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SONG OF LIFE. _ Ctosz, old companions, round my hearth— This little harbour of the sea, That beats around us from our birth— And let us muse o'er destiny ; If strong, we dash the waves aside, And breast the currents, brave the blast; If weak, we float along the tide, And, like the strongest, sink at last : Onward thus, a charmed star, Floats our soul through life away, As the world whose dust we are Drifts through waves of night and day. Great nature measured forth the hours, While dim 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, some dream to bless:— Alan'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, By living for bright truth alone; Old books will crown cur simple hearth With pleasures purer 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. Blackwood's Magazine. Edinburgh : Blackwoods. 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 modation 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 regular college tuition is inefficient— 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 " 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. -- Outlinest of •'-. Univer sa l Hi story. B y Henry Whit, 1"x• Vilinbur,), • The text-books in the various branches of elemen tary education which have, from time to time, for a very long series of years, 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 th e var i ous subjects the principles of which it was intended in their pages to elucidate ; and the cheapne ss and beauty with w hi ch 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, the 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--Mfred 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 of 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 h ea d 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 his 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 been worked into the foundations and bulwarks of the British Constitution. The personalprowess, sa- Faeity, and p erseverance of Alfred, are still in Eng:- usb minds associated with the beau ideal of kingly virtue ; a n d th ousan d s are taught to lisp in adoring rains 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 by be sufficiently supplied for general purposes the volume before us ; indeed, the information contained in it will be found adequate to the wants of all, except th ose w h ose ample leisure, or peculiar taste, may lead them to a more minute study of ref s :enticing theme. The narrative of Alfred's reign is necessarily much occupied with details of rude warfare of the time ; but it is also agree °l.diversified by the delineation of more peaceful incident Irk the following brief lines we have, in 411 Probability, a description of THE ORI GIN OP THE BRITISH NAVAL POWER. thi" iu ng the other measures to which Alfred resorted in emerg e ItPou their n v Was the attempt to encounter the Danes of own element, by building and equipping a fleet a nd attar v.th which to proceed to sea, in order to meet who „Z: oPon the water certain new bodies of invaders, U coI n • - e Way to join the Danes already on the ,I;atteurn+Lii_c,,aB rumour said, along the southern shore. 1 1 _,n1 . _y v 7315.8,3 build up a naval power the greatest d shit if f to provide seamen its much easier fleet, Alfred 1. 1 ,,,,uatt to train sailors. To man his little Could be f u r enlist such half-savage foreigners as whom h ° . -n- i n the r t 4, pay, and such D i c such and even pirates, as was said, unarmnter his service promising them Then attempt s t p:„ts they could take from the enemy. J•ixe(l to build and man a fleet are considered the first rude beginnings from which the pre sent vast edifice of British naval power :took its origin. When the fleet was ready to put to sea, the people thronged the shores, watching its movements with the utmost curiosity and interest, earnestly hoping - that it might be successful in its contests with the more tried and experi enced armaments with which it would have to contend. How interesting the simple picture here pro duced ! 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 oceaft:s waste. Out of so small a beginning arose the 'maritime might of England, and thus " Out of the nettle danger We have pluck'd the flower safety." The narrative is simple and •nnostentatious. The facts are stated with clearness and precision, and as a text-book for youth it is admirable. 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 engravings. 