The New York Herald Newspaper, May 8, 1854, Page 1

WHOLE NO. 64:56. ANNIVERSARY wn". ‘Annual Sermon before the New York Bib '¢ Society. . ‘The annual sermon, under the auspices of the New York Bible Society, was preached last evening by the Rey. Wim. H, Halloway, before a full congregation. ‘The reverend gentleman took his text from Romans, chap. xfli., 11th verse:—Knowing the time.’” He spoke substantially as follows:—It is the mind of the same hu- manity that works through all the events of ages, and it is the same Providence that overrules them. The apos- tolic age wasan age of truth developed. The unity of ‘the Roman empire was best suited for the spread of the gospel. Christianity began in one of its remotest pro- | vinces, then gradually reached the capital, and spread over the whole empire. As Rome ruled temyoral king- @oma, #0 afterwards she claimed to wield spiritual do- minion. Then there came centuries of darkness. The ‘masses were bound down by inquisitorial tribunals and the threat of purgatorial fires, Another age followed, and new forms were brought forward in the Reformation. It was the period of the awakening of human might, and men were beginning to feel their power. Columbus had first given a new world to science—the art was invented, and a few bold men stepped Xianb tiaved to pluck the beard of Error—the Bible was, |. In these remarks we purpose to show is our duty to give the ii world. Ficat, there is in this sge an inde; vit of inquiry. The of man were never 89 boffily asserted as now. Men are not satisfied to know that things are—they must know why they are, and whatthey are. The best plan for the education of the ae is os ogre Goes the news| and the jet bring the subject home to the ‘Eresite. Nhe most valpable information is thas brought to the laborer, and all are subjected to thorough investigation. Hierarchies that have rested on human a ity only, are now looked at boldly. The newspa- done much to stimulute this spirit of inquiry. it is thus that mind {s brought into contact with mind— menare taught to think—they are taught their rights, and the lowest is taught to look the highest in the face, with the sublime consciousness, “I ama man!” The present is emphatically tho age of cheap literatare., The | i ime was‘when a Bible cost a man from one to two han- dred dollars. Now there is reading for every man, There is another agent, too, at work, and that is commerce. Every bate of merebandise is the sign of wealth, thought, sctivity. Thus the world is astir, Men erc passin, th all lands, and leaving ideas in their train. Eac nation, in ite turn, must have its palace of industry, provoking rivalry—an emblem of free thought and fr . Through the power of steam the East has been invaded. Starting froin Britain on theesatern, and America on the western, shores of the Atlantic, menare carrying their fre@fdeas north, south, east and is but a few years since that the Pope solem railroads ip his own land. Now mpsees brea'.ing up of such old dulness—there is a searching after something better. The masses are content no longer to b» hewers of wood and drawers of water to priests and despots. The spi- rit of freedom speaking from every mountain top of the ‘New World, has passed to every mountain of the Old. Roll on, say.-We, longer, louder, and deeper, until the voice of the ‘become the voice of God—until liberty and re ligion be established over the world. The spirit of inves tigation is abroad, and it will not be given And what be the result? How can it be guided aright, except ‘the Bible? We must make the Bible keep pace with mind. The Church must keep pace with the . There is need of the Bible to sanctify the litera- ture of the world. The Bible must be made to stand forth slone in its Divine authority, if we would save it from scepticism. ‘The world is fast coming to this—that it will either be infidel or Christian; and the Bible is the - only availing power to arrest the progress of Snddelty. Gnather subhect which deserves the consideration of ail, and which is characteristic of this », is immigration. To-day the bayonet gleams over all Kurope, as a type of the © Which governs it. The consequence of the ‘last failure of the people in Europe to throw off their is emigration. Wen of all schools of politics and re- jonare brutal. And what shall we do to proserve our institu- tions free? Come they must—the providence of God is foreing them upon us. And the question for the church is, what shall it do for them? We are talse alike to liberty and rel if we do not meet them with the sympathy of freemen. Interpreting the present by t ‘of the past, we may be certain that the Almighty has great purposes in view by this immigration, and we are bound to imbue the people who come to us with American sentiments. The Bible alone can educate this maas of individuals of «ll religions and all creeds. five have hope for these growing millions, it is because we have confidence in God’s overruling strength. A‘ grommet bought by the blood of Christ, it is our duty to that they may be saved. age may also be charac as an age of et ha Men must have a religion of some form, Pies! morality very ‘popular in the prevent a i ity very popular e prevent age. By ir cbeise wae a great reformer, and the Bible a very good book. heralds and apostles sre ‘where, i ‘on the public mind ive, and is exerting a t power at the tday. Popery, too, is displaying new life, und is attempting to extend her sway in Eng- land, Switzerland, and Holisnd. Bat here the civil and religious destinies of the world are to be decided. Mor- ‘monism, too, though it may excite a smile, isa matter which ought to be gravely considered. With these false elements of religion in all ben what is the church of the living God to do? She must go forth with the Bible -in her band, and her ministers eat go out into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. The “Bible is God’s own word—it contains God’s own plan of salvation—it is the only pope and only salvation of the age. The Church has advanced in her intellectual character— her ministers are required to keep pace with the education She has been organizing for the reformation |. The demands of Christ are summoning us the gospel to the world. Our societies for the world area proof that the Church is the principle that the Bible is the charter . The Church is of God, but she stands worldamong a host of claimants for the hearts of . The idence of God is work to do, but the triumph must ‘The reverend gentleman concluded his discourse by an eloquent description of the moral and religions induence which the Bible must one day have over the world. American Female Guardian Socicty and Home for the Friendless. ‘The anniversary of this society was held last night at the Mercer street church, near Eighth street. The audi- ence was large, composed mostly of ladies, although the church was by no means crowded, the galleries having in them a very few. The ceremonies of the mecting were commenced at 73, o'clock, by a prayer from the Rev. Isaac Ferria, D. D., who occupied the chair. After the prayer, the choir and cqpgregation sang an appropriate byma, especially written for the occasion, of which the Sollowing stanzas are a specimen:— A score of years are numbered now, Since we, a feeble band, Were led before Thy throne to