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rex. Cent • . 41 P F . " •zrw.,l • 0 7n • /'& '' zy " r NUMB! 11 10,254. BRITISH INS raurioN, PALI...NIALL. r r "E G ALLERY with a SELECTION of SCHO PIC'T'URES by LIVING ARTISTS ed the ENGLNH OL; is OPEN DAILY, from Ten in the Morning 9nt,l Six in the Evening.--Adiuts,:ion t , ..---Cifilogue Is. (lly - order} The S u b 'WILLIAM BAFtNART). Keeper. Our saviscribers 40 the Print f rom . M r. Wect's Pi" ' P 1 not " our the the Sick in th e T em pl e ," who. have Healing; their Inipressim,s may receive them "1" pay meat of the Remainder of the'ir titthseii >rums"; at the Brj- I tish Institution daily. ..---- TO BE SOLO BY At`CTION. 13y Mr. SOTHEBY, at hi 4 Hoivae, Ni,.. 3, WELLINGTON• STREET,. STRAND, on FRIDAy, July 2'.!. and Threc following Days (Sunday excepted' at Twolre o'Cluels, 0 TH E.Sliall arc .very SP teitt CLASSICAL: LI BRARY of the HENRY FUSELI. Esq., R.A. - I'rcA.- fessor of Painting', arid Keeper of the Itiiyal Aemb : lnv ' .I " by Marc ivhich i s - luided; a Ve , y. fifir Collet:Gm of Prints. Antonio; also, Fine Drawings by the Nlasters of the Italian School. Likewise, the very beautiful Drawine s of Entomology, by Mr. Abbot, of Georeil, in North Anieriea. To be viewed on Wednesday, '-I t 1 c 1 Catalogues (price e.#.) had, at the place of Sale. IN the LOTTERY drawl) LAsT FRIDAY, 15th July, a Prize of 3,813 3,687 £2,005 - a Prize of - And several other Capitals, `Were sold by V.. and J. SIVENITRIGHT, .who sincerely thank the Public for their distinguish e d favours in the last and former. Lotteries, and respectfully take leave to state, it is the Positive determination of Parliameq_ to aboli s h e ver at th e conclusion of the present Urawings. Lotteries fo r J. and J. S IVEWRIGHT 'submi t the New Scheme with confidence that it will receive.public approval, for independent of Preservi ng a ll t h e popular oints of lat e L otter i es, it em _ 1 1 .ces not on l y FOUR VERY. G RAND PRIZES o f .40,000 each, but the amount in Sterling Money,- £218404,. Much exceeds any Sum hitherto distributed in Prizes in One SCHEM Day. . e E----ALL- MOSTEY.—NO BLANK S. • . P t izes of.. X 25,000 Nlon e y• ..,000 9 E ............ 20.0 0 0 NI oney, 4 00,000 2 9 ... . , 5,010 M one y 10,020 ............ 1,05;; VorleY . 12 ............ .. 505 Money • .)0 Money __ . .............. _ ~ 1,2(10 -4° ............. 60 Monyy 6 ° . • ............ 24 Mono/ ' 1,440 N'O RLANKS !—FAch of The above, and vvery other Nnrnher, will ' have Xi Mo- 110,000 •---.....,. , bey, being . - - - ) 11,°°P.N”rnberi. T wo •riel te t, of each Number. 18,90.1 Each £20,000 P r i ze w ill have Z. 5,01.0 more ' ' • . ALL IN ONE DAY! . • . 31st of AUGUST, (NEXT MONTH). Ti c k ed f rt ta, and Shares are now .on Sale at J. and J. Sivewright's 4ZZ4 untite Offices, No. 37, Cornhill ; 11, Holborn ; and 38, ,1 1 ' , , London.; -where they sold 12,473, a Prize of __ "' and several other Capitals. A f ' This Day *as published, price Is. , ___, _ _, _ t,,P.PUTATION of the MIS-SlArl, E tivel -"1"S5 contained in an Anonymous Plptllf•!ctoenna-- titiel itc.cllat,ed bY the LONDON DOCK COMPANY, Investi,n4 eautolutrY O bservations to those who conteiu b pla s t o e n a l n e liserq ii;i.or Pr.ooerty in New Docks," accompanied Y and proviti g ; l e atl n to the Proprietors or . the London Docks; I) ck Com o ; P°sses3 the In d* "ding 16/. 2s. 6d. per cent. b rri r ,aq will clusiv elY, that the St. Katharine 0 , -4,--n aivestment eans °f ivi London : Printed for J. 111. Richardson, 23, Cornhill. T ° Prevent titp Sco chin Rays of the Sun affecting the Skin is by the r Use of this Infallible Specific, , w h ich . in,,, ~ ROWLANDS RAINDOR, 1 --eutately allays the smarting irritability of the Skin, lProduces a delightful arid pleasing coolness truly comfortable ; ietno_ sO.VeS_ Freckles, Pimples, Spots, and all Cutaneous Erutpe n It imparts a luxuriant and matchless beauty tp h complexion ; affords soothing relief to Ladies nursing their off_ l; To Gentlemen and smartin • after shaving, it allays the irritation T h gpatn, and renders the skin smooth and pleasant . .. th at ROWLAND'S KA LYDOR elicits these felicitous re-. ts one trial wills uffice tod satisfactorily establish n?; reputation. prove, on , Sold in Bottles, at 3s.sPo --4 .1..75-, I Os. 6d. and 21s..per Bottle, }aide sole Proprietors A. Rowland and No. 20, Hatton en and by appointment, by most Perfumers' d 'Medi" an cine Venders. Ask f°' R° Mancl's Kal the Signatu re ydor. As ther e are Imitations, see " 4. ROWLAND and SON." _ . To T. TAYLOR, Esq. 4... No. 9, Nei. Bridge-street, London• ir. siONGIJItEn Slat • I REG leaVi' tOinform yon that ever since. the whi rear 179,0, ..•1/4•il, I bad been afflicted with the Lues Vene i. r .ne c a, front its olistinately resisting- i:.very coarse 0; u 'e` ' c ' Prescribed by the most eriittent of-the fli:culty lirre, .'i derging serralset•cr • *Ourses of ,alita"h)ll, and tv"e' dis cr.ctte.l from the' flosti,i`lai witbiktije relief, w•aild.app . eas to b e iti . v - ' Lwi most inveterate nature. In ti. , .: spring of last !..