llAG7.ARD'S GAZETTE. AUGUST 13.

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(From the Canada Rea nlcr.) REPORT OF THE COHKl'l"l‘EE (‘F Tlllt’. l’ill*I.‘l- BYTERIAN SYNOD ON lN'l‘l.-1Mt’l'2l{.\N('l-2.

Your committee outsider it uuiieoessary to rueut any I Report. Tlieii attention as been directed to the subject of intersper- ance, altheugh circumstances have prevented a full meeting ofthe members of‘ aainuiittee. It would have been desirable to collect the statis- tics of Intern rance with special reference to the ccngregn ions belongin to our own church, as your committee are satisfied that the result would have formed a most powerful arguiueiit in favour of temperance or total abstinence froiu intoxicatin drinks. This, however, has not yet been one, though there has been corres- pondence with various ministers throughout the bounds of the church, with the view of as- eertaining the resent position of our congrega- tions in re rll to Temperance. Almost all who have replied have borne testimony to the prevalence of Intemperance, and to the sad clbcts produced by it both on the temporal and spiritual condition to those who have come un- der its influence. One minister writcs—“three violent deaths occurred to inhabitants of this place in the s ceof about four months. All

he three individuals were drunkarks, and ap- pear to have been prematurely cut oil‘ through the efiscts of strong drink, and all the three were at one time connected more or less with our own church." Your committee firmly be- lieve that. as no habit has led to so many crimes, and occasioned so much tom ral dis- tress and sufierin , so none has, in our day, so much retarded t e progress of religion, and proved such it hindrance to ministers in their ellbrts to extend the Redecmcr's Kingdom among their fellow men. Where is the congre-

,tion Idllb has not suffers-d from this evil’ Vhere is the minister who has not had to de- plore the rava s of Inteniperancc. and has not seen his efdrts to do good thwarted and neutra- lized! How many individuals should we find once occupying important and prominent posi- tions, not onl in the world but in the church, but who have irretrievably fallen through strong drink, and have brought not only ruin and dis- grace upon t selves and their families, but an indeliable blot on the cause of religion 1 '

our committee re’ ice to believe that. while many are daily falling victims to lntemperanco. he prospects of Temperance are c ~ the whole encouraging. It is encouraging to view the progress 0 Temperance not ony among the community nerall , but es .ial y among our own ministe an in inquiries that have been instituted, it may be safely asserted. that upwards of three-fourths of the ministers ofthis S od, and-avery large pro rticn of the elders, are decidedly in favour 0 total ab- stinence, from intoxicating drinks. and are by their exhortittions. and what is more, by their influence and example, warning others against the insidious enemy. It is encouraging too to cnitem late the great im rcvement that has taken p cc throu bout soc ety generally in re- git to so 0 intoxicating drinlrs._ Many milies and individuals, not decidedly in favor oitohl abstinence, have yet in a great_ineasure discontinued the use of intoxicating drinks as u. bevc And it is cheering to spe the pro- gress of the Temperance cause even in the halls of our Legislature. During the present session of Parliament numerous petitions were resent- ed, and among them one from the Syn of our church, praying for the enactment of a law to prohibit the importation, manufacture and sale of intoximting drinks as a beverage. The pray- or of these petitions has not been granted, but still the issue has been on the who e encourag- ing~—the majority a inst a Bill introduced by Hon. Mr. Cameron ing only four. It is evi- dent then that although we have still reason to deplore the lamentable prevalence of Inteinper- once, there are not a few encouraging tokcns.. And surely this consideration oug t to stimu-

late the benevolent. and more especiall the christian church, to strive ni_ore enrne_st y for the entire uprooting of this gantic evil. For

