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SUPPLEMENT TO THE LIVERPOOL ,ST.LNIkA.I)..,_ and study of law are solemnising mid ennoblinc , to one actuated by a right spirit," and, based on this conviction, he views it, in connexion with religion, as carrying man directly i n t o th e i nvoked presence of Maker. He further contemplates the Law of Eng land throughout the whole work as the institution of a Christian-state, having reference to its Christianity. Having adduced this as a fundamental postulate, he, in his introduction, gives the following clear, yet beautiful enunciation of the CONNEXION BETWEEN ENGLISH LAW AND CHRISTIANITY. Our nature is immortal, our destination eternity ; our existence here, transient and probationary. Man, however, is a fallen creature. Almost the earliest exercise of his will was to choose evil rather than good, incurring, thereby, the just but not implacable displeasure of his Maker. His law He has written in our hearts : and when, our nature having become perverse and corrupt, the characters of that law had grown dim and obscure, He was graciously pleased to reveal it, in full distinctness. Thus 'the Diiine'Law is •spoken of as Natural and Revealed ; Christianity being a republication, and ex ternal institution of natural religion, containing an account of a dispensation of things not discoverable by reason : natural religion being thus the foundation and principal part of 'Christianity, but not in any sense the whole of it. Human laws, therefore, ought to be in - conformity with the Divine Law, their object being the regulation of our conduct towards each other, in this life, as fellow-citizens and neighbours; as It were fellow-travellers, or pilgrims, towards a common 'destiny, having interests, objects, hopes, and fears in common ; being, in fact ~brethren. In this aspect law i s i n d ee d lovely ; and from the hallowed lips -of the - Saviour of manki n d, we learn that Jove is the very keystone of our relations to our Maker, and each other. Thou shalt love the Lo r d th y G o d with all thy heart, and With all thy soul, and with all thy strength : thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang 1!11 the law and the prophets." From these two precepts may be deduced the-entire code of jurisprudence ; which has thus'a vitality, lustre and authority, not apparent to him who regards it :as a• series of mere arbitrary enactments . , .expei*d 'imon the 4mited sphere of action afforded h: ' Luis life olili.Ll l hisiieing the , holy and glori"- - t • of enlightened' and equitable laws, as yus roun amhumane, regards alike the making, enforcing, and obey . i!ig them . ; let it be received as an axiom, that law and religion are in - their nature inseparable.. -The attempt -to dissever them would be absurd and nugatory : the vitality of law, the force of its sauctions, - Ivogi disappear ; the very foundations of its authority would be.subierted. Such being the very elevated pedestal on which .our aUthor places subject for contemplation, he main .. tains it in 'the same honourable position *throughout the who le period of his rigorous examination. In preparing the work, which is eminently practical in purpose and execution, Mr. Warren has had a fourfold object in view, each phase of which he has kept steadily in sight during the whole of its execution. The first—indeed the one which pervades and domi nates all the others—to present a lucid digest of the organic structure of our laws and legislation, practi cally and philosophically adapted . to the jurisprudence of England, As - that law And legislation exist in 1855. The second, so to arrange and condense it as to confer on his volume the character of a " book of authority" among his professional brethren and fellow-practi tioners. The third, to provide a text-book for the use of students. The fourth, to furnish the non-clerical public with a comprehensible and. comprehensive manual to which they may refer for the solution of difficulties by which the paths of commercial and social life are frequently encumbered. To accomplish this multiform and important task, fully two thirds of the book have required to be furnished from new and original sources ; and to be so carefully studied as to harmonise with the older matter and the fixed princi ples of our constitutional law. In accomplishing this task, Mr. Warren has been in the highest degree suc cessful, displaying the erudition of the scholar—the painstakinc , assiduity of the antiquary—the sharp I acumen or the lawyer—and the balanced wisdom of the sagacious jurisconsult. How far his professional brethren may be prepared to profit by his labours in, it, and from these still farther to exalt the estimation in which they hold him, it is impossible for us to say, and is no part of our duty to consider; but .we run little risk in saying, that even in their jealousjudg ment this book will win for him additional