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SONG OF ......-.____....- LIFE CLOSE, old Companions, round my hearth — This little harbour of the sea, That beats around us from our birth— And let I.: If strong, we ft r destiny And breast the currents, brave the blast; If weak, we float along the tide, And, like the strongest, sink at 1 Onward thus, a Floats our soul throng life away As the world whose dust we are Drifts through xes of night and Great nature measured forth the hours While di n we lay in breathless trance, And cast our pre-appointed powers To shape themselves by circumstance Yet gives she still, through day and dark, Some joy to cheer, som dream to bless Man's true vocation's in the work That yields the largest happiness Gauge well your spirits' strength, and note The space that suits it prosperously ; Then launch your war-bark, or your boat, On shallow stream or soundless sea. A peaceful heart, in summer's breath Float toward your rest, with pinions furled; A daring soul, in love with death. Storm through the waters of the world. The spirit of the expanse around Shapes all conditions to our weal ; None miss the truths they cannot sound, _ Or sigh for joys they cannot feel ; Still moon-bright memory sways the years That roll from life's declining shore, _ And sorrow wings to purer spheres The heart that earth consoles no more, Come let us make our heaven of earth, Ely living for bright truth alone; Old books will crown our simple hearth With pleasures put er than a throne. Love, peace, and hope at least are ours, While yet our bosoms breathe the day ; And from the grave the guardian powers Will light our souls, and lead the way. —University Magazine for December REVIEWS OF BOOKS. .731ackwood's 31a.qctzili Edinburgh Blackwood The number for December opens with a well written review on the report of the Parliamentary Commission on the National Gallery. Much difference of opinion has been expressed as to this costly collection of pictures, and recommendations have widely varied; but all appear to agree in con demnation not only of the very inefficient accom inodation of the present building, which occupies what has been called the finest site in Europe, but also of its management. "A Letter from the Boulevards" gives some interesting particulars of 'what is doing in Paris in politics, in literature, in 'town improvements, theatres, &c. The third part of " The Narcotics we indulge in" continues the description of these extraordinary substances, and their effects upon the human frame, taking for illustration those that are less known and used than those previously described. " A few more words on University Reform" concludes this subject, which was commenced in a previous number. The conclusions arrived at by the writer are—that the re,Pular uuuege tuition is inetticient— that the period required for the first degree is too long—that to obtain admission into a desirable college requires either private influence or applica tion made some years previously, or both—and 'that the cost of a college education is exorbitant. For these practical remedies are suggested, with due regard to the especial object of the univer sities, which is " the due supply of fit persons ,in Church and State." " Rapping the Question : a Tale of Modern Magic," is a humorous story, the intention of which is obvious by its title. This is followed by an article on " Real and Ideal Beauty," comprising a review of several works on the subject, two of which are by Mr. D. R. Hay, who has made some valuable contributions to the study of the beautiful in " The natural principles of beauty as developed in the human figure," and 4 ` The orthographic beauty of the Parthenon." A new story is commenced under the title of " The Quiet Heart," of which Part I. is given. The scene is in Scotland, and the style is evidently that of the author of " Katie Stewart," a recommenda tion which will ensure it many readers. The magazine concludes with a few more remarks on Russia and Turkey, with some particulars of their comparative forces. --- By Henry Outlines of Universal History. White, BA. Edinburgh : Oliver and Bob The text-books in the various branches of elemen tary education which have, from time to time, for a very long series of ye ars , issued from the press of Messrs. Oliver and Boyd, of Edinburgh, have attained a high and well-deserved reputation. They have been characterised by carefulness of compilation and practical knowledge of the various subjects the principles of which it was intended in their pages to elucidate ; and the cheap ness an d beauty with w hi c h they have been furnished to the public have formed frequent and gratifying topics of remark. In the very useful though necessarily brief compendium before us, th 4 commendable points of which we have spoken will be found judi ciously combined. The author, Mr. White, is a practical teacher of great experience and much Ingenuity. He is the author of numerous works on various branches of elementary history ; and has proved himself to be happy in condensing the less important branches of his subject, while elimi nating its important features with perspicuity. These -outlines of universal history will prove eminently useful as a class manual, and they will afford no mean degree of aid to those more advanced in life, whose time for study is limited. Jacob Abbott's Histories—Alfred the Great and _Pyrrhus. London : Nathaniel Cooke. The object of these histories—which, the author tells us in his preface, are to consist of twenty-four volumes—is topresent to the reader a succinct account Hof the principal transactions which took place, and of the chief events which, occurring in each reign, became, as it were, marking features of the period. It is part of the intention that twelve of the volumes shall be devoted to ancient Kings, and twelve to English Sovereigns--the two named at the head of this notice occupying the first volume in each of the series. Every reader possessed of the slightest scholarly pretension is familiar with the delightful biographical narratives contained in Plutarch's Lives, and most of them have desired, with earnest sincerity, that some modern Plutarch would arise and do for the sages and heroes of the latter time, what has been so faithfully and well performed for their predecessors. The series now under consideration attempts, in some degree, to supply us with a substitute for that work, as well as to continue, in an unbroken chain, our knowledge of those who have flourished since Plutarch lived and wrote. We could almost wish that Mr. Abbott, contenting himself to, let well alone, had confined Lis operations to the newer ground. We desire not to institute comparisons between his achievements and those of his great predecessor ; but, feeling assured the ground was well occupied by the Greek . narrator, we could have spared additional labour in that field, at all events till the harvest of the newer one had been more fully reaped. The reign and history of Alfred form a subject of just pride and honest exultation to every English man ; for it was at that time and under his spirited and enlightened rule, that many of our most re vered and cherished institutions, eitherdirectly took their rise, or had the ground prepared and the seed sown,which subsequently germinated and grew, and have beenworked into the foundations and bulwarks of the British Constitution. Thepersonalprowess, sa gacity, and perseverance of Alfred, are still in Eng lish minds associated with the beau ideal of kingly virtue ; and thousands are taught to lisp in adoring strains the catalogue of his virtues, who never in maturer years have the opportunity of knowing the basis of his fame and popularity. This want - will be sufficiently supplied for general purposes by the volume before us ; indeed, the information contained in it will be found adequate to the wants of all, except those whose ample leisure, or peculiar tastes, may lead them to a more minute study of this :enticing theme. The narrative of Alfred's reign is necessarily much occupied with details of the rude warfare of the time ; but it is also agree ably diversified by the delineation of more peaceful incidents. In the following brief lines we have, in all probability, a description of THE ORIGIN OF THE BRITISH NAVAL POWER. thi Alt s ong the other measures to which Alfred resorted in tieme.rgency was the attempt to encounter the Danes i,,T.thetr own element, by building and equipping a fleet „„zi.T : , , :with which to proceed to sea, in order to meet ~h( la v y ae_ k upon the water certain new bodies of invaders, hand, on the way to join the Danes'already on the att e e "l i ng, as rumour said, along the southern shore. clim eo i2 n Pting, to bud a naval power, the greatest t o h ul a alNyay s is to provide seamen. It is much easier fle e t , fr at .: l llPs than to train sailors. To man his little , could b e to enlist such half-savage foreigners as e 1 11 , d uk the ports, and even pirates, as was said, Pay, an n ti ollueld to enter his service, promising them ' These attemptsP t r,i,der as they could take from the enemy. A lfred to build and man a fleet are 1 armed star, sent vast edifice of When the fleet was ariosity and in , ssinl in its contes need armaments wit' g the simple picture here pro- The people watching with curiosity and interest the untutored and uncertain movements of that tiny squadron, which, typically, shadowed forth the trackless march , of the mightiest power which ever swept the ocean's waste. Out of so small a beginning arose the maritime might of England, and thus " Out of the•nettle da We have pluck'd the flower I The narrative is simple at unostentatious facts are stated with clearness and precision, and t-book for youth it is admirable. as a tex Similar remarks as to conciseness and perspi cuity are equally applicable to the history of Pyrrhus. The series promises to be a valuable addendum to our list of school-books. It is hand somely printed and liberally embellished