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THE WARRIOR'S ADIEU, BY THOMAS BLAKE, ESQ. ADIEU to the valley, the home of my childhool, Farewell to the cottage, the river, the glen ; Sweets scenes where I wandered from boyhood to manhood, Farewell, oh, farewell, we may ne'er meet again. Yet, when I'm alone in the land of the stranger, I'll think upon thee, oh loved home of my heart ; And when battle surrounds every footstep with danger, Fond memory shall ne'er from thy presence depart. Hark ! the roll of the drum on the soft air now soundeth, And calls me away from the land of the free ; Its soul-stirring sound every heart-pulse reboundeth. Adieu, if for ever, farewell home to thee. REVIEWS OF BOOKS. Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addi son ; with Notes by Richard Hard, D.D. London : Henry G. Bohn. The third volume of this valuable edition of Ad dison's works, with notes, explanatory and critical, by the Lord Bishop of Worcester, has just been published by Mr. Bohn, as one of his series of the British Classics. This volume contains Addison's celebrated critical essays on " Milton's Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained," which, at the time of their publication, did much to place their author at the head of the literary critics of his time, and were mainly instrumental in directing popular favour towards these noble epics. Like its prede cessor, this portion of the series is carefully anno tated, correctly printed, and very beautifully as well as very cheaply issued. The Lift and Adventures of Dick Dhniny. By E. J. Collins. London : Collins and Ponsford. In this fictitious narrative the author, avoiding any attempt at what is generally denominated fine writing, has endeavoured to make his pictures use ful from their truthfulness, and disclaims any in tention of painting individual portraits, his object being, as he himself says it is, to represent a class, haply not very numerous, still existing in sufficient numbers to render their "sayings and doings" matters of some moment to parties who do not belong to it, and who in point of fact have no im mediate connexion with it. The book is devoted to an exposition of certain forms of manoeuvre not unfrequently brought into play by " gentlemen" who are understood as par excelleace the patrons of the truly English sport of horse-racing. Some of the tricks and devices resorted to by the sharps, if not the " sharpers," of various grades of " turf men" are happily displayed ; whether the display may act beneficially on the simpletons it is no easy matter to determine ; but the scenes here given are rendered in forcible, if not always in glowing colours. The Museum of Science and Art. Edited by Dr. Lardner. London : Walton and .Maberly. The second volume of this scientific repertory is now published, and furnishes us, among other matters, with interesting notanda relative to "Cometary Influences," and a very interesting ac count of the "Potter's Art," including a brief glance at its practice from the earliest ages, and a rapid, though intelligible, review of its progress down to the present time. Among the subjects treated of as " common things" in this publication will be found useful hints on ventilation, and other subjects connected with domestic and general com forts. This work is very tastefully got up, and it is published at a rate so cheap as to bring it within reach of all classes. Orr' s Circle of the Sciences, London and Liver- pool : W. S. Orr. This capital scientific series has reached its fifth monthly part, and continues to be conducted with undiminished tact and beauty. The present part 4 contains an excellent chapter on the varieties of the human species, and a continuation of physical geography and geology ; the strictly scientific part being devoted to an exposition of the elements of algebra. This part, like its predecessors, is copiously illustrated by well-executed engravings. Blackwoods' Magazine. Edinburgh : Blackwoods. It would seem that our old friend Ebony is content with the large share of attention which he had previously given to the war with Russia, for this month there is no allusion to it, nor, indeed, to any strictly political subject. The number opens with a notice of "Henry lviorley's recently-published biography of Dr. Jerome Cardan, but it is rather descriptive than critical. The suc ceeding article, entitled " Young Bengal," is a review of an interesting work by Shoshee Chunder Dutt, a native Hindoo, and contains some valuable information on Indian affairs. The publication of Miss Mitford's new work, " Atherton," has given occasion for a glowing eulogy on this attractive writer, who, in her own peculiar walk, is without a rival. " A Letter from Madrid " has been evi dently written by a keen observer, and he is un sparing in his exposure of the infamous conduct of the Queen. We extract the following graphic description of A SPA.NISIT OENTLEMAN. Observe yonder stately gentleman, rolling by in a well appointed carriage with coroneted panels. He is still a young man, and, but a few years ago, was an unknown clerk in a private office, poor, and not of very good repute. Gifted with audacity, and with that slippery, unscrupulous, sleight-of-hand cleverness which in Spain is often a pass port to power, although in other countries it would lead a man at most to that sort of distinction attained by Bar rington, the pickpocket, or Robin, the conjuror, he has ascended in the social scale by huge leaps, passing over the heads of hundreds of better men than himself. He is now titled and a millionaire, his breast is covered with stars and decorations, and he is the councillor nearest to his sovereign. It is certainly not out of a Spanish minister's salary that he has economised, during the short time that he has received it, the princely fortune he is well known to possess. Your simplicity will excite un bounded astonishment _in any Spaniard of whom you inquire how this fortunate adventurer accumulated his wealth. If ministers of state are not to make their for tunes, who, in the names of Mercury and Plutus, are so to do ? It seems considered here that a statesman's para mount and first duty (to himself), when he is so lucky as to attain office, is to get rich. And it may truly be said that it is a duty to which few are here remiss. He says there are 103 ex-ministers at present in Spain all receiving pensions, including the members of one Cabinet which held office only twenty-four hours. These pensions are paid with the strictest regularity, those who have charge of the purse not knowing how soon they may be in the condition of the recipients. After a poem entitled " The Villa," which occupies no less than twelve pages, we have some interesting statistical information on " The recent growth of the United States of America," showing by facts and figures the immensely rapid strides which our Transatlantic brethren have made within the last few years in the increase of material wealth and commercial resources. One of the entertaining features of this number is the com mencement of a new story, entitled " The Secret of Stoke-Manor : a Family History," which is ushered into notice with a mysterious introduction, des criptive of a journey on the Great Western Rail way. We give the following extract, containing some shrewd observations on RAILWAY TRAVELLING. Comfortable ! Why, the innocent content of; our ancestors seems to me a thousand times more comfortable! Their day's journey went quicker, I fancy, than two hours with us ; and it was full of freshness, circumstance, and difficulty—from pleasant intercourse to active adventure —when the sun still went round the earth, and the night could come on huge to belate them, with all her old sha dows and inscrutable stars—till the moon rose on their road as they sought it, their weapons glimmered by, and they gained their hostelry at last. There was then a glow in the wood-fire that is not now in rubies—a flavour in the ale-horn that Burgundy might envy—a force in human speech, a worth in looks and acts, a strain of fine accident, and a spontaneous sagacity, which I would give all our civilisatio n t o k now ! * * * The time of the mail-coach made the road romance, till an outside seat had a charm perfectly inexpressibl e ; the guard's bugle had an exq uisite music in it, to every sport-loving association of an Englishman—his fondness for horses, air, good cheer, his very love of nature —that was the perfection of arrangement and equipment. You then found, indeed, "warmest welcome in an inn ;" the turf was in its y our its heighto fp op ulari ty , glory,. the club at when politics were in every mouth, commerce flourish ing , war at an end, above want. and travelling the ambition of all who were Suddenly the entire system s h ook , exploded, e and was gone for ever ! There is neither amusement,distinction,__ . refresh ment, nor any association dear to thebiantunkcsyjninufe. rai l way To travelling ; it is the very weariest o f a . ll talk of romance in connexion with it is a . piece of desperate cant, save as in whatever the human mind has . to_do w . The heart and imagination will find occasional coinci dences ; but they are rare exceptions, to*whlch.t,his we may d leveller is a relentless enemy. * " e . look on the effect of it all as moral. We shall like t ra v elling __ the less, though perhaps urged to it o ft ene r. One will.not so live to travel as travel to live. Business, recreation, and repose—the three great necessities of an Englishman —balance themselves better through these facilities, although the means may seem to grow monotonous. He works more, more thoroughly feels the depth of what nature is left in him, and, above all, begins to value the true worth of home. Really, we may talk of the serious ness of a journey to our forefathers—for the time, the money, the inconvenience, and the hazard it cost them — but a modern journey is immensely graver, frequent as we make it, little as we need spend on it, and with every result of science pressed into its service. Why, the emptiest man has to look, to think, to speak, to exclude the dread f 4 yacancx somehow,--neither winking, smoking, or occupying the box-seat with idiotic stable-talk to the tolerating coachman, depraved winks of familiarity to every young woman by the road, supercilious airs to all beside, and his sole thought of the future, that of dining in the afternoon. Even he