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:tit, LITERATURE.
441,4,PT1VE CATALOGUE OF MSS. AND
414 E BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY OF
JOHN'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE.
'Cambridge, 1844.
reins be unjust to the merits of a skilful and
to confound this Catalogue with the
ellj°' such productions ; it is no mere mecha-
n eration of the manuscripts and scarce books
the library of St. John's, such as any
4 'raw up who can count ten on his fingers,
4_Blifficient patience for the task ; but the au-
w'o' ri!lev. Mr. Cowie, attaches to the name of
t Such biographical particulars as it was
,„ re obtain respecting its writer, together with
do obtain
concerning the period at which it was
qt.: or supposed to be composed. Great labour
nsiYe research were, of course, necessary in
to
enable 'Mr. Cowie to amass these various
441! espec'tally as many of the writers in ques-
'ken been forgotten centuries since—but he has
startled by the difficulties of his task, but has
vilit with a diligence, an ingenuity, and a zeal,
e ,
,:tr never wilt be appreciated as they deserve
e would gladly see a gentlemen of his in-
-0,01 r habits and scholarly acquirements, engaged
°riginal work, for knowledge such as he
' Possesses ought not to be restricted to the
and of catalogues. We subjoin a few of his
comments. Referring to a curious old
Nib
MSS. presented by Dr. Horne to the
furnishes us with the following brief par-
re flrting the donor :—" This was Dr. Horne,
" luehester, from 1560 to 1579. Wharton
hued the
instance of his zeal for learning. In 1570
the minor canons of his cathedral to get
?I'Y every week one chapter of St. Paul's
la'Latin ; and this formidable task was actu-
-4
B,4Petned by some of them before the Bishop,
th -",ebendaries, at a public episcopal visits-
of
ekdhureb." Attached to a small MSS. by
.ritzherbert, " De Naturd Brevium," we
14' Interesting note :—" Anthony Fitzherbert,
ihp "' of Henry VIII., born at Norbury, in
He was at Oxford, but it is not known
ipeollege, nor at
.what Inn of Court he re-
4„,,was a Sergeant in 1511. In 1523 he be-
t,7,_,Re of the Common Pleas. A remarkable
7.1 u of him, that, foreseeing the distribution
," lands among the laity, he made his chil-
, tkrik"uee that they would neither accept grants,
41, e purchases of, abbey lands. He wrote many
sili)(l.ris besides the present. He died in 1538."
litteft,in one more note, which is affixed to a
beautifully written, with illumina-
14t1 which once belonged to Bishop Nykke :
klltt,4hop's name mentioned as on the fly-leaf,
,16 probably Richard Nix, of Norwich, who died
lie was the Bishop that punished the poet
:1 for his buffooneries in the pulpit, and his
lallads against the mendicants. Anthony
Ye, Skelton was punished by the Bishop for
n guilty of crimes, as most poets are." If
Ibee
ALCatalogues were drawn up in the manner in
Cowie has drawn up the one before us,
aLlt be rendered very amusing and instructive

%POST-OFFICE REFORM.
W ora
or.; . the Shipping and Mercantile Gazette.)
114,14-41,ee exceedingly to perceive that the public
Ntength awakened to a sense of the propriety
!1)3, t,aonie demonstration of gratitude to a man
OF4:ls personal exertions, has conferred an irn-
lieefit on the British community. Whatever
c7le dissentient opinions of financiers, or of offi-
Vot4'onaries, no one out of the trammels of office
illiilliaonient hesitate to affirm that Mr. Rowland
thcZ'a.postal revolution, has wrought a solid, a pal-
ikii,ary saving in the annual expenditure of almost
ildual in the empire. Looking at the uncom.
