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" THERE'S A LINING OF SILVER TO EVERY CLOUD." BY JONATHAN FIUME SLINUSBY Turn forth h er silve D"id a sable cud r lining on the lo nig '-M I LTO N. One winter night dreary, Dejected and weary, I kept my lone vigil of sorrow and care Mistrusting —mistaking- 1 __ _ My heart full to breaking— My soul seeking comfort, and finding despa. All wildly and chilly The wind whistled shrill Drifting the clouds o'er the d( te sky ; Low moaned ti In ceaseless commotion, Dashing the spray - of its billows on bigt Tearfully The young moon was Struggling by fits through each gatl ight now shedd Dark shades now spreading Over the moonshine their vapoury shroud "Ah! thus," thoug "From birth to ou Man's course is a struggle through trial a Joy gives scarce a promise That Grief rends not from t O'er the light of our But soon, to my wonder, The cloud burst asunder own throu Soft fell its splendo and tender, In sllofsers To Hit f sheen on the face of t While all the clond Was learning like arger Though earthward still sullen ar ark was I knew that towards heaven g,litnesa was given— A lining of silver spread over the cloud l Then my soul rose in glad And shook off its sadnes, I felt God can turn all c Make j( Dry tears that are bid , n the morrow— His smiles from I looked up, confessing That Trial is Blessing, each grief be spread out and avc What fr God above is ill "There's a lining of sil REVIEWS OF BOOKS a Life of Lon- The Works of William Cowper, - the Author by Robert Southey, LL.D. don: Henry G. Bohn. To the English reading public this edition of Cowper's life, poems, and letters, got up under the careful supervision of the late Dr. Southey, cannot fail to be a great boon. By general consent, Cowper is admitted to hold the foremost rank as a Christian poet, his works abounding in the spirit of Christian love, set forth with simple and impres sive earnestnes‘yet embellished and enrichc the finest touches of poetic beauty; his lette._ by most judges 'held to be models of epistolary ease and gracefulness ; while his subdued and melancholy life and history afford rare teachings of that humility which it becomes children of the dust to observe and practise in all their thoughts and actions. The publication of Cowper's poetry has been justly acknowledged to form an epoch in the history. of English literature, and its beauties to have exercised a purifying influence not alone upon the poetry of England but upon the tone of morals which pervades the higher class of intellec tual labour. To select and arrange and superin tend the publication of the works of such an author was a task so peculiarly within the range of Dr. Southey's taste and powers ; while his aptitude in the minute delicacies and broad pencillings of bio graphical delineation, so well fitted him for an un exceptionable execution of the task, that not fewer than three publishing firms of celebrity solicited him to engage in the arduous and responsible ope ration of producing a complete edition of Cowper's works. Once embarked in the enterprise, Southey's reputation secured him willing aid from all who could assist him in his labour, and ready access to every source whence information could be gleaned, his own industry and clear judgment supplying the only other intellectual requirements to com plete the undertaking. The felicitous combination of these almost fortuito* advantages resulted in the preparation of an edition of Cowper's Works which reflected, as in a faultless mirror, " the form and pressure" of the poet's intellect, the tender aspirations of his benevolent hopes, the manly sim tlaiity of his gentle yet ennobling piety, and the ssing anxieties to which his susceptible nature rendered him so completely a prey. The poet, in short, was made to show himself in native and undisguised fidelity of thought and feeling ; his biographer and editor contenting himself with merely holding the lamp, whose rays he directed with artistic skill, so concentrating the ligt# and massing the shadows, as to present a truthfiti yet interesting and uuoffending picture, spirited as the vigorous offspring of genius —elaborated with the broad fidelity of truth—refined, chastened, sub dued by the discrimination of an artist, and polished by the fastidious hand of regulated cul ture. Such a work, so produced, met with a hearty welcome among the affluent admirers of intellectual grace and beauty, but its cost, neces sarily, liMited the possession of such a treasure to those whose circumstances place them above the harrowing task of making " three guineas do the work of five ;" and to bring the work within reach of the pecuniary means of the middle and even humbler classes, has in the present instance been the kindly and self-imposed duty of Mr. Bohn ; in he performance of which he has displayed his usual liberality. Instead of abridging the original to meet the income derivable from a low price, he has amplified it by a considerable and valuable amount of additional correspondence by Cowper, andother interesting matter,trusting to an extensive sale forhischance of re-imbursement. The edition is to consist of eight volumes, the first of which has only as yet been published; it is handsomely printed and beautifully embellished by illustrative engravings, and wh en comp l e t e d it will form a valuable ldition to the library of peer or peasant ;rs are The Universal Library, Nos. 25 and 26. London N: Cooke. These two numbers of this excellent collection of the works of our best authors, are devoted, the one to our poetical literature, the other to didactic lore. The first, the poetical number, contains " The Canterbury Tales" of Geofrey Chaucer, deservedly considered the father of our English poetry. The tales are introduced by an explanatory notice from the pen of Mr. T. Wright, in which, with unob trusive and characteristic modesty, he confines his remarks to the general excellence and admitted popularity which have been accorded to the " Can terbury Tales" for nearly four centuries. This is succeeded by a short historical sketch of the poet. The text has been carefully collated with the best MSS., and is furnished with illustrative notes ; in addition to all which there is a copious and well digested glossary. In short, neither expense nor pains have been spared in the endeavour to render this edition of Chaucer worthy of public confidence and esteem, and a fit companion of the beautiful, though cheap series, of which it forms a part. The other number is devoted to the miscel laneous prose efforts of Oliver Goldsmith, whose literary wisdom formed so striking a contrast to his worldly and personal folly and improvidence. Of these essays it is only a repetition of the public sentiment, recorded in an extensive and still increas inc, popularity, to say, they are admirable models of English composition, and that they are distin guished by the alluring display of practical dis crimination and sagacity, the want of which formed the characteristic of Goldsmith's walk and conver sation through life. Several volumes of this hand some classical series being now ready for delivery, they willform, sinoiyorcollectively,admirable Christ- mas presents got up, and, fro come-at-able by all Thiy a in all respects beautifully Ire readily its Treatment. London : *John )ted to the study of h the humane view of t must be ad m which to launted wrestle with this subtle foe. We regret to think so much devotion, and so great a tear and wear 'of intellect, should have been as yet productive of so limited a benefit. In the work before us we find the manifestation of deep and acute preliminary research, unwearied application of resources, and anxious watchfulness of results, added to sound inductive reasoning, all leading to an indulgence of golden hope ; but alas ! we fear, like those of his predecessors and compeers, the harvest of suc cess to be reaped by Dr. Burslem will be but trivial compared with his exertions ; and naught if mea sured by his expectations. His pathological views of the disease are admitted to be correct, inasmuch as they coincide with those of the greatest authorities on the subject ; his diagnoses appear to be equally accurate, and his mode of treatment, as indicated by the cases he records, is in an eminent deg ree. satisfactory ; still we are constrained to ad mit, that after the acknowledged failure of many modes of treatment which, in the estimation of their advocates, at first seemed to warrant an indulgence in hopes as flattering as those which inspire our author, we feel that we must pause for a more prot ra ct e d proof of efficacy ere we can unhesitatingly commit ourselves to a full reliance on his conclusions. His industry, talents, and assiduity of labour in the cause of suffering humanity entitle him to public thanks and regard; that he may reap the full fruit of success in those labours ought to be the wish of every friend to the The Evangelicals and The Edinburgh." By the Rev. Samuel Minton, M.A. Liverpool: Deighton and Laughton. Under the above title, we have a smartly-written pamphlet, levelled with good effect in contraven tion oc., the aspersions cast upon the Evangelical party in the Church by "The Edinburgh Review." Mr. Minton having buckled on his armour, pro ceeds valiantly in his warfare against the assailants of his party. In the opening of his campaign, Mr. Minton, with obvious alacrity, and no small amount of skill, undertakes a defence of the Rev. Dr. MWeile, from the attack, and a justification of him from the aspersions of the Edinburgh Re viewer. The reverend doctor having in so satis factory and triumphant a manner vindicated his own position, and rebutted the accusations made against him, this vicarious defence might probably have been spared ; more particularly so as the controversial powers of Mr. Minton, being hus banded, could have been more efficaciously ap plied in justification of points which had not met with so competent a defender. This unnecessary expenditure of power is the more to be regretted from the success of its application in other re spects • witness the felicity with which he casti gates ihe Reviewer, for his sneers in respect to the religious observances with which secular