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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1853•

labours of the Church in every quarter of the globe,—the
immediate object for which the deputation was sent out,—
that renders the result of the visit paid to the American
Church by four delegates from the mother-Church, so
highly important, but the pledge afforded by the reception
given to the deputation, of the active influence in both
countries of a mutual sympathy in those principles and
feelings which constitute the best guarantee of peace and
amity between nations. Whilst for so happy a result we
must look up with deep gratitude to the Supreme Author
of every blessing, it were ungracious not to acknowledge
the important service rendered on this occasion by the
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, not only to the
cause to which its labours are specially devoted, but indi-
rectly to the cause of humanity and civilization, of " peace
on earth and good will towards men."

ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE.

PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS.

Rev. A. Alington, 8.A., to the Roctory of Burwell, Lin-
colnshire.

Rev. W. Atkinson, M.A., Rector of Gateshead Fell, to an
Honorary Canonry in Durham Cathedral.

Rev. F: Bachelei% M.A., to the Rectory of Ca'stock, near
Callingtoti, Corntrall.

Rev. F. H. Bishop, M.A., to the Incumbency of Grazeley,
near Reading.
Rev. E. Brumell, 8.D., Fellow and Tutor of St. John's Col-
lege, Cambridge, to the Rectory of Holt, Norfolk.
R v. E. M. Clissold, 8.A., to the Rectory of Wrentham,
Suffolk.

Rev. J. J. Cort, M.A., to be Chaplain of St. Michael's
Church, in the Church of Engtand Cemetery, Birmingham.
Rev. J. H. Croft, M.A. to the Vicarage of Timberscombe,
near Dunster, Somerset.
Rev. W. Dry, M.A., to theCurac/ of Barwell,Leicestershire.
Rev. T. Everts, Incumbent of Prestwood, Bucks, to the
Rural Deanery of Amersham.
Rey. J. Fawcett, to be Assistant Curate of Lismore Ca-
the,' ral.

Rev. H, E. B, Ffolkes, M.A., to the Rectory of Hillington,
No, tolk.

Rev. it. Fisher. NI.A., to the Stipendiary Curacy of Shaw,
near Oldham.

Rev. J. R. Hoare, M.A., to the Curacy of Castle Bromwich,
near Birmingham, _ _

Rev. S. HOscgood, 8.A., to the Incumbency of Wayford,
near Crewkerne.

Rev. J. Winstanley Hull, to the Vicarage of North Musk-
ham, Nottingham.
__

Rev. J. Jameson, M.A., to the Perpetual Curacy of the Pro-
prietary Chapel, Leamington, Warwickshire.
Rev. L. S. Kenny, M.A., to the Stipendiary Curacy of the
Parish Church of Lancaster.

Rev. J. S. Lauder, 8.A., to be Assistant Minister of St.
Catherine's, near Niagara, Canada West.

Rev. I. Lichtenstein, ki.A., to the Curacy of Wheatacre,
Norfolk.

Rev. R. Pike Mate, M.A., Fellow of Trinity College, and
Perpetual Curate of St. Mary the Great, Cambridge, to the
Vicarage of Wimeswould, near Loughborough.
Rev. A. Matthews, M. A., to the Rectory of Gumley, near
Market Harboroligh, Leicestershire.
Rev, T. Miles, Curate of DrOmkea, to the Rectory of
Tienoagh.
Rev. A. Perceval, 8.A., to the Curacy of Horfield.
Rev. E.. R. Pitman, M.A., to the Perpetual Curacy of Pipe
Ridwarer Staffordshire.

Rev. W. Proctor, M.A., Perpetua.li Curate of Doddirrgton,
to an Honorary Canonry in Durham Cathedral.

Rev'. E. F. Xambaut. A. 8., to the CUracy of Templemore.
Rev. J. D. Itidout, M.A., Fellow of Christ's College, Cam-
bridge, to-the Vicarage of Bourn, Cambridgeshire.

Saulez, to the Incum-ben-ey of All Saint's
Church, Islington. _

Rev. 'Vr,llT:Satith, 8.A., to the Curacy of Kirk Michael,
Isle of Alan,

Rev. H. Weightman, M.A., to the Stipendiary Curacy of
Emmanuel Church, Bolton.

