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2 I txp-gorK gatlg (ZTtrntfl, gttrgdag rtobcr 5, 1851, Tee rand rmtacUl XxhlarrUsv-Lord IU Sle'a TMl te Cpper Can U-Ia the ReetpreeHy Act rrwviBvrlaJ rtm-; FahUe Xerenne end atxpeadUare. wirvrip ihSisis of Jfem-Tm Pool Tims. i TtMlTt, Itwfcf, es. S8, Tne great rrent of the present week in Upper CuuU, which jf the time has cast politic into the shade. Km Uta the Grand Provincial Skew nt Iiffifrr, which has piiiiil off with soe-ess eafficieei te estisfy the most eaagmiae expee-titioas ef hi omoters.

The amount of prrati-nms offered, tSjOOO in all, by stimulating' competition im ear. eaterpriaiag agriculturists and wUuc, Mew4 a large and. fine display of stock, impl sets, u4 produce and uatfietarat all aorta, kiU the attractions of the locality it self, situsted ia the heart of what has termed the gardea of Caaada. and accessible, this year i te. tbe reel of the world hy that Great Bad way, (are character of mora than ordinary interest to the fair; and draw to it immense crowd of viai-Wrs ftom all parte of the Province, and aot a taw from too adjoining States.

Niviy but years -ago, Mr. Ltmbcbbbb, aa influential, and in sone other reprets far-seeing merchant, while speaking at the bar of the House of Cora-asona oa behalf of Canadian iner ate, made use the following Ianguae ia refereece to tlaia very district; beg leave te brief to th" recollection of this honorable Hon, that Niagara mny be considered aa toa at moat extent wni ard of the cultivable prt of the For, altbouiih there is a smalt settlement at Detroit, which ia sad ant be consul ered of greet importance aa a post of trade with the Indians, yet it must appear to this honorable House, from its situation, it can never become of anr rreat importance aa a settlement. The Falls of Niagara ere aa insurmountable bar to the ti importation of such rode materials as the prod ace of tn land. As the farmers about Detroit, therefore, will hare only their owe settlement for the eoaumption of their produce, each a confined market must greatly impede tho piogreae of settlement and cultivation for eges to eotae. Mr.

Ltmbubbbb died in 1S36. Had he lived eoaae years longer so witness the effects of canals aad railway not thought of when ho spoke as above, he would bare had the pleasure of aeeing the region which he considered frjm its sitastion doomed te perpetual unproductiveness and desolation, Converted into a mite of agricultural wealth, aearcety aerpaased for culcivable capabilities 'by aay othorapot oa the continsnt. The Wellaad Caaal baa does asoch for the Peninsnla encircled by Lakes Xrie, Ontario aad Huron tho rail way Croas Niagara to Detroit, in operation since the 1 of the present year, and the others-is proeesa of will da for it still more, and the results at tb end of another interval of tiase equal to that which baa elapned since Mr. Ltbbdbiikb laid his ideaa before the House of Coasaaona will robably be equally surprising to any of the praoaat generation who may live to see them. London itself is now a tbiiviog town with a popu-: 1 atiea of llfiOO, and application has been made te Parliament te have it incorporated as a eity.

In proportion to its aiao, it baa mom and finer buildings than aa7 other 'town ia tbe Province, and the dimensions of a colossal hotel now in process of erection, adjoining the railway atauon, show that the Londoners are calculating on their city being ne ef the greatest centres of attraction anywhere to be found. i The buildings generally display more than or dinnry taste in their design, and the sweet chime ef belia, the only one in Upper Canada, furnishes another pteaaing indication that ia some quarters, the softening elegancies of Ufa are not altogether trampled under foot by a regard to its hard utilities. One ef the main attractions of the Exhibition, wae the presence of his Excellency, the Governor General, who availed himself of the occasion to pay another visit to Upper Canada, before his de-. nurture for England. Hia Lordship waa very well i received, and made twe brief bat pithy speeches one te the crowd who Welcomed his arrival, and the other en the show-ground, in reply to an address irons the Agricultural Association.

Ia these addresses, Lord Eloir, whoao abilities aa aa eloquent speaker are known ia tbe State as well as here, aUeded, in terms of high congratulation, to the evidence, on all hands surrouading us, of the growing prosperity of Canada, and to the additional impetus which he expected that prosperity would receive from the Reciprocity Treaty with the United States shortly to same into force. He mentioned that he would have arrived at the Fair a day sooner, had he not delayed his departure to give the Royal to the Reciprocity Act, unanimously passed by both branches of the Canadian Legislature. Tbe journey from Quebec to Montreal was made by hie Lordship in a special train on the new Railroad, which will be opened for public passenger aad freight traffic in the course of two er three l. The only real business transacted by Parlia-ment since it met on the 5th haa been the passage of the bill to give effect to tha Reciprocity Treaty, se far aa regards Canada. There being a perfect unanimity of sentiment with respect to the snarea! benefits likely to result from it on both aides of the line, it elicited scarcely any discussion, sad the measure was carried through all i -a stages in twe or three hours.

The Session hither- te has boon chiefly occupied with the debate on ha address in reply to the speech from the Throne, which, after being protracted to aa unusual extent, resulted in what may be considered a vote of confidence in the new Ministry, by a majority of 70 The eoeeptaaoe of ofneeby Sir Allan Mac mis, and his Upper Canada colleagues rendering necessary another appeal te their constituents, two ef thorn have already been reelected Mr. Smith and Hen. John A. Macbobala. Sir Allan himself will probably be reelected by the city of Hamilton next week, without opposition and Hon.

Mr. CatlsT, also, it is pnbable, will regain his seat without much trouble. Hon. Mr. Sruci, the eady Reform membor of tha Upper Caaada section ef the Cabinet who haa a seat in the House, keenly opposed in North Went worth.