must be aware, however vaguely, that of all modes of locomotion, the railway is the dullest. The last railway accident, and his own insurance-ticket for a thousand pounds, show that it is at present by far the most perilous. Make its system as perfect as you please, one touch may shoot you in a moment beyond the stars into eternity. The neglect of a single man, his folly, or one glass too much. Nay, what were Dick Turpin on Black Bess, pistol in hand, to the blind malice of the dullest clodpole with a stone, or the merest pebble from a foolish urchin at sport ! The conducing articles are a crushing rebuke of the self-sufficient 'presumption of Mr. Ruskin, in which the writer defends the architectural beauty of the modern Athens, and a protest against the attempt of Mr. Gladstone, in the Oxford University Reform Bill, to deprive Glasgow Univer sity of certain exhibitions. Kidd's Own Journal. London : Groombridge. The present number of this entertaining periodi cal contains numerous interesting articles in that particular department of literature to which it is devoted. We may call attention to an article on the common house-fly, which is just at this season calling attention to itself, and to some remarks on the cruelty practised by what are called " Fly papers." Chambers' Journal. London : Chambers The monthly part, just issued, contains four more chapters of " Wearyfoot Common," by Leitch Ritchie, which is really an interesting story, and two more chapters of " Things as they are in America," in which the narrative is brought down to the visit to New York. There are also several entertaining minor articles, including a description of the glories of the Crystal Palace at Sydenham. The Ulster Journal of Archceology. Belfast. This periodical has now reached its sixth quar terly number. The contributions to the present are of great interest, and sustain the high cha racter which this journal has maintained since its commencement. The first paper is " Captain Bodley's Visit to Lecale in A.D. 1602-3," written in Latin, and in many parts with much humour. It gives a lively picture of Ulster in those days. A translation is given in a parallel column, and explanatory notes appended. The next paper is entitled " Results of Excavations in Sepulchral Cairns in the North of Scotland," and is illus trated by sections of the cairns and of objects discovered in them. The third paper, " Relics of Antiquity at Youghal," is beautifully illustrated by obverse and reverse engravings of a pectoral crucifix the size of the original, and by three engravings of the Madonna shrine and image. Besides others, the volume includes also an interest ing paper on " Rustic Proverbs current in Ulster," . and concludes with a " Biographical Notice of George Walker, Governor of Derry during the Siege." NEW MUSIC. The Warrior's Adieu. London : Jullien. Amidst the many new songs which are con stantly being presented to popular notice, it is often difficult to point out any peculiar features which distinguish one from the other. This is not, however, the, case with the one before us, which for the sweetness of its plaintive melody commends itself at once to all who can appreciate a truly English song, and will prove a long and lasting favourite, inasmuch as it is not indebted for its charm to the skill of the singer. The words, s:hich are by Thomas Blake, Esq., a liberal patron of the divine art, we have given in our poet's cor ner, and the music by Iguace Gibsone, who has here shown himself to possess that true genius without which no composer can be really success ful. It is a song which may be easily learned, and few will tire of hearing it often repeated. OPENING OF THE CRYSTAL PALACE, AT SYDENHAM. ON SaturdaylHer Majesty the Queen opened the Crystal Palace. The ceremony was witnessed by the Prince Con sort and the Royal Family, by the King of Portugal, and his Royal brother, the Duke of Oporto, by the Foreign Ministers, the leading members of the Administration, a large number of Peers and members of the House of Com mons, and by an assemblage of about 40,000 spectators. In attempting to describe the extraordinary scene, a writer in The Times says :—lmagine, now, the building ready for the reception of visitors, the arrangements all made, and the time come for their advent ; picture to your self the great area of the centre transept and the long sweep of the gigantic nave covered with a mass of red colour which flings up in every direction the lofty and semicircular roof, adding immensely to its aerial and stu pendous effects. And, now, mounting to the top gallery, 105 feet from the floor, where human beings move about like Lilliputians, step out upon the leads adjoining it, and, if you have the nerve, watch the streams of spectators flowing by different routes from the hazy girdle of the great metropolis to their future Palace. A more wonder ful prospect can hardly be imagined. As the day advances, the long line of carriages grows more continuous; where ever roads converge, policemen, mounted and on foot, re gulate the order of precedence and prevent confusion. Under your feet, at the west front, thousands of onlookers are watching the company as they arrive, cheering the Turkish Minister and the members of the French Imperial Commission, and enjoying their own discomfiture when, at a distance, the Lord Mayor's carriage is mistaken for that of the Queen. On the east side of the building, with many a puff of white steam and many a sob from the loco motive, long trains are bearing passengers from the Lon don-bridge terminus along the new line to the south wing of the Palace. Making fair allowance for the occasion, admirable order prevails. The pleasant valley of Lower Norwood and Dulwich bustles with animation as it never did before. Even to the providing of stables for the im mense number of horses, the wants of the public have been anticipated ; and we may mention here, parentheti cally, that the Queen's grooms were much astonished to find 50 stalls let to them by the Company for the day at ls. 6d. each. It was remarked, as a curious feature of the scene out of doors, that the humbler classes had assembled on the line of the different roads to Sydenham, as is their wont on the Derby day. Soon after one o'clock the majority of the visitors had assembled, and the vast interior of the building presented a sublime spectacle. The area of the centre transept, filled with a grand representation of English society, and having the throne in the midst, was in itself a remarkable sight. On the north side the semicircular orchestra swarmed with the celebrities of our musical world—the instrumental performers below, the vocalists, with old Lablache in front, on the upper benches, a military band on the crest of this harmonious " mountain," and below, Costa, with Miss Clara Novello by his side. The members of the Corps Diplomatique, in their official costume, ga thered on the right of the throne, while beside them our own and foreign commissioners, executive committeemen, and others prominently connected with industrial exhibi tions, recalled by many a well-known face the pleasing souvenirs of 1851. On the left of the throne were the great Ministers of State and the Head of the Church in his robes, attended by his chaplain, ready to invoke the blessing of Heaven upon the undertaking. In front were the directors and chief officers of the undertaking, in court dresses, which appeared to add more to the gaiety of the spectacle than to the comfort of their wearers,—others had made themselves formidable in the uniform of deputy lieutenants, or learned, in the doctor's cap and gown, or diplomatic, in the costume of the civil service. Close to the directors and heads of departments who bustled about in the open space before the throne were seated in civic pomp the Lord Mayor of London, with his brother of Dublin on his right hand, and his brother of York, accord ing to the due order of municipal etiquette, on his left. The aldermen and sheriffs, and the mayors of a large number of our leading corporate towns, were grouped at the same point. Even the remote borough of Tain had sent its chief magistrate, a portly representative of local self-govern ment, to do honour to the occasion. The ground floor of the great transcept on the south side was filled with the friends of the directors, with the shareholders and their families. and with the members of the chief learned societies and their friends. There were, also, at either corner leading to the nave, special reserved 'seats for dis tinguished individuals, and among these some of the Eastern princes at present visiting this country were, with their attendants, picturesquely included. They wore mag nificent Oriental costumes and were the objects of much attraction, but none of them ventured upon the bold coup de theatre of the Chinaman at the Great Exhibition, who, being looked upon at the moment as at the least a special commissioner from the Celestial Empime, edified and amused every one present by the style in which he made his obeisance to the Queen. The lower galleries of the great transept, on the south side, were occupied by the members of the Legislature and their families, the House of Commons being on the left, and the House of Lords on the right. Small galleries were also reserved for the friends of the contractors and officers. The rest of the available space was left freely open to season-ticket holders, ith the exception, that ladies had the front seats ; thus serving as a gay verge and binding to the crowds that had established themselves along the intended line of the pro cession. The leading impression produced upon the minds of the spectators as they waited patiently for the arrival of H er M a j es t y was th e e ff ec t o f th e b u ildi ng . Undoubtedly, it is the paramount feature of the company's undertaking. Except, perhaps, the Britannia tubular bsunbdlimgeet an her i e de is a n of ot w h h in a g t w in e teanhis accomplish.lcht is co , n w v i e t y h s i s ta o wings includell, 3,476 feet in length, or about three-quar ters of a mile f rom end to end, being thus 1,628 feet longer than the o ld Palace in Hyde Park. Its cubic ca pacity is greater than that of its original by one-half. It has a superficial area on the ground floor and galleries of 843,65 6 feet. The Monument, placed under the superb recessed arch of the grand transept, would not reach within two yards