parties are occasionally closed in the private dwellings of pious families. The sacred privacy of the domestic circle is generally understood to exempt it from the intrusion of public remark, and a departure from this wholesome practice, if excusable at all, is probably less out of character in the pages of The Edinburgh Review than in any other publi cation, when that organ of religious latitudina rianism so far diverges from its usual course as to essay a vindication of anything connected with the Church. In the pamphlet before us, Mr. Minton ,is also happy in showing up and exploding the Reviewer's assertion that the Evangelical preacher inculcates "predestinarian fatalism ; ' and he ridi cules and denounces, with much severity and force, the objectionable epithets which the Reviewer, with a greater display of willingness than good taste, bestows on the different parties into which, it may be unfortunately, the adherents of the Church are divided. In these and various other respects, Mr. Minton, by his brochure, has done good service to the cause he has so courageously espoused. Cassell's Illustrated Family Paper. It is a circumstance worthy of note, evon in these days of cheap publications, that a weekly paper of eight folio pages is published for one penny. The engravings are of good size, very well executed, and of number sufficient to gratify the most ardent admirer of picttires. The reading matter is very entertaining, and, upon the whole, it is one of the cheapest periodicals which has yet been sent forth View of Liverpool, from the River, W. Thomson, Liverpool In this large and beautiful lithographed view of the town and port of Liverpool, as these are to be seen from the river, much interest is naturally concentrated. It is taken from a picture in which the talents of two artists of repute have been com bined, the town portion having been executed by Mr. J. Butler, while the shipping has been sur rendered into the hands of Mr. T. Walters ; and these two gentlemen have succeeded in the produc tion of a picture replete with local interest, and full of fine artistic feeling. The foreground, or what, for want of a better name, is called the foreground of the picture, is diversified by telling portraits of particular and well-known crafts ; and the various points of interest in the town are delineated with truth and interest. In transferring the subject to the stone, Mr. T. Picken has displayed fine taste and aptitude. The general effect is soft and pleasing ; the atmospheric indication tender, aerial, and breezy. The print is dedicated to Mr. S. Holme, the late mayor, who may be proud of the compliment in which so pleasing and rare a com bination of local talent is brought to bear upon a subject endeared to the inhabitants by many and gratifying associations. As a work of art, it is highly creditable to all concerned in the production of it. NEW MUSIC. Passed away to Heaven"—" The Spring and Summer both are past"—" Joyful, joyful ' Say, my heart, can this be love?" Ll7-ing"—l .randon : Cranier , Ileale, and Co. Ar this festive season, when the strains of music and the poetry of action are the charms which have a general attraction amidst all ranks and de grees, these contributions of the lyric music will be welcoined, by all who can appreciate sweetness of melody, in preference to mereli elaborateness of construction. The composer is W. Vincent Wallace, and the first-named especially, the words of which are by Anson G. Chester, is an exquisite ballad, and will be sure to become a general favourite. The words of the others are by Henry C. Watson, to whose poetry the composer has done ample justice, and we may confidently predict for them a very prominent place in popular favour. They are peculiarly appropriate to the present season, and not the least recommendation is, that they may easily be played by amateurs on the piano -forte. CHAMBERS'S EDINBURGH JOURNAL: 2I IUB popular periodical will close the "second series" with the year 1853. But the public will not lose the benefits which they have, for so many years, derived from the spirited efforts of the Messrs. Chambers. They commence, on the 7th of January, a new periodical, to be entitled, " Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art." This will enable the rising generation to commence a series of profitable and entertaining reading, for such, from the past efforts of Messrs. Chambers, we are sure the new periodical will afford. their cheapness übnonary Consumption, a) By W. M. Burslem, M.D Churchill. The attention of the medica many years been anxious tubercular consumption, raitigati stayin g its rava,—, mitted, without ye] rest a hope of ultim 12 1 the depressing inn Practitioner after anc one path, a no th er to tr on ace e the insiduous originlees footsteps of this fatal n ranch truth, has been des Plague' The zealous and able men, aided by at 4L^ pm-J(1 valid groimd success. Nothin,., •us failure, one heir endeavo rest the reler sued of 4 c m ngnts winch science oun them, and animated by the promptings of benev o l ence an d been unsparingly philanthropy, have applied in the attempts to I, sighi VARIETIES. KNOWLEDGE may be gleaned by reading, but you must separate the chaff from the wheat by thinking. JENNY LIND'S baby, according to the Musical World, begins to manifest signs of musical capacity. _ _ r ` STRIKING" INQUIRY IN HUMBLE LlFE.—What's the use of their taking the duty off soap, if a feller mayn't lather his wife as he pleases P—Diogenes. A TURKISH Pnovinn.—There exists a Turkish pro verb, which says, " Kiss the hand of your enemy until you are able to cut it off." A SCAOOLMASTER in Kendal has lately affixed a sign near to one of the principal streets—" Reading and writing to suit the times." THE GOLDEN AGE OF LlFE.—Youth is the season for active exertion; and 'all those who emigrate to the dig gings ought to be minors.—Punch. A CHILDISH CONUNDRUM FOR LITTLE CHILDREN. —Q.. Of what wood should a Christmas tree be composed ? A. Of box, and so make it a Christmas-box tree.—Punch. A DIFFICULTY NOT EASILY GOT OUT OF.—The man who "fell into raptures" with a pretty girl, was got out with considerable difficulty. THE HAPPIEST HUSBAND UNDER THE SllN.—Adara had one great advantage over all other married couples— an advantage which has been lost to us with Paradise—he had no mother-in-law. NEVER suffer your children to require service from others which they can perform themselves. A strict observance of this rule will be of incalculable advantage to them through every period of life. AMERICAN 'WASHING, &c.—With such rapidity is this done, that it frequently happens a gentleman orders a bath, and before the process of abluti6n is gone through, his dirty shirt is brought to him, washed, ironed, and completely " got up," the time occupied in such operation being less than twenty-five minutes !—Bunn's Old and New England. CHRISTMAS-DAY ON SUNDAY.—Although the last oc currence of the kind took place in 1842—eleven years ago —yet the coincidence does often occur in briefer' intervals —and must happen four times in twenty-eight years. Christmas-day was on a Sunday in 1831, 1836, 1842, and in this year. It will happen on a Sunday in 1859: 1864, 1870, 1881, 1887, 1892, and 1898. The intervals between the years follow the order of numbers 5,6, 11, 6. If it happen in leap-year, or the year succeeding leap-year, the interval will be six years; if on the year preceding leap year, the interval will be five years, but if, as in 1842, it happen two years before leap-year, the interval will be eleven years, as it now is. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER. A FEW CLOVES added to ink will prevent its becoming mouldy, and impart an agreeable perfume. SUPPOSED TO BE NEAR THE MABR.—The Rev. B. Brown, a celebrated preacher among the Independents, made the following bold statement at the recent meeting of the Congregational Union :—" We are Independents, yet I have long had the conviction that it requires desperate courage to be an Independent amongst Independents." The assertion was received with loud cheers.—Blackburn Standard. A CONSOLING REPLY.—Lady Spencer asked Dr. Warren whether the minds of physicians must not be frequently embittered by the reflection that a different mode of treatment might have saved the lives of their patients. Dr. Warren thought otherwise, "The balance between satisfaction and remorse must," he considered, "be greatly in favour of satisfaction ;" and, as an instance of it, he hoped he should have the pleasure of curing her ladyship forty times before he killed her."—Household Words. AN UNPROMISING OLD LADY. The Sunderland Herald has the following amusing anecdote :—" The whole of the ladies of the village who were voters, with one exception, voted against the amendment of Mr. Elliott in the Houghton contest of the present week. One of them, entering the polling place with Hopper, was about to record her vote, w h en th e Be Lee ex claimed, That old lady, Mrs. Shield, promised me to vote for the amendment.' Bridling up, she responded, with a look of scorn, ' I never gave a promise to any man in my life.' This intimation was followed by roars of laughter." ECONOMY IN FOOD. — Although it is, perhaps, a matter which should properly come under our " Reviews," we may mention in this place that we have received a 41b. loaf of bread—a most attractive looking and very palatable speci men of the flour-and-rice bread. It is evident that "there's a good time coming" for editors, when bakers begin to send them half-quartern loaves for review ; and if the butchers only follow the example, with sirloins of beef and legs of mutton, the good time will be really come —not before it is wanted, perhaps.—English Churchman. WHAT is the use of battering a man's brains full of Greek and Latin pot-hooks, which he forgets before he doffs his last round jacket or puts on his first long-tailed blue, if he don't teach them the old Spartan virtue of obedience, bard living, early rising, and them sort of classics ? Where's the use of instructing him in hexame ters or pentameters, if you leave him in ignorance of the value of a pennypieee ? What height of stupidity it is to be fillip' a boy's brains with the wisdom of the ancients, and then turn him out like an omadhaum, to pick up his among the moderns.