strained by police regulations. Rooms are opened for worship and lectures.

British and Foreign Sailors' Society.— Income, about £3,000. Doing great good, physically, morally, and religiously, among these men.

Country Town's Mission.-An unsectarian Society for visiting the poor and the sick. Income £5,662 15s. 8d. Increase, £1041 48. lld.

National Temperance Society.—Vigorously pursuing its virtuous course with an income of only £1,178 18s.

Liberation of Religion Society.-Seems to be renewing its strength and activity. Income, £1,789 16s. 11d.

The British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, and the Peace Society gatherings were as well attended as ever; and the advocates of liberty and peace for all men, seem determined, notwithstanding adverse eircumstances in the United States and Europe, not to

"Bate one jot of heart and hope." MINISTERIAL TRAVELLERS.-We are in formed that the Rev. Messrs. Stoughton, Martin, and Edwards, having returned from their recent tour in Italy, have re-occupied their pulpits, to the great satisfaction of their respective churches. Drs. Raffles and Halley are on their way to Jerusalem. It is stated that Dr. Raffles has had a taste of the tyranny of the Papal dominions, in having been under durance for three days, because he wore a white hat, and had a penwiper which took the shape and colour of a revolutionary cockade! He was finally liberated, after his books and papers had all been examined, upon paying the expense of his imprisonment, including that of the guard who was stationed over him.

THE BIBLE PRESENTED BY GEORGE Fox to the Swarthmore meeting-house, near Ulverston, and long chained to the reading desk, is about to be restored to its place, after having for some time been in private hands. The Swarthmore meeting-house was the first place of worship erected by the Friends.

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THE MISSIONARY-SHIP "WILLIAMS."A letter from the captain of the missionaryship John Williams, received at the London Mission-house, reports a visit to Frromanga, in the New Hebrides. During the stay of the vessel off the island, the very man who levelled the fatal blow at the martyred missionary Williams came board. Te is now a learner of Christianity. The question was put to him why he killed the missionary? His reply was, "White man had been to the island, and had slain his brother and his sister: he feared this white man would do likewise, and so he killed him." The island is now to a great extent reclaimed from heathenism by the labours of native evangelists.

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MISSION FRUIT AND STATISTICS.-A correspondent of the New York Recorder writes as follows:-"In 1852 the Baptists of this state paid 29,000 Collars to Foreign Missions, and only 9,000 dollars for missions in the What did this 9.000 dollars accomplish? It called hundreds of children to our Sabbath schools. It organized seven new churches. It aided in building sixteen houses of worship. Six of the churches have been blessed with glorious revivals. Many Roman Catholics have been converted. Five converted Germans have commenced preparation for the ministry. Two hundred and seventeen converts have been baptized. The divine blessing has rested on this stinted labour, and the results are glorious. Shame to us that we have done so little in so great a field! Praise to God, that he has done so much by such feeble means. But who can measure all the results of this labour? Baptists of New York, shall this State continue to be neglected? You love the Foreign Mission. May God help you to love it more! But the Foreign Mission will beg in harvest and have nothing, if its sluggish friends fail to cultivate and liberally sow the home-field. Mark this tact: During the nine years, our numbers have decreased 10,064; but the population of the State has rapidly increased. In ten years, the population of New York city has nearly doubled. You had twenty-one churches then, and only thirty-one now. But what is still more appalling, you had 8,013 communicants then, and you have only 8,351 now. Your increase for ten years is not 351, but the population of the city has increased 300,000.

PROTESTANTISM IN TURKEY.-In 1830, Protestantism was unknown-not a Protestant clergyman was labouring in Constantinople, nor a Protestant sermon preached, nor a Protestant school established; in 1854 in the same city are nineteen such clergymen; twenty-six evangelical sermons are preached every Sabbath in different languages, and fourteen Protestant schools are established. Including the city, there are at this time in the Turkish empire, not less than sixty-five Protestant preachers; and though among them there are representatives of several different branches of the Protestant church, they are without exception labouring harmoniously for the same great object: and in more than fifty towns and villages of the empire, there are Protestant assemblies for Divine worship every Lord's-day.

A REMARKABLE REVIVAL OE RELIGION has recently taken place in Leeds-and among whom do our readers suppose? If they have not already heard they would not perhaps imagine that it has been among the Puseyites-parsons and people. We have but just heard of it, and have been promised the facts for our next.