of its summit ; the glass acres of ground, and ther o roof f panes sld which h er gi t v w e en t t h y e .frte,ntire stru c t ure it s crys t a l e title would, if placed end to end, extend 242 miles. If you were to stretch out in the same way the light columns which lift the ethereal fabric to the sky, they would measure more than 16 miles. The type of a new order of architecture, in which strength and lightness are wonder fully combined with mathematical regularity of proper- Yitro9ll4 side tyallAre only 1-13th Q an inch thick. The pillars, which look so frail and are so strong, are hollow like the bones of a bird, and few of the thousands who traversed the floor on Saturday were aware that beneath their feet lay 50 miles of piping, ramified like an arterial system, to feed with vital heat the vegeta tion around them. In constructing this marvellous palace Mr. Henderson and Mr. Cochrane had many diffi culties to contend against, which it is only fair in the hour of their triumph to record. Among these may be mentioned most unfavourable weather—the engineer of the company absent from ill health—the site inconvenient of access and exposed to high winds all presenting serious obstacles to progress. There are also to be borne in mind the unequal character of the foundations—the perplexities of adapting the parts of an old design to those of a new one—and the increased magnitude of the palace, with its three transepts and arched nave. Taking all these drawbacks into account, and remembering that the work has been accomplished in 20 months, Mr. Henderson and Mr. Cochrane may well be proud of their building. One very serious accident marked the course of its con struction, and we allude to it because it is well to remem ber reverses in the day of success. On the spot above which the Queen proclaimed the palace open, 12 or 13 workmen, precipitated from a great height by a defective scaffolding, lost their lives. Punctually, as usual, Her Majesty arrived at three o'clock. She was received at a private entrance prepared for her on the right of the grand trancept by the directors of the company. Within, the cheers of the multitude outside proclaimed the fact, and at once there was a move ment of heightened interest throughout the building. A short time previously the police had quietly made all the arrangements for giving full effect to the procession by clearing the broad avenue of the nave. When, therefore, preceded by the directors and secretary of the company, and more especially ushered in by Mr. Laing and Sir Joseph Paxton, the royal party appeared in the grand trancept,the whole assemblage, rising to welcome them, thundered forth its cheers with electrical effect. They proceeded at once to the raised dais, where the Queen took up her position, with the King of Portugal and his Royal Highness the Duke of Oporto, the Duchess of Kent, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice on her right, and with his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Duchess of Cambridge, and the Princess Mary of Cambridge on her left. Behind stood the Duchess of Sutherland, the Duke of Wellington, the Earl of Bredalbane, the Marquis of Abercorn, the ladies in waiting, household officers, equerries, and other person ages usually upon such occasions in attendance upon royalty. They all appeared in full dress except Her Ma jesty and the royal children, who wore morning costume. Scarcely had the illustrious party taken their places, and the cheers with which their arrival was wel comed subsided, when the music of the National Anthem was rolling in rich volumes of sound over the length and breadth of the Palace. The solo parts were sung by Clara Novell°. with most thrilling effect, while the reverberation of a Royal salute fired from the park served to mark with an additional grandeur the powers of the great orchestra and chorus. Never, perhaps, was this noble anthem heard with more overwhelming effect. Many shed tears, many more found it difficult to restrain them, but one result was even more remarkable. There is a rule that under no circum stances shall a policeman uncover while on duty. The strains of the .National Anthem, however, were too much for them on Saturday. One letter communicated the contagious influence to another, until a large• proportion owned the power of present Royalty by taking - off their hats. While in this state an awful glance :frour Captain La Balmondiere reminded them of their breach of dis cipline, and the head-pieces were at once resumed . ; but it shows the effect of the music, and was nearly as• great a compliment to Mr. Costa and Miss Novello as the conde scending recognition which the former subsequently re ceived from the Queen. When the performance of the National Anthem had terminated Mr. Laing came- for ward, and, having ascended the steps of the dais, though still " standing afar off," read to Her Majesty an address describing the chief object of the undertaking. To this address, which Mr. Laing presented to Her Majesty, the Queen made the following most gracious reply : " I receive with much pleasure the loyal and dutiful address which you have presented to me upon the present occasion:- " It is a source of the highest gratification to myself and to the Prince, my Consort, to find that the Great Exhibition of 1851, which was so happily inaugurated under our auspices,' suggested the idea of this magnificent undertaking,which has produced so noble a monument of. the genius, science, and enterprise of my subjects. " It is my earnest wish and hope-that the bright anticipa tions which have been formed-as to its future destiny may, under the blessing of Divine Providence, be completely rea lized ; and that this wonderful structure, and the treasures of art and knowledge which it contains, may long continue to elevate and instruct, as well as to delight and amuse, the minds of all classes of my people." Mr. Fuller, as managing director, then had the honour of presenting to Her Majesty a fine series of medals struck by Messrs. T. R. Pinches and Co., to-commemorate the opening. Mr. Laing again addressed Her Majesty, and said— " May it please your Majesty,—Sir Joseph Paxton, to whose genius we are indebted for the design of the palace,. park, and, waterworks, will now, with - your Majesty's per mission, have the honour of presenting- the General Hand- Book, descriptive of this undertaking,an undertaking which owes its existence in so great a degree to the unparalleled zeal and ability with which lie has superintended its progress." When Sir Joseph, who was loudly, cheered by the assem blage, and favoured with a most gracious recognition from the Queen, had presented his Hand-Book, the Chairman pre sented, in turn, the other heads of departments, who presented their respective Hand-Books to Her Majesty. While this part of the ceremony was in progress, the vast assemblage- amused themselves by watching the manner in, which the blushing authors of the handbooks went through. the difficult process of retiring from the royal presence down two flights-of steps without turning their backs. Sir Joseph . Paxton, in designing the dais, had probably not foreseen the formidable obstacle he was raising in. the path of loyal gen tlemen unaccustomed to perform such couttly evolutions with small swords slung by their sides, or perhaps he in tended it as likely to afford some practical fun by way of set-off to the chairman's speeches, which, however well ex pressed and just, nobody could hears. Happily all came down safely, though two or three had very narrow escapes, and one distinct case of stumbling was followed by a preci pitate and unceremonious retreat, much to the amusement of the spectators. The moment had now arrived for the procession round the building, and it was duly marshallediin the followinz order : Superintendents of Works and Principal Employes. Contractors. Architects of Industrial Courts. Principal Officers and Heads-of Departments. Directors. _ . Sir J. Paxton. Mr. Laing. THE QUERY. His Royal Highness Prince ALBERT. The King of PORTUGAL. The Royal Family, his Royal Highness the Duke of Oroamo, and their respective suites. The Archbishop of Canterbury. The Cabinet Ministers. The Foreign Ambassadors and the Foreign Ministers. Departing down the south nave, the procession moved awakening everywhere the most deafening symptoms of en thusiasm.. Except where placed in marble vases, on the ponds slowly round the great central transept, the north nave within, or in the terraces and ground plots outside, little could be seen by the procession.of the flower show with which Paxton had brightened up the palace and park in special honour of the day and of royalty. There was a want of water also to play the fountains. But it is not given to any human enterprise to be complete all at once, and in their tour round the building the illustrious visitors must have seen more than enough to satisfy them with what has been,accom plished in the meantime. Their return to the grand transept was welcomed by its favoured occupants with loud acclama tions, which the musicians,.waving aloft their books, swelled into a perfect paean. Then the 100th Psalm was performed, that simple but sublime exar.ple of sacred musicOmpressive and touching alike, wherever it is heard—in the obscure village church or in the stately cathedral, or even, , as on this occasion, in a building the nave and transeptl which arenot the only appeal& to the devotional element of man's nature. At the close of the psalm his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, standing forward on the left of the throne, offered up the following prayer : " Almighty and everlasting God ! who dost govern all things both in heaven and earth, incline Thine ear, we entreat Thee, to Thy people, which call upon Thee, and graciously receive our prayers. Without Thee nothing is strong, nothing is holy. • Except the Lord build the house, their labour is but lost who build it.' And now we entreat Thee to bless the work which we have accomplished in this place, and to render it the means of promoting Thy glory. May those who admire the wonders of nature which are here displayed be taught to perceive in those the vigour of that creative wisdom by which all things fulfil the purposes which they are designed to serve ; enable those who supply the wonders of art and industry which surround them to remember that it is by Thee that knowledge