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 outbreak 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 labouring 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 education 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 education" just quoted is the real and only sure remedy to prevent crime. The mind like the body must be occupied by proper exercise, each be nourished by proper food ; then will 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 1 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 the 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 I t offering, as it were, a bonus to poverty. It is to be l i e Mi t i t alsgiti of vice. Poor iniaanaeirien'Ottalgybpertntled 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-7hence 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 drunken 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 from what she saw, and what she related to me, I would rather see them dead, than go to such a school of vice and wickedness. The object of the author of this very unpre tending volume i s t o l a y b are th e 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 Lift : a Manual of Sacred Verse. By Robert Montgomery, M.A. Sixth Edition. London : Rivingtons. This very handsome little volumes is, indeed, what its title professes it should be—a manual of sacred verse. The writings of this rev. gentleman have been long ext ens i ve ly k nown t o th e 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 THE cuuncrr." God save the Church and save the Queen ! Mitre and Throne have ever been To weal and woe alike related — By Truth revered, and Treason hated. " God save the Church 1 ." be this our cry 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 Popularly and Physiologically Considered. By Alex. Rowland. Under this title we have a book full of interest and amusement. This work of Mr. Rowland is an important addition to our very limited ethnological literature. It also treats the physiology of this 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 Hope Almanaek. 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. THE LIVERPOOL SrNDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER. Jr WAS ONE 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 which a devotion to spirits has caused many to be without a rap. A NEW DEFINITION.—When an Irish girl was asked, a few days ago, where her mistress was, 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.—" Bill Tomkins, what is a widder ?" " A widder is a married woman that ha'nt got no husband, 'cause 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. NICHOLkSIS MODE or 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 af'te, 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 Duke Constantine will fall a victim to th e mo d e o f travelling adopted by his father. Nicho g l : s es is in in a t n he o h pe ab n it eai of e t e ra he v . e — l- l A in dm g ri n aEn ot pG l u e ibx:s ssstnh,saFntihßseesvreeznvair and the Sulta n . lea eTomr. —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. Oxicuon. —Notes and Queries. A WORD ON COUGHING IN CHURCH .—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 strong 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 circumstance 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 su pp resse d sm il e, `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 influence of the will than most coughers suppose, such was its effect, that during the rest of the day there was not a tithe of the previous coughing." THE FAVOURITE DISHES or AUTITORS.—Dr. Rondelet, wetdd profusion lle o inf shrimpbed an ancient writer on fishes, was so fond of fi gs , th at h e died of a surfeit occasioned by eating them to excess. In a letter to a friend, Dr. Parr confesses his love of " hot sauce." Pope, for days at Lord Bolingbroke's, unless he was told that th ere were s t ewe d who e led was lobsters,e epicure, with lampreys for dinner, when he arose i ns t an tly an d came down to table. A gentleman treated D r . J o h nson t o new honey and clouted cream, of which he ate s o l arge ly, that a 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 i n 1699 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 m arrow puddings, fn. I like them better plain, having a very vulgar stomach." Baron Maseres, who lived to the age of ninety, used to go ho me one day i n 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 o f 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 CoAsr 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 tant. But on the sunny sea vast numbers of vessels stretched from horizon to horizon ; all, in fact, traversing 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 butterflies 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 imi., , t-ca line of precrpitous cliff, rent and ravaged by the storms of ages. 4 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 livi ng 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.—Howtit's Stories of English and Foreign Life. Tits 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 Mycenie, which are of this description, have remained in their pre sent condition for 3,000 years , and pre sen t th e mos t per fect specimens yet existing 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 a r e no l onger un h ewn, although no attempt is made to redu ce th em t o t h e 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 smo o th 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 forum 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 Mycenm.