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wittraturr. PO ETR Y. [The following touching lines are from the pen of JOHN RAM SAY. of Kilmarnock, known, no doubt, to our readers as the Ayrshire Bard.] There comes an hour, Eliza, when we must Bid all farewell, and sink into the dust ; There comes a sun that shall behold us laid Beneath the turf. forgotten and decayed ; There comes a morning, at whose vernal voice Earth shall revive, and nature shall rejoice, But see us sleeping in the dewy sod, And all unconscious as the kindred clod. There comes a day, diffusing life and light, With all that summer gives of warm and bright, And as away its beams of sunshine pass, They'll shade us deeper in the long green grass; There comes a day when Autumn shall descend, Dispensing blessings with an open hand ; And o'er these fertile vales youths yet unborn Shad wield the sickle in the waving corn, Join in the jests and simple pranks that goad The hours along, and lighten labour's load. And when the dews of evening deck the blade, And the lone redbreast tops the mellow shade, In love's embrace they'll hall the twilight scene, Even in retreats where you and I have bee❑ ; While we, to love and all things else unknown, Mix our cold dust with generations gone. There comes a day whose dull and dreary close Shall see the world a cheerle , -s waste of snows, Whose farewell beam and setting crimson streak, Purpling yon mountain's far ascending peak, Shall view the mantle of grim Winter spread, Even o'er the stones that mark our narrow bed : But these will pass, and ages will roll on, And we remain unconscious they have flown. Then comes a day when dark shall grow the sky, The sun in mid course close his dying eye, The sea stand still, deep smitten with dismay, And every isle and mountain flee away : Then shall our mortal put the immortal on, Anti meet Eternal Justice on His throne. THE CAMP. FROM THE FRENCH. You know we French stormed Ratisbon : A mile or so away, On a 'ittle mound, Napoleon Stood on our storming day ; With neck out-thrust, you fancy how, Legs wide, arms locked behind, As if to balance the prone brow, Oppressive with its mind. Just as perhaps he mused, " My plans That soar, to earth may fall, Let once my leader, Lannes, Waver at yonder wall."— Out 'twist the battery-smokes there flew A rider, bound on bound, Full galloping ; nor bridle drew Until he reached the mound. Then off there flung in smiling joy, And held himself erect By just his horse's mane, a boy : You hardly could suspect— (So tight he kept his lips compressed Sea ce any blood came through)— You looked twice ere you saw his breast Was all but shot in two. " Well." cred he. " Emperor, by God's grace We've got you Ratisbon ! The Marshal 's in the market-place, And you'll be there anon, To see your flag-bird flap his vans Where I. to heart's desire, Perched him !" The chief's eye flashed ; his plans Soared up again like fire. The chief's eye flashed ; but presently Softened itself. as sheathes A film the mother eagle's eye When her bruised eaglet breathes. " You're wounded !" " Nay." his soldier's pride Touched to the quick, he said-- " I'm killed, site! " And. his chief beside, Smiling, the boy fell dead. HINTS FOR PEDESTRIANS, PRACTICAL AND MEDICAL. (From an unpublished Manuscript, by a Physician of Liverpool.i BY .)1 EDIC (CONTINURD FROM OUR LAST.) CHAP. 111. ACCOUTREMENTS. 29. We shall begin this chapter on socks, shoes, and much like, by making another quotation from " the Art," &c. " I shall close this chapter with a few hints to those who may chose, during the summer season, to amuse themselves with pedestrian excursions over Wales, the Lakes at home, or the mountains and lakes of Swit zerland, and northern Italy. Let them be careful to have stockings, or socks with woollen feet, with a refer ence to which their shoes should be made so as to fit well, but not tightly, allowing for the natural swelling of their own feet, consequent upon exercise. If they are troubled with corns, this caution is the more necessary. Swelled feet produce pressure. But the shoes must not be wide, for there the increased friction will always pro duce blisters. These will, indeed, sometimes arise in spite of precaution ; the best way of treating them is, to open them with a needle, and dipping them in warm water until the extravasated liquid is completely ex pressed by a gentle and judicious application of the finger. With these precautions, added to what has been already said, a person, even with tender feet may walk over Europe !" The author adds, " To him who is in high health, precaution may appear unnecessary ; but, in the hour of suffering, his pain will not be lessened by a vain regret at having neglected a course of practice which habit would have speedily rendered easy and agreeable." This speaks for itself, as to the value affixed by that author to precautionary plans. Next to the case of the feet comes their immediate clothing. 30. Stockings or socks, with reference to which we cannot do better than employ Col. Shaw's own language of caution and direction, " As to the choice of stockings the greatest care must be taken in the choice, as such as are generally sold in shops, are sure to cause blisters both at heel and toe. If you examine the ordinary qualities of stockings in shops, you will find that the threads are drawn together to a point in the middle of the heel, and about the ball of the big toe. Avoid such stockings, as they are sure to cause misery. The stock ings made by old women on wires are the best, and the finer the wool the better. Of these there should be four pairs ; and if a stocking be put over each shoe, (the out side innermost,) they will not take much room, and will, at the same time, prevent the shoes from soiling the other things in the knapsack." The Colonel speaks of stockings, and perhaps, alto gether they are preferable to socks for military marches, and prolonged walking, even in the night sometimes, or at least over boggy and swampy countries, without having any option, it may be, as to stopping for wet or night dews : however, as a general rule, the pedestrian will not be equal to, or disposed to push, his half plea sure, half-duty exercise to so forced a pitch ; and there fore, from our own experience we are disposed to re commend the adoption rather, if in health, of 31. Socks, for several reasons : they are more portable from their smaller bulk, and admit of being changed with far more facility at all times, even in the midst of the walk, in case any cause should exist. An incipient blister may sometimes be put back, or at least rendered more comfortable, if developing under theshoe pressure— for a change of sock may vary in some degree that friction-pressure. Again, they are free from the neces sity of being kept up by any thing of garter-fashion— which is not a trifling aivantage— for garters are not either so uniformly applicable, or so evenly tightened as to ensure the sama pressure always. Further, if even this were a condition attended to more than it is or ever will be generally, yet still frequently the material of which they are composed is too inelastic in its nature to accommodate itself unprejudicially to the increasing size of the leg : for by continued exercise the muscles are more largely supplied with blood to keep up their contractility, and hence, are not only more voluminous during muscular effort than when at rest, but also if this is habitually taking place, their size is permanently pro portionably increased, as every one must have observed who has ever gone to practice unusual muscular mo tions, as horseback exercises, the gymnastic recreations, &c. ; or after being invalided taking to walking again, how rapidly the flesh increases—really the muscles—for the skin over does not vary much, nor is the fat apt to in crease on exercise, but the contrary. Head-aches, swelled feet and uncles, frequently are the effect of gartering. People may wear garters and never be troubled this way ; but it7is a fact, nevertheless, that in many instances such is more or less the case, all tight encircling of any part of the body benig injurious by impeding the circulation there. Let those who are sceptical only try it; those who have no perception to Gee the tone of this statement