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number of either publication, without feeling that they are eminently adapted for general usefulness, and that, with all their extraordinary success, they yet deserve a far wider circulation.

We trust that 1852 will be a good year for ourselves and for Dr. Campbell. We are not rivals, but coadjutors. The EVANGELICAL MAGAZINE, we are persuaded, will not fare the worse, because we do not regard it as the only good thing in the world. Nevertheless, we do wish to see it in every Nonconforming Family throughout the United Kingdom.

PATRIOT NEWSPAPER.

to think and feel anew in reference to the awful reign of despotism. It is easy to say of this powerful, but temperate, advocate of the liberty and independence of nations, that his plans have proved abortive. So they have; through the tyrannies of Austria, and Russia, and France; but are not the principles for which he has sacrificed all but his honour and his manhood, those which must rule the destinies of the future, and before which the mightiest forms of absolute and irresponsible power must fal!, as Dagon before the ark?

We are thankful that Kossuth, in his prison hours, studied the English language. This has given to thousands an acquaintance with his real sentiments which they could not otherwise have acquired. It must have an effect upon the minds of Statesmen; and if they should fail to receive the lesson, it will not be lost upon the English people. Sympathy with despotism must cease;—and, in future, the shield of British power must be thrown over the weak and the oppressed. America and England can bid defiance to the tyrannies of the world. With the fall of despotism will be the fall of Popery: never till then. We believe that, if Hungary had been protected from Russian interference, the Pope would, ere now, have lost for ever his status; we believe he will lose it still;-for he holds it not by the will of his subjects, but by the arms of nations trembling for their own destiny.

AMONG the Religious Newspapers of the age, the "Patriot " deserves to occupy a distinguished place. Its now venerable and highly cultivated Editor, to say nothing of his able coadjutor, Mr. Hare, has performed, in many different ways, most acceptable service to the cause of Evangelical Nonconformity; and, as a newspaper Editor, has produced articles, upon all subjects of public interest, which have been among the most enlightened productions of the age. The "Patriot" is singularly well conducted; and the estimate formed of it is proved by its extensive sale twice a week. In the late Papal aggression, it maintained a firm tone, and exposed the folly of those who sought to confound the demands of Rome with the sacred cause of Religious Liberty. It is somewhat to the discredit of the Dissenters, that they do not more thoroughly patronize their own Literature. Large as is the circulation of the " Patriot," it ought to be doubled. We give it in his own words; and a better With the New Year, we would fondly anti-defence of any revolution was never furnished cipate an improving taste in nonconforming circles, and that they will more generally and liberally recognize their true friends, and help them forward to public notice.

THE VISIT OF KOSSUTH.

As religious Journalists, longing for the downfall of all those cruel despotisms by which humanity is oppressed, and vital Christianity is retarded in its life-giving career, we have hailed, with inexpressible delight, the visit of Kossuth to our shores, as an omen for good to the world. The traductions of certain portions of the public press have only served more signally to vindicate the claims of this noble-hearted Foreigner, and of his down-trodden but heroic country. His orations and written addresses to various public bodies, have been marked by a degree of moral fitness and political sagacity, equalled only by their masculine vigour, and their subduing eloquence. There has been no such display, in the present day, of the highest order of political philosophy. All the cabinets of Europe and the world may well sit down at the feet of this illustrious Exile, and learn

The affecting case of the Hungarian patriots is best stated in Kossuth's own address to the working classes.

in the history of our world:

"In our past struggle we made no revolutions. We began to transform, in a peaceful, legislative manner, the monarchico-aristocra tical constitution of Hungary into a monarchico-democratical constitution; we conserved our municipal institutions as our most valuable treasure, but gave them, as well as to the legislative power, for basis, the common liberty of the people. Instead of the class privileges of old, we established the personal responsibility of Ministers; instead of the Board of Council of old, which, being a nominal body, was of course a mockery, to that responsibility of the Executive, which was our chartered right on paper, but not in reality. However, we but conserved that which was due to us by constitution, by treaties, by the coronation oath of every king, to be governed as a self-consistent, independent country, by our own native institutions, according to our laws. We established the freedom of thought, of the word and pen, and secured the freedom of conscience. We introduced, with the abolition of exemptions, equality in duties and rights before the law.