bow, And pledge beth heart and hand, ’s brink, Rom plttatle deep aod wide, Arreat ti ere Amd should sink te id fn iving us a mighty the end be com- Leara there of God and heaven. ‘The Rev. W. Prewrres then came forward, and made a statement in regard to the condition of the society, its aims anit SPomises. He showed the society to be ina very flourishing condition, and closed his statement by the society to press onward in its good work, and ‘that its Tutude geod resutts would enable its embers ‘a ‘aerive upon their banners, ‘God is with ua)? The Chairman next introduced to the audience the Rev. T. L. Ocvrer, who delivere!, in substance, the fol- address :— . My After bearing the statement which has Just been made to you in regard to the doings and the ais ot <éae anciefy, I suppose I can best entertain you, and be of most services, by carrying you back to the , Why does New York need guardian societies for her needy and outeret ciiSren? Let me take you ‘with me {or siew moments, Let us go together with q out on a cruise through this swarming Ba! and different scenesin this rreat city = be pet ge: sag Het least ed ‘that most need looking after. Let us jarn hyn ‘svetine, and go to that ‘abnab ot ma crime, the live ite. The change moment there is such 4 contrast be- that which we have come from and that ¥iich we are coming to. More dismal and noisy is it, as we descend 4 r-inta ¢his abode of denth. © tat wervr heard a mother pray, bat owly ic curse, swarm around ur, ree! ing with rags, but filthier with hoarse oaths and fou) blag ‘These are the future ocewyants of privons and alms- houses if Christianity pass them by and pauses not to Aft them from their depth of shame. The lasted exim inal ws through <he sizeet_on his way to thieve eat AES. Net as follow the policeman as he takes us up stairways, and opens the door to allow us to look into {hat den ‘of beasis—something kin to men— but wrapped in the clothes of ti _ ne y Pn ond Whi@@@e, wnd swearing, go into the sume den: apa chere we pause, and soe small chiliren—childrea with souls to be rolled aad shaped by others—groan- ing and © on beds of pain, sick and nealing nourishment. 0, bow neglected! And 0, to be stck in sucha place! Hore, in such situations, these chiliren row up and spend ei ives this side of eternity. And SH"tute “witita hearing of ‘New York's, huntrods of church bells, Hoging it aweet . very saele ; all this with- in hearing almost, art ag Names, gm mine. amy brethren! Now we wuil se@ 81 scones as if we do not take the fallen by the hand Q ‘a tnd Goer inte Insecta cise fo tend ta the be rach with ho Wai. To the ~o known that over teen thou- of its ind live under |, in collars ————_—_—_—_—— ;—the bold and the free, the ignorant and | he Sabbath day | MORNING EDITION-MONDAY, MAY 8, 1854. - which have no ventilation, and in which the air is rank poison. Instead of being pregnant with the purities of life, alcohol will be sought, necessarily, as the heal@iful stimulant to keep this physical machine ia motion, | which stimulant fs needed by those deprived of the oxy , Sen of og! air. To = not se, then, how the home a Heets the body, and through the body the soul and the ling hereafter?’ Now, my brethren, how can vou go | home, and Jay down and vest in peace, when thousands of your kin, children of yenr own flesh and bicod, know not where to lay their weary heads! How necessary it is, then, that saeh societies ax this should be called into | existence. The second point of my lecture is that of hu | man so! hen Wrapped in sush wretched human tene ments as we have seen, we can expect nothing morethan misery and crime anc eternal ceath hereafter. Uporthis point the preacher dwalt at some langth, showing thene- | cessity of administering both to thephysical and spiritu- al wants, in the effort to reform the outeast. A starving. man would steal his bread, and Jaugh at all advice, um | less the means were placed before hin whereby he migiit live, as wellas seck a new epiritual existence. The ragged schools of London had been attended with the best re- sults, and this society was but carrying out the same | system, in giving bread and labor to the poor. The min- | ister closed by urging the society to go on in their good work, and to extend the sphere of the society, which was eflectually opposing the overpowering kindness of Chris- tianity to the sorrowful work of sin. Another hymn, composed for this anniversary, waa then sung, from which we clip the following: — O, may the age in which we live, True Chriatin u love and kindness give To every child of want and sin, And bring them all thy fold within. Do Thou the hearts of fathers turn, ‘Till o'er the wretched they shall yearn, And thus the judgments of thy hand Re warded from our guilty land. The Rey. ¥. L.. Cuyler then delivered a prayer, closing with the benediction, when the meeting adjourned. American Home Missionary Society. The annual sermon on behalf of the American Home Missionary Society was dclivered last evening by the Rev. Henry Smith, D. D. President of Marietta College, Ohio, at the Church of the Puritans, Union square. The building was well Glled with a respectable congregation, all of whom listened to the remarks of the reverent gon- tleman with due attention. Tho discourse was very lengthy. He was Cecidedly in favor of having the Pro- testant Church supported by the government of the United States. He was sorry to say that the government of the United Siates did not recognize the Protestant faith—that the gospel had been shut out of the halls of legislation; no regard being paid towards the charch of God except by individuals who, by their own private offer- | ings have so long supported the church in this country. Some people regarded the support of God's ministry in | the light of a private charity rather than the holy and | Godlike charity that it is. The grand experiment of | evangelizing the United States is now in progress. It was for them to conquer all difficulties that might come in their way. The Bible was needed much in the far West, where thousands, if they only had any religious instruction, would become good and pious christians. When they contemplated the facts contained in the last census of the United States, it should make them shud- derto think that out of fourteen million people whose age would warrant their going to church, there were nine million who were totally unacquainted with the gospel. When we take into consideration our floating population, it is not at all strange that there is more than a million adults in this country who can nei- ther read or write. It is not to be wondered at therefore, said the reverend gentleman, that socialism, meamerism, Millerism, spiritualism, and ‘mary other isms,” should have full sway in the United States, and that the minds of manythousands should be so deranged that the lunatic aaylams are nearly filled with patients. The church to which he belonged, he was proud to say, disciplined nearly two million ’ of souls, and would discipline the whole population of the United States if it would be allowed. “Mammon had for a long time kept the church in bondage. The ministers of the gospel should feel the solemn responsibility that God had imposed upon them; and let us, said he, not be discouraged by the magnitude of the work or the number