by illus trative eneravineS. Memoirs of Convicted Prisoners. With Remarks on the Causes and Prevention of Crime. By Rev. H. S. Joseph. London : Wertheim and Co. This volume is written by one who, in his official capacity of chaplain at Chester Castle, is necessarily much acquainted with criminals, and deeply interested in understanding the causes, remote and proximate, which lead to crime. Like most others who have reflected on or inquired into the subject, he finds the chief sources of criminal outbreair in ignorance and drunkenness, two causes which act and re-act on each other with a fearfully-increasing power and influence. He finds no difficulty in tracing in the criminal of to-day the drunkard of the previous year, whom again he readily recognises 'as the uneducated stripling of a few years back. Thus it is ever found—ignorance is the parent of moral depravity, the fruitful offspring of which are sensuality and crime. From such premises it is reasonable to presume that our author, in the first place, proposes to lay the axe to the root of the tree, and, by dispelling ignorance and disseminating knowledge, pave the way for a wider extent of moral sway—for the more perfect operation of religious influences. By education, however, he does not mean exclusively the inculcation of secular knowledge, but an indoctrinating with the prin ciples of Christianity. On this subject let us hear what he says relative to the system pursued in many SUNDAY-SCHOOLS. Sunday-schools, when established by Mr. Robert Raikes and the Rev. Mr. Stock, in 1781, were evidently for the purpose of instilling Christian truths and principles into the minds of the labottring classes, and not for secular instruction. If their principles had been fully carried out, no doubt our peasantry would not have been in that demoralised and demoralising condition in which they now are. True it is that much has been done of late, and much is being done in the present day towards amelio rating the condition of the poor. But unless the founda tion of education be on religious principle, then will it be far better to give them no education at all. Teach the rising generation their duty towards God and their duty towards their neighbour, as first principles, then give them whatever secular ecliacation you please. Unless this be done, we shall always find that a want of true education will be one of the great causes of crime. The words "true educatio: just quoted is the real and body must occupied 1. exercis each be nourished by proper - food ; then kill each go on in a healthy and vigorous manner. But if false principles, bad examples, and bad precepts are allowed to be pre sented to the young mind, the prevalence of folly and crime must be inevitable. On the demoralising influences of poverty, our author is likewise convincingly and practically eloquent. His experience leads him to disapprove of many provisions of the poor law ; not, be it remembered, merely as a philanthropic theorist, but as an eye-witness of the evils which almost inevitably result from the working out of the system. Most thinking men and women will concur in the truthfulness of the following remarks on the ADMINISTRATION OF PAROCHIAL RELIEF. Poverty and destitution must bring into the dwellings of the poor, pestilence or disease of some sort, before they can be found to merit help from the Unions. It is one great defect in our poor-law system, that the honest poor man in health is left almost to starve, or be driven to commit crime in order to obtain food to satisfy nature, not only for himself but for his poor wife and dependent children. We are willing to admit that the poor working man is often improvident when in full employ, and neglects that, which the ant and the bee are observed to do, viz., provide for the necessities of the winter season • but we ought to look with Christian charity on th e weakness and follies of our poorer and more ignorant fellow-creatures. The present mode of administering relief to the poor is very objectionable in many points of view, too frequently offering, as it were, a bonus to p over ty. It is t o b e regretted that our Union Poor Houses are little better than nurseries of vice. We will not enter into any prolix arguments to prove this assertion ; to a reflecting mind, and to one who can trace effects from causes, this state- ment is self-evident. Suffice it to say, that the fact of a person being in a state to entitle him to parochial relief, is considered degrading to all the fine feelings of human nature : for one of the effects of receiving such relief, and in such a manner, is the loss of self-respect ; which is a great cause of crime. A certain degree of reasonable pride and independence of thought and action tend to elevate the character, for there is an instinctive feeling in human nature to desire to be thought good and respect able—hence the love of dress, and the wish to have good furniture and a clean household. We knew an instance of a woman having a large family and a dranken husband, all living together in two small rooms. She was very industrious, and a good needle-woman ; by her exertions she maintained herself and children. When brought to a state of starvation, she opened her heart and related her troubles ; she was advised to put her children in the Union Workhouse. She said, " What, put them in that den of infamy ! One of my girls was there for a short time, and fr , what sb- "'hat she related to sue saw, and me, I would rather see them dead, than school of vice and wickedness. The object of the author of this very unpre tending volume is to lay bare the immoral and irreligious maladies which in their more aggra vated forms afflict society. The purpose of his exposition is salutary. That he is not the only labourer in the field is true, and that truth is at once a source of grief and of rejoicing —of grief, that the malady is so extensive and inveterate as to require, while it defies, so many goodly efforts for its cure—of rejoicing, that, thankless as the task is, there is still so numerous a body of good and enlightened men to grapple with and combat its loathsomeness. The Christian _Life : a Manual of Sacred Verse By Robert Montgomery, M.A. Sixth Edition London : Riving-lons This very handsome little volLunes is, indeed, what its title professes it should be—a manual of sacred verse. The writings of this rev. gentleman have been long extensively known to the religious public ; and the fact that this volume has reached its sixth edition speaks more loudly in its favour, and of the author's popularity, than the most laboured panegyric we could bestow. The volume is dedicated by permission to Her Majesty, and contains a collection of Mr. Montgomery's smaller pieces, with which most of our readers must be familiar. That he is a more zealous Churchman than an obsequious courtier, will be obvious from the lines with which he ends his collection. They are from a poem entitled GOD SAVE TILE CU God save the Church and save the Queen ! Mitre and Throne have ever I To weal and woe alike related By Truth revered, and Treasc " God save the Church !" be -. Both while we live. and when we die For, rail her foemen as they will, The Church is England's glory still ! The above quotation we think will be readily admitted as no very tame conclusion to a volume dedicated by permission to Her Majesty. The Human Hair Popularl, and Physiologically Considered. By Alex. Rowlind Under this title we have a book full of interest and amusement. This work of Mr. Rowland is an important addition to onevery limited ethnological literature. It also treats the physiology of portion of the human cuticle in a superior manner, the microscopical plates and descriptions being in the most masterly style. An abundance of interest ing anecdotes relative to the hair are scattered through the book. The work contains the only rational rules for managing the hair we ever recol lect to have seen in print. The Band of Rape Alnzanack. Among the several sheet almanacks which have reached us, we give preference of commendation to this one, chiefly because it is made an instrument in the attempt to promote the moral improvement of the humbler classes. For aiding in such a com mendable effort, it is in all respects well adapted, and is, moreover, so tastefully got up that it will form an appropriate adornment to the cottage parlour. NEW 31IISIC. New Music-hall Polka—a spirited piece of I dance music, with sufficient novelty to give it zest, yet not so simple as to be insipid, nor so intricate as to prevent it being a readily-performed and welcome addendum to the stock of cheering domestic inirth.--.Eveline, Valve Brilliante, another piece of Terpsiekrean music peculiarly suited to the festive season. Like the one above mentioned, he wi'di 1,4 i it is so devoid of executional difficulties, that- it can ease performed in the family circle. They published by Messrs. Hime and Son, of ; the first being composed by A. Gohstein, er by Eugene Faveir. Liverpool VARIETIES. —Hope THE OLDEST ANCHORITE THE MOST CURIOUS THIN( canons A woman r A. FIRM DETERMINATION to act right will steer even inexperience safely over dangerous pas Wages. Tun LAMP may be made of gold and embellished with diamonds, but it gives •no light without oil; just such a dark lamp is genius without virtue. SCENE—A LONELY 'SQUARE.— Time Midnight.— Timid swell (loq.)--" Take my money, take my watch. take evewything ; but pway spare my collars ! A STREET DIALOGUE. — Lady—" No, I've nothing for you ; you_ always ask me every time I cross." Bop— " Yes, a nothink and every time you crosses you anus give me :."—Punch. PROGRESS or SCIENCE.—A scientific hair-dresser at the West-end is about to favour the ladies with the dis covery of a wonderful new pommade, which he guarantees " will prevent the bonnet falling off the head." SHALL LADIES HAVE VOTES'?