is increased, and science made to minister to the benefit and comfort of mankind ; for the spirit of man is from Thee, and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth him understanding; therefore, Not unto us, 0 Lord, not unto. us, but unto Thy name be all the praise.' While we contemplate the remains of former ages and the monuments of ancient greatness, enable us to profit by the examples they afford of the instability of earthly things, and ever to bear in mind that according to Thy providence nations flourish or decay ; tbat Thou bast but to give the word, and the richest may become poor, and the proudest be levelled into dust. Therefore, 0 Lord, we entreat Thee so to regulate the thoughts of our hearts, that they may not be lifted up, that we forget the Lord our God, as if our power or themight of our hands had got ten us this wealth. It cometh of Thine hand, and is all Thine own ; both riches and honour come of Thee; and Thou reignest over all, and in Thy hand it is to make great and to give strength unto all. Now, therefore, 0 Lord, !we thank Thee, and praise Thy . glorious name, and beseech Thee to grant that the many blessings vouchsafed to our nation may dispose our hearts to serve Thee more faithfully, and in all that we under• take to seek Thy honour and glory. Above all, teach us so to use the earthly blessings Thou givest us richly to enjoy that they may not withdraw our affections from those heavenly things that Thou halt prepared for those that love and serve Thee, through the merits and mediation of Thy Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, in whose prevailing name and words we fur ther call on Thee." The Archbishop concluded with the Lord's Prayer, The orchestra then performed the Hallelujah Chorus with immense effect, and when its triumphant music had ceased, Her Majesty, through her Lord Chamberlain, the Marquis of Breadalbane, declared the Crystal Palace open. Once more the notes of the National Anthem swelled through the building, and then the Queen retired, followed by the cheers of thousands of her subjects. The barriers which bad kept the nave and transept clear having been thrown open, the public were allowed to circulate freely throughout the palace and park,. and of this privilege a large proportion of those present availed themselves, for it was late and evening was closing in before all had departed. TnE CANADA, Capt. St one, sailed for Halifax and Bostcn about ten o'clock on Saturday, with 160 passen gers and a full cargo ; the Atlantic, Capt. West, will sail about one o'clock to-morrow for New York. ALLEGED CELTELTY TO A DOG.—At the Police-court, on Thursday, Patrick Downes was charged with cruelty to a dog. It appeared from the evidence, that a day or two previous the prisoner seized the dog, and, lifting it up . by the hind legs, dashed its brains out by striking it against the ground. For the defence it was contended that so killing the dog was not an offence under the Act for the Suppression of Cruelty to Animals. In this view the magistrate concurred, and Downes was discharged. THE STEAMER, CLEOPATEA. — The State of Maine, a daily paper published at Portland, says :—" The editor of the Montreal Gazette, who never loses an opportunity of saying the ugliest things possible of Lord Elgin, the pre sent ministry of Canada, and the Canadian Steam Navi gation Company, takes occasion to say a good word for the Cleopatra, after having visited her on Friday last. He now asserts that she is a very fine vessel, with excel lent accommodation ; the second cabin and the state rooms are equal to those of most of the river boats, while the first cabin is superior to that of the Cunard steamers. The third cabin is a large and airy room, with apparently sufficient means of ventilation. The saloon is very beauti fully fitted up ; and altogether the ship seems to be any thing but an uncomfortable place to spend a fortnight in. He found Captain Salt a very agreeable man, and very 1 courteous to a throng of visitors. As the Gazette has been the channel of all the fault finding in regard to the steamers, this At.114.1§i94 lia§ additional forc9 And Take." PROPOSED CHURCH FOR DAILY PRAYERS, &c. TO THE EDITOR OP THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SlR,—Allow me to suggest to the Subscribers to the fund for erecting in Liverpool a Church for the cele bration of the daily and all other offices of the Church of England, without omission or curtailment—at least to those who can afford, by God's blessing, to do so—that they can in no way better secure the success of the object they have in view, than by at once undertaking to double their subscriptions, in the event of the scheme being at once proceeded with, while the present most eligible site for the building is open to us. lam under the impression that if the church be built and provided with the neces sary endowments, that, after due notice, the Bishop will be under the necessity of consecrating it. If this be the case (which, perhaps, some of your correspondents will inform me), the only real obstacle that I can see in the way is the want of adequate funds ; this would be ob viated, if my proposal were acted upon. After what has taken place, to which it is unnecessary for me more particularly to allude, I think it a duty in cumbent upon all who take an interest in the - romo Lion of sound church principles in this locality, to eiert t hem selves to the utmost to secure the erection of the pro posed church. I shall be most happy to do what I have proposed to others, and sincerely hope the proposal may be acceptable to the subscribers in general. I am, Sir, yours respect fully, A SUBSCRIBER TO TILE BUILDING FUND. P. S. Might and ought not the " Working Men's Church Association" to assist in promoting the erection of this church ? which, in addition to its many other claims upon their sympathy and support, is to be "entirely free to the poor for ever !" Liverpool, 9th June, 18:54. PROPOSED FREECHURCH IN TOXTRTH-PARK. TO THE EDITOR OP TUE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR,—It is with extreme reluctance that I obtrude myself again upon public notice. I had hoped that my first would have been my last letter on this subject. But, with your kind permission, I will occupy a small space the columns of your next publication. Mr. Wray and his friends propose to erect a church almost on the boundary line of my district, and with a radius of a quarter of a mile to strike a circle enclosing, as they say, 20,000 persons, and yet Mr. W., on behalf of himself and friends, "disclaims any intention to interfere with St. James' district," although they make this vast population the plea for the whole plan. It is quite true that the statement of numbers is very grossly exag gerated ; but, under any circumstances-, the district they seek to form- must derive its present population chiefly from St. James. I cannot, therefore, actinit the disclaimer of interference and discourtesy. Mr. Wray proceeds to say, We are contending for a great principle." Connecting this admission with what he states in the last paragraph of his letter,.l fear thereis more to be dreaded in this intrusion than at first appeared— " We cannot help taking a very different view of the religion of the- Church of England from that which is current in this- town." This is an important admission. I had thought we had been contending about forms—as to the expediency of a church for daily prayer,. weekly communion, Sce:,. in the losality selected; but - if to these is to be added some. "great principle" not at' present current in Liverpool,.why then the matter assumes a more serious aspect. It behoves all my brethren, as well as myself, to be on- their wateh..towers. If this avowal had been made known to the bishop, no wonder that he should be disturbed by "mistrusts and fears," and labour to allay them, and preserve-the peace- of the Church. Believing Mr. Wray honestly and sincerely to belong to that party in our Church.commonly known as Tractarian s I regard it as an imperative duty, by every fair and; legiti mate means, to warn my people of the danger of those tenets, and to guard them fromithe influences of "another Gospel, which is not another?' " For lam jealous over them with a godly jealousy." It is much fairer to admit at once the chief ground of my alarm at Mr. W.'s scheme. I candidly confess that:it arises from those- semi-popish- novelties in worship and doctrine which the• Tractarians have introduced into our reformed Church,. and which they, are so assiduous in pro- - pagating. Although, under the-circumstances, I should have objected to the erection of a church on the site selected, even by the most evangelical committee that could have been found; or anywhere within half-a-mile, because of the one - projected and partly carried on by' myself and others residing on the-spat. When, in my first letter, I used the expression of " the Book of Common Prayer in its integrity,'. I only meant that on Sundays, and other days on which service was performed in St. James's Churchy I did not mutilate the forms by omitting or curtailing the customary service. . If. I were inclined to retaliate for-the insinuations con• tained in this part of Mr. Wray's letter, I should not be without ample " stones for my sang ;" but as I do not , regard myself without fault, I will).not provoke him to pelt; me further. Mr. W. further tauntingly obsevies that little sympathy, - and co-operation could be expectedfrom consulting me mt reference to increased opportunitias for public prayer and.. communion. I meet this taunt with an honest and instant• answer. Let Mr:.Wray and his friends find me the stipend. for an additional curate, and I win immediately meet tll3 wishes of the complainants, and offer them daily prayers and weekly communion ; for with my present staff it. would not be possible to do so,. without the neglect of. other and more important ministerial and pastoral work,. as I think. I most sincerely assure Mr. Wray that so far from "grudging othors the enjoyment," and "taking comfort. ,to , myself ' that my people are not pining after a daly, service and weekly communion, I would praise God most heartily could I see the earnest- and spiritual desire for such services kindled in the whole mass of our population.. The daily public orisons of tens of thousands harmoniously and in the congregation poured forth to heaven from