of our foes. The snares of the wicked are strong, but truth is stronger, and will prevail. They needed no fanaticism, bat the’ spirit of Ged. As workmen, they needed only the book of everlast- ing life for an instrument whereby they might com- plete their labors satisfactorily. ‘there should be a suficient number, however, of the ministers of the gospel) to convert the people of the whole Union. The principles that forbid any connection beiween the government of the United States and the Frotesiant church are very dangerous ones to the pros- lerity of this country. For religion.alone can avert the forect ming siorm that threatens to engulpt the Union in a civil war. The word of God alone can save this pow heppy country from what all expect some day not far distant, a civil and servile war. He then referred to the manner in which some of our moneyed citizens re garded the propagation of the Gospel, who believed that mone: opent in preaching the wordof God to all men Nas rickes thrown away. He warned them to beware of the delusion, spoke of the uncertainty of wealth, and be- sought all who conld afford to contribute to the miseion- ary societies 10 do so before it was too late—while they were in a proeporona state to be philanthropista, to attend sometimes at least to the cries of the unfortunate and the ignorant. He then drew a beautiful comparison be: tween the buppinesa in store for the charitable in heaven and the deceitful nature of that derived from riches on earth. He who thinks that his wealth alone cen save him, raid the speaker, will find himself ship- wrecked and deceived. In any great enterprise attend- ed with good to the heathen the prophet of the Lord w always to be found in the van of the conquering arm crying out victory. The revolution in China being a ligious one, has so far succeeded against the imperial forces, and from present appearances he was certain of the rebwls’ success. The religious fecling of the ministers of the Protestant Church would not, he hoped, be Tooked upon by the public as fanaticism—it was only huinan nature. ‘We,’ said he, “Deliove in the great Prophet, so do the Scotch, the English, and the Germans. The Anglo-Saxon race know in their hearts that there is such a Prophet, and all inwardly believe in the mighty power of the word of God. The infidel theories of Voltaire, Gibbon, and Robespierre vanish before the mighty truths taugbt'us by the inspired Calvin, whose precepts have taken such firm root and spread’ over the whole world, while thore of atheist writers have sunk into either con” tempt and insignificance.” He then gave a minute ac- count of the Inst visit of the Pilgrim Fathers to their church on the Meuse, prior to their departure in the Mayflower. in conclusion, the eloqient speaker im- pressed upon the congregation the necessity of a more liberal ry Cad being given to the missionary socictics, and told them if they wanted an example, hay should look at Great Britain, where ten dollars were given for every one dollar expended hore for the promotion of che word of God. Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions. The seventeenth annual meeting of the Board of For- eign Missions of the Presbyterian Church was held last night, in Dr. McElroy’s Church, in Fourteenth street, near Sixth avenue. The occasion appeared to be one of unusual interest, if we may Judge from the larg congre. gation. Even the aisles were crowded, and a large num- Ver were unable to obtain admission. The exercises were commenced with a prayer by Rev. Dr. Spring, after which portion of the Psalms was read by Rev. Dr. McElroy. From the annual report, which was next :ead, we obtain the following facts:— Receipts from all sourees, (including a bal- ance of last year of $618 97) have been. $174,453 02 Expenditures ......... 173,185 6 | Leaving a bolance of. ng the Jews, the Indians | end the Chinese im California, in North América; in Sout + America, en the continent of Europe, in Western Af in Northern India, in Siam and China, embracing 2 : rate missions, 69 ordained missionaries, 3 licentiat tant missionaries, 2 and about 500 natfre com hools ani 4,050 pupils, 6 printin prevsen, from which have been issued more than 0,000, | 000 of poges during the last year, * | At the conclusion of the report, Rev. Dr. MeLeod de i | livered # sermon, taking for hia text the twelfth chapte of St. Lube, thirty-second verse. The church of Jesus, said he, in her present condicion, is small, numerically, compared with the number of human beings on the earth, ‘ihe present popatation of the world, he continued, is os. timated at one thousand million, and of these seven hun- dred and forty million are either Pagans or Mahomedans, who are, for all Practical purposes. heathens. Thus we are sirvek,on the very threshhold, by the impressive | thought that by far the largest majority of the inhabi- | tants of our globe are bondsmen of the kingdom of Satan, their rel idolatry, their morals the worst possible, their physica! condition degraded, end their inevitable doom, if not saved by the blood of tho Redeemer, everlaat- j ine perdition, And dow should the bare announcement | of this fact stir up the feelings of Ciariatians with! | How should it urge us to give to thore masses in danger of perdition the knowledge of that Savior, who alone fs able to save the remaining mil liens of the population of our globe? It is raid that ) fen millions are unbelieving Jews, and that ther 185 mil sin the Chureh of | Choreh, in both of which the religion is a highly eor- rupted form of Christianity, and these offer the most anti Christian opposition to the true church. This | leaves sixty-five millions, or one-seventecnth part, to cover ull {he names and forms of Protestant Christian and if we carry this process a litile farther, and exclude from this sixty-five milliong the inddel and irreligious of | nominal Christendom who deny Jesus, we 6nd the num- bers in the true church reducéd to #0 smell a proportion that we ore nfraid to mention it; and yet Christianity is intended for the whole race. ‘The it condition of the church indicates that she is small numerically; bat we remark that the church is also Limited in its peca- ninry resources; and this fact is presented to us in the metaphorical lai venetn the text. As the great ‘ma- | jority of the popela the world is under the control | of Satan, so to a great extent is the purse of the world; | and it is extensively employed by him to maintain his | Wise infect treo that there fs. large amouat of pect: It , true isa fy he | Ceatery reavergee, in Okvtstongoun, Sel tha. 14 culated ! or all this to Christianity, which is the civilizer of the 2 ba ; but where is this wealth to be found’ Not in the true Church; it is not im the hands of those benevo- lent institutions which ase the glory of our age. No, it is locked up in the incoves of a pensioned clergy, in the large Denefices of esta lyiuhed churches, and even now it may be said of €hriat y a9 it was said of her in the early period of her history, she has to go sbroad without purse, serip, or two coats, te protect her fsomthe cbanges of those cBmates where she goes to preach to the Gentiles the grcat truths of ovr Lord. ‘The eongregation wxs next addrassed by the Rev. Dr. Dery, & returned missionary from India, who gave an interesting