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OLD BASFORD.-On Sabbath morning, May 11, we baptized six believers, all of whom have entered into fellowship with us. We have never been in such a prosperous and healthy condition as we are now. BOSTON.-We baptized sixteen in May. There are as many more candidates.

ANNIVERSARIES.

BEESTON.-On Lord's-day, April 20, two sermons were preached in the General Baptist chapel, Beeston, by Mr. T. W. Marshall, Loughborough, on behalf of the Sabbathschool. The services were well attended. Collections £13 15s. 2d. T. N.

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SHEEPSHED.-On Lord's-day, May 18, the claims of the Sabbath-school were advocated by Mr. Evans, of the College. Collections £11 8s. 3d.

LEICESTER, Friar-lane.-On Lord'sday, May 18, 1862, the annual sermons in support of the school, were preached by Mr. C. H. Clarke, of the Chilwell College. Collections over £27.

REMOVALS, &c.

REV. J. SUTCLIFF has resigned his pastorate of the General Baptist church, Stalybridge, after more than labour. We hear that his friends eighteen years of very successful reconsider his decision, and sincerely are extremely anxious that he should their urgent solicitations. hope that they may be successful in

REV. J. J. GOADBY has accepted a cordial and unanimous invitation to street church, Leicester, and combecome the pastor of the Dovermences his labours on the first Sabbath in July.

LONG EATON.-Twelve months ago the General Baptists, of Sawley, engaged a room at Long Eaton, and commenced public worship. On Lord's-day, April the 27th, they held their first anniversary, when two were preached by Mr. C. H. Clarke, of the General BapREV. E. FOSTEK.-We understand tist College, Chilwell. Collections that the Rev. E. Foster, late a £6 3s. 10d. On the Monday follow-student of the General Baptist ing, a public tea meeting was held, rather more than 100 sat down. W Bennet, Esq., of Sawley, was called to preside, and the meeting was addressed by W. Newstead, of Chilwell; J. Stenson, and T. Poxon, Junr., of Sawley; J. Kilbourne, of Long Eaton; and the Rev. W. We hope that before Taylor. another anniversary our friends will have erected a chapel. T. P.

LOUGHBOROUGH, Baxter-gate. — On May 11, the annual sermons on behalf of our Sunday-school were preached by Rev. J. F. Stevenson, B.A. The collections amounted to the handsome sum of £34 0s. 34d.

S. T. ROCHDALE.-On Lord's-day, May 11, our School sermons were preached by our minister, in the afternoon and evening; and notwithstanding the serious depression in trade, the collections for the day amounted to £15 3s. 5d., being somewhat in advance of last year. J. N.

College, who, with the sanction of the College Committee undertook the management of the Leicester and has held that office nearly six Young Men's Christian Association, years, being anxious to obtain some pastoral charge, has resigned his been very reluctantly received by appointment. His resignation has the Committee of that Institution. He leaves with the highest testi monials as to character and ef ficiency.

MISCELLANEOUS.

KNIPTON.-On Monday, April 21, a public tea meeting was held in this place, to procure funds to defray the cost of the renewal of the trust deed. Special interest attached to the tea meeting, it being the first ever held in connection with the church. It was well attended, upwards of twenty from Hose, and several from

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Grantham being present. The night | and Johnson, builders. Minister, meeting was presided over by Rev. the Rev. W. Sharman. Deacons, R. Pike, and addressed by Messrs. John Wells and Samuel Sellars. Smith, Kemp, E. Stubbs, Goodacre, Number of members forty-four.' (Free Methodist) and F. Mantle. This being done, Mr. Johnson, The proceeds of tea and collection builder, presented a trowel to Mr. were £2 16s. 4d., and by the Lane, who spread the mortar, and Christian liberality of Mr. and Mrs. lowered the stone to its place, Clare, and Mr. Clay, that amount and made a most eloquent speech by has been increased and made suf- placing upon it a five pound note. ficient to meet every expence incurred Several others also laid sums upon in the matter referred to. Mr. Clare the stone; the total amount of these also added much to the enjoyment offerings was £7. 6s. 6d. The Rev. T. of the friends, by very kindly per- W. Mathews, of Boston, followed with mitting them to visit his beautiful a telling address to the spectators, garden. The friends at Knipton are on Religious Liberty.' Another making an effort to revive the cause. hymn being sung, the Rev. J. Ruff, For many years past this chapel has of Boston, pronounced the benebeen nearly closed, many months in- diction, and the company adjourned tervening between the services held in to the school-room, and partook of it; now fortnightly services are held, an excellent tea. After tea the room and numbers attend. May God make was well filled, and speeches were the small one a strongnation, and beneath delivered by the Revs. T. W. the shadow of Belvoir's princely Mathews, D. Jones, J. Ruff, W. towers may we, the despised Bap- Lee, (Primitive Methodist), W. tists, be enabled again to raise a Sharman, and Mr. T. Sharman. heritage to the Almighty. F. M. The services gave general satisfaction, and have left behind a hallowed influence. Our new chapel will cost £450.

