LAST LORD'S DAY, a second Baptist Church, on the open-communion principle, was formed in Melbourne, under the pastoral care of the Rev. William Penford Scott, consisting of Members and Communicants from the church in Collins Street.

The friends intending to unite met for worship at eleven o'clock, a.m. in the hall of the Mechanics' Institute. In the evening, at half-past six, a meeting was held to implore the Divine blessing on the contemplated engagements. Appropriate prayers having been offered, the brethren assembled gave each other the right hand of fellowship.

An invitation to the Rev. W. P. Scott, to undertake the pastoral superintendence of the church was then formally given and accepted, and the Ordinance of the Lord's Supper was administered, some friends from other churches uniting in the solemnity. The services of the evening were solemn and interesting, and will be long remembered by those engaged in them.

The newly formed church and congregation expect to meet on the Lord's Day for the present, in the Mechanics' Hall (the Rev. R. Barnes who lately occupied it having retired into the country). Divine Service will commence in the morning, at eleven o'clock, and in the evening at half-past six.