historical #eount of tlut country, and a sketch of the character of the people, their religion, amd customs. Among a populstion of tweaty-three millions who inhabited part of the valley of tie Ganges, there are, he said, only fifty missionaries, and of these about cone@balf are Americans. § the number was not inv creased, and the means made more commensurate with’ the nndertaking, he despaired of any great practical results ever Dele accomplisbed. In contlusion he ex- horted his congregation to contribute liberally of their meane for the support of those missions. After aing- ing by the choir, the congregation dispersed. Amertean and Foreign Christian Union= Annual Sermon. ‘The anuual'sermon before the American aad Foreign Christian Union was delivered last evening by Rev. Dr. Cleveland, of Northampton, Massachusetts, at the Re- formed Dutch Chueh, (Dr. Huéton’s,) Washington square. ‘The audience'in attemdance was rather small. The ex- ercises of the evening commenced with prayer, after which the 110th Psalm was sung. Rev. Dr. Cunvetaxp was then introduced to the congre- gation by the pastor. The Rev. gentloman tool as his text the fourth chapter and eighteeath verse of the Epistle to the Romans—“Who against hope believed in hope.’ He commenced by referring to the objects held in view by the originators of the Ameziean and Foreign Christian Union. He particularly impressed upon his hearers the necessity of encouraging a spirit of pure Protestantism in this country. Such was the object which this association kept in view. It was not a union of churehes so much as of Christians. That there are many and great obstacles in the way of such an enter- prise was confersed. He took the ground, however, that Romenism would never triumph in this country. It was impossible—first, on aceount of the peculiar nature of our republicaniem. It was inbred and inborn, and was the central element in Americanism. To be’ an Ame- rican was to bes republican. Tho first emigrants to this countrf possessed inherent republican sentiments. The desire of perronal independence they felt throbbing in every artery of (heir spiritual life. But they were law- abiding men; if (hey might till the sterile soil unmo- lested, the Jameres and Georges of England might wear their toyal trappings in peace. But they serupled not finally “to form themselves into a’ body. politic. Then they began the solemn experiment of self-govern- ment. The speaker, after dwelling upon the trials and sufferings of the early eettlere of New England, referred to the emigration of ‘the illustrious Winthrop. He and his fol owers came to put in practice those doctrines ¢f civil hberty which they had cherished athome. The American revolution proves that the love of freedom was no inseparable clement of the American mind, which could be compassed by no other mind. This law of the American mind will be immutable. How, then, cam Romanism ever establish itself on a per- manent basis in this country? He knew it was unne- cessary toray that Romanism was essentially anti-re- publican. ‘The Pope was as much a temporal despot as a spiritual ruler. His consecration authorizes his coro- pation; the papal despot was a tyrant indeed. Ameri- cans were inborn and inbred republicans—Romanism was unehangenbly and nccersarily anti republican, To give Romanism an ascendancy here, therefore, it was necessary to destroy that sentiment, and to deprive Ro- manism of its element of spiritual and political despot. ism. The first was impossible, for the American people while they existed, must contiaue to cherish those feel- ings which lay at’ the foundation of the republic, and the last was equally £0. The Rey. speaker in conclusion alluded to the efforts which had been made by the American Christian and Foreign Union, and expresacd his firm belief that the association was destined to go on aad triumph eventually over all obstacles in its holy labora, A hymn was then sung, after which a collection wai taken up, and the congregation dispersed. The New York and Brooklyn Forelgn Miss stonuy Soclety.—Lack of Gas. In pursuance to the following notico, a large congroga- tion assembled last evening in the church of Doctor £peer, corner of Clinton and Amity streets, Brooklyn:— Rev. D'r. Cheever will repeat lis sermon delivered be- fore the New York and Brooklyn Foreign Missionary So- ciety, in the South Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn, this evening. ‘The reports of the Corresponding Secretary andthe Treasurer will be presented. Services to com- menee at 734 o'clock. Beareely had the audience seated themselves whon the gas went out, and the whole edifice was in total darkness. Doctor Speer begged of the congregation to remain aeat- ed, and said that the difficulty would soon be rectified. In a short ti the gas was again lighted and again wen out, and the third time the same scene occurred. Dector Sraxm, addressing the assemblage in the dark, said he would be obliged to some elder of his church to come forwerd for a minute. After consulting a mo- ment, the Rev. Doctor said:—TI still renew my request that the audience be patient for a minute. I t ex ceedingly that the exercises should be thus delayed. (After some further delay,) I am. assured that the gas will be ready ina moment; I hope this last assurance may be a correct one. ‘The gas Was again lighted and again went out, amidst suppressed laughter. Eector Spree then said that the council of the associa- tien were debating whether they should adjourn finally or to the Church of the Pilgriais; in the meantime, he would pa poe to the audience that those who were in favor of adjourning to the Church of the Pilgrims should rise. The audience rose en masze, and the reverend gen- Soma announced tie adjournment to the Church of the ims. cn arriving there, somo distance off, the evening was 80 fa: very much curtailed. The Treasurer, A. Merwin, Esq., announced that the total amount received for the year ending March 31, 1854, in New York and Brooklyn, wa. «+ 928,696 58 LAGU i105 <ddscceneras vue ; 8,264 00 $26,900 68 Expenditures es 115 7 Balance on hand........2ec.ec.0 coe eee 89888 80 The report of the Corresponding Secretary (the Rev. Thos. H. Skinner) was not read. The Rev. Dr. Citkever then proceeded to repeat the ser- mon which had been previously preached by him on the firstSabbath in April,at his own church, in Union square. The Union Theological Seminary. The annual address before the Society of Inquiry of the Union Theological Seminary wan delivered last evening, in the Fourteenth street Presbyterian church, (Rev. Dr. Smith’s,) by the Rev. Wm. 8. Curtis. At half past seven o’clock the building was filled with ahighly respectable congregation. The exercises com- menced with the chanting of an anthem by the choir; after which the Rev. Dr. Smith gave prayer. The choir then sang the 623d hymn, accompanied by the congre gation. Dr. Sur then introduced the Rev. Mr. Corns, who said :—I am called this evening fo address the Union Theological Seminary, and it is a subject of Christian | congratulation that, in this great commercial mart, where worldly devotion, amusements and the exigencies of life demand #0 much attention, a school of the prophets should be founded, in which nearly one hundred young men are gathered to study for the ministry of