-1r t - aimed, load got . to such a head, as t ee to pul• a period ° illy exiktence-1 had 'I I.irge iilc-r on 07 v crown of rni head, , r , °" "'I ear ly arm, and n'ir'le-s we ' re broke oat in a fr ightful ,—„1:1f my tight wis d r y ‘,Affllv zinfll, and had been in a il:`e al ulceration fiir tli. ' L a t s" i r en rears; ''''' large hocks o n i, wl: ' s ' ve s ry iniit•• I: discoloured, and gave my- left had also itie sal ::,',,, L , ,Xcruciatin.g piiin pattieilla tl rl v n warm in hed, -•"'itty to deprive 'lle Of ' rest ;in ttli;, Tame ntable state, I ' ts reeeutepd, I:. of • J . Ti mi , soo 'wh o reFeivi , il so Pe'" 4 CU' 1 " ° . 1) ' ‘j. J. n ' . P ' . 1 ', ‘.1- ' 'ev e nt Pills, whi c h / b e )5 • ‘hern here); to take you' ~ :, st i , ~ . , _ furtni,ol., •egari to do on th e with o. May ; in ihe . CO:, , t. ot a aiornii7 t " f t I bivari to receive benetit--1!1 ,Illtil, rn t ?re i than a gi,,,ti . at e uleers on my ii,...lA;id art .s were shuntoy tea ei.— ter ' th e s "res on roe re-'s be =lid alio ; 1g..% ing, Ii•!wo Zv,,etir, considerable: son rte in the skin, and point in the ton € uf "le l eft, which, ire the bit sting of (30d, an,l 4 little t.l , , et s r vi-ir,inc e in yoiir iiivalua.lite Medicine', sajed; ti e 11,'',)1tts dispersin, the Skin regaining its natural hue, and yeur. ii`arnal pains gr:ichiaily gbinK off.---1-thus became, bY furtller etier.iladyice and tnedicine,-perfectly free filnu all my strepeti, ranl,..laint--have Feeovored my fornitr spirits , a . nd c„,tint,k,,1,11,; i,i • becunicjolly and fat, in which 'tat, li, i t , ‘ iig the ,l . arz ` . 'L__ a c .), months, to the astonishment of all who %new th. sz ,(,.. ' i,!, i ph i in what terrrs to expressany gratitude, hut ~, ' rli ! , .. Tor the iitood of other suiftring mot•tais, to make l t , ? ve as public as poSsilde,- as I shall on every oeca f I,arso-doing you will ereatly obl.;ze • ,, I t your grateful, obedient ;very liumlJte servant ' Sw lsci, • ALEX. MIIII.E.F.R. .e, liigh-street. Edinburgh. . 41in .rt,,,az.is_Nyi! n,ess..-s tar t. above Curti-- . Jo, wl, Nu. s, New Poultry Market, Edinburgh, Prepai:da M'intusli, Ohl Assembly lose, Edsiihu rid': Loh, sieril?r.id, sold by the sole Proprietor, THO.N.N.. TA Y- Aqu ae, , 4 e• of the y";tl•Collegit if cons,'tiir , z at his catuta •' 1 ". !4, New liridictr (• ' i afte r a LOnnOn; V.dtp..., . tUlaivn`,,rt%itietl,:e in rose ti: re."' • i ncid • (''reeted to th e . i . ' a N,! 4-° 1"" ' i • n 11 practice parti e/ , , ( 1 / 4 N. ot me Complaints and those teet.,e , 0 t he Parts of Gene t . ii -' II • t inviolable *a c t, y_ wiii,i, ~:.,, 0 , ~, _ ~. a • _,,,,, ~, , i ~.i . ki , atti z t 4 ,, se s , ,„, tiatter"sl'sbifitnrotnici 41n tzuuuki always observe t n e tle adyiee and as , ist . atice I . le i t: t e t e l s i nt zisnilti:ell:tly"ai iris d it:'isilti to p-ejso I t . t s ta ti it! g this Medicine, will and v,,i, tali g lib i ic, as an advai.tztge seldom ,rAlso sokii, ~ , ~ o arribiglit y. 7 ' , ,I_ in , , , i ' t . nig appointment,tr the convenienee of those Mr, b,,,.`" ° i k nee, at the Thrl • •N • • Nut,th....uougi,,,, ;i ce - 14,p, 0...0, Oxford-s-tret; ~ 4ride. - r , ;., , , Fisli-street-hill ; Mr. axtr, ...lie p,r, .-i v.chriliut,rai . i l / 4 ,1 'i, 1 te1a,,, 1 ?" 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T With cr.... . - ..., ,peert, seer ee v, at nill4fetV. . / ISCOI' A L FLOATING CHURCH El '4 SOCIETY. —At a numerous and highly - respectable MEETING, held this day (Wednesday, July 20), at the City of London Tavern, for the purpose of constituting a Society for dispensing Religious Instruction to Seamen, according to the principles and discipline of the Church of England, The Right Econ. the LORD MA YOR in the Chair ; The following Resolutions were adopted unanimously,t— lst Resolution—Moved by Lord Bexley ; seconded by Mr. Sheriff Brown. —That this Meeting considers the instruction of British Seamen, upon principles which shall introduce them to an acquaintance with the doctrines and precepts of , the Chris tian Religion, to be a duty of solemn national obligation, and eminently entitled to the support of as many as would desire to combine the universal diffusion of true C:.iristianity with the moral exaltation And commercial prosperity of the British Empire. I'd Resolution—Moved by Lord . Calthorpe ; seconded by R. H. Marten, Esq.—Long experience having proved the general ignorance of Seamen upon the subject of religion, and their dis inclination to join in the worship of a congregation on shore, to be insuperable difficulties in the way of their deriving advantage from the existing Parochial Churches, • it , is the opinion of this :Meeting, that the establishment of Floating Chapels, in con nexion with the Ch urc h o f E ng l an d , offers t the only . practical form in which the benefit of her warship may be generally ex tended to the seafaring part of her community. 3d Resolution—Moved by Admiral Sir Richard Keates, Bart. ; seconded by the Hon. Captain Waidegrave.— That to aid in carrying into effect this great and nationally important • undertaking, an Institution be now formed, under the designa tion of 'The Episcopal Fl oa ti ng Ch urc h S oc i ety , for promot ing the diffu , ion of Religion among the Seamen of the Empire, agreeable to the doctrines and discipline of the Church of England." 