Rev. R. Whittington, M.A., of Trinity College. Cambridge,
one of the Mastersof the Islington Propriettavy School, to the
Assistant Mastership in the Merchant Tailors' School.

Rev. W. Whyatt,. M.A., to the Stipendiary Curacy of St.
Mark's, Cheetham-hill, Manchester.

MCESE OF CHESTER,

PREFERMENTSd—The Rev. William ThOlTWANeiVerthaM
has been licensed to, the perpetual curacy of St. John's
Church, West Derbi,-in the county of Lancastir,•void by
death of Rev. W. 11.-Tuer. Patron, Edmund,Mo/yneux,
Esq.

The Rev. John Davies•has been licensed to the:perpetual
curacy of St. John's Chttreh, Smallwood, in the.uarish of
Astbury, Cheshire, void, by cession of Rev. F. Twomlow.
Patron, Vicar of Astbury value £lOO.

ORDINATION.—The Iliihop of Chester intends tto hold
his next Ordination at Chester, on Sunday, the nth: of
March next, being the Second Sunday in Lent. Candi-
dates, are required to send all necessary papers to Charles
T. Mt. Parry. Esq., Chester;. his Lordship's secretary,on
orbefore- the Ist February, at the latest, after whichlday
none can be received.

THE Rsv. W. MAxwm.n. SMITH, 8.A., has Won
lieensed by the Bishop of Sodor and Man to the curacy of
Kirk-Michael, Isle of Man, on-the nomination of the Rent
J.-Brown, M.A.
Si'. CATHEDRAL.—The Bishop of London)
assisted-by Dr. Lushington andi Sir James Patteson, sit-
ting as assessors, will commence' an inquiry into certain
alleged abuses connected with the'above cathedral on the
9th-January. .
THERE ARE IN ENGLAND, in. the gift of the crown,
2' Archbishoprics, 24 Bishoprics, 38iDeaneries, 46 Prebends,
and= 1,028 livings : the Lord Chancellor has 899 ; First
Lord of the Treasury, 103 ; and - the Chancellor of the
Duchy of; Lancaster 39 in their respective gifts.
Ous CATHEDRALS, the Athenreem says, seem to be
walking up one by one, to a resumption of something like
their old musical state. We are now informed that, for
the•firsttime these two centuries- past, the full musical
cathedral service is daily intoned by a competent and
powerful choir in Peterborough cathedral. _ _

DIOCESE OF MAISCILEsTEB-Preferments :—On Tues-
day, at the Diocesan Registry, the Bishop of Manchester
licensed the Rev. Lewis Stanhope Kenny, M.A., to the
stipendiary curacy of the parish church of Lancaster.—
Hiit, lordship has presented the Rev John Winstanley
Hull, incumbent of Grimsargh, near Preston, to the vicar-
age-of North Muskham, in the county- of Nottingham and
the diocese of Lincoln:. His lordship presents to this living
alternately' with the Bishop of Ripon..
PRESENTATIONS VACANT.—The Reetory of Little Tey,
near Coggeshall, Essex • value, £l6O a-year ; patron, the
Bishop of Rochester.- The Vicarage of Yarcombe, near
Hbniton, Devon ; £7OO a-year ; patron, the Crown.
The- Rectory of St. George's, Glamorganshire ; value,
£l6O a-year ; patron, L. Fraherne, Estu. The Vicarage of
St Hilary, Glamorganshire ; patrons; Dean and Chapter
of Llandaff. The Vieurarge of. North, Elkington, Lin-
colnshire ; _value, £2OO a-year ; patron;. Rev. W. Smyth.
Theirleprage of East. Haddon, Northamptonshire ; value,
•£1.1130410-fear. The 'Vicarage of Berwiek.upon-Tweed ;
value, £350 a-year ; patron, the Dean. and Chapter of
Durham. 'The Incumbency of Great, St— Mary's, Cam-
bridge ; value, £l2O ayear ; -patrons, Masters and Fellows
of;Trinity College. _ _ _