hearts• hallowed and renewed by the Hbly Spirit, would be the most heart-cheering and delightful scene iinaginable•to. my mind. • Mr. Wray thinks he caught me tripping, because • I observed that " until they made known their wishes, they could.not say they had been rejected," which he designates as " throwing the responsibility" of my people's indiffer ence upon themselves. The question, I think, was raised, by Mr. Wray himself, who comes forward to show that the people have been awakened, to their responsibilities, and in their zeal to fulfil them did not go to their legitimate• pastors, but flew to the extreme end of the town for his assistance. I cannot agree with Mr...Wray, that it is the positive or dogmatic teaching of our Church that the Lord's Supper should be celebrated every Sabbath day. It would be endless to enter into proofs, but I am not without them. I am,,however, equally ready to concede that it is optional for him to do as he does, is e., to have weekly communion. With my present convictions, I cannot feel the force of his sweeping and unuualified sentence, " that the Lord's day-cannot be duly honoured without the offering, of that sacred memorial which Jie ordained as the peculiar service of His religion." And I reject, on behalf of myself and brethren, the accusation that we are guilty ota," disgrace ful abridgment of the-Church's office three- Sundays out of four," or that we are deserving of the 'reproach" with which he would stigmatise us on such grounds. I cannot quit the•subject without noticing. .one point in this scheme which.has been dealt with rather ingeniously, and ought not to be overlooked. In their memorial to the bishop, they state that " the site is a considerable distance from existing churches, being a third of a mile from the nearest in the same parish." I ask, is it ingenuous and English to divert attention from the fact that St. Bride's church is within 130 yards of their site, and that their quarter-mile radius must take it in, and with it the greater part of St. Bride's district ? I will here add, that measuring up, Stanhope-street the proposed site is not 500 yards from. St. James's church, and only 220 yards from the site, fixed upon for Christ church, the new edifice for which we are raising funds. Where, then, is there a sufficient plea for Mr. Wray's church ? As Mn Wray's whole scheme,. and especially his letter in answer to mine implies that large numbers out of the southern half of Liverpool would, be likely to avail them selves, of the privileges of daily prayers and weekly com, munion, I would ask whether his experience at the north end justifies his expectation at the south end ? Is MS church so largely frequented by that class which composes the multitude, as to afford a fair hope of success among them here ? I regret this close reference, but the case is in point, and perfectly legitimate. I have endeavoured to avoid any language which could give offence to Mr. Wray and his friends ; but should I have exceeded the rules of courtesy, I very sincerely beg their pardon. I am, Sir, yours, &c., St. James's, June 8. HENRY HAMPTON. THE CHURCH SERVICES. TO THE EDITOR OP THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sin, —May I request the favour of your inserting the enclosed letter in your journal ?—Yours faithfully - , JOHN W. LESTER. Ashton Hayes Parsonage, near Chester. TO TUE ARCHBISHOPS AND BISHOPS OP THE UNITED CHURCH OP ENGLAND AND IRELAND. My LORDS, —Loving a s I d o t h e Church established in these realms, admiring her beautiful Liturgy, receiving in their fullest meaning her Scriptural Articles, believing her capable of leavening with sound religious truth our manufacturing, mining, and agricultural population, and fitted alike to exalt the peasant and the peer in the ways of a pure and heaven-born morality, I cannot yet but think that by some little adaptation to the growing wants of the age, by some slight modification, not of course in her holy doctrines, but in her forms and ceremonies and discipline, she might become still more abundantly useful to the people over which God in his mercy has graciously placed her, and more tenderly beloved and revered by her many sons and daughters. I am not for great changes; they do violence to our feelings and principles ; or for the introduction of novel ties which likewise are repugnant to our national habits and tastes. In some instances the modification should be so slight as to oppose neither feelings, nor principles, nor tastes, and yet at the same time so wisely and prudently ordered, as to meet our urgent necessities. One subject, my Lords, viz., the shortening of the Morn ing Service, has weighed much of late on my own mind. I have given it careful thought and earnest prayer; and i n proposi ng the appended plan, I have endeavoured to carry out the principle of avoiding great changes or intro ducing novelties. No words have been used but those found already in our incomparable Liturgy ; some few repetitions only have been left out. And I believe if the plan. received your lordships' sanction, it would be found, on trial, to increase materially our morning congregations, and to take away the fatigue of which many truly pious persons complain, without in the smallest degree lessen ing the beauty or destroying the completeness of the Service. Iu regard to ray own people, I 4941 And it benefit ; for the service being thus shortened, it would enable many of those who live at a distance to attend twice each Sun day, which they cannot possibly do now, owing to its extreme length. To all this it may be replied, why not shorten the ser mon ? But, my lords, I must confess that lam one of those who like to carry out every part of divine worship and teaching with the strictest propriety ; I would neither hurry over the prayers for the sake of the sermon, nor would I lightly esteem the sermon on account of the prayers. I would so conduct every part, as though it, and it alone, were the whole service. _ _ I would suggest also, my Lords, that in agricultural parishes especially, the complete Communion Service , only, without morning prayers and litany, should be used on Sacrament Sundays, the sermon following as usual the gospel of the day, the minister then returning to the table and commencing reading the offertory. I need scarcely say how prolonged the service is at present, how filled with needless repetitions, how exhausting to the clergyman if he has no assistance, and how fatiguing to the communi cants; and how, in consequence, many find it altogether out of their power to return in the afternoon. Good, lam sure, would result from the adoption of such a plan, addi tional numbers would stay, and many who are not com municants, I doubt not, would remain and witness the solemn rite, who at present never think of doing so. I earnestly and respectfully call your lordships' atten tion to this subject. -I have used the liberty which, I think, belongs to every minister of our beloved Church, of speaking candidly and plainly in her behalf; but I trust I have used that liberty with discretion and modesty, and as becomes one of her younger sons, with deference and respect to those in higher authority. I am, my Lords, yours obediently, JOHN W. LESTER. Incumbent of Ashton Heyes, near Chester, [The author here gives his proposed " Order for 3lorning Prayer ;" but, upon careful examination, we cannot dis cover that it would make many minutes' difference in point of time. He, however, forgets one important element in the question, and that is, as to the mode in which any alteration can be made. He must be aware that none of the bishops, either individually or collec tively, have any authority to alter the order for divine service.] DAILY PUBLIC PRAYER AND WEEKLY COMMUNION. TO' TICE EDITOR OP TELT LIVERPOOL STANDARD, you allow me, through the medium of your columns, respectfully to enquii e. of the Rev. Cecil Wray on what authority ne pleads for n weekly communion? Holy Scripture supplies no such authority. Our Saviour com manded His disciples to " Da this in remembrance of Him. But neither He nor any of His inspired Apostles commanded that it should be dem once a week. It is indeed referred to by only one of the . Apostles, and in only one of his Epistles ; and there, whik instructing us that "as often as we-eat of that bread and drink of that cup we do shew the Lord's death until He come," he gives no command, nor intimation whatever, as to how often that should be. Scriptural authority for weekly communion cannot be produced. With some persons this is sufficient. But other persons there are, who think that, in a matterof this kind, THE CIIIIRCH may lawfully exercise her authority, and give commandments in addition to Scripture, provided she enjoin nothinc , contrary to Sciipture.- These will ask, what does the Churchsay ? Well ! what does she say ? Have we any Church authority for weekly communion, except among the " Priests and Deacons of Cathedral and Collegiate Churches ?" If so, I hope Mr. Wray will , ' point it out. Meantime let me invite his attention to the following rubrics : " When the Minister giveth warning for the celebra tion of the holy Communion (which he shall always do upon the Sunday, or some Holy-day immediately preced ing) after the Sermon;-or Homily ended, k`e' Src. Is there any authority here for weekly Communion ? 'hist the reverse : for then, the minister - should give warning every Sunday;: but Church commands him to give warning on the Sunday (or some Holy-day) immediately preceding: It is here taken for granted that there shall be some-Sundays not immediately pre ceding the celebration :. and therefore it is' taken for granted that there shall' be some Sundays—there is no intimation of how many—without the celebration. Again—Another Rubric describes certain , prayers thus—" Collects to be said after the offertory, WHEN THESE is io Comyttfriox, every such day one-or more." And'another S'filr i ntore explicitly says, Upon- the Sun days and other Holy-days (iv THERE BE NO COMMU NION) shall be said all that is appointed, Srt.