4th Resolution— Aloved by Zacharay Macaulay, Esq. ; seconded by E. H. Locker, Esq.—That the Society .consist of a Patron, President, Vice Presidents, Treasurer, Committee, :Secretaries, and such of the public as shall subscribe to its funds. That a subscription of one Guinea annually, or a donation of ten guineas at one time, constitute a Member of the Society ; and that an annual subscription of three guineas, or a dona tion of thirty guineas at one time, constitute a Governor of the Society, eligible to attend and vote at oil Meetings of the Com mittee. 4th. Resolved—That the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor Lord Calthorpe Earl of Clarendon Lord Gambier Earl of Rocksavage Vice-Ad. Sir R. Keats, K.C.B. Lord Bexley - Right Hon. Lord Lorton. bs requested to undertake the office of Vice-Presidents.• sth. Resolved—That a Committee of 21 members be selected from the list of members, whose office shall consist in the ge neral management of the society's concerns, including the provision of a fund for the clergyman's salary, where necessary, and other expenses incidental to the furtherance of the under taking. That the Committee meet once every fortnight, or oftener, if necessary ; and that five of their number constitute a quorum. That the gentlemen, whose names are under-mentioned, be requested to thrut the committee for the ensuing year, with power to till ail vacancies in their number, and procure appro priate patronage for the Institution : Right lion. Sir G. H. Rose, Jos. Wilson, Esq. M.P. • General Nevin, R.A. Hon. Fred. Calthorpe, 111. P. Colonel Le Blanc W. Carus Wilson, Esq. M.P. John Catar,.Esq. W. T. Money, Esq. M.P. Captain Baker, R.N. Zachary Macauley, Esq. I John Deacon, Esq. . W. Evans, Esq. M.P. J. E. Gordon, •Esq. Sir R. H. Inglis, Bart. M.P. I Alderman Key E. H. Locker, Esq. • Hon. Captain. Waldegrave. And that W. Williams, Esq. AI.P. be appointed the Trea surer. 6th Resolution.—Moved by John Poynder, Esq. ; seconded by the Rev. W. Evanson—That the Society proceed in the exe cution of its object, by aiding in the institution ..of Floating Churches and Schools for the religious and professional im provement of Apprentices; the establishment of depositories for the Scriptures, Prayer-books, and Homilies, and Tracts, and the provision of circulating libraries, in all situations where they may be of service to the object. 7th Resolution—Moved by the Earl of Clarendon • seconded by P. T. Money, Esq.—That the thanks of this Meeting are especially due to the Right Hon. Viscount Melville, for the liberal assistance whi c h h e h as promised in aid of the'Society's objects. Bth Resolution—Moved by Lord Calthorpe ; seconded by the Rev. Mr. Webster.—That the thanks of this Meeting be given to the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor for his conduct in the Chair. In a few days will be published. IVAPOLEON and the GRAND ARMY in RUSSIA ; or a Critical Examination of Count Segur); Russian - 113 - 7 GENERAL GOURGAUD. In 1 vol. 3vo. " Render unto Ca►sar the things that are Caesar's." The above work has created an extraordinary sensation at Paris, where it has also given rise to a duel between the Au thor and Count Segur. Printed for Geo. B. Whittaker, Ave Maria-lane. MILTON'S POSTHUMOUS TREATISE. We present our Readers with a further extract from this work. The original, which is written entirely in Latin, is supposed to be in the hand writing of one of the Poet's daughters, of whom it is recorded that he' brought her up in the know ledge of, Latin and Greek. It is fortunate for the literature of our country that MILTON found an amanuensis in the domestic circle of his family; for, as this and others of his celebrated produc tions were composed after the loss of his sight, the rich current of his thoughts might not other wise have come down to posterity. It appears evident that this work was intended by itsauthor to be a posthumous publication. The ill odour into which the late Protector's Secretary natu rally fell upon the restoration of royalty, is suf ficient to account for Milton's reluctance to bring himself into public notice by challenging atten tion to a controversial work of this kind. In the State Paper Office it was found, tied up with a parcel of affidavits and documents connected with the Popish plot of Oates, and the Rye House plot. It had always been said by the Biogra phers of Milton, that a work upon the Christian Religion had been confided by Milton to a Mr. Skinner, one of the Bard's known familiar friends. Among the loose papers found tied up along with the treatise, or in immediate conti guity with it, was an original deposition of Titus Oates, signed also by Sir Edmund Bury God frey, a few days before his murder, containing amongst others the name of Skinner, as one of those suspected of being concerned in the plot. The probability, therefore, is, that this work was seized amongst the papers of the Skinner, whose name was here set down, and whose supposed possession of a secret manuscript/of Milton might have, led to his falling under the suspicion of Go vernment. This is the ‘ 4 strange eventful history" connected with the discovery of the Treatise in such odd company. The further we go into the work, the more we are confirmed in our original opinion of its practical and theological value. OF GOD. Though there be not a few who deny the - existence of God, for " the fool hash said in his heart, there is no God," Nal. 01' • 4, gyv, ••••//2 ji4 S. ~ . P ,4 4,' • - :, ~-., T. '. ~.....