touching not only this present instance but all other tight cinctures round their body, are welcome to retain their prestige for this order of the garter,' and with it to reap the fruits above named of what we cannot help considering rather a badge of the slavery of dress, than of utility, at least, to the male sex. 32. All pedestrians bear testimony to the superiority of wool as a material for stockings or socks ; and every medical or other practical writer dwells upon this, both on the scores of health and protection for the feet, whereby, too, the greatest amount of comfort is obtained. There is accordingly no further need to discuss this point —cotton and silk being too inelastic—and having little power for absorbing and retaining the moisture exuded from the feet. Those who suffer from cold feet frequently associated with indigestion, would do well to heed this point at all times ; such"should never wear their c o tt on or silk alone, but e ven when at home amidst the refine ments of the drawing - roo m and lightly dressed in general, they should, as to the feet, if wearing silk stockings, also use cotton or gauze socks underneath the silk, this latter being too meagre a protection to the feet, and being moreover unpleasant to the feel. By , this the dyspeptic' even will not be transgressing toe hygiennie code. Dr. Mackintosh, a late eminent physician, has even stated it as his opinion, gathered from experience that cotton socks, with silk over them, ares warmer than woollen.* Fie this as it may for ordinary sedenta rious habits, yet besides the difference cf expense, there are setting relative warm'h aside, other reasons regard ing thc dryness or moisture of the skin of the foot, which will give the preference always to the woollen, as any one will soon find who tries the two methods : blisters will soon warn him, after a prolonged walking exercise, which will suit him best. The pedestrian cannot do better than look out for a very soft lambs-wool sock, and store himself with the number Col. Shaw mentions. There is a kind now much in use by sportsmen of the fowling-piece or rod—and they are good judges ;—they are very soft and easy, and at first their appearance is rather formidable to our modern Wellington—boot dandy—being thick and clumsy-looking : in this lies their very excellence. They are knit in Scotland by old women, and from their style of pattern, are known by the name of the " midge socks ;" they are more expen sive to buy at first than the machine-made ones, but this is nothing in the scale of comfort, and not worth alluding to here, only it is mentioned that parties inquiring may have a guess as to whether they are getting the right sort or not. The real ones always fetch their prices which prove the extent of the demand. We have been in the habit of wearing them constantly now for two winters, only substituting them for angola or merino, in the very hot weather ; and having been subject to habitually cold feet, we can state honestly that they are the best socks we ever had, and that they do keep the feet as warm as can be, considering the varying nature of our climate and other eircumstances, producing chills of the whole body. 23. Shoes and boots deserve no little attention amongst the list of preparations, accordingly we shall proceed to make known all that we know which is worth knowing or unlearnino e thereupon, first giving the rea d er th e b ene fit of what has been said by our former and any other au thorities. The Colonel open his remarks ons pedestrian excursions by recommendations about the nature and and selection of shoes. He says, "If any one in tends to make a long tour on foot, it is necessary to take some precautions. I need not say that English shoes are the best. Ido not mean new shoes, but those of which the upper leathers are good and soft, and have been worn to fit the shape of the foot. To such a pair of shoes iet an additional sole be put, with small nails at the toes and sides, care being taken that the heel be not either too high or too heavy. Let them be laced a short way up the instep, and of a size to allow the foot to sit easy without being loose, when a woollen stocking is on. Of these strong shoes have two pairs, and a third pair, not of such strong material, to be worn when you come to the end of your journey." The author of the " Art of Preserving the Feet " thus expresses himself, by opening his remarks with a philippic, which will serve to show those readers whose attention has been little given to the claims of utility and comfort over fashionable tyranny, what reflection elicits. He says :—" Fashion, it must be confessed, reigns too often with sovereign sway, sacrificing to its dictates, to its caprices, not only ease of motion, but even firmness of position, whether walking, dancing, or riding. The slaves of fashion may smile at these re bellious sentiments—let them smile and suffer " In the first place, then, let all persons troubled with corns, whether proceeding from constitutional bias or from exterior or temporary causes, avoid sharp-pointed shoes or boots, or which are too tight over the toes. Let the shoe be, as nearly as possible, fitted to the shape of the foot ; and the upper parts formed of soft, supple, and well-tanned leather. This latter caution is of vital im portance at the present day, when rapid chymical pro cesses have been substituted for the ancient system of bark tanning ; in consequence of which, the leather is not only pervious to damp, but often also acquires hard ness and wrinkles, that are extremely pernicious to the foot of the wearer. If shoes of well-tanned leather cannot be procured, they ought to be well oiled at re peated intervals, not only to fill up the pores of the lea ther, but also to soften any asperities that may arise from contraction through wet, &c. Even the best tanned leather will become hard and unpliable, espe cially in the dirty weather of winter, if, when covered with mud or dirt, they are thrown by for the night without cleaning, or perhaps laid aside and forgotten by careless servants. " To sportsmen, whether in the fisting or shooting seasons, these hints will be extremely useful. Many persons have had reason to date their corns from fishing parties o❑ the Wye, or shooting excursions on the moors, when sport was the only object in view, and the non necessity for a spruce appearance operated so as to pre vent sometimes the usual attention to , neatness in all parts of the dress. At the time, these consequences were not thought of; but the sufferer has afterwards recollected his shoes that were suffered to grow hard whilst drying, and the pain and dificulty which he ex perienced in pulling them on hastily, whilst the pointers were at the door, or his brother fishermen were calling him to the river's side. " An extraordinary harshness is often imparted, even to the best leather, in the winter season, by an injudi cious use of the fire, for the purpose of warming the feet —a thing that ought to be sedulously avoided, for othe reasons also which shall be explained when we come to speak of chilblains." He then follows up his remarks by chewing that fric tion is more the cause of corns and callorities on the feet than pressure ; and that pumice-stone or sand-paper will often counteract the incipient stages of these. Wet shoes should be wiped well and greased overnight. 34. If any individual, so advanced in years as to feel a prejudice in favour of the old plan of wearing straight shoes, should, on casting his eye over these pages, feel inclined to inquire why they have so long since been exploded by a supposed mere dictum of fashion in favour of " rights and lefts" ; we may as well pause a moment to assure any such reader, that if merely because of the caprice of a fashion they are disused, the matter might still be left a question, and every one might innocently follow their own fashion ; but that there is a good and sufficient reason, the words of another, and a concluding quotation from our old friend, may be better evidence than our own. "It is well known that the size of the two feet is never precisely the same ; if, therefore, a person shifts his shoes from foot to foot daily, it must always happen that the largest foot, every other day, will be exposed to a greater pressure than usual in some specific art, and therefore will there acquire a greater lendency to disease. Where the length of the shoes differ, this disease (bunnion) is more likely to arise than when they are merely too tight across the toes.."f • Practice of Physic.