CONINGSBY.-The foundation stone of the new General Baptist chapel was laid on Thursday, the 24th of April, at four o'clock in the afternoon. Although there was a gentle fall of rain during the whole of the proceedings, it did not prevent a large number of persons being present. The Rev. W. Sharman commenced the ceremony, by giving out a hymn, several verses of which were sung, and the Rev. D. Jones, of Horncastle, then implored the Divine blessing upon the undertaking. The father of the pastor, Mr. T. Sharman, of Spalding, then placed a box in a cavity under the stone, containing a copy of the General Baptist Magazine, the Church, the Freeman Newspaper, a statement on parchment, of which the following is a copy, and which was read to the spectators: The foundation stone of this chapel was laid by W. Lane, Esq., of Tattershall-Thorpe, on the 24th day of April, in the year of our Lord 1862, being the twenty-fifth year of the reign of Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria. H. Slight, Architect. Messrs. Lee

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ASHBY-DE-LA-ZOUCH.-Memorial stone of the New Chapel.-On Tuesday, April 29th, the memorial stone of the new chapel was laid by Richard Harris, Esq., of Leicester. The friends met at the old chapel at two o'clock. A hymn was sung, and prayer offered by the Rev. T. Mays. A paper was then read by the Rev. J. Salisbury, of Hugglescote, containing a concise and deeply interesting history of the Baptist church at Ashby. Prayer was then offered by the Rev. J. Godden (Wesleyan), and the friends adjourned to the site of the new chapel, where a large concourse of people had assembled. A hymn was sung, and the Rev. W. Howell prayed, after which the stone was laid by R. Harris, Esq., who then ascended it, and delivered an appropriate address, full of Christian sentiment and feeling. The Sunday scholars, for whom a platform had been prepared, then sang part of the beautiful hymn commencing 'There is a spot sur

passing sweet.' Excellent addresses were delivered by the Revs. T. Mays, J. J. Goadby, and W. Howell. The Rev. J. J. Goadby then gave out part of the Nation's Prayer for the Queen, by the Rev. Newman Hall (which was very nicely sung by the children), and concluded the meeting by pronouncing the benediction. The day was beautifully fine. The services throughout were deeply interesting, and the contributions of the friends present, in connection with a very liberal donation by R. Harris, Esq., amounted to the sum of £26.

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LEEDS, Call lane.-On Easter Monday, a public tea meeting was held in connection with the proposed alteration and improvement of this ancient sanctuary, when upwards of 300 persons sat down to tea. The secret chamber in the roof of the chapel was then opened for inspection, and much curiosity and interest was manifested in examining it. Several hymns were sung in it, under the touching influence of its sacred associations. A public meeting was afterwards held in the chapel, under the presidency of the pastor, Rev. J. Tunnicliffe, and spirited addresses were delivered by Rev. Dr. Brewer, and several other ministers and friends.

PORTSEA, Clarence - street. - The friends connected with this place of worship are getting up a large bazaar, the proceeds of which are to be devoted, partly to the reduction of the debt upon their school-rooms, and partly to the liquidation of the expence incurred in repairing and beautifying the chapel last autumn. The time for holding the bazaar is the third week in June. This will be about the usual time for holding services and making collections on behalf of the Foreign Mission; but the committee trust that the Mission will not suffer in consequence of an arrangement which is quite unavoidable. The new debt added to the old one, is a serious burden, and materially hinders the church in its desire to co-operate with benevolent institutions of a public and denom

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inational character. gation of Clarence-street chapel, though numerous, is made entirely of the working classes, a large portion being young people; and as their pecuniary means for current and extra expences are at present taxed to the very utmost of prudential limits, we should be glad of extraneous help in our present effort.

BAZAAR FOR THE NEW CHAPEL AT ASHBY.-We are glad to hear that our friends at Ashby are about to hold a bazaar for their new chapel. The committee of ladies, whose names are mentioned in the advertisement, will very thankfully receive any contributions from their friends and sympathizers. We sincerely hope that their own zealous efforts will be warmly supported by our lady friends in every part of the Connexion. The bazaar is to be held in the Ashby Market Hall, on Monday, the 1st of July.

LOUTH, Walker-gate.-During the winter months, in accordance with former custom, we have had four social tea meetings, which have been much enjoyed, and evidently productive of good.

TESTIMONIAL TO MR. E. MIALLA very handsome testimonial has recently been presented to Mr. E. Miall, consisting of £5,000 and a handsome silver tea and coffee service and salver, the latter bearing the following inscription: 'To Edward Miall, Esq., presented by his friends, in testimony of their appreciation of his public efforts, during twentyone years, to promote the extension of civil and religious freedom.May 8, 1862.

THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND DESCRIBED BY A FRIEND.-It is a thing patent, and not to be denied, that at the present moment we have among the clergy of the Church of England the representatives of almost every opinion under heaven. That at least is my opinion. The varieties are so great and so notorious, as to range to the very verge of the precipice of open infidelity on the one hand, to the very verge of Romish

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Sunday is to be preached by Dr. Grandpierre, of Paris, at three o'clock, in the same chapel. Dr. Krummacher, the well-known author of Elijah the Tishbite,' will preach Merle D'Aubigné will also preach in German, at 6.30 p.m., and Dr. in French on the same day, at 6.30 p.m., in the Royal Military Chapel, Wellington Barracks.