—Blackwood' s Magazine. HOME.—I have travelled some little in my day, and I never yet saw the place over-seas where I could say, here will I live and die. My steps have been arrested by beautiful spots—by savage spots—by great and luxurious cities ; a week, a month, I could spend in many—a year in some, and spend it happily ; but not life—not all my days. This may be prejudice, but it is the only prejudice I have no wish to part with. I know of no pleasure that will compare with going abroad except one—returning home. I pity English colonists wherever I find them, whether at Tours, or Pau, or Lausanne, or Brussels, or Nice, or Florence. They all talk of delightful climates, and delicious wines, and cheap living, and excellent society ; and yet, I believe, there may be but two or but one amongst them all, who, if they dared to appear poor, would not turn their backs upon the climate, and wines, and society of foreign lands, and seek the shores of Eng land. Travelling is a charming recreation ; but, after all, England—to an Englishman—is the only country to live in.—Dement Conway's Tour in Switzerland. A SKETCH IN MUNICH.—How gay the streets look ! Such numbers of butterfly ladies, in gay muslin and light kid gloves, and with bright-coloured parasols; such dandi fied youngofficers with their ridiculously smallwaists —they lace themselves up as tightly as the smallest of the girls ; such clean Burger-Lente ; such picturesque groups of students, their hair so glossy from its Sunday brushing, their scarlet caps set so jauntily on their heads, their gay corps bands displayed over their snowy shirt fronts ; such a pleasant sound of voices and trampling of feet along the sunny pavements. I'm quite inspired to put on all my Sunday apparel, and look as gay as the best- I suite long to descend into my usual character of "young lady," and go abroad for a pleasant un-exalts afternoon, drink coffee with a gay party, under green trees, and criticise all the faces and toilettes that pass before us. I wish Alfred were here to-day ; we would for a few hours be as little in the clouds as he could wish.—The Art Student in Munich. ORIGIN OP MINCE-PIES AND PLUM-PUDDIN4I.—The origin of mince-pies and plum-pudding, objects of such absorbing interest to all of us, must not be forgotten in our sketch of Christmas customs. It would seem that it was, in primitive times, a practice of the bakers to make presents to their customers of little images in paste,. iast as in the present day the tallow-chandlers present a few doll's candles to the children of their customers. These presents were called yule doughs or yule cakes, and were believed to have been originally designed to represent the. infant Jesus. It was also the custom at Rome to present boxes of sweetmeats to the fathers of the Vatician at Christmas. From these, it is said, come the modern , mince-pie and plum-pudding. The former was originally of a long or coffin-shape, and was intended to represent the manger wherein the child was laid. Plum-pudding is our national dish—it represents us in the imagination of foreigners, who believe that we eat little else than " rest bif and plum-poudin." And yet, strange to say, the his: tory of this national dish is involved in the greatest oh. scurity. Plum-pudding, like the Chinese empire, is defi-.• cient in historical evidence. Its dominion over the• tastes and imaginations of Englishmen is established;; but whence came it ? People vaguely imagine that our forefathers, and the fathers of those forefathers,. knew the delights of Christmas pudding—that it graced. the board beside the baron of beef—that it was contem porary with mince-piie--that its origin must be sought in the aim. obscurity of the 'Madly age,. Th The , is indeed obscure, but apparently recent. So late as 17417, Christmas pudding appears a thing unknown to cookery books. There is a glimmer of tradition about it in the' reign of Charles ll.—Family Friend. ADORNING CHURCTIES AND HOUSES WITH MISLR2OE.. —The custom of adorning houses, churches, &c., with misletoe, holly, and other winter shrubs and trees, is perhaps of older date than any other Christmas observance,. It had its origin with the Druids who were the priests of the ancient Britons long previous to the invasion of this, country by the Romans,. under Julius Caesar. It was their wont, at a certain period of the year, to resort to the forrests in which grew the largest oak trees, followed by a great concourse of people of all degrees. There, with many ceremonies, they proceeded to cut down a quantity of the branches of the miseltoe growing on the oaks, which, having divided into small pieces, they distributed amongst the religious students and votaries who had ac companied them, and who, considering these branches are so many emblems of good fortune, adorned their dwellings with them. Therewas a sacredness attached to the custom which preserved its practice for a long period, and we find it mentioned in many of the old records. A peculiar sanctity was attached to the misletoe.— , Christmas, the joyous period of the year! Now bright with holly all the temples strew, With laurel green, and sacred misletoe." This Druidical eustom appears to have survived the shock attending the incursions of foreign races, and the over throw of the old, established religion ; and Christianity, loth to wage war with every ancient usage s , consented to retain this one as, the most innocent of them all. Indeed, green boughs seem to have been almost universally looked upon as emblems of purity. Stowe, the old English chronicler, relates that not only the parish church, public offices, and houses were adorned with holme, ivy, bays, and. other greens of the season, but that conduits and standards in the streets. were likewise garnished. He tells that, "in 1444, by a tempest of thunder and lightning towards the morning of Christmas Day, at the Leadenhall, in Cornhill, a standard of trees being set up in the midst of the pave ment, fast in the ground,.nailed full of holme and ivy, fo r disport of Christmas, the pole was torn up and cast down by the malignant spirit (as it was thought), and the stones of the pavement all about were cast in the street and into diver houses, so that the people were sore aghast at the great tempest." From that time even unto the present, this custom, with the exception of the adorning of the streets, has remained in all its integrity, amongst high and low, rich and poor, and long may it be preserved to us and to our children ; for we love the sight of the green holly and its radiant red berries, even as we love the memory of our childhood.—Family Friend. " SERVANTGALISM" IX AMERICA. — FinaIIy,. a pretty, skilful girl of twenty-two did make up her mind, after hesitating and looking at her mother for a long time, expressing the fear that she wouldn't be able to satisfy a " foreign" lady, and premising to think about the matter. Persia Wheeler—so she was called—had never yet lived out herself; but her two elder sisters were in Boston, one as cook, and the other as chambermaid. The last time they came home on a visit, they had worn the most beau tiful dresses, and thrown poor Persis, in her shilling-calico Sunday dress, entirely into the shade! Susan, the cook, had shown her a card-case of tortoise-shell, inlaid with mother-of-pearl, that she used to carry when she had her afternoon and went out, just as the young ladies did when they went out to make calls. It had only cost her the wages of two or three weeks. Poor Persis had neither money for buying nor giving away. When, therefore, Clotilde urged her kindly, and promised her a dollar and a half, that is, full city wages, a week, she could not resist' any longer. " She only," she said, " wanted to get fixed a little first; the young man there," she added, pointing to Hubert, " might come for her with the carriage the day after to-morrow." Clotilde replied, with a smile, that if she could not find the way alone, and get her things over herself, she would send the boy for her on the day appointed. This was done. But Clotilde was quite alarmed, when Eli drove up with a gaily-dressed lady instead of a cook. It was Persis Wheeler in her best Sunday clothes, in which she hoped to make a better impression than in the Cinderella costume in which Mr. and Mrs. Hubert had surprised her the other day. She wore a white dress, and a string of blue glass beads around her throat, a blue silk mantilla, lined with yellow calico, and around her straw bonnet a wreath of artificial roses. Fortunately, she had brought along a working dress in her bandbox, and in this she soon presented herself to Clotilde ready for work. The latter soon saw that her mother had brought her up to it, and that a quick skilful girl had entered her service. Persis had soon prepared several palatable dishes. " Dinner'll be ready right away," she said to Clotilde. " You can just be setting the table. Or shall the coloured boy do it ?"—" He has to attend to the stable." replied her mistress, " and I do not like to employ him in the house. I expect this from you, Persis. You can easily move the dinner from the fire a little until you have set the table, and we are ready." " Very well," said the girl, " and I'll set the table for three ?" " For two only," Clo tilde directed, with a faint misgiving, and consequently not without embarrassment. " Only for two—lsn't Mr. Hubert going to dine at home ?" " Certainly, he and I are two." The girl's face lengthened. Clotilde, unpleasant as it was, thought it the best way to settle the matter at once. " Persis," she said kindly, " a person that cooks or does the waiting, can hardly eat at the same table with the gentleman or lady of the house. It would be entirely improper for her to leave her seat so often; and kitchen-work and ashes prevent the dress from being as neat as desirable for persons who are only ac customed to finer work." The tears had come into Persis' eyes. She considered a while. " Very well," she said, " - I don't care much about it, on the whole. Susan and Mary Ann can't do it either. I thought people weren't so proud in the country, but it's a fact, you get dirty and sooty before you know it. After all, I wouldn't like to show myself to Mr. Hubert in this trim," she added, going to the looking-glass, and smoothing her hair, " fix it up after dinner,"—The " HIGH STYLE " IN ILLNESS.