Oilit.Stordiness of office routine, and et.the dogged
1"411,1. of salaried subordinates, it almost sur-
laZnan credence, at this time of day, that a man
I N 71.8) one of the people, naked of political power,
Oic,,,:"'ith official influence, should, by the strength
i.. 477 alone, have subverted the rooted and the
(it.° system of our ancient Post-office. What inte-
Nh combat, what prejudices to beat down, what
ki4ll 113.1 ts to break up, what perversities to master !
tjc„:lls has been done to the last tittle of complete
N., 'n triumph we cannot flatter ourselves ; we
N Lie deceiving ourselves to suppose that the
111,Z. self-importance and of superciliousness have
~„ '''!lndely invaded without exciting the snarl, the
LI ' 'and the sneer. But so much of this Herculean
ft, social,
accomplished as to spread over the wide
NI
iiir ,04.°41c,,_ ial, the intellectual, the commercial blessing
Postage.
t% bending our ears to catch the little discords
k4itiNe 'upon the quietude of St. Martin's-le-grand,
" °lnside public, ought to hug ourselves in the
L
qiiitt tbvatat,iobns, wy the e
instrumenta
can speed lity of Mr.. Row and
-440 our business orl our
-'. % ?:to rude shock to our finances, moderate
l oy"may be. Mr. Hill, singly and alone, has
1 (31*
- us ; and shall we, the recipients of his
„,
144 favoured by his genius and his labours, be
"
4A144a
•in showing our sense of the obligation ? He
tclkzfavor un us, severally and indivi.dually, a ii-
arat
'avour pit is not in accordance with the ordi-
L Itc4 ter of Englishmen to shrink from an open
0 Qumble avowal of the gratitude which we owe
ktftC,and spontaneous gift. A subscription either
L.llll. b_lll'out to be opened, with the view of affording
kz!,;,trwi,„,d Hill a public testimony of the estimr!.-
Ise of his services by the community which his
aitti:;;;:rey, e so essentially, benefited. We would not
'Sjonal compensation for Mr. Has exertions
OkNktc, d within the cold formalities of a Parlia-
igla_ nt ; by a sort of legal liquidation of an
Ittrit ja account ; by a forced contribution
.to. satisfy
pr, Q, claimant. All this is too frigid and
ch., 1 for the occasion. We want a little more
(4,4 .. spontaneous burst of warm and well-orn-
-o%..natures. Scarcely is there man or woman i
ot-tdot. who has not daily occasion to feel that
C,4l),"nliniited freedom of epistolary intercourse has
4)aght within the reach of incomes the most re-
t:t and coupled with this feeling is the conscious-
14:ittia__Ulis great economy of the pecuniary resources
‘ eials has been achieved by the devoted exer-
Oeat're man. Every one knows that the pub-
lic„.ll_e,tor in this case is Rowland Hill. We
'`Waae.d that there is not a well-regulated mind,
ipliict mind of the least developed faculty, that
mire with avidity the ortunity of
_rnark-t
kci.Ly his inward feeling fora pecumarybenerah.
lalty.'V conferred upon every member. of the co _
kk kr lhat commercial and professional men, who
ic ltd,,„galy by the reduction of postage, should. ac-
Otielise their obligation by liberal contributions, is to.
L'at• Dated, from their habitual liberality of senti-
A ' Yet
ont. we look with great confidence to the mass of
tinc:atatious donations which will flow in from the
ieltickwbose fingers have been emancipated from the
Ol.°! an isolating tax. Let the countless many
illytm been initiated into the enjoyment of unre-
tlt otilatereourse with distant families and friends but
Nlkillalle eonsentaneous effort, feeble though it may in-
lot" t„y be, to show the current of ' their feelings to-
-14'444 man who has enlarged for them the sphere of
kilter disinterestedly
and Mr. Rowland Hill will be cited
%tikes as an instance that men who work success•
-4attimmsinterestedly for the public good may safely
`-'4l a nation's gratitude.

lhlk HAYMARKET THEATRE.
h
traginclaY apiece, somewhat in the style of the French
N lite, entitled, Utah; or, the Wreck Light, was pro-
t. this theatre. The plot is of too slight and
idea
% description to enable us to convey an
tkatltruction to our readers. The heroine, who ii
,
Ong, and the adopted daughter of an old British
4744 i°re, was personated by Madame Celeste, who
0,2 NI Ilt% the character a vast deal of feeling, charac-
Cktekttimation. Mr. Holl and Mr. Howe, in the
117111.1! of rival suitors, acted with considerable spirit,
014: Strickland personated the old Commodore to
t 44,, The piece, which was sadly deficient in inci-
-0131: consistency of plot, was indebted for success
1044%, the exertions of the different performers, among
mitILIC ' • Buckstone, a pretender also to the hand of
m.ele must not be forgotten to be mentioned.
411 O 1
little piece was favourably received.