Christ, and from which they can calmly look out on 50. ciety, as if from the loopholes of their confine. ment, ‘and vee for what clime they may be best suited, whether on the shores of the Pacific, in India. China, or Eastern or Western Europe. The feelings of the Christian student are always of #0 superior an order that sll attempts to introduce novelty into my discourse would be unworthy of this occasion. The sine of the student of Christianity are higher than those of the mere statician or antiquary, and consequently I shall take for my theme ‘The Origin and Christian Develope ment of our Race,’’ and the question of man’s ultimate destiny, which is the all important point for our consi- deration. In looking at this question there is frequently too much reliance placed on the so-called natural pro gress of man, and sometimes too much on the sovereign- ty of the Creator. God ix Sovereign, but we cannot overlook the human soul when speaking of the regenera tion of mind. The es '<tenoe of Uristianity is a fact of or —buat it i# a fact capable Man had scarcely had a when in t rden of f Lnbwieoge of his ph Fden, when his tx were attended to, and the praises of his God were sent up be- fore his organic necessities engaged his atten tion, and love of his Creator burst from his heart. the destroyer, and for forty centuries the rned the act of Eve in eating the forbidden uring this dreary time—before the babe was burn n—the mind of man sought tocreatea religion teelf, and ite workings, in this respect, form a s\b- ject for deep and intriente study. After the first fall came Idolatay, which was even before the Mosaic insti tute, for we read that “Rachel stole the images of her father Laban.” 80 that the idelator any ask the Jew, Where was your rel! before Moses and Abraham’ ‘The atar worship of the firet idolators was soon changed by the Persians, who deified the god by bowing to the symbol of fire. In the West, the Greek and Roman ora- turn, statesmen and pocts conformed to the vulgar super- stitions of the idolators, and Athens had her thirty thon- sand images at one time. Rome herself afterwards ga- thered in the gods of nations until the Pantheon coa- tained, at tho one time, an image of Christ in com with the hideous images of the most barbarous tribes. To modern pagaaisin wo Gnd that the devotion of the | In . n, the Persian Parsee-—or fire worshipper— or: ‘fi Feist, has not been able to satisfy the mind of aud no one believes that by either system has one n forgiven, one mind nile better, or vae 0 Frem Civistianity alone cam grace eume to the world, and at this moment Indis, China, even benighted Africa, on its westerm const, are Feeeivieg light, life, motion and progress. it mat* ters how philosophy mey question, hew the geolo gist, Beek for vestiges of a Work anteriox'to the time of ion recorced im the Bivle; no ueatter Sow | ehr 16 May atiempt to confute the Christian as to’ en the case of the Pyyptian hlerogl \y patios the rind @fman wi'l not be satictied until all the peplo arce mabraged in tha}one refgion founded on the tmth ef This dey is fast approaching, and Rome, holds Sher besom the relics of the olden will crersble, her processions be stilled, her @ be silenced,and a temple of truth be reared to foundavion. For the young men of the wefore, 1 % the day is bright whem they «ce Tabor, Arler the coutlusion of the exce mt address of Mr. Ca: for given, and the cons tion separated. he eveellont xc sommlation affurded to the reportor + of the reflect much credit on the Reverend Doctor Sait: Iné his attentive sexton, Mr. L. M. Keelve. * | MEETINGS TO BE HELD. The follening list comarises the various societios whip are to-hoid their anaiversaries in th's city during the present month :— ) MONDAY, MAY 8. Anniversary of the General Synod’s Sabbath ‘of the Reformed Dutch Chusch, in the after- , at the church corner of Mourth street and Lafay- ¢, and corner of Fifth avenue aut Twenty-drst is, the doxology wir American Seamen’s Friend Society, ot the Broadway Tabernaelo, at 73¢ o'clock P. M. Instituto” for tho Blind, at the Tabernacle, in tho afternoon. Anniversary of Union Theological Seminary, Mercer street Chuzeh, at, P.M. gi Bs TUESDAY, MAY 9. Anniversary of the American and Foreign Christian Union, at the Tabérnacle, in the morning. American. Foreign and Christian Union, at the Broad- | way Tabernacle, a\103¢ A. M. Adireesos by Rev. Dr. Green, President ef Hampden Sidney Coll Kirk, Rev. Dr. Bethune, and Rev. Dr. Dull Anniversary of the New York Sunday Schoo! Union Society, at the Bradway Tabernacle. New York Colontation Society, in the-Dutch Reformed Church in Lafayette place, at 734 o'clock. Adiresses vanced that the exercises and proceedings were | iy | verdict of death canred from R. R. Gurley, Rev. Mr. Peterson, lately from Africa, and others. Annivereary of tlie American Swedenborg Printing and Publishing wig f at § o’clock in the evening, at the Hleventh street Church. WEDNESDAY, MAY 10. Annual meeting of the American Socisty for Aincliovat- ing the Condition of the Jews, for the cléction of officers and directors, in the afternoon, at the American Bible House. 7 Anniversary of the Prison Association, in the evening, at the chureh in Uniou square. Addresses by the Hon. Richard Vaux, of Philagelphia; Rev. Dr. Tyg, New York; Dr. Murray, of New Jerey; John Thempson, Esq., Pough: keeprie; ev. Mr. Fox, Brooklyn. Amerivan Tract Society, at the Tabernacle, at 10 o’clock A. M. Addresses by Rev. Dr. Duff; Rev. Mr. Oncken, of Germany; Rev. ‘Dr. Green, President of the Hampéwn. Sydney Celloge, Va., and Rev. Dr. Brooke, of Baltimore. American Home Missionary Soctoty, at 744 o’clock, P. M., inthe Mercer street Presbyterian Church. Anziverrary of American Anti-Slavery Society, Mr. Chapin’s Church, Broadway. Anniversary (1st) of American, Gongregational Union, Brooklyn. in American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, at the Broadway Tabernacle, at 734 P. M. Five Points House of Industry, in the Broadway 'Taber- nasle, at 8 o'clock P, M. THURSDAY, MAY 11. Eighteenth Anniversary of” tho American Temperance Union, in the evening, at the Broadway Tabernacle. American Bible Society, ia the Broadway Tabernacle, at10 o'clock A. M. Business meeting at the Bible Flouse at® A. M. samo day; after which the society and its friends will take carriagos for the Tubernacle. Annual sermon, Sunday, 7th instant, at 734 o'clock, in Rev. Dr. Alexander's chureh. FRIDAY, MAY 12. American Board of Cominissionera for Voreign Missions, in the “Tabernacle, at 10 o’clock A. M. Addrossos from several returned miasionarics and others. Nay York Anti Slavery Society, in the Tabornacte, at P.M. P SUNDAY, MAY 14, Society for Ameliorating the Condition of the Jews, in the Dutch Reformed Chureh, Lafayette place at 7}g P.M. Address by Rev. John Forsyth, of Newburg ‘The various Baptist societies hold their anniversaries this year in Philadelphia. A Union Missionary meeting will be held next Friday evening, at 734 o’clock, in the Tabernacle. Address by Rev. Doctor Duff. ‘Tickets may be bad at the places designated in the advertisement. Dedication of the Twenty-third Strect Bap- tist Church. ‘the new Louse of worship erected by the Broadway Paptist Church on Twenty-third street, between Fifth and Sixth avenues, was dedicated yesterday to the ser- viceof