—En. t Art of Preserving the Feet, &c. 3rd Edit. Colburn, London 1818. THE FAIREST AND THE FOULEST DEED. (ORIGINAL.) There is such a thing as drunkenness of power; and this "kind" is less frequently exorcised than any other tide of maniacal frenzy, springing from an extrinsic source. A bud will not always reveal the character of the future flower. The famed Roman emperor, Nero, was not the monster execrated by a world, in the first bud of his imperial life. At the age of eighteen the genius of his mother placed him on the throne of the Caesars. At first he was submissive to the advice and direction of those preceptors of his youth, who then became the coun cillors of state affairs. He testified his sense of propriety in still leaving the Empress Dowager, his mother Agrip pina, to hold the reins of a government, which her grasp of intellect, her energy, and firmness of character, so well qualified her to retain during his earlier years. Under her really conservative and vigilant administration, Rome had enjoyed liberty of the press, of citizenship, and of life; and thus it seemed an early promise of wisdom in Nero to perceive and to respect the administration of the great stateswoman. His heart was not ungrateful to the maternal sacrifice of personal ambition, of will and pride, which were all devoted to the idolised object of her every thought—her son; and both head and heart of the son then honoured themselves in reflecting all honour on the parent queen. Lady Morgaa's own words upon this subject are happy in phraseology :—" His confidence in Agrippina he expressed in well-turned phrases; and he acted bis part as one fully conscious of the great audience before which be was performing. When the officers of the palace-guard first came to him, to ask the password of the watch, be replied, The best of all mothers.' The tender acknowledgment, as it was whispered from post to post, in the midnight silence of the Aventine, must have recalled to many a rude mind the fond reminiscences of early life, mingling the best affections of nature and of infancy with the stern thoughts and relentless duties of military discipline." It would be unnecessary to accuse Nero, on this occa sion, of hypocrisy ; for it would be natural to unsophisti cated youth so to reflect back a " mother': love." The inconsistency of his after diabolical career was the tuition of circumstances and bad example operating on a mind shorn of virtue by voluptuousness and the possession of irresponsible power. Twice did this parricidal monster, in about five short years, deliberately attempt the life of that devoted and splendid mother. Once the plot failed. Did the heart of the guilty son cease to beat ? Did it desist ?. No ! Did it again devise and order the sacrifice of so precious a life ? Yes ! To the centurion sent to kill her, on hav ing received a blow on the head from him, and perceiving " him drawing his sword, she rent aside her drapery, and cried, ' Strike here ! This is the womb that gave birth to Nero !' " She sank by the assassin's hand, commis sioned by the same voice which once gave vent to its filial sensibilities and affection in uttering the password —so touching, so manly, so lovely—" the best of all mothers" In this racking contrast of the fairest and the foulest features of the imperial life of Nero, we see the most forcible illustration of the e ff ect of power exercised irre sponsibly and in " frenzied calm" ;—the world has not seen one greater or more striking ;—and, not only in such an instance, but in all cases approaching ever so remotely, we may term the inducing condition one of drunkenness —irremediable by the expedient of total abstinence ; of madness—of the heart, not of the head—untameable by the silently-subjugating influence of time, solitude, or conscience I A case , h owever , suc h as i s presen t e d i n the history of the Roman emperor—parricide in kings— is, for the honour of human nature, unsuggested in the statute book of nations as a subject for penal justice! The Hereford Times of Saturday week, in allusion to the death of the favourite horse Henley, says, " Atter he had run the Stanage Stakes, and was taken to the stable, he could neither stand nor lie down !" The following notice is placed on the door of Huyton church :—" Any persons w•ishiuig to rent pews in this church, must apply to the clerk, who would be glad to hear of any pews to let." I Ul LCVC4IIL, --.- .A11 , .. ~,,NS TT ..., ~ ~. ......, ~.. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. " THOMAS HOOD" AND THE MANCHESTER ATHENJEUM. A few days ago, the secretaries of the Manchester Athe naeum bazaar committee addressed to this author—(whose good qualities as a man are as delightful to those who know him personally, as are his exquisite humour and playful wit as a poet, and a graceful prose writer, to that numer ous class who know him only in his works)—a request that he would allow his name to he placed on the list of patrons of the approaching bazaar. To this request, the secreta ries have received the following characteristic reply : " (From my bed), 17, Elm Tree Road, St. John's Wood. 18th July, 1113. _ _ " Gentlemen,—lf my humble name can be of the least use for your purpose, it is heartily at your service, with my best wishes for the prosperity of the Manchester Athe naeum, and my warmest approval of the objects of that institution. " I have elsewhere recorded my own deep obligations to literature,—that a natural turn for reading and intellec tual pursuits probably preserved me from the moral ship wreck, so apt to befall those who are deprived in early life of the paternal pilotage. At the very least, my books kept me aloof from the ring, the dog-pit, the tavern, and the saloon, with their degrading orgies. For the closet associate of Pope and Addison,—the mind accustomed to the noble, though silent, discourse of Shakspere and Mil ton,—will hardly seek, or put up with, low company and slang. The reading animal will not be content with the brutish wallowings that satisfy the unlearned pigs of the world. " Later experience enables me to depose to the comfort and blessing that literature can prove in seasons of sick ness and sorrow—how powerfully intellectual pursuits can help in keeping the head from crazing, and the heart from breaking, — na y, no t t o b e t oo grave, how generous mental food can even atone for a meagre diet—rich fare on the paper, for short commons on the cloth. " Poisoned by the malaria of the Dutch marshes, my stomach, for many months, resolutely set itself against fish, flesh, or fowl ; my appetite had no more edge than the German knife placed before me. But, luckily, the mental palate and digestion were still sensible and vigi rous ; and, whilst I passed untasted every dish at the Rhenish table d'hote, I could yet enjoy my Peregrine Pickle, and the feast after the manner of the ancients. There was no yearning towards calf's head ó la 'urine, or sheep's heart; but I could still relish, Head ó la Brun nen, and the heart of Mid-Lothlan. " Still more recently, it was my misfortune, with a tolerable appetite, to be condemned to lenten fare, like Sancho Panza, by my physician,—to a diet, in fact, lower than any prescribed by the poor-law commissioners ; all animal food, from a bullock to a rabbit, being strictly in interdicted ; as well as all fluids, stronger than that which lays dust, washes pinafores, and waters polyanthus. But ' the feast of reason and the flow of soul' were still mine. Denied beef, I had Bulwer and Couiper,—forbidden mut ton. there was Lamb,—and, in lieu of pork, the great Bacon or Hogg. " Then; as to beverage, it was bad, doubtless, for a Christian to set his face like a Turk against the juice of the grape. But, eschewing wine, I had still my Butler ; and in the absence of liquor, all the choice spirits from Tom Browne to Tom Moore. "Thus, though confined, physically, to the drink that drowns kittens, I quaffed mentally, not merely the best of our own home-made, but the rich, racy. sparkling