tqltakrum
1„ ty., .—ln our list of pfroers,e,tgarst.i
`4tlaiari-ii-,rawing-room, yesterday, presentations
b oar nt eh, her
11, '''''3' the Duchess of Buccleuch," read " Mrs. Gibsone."
''l to largest quantity of waste la,ncl_. in any eoun.ty
1° ~gland is in the North Riding of I orkbhire, there being
'11,17,59,an 132,815 acres of common or waste land out of
INT, `---Doncaster Chronicle.
l'lti°l4'.4;AelAßA.—Aleasurements have been made of the
1, at , ~f water of the Niagara river, from which it appears
hi tie„,‘ `", e Motive power of the cataract of Niagara exceeds
ea -'3l' fortyfold all the mechanical force of water and
1/,,Net(orwer rendered available in Grebaitnßeryrittaiiinatfosrutffihecepsutrn-
otttiro,TParting motion to the mac
rio 41)*Ctk„tut manufacturing
includinglaboursforaalsnlatrbgee
ppoovrrteiornapofratihede
,i. trogts of the world, b
•4rt, andPnthese products y steamte-sbtoastesasan. dlsntdeacemi,
It 41.,1, their ships-of-war to the remo
tY th;',-,ll' Probable that the law of
:Ose;„`leater, puts forth in this single
gravity,
t waterfallo asm
0 more
establishedoarlelin.
the
IliAc.,"`A effective energy than is necessary
~
ottp„;:i. machinery of the habitable globe. Silliman's
, SAT b,
17 DUPLE OF DEVONSHIRE'S
mCa
gnoliNnE.
411 t. 'Eb Ate. The sale of the first portion of this
t Messrs.
Che ollection was concluded on Saturday, a James s. The
kitte,vtie and Manson's Rooms, King-street, St.
!tit: fiti‘.herymwue.lel attended through the week byjca?lnnn°iirissdeilvri-s
'Aim e,alers, but th,,, biddin was confined to a few
tbili:st,3f::rtrth.
aet:til3itnutitinit'w,oh was commissioned by the trustene.secof.
purchasingo fully one-half of the c lle_y,
, lonel Fox also purchased ltargal,y,
,Xtto',.eyond these gentlemen few persons bought 0_ 11,
ti'll•e-.' The sale on Tuesday commenced with the
Greek
It.,"nd r ht°lns, which were continued through Wednesday,e
-.urn T-tir'daY, the lots sellin remarkably well.
brass
eoin:tr, aeries was submitted on I. riday. Among; the
q %Were some of extraordinary rarity ; a single speci
?a ,films of Pertinax walising 171., and ones of . ma
'l4r L.,' 'vell preserved, and of the greatest rarity, with a
,lti-T,..7en Patia, being knocked down for 40/. Among the
Lsra cons the two following were the most remarkable .--:
4tia, I,:tus-; obv, his head ; rev. Hercules resting on his club ,
qv.. Ilservatori Au ,gg extremely fine, 72/., and Allectits
haft 1,_'13 head; re.v, i'
fiki" r tanding, holding a globe in hiii
tr,,,r7, d, and at hisafeet ItZoscaptives • ins. Oricus Aug., ex-
Ilritit'Y fine, 105/ ,• both urchased b'v Mr. Cureton for the
R,lth 4..lluseurn • The ampount rellisea by the first day's sale
158/, Vl-• 19s • • second ditto, 730/ 19s. 6d.; third ditto,
". A-8' ; fourt' h ditto, 450/. 17s • ficl. ; fifth ditto, 585/.
34 -; sixth ditto, 6121 14 6d• • making a total of
71, ,_ 0, , 4. •

HOUSE OF LORDS, March 26.
The Loan CnAssamm.ort took his seat on the Wool-
sack at the usual hour.
Messengers from the Commons brought up the Inter-
national Copyright Bill and the Annual Indemnity Bill,
which were read a first time.
Lord KENYON presented a petition from Denbigh-
shire in favour of protection to agriculture. The Noble
Lord gave notice that on Thursday next he would pre-
sent a petition from the University of Oxford against
the union of the sees of St. Asaph and Bangor.
Lord CAMPBELL presented a petition from the pro-
vost, magistrates, and town council of Edinburgh, pray-
ing for the repeal of the Act of Parliament, which re-
quired that all,professors in Scotch Universities should
sign the Confession of Faith, and be members of the
Church. of Scotland.
ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS BILL.
On the motion for going into Committee on this Bill,
Lord CAMPBELL presented a petition from the
Archdeaconry of Taunton, against that part of the Ec-
clesiastical Courts Bill, which related to the Arch-
deaconry of Taunton.
Their Lordships then went into Committee.
Upon clause 1 being proposed,
Lord COTTENHAM said he hoped their Lordships
would have no objection to afford the same powers of
jurisdiction to this Bill as those which he proposed in the
Bill introduced to that House in 1836.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said he was unwilling
to deprive those Courts of the jurisdiction which they
at present possessed. He had been told by gentlemen
connected with Doctors' Commons, that the exercise of
this jurisdiction was attended with many benefits, and
at a trifling expense.
The Bishop of EXETER said the power of excom-
munication was absolutely essential to the stability
of the Church, and without that power it could not
exist. If the Noble and Learned Lord had any other
means by which he could support the discipline of the
Church, he hoped be would explain it to the House;
but until then he would entreat their Lordships to scout
any proposition which would deprive the Church of this
jurisdiction.
The clause was then agreed to; as were also clauses
2,3, and 4. On clause 5 being read,
Lord COTTENHAM expressed an opinion that, as
this clause went to convert donatives into presentatives,
the consent of the Crown should have been given. He
also thought there was some unfairness in the arbitrary
disposition of the property of individuals. He was not
prepared to move an amendment to the clause—no good
would result from it—but he felt called upon to express
his dissent to the clause.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said that the clause had
been expressly recommended by those Ecclesiastical
Commissioners whom the Noble and Learned Lord had
so warmly eulogised the other evening, and in his (Lord
Lyndhurst's) opinion was one of the most useful and
necessary clauses in the Bill.
After a few words from Lord BROUGHAM and the
Bishop of LONDON the clause was agreed to.
Clauses 6 and 7 were then agreed to.
Clause 8 was then proposed.
Lord COTTENHAM said the Bill proposed to
establish throughout the country diocesan courts;
that was to say a court in each diocese
of England and Wales. Now, this was a proposition
condemned not only by all those individuals who had
considered the matter, but it was condemned by the
reports of two Commissions which had been appointed
with respect to this subject. It had also been con-
demned by the reports of two Select Committees—
one of that House, and one of the other House of Par-
liament. It had also been condemned by many influential
Members of the present Government ; and if their Lord-
ships decided in favour of this Bill, they would
do so without having a single authority to support them.
They would thereby perpetuate an evil to the coun-
try, without any reason having been advanced for it.
This showed that although the Government had the
power, they had not the moral courage to carry out a
measure which they themselves acknowledged would be
attended with most beneficial results.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said he was quite wil-
ling to acknowledge his responsibility in taking up the
Bill which had been introduced into the House of Com-
mons, and in the same state as that in which it was left,
because it would effect much of what had been sug-
gested by the Commissioners. If his Noble and Learned
Friend, or any other Noble Lord, could suggest any
further improvement, he would be glad to give it every
consideration. He thought this measure would be
attended with most beneficial results, if they took care
that there were proper and competent persons appointed
to discharge the duties of judges in those Courts. When
gentlemen of such high acquirements in the ecclesiastical
laws as Dr. Phillimore and others whomihe could men-
iton occupied the judicial bench in those Courts, he felt
confident that they must be attended with the best re-
sults.
Lord CAMPBELL said it was true his Noble and
Learned Friend had not accused them of destroying the
right of property, yet that if they succeeded in carrying
this measure it would be an infringement of the rights
of property. His Noble and Learned Friend was wil-
ling now to abandon what he formerly owned. He stated
that the Bill had been framed in 1835, and that he then
approved of the abolition of all those jurisdictions, and
he acknowledged that he did the same last year, because
he said that it was brought into the House of Commons
with his approbation quite as much es with that of Sir
Robert Peel. It was true these Courts had existed for
one thousand years, and it was a long experience of
their inherent bad qualities which called for their aboli •
tion. The Noble and Learned Lord (Lyndhurst) had
said that agreeing to the present Bill would not hinder
Noble Lords carrying their improvements further on
another occasion ; but he (Lord Campbell) was satisfied
that if next session, or any succeeding session, an at-
tempt was made by himself4ar any el his Noble Friends
to amend the present measure, the Noble and
Learned Lord (Lyndhurst) would be the very first to
treat such attempt with derision. It was impossible
that in these diocesan courts they could have good
judges, it was impossible they could have good advo-
cates, it was impossible they could have good practi-
tioners. Why he appealed to all his Noble and Learned
Friends behind him whether a case had ever come up
from, York that was mot disfigured by the grossest
blunders?