Almighty God. In the morning the Rev. A. D, Gillet delivered an in- teresting ond affecting discourse, taking as his text the fifty-sixth chapter of Isaiah, seventh verso:— ven them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyfyl in my house of prayer; their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called a house of prayer for all people.’” ‘The rey. gentleman referred in moving terms to the | occasion which they had assembled to commemorate. | They were about to remove from a spot hallowel by my associations, where their voices had ascended in | prayer and songs of praise, and were about to change | their place of worship. He considered the present as | one of the most interesting oceusions he had ever known, aodene well ealeulated to impress serious and salutary thoughts. ‘The rev. speaker in a discourse of some | length, reminded his hearers of the paramount necessity of securing the divine blessing. In the afternoon a sermon’ wos delivered by the Rev. | Dr. Dowling, of Philadelphia. Dr. D. took as his text | the sixth chapter of Second Chronieles, and the fortieth verte: “Now, my God, let, (I beseech thee,) thine eyes be | open, and let thine cars be attent unto the prayer that is made in this place, “Now, theretore arise, O Lord God, into thy restiny | place, thou, and the ark of thy strength; let thy priests, | O Lord God, be clothed with salvation, aud let thy saints | rejoice in goodness.”? And the second chapter of Haggai, 7th to 9th verses, in- clusive:— “And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all na- tions shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, | saith the Lord of hosts. The silver is mine, and the gold | is mine, saith the'Lord of hosts. ‘The glory of this latter hove shall be greater than of the former, anith the Lord | of hosts; and in this place will I give peace, saith the Lord of hosts.” The reverend gentleman spoke at length upon the sub- ject of the removal which they had assembled to cele- , brate, They, doubtiess, felt eorrow at leaving the old edifice in which they had worshipped for so snany years. | What was the true alors of the sanctuary under the Go: pel dispensation He had only to say, in one word— | “Christ.’” It waanot in learning, it was bot in eloquence, but in Christ only, and bim crucified, that the true glory of the Church consisted. The reverend spoaker, after defining what he considered a true sanctuary should Le. concluded by invoking the divine blessing upon the new chureh, Rey. Mr. Welch, of Brooklyn, delivered a sermon in the evening. | The new edificeis a commodious building, built in an | elegant and substantial manner of brown sione, in the | Gothie style, and will probably accommodate three | thousand people. | Coroner's Ingues' A Fatat, Mistake—Aw Isrant Kituxp—Caction To P | rexrs.—Coroner Wilhelm yesterday held an inquest at No. 12 West Broadway plase, on the body of an infant five weeks old, named Barcel Kroch, whose death was caused by the mother mistaking laudanum for the syrup | of rhubarb. Hannah Cohen. resident of the same house, testified before the jury that about 8 o'clock on Saturday morn | Ing she was called in by Mrs. Kroch, the mother of the | child, who stated to her that ehe had just given her child | loudonum inatead of ayrup of rhubard; she said she had | two bet'los whieh looked alike, hoth Iabelled, one lands | per rod the other syrup of rhubarb; her ehild being inv ispesed, the physfelan ordered her to give it some syrup of rhubarb; the mother by mistake took half a tea- | epeonfel of laudanum, which ehe gave her child, 0 | most instantly afterwards discovered what she bi and in her alarm seized her child and took it to De. I" nell, at 30 Grand street; the doctor happened to be in, and administered an emetic and applied other remo.lies but all to no effect, as the little sufterer expired at six o'clock the same evening. The mother of the deceased could of excitement. The j eeceased came to his a tering of an overdose of laudanum. Knu py Fauuixe Down a ELororway.—Coroner Gam Lie yesterday held an inquest, at No. 259 Seventh avenue, on the of John Mooney, a boy six years af ace, whose death was caused by falling down a hatchway in the bw No. 82 Washington street, The deceased, \t reems, on Saturday was with his father up in the filth | story of amid building. He ant near the hatehway, « | his father gave him a piece of ple and left him sitting ot be examined be in such @ slate ict that the ecidental adminis PRICE TWO CENTS. NE BY TELEGRAPH. wes ae THE GADSDEN TREATY SENT TO SANTA ANNA, PROSPECTS OF THE NEBRASKA BILL, Expected Mcrsage from the Prestdont. BELLICERENT ATTiTUDE TOWARDS STRIN. The Cealitica of Marcy and tho Neutrals. Bey Gen se. Interesting from Washington. THE SW TRRATY DESPATCHED TO SANTA ANNA—GEN. GAYSDEN RETURNS 7O MEXICO—SANTA ANNA’S UR- GENCY FOR THE MONEY—WILL IT SE APPROPRI- ATED!—CAUSUS ON THE NEBRASKA BILI—-UNCER- TALS CONDITION OF AFFAIRS--RECALL OF THE JA- of these artists, and it ia ‘tated that they will a00n sai for California. Mr. Henry Plaoide takes a ben.%4t at Burton’s theatrs tiris evening, when the fine old cemedy ‘The Rivals '’ will be played. Mr. Placide plays sit Anthony, Mr. Jor- dan, Cuptain Absolute; Mr. Burton, Bob Acres; Me. Fiber, Faulkland; Mrs. Hughes, Mrs, Malaprop; Mrs. Buckland, Lydia Languish. On Wednesd‘¥y, Mr. Barret? will have a benefit. Mr. Wallack will make his first appearanc.? this seasou at his own theatre, this evening. The play selected is “Much Ado about Nothing.” Mr. Wallack, as Benedick; dir, Dyott as Claudio; Mr. Blake as Dogberry, end Mr. Thompson as Laonato. Mrs. Conway will play Bowrice for the Grst time; The scvacry, &c., will be all nowly painted for this piece, Mr. Wallack intends shortly’ to | produce several otfier Shaksparean plays. At the Bowery thts evening, “The Lady of the Lake,?” with Mr. Eddy and Mrs. Clark it the princigal parte; «7 new version of “Uncle Tom's Cabin,’ and “Bo Parente PAN 8QUADKON—A BELLIGEREND MESSAGE EXPKCT- | and Guardians.” The principal parts imthe last named ED—NARCY AND THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATS. g Wasinnexox, May 7, 1854. An offictsl copy of the new treaty or convention with Mexico was only communicated to General Almonte, the Mexican Minister, yesterday. He at oneodespatchel two messengers; for fear one should get sick, with the copy, to weet, the stemmer.at New Orleans of the 14ti inst, and proceed witWiit to Santa Anna. They left last night. The Fulton has left the Navy Yard lieve for Nor‘olk, whiere she is to wait for General Gadsden, who will take | the treaty itself to Santa Anna. There is no doubt whatever but that Sunta Ar it accept the terms offered. He has already hypoth-wates three millions of the indemnity. Thoanxicty of Goneral A'monte to get an official copy of the treaty, slows how the wind blows. ‘The pinch of the affair w'll come on wiem Santa Anna agrees'to the Convention, and Congresiis asked for the money: The proapect is at present very dubious. The friends of the Nebraska-Kansas billare holding a | caucus to-night. It has been determined to oppose all amendments except the striking out of the Clayton clause. A great number of absent members havo returned, and # full House is anticipated. Ht is impossible to-night tohazard aguess as to the