growths of France and Italy, of Germany and Spain—the cham pagne of Moliere, and Monte Puiciano of Boccaccio, the hock of Schiller, and the sherry of Cervantes. Depres sed bodily by the fluid that damps every thing, I got in tellectually elevated with Milton, a little merry with Swift, or rather jolly with Rabelais, whose Pantagruel, by the way, is quite equal to the best gruel with rum in it. So far can literature palliate or compensate for gastro nomical privations. But there are other evils, great and small, in this world, which try the stomach less than the head, the heart, and the temper—bowls that will not roll right—well-laid schemes that will " gang aglee "—and• ill winds that blow with the pertinacity of the monsoon, Of these, Providence has allotted me a full share ; but still, paradoxical as it may sound, my burthen has been greatly lightened by a load of books. The manner of this will be best understood from a feline illustration. Everybody has heard of the. two Kilkenny cats, who devoured each other ; but it is not so generally known, that they left behind them an orphan kitten, which, true to the breed, began to eat itself up, till it was diverted from the opera tion by a mouse. Now, the human mind, under vexation, is like that kitten, fur it is apt to prey upon itself, unless drawn off by a new object—and none better for the purpose than a book. For example, one of Defoe's ; for who, in reading his thrilling. " History of the Great Plague," would not be reconciled to a few little ones " Many, many, a dreary, weary hour have I got over— many a gloomy misgiving postponed—many a mental or bodily annoyance forgotten, by help of the tragedies and comedies of our dramatists and novelists!' Many a trouble has been soothed by the still small voice of the moral philosopher —many a dragon-like care charmed to sleep by the sweet song of the poet! For all which I cry in cessantly, not aloud, but in my heart—thanks and honour to the glorious masters of the pen, and the great in ventors of the press! " Such has been my own experience of the blessing and comfort of literature, and intellectual pursuits; and of the same mind, doubtless, was Sir Humphrey Davy, who went for ' consolations in Travel,' not to the inn or the posting house, but to his library and'hisbooks.—l am, gentlemen, yours very truly. " THO 9% HOOD." SELECTION S. GAMBLING.—i look upon every man as a suicide from the moment he takes the dice box desperately in his hand ; and all that follows in his career from that fatal time is only sharpening the dagger before he strikes it into his heart.—Cumberland. TRUE BREEDING.—Lord Chatham, who was almost as remarkable for his manners as for his eloquence anti public spirit, has defined good breeding—" Benevolence in trifles, or the preference of others to ourselves in the little daily occurrences of life."—S'harp's Letters and Essays. EDUCATION THE BEST POOR believe that a good education would be found the cheapest and best system of poor laws; for in Ireland we all know that pre vention is better that cure; that it is far better to prevent the mind from being contaminated, than to restore it from its pollution; and that it is infinitely better to prevent the humbler classes from falling into want and destitution through vice and improvidence, than to afford them succour in the midst of their destitution.—Rev. D. Montgomery. CROMWELL'S BONES.—Mr. Carlyle in his " Past and Present" says :—Oliver Cromwell quitted his farming, and undertook a Hercules' labour and lifelong wrestle. His wages, as I understand, were burial under the gallows-tree near Tyburn Turnpike, with his head on the gable of Westminster Hall, and two centuries now of mixed cur sing and ridicule from all manner of men. His dust lies under the Edgeware road, near Tyburn turnpike, at this hour. We believe there is no Tyburn turnpike now, but the bones of Oliver rest beneath the mile-post on the Park-side of the way, which serves as the Lord Protector's tombstone. BURNS, THE SCOTTISH POET.—The genius of Burns resembled the pearl of Cleopatra, both in its worth and in its fortune; the one was moulded by nature in secret, beneath the depths of the ocean ; the other was produced and perfected by the same hand, in equal obscurity, on the banks of the Ayr. The former was suddenly brought to light, and shone for a season on the forehead of im perial beauty ; the latter, not less unexpectedly, emerged from the shade, and dazzled and delighted an admiring nation, in the keeping of a Scottish peasant. The fate of both was the same ; each was wantonly dissolved in the cup of pleasure, and quaffed by its possessor at one temperate draught.—James Montgomery. CHEERFULNESS IN WANT.—There IS much variety even in creatures of the same kinds. See there are two snails ; one hath a house, the other wants it : yet both are snails, and it it is a question whether case is the better; that which bath a house hath more shelter, but that which wants it hath more freedom ; the privilege of that cover is but a burden ; you see, if it has but a stone to climb over, with what stress it draws up that beneficial load; and if the passage proves straight, finds no entrance ; whereas the empty snail makes no difference of way. Surely it is always an ease, and sometimes a happiness, to have nothing : no man is so worthy of envy as he that can be cheerful in want.—Bishop Hall. An INFALLIBLE REMEDY.—Of the simplicity and su perstition of his honest piper, John Bruce, Sir Walter Scott relates the following instance, in a letter to the Duke of Buccleugh :—" The most extraordinary receipe (for his severe illness, in 1819) was that of my Highland piper, who spent a whole Sunday in selecting twelve stones from twelve South-running streams, with the pur pose that I should sleep upon them and be whole. I caused him to be told, that the receipe was infallible, but that it was absolutely necessary to success, that the stones should be wrapped up in the petticoat of a widow who had never wished to marry again ; upon which the piper re nounced all hope of completing the charm." LIBERALITY.--" I know this, if a feller talks very liberal in politics, put him into office, and see what _a tyrant he'll make. If he talks very liberal in religion, it's because he hante got none at all. If he talks very liberal to the poor, talk is all the poor will ever get out of him. If he talks very liberal about corn-law, it ante to feed the hungry but to lower wages; and so on in everything a'most. None is so liberal as those as hante got nothin'. The most liberal feller I know on is Old Scratch' him self. If ever the liberals come in they should make him prime minister. He is very liberal in religion and would jine them in excludin' the Bible from common schools I know. He is very liberal about the criminal code, for he can't bear to see criminals punished. He is very liberal in politics, for he don't approbate restraint, and likes to let every critter 'go to the devil' his own way. Oh, he should be head spy and prime minister that filler.”—Sam Slick in England. A DOLLAR A DAY AND FOUND.—We can't keep our hands off a story told by Col. Greene, in a late number of the Boston Post. It is told of a gentleman residing in the vicinity of that city, who needed some assistance in cultivating his garden. Seeing a good-looking Irishman passing his gate, he accosted him with the inquiry if he " would like a job " ? " Shure, sir, and it's that same I'm looking afther," said Paddy in a rich brogue, which won upon the heart of him by whom he was addressed, and who immediately replied, " I shall want you four days —what wages do you ask for?" " Why, sir," returned the son of Erin, " as I live a good bit away from this, and my going home for males will bother me day's work, while an exam-a mouth at yer honour's kitchen table is nothin' at all, I'll just come for a dollar a-day, and you shall find me 1" Thip was agreed to ; and as Pat had his rent to pay the next day, and wanted something for the childers, the gentleman paid him four dollars on the spot, and the work was to commence the next day. The next day, however, and the next, and then the whole four day s passed by, and Pat was never seen at the garden or the gate! It might have been a month after the occur rence above related took place, when, the parties meeting by accident in the street, Pat was accosted by his former ernpinyPr, in an angry tnna cit. I sin‘i why the devil did you not come to work for me, according to your agreement?'' " Shure, sir," said the Irishman, (with a respectful twitch at the rim of his wellworn tile,) " it's meself that was ready to do my part of the bargain; but yer honour 's at fault this time, any how." " And pray how? " asked the other. " 's yourself 'ill not deny yer honour agreed to give me a dollar a day and find me " And didn't I give you a dollar a-day, and pay you beforehand, too ?" " Thrue for you; yer ho nour did that same—ye did give me the dollar a day—but ye didn't find me!" " Find you, you scoundrel ! I ransacked every street in town ; but where the devil were you ? " " Shoot ng at Muddy Pond Woods, per ho nour ! " The gentleman gave Pat a dollar, and told him to call at the garden when be wanted to work—but to be sure to find himself :—New Orleans Picayune. DOMESTIC EDUCATION.