--! --4-.-T - . ...... e to rernerninr that what is called r.-!1,.;;; when applieJ. to God, does not arise from inadvertency, as' in itm ; f'r so he has himself cautioned us, Num. Xidir. 19. • " God is not a man that he should lie, neither , the Sun of man that he . ~ • should repent." See also 1 Sufi. , xs. 29. - Again, if "it grieved the Lord at his heart," Gen. •vi. 6, and if " his soul were grieved for the misery of Israel," Judges x. 16, let us !lore that it did grieve hi m . F or the,aire&lans•which ins good man are good, and. rank with . virtues, in God are. holy. If after the work of six days it be said of God that'" he reatmd and was refreihed," Exod. xxxi. 17, if it be said tl;at " feared' _.- the.wrath of the enemy," Ont. xXXii. 27, let us believe that it •, • is not beneath the dignity a G 4.1 to grieve ia that for - Which he . • - is grieved, or to be refreshed in that whiclirefresheth - him; or to fear in that he feareth. For haweVer we - may aite.mpt to soften flown such expressions by a latitude of interinttation, when ap. plied - to the• Deity, it comes in the end to- precisely. the same. If God be said " to have made man in his own image, after his likeness, Gen. i. 26., and that too, not only as to his soul, bUt also - as to his outward tbrim (unless the 'same" words have diffe rent significations here and in chap. v. 3. ". Adam begat a son in his own likeness, after his image") and if God habitually assigns to himself the members and fown of man, • why 'should we he afraid ef attributing to him what he attributes to himself, so long as what is imperfection and weakness when viewed in reference to ourselves be considered as Most complete and 'excel lent whenever it is imputed 'to God ? QuestionleSs the glory and Majesty of the Deity must have been so ,dear to him, that he would never say anything of himself which could be hutnlli.• sting or degrading, and would ascribed to himself no personal attribute which he would not willingly haye ascribed to him by his creatures. Let us be convinced that those.have acquired the truesrapprehension of the nature of God who submit their understandings to his wont : inasmuch as he has accommodated hig word to their tinderstaridingS, and has shown what he wishes' their notion of the Deity should be. It is impossible •to comprehend accurately -under any font oftlefinition the ". divine form," for so it is called, 2 Pet. i. 4. " that ye might he partak e r s o f t h e divine nature"—though nature here does not signify • essence, but the divine image, as in Gat. iv. 8., " which by nature are no gods," and Col. ii. 9., Theotes, Rom. i. 20., Theioter, Acts xvii. 29., to Theion, which words are all translated Godhead. But though the nature of' God cannot be defined, since he who has no efficient cause is essentially greatest of. all, Isaiah xxviii. 29. some description • of it at least may be collected from his,natne and attributes. The names and attributes of God either show his nature, or his divine power and excellence. There are three names which seem principally to intimate the nature of God, Jehovah, Jah, Ehie. EVen the name of Jehovah was not forbidden to be•pro , nounced, provided it was with due reverence, Exod. " Jehovah, God of your fathers—this is my name for ever, and this - is my memorial." xx. 7. " TI:ou shalt not take the name of .Jehovah . thy God in vain." Again, it occurs pronounced, - I Kings xvii. 12. " as Jehbrah thy God liveth, ' and so in many other places. This name both in the New Testanient and in the Greek version of the Old; is always translated, the Lord—probably for no other reason than because the word Je hovah could not be expressed in Greek letters. Its significa tion is, " he who is,"or, " Which is, and which was, and which is to come," Rev. i. 4. Jah, which is a Sort of contraction of rhe former name, has the same signification. Exod. xvii. 16. "Jah !lath sworn"-and in other places. Exod. iii. 14. Ehie, " I am that t arn, or will be;" and if the first person be chang ed Into ;he third of the kindred verb, Jave—who-is, or will be —meaning the same as Jehovah, as some think, and more 'pro- , party expressed thus than by the other words:. but •thr • name Jave appears to signify not only the existence of his'nature, but also of his promises, or rather the completion of his pro mises ; whence it is said, Exod.