We obliged all to contribute to the public | necessity, every man according to his faculties; we emancipated the peasants, or, rather, gave them the land they tilled to be their free property. We made the soil free, the labourer free, the industry free, trade free; but we spared all existing material interests of every class, and resolved full indemnification for every material loss. We established trial by jury, provided for independent administration of justice, cared for cheap government, and took care that the national army should not become a tool of ambition among ourselves, or an instrument of oppression against foreign nations. All this we did peacefully, by careful legislation, which the king sanctioned and swore to maintain. But this very dynasty, in the most perjurious manner, attacked these laws, this freedom, this constitution, and our national existence, by arms. We defended ourselves by arms victoriously; and, after the perjurious dynasty called in the armies of Russia to beat us down, we resolved to defend ourselves against this tyrannical invader also; but, of course, declared the perjurious Hapsburgs not to be more our Sovereigns; deposed them-banished them; and declared ourselves a free and independent nation, but fixed no definite form of government-neither monarchical nor republican, declaring ourselves rather to be willing to follow the advice of the European circumstances. These are facts which cannot be altered, because they are facts."

In reference to this appeal, we agree with Dr. Campbell, in the following eloquent passage from the "British Banner :".

"Such is the cause of Hungary, and with such a cause its Princely Advocate might, with all confidence, make his appeal, not only at the bar of universal justice, but to Heaven itself! To state the facts here set forth, is to confound the gainsayer, and to triumph in the conscience of mankind! In action and in abstinence, in doing and in suffering, he was alike and always right; in freedom and in slavery, in rule and in exile, he has been alike and uniformly great, wise, and good. His name is graven on the heart of English patriotism and philanthropy. When he leaves our shores he will carry with him, across the ocean, the God-speed of England, and of all the real worth of Europe; and his first step on the shores of the New World will wake, as the voice of its matchless waters, the acclamations of three and twenty millions of free men!"

With Dr. Vaughan, in the last No. of the "British Quarterly," we say, heart and soul: "The Papacy, root and branch, head and heel, soul and body-down with it! * * * Were we to try to concentrate in one practical advice all the best recommendations of a negative kind that could be given to the

world for the safety and advancement of all its greatest interests, intellectual, moral, or social, our phrase would be, Labour, labour for the abolition of the Roman Papacy. For the Papacy consists of all the worst things in the world, made more permanent and more formidable than they would otherwise be, by being tied together in a knot. Cut the knot, and the snapped springs of wrong will shrivel back in all directions, by the force of their own overstrained elasticity, seeking independ ent and less secure lodgments in society-one here, one there, and all enfeebled by their separation."

We should blush crimson, if our most cherished sympathies were not on the side of Kossuth and his oppressed country. Let the whole civilized world know, that all the healthy friends of liberty in Great Britain are with them; and that they associate the downfall of Despotism, which is fast approaching, with the overthrow of the Popedom, and the reduction of the Papal power.

THE "NO POPERY" CRY, GOOD AND BAD.

THE "No Popery" cry has often been the mere watchword of intolerant and selfish bigotry; but there is a sense in which the "No Popery" cry is a wise and a good one. We have no sympathy with-no respect for those who would assign to Popery a liberty in this country which no Roman Catholic state on the Continent, that is desirous of preserving the least vestige of independence, is able to allow. France, Austria, Bavaria, even Spain itself, find it necessary to enter into formal concordats with the Pope, which is neither more nor less than a binding of his Holiness over to keep the peace within their respective dominions. Britain can enter into no such arrangement, being a Protestant country. Is she, then, to be left a prey to the cupidity and ambition of Rome? Must her territory be parcelled out into bishoprics at the bidding of an Italian priest-her cities and towns forced to lend their names as titles to the nominees of this foreign power,-and no remonstrance be uttered-no legislation be interposed, for fear of trenching on toleration? Are her imperial edicts to be trampled under foot, and her queen and legislative counsels set at defiance by men living within her territory-and the arm of justice, that should descend upon their heads, by the maudlin cry of "Don't persecute"? Away with such insane follies-such treacherous and dastardly counsels. Let Roman Catholics have the same political privileges and the same religious freedom as other men; let them be free to build chapels, to perform ceremonies, to make converts, to endow monasteries, or to do aught else that they may be taught to believe connected with their spiritual welfare; but woe worth the day