confidence and still higheresteem increasing the affectionthey have already accorded to him. As abook of reference—an im partial and dispassionate legal adviser to the general public—it will prove invaluable,.discussing as it does the principles of public law as these apply to the regu lation of real and personal property—of commercial arrangements and intercourse—of municipal adminis tration, and parliamentary and municipal elections— of ecclesiastical interference and jurisdiction—of the laws which control matrimonial arrangements, succes sion, and the whole doctrine of inheritance, together' with all the multiform ramifications into whidit these heads severally resolve themselves. To the student it will prove a safe and easy ladder by which he-may with facility ascend into the most eleVated that temple in which justice sits enshrined z and, in, the maxims with which the pages of the book abound, he will find safe counsel and trustworthy guidance. In this light, Mr. Warren's skill is a beautiful last:B,4- tion of the poet's truthful adage— Let those teach others who themselves excel. --- He has laboured with assiduity and success to. overcome the difficulties which beset the entrance to the temple of justice, and having cleared his own path, he grace- - fully turns the radiance of his lamp to guide the hesitating steps of others. With this view,..and: also in the hope of maintaining a well4foundecL veneration for our civil polity, he modestly. : .ventures to suggest it as a fitting manual for the use of our,' highest Academical In stitutions, and the book is appropriately dedicated to the Earl-iof Efbrby,. Chancellor of the University of Oxford. It . is-. a well-timed and able contribution to. the, legal literature of England—calm, dignified, andjtidieiaL iiy tone,---its author illustrates points and discusses the deductions from them with the earnest self-con:trot of one entitled to be heard, yet in a manner.: as -much. removed from arrogance, as it is at onee persuasive. Aiming at utlity in the strietest.sense,. Mr. Warren has succeeded in uniting : that quality to. a high elevation of sentiment ; and has-recommended: both by their admixture with sound,ijudgment and inobtrusive, though graceful eloquence. . Hits...adapta tion of Blackstone does honour ta,)his -profiessional attainments, and it will add yet another : cm:kat- to the coronal of his literary laurels. Monastic Institutions ; their Origin„ _Progress, Nature, and Tendene y. By Samuel .I ) Nillips Day. London_ Longman s, Brown, awl .Green.. _ _ In this little volume, which is -beautifully and taste fully got up, we have the bearings of the question as to the social effect of monachal institutions,, discussed by one whose personal experience .in the matter entitles, him to be heard with some, degree of authority.. Besides the claim to notice thus established, Mr. Day, possesses very considerable skill, ancl.displays no small. ability in putting his case well beforethe public. In this effort he maintains a ; prudent watchfulness. in ; regard to topics which, however injurious and repre-- hensible, are more properly treated with strong con demnation than suited', to exposure. Familiar as he must be, and evidently is,. with many of, those hidden iniquities by which the monastic system has long been rendered obnoxious, and for which, it has been subjected to j ustr. reprobation and abhorrence, he, nevertheless, abstains. from a display of these, and contents himselfi with inflicting on them a generalized castigation. The book is.well and temperately written ; yet such is, unfortnnately, the inherent pollution of the subject, that , even the most vigilant attention will not secure its, discussion against the intrusion of im purities. That, Mr, Day has done his best to avoid. these, is plain and obvious enough ;. that he has not been entirely successful, is more the fault of the sub ject than the. author. A Complete English Grammar, for the Use of Advanced Classes in largo Schools, and for Pupil Teachers. By M. Wilson„ London : R. Griffin & Co. This little and really useful book is by the head master of the. Glasgow Normal Seminary, and is the result of no inconsiderable experience in the nature of of the task included in its compilation. The book aims at philological investigation, and its author's in tention is to deduce, from that investigation, a gram matical system which shall, in some degree, at least, accord with the genius of our language. This is, un doubtedly, the right course of procedure. The work is commenced by a historical introduction, in which the English language is traced through numerous au thorities, from an early period to the present time. It next proceeds with a systematic treatise on the four great divisions of grammar, illustrating the rules for the arrangement of each by copious extracts, most of which are judiciously selected. It is well suited for advanced