his Cabinet! No, verily, we knew from the beginning that Conference was but too happy in being the very footstool of Episcopal Priestcraft! Never did a Dissenter dream of any aid in the cause of the people, of civil and religious liberty, from a Conference and cabinet of clergymen. All history has taught them that an organized assembly of ecclesiastics is the most hostile of all organizations to the rights of the people, as well as to internal reform.

MILLS HILL, CHADDERTON.

On Lord's-Day, Sept. 23, an elegant and capacious school and preaching room was opened at this place. Mills Hill is a country district with a rapidly increasing population, 24 miles from Oldham, and 1 from Middleton. About four years ago, a few of the members of the Baptist church, Oldham, came to live in this neighbourhood; it was thought desirable to commence a Sabbath school; and, in the absence of more suitable accommodation, the use of an old barn, situated over a coach house and stables, capable of holding 200 to 250 children, was kindly given by James Cheetham, Esq. of Fir Wood, for that purpose. Here the

Sabbath school met morning and afternoon, and in the evening there was public worship, the pulpit being supplied chiefly by the pastor, the Rev. J. Birt of Oldham, ministers from the neighbourhood, and students from Horton-College. The place soon became too confined. The room was crowded to excess, and numbers stayed away, rather than subject themselves to the annoyance of a crowded room, and heated and impure atmosphere. A large and more convenient place was imperatively required, and an effort was made, which, chiefly through the generosity and influence of Jas. Cheetham, Esq. and other members of the church at Oldham, has resulted in the erection of the present noble building. It is an elegant, chaste structure, in the Gothic style, erected at an expense of about £1000, is capable of holding 400 to 500 children, and has in addition two large class-rooms, which will contain 40 and 60 scholars respectively. The day on which the opening services were held, was remarkably fine. H. Kelsall, Esq., S. M. Peto, Esq., and many other friends from Oldham, Manchester, and Rochdale, were present. In the afternoon every seat was occupied, and in the evening the room was so crowded that many had to stand, and every inch of room was taken up. In the afternoon, services were conducted by the Rev. J. Birt, pastor of the Baptist church, Oldham, with which the school is connected; and in the evening, by the Rev. F. Clowes, Classical Tutor of Horton College. The collections amounted to the handsome sum of £81. 4s. 31d.

NEW BAPTIST CHAPEL, LEEDS. On Thursday, Nov. 1, the foundationstone of the New Baptist Chapel, Leeds,

was laid by George Goodman, Esq., in the presence of a considerable assemblage of people. The weather proved favourable, and, therefore, although so far advanced in the year, no inconvenience was experienced by assembling out of doors. At 12 o'clock, the pastor of the new church, the Rev. R. Brewer, gave out an appropriate hymn, and, after reading Ps. 122, offered prayer. The ceremony of laying the stone was then performed, after which the Rev. H. Dowson delivered a suitable and highly interesting address, in which he touched upon the great fundamentals of christian truth, upon our views as Dissenters and as Baptists, and expressed his conviction, that in this large and populous town, there was room and verge enough" for a second Baptist chapel, without in any way trenching upon the welfare of others. The chapel, which is to be erected in the Gothic style, will be capable of accommodating 750 persons on the ground floor, and we understand that at present it is not contemplated to erect galleries. The building and land together are estimated at somewhat above £2000, and we sincerely hope it will be opened unencumbered with a heavy debt.

SION CHAPEL, BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE.

On the 4th of November, two sermons were preached by the Rev. J. E. Giles, of Sheffield, and on the following day a teameeting was held on occasion of the opening of the new School-rooms. The old ones had long been found too small as well as dark and incommodious. They have been taken down, and two very spacious and handsome rooms, together with three class-rooms, also an excellent vestry and library, erected, and the approaches to the chapel much improved, at a cost of under £700. The late Mr. Brogden had given £150 to the object before his death; to this nearly £300 had been added by the friends at Sion, and the remainder was raised within £50, at the services. The tea-meeting was a very interesting and enthusiastic one, and must have been highly encouraging to Mr. Chown, who has recently become the pastor. The Dissenting ministers and tutors of both colleges were all present, and probably "an effort" was never made with more hearty good-will, and general pleasure. Mr. Cobden is preaching a crusade, in which he has our hearty goodwishes, against loans to Governments, in aid of manslaughter (vulgarly called war). We should, with equal heartiness, wish success to any chapel-building Cobden, who should successfully denounce chapel and school-room debts; so denounce them as not to encourage those who could spare thousands, hundreds, or even tens and fives, in keeping their wealth for hoarding or ostentation; but so as to stir up all "to make to themselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness," by investing it in the Lord's service.