Miss MARY CARISS, a lady who had been nurtured and raised in the principles and discipline of the Bible-Christian Church, and who was a faithful member. In the latter part of July he and his wife embarked for Liverpool from Philadelphia. They arrived safely, and were immediately waited upon by members of the church and cordially welcomed.

THE Rev. Dr. Metcalfe was immediately installed into his pastoral duties, establishing a free and friendly intimacy with all the members of the church. Again he was cordially greeted by his old friend, Joseph Brotherton, M.P., who, as the early minister of the Salford church, was still looked to by its members as their chief adviser in all difficulties. James Simpson, Esq., President of the Vegetarian Society, also gave him hearty welcome, and soon had him engaged in the Vegetarian cause as a lecturer. He visited in this capacity not only many of the towns of England, but, in company with Mr. Simpson, he also addressed meetings in Edinburgh, Glasgow, and several smaller towns of Scotland. He was peculiarly gratified with the attention which was given by the large numbers of the intelligent and sedate people of Scotland to the cause of Vegetarianism and Temperance. In fact, all his labors here appear to have been of an encouraging character.

But the prominent purpose which he ever kept in view was that of supplying a worthy successor to the pulpit of Christ Church, Salford. He assumed the duty of imparting a systematic course of instruction to a class of young men in Bible-Christian Theology. Of this class he expressed himself as quite sanguine,-its members evincing superior intelligence and pious devotion in their studies. He was the more earnest in this endeavor, as the church in Philadelphia, which, under Divine Providence, he had been instrumental in building up, was urging his speedy return.

Whilst thus busily engaged, he was startled by the sudden death of his old and endeared friend, the Rev. JOSEPH BROTHERTON, who without any symptoms of previous sickness, quietly and quickly passed from this transitory state to the eternal world, on the morning of January 8th, 1857. This was the most severe bereavement that the Salford church had experienced since the death of the Rev. Dr. Cowherd. Mr. Brotherton was highly esteemed by the community at large. He had represented Salford in Parliament for more than twenty years, and was otherwise connected with its municipal government, as well as being an active member of several of its benevolent, literary, and scientific associations. The mournful duty devolved upon the Rev. Dr. Metcalfe of performing the last sad rites over the lifeless remains of his beloved friend. On Sunday, January 18th, he delivered a discourse "On the Death of the late J. Brotherton, Esq., M.P.,” in Christ Church, Salford. Besides the mourning family and churchmembers, there were in attendance members of Parliament, the town-officials, and a large concourse of citizens. By request of the church-deacons, the address was published in pamphlet form.

The time was now rapidly approaching when Mr. Metcalfe would be at liberty to return to Philadelphia, according to the terms of the agreement. But the congregation were now, since their bereavement, more than ever desirous of retaining him with them permanently. The church in Philadelphia, however, pressed its claims upon him, so that he declined to prolong his stay much beyond the period fixed. Mr. Metcalfe and his wife made their final arrangements for departure; and, in the early part of August, they bade an affectionate farewell to their many kind and dearly-beloved friends in England. They reached the port of New York on the 24th of the same month, where they were received by a committee of the church.

They arrived at their own home on the evening of the following day, where tea had been prepared for them and the church members generally. The meeting and greetings on both sides were most cordial and happy. Mr. Metcalfe resumed his ministerial duties on Sunday, September 7th, and preached to a large congregation. He was also called upon by his old patients to recommence his medical practice; and his labors in the cause of Temperance and Vegetarianism were assumed as readily as though no interruption had taken place.

As life sinks apace, we are called upon to mourn the departure of friend after friend, in quicker succession than we appeared to do in our earlier years. This was Mr. Metcalfe's experience. Another friend and co-laborer in the cause of Vegetarianism had been summoned by the hand of Death from this world of shadows. Dr. William A. Alcott, who had toiled so unwearyingly in the prosecution of philanthropic labors, and who had written so many instructive books of a practical character, died on the 29th of March, 1859, in the sixty-second year of his age,thirty-one of which had been more or less zealously devoted to the propagation and practice of Vegetarianism. At the annual meeting of the Vegetarian Society, held September 21st, Dr. METCALFE was unanimously elected president, which position had been so ably filled by Dr. Alcott from the time of its organization. On assuming the chair, Dr. Metcalfe delivered a fitting eulogy upon the life, labors, and character of his deceased predecessor.

My beloved father had frequently, during many years past, expressed great anxiety respecting his successor to the ministry in the Church. On Sunday morning, September 4th, 1859, he had the great gratification of engaging in the solemn service of an ordination. His son, the writer of this brief memoir, was presented to him by the senior deacons of the church, Jonathan Wright and Elijah

Rothwell, as a person whom the members of the church unanimously desired to have introduced into the ministry. After proper examination, the candidate was duly ordained a minister of the word of God, by the venerable hands of the ordaining minister, and the appropriate ceremonies and charges.

Another occasion which he considered himself as highly favored in being privileged to enjoy, was the semi-centennial celebration of his own ordination. In the providence of God, this was granted to the Rev. William Metcalfe, on Sunday, August 11th, 1861. After preaching an appropriate sermon on the afternoon of that day, the congregation adjourned to the school-room of the church. Here, around long tables bountifully supplied with vegetarian fare and profusely decorated with flowers, they constituted themselves into a large family tea-party,-the Rev. Dr. Metcalfe, as the "father in Israel," presiding. Resolutions of a grateful and congratulatory character were presented to their venerable minister, besides some other tokens of esteem and affection. A copy of his discourse on that occasion was solicited, which was published by the committee. Thus my father continued to labor in the service of the Lord, and, as he himself remarked, "It was his joy, and most his joy when most laborious."

And now we approach the close of this long life of incessant activity. Since his return from England, my father had enjoyed general good health. He had been troubled somewhat during the past year with a polypus in his nose: still, he had not been interrupted in any of his ministerial or other duties. Even on the Sabbath before his death he preached with all his accustomed vigor and animation. He appeared to be hoarse, as if from a severe cold: yet his delivery was as distinct as ever. Faithfully and earnestly did he lay before his flock, morning and afternoon of that day, the commandments of the Lord.