• vi. 3. " h i nny : name Jehovah was' I not known to them." THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 21, 1825 xiv. 1. yet the Deity has imprinted on the human mind so many unquestionable tokens of himself, and so many traces of him are apparent throughout the whole of nature, that no one in his senses can remain ig s horant of the truth. Job xii. 9. " Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of Jehovah bath wrought this ?" Psal. xix. 1. " The Heavens declare the glory ,of God." Acts xiv. 17. "'He left riot himself without wit ness." xiii„ 27, 28, " He is not far from every one of us." Rom. i. 19, 20,." That which may be known of God is mani. fest in them," and ii. 14, 15, " The Gentiles—show the . work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness." 1 Cor. i. 21, " After that in the wisdom of God, the world by wisdom knew not sa‘xli it ple.iited God by the foolish ness of preaching to save them that believe." There can be no doubt bin that every thing in the world, by the beauty of its order, and the evidence of a determinate and beneficial pur pose which pervades it, testifies that some supreme effiiient Power must have pre-existed, by which the whole was ordained for a specific end. There are some who pretend that nature or fate is this supreme Power ; but the : very name of nature implies that it must owe its birth to some prior agent, or, to speak pro perly, signifies in itself nothing ; but means either the essence of a thing, or that general law which is the origin of every thing, and under which every thing acts-Land fate can 'be nothing !mit a divine decree emanating from some almighty power. Further, those who attribute.the creation of every thing •to nature, Must necessarily associate chance with nature as a joint divinity ; so that they gain nothing by this theory,, except that in the place of that one God, whom they cannot tolerate, they are obliged, however reluctantly, to substitute two sove reign rulers of affairs, who must almost always be in opposi tion to each other. In short, many ocular demonstrations, many true predictions verified, many wonderful works have compelled all nations to believe, either that God, or that some evil power whose name was unknown, presided over the affairs of the world. Now that evil should prevail over good, and be the true - supreme power, is as unmeet as it is incredible.— Hence it follows as a necessary consequence, that God exists. Again :• The existence of God is further proved by that feeling, whether we term it conscience, 'or right reason, which even in the worst of characters is not altogether extinguished. If there were no God, there would be no distinction between right and wrong; the estimate of virtue and vice would entire ly depend on the blind opinion of men ; no one would follow virtue, no one would be resttained from vice, by any sense of shame, or fear of the laws, unless conscience or right reason did" from time to time convince every one, however unwilling, of the 'existence of God, the44ord and rider ofall things, to whom, sooner or later; each must give an account of his own actions, whether good or bad. • The whole tenor of. Scripture proves the same thing: and the disciples of the doctrine of Christ may fairly be required to give assent to this truth in, the first instanc?, according to the ex pression in lleb. xi. B, " He that cometh to God, must believe that he is." It is proved also by the dispersion of the ancient nation of the Jews throughout the whole world, according. to what God often forewarned them would happen on account of their sins. Nor is it only to pay the penalty of their own guilt that they have been reserved in their scattered state, among the rest of the nations, ti.rough the'revolution of successive ages, and even to the present day; but rather. to be a per petual and living testimony to:all people under Heaven', of the existence of God, and of the truth of the Holy Scriptures. No one, however; ear, have right 'thoughts of God, with na-; ture or reason alone as his guide, indepeinknt of the word, or message of GoiL. Rom. x. " how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard ?" God is known, so•far as he is pleased to make us acquainted with himself, either from his own nature, or from MS efficient power. When we speak of knowing God, it must betnderstoodWith reference to the imperfect comprehension of man; for to know God as be really is, far transcends the power of rain's thoughts, much more of his perception. 1 Tim. vi. 16. " dwelling in the light which' no man can approach unto." God therefOre has made as full a revelation of himself as our mindS can Conceive, or the weakness of our nature can bear. Exod, xxxiii. 20, 23, " there shall no man see me, and live' - - but thou shalt see my back parts." Tsai. vi. 1. " I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifed up, and the train filled the temple." John i. 13. " no man 'lath seen God at any time." vi. 46. not that any man bath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he bath seen the Father." v: 37. " ye have neither heard his voice at any time." 1 Cur. xiii. 12. " we see through a glass, darkly - -in part." Our safest way is to form in our minds such a conception of God, as shall correspond with his own delineation and represen tation of himself in the sacred writing& For granting that both in the literal and figurative descriptions of God, he is exhibited not as he really is, but in such a manner as may be within tl:e scope of our comprehensions, yet we ought to enter tain such a conception of him, as he, in - condescending to ac comnaodate himself to our capacities, has shown