—The Builder. THE THREE LITTLE ROYAL LETTER-WRITERS.—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- 1 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 the Queen of Spain, 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 of their people, 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 kindly 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 saf eguard 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 have to impress upon their children, and to show us more and more that they fully understand. Thus, and thus only, while in Portugal a queen goes comparatively unmourned to the grave, and in Spain slander besets the throne, and loyalty almost deserts . it, the royal line of 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. NEW MUSIC. New Music-hall Polka—a spirited piece of 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 thestock of cheering domestic mirth.—Eveline, Vase Brilliante, another piece of Terpsicorean . music peculiarly suited to the festive season. lake the one above mentioned, it is so devoid of executional difficulties, that it can be with ease performed in the family circle. They are both published by Messrs. Hime ant on, of Liverpool; the first being composed by A. GOhstein, the latter by Eugene Faveir. VARIETIES. THE OLDEST .ANCHORITE. — Hope. THE MOST Curaors THING.—A woman 'not being curious. A Flax DETERMINATION to act right vni' -steer even inexperience safely over dangerous passages. THE LAXP 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. Scmcz—A LONELY SQUARE. Time —Midnight.— Timid swell (loq.)—" Take my money, take my watch, take evewything ; but pway spare my collare! A STREET DIALOGUE.—Lady—<` N. , Ilve nothing for you ; Toll always ask me every time I cross." Boy— " Yes, and every time you crosses you taus give me nothink."—Punch. PROGRESS OF SCIENCE.—A scientific lair-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 WITH EXTRAVAGA.NCE.—AgoodNovem her fog is the cause of poor authors being extremely ex travagant, for it forces them to burn: the midnight oil" at noonday.--Puneh. 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,without regard to the position of the hands. Mr. Cobden : You are quite right, my dear Bright. How TO BUILD A HAPPY HOME.—gax 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. WolisN'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." "111 - y 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 a trite saying that the poor are as happy as the rich, and happier ; but perhaps the reasons for holding this belief have not been often closely examined, and 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 among the objects of moderate attainment. They 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 a fifth element of enjoyment so large as any one of these. SCIENCE AND ART.—The 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 oticr, could not at this moment see, or represent, the natural movement of a human body in vigorous action, as a poor dyer's son (Tintoret) did 200 years ago.—Rus kin'B Stones of Venice. AN IMPERTURBABLE QUAKER.—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. lam 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 walk out, sir 'r" said the officer. " No," replied Friend 11;alcs. 4.11 mn tboa wort cmitcorod to turn me out. Do'st thou suppose I am going to do thy duty for thee ?" The officer looked embarrassed, and said, half smiling, "But how am Ito get you out?" Carry me out, to be sure," rejoined Friend Hopper, " I see no other way." The 'officer went and whispered 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 THE 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-trading, 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 eyes were turned towards the elders' pew. 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 MENSCIIIKOFF.—MeIISCIIikOff 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:-. 4 %lVenschikoff married the Princess Delgorouki, by whom he has a son and daughter.—United States Gazette. "STOP 31Y 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 out 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 pot ruined him after all." These swells who stop their papers on account of some muff which has found its way into their cranium are sure to watch the time of the next issue, thinking that another number will hardly make its appearance ; and they are sure to borrow their neighbour'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 cumspection 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 one swallow to make a summer."— American paper. ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE. SCOTTISH RIGHTS. TO THE EDITOR OP THE LIRTERPOOL STANDARD. SlB,—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 subjects which might naturally have been expected ; when we see certain respectful representations from the north, against injustice, (real or supposed, it matters not,) met by a torrent of unnecessary contumely, from the leaders or exponents of public sentiment and opinion in the south, it is really gratifying tosee the course followed by the Liver pool Standard. This gives one some assurance that intelli gent Englishmen do not all indorse the sentiments of the London journals, and affords a hope that those matters of complaint may yet be discussed with something like com mon sense; if well founded, redressed; and if baseless, shown to be so. A NORTH BRITON. Glasgow, 3rd December, 1853. NOTES, NOTICBS, AND OPINIONS. BY JOHANNES BUSTICUS. XVII. IMPORTANCE OP UNITY AMONG PROTESTANTS. —There appears in a recent number of the New York Morning Courier the " Decision of the Superintendent of Common Schools" on 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 ?" "3. 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. Thus 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 gained 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. Popery — which, in its Index Expurgatorius, proscribes every book of every age and nation that does not harmonise with this claim. Popery—which offers to its own votaries a cor rupted Bible, in a barbarous tongue, and encumbered with and overgrown by a perverting gloss. It is to this foe to learning, to religion, and to freedom, that America yields the grand principle of giving a Christian education to Protestant people. Let us be warned in time. The same hollow pretences of " liberty of conscience," and " entire religious 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 Romanist 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 scriptural education—an education that will give them at once the highest princi ples of industry, integrity, and honour, and perfect secu rity from the insidious snares of Romanism, and every form and variety of scepticism and infidelity. ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE. PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS. Rev. A. H. Barker. M.A., to the vicarage of Rickmans worth, Herta. Rev. R. M. Bingley, 8.A., to the Rectory of Braiseworth, Suffolk. Rev. W. Bonsfield, M.A., Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford, late Aisistant Chaplain at St. Helena, to the Rectory of Cublington, near Aylesbury. Rev. J. Brunskill, 8.A., to the Curacy of Mallerstang, near Kirkby Stephen, Westmoreland. Rev. F. G. Bluett, M.A., to the Incumbency of Ballina clash, Ireland. Rev. C. J. Cartwright, MA., to the Rectory of St. Mary at. Steps, Exeter. Rev. A. B. Crosse, 8.A., to the Curacy of Trimingham, near Cromer. Rev. C. W. Doherty, to the Rectory of Pilham, Lincolnshire. Rev. N. A. Garland, M.A., Vicar of Sibertswold, near Dover, to the Rectory of Deal, Kent. Rev. J. S. Green, M.A., to the Rectory of Witton and Brundall annexed, Norfolk. Rev. F. W. Harris, M.A., to the Sole Charge of the parish of Medmenham, Henley-on-Thames. Rev. H. L. Hussey, to the Perpetual Curacy of Withecombe Raleigh. Devon. Ref. J. H. Isles, M.A., to the Chaplaincy of Broinsgrove Union. Rev. W. A. Ormsby, M.A., Perpetual Curate of St. James wtth-Pockthorpe, Norwich, to the Rectory of Smallburgh, Norfolk. Rev. W. Oulton, to the Rectory of Ballyrashane. Rev. C. T. Rust, S.C.L , to the Perpetual Curacy of St. Michael.at•Thorn, Norwich. Rev. J. Stephenson, to the Livins of Clonfeacle, Ireland. Rev. J. S. \Vasey, M.A., to the Vicarage of Compton, near Ilsley, Berkshire. DIOCESE OF CHESTER. GREAT CROSBY, PARISH OF SEFTON, LANCASHIRE.— CONSECRATION.—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, under the authority of the Bth and 9th Victoria, cap. 70, the consent of all ne cessary parties having been already obtained. PROROGATION OF CONVOCATION.—The convocation of 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 CLERGYMAN.—On 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 CATHEDRAL IN INVERNESS.—It is in con templation, we understand, to raise a fund, by means of voluntary subscriptions, for the twofold purpose of in creasing the efficiency of the Episcopal Church in the 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.—lnrerness 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 £650 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 CoLorma 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 G regory ; after which the Bishop of Oxford ascended the pulpit and deli vered a most impressive sermon. THE FRIEND OF THE CLERGY.—On Tuesday, a general meeting of the supporters of this charity, founded in 1849, for allowing permanent pensions, not exceeding £44) 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 clergy. men £990 ; to 55 widows of ditto, £469 Bs. ' • and to 59 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 ment 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 ls. ; 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 electimi of ten new pensioners was pro ceeded with. PRESENTATION TO THE REV. SAMUEL FENTON, INCUM BENT DESIGNATE OF ST. MOLT'S, WAVERTREE.