—" Certainly," replies a strong-minded woman of our acquaintance ; " is woman made only to sew on buttons ? and if she is, you have no right to turn away the needle from the poll." OVERFLOWING WITIC EXTRAVAGANCE. —A good Novem ber fog is the cause of poor authors being extremely ex travagant, for it forces them to burn]," the midnight oil" at noonday.—Punch. To THE PRESS GENERALLY.—The Emperor Nicholas wishes an erratum corrected in the next edition of our dictionaries. He begs to say that he has discovered that an Ottoman is not a thing upon which you easily and comfortably place your foot. A CALICO CALEMBOURG.—Mr. Cobden : Why are the selfish agitators among the operatives like the works of a clock out of order ? Mr. Bright : Because they insist upon striking,withont regard to the position of the hands. Mr. Cobden : You are quite right, my dear Bright. How TO BUILD A HATE'S!' HOME.—Six things are re quisite. Integrity must be the architect, tidiness the upholsterer. It must be warmed by affection, lighted up with cheerfulness ; and industry must be the ventilator, renewing the atmosphere, and bringing in fresh salubrity day by day ; while over all, as a protecting canopy and glory, nothing will suffice except the blessing of God. To DRESS A HAM.—Bayonne is celebrated for its hams. I accordingly had one dressed under my own inspection ; and, as a considerable degree of science is required in dressing a ham, I publish my receipt. Boil it in hock, a quarter of an hour each pound ; then put it in an oven, and bake it another quarter of an hour to the same weight ; and I'll venture to say the epicures will acknowledge that nothing can be more delicious. WOMAN'S LOVE.—No woman ever loved to the full ex tent of the passion, who did not venerate where she loved, and who did not feel humbled, delighted in that humility, by her exaggerated and overwhelming estimate of the su periority of the object of her worship. What state could fall, what liberty decay, if the zeal of man's noisy patriot ism was as pure as the silent loyalty of woman's love ? Woman's love is a robe that wraps her from many a storm. CONSIDERABLE LATITUDE.— Sir Richard Jebb being called to see a patient who fancied himself very ill, told him ingenuously what he thought, and declined prescrib ing for him. " Now you are here," said the patient, " I shall be obliged to you, Sir Richard, if you will tell me how I must live, what I may eat, and what I may not." "My directions as to that point," replied Sir Richard, "will be few and simple. You must not eat the poker, or tongs, for they are hard of digestion ; nor the bellows, because they are windy ; but eat anything else you please." THE SOURCES OF HAPPINESS.—It is not by multiply ing twopence by thirty that we can estimate the happiness of him who drinks claret over him who drinks beer. It is wor are as happy as the rich, and he reasons for holding this belief 'Tie& and been often closely exam,— _ hence the general principle has been attacked as a vain sentiment, invented by the rich to appease the poor. But if we look at the main elements of human felicity, we shall find that -they are amr ct the oho - of moderat AO - • 'lent. Tl . ,banun, Bey consist in health, physical and mental ; in food, sufficient to satisfy hunger ; in clothing sufficient to protect the body from the vicissitudes of weather ; and in that enjoy ment of the domestic attainments which continue the existence of our species. The wealth of the richest man that ever lived will not add to the list r. fifth element of enjoyment so large as any one of these. SCIENCE AND labour of the whole Geolo gical Society, for the last fifty years, has but now arrived at the ascertainment of those truths respecting mountain form which Turner saw and expressed with a few strokes of camel's hair pencil fifty years ago, when he was a boy. The knowledge of all the laws of the planetary system and of all the curves of the motion of projectiles would never enable a man of science to draw a waterfall or a wave ; and all the members of Surgeon's-hall, helping each oth?.r, could not at this moment see, or represent, the natural movement of a human body in vigorous action, as a poor dyer's son (Tiutoret) did 200 years ago.—Rus kin's Stones of Venice. Av I3fPERTURBABLE QUAICER.—When Friend Hopper was seated one day in the Senate-chamber at Albany, a man came to him and told him to take off his hat: He replied,' "I had rather not.. I am accustomed to keep it on-" "But it is contrary to the rules," rejoined the officer, "I am ordered to turn out any man who refuses to uncover his head." The Quaker quietly responded, " Very well, friend obey thy orders." " Then will you please to • el, • 1 out, si: said the officer No," replied Friend Hopper.; "Didst thou not tell me thou west ordered to turn me out. Do'st thou suppose lam going to do thy But how am I to get you out? [re," rejoined Friend Hopper, me out, to be I see no other way." The officer went and wliisiered to the Speaker, who glanced at the noble-looking old gentleman, and advised that he should be let alone.—Hopper's Life. DR. PITCAIRN AND TIIE KIRK ELDERS.—The follow ing anecdote is told of the celebrated Dr. Pitcairn, in whose days a jug of claret was not an unusual breakfast in Scotland : Dr. Pitcairn seldom troubled the inside of the kirk, but every sabbath morning the jug of claret was to be seen on its way from the tavern just as the more staid portion of the population were going to morning service. The kirk elders were at length scandalised, and, under the plea of preventing sabbath-tradiug, used fre quently to seize the doctor's jug and confiscate his claret. Suspecting that the seizure was not altogether disinte rested, the doctor one sabbath morning sent a strong dose of tartar-emetic at the bottom of his pewter. On that day, to the surprise of all men, Dr. Pitcairn was seen in church. His eves were turned towards the elders' new. The service had not advanced far ere one of the zealous opponents of sabbath-trading slunk out of church, looking very pale. Soon another followed, and presently the elders' pew was empty, to the bewilderment of all but the contriver of the mischief. The latter slipped out of church quietly, and with exultation-beheld his persecutors writhing in all the agonies of a painful puke." PICTURE OF MEiSClllKOFF. — Menschik.olf has in variably refused to sit to any artist. He is about 70 years of age, of middle stature, has close cut milk-white hair, a high open forehead, sharply-defined features, and a bright sparkling eye. His gait is haughty, but slightly limping, from a wound he received in a singular manner, at the siege of Varna, in 1828. One evening, having given some orders that he wished to see implicitly obeyed, he strolled through the camp ; and as he was returning to his quarters he stopped and remained with his legs stretched wide apart while he enjoyed a pinch of snuff: Suddenly the report of a heavy gun was heard, and the Prince fell headlong to the ground. When he was taken up it was found that a cannon ball had passed between his legs and wounded him severely in the thigh. Prince Menschikoff is one of the most extensive landed proprietors in the empire, and counts his serfs by thousands ; -but, unlike the generality of the Russian nobles, he adds daily to his wealth. His economy is without a parallel, and indeed is stated to descend to parsimony of the lowest grade; but, however grinding his extortion in his patri monial estate, on all grand state occasions his appearance, carriages, and suite are most magnificent. He possesses a superb mansion at St. Petersburg ; his establishment of servants and equipage is on a scale of the most lavish ex pense, and he is surrounded by numerous aides-de-camp glittering in " barbaric pearls and gold." Another striking peculiarity of this remarkable man is the aversion he entertains for foreigners. Not one—even an ambassador— has ever been permitted to enter his palace. He is both rough and fickle, and when anything offends him becomes absolutely brutal. But while he bends to the imperial yoke from motives of avarice or ambition, he revenges his official servitude by browbeating, threatening, and abusing all who have the misfortune to be connected with him; and as he is a man of considerable talent and indomitable energy, he succeeds most marvellously in his amiable occupation. It is not therefore to be wondered at that he has many enemies. Menschikoff married the Princess Delgorouki, by whom he has a son and daughter.—United States Gazette. • "STOP MY PAPER."—The following remarks are too good to be thrown into the waste paper basket. We clip them from an exchange, and willingly pass them on. They are true to the letter, and suitable to all climates and localities. Every man who subscribes to a paper, and is troubled with either soft or hard corns, should read them. They are understandable to the meanest capacity :—lt is astonishing what exalted notions some persons have of their own importance. They seem to imagine they are altogether necessary to the onward roll of our little world, and that if, by any means, they should be shoved out of the way, the screws would be so loose that the old machine would no longer hold together; and of course, if such important personages only say to an editor " Stop my paper," the whole establishment must go to pot instanter. We have often laughed in our sleeve —though outwardly we looked as grave as an owl—when one of those regulators of the world has marched into our editorial sanctum, and ordered a discontinuance of his paper. And it always does us good to see how the starch is taken ont of him while the editor smilingly replies— " Certainly, sir, with the greatest pleasure ; just as soon as the clerk has entered 100 or more names which have just been sent in." The mighty man wilts down like the narrative of a whipped spaniel, and he shrinks away mut tering to himself, " Well, I am afraid that stopping my paper has not ruined him after all." _These swells who stop their papers on account of some melphich has found re to7vatch the time of g that another number will hardly and they are sure to borrow their its way into their cranium the next issue, thinkii make its app( neighbour f s'copy to see if it does not contain the editor's farewell address to his readers. We once knew a minister who, in describing the Christian's character, and the cir ctunspection of his walk, said the way to heaven required as much care as it did for a cat to walk on a wall covered with broken bottles. It is something so with an editor, if he is to please everybody. We have heard of persons who are willing to put out both of their own eyes for the sake of getting out one of their neighbour's ; and it is generally so with those who stop their papers to spite the editors—they hurt themselves much more than they do the editor and proprietor of a paper However, people will have their own way, and in this wide world it is best to let them till they are satisfied. Experience is a good schoolmaster; and it takes more than one man to make a world, as it does OM 5W619W to make a summer."