and by the full use of all the powers which are entrusted to the military under martial law. Amongst the persons executed is Mr. Gordon, who is stated to have been a member of a Baptist congregation; and amongst those arrested are several Baptist ministers, all of them, we believe, however, persons of colour. The whole affair will be the subject, no doubt, of careful investigation in this country. It appears to us, as we are at present advised, that the negroes have been goaded into rebellion, and their rebellion then used as a reason for crushing in them all power of resistance to their tyrannical overnors. If there is such a thing as justice in England, it must be invoked against the perpetrators of such outrages as have been committed in the name of England in Jamaica.

We are glad to announce the return from America of the Treasurer of our Missionary Society, Sir Morton Peto. The object of Sir Morton's visit to America was, in the first instance, exclusively commercial; but it soon assumed a political significance; and Sir Morton has brought back with him the most encouraging proofs of the progress of sound feelings among the American people, and of the desire of the best amo g them for the continuance of peace and friendship between them and England. Sir Morton-who was accompanied by several friends, among them Mr. Kelsall, of Rochdale-was received with much enthusiasm by his friends in Rochdale on the 11th ult., and by his constituents in Bristol on the 13th ult.

We have pleasure in announcing the ele vation to the bench of Mr. Lush, Q.C. Mr. Lush is a member of the church at Regent's Park Chapel, and is, we believe, the first Baptist who has ever been elevated to the dignity of a judge.

Many of our readers will be glad to hear that there is a prospect of a Baptist Association being formed in London. The meeting at which an Association was resolved upon was called by Messrs. Brock, Landels, and Spurgeon, and was held at the Metropolitan Tabernacle. All the proceedings were both harmonious and enthusiastic. The Association is to be formed on a broad evangelical basis. We sincerely hope that it may be a success.

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KING'S LYNN.-On Friday evening, October 13th, a public tea-meeting was held in the Music Hall, King's Lynn, to take leave of the Rev. H. J. Lambert, who had resigned the pastorate at Union Chapel, Lynn, and was about to proceed to Australia. Between 200 and 300 persons sat down to tea. After

tea a public meeting was held, and the large hall was well filled by an attentive auditory. Mr. Kerkham, senior deacon of the church, presided; and addresses, expressive of great regard for Mr. Lambert, of testimony to his high Christian character, and acceptable and faithful ministry, were delivered by the Revs. J. T. Wigner, W. Jones, J. Smith, J. Scott, J. C. Wright, all ministers of different sections of the church in Lynn. A costly gold watch and chain, with a suitable nemorial on parchment, were presented, on behalf of the subscribers, by the Rev. G. Gould, of Norwich, in an address of much power and feeling. Mr. Gould also commended Mr. Lambert to God in special prayer. On the following Wednesday, a valedictory service was held in Regent's Park Chapel, presided over by the Rev. W. Landels, who had been Mr. Lambert's pastor. The devotional portions of the service, together with a brief introductory address, were delivered by Mr. Landels. The Rev. H. J. Lambert gave a very interesting account of his conversion to God-his belief that God had called him into the work of the ministry-his college life, and labour as a Christian minister at Milton and Lynn-of the steps by which he had been led to go to Australia, and the way in which, by God's grace, he intended to exercise his ministry there. Mr. Lambert's address was listened to with the deepest interest, and at its close the Rev. J. T. Wigner, who bad come at the request of the Nonconformist and Wesleyan ministers of Lynn, testified to the high esteem borne towards Mr. Lambert in Lynn and in the county. Dr. Angus, in a few earnest, thrilling words, expressed his feeling towards Mr. Lambert, and his assured hope concerning him, and specially commended him to God in prayer. The benediction, uttered by the chairman, brought this deeply interesting meeting to a close.

NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE.-The town of Newcastle-upon-Tyne was favoured with a visit from the Rev. C. H. Spurgeon on Tuesday, the 7th November, when he preached two sermons in the Town-hall on behalf of the Baptist church recently formed under the pastoral care of the Rev. Wilden Carr. The popularity of the preacher sufficed to fill the large edifice, which is capable of accommodating from two to three thousand people, and the warm sympathy he expressed with Mr. Carr drew forth a volume of cheers at the close of the evening service. The church is in a peculiar manner identified with the labour and enterprise of Mr. Carr in the town, and the building now in course of erection will be the second chapel he has been instrumental in raising in about four years. The old chapel in New-court gave place to a new and handsome edifice in Rye Hill, from the pastorate of which he retired.