students, but better still for those who are desirous of overcoming the deficieuoies of early educa- tion by self culture.: To , such studenit ° r :r once us dui and entertaining. ) Tle D üblin University Magazine. D u i 31‘Glashan. .. A ,p 6 The July number. of this- a bly- con dacrr; opens with a sensible analytical .review*, vain= e of Sir - Archibald Aiken :a -ne Europe. The, 'magazine writer, instead qv/ tl O the book as an element of. current literage V I instead briefly to discuss the leading.points ill ..1 te velum e ; ank in doing so, displays no.srior good: sense, candOur, and intelligence. amen g the topies- which oocupy his at ~,, clire consequences- which have so- o ft en r''' ' tan/ iering with the eurrener,-that favour s' the ' late Sir... Robert Peel tielighted SO 211 :;:b. —ti le indiscreet 'interference with' whirilib that i one oocasion,.brought thecountryto • ban kruptcy. and revolution: The ton ceelyigs and . political ddngers which parsing of the Reform Bill are also ,dwe l t durable length, and•aninnulterted on with sh ort, the 'summary is masterly in desir , " carried out: "The _ Drainage Miters' "Bio, Vl.,'.' from the pen of Mr. Caleraftri.; most interesting—if not , indeed, the rob* --of the:series. It is ill' of well-tordil is racy and fresh in its tone. Resides ferred to, there are several, others of the number concludes by a brilliant ainP l ment /*amenity in ,respect-to . the condeel ASSTRIA.N.ANT.Mgr MU lecture-room of the Royal - was., recently crowded, when Prince the meeting with his , presence, to 7 describe some of theresults of ti ed , Assyria.. Colonel Rawlinsav coo- pursuing his investigation ; 14 o:three y , from the British e: the: field of operatiOns o pened by VII% of nearly two thonsand miles of cm Euphrates and Tig r i s to th e Persian excavations made at different-points-, of area have brought to light rehcs of :- lug kind, far. surpassing in antictt# marbles of Mr, Layard, and co- - - tablets and cylinders. with written _ tend to throw much lig,lit on severg4 k of ancient history. The oldes t re• buill ware slab,, or brick, from a tefL A w it' before the Christian era, inlP',..,,t tha' the king' who, reigned in Chaltiv'', - Rawlinson explained that the Assyria, exercised the exclusive righ t. names. impressed= on the bricks uses in that by this means, aided by the the temples, he was enabled to ascertain able accuracy the periods at which the built, Some stone carvings, excav` the dates of which were thus a, period at least 800 years before the are of a character far superior any recent date excavated by Mr, figures of animals in hunting seem the carvings on flat slabs, there small models of animals, some hibited on the lecture table, which with great skill, and they are in aS of preservation as if .they had been i Among the most interesting records 0 times are the tablets and cy li nders', inscriptions on their surfaces, most ' Rawlinson has been enabled to di extracted from one of the temples nezzar was shown, the inscription au very small characters, and was stating the circumstances under lc,' was built, and l au di ng th e wor ks an d king, ' the tablet contained some 'Colonel Rawlinson thinks alludes to. Nebuchadnezzar, and his re covery ,_ J. has not yet been clearly decip o other curious relics shown to the s o, two earthenware cylinders, taken fr c ,',,,bo o , few miles from the site of ancient , i''d l'ic had been supposed to be the remaileo, is of Babel, ma a view of which is g" th 4 \- 4 h - vea tt , 11 41{14 4 44 ,, t tal,r.!4 1` 4 4, 1 M~ ~~. of w J,ir~t (ed on. with I,if, ' I ,N ly in desism..o° ; ,0 t kti el ✓Wiitere,..o..7 4 ,, A .t is 42 1 ' e . , 0 3 .14' . 14 ed, the nuo,it/i t l kr t 44 well-told. i( Rositkiff 111,0041/ iv .Z:ncift drep..*lo9 dr " I k L the eondvet I tti I t ' 't k t llie zu-Quirif s ''," V' .0 V 4, N wal _lnstitutilV lit 4 Prince ..AlboPeov iii Ni p . • tit} bear .Col. .6 0 0 : 'his' recent eiceaklV ~i.' stat,e4 , tbati ha- ' . t t ., r.t• hree year,. or yiktr,Layaxilisr_‘o( P, k of eountri, ~,I.„ o Persiam,.,u" ,At , ;I je.oilits, of trt it,k,,,, 0 4 1 hos. of the '5 . 1 0. 0 ',"'% , Q antiquity tb e ~toe,c I,:tv, Coln no 01V . :, 11`; itten le.eriptiOlir,i)t, ' 41 1 several doubtllol4' Y .; st rails was as 1• - .. 1t ' h at Braple built 2,0 k ' messed with the , vet L.e ve t c s i x e h toc e irillri e g attan in v a ea litgs s : i 't . c e t r i P hi : ( o l° l: ff tep : t 7 : o : ii : il ix: 'l? o , oc ti.iro ()J i 'el , ,k : ; ett i t l4to : 4lQl , :S used in ..11aPi ' .l , j 4 :,4 , ) ascertains YijrA, i ct, , liCh the teloPfraks `'lt l' 4 aseertaioed. t° 'of r )l 4 ' re ' fore the kir t b h ,A 4 .'S I )/ t.„ At fr, Layard, #.O .Y.A dif ev e '' li itii 'T there r• b, 1 1. • l'c, • "IV Sec tv mle of 4 ~e t e, e , :tii . k e . i e, which Lriecti: :IP N t 4i(l ( ire i n 3 5 1,-,ce30513e; -,,_ lad bee!' 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