Lord BROUGHAM—And followed by reversals.—
(Laughter,)
Lord CAMPBELL—Just so; and followed by re-
versals: and yet these Courts were to be retained, and
though formerly condemned, were now to be loudly
praised. The inconveniencies attending the jurisdiction
and practice of these Courts were enormous; but they
were to be retained to the annoyance of suitors, and the
detriment of justice, on the mere pretence of the Noble
and Learned Lord (Lyndhurst), that he could not
carry a Bill enacting their abolition.
Lord BROUGHAM said he agreed with every word
that had fallen from his Noble and Learned Friends in
condemnation of those ecclesiastical courts. They had
neither eye nor head—neither bar nor judge—but yet
they had a prison.—(A laugh.) However, he (Lord
Brougham) was one who wished to get on when he
could, and if he could not travel at a full pace, he was
always disposed to take such step onwards as he could.
This Bill was certainly a great amendment on the ex-
isting system. These courts were bad, very bad,—but
then they were to be improved by the Bill.—(Hear and
laughter.) Besides their Lordships should recollect
that they were not prevented from carrying their amend-
ments further in future, and that the hands of the Le-
gislature were not tied up because of the present mea-
sure.
After a short conversation, strangers were ordered to
withdraw, and their Lordships divided, when the num-
bers were—
Content
Non-content
Majority.
On our re-admission to the gallery, we found that
clause 9 was agreed to without opposition, as was also
clause 10.
On clause 11 being put,
Lord COTTENHAM said that if a person were com-
pelled to institute a suit in the ecclesiastical courts, he
was compelled to employ a proctor alone. He might
have his own solicitor, in whom he placed the utmost con-
fidence, but that person was not allowed to act personally,
but was compelled to employ a proctor. To illustrate the
hardship of this, he would state from his own knowledge
that in one case the proctor pocketed upwards of 6,0001
for which he never did more than sanction the use of his
name by the attorney, who did the entire business. He
would, therefore, propose that some provision should be
made, by which attorneys should be permitted topractice
in those courts.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said, attorneys were
allowed to practice in all cases which came from the ec-
clesiastical courts by appeal to the Privy Council. He
knew that the gentlemen practising as proctors were in
the greater number of cases men of high intelligence
and education. His Hon. and Learned Friend must be
aware that these offices were of such a nature, that it
would be impossible to abolish them without making
some compensation to the proctors, For many years
a cry prevailed to abolish the office of Six Clerks ; and
at length, the Parliament decided upon doing so, giving
those officers compensation for the loss of their offices.
Now, the sum required for this compensation was up-
wards of 40,000/. ; and the charge was so heavy that
the Court of Chancery found it necessary to continue
the fees in this office.
After a few words from Lord COTTENHAM, the
clause was agreed to.
Clauses 10 to 12 were next agreed to without oppo-
sition.
Clause 13 was agreed to, on the understanding
that the title of the Surrogate should be amended on
bringing up the report.
Clauses 14 to 58 inclusive were then agreed to.
On clause 59 being put,
The Bishop of LONDON proposed that certain
sequestrations, the proceeds of which went to the fund
called Queen Ann's Bounty, should have precedence of
all other sequestrations.
After a few words from the LORD CHANCELLOR,
the proposal was agreed to.
Clauses up to 81 inclusive were agreed to.
Clauses from 82 inclusive up to 89 were struck out.
The remaining clauses were then agreed to, the House
resumed, and the report was ordered to be brought up
on Thursday.
ourned at Nine o'clock,
Their Lordships adjourned

[The following is a fuller report of Lord Brougham's
speech on Monday night than we were enabled to
give yesterday morning
LABOUR OF FEMALES.
Lord BROUGHAM rose to present a petition from
the coal and ironstone miners of Lanarkshire, in which
they complained of the distress which they endured
in consequence of the course which the Legislature
had, some years
regulation of thei