—Miss Cordelia used at one time to come to us, and tell us she had a " pain in her chest " so often that Ethelinda and I began to be uneasy, and questioned Mr. Turner to know if her mother had died of consumption ; and many a good pot of currant jelly have I given her, and only made her pain at the chest worse, for—would you belive it P—Miss Morton told her never to say she had got a stomach-ache, for that it as not proper to say so. I had heard it called by a wors ame still in my youth, and so had Ethelinda ; and we sat and wondered to ourselves how it was that some kinds of pain were genteel and others were not. I said that old families, like the Mortons, generally thought it showed good blood to have their complaints as high in the body as they could—brain-fevers and bead-aches had a better sound, and did, perhaps, belong more to the aris tocracy.—Dickens's "Household Words." SIIELL-CAMEO PORTILAITS.—Few persons who go to Rome return without bringing with them some of the beautiful shell cameos which are produced there, and it has often been asked why it is that artistic talent has not been applied in this direction in England, considering that the shell out of which they are cut is as readily obtainable here as in Italy. " Cameo," we may remind the reader' was originally the designation of a peculiar sort of oynx, in which figures and representations of landscapes ap peared naturally. It has come to be applied to all gems or stones in which the object is worked in relievo, in oppo sition to "intaglio," in which the subject is indented. The ancients have left us most marvellous works of this kind, but the time they occupy, the increased value of artistic labour, and the consequent great cost of what can be ap preciated only by a few, have led to the disuse of the art. The working of shell cameos is a very different matter, so far as regards the mechanical portion of it, and might be pursued with success, we should imagine, especially by ladies. A PRACTICAL APPLICATION.—A lay preacher, whose darksome daily labour brings light and warmth to our firesides, and whose Sabbath ende avours are di rec t e d t o th e enlightening of our heads and the warming of our hearts, had the worldly misfortune, no long time ago, to be com pelled to dispose of a sorry old horse. To sell him in the ordinary way would have been unproductive nobody would have given twenty shillings for the brute ;—so the owner, tempted by the love of lucre, made him the subject of a lottery, and, to the scandal of many of his admirers, realised a rare price by a profane raffle. On the following Sunday, he was edifying his hearers with a discourse on the Prodigal Son—on whom he bore very hardly; and when he had pictured him in all his wickedness and worthlessness, he asked his congregation how the profli gate's father was to dispose of so good-for-nothing a wretch ? " Why," cried one of his hearers, "raffle him to be sure !" The poor pitman was struck dumb.—Gates head Observer. POPULATION OP NEW YORIC.—We mean no disrespect to the miraculous city of New York when we say that it gives by no means a fair representation of an American capital ; at least one-third of its population is the spawn of other lands, for to every three natives you have at least one foreigner, the predominance of those sons of emigra tion being Irish and German. The census of New York, if strictly scrutinised, would be found to consist of human contributions from every part of the habitable globe, who tend much to disfigure the genuine chameter of the natives. This is not so much the case in any other State of the Union, though we by no means wish it to be in ferred that every portion of it is not, to a certain extent, so inflicted. In New England Nis clearly less cEssernible ; and the genuine American character is nowhereso conspi cuous as in the peculiar realm of Yankeeism. We are per fectly well aware that a New Yorker would feel himself regularly insulted if you were to designate him as a Yankee, and so would a Yankee if you called him anything else.—Bunn's Old and New England. AMERICAN PRONUNCIATION.—Noah Webster, in the preface to his own " Dictionary of the English Language;" thoroughly disparaFT Dr. Johnson's, and most Americans are of Webster's opinion. When Stuart,their distinguishe& painter, was introduced to the leviathan of our literature; Johnson, surprised at his speaking such good English;. asked him where he learnt it ? and Stewart's cool reply was "Not in your Dictionary." In addition to the use of words which are only to be found in their own vocabulary, they have notions of prontmciation that are peculiarly their private property; It is not the fashion with us, as we have already observed, to call "be au ty" b oo t y , nor " d uty " dooty, nor " due" doe ; neither would the adoption tew for " too," nor of noes for "news," nor of en-gine for " engine," nor of gene-ine for " genuine," of deefe for " deaf," of bnquirry for "enquiry," and countless similar expressions, slip very glibry off oar tongues; but if you only ask an American why he so pronounces them, he will tell you that he believes it to be the right way; and, if you remind him that there' are no such words, as he occa sionally uses, in the English language, his answer will be, " There mayn't be in yours, but there are in ours I" Affred Bunn's Old England' and New England. CIIARACTER 07 A Thur CIIERGYMAN.—A clergyman, by his character and design of life, ought to be a man separated from the , cares and concerns, of this world, and j dedicated to the study and meditation of divine matters ; whose conversation ought to be a pattern for others, a constant preaching to his people•; who ought to offer up the prayer of the people• in their name, and as their mouth, to God ; who'ought to be praying and interceding for them in secret, as well as, officiating among them in public ; who ought to be distributing- among them the sacred rites, which are the badges, the uniOn, and the sup ports of Christians. He ought to• adinonish, to reprove, and to comfort them ; not only by his. general doctrine in his sermons, but from house to house; that so he may do these things more homeand• effectually than can be done from the pulpit. Hers to. watch over their souls, to keep them from error, and to alarm them out of their sins, by giv'ng them warninir of' the• indginelabs of God • to visit vtiesick, and tuprepare themptor the judgment and life to come Above all: studies, he' ought to apply himself to understand the.lrolY Scriptures-aright ; to have his memory well furnished' that way, that so upon all oc casions he may be able to enforce what he says out of them, and so be an able• minister of the New Testament.— Bishop B'urners Discourse-of the Pastonul Care. TITE CREOLES or TIDE WEST INDIES,—The variations are startling; A soft bliv , eye, with long- black lashes, such as I saw yesterday over• a pair of tawny lips eurved with the Alhambra's own model of Castilian scorn, looks strangely contradictory ; and the singular. persistence of Nature preserving faultless teeth and raven hair to the dark Hebe; whatever other-variation of feature she may have, makes them all comparatively beautiful. We think we must go to Athens , or-Napoli to see the. straight Gre cian nose; with its thin nostril, in perfeotion ; but no sculptor could bettermould one, than from the models of tan and orange which heseould beckon to Mtn from every corner of St. Thomas. The short upper- lip of high de scent, and the delicate small oval of the shin are equally common. And these gifts, priceless to princesses, are held in careless unconsciousness by fruit girls, subject to none but municipal laws—tile Mustis and Pustis, whose merry eyes never saw alphabet, and whose brown ancles never knew stocking. * * Every female- is trained from childhood' to carry burthens upon the head. From a tea cup to a water-pail, everything is placed on the small cushion at the top of the skull. The absolute erectness of figure necessary to keep the weight where it can best be supported by the spine, the nice balance of gait to poise it without being steadied by the hands,,the throwing for ward of the chest with the posture and effort that are demanded, and the deliberateness with which all turning round or looking- aside must be done„combine to form an habitual demeanour and gait of peculiar loftiness and stateliness. A prouder-looking procession than the market-women, as they come and go> with their baskets on their head, across the square below our veranda, could not be found in the world. They look incapable of being u into a quick movement - and are, without ex ception,sr6sedqueenly of mien—though it come, strangely enough, front carrying the burthens , of the slave.—N. P. Willis's T) .s to the Tropics. EXTRACTS FROM PUNCH'S ALMANACK. A CRZONBTING PAILADOX.—ABy eleven can make a score. Why do we know that Cleopatra did not wear pockets ? Because sbe put her wiper in her , bosom. Porn DIGNITY.--Stand na sauce from any servant but your cook. YIN? TO THE HOOKED.—It you desire to be released' from a rash promise of marriage, breathe vows of love con. tintrally after eating onions. QUALIFICATION POR LAD•Y'S GROOM.—As bridegroom, a young man is preferred wha has no character to prodUce from any last place. FALLACY OF APPEARANCES.—At the richest dessert, after the most sumptuous dinner, it may be often observed that the fattest and jolliest-looking men are given to pine. LEGAL.—The proverb. says, "A fool keeps Ma own counsel ;" and Brieflesa says, " He only wishes some fool would keep him." NATURAL HISTORY FOR BOARDING SCIPOOLS..—A young lady who had heard that there were cygnets in the Thames went up to Richmond in a steamer, expecting to see some seals. THE FINISHING TOUCH TO A PICTUEB.—Artist : "Now, don't hesitate to say if yon see anything I can alter or improve. Candid Friend :"Hm ! Well ! No! I don't see anything—unless, perhaps, yon-a might repaint the principal figures, and—l—yes—l should certainly get a new background in." QUERIES TO WIEICIT WE PAUSE FOR A REPLY.