An opposition eaadidate is in the field, and if he does not beat him, will at least ma him pretty closely. If any weight can be attached to tha circumstance that nearly the entire press of ths Province have corns net against them, the Coalition Admin-uuaeion. although they hive a majority in Parlia-saent, are far from' being popular throughout the country. They are generally looked upon aa be1-ing precisely the same corrupt, dilly-dally Government, which waa condemned by tho public voice and the vote ef Parliament, and that it has been changed only te the extent of having a new face pat epos it by abstracting the Tories rom tha Op-position ranks, and permitting them to share ia the leaves aad fiahee of eJBee, and it is not improper teeay that although Mr. Himcks hss nominally re-eoed power are atill held by a nucha Administration.

Tha Cabinet haa ia feet announced that it adopta SMapbater the poliey and the measures of the oU one. The measures theaneelvee for the asoat part, are excellent, but the Haneke Government wro condemned for merely premising without carrying then out, and I he country haa very liule confidence that the Tories will he more hearty in carrying oat re- forme, which they take up net from eonviction, but for the sake ef offioa, than were their professedly Reform nvedeeeeeocs. Sir Alum McNas haa for many yours been tho champion ef State Charchiam ia this Previaee, and has always denounced the eeealarisatioa of the Reserve as the worst Mow that could possibly be struck at the interests of religion, and the advo eetaa of that step aa iefidela, socialists aad what for the sake ef ia the Cahiaet. aOU Upper Canada colleagues threw their eerassr peoiessieas of principle te, the aad promise tasmsches to Incorporate widt tho Taw of tae rrevtnee thta very abomintWe," socialist," Miwfeuti.vSr- Vv A. They doot firefose even yet to approve ef eeo- autatjoa.bi.t, bacaj.se they could BM otherwise tf belief ffiee they profess their readiness to earry it.

lathe very teeth of all that they have kftherr view of what was right leek with suspicion. They doubt the aineerity of their present profs ions, and expect that yet another struggle will he necessary before complete religious freed mb ia eeemred. Ia pursuaace ef the promise that the nsw Cabi. net would proceed with the measures promised by its predecessor. Mr.

MaaisT has introduced a bill for making the Legislative Council elective. The present members, (37 in number,) it is proposed, shall retain their seats for life, and aa they die out their places will not be filled up the elective members will be 60 in number, and hold their places for six years, or until a dissolution of the Council. Aa Upper House does not at all suit our Coastitatioa, and it is very doubtful whether aa Elective Council will at all gain more of the respect of the coun try waa Ute present norainatea nowe. I ne puMie accounts oi iooj published. The gross expenditure for the yesr amounts to of which the chief items are Interest oa Public Debt, 221 .383 Administration of Justice and Provincial Penitentiary, Civd Government Legislature, 66,237 Education, 101.335 The Revenue amounts to 1, 320,659, exceeding the expenditure by ne leas a sum than 450978 a large enough surplus, certainly, to admit pf a very considerable reduction in the tariff.

Tlhe chief item in the Revenue is, of course, the Customs, which are stated at 1,029,782. The only other large saurce of revenue is that from Public Wors, which yield 123 0O2. The total revenue from that ere at bone of contention, the Clergy Reserve Fund, amounted, for the .48.323. of which the Church of England received 24,000, the Church of Scotland 14,000, the Roman Catholics 1,666, and the Wesley an Methodists 777 leaving a considerable balance at the appropriation of the Governor General. The Public Debt of the Province amounts to Tbe Customs show an increase on the previous year of about 10 per cent.

The total expenditure shows an increase of about 15 per cent, as compared with 1852. The returns are very aatisfaotory, and enable the observer to base hia estimate of the rapid growth of the Province on exact and reliable statistics. Cirent Drliale aa the United State The Aeaeasulee ef Cnbau To the Editor of JTnr- York Daily Time You very properly, in your comments on the news from abroad in this morning's paper characterise the menaces of the correspondent of the London Time ss being in bad taste. If these menaces were only indications of the individual opinion of the writer, they would be unworthy of more extended notice. But I think they may be taken as an index of the views of a large and influential portion of the British public, especially that portion which, receive! its impressions in regard to naticnal affairs from the columns of the London Time.

That paper, which may well be considered the exponent of national feeling in England, lets no oppoitunity pass which affords them an excuse, either real or apparent, for a slur upon the institutions, the public faith or the national morality of the United States. The opinions, of its comsponrlent are but the reflex of its own sentiments, and these are usually dictated rather by time- serving expediency than by any abstract rule of right. The foreign pobcy of tbe British Govern, ment ia always the product of an intense regard for the consolidation and advancement of British power snd its smallest indications are worthy the notice of the American people. Viewed in this light, the sentiments of the correspondent of the Timet acquire an extrinsic importance although aa attack upon our coasts by those forces which have thus far been distinguished only by a mas-terly inactivity," ia not at all probable it is, nevertheless, quite possible. That a jealousy of the growing power of the United States exists on the opposite side of the Atlantic cannot be denied.

This feeling is increased by the moral influence of our success as a Republic. Notwithstanding all the drawbacks arising from the agitation of questions of domestic policy as well as the incongruous elements of our population, the annals of time do not furnish a parallel instance of widespread, permanent national prosperity. This makes us a stumbling block in the path of despotism, whether exhibited in the form of Autocracy, a Constitutional Monarchy, or an Empire of Peace." it must be admitted that the present Administration have rot been very fortunate in their selection of our diplomatic representatives. But whatever the lack of fitness displayed by those individuals, we, ss a Nation, are both competent and determined to manage all questions which strictly concern ws as such, without foreign interference or dictation frcm whatever quarter. The annexation of Cuba is a question which ia to be settled between the United States snd Snain.