A small chapel in Marlboro' Crescent, with ground contiguous, the freehold property of R. B. Sanderson, Esq., having been surveyed and pronounced capable of providing a substantial edifice to accommodate seven or eight hundred persons, at a cost of £1,200, that gentleman has generously stipulated to grant the use of it to the church, of which he himself becomes a member. Of the sum required, we understand that Mr. Sanderson engages to provide £500, and Mr. Spurgeon £400, leaving a balance £300 to be raised by the congregation. The terms of trust will be in agreement between Mr. Spurgeon and Mr. Sanderson for the mutual interest of all parties, until such time as they may pay off by instalments the obligations incurred to make the edifice their own.

BOXMOOR, HERTS.-A meeting of special interest was held on Wednesday evening, Nov. 8th, at Boxmoor Chapel, to bid farewell to the late pastor, the Rev. H. C. Leonard, M.A., who on account of ill-health has resigned the pastorate of the above place. After tea, T. Micklem, Esq., took the chair, and the proceedings were opened by singing and prayer; after which the chairman, in a pointed and able speech, expressed his deep sympathy and regret at Mr. Leonard's departure; and although he was sure there was no need to possess anything beside the associations of kind and Christian feeling to remind him (Mr. Leonard) of his connection with the cause of God and people here, he (Mr. Micklem) was appointed to present a gold watch and chain, that he (Mr. Leonard) might not be without an expressed token of the kind feelings of the people. The chairman then handed to Mr. Leonard the valuable present, on which was an appropriate inscription, beautifully executed, and with a chain, which was of a new and elegant pattern. The Rev. H. C. Leonard, on accepting the present, said that his feelings would scarcely allow him to say anything on the occasion. He most heartily thanked them for their kind present, and wished them all every prosperity. T. Marnham, Esq., then, in a most appropriate speech, presented Mrs. Leonard with a handsome dressing-case, with inscription, the gift of the members of the Dorcas Society. Leonard feelingly thanked the donors on her behalf, and after a few appropriate remarks from F. Leonard, Esq., LL.B., the proceedings terminated. Mr. Leonard is leaving England for the south of France; it is earnestly hoped that the salubrity of this part of the Continent will restore him to perfect health.

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PORTON, SALISBURY.-To the Baptists in the neighbourhood of this city the village of Porton has long been a place of more than ordinary interest. On Monday, the 13th ult., this village was the scene of unusual

excitement. The occasion was the opening of a new chapel in connection with the Baptist denomination. An eloquent sermon was preached in the afternoon by the Rev. J. W. Todd, of Sydenham, to a crowded congregation. At five p.m., a public tea took place in a barn. At the close of the repast, some hundred persons wended their way to a sacred spot-a spot hallowed by containing the dust of the holy ones, who, in days of bitter persecution, knew what it was to seek the glen and worship God at midnight. At the corner of a ploughed field, without any boundary wall, a few tombs remain to tell where they sleep. At six p.m. a public meeting was held in the chapel, which was crowded in every part. This meeting was presided over by the Rev. Samuel Newnam, of Salisbury. Mr. Laurence, who has taken a deep interest in the above place of worship, was called upon to give a statement of the receipts and expenditure connected with the building, when it was cheering to find that such had been the liberality evinced, that £39 only remained to be subscribed. The meeting was then addressed by the Rev. J. W. Todd, Rev. J. H. Chancellor, of SalisHobbs, Gale, Young, and others. bury, and by Messrs. Clench, Brookes, Bailey,

HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, HERTS.-Services in connection with the settlement of the Rev. W. B. Bliss, formerly of Pembroke Dock, were held in the Baptist chapel on Tuesday, Nov. 14. The Rev. Thomas Peters, of Watford, preached at three p.m. After tea, in the Corn Exchange, the friends re-assembled in the chapel under the presidency of the Rev. Edward Steane, D.D. Suitable portions of Scripture having been read, and prayer offered by the Rev. R. Shindler, of Tring, the venerable chairman gave an exposition of "Nonconformist principles." The Rev. Mr. Howard (Independent) then addressed some words of kindly welcome to the new pastor. The Revs. T. Peters, of Watford, T. Watts, of St. Albans, and J. Lawton, of Berkhampstead, spoke in succession on "The Pastor's Work," "The Church's relation to the Pastor," and "The duty of the Church to the World." The Rev. W. Fisk, of Chipperfield, then implored the Divine blessing on the pastor and people, and a brief address from the Rev. W. B. Bliss terminated the solemn and interesting proceedings of the day.

BIRCHINGTON.-On Tuesday evening, October 24th, a public meeting and recognition service were held in Salem Chapel, to welcome the Rev. J. Light as minister of the church and congregation meeting in that place. After tea was over, Mr. T. Flint, of Margate, took the chair, and commenced the service by reading a hymn and a portion of the Scriptures. Mr. Pierce (town missionary of Ramsgate) offered prayer; and the Rev.

