp Tovux Accipsur.\u2014 We bave pow riher particulary, from passengers, of the ac- og, aud in | 75 cident which occurred near Again, on morning of Thursday last.Thuy sey (= Afrer running off tbe track near Einesiown, we sper: mostly all the day in getung the truck cleareu.Before we made our lion] start, the tin which doubtless reaiized, by this time, tbat by abro- left Montreal that morv:ng cane up, und tbe guting the treaty it has unnecessarily sacrificed WO trains were furmed into cue.y important material interests, without any com.|28 embankment crust a lake; the lirst tar pevsating results.00 A Washington have a realising sense cf publie | with it; the third was duty, they will basten to repair the mischief they bave wrought by their basty and ill-con- sidered legislation, and make & speedy effort to conclude such & new treaty as will secure Lo our railroads, canals, seaports, aud business me, We were wn | fell down on to theice, und dragged the recoud way dowv, and tbe fourth, with the car we occupied, remvmitied On the sleepers, but off the track.If it had been summer, Dot à pérson on the train would bave escaped, ug the water is seven feel deep withsoft mud below.The tender was dragged vy tbe licet car balf-way down tbe eumbankweut, but the er.gine remaived ateady on the track.Une wan, ifnot already dead, is dargerously woundes, and several bave broken beats aud bruuet bodies, We Lave cerwinly bad 8 vuciow escape.\u201d Tokanto ITEMS ~\u2014A man from one of tle neighboring townships was picked up ou Queen street on Saturday evening ia a beastly state of intoxication.On being searched he was found to be possessed of no Jess a sum than $140.\u2014!a & curliug match, on Saturday, between the Heatber Club, of Scarborough, and the Toronto Club, the latter won, after two hours\u2019 play, by the heavy majority of 33 \u2014\u2014Tbe difficulty be- iween the Street Railway Company aud tbe Yonge street etore-keepera still continues, The former wish to clear their tracks of snow.The lutter object to bave it piled up before their doors, to the injury of their trade, and threaten \u2014if the Company take any steps to clear the truck\u2014to throw water over the suow, in vrder that it may congeal the more firuly,\u2014Tbe Globe suys that the overcoats and trovsers\u2014 34 of ench\u2014sent by tbe Feniun brotherk-ud to the prisooers, turns out to be old, cast-uside, muth- enten, Confederute uniforms.Use of the pr- soncre, on receiving bis outfit, examiued it, and then hurled it to the other side of the room, saying he *\u2018did not waut such trash.'\u2014\u2014A lad named Joho Biggings was urrested on Suturday, charged with stealing $350 from bis faiber.Evvecrs or rue Lors or Recirnocmrr \u2014Under tbe operation of the Reciprocity Treaty there was à market, created by American buyers, at every furmer'a door for every article of bis produce, and another market in Montreal for ship mentbyseu.Neither of them wns obstructed by uoy duties.Lust year anles for the American mutrket were made the disadvanluges of adverse customs d snd the Euglish market hud thetetor to be sought.lostesd of two free channels for our produce, we were reduced to ouv, which in former years bud not bien found the most desirable, but which, from ite extent and clusticity, ie slwaya vpun, 8 i certain price, for any surplus which mercantile enterprise can discover in avy purt of the world.While we congratulste ourselves, thervfory, or finding that | we are not shut up to one market for Our products, it is impuriant to understand that the markets we have Iutely used, whether in Eog- luud, or (fur breadstufly) in the Maritime Provinces, bave not been creoted by tbe actson of ihe American Government.They existed before just us they do now, and bave not by any jer- manecut change of nature! cireutnataners become morcadvautageous than they were, though they ute comparatively morc advantageous from [the American market being leew 50.\u2014 Montreal | Herald.Tue Mapoc GoLn.\u2014Since our Inst report upon the lichardson Mine, it laa been opened, acd eevernl blasts put in to test is sichoess, {by the partics 1 whom Mr.Richardson bad sold, or nzreed to ell the second time.These parties pot baving the money to puy for the property, put themselves in communication with two enpituliate from Chicuxo, by the name of Lombard und Hurdin, who cnme bere to visit the property, but made it « condition precedent to investing their money, that the mioe should be tested fu their presence ju tbe muaner referred to.Disinterested puetivs who were allowed to go down into the shaft, pronounce the quarts thrown out by the blast exceedingly rich, and beyond all expectation.Even the Chicago men, who are practical old miners, admit that should the vein prove continuous (which from present appearances is hixhly probuble) there bas nothing equal to it in richness bern yet discovered in any country.The money which has been deposited by the Chicago gentlemen is contingent upon the result of the Chancery suit now bring prosecuted by Messrs.Carr und Johnson, of Boston (who are the first purchasers), against Richardson, to compel him to carry out bis agreement with them, and to set aside the subsequent sale as void and fraudulent against the purchasers.in the meantime the mine will bu closed, und will remain so probably, unless some drransements can be made between the parties.\u2014rileville Chronicle.Quesuc Iraus.\u2014A subecription in Quebre for the sufferers by the late colliery cxplomons in England, hus reached the sum of $379.The amount has beva remitted to England.\u2014- For several days the mails have been recived twentr- four hours after they were due.\u2014\u2014 The Quebec papers publish a correspondence between the committee charged with tbe erection of à monument to the memory of tbe late Licat.Baines, and the motber of that lamented officer.The letter from the committer trausmitied £60 sterling, for the erection of u monumental tablet in England, in the name of tbe prople of Quebec, and tbe balnnce (sbout $700) is to be devoted to & monument in Mount Hermon Cemetery.Mrs, Bnines in her reply, suye:\u2014\u201c\u201cIn tbe midst of our crushing sorrow, | can still feel thankful that my beloved son did not dic in vain, | rejoice that be wus permitted 10 save life und property io your city, and us long as | live | ghail think with heartfelt gratification of the funeral honors paid to his nuning, and feel proud and thankful for the monument all have so nobly Joined to vreet to his memory.\u201d \u2014 The present ice-bridge is tbe roughest Quebec hus had for » number of years, and only onc rond to Pointe levis has a9 yet been formed, \u2014~\u2014The brigantine \u201c L, B, ree,\u201d of Quebec, Oapt.Bazile Deroy, of L'lslet, which left Halifax some time ago for Cienfuegos, Cubs, arrived safely at that destination on the 36th December, after « passage of 18 days.\u2014On Friday à long, slanting over the bridge bad beeu made, from a point opposite the foot of Mountain Rill 10 the vicinity of the Grand Trunk Station at Levis, aud during the day a great number of pedestrians aud sleighs cromed to and from Quebec.\u2014\u2014The ies-bridges of 1966 and 1867 were formed, by & singular coincidence, in the samo month, and ou the same day of the montb, the 24th January, 76 \u2014 Subectibers who have nut yet renewed for the year now begun, are respecifully requested «a do 0 without delay, as we can only send two or three numbers after ibe ezjiration of the Fear, so As to allow of remittances on the way