Whatever mav hm th opinion of individuals or of communities, the sub- ject ia one which belongs solely to the Governmen's i'n uirecuy interested, be inter- I ferenee of any other should not be permuted, nor I should the threats ot such interference be disre- garded. A temperate but firm expression of the rights, opinions and intentions of the American 1 Government is peculiarly proper and appropriate to I the genius of our institutions. We respect all, i we tear none," should be our national motto and when imbecility is displayed by those who by a fortuitous combination of circumstance have been elevated to positions which they unworthily occupy, the expression of national sentiment must protect the national honor. Let our President, in his next snnual message, state clearly, decidedly and truly the policy which ought to go. era our intercourse with foreign nations, and applying that policy to action, let him infuse some of the spirit of Old Hickory into our public negotiations, and he will go far to regain public confidence and retrieve past errors.

Meantime let all patriots, whether native-born or citixena by adoption, heed well the course of events, and tbe indications or pubiic policy abroad YOUNG AMERICA. The Havrlne Corps. To i Editor of the New-York Daily timet We hare always viewed with satisfaction the occasional efforts by the friends of this Corps to elevate ita character snd improve its efficiency. It is a snug and compact body, easily disciplined and controlled, and from the pleasant character of I Its service oa land aad at sea, ought to be the favorite branch of our military establishment. This, how-ever, is not the case.

The recent advance in the pay of the soldiers ia sufficiently liberal to induce those into the service, that men, however high their rank, ahould feel proud to command but if its officers may shower oaths of abuse, indulge in pugilistic feats worthy of the ling, break their canes over ths heads of their helpless, because subordinate victims, the countiy will in vain offer generous pay, to attract better material to its military ranks, aa no one with a spsrk of self-respect will enter a service where every manly feeling may be outraged without check or restraint. Into such a service, while such abottes continue, we must expect to tee none but those who have been brutalised by such treatment, er who hare aunk so low in degradation as to be unfit for anfr employment out of it. Without pretending to anv ureal knowing arm At the solitary profession, we yet know that personal uuerior nas alwaya been sugmatuied aa an act unbecoming an officer aad a gentleman. It is cowardly, because yon strike where you know uw were me mianra- "b'-e victim of such brutalitv to offer tinous conduct would be charged npan him, and perhaps extreme punishment inflicted for the attempt to protect himself from such lawless sets. When we briefly refer to General Jacksox's summary dismissal of a field officer foe atriking a soldier, we give the highest and best authority for believing it the greatest offence a superior can be guilty of.

have been led to make these remarks from having learned that such abuses to an extreme du free exist at one, at least, of the marine stations, and in tha hope also of checking these tyrannical acts, of power. lewis Cewnty ArieKnraJ FaJr. Crrtpndenc oft hi JVne-rsrs Dilf Timet: 1-ewts Cooxtt, rriday Sept. SO, ISM. The Fair of tho Lewis County Agricultural Society nas held at Martinaburg yesterday aad the day previous.

The weather both dsys was peonliarly favorable. The display of stock was not as large as noon some former occasions, owing to the dreuth. which see Ibe to so serioasly diminished the feed in nastare that i et taia City taste. day. eatrle of the eountre are in too eliii-.

nrmnmiwinmvM, Tt nrrmt hm tetfv the pnrle ot etW.ors, eseeiar as Sbewasecsf Lewis is deservedly proud ef her stock. Seek ae were presented were meetly from the Southern towns, which, either from having received more sin. or from some inUuie merit ef the soil, have suffered comparatively little. The display of horses, however, was euca aa H.IUeted credit aeon eav county and one spaa, that of Judge Borict, will nrobably appear upon the ground at your State Fair next week. The1 ewenir of butter aad cheese ia, of course, lees this season thaa usual but the yasftfy would satisfy an epicure.

The dairies ef taia County, you are aware, have taken a large number of premiums at the State Fairs. The ladies did not fail to sustain their reputation for fine work and fine taste. Many articles of needltwork exhibited a degree of skill and beauty which I have seldom seen surpassed. Hon. Calis Lyon, of Ljonsdale, was to have been tbe orator of the day, but, eo-npelled to be absent, he selected to fill his place a son of Gen.

Messiah, of Leyden, a late graduate of Columbia College. And, although he spoke in the open air, under some disadvantages, he gate decided satisfaction. Thus you. see Old Columhis is sending back our sons not the worse for a few rears tutoring. And though few are called so soon be-fore tbe public, we hope all may sustain her honor as ell.

x. The Discovery of Mastodon Remains Letter from Mr. Loping. The follow Id letter, addressed to a literary gentleman of Brooklyn, in reply to Li inqui-. hss for information, gives some interesting particulars of the recent discovery of Mastodon remains r.e ar Poughkeepaie PocnnzXErsiXs Saturday, Sept.

30. 18M. My Dkab Sib 1 hare received your letter of inquiry respecting the skeleton of a Mammbth, or Mastodon, recently discovered in the immediate vicinity of our city and, pursuant to your request, I will give you the facts. I have just returned from the spot, and on the de before me Let a dorsal Vertebra of the animal. I herewith send you a rude sketch of it, in which is also shown the projections and processes, and its dimensions compared to that of an ox of large aize.

Should you desire one more carefully drawn, to send to Mrs. brother in-law, Sir Joseph Paxton, I -will make it for you. The locality is little less than two miles northeast from Poughkeepsie, an eighth of a mile from the highway. A few years ago it was a miry covering an area of about half an acre. It was drained by the owner of the land to convert it into a meadow, when be found the muck" on the surface to be fertilizing, and he has continued to use it as manure.

After the drainage, the slough was contracted to a few square rods, and therein lies the skeleton. During the late severe drouth, the owner of the land dug much deeper than common, for he found excellent shell marl beneath a stratum of peat. While digging at the depth of about aixteen feet, the vertebra before me was found. It whs brought to our city and presented to Mr. Tomlinsom, proprietor of a museum here, as a simple curiosity for his collection.