your commi;tee age‘ decidedty pf cpinjgntl‘-hip‘. notwithstan in e umoun 0 good a as been done by thge various Tem rance organiza- tions at present in exisnince, t e evil cannot be thoroughly or permanently removed unless the Church direcu? alptention to it more decidedly than has et ii one. As to The measures which your committee would respectfully recommend to the Synod, they are the following : 1. They would recom- mend that the Synod h e action as at last ses- sion, and petition the legislature for a Prohi- bitary Law, inasmuch as ex rience has demon- strated the utter impossibility of restricting or regulating the License s tom. 2. They would recommend that the atgittion of Kirk Session be called to the subject, and that the Synod urge them to greater fidelity in dealing with those who by their intem _ rate or tippling lia- .Nts bring a reproach on t ie church and on the cause of Christ. 3. The would suggest that the Synod recommend ministers to preac rom time to time on the subject of intemperance,and warn their ple of the_dai_iger resultin from the habitua naeof intoxicating drinks. . They would reopeilitmenggpt bllll0u?ylI0(_I eagiestl fliiind aflsctiona en a e minis rs, ce- and’ members of the church, to pursue ' rd to the use of intoxicat- ing drinks as shall r the most decided prac- tical testimony against the prevailing vice of inteperance, remove temptation from them- selves, and free themselves from the serious re- qionsibiiljtyk 0l;)00:‘lIhN11lltcln3 the use of intox- -Scatin i s era. Suo are sound of the practical measures re- ad by the Committee, the adoption of humbly hope, would, through the blessing o God,without.whose direction and Hessing no moral or spiritual work can sue- ; tend to check the evils of iuternperance, thus promote the glory of God, the of the Ohnrch, and the best interests 0

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WXLLIAI Ram, Convener.

AN APPHAL TO THE BCEPTIG. Near lhfbloae of the admirable work entitled I ipae Fdth,’ the author inlroducee him- ! in the following eloquent and touching ap- peal to hi sceptical nephew, Harrington, who

ind been placed under his cars by a dying

sister :- . _ We had been talkie on till long past midnight, the In sudden y warned us that its light ' st Harrington tooli oflilis shade, sad II:

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that would disclose. But you trust to the proba- ble; your pulse does not beat ziny ilie qiiit‘,kt‘r,_ nor do your lll3IVt‘.~ lII‘IIll)ltI. ' ll iii.i_\' iuvi-.' Blllllllilf, nay, him mm-li stronger proofs —if_vuu' will—of the coiiliileiics with which you may trust God, and Him, the coiiipiissiniiaie one, "wlioin he hath sent,” in spite of all the gloom in which this life is involved That neiiaiiily for which you have just new asked, will only be grained alien the darkness has passed away ; and then will you " rejoice in ilie light of his couiiienance.”‘ ‘ And, further,’ I continued, ‘tliere‘is yet one Iliiiig WlllI‘ll I wish to say to you ; and l foul as if I could say it better in this darkness; for I will not venture to say that i should not manifest more feeling than is consistent in the bard-hearb ed ineiaphysicisn. es, ii is on the side of feeling tliatl would also addrss you. a will say, feeling is iioi argumciii. u; but is man all reason? lfirmly believe, indeed, that man is not called upon to do anything for which his reason does not tell him that he has sulllcieni evidence ; bula part of that very evidence is often the die- tate of feeling; and genuine reason will listen to the heart, as not always nor periia more fre-

uently than otherwise. a suspicious pleader. if. as Pascal says so truly, it aoineiiiues has its reasons, which the reason cannot comprehend, it has glso its reasons, which the reason thoroughly understands.

‘ You were early an orphan; you do not re- member your mother; but I do, ali, how well! I saw her the last time she ever. saw you. on were brought to her bedside when she was in full possession of all her faculties, and deeply con- scious that she had not many hours to live. She looked at you as you were held in her arms. smiling upon her. wiih, to me, an agonizing un- consciousness of your approaching orphanage. She gazed upon you with that intense look of iii- expreasible :ifl'ocion which only ll'll|II'l’nIl love. sharpened by death, can give; she looked long and eiiriii-sily, but spoke iioi one syllable. As you were at length taken from the room, she fol- lowed you with her eyes, till the door closed, and then it seemed as if the light of the world had been quenched in them for ever. “ I charge you," said she at length, “ let me see him again." I made a motion as if to recall the attendants. “Not here,“ she added, laying her band gently on my arm, and l lllI(lt‘I'§l.00fl her but too well. You know whether I have in :iiiy~degree fulfilled my trust. But is it possible that l can think of an utter failure, and not be more than troubled 7