—On Monday evening, the 14th' ult., the superintendents and teachers of St. Mary'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 Sunday-schools, Wavertree, November, 1853." Mr. Stain ton, having been requested to present them, said it would be proper that he should first give a brief account of the 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 more value than any gift, however costly, their kind feel ing might prompt them to bestow. He could scarcely bring himself to think that he had merited so much, for in forwarding the good of the schdOls, 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 CEEDITON, DEVON.—On Monday, the 21st ult.,ten out of the twelve governors of the church of Crediton 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 Thuiiey, - Bedford. Rev. C. F. Smith Pendlebury, near Manchester. Rev. Philip Bennett Power London. Rev. W. Harvey Brooks Lyme Rev. Mark Cooper Errainsha;ve, Hants. Rev. Stenton Eardley Birmingham. Rev. William John Edge Cheltenham. Rev. Henry Hampton Liverpool. Rev. Alfred B. Hill High Roding, Essex. Rev. W. C. Magee Bath. Rev. C. A. Moore Near Cirencester. Rev. W. H. Nantes East Stonehonse, 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 Brainshawe, Hants. Rev. Stanton Eardley Birmingham. Rev. William J. Edge ...... Cheltenham. Rev. Henry Hampton Liverpool. Rev. G. F. Whidborne... Hanley, Potteries. Rev. C. F Smith Rev. B. Trapp Thurley, Bedford. It was resolved that application should be immediately made to, his Lordship for such permission, it being the unanimous opinion of the meeting that, as Crediton church is one of the largest in the kingdom, 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 been included in this important selection from which to make the ultimate choice. The whole seven, it will be observed, are to be brought from a isntance—thus literally fulfilling the scriptural adage, ` a prophet [preacher . ] is not without honour save in his own country !' " THE REV DR. lIPNEILE AND THE DEAN OF LLANDAFF. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1853. TO TUE EDITOR OF TUE TIMES. Sit,—l hope you will not deem me inconsistently intru sive, when I request you to have the kindness to 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. HUGH AINEILE. Liverpool, November 22. DEAR SIR,—In reply to your letter of the 17th 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 opinions ; 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 supply this from a speech of mine; and now you say that you " repeat most confi dently your entire conviction of the exact accuracy 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 the 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 say -7-certainly.. 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 M`NEILE. Llandaff, November 25. .MY DEAR Sm,—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, Rev. Hugh 111`Neile, D.D. W. D. CONYBEARE. THE PAPAL SURP_REMACY AND THE CIVIL POWER. ( FROM THE TIMES.) THE Roman Catholic religion, or rather the Papacy, with which its professors have identified themselves, may and must change the scene of its labours, and has acted and suffered during a period of fifteen hundred years ; but, whatever the time and whatever the place, its policy remains the same, and its encroaching and domineering spirit unchanged and unchangeable. To regard temporal power as the end, and spiritual power as the means, never willingly to stop short of omnipotence in all matters, both ecclesiastical and civil,—to adapt herself to the infinite diversities of climate, manners, institutions, and creeds, — to be all things to all men so long as she may win them to swell the ranks of her nominal supporters and gratify the pride of her leaders, have been her undeviating maxims since the time of Constantine, and will be so long as there is a human mind to fetter or a human conscience to mis lead. The soft inhabitants of Languedoc she encountered with the torch and the sword ; the gentle Indians of Paraguay she drove with the lash and the goad ; the brave Huguenot of France she quelled with midnight massacre; Ultra-Liberal and Democratic in Ireland, Abso lutist in France, Budhist in China, Brahminical in Hindoston, never did any other institution combine so much versatility with so much fixity, such unwavering purpose with such ever varying expedients. One would have thought that a power to which has been conceded so immense a duration, and which has employed the whole of its long life in the same indefatigable struggle, would long ago have worked out its destiny, and either thoroughly enslaved the human conscience to its will or 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 pre-enunently 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 not scruple to put herself