Mr. T. submitted it to the inspection of E. K. Jamks, a gectlettian of leiaure and man of science, living near our city, who at once pronounced it part of the skeleton of a mammoth or mastodon.

Ita value was perceived, and Mr. Toslinson immediately purchased from the owner of the land whatever skeleton might be found in tha slough, and the privilege of exhumation. Just as he was about to commence operations the late heavy rains came and filled the slough with water. Workmen have been continually engaged ever since in digging a deep trench to drain the marl-pit, and will probably accomplish that labor in the course of a week, when the exhumation will commence. The vertebra above spoken of ia all of the skeleton yet obtained, except two or three small pieces of bone.

It is in a state of the finest preservation, and there can be no doubt the entire skeleton is there, and equally well preserved. There appears to be indications of alight petrifaction and so perfect is the preservation, that in the cavities of the articulations of the vertebra the dull, reddish brown and dingy white of a similar bone in recent life, is seen. Professor Moosb has kindly consented to superintend the exhumation, and I intend to make careful drawings of the whole. Judging from the vertebra before me, I believe the skeleton will be one of the finest ever taken frjm the earth. I have also some of the peat and marl beneath and within which the skeleton is embedded.

In a mass of the latter is the tone of pine or some other member of the conifers family, as perfect in color and substance as if it had fallen from the tree lsst Autumn. I also hare part of the trunk of a tree that was taken from the marl at the depth of the skeleton's bed, the cone of which it tovnd ond slightly odorifmm. Such are the substantial facta. Very truly yours, BENSON J. LOSSINU.

Note from Alderman Iltnsnan. To the Editor ef the JVew- York Daily Time Sir My attention waa called to an article in jour valuable journal of October 3, headed Arrest of Unlicensed Liquor Dealers An Alder-man Demanding the Release of a Prisoner and that I had bailed out a Mr. Ox roan, who was arrested on Tharsday last for the night and next morning, which statement I pronounce to be falte. A Mr. Stfowixiso, it stated also, was arrested on Saturday night, and that I demanded hia The facta are, that I waa called upon to admit Mr.

S. to bail by several residents of the Tenth Ward, who stated thet the accuaed was suffering with the inflammation in hia eyes, and that they would justify him in the sum of $10,000, if required to answer any complaint preferred agsiast him on the ensuing Monday morning. This is the second time I have been misrepresented, aa I signed no boil bond, only to approve of the security offered on the part of the counsel in behalf of the accused, in the sum of and thereupon gave an order for his discharge, to appear on the following Monday morning. These are the facte, and I shall he ever ready to act in accordance with the requirements of Equity and Justice, and ahall oppose persecution in any form, although I am in favor of the principles of Temperance. Very respectfully.

E. W. UINMAN, Alderman Tenth Ward. BaooxLvn, Wednesday, Oct. 4, lsM.

Irishmen's Calea Letter rem Mr. Walsh To the Editor of the Nru- York Daily Timet That the public ahould understand rightly the feelings and sentiment of the body known as the Irishmen's Union," I desire to say as one who was present at the meeting ef the Society oa Thuraday evening last, when Mr. Jackson spoke, that there is ne truth in the statement of any of hia remarks hsving met with disapproval. On the contrary, from the commencement of his speech, he wss as warmly applauded aa the most ardent subscriber to the principles he advocated could de-tre- When he called upon them to lift their hands and swear to be true and faithful Re 4 Republicans unto death, and not to be slaves or tools of any man or body of men, religions or political," the enthusiasm of the meeting was intense, and the cheering lasted for several minutes. The name of Lahastihk was heartily hissed, and that of Lxdbv Rolum was enthusiaatically cheered Though not at mU time, favorable to speech making, yet I desire to have things set rigfct, and have juatice done where honor is due, snd, at matter of juatice, I trust, Mr.

Editor, you wil' not deny publicity to this communication. It is of imports' to some that the wnels truth should be known And ta conclusion let me say, that no speaker was ever, to my knowledge, more Warmly applauded than Mr. Jacksow, and than the sentiments he expiessed none better deserved it. Yours, respect folly. Nxw-Yoax, Sept.

0, itt. R.WALSH. Loss or Baio Ct-AaiasA akd Rsccb or Ham 1 wUa! it'irV, Ut.40-7T.loe.7r 18. thO eaa, sunnier, nouad fresa Pailsasipnia se Beaasm. t.

stating eendMien. The stkK Wi JrTZTlr eonsiattag of tea persons, taeladiag rhe eaptaia'a wife 1 CATHOLIC PatOYIHfJIAIi COkTMCIL SECOND SOLEMN SESSION. Blames Ttaseei, we BaaTeJe. Interesting Oerementse. The Second Public Seaaion of the Council of Roman Catholic Bishops now being held in this I City, took place yesterday (Wednesday) morning, in tbe Metropolitan Church.

Mots-street, and was i accompanied by ceremonies equally imposing with those of the opening Session on Sunday last. The congregational attendance, however, was comparatively small. At 9 o'clock a procession, marshaled in precisely the same order ss on the previous occasion, entered the Church by the northwestern door, and advanced within the alter railing. The Archbishop seated himself on bis throne, with his Deacons of Honor, Very Rev. Father McCaxbom and Father Qoiks, on either hand the other Bishops accord-ing to the periods of their respective Episcopates, took their places oa platforms a little elevated above the floor, on each side of the altar and the fl 1 i ntroiogiaos, uuicera oi ine council ana auenaant Prirsta assumed their places behind the Bishops, precedence being given to age.

Right Rev. Dr. DbGobsbbiajid, Bishop of Burlington, Very Rev. Father Stasis as Assistant Priest, and Fathers FaSBKLL aad Dcbmiko as Deacon and Sub-Deacon, celebrated a Poctificial Mass of Requiem for the deceased Prelatea of the Province. The Choir sang beauti- fully the Diet re before the Gospel was read in- 1 deed the music generally was very effective.