UT/KvinsiTT RzFonze.—A-letter has been received by
the. Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University, from Lord
Derby, as Chancellor af the University, enelosing a com-
munication addressed to .him by Lord. Palmerston, in his
official capacity, wherein. it is stated that her Majesty's
Government have determined to bring,-forward a measure
of 'University reform in the ensuing session, and that an
intimation to that effect will appear in: the speech from
the• throne. Most colleges have been occupied during
some portion of the termin .preparingschemes for inter-
nal improvement. At. Brasenose a. scheme of a most
liberal character hadbeen framed, with the full sanction
of the late lamented. principal, which, was to have been
submitted to the visitor (the Bishop. of Lincoln), for his
approbation, during•; the coming term. At Exeter a
general revision of the statutes has taken lace, and the.:
changes are to be laid. before, the Nisitskr (the Bishop GE
Exeter), by a deputation of the fellows'in the week before•
Christmas. At Pembroke, even before the long vacation;
a plan had been, formed,. which was submitted to Lord
Derby as visitor,. but •did, not meet with his approval.
The cases of Trit►ity and New College are still before the
Bishop of Winchester. Ralliol, though scarcely requiring
any change, hasbeen making fresh arrangements in con-
nexion with the Blundell foundation. St. John's haesiust
entered upon, the consideration of what changes. are
needed ; and Merton is said to, have framed a very: excel-
lent scheme, The colleges which have made no. move-
ment are comparatively few,—perhaps not above *o or
three.

THE ANCIENT BUILDINGS OP GREECE AI) ROME
we may dass with great propriety in three successive
orders. First, we have those ancient structures denomi-
nated Cyolopean, 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 vahout cement or mortar of any
kind. The ruins of the citadels of Tyrus, and Mycelia',
whiehareof this description, have remained in their pre-
sent condition f0r.3,000 years, and present- the most per-
fect( specimens yet existing of the militatloarchitecture of
the heroic ages. The next improvement on this method
has. been termed the Irregular Polygonal structure, from
the circumstance that the stones are no longer unhewn,
although no attempt is made to reduce them to the square.
These lateral plain sides are sufficientV 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 smoothl
surface. Examples of this secant/ 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 the hori-
zontal joints are continuous, but all the joint's 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 MyeenT.—The Builder,

A COAST SCRIM—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 it 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
indented line of precipitous cliff, rent and ravaged by the
storms of ages. A 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 intoa
the boiling deep. The whole mass of waters was _2ll
motion, like some vast and restless living 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.—Howito 'Work*. qf English and
Foreign Life,