- And as to the Church's actual requirement upon the subject, it is written—" and note, that every parishioner shall com municate at the least TZSEEE TIMES IN TEE YEAR, of which Easter to be one." Chureh authority for weekly Communion cannot be produced. Again, then, I. ask the rev. gentleman, who professes to show us a more excellent way than any as yet adopted in the churches of Liverpool, on what authority he declares a weekly Communion to be indispensable? His words are—" Mr. Hampton will pardon me for assert " ing that the Lord's Day.eannot be duly honoured with ".out the offering of that sacred memorial which He " - ordained as the peculiar service of His religion" Here is a solemn charge , against the Chitral, a charge or gross and unchristian: neglect, in not having plainly and unequivocally enjoined that without whichthe Lord's Day cannot be duly honoured. Nay, worse still : for the Church has coolly and deliberately, and on Mr. Wray's supposition, profanely, supposed and provided: for occa sions when the Lord's Day is not to be duty honoured, "When there is no Coniraunion." So meat for Mr. Wray's dutiful attachment to the Church ! And then consider his language. The offering, he says, " the offering of that sacred memorial." This .is neither Scriptural language nor Church language. Offering applies to sacrifices, not to memorials. We •offer our selves, as living sacrifices, unto God. We offer-our prayers and thanksgivings as spiritual sacrifices. But we offer no memorials. "We receive this holy sacrament." We "take and eat this." "We receive these• creatures of bread and wine in remembrance," or memorial. This is the language both of the Scripture and the Church; but "the ofibring of that sacred memorial" is a miserable mixture. Romanism calls the- celebration a sacrifice, and nothing less, and offers the elements to God to be transubstantiated. Protestantism calls the celebration a memorial, and nothing more. Mr. Wray makes these extremes meet, and calls the -celebration an offering of a memorial ! But let that pass. I return upon and:conclude with the single object of this letter—where is the authority for weekly Communion in our Churches ? If it can be supplied, let us have it; and if it be genuine, let us by all means render dutiful obedience to it, and hare weekly Communion. But if it be not supplied, if both Bible and Prayer-Book be-searched for it in vaila, then let us learn how duly to estimate, and duly to honour, self-opinionated reformers. We have no objection, on principle, to-weekly Commu nions, or fortnightly Communions, or daily Communions. In the absence- of authority upon the subject, let every man be persuaded in his own mind; and conscientious in his own practice : but we have a great objection to such an unwarrantable denouncement of the Church by any of her professed disciples, as that where there is not weekly Communion, the Lord's day cannot he duly honoured. I may, perhaps, trouble you next week with a letter on daily public prayer. Meantime, I am,, Sir, your obedient servant ) , A CIIUY.CIDIA-N OF LIVERPOOL. June-li, 1854. ECCLESIASTICAL. INTELLIGENCE. PREFERMENTS AND. APPOINTMENTS. Bey. R. Barton, M.A., Rector, of St. George's, to the Sub deanery of Christ Church, Dublin. Rev. .1. Bayldon, M.A., to the Curacy of Hope Mansell,, Herefordshire._ . Rev. H. G - .. Bunsen, M.A.,. Vicar of Lilleshall, Shropshire, and Domestic Chaplain to the Duke of Sutherland, to be Lecture-Secretary for the Church Missionary Society. Rev. C. Campbell, M.A., Vicar of Dedham, Rssex„to the Vicarage_ of St. George's, Wolverhampton. Rev. R. Chapman„ M.A., to the Rectory of Nonnanton, Lincolnshire._ Rev. C. B. Dalton, M.A., Rector of Lambeth, to the Incum bency of the Church. and District of St. Michael, Highgate. Rev. R. Dn Boisson, Curate of Hampton Bishop, to the Curacy of Breinton, Herefordshire. Rev. H. B. Farmer, M.A., to the Rectory of Rathsaran. Rev. 0. Goodrich, M.A., to the Rectory of Humber, near Leominster. _ . to the Perpetual Curacy of Llanstephan, Radnorshire. Rev. H. Maclean, Vicar of Caistor, Lincolnshire, to be Chaplain to the Caistor Union. Rev. W. P. Mackes, M.A., to the Incumbency of Lang cliffe, near Giggleswick, Yorkshire. Rev. G. Morgan, 8.A., Curate of St. Paul's Church, Poole, Dorsetsbire, to the Incumbency of that Church. Rev. J. Murray, M.A., Perpetual Curate of St. James's Church, Norwich, to the Rectory of North Walsharn. Rev. R. Nares, 8.A., to the Curacy of Great Torrington, Devon. Rev. J. B. Smith, to the Rectory of Sotby, Lincolnshire. Rev. J. G. Smyth, M.A., to the United Vicarages of North and South Elkington, Lincolnshire, Rev. G. Southwell, 8.A., Vicar of Yetminster, Dorset, to be a Surrogate for the diocese of Salisbury. Rev. T. C. B. Stretch, M.A., late Curate of Farthoe, near Stoney Stratford, 'Northamptonshire, to the Archdeaconry of Geelong. Rev. H. T. Whateley, M.A., Rector of Rodington, near Shrewsbury, to be Lecture-Secretary to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. Rev. T. Williams, M.A., of Penygelly, to the Vicarage of St. George's, St. Asaph. Rev. T. H. C Wright, M.A., to the Vicarage of Wolferton, near Clifton-on-Teme. Rev. H. Plater, M.A., of Merton College, Oxford, late Fellow of St. Peter's College, Radley, Assistant Master and Classical Tutor of Marlborough College, to the Head Master. ship of the Endowed Grammar School, Newark-upon-Trent. DIOCESE OF CHESTER. PREFERMENTS.—The Rev. G. A. Perryn, M.A., has been duly licenced by the Bishop of Chester to the perpe tual curacy of Guilden Sutton, in the county of Chester, void by death of the Rev. Peploe William Hamilton, on the nomination of the patron, Lord Stanley of Alderley. The Rev. Charles Thomas Quirk has been instituted to the rectory of St. Thomas Church, Golborne, in the county of Lancaster, void by resignation of the Rev. Alan Green well, on the presentation of the Earl of Derby, the patron. The Rev. E. G. Longueville has been presented by the Marquis of 'Westminster to the rectory of Eccleston, in the county of Chester, void by death of the Rev. Richard Massie. The Rev. Robert Curteis Hubbersty has been nominated to the perpetual curacy of Cartmel, in the county of Lan caster, void by resignation of Rev. Thomas Remington, by the Earl of Burlington, the patron. CONSECRA.TIONS.—TIIe new Westmoreland, erged church at Ambleside, in the county of which has been erected with the intention of being substituted for the present church, is to be carnal%) 14' the Bishop Chester on Wednesday next, (to-morrow,) the 14th inst. ; and the new church at Cockermout'n, in the county of Cumberland, erected in place of the old church destroyed by fire, in 1850, is also to be consecrated by the Bishop on Thursday, the 15th inst.; and on Friday, the 16th inst., the new church at Thwaites, in the parish of Millon Cumberland, is to be consecrated by him. ORDINATION.—The Lord Bishop of Chester held an Ordination in the Cathedral Church, in that city, on Sun day last, when the following gentlemen were admitted into holy orders : —Deacons : William Henry Pearson, 8.A., Queen's, Oxford, for Audlem ; Thomas Talbot Day, St' John's, Cambridge, for Nantwich ; Thomas Neville Hut chinson, 8.A., St. John's, Cambridge, for the Training Col lege, Chester ; Richard John Livingston, 8.A., Trinity College, Cambridge, for Weaverham ; Edward Chatterton Orpen, 8.A., Trinity Hall, Cambridge, for Marton ; Samuel Robertson, 8.A., Christ's College, Cambridge, for Ulver ston ; Richard Thursfield, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, for Christ Church, Everton ; John Bleasdell, 8.A., Trinity College, Dublin, for St. George's, Sutton ; William James Pollock, 8.A., Trinity College, Dublin, for Bootle ; Henry Brook, St. Bees', for All Saints, Liverpool ; James Ellison, St.Bees', for St. Bartholomew's, Liverpool ; James Alexander Carrick, for St. Nicholas, Halewood; Robert Griffith Jones, St. Bees', by letters dimissory from the Lord Bishop of St. Asaph.—Priests : John Richard Armitstead, 8.A., Christ Church, Oxford ; Henry Hurst Burrow, 8.A., Magdalen Hall, Oxford ; John Herdman Carlisle, 8.A., Wadham College, Oxford',; RichardGreenall, 8.A., Brazenose College, Oxford; Roger Rowson Lingard' M.A., Brazenose College, Oxford; Frederick Teeling Cusins, 31. A , Sidney Sussex, Cambridge ; Wakefield Suft Meade, 8.A., Clare Hall, Cambridge ; Hobert Temple, 8.A., Tri nity College, Cambridge ; Richard Dandy, and Henry Horatio Pace, St. Bees' ; George London, Charles Hutchi son Newbold, William Anderson O'Connor, and Henry George Vernon, St. Aidan's, Birkenhead ; Joseph Kidger Tucker,. literate. PEWS ry LIMERICK CATHEDRAL.—By direction of the Primate to the Dean of Limerick, all the pews in the cathedral of that city are now open to the public. ILLNESS Olt BISHOP WAINWRIGHT.—We learn from the New York Churchman that the Provisional Bishop of New York has been obliged by illness to discontinue his visitations,- and that it is feared that some time may elapse before hie health will be so far re-established as to warrant a resumption of his labours. CIERVA-LIER DINSEN'S son (the Rev. H. G. Bunsen, M.A., vicar of Lilleshall, Shropshire, and domestic chap lain to his Grace the Duke of Sutherland) has been ap pointed "Lecture- Secretary" for the Church Missionary Society in the diocese of Lichfield. THE NEW Braror—The Hon. and Rey.- Horatio Powys, rector of Warrington, has been appointed Bishop of Sodor and Man. Heis a younger brother of Lerd Lil ford. In 1831 he ivus presented by his father, the late lbrd, to the Rectory of Warrington, and he has continued to-hold it up to the present time. He is also a rural dean ofthe diocese of Chester,- an appointment which was con ferred upon him by the present Archbishop of Canterbury, while bishop of that see. The archbishopric, whioh is situate within the province of York, is worth £2040 a year,,but does not entitlk its possessor to a vote in• the House of Lords. CONWAY PARISIE Carltcm.—A handsome stained gss window has just been erected by Holland, of Warwick, in the eaht side of the north transept of this church, at the cost of "the Dowager Lady Erskine, and dedicated to the ' memory - of her husband, Sir Larid Erskine, and two daugl - ...,.