After the Mass was finished the ceremony of performing the Absolution," aa it ia called, for the deceased Prelates was solemnised by the Archbishop aad Bishops. At the close of this ceremony, the Right Rev-Dr. Timo.h, Bishop of Buffalo, ascended the pulpit, and pieached tbe following SERatON ON The EpNtle read at Mass just now is taken from the 14th chapter of the Apocalypae of St. John And I heard a voice from Heaven saying to me. Write, blessed arc the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth now, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors, for their works follow them." In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, Amen.

It ia customary, beloved brethren, in the Synod when the Bishop itssemblcs bis clergy, to celebrate a solemn mats for the souls of the venerable priests who, after their course of labor, have been called to rest. So, also, by venerable usage, it is the custom in provincial councils, where the Bishops assemble, to celebra'e a solemn masa for the souls of the departed prelates who, having fought the fiht of Faith, and having finished their course have been called by the eternal Pontiff, as we hope, to blessed rest. It is customary, too, to address the people on such occasions and lately I received a hurried notice to perform that function. My profound respect for your talented and beloved Archbishop would not permit me to persist in refusal. I ill then say whatever through your kind prayers, I hope that God (who has called those pielates to blessed rest) may suggest.

I will ssy v. hatevcr he may permit me through the invocation, too, of that blessed Virgin Mother whom those departed prelates so much loved and so much venerated. Those Bishops have gone to rest and, in the words of the epistle here to-day read, their works have followed them, but in an order so glorious that no heart can conceive it. So we believe their works still remain. Tbe very first Bishop who filled the Pontifical Throne in this City began the works of mercy.

Orphan Asylums, dec, testify to the ardor of his charity. The germ he planted has grown up, and overshadows the whole Island. I may ssy, in the language of Holy Scriptures, These were men of mercy and, thanks to God, I may add, eminently for your belered Archbishop, that that generation has not failed. The works of holy xeal and blessed mercy still continue. Why, then, should we not firmly believe that God has received those men of mercy into His eternal mercy Still, it is our duty it iy what they humbly prayed begged for during life that they should not be forgotten after death? And who can tell the unsearchable judgments of God Who can tell whether some of these memorable men may not be detained from tbe centre of their hopes the blessed vision of God just because they were too much men of mercy because that when, with a certain rigorous strenuousness, they should have enforced holy laws, their charitable aad tender hearts did not permit them to extend the rule which God gave them to rule His holy Church, in all the extent which God then required of them? It ia our duty to pray for them then.

We have met here to perform it, and whilst the world lasts tbe Church of God will not forget her departed children and the officers of the army that battles against hell. Yet, beloved brethren, on a subject -which would require much care and examination, to condense in small point the holy zealous acts of such illustrious Bishops, no time has been given. I find it impossible to present it properly to you, and I know, further, that not long since a mouth that utters words which pierce tbe heart, in a solemn council has laid before the people of God the merits and the virtues of moat of those prelatea. Then something more general will be the subject that I shall propose to you now. I may aay to you, beloved brethren, that this solemn duty of praying for tbe dead, connected with the dogma of a middle state, is not only justified by great many texts of Scripture, by the universal "prsctice of -the Church, but in these later days, by the very action and conduct of those who ence opposed it.

I shall not delay you by dwelling on what the Scripture says, or what the Church haa ever taught in reference to this doctrine. I will rather call your attention to the present state of the world in regard to that question. When, more than three hundred years ago, there was a rebellion againat tbe Church of God, those who led that rebellion found mankind in possession of a doctrine that is not only laid dowrTin the Bible, but that has mingled with every form of religious belief from the beginning of the world. In every age, in eveiy nation, in every society we trace it tbe doctrine of a three-fold future state that those who depart, having accomplished to the best of their power their duties, are received by God to happinass that those who depart having severed by great Crimea the bonds ef holy charity that bound them to God, and through God to their fellow-man, are separated forever and ever from the society of God lest forever; and that between those two extremes there exist men who were not entirely good nor greatly bad, and that for those there is a middle state where God, in a holy mingling of juatice and mercy, takea off the rust that obscured the pure gold of holy affections, and when that rust is removed, admits them into glory. To make the new doctrine something consistent, it wss necessary to deny this universal belief of mankind, and to say There ia no purgatory there is heaven there is hell nothing wore." And yet, unconscious of their contradictions, speaking at least of the time before the coming of Christ, they were forced to admit a third state.

Now, this great logic of the human mind has wrought out the problem of their error to its ultimate consequences. Outside of the Church of God the favorite theory held by some societies, and by the great number of invividuals, is, that there is no eternal hell, that there are punishments punishments after death, but when the purgation under such punishments shall be completed, the souls are with God that is to say, the favorite theory now held ia that there is purgatory and heaven, but not hell and if wo could assemble together ail who dissent from God's Church throughout the wide world, and put the question of purgatory to the vote, we should find the majority of those who resist God's Church voting in the affirmative for purgatory. This comes aa a eeceasary consequence of the You may aak persons who still reuse to believe ia that venerable doctrine, what shall become ef two ereataaes of God, who, in the same instant, by a flash of lightning or by a cannon ball, without time to utter a word of prayer, should be ushered into eternity one of them a monster like Naao, another poor Christian who had much of good, but who uttered many idle words, for which the Son of God ssys every man shall render an account at the day of udgment what ahall become of them both The atern answer given by these who take the doctrine of the Reformers in its literal and obvioua sense, teat neither of them can go to God, for nothing denied can enter Heaven. Se says Scripture so ssys reason. What then should become of them Oh, we say they will be punished, but with great difference of punishment.