when Britain shall forget that, however good and peaceable subjects Roman Catholics may oftentimes be, she has no deadlier foe than that colossal power, to whose authority and to whose interests hers are ever subordinated in every true Papist's heart! Let the hour come when that power shall resume its ancient sway over Britain, and her liberties will be scattered to the wind, to be repurchased only by years of toil, and at the expense of conflicts and agonies which will furnish matter for a second "Book of Martyrs." Her true policy is to keep, with dignity and firmness, her supremacy while she has it-placing none of her subjects under civil or social disabilities because of their religion, but at the same time vigilantly marking the movements, and vigorously repressing the advances, of that insidious power, which, under the name of religion, seeks a supremacy fatal alike to national independency, to civil freedom, and to religious privilege.-British Quarterly for November, p. 543.

NEW ASYLUM FOR ORPHANS.

THE New Asylum for Infant Orphans was instituted in May, 1844, on liberal principles, for the purpose of relieving fatherless children under eight years of age, without respect to sex, place, or party. Its fundamental law is:

"That it being the design of this charity to receive and bless the fatherless infant, without distinction of sex, place, or religious connexion, it shall be a rule absolute, beyond the control of any future general meeting or any act of incorporation, that, while the education of the infant family shall be strictly religious and scriptural, no denominational catechism whatever shall be introduced, and that no particular forms whatever shall be imposed on any child contrary to the religious convictions of the surviving parent or guardian of such child."

In the short space of seven years it has received one hundred and sixty-eight children, and there are now ninety-nine in the house. The Board are making strenuous efforts towards the erection of a building, which will relieve the charity of its present heavy expense of £220 per annum for rent, and enable them to carry out arrangements for the comfort and welfare of the infant family, which they could not be justified in making on property in which they have no permanent interest. Upwards of £2000 has already been raised for this object, including a donation of 250 guineas from her Majesty the Queen on behalfof his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. Treasurer - The Baron Lionel De Rothschild, M.P.

Sub-Treasurer-Rev. A. Reed, D.D.
Hon. Secretaries—Mr. Alderman Wire and
Rev. Thos. W. Aveling.
Sub-Secretary, Mr. John Cuzner, to whom

all communications, subscriptions, and postoffice orders are to be addressed, at the Office, 32, Poultry.

ROBERT-STREET CHAPEL, GROSVENORSQUARE, LONDON.

THE Rev. C. R. Howell having been for some months laid wholly aside from pastoral duties, by an attack of congestion of the brain, which continues still to incapacitate him for all ministerial labour, has resigned his charge over the church and congregation meeting for worship in the above chapel.

PROVINCIAL.

RECOGNITION SERVICE.

ON November 4th, an interesting service was held in the Stoneway Chapel, Bridgenorth, in connexion with the settlement of the Rev. Samuel Clarkson (late of Sheffield), as minister of the above chapel.

After tea had been handed round to a numerous company, at six o'clock the religious services of the evening were commenced. Rev. J. Sutcliffe, of Ashton-underLyne, having offered prayer, the opening address was delivered by the newly chosen pastor, in reference to his purposes and views on entering upon the duties of his new sphere; then followed addresses by Rev. W. Thorp, of Shrewsbury, on "the Promise of the Spirit;" Rev. F. W. Briggs (Wesleyan), of Bridgenorth, on "Persevering Prayer;" Rev. J. Sutcliffe, of Ashton, on "Christian Unity and Co-operation;" Rev. J. Burrell, of Broseley, on "Family Religion;" Rev. E. Hill, of Shrewsbury, to "the Unconverted;" and Rev. A. Tilly (Baptist), of Bridgenorth, on “Voluntaryism." The chapel was well filled, and although the service did not close until halfpast nine, the earnest attention of the congregation was fully sustained throughout.

