Star.
London, England, 1825-11-30 00:00:00

THE CATHOLICS IN THE NETH,

Mr. O'Connell charges the London New
sedulous ignorance on the subject of Itish
with supplying that deficiency of know;
vention. The same may be said of i►im
to what he advances about " the teal

Catholics of the Netherlands." The late chi
have taken place in the seminaries in Bel
been the subject of his misrepresentations.
statement of what has taken plaice there
under the pre,,ent Government, is as follow,
The minor schools underwent, as far bi
a thorough revision ; a school for the
young men, destined to become public instt,
established in the province of Ants. erp ;
the Athenees and Lycees, left by the Piet
ment, were obliged to adopt the improved
instruction,and to teach the Netherland lan/
ference to the French. Last of all, the
and Seminaries were revised. How much
places wanted reform is but too well known;
with a very limited knowledAe of the Frenc
own language, used to spe.id from their
their twentieth year in the acquisition of
mostly in villages where nothing else w
from thence they went to the Seminary,
they vegetated for about two years, before
take orders. Every one may judge by this f
reformation was wanted or not. The Piott
or rather, the liberal King of the Ne heel
dered then, that those of his Belgian subject,
destined for the Church, should attend
established Universities, during four years
ing the Church. That such a course of in,
preferable to the old system, must appeal
every enlightened mind. All the Catholic
Netherlands have had an expensive educi
very inadequate instruction : they are genet;
families, du bon vieus terns.
Mr. O'Connell's statement, that those
destined for the Church, who wish not ta
University studies, can enlist as soldiets, rest
the yearly military conscription exempt(
sons from serving in the army. So from
O'Connell deduces, that every able man mu,
a priest or soldier, when there are a hum
exceptions for the latter, and when the pi,
stitute is a mete trine.

Mr. O'Connell concludes his pleasant
moving, gi that a Committee of seven persons
named t investigate the griefs of the Catlio)
41 etherlands." They have no griev;
representatives they have chosen concur in
paternal views. The time of distinctions
them. Belgians know neither Pi otestants,
Catholics. They say ofa man,he is holiest, he
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LITERATURE:

. •
taseuts. -rte. P.,1 the Author p,.."
Athens"- and " Babylon Me Grea:."
already male our Readers acquainted with
of this little volume, by vipions extracts
Athens" and ." Bihylon,". ani shall, there.
tr-clueing the pcesent one to their notice, con.
'yes with a brief statement of its contents,
d or two as to its comparative merit.
time contains seventeen essays, or frag•relts,
ior styles them (partly in rose and partly in
ugh in fact they ate all, with the exception
•w', full grown and bighly-fitkished stories
The first, entitled " St. Stephen's," contains
111 and somewhat embellished a-count of the
Commont—the second, on the " Tyranny of
betrays considerable acuteness and :eke-
on the whole rather Whiggish in spirit—
in the 44 Math of Lord Byron," contains a
:yric no the talents, and a strenuous defence
acter of that lamented individual—the nest,
rn and Canning," ie an excellent specimen o'
sting—the " Scottish Radical," which fol
t be read with impunity by the most 1.1..gh.
cynic—the " Re-gn of George III." is an
iece of political disquisition.—the " Excur-
, the author before us in what we c.msider
aner-..5. Major Macturk" is a saJ tale, and
trust, frequently Verified in real life—the
h of Glammis," in seise, is an exquisite
land satire—a H Scripture Hymn"—a " Ge.
Company" (not a joint stock cancernl—
I. Nationaliti-s," " The Scottish
he " Scottish Novelist:* and 4, Political
of which abound in information
,ment, and are characterized by a tale it for
description, and 66 dissection" (a favourite
:It the author), which we very rarely meet
'publications of the day.

.1 the pieces contained in this volume are not
zed by the same fluency of style, and appa-
execution, the authoi's preceding winks,
ince for which he sufficiently accounts in the
mice, from their having been written several
We extract a few passages at random:
of the most romantic, and now most altered
le county of Ross, is the valley of Glenbal-
pels to the sea, at least to one of those arms
intersect that country. Upon a little emi-
the ruins 4f the Pati h Church, not one
Itch has been touched by the people; they
lierinz the sacred words which had been
ill within its holy walls, have transferred a
the sanctity to the materials of the fabric.
it might have been spared, because it was a
Ind I will arid, because it was a lovely one;
consumes the temples of (ion as well as
rms. I passed it but a year ago; the root
in—innumerable broods of sparrows and
ie tenanting the crevices of the walls—the
mouldered from their. hinges—the windows
Id born their sills—the old bell had tumbled
Bing the little belfry along ss ith it—the very
dead seemed to be forgotten, for the
'e levelled with moss, and the tombstones
iy Letter. • A solitary old man, whose frame
be beaten by the storms of fourscore winters,
Im.tbe candle of reason burned sickly and
1, was the only rational thing within the
wide ho:ison; within which no black hut
Inpretending fabric, and twined out its bloc
',inf smoke is folmerly. The seniors were
sod—the juniors beyond the sea—there was
thing on which the mind could dwell : I
old man, he answered me not, but seemed
!ntal loneliness, the express image of the
re him. I said to myself, " And have
as done all this?' But wherelote should
.o which all cannot enter, and which none
wile me from my description? The scene
!fling to me—l will speak of it as it was
more of interest. I may err in some little