--" 'Now close your book, Bob,' said the mother, soon after I was seated ; ' and, Alec, give me yours. Put your bands down, turn from the fire, and look at me, dears. What is the capital of Russia ?'—' The Birman Empire,' said Alec, with unhesi tating confidence.—' The Baltic sea,' cried Bob, emulous and ardent.—' Wait, not so fast; let me see, my dears, which of you is right.' Mrs. Thompson appealed imme diately to her book, after a long and private communica tion with which, she emphatically pronounced both wrong. —` Give us a chance, mother,' said Bob in a wheedling tone (Bob knew his mother's weaknesses). 'Them's such hard words. I don't know how it is, but I never can re member 'em. Just tell us the first syllable ; oh, do now, please I'—' Oh, I know now!' cried Alec. It's some thing with aG in it. Think of the apostles, dears. What are the names of the apostles ?'—'Why„ there's Moses.' began Bob, counting on his fingers, and there's Sammy well, and there's Aaron, and Noah's ark.'—' Stop, my dears,' said Mrs. Thompson, who was very busy with her manual, and contriving a method of rendering a solution of her question easy. Just begin again. I said—who was Peter—no, not that—who was an apostle?'—' Oh, I know now!' cried Alec again (Alec was the sharp boy of the family). It's Peter. Peter's the capital of Russia.' ' No, not quite, my dear. You are very warm—very warm, indeed, but not quite hot. Try again.' Paul, half murmured Robert, with a reckless hope of proving right.—No, Peter's right; but there's something else. What has your father been taking down the beds for ?' There was a solemn silence, and the three industrious sis ters blushed the faintest blush that could be raised upon a maiden's cheek. 'To rub that stuff upon the walls,' said the ready Alec. Yes, but what was it to kill?' con tinued the instructress. The fleas,' said Bob. ' Worse than that, my dear.' Oh, I know now,' shrieked Alec for the third time. Peterthurii's the capital of Russia.' Mrs. Thompson looked at me with pardonable vanity and triumph, and I bestowed upon the successful students a few comfits which I had purchased on my road for my comfit-loving friends."—Blackwood. LAST HOURS OF LORD SYDENHAM..-111 the night be tween Friday and Saturday, the 18th, a change took place, which, for the first time, thoroughly aroused his family to his imminent danger, and showed that his sufferings were fast approaching to a fatal termination : all his symptoms were in those few short hours fearfully aggravated,—the spasms by which for several days he bad been tortured became more frequent and intense, and his strength was evidently fast failing. Those who had hoped most were now forced to allow that hope was no longer reasonable ; and the only question vas, how many hours he might still linger in agony. He became very soon aware of his own state ; yet, even in those trying moments, when all worldly prospects were fast fading from his sight—when the re ward of success and the discredit of failure were becoming alike indifferent,—his sense of duty still kept alive his in terest in public matters. With a calmness and tranquility most astonishing to those who witnessed it, he continued, between the paroxysms of pain, to devote his attention to such public matters as required immediate decision. His faculties remained unimpaired ; and early in the day he executed his will, in which, among other legacies, was one "in token of his friendship and esteem" to Lord John Russell. When this part of his will was subsequently read over to him, he repeated twice, in a firm and emphatic tone, " He was the noblest man it was ever my good for tune to know." Among the many testimonies which, during his public life, Lord John Russell may have re ceived, none can have borne more deeply the stamp of sincere attachment and admiration than these few words from the dying lips of his friend and fellow-statesman. In the afternoon Lord Sydenham invited all the members of his family to unite with him in receiving the holy sacra ment. After the administration of that sacred ordinance he took leave of them individually, addressing to each some words of kind remembrance, accompanied by so me token of his regard. He then desired to be left alone with his chaplain ; and during the night he continued constant and fervent in prayer, and in preparation for the awful f c a h t a e n e g y e e a r b e o s u ca t p t e o ta dh k i s e I p ip la s c ; e. but N i o n n h i i u s T e u o r h a h t ehiesvuoicteitmi the same firmness and strength of mind which in life had been his distinguishing characteristic. Throughout the night that a h b i a s t las, t a i m i d o m r e e p n e t a t w e a d s l y c t o l o , e s e ; t h i u la t t it whoh s ff a e t r e i h n e g d s t cc u ti g n h u t e d t h a u he w ba w as e antohte du nt il la se s L e — n il o ;e c m l o o c i k r a o o n f S L u o n r d d a y gy t d h e e nl l l 9 a l m h : Burke once remarked to Garrick that all bitter things wero hot. " Aye," said Garrick, "what do you think of bitter cold weather ?" BE SOMETHING. Qt is the duty of every n”u to take some vot;.o part as actor on the stage of life. Some seem to think that they can vegitate, as it were, 'without being anything in par ticular. Man was not made to rust out his life. It is expected he should "act well his part." He must be something. He has a work to-perform, which it is his duty to attend to. We are not placed here to grow up, pass through the various stages of life, and then die with out having done anything for the benefit of the human ram. It is a principle in the creed of the Mahometans that every one should have a trade. No Christian doc trine could be better than that.. Is a man to be brought up i 1 idleness ? Is he to live upon the wealth which his ancestors have acquired by frugal-industry? Is be placed here to pass through life like an automaton ? Has he nothing to perform as a citizen of the world ? A. man who does nothing is useless to his country as an inhabitant. A man who does nothing is a mere cipher. He doss not fulfil the obligations for which he was sent into the world, and when he dies, he has not finished the work that was given him to do. He is a mere blank in creation. Some are born with riches and honors-upon their head's.. But does it follow that they have nothing to do in their career through life ? There are certain duties for every one to perform. Be Something. Don't live like a hermit and die unregretted. See that young man, no matter what are his circum— stances, if he has no particular business to pursue,, he will not accomplish much. Perhaps he has a father abun dantly able to support him. Perhaps that father has la bored hard to obtain a competence that is sufficient for his sons to live in idleness. Can they go abroad with any de gree of self-complacency, squandering away the money which their fathers have earned by hard labour? No one who has the proper feelings of a citizen, who wishes to, be ranked among the useful members of society would live sueh a life. BE SOMETHING. Don't be a drone. You may rely upon your present possessions, or on your future prospects, but these riches may fly away or hopes may be blighted, and if you have no place of your own, in such case, ten to one you will find your