GENERAL.

AT A RECENT MEETING IN LIVERPOOL, the Rev. Dr. M'Neile told a story, with great glee, of the visit of a reverend inspector to his school. The inspector, anticipating King John would be named, asked one of the lads who was the worst king that had ever reigned in England. The answer was "James the Second." The inspector ven turing no further in this direction, turned to another child, and repeated the question. Henry the Eighth" was now the answer. The reverend querist put the question"Why?" "Because he wrote a book in favour of Popery." A girl was next tried; and her reply was a question:-"May I say Mary?" "No she must name a king." One of the boys spoke up, and said "John." "Right," cried the inspector: "he was the worst-and why?" "Because, sir," the lad made answer, "he put down his crown at the feet of the Pope." The inspector, finding that there was no escape from Popery, gave it up. Dr. M'Neile is said to have told the story "in proof of the impossibility of giving historical teaching without religion."

PAPER. The proprietors of a leading metropolitan journal offer to pay any person who shall first succeed in inventing or discovering the means of using a cheap substitute for the cotton and linen materials now used by papermakers the sum of £1,000. We trust the appeal may be successful. There is a great scarcity of paper at the present time. Stationers are at their wits end to supply orders, and newspaper proprietors in a state of appre hension at the enhanced value of an article which has risen nearly 25 per cent.

IN THE CHURCH-RA E DEBATE Mr. W. Biggs, M.P., said, "that on one occasion he was dining at the house of a friend with the Chief Magistrate of Leicester, when the constable brought his worship twelve warrants to sign for non-payment of Church rates, among which was one against the host; and the Chief Magistrate was actually obliged to sign a warrant for seizing the goods and chattels of the gentleman of whose hospitality he was partaking."

MR. PETO, M.P., is about to present a most elaborate and beautifully designed stained glass window to the king of Denmark, intended for the altar window of the chapel royal at Fredericksburg.

A LUMP OF PURE GOLD, weighing twenty-seven pounds, has been found at California by a poor Italian, who, the day before, begged a dollar to purchase a

breakfast.

AMONGST THE MAY MEETINGS may now be reckoned that of the Anti-Tobacco Society, which has just held a meeting.

JAPAN.-Commodore Perry, of the United States squadron, has succeeded, it is reported, in opening Japan. A treaty has been signed fixing on the ports to be visited by the flags of all nations.

CHURCH RATES.-Mr. Packe, M.P. for South Leicestershire, has withdrawn his bill-not without grumbling.

BIRMINGHAM.-The New Station is now opened. Its roof covers four acres and a half -two and a half acres of which are of glass.

REVIEW OF THE PAST MONTH.

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AT HOME. The chief event of the month has been the opening of the New Crystal Palace at Sydenham, on the 10th of June, by her Majesty the Queen-attended by the Prince Consort and the young king of Portugal and his brother. Multitudes crowded the place, the Archbishop of Canterbury read a suitable prayer, and the formalities of the occasion were splendid, especially the musical performances. regret to hear that this magnificent erection is to have the character of a beer-shop, for beer is "to be sold on the premises." "calculate" that the Directors will lose more than they gain by such an arrangementParliament continues its labours Church rate abolition Bill of Sir W. Clay, was rejected on the second reading, and the Oxford University is to be open for Dissenters to matriculate but not to take degrees.

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ABROAD. We cannot be expected to furnish details of the war which is now raging in right earnest, but we mention a few facts. The last news which has reached us is that the Russians not being able to take Silistria, have raised the siege and retreated from before it with great loss. The French and English are concentrating their forces at Shumla, in support of Omar Pacha. Austria has sent its ultimatum to Russia, and, it is expected, has ere this, declared War. The Russian army in Georgia is apparently in a critical position, the forts of Russia on the Black sea having been demolished, and her ships not daring to leave Sebastopol for their relief. miral Napier is also blockading all the ports of Russia in the Baltic. Greece is occupied by French and English troops, and the king has been compelled to change his Government. So at this time, the aggressor appears to be losing ground. Lord Lyndhurst has delivered another of his very remarkable speeches in the House of Lords in which he depicts the conduct of Russia as villainous and deceitful in the extreme. Lord Clarendon confirmed his remarks; but Lord Aberdeen endeavoured to weaken their force.