forward, where it suits her pur pose, as the patroness of the advance of knowledge, and the advocate of liberality and philaritropy. Still, with all her labour and all her dexterity, the Church of Rome is destined to roll the stone of Sisyphus. A hundred times she has seemed on the point of putting all things under her feet, and as often has some uncon trollable burst of that independence which lies at the bottom even of minds the most sedulously tamed and indoctrinated cast her down, and compelled her to begin her labour afresh. Why can she advance so far and yet no further ? Why can she succeed in subduing the human mind to a certain point ; and why, when she seeks to pass beyond that point, does she seem condemned perpetually to recommence the task of subjugation ? We believe that the cause is to be sought in that immeasurable arrogance and uncontrollable lust for power by which the emissaries of this great conspiracy against human liberty seem universally to be animated. They are not content to work for the distant future, but seek to enjoy in their own generation the fruit of their labours and the objects of their aspirations. Rome has gained new realms through her missionaries only to lose or imperil old ones through her Popes and Bishops. Successful as long as she confines herself to individual action, she loses all by seeking to grasp too speedily at a public recognition of her power. * * * The Roman Catholic Church is at the pre sent moment rampant, rather than triumphant, through out the whole of southern Europe. E ven i n p hil osop hi c France for the time it appears to have gained the upper hand. That man, however, would be grievously misin 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 kßecketts, and Loyolas. It is idle to speak of Rome itself. We know as well as Count Mamiani 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 immediate subjects; and that it needs but the first burst of war to shatter the system at its very centre. She pseudo-traditions of the Papal stool rely for support merely upon a foreign garrison. The times have been but hard for the College of Cardin and for the Propaganda. In the hour of their dire nece sitY, as the waters were closing over their heads, they caught with the tenacity of death at straws , an d their thin fingers closed upon French bayonets. So it 10 been throughout. Their policy has consisted of an union with the despotisms of Europe—with desr tisms over body, mind, and soul. With their 4 0 they must stand or fall. He is but a shortsighted man who presumes that it is in England alone 9 111 . t, the Roman Catholic Church is in ill-odour. With us it 1, an object of suspicion, for we know the spirit in which ;dl f efforts to place it upon an equal rank with other forms of religious belief have been met. In Southern EuroPe , where the pale priest in his black robes glides emnipo.tent through the streets, the feeling with which this spir!t!ial despotism is regarded does not stop short at cold suspicion —it is absoulute execration. Let us not be misunderstoo d. The peasants of the Upper Rhine—the mountaineers of the Tyrol—the inhabitants of many districts in Bavaria, would yet rise readily enough in defence of their priesthood, bu t these are not the men who decide the fate of nations. From the Alps to the Calabrian frontier the priests — th e sly allies of the Austrian, and of the petty despots among whom the Italian peninsula is divided, would have but scant mercy to expect, were they not defended by the strong arms of foreign soldiers. An inhabitant of Prar.° ll e could tell us of persecutions within the last few years which would prove to the most unwilling hearer that Be: hernia has not forgotten her former freedom of thought. Ask any Austrian subject who is removed from the imnir diate action of his police, what his feeling and that of 1 10 1 countrymen is towards the Liguorians and Jesuits say the French to the regulations which have placed the youth of the country once more under the feet of the priesthood ? So, were it worth while to continue the illustration, we might take Southern Europe, province by province and town bytown. The multitude,inmany lament: able instances, may be sunk in abject superstition , but ni..ot so with the classes above them. The dominion of the priesw. lasts till it is strained, but then every member of ever/ family becomes leagued in the silent but universal co?' spiracy against their power. Thus it is, that from the present seeming prosperous condition of the Roman Ca t tholic priesthood we argue their speedy fall. The result is as certain as that out of ambition gratified springs Ye, higher lust of power ; insolence follows brutality, Wa nt ' ) of every kind, and then resistance. There is no stronger,_ revolutionary element present in the European the present time than the growing despotism of the Il_o e man priesthood. Whether it will be chastised by th .. immediate action of the persons aggrieved, .whethertsit will fall to pieces in the presence of great political even , it is not for us to determine, but fair' will aigl that ere it wl b an end long. We do not, therefore, say that there e of Roman Catholicism. The spiritual bully of to•daY I °l., system a! be the creeping hypocrite of to-morrow. What is goon the system will save it from destruction, and cycle will commence once more. the earn CHESHIRE AND WALES• THE ORGAN in St. Catherine's Church, Trann iere - 15 . being rebuilt by Mrs. Bewsher, under the direction of .3 0 G. F. Hornby, organist. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic for th . e week ended November 27, 1853 : —Railway : PassellgTi. parcels, &c., £1,894 Bs. 5d. ; goods, £1,429 1 55 . Steam-boats : £254 19s. Id. Total, 23,579 3s. ld. crease as compared with the corresponding week last Ye''` £369 16s. 6d. week' A CHILD MUTILATED BY A RAT . — One day, last the wife of a man, named Samuel Dimery, resin.res' near Landore, went out of her cottage, leaving is infant, about three years old, asleep in a bed erod, a cradle. On her return she found that the e le was crying vehemently, and observed a large rat biting t hei little boy's face. On her appearance the animal ran ' I P es h chimney. It was found that portions of the child's if had been eaten off the face and one of the thum bs. Swansea Herald. FATAL ACCIDENT.—One of the crew of the Sarah 5311 named Christopher M`Loughlin, was drowned on Sam; night week, in the Morpeth Dock, Birkenhead. He had bef.. spending the day in Liverpool with his wife, who leftr; about seven o'clock in Canning-street ; and, shoitly ar ia wards, the shipkeeper on board a brig heard a sPla s ,„ a the dark, close to the Sarah Sands. On the follo:r; morning M`Loughlin was missed; the dock was drar , `T;,. and his body was found about half an hour after the sa sh ° heel ) of the steamer. He has left a widow, to whom he has married only nine weeks. ~i tirs Of ACCIDENT AT SEA.—We published some partiC. ---- *$ - a disaster which occurred on board the steamer Cadet, from Dublin to Holyhead, on the 31st of October 1., We now learn that Jane lahiff, one of the sufferers, ei. pired at the Royal Hotel at Holyhead on Saturday' 'w ee The injuries which she sustained were of a frightful rli7a ture, her right leg being smashed just above the ins the and the flesh torn open nearly up to the knee, leavinr , •,e bone quite bare. Her left foot and ankle were like ew l severely bruised and injured ; and she sustained a fr aelnt of the left collarbone. Mrs. Nugent, the lady was broken, is doing well. this WELsn SALMON Ftsurica.—The salmon fisheries tie year throUghout the principality have been extremely good, the angling, particularly in the preserved watered being all that could be wished for. There has beele; large supply of fresh water in the various streams, w hi er has tended much to the run of fish. Great care and att tion are now paid to the preservation of the fisheries, $ ll ,l the labour thus bestowed is amply repaid by the increaso7 number and size of the fish, and during the past seasons many yery heavy fish have been captured. The fence day., are now setting in, when it is to be hoped that the wat e , s r , will again be well preserved, so that the next season Ow repay the angler. whose leg - n• kenben a ' BAREFACED CLAIM.-At the Police court, on Thursday, a labourer, named James Wflonald, brooi, c " a claim of Os. against 31r. Job Richards, builder. defendant had contract e d w ith the plaintiff and I nr ''' . l other men to dig out a foundation for 218., A ft e r the completion of the work, the defendant continued the ni? ii in his employ at day wages, and at the end of the week,,,le addition to their weekly wages, paid them, under mists he for the time in which they were engaged in digging ‘., (. 1 foundation. Subsequently he discovered the blunder, 3:ci stopped from the men 65., the amount he had overlYtiff them. To this three made no demur, but the PlaL u te s summoned the defendant for payment. The madis"" dismi3sed the claim. a t tile WALLASEY BOARD OF HEALTH.—OnThursday , - gp. monthly meeting of this board, Mr. Penny presided.. f e ;, , veral recommendations of the works and health tom as as to paving and providing offices for the local board, wl'„, postponed.—Mr. Pooley moved that the committee be 'of strutted to inquire on what terms the necessary s money could be procured from the consolidated fluid spayig off the existing mortgages, with any information ben l ;o, on the point, as he believed they would, by that g , save about one-third of the interest they were now Pn„ ee d Coulborn seconded the motion, w hich was aP.,,.ct to.