And what do we mean by the punishment of hell I What is jt I Tho first and the greatest pttniahment of hell ia to lose God. This, ws may say, ia almost all of hell. Here, where the epirit is bennmbed by the load) of tbe body, we feel in some measure what it ia to be kept from tha life tbe God of Love. But when we die, when the spirit awakens from the fetters ef the body in all its energy of a spirit. oh what must it not then be to feel that forever it shall be separated from the aomree of ita being.

Add to that eternity, aad yea have helL The fire, i nowever poweriui may do, comparea to meve I two, saw a drop of ser to the mighty ocean. And will tfen God, who! essentially j'istZ puoih with env Hie" itiiitUmeut injaster taa Je- bghted in bleed that murdered lie own snietVer. and the peer Christian, who. peraape, offended anoat by being in excess ef love, and net correcting those whosa be ahould correct There is a lorie in the human heart ae well aa ia the human mind, and mankind will not think is teaaoaaitile to believe that God will do what the Script ara says that he will render unto every Ban according to his works. -r- Hence ne doubt, men ef generous feelisgs, who thought they were saying right and doing right, and who saw the many texts Seriptuxe by watev we prove the sncAcnt doctrine, hsve turned these texts to their human sense, and preached a new doctrine, which, could seen generally receive, would unhinge and de s'loy human society.

Such, then, is ths altitude of ths world with regard te great numbers ef persons who suit protest against ths holy doctrine of the Church of God on this point, as ea other. But more than this, beloved brethren- Those even who will not admit what I aay at reseat, by their very teackiase admit purgatory, and deny Heaven, not purgatory. I presume, beloved brethren, you are alt aware that tbie state of purgation, to which, for the brevity of it, we give the name' of purgatory, belongs to time beloncs te the period when tbeie may be change. When the last trumpet shall scund when man will awake frm the dust, purgatory will be no longer; all that 'savors of tune srd change will then have passed Now, beloved brethren, outside the Catholic Church the doc rine aa regards the departed apirita, ever, with some; a miooruy, and that not a minority who approach most in doctrine to us with that minority the doctrine is the same as ours that the truly pure and holy spirit will, after death, go to Heaver, r.d until the laat judgment possess the vision vf God. But a larger number, aad strange to aay, in that number those who glory ia their most resembling us, told that the depawted spirits will, to tbe day of judgment, be placed in a state of conscious and rest, yet not possess ths blessed vision of God.

nor enter into the glory ef Goi. There is another theory formed which approaches so much to materialism that 1 need scarcely mention it, via that the soul sleeps that is, that us spiritual alure is for a time annihilated until the great trumret shall awaken it. Now, beloved, ssy that those who tell the people that even the good, just man. afcer death, will nrt ge to his God. but enter merely into a state of conscious peace and rest, deny Heaven and admit 1 need not tell you, beloved brethren, that Ike great pain of Purgatory is to be kept from God for whom yru were made to be kept from that sacred ui.ion to which tbe soul tends alter death with more energy than the ball flies from this mouth ot the cannon.

I need not tell you that it is an unquestioned doctrine of the saints that, if not all. many, no doubt, of those wno suffer in Purgatory, suffer but the pain of that separation. You may well understand it when even here, ia the benumbed state of human feeling, certain passions, remorse, fear, and ao forth, excite a fever, and both body and soul seem to burn, not with the mere malitdy of what we call fever, but with the pas ions of the soul that seem to consume both the spirit and -he flesh that envelops it. Then, beloved brethren, it is plain that all who teach the doe-trine to which I now allude, teach PuTgatosy. Oh, ma; God in His infinite mercy preserve year humble servant, and preserve you, beloved brethren, fiom that awful pain of Purgatory after death to struggle for our Ooi and to be repelled by His holy hand of justice and goodness.

No if we love God and accomplish what He has commanded, we may hope, like Paul, to be dissolved, into being with Christ. We look for no hindrance except that which comes from our owa infidelity to the blessed mercies of our God. I may cite to you another strange form of accounting for this laat doctrine, and for dissent from the blessed doctrine of God's Church. Many of tbe respectable men, good men, even, nay, learned men, who hold the doctrine of which I las spoke, who dissent from the Catholic Church to hold that one, who can scarcely get over the strong tax's of scripture which we ciie, remain firm ia disbelief because they say there cannot be purgatory, a middle slate such as we describe for then there must be a judgment just after death, ahd where would be the use of a judgment, when we know that there is to be another at the end of time Passing over the texts of Scripture which speak of the judgment after death, we tell them You, yourselves, admit a judgment after death, but on this point aa oa others, you do not understand the Catholic teaching. You suppose a judgment with exterior forma and solemnities, such as Jeans describes aa occurring at the end of time.

That is not the judgment which we expfct, and Which the Church us comes immediately after death" We further tell them. "You suppose that the good man who dies, having performed to the best of his power all his duties, you suppose that his spirit: goes to a place of conscious peace and rest, and you do not put the spirit of the wicked man there, but suppose it goes to punishment. Do vou not then know that the human soul is not constituted so that of itself it will avoid peace and rest, and rush to pain and punishment Your own theory supposes punishment. And, beloved brethren, we may point out to them things that occur now, and contrAst those things with things marked in the Very scripture of the early times. We may show to tSein how aa the spirit seems to unlock itself fro-n the fetters of the Viody, there is often given a keenness of perception which promots to a kind of prophesy, snd which, more or less, forms reason for the sanctity of the lsst will and testament of a man.