• ters, Jule Holland, and Mary. The three lower lights contain the following subjects :—" Christ blessing little children." " Christ the mane of sorrow." " Christ ap pearing to Mary after the resurrection"—under rich ands appropriate canopies, and on• pedestals, with the iamb i -. pelican, and cross, and the emblems of the four Evangelists occasionallkintroduced. The larger compartments of the tracery are - filled up with tuvels praising God, and the others with the lily and vine, r.serablems of the purity and blood of Christ. Cnuxcir RATE AT CIEORLEM—A meeting of the pa rishioners was held at Chorley, on Thursday, for the pur pose of laying-a rate for the current expenses of the year. The meeting.was held in the parish church, the body of which was densely crowded in consequence of an oppo sition having: been threatened by the dissenters. The Rev. Canon Master, the rector, occupied the chair. Mr. Pollard moved • a rate of Id., which was duly seconded. Mr. W. Lawrence, a manufacturer, proposed an amend ment, that no rate at all be laid. After speeches on both sides, the question was put to the ratepayers assembled, when the rate was carried by at least two to one. No de mand for a poll was made; and - the proceedings, which were conducted in a most orderly manner, were brought to a close by a. vote of thanks to the rev. chairman, which was unanimously carried.—Manzitester Courier. " HOLY WATHE" IN THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND.—The Western Times alleges that the. Hon. and Rev. Mr. Courtenay has been making a niehe in the porch wall of the church of Bovey Tracey for a holy water basin.—" C. A. Bentinck," writing from the above parish, to the Editor of the London Standard, says :—" The Standard news paper is always ,a fair one, and as you have risked, on the very unsafe authority of the Western Times, to insert a statement that the vicar of this parish had made a niche for holy water in the church porch, I hope that you will notice a true statement of the case from a resident in the place, than wheal no one can have- less leaning to Tree tarianism. In , removing some plaster in the porch, an old niche, apparently- too small to have-been intended for holy water, was discovered, and Mr. Courtenay preferred leav ing it to havingit plastered over again ; hence the malevo lent fiction of the Western Times.. lam no Tractarian, as my vicar well knows, but, likasyou, I am for truth and fair play." THE CHITECIIES OF TILE CITYkOF LONDON.-A nume rous meeting was - held on Wednesday, at the London Tavern, at which Mr. Hubbard,-the governor of the Bank of England, presided, to consider• the provisions of the pro posed bill to amend the church building acts, and the law respecting the union of benefices. The chairman, in introducing the proceedings of the meeting, said that the bill in question was introduced under false colours, and it ' would hardly be imagined thatthe object of it was to inter fere between , the parishioners-. and their churches, and.. carry off the , latter whether the former would or not. Mr. Henry Sykes Thornton moved the first resolution— " That this meeting has learnt with deep regret that a bill has passed the House of Lords empowering the Bishop of London, with the consent of the patrons and the Church- Commissioners,. to unite benifices irrespective of their popu- - lation or value, and desecrate and pull down, on obtain ing an order in council. a large and indefinite number of , churches in the city of London, and to sell the sites of the burial-grounds, without asking the consent or consulting the wishes of the parishioners. " This resolution was secondelby the Rev. J. TOogood (rector of St. Andrew's . Holborn), who gave his opinion that there was no church in the city without a congregation sufficient to occupy a clergyman, and was carried. Another resolution was also passed by a large majority as follows—" That the destruc tion of:edifices, not only venerable for their sacred pur poses and their monumental records, but interesting as memorialsof architectural skill,would be a seriousdetriment to the appearance of the city of London, while its healthi ness. would be impared by the substitution of lofty ware houses .excluding light and air from the chruchyards and burial-grounds, which, would be then subjected to a pain ful' desecration." A petition to the House of Commons, founded on these resolutions, was also agreed. to. THE REV. W. J. E. BENNETT AND , THE DIS SENTERS OF FROME. There has been considerable excitement- amongst the dissenters of Frome, occasioned by the remarriage at the parish church of a couple named Dimmock, who had been previously united at an independent chapel in that town. It appears the couple were persuaded to Abe step by "Mrs. Green, a Sister of Mercy," and the ceremony was per formed by one of Mr. Bennett's curates, circumstances which aroused the indignant nonconformists, who have met, and, in resolutions proposed by their leading minis ters, declared the remarriage " a violation, or at least, an evasion of the law of the land?' The following corres pondence on this subject has taken place between Mr. Bennett and the Honourable Colonel Boyle, M.P.:— " Vicarage, Frome Selwood, May 21, 1854. " Dear Sir,—Your name is placed upon the walls of the town as intending to preside at a public meeting to con sider ' the conduct of the Vicar of Frame,' on Tuesday next; 'the conduct' referring- to my having married in the church certain persona previously united before the registrar. "In case you should not be well advised as to the state of the ecclesiastical law on this subject, I venture to send, for your information, a copy of a passage from Burn's Ecclesiastical Law, in which you will see that the church has openly provided for the case of unions or marriages before the registrar. It is not my fault that lam obliged to put forth this extract ; being so openly attacked by bills set on the walls of the town, I am compelled to do it as an act of self-defence. " I have no desire to offend the consciences of the weak brethren, and would do all in my power to conciliate them to love and peace; but when persons—dissenters or other wise—come to me with scruples about their union before the registrar, I am compelled by this provision of the church to marry them. I thought you might wish to see the extract, that you might know the exact ground upon which the 'conduct of the Vicar of Frome' has been based. I am, dear sir, faithfully yours, "W. J. E. BsN - swrr. " The Hon. Colonel Boyle, M.P." " House of Commons, May 22, 1854. " Dear Sir,—l am much obliged to you for sending me the handbill containing the extract from Barn's Eccle siastical Law, relating to the remarrying of parties, pre viously united, according to the act passed in the seventh year of King William IV. I beg to assure you that the affidavit and license referred to had not escaped my notice. I beg to add that I do not question your right of remarry. ing parties according to the act of parliament. What I do object to is the validity of the previous ceremony being in an way questioned. I B remain, , dear sir, yours faithfully, "The .1 W. J. Bennett. " "ROBE 11 RT " Marston, May 25, 1854. " Dear Sir,—When I replied to your letter of the 21st inst., I was under the impression that the marriage which originated the late meeting at Frome had been performed merely before the registrar, this being stated (as I read your letter) as a fact. According to the law of the land, marriages are equally valid, whether celebrated by a cler gyman of the Church of England, by a dissenting minister, or before the registrar. "I can imagine that, where the parties bad presented themselves merely before the registrar, the scruples of weak brethren might be removed by a religious sanction most acceptable to them being superadded. " I can well understand that the dissenter is pained, and I deeply sympathise with him, inasmuch as he ac counts the remarrying in the Established Church of persons already united in matrimony in his own chapel (as was the case in this instance), and the encouragement too often given by certain persons to regard such mar riages as nothing worth, stamp his rites as a mere mockery In God's sight. I am, my dear sir, faithfully yours, "Tile Rev. W. J. E, Bennett," "Bcizzuz Bala, DR. JACKSON, Chancellor of the diocese of Carlisle, tends holding a visitation at Carlisle on Tuesday, hu e 13 ' at Wigton on Wednesday, June 14 ' a t Penrith orl Thursday, June 15 ; and at Appleby on Friday, Ju11. e . 1 , 6 : ARCHDEACON WILBERFORCE intends holding a vo . tion of the clergy of the East Riding of York, at SW: borough, on Tuesday, June 13 ; at Beverley, on We4 l3es t day, June 14 ; at Pocklington, on Thursday, J une 1 0 ; Iledon, on Saturday, June 17 ; and at Howden, on 'Di- day June, 20. THE BISHOP OP GIBRALTAR has been at ConstantlO r d i P le for the last ten weeks, holding a confirmation. UPw 3 of 300 persons were confirmed last week, and among th i c io a considerable number of the troops. His . submitted a project to the British ambassador for the eona struction of an English church at Constantinople , be Lord Stratford de Redcliffe has promised to propose subject to his Majesty the Sultan. CIIIIRCII PROPEBTY.—The Capitular Estates Manse ment Bill (as amended by the select committee) con t the act for facilitating the management and improvealell, of capitular estates (14th and 15th Viet., c. 104.,) for tr, years from the end of the present session. It provides 43 111 , that on the sale or exchange of a part only of lands ee „ prised in any lease, the Church Estate Commissioners 037! apportion the rent. Trustees under will or settleteea", ra 3 Y with powers to raise money for renewing the case , , t v, also raise money for the enfranchisement of the proP e '' under similar conditions. NEW CHURCHES.—The annual meeting of the See.. l , :t e , / , , for Promoting the Enlargement, Building and Repani of Churches and Chapels in England and Wales, was }th e a few days since at the society's offices, 79 Pall-mall , " o f Archbishop of Canterbury in the chair, and the Bishellsd, Oxford, Winchester, Gloucester, St. David's, Lielifie ir Bangor, St Asaph's, and Ripon, Mr. A.. B. Hope' ; „ g Robert Inglis, Bart., Mr. Mowbray, M.P., &c., present. The thir' y-sixth annual report stated that :-."" the committee have to report a considerable increase : co operations of the society during the last year. They o' to granted 147 sums of money, amounting in the whole a £10,197, showing a greater number of places assisted , 1, 11 . e a larger amount of aid, than in any year since 1847. for additional seats to be obtained by the execution of ' for works are 36,814, of which 31,821 (including 92 39 school children) are to be reserved for the use of thePoe' inhabitants ; these numbers also show greater results those of any year since 1947. The number of addition t churches which will be erected under the grants of 1 , 86 00 year is 49 ; in addition to which 27 parish churches; L f dilapidated to admit of repair, will be rebuilt, and 71 o ta° ' churches will be enlarged'. or altered by a fresh arrang e ' • ment of the seats, and in most cases will be extensorel.9 repaired. The total population of the places to be benefits" by the proposed increase of church-room above menti oae ; is 684,149 ; the number of previously existing church es j 180, containing 104,617 seats, of which 46,796 are res er ti for the use of the poorer inhabitants, so that the additiL i e t r o accommodation of this last kind will be nearly ca ll n two-thirds of the present provision, which is for only one-fifteenth of the population, but which will now be i a . creased to more than one-ninth. The committee 1100_1 report the completion, during the last year, of 34 addition t; ; also that 21 parish churches have been retain': and that the enlaagement or improvement of 64 tin= churches has-been effected—making 109 grants, amonl4l/Ido7 to £13,893. The additional seats obtained with the al this sum are 22,427 in number of which 23,670 are resew' for the use of die poorer inhatants." fir dia THE CHURCH OF LLADArr.