—A report was read from the surveyor on the su", l l of the valuation of the parish, after which the chairlfe'te stated that the committee understood that a cola. .A survey of the parish might be made in the form pres e Aag by the general board of health for a sum not exc ee 7o , £5OO, and that it would be completed in about fourin °ll for It was resolved that the committee should advertise tenders, and report to the board as early as possible. A FATAL ACCIDENT happened on the South possible. ` Railway, about five miles from Newnham, on Tin The mail train arrived in due course, about two o'ele e sse cl the morning, and proceeded into South Wales. I t p a r eat Gatcombe station in safety, and had got into a cutting 0,0.6 the side of the river Severn, when suddenly the pas seT ' e iceS -found the carriages partially overturned, and that! te jl thrown violently from their seats. The train trowel t be stoppeitand then it was found that, in the darkness doo night, the earth on the side of the cutting had fallen oa upon the rails on the east or down side. The engine,ttie encountering this, was thrown over upon the up-lin e ' p or• tender following it. The first passenger carriage w as csr tially overturned, but did not fall over, and the other ce riages kept their places ; and, a lth oug h the P o —i ellg all were much shaken, and som e o f th em w ere bruis','„3o, escaped without serious injury. The driver, a steaelP-der, named Simpson, was found lying dead under the trdl his body dreadfully mangled. He must have d i stantly. The stoker escaped with a few bruises. HORTICULTURE. f a*" thosei t S o O b i l l a o E t o e o m r f , planted,t an ie da ea r r e ly awy po iaiiile t ah t b ed hale Dfvoeurtb(Slnambulpelbnusntawgledillpurposhe cueto—olij into shoots, other material, if they have well thrown up the d, should be lifted from the plunging materials , an u ' n the", those pots being cleansed, should be placed ulf o che° greenhouse shelves, where theywill soon lose their b f ew ha appearance, and throw up their flower spikes. if lu ilt a , (1 04 made its appearance amongst the chrysantheinutuvr` CO', the leaves with sulphur. As the vine disease is no n mon in our - vineries, we give the following PirjaZette' N b i spGt D .,a t nrl; substancesg, Dt . seu P DffwieEhpc P snt r; hi n c oD e ofEh , Tta E oihvi 5 . pie C sGe . treating the destructive pest, from the Chemical s O p bOOO been ue THE , VINEn employed me a n p c t: t_i) a :rto - :, r et e r e r avi Of h _ pe it:to be d e 01 - 1 so pre-eminently successful as sulphur, Uru.. s ubllD l- p e s,l as powdered or flowers of sulphur, or the atn in houses so affected. But notwith.slancu u s methods described for its application to the c - to 18 6 " , not aware that any has, or had, appeared Prle,r which when these experiments were instituted, be sulphur might be uniformly distributed overli_:7-vines• come to a certain extent firmly attached to ! iiic i xi ity Three houses, situated at Margate in Kent, in the aranee of the one in which the disease first made i ts aPP i e ri fecte 4 in England, having been for five consecu tive Y with the disease, and notwithtsanding sulphur as flowers of sulphur, no abate to b t tion ef could be detected, I was induced to snip y, a so, w hich pentasulphide of calcium, a diluted solution oi to the having been found to act in no way injurious Y to Young and delicate shoots of several plants , was applied the vines; the object in view being that the pen riot the emPAsoYrulayeagutel should be decomposed by carbonic acid, and that. liras atoms of sulphur, together with the carbonate durable formed, should be deposited in a u niform and "Awl, covering on the stems and branches of the vines air be, Although but few applications were made, the sterna ite came coated with a protective deposit of sulphur, alr,L a t disease gradually but effectively disappeared, insomuch the houses have been, and now are, entirely free froma r' , ;; disease or symptoms of infect ion. The young shoots vv!,:; no way affected by its application, and the older covered with the deposited sulphur, continues exceecnyt, healthy. The specimen s exhibited to illustrate tile ciTi;„ j bility and protective in fluence of the depos i t e d snip re d were from vines which in the antum of 1851 were F" : l _vf„ v e with the disease, but which, since the autumn of 180" ha received no further t reatment. The vines in the inaineolece4 neighbourhood, andadjoining one ofthe houses, are e t l, n ity w ith disease ; but notwithstanding th e ir close PrOwited no indication of the disease has at presen t being dete,ide in either of the three houses. A solution of pentasuh; o f of calcium is prepared by boiling thirty parts by we of snl' caustic lime with eighty parts by weight of flowers o _, t phur, suspended in a sufficient quantity of water ; 11 7 0 0, applied until the solution has acquired a dark rg b e ci ' and the excess of sulphur ceases to dissolve. - e may solution is drawn off, and after dilution with watefoush, be applied to the vines by means of either a sponge' f cal' or syringe. A saturated solution of pentasu l p hide 0_ it o cium may be diluted with from twelve to twenty tinwi volume of water, previous to being employed.