d if Christianity be true, and ifl am so happy as to obtain admission to that “ happy country,” into which an enemy never entered, and from which a friend never went away, no she whom I loved so well should ask me why you came not—ihat she had tarrie for you long-—musil say that you will Nicvitii come? that her child had wandered from the fold ofihe good Shepherd, and had gone, I knew not whith- er? 'l‘hai l l d sought him in the glens and mountains, but found him not! lliardly know, but almost iliink—such was the love she had for you-that such a reply would shade that radieni face, even amidst the glories of paradise. AniL now—let all this be a dream—suppose that not simply by your own fault, you will never see that mother more, but that from the some truth of your N0 truth, you never can : that the " rale,i'a1r. in rrtcrnum, on/iv," is all you can say to her; yet lsay lhis—th:it to live only in the hope of the possibility of fqlfilling the better wishes of such ll friend, and rejoining her for ever, ' —'f you will—-the fabulous “ islands ofthc blesl,” would not only make you alinppier, but even ti noliler being than your present uiood can ever make you. My FABULOUS is better than your -rsur.’

GIIEBAL INTELLIGENCE. UNITED S1-.irss.—By the R. M. Steamer Euro- pa we obtained accounts from ston on Friday morning to Wednesday. She brought 3_8 pas- sengers fcr Halifax, and 88 for Liver ol- On entering‘ the harbor the Europa strnc on

Thrumcap s on], but got oil‘ without assistance or age. On the 29th ult, the Harbor Police of Boston

seized a desperate gang of thieves who have been in the practice of isguising themselves in masks and using chloroform to eflect their de- sign of robbing vessels which they boarded at the wharves, by night.

The British Post Ofiice authorities at Washing- ton, upon the estimate furnished by the Post- master General have expressed their readiness to refund tothe United States tlie'sum of $6,496 being the estimated amount of postage errone- ously credited to that oflice by the United States, on news pers sent from the United States, through gngland, to certain countries beyond.

The demands which it is said Great Britain makes in return for conceeding the fishery grounds to the Americans are reported to be .—

lst. The admission of British uilt vessels to the privilege ofAiiierican re inter

2 d. The free admission 0 the British flag to the coastin trade between the Anierica.ns,At- lantic and cific ports.

rd. The abolition of our present bounties to the American cod fisher .

4th. A further niodi cation of our tarifl'-—of

course with a view to favor British interests.

5th. The ori 'nal demand of recipocity of trade with tho orth American colonies- CONSIILAI Finrs.—A Government despetch dated, Forei (lflice, May 23,1853,” has up- red oflicia ly, this week, iiiéportiqg that the ake of Newcastle had referr to :9 Earl of Clarendon the address from the House of As- sembly of Nova Scotia, to the Queen, praying for a reduction or total abolition of consular fees in theceaports of the Uniwd Slates upon the shi ping of this Province. The despatoh adds, t t Lord Palmerston answered a similar representation, on the 30th September, 1860, to the effect that. “ it would be im sible to draw a distinction in regard to the evying of Con- sular Fees between perwns belongin to the United Kin om an persons belongfng to a Colony, or tween rsons belonging to one Colon and rsons be cnging to another,” and Lord ren on concurs wit this answer.