that he desires we should conceive. For it is on this very account that he has lowered himself to our level, leaf in our flights above the reach of human understanding, and beyond the written word of Scripture, we should be tempted to indulge in vague cogitation and subtleties. There is no need, than, that theologians should have re course here to what they callanthropopathy— it fi gure invent e d by the gelmmarians to excuse the absurditie s of the poets on the subject of the heathen divinities. W e may be sure that sufficient care has been taken that the Holy Scriptures should contain nothing unsuitable to the character or dignity of God, and that God should say nothing of himself which could de rogate ftom his own majesty. it iS better therefore to contem plate the Deity, and to conceive Of him, not with reference to human passions, that is, after the manner men, who are never weary of forming subtle imaginations respecting him, but after' the manner of Scripture, that is, after the way in which God has offered himself to our contemplation ; nor should we think that he would say or direct any thing to he written of himself, ' whiCh is inconsistent With the opinion he wishes -us to enter. tain ofhis character. Let us require no better authority than God himself for determining *hat is worthy or unworthy . of him. lf '" it repented Jehovah' that he had made marl," Gen.. vi. 8, :and becuse of their gFOanings," J'udgei. le, let us believe that it did repent ban, only .taking care LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF -CHANCERY, JttLY 20. • IN RE ELEPHANT ANI) CASTLE CHARITY.. Mr. SPENCE was heard on behalf of the parish officers after which The .LOIID CHA N CELLOR observed, that as, from what bad been stated,. it inight happen that the Court had jurisdiction, he requested to be furnished with the propositions of the parties respecting the overseers, before Wednesday next, when his Lordship would finally dispose of this case. RULES AND PRACTICE OF THE COURT. TOWNSItEND V. ASEEW. This case produced a long and interesting discussion respect ing the rules and business of • the Court, which protracted the cause till the end of the day. It was a petition praying that a bill of costs in the above suit in the Vice• Chancellor's Court might be returned to the Master's Office for review ; that no costs for attendance should be allowed where it was not of benefit to the parties; and praying also that his Lordship would devise some rule for preventing the accumulation of costs for attendance• in similar cases. The original suit was an application fbr the appointment of a receiver of the. pro ceeds of an estate, of which Mr. Hurd (of the firm of Hurd and Johnson, solicitors for the defendant) was a judgment-cre ditor as well as the plaintiff: The suit had lasted from Decem ber,_lB23, till March, 1325. Mr. AGAR, in stating the petitioner's case, observed, that there were 97 attendances charged and allowed. As Mr. Heald, who was Counsel for the plaiptiff, received no fresh brief, and as his fee was three guineas, he was in fact paid 9d. per day, whilst the solicitor received his full allowance for at tendance, either by himself or his clerks. The LORD CHANCELLOR—Does it-appear what sort of per sons these clerks were? Mr. AGMs replied in the negative. Mr. ,11 EALD observed that the solicitor (Mr. Tilliard) had constantly attended in person. The Learned Gentleman, ad dressing Mr. Agar, said, " You have got hold of a very unlucky .subject." Mr. AGAR, in endeavouring to explain why the - suit had been so long delayed, said that such occurrences often happened from Counsel getting motions let in out of their place. Mr. Heald frequently prevailed in this course. The Loup CHANCELLOR—You are all alike. Mr. AGAR-1 hoped to remedy this evil by suggesting a list, of motions. The Lokn CHANcELLoR—I am persuaded that there never was a measure suggested and adopted with purer inten tions titan that list of motions, and I am equally convficed that no measure was ever more mischievous. I have there- , fore put an end to it. The best remedy for the evil seems to the motion comes o n, i t should tie be• this—that where a party chooses to empl o y b ut one coun o b he eli .; Mi and stood iosi c wh e en em employed, and on e on l y i s present, he I Lt u l. ced a list of a b out 40 mot i ons, which he whilst the Co ur t was occupied in the saidads e dismissed in b ß ibs e t u i absenthp: e eri f o a p r ( a w ver, cause of " Beauvoir and Rhodes." • The LORD CHANCELLOR explained, at some length, the various considerations which made it imperative upon the Couri to r ive precedence to th a t cause. Hi s Lordship then repeated what he observed on a former day respecting the fa . - cility which a list of motions afforded to clerks who knew nothing of the matter, to look into the hall merely. and then charge for attendance; and added, that he was glad this peti tioß had come on, as the matter mast :now be under some regulation. I%r. AGAR reiterated the proposal he forinerly, made—nainelY, that whenever application was made for a, motion to be heard out of order; if grant e d, th e a p p li cants should p ay the expences they occasioned the