probable result to-morrow. It is said that several meravors, who are understood to be opposed to the bill, have consented to assist in taking it up. But this willbe half the battle, if truc. If the bill is taken up, it will undoabtedly be passed in some shape. ‘The action of the Secretary of theNavy, in recalling the Japan oxpodition, meets with the anqualified ap- provalof Congress. It is WeHoved the President will send in a message with regard to our relations with Spain, ina very short time, of a highly belligerent character. The union of the New York hards. with Mr. Marcy ex. cites a good deal of comment here. THE NEBRASKA BELL. A dosperate effort will be made this week to take up the Nebraska bill, by temporarily disposing of the pre- ceding business on the docket. The opponents of the moasure threaten that if the regular business is ne- glocted to reach the bill, they will oppose several im- portant bills when they come up, and throw the rospon- sibility upon the friends of the Nebraska movement, Much fecling exists, and » factions legislative warfare must result, Both-partics are fully prepared for the op- proaching struggle. The Southern Mall, Batimwone, May 7, 1854. We have no mail south of Charleston to-night, No news from any point. Dramatic and Musical Matters, Saakerrrray Curricem.—The present season has been distinguished by the rovival and performance in a supe- rior manner, of severul of Shakspere’s most intricate and difMflcult comedies. The public taste has been with the managers in this matter, and delighted crowds have witnesred week after week the antica of Puck, listened to the sound philosophy and high moral sentiment of Prospero, or the savage growls of Culaban, and drank in the music of Mendelssohn, Halery and Arne. Of course, the eritics have been busy, and they haye been obliged toeharpen their pens and their ideas in order to bring out something superior to the ordinary dramatic arti- cles. Some of the dircoveries made by these gentlemen piece are played by Mr. Hamb'n and Miss Herring. On Wednesday, Mr. J. €. Dunn, sw accomplished actor end singer, takes his bonefit. MM the National Theatte, “Uncle Tom's Cabin’ is an- nounced for this evening: On Wednsaday afternoon and evebing, Mr. William Handcock, the popular tromsarec of tttis house, has a bereGt. Ip the: a Toms Cabin’? will be pltyed; in the: & of Corn Girl’ and ‘The Sea of Ice.’ Seat#may be secured immodiately. At Barnum’s, & new ‘moral’? drama, ‘The Child of the Wreek,’’ will be played thiaevening, for (de first time, Fxeellent programmes are offered for this evening’s performanee at all the concert rooms, Ac, ant full pas ticulars wilt be found in our advertising co!’mns, The New York Dramatic Society (amateur) give a per- formance at the St. Charies theatre, in the on Tuesday. The bill includow the “Merchantof Venioe,'* and two light pieces. The sooiety will have the assiat- ance of several professionals, including Mr. Hi. Seymour, Mr. 8. W. Glenn, and Mr. G. Welsh Edwards. Several popular actors have graduated in this society. ‘The Rousset family are now in New Yorle, iaving re- turned a few days ago from @nlifornia, where their per- formances were attended withy the most flattering suc- cess. It is said that during their stay in Gan Francisco they realized about fifty thousand dollars clear profit. The Indies and gentlemen of Wallack’s company have- Pressated Mr. H. B. Phillips, prompter, with one of the- most important implements of his profession—a vatua- Vie watch. The presentation speech was mado by Mr. Blake, and the occasion was a very pleasant one. Miss Julia Dean left this city last week, and ahe-witts sheatly play engagements in Louisville, Ky., and Cinein- natk My. Burton has sent a complimentary letter, enolosingy a check for $50, to Master Charles Parsloe, as an ac- kaowledgement of the cars, attention and ability which, that young gentleman displayed in the performaace.of Buck. POULADELPHIA.—Mr. Sparry’s new comedy, ‘‘ Life-in.the Wost,” atthe Walnut street, was not so successful: aa “Extremes,’’ At tha: Arch, ‘Plot and Passion,” a drama, produced last Oetober at the Olympic, London, bas been played. Bar:woRk.—The Museum is the only house open. Mr. Goodall is playing a star engagement. ‘The Charles street: theatre is advertised for rent. The Holliday sbrect thea- tre is undergoing repairs and alterations. Bosvo.—Mrs, Farren has closed her engagement at the National. Miss E. Logan is still playing at the Museum, and Mr. W. Marshall has produced a new ver- sion of Dumas “Black Doctor’ at the Haward Athe- num. Juliea commences a series of coucertsat the Music Hall this evening. New Oxrgans.—Sunday, April 30th, was announced a+ the last might of the season at the St. Caries. On th - Wednesday following, there was announced a “Gran Benefit for the American Dramatic Fusd Association,’ when three companies were to assist. The ‘ Prophet ’* and the ‘‘Cosaques’’ were the attractions at the French theatre. De Soto’s painting waa to. be exhibited on the 8th of May. Cixcinnatl.—Mra. Mowatt closod her engagement at the National last week, and was succeeded by Mr. Ander. son. The Germanians were giving the music of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,’? assisted by Miss Kate are highly amusing, although at the samo time it is to be regretted that ignorance should so far pervert the true | end and aim of criticism—to instruct the actor; to sit | in judgment on the play for the instruction of tho peo- | ple, and for the iaformation of persons interested in | dramatic literature in other cities and abroad. | A remarkable instance of the ignorance above men- | tioned is found in some remarks on ‘The Tempest’ in a daily paper, whose writers assume a most ridiculous dictatorial air. ‘This critic objects to Mr. Burton’s Cali- ban, inasmuch as it was repulsive without any touch of | quaintness. Now, Shakspere deseribes Ariel as tho quaint spirit, and enlarges frequently on the repulsive nature of the hag-born devil, Caliban, who “never yields a kind answer,”’ and “which any print of goodness will not take.” To be quaint is to be nice, pretty, finespun, | clegant—or, as Johnson defines it, sublimely excogitated So the critie finds faalt with the actor of Caliban beca he does not exhibit the peculiarity of Ariel. Think of a finespun, nice, pretty, elegant, and sublimely cogitated | Calivan! Anothor scribe, in a’weckly paper famous for | its critical pretension, pettishly objects to the imps in the storin scene, saying, ‘why there should be two imps to supervise the destruction of the vessel, I am unable to | say; it must have been rather difficult for Ariel to sub- divide ‘horself into two chubby boys; my own impres- sion, moreover, ix that the afry spirit assumed the form of the boatawain!"" Of course .he is unable to say, be- cause he ix entirely ignorant of the author’s words, as | well as Lis meaning. In the very next scene Ariel, des- | cribing his action in the storm, tells Prospero, “Some- times I'd divide, ond burn in many places—on the top. | mast, the yards, and boweprit, would I flame distinctly —then meet and join.” Again, Ariel is not of the feminine gender, but a male spirit who assumes the appearance of a nymph of the | sea by Prospero’s order. Again, the supposition that | | Ariel assumed the form of the