— American paper. IT WAS orm of the wisest of Dr. Johnson's many wise sayings, that " he who waits to do a great deal of good at once, will never do anything." WE REALLY CANNOT profess to understand the mys tery of spirit-rapping—but we have seen several well authenticated cases in whici devotion to spirits ha caused many 0 be without a rap. A NEW DEFINITION.—Wh en an Irish girl was askeu, a few days ago, where her mistress wag, who had gone to a water-cure establishment, she replied 'that her ladyship had "gone to soak." A GENTLEMAN in an omnibus has always two difficul ties before him, if he do not assist ladies in and out, he is called a brute; if he do, he is suspected to be a pick pocket. _ - A DEFINITION.—" Bdl Tomkins, what is a widder ?" " A widder is a married woman that ha'nt got no husband, 'cayse he's dead." " Very well, what is a widderer ?" " A widderer is a man that runs arter widders." " Well, Bill, that's not exactly according to Johnson, but it will do." THE EMPEROR NICHOLAS'S MODE OP LIFE.—The Emperor Nicholas leads a life of the most feverish activity. He rides, walks, holds a review, superintends a sham fight. goes on the water, gives afgte, exercises a navy, and all in the same day. He travels incessantly, passes over at least fifteen hundred leagues every season, and all those who are attached to his person have to share his fatigue. The empress, who will follow him everywhere, loses her health by doing so ; and it is said that the young Grand Dnke Constantine will fall a victim to the mode of travelling adopted by his father. Nicholas is in the habit of travel ling not less than seven leagues in an open caleche.— Adrian Gibson's the Czar and the Sultan. THE DUKE'S FIRST VICTORY.--Perhaps it may_ inte rest the future author of the Life of the Duke of Wel lington to be informed of his first victory. It was not in India, as commonly supposed, but on Donnybrook-road, near Dublin, that his first laurels were won. This appears from the Freeman's Journal, Sept. 18, 1789, where we learn that, in consequence of a wager between him and Mr. Whaley, of 150 guineas, the Hon. Arthur Wellesley walked from the five-mile stone on Donnybrook-road to the corner of the circular road in Leeson-street, in fifty five minutes, and that a number of gentlemen rode with the walker, whose horses he kept in a tolerably smart trot. When it is recollected that those were Irish miles, even deducting the distance from Leeson-street to the Castle, where the original measurements were made, this walk must be computed at nearly six English miles. OMICRON. —Notes and Queries. A WORD of CoraniNG CITURCH.—We copy the following from an autobiography which Hugh Millar is now publishing in the Witness :—"A simple incident which occurred during my first morning attendance at Dr. M'Crie's chapel strongly impressed me with a sense of his sagacity. There was a great deal of coughing in the place, the effects of a recent change of weather, and the doctor, whose voice was not a st rong one, and who seemed somewhat annoyed by the ruthless interruptions, stopping suddenly short in the middle of his argument, made a dead pause. When people are taken greatly by surprise they cease to cough —a ci rcums t ance . on which he had evidently calculated. Every eye was now turned towards him, and for a full minute so dead was the silence that one might have heard a pin' drop. ' I see, my friends,' said the doctor, resuming his speech, with a suppressed smile, I see you can be all quiet enough when I am quiet.' There was not a little genuine strategy in the rebuke; and, as cough lies a good deal more under the iufluence of the will than most coughers suppose, such was its effect that during the rest of the day there was not the previous coughing." THE FAVOURITE DISHES OF AUTIIc,- an ancient writer on fishes, was so fond of fi died of a surfeit occasioned bo - a tithe of s.—Dr. Rondelet that hi a letter to a friend, Dr. Parr confesies his love of "hot Wiled lobsters, with a profusion of shrimp sauce." Pope, who was an epicure, would lie in bed for days at Lord Bolingbroke's' unless he wa s t o ld th a t th ere were stewed lampreys for dinner, when he arose instantly and came down to table. - A gentleman treated Dr. Johnson to new honey and clouted cream, of which he ate so largely, that his entertainer became alarmed. All his lifetime Dr. Johnson had a voracious attachment for a leg of mutton. "At my aunt Ford's," says he, " I ate so much of a boiled leg of mutton, that she used to talk of it. My mother, who was affected by little things, told me seriously that it would hardly ever be forgotten." Dryden, writing in 1609 to a lady, declining her invitation to a handsome supper,' says :—" If beggars might be choosers, a chine of honest bacon would please my appetite more than all the marrow puddings, f I like them better plain, having a very vulgar stomach." Baron Maseres, who lived to the age of ninety, used to go home one day in every week without any dinner, eating only a round of dry toast at tea. Aristotle, like a true poet, seems to have literally feasted on fancy. Few could live more frugally ;in one of his poems, he says of himself, "that he was a fit per son to have lived in the world when acorns were the food of men."--Salads for the Solitary. A COAST SCENE.—A footpath leading over the hill led them to the top of the promontory, covered with the finest green sward, and giving a view of the open ocean. To the right, lay distant Flambro' Head; to the left. Scarborough, with its castle and its bold lofty headland, and the mass of red-tiled houses lying clear, as if only some half-mile dis - - taut. But on the sunny sea vast numbers of vessels stretched from horizon to horizon; all, in.fact, traversin_ that great marine highway from Scotland to London which is perpetually crowded with a nation's traffic; mer chant vessels; whole fleets of colliers bearing coals from Newcastle to the metropolis, or returning for more; steamers bravely bearing onwards, and leaving their long lines of smoke behind them; with the white sails of almost myriads of those bu'terflies of the ocean, fishing cobles, gleaming bright and sunny on all parts, near and remote, of the ocean plain. But great as was this view, the one directly under- them was not less impressive. There the sea was raging against the rocks which rose to a consider able altitude. North and south extended the jagged and indented line of precipitous cliff, rent and ravaged by the storms of ages. A narrow neck of land ran out just before them, to which they advanced, and stood aloft, as it were, in the centre of this really sublime scene. On one hand the sea was boiling and sweeping in milky whiteness through a great cavern; on the other hand rushing like an assailing army into a circular abyss, which it had worn in the precipitous cliff, and leaping all foam on the huge ledges of projecting rocks, and plunging back in fury into the boiling deep. The whole mass of waters was in a motion, like some vast and restless living thing, swelling, eddying, and moaning with a wild melancholy, or thunder ing as with a thousand cannon on the dark yellow walls of cavernous rock.—Howitt's Stories of English and Foreign Life. TAE ANCIENT BUILDINGS OF GREECE AND ROME we may class with great propriety in three successive orders. First, we have those ancient structures denomi nated Cyclopean, from the mythus of Homer, who attri butes their foundation to the sons of Neptune. These structures consist of vast and irregular masses'of unhewn stones, put together without cement or mortar of any kind. The ruins of the citadels of Tyrus and Myceme, which are of this description, have remained in their pre sent condition for 3,000 years, and present the most per fect specimens yet exi s ti ng of the military architecture of the heroic ages. The next improvement on this method has been termed the Irregular Polygonal structure, from the circumstance that the stones are no longer unhewn, although no attempt is made to reduce them to the square. These lateral plain sides are sufficiently smooth to form a close joint, and the angular proportions of the one stone fitted the angular recesses of the other; and their faces are cut so as to give the whole wall a tolerably smooth surface. Examples of this second class are common in the Etruscan tombs, where, says Mr. Dennis, these blocks are arranged so as to present their ends and sides in alter nate corners, in that style which builders denominate Old English Bond, or more vulgarly, "headers and stretchers." The same description of masonry was used extensively by the Romans, and seemed to have reached its perfection in the foruin of Augustus. In the third species of mural building the blocks are laid in horizontal courses, but sometimes so irregular that none of the hori zontal joints are continuous, but all the joints are accu rately squared and fitted. Example of this kind of masonry is to be found in the celebrated Lion Gate of the ancient fortress of Mycenie.—The Builder. THE THREE LITTLE ROYAL LETTER-WRITEES.