SCOTLAND.
The Evangelical Alliance held its tenth annual conference last week at Glasgow, sitting from Tuesday until late on Friday evening. The meet- ings were chiefly attended by clerical gentlemen, and the business mainly consisted of speechmaking. Protestant Europe was represented by the Reverend Dr. Krummacher of Berlin, the Reverend Mr. Monod of France, the Reverend Edward Kuntze from Germany, the Reverend Mr. Handel from Hamburg, and some laymen. From Belfast had come Dr. Edgar and Dr. M'Ilwaine ; and from London the Reverend Baptist Noel, the Reverend Tames Sherman, and the Reverend Dr. Blackwood. The last-named gentleman had served in the Crimean campaign, and he gave some interesting details of the spiritual condition of the troops, and the good feeling that existed between the ministers of the different religious persuasions. "The whole means for supplying spiritual instruction to the British sol- dier were most deplorably defective. He had nothing to say against the Chaplains of the Army, but the whole system of their appointment was de- fective. Among the soldiers and officers there were many men of God, more particularly among the Artillery and Engineers—men whose hearts were burning with love to add anything they could to the spiritual condition of their fellow soldiers. He went out on the understanding that he was to minister to none but those of the Protestant faith. The Presbyterians, who came out later in the war, found great difficulty in finding but a stray Pres- byterian here and there ; but he was not so much tied down, for he minis- tered to all except Roman Catholics, and even for those he had always a kindly word or a shake of the hand. He had frequently been asked by Roman Catholic priest, if he found a Protestant in his ward to go in and mi'aister to him; indeed, Roman Catholic priests often went out to seek for him to go in and pray with Protestants. Captain Hedley Vicars, who had fallen in a Russian sortie, was much asked after by soldiers in hospital. He was led to inquire why so much interest was evinced on behalf of that offi- cer ; when he found that he had been been in the habit of calling on his men of the Ninety-seventh, in tents and elsewhere, when he prayed with them. Many of these poor men had assured him that the first light of God's Word which they ever received was from the lips of Captain Vicars that martyred man of God. General orders from .heacl-quarters prohibited the Chaplains from employing any clergymen but those sanctioned by the War Department ; now, he thought the Council of the Evangelical Alliance should seek out men of God who are in possession of Christian love, so that, wherever they might be cast, there would always be a little nucleus of evangelical soldiers ready to call together their friends."
A project for holding the next conference at Berlin was mentioned in the report, and has been sanctioned by the King of Prussia. Dr. Krum- maeher, who spoke in German, and whose speech was translated by the Reverend John Cairns of Berwick, referred to this project and the in- ducements to carry it out-
" Between our nation and your own a new political tie is to be made ; British blood and German blood, a happy mixture. On the one side, energy of purpose, practical skill, and determination; on the other side, deep reflection and contemplation,—these form a happy combination. Re- gard my words : the lion and the eagle have received from God a sublime mission ; unite them, and they are the support, the guardian angel of the Protestant Church. I hope the Princess Royal will help to attract you, and to make for you an early path to Germany, and especially to Berlin. Much that is beautiful have we seen her ,e but we are also able to show you some- thing beautiful on our side too. We have six celebrated universities; and only in recent times the truth of the Gospel in the hands of eminent men has completely overcome the errors of Rationalism. Besides, we have some thousand ministers, who preach the pure gospel of Jesus Christ, and that alone Besides, we have a King who is not only a great prince, but the deepest expression of his heart is inscribed upon his coat of arms—' As for me and my house we will serve the Lord. He is a man of decided Christian faitli; and his country is aware that he is entirely devoted to the Evangelical Alliance. He, however, has found he could not escape the in- fliction of that word of Scripture, All who live godly in Christ Jesus must suffer persecution.' Nobody has doubted, up to this moment, that he has a heart which makes him the father of his country. Everybody knows that his matrimonial relations are a perfect model of domestic life. Hence it has been found necessary, in attacking his private life, to choose another side, which is considered vulnerable, and that—with deep regret I must utter it —even English journals. I take advantage of this opportunity to declare that the aspersions thus circulated are nothing but infamous calumnies." (Great cheering.) Gamekeepers are accustomed to use strychnia for the destruction of vermin, and it is supposed that in some cases this practice of exposing a deadly poi- son has led to fatal accidents. The Lord-Advocate has caused it to he made known, that all who place this or any other poison within the reach of the public will be held responsible for the consequences, even to the extent of a criminal prosecution in cases where health is injured or life sacrificed.
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