REV. F. CLOSE ON TABLE-TURN:LIM

' e
UNDER, the title of " Table-turning not diabolical. d
Rev. F. Close, incumbent of Cheltenham, has Pubhe"eth s
f
pamphlet, on the subject of the recent manifestations 0
spontaneous rotatory motion by tables. He sap
sTe ht,i aenpdaoautr thereal
hhaovneebs teye,n
co
ebrl ga
ienu sw
etilo.
for"
developments of powers, whether natural or supernatural,
unable to account by any known or ascertained lads'
which to us are inexplicable, for which we areut.terly,
either of matter or of spirit. Beyond a doubt large
tion must be made for imperfect experiments, for credeuir
in some witnesses, and hypocrisy in others. But aft cact
reasonable deductions are made, enough of surprising '
the
remains to perplex the wisest heads, and to puzzle
most scientific. There are well substantiated facts r.T.
nected with Mesmerism, Animal Magnetism, and Tatre
turning, which yet remain to be explained and accounted
for. It is true that some philosophical and scient d
ealsitNtistn
persons have attempted to sneer at the whole matter, allo
with a scepticism to which they are specially prone
are deeply read in the well•ascertained facts of egjell,
mental and practical philosophy, affect to treat all s,;lle'z
exhibitions as delusive. This is an easy way of gert:ll
rid of a difficulty ; but while it adds to the f hug •
ee 00a
complacency and contempt with which they are cit'l) 3
to look down upon believers in such facts, it unhalThYo
proves nothing, and is far from satisfying those
either are eye and ear witnesses of such thing's or hay'
received them on testimony of such a character that
it would tend to destroy the grounds of credible
_iteat;
mony. Another division of this party appear disPeseu t
attach a certain degree of credit to the facts, but sacral),
to account for them-in a manner still more unsatisfae„°7j
It is unquestionable that many instances may be aau,ed
where tables have been turned by designed or uncles's' t
muscular movements of the thumb and fingers, and a°
the
by any new or subtle power unknown before ; but, a such
same time, cases can be cited where such collusion, or
,e
unconscious muscular motion could not by possibilitl
produced the result. Thus, when a large heavy tab° to
moved about, at will, by two or three feeble and deli
women, who could scarcely move it at all by the eiterf;
of their natural powers, it is simply feeble and
talk about about unconscious manipulation. Manipulatioil
whether conscious, or unconscious, could not- do this la,
doubt
all. Surely it would comport more with the wisdom of
science if a fact is admitted which cannot be explain
eo
upon any of the known and ascertained laws of matter,
to wait further results of experiment and of time to ratify,
or to refute the facts, or to discover the hidden power
by which they are performed. It is really sarPriaing
that in the present day, when discoveries are continuallY
made in the world of matter, and new and strangM, eg;
binations traced, that honest, honourable and 5eten,..,73,
minds should yield to such vulgar scepticism. Cremwao.
14 pitiable—but scepticism isnuschievous ; and there is'
• occasion for the exercise of either the one or the other IP
i the case under consideration.
'But how are these circumstances viewed by the re;
rigious mind of the country ? For in this question
are' more deeply interested. Mistakes in physical scier
correct themselves, but speculativeopinions upon reeligons7
and moral subjects involve spiritual and moral
quences of good or evil. Superstitron is the pious feel,
misdirected er in excess ; and to superstition therefore,;4
ligious•people are more especially at an times prone. 1..`";
will be•mom or less the case in proportion as the feelt
of religion is or is not under the sober guidance of t.;
written Word'. Now, those who have' watched the b,to
and tendency of the minds of spiritual people during
last twenty' years, will be prepared to expert that anythia;
of the tvonful, or mysterious, will be readily receivedls
supernatura and miraculous. The character of
portion of our popular religious literature-during the w
P:
riod referred to; whether issuing from the. High Or 140.
Church pressAas,had a tendency to create-a morbid
•pectation of wonders : undefined and ardent sPeeule,_l()%
has been created; a disposition to catch at every TruThe
event as the fulfilment of some prophecy, according t° ore
private interpretation of some popular Smelt Kee -of
Table Turning, or anything else, the natural re,,,s'su-
which remains unexplained, is immediately imputea_Saly
pernatural causes;' miracles just now would be Aifall
welcomed and greedily swallowed, because they wow-
„apti'
in with the bold prophetic speculations which are's° Lacy
lar. There is, therefore; not only the old natural tfnut
of the human mind th.,superstition to contend Tow' *es
that principle cherishedland fostered by popular theorin;
and the unprofitable, bemuse speculative, studies of
vu•-•
religious people.
" But worse than this; not onlyare such discoveries or title
and hidden principles of nature heedlessly and
consideration pronounced to be miraculous, but thei')e,
ligious logic of too many carries them further; and be
cause, according to their opinion no good object alma
obtained by these experiments, and because some
persons may have made an evil use of them, there Vis
they jump to the next conclusion that they are eice-of
Devil—that they are miracles wrought by the Porlhe
the wicked one, to beguirc,-- and deceive, and betraf
'unhappy children of mem- And pamphlets and tray,
appear warning us against witchcraft, and neerovae_fm.d
and unclean spirits, until we seem at once transP(*,..
into the midst of the dismalitemptations of St. Anthao;
—and we expect the civil power to be called upon „t,A,"
terfere, and the Mosaic penalty to be enforced,
shalt not suffer a witch to live i" per
" God has never put forth miraculous pow cm's,. to
enabled his people to exercise them, except to authentirf„,4
a• message or a messenger- from Himself : such p 0":;,
were more or less displayed from the calling of 3loses._
tNe Captivity in Babylon. They ceased with the clot,'pc7t
ofThe canon of the Old Testament Scriptures for a,47.
400 years, were renewed at the commencement of 4.,
Gospel dispensation : they were continued during a SP._.,O
of one hundred years and again ceased about the tv,l
when the canon of the New Testament was completw,
and they have not been renewed since. -
"Diabolical interference in -the shape of material
mmm a`
cies, commenced with the first miracle of Moses,,M
were permitted at intervals, until the first cessation 01,i:
OltliCovenant miracles. Wllen the latter were suspencr:
Satan's miracles ceased :—eien the New Testament 0-not
cleseommenced, Satan's revised ; and as in the case be
those of Moses, were swallowed up by the greater triuniroj
oftbrist. When Christian miracles ceased, Satan's 0e?6,1,0
also—and have never been revived. At no period oi 1,0
world has Satan been permitted to work wonders,
when the power of God wrought them too. isc.o
"'No miracles being allowed in this dispensation
thenpostolic times, natural wonders should not be !,rrof
buted to miraculous interference ; and since the 1)°, sit is
the-Devil was overthrown by Christ and his apost,lisit°
on many accounts as dangerous, as it is unwarrall"
attribute the power of working miracles to 1011}'.,4,0rl
present extraordinary exhibions should not, there,‘;:;.----
any account, be admitted to be properly miraealov
they may be wonderful, and governed by unlol°`
undiscovered physical laws' but there is no ren'ed for
they should not one day be satisfactorily acc0.,.,0 laye
upon principles of naturallphilosophy yet to be al „•en•
Least of all should they be attributed to diabolical ;fele
des, for which there is no solid ground in reason,.° for
whole analogy of our Scripture guide is against. itie,*
these sufficient consideratlens, we confidently asse'