—It seems but the other day that there were three little prin cess destined to • support a large part of the royalty of Europe—little girls who wrote letters to each other — letters which all English children would, have liked to see, in order to know how people felt who were to sit upon thrones. There was the Brazilian princess, who had a cruel uncle ; and th e Q ueen o f S pa i n, who had a cruel uncle, too ; and our own princess, Victoria, who was thought at one time to have had a disloyal uncle also, but who was too well guarded and too much beloved to be in any danger from him. There were French princesses also, who were correspondents of the three queens—the Prin cess Marie, who won all hearts by her virtue, as infallibly as she commanded respect by her talents ; and her sister, the late Queen of the Belgians. It was a remarkable group ; and so it remains in our memories. And where are they now ? The Princess Marie of Orleans died first ; and the universal regret for her loss was unmingled with any of the bitterness of disrespect. Some years later died the Queen of the Belgians; and her children are already preparing for sovereignty and its perpetuation. A worse fate than death seemed to have overtaken the two Ibe rian princesses—the peril of the loyalty o f th e i r peop l e, and the loss of the interest of Europe. Remaining chil dren in temper and understanding, while charged with the duties of mature life, and with the very heaviest of human responsibilities, they have not been equal to their position and their fortune, and have suffered much them selves, and inflicted much suffering on others. What a contrast is all this with the lot of the one remaining mem ber of the group ! How unlike in every way is the des tiny of our English princess to that of all the rest ! Living in the prospect of long and happy years, blest in her domestic relations, honoured and loved without doubt or question by all her people, and safe while every throne in Europe but her own is shaken, how would she and the young correspondents of her youth have wondered if her lot could have been foreshown with theirs ! We may even say, knowing her kinclly heart, how aghast would she have been as well as they ! The Queen of Portugal lost the husband she really loved after a marriage of a few weeks. The Queen of Spain was violently separated from the lover whom she preferred, and married in a way which will excite the disgust and horror of generations to come ; and the consequence is a present position which is painful and precarious beyond all others, even in these days of jeopardy of thrones. Our Queen married as she chose, and, as far as regards the qualities of her husband, she married to the lasting satisfaction of her people. The natural consequence has followed—that no word of ques tion of the soundness of the royal home, and its domestic peace, is ever uttered or imagined. It is the constitutional government of Great Britain that, even imperfectly admi nistered, has been the safeguard of the sovereign full as much as of the people ; and it follows that, as perils are renewed and multiplied abroad, the policy and duty of sovereign and people at home is to advance the represen tative principle and improve the whole administration of government, so as to obtain perpetually further security and a higher welfare. This is what the Queen and her husband hr more and , havimpress upon th e i r children, and to show usore that they fully understand. Thu s , an d h wlei mth ile in Port uga l a queen goes comparatively to the grave, an d i n Spain slander besets the loyalty almost d eser t s it , th e roya l li ne of throne, ntumno os only, rnt3,od and, England may continue to extend, till, possibly, it may be the last, and some day or other in a distant future, close, in the history of the world, the chapter of kings,—Daily News. le beginnings from which the pre itish naval power took its origin. ly to put to sea, the people thronged ng its movements with the utmost st, earnestly hoping that it might be d and experi- which it ye to contend, THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER. ORIGJJc. CORRESPONDENCE. SCOTTISH RIGHTS, TO TICE .E 1 :TOR OF Tit LIVERPOOL STINDAM SlE,—When one is almost tempted to suppose that a long period of friendly intercourse, and mutual interests, between England and Scotland, has failed to produce in the English mind that respect for their northern fellow- subjecti which might naturally have been expected; when we see certain respectful representations from the north, against injustice, (real or supposed, it - matters not,) me by a torrent of unnecessary contumely, from the leader .nd opinion in the south, .g to see the course followed by theLiver is gives one some assurance that intelli- Rnelishmen do not all indorse the sentiments of the that those matters of or exponents of public sentiment it is really gratifying ' pool Standard. " gent London journals, and ~mplaint may yet be discussed with something like com if well founded, redressed; and if baseless, A NORTH BRITON. tilasgow, 3rd December, 1853. affords a hope non sons( shown to be so. NOTES NOTICES, AND OPINIONS. JOHANNES EUSTICIIS XVII. IMPORTANCE OF UNITY AMONG PROTESTANTS. —There appears in a recent number of the New York Morning Courier the " Decision of the Superintendent of Common Schools" an certain questions of religion—a decision deeply affecting the_ future character of the American people, and highly interesting and instructive to ourselves. The questions were—" 1. May the pupils of a common school be required to 'join in prayers,' as a matter of school discipline ?" "2. May Roman Catholic children be required, contrary to their own wishes and those of their parents, to use the Protestant version of the Bible as a reading-book in the schools ?" 13. May Roman Catholic children be required to commit to memory por tions of the same version of the Bible as , a part of their school exercises ?" To these questions, propounded to a public officer whose government ignores all state religion, there can be but one description of reply. Accordingly, the superintendent decides that—(l) No pupils can be compelled to attend such prayers, and that such prayers cannot properly take place in school hours. (2) That religious education must be banished from the common schools. And (3) that the reasons are everywhere stronger why children should not be compelled to learn and repeat texts of Scripture. Thns the whole of the poor children of the United States are to be brought up as heathens, (so far as the government cares,) because infidelity and hea- thenism, and a spurious Christianity, have iiined some footing in the country ! But let it be observed that it is not heathenism nor infidelity which makes the open stand against reading the Scriptures and the use of school prayers. It is Popery—that spiritual and temporal tyrant, which claims the right to dictate a religious belief and a civil polity to every man and every nation. Pc which, in its Index Expurgatorius, pr of every age and nation that does not claim. Popery—which offers to its monise with this ri votaries a cor- rupted Bible in a barbarous to, ie, and encumbered It is to this with and overgrown by a pervertinc , foe to learning, to religion, and to freedom, tha s the grand principle of giving a Christian ed stant people. Let us be warned in tine to Prot( tcation . The ," and same hollow pretences of " liberty of conscience, "entire religions toleration," which have induced the over whelming majority of Protestants in _America to hazard the very existence of their creed, are put forward among ourselves, seeking an advantage in our divisions and party strifes to make us damage and destroy one an ? other. The P Aomanist acts on the principle of propagating his religion by every means in his power—fair or foul, liberal or illiberal. If the Protestant cannot adopt this course of action, surely he need not have recourse to the opposite, and yield everything to " liberty of conscience." Protestants of all sections and all denominations, who agree in the fundamental truths of evangelical religion, should and must, in self-defence, cordially unite in giving to the rising generation a sound scrintnwil education —an education that will give them at once the highest princ pies of industry, ity, and honour, and perfect from the insidious snares of RoManism% and ever and variety of scepticism and infidelity. ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS. Rev. A. H. Barker. M.A., to the vicarage of Rickmans. worth, Herts. Rev: Suffolk R. M. Bingley, 8.A., to the Rectory of Braiseworth, Rev. W. Bonsneld. M.A., Fellow of Lincoln Colle7e, Oxford, late Assistant Chaplain at St. Helena, to the Rectory of Cublington, near Aylesbury. Rev. J. Brunskill, 8.A., to the C Kirkby Stephen, Westmoreland. Rev. F. G. Biuett, M.A., to the Incumbency of Ballina• clash, Ireland racy of Mallerstang, near Res - % C. J. Cartwright, M.A., to the Rectory of St. Mary at. Steps, Exeter. it,v: A. B. Crosse, 8.A., to the Curacy of Trimingham, near Cromer. Rev. C. W. Doherty, to the Rectory of Pilhorn, Lincolnshire. Rev. N. A. Garland, AI.A., Vicar of Sibertswold, near Dover, to the Rectory of Deal, Kent. Rev. J. S. Green, M.A., to the Rectory of Witton and Brundail annexed, STorfolli_ Rev. F. NV. Harris, M.A., to the Sole C of Medmenham, Henley-on-Thames. Rev. H. L. Hussey, to the Perpetual CUracy of Withecombe Raleigh. Devon. Rev. J. H. Isles, M.A., to the Chaplaincy of Bromagrove Union. rge of the parish Rev. W. A. Ormsby, M.A., Perpetual Curate of St. James wuh-Pockthorpe, Norwich, to the Rectory of SmalltiUrgh, Norfolk. Rev. W. Outton, to the Rectory of Ballyrashane. Rev. C. T. Rust, S.C.L , to the Perpetual Curacy of St. Michael-ftt•Thorn, Norwich. Rev. J. Stephenson. to the Living of Clonfeacle, Irelanc Rev. J. ` 4 . Wasey, M • Raptor], near lisley, Berkshire.'' DIOCESE OF CHESTER GREAT CROSBY', PARISI( Or CONRECRATION.