WEST CLAYTON-STREET CONGREGATIONAL

CHAPEL, NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. THIS handsome and commodious chapel, erected by Richard Grainger, Esq., the eminent builder, for the congregation previously worshipping in the Postern Chapel (disposed of to the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway Company), was opened for public worship on Wednesday, the 4th of June last, when eloquent and impressive sermons were preached to overflowing congregations,—in the morning by the Rev. Thomas Binney, of London, and in the evening by the Rev. Dr. Raffles, of Liverpool.

In the afternoon, a numerous company of ladies and gentlemen dined together in the School-room, the Rev. Alexander Reid, the pastor, presiding. After dinner, addresses were delivered by the Chairman, the Revs. Thomas Binney, Rogers, Pringle (United | Presbyterian), Bell (United Presbyterian)

Hoy (Free Church), Green (Baptist), Pottenger (Baptist), Mr. James Wilson (Treasurer of the Building Fund), &c. Sermons were also preached on the following Lord's-day by Mr. Binney, when hundreds of persons were unable to obtain admission; and on Lord'sday, the 15th, by the Rev. Dr. Alexander, of Edinburgh. The collections amounted to £127.

The chapel is 70 feet by 51 feet, and is calculated to seat 800 persons. In addition to vestries and class-rooms, there is a large School or Lecture-room underneath the chapel, 55 feet by 46 feet, fitted up with suitable convenience for public meetings, tea parties, &c. A powerful organ (which is considered a remarkably fine-toned instrument), has been built expressly for the chapel by Mr. Nicholson, organ builder, of that town, and was played at the opening service by Mr. Ions, organist of St. Nicholas's Church. The entire cost will be about £4200, of which £3400 has been already raised (inclusive of £1900 received for the sale of the old chapel), leaving a debt of £800 on the building.

COCKERMOUTH.

THE first anniversary of the New Congregational Chapel, and the two hundredth year of Congregationalism in Cumberland, was celebrated on the 1st of October, 1851.

Special trains from the neighbouring towns brought a goodly number of members of other churches in the county, who, with the friends in the town, partook of tea in the Old Meetinghouse, now used as a school and lecture

room.

After tea, a public meeting was held in the new place of worship, when Mr. Joseph Brown, one of the deacons, was called to the chair.

Mr. Brown, in his opening speech, drew a happy contrast between the condition of the church during the reign of the later Stuarts and the present tine. He spoke of the effect of the Five Mile and Conventicle Acts on the then pastor and people, and the moral heroism which they manifested, and the calls which the favourable circumstances of the present times made upon those present for gratitude to the great Head of the church, in crowning with success the efforts of their forefathers to secure for the nation the blessings of civil and religious liberty.

The Rev. P. H. Davison, the active and laborious minister of the church, then read a summary of the church's history, derived principally from the original church-book, bearing date, at its commencement, 2nd October, 1651.

It is interesting to state, that this record, which contains rather ample notices of some of the leading events of those times, is (for the first fifty years) in the hand-writing of George Larkham, the first minister of the place; and, perhaps, there are few church records in the kingdom possessing greater interest to the Christian antiquary.

The meeting was also addressed by the Rev. W. Brewis, of Penrith; the Rev. M. Harvey (Presbyterian), Maryport; W. Gordon (Presbyterian), Workington; and the Rev. D. Smith, LL.B., of Whitehaven.

Between the addresses anthems were sung by a select choir, and a handsome sum was realized towards the trust-funds.

These services will be long and gratefully remembered by those who were permitted to be present.

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General Chronicle.

MR. ROBERT BOYLE'S ILLUSTRATED MISSIONARY LECTURES ON THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS.

THE design of these Lectures is to exhibit the triumphs of the Missionary cause; and it

do so.

seems to us that they are admirably fitted to That which is seen by the eye makes a deeper impression upon the mind than that which is heard by the ear; and, according to this principle, Mr. Boyle endeavours, by the

power of art, to render us spectators of many of the most interesting scenes that have occurred in the history of the South Sea Missions.