—Is any account of the dome of St. Paul's to be found in the Domesday Book at the British Museum ?—lf " Day breaks," as the almanacks prophesy, will that affect him self only, or will the bankruptcy extend to the firm of " Day and Martin ?" How TO PLOT OUT AN EVENING PARTY.—Sift card rack for most respectable acquaintances. Frame invita tions with lace borders. Sweep drawing-room quite clean, and shoot rubbish into back bedroom. Map out an arti ficial parterre on floor with chalk. Sow seed for seedcake. Gather mustard for sandwiches. Beat about the bush for gooseberries, and put them in bottles, to come up as champagne. Order in old man from greengrocer's, and put Berlin bags on his hands for gloves. Buy slip for new dress, and gather flowers in the Burlington Arcade for your hair. Put the young twigs in their beds, but the elderly plants stick in library with cards. Lay traps for rich young men. Plant your company in rows and couples, and set musicians in full blow in corner of draw ing -room. When they are a little faint, water them with sherry. Hang wallflowers round the room. Dig for com pliments, and run up a flirtation wherever you can fasten one. Above all, nail a husband, or else your plot will be without its greatest ornament and centre. Pop GOES THE Quzsrto. --:-"" . l 3 opgoes the question" has often led people a pretty dance. It has been a pop that has always been exceedingly popular, and is revived from time tcOtime as much from necessity as fashion. The step is a very decided one; but though usually re garded as difficult, yet a little boldness and address is all that is required to make the gentleman a rapid proficient. The steps are taken as follows :—Gentleman advances and bows to lady ; chasse to lady' s s id e ; h an d s across ; ba lancez, and set (on a chair). Lady (makes) advances, - "d *P' '-to herself lows and retreats (into —_ ); gentleman follows (up his advantage), and balancez (on the chair) ; lady's chain (of endearments) ; cavalier suel; set (to work) right and left (with small talk); heads round (with excitement) ; down • and up again . (with prepared speeches) ; gen- - - tleman takes lady's hand ; lady `withdraws it ; poussettt right and left ; hands across ; gentleman drops on one knee, and turns the lady (to his purpose) ; grand round (of arm about the waist). Pop goes the question ! This step is generally concluded by the figures joining hands, and uniting in a ring. The 11344 finale to the step is childish in the extreme. ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE. THE REV. E. GIRDLESTONE AND THE NATIONAL SOCIETY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SlR,—Can you oblige me by finding space for a letter, which closes my correspondence with the Rev. Edward Girdlestone (as given in your paper of the 29th ultimo) ? Your obedient servant, . FREDERICK S. WARREN. Sanctuary, Westminster, Dec. 21st, 1853. REV. SlR,—The distinction which you seek to establish in your letter to me of the 21st of November, between persons and practices, is quite untenable. A person can not be engaged in dishonest practices and remain an honest man ; as little can a man, day by day, and week by week, join and take part in " Romish mummeries " with out Ilimself being a " mummer." You have taken on yourself, both in speaking and writing, rudely to attack and censure the way in which other Christians think fit to praise their Maker, and have called the sacred services of St. Mark's College Chapel, a "Romish 'Mummery." I would that even now you might consider and retract the uncharitable words. With more consistency might you then, in your appointed place, stand up on onr approaching Christmas festival, and preach " Peace on earth, goodwill to men ;" but if not, at least be bold, and do not shrink from the full responsibility of your words. Secondly,—l maintain that the simple statement of the Society's income never having exceeded £9,000 or £lO,OOO appears, in one shape or another, in almost every speech you have made. I go to the acknowledged report of the meeting at Willis's-rooms, in May last, and find you saying,—" And this brings me, my lord, (you are addressing the chair man,) naturally to enquire why the income of the National Society has been stopped at so paltry a sum as £10,000; why the charity of the whole Church of England in the stream of education is limited to a sum which we find a common amount of income even amongst the country gentlemen of England P" - You have, in that one sentence—to depreciate and make light of the efforts of the National Society—represented one of its funds as the whole income, and been guilty of a more palpable fallacy still, in alluding to such income as the sole charity of the Church in the matter of education, And once again, in your letter to me, you quote from the Society's last report an item of £10,764, received up to May last, on account of the present Queen's letter fund, and exclaim,—" See what want of confidence,—£lo,ooo instead of the usual 227,000." Now, you might easily have known that the £lO,OOO represented but the begin ning of the collection, which already doubles that amount, and is not yet complete. How could you seek to lead your readers to believe that the £TO,OOO would form the great bulk of the collection ? Thirdly,—Ton brought a deliberate charge of "Sunday cricket-playing" against St. Mark's. On the word of the College authorities, I gave a distinct denial to your charge, and proved, moreover, that even the anonymous pamphlet to which you referred me as your source- of information, did not so much as mention " cricket." Toss now bring a charge of " Sunday leap-frog and other similar pastimes," which you say mayfairly be supposed to " inniude cricket." I am obliged, in the• cause of truth, to tell you that your new charge has no Better foundation to rest on than your former one. The Principal of the College simply declares that Sunday games, 3r pastimes of any description, are unknown at the College-- I avail myself of tins opportunity of specifyiv one or two other statements which of late have been' freely cir culated in certain quarters. It is said that the committee of the National Society have been contending litith the Privy Council for a scheme of exclusive clerical manage snent fatal to the legitimate influence of the laity; but while the whole correspond'esce has been open toall, no sentence has ever been named or pointed out whicliteonld be tortured into the assertion: or recommendation of such a principle. On the other hand, it is plain, from each letter, (and any person who wig take the trouble tolread the correspondence may satisfy himself of the correctness of what I say,) that the sole• object of the committee throughout has been to procurejor promoters of schools, the liberty of settling the management on that basis which seemed best to them. Much also has been said of a supposed intention of the Society to impose some new interpretation of their "terms of union," which should hamper managers of schools dealing with children unbaptised, or children of Dissen , - ters.l: and this fabrication is indizstriously circulatedl. whilthe recent declaration of the- committee, " That it has-been their principle and practic e ;.f rom the beginning„. to abstain from any attempts to controul those who hadi the xnanagement of schools," is freshifrom the secretary's pen. Other charges, such as the indignities said to have been offered to his Grace the President ; the alleged pre— dominance of Archdeacon Denison in the Society's councils;: the misrepresentations connected with the appointment of Mr. Daymond to a mastership at St. Mark's College, &c., I have.nrore fully dealt with in two published letters to the Rev. William Pollock.* My sole object in those let ters has4been to satisfy the friends of the society that the. charges against it which, during the past summer, have been matter of platform declamation inrmany parts of the country,. may be satisfactorily and etahly disproved.—l have thelionour"to remain, your obedient sery ant, FREDERICK WARREN. Rev. Edkanl Girdlestone. * Two Letters to the Rev. Wm. Pollock. By Frederick S. Warren. Dondon: J. Whitaker, 41, Pall-mall. Liverpool Deighton and Laughton ; Webb and Hunt. LTFE IN AUSTRAKEA rcoccssttj Mt Lin the colony, Tao received frcat a highly respectable gentlen who is well, connected in this town : I, thismorning, received a letter from:you, and three others from—, being the only ones I have IStaleinee I arrived in the colony;: and although I have sent several home, yet it appears that none have come to hand, which is no wonder, in the present state of the colonial post-ogee,- and of the. whole country. I will, therefore, repeat alli have said in: the others,.or as much as I can recollect. I:came out in the Dalhousie, one of 350 passengers. Wee had a goodi passage of 'B4;days, by the great circle mode of sailing, having sighted no land between Plymouth and Port Philip. The hardships of the passage were many, but,. being strong and healthy, I got through them pretty well, and have since gone through so many worse; that I look: back with a:smile on what I once thought' dreadful. On, my arrivali at Melbourne, I found nothing: one is led to. expect by the accounts one gets at home. Thousands. were starving in the town, who were too4proud or too lazy to work. Surveyors, clerks, shopmen, &o. swarmed ; andi there was: no opening except for a labouring man or mechaniel. so I put my pack on my back, and with: my funds,—reduced to 25s.,—started to thes"diggings." How much is comprehended in that word : lordships in , the en treme, bad living, and, in 999 cases out of 1000, bad luck ! it beingsupposed that out of 70,000 diggers there at onee, 40,000 don't get fair wages, 20,000 p re tty goo d, an d 10,0 0 0 high. Out of the latter there are very,few who get fir tunes,.getting tired of working up to their middle in:mud from daylight till dark, and living- on mutton, dam per, and strong green tea, without milk, butter, or any thing that at home are thought necessaries. I came.back to Melbourne, having been pretty lucky : it was all a lot tery.. Melbourne is a vast sink of Nice and misery.. Rob beries.eommitted in the open day, and people wailtiag in the