suitors delayed thereby. The LORD CHANcti.Loß—That may.do for Mr. Beau voir, Mr. Rhode.,, and other wealthy men; but many injunc tions aregranted upon the prayer of poor men, to whom such a regulation would operate as a denial of justice. • when he was a b arr i ster, no gentleman behind the bar In reply to a remark of Mr. A gar , hi s Lordship observedi that could move till all the leading counsel had finished. That rule was altered : yet every one had since complained. Mr. AGAR remarked; that in former times, the fees given to counsel were more considerable than at present. The LORD CHANCELLOR could not say whether that RA3 or was not the fact ; he did not know. what the profits of coun sel were : but he knew that counsel now took fees with both hands. IVlr. AGAR referred to the practice of the Court of Chancery in the time of Lord Loughborough. The LORD CHAxcruxu (with emphasia.)—Tily Lcr PRIC F, SENTENPENCiZ . . r Loughborough entered the Gourt at,half-psst 11, and was Avec; seen in it rifler three o'clock. Mr. AGAR then entered into a long detail, reSpectl4 t!?ehtri. and the solicitors,' at the period when the Vice t Cb*r ce ripr o Court was estOlished. lie dwelt with great warmth iipon the. Insult offered to the bar - by the associ a ti on o f so li c i t o rs : ternineil to give no brief to those counsel who practised in WWI Courts. The learned gentleman declared that the bar qugbt, to be independent.:;" 1,•.• said he, with energy. " will be, so a: long as I live, and . will OE be told by Rny one where • I shall practise." The LORD CftANCELLOR—When the solicitors came to me, I told them I would have nothing to do with the 'matter. Mr. AGAR.—The association reported to me Conversati,n,3 and sentiments alleged to have been had with, and to have pro 'ceeded from, your,Lordship. The Loftn CHANcr.Lon thought the absence of counsel Sometimes arose front the neglect of . solicitors, and that it would .perhaps be desirable to recur to the old practice, which forbade any-motion being heard unless the solicitor. (riot his clerk) at tended. The business was formerly managed by the 60 - clerks. in Court. Mr. AGAR dwelt upon . the obeious hardship of the delay. of 14 months in this suit. • The Lorin CIIANCF.LLOR.—That must be - the case in some motions. I have occasionally dispo4ed of appeals and motions at once, 'which my predecessors would never do. I believe that much good has been done to. particular suitors bY - those short disposals of cases ; this course teas pressed upon me by the very persons who now coniplain. Mr: AGA.It observed, that the time of this Court was now almost absorbed by appeals and injunctions.. He referred to the number of appeals from the Vice-Chaneellor'S Court, to which his Lordship:had reversed, his Honour's decision. 'The Loan CuAticrr.r.on,-And a great . many have been confirmed. Perhips it would have heen precisely the same had - I been Vice-Chancellor, and the present Vice-Chancellor had been Chancellor. Mr. AGAR then proceeded to explain the reason why Counsel :were unavoidably absent from this Court. TheY'were not always aware of the state of business in it, and were.engaged in the ad. joining Court. The LOitEl CRANCELLOR.—There must he a great de mand for eloquence in the other • Courts; for sometimes when six Counsel are on one side, not one of the six is present in this Court. Mr. AGAR ascribed this to the irregularities introduced through taking motions out of caurse at the request of Counsel. The LORD CHANCELLOR.-Fop are as great an offender .this way as any one. I now wish to.say, good hurnouredlY, Mr. Agar, that when you ask again for precedence with respect to a motion on the ground of urgency, I shall assume that you - make this request with full consideration of .what is your d u ty towards all your other clients. This adnuinition which I give you,' I wish to be understood as applicable to the whole bar ; and when, Mr. Agar, I do not hold yon to it, then .blame me.— • I am sure of this, that it' you are not the first among the breakers. of the rules, you are in the very first rank. Mr. AGAR thought his Learned Friends 'on each side of hint (Messrs. Hart and Heald) were as great offenders as be : they would probably be willing to acknowledge it. Mr. lIART, upon this, rose and begged that his Learned ' Friend, Mr. Agar, would not endeavour to expoSe the rest of the bar ;he might.expose himself as much as he pleased. • • The conversation now closed for the present, after the Loan . • 'CHANCELLOR had repeated his admonittbri. - -- Mr. AuAn then proceeded to support the petition, and•was followed by Mr. KNIGHT. - Mr. HEALD appeared for Mr. Tilliard, the :solicitor, hill was sought to be taxed, and who was made the stalkin horse for the purpose of introdUcing the extraordinary prayer of the petition. The object of Mr. Tilliard was to delenif his character, not his r altry.billb f : costs. The Learned' CouLsel considered the subject of the petition in two points of view— as it regarded Mr. Tilliard, whose character was perfectly ho nourable, and/as respected a new rule fOr the relief of suitors: He observed that in this case he had felt it his duty. to express some severe refieetionlupon the conduct of Mr. Hurd in de-. fending such a suit as this. Though defeated every where;•lie persevered; and delayed the payment of the money, occasionin,_.: . every possible expence to Mr. Tilliard, whose sole anxiety„ displayed in even a nervous manner, was to end the :Alit ; and. now he brought him and hiS bill before the Court. Mr. then adverted in very strong terms to the behaviour of Messr , . Hurd and - Johnson; -observing, that were he disposed to excl.