boatswain is a glorious bit of perspicacity that muet immortalize the critic. Phe deli- | cate Ariel, a spirit inhabiting the isle, confounded with the | coarse, bawling, blasphemous old salt who had failed with the King from Algiers, and who appears in the last scene of the play in company with Ariel, by Proepero’s com mand. It would be well enough for these gentlemen to read Shakspere more attentively. A paragraph has been running round the press lately, indited by some wiseacre who bitterly complains of the in famy of Shakspore in stealing certain well known lines in Richard the Third from Marlowe's play of the «ane name, The lines are by Cibber, and Marlowe never wrote a play called Michard the Third. We are favored, monthly, in Patnam's Mfpacine, with many well written pages on recent Shaksperian diseove ries, that were made half a century ago. A recent num- ber contained a long disquisition on the old question of the spelling of Shakepere’a name. It has been thought that Knight, in his pictorial edilion, settled ti tion to the satisfaction of every one but the captions ctilies, who imayine that to difer is to be original and acute. In every signature that we possess, Shakapere writes bis name as we prin, (t—SHAKSPERE. Tan Cory Trnatnes have been doing a fair bush ring the past week, and there is every probabi at ques- the season will close aa prosperously as it commenced, | At the Broadway Theatre Mc. and Mrs. Barney Williams have played three or four light pieces every night to rood honses. At Rurton’« “The Tempest? has been oceasfal ran, ml two new Intrawn, after a long and si pieces have been played, of the merits of which ourresd- | ers were duly informed fm the Henain of Satarday. No- | thing new has been done at Wallack’s, the National, or the Bowery Mr. Niblo opens Lis magnificent establishment this | eveving. We have heretofore given a full description of (he foprovements and embellishments. Nfblo’s i+ now the beet appointed and most comfortable theatre ia the Union. She Ravel Family, with reinforcements from France, and a bellet company headed by Mile, Mathias, | will appear thie evening in the pantomime “ Medina” and the boliet ' Paguita.”’ Seats in the orchestra, the new | Private boxes, and the proxceninny boxes may be secured | there. On his return he his son, and on looking ) down the y | fallen thy “geellentaily failing throagh | the hatehway of a bu in Washington street, and fracturing his skull.” during the day. At the Drondway theatre this eve Mr, and Mrs. | Barney Williams appear in“ Treland ay it is?’ ama “Law for Tadies,"’ ‘The present is announced aa the las! week | manager of the Park and | of engaging = com, | Meyexbeer’s last opera, Saxon as reader, BurvaLo.—Mr. and Miss Riehings have been playing at | the Metropolitan theatre. The Hutchinson family were giving concerts at American Hall. Pritsurc, Pa.—Mr. Foster’s theatrical company and June’s circus company, were amusing the Irom city people on the 6th. Ciicaco.—Mrs. Barrow played Parthenia at Rice’s theatre on the 4th May—Mr. Sedley as Ingomaz. Drrrorr.—Mr. Couldock bad a benefit on the 5th, an@ played ‘The Advocate”’ and the ‘ Honeymoon.” ‘Troy.—Mr. and Mrs. Florence have been playing at the Museum, and they had a farewell benefit on Saturday. Posrianp, Mn.—Mr. John Crouta opens Deering Halt this evening with the company that lately performed at Montreal. Loypox.—Mr. Barry arriyed in London on the 20th of April. The Era of the 16th says:— We hear that Mr. Thomas years Day aka “ate York, and lessee and manager of the Tremont in Boston, will be in London on Tuesday, for the rete y to appe: a in August next new theatre in Bostd#, of which he is the proprietors are pantiees of wealth and posi: theatre is one of the handsomest and the most comme- dious in the United States, while its season will be forty weeks in each year. | Mr. Barry arrives prepared te. treat liberally with talent of every iption. Henry Farren, late lessee of the Brighton tl ie a bankupt. His abilities amount te "e500; the velo of his estate in w title of a new one act piece just brought out at- the: Princess's. The Easter novelties were all well received. ‘The interest relative to them is altogether local. Caradori made a hit at Drury Lane in Norma. Shabran is the last bl omg oe at — Garden. Madame Bosio sang the principal part, and was succeesfal. ' Masteth” bas ely produced. at ee chester, with a new style of drews—a mixtare of the croxs-gartering style of the Saxons and the Highland costume. ‘The effect is said to be beaut picturesque. A Canterbury paper says:— Our little theatre, where Fdmund Kean, Macready, Dowton, Harley, the Misses Tree, Miss ontelt Yor Madame Vestris, and a host of other celebrities played their talents, was brought to the hammer he y by Messrs, Goulden & at the Rose Inn; and ever lly knocked down to Mr. Small for the sam of The building was erected at the sole the late Mre. Sarah Baker, of theatrical and opened ‘* by desire of the Mayor,’’ on Thursday, of January,1790. Anan of the small amount of retmuncration enjoyed by the leading actors, when work- ing their way up in their profession, it may be mention- ed thot the salary paid to Rdmund in, while perform- 7 3Rs | ing here, under Mrs. Baker's management, was but a guinea per week, as we heard him, towards the close of nis career, teil the manager, Mr.’ 8. Dowton, thot he © carried his whole wardrobe on a atick over shor —but.’' seid he, ‘Tt was « happier man then thon now.” What a contrast was this stipend with the compensation subsequently realized matehless enactor of British tragedy. Paris, mrc.—Jemny Lind Goldschmidt is at Vienna, where she Bas already given two con large saloon of the pal pp oy noes of the room, it was crowded in every . On the occasion of the approaching marriage Emperor Francis J there is to be produced Court Theatre Rossini's fine composition, ‘Le Saeré m Reima,’’ the parte of which are alrea/ly in rehearsal. Madile. Rachel, who within the short space of time since her return, has had one or two quarrels with her wanager, bas now setiled her differences with M. Le- rouve, and is a pari of Metes; her fortheom- ing sppearance in which eseites considerable public in- lereat, » i pt fa Ba SF A letter from G jermony,) of the 24 instant, thaton the prese ing evening another now 4 opera, entitled “Santa Chiara.’’ in five the music of st of Saxe Cobmi (Prince. roxtuced for the first time. Thia new work is eaid to have Leen greatly a jod.. At Munich, the visit of the Emperor of Austria gave = _ slight impetns to operatics, which were previously almost: The intended royal bei expressed mm production from of hiss future royal father-in-law, when « specigl- bill. of farm, rovided for the occasion, including the ee. a “Der Fehiseblusy’’ “Dee Ge: der Beste,” and ‘Die Polen von Gericht.’’ At Leipsic, a new singer has appeared twice ta ‘“Iuuoia’® with great eclat; ber name is the Fraulein Berry, wha. promi:es to be a rising artiste, At the Pavis theatres very ' yh Ftoile du Nord,” ix played, three or four nights a week, ant continues ta draw gaol houses. At the Opera Imperi:, “La Vestale’? is the alleged illness ‘ for the present, owing Calzolari, the teaor bas arrived here amongdy vasa View bas also Just arrived from the asaya whieh is by Prince Albert's brother,) w | Cruvelli. 7s