HOLLAND.-The abolition of slavery EMANCIPATION OF SLAVERY BY has been decreed. A Dutch paper in the American colonies of Holland

superstition on the other, and, of course, includes all the colours and complexions and shades of opinion between one extreme and the other. -Dean Close at the Meeting of the Pastorial Aid Society, May 8, 1862. ROBERT HALL ON CHURCH EsTurn a Christian Society into an Established Church, and it is no longer a voluntary assembly for the worship of God; it is a powerful corporation full of such sentiments and passions as usually distinguished those bodies: a dread of innovation, an attach-announces that on the 1st of July, ment to abuses, a propensity to tyranny and oppression. To this alliance of Christianity with civil power it is owing that Ecclesiastical History presents a chaos of crimes, and that the progress of religious opinion, which, left to itself, had been calm and silent, may be traced in blood. Miscellaneous Works, p. 210.

FOREIGN PREACHING AT THE ROYAL GERMAN CHAPEL, ST. JAMES'S PALACE. -On Sunday, May 11th, by her Majesty's royal license, the Queen's German Chapel at St. James's was opened for divine service, by the celebrated historian of the Reformation, the Rev. Dr. Merle D'Aubigné, of Geneva. The service was commenced at three o'clock, by the rev. preacher reading in French the commencement of the English Church Service, a portion of the Psalms and 3rd chapter of 1st Corinthians. Extempore prayer was also offered, and two French hymns were sung at intervals, from a selection made by the Foreign Conference and Evangelization Committee. These hymns are chiefly from the Cantiques' of Dr. Malan, of Geneva. The sermon occupied nearly three quarters of an hour, from the words closing the 21st verse of the 3rd chapter of Corinthians to the end of the chapter. The service concluded about half-past four o'clock. All the pews of the chapel were occupied except the Royal gallery, and many were seated on benches; but the chapel does not hold above 250 or 300 people. The sermon next

1863, all slaves in the colonies of terms not unlike those which acHolland will be emancipated on compined the abolition of slavery in the British West Indies. An indemnity of £75 will be paid to the slave-owners for each slave, without distinction of age or sex, and the slaves will undergo a system of for three years, during which period apprenticeship upon the plantations one-half of their earnings will be paid to Government.

gratifying to learn that her Majesty THE QUEEN AT BALMORAL.-It is seems to be enjoying and benefiting by her sojourn at her favourite Highland home. Though more retired than was wont to be the case in former times, the Queen takes daily out door exercise, and has visited most of the residents upon the estate of Balmoral, and also a few of those upon the estate of Abergeldie. It is expected that her Majesty will leave Balmoral on her return South about the 28th of May.

DEATH OF DR. WOLFF.-The death of the Rev. Joseph Wolff is annonuced. His name has been frequently before the public, and he is fairly entitled to be considered as a man of mark. Jewish parents, but, on his conversion He was born of to the Christian faith, he studied at Rome, and afterwards became a Protestant. His journey to Bokhara, partly in search of the ten tribes, and partly in search of Colonel Stoddart and Captain Conolly, who had been taken prisoners by the Affghans, formed the subject of

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THE STATE OF ROME.-Excitement prevails in Rome. Reports of the withdrawal of the French troops fill the dependents of the Vatican with alarm. The conviction is deepening, in certain influential circles, that the solution of the Papal Problem is very near. The moral state of city is deplorable. A correspondent says that 'It has become the Eldorado of all the vagabonds of the country. The thieves carry on their operations in open day with arms in their hands.' Still the sacred influence increases. Bishops and their suites are arriving daily. America has contributed another batch of the Episcopal order.

NEW WORK BY DR. MERLE D'AUBIGNE.-Our readers will be interested to learn, that the eminent historian of the Reformation has in preparation a new work, the subject being the Reformation under Calvin. It will be published in England by Messrs. Longman, it is hoped towards the close of the year. FRENCH ENGLISH.Theophile Gautier, one of the foremost literary men of France, is in London 'doing' the Exhibition for the Moniteur. In

he offers to his readers the following amazing sentence as a copy of the pious English inscription:-'Power and might and ine thine hand it to make great o Lord booth riches and honour come of thee thou reignest over all and ine thine hand is.'

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suddenly, John Ryle, Esq., formerly M.P. for Macclesfield, and father of Rev. J. C. Ryle, of Stradbroke, aged 77.

April 24, Mr. William Hanson, in the 30th year of his age. His end was peace.

May 5, Captain T. Hughes, aged 97. He was one of the two that

commenced the Welsh Calvinistic services in Liverpool, and who held their prayer-meetings in an old stone quarry.

May 19, Mr. R. Slaney, M.P. for Shrewsbury, a great friend of the working classes.

Recently, at Neroi, near Genoa, Guglielmina, the second and beloved daughter of M. Kossuth.

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