- • cisethat privilege whiCh helonged to Counsel properly, if pro., perly excercised, of animadverting upon the conduct of panic:, he never knew a similar case which lay more open to the Iv!: of this Court. The Learned Gentleman then considered tie' subject in tbe other point of view ; in the course of which i:e , expressetthisastonishment at what had•Cllen from his Lordsini, respecting Counsel taking fees with both hands. He knew not the practice of Counsel in former days,' but such was not the: conduct at present. • The LORD CHANCELLOR.—Are you not putting a seceie.. and improper interpretation upon that expression ? Mr. HEALD.-4 cannot be severe; it is not in My composi..* - atm : as to the propriety of the interpretation, it is for your •-,'• - Lordship to decide. I own 1 felt the remark strongly. '• The LORD CHANCELLOR observed, that Mr. Heald had not heard the whole of the conversation in which the rt•irme: • was made. - • Mr. H EALD then proce e d e d t o v i n di cate t h e c h aracter el the Chancery bar • in a tone of indignant e lo quence h e re f e rred... to the separation between the two bars, which produced a -cer tain feeling on the part of the common l aw y ers. But altliong, • they (the Chancery barristers) did not write pamptifeis anti' letters against, them, they would not be dictated to by bar in the Courts of Law. As to any alteration of• the rules-os• this Court, he conceived that the public interests were be:te . r .• served under the pr e S en t ru l es , t h an t h ey cou ld perhaps 1-)e. under any other, though some inconveniences might occasion- - ally be sustained thereby. Mr. A GAR, in the course of his reply, : observed that the,a:- teration of the rate of costs had, he was informed, received his Lordship's concurrence. ' The LORD CIIANCELLOR.—Mr. Agar, I authenize you to say, that this statement is grossly false. So far from concur ring, those who made the alteration complained because I with held my assent. Upon Mr. AGAR observing that he was not anxious to insist • upon a solicitor's always attending himself, ' ' His Lordship said, that in the Master's office when delay occurred, the Master w as genera ll y c h arge d with it ; but lie said, in. reply, titat he was often attended by persons from whom it was utterly impossible to obtain , the least infer mation. When Mr. AGAR urged that part of the petition which pr:ayed an alteration of the rule, Hts LonDsulP asked the Learned Gentleman if he c•ould propose any alteration ? Mr.,Act.p. shook his head. • The LORD CHANCELLOR—I make this inquiry really with a view of gaining information ; but -it appears that the hardship of a rule can be' easily discovered, but the roost 'experienced - Counsel cannot devise a remedy. ! • Mr. AGAR reverted to the mischiefs resulting from prefer ence given to motions. It poor man's cause was quite as itn portant to him as that ()Tan opulent person. Re -- remarked that Lord Ormond's ease • had been carried through all : the COurtso and , decided in the Hpuse of Lords, in the short space of dike months. The LORD CHANCELLOR (with visible emotion)—ls not .this an unfair comparison ? Is it fair that Lord Ormond's case, .. which turned upon a short point, should thtis be contrasted with a poor man's case? Give me an'initanc e w h ere i n I h ave ev e r preferred a rich man's to a poor.man's cause. Throughout the• whole of to judicial life it has been my great anxiety to watch over.the poor suitor's haterests ; and; God be thanked, I have always done it, After Mr. AG an had concluded his reply, ,h is • LORDSII Ir. after a few re mar k s on t h e case, state d , ' that •he would , see the lasei on • Friday morning, and obtain t h e necessary information" &Vibe subject of the various items in the bill of costs. As to te other prayer of the petition, his Lordship did not think' eeleactly proper, as it did not fall within his province'to do Merit Jthan• provide:for the,butiness before the long vacation. A Cognxission was now sitting, and if a regulation extended further, it would interfere, perhaps, 'with its functions. Ilis Lordshiti r ibeelnentioned the, names of several past Chancellors, most of whom he knew intimatelt ; • -they had not beeninattentive to improye r prAts in the'prctice of the Court; but either from not thorouglilkunderitanding..the subject (which might easilyhaPpen), or,thkungh-want:otlei -sure,they could derive no sa l utary regulation. s"Vhave,".said.. his Loidship, " seen suggestions:Ny : l,4h a f fe,iitieful;.,but ' laying down any. permanent r u l e , ..1,61.41 leave it lo,t hose who know the subject b e tt er t h an the Chancelloi,' and-'shall think I do enough if adopt a salutary rule for'the.present•conduct of business."