path.beset with thorns. What may come upon you before you. are aware of it, and having no profession, you find yourself in anything but an. enviable condition. It is, therefore, important that you should BE SOMETHING. Don't depend upon Fortune for she is a fickle support, which often fails when you lean upon her with the greatest confidence. Trust to your own exer tions. • BE SOMETHING. Pursue that vocation for which you are fitted by nature pursue it faithfully and diligently. You have a part to act, and the honour in performing that part depends upon yourself. It is sickening to see a parcel of idle boys hanging around a father, spending the money which he has earned by his industry, without at tempting to do anything for themselves. B.E. SOMETHING, should be their motto. Every one is capable of learning some "art, trade, or mystery," and can earn a compe tence for himself. He should BE SOMETHING, and not bring down the grey hairs of his father to the grave. He should learn to depend upon himself. Idle boys, living upon a parent without any profession or employment, are ill qualified for good members of society. And we regret to say that it is too often the case that this is the parent's fault that they are thus brought up. They should be taught to nu SOMETHING, to know how to provide for themselves in case of necessity; and to act well their part they will reap the honour which therein lies.—Sears' New York Magazine. LORD BROUGHAM'S SIGN OF MADNESS.—At the meeting for the formation of the British and Foreign In stitute, an edifying scene occnrred, which is thus reported : —" In the course of Lord Dudley Stuart's speech, while eulogising Mr. Buckingham's experience as a traveller and an author, and suggesting that that gentleman should be appointed ' resident director' of the institute, a gentle man, who was seated in the centre of the room, asked, in a very loud tone of voice, whether Mr. Buckingham had not, in his book on Palestine, used Lord Valentia's plates? Lord Brougham who sat next the chairman, and Mr. Buckingham simultaneously replied, ' No.' The gentle. man having still looked rather sceptically, Lord Brougham, in a very angry and loud tone, reiterated, ' No, I say no ; do you understand that—(laughter): you have got your answer. Mr. Buckingham says no, too.—(Laughter.) What more do you want ?—(Laughter.) No, no. no; do you understand that?'—Laughter.) The gentleman who had originall put the question, said he understood suffici ently what ' no' meant, and asked his lordship whether he did (laughter and confusion). Lord Brougham (pas sionately): Why, the man is mad (laughter). Do you hear, sir ? You put a question, and ' we' say ' no'—that is your answer,—no ; can you understand that ?No ! I say no."—How few people there a who understand no; how hard that they who do not, should be set down as mad. When Lord Brougham himself receives a no in answer to his application, or supplication to the tory government for a judgeship, will he nnderstand the no, or agree that the man must be mad who does not compre hend it? Lord Brougham's sad experience of the hate ful word " No " in bar to hi s w i s h es, has, perhaps, not unnaturally I .ed him to the conclusion, that as it may be the cause of madness, it may also be its touchstone. But then, he should have been more indulgent to a gentleman so crossed wills no, and so unable to understand the denial, as to have disturbed his wit;. Set a thief to catch a thief, saNs the maxim ; but surely there should be some fellow teeling in such cases,—Examiner, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, GOODWOOD RACES. TUESDAY. The CRAVEN STAKES, of 10 sovs. each, was won by Mr. Griffith's Newcourt, beating Mr. J. Day's Ben y Ghlo and five others. For the DRAWING-ROOM STAKES there was a dead heat between Parthian and Mania. It was agreed to divide the stakes, and Parthian walked over. The HAM STAKES, of 100 sovs. each, T.Y.C., forty-six subs., was won by Col. Peel's colt Sandwich, by Touch stone, beating Mr. Wreford's filly by Sultan, Junior, and six others. SWEEPSTAKES, of 300 sovs. each, h. ft., for four year olds, was won by the Duke of Richmond's b. c. Eagles field, Bst. 71b., beating Lord G. Bentinck's b. c. Misdeal and Duke of Bedford's c. Envoy, Bst. 71b. The GOODWOOD CLUB STAKES, of 10 sovs. each, (Craven course,) won by Mr. J. Day's gr. h. Poatrait five years, Ilst. 61b., beating Mr. H ook's Una, five years, list., and three others. MATCH : 99 sovs., h. ft., won by Col. Peel's Rook's Nest, 7st. 51b., beating Sir W. W. Wynn's Remnant, Bst. 111 b. The GRATWICKE STAKES, of 100 sous. each, h. ft., for three year-olds, 41 subs., won by Mr. Bowes's Cother stone, Bst. 71b., beating Sir G. Heathcote's Khorassan, Sst. 41b., and two others. The LEVANT STAKES, of 50 sovs. each, 30 ft., won by Mr. Wreford's b. c. by Camel, out of Wadastra, beating Lord Chesterfield's Dog Billy, by Ratcatcher end eleven others. The WELTER STAKES, of 20 sous. each, Mr. J. Day's St. Lawrence, six years, walked over. MATCH : 300 h. ft., Cll. Anson's Napier received for feit from Lord Glasgow's Anti Dickens, Bst. 71b. Craven course. The INNKEEPERS' PLATE Of £5O, added to a Sweep stakes of 5 sous. each, won by Mr. Osbaldeston's The Devil among the Tailors. WEDNESDAY. The QUEEN'S PLATE was won by Mr. J. Day's Ben y Ghlo, beating Gander and Elysium. The STEWARD' CUP, of 300 Guineas, was won by Lord G. Ben tinck's Yorkshire Lady, beating Baliena, African, and fourteen others. The GOODWOOD STAKES were won by Mr. Forth's Lucy Banks, beating Scalteen, Aristotle, and twelve others. The COWDRAY STAKES were won by Mr. Sadler's Alice Lowe, 2 years, beating Tripoli, Tiptoe, Valetta, and Por. tumnus. The STAND PLATE was won in two heats, by Mr. John Day's St. Lawrence, beating Mos, The Corsair, and Epau lette. The MEMBERS' PLATE was won, in two heats, by Lord Eglinton's Jamie Forest, beating four others. THURSDAY. MATCH, 100, h. ft., T.Y.C., Bst-71b., won by Mr. Cope land's f. 91, by Prime Warden, beating Lord G. Bentinck's f. by Colwick--Vacuna. SWEEPSTAKES, of 25 sovs. each, for two year old, 6 subscribers, won by Colonel Peel's Sandwich, Vulture colt,) beating Mr. Lichtwald's Leander, Bst. 21b., and another. The RACING S?AKES, 50 sovs. each, for three year old. The New Mile. (26 subscribers.) A dead heat, between Cornopean and Napier. The deciding heat was won by Napier by a length. MATCH, 200, h. ft. Sst. 51b., T.Y.C., won by Lord G. Bentinck's Here-I-go-with-my-eye-out, beating Lord Glasgow's f. by Retainer, out of Purity. The GOODWOOD Cur, value 300 sovs. the surplus in specie, by subs. of 21Y sovs. each, with 100 added ; the second to receive 100 sovs. out of the stakes, and the third 50 sovs., Cup Course, (47 subscribers,) w n by Mr. Lichtwald's Hyllua, aged 9st. 71b., beating Sir Gil bert Heathcote's Siricoi, 3 yrs., 6st. 121 b., and eleven others. MATCH, 200 sous. T.Y.C. A dead heat between Lord Glasgow's f. by Retainer, and Lord G. Bentinek's f. by Bay Middleton. The MOLECOMB STAKES, Of 50 SOVS. each, h. ft., for two year old. T.Y.C. (24 subs.,) won by Mr.. J. Day's Ugly Buck, beating Mr. Gratwicke's f. by Elia, out of Wargravine, and six others. The STOCKWELL STAKES, of 50 sovs. each, for three year olds. (8 subs.,) won by Duke of Richmond's Lothario, beating Mr. Ongley's Queen of the Gipsies, and two others. The SUSSEX STAKES, of 25 sovs. each, (9 subs.,) won by Mr. Treen's Barricade, beating Col. Peel's Zenobia, and three others. The DUKEOrRICHMOND'S HANDICAP PLATE,Of XlOO, won by Duke of Richmond's Pastoral, beating Gen. Wynd ham's Guesdon colt, and nine others. FRIDAY. MATCH' for 300 sous, h ft, won by Mr. Theobald's Highiander r fist 21b, beating Lord G. Bentinck's Farin tosh, Bst ilb. THE CHESTERFIELD CUP, by subscription of 15 sovs each, 32 subs. Wfsn by Lord !town's Scalteen, beat ing Lord Exeter's Wee Pet, Mr. Forth's Policy, and'l9 others. THE NASSAU STAKES, of 50 sovs each, for three-yr old fillias: 16 subs-. Won by Mr. Payne's Mania, beat ing Lord Exeter's Maria Daiz and three others. Ties FIRST CLASS OF THE MARCH STAKES, of ID says each, h ft ; three quarters of a mile; 61 subs, 7 in each class, 47 payin 5 soya each to the winner of the I. II Won by Lord G. Bentinck's African, beating Lord G: Bentinck's St. Jean d'Acre and three others. SECOND CLASS OF THE MARCH STAKES won by Lord G. Bentinck's Misdeal, beating Duke of Bedford's Cur rycomb and three others. CITALLENGE FOR THE MARCH STAKES Won by Lord' G. Bentinck's African, beating Mr. Bigg's Eleus and' four others. MArcu, £3OO, h ft,.Bst 101 b each ; T.Y.C. Colonel Peel's c by Touchstone,.out of Vulture, agst Mr. Treen's Barricade. Off by consent. DERBY. 