The Sun.
London, England, 1846-11-16 00:00:00

DAY OF HUMILIATION.

The following i; a copy of the " Circular" addressed
by his Grace the Archbishop of Dublin to the clergy of
his diocese, in reference to the observance of the 20th
inst. as a day of public humiliation and prityer
:
"Rev. Sir,—l have fixed ou Friday, the 20th of No-
vember, to be observed as a day of public humiliation
and prayer in reference to the impending faniine.
"I have made choice-of that* day as being the same
that the Lord Primate has appointed for his own diocese,
and has recommended to the bishops of his province.
"You will, of course, take care-to give due notice to
your congregation next Sunday, at the time of Divine
service, and in whatever mode you may think best.
"The hour or hours for divine service I leave to your
discretion ; but I think it most important that the cele-
bration of the Lord's Supper, once at least, should form
a part of the service on the day appointed. That holy
ordinance being so peculiarly significant of the Com-
munion of Saints' (i e. the fellowship or brotherhood
among Christians), as to be frequently even designated
simply as The Holy Communion,' is the more especially
appropriate to such an occasion, as thus reminding us
of our duty towards our suffering brethren. It is, more-
over, usual for the Eucharist to be administered on occa-
sions of pressing danger ; and the practice is not unrea-
sonable, provided men are but guarded against the error
of thinking that it is to be reserved exclusively for such
occasions.
" And when your people are, especially called on to
reflect on and turn away from their sins, it will be most
appropriate to remind them of one so obviously remark-
able as that of habitually absenting themselves from the
Lord's table, which too many even of those who do at-
tend Divine worship are guilty of. Those who are duly
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be anxious to embrace the very first opportunity of com-
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"In your sermon you will, I trust., point out to your
people how such a calamity as that now impending should
be viewed, and should be met by Christians. And, in
particular,you will, I hope, see the importance of guard-
ing against an error which is but too prevalent—l mean
that of any one who presumes to pronounce that those
of his neighbours who are especial sufferers are neces-
sarily objects of Divine displeasure, on account of some
sins with whick he thinks fit to charge them. Our Lord's
warning is at all times, but most especially on an occa
sion like the present, needful to be impressed on men's
minds:—' Suppose ye that these Galileans were sinners
above all the Galileans, because they suffered such
things ? I tell you, nay; but except ye repent, ye shall
all likewise perish.'
" We know, indeed, the temporal calamities were, on
many occasions sent as Divine judgments on those guilty
of certain specified sins; but we know this only from
Scripture—from the declaration of inspired prophets and
apostles, who denounced, by authority from Heaven, the
very visitations which in each instance were sent; and
for uninspired and fallible men to take upon them to
pronounce any such sentence on their neighbours Is not
piety, but presumptuous profaneness.
" You should also warn those who are themselves ex-
posed to the severest portion of the general suffering not
to be cast down in despondency, but to remember that
they are followers of a religion whose Founder was
crucified, and whose first preachers were exposed to
want, to persecution, and to hardships of every kind; all
which they endured with unshaken trust in their great
Master, who has given us no promise of immunity from
temporal sufferings, but who has held out to us a hope
of a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory,'
if we endure our trials with Christian fortitude an pa-
tient faith.

" Those, again, who are so circumstanced as not to be
likely to be, in any great degree, personal sufferers should
be warned against regarding this exemption as any sign of
their being special favourites of H.aven, and more well-
pleasing in God's sight than their afflicted brethren. They
should be exhorted, on the contrary, to come forward with
liberal and considerate kindness to relieve their dis•
tressed neighbours to the utmost of their ability. To
these latter, again, you should point out the extreme
folly, as well as wickedness, of aggravating, by outrage
and destruction of property, the distress with which
the hand of Providence has visited the land, and
of making this a plea or a pretext fur lawless
violence. _ _ .

" And all classes should be exhorted to labour not
so much for' the meat that perisheth as for that which
endureth unto eternal life;' remembering that ' we have
here no abiding place,' but are on our journey towards
that world in which all temporal blessings or afflictions
will be thought of as utterly insignificant, except so
far as the use we shall have made of each may deter-
mine our final condition; all the dispensations of Provi-
dence, whether of adversity or prosperity, being capable
of being converted either into a curse, or, through
divine help, into a blessing, according to our conduct
under them.
" I remain, Rev. Sir,
"Your affectionate brother in the Lord,
" RICHARD DUBLIN.
" Palace, Dublin, Nov. 9."