"THAT TABLE-TUBNING is NOT DIABOLICiaItte
THE " THEOLOGY OF TABLE TIIRNING."---°lllssreelt
day night the Rev. N. 'P Godfrey, Incumbent of„%' ore
Leeds, delivered a lecture on this subject at the Dify.
square Rooms, London:. The rev. gentleman stont?3,-
tended that table turning, spirit rapping, 0,e:1;061;j. 11
ante were nothing less than a direct communi€3'l ,
the Evil One. The chairman, Mr. J. Bateman,. 611 byr-e,
that the meeting should conclude by prayer, °J),.;
was sung amidst great confusion. An extraerw,
then took place. The chairman, lecturerlai:::_et:tr)::!
of clergymen on the. platform made a preeiPitat—is se.4,a
amidst loud cries, for the chairman to, keep
Several gentlemen attempted to address ene,raeo'Zi t,'"
a Mr. E. Connor,- was called to take the
purpose of making experiments. He made sever %b the
ordinary statements. The officials connected .1.. e f're.
hall attempted to extinguish the lights, but boll;
vented doing so, by main force. The bible 110;;s, tb
ever, been at last turned over by the same. oi•
Ada
meeting separated amidst great confusion. 44,0 Far he
THE REIT.Dit. CIIMMINGiS not convinced hylling„,g
test applies table-turning. Last Tnesdat egg 10,1'0
delivered adecture at Exeter Hall to, the " vg,;Vorns.o
Christian Association," upon the "•Signs- of "'„,„-ot trs, •
Table-turning and table-talking heyanked am°
signs, andihe said he differed flom, Professor , .sori-7te.
explanation; inasmuch as from hia.own persof!i
ilnee
d `llllgt
tion he had found tables perform very eccetat:s°Bj,v
countable. gyrations. In one case he had table,WittlocE be termed a conversation. with a
answArect certain questions by- the usual owuebial otr,, go
ing, r The table in this case refused to, answer area "on-
he litughed. (A laugh.) But he was not Pre the ins
the-length of some writers,, who alleged tlia',,irits °Awe%
tint operation was that of demons, or thef‘sioroviege'athe
winked. In the course of hie lecture, Dr.' -sig.° reed
rid o'd dee
at length upon the subject ofr propheeY,,td 11? shoo-
years 1793 and 1820 as those in which _",,,Jao'si"
that the downfall of Popery and Maholw—
be commenced. _