We have read of phenomena, several of which have lately occupied place ia our news papers, where men in certain States, when death aeemed imminent, were almost by miracle brought to life in an instant, and phenomena which the Scripture says shall take place after dea'h the unraveling of all their waya ia an instant, and the revealing of things long forgotten. We cannot now comprehend the nature of the perceptions given and possessed by man, when placed ia that high and holy state in which God placed the immortal spirit united with an immortal body, and when the spirit is not deep imbedded, as now, in matter, could hold converse with the angels and God himself. When man preferred the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever, when, for aensual gratification, man disobeyed his God, aa a just punishment, the soul was rendered more aad more subject te the world of sense, aad the spirit found itself in a cloud far denser than in the first period, and through which dimly, most dimly, could enter the vision of truth, And that world of sense to which the rebel man became subject, served more than in the first period to numb the perceptions nnd the feelings of the immortal Then in the mysterious limits where matter and spirit mingle in man, the mildest efforts of imagination and of fancy will not permit even that apirit, so clouded and so benumbed, to look with fixed ease for any length of time on hieh or hoi objects: bnt when the present state ceases, all that is tracts. goes to toe grave with the machinery of sense, nnd the spirit enters its eternity in the pure order of a spirit, able to see by itself with all the keenness of a spirit, able to feel by itself with all the energy of a spirit. Then, from what even now you are able to see ia life, judge what it shall be when the Creator Spirit causee to flash a new and brilliant life upon that created apirit, the Scripture aays, in an instant there ia the unraveling of all its ways and then, when what ths Scripture says is accomplished, the Spirit needs not the voice from God's throne to know what it ahould do.

"My ruin is my own," it will cry. when it sees what it haa lest in being deprived of the presence of God. Let those whs attempt to deny a judgment after death, and yet suppose that separate spirits go to different mansions let them imagine it possible to construct any; other order than that of which Scripture speaks, by which the spirit knows where it must go, and why it must go there. I might, beloved brethren, 'show you another phenomenon of the present world, but I fear it might protract the ceremonies wen Itarloui After showing to you that outside of the body of Y'uisv, uie very dcuci oi men, wruia it de-nies this dogma, accepts it, further remarks may be ia some measu' unnecessary. Aa for you, beloved brethren, you who by faith are without need of such human reasoning you you, who ia that same shall be saeed, even yet ao aa by fire --oh, let your charity never tail for the departed who call upon yon for your prayers and your help Why should your prayers not help them now aa they did before They art still oa the way.

They are purgatory what they were en earth, and what they will be in Heaven they are members' of the same body of which yon are members the same adorable bead hears year prayers He loves to hear brother plead for brother, sister plead for sister. Do not, thes4 forget yor prelates. Behold the marks of their charity. One of the first Bishops ef Boston Consecrated this cathedral, and others have done many great thiaga for yon, and left, I know, their memories and their love warm in your hearts. You have prayed for them now.

Continue from time te time to beg happiness for them from -God, and, if they need it not, your prayers will return upon you, and draw down graces aad blessings upon yourselves. And when we, too, shall pase from life, God, ia Hia adorable providence, will reward our charity by leaving behind us those who will do for us what we have done Car May God, ia his mertfy, grsnt it, end grsnt us to prepare well for death, ao that the pious prayers made after our death may profit our kiad friends rather than ourselves. The RL Rev. Preacher descended, and the procession re-formed and withdrew. After aoeae tune had elapsed, the Bishops and Theologians, with the Aiohbrnhope, the officers, and other members of the Council, entered again in tbe same order as before, the Archbishop nnd Bishops being vested this time in their pontifical robes, and the deacea and attired in the vtttxcf as c( Whilst en Wine the arret ii i ry Vi tJtwt as $eirw watts' a-d hf the Archbtshop and auag by ike cheaters.

Ths pee; sis nreneribed by the nawtifieal wnrethea said, and a Latin euleentaow aaedw by the Archbisaorw wrta which the second pubUe nolenrnrtiee of the session closed, sad the prooeeaion fiaally retired. On Sunday, the last solemn ssssian will be held in the Cathedral, nasi seeing at 10 o'eieek. LONG ISLAND. Brooklyn Bsard eT X-wentteew The regular monthly aseetiag of this Board Was held est Tuesday. The Finance Committee, whom waa referred a resolution requiriag them to report whxi.

If any, nmomat eaa be appropriated, towards eatahlUhiag a eeatral public echeol, reported that they are satisfied that aw part ef the general road eaa be used for that purpose at pre. seat, aavina; all been previounly appropriated; but that in consideration of the additional amount we ahall receive for the year 1855 above that ef 1854, there may possibly be a moderate sum taken from the general fund for oomaaeacing a eeatral echooL The Committee do not wish to be understood that more saoaey will he raised for 1855 rh. eaa be judiciously expended for public school pur. poses, independent of a central school, but the iomminee are or tne opinion tnat a central school properly organised and conducted would give aa impetua te the cause of education, aid excite more I emulation among some of the scholars atteadine our public schools, and they therefore recommend 1 a trial thereof. Tbe following resolution was offered by Judge Gbckkwood, and adopted with the report Re molted.

That a central school be established and put ia operation under the direction of the Committee having that subject in charge, at an an. nnal expense of not exceeding $L500. Kings Cennty Beard of Sanervisere. An adjourned meeting of the Board of Supervi- sore was held oa Friday, at the County Jail, Brooklyn. Mr.

AnnBawa, from the Committee ea accounts of Superintendents of the Poor, reported -that the sum of 20,000 waa needed by the Super- intenaents tor current expenses, and tne amount was placed So their credit, when taxes are collected, levied for that purpose, Mr. KALVrLfiscH, Chairman of the Committee to whom waa referred the bills for surveying aad mapping of the line of Bushwick, reported agaiaist pa) ing the same, it being several thousand dollars more than should have been charged, according te Adopted. i CisTtmrs. i The act uniting the Cities of Brooklyn and Williamsburg, and town of Bashwick, under one municipal form of government, requires that ths Board of Canvassers for the first election under the new charter shall be composed ef twelve Alder men of the pieaent Brooklyn Common Council, and a proportionate number from Williaauburg and Bushwick. In compliance with this the iol- -lowing Aldermen of Brooklyn have been appointed as Biembfrs of said Boird Drrton, Simoason, Oliver, Wyckoff, Graham, Remseo, Qaevedo, Fowler, Barnard, Morrill, Halt and BraiaardV i C7 License baa been granted for a new stage route in Brooklyn, as follows Startiag from Fulton Ferry, through Water to Catharine and Bridge.