THE HISTORY OF MARY ANNE WELLINGTON:—
By THE REV. R. COBBOLD. DEDICATED (BY FERMIS-
SION) TO HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN DOWAGER.—At a
time when a great national monument is raised, con-
spicuously, to the Hero of a Hundred Fights, it is ari-
mating to find our fellow-countryman, the Reverend
Author, stepping forth to lift from the ranks a private
soldier well worthy of admiration. In the volumes be-
fore us we have the stirring scenes of a soldier's life,
and the history of his daughter, wife, and widow, under
the various difficulties of a situation calling for all the
energies of a manly heart, and all the strength and re-
lying love of a woman's unshrinking spirit. The first
and third volumes are for the most part taken up with
domestic scenes of a most interesting character, af-
fording good examples for our soldiers, and for civilians
also, for few can read without benefiting themselves.
The second volume is an admirable epitome of the Penin-
sular war, from the beginning to the end—from the vic-
tory of Talavera to Toulouse—full of incidents, narra-
tives of extraordinary events, perils and preservations.
Upon the whole, we are persuaded, whatever may be the
present impression this most interesting work may make
upon the public mind, it will stand the test of posterity.
—Miry Herald
The first purchase of gold for export since October,
1840, occurred on Friday, a small quantity having been
taken for Hamburgh. It must be understood, however,
that this is an abstraction from the market merely, end
not from the currency. Last week several arrivals of
gold took place from South America, all of which went
to the Bank of England, as usual ; this week arrivals
,still continue, but it has been found now worth while, as is
shown in the above case, for parties seeking remit-
tances to the continent to give the same price (3/. 17s.
9d. per ounce) as would have been given by the Bank.
Consequently, instead of passing into the hands of that
establishment, to swell the existing amount of the cir-
culation, the geld in question has left the country im-
mediately alter its arrival, the only effect being that the
circulation remains stationary where it would otherwise
have increased. When the arrivals shall altogether
cease, and it shall prove profitable to purchase gold for
export at the rate of 31. 17s. lOid. per ounce, then the
demand, operating wholly on the amount held by the
Bank, must produce, step by step, a corresponding con-
traction in the money market. . .
HOW TO MAKE A CHEAP LoAr.—At the annual
dinner of the Williton and Dunster Agricultural Asso-
ciation, held at Williton on the sth instant, the Rev. Mr.
Escott produced an excellent boat of bread, which he said
could be easily made at Ofd. the 41b loaf from wheat
worth Bs. a bushel. The Rev. Gentleman gave the fol-
lowing explanation of the process :—" Take a bushel of
wheat, as it comes from the mill, and remove it from the
coarse bran. Boil this bran in water, till it makes a thick
gruel. Strain this through a cloth, and mix it with the
flour, instead of water, having added salt and yeast, as
for other bread. After the sponge is set, leave it for six
hours, then knead it with the bran gruel, and let it rise
for twelve hours. Bake the 41b. loaves two hours and a
half. Now this bread could be made at the rate he had
stated ; and he would venture to say that better bread
need not be placed upon any rich man's table." Upon
this subject the chairman (Sir W. Trevelyan) remarked
that be had heard a labourer say that he had put up an
oven in his cottage, at a cost of 11, and he found, from
baking his own bread, he saved a shilling a week.
THE OLD WOMAN AND THE TELEGRAPH.—Last
week a hawker called with his goods at a small house
by the side of the York and Newcastle (Brandling Junc-
tion) Railway, about half a mile from the station at
South Shields, and found an old woman at home alone.
His oily tongue and glittering wares tempted her to
break into a piece of gold, and become a purchaser.
After he had taken his departure by the train she de-
tected a bad half-crown among the change he had given
her. She had read the newspapers and had also heard
her neighbours talk of the wonderful electric telegraph ;
so, snatching up the kitchen poker, and climbing up the
embankment, she rushed to the wires to give an alarm.
But the poker was not long enough to reach the ma-
chinery. Rack she ran to her cottage, caught up the
4 ; cog brush," and remounting the railway, rattled the
e
of the telegraph and bawled out at the top of her
vwaniiritB: inform Mr. Johnson, at Gateshead, of the fraud,
1.1 e him to detain.the rogue of a hawker that she
him punished for his crime.—Gateshead
might have
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