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May 17, at Bloomsbury chapel, by Mr. W. Brock, Mr. Thomas Kennedy, nephew of Thomas Kennedy, Esq, late Provost of Dumfries, to Isabella Muir, widow of the late Andrew Muir, Esq., of Greenock, and eldest daughter of Mr. Ebenezer Fox, of 50, old Compton-street, Soho.

May 29th, at the baptist chapel, Chesterstreet, Wrexham, by Mr. T. Brooks, Mr. Samuel Roberts, of Brymbo, to Mrs. Margaret Jones, of Bwlch Gwyn.

June 3rd, at the baptist chapel, Oakham, by Mr. Jenkinson, Mr. John Dagley, to

Miss F. C. Drake.

June 5, at the baptist chapel, Castle Donington, Mr. T. Large, to Miss M. Hackett.

June 5, at the baptist chapel, Tewkesbury, by Mr. T. Wilkinson, assisted by the brother of the bridegroom, Mr. I. May, late

missionary in Jamaica, Mr. Henry May, of Bristol, to Sarah, eldest daughter of Mr. W. Knight, deacon of the baptist church, Tewkesbury.

June 6th, at Eagle-street chapel, Holborn, by licence, by Mr. Francis Wills, Mr. Lucas Charles King, of Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury, to Miss Mary Cooper, of Russell-square.

June 8, at the baptist chapel, Salendine Nook, by Mr. Stock, Mr. James Sykes, of Lindley, to Mrs. Holroyd.

June 12, at the General Baptist chapel, Beeston, Notts., by Mr. R. Pike, Mr. T. Newstead, to Miss L. Cross; and on the 14th, Mr. T. Walker, to Miss E. Hutchinson.

June 30, at the General Baptist chapel, Mansfield-road, Nottingham, by Mr. Syme, Mr. T. Roper, to Miss M. Streets.

April 28, at Newcastle-on-Tyne, aged 79, | Mrs. Ivison, widow of the late Mr. Richard Ivison, a member of the baptist church, Bewick street.

May 20th, in her 15th year, Anna, second daughter of the Rev. Robert Johnston, baptist minister, Irvine, Ayrshire.

May 24th, at Castleacrc, Norfolk, aged 36, Mr. Samuel Dent, a consistent and beloved member of the General Baptist church in that village. He was brought to Christ under a sermon by our pastor, Mr. Stutterd. His conduct was becoming the gospel, and after a long affliction he fell asleep in Jesus.

May 24, at Nottingham, aged 41, Mr. George Moore, formerly of Castle Doning ton, and for many years a worthy and much-esteemed member of the General Baptist church in that place.

May 25th, at Bideford, in her 82nd year, Mary Arthur, the mother of Mr. Benjamin Arthur, baptist minister. She was the eldest daughter of the Rev. Christopher Abel, Brockham, near Dorking. Brought to a knowledge of the truth in early life, she was an ornament to her profession. Her clear views of divine truth, her steady faith in Christ for life and salvation, and her uniform upright conduct and conversation for so many years, gave substantial proof that she was born again of the Spirit of God. Her passage to the grave was

gradual and easy. Her death was indeed a falling asleep in Jesus. No racking pain, but a gentle slumber marked the transition from earth to heaven. Her mortal remains were interred in the silent tomb in the presence of a large multitude.

May 27th, in the 35th year of her age, Anne, the beloved wife of Mr. Thomas Viccars, De Montford Square, Leicester. Mrs. V. was a member of the baptist church, Belvoir Street.

June 3rd, at Maxwelltan, Paisley, John Edwin Bannister, aged 18, eldest son of Dr. Bannister, formerly baptist minister at Coventry. Throughout his long and painful illness he furnished a beautiful illustration of the sustaining power of religion. His mind was kept in perfect peace; the fear of death was wholly taken away, and he died "rejoicing in hope of the glory of God."

June 6, Mr. William Henry Burton, aged 39, formerly a member of the baptist church, Dover-street, Leicester, and many years printer of the General Baptist Repository.

June 10, aged 84, Sarah, wife of Thomas Ward, of Sileby, gentleman. Mrs. W. was for many years a lover of the gospel, but was not baptized until late in life, when she joined the baptist church meeting at Rothley and Sileby, near Leicester. She was amiable christian lady, of a meek and quiet spirit, and was much beloved.

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