—The ancient church or chapel of Great Crosby, in the parish of Sefton, having become very dilapidated, and greatly insufficient for the accommodation of the parishioners within the chapelry, a new and more commodious church has lately been erected, which will afford accommodation for nearly twice as many persons as the old one, the number of free sittings alone: being nearly equal to that of the whole number of sittings in the present church. The new church has been built upon a site at some distance from the old one, and in a situation much more convenient for the inhabitants of the chapelry. It is very nearly completed, and will be ready for conse cration by the 26th instant, which day the Bishop has fixed to perform that ceremony at eleven o'clock. Imme diately after the consecration steps will be taken to sub stitute the new church for the old one, wider the authority of the Bth and 9th Victoria, cap. 70, the consent of all ne parties having been already obtained. • SEFTON .81IIRE.- PROROGATION OF CONVOCATION. — The convoy.. the prelates and clergy of the province of Canterbury was on Wednesday further, in pursuance of a royal writ, prorogued to Thursday, the 4th of January. TESTIMONIAL TO A CLERGYSLIN.-011 Tuesday, the Rev. G. A. Goold, late curate of St. Mary's, Kirkdale-, was presented by the members of that congregation with a copy of the Holy Bible, superbly bound, a pocket com munion-service, and a handsome timepiece. PROPOSED CATFIEDE AL IN INVERNESS.—It is in con templation, we understand, to raise a fund, by means of voluntary subscriptions, for the twofold purpose of in -1 creasing the efficiency of the Epii co p a l Ch urc h i n th e north, and erecting a cathedral in Inverness, as the future seat of the Bishops of Moray and Ross. Dr. Eden, the present bishop of the diocese, is desirous to obtain endow ments for the support of a dean and four canons. One munificent subscription of £7,000 has been received from a gentleman who signs himself, "An Englishman who desires the prayers of the Scottish Episcopal Church." Other sums and gifts, amounting in value to about £3,000, have been offered, and confident hopes are enter tained of the ultimate success of this interesting and ex tensive ecclesiastical scheme.—lnverness Courier. PRESENTATIONS VACANT.—The rectory of the uni ted parishes of St. Mary Aldermary and St. Thomas the Apostle, ,in the City of London, value £6:50 a-year ; patrons, the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Dean and . Chapter of St. Paul's, alternately. The rectories of Penmorva and Dolbenmaen, near Tremadoc, Carnarvonshire, value £4OO a-year ; patron, the - Bishop of Bangor. The rectory of Wouldham, near Rochester, value £350 a-year ; patron, the Bishop of Rochester. , The vicarage of Sibbertswold, near Dover, with the vicarage of Coldred annexed, value £260 a-year ; patron, the Arch bishop of Canterbury. The incumbency of St. Paul's, Derby, value £l3O a-year ; patrons, the Crown and the Bishop of Lichfield, alternately. The incumbency of the church and district, of St. James, Norwich, with Pock thorpe annexed, value £l5O a-year ; patron, the Dean and Chapter of Norwich. THE COLONIAL EPISCOPATE.—The consecration of the Bishops of Natal and Graham's Town took place on. Wednesday, at Old Lambeth Church, in the presence of an immense concourse of spectators. Long before eleven o'clock, the hour appointed for the commencement of the ceremony, the church bells rang a merry peal, and the organ pealed its sonorous sounds. The newly-appointed bishops are the Rev. John William Colenso, of St. John's College, Cambridge, and the Rev. Dr. John Armstrong, of Lincoln College, Oxford ; the former nominated to the Bishopric of Natal, and the latter nominated to the Bishopric of Graham's Town. Divine service was com menced by the Rev. C. B. Dalton, the rector, assisted by the Rev. Messrs. James, Easum, and Gregory ; after which the Bishop of Oxford ascended the pulpit and deli vered a most impressive sermon. THE FRIEND OF TUE CLERGY. — On Tuesday, a general meeting of the supporters of this charity, founded in 1849, for allowing permanent pensions, not exceeding £4O per annum, to the widows and unmarried orphan daughters of clergymen of the Established Church, and. for affording temporary assistance to necessitous clergy men and their families, was held at the London Tavern, for the purpose of electing pensioners on the funds. From the report, it appeared that during the past year the com mittee had granted assistance to 98 necessitous clerai-E- . men £990 ; to 55 widowg of ditto, £469 Bs. • and to Alf" daughters, £440 ; making a total ' of £1899 Bs. There were then 39 pensioners on the funds, of whom 18 re ceived £3O, eight £35, and 13 £4O per annum. The com mittee had invested the sum of £2,000 in the public funds during the past year, which raised the amount of the society's investments to £4,530 ls. The financial state -bunt showed that the annual subscriptions for the year amounted to £1,851 95., and the donations and life sub scriptions to £4,600 13s. Bd. ; the total receipts, including the previous balance, being £7,332 is. ; and after all the expenditure had been met, a balance of £649 16s. sd. was left in hand. After some routine business had been transacted, the election of ten new pensioners was pro ceeded with. PRESENTATION TO TUE REV. SAMUEL FENTON, INCUM BENT DESIGNATE OF ST. MARY'S, WAVERTREE.—On Monday evening, the 14th . ult., the superintendents and teachers of St. ary's Church Sunday-schools presented their respected pastor with a large quarto Bible and Com- . mon Prayer-book. The presentation took place at the house of Mr. Stainton, one of the churchwardens, in the presence of the committee and their friends, who attended by invitation. . The books, which were obtained from London, through Mr. Kirby, agent in Liverpool to the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, were of a very elegant description, and much admired. On the covers were inscribed, " Presented to the Rev. Samuel Fenton, M.A., by the Teachers of St. Mary's Church ton of Sunday-schools, Wavertree, Nov Mr. Stain- f 'account of the be proper th origin, flourishing and otherwise satisfactory condition of the schools, which, though they had been in operation only six months, showed a number of scholars on the books amounting to upwards of 70, and funds subscribed over £2B. Proceeding to the presentation, he said that the books were not presented on account of their pecuniary value, but were designed to be the means of conveying to him (Mr. Fenton) the high esteem in which he was held by them for his constant attendance at the schools, and his unwearied endeavours to promote the temporal and eternal welfare of the children, and the kind manner in which they always found him ready to afford his assistance and advice ; and, above all, their earnest prayer for his future health, prosperity, and happiness. Mr. Fenton, in reply, cordially thanked them for their handsome present and kind wishes, but especially for their estimation of his humble services ; which estimation he considered of far r costly, their kind feel ow. He could scarcely lerited so much, for line than any gift, how ing might prompt them to 1 in forwarding the good of the schools, and promoting the edification of the children, he had not done more than his bounden duty.. After a vote of thanks to the warden having been moved by Mr. Wm. Ackers and unanimously passed, the proceedings of the evening terminated. On the 24th ult., the children attended in the church, when a great' quantity of clothing, which the ladies had kindly volunteered to makeup,suited tothe season,was distributed. THE VACANT VICARAGE OF CREDITON, DEVON.—On Monday, the 21st ult., ten out of the twelve governors of the church of Crecliton met and examined into the testimonials of Two HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SEVEN applicants for the vicarship of the parish, the income of which, we understand, is about £4OO a year ; and, after devoting several hours- to this duty, they reduced the number down to the following fifteen gentlemen : Rev. H. H. Wyatt West Bromwich, Stafford. Rev. G. F. Whidborne ...... Hanley, ditto. Rev. T. H. Unwin Margate, Kent. Rev. B. Trapp Thurley, Bedford. Rev. C. F. Smith Pendlebury, near Manchester Rev. Philip Bennett Power London. Rev. W. Harvey Brooks Lyme Regis. Rev. Mark Cooper Brainshawe, Rev. Stenton Eardley Birmingham Rev. William John Edge Cheltenham. Rev. Henry Hampton Liverpool. Rev. Alfred B. Hill High Boding, E Rev. W. C. Magee.. Bath. Rev. C. A. Moore Near Cirenceste] Rev. W. H. Nantes An adjourned meeting of the governors was held on Satur day week, for the purpose of finally reducing the list of candidates. The chair was occupied by John Yarde, Esq., of Trowbridge-house; and, after some discussion, the fol lowing gentlemen were unanimously elected to preach (the Bishop permitting), viz Rev. Mark Cooper Rev. Stanton Eardle's Rev. William J. Edge Rev. Henry Hampton Rev. G. F. Whidborne Rev. C. F Smith Rev. B. Trapp It was resolved that made to his . Lor such permission, it being the unanimous opinion of the meeting that, asCretliton church is one of the largest in the kin g d om , an audible and good voice is, among other qualifications, highly essential. "It has been noticed," says the Exeter Gazette of Saturday last, " as something singular that, out of 257 applicants, including many most valuable clergymen of the diocese, and others who, although not in may be considered of it, from having been born and educated in the county of De von, none should have bee n i nc l u d e d i n this '- seleßion from which to make the ultimate choice. whole seven, it will be observed, are to be brought from a —thus literally fulfilling the scriptural adage, `a [preacher) is not without honour save in his own • ,P Brainshav Birming Chelte Hants, Liverpool. Hanley, Potteries. Pendlebury, near Mane Tliurley, Bedford. application should be immediate Lordship isntance prophet country THE RET' DI?. M'IV.EIL_E aportant The AND THE DEAN OF LLANDAFF. TO THE EDITOR. OF THE TIMES. Sut,—l hope you will not deem me inconsistently intru- sive, when request you to have the kindness 10 - allow the enclosed notes to follow their predecessors in your columns. The frank acknowledgment of mistake on the part of Dean Conybeare is as honourable to him as it is satis factory to me. What his son will say for his part in the transaction remains to be seen.