Ciiossisc -mu A-raisric IN A B.u.loos.—Mr. John Wise, the co ebrated Alronaut, in a letter to lion. Ellis Lewis, Philadelphia, roposes to cross the Atlantic in a balloon, whic he thinks may be safely done in the space of fortyoight hours ! As a liininary ste , however, he re-

ulres an on t of about 3 .000, in order to provide the apparatus. a ge w s, not at all intimidated by the apprehension that he will be rded as Utopain or visionary, takes up the subject in an earnest s irit and says that the ractical discoveries o r W se, andtheseien flcolleervationsof Professor y, have established the fact as one no longer don t- ful that in the United States, at an elevation

f m two to res miles, there is a constant current ofwiud from the West to list. This , current is believed to be buts modification of‘ two other currents, one above 0 r, which are constantly min the one from the thweehtj and the o tee Northwest—aId

(‘I'll or ii due cast‘course, at his election. It is also uiidcrstoodtliot similar currents lilive been ascertained to exist in tlie atlnosplicrc over the island of Great Britain. It ie- si:pposcd_ by those who have paid attention to e subject, that these currents do not pass in the same direction in low noi-tliern latitudes; but that froiu latitude 10 degrees to M degrees N. they pass fro toN. W. But if they are shown to exist throughout the lllfiiJl0|‘ latitudes as well on the Atlantic as over the nited Shtes and Great lli-itain, Judge Lewis can see no more difficulty in crossing the atlantie by means ofa balloon, than triiversiiig the sauie distance from West to East, over the continent. Mr. ' ise is cvideutlyiserious. lie has made no less than one hundred and flft -seven successful ascen- sions, and he has fa th and confidence in the proposed enterprise. The sum necessary tos the experiment is quite small, comparatively speaking.

He proposes that the balloon shall be one hundred and twenty-flve feet in diameter, and that it shall carry eight men, 300 unds of provisions, and various other articles. He thinks that with such an apparatus, he could cross the Atlantic, and do sit demonstrative mails at Lisbon, Madrid, b inorcn. Naples, and Constantinople.

Racovsiiv or -i-as Bonv or run MAN losr A1‘ -i-nu i-‘u.ia.——The body of Andrew llermann, whose sad fate at the hills excited so iuuch attention. has been recovered. It was found near the landing of the“ Maid of the Mist,”. below the Suspension Bridge. The head and body was iuuch niangled—a sharp stone, or other object having pierced the body, either in its fearful, descent, or afterwards. The facts of the case, as elicited from the evidence of Mr. Brown, a resi- dent at l-‘ails, are, that three Germans in his employ. were engaged in tin sand to l:‘rcncli’s Landing, which was used in building at the Falls. On Monday evening they went to the Falls, and there got somewhat intoxicated. although they usually sustained the reputation of being sober and industrious laborers. Re- turning from the Falls to their boat, they put out into the river, about ‘J o'clock in the even- ing, for their own amusement, Concluding they had not suflicent canvass they rteurned to the shore, and one of the three started for the Falls to obtain more, the other two again put- ting out into the river. On the return of the the third, the boat was nowhere to be seen, and its fate was not known until the nbxt morning. —.4lIirmi/ Evening Journal.

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Tiii: Fisiiiciuiis AND Ri-:cii»iioci1'v.—A des- patch from Washington announces that Mr. (Jramptcn, the British Minister, with Messrs. Marcy and Cashing, left that City last Saturday morning. for Berkley Springs, in order to proceed with the negotiations upon the fisher and reciprocity questions in a quiet manner. ' his is done by request of Mr. .‘\lsrcy, the Secretary of Oiaie, who desires to avoid the frequent interrup- tions met willi at the capital.—.[New Bruns- wicker August 4. _.

Messrs Jackson and llrassey. the railway con- iraciorsinlhese Provinces, and r. Stephenson, ilie celebrated engineer, arrived out in the steamer

si‘ in 1 ew York, and after proceeding to Csiisds, they will visit this previncc.—[lb.

A sb:iin firlit.-,rame off atiialifax on Friday, the boziis from the flag ship and other voescle in port together with portions of the Artillery, Sap- pers. and 79nd Highlanders, attacking the Bat- leries at Point Pleasant, which were held by the 76th and others troops. The Morning Chronicle says it was a grand atl'air-—-‘ an: excellent illus- tration on a small scale of ‘ the pomp and circum- stance of glorious war.’ ”

The Free Church of Canada and that of Nova Scotia are bestowing serious attention to the great cause of Temperance, with the avowed purpose (as regards the former,) of putting forth a strenuous effort to procure the passage of ii Law prohibiting the manu- facture or importation of intoxicating liquors.