10 tool agst Mr. John Day's The Ugly Buck. 15 to -1 agst Mr. Croekford's Rattan—taken. 20 to agst Col. Peers Sandwich (Vulture colt) taken.. ST. LEGER. Offers to back Cotherstone at evens. MANCHESTER, FRIVAY EVENING. THE CHESTERFIELD CUP. 5 to2'agst Windsor and Yorkshire Lady—taken. 6 to 1 agst Mr. Forth's Policy—taken. 8 to I agst Mr. Byng's Garry Owen—taken. & to• I agst Duke of Richmond's Eagiesfield—taken._ THE WOLVERHAMPTON STAKES. 2 to I agst Mr. Bell's Eboracum—taken. 7 to 1 agst -- the Duke—taken. 7 to I agst Lord Miltown's Scalteen—offered. 8 , to 1 agst Mr. Cuthbert's Queen of the Tyne. 7 to I agst Mr. Lichtwahl's Hyllus. Mk to I agst Mr. King's Cat unite. FASHIONS FOR AUGUST. (Ft'om the London and Paris Ladies' Magazine , of Fashion.) The Clementine check or carreau is a novelty which gives additional elegance to the plaids. Taffetas d'ltalie are much in fashion,, and vary in their patterns.; the prettiest are checked, green and Parma violet, or violet and orange, a mixture ranch in favour this season inevery article of dress. For evening dresses the robes. opale, eameleon, arc en ciel,. are decidedly the most elegant and suitable ; the names are derived from the effect produced by a skirt of blue muslin arachnee, embroidered in white, worn over another skirt of pink gauze, which gives the tints above implied. This style is not only used for dresses, but mantill as , C as t e ll anes , mantelets &la vieille, and echarpes pompadour, are similarly made, and whether trimmed with plaiting of g uze ribbon, tulle festonn6, or lace, form elegant fantaisies of the season. Dresses of a more simple description are of poile de chevre or bareges des Aldudes, ornamented with deep flounces or wide biais in a wave; satin stripes on ecru grounds are the most admired. A new style of make for dresses of cameleon, or opal silk, is with both body and skirt open, and laced with braid in the T`yrolien style; the open sides of both body and skirt are edged with a bouillon a la vieille ; the sleeves are aJa Medicis. Peignoirs of embroidered jaconas, trimmed with ruches festonne's, or of India muslins, with inlets of Valenciennes lace, edged with Valenciennes, or organdys, with almost imperceptible stripes of pink, blue, or lilac, tied with nceuds of sarcenet ribbon, are all to be seen when the weather permits. Far travelling dresses, or country wear, coutil is in favour, trimmed with several rows of narrow velvet of the colour of the dress. The capricious changes of the weather render the pardessus most useful ; they are usually made of silk materials, with wide biais, or guipure of gimp; the more elegant are of muslin, lined with paille or lilac silk, trimmed with lace; they have half sleeves, and are confined round the waist by a ribbon ceinture. White mantelets are trimmed with lace and lined with coloured crape, which still preserves their transparency. White is much in favour this season for bonnets, and feuillage is a favourite ornament ; a bon net of paille de riz, with shaded green and white ribbon and bunch of mignonette, is very pretty; shaded rosettes or choux are also used, imitating the rose, formed of rib bon, from the palest tint of pink to the China rose. Crape, lace, tulle illusion, paille de riz, sewed Leghorns, and fancy straws, are ail fashionable. Flowers and feathers are of every variety, but flowers of marabout, with leaves of shaded velvet, panaches zephir, and plumets russes, are the favourite ornaments. The round caps a la pay sanne, a la Babet, a la Bretonne, are frequently trimmed with dark ribbons, deep blue or cerise shaded. SALE OF THE EFFECTS OF THE LATE DUKE OF SussEx.—The following is a correct statement of the amount realised by the property of his late royal high nesf, recently sold :—Plate and plated articles, £20,752 15s. sd, ; decorative furniture, £3,984 Is. 6d ; trinkets, rings, and seals, £2,473 2s. ; snuff-boxes and bonbon niers, £2,238 12s. 6d. ; clocks and watches, £1,994 ss. ; swords, pistols, and sticks, £1,092 I s. 6d. ; pipes, tobacco, and cigars, £3,617 9s. Gd.; bijouterie, £BO2 Is. 6d. ; mi niatures anti pictures, £759 Is. It will be seen from this list that the total exceeds £38,000. A paragraph has been going the round of the papers to the effect that the Kin!! of Naples has made an O'er for the late duke's ra• luable library of books and manuscripts ; the report is destitute of foundation, no such offer having been either received or anticipated. —HEITannIEI. C n NfOor EDITORir/cmi o, l e i Fdi l i_ ______ _ ___ __ .t. - 7,_h , k 3 _ _HaoPlrEo A o r D F E I ;; C : r A ' s 1 . q 4SDAI ID ' acceptancer e fusal t t h i e y v ti i l c e a rage most o noblef Bel Belfast, TO T HE O i e nu willing i y nu , a l] tt a ioos suppose announced, uisp puo tst ee oyf who his sthsino modern tdefeL your r i a 1 : s r u g a ll° ce lion, c d i e o °r° n : . ° P o Lt° rh:° thata r . r c l ro s ' the e : itpldh repo r r l : clet b e o i; c ' termination of the Rev. Hugh M'Neile The selection of Mr. M'Neile, The Mercury of antiquity was no doubt " 1 ' r i d, Ise' lies : forbearing, however, to complete the P arai the l3 was parent of the thought. At all. events, the Pt the responsible post, was from a host a c second cla lied men ; and directly he declined 4 ' Attie ready kuoVe rested on the Rev. Thomas Walker, - -.- '' 81 tarY °t in this town as the able and judicious secre Irish Church Education Society. in the,firrostilienstly quost Yours Scc ___—....-------- 14E _A Y° SURPLICE PREACHING AND '-- T FOR THE CHURCH MILITAN • 0 -- 40' TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STA , adOr Red from tile OF SIR,—SO much evil has already resu . of le , tion of the usages referred to in the heading o d d ift beP and so much more evil ma et be apere hen e t stl °lll usages be persisted in thatylyam induced to requ ~.i t3 r e , .t tu h b a hat i e t the r r e c v a kind indulgence while 'I atttem t offer few p'' pt 0 marks on this painful and agitating,- subject. iso' f littl e d d In the abstract these alterations are but o• ro pc , - ,1 ment ; but the main object rests on their beinFaP.A.sti, and gloried in by the Romanist sect in our ch f r, o 7tylf But why 'A eONSTANT IZEADf 11. because they are practically made to operate;ntrocle ruinous objects. An attempt has been made to,',, j , towt l ' these alterations into several of the churches iut;'.„ongtt: In two instances the demonstration made bY t i v d' o riA gations in those churches was so marked and o s h` better a part of valour, and therefore the ella u „g ho rrb el :, bandonedthey still linger in two or threellitbelu ri‘eicaernqttuloYisr'Pefl-afcriPecia°tr:oetaghali rubric for a long period introduced? There 1 0 0 , Inybe collected from the canons tbat tc! prey dojo_ don's injunct : i w surplice would indicate that that the individulilcook,r4 as not licensed to reach. For persons net s od w", the diocese of Chester to preach, were onl • permitted read andhorudY' r se, l3 ": they did from the ) Communion Table' , o f e ou sca ja de cessarily, in a surplice. riu'll'' preach in a black g ° „ r esel l ' cated that the clergyman so ° doing was licensed ,to " b i s lote c lt may be said. that the Bishop o what u t l e 1 of the enjoined this practice do Bwuiltitheethciashvbicalo;afcbLe: reason to doubt . • li jiln e ," is l Besides, the B• h relaxed b •g 10 is op of London has R oo s o tions, turning them into recommendations, t r , te N ler to follow their own judgment in this z . 13r id!, 0 therefore London, find that the Rev. T. Dale, is pi ° l , i , f ure n , who had preach In disc °, for some time preac , „sly 0 has returned to the usage which he had prevw `fan viriteth, tinued, and now preaches in his black gown., elv; the last number of the Quarterly "leviers, sitesreo lity rate discussion of the subject, says, t her u e ,e 59 tirje nonical and unreasonable as it • usual! b'e c Is 110• t r e' 55 ' ( 06 I would n that this prayer isnot to now address myself to the o ther _ do g e .0 ferred to at the head of this letter, viz., the re!