—l am, Sir, your obliged, Liverpool, November 28. Hi - GEE APNEILE. Liverpool, Noveml DEAR SIR,—In reply to your letter of the lith inst., I beg to observe that this is not a matter of theological controversy at all. I called in question•none of your son's theological opmions ; neither did I ask any explanation of any of them. What I asked was evidence to justify his charge against me. You have attempted to mine; and now you say apply this from a.speech of dently your entire conviction Of the exact curacy of your recollection." In your published letter you say London was the place, and you twice mention the Bible Society as the cause on behalf of which the speech in question was delivered ; and now you add, that you heard me." as tha advocate of an institution which you have always felt yourself conscien tiously called upon to support." Nothing can be clearer, therefore, than that, according to your recollection, of the exact accuracy of which you are entirely convinced, the speech of mine from which you quote was delivered at a Bible Society meeting in London. You are ready to I have examined, in the Reports of the Bible Society, the lists of all the speakers at all their London meetings from 1812 to 1852 inclusive, and my name never once appears* I never once, during all those forty years, spoke at a Bible Society meeting in London. The evidence is in print, and open to your inspection as to mine. I need say no more, but I will say this—that your remi niscences are sincere, and their result sincerely given. I cannot doubt ; that you have mistaken some other speaker for me I am now certain. I am daily expecting a reply from your son, to whom I sent my letter, addressed,—"Poste restante, Nice,'' and I reserve to myself the right to publish this letter, should I see cause for so doing.—l remain yours, faithfully, Very Rev. Dean Conybeare. HUGH 3rNEILE. Llandaff, November 25. My DEAR SIR, Although it seems almost superfluous to make the statement, I cannot satisfy my mind without sending you my acknowledgment that the evidence you have adduced entirely satisfies me that I was misinformed as to your having been the spokesman to whom I alluded. I was so informed at the time by some other of the audi ence, who I rejoice to find must have been incorrect; At the time I was myself perfectly ignorant of your person. I much regret that I should have been thus misled into making what I must now consider an un founded charge.—Pray believe me very faithfully yours. Rei. Hugh 31`Neile, D.D. W. D )NtBEAME THE PAPAL SURPREJIACY THE CIVIL POWER. ( FROM THE TIMES.) AND TIEE Roman Catholic religion, or ra with which its professors have identified and must change the scene of its labour . * and suffered during a period of fifteen but, whatever the time and whatever the remains the same, and its encroaching an spirit unchanged and unchangeable. To n ,ard teMPeral power as the end, and spiritual power as the means, never willingly to stop short of omnipotence hi all matters, both ecclesiastical and civil,-4,0 adapt herself to the m • diversities of climate, manners, institution.' - to be all things to all men so long as she it swell the ranks of her nominal supporters pride of her leaders, have been her uride since the time of Constantine, and will be 's is a human mind to fetter or a human con: lead. The soft inhabitants of Languedoc sh with the torch and the sword ; the gent; Paraguay she drove with the lash and th, brave Huguenot of France she quelled witi, massacre; Ultra-Liberal and Democratic in Irek lutist in France, Rudhist in China, Bralinn Hindoston, never did any other institution - corn much versatility with so much fixity, sue purpose with such ever varying expedie have thought that a power to which ha. so immense a duration, and which ha whole of its long life in the same indefatigt._ would long ago have worked out its destiny, ann thoroughly enslaved the human conscience to its will o, sunk overwhelmed by the obloquy which itself had cre ated. This, however, has not been the history of the Roman Catholic Church.. It has been pr6-eminently a church militant, carrying on an incessant war against human progress and enlightenment, and shifting its ground with infinite dexterity so soon as' the last position has become untenable. The same half century beheld the Papacy strike a medal in commemoration of the massacre of St. Bartholomew, and visit with ecclesiastical censure and temporal imprisonment the discovery that the earth revolved on its axis. Yet this same church does no+ scruple to put herself forward, where it suits her pose, as the patroness of the advance of knowl- - the advocate of liberality and philantropy. all her labour and all her dexterity, the Church Rome is destined to roll the stone of. Sisyphus. hundred times she has seemed on the point of putth all things under her feet, and as often has some up= trollable burst of that independence which lies at th bottom even of minds the most sedulously tamed anii indoctrinated cast her down, and compelled her .to begin her labour afresh. Why can she advance so far and 7ep+ no further ? Why can she succeed ingiubduing tb" ' mind to a certain point ; and why, when -`- beyond that point, does she to recommence the task of subjugation ? the cause is to be sought in that immeasu, and uncontrollable lust for power by which t of this great conspiracy against human I universally to be animated. They are not work for the distant future, but seek to enjoy i generation the fruit of their labours and th their aspirations. Rome has gained new real: her missionaries only to lose or imperil old or, her Popes and Bishops. Successful as long as s herself to individual action, she loses all by grasp too speedily at a public recognition of * The Roman Catholic Church is sent moment rampant, rather than triumphant, out the whole of southern Europe. Even in philoso, France for the time it appears to have gained the upl hand. That man, however, would be grievously misik formed as to the real signs and marks of the times who should therefore imagine that we are to see again the days of the Gregories, and itßecketts, and Loyblas. It is idle to speak of Rome itself. We know as well as Count IVlaaniani can tell us, that the chair of St. Peter is but an uneasy seat for its present occupant ; that the Papal Government is execrated by its more immedr • and that it needs but the first burst of War system at its very centre. She pseudo-tr, Papal stool rely for support merely upon a for, The times have been but hard for the College the Pat , and has acted hundred years ; to mis- !encountered Indians of i unwavering been .conceded employed ;eem - - cond ledge, and Still, with. 01110C1. per We bell ms thn ate subjec shatter Tui SDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1853. and for the Propaganda. In the hour of their dire n ec , es ..: sity, as the waters were closing o v er their beads, tier caught with the tenacity of death at straws, avd„tieu4 thin fingers closed upon French b a y o nets. So j been throughout. Their policy has consi s ted °' union with, the despotisms of Europe—with deg' tisms over body, mind, and soul. liTh their. a bt i e j they must stand or fall. Ife is . but a sliorts'g t hst man who presumes that it is in England alone is the Roman Catholic Church is in ill-odour. Wlt h 1 1 15 ; 1 1 0 an object . of suspicion, for we know the spirit in '° efforts to place it upon an equal rank with other forly'pe, religious belief have been met. In Southern E,L ir t ° o t where the pale priest in his black robes glides 10 through the streets, the feeling with which this slw: ci p despotism is regarded does not stop short at cold suT to d. —it is absoulute execration. Let us not be raisundef the The peasants of the Upper Rhine—the mountaineers.,°o Tyrol—the inhabitants of many districts in Baver i3 ' " but yet rise readily enough in defence of their priestbooat these are not the men who decide the f ate of ria ti fie . “ti, From the Alps to the Calabrian frontier the Pri ests :og 1 71 sly allies of the Austrian, and of the petty despots 3 ;bat whom the Italian peninsula is divided, would i i 1 31;,. the scant mercy to expect, were they not defentle"„,(fue strong arms of foreign soldiers. An inhabitant 01 fear` could tell us of persecutions within the last few which would prove to the most unwilling hearer tr g lit hernia has not forgotten her former freedom of t"?.. u ne• `t, dia Ask te a ue ny tiu A n u u st f l i a i n s pu si c ie e c , t w w b h at o wissrefemellovnegd aufrocrthtalie,l.ollftic,i4 countrymen is towards the Liguorians and Jesilitt,,d the " , 1 1 say the French to the regulations which have Pirk i , the N, youth of the country once more under the fee' " a the h priesthood ? So, were it worth while to contilLtic-e illustration, we might take Southern Europe, Procroc. Bt province and town bytown. The multitude,inmenY bu t vet ~JE able instances, may be sunk in abject rst iti°9. e4jts suPe f the so with the classes above them. The dominion f e verS lasts till it is strained, but then every nien 2l3e ,, D r r ° 4l cop' family becomes leagued in the silent but an from thl4 the spiracy against their power. Thus it is, tea v ' f on present seeming prosperous condition of the e rusw; ~(11A tholic priesthood we argue their speedy fall. S" is as certain as that out of ambition gratified sPrl4.