J. Crofts, of St. Peter's, delivered an address, stating the history of the church, and the steps which had been taken to secure the services of Mr. Light. Mr. Light then gave an account of the reasons which had induced him to choose Birchington as a sphere of Christian labour, and the plans which he hoped to adopt. After another hymn had been sung, the Rev. B. C. Etheridge, of Ramsgate, delivered a solemn and affectionate charge to the minister. The Rev. J. Drew, of Margate, then delivered an address, full of earnest appeal and touching illustration, to the people on their duties to each other and to their minister; and Mr. F. Flint, of Margate, finished by a few kind and encouraging remarks. The meeting was concluded by singing the doxology.

HARLOW, ESSEX.-A new Baptist chapel having been erected in this village, upon the site of the old one, it was opened for divine worship on Tuesday, October 31st. The new building is of a Venetian character, though strict architectural exactness has not been studied. The chapel is filled up with side and end galleries, and two school-rooms and a minister's vestry are contained under the same roof. The total accommodation is for five hundred persons. The cost has been about £2,000, towards which sum nearly £1,550 have been raised, and an earnest effort is being made to remove the remainder of the debt as soon as possible. The opening services were very numerously attendedmost of the neighbouring ministers, with some of the members of their congregations, as well as other ministers and friends from a distance, attending. After devotional exercises, conducted by the Rev. F. Edwards, B. A., minister of the place, and the Rev. S. Brawn, of Loughton, a sermon was preached by the Rev. G. W. Conder, of Manchester, from John iv. 24. Dinner and tea were provided during the interval between the services at the former nearly 150, and at the latter upwards of 300 persons, sat down. In the evening, the introductory parts of the service were taken by the Rev. R. Davey, of Foulmire, Cambs, and the sermon was preached by the Rev. D. Katterns, of Hackney, from 2 Timothy ii. 19. The collections during the day amounted to more than £50.

GOUDHURST, KENT.-Interesting services were held on Monday, October 16th, in connection with the Baptist church recently formed in this place. In the afternoon an excellent sermon was preached by the Rev. J. H. Wood, of Smarden, from

Cor. iv. 7, the Rev. J. Spurgeon conducting the devotional exercises. At five o'clock a public tea was provided, to which upwards of one hundred persons sat down. In the evening a recognition service was held, to welcome and acknowledge Mr. J. J. Kendon as pastor. W. Jull, Esq., of Staplehurst, pre

sided. After a hymn, the Scriptures were read, and prayer offered, by the Rev. B. C. Etheridge, of Ramsgate. Mr. S. Edwards, a member of the church, then made a statement, giving the right hand of fellowship and a hearty welcome to Mr. Kendon as their pastor. Mr. Kendon responded, giving an account of his conversion to God and call to the ministry, and of the providential hand of God in leading him into this neighbourhood. At the close of this statement, the Rev. E. Balley (Independent), of Staplehurst, offered the ordination prayer. The Rev. B. C. Etheridge, of Ramsgate, then gave a most affectionate and solemn charge to the minister. William Jull, Esq., also gave a wise and telling address to the church. After a vote of thanks to the chairman and ministers, the closing prayer was offered by the Rev. J. A. Chamberlain (Independent), of Marden.

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BLABY, LEICESTERSHIRE. On Tuesday evening, Nov. 7th, the Baptist church and congregation in this village held their annual meeting in the Baptist school-room, when upwards of 100 persons sat down to tea. public meeting was afterwards held in the chapel, under the presidency of the Rev. J. Barnett, the minister, when addresses were delivered by the chairman, Mr. Job Clarke, Mr. T. Glover, and the Revs. T. H. Holyoak (late of Glasgow), T. R. Evans (Countesthorpe), and J. P. Barnett (Birmingham). Upon Mr. Clarke devolved the pleasant duty of presenting to the pastor a purse of gold, as an expression of the high estimate in which the congregation held his Christian uprightness, his pulpit and pastoral efficiency, and the extensive good which he had done in the village and the immediate neighbourhood. Mr. Barnett replied with much feeling. He briefly reviewed his ministry at Blaby and Whetstone, and expressed his thankfulness that, though now an old

man," his health and vigour were scarcely abated, and that he could still hope for some years of labour in a cause for which, and amongst a people for whom, he cherished a daily-increasing attachment. The meeting separated at nine o'clock.

ROYTON, NEAR OLDHAM.-On Saturday, October 14, the foundation-stone of a new Baptist chapel was laid in the above village by Mr. Councillor Dewhirst, of Salford, in the presence of a numerous assembly. Mr. Dewhirst, on laying the stone, made some appropriate remarks. He was followed by the Rev. William Stokes, pastor of the first Baptist church, Oldham, who explained the doctrines held by the Baptist body. The ceremony was followed by a tea party, which was numerously attended, and a public meeting in the evening, the Rev. William Stokes in the chair. Excellent addresses were delivered by the Rev. T. Whitley, of

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