English and Foreign.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XI, Issue 674, 23 April 1859, Page 3

English and Foreign.

A CLEKGYMAN COMING OUT WITH HIS PARISHIONERS.

[The • Macclesfield Courier of December 11,1858, contains a lengthy report-ofa'second lecture on New Zealand, delivored to the "operatives of that town by the Rev. C. ON. Pratt, a clergyman of the Church of England,.: Tlie first^pariiof> this lecture was chiefly confined to thejProvjncejof Canterbury,- -to the-adyantages f to,; the capitalist erhigra'ntv the (lecturer, did full. justicel.;At..tlie. outset he referred to ah old, friend Cofilliis : a"udience,V Mr. Kenderdine, »• late of the' Macclesfield' Dispensary '," as now being settled 60 or 70cmiles !from Auckland, (Wan garie)£and!wondering whether he continued practice as : a. T medfcaliman,ols.Mr.0Is.Mr. Kenderdine—who is .now,, .settled at ( OMhuhu-^wilb >be. able to answer that question. in!'perwV^en\jkK.,_,jjatt,OTrives..in. Auckland, >yliere,,aß. will be seen; by the following later pbriiq.n.of Jus lectu to take up his aboaeas.|v^ old parishohfers.a^_an make' up their miri.clsjtoa^ company/; him; °} Mr; Pratt appears ■tb be: a man of considerable*energy, and 'there Wn lbe;little doubt that-liislaxamplewiU erelong be extensively followed.-----r-ED.r^-New^ealander.']: i :- > m:!- ;m • j ■•! h , TherCare;, some , classes of t men-, who would;;,.und^ubtedly; make better,emigrants, than, others ; -and he t did not sknoW'WhyiMacciesfield weavers should not make as good, emigrants.' as the .Paisley, weavers. Sotoe of the.he.st emigrants were I Macclesfield, wea-j Vers ;' but ['ik ! a J body;tHey iare not the style'of'men best suited for tl,y: work of an emigrant;': The man who;gives himself 'up/toemigration,must give hini'-i----_elf'u p) tbThard 1 work;- '-He'would suppose 'that'-'a nulribef^bf"young' men'with'-their"wives-went out with him (and he should not like to include any young man who was. unmarried,! for if a irrah; is only an .unit in creation, he isjaiot of the-slightest' use until jhe doubles Jiiinself.iand then .multiplies.):: fore" going farther he• would.mention that Jie; -had inadeup hismindL'to emigrate witli.hisfamilyntothe province,'of Auckland^ \. and "should all ,-liis future'movenierits to;this : arrangement. .This was only* which. had, been; postponed ;for spine ieven'yeara'^oh accouut'of family1 ties.' 1 He expected tb-*ake with''hini: a'hephewr&rid a riiece/wlib'With his far_ilv< •looked' forward tolthe <eve_t;with good