-,.'01 higher lust of power ; insolence follows brutality, li r or 'l 4 of every kind, and then resistance. There is 11° :geta revolutionary element present in the Europea n ° log li, ° ; p i ; the p d re i se te nt ac t t i i m on e tohfatnhethee::iri_aggneg. desvpoecit,ign ° 1 , it ' 1 man mm - e priesthood. Whether it chastis he ther„ b .,' el or will fall to pieces in the presence - of great Politic'',l - ot e j `i AE I it is not for us to determine, but fall it will, atid ` 01 0 1 „' o lo f u ß g o . ma W n e c d a o th n o o li t c , is tle . ref T or h e e , zy bi t t h ual at tbhullerey s u vi f ll be da y Wi P tO" tis go „0 t be the creeping hypocrite of to-morrow. Wit stua,oe .0 0 " v ., , tl l the system will save it from destruction, ion, cycle will commence once more. CHESHIRE .AND TEALS Tun ORGAN in St. Catherin l- e's Church, -L - e n o noi • being rebuilt by Mrs. Be ws h er , u nder the dir ee G. F. Hornby, organist for "' rro ffic week ended November Y 2 l 7, l l D Bs3 ll ; t — lL ßail ivAl-1 ; ; A F Ir' e,5'j: 1 1(1: parcels, &c., £3,894 8 sd.;goods, 4-- S. 3 .; ld Steam-boats : £254 19s. ld. Total, £3, 57 v,i . crease as compared with the corresponding w`' - £369 16s. 6d. Li st rii -4 A CEIILD MUTILATED ET A RAT.—Olle re''` her the wife of a man, named Samuel near Landore, went out o f h er cottage , ''); e d about three years old, asleep in the c ee tto On her return she found th 3 `,,t titi ll lthe was crying vehemently, and observed a large r j''' h u c i„ little boy's face. On her appearance the ana n " -s, chimney. It was found that portions of the e'ibaa' had been eaten off the f a ce and one of the c:ov Swansea Herald. c a rah,'„ i3 cl ,, Y FATAL ACCIDENT.—One of the crew of taeon r..-;beeo named Christopher McLoughlin, wa s drow!' eti ffebsg night week, in the Morpeth Dock, Bi r kenheau• ho spending the day in Liverpool with his wife, or gy; 4 ,7 1 , about seven o'clock in Canning-street ; 51) ,i n 3 1 wards, the shipkeeper on board a brig 11 7 - oeftlo4 ,4 "_, the dark, close to the Sarah Sands. 1 1; as dry morning McLoughlin was missed; the doer' o . %f e r and his body was found about half an h'"" of the steamer. He has left a widow, to wh °- married only nine weeks. rtie r lll ,: . ,lo ACCIDENT AT SEA.—We published som e ,311 1.4 , a disaster which occurred on board the at e 3 i ' e tohe r , from Dublin to Holyhead, on the 31st 0 , - ‘ , i ffere';. e L4' We now learn that Jane Lailiff, one of t l , lle ; fi rcloU . " or pired at the Royal Hotel at Holyhead on:' ll fr - ight w :te,t The injuries which she sustained were of tber a t7 ture, her right leg being 'smashed just eb °- and the flesh torn open nearly up to the k nee ' e re bone quite bare. Tier left foot and ankle OA; fra c j eg severely bruised and injured; and she sustah le wile ° of the left collarbone. Mrs. Nugent, the lady was broken, is doing well. WELsu SALMON FisnlNG.--The salni° ll '",; e% l- `4O year throughout the principality have he e „„,." - e cl good, the angling, particularly in the prese'; ,s D itl l being all that could be wished for. There ' l *: large supply of fresh water in the various strea l ;3 A o d has tended much to the run of fish. Great ,helves,ea,i lion are now paid to the preservation of the ;isere,ooo the labour thus bestowed is amply repaid by t,e,,4 number and size of the fish, and during the , 'rice many very heavy fish haVe b een captured. lir t be no/ are now setting in when it is to be h o p ed tha " 0 1 will again be well preserved, so that the next st" o ft repay the angler. onßrn_tiuuxrpsdaacy7a labourer, thedi James carer, name ~der• yit a claim of Os. against Mr. Job Richards, lo i- o d tty defendant had contracted with the plaintiff kfteroes other men to dig out a foundation for 0 8 . ec i th e fie completion of the work, the defendant contil le 0!;10 in his employ at day wages, and at the end of : ler 9A addition to their weekly wages, paid them, ' l , ll &e e e j for the time in which they were engaged lu !gl de ? ' " 11,7Dirton' a.ll3ll,l‘ber°l3o foundation. Subsequently he discovered the h a of e stopped from the men 65.,_ the amount he l'` g be them. To this three made no demur, but t o e , summoned the defendant for payment. Th e 2. i? ge , dismissed the claim. • WALLA.SEY BOARD OP HEALTIL—On monthly meeting of this board, Mr. Penny et i veral recommendations of the works and lteah, D ol e og i as to paving and providing offices for the 10c-'' t° 14 itteeo postponed.—Mr. Pooley moved that the conlel,,icl structed to inquire on what terms the neeer"A-n0 money could be procured from the consolidateoti"o, be:e, off the existing mortgages, with any inferntijotl4 on the point, as he believed they woul d ' 0146 tt save about one-third of the interest they —Mr. Coulborn seconded the motion,Nvwc- tbe," • ,e to.—A report was read from the surveY9 l ;, ° t'he 0p of the valuation of the parish, after whie,f`„ t ,' , s rcv stated that the committee understood tir,. - ,0 1' pR0',,4, survey of the parish might be made in the ic' o t e e ' o st,t - r , by the general board of health for a sru n 00, and that it would be completed in obeli a aver. It was resolved that the committee shouldssible'o; tenders, and report to the board as early as rsoO l e., A FATAL ACCIDENT happened on r the o n ),',4, 6 1 61 Railway, about five miles from Newllllar',l'tsco The mail train arrived in due course, 01)01,110. the morning, and proceeded into South elle ° ,coc e s Gatcombe station in safety, and had got int°,l,o pte..ll • 10.- ',CV"; fr, the side of the river Severn, when sudde l,l3 „d tP_, e (ll , !*oo found the carriages partially overturned, '.; in 1 P",.. 5 1 thrown violently 5.-nm their seats. The tr ig- 1( 11 `i4°00 stopped, and then it was found that, in the € 151 6 i night, the earth on the side of the cutting,ll,l3l, eag,e,:r% upon the rails on the east or down 'de or - 15 r s i • the encountering this, was thrown over uP oll _,,,. r igg e t beceo, tender following it. The first passenger u' d - 1;e tinily overturned, but did not s ove ' r, t he riages kept their places ; and, tdthoegh re 111 :4( 1 9 jet' were much shaken, and' some of than s r .. e a stc^ - 'of; ice escaped without serious injury. The drat der ti d ied named Simpson, was found lying d e ad un 1 . 0 ,0 his body dreadfully, mangled. Ile 111n t t r aise 5 ' The stoker escaped with a few a crad! scantly HORTICULTO ? CO P ;1 1 1v ;11 13 :00 5 * SOME of the early potted Dutch bu l- i s i i :ll#s.io into bloom, and are available for ornainei jo . e d s these later planted, which have been Pl ul ti r p "tl) ° other material, if they have well thrnleriols, fas ol e poil should be lifted from.the plunging ' 1 2 3 •nlaC ed .r bl l ' l3 those pots being cleansed, should l'el;;setheidi,leritiof greenhouse shelves, where they will s ° °ll l,es• 11 ; 1 1 0 5 ' c of appearance, and throw up their flower e. l , ol tile.; ri ot made its appearance amongst the rlir:Ai se a . se, l the leaves with sulphur. As the v ine, biloo lor e d Oa* you inour vineries, we giv e th e „, che"'' - the destructive pest, from .NTASULPIIIDE OF CA.LCILI'c A .g Iwo— t - e s4 s which have been n E 11153.5% (I) 11 o l s 1 :; ' 11 1 . :t 1 ; ° , Mating stance ' effectsehnEatstiTynoofrt t h : ti successfulsG disease, T , as eslitii:ip'pluo3.....e:l.4ne,:ol.ll jr..yt_ose:i:ateello.A: wheniL i s: j p a r )o e lo ek v ; d i e: ts d r np he e li de r e d o r fi owe r s s o e f a s s e u ' 1 i n i °'ll r e , it o Y r v c i l i e i t o ! ' e t r li be e 11 13' ; 11 : 1 le to a c ; e h r t ta ne to l uses so affected. But notwithstano ti tle ~1,0 lb n e p t scribed for its applicataipopneatred"Apric_fr, any as, or had, . ittlie“ , ap.,,,,, se experiments were tm.- d o ver , 1 , 41 ee houses, situated at "Margate in I;:ent , "a tS filVectd b in e euxniternotrmfilyr-nild3i,staritthauetheclA i jitotiltle_arievoii le one in- which the disease first ina e 1 .... e 0r 5 , , et? . England, having been for five consecutive J....,.00ywir 01 with the disease, and notwithtsanding teate. w o itS l 4 t io o o sulphur as flowers; of sulphur, no abatera ' , solo i lk, could be detected, I was induced to calla. , of to iP t ; pentasulphide of . calcium, a diluted 50T.,,t190,1511e300 having been found to act in no will "'ps sPf l ip l ol Young and delicate shoots of several plants, by l os „(0 , the vines ; the object in view being that the P_e a t hia f ol d should be decomposed by carbonic acid, ~.3 f l iat e °, 0 , 04, atoms of' sulphur, together with the ear"' o cl i1f,4 1- ' formed, should be deposited in a uniforni ._ .es P 4 l . e; covering on the stems and branches of the V; g e:n tr i Although but few applications were made'," or, n i t o , , came coated with a protective deposit of sin.P_,.oo. ila, disease gradually but effectively disappeared, 1 1 , 1 . ',, e fr00:47 , the houses have been, and now are, entrelY,lrbootlois., disease or symptoms of infection. They 011ar , %der At e no way affected by its application, and the ol de r covered with the deposited sulphur, contiViesto tlictie'ij healthy. The specimens exhibited to illustr'l,l ,• 4 0 ' , bility and protective influence of the deposi_ec- 0 0 1 11: 0; were from vines which in the autum of 185 1 w o fiSo d e .9 . 4 with the disease, but which, siuce the autsauge ira i n fel,li received no further treatment. The vines il''' fixe c iifi i neighbourhood, andadjoinino . one ofthe house% p ral e zt,' , with disease ; but notwithsFanding their ,C 1.06113,„. (ISA no indication of the disease has at present I"' ot o.il!',a,l 1 , o b f i caercieurinofisthperetpahrre:dhboyusbe.sohinAg yep stohlirtutiyopn4sfiPobic IDeeefft:: caustic lime with eighty parts by weight 0, 1 f 1 t e r , ~0 1 0 " ,:f phur, suspended in a sufficient quantity 0 1 ,. w i, ve,,,a c i i,,i' applied until the solution has acquired a tu t ' V°, ii),,, Pl , and the excess of sulphur ceases to dissols.lei; wat' h ' i lj: solution is drawn off, and after dilution w"" o ge , i'l er, 4 be applied to the vines by means of either aislilllicie of r or syringe. A saturated solution of Pent ° P ty t i° volume of water, previous to being cium may be diluted with from twelve to two ouiploiect P. Price, E.C.S. sulphur mig N're l s 4, 11 4 4ebe' I srkE: a CBitt P~ ~0~; t~~ tr ~~, the +~~~ t~