streets, and serving out goods. in their shops,. armed to.the-teeth—men enter gold-buyers' stores, in the mid dle of the day, clap a pistol to his head, andrifleilia shop, tie.and gag him, and walk away insecurity ! Bad as are the- descriptions of California, the. reality here , is a great deal, worse, or rather was, as things are now getting more settled. In Melbourne I did:many things, which, at home, would be thought low ; but here :you, had better put your pride in your pocket, or threw it away.. k bought a horse , and cart, and fetched woodtand water,.and worked a whale-boat in the bay, and then:a.lighter on. the river, and laughed in my slee ve as I saw others storming. from pride, (as there is plenty of 'war& for those who. will do it,) whilst I pocketed from £lB tio£29.a week; amongst others I saw poor —, stone-breaking on.the new roads. I then went into the mounted police, till I learnt to be a good horseman, and then back Melbourne adieu, as although there is plenty of money to)be made,. yet fi ring is bad and dear,as a week for miserable board and lodging, and 20s. a night for horse keep. I faced the bush, went on a cattle station for trifling wages, and learnt the routine, the chief part of which is hard siding and cracking the stock whip, which has a lash 18 feet long, and a handle only 18 inches, and has power to cat pieces out of cattle. The life i s dangerous, but all the. more exciting when au fait at the business. I started tattle-driving on the roads to market ; a hard life, sleeping out nights together, with no covering but the sky ; and now in winter the rain falls for weeks together. My chief route is from the Western districts to. Melbourne, a distance of three or four hundred miles ; and as the cattle travel only fifteen miles, (having to be kept fat to the market,) the journey down occupies some time;; but you come up; at your• own pace ; the wages are from £5 to £6 a week; but I hope two years will put me on my own bottom, and then the road to fortune is open tome; for this is a country where they are made and lost, in a day. Unless one has a trade, there is no opening in the country bat- for the young and able-bodied, and the more of them that come the better—provided they bring stout hearts with them, otherwise they had better stay at home. If, like me, they take a decisive step, and ga through without flinching, they may all hope to get enough while young to live comfortable ever afterwards. A man here must hold his own in many cases by his own strength, and need show no mercy, as he will get none. Pride is worse than useless, and money worse than useless ; for unless he can bring hundreds—he had better bring none. RAO is plenty. Depend upon it, tido is the true rule : all books on the colony are trash. Without ex ception they paint the bright side, but never the darker and more frequent one. What would a dwawing-room bred booby think of my appearance, I wonder. My dress is a cabbage tree hat, long boots and breeches, and a blue shirt. On my saddle are strapped . a quart pot and pannikin, my blankets, and a bag containing a few pounds of flour, and a little tea and sugar. With these I can travel for days without thanking any one. Not forgetting the stock-whip, without which I might move, but the cattle would not. My horse would be cheap in London at £6O; and I have three others of equal value, all ray own. Now for the 'country ;it is magnificent. Not far from where I am writi4g this letter, there is a station, in the Grampians which, rise 5,000 feet above the plain at the back of the hut. In front runs a rapid river, which in summer is only a chain of muddy water-holes, but at tins season of the year, a few miles further down, projects a body of water, 60 yards wide, over a perpendicular height of 175 feet, and supposed to be the finest falls in the world, Niagara only excepted. You can pass right under the falls at the expense of a wet coat, when the river is impassable by the floods. It is, indeed, a country of anoma lies : the flowers are beautiful, without scent ; the birds are feathered with every colour of the rainbow, but have no song, and the trees whilst the stones of the cherries grow outside the fruit Horses fed only on grass have immense power of enduring fatigue, 60 miles being a common day's journey. I have myself ridden one horse 55 miles in four hours, without a rest, and on one occasion the same horse 140 miles between sunrise and sunset. liiithing hi England could come up to this. "The harbour of Port Philip is one of the f nest in the world all the fleets of Europe might ride there with ease and safety ; and the entrance being high and narrow, and the passage being full of dangerous shoals : a few heavy TUESDAY, DECEMBEg 27, 1853 guns would make it impassable. There is not a landing place for miles, and few Food harbours in the colony. I wish I had had your pistols. I had to give £2O for a Colt's revolver. One is not safe without arms. lam writing this in a great hurry, as I have not often the chance of post-offices. What would be said at home to £4OO for a ton of flour, weighing 4,000 lbs ? Such was the price at the diggings last winter; but then the carriage was high in proportion, being £l6O per ton for 86 miles. For professions there is no hope here. I have seen barristers, officers, and gentlemen of every description glad to get -work at 10s. a day as labourers on the roads. "I expect (D.V.) to be able to come home for a few months in another year or so. Mechanics' wages average from £1 to £2 a day, and labourers' from 10s. to 15s. per day; but, then, everything is in proportion. Meat the same price as at home, and almost everything else dearer, so the wages are not really as much as they look." ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE. PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS. Rev. J. Bartlett, M.A., to the Vicarage of St. Blazey, Corn wall. Rev. H. H. Bradshaw, to the Curacy of Sudbury, near TJt toxeter. Rev. A. Browne, M.A., to be Chaplain of H.M.S. Arrogant. Rev. S. Churchill, to the Rectory of Boughton, Norfolk. Rev. T. H. F. P. D.,vies, M.A., to the Perpetual Curacy of Christ Church, Ramsgate, Kent. Rev. J. C. D'Evelyn, M.A., to the Curacy of East Dean, Hants. Rev. C. W. Doherty, M.A., to the Rectory of Pelham, near Gaineborough. Rev. S. V. Edwards, M.A., to be Chaplain to the Central London District School, Westow-hill, Norwood, Surrey. Rev. I'. E. Espin, Fellow of Lincoln College, ()Word, and Professor of Pastoral Theology, Queen's College, Bir nalngliam, to the Rectory of Hadleigh, Essex. Rev. H. S. M. Hubert, M,A., to the Rectory of Stanton, Norfolk. Rev. A. F.. Hutton, 111. A., to the Perpetual Curacy of Highet, in the parish of Dalston, Cumberland. Rev. J. Judge, to the Perpetual Curacy of Trelystan, with the Chare'r) of Leighton, near Wetshpool. Rev. W. Lonsdale, M.A.. to be Head Master of the Colle giate and Commercial School, Dale street, Manchester square, London. Itev..T. C. Mulloy, M.A., to the Curacy of Fordingbridge, Hampshire. Rev. T. Rees, to the Vicarage of Romney, near Cardiff'. Rev. L. Thomas, to the Incumbency of Merthyr Mawr, Glamor,gansbire. Rev. 6.. It.l6.Walah, M.A., to the Curacy of Southborough, Kent. Rev. J. B. Wigbtwick, M.A., Vicar of Newton Rigney, to the Chaplaincy of Penrith Union Workhouse; Rev. E. G. Williams, to the Curacy of St. Mm's, Swansea. Rev. B. Wright, M.A., to the Incumbency ci Flockton, near Dewsbury. Rev. A. M. Wilson, M.A., to the Vicarage of Ainstable, near Penrith. DIOCESE OF CHESTER Tim:kr - rms. MILWiW.—The Bif hop has lice*ed the School at Thwaites in the Parish of Dilillom, in tlacrtrounty of Cumberland, for the performance of Divine Servies until the chursh, which is about to be taken down, isrsbuilt and ready for consecration, THE RET..C. A, Ass-nETos CRAVEN, 8.A., Trinity' Col lege, Cambridge; has been nominated by Archdeaton Brooks to one-of the assistant curacies in the parish of St. Peter's. D. GRAY, Bishop of Capetown, and Dr. Colenso, Bishop of Natal, sailed' Nom Southampton on Wednesday weep, for their distant dioceses. Dr. Armstrong, Bishop of Gra ham's-town,is expectedto leave England early in thespring.• MORE CRITEXHIES: Si. M6►YYLEBONE.—A vestry meeting was held• in. this pariah;. on Tuesday, when it was proposed to contribute g*ooo' from the parish funds towards the construction of the new churches about to be erected there. Ana amendment was lost on a division by 20 to 3. THE REV. A. Wain, D.D. r ia elected to fill the chair of Ecclesiastical Iliatory at King's- College, lately held by the Rev. F. D. Maurice;in addition torthat of Hebrew and the Old Testament, which he has hitherto held. Mr. G. W. Dasent, of Magdalene Hall, Oxford, Doctor of Civil Law, has been elected4totheThair of English Literature and Modern History. CARLISLE Cettimanam.—The restoration is proceeding rapidly, and when completed so , far as-it is intended, con siderable alterations andi improvements will have been effected. In cleansing or scraping oncof the large pillars of the south transept the•workmen , have-cliscovered a rude painting, somewhat similarto those wits which the fre quenters of the cathedral are .already familiar on the side aisle. The subject of the.pieture -is scarcely intelligible, as the figures are very indistinct.. TUE EASTERN Cnuncuus:4—At a reoentmeeting of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, the following resolution was adopted :—" That the suggestions made by the joint committee; consisting of a committee appointed by the American Board of Missions and, the deputation sent out by the Society forrthe Promotiowof the Gospel, with respect to the statcr of the Oriental Churches, and the best manner of acting, towards them, on the part of the Churches of England and.America4 be referred to the sanding committee for consideration." NEWFELLOWSHIPS.—The scheme for tha-application of 220,000, lately left by the: testator,. named;. Faraday, to fdrind Fellowships in Milgdalen College;., Oxford, was approved and confirmed by.Vice-Chancellor-Rindersley, at Ms court, on Thursday. Thee Fellowships- were directed under the will to be establiihed in Magdale.neollege, with a preference to the founder's -next of kin .or relatives ; but, if Magdalen should refuse to accept it under this limitation, it was to be offered to some nther college in ..Oxford. 