Spirits. h-v.'lr,,i vli ":?■■• >-vo rrtin; '■-.:■/■.•;-■';o y;:<;k:- u:u i >, By:an act of the. .provincial Ipf: Auckland; atxi;,;Vicy Sess.-viii, ? No.::2,-whichihe:sread-r;every emigrant above 18; whether:cabin or steerage, pay r; S^^ihis.or her own-passage,- waS' entitled to a free grahtlpf 40.acres of wasteland; all,under 18i years' 20;acres;ea'ch';' and' there was a ".special settleihent" clause;bywhich clibiceblocks of land were'reserved for emigrants going;'out ih a- body;'1 Nbw.if he wpfe _habled.tb inducer1 a number 'of persons'*'sayH (JO men _nd ~their-''wives,; to go '6ut j,with;: him;-possibly'he might,be able:totassist sotrie;of !them-in-payingthe expense:of;.their-;passage,tif they, chose;iif fhespaid thej.'pas9age inoneyifpr any emigrant,'lthen;the;land would be* made over to him; if the einigranfr-paid: his-own..passage money, the land would]be made out" .to. him; and continue in his '.possession as ? his own property* % Then, if he took, but, a', hundred families withhis pwn n ahd the provincial govern^ tnent.at Auckland chdseito; grant a dertainr.pbrtion of land for them in one plot; they;would be sufficient tb-'Tprm a village; arid under the'1 blessing of God they might a happy little community. ; j_te should feeLthat he hadthe exclusive charge of their spiritual; welfare—that he > was as a shepherd; wiith' his flock; hesheuldcstillifeel thathe haditheicharge of\ their, souls, and that he.was !one that must give . ah account.'. They:would help him, and;he would ; Keiplthem,.in,'the labour'of settling.dpwn in their j new;;.cbuhfry'.. He should ask, no payment' from | ther_; for"arfy'spiritual services^ until tlie land began j to be. remuner_tiye; ahd! in'this.wbrk he emphati- ! idally 'arty;:perse'nally interested motive ', beyond that df Out an- inducement to'the • WorkingJipeople!Of:thisJcouritry to:;jbihhim inthe ; undertaking. i:He (thanked IGod that;he 'had the bo.dilyi,-ana ? mentai, v.igour; to'.take;tip the matter j with.ah (earnest intention of carrying it out: and he i -shouidr ; berno..stranger -to.,the ; .plough, the potatoe . ■ _ioepOrltlie^sp^„\\.'He, rejoiced,' too ; ■> that- his wife was equal'to^'the undertaking, and =was quite j ieacty ?and 'willing^ to ' : betake -herself^ to ; the j labours Of:the dairy,'to: which she, too;'would be no ! stranger,' His nephewandriiecej'alsp.were of the ] B'amemindas'himself;'arid;-with such'a prospect as j t„isj>hb only desired1 theiblessings of God; and the ; c»^^rati,6Vor! 'aJc6mpkny.'"-of-'laniiUes >emigratih'g j <wlthit_e like intentions as himself; to enter upon a : prosperous,/future!ini the distant colony of! New , "ZealandiUnderthemost/cheermgiauspices. -At'the; same .time, he would not? have .any, person to think j fojr one moment that by e_ter^g-' i u'poh,''.a v ne.w. j life j ias ,ah •. emigrant, lie was thereby abandoning •. his j rsac'red 'calling^'1 God fo'rbidfthaVhe'shohldever be j led to forsake 1 theifhinistry. He did rioi believe that j 'when standing in'his:Rustic pulpit hiseohgregation j "would !think':any the'less of him because' they \ might have seen him a few days before- following ; the plough; nor did-he think-they would disregard j .the sacramental cup becausethe hand ;that reached; it.vwas browned-injthe-workof, the :Soil. .iSt.'Paul | preached none the worse at Ephesus because he had i •wprked, as a tent maker., a short time before at j Corinth. If he .were conscious ihat by talcing this ; step he should 'be' laying aside/thework of;-the ■ ministry; he'should1 feel' seif-coude'mried,'and unworthy ofGad's! providence' • but^as St." Paiibsaid,: •'■ For-thbugh^l^preacKthe'Gosperi have nothing to glory of ff6t- necessity IsilaidJupon- me; yea, -woe is _atome, if Icpreach hot the > Gospel."; 'He felt he should be taking the ministry with,-him,; and a \ 'peopje,who J Would 'know.bow ;tp appreciate-,the iministry;~he felt, no, more expatriation in; going to i -New Zealand than in jmoying.outr of Cheshire into \ NbrthhmberiandX; because { it,., was an English \ • colony ; "'the ''cliniate superior', and•' the people were' a 'thoroughly "Church' of ;Ehgl:a'nd ' people,; •and valued' the privileges' tliev; possessed in a moral, | 'spiritual,1 ahd!iritenectual;point; bf ; view. He would \ have all thbse who entertained- any idea ofemigra^ •■ ting not to ; hesitate'in ''the matter,' neither to ' act; with precipitancy; ibut to weigh well the advantages: thus held out to them. ;