Further Extracts from English Papers.

There are now exhibiting in London two chil-

dren of the Aztec race, which was the dominant one in Mexico at the invasion of Cortes. They are young the last relicts of that race, and are of Lilliputian siature—a degeneracy produced b the constant intermarriage of their ancestors within their own family. Ellinologists are all agog on the subject. _ At a sale in London there were seven] km." of the Duke of Wellington, written in his oflicisl capacity as Chief Secretary for Ireland. One of these was a long and most interestin letter on the defence of Ireland, in which is grace writes that “ lwiil endeavour, in in this letter, to give you all the information u n it which the attention which I have given to it enabled me to acquire.” This letter, occuping thirty-ihrea pages. dated May 7, 1807, sold for £33. ‘

The induction of the Rev. Robert M‘ Nair, A. M., as minister of Gourock, took

inch on Thursda in the chapel of the Established Churc at Gourock, in r-uence of the Presbytery of Greenoclr. he Rey, Mr Marshall ofbumbray reached and pre- sided. The call to Mr ‘Nair was signed by nearly all the members and adherents : and the settlement is not only an liar-moniou. one, but romises to be most beneficial to the district. At the close of the service. in the chapel, Mr M‘Nair received a warm and cordial welcome from all clasees of the pie. In the afternoon, Mr M‘Na'ir and the resbyter were entertai_ncd_to dinner in the Gear e otel, where a la e party assemble to meet them. The c air was ably filled by William Robertson, of Craigend ; and John Buruet, Esq. of Mileburn, ofliciated as croupier. The Rev. Dr Barr asked a blessing, and the Rev: Mr Brown returned thanks. Aller the removal of the cloth, the usual lo al and constitution- al toasts were iven. he Chairman then proceeded to’ at he said might be called

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the toast of the evening ; and nag: . fgw prefatory remarks in excellent tests, which were much applauded, he roposed "Th. Rev. Mr M'Nair, and mac comfort and success to him in the pastoral relation he had that da formed with the people of Gourock.” least was acknowledged by Mr M‘Nsir is feeling and atl'ectiona_te terms. After a variet of toasts had been gfileu, includ' the airman, Croupier,

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There is at ilie iuint a considerable store of lialffnrlliiiius, but there is on demand for lliem. For luiihiuga Ilicie is ti great and steady ileiiiand.

A lettuce. ofa new hardy sort, recently grown by a Mr. is‘. l‘arIi-lgc, of Great Whitley, attain- ed the great sise of 55 im-lies in girth, with it ttiillh of‘)? inches.

‘l‘lu-, coinniiltee u n the decimal coinage have concluded Ihe exam lion of witnesses, and it is understood the result will be a unanimous report, in favour ofthe adoption of. the system. making the pound sterling the integer, and dividing it into L000 units or fiirthinge. ,

Father Book, a Belgian has been elected General of the Jesuits.

all Com more in 'vin the latest News at home an abroad. tis The only Soiiii-weekly pa‘per published on the island, and is despatcliod ‘ [C A WEEK to most parts of the Country. 9' Terms l5s per year, discount for Cash in in advance. lIasxard‘s Gasotte is also the nrasr imnivu sou Anviciirisiuirivrs having a circulation of TWO llUNl-1Rl!LD over an other island paper. The proprietor liavin a i cw Power l’i-inting rcsa can execute al orders ata short notice and particular] for large editions. In order to luring liassar ‘s Gazette within the means of all, the Proprietor purposes also to have an issue own .i wins: at 10s r annum or ‘Js paid in advance. This issue wi l contain very nearly as much reading matter as any of the lslaiid Newspapers and more than some of them.