31ag dilen refused it, but it wasaccepted by St. John's. Another offer, with a new scheme;,was 'made, by direction of the Master, to Magdalen Collwe, but their original refusal was adhered to, and therefore it was fina.ll3 , determined mug. cue beque.E istioula go .to I; DIOCESE OF IVIAN - cnriiEn.—Preferments: At the dio cesan Registry, St. James's-square, Manchester, on Tues day, the Bishop of Manchester licensed the school in Ger ' mac-3treet, Oldham-road, for the performance of divine service ;.his lordship also licensed the Rev. Rishard Pearson Greaves, B.A. (late curate of St. George's Cdnxrch, Bolton :re-Moors), to officiate as minister therein, it blsing intended to raise a fund for the purpose of building; awd endowing a new church, and forming a new district,, to be called the district of " St. Peter's, Oldham-road each district to be bounded by New Cross and Oldham-road to Prussia street, from Prussia-street to Union-street;. from Union street to Great Ancoats.street, from Great Ancoats-street to New Cross, Oldham road, the boundary where such district commences, swab new intended district containing a population of 14,000. persons. THE COLONIAL CLERGY.-- NEWFOUNDLAND.—For some time past certain reports, injurious to the character of the Bishop of Newfoundland and one ofthis most exem plary clergy, have been industriously circulated in this country. They were; o the effect that the clergyman in question, the Rev. W. K. White, had refused to baptise a child until his father should contributes certain sum to the Church Society ; and secondly, that he had refused to administer the sacrament of the Lord's Supper to a dying woman until she should have made particular confession of her sins to hint Both these statements, which for months—one of them for two or three„.years—have been brought against the bishop and clergy of Newfoundland, as well as against the Society for the •Propagation of the Gospel at home, have at length been prayed to be mali cious calumnies.—Moruing Herald, THE VACANT," VICARAGE OF CA:EDITION, DEVON BHIRE.—On &Imlay last, three of, the:seven selected can didates for the vicarship read prayers in the church by the sanction of ttur Rev. James Deans;..:—The Revds. Messrs. Cooper, Smith, and Whidborne, in order to try the suitability of their voices to the church. The other four candidates will also be allowedthe same trial within a few weeks.. Great excitement promils here among the different partizans of the candidates, but the inhabitants appear to latoin favour of the Rev:.Jhrees Deans, who has for the last sixteen years been the• assistant-minister in the churcla. On Wednesday morning, the walls of the town exhibited a number of placards, with the words " Deans for ever," and " Vote for .Deans, a man you know." —Rrettx, Gazette. ECCLWASTICA.L COSTS.—It• will be remembered that some three years ago this case—one of some celebrity-- came befbre the Court of Arches, being a suit promoted by the-Bishop of Glocester and Bristol against the vicar of BerAeley for alleged grossjtamorality. Judgment was, giVelOy Sir Herbert Jennir First in 1851 upon it, whelk the mused was sentenced to. be admonished for his con,. duct ;- but the Dean of the-Arches, though approving the. course taken by the bishop, yet, on the ground of the prosecution having bean unnecessarily expenake i decreed that the promoter and the accused should ea4h pay his own costs. The bill of costs of the prortoas for the prosecution being- considered excessive, the bishop was advised to resist it ; and it was thought that the matter would come before a court of law, but the proctors having reduced their bill by nearly £l,OOO, the matter has just been settled by the bishop paying the amount t of the amended claim, wh i ch is no less a sum than £6,000 ! PRESENTATIONS VACANT.—The Rectory of Norton-in the-Moors, with theJnetunbeney of Brown Edge , annexed, near Newcastle-under-Dyne ; value, £6OO a-year,-; patron, Mr. C. B. Adderty, M.P. The Rectory of Roughton, near Stoke Ferry, Norwich ; value, £4OO a-year ;. patron, Sir W. J. B. Folkes, Bart. The Second Classical Master ship in the City of London School ; patrons,. the Governors of the School. The Second Mastership of All Saints' Grammar School, Bloxham, near Banbury ; patron, the Rev. J. W. Hewett, M.A., Fellow of St, Nicolas' College, Shoreham. The Incumbency of Grimsargh, Lancashire ; value, £lOO. a-year ; patron, the Vicar of Preston. The Incumbency of Oban, Scotland ; patron, the Bishop of Argyll and the Isles. The Chaplaincy of Dieppe ; patron, Mr. George Chapman, the Vice-Consul, and others. The Rectory of Kingstone Seymour, noarAxbridge, Somerset, value, £3OO a-year. The Incumbency of Wigginton, near Tring„ Herts ; value, £l5O a-year patrons, Christ Church Oxford. ORDINATION BY TUB BISIIOR OF MANCHESTER:TIIC Bishop of Mancheste r h e ld an or di nat i on i n the parish church of Prestwich, near Manchester, on Sunday week, when the foll ow i ng gent l emen were ordained, and afterwards licensed to the stipendiary curacies set opposite their names, viz :—Deacons:—Benjamin North Rockley Batty, M.A., St. John's College, Oxford, to Walton-le- Dale; James Chell, St, Bees' College, Cumberland, to St, Barnabas, Manchester; Edmund Creek Hore, St. Bees', to St. Philip's, Bradfbrd-road, Manch es t er ; J oseph Lowe, 8.A., Trinity College, Cambridge, to Chippi ng; A rthur Townley Parker, 8.A., Trinity College, Cambridge, to Dean ; Francis Deaole Babbitts, 8.A., St. John's, Cam bridge, to Habergham Eaves ; William Sheldon Reece, Emmanuel College, Cambridge, t o A u d enshaw ; John Reynolds, 8.A., Trinity College Dublin, to St. Matthias', Salford; Frederick Heap, 8.A., Trinity College, Cam bridge, to St. Clements Rochdale.--priests : William Hodgson Blamire, St. Bees' College, Cumberland ; Thomas Badcock, 8.A., St. John's College, Cambridge ; Philip Henry Lee, 8.A., Worcester College, Oxford ; John Mar shall, St. Bees' ; Owen Owen, St. Bees'; Arthur Packer, 8.A., St. Ed mun d' s Hall, Oxford ; George Frederick Prescott, M.A., Trinity College, Cambridge; James Davenport Kelly, 8.A., Wadham College, Oxford ; Frederick Wm. Ripley, 8.A., Magdalen College, Cam bridge : John Edmund Sedgwick, 8.A., Trinity College, Dublin ; Thomas Wade, M.A., Exeter College, Oxford. SHREWSBURY. — The disputed question as to the living. of St. Mary's, Sh r e ws b ury , h as b een d ec id e d i n f avou r of the burgesses, and against the presentation of the Rev. F. Morse. On Tuesday the case was heard before Vice- Chancellor Sir W. P. Wood, the trustees, the relators, the Rev. F. Morse, and the Rev. W. Sandford being se verally represented by counse l. O n F r iday his Honour delivered a lengthened judgment in favour of the relators (the burgesses), deciding that the disputed wig d 4 cfeterig Paribus had a limited application ; that tist.aVids7;ol,PtielhatePtii:e person to be appointed should be son," and " duly qualified according to ww' 3fr. junction must be granted only thus far - l ' es q .ain Ch Morse from performing l Divine service in the M` in ' St. Mary's, or from reading the articles therein, oe e doing any act, matter, or thing by virtue of hi%nd7hig or nomination. It was most satisfactory , to t h a t the Honour said, by the admission of all parties' b - the majority of the Trustees had been solely actuated }they highest and purest motives in making the selecti ° - t h e had done, although, in his opinion, they had been in taken in law, upon whi c h groun d alone he granted junction prayed. this sewn BENEFACTIONS TO Poou CLERGYMEN. -- A t „th of the year a considerable sum of money is by tributed amongst poor curates and other clergy of o f the governors of the ancient Corporation of the Se „ A d the Clergy, and on Saturdiw the 17th instant, they ,a t c.. their usual meeting for the purpose, at the Corporat house, Bloomsbury-place, London. Sir Robert Harr% In Bart., M.P., the senior treasurer, took the chair. Th e c3 ' of 93 poor clergymen in England and Wales were iovesxtif; ted, and sums from £lO to £2O were given t ° t es was given from the appropriate funds to fifty - s''', in actual duty, and £235 was awarded from the • se. cl o tie , ca fu m nd e " fr t o o m tw all ent p y a - r f t o s ur of other clergymen.The an a d Plt n :ios e et s t England and Wal es, „ various sources of distress toso large a henY in be as the clergy must • which of pothers, ~slucb ever, in many na unavoidably exposed. Numerous other application s, s 4 arrived too late for considerati on thi s month, sal be we mitted to the governors in January, by which tun e Tn cordially hope the funds may be amp l y r eplenishe - h pH i e- June next, another class of benefactions—viz. , ficed clergymen with small incomes and large La..-- °1 Will be distributable. IRELAND. itg „ JOll ll TICE CLONMEL ELECTION.—On Wednesday', O'Connell was elected for Clompel. He was pro " - d no Father Burke, and seconded by Alderman !Jacket, an other candidate appearing, he was declared elected . that CHOLERA IN CORK.—e Cork Exorable,- s tate F ever the accounts which have been received from the rtion Hospital, which has been made to afford accontme7 o t, to persons attacked with cholera, show that for the P r ' at all events, the disease has abated in malignity. Munn > R..snes.v.—A woman is at present ale' lit at Ballyenglish Workhouse, who has been married•to lg i seventh husband, and, what is still more remarkablefl, were all weavers,. and worked at the same loom, vitA.,e l " still in operation in her former house. She is in find . session of her mental faculties.—Munster News. jig RUMOURED ESCAPE OF SMITH O'BRIEN.--Ac re / to the Limerick Chronicle, no intimation has beenit,c) ceived by the friends of Mr. Smith O'Brien of his 0j . 