„ .re refe r 4 nr le ay r er for the church militant. Let us therewcovan rubric on this point. " When there is a c c h Ve', the • priest shall then place upon the table so mu so e irTg ° ' sti ce and wine as he shall think sufficient, _ ho e ~,i DONlet as pray for the 7intitvotod a reoogntnethahn te? t ahs l t e ea m tt doeae nnppjaroerfioatnuucsrhnesdsui nfrtrphot that tsdhuiesrcep,ru, e,.„t_i003105 se:i:i; of gfhe priest shall , Christ's Church, &c. Here it is express') br ead to be used go 0 . ne b fi the a e rst placed upon thisa I aro wenclal,o dracates for reading praver , e v e ry ' . 0 05 ' fr f argue that theie is another ' . bich en) I le rubric , unio lice' prayer to be r • ead, when there is lao comir ion !Le o y , tth sr unless the w retP.l e . rst rubric at the end of the conontlnthetr,dit which is as follows • —Mon the SandaYsa.,/- ~//1 ' of days (if there be no . corn i n 'on) shall be 5a‘u,,,,Ga,,,,) appointed at the communion until the end °J„,,"" r - ch , '''' f j , Prayer. e [For the whole state (If Christ's u t ' li i , to col i st e Flt d i l l e soil r tha c t onsier them as harmonizing togethe. Fes_b o 'f then re ubries give oposite directions, the I d t here. d . tore sting on such basis must fall.- I '''ClUth y b3r e be contend that they a . h clu they li't harmonize—but ow d ro . to nize , • The whole difficnl to roe° 'it ty seems w hy i r b, words " ' But i s te t j ! if there be no communion•"' the not re is no communion? Is it because then o leet °s o _ made preparation for a communion havingr Mei; FIRST PLACING se no one remains to co mmon ' 3°C' f fe there was supposes such in her services; and Whcatleyo,at is ti, w ca in u e se :n a ntdhefotrabthleis? reasote:iirtbb,beoisti: great authority with the Tractarians, be a m rs °le r, t u t il t argumentfirs me in his work on the Common ri a Y i e o o, t" t r t.' purpose of reading the prayer for the u Liu ° unless he is prepared for celebrating e "-- o t,S f ie. clergyman should not return to the Lord 9 lurch 0 11 . o lif .n 0 ,h With • troa your permission, I may again some further remarks on these subjects. L ob , . 0 I am, yours falai' miCI BREAD AND 'WINE ON Illibli; yOll terrebteehrebwectrseaheeuaeadre twofi latterrx ue rubrics r in i c s a a sd il em opposedm a to e a hr e oetibt eL lii ore wojecjitioci,t Liverpool, 21th July, 1543. frA almm S o ir rs.t T : homaslAPAhnrillipsl,NßTaErrListberl,GfEorNtreCr:. itit, f o 14e h be as a j b o l i e ned, and is now on the Oxford circo" jr % /lc C irc o , 0 as sLizAcs . B tirtho Ft Er r erß o e: n stseu A ncme l i d el e hi r mi sc ii : css n jslui , :de w icT h iah o lletf i Lui s s: o cwft n eia( ; e :: : : : : l t ti l ei t ll : e be tt has bad a return of an illness which a Short he 'OO feared ths d l eP ' f icy cheater, in compliance with *memorial 1 w ° bell opLmaxe P are akad a rdes u er i 1 c,oy out ar l o r t : tte d bs ji have resolved that after Friday next the , oy ers ' attorney's clerks at the offices of their etoP . 00 , ir• ff' excused on Friday afternoons. c porn /, t. . beforeho, re : m H a nrO.dßll. Commissionero fr Sheffield, C c o s w e l :::: u l t : B egf fo : to , o r : 1 4; in the pound was declared under ire bankr1 1 : 8 010 . f pr i. m.a . s t reern e .t O ic l 1 t i uer ° ci.s : eeicl ii . i tt a ob e f 0 dig e e t 8 i t i o: t w o e n ek bail. The cause list ill "Peee aped ° Four special juries have been struel c. „ (a.C 4 c ,l c p i e a Te l tl The ed wniul retainedsome lmpbreor i v n eof n of ew fi t a h t e s heaviest b ro tl t ea f.int i 03 0 2 6 f1i et h t 4 courts of bankruptcy during the lo t t-tuts°'.. it; been very small, which fact is mainly ottodeitoweir unpopularity of the law amongst the so is eft , . .. e ry ge ll „ the A ti°,, LEGAL PROMOTIONS.—There is a -,-- he for-,cr - „00 1 tation that the Lord Chancellor wil" -.. cl t"" P'illt . faß m ßol loil e c,i n moh c twai hei Richards, i m endy gse, expected pwh o reee f . c jteretirem ent ca i h iewe l s o evisatisfactorywtephoe.MichaelmasadfvrrekasoreTf, l a i e iw i c l r it l e / n to o u , t f r hsn r i, 'de e I c efP r o er . I.fi r n e:s r a :l en e s l s b i h a -e c i i : c i p i:r s t r i e l 1 r oo f b o s ca t :: : of additional silk gowns in the Courts 01 ; i u re P °r o w circumstances concur to render this ° T e d )/e ,;d. nil ° The death of Mr. Sutton Sharpe, an" ri e, s - /t ve Girdlestomberto 0 0 , 0 from all forensic practice, at the close ° f oo t e pro b ut` tings, leave little room to doubt that 5 e toe4 ; tlft. will take place._ Various candidates' are " vq.',e, us ut ites., x, Ai tilt Pled Wood, and Mr. Bacon. ' d e o t ilt 0 CURIOUS DiSCLOSURES.--In the 1 - 45 0 / lis f o re l , Court, last week. a bankrupt of the aar" 6 ' e s, V et o, ' r o t?! examined. rn 1837, being then quite 3 usi ° okr,, r" a mercantile house to learn somethin gs otbersotverri be remained three months, and then ior t b r ee T o tO b te stayed respectively five weeks, nine so u A . 1 0 J o rtelles ri April, 1839 1 , he went to Newfoundiflre'lree ol' ii to l oej are r m tll . turned to England, and, having eg g ' cot 451 to won £lOOO by gaming and spent it, he w e n d to frooo r foundland. In January, 1841, ht re tur ali e o i he 00 r th t t and having done nothing until t uo de r June, ha suddenly commenced busil , , e°l Moorg T° " Harrison. Drummond, and Ca., jo ie t he P i iit o e o He says, " I commenced this business ' l dis. Di teti,,Cis li l purchasing goods and shipping theme, trl i cale u ahe ta r ;ibi ri t , any capital. I had not even Sltfu• k fl ing ''' e rs °l olO r haying goods upon long credit and s c ," l "lotts , / 0 0/0 cutter. I did not know any house a t ' - ' 9 ' oos" e' r lis t e of the markets, and I had no business,,e io atri ss d ot ever with any house connected. with 1 " 1 041 , 'A is' /' , cley i l;', Commencing upon these means in it e guee ee nivo r ~/ say. in the course of three months, ,':‘', ej d or e e$ 'd appeared that the bankrupt boasted 0 °pe el 0 0, 0 4 1 chasing goods to the amount of X 1 8, 17 to s° 6l be b o l te r ( tions under some wills, as to sortie P r e altt e gf" o l quired at Newfoundland, and as to t d h e The 1 , 0 10; 0.A 0 , Wfailfcoolt, N r * to his relations in the north of Elie ° I,OOP ita o ird the bankrupt, however. would hose "I r , ore" 005".4 6 / little effect, bad he not been enabled, w ith " tig h Y A at Messrs. Smith. Payne, and led , throl;i& ble sum, about 4'2,060. which be 1.81 ;d ,n on to g: o s 7 /0 pg H ae a iri l aa bankrupt cse l T h. a o r w eT talked oh th fe iwas t s ihd o eea f l h atr o e hg t ff ae e ts c hu te em caring d h i s a t d ! n t l h v o i i ie : x O i °. t r - "S e r ti° ol oo t bix s an p ell r eAal e nr,u a o 0 o d lrye , ,c a elw n iBv d et plentyreceived itm ug h o t f . i persona n Au g were o t,found. (the s u o , e 0° ) In . 1 w hich o a o ' d ; to t"f t KO' peared so very willing to lose. 0 , 84 1, be t e d ,00 sagi f ' r red d t bo or Thor dei o to , e t gßanotit.plaiT--------f3: afttaaroteredg..--e b n a t 1 1 1 , g h P 0 r 0 it s , i e to r :l tt , :i : : : driver bi t o l '' p 0( it, ti the route on which his driver was ! ir t g o the ° dia l o g ° pal cape, he h at e t w h a e lk c e r d os u a n . cesreemveornailouslY '" met' sta" f pojiii,d relishing the look of his formidablelhe a il % trs i. c ol the counter with amazing agi litY. out °1 4:1 1 ° /Ic e, le d ° ta seem to think himself in am* waY s wou. .. di - 01. lel walked ben as far as the book .shelve_elishioso tio j 0 snhgcgesfhorsaraeßtincriecei Alawiltlo'os. rsrs,ti_aiwnz oretsnoh.erer awAiDhtaiosnmptdrrei bookseller and his customers not d r eu t, tdervel, i being pinned to the wall, all rush e cu ed the it 'i t ) rie f e l' r 0 11 BftLrhionaltedurit keep the counter between them A /ler a ~,,3 1 ts'o oe f 44 the shop in his sole possession. 1 ca ,,11- o ' o ,trli oe rep , the pots and foolscaps, ledg e " i B . T.' ee. reWbooViiis 6,fr prevailed on by the tningled aio: t be , r , A jr , threats of his driver, to retreat, %%il l f o uto:i s e/Y ' took possession of the premises, ar_,,,..--ru faction, that all had escaped scatbel'"' ser. 4 °19 , ea ° tle,/ce e ° II PAI ON t, V° , t, ',,,''' L ~