street Ferries, )hen through Hudson, Flatbush and Fifth-avenues to Greenwood. I NEW-JEKSEY. WATER CEIiEBRATIOS. Introduction ef Fassmie Water Into Jer- aey City. 11 New-York has ita Croton Jersey City, at laat.

haa its Paasaic. The inaugurations of both have been made the' signal for great rejoicings. Ia yes- ttH TlMKI Km4 i mfmw rccora we lact that there was a great celebralioa in Jersey City on Tuesday, consequent upon the Introduc- tion of Paasaic Water. The day was exceedingly I unpleasant, but the proceedings passed off with 4 great entnusiaam. I mo uvwi uiv ivniuug ot Ms pre- I cession was 10 o'clock, but it wss eonaidsrablr after that time before it waa in readiness to move.

Dr. J. M. Coisiuwh waa the Grand Marshal of the dav. aasiated bv Col.

Aliiubh Major Josbph Coloatb, Wm. M. Coimblisom, ex-Alderman Jambs Nakihk, David and Abbaha Mobbbll as Aids. I The Fire Department of Jersey City made their first parade this day, aad ths appearance of the Companies was highly creditable. The uniforms were new for the occasion nnd they were mustered in full force.

No. 1 Hose attracted particular notice. On the! signal being given, by a discharge of i cannon the procession began to move, she lias ef msrch being down Grand-street to Hudson, through Hudson te Sussex, Sussex toWarren, Warren to Morris; Morris to Washington, down Washington" to Essex, through Essex to Hudson, Hudson to Montgomery, up Montgomery to Newark-avenue, through Newark-avenue to Grove-street, np Grove down Ere to South Seventh, through South' Seventh to Jersey-avenue, dowa Jersey -a venue to Newark-avenue, up Newark -a venus to Broadway, and up Broadway to the Reservoir on Bergen Hill. This Reservoir is a very beautiful object oval form, with sloping banks covered with green sod; and presents the appearance of large lake. It is lined with a sloping wall of Bergen trap-roek, aad will hold 40,000.000 or 60,000,000 of gallons.

From' here a 20 inch diaia is continued across the hill, and down its eastern aide to a salt marsh, which it crosses piles into the streets of Jersey City through which the supply pipea are laid. The land far the L-Reservoir. Engine House and right of way eest a alone 10,000. The works cost about t610r000. The engine is reported to be capable ef raising abrut 500 gallons at every stroke, or 120,000 gallons aa hour.

1 TH OBATI0K. Isaac W. Scvddbb, delivered the After sosm congratulatory remarks, he gave a brief account of the rise, progress aad nnUoipated re-; suits of the work, the completion of which the Company had met together to celebrate. la March, 1851, aa Aet of the Legislature was passed, constituting a Board of Water Commissioners, namely Messrs. Eowia A.

Stkvbbs, -WAat Coin, Dodlby 8. Gbboobt, Asbaba. L. VABi Bombibk and Jobtw D. Wabb, who reported to the Legislature ia 1853 and in the March of that year the act was passed authorisiag the construction of the works, and raising the as-t cesssry i espitaL The estimates amounted te 01, and thin compared with the earn BDOWed res sit ia favor of economy tin par- allelled: ia the hwtory of publie works.

(rhSi Croton Aqueduct, had coat over the estimates.) I Hs also gave a general account and description of the Passaic works in detail, and a statistisal account of the population in Jersey City, shewing -an increase of 80 per cent, ia four years. Ia eoncloaion he alluded to the advantage derived ia London from a supply ef water, aad the construction of sewers. jThe history of Amenr eaa water works would prove -a valuable sedition to It waa not till about 1740 that were used ia the Citr of New-York. Is 842 they celebrated the introduction of ths Crotam. From other statistics he proceeded to shew that Jersey City had in trod used a purer stream at ths first period when it wss wilhia tha reach ef thea power.

Health and prosperity must be the result, aad temperance, cleanliness aad parity of life -must be promoted. i V. The Oration being concluded, the assembled crowd gave three hearty cheers, aad forming again into line, retamed down Broadway te down Newsrk-eveaae to Barrow, to Wayne, through Wavne to Grevs, Orevs te Oread through Grand to Washington, where they were dismissed. 7 DIHHBB AHD BVEXIWa PISTIVITIS- Dinners were provided for the numerous visitors ia different Hotels, the principal oae being at the Hudson, where the Commissioners, ef Arrangements, and several distinguished invited guests sat down about 41 o'clock. The Mayer, D.

8. Mast aa presiding espported eat hie right by the Governor ef the State, Heav W. Paica. The proceediaga here were conducted on the strictest J-temperance principles. 'The only beverages used being the old' Java.

Several toasts appropriate to the eeceeioa, were given aad re- spoaded to by Governor PaiCB.Judgs Haivbs, D. 8. Gbkoobt, one of the Mr. i-Whitwbll, the Jackson, Pres. ideal of the Newark Railroad Company the Ms-vox ef Newark G.

W. New-York; Hon. A. O. ZabbiscibV Mr.

Albxastdbb, a Commissioner Mr. Ckavbh, Engineer ef the Crotea -Aqueduct Department, New-York; Mr. Colbt, Superintendent of Bchoola Rev. Dr. McClfkb, Mr, Nana, of the Trenton Tree AmerUan; Rev.

Dr. Taxlob, aad ethers. la the evening, several bonfires were lit and the eity generally illuminated while sounds of revelry were te be hard on a'l viJes. Ir the JiiTret fceutea where the visitors wers beinr en-e-ta n- i I i 1. it i.