... I1 nle rc, BEVERLEY. ir- SEHMoNS On Sun~day last, sermons on behalf of Fog. 0 land Mission and the Model Parish, with its model cot* g tages, schools, factories, &c., as follow :-At St. John's ny Chapel, in tho morning, by tile Rev, W. Wright, M.A., lt and, in the afternoon, at the Minster, Both places were t largely attended, and the rev, gentleman's stirring appeal Y to the synmpathies of ...

... ?? 1 - . On Wednesday evening the first annual soirle of the teachers and friends of Gill-street ragged schools was held in the school-room under Pembroke Chapel, West Derby. t street. The attendance was meagre. John Cropper, Esiq., occupied the chair. After tea, about twenty chi- dren from the ragged schools were introduced into the room. They were extremely clean and neat, though their ...

... TUIE1 BIKEtNHIXD' ANTIPAPAL - MEETING.. g Birkenhead. has at length. declared' against, the.recent jI * a, ilsive Steps of the Ronman Pontiff. The meeting Ixc Kwaasd on Firida~y morninig, in the 11srket-squsre, an area L icapabldepf accommodating (as ascertained bymectal mea- b a ureinent), abiout 15,l3000 persons. The arrangements .11 r. made by ~thie psagistra~tq,s,ion this occasion, for ...

... SAILOR'S HOME AT ABERDEEN. it A public meeting was held in the Town. Hall on Wednes- li dIvlast, for the pnrpose of hearing from Captain W. H.'i [-lull. R.N. and F.RA.S., a Statement. of the advantages ?? ?? Homes generally, and with particular reference.t the establishment of such an institritionuat this port. The attendanc~e waisnumerout and iinfluenjtial. ~Amng the gen- al tlemen present ...

... The follow~ing reports having bean addressed to the I, LordesommissionersofherMajes~ty s3privy Cooneil for wo Trade by Mesars. Redgrave, TIbwpsend, and Herbert, Ino the masters of the head school, and by Mr. Poynter, Tb th isecoro te rnc sholfor the session ma i84-5~ te ocuens ereprsenedtothe House e - W bhve th-honoutr to la eoeyour lordships a seport, 'qul of the progemft sha~qbo t.Somerset ...

... I THE ANTI-CATHOLIC MEETING AT BIRKEN- I HEAD. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Liveipool, Friday Night. The event has taken place. The ultra-loyal, the extra- superfine Protestants have met, spoken, and departed. Ir was truly a great day for Birkenhead-if not exactly for the church in that neighbourhood, at least for the public-houses, whose benches were patronized to- day to an extent that ...

... GERMANY.-The latest accounts from Berlin are to the 17th inst. General Thurnen bad been ordered to act as commissioner for Holstein. The reduction of the Landwehr of the first class has been decreed. Information has been received from the provinces of the successful dismissal of the Landwehr. In Krotoshin, in the Grand Duchy of Posen, alone, the publication of the Royal decree had led to riots ...

... - COMPliIMENTARY DINNER TO ilR. lfTGREGOR, QUELNIS HOTEL.-- On Tnesday last upwards of fifty. gentlemnen set down to dinner: ud honour- of Mr. M'Girego,-tlhe landlord of the Queen's Hotel, ' an and in celebration of the formnal opening of that magnificent build- F ich lng. *Robert lasmond, Esq:, occupied the chair, supported right a for and left by Bailie'Bogis,- Messrs. -George Baird of ...

... tUt%£x. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1850. Cmcur.Men it DIOCESAN ASSOCIATIoN.-Tltc December Quarterly Meeting of tile G-.clal Committee wos bold on the 12th inst., at 'he Swati HotlI, I Hasti--gs. There were present G. C. C(.urthope, Esq., the High Sheriff (in thc ciar), Rev. Sir H. Thompsoon, 13art., &c. Agrant of 401. additional wons -.oted to tlte prolpose d now citurch at t Savers' Common, ...

... INCUMBMinED EsrATES.-TITE MOUNTOASHELL PRltOI'ERTY IN TIME COUNTY ANTMIM. PURSUANTT to anl absolute order made in the matter of the Braid eslatc, belonginig to the Earl of AMounteasliell, situato in the Gouiitv Antrite, Mr. G. C. flyndman proceeded, by dL- reeliotis of the Commissioners of thle I iciteniherel Eislates Court, In sell by public auction, Iin his Auction Rooms, 7, Castle-itlace, ...

... HONG KONG, OCe. 30. The mail steamer arrived late on the evening of the 12th instant, bringing dates from England to the 24th of August. The sickness among the 59th Regiment continues to abate, still the men generally are in a very debili- tated state, and deaths occasionally occur. Since May to the present time 100 have died. Rear-Admiral Austin, Commander-in-Chief in the East, arrived here ...

... THlE LONDON UNION ON CHURCH I IXA TTBRS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING CHROINICLE. a SIR-I lately ventured some remarks upon the e circular of a voluntary association in London, ewhich has been pleased to occupy itself with the present condition of Church matters. I pro- pose to-day to handle a document which is in the |course of distribution by another body in the me- tropolis-the London Union ...