—The Cardiff Liu-. ye s gives an account of several interesting events which 113.0 taken place in the diocese of Llandiff, feeling sure thaq o readers will rejoiCe at the signs of life manifested bi cg Church in that district, rewarding the persevering ell e . c 7; of its active diocesan :—" In Easter week, the foundantow stone of a new church for the hamlet of Canton, in ,he parish of Llandaff, was laid by the Lord Bishop of t he diocese ; and the building is already rising above t he ground, giving promise of a speedy provision for . 0 spiritual wants of a large population' which is so raPo, gathering in that spot. Schools, too, are already proje c t i l e towards which a grant of £4O has been made by o re Diocesan Education Board, and private subscription s 00 being industriously cellected by an active committee., t he Tuesday, the 2nd of May, the Bishop re-opened, w ith ia Consecration service, the parish church of L a nishea!,4 Monmouthshire, which has been rebuilt on an enl3,r',;el scale, at a cost of £620. The following Tuesday the ell:rto of St. James, Pontypool, which has beenenlarged so a „ o afford 150 additional sittings, at an outlay of £6 . 2.0,2,' , ,re-opened by the Bishop.. Large and attentive conglol.s. tions contributed considerably. On the following Ticli,er day, the Bishop consecrated the parish church of Coe !ea. new, rebuilt and enlarged at a cost of £595, was re-op e n On Tuesday, the 16th of May, the new church of by Rhondda, in the parish of Lanwonno, wa seonsecrate,_ge the Bishop, in the presence of forty clergymen and 1,1,% semblage of the neighbouring gentry,. mingled " c ol goodly number of the labouring classes,- for whose eP e --h benefit the building has been reared. The old ,PT oo lc. church is distant from their homes, situated on ° u gh mountain, at all times dif f icult of' access, and in I :? t hiS weather almost unapproachable. The incumben t or ~et miserably-endowed benefice; the Rev. William Davies; ,; 4 himself vigorously to work to supply the- wants oaf, ` e d people ; and through his indefatigable exertions, u1.`,,4 especially by Mr. Morgan, of Hafod, who, bes ides a peg': contribution, presented a sita- for a church, school parsonage read -house, t m he plis fo h rm ed e , r aaundd stchh.eaailsatthtueereri,6;77.abihe,ecnatnisioolltylb'lelp..,r, building. On the following Thursday, , _ b A co bb ns ry eei; tru atio t n h. too l k t i p s la pl c e e asi a l t ig Ataii:ercotil:dertyh,ati,nintthhise pillar:0;1:1)c; those who have brought the people together to pr?: be ir th2.ir industry and toil, have not been unmindful o; t ; r ce, spiritual wants. Messrs. Brown, Conway, and P f have contributed largely towards the enaction deeply church, and the same day which witnessed its final 01 11 . tion to God's service, beheld the foundatiOu,stoue r l e xiL P Mr: Brown, the senior partner, of a school i for the and. secular education of the rising generation. CHESHIRE AYD TVAZXS. n' Ma. W. F. MARSDEN, of Liscard, has passed hi e°ll nation before the Royal College of. Surgeons. 1 ,ed in CRICKET.—On Saturday a oricket match wa s , N'': - ' or the the Birkenhead-park, between. the club oW c a n a f d e r f .. - ;v c or lui l: INBF°-hicmhb°wmasnwghon recreation of the employ 4 at Price's Patent poo by l, th a e n la d tt t er he in ß l irk h e n n ii h n e g a d s an d 16 runs. , ..,1 and SO ° RAGGED SCHOOLS.-011 Tuesday, Thur..., - hoofs, SOO - a ,number of the boys from the Ragged Se the street, ire accompanied by their band, were invited to lead-park by Mr. C. H. Gough, the lessee of the b _refreshment-rooms, , , who entertained them with tea P o unloaf. Elm band was aof Neat ttractioa the numerous visitors in the park. - a ' ~,, CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD ') RAILWAY. —The trait., for the week ending 4th of June, 1854, was as folloola'rr Victoria Passengers, parcels, &v., per railway, £3,113 175._,5 ' , steam-boats, £5Ol 13s. Od.; total, £3,513 10s. Bd.: g',,er £1,544 Bs. 7d.: total, including Carnarvon tratqc' - r •, ror rail, £ 4,658 6s. 3d. steam-boats 2501 13s. Od • r er responding week last year, per rail, -d £3,827 Is. 1 • steam-boats, £420 15s. 10d. Increase, £912 ls. 6d. o rri NEW CHEESE-lIALL,. AT CREWE.—A capacious, Do handsome building, intended for the sale of ehee s ice s been opened at Crewe. It was erected under the anT O OO of Mr. John Hill, of Whistaston, and can contain i .' o ces . tons of chesse. The occasion was celebrated by 'V eil ing,: sion, a dinner at the Town-hall, and a ball in t c h, e „..t lof LAND AT ABERGELE.—Last week Messrs. ..,..,,.„iiu , Chester, held a sale of twenttwo lots of h, , nn",rwhiel l abutting on the town of Abergele, North Wr'nes'iigs `e a s. the b iddi lot wn s a large company was, in attendance • remarkably brisk, and in a very shor't time e ver?i a. ~.,. to knocked down and sold at prices varying Nilo sal, at 6s. 6d. per square yard,. the lowest being th ree 0 1- 3s. ld. per square yard. ~. as u s f WOODSIDE PERRY.-011F country visudors,v iltag . e of have, during the fine week, judiciously takenA,Aenileg„f the ferry to enjoy the quiet, sunshine, ana ' „ a pe - Park, on the other side of the water. The 'l,7' e aclill persons who paid the Id. toll during the ma ada„t Thursday night, was 154,867 ; to which nig . o d, eri 18,000 subscribers. Last year, for the same P— . :, 131,057 persons paid toll, exclusive of subscribers i 3 TRANDIEE.E•FRIENDLY SOCIETY .—The rate 3 1010 3 e :i society celebrated their anniversary on Wh" o mpan / .0 when about two hundredwalked in procession, areF e s eri 1 ,. by a bandof music, and afterwards attended diln t l e s eria e at St. Catherine's Church, when an approPP e 4. ed was preached by the Rev. B. Arthur, incumbei .. a .cla , 3 ...., d rim-00 members. again formed into procession, a' ~e...., tel. through the principal thoroughfares of Trann,,e•eig iic! o . dined together in the afternoon at the Queen's . 7 1 esr, e l- on NEW BRIGHTON COLLEGE.—The midsuinTleio,„", V. tion of the pupils at this establishment is to " - f it e The Wednesday and Thursday next, conducted bj,, a - Llon . + s i% Wilson, D.D., and John Parker, Esq., of .11`',10g, at prizes are to be delivered on Thursday er e- t was• and o'clock, and recitations are to be given by Of"' j). l3 '; this chair will be taken by the Rev. Joseph 13 s,al' the principal, the Rev. Dr. Poggi, desiren s l ," to be ' interesting event public, invites his frier''' . , I'2o posy on this occasion. e were iy ,-,os- BIRKENHEAD COUNTY COUILT.--etv,llol of 0Y r - ii t at this court on Friday, two or three 01 tio n OS br ellg of sessed any interest to the public. Anad cbreprietor rye by Mr. Nicholls, of the Eastham Hotel, all r eripPin the Eastham ferry-boatagainst Messr.. ~ to ree A , Ferri steawer during Foster, proprietors of the. Rock ~„., doue , gr. £32 19s. 2d., as compensation for 4e ev e . .. t rli r t ticy collision on the river last Good 'I I o urs re 3 ~, and - • a nd a. Bretherton appeared for the plaili,l t 0 hours for the defendants. The case plain w 8. half. Verdict for the plaintiff 1.55 011 • srvE ss or , I ',, ry ti llef . THE COLLISION WITH THE CO l -''' - .re a J'"' nues" —On Friday, at the Castle Hotel, Tran nl '"h' o ls an 131 %.it1i the coroner, M r . Churton, asse mbled ~,,f led aiong.,i,' ilst on the body of Samuel Kay, who was a.,, ° ' : " - down, `;„--- ero a boy named John Thomas, by being r"'' o f liille s wsii fishing with Kay's father, by the Countess boy j."aY uo i steamer, on Monday week. The bodY o , ri f t h ro e as was 1. ; 1 ) may, found en Thursday last. The bodY of '''''' ii Wed ° 1 on Friday. The inquest was adjourned t i . +he e r e'' ~ ,, Mme of , t - 11 0 (to-morrow,) that the captain, officers, stated Val 3t, and passengers of the ship might attend,. as tli t 'ts beings ioo l;.-e n c assumed an important aspect, from id 0 0 of though the quickest boat on the river, she ha r i e tors 'd the Prq cli at the time of the accident. It was said ~. mu the steamer had indemnified the father, NAY, ..' On was in their power. o ,lo ' . 0 0 ELECTION OF BIRKENHEAD CO3LEISSI sor iv Tb e Tuesday the annual election of commissioner., a• jo. township of Birkenhead took place in the Town ' 1 k i elect - be election was to return seven commissioners, ,__,., m t , usual rotation for three years, and one for one 3et"„., ber° place of Mr. John Holme, resigned. On this Ca sio oe e _;"ociu was a fusion of parties, the reds and the blues coati:it But for some reason, ostensibly on the plea of e 1. `,"„ _ second party started a list of candidates, consistnafe're was , vl has, of the first-named list, and partly of others. ~..,.0 1 _ little stir during the day, and it was evident I , l "Ln. on first the coalition party was to win. The electio4;lol Messrs. Charles Cook, T. B. Golborne, Willian t s y o ., an; % George Harrison, William Hind, W. T. Keig!:,',.. l o, Henry Watson, for three years ; and upon x. , . Aspinall for one year. ,sf Pr: FIEE.—The oil mill of Mr. R. 11. Billeter, ° i _r o rn• combe, near Lewes, was burned down onesuesda),fo to ing. Damage to the extent of £B,OO h been uu the stock and buildings. „ a Ci WANTED IQ KNow,--The velocity of a count," THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER. TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 1854.