The Committee of the Protestant As 1) , 21:1I101111:1Ve determined to ad-
dress the Queen on the appointment of Mr. Wyse, Mr. Shell, and Mr. °Terrell; and likewise to issue an address to the public, urgently re- commending similar demonstrations of Protestant fettling to be adopted in every part of the country.—Standard. [The address to the Queen has been presented.] The Archbishop of Canterbury, about a month ago, received an ad- dress from the Protestant Operative Association of Liverpool, thankiug his Grace for his " firm and Christian defence of Scriptural education." The Archbishop, on the 5th instant, transmitted a reply to this address ; apologizing for the delay, which was occasioned by absence on official duties, and expressing gratification that his conduct met with the ap- probation of the Liverpool operatives. His Grace declared that be considered it his "imperative duty to oppose every measure which may have the effect of depriving any portion of the people of that early in- struction in the faith and fear of the Lord, which is only to be found in the Scriptures, and to which every child that is born in a Christian country has an undoubted right." Just as it' the education scheme which he opposed would have deprived any child of " instruction in the faith and fear of the Lord!"
The Reverend Messrs. Bateman, Taylor, Radcliffe, Bowman, Vicars Boone, and Robinson, have received appointments from the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel ; and will depart, the first for Van Diemen's Land, the second and third for Upper Canada, the fourth and fifth for Newfoundland, and the sixth for Jamaica.
The Vernon steam-ship left Woolwich on Saturday, for Calcutta, vie/ the Cape of Good Hope. A large party assembled to witness her de- parture. Her machinery acted admirably.
It is said that the Liverpool brought 120,000 sovereigns from New York. The commander of the British Queen endeavoured to tempt his passengers to dine in the front saloon, by offering them champagne every day, instead of twice a week, the allowance in the more airy and agreeable apartment.
The packet ship Pocahontas, which left the Capes of Delaware on the 23i1 ult., and arrived at Liverpool on Tuesday, has brought from Philadelphia 100,000 sovereigns on freiu;lit. The Poch:Dennis made the run front the Capes to Point Lynas in seventeen days.
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