, but the scene is on my memory, like colours
rental dyers, they become brighter the longer
we bleached and worn."
not omit the following very sensible deli.
metaphysics, by the " Blacksmith of Glammis."
Lads, I have got the thing into my sconce:
4ord, which puts your judgments in a milker,
Terence to two men, when they converse together;
when the one that's hearing does not know
sense of what the speaking one would tell;

ther, when the speaking one, also,
elf does not see through it very well,
that's metaphysics.' George Gouk so
. thy dry throat the definition fell:
name a single Doctor of the Schools

come so near the truth, with all his logic-rules."

liss this little and highly amusing volume,
ing, that instead of diminishing the opinion
lad forntci of the author's talents, it makes
lat he does not apply them to the discussion
of mote lasting interest and utility than
\ich they have hitherto been devoted.

relic Almanack for the Yeas 1826. By Sir
WILLON BRACIIM.
Ihe Sporting Almanackfor 1826.
The Mechanic's Almanack for 1826.
;h we reed no STARS except those we publish,
)thers,which in various countties have ildopted
'et it requires no great acquaintance with the
iodies to know, that they teach as well asslii,:e;
-ar they teach, and how capable they are of
ion,is a point on which men differ. Sir Wilion
course, gives them a very extensive latitude;
,manack, which we understand is very popular
Ivocates of astrology, profess-s to see and de-
:h pt ophetic ken, all the phases of mundane af-
ensuing year; how correctly time will unfold.
.Sportimg and the Mechanics' Almanacks, by their
':cote the classes of society fur which they are
and we may add, suited; the latter, which is
, is a cut ious specimen of typ:lithography.
or, the Best Words of Me Best Authors.
Bmo. London, 1825.

the first Number of a new worn lc, got up in
if the Percy Anecdotes, and with the good
ie pubtsher of that popular work. We ffave
iections fium our Poets, in the shape of a
(,1 Quotations, but the essence of our ptoie
is nor, hitherto, been collected. To do this
To. of Laconic% which t.onlails the concert-
isdom and r pinions of the best writers,
Ind foreign. The collection appears to us
con ideta!;lo jud;ment. The first Part con-
;ottratt. or S;:idert, Swift, Che >ter tield,Cowley,
,ogne, very cvaly engraved on steel.

. . . . •
The I iterary our?.;.;, ;o. , ,45147'f
.rvid
/romance, for 1 Itt.'6. edited L.:/ ALA it IC A. IVA T
This is really an excpiisite work, whethei we con itler
the beauty of its embellishments, its literary excellence:
or the neatness of its typography. The Literary Sou-
, veuir is, as our reader's ate no doubt aware, one of those'
annual productions wlich have risen-into such rapii
an l well-merited phpulatity. The present volume con-
tains four or five hu'ldred pages, in'Frose and verse, by
a host of,t-he'rtmt distinguished writers of the age, in-
cluditig.pie.es f'\ to the pens of Sheridan, Snuthry,
Galt,' MtuttgomersT, Campbell, Bowles, Mrs. 11... mans,
Wrangha it, Blackwrod's 11..1ta, &c. &c.
Tit, engravings, till in number, are in the first-style
of excellence, by W. and E. Finden, Tomson, Rolls,
Heath, Goodall, &c. from original drawings and paint-
ings by Leslie, Turner, Newton, Pugin,Dewint,Wright,
Corbould, &c. To the. engravings no description will
do justice—they
we can make will afford but a faint specimen even of
the literary merits of the Souvenir; we shall, however,
quote fr,,m many charming poems by the gifted EJitor,
TUE MAY-FLOWERS OF LIFE.
Suggested by the Author's b.tviug found a branch of May in a vo-
lume of Borne poem% which had been deposited there by a
friend several years before.

DV •t.ARIC A. walls.
I%lmm:id frail of youthful years,
Of hopes a., wild and bright as they,
Thy faint, sweet perfume wakens tears
I may not, cannot wish away !
'l•hy withered leaves are as a spell
To bring the sainted past before me ;
And long•lust visions, loved too well,

In all their truth restore me !
Cold is her hmd who pl teed thee here.
Thou record sweet of Love and Spring.

Ere life's May-flowers, like thee, grew siert:,
Or Elope had waved her palling wing :

When boyhood's burning dreams were mine,
♦nd Fancy's magic circlet crowned me;

And Love, when love is half divine,
Spread it's enchantments round me!
How can I e'er forget the hour
When thou wert glowing on her breast,
Fresh from the dewy hawthorn bower
That looked upon the golden west!
She snatched thee from thy sacred shrine—
A brighter fate she scarce could doom thee.—
And bade a Poet's wreath be thine—

His deathless page entomb thee!
That hour is past—those dreams are Add—

Ties, sweeter, linikr, bind me now ;
And, if life's first Mai-flowers are dead,
Its summer garland wreathes my brow !
Sleep on, sleep on !—I would but gaze
A moment on thy faded bloom;
Heave our wild sigh to other days,
Then close thy hallowed tomb!

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Ia J one or tv
lit er essays. 1
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vith in the'
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a ci•comstan
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• a
yeats ago.
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places in the
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nonce stand I
stone of whil
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wont to thril
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graves here
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seemed to be
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in the socket
verge of a• v
I..i.ed its tint
canton of to
Lands the s
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to
si.nite to the
to but in a met
scene before
tNenty year:
feelings into
th can remove,
is now sicker
rt. when it had
.ct particulars,
Ike ot the orient
th they are
se ‘Ve must
Lroon of Met!
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of " And w
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of From it
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with the adv
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be tars for the I
; The sport
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Ir. intended, at
ter cn a sheet, i!
LOCOnics;
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b the style of
taste of the
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