0 t)- escape from the guardianship of Sir William 1) ,51.eal However grievous the political errors of the ill-fat`" fl ort tlexnan may have been, no one here cre dit e d the rer, or d that he had effected his' release at the sacrifice of his of honour. INSTALLATION or a n BISHOP OF DEla.."l,' - W f Monday the Right Rev. Higgin, Lord Jb s ",, e a Derry and Raphoe, arrived at the Deanery, attemL fie j, his chaplain, the Rev. William:Edwm•ds, and was ie s ltst the mandate from the Archbishop. of A rmag h having, tse ! been read by the registrar,in , the episcopal throne el i ded Cathedral, by the Dean mut Chapter, the former at te by the curates, dressed in canonicals. „„ THE ROMANIST CLEROP . AND. THE INCOME 1.1,; 0 0, ; . conference of the Romish clergy has been held at o f or at which a resolution was carried,. for the purpose ;to puizing a subscription to obtaini sound legal advice a , tbe the best- mode of protecting themselves from paSii i : income-tax. They say they have no. le ga l revenu es ' f a ), are: dependant on the voluntary oblatio ns . of the e .;ss• and: so ought to be exempt frompayment of the ince o n tiee VALUE OF POULTRY IN IRELLS/13,--IMlnenSeq na of poultry have been shipped from the I r i s h ports ' I SO, the present week for England, and still greater ciltoltel; arenwaiting the return of fine weather.. At l ts of of Liiimrn, on Tuesday, the space occupied. by tls "„ u ritel* fowls exceeded considerably that of any former S o pa before:Christmas ; and it was calculated-that changed hands for poultry than all the:cash. paid C? r . c l tY, sold int Smithfield. Extremely high, prices, wer g _.,„ i ecto dealersibrthe English and Scotch, as-well a s those' with the markets of this town. FLOWERS OP CELTIC RHETORIC. —ATralway R e°l 2 l ile paper has the followinc , complimentary notice of moll formed Church of Great r Britain and, the bull-necked Luther repented of his vows. ann.7;.,;a• a wife, amid[ when the brutal Harry fathered the j'e h ilt' tion in England, good men predicted that the lust-yore; blood-built, robbery-built Church would produce eof r .„.„1 tical broecliof inhumanity. Mammon became the' of England, aristocratic pride became tileernling' England, and beastly vice became the distinctiv e the liarity of England." Of the English people at larF os i Celtic estimate is equally flattering : —.5.-s o ript n re a t ie that the heathen is devoid of natural affection) a n o i $ believe that .isi no country nor age can there be , fol.l_,to more cold-tlooded, white-livered pack of' dd gs t than.P A - 03 be found among the Protestant English, nor coli,s_u find anywhere—no, not even among thus:Hottentot-Tot among the maw dogs of the East—a more re" N iitic! pack than the Saxon mothers of England: R is 3 o on on God's creation to call them human ; they.are-' in f 4 o o, demons, the offspring of the Devil and the Refor m, worthy followers of Harry and Bess—wonseethan for the very bears and tigers love their young. Oh • A send us a deliverer before Ireland loses her - virtue ale7ol l ancient nationality. Send us famine, plague,..war , " 4 ,0 0 —anything but this increasing connexion: with Prel ‘l ie; agcs of P.... a but only separation from beastly, perfidious Albion, the whitewashed hypocrisy of Exeter-hall." et CHARGE AGAINST MR. SADLEIR, M.P.—The Cour t t oi Exchequer, Dublin, was occupied all last igeek witbo_Aut, arising out of:a charge against Mr. Sadleir; to th e vi . — to that at the Carlow election he conspired with othersfet arrest and falsely imprison a person named Dowlin g!ho ts the purpose of preventing him and other electors v !iog he might influence from exercising his franchise bf c h eir, at the Carlow election. A pecuniary ma tter is inv e or for the transaction arose out of a bill discounted ill acog low bank, of which Mr. Sadleir was a partner.. 1. "" 0 . pre' is said to have been got up by Mr. Sadleir's•politica l i. lp nents. On Wednesday, Mr. Sadleir was, examine ul , the course °Phis cross-examination he admitted lie‘ 0 0 D, the voter Dowling to be arrested before the eleetil.'otel added whether he were or not before, he should be el. ase.' after it. The charge against Mr. Sadleiris,..that he arty unconstitutional, illegal, and unjust means ev er Yt P orr e :, cular to procure the arrest of this man, wititla vie w . „. n „ vent his voting, and so affecting his own rebmitsco; Carlow. The issues which the jury had to try' " First, whether there was an agreement be' t weel l 4 were xmv je , Crotty and-John Sadleir, or any person on; behailL i o Sadleir, that Daniel Crotty should be released eel 1p liability on two bills for £l5O and £2OO, mentien per j le t n certain aedavits in this matter ; secoadly s se":;', the Carlow branch of the Tipperary Joint-Stock ta ' any person on that behalf, in pursuanceofauckaf re ler discounted a certain bill drawn by one Edward ik and accepted by one William Ling; thirdly, 2' ..e int e l l ) ,l. discount the last-mentioned bill with the bonlifit; e o oll,: d . , ' tion of holding Edward Lawler liable -thereon ; 1° , 4 4 ir ) whether,or not Daniel Crotty was a bond, fide Edward!Lawler or for the Tipperary Bank in. •, (3° execution under which the plaintiff was arresteuii i 4 Saturday, the Chief Baron having delivered his fo r 0 the jury almost immediately brought in a vendic' be t plaintiff - on all counts. The effect:- of this release of Dowling from durance, free from all lie far as , the two disputed bills are concerned, and th e o t ble -institution of an action for false, imprisohre f oto conspiracy to deprive the plaintiff, of his• right t ° the•Carlow election. is old s° l; 4 ' Me LUCAS AND THE TABLES;--Thereiro that-when rogues fall out honest raen-come by biet e r it is hoped, will be the result of theunacrr, 'Zfejoi going on between Mr. Lucas, d th e. Tablet, an u 4 : 4 l .P.ay John Ryan," of Cashel. The ratter has suPPe r `i, o rot h ' - o t OVonnell at Clonmel, and consequently was ;,ReV ) , O assailed by the Tenant-league laction in the its °lv so intemperate as *.call down,remonstrance ie. supporters. Upon which Mr:. Lucas eats hurable i l i ter. never attacked Father Jolt/ in his clerical ebAr 13 0 such— 11.40 Meaning can fairly be deduced from my wor ds ne that I have been very much in error; and if anY that such a meaning has been conveyed;, I be-c r i f!beg e t t o gpt to express my regret that I should incautious ; i v l ope language susceptible of such interpretation. no. John's clerical character It know nothing, and , a., e re,i ti oCe . to say. It neither was aor is before me; and if it " 1 . 0 0% e%; matter upon which not but his Bishop, has to I go If, therefore, by any ill-chosen wori a I have see.., ra cts t he press disrespect to Father John Ryan in his cloon o e priest, or have given scandal to any one by goo/ R ohl, oo e limits of just and neeessary defence and explalo„ eve" say that I express ray regret both to him and t o e ble of who may have been scandalized." t ote ca 3 troi c " Father John," however, would appear ce ic iag e : t ' se. taking care of himself, judging from the foil:sive Ti' from a third letter-totb.e local papers. W re the first two:— s trot B :l To the Editor of the Reporter and Ti c s t eal, 1 ' in elections, as in love and war, all tric , t 0011 1 , gems are allowable.' - This is the rule of con,c l Tenefo„l s op acted anon by the owner of the Tablet, and s ci u pon fished from under his own hand and pent an paper of the liSth ult. '. 'My dear Sir—On to-day I got a hasty r 10 3 1 J ceo' be 'l l ° l . " 'Cashel, 11th Pe ea t a lo sa, but perfectly characteristic production of tlif tne. fe ctlS glansc ~,ael 0 J. appearing in his own paper of yesterday, abusi.aelis per oe , now can find time to say about this is that t. f i c e 7 4-1 1j0; natural—that it is Lucas all over—that is, rl, o pted I ra ct e i it — were prepared for it—understood it—and W it n c1ia . ,,,a1 at its proper va l ue . com i ng as it does from suc;s.redee'" as Lucas, so timely detected by me, and so " _ Al t' gibbet, (Ito public scorn. ln" - 5' 6 e tiMe L ca. ; " 'Whets the immortal Liberator was at on ing the infamy of the slave trade to a gatbe wi 'vell ' s 0 6 ' va , e l fiC pr countrymen, he was responded to hy a all. f e ITO dl' it from, their throats, and his apt and aPProPv'a,,,at c ool st al l , 'When I a tsood upon the head of a serneat. in S y eYe fi r r o pact but hiss?' From the day on which upon the imprint or picture (that of the ev,,.. nn i o usiy 8 0 001 and Redeemer of the world) which Lucas ," ' charitable.*,los upon his paper—the vehicle of all that is \';', . this ' c0., 0 0 , 0 1 , low, base, and beastly—l said to ToY. s ' , • in iew when rwa, C t friend' must have some fearful obiec;• ; ;., wi n ,, earl makes a parade of his ultra-Cuth olte '' an ti came '' ' or. l e him. Yes, Lucas, I watched you ever since Yo m y do s ol, us. I watched you popular!fet i t to be „ t ae ~ 0 , movements V/ Or* 5 1) tracked you through all our move erYt ' roa, and poisonous filth you left after You upon. nee / ogo n v e me r ii. .7 settled down upon ; and when at the fitting ti 0. .., 0 ,„ . ia .,, set my heel upon your serpent-head and toreountut you tio av what could lor the public expect but a hiss Y ''',,, can ct You no hiss away now. I have branded you, and 1 and b 3113 er blessed 004, more mischief. - ..Tite , ~, "Oh ! may I a lways continue so to wait, - o ote:'DePo as to earn the abuse of such men as Lucas — a M n itrt i l,ra: e t the toul and leprous Out of whose ' eifreP bursting upon an astonished and scandalised vio o r, o e ,ie„ his envenomed pen,and upon his blasphemous P i ro t ll or % the a ngelic purity and sanctity of a Dr. MurraY , ° ells , 0 0 ,00, leaning-and acknowledged worth of a Dr. K i ß s ent hr oo". t % exalted height of St. Patrick's Priiiiiitiai Chalry,,,,,- _Ol the zealous and austere Dr. Crotty, could save tli!„ ! ... se el ..ill speak of the heaps of filth he has hurled front t,` e ver_i i ,„ magazine of his Saxon's hatred of every one an e 'ctab lu t 6 1) .„ 1 : that is Irish—at very many of the most yog a , tlii! r iti t reverend clergy of the second order. Since the ior i tlie l ;fca in his wrath, to chastise some of our Peop le t, '"l fed , delity to the teachings of His chosen WYO., sC i l O'Connell, first permitted him to curse the 1r,r 0 ;., i s l' vep his presence and hia printing-press, , it can n vir h t , ho tio a 6 truly be said of this emissary of m ischief, flung amongst us in the hour of our weakne t as the Catholic church in Ireland is concerned i Nihil non tetigit, Et nibil tetigit Rued non dOeCraVit,'" 1, 1 : I !'kii; • r ei , % safe Of b • ~A h\\'l ~~ ~, h~~