The scenes chosen are well selected and beautifully executed; and the effect upon the mind of the spectator is both instructive and pleasing. Mr. Boyle accompanies the exhibition with explanations, descriptive of the scenes shown, and of the events that have taken place in the Mission, so that the spectator is prepared to appreciate the picture before him. Various groups of islands in the South Seas are visited; the horrid rites of the natives in their heathen state displayed; and then the same persons, converted by the gospel, are presented, decently clothed and assembled in their neat churches, engaged either in worshipping God, or in holding missionary meetings. We are satisfied that these pictorial representations, so happily executed, are the best substitute that can be given for the actual view of the scenes described. The beauty and distinctness of the figures, the splendour of the tropical scenery, and the interest attaching to the events,--all of which really took place-are calculated to instruct both old and young, and to deepen the interest which is now so happily taken in the work of missions. We very cordially recommend these Lectures to congregations and Sabbath-schools,-welcome Mr. Boyle as an efficient and most deserving fellow-labourer, who is turning to good account, in the best of all causes, the gifts with which the Lord has endowed him, and are happy to learn that he has been explaining his South Sea Mission scenes to large and admiring audiences in Glasgow, in Edinburgh, and in various towns in the west of Scotland.-Editor of the Missionary Record of the United Presbyterian Church.

A VIEW OF THE FUTURE.

(To the Editor of the Evangelical Magazine.) REV. AND DEAR DOCTOR,-In reading the life of that venerable man, the Rev. John Carter, of Belsted, in Suffolk, I was struck with the following passage, and as it may terest some of your readers, I shall be glad to see it in your excellent miscellany:

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COLONIAL MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
Or all the Institutions which aim at the
evangelization of the world, and which are
the glory of our age and country, the Colo-
nial Missionary Society ranks among the
most important. The redundant population
of the United Kingdom is flowing like a
mighty tide to the distant regions of the earth,
and laying broad and deep the foundations of
future empires. The rapidity with which
infant settlements have become powerful co-
lonies, has outstripped the calculations of the
most sanguine. The district of Port Philip,
for instance, now erected into the Colony of
Victoria, comprising the southern coast of
New South Wales, was, in 1836, untrodden
by the foot of civilized man. It now con-
tains 60,000 inhabitants, whose wealth in
their flocks and herds is estimated at three
millions sterling! Melbourne, the capital, in
1839, contained but 400 souls; it is supposed
now to contain no fewer than 25,000. Its
streets, shops, and public buildings may vie with
those of our own metropolis. New South
Wales, first settled in 1787, now contains a
population of 180,000, of whom 50,000 are
in Sydney. If we turn from the southern to
the northern hemisphere, we discover equal
cause for wonder at the mighty increase of
the British people, seeking and finding a rest-
ing-place amidst the eternal forests of Canada,
hitherto the haunts of the antelope and the
bear. If, then, our countrymen are thus
rapidly "replenishing the earth," the Com-
mittee of the Colonial Missionary Society
feel it of unspeakable importance that they
should carry with them the literature, the
morality, and the religion of their native
land.

Society is designed to afford.
The colonists earnestly desire the aid the
Almost every
wind that blows wafts to us the cry," Come
over and help us!" "Send us," they say,

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men of piety and zeal, of talent and enterin-prise, and the whole colony would be ours." Shall we not regard their imploring attitude and listen to their earnest entreaties? Many of them are our acquaintances, our relatives, and were once our fellow-worshippers," walking with us to the house of God." voices mingled with ours in the solemn services of the sanctuary, and not a few sat by our side when we partook of the memorials of a Saviour's dying love. Great, therefore, would be our sin did we neglect and forsake them now that, in the providence of God, they have to struggle with the hardships aud difficulties of Colonial life.

When he was pressed by some to tell them his judgment concerning the future state of the church, saying to him, that he had travelled much in the Revelation, and they were persuaded God had revealed something more than ordinary to him,-'What do you think, shall we have Popery once again, or no?' He answered, 'You shall not need to fear fire and faggot any more; but such dreadful divisions will be amongst God's people, and professors, as will equalise the

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