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LORD 7%IOP‘PETWS ATTENDANCE AT MASS! I

NEW PUBLICATIONS.

(From the Standard.) The following new works, just published by W. E. Painter,
It is stated'in the Dublin journals of all parties and of all 342, Strand, London, may be obtained by order of the book-
religious denominations, that on Sunday last Lord Morpeth, sellers in this town :-
her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State in Ireland, at- The Church of England Quarterly Review for October.
tended HIGH Mass at one of the Roman Catholic chapels Contents-1. Defenders of the Faith; 2. Aristophanes and
of the Irish metropolis. As the statement is thus universally his Birds • 3. The Silurian and Devonian Systems ;4. Ec-
made, and as no contradiction has been offered to it, there clesiastical. Architecture ;5. Naval and Military Chaplains ;
seems to be no ground to question its truth. 6. Antiquities of the Christian Church; 7. The Protestant
The fact thus established, in our opinion merits more at- Church in France ;8. Psalmody ;9. The Progress of Rcvo-
tention than has been given to it, and we therefore take leave lotion ; 10. Ecclesiastical Report ; 11. General Literature.
to present it once more for public notice. [A few complete sets of eight vols. in cloth £5 Bs., or in
If any Roman Catholic, holding the high and responsible calf half extra £6, and back numbers may be had.]
office held by Lord Morpeth, had attended as ostentatiously The Churchman for October (Sixpence), contains-I.
as the Irish Secretary appears to have done, the services of Uniformity ;2. Periodical Publications ;3. The Authorised
his church, we might regret the sanction given to what we Translation of the Bible ;4. A Tale of the Waldenses ; 5.
believe to be a fatally erroneous creed, but we could have no The Necessity of Church Extension ;--Correspondence ;
just reason to complain of the individual. The law has given Poetry • Review ; Literary Notices ; Ecclesiastical Report ;
to Roman Catholics the opportunity of giving the counte- Miscellanea, &c. [The volumes of the Churchman for 1838
nance of rank and station to error-and the law must bear and 1839, cloth, 7s. each.]
the blame. Lord Morpeth is, however, a professing Protes- The Village Churchman for October (2d). Volumes for
tant, and, as Protestants, we must regard his conduct in the 1838 and 1839, 2s. Gd. each.
particular case as a prostitution of the high rank and office The Tracts of the Anglican Fathers : Part I. Cranmer ;
which he occupies, to the injury of the Protestant religion. 11. Jewel and Nowel ; 111. Andrews and Bancroft ; IV.
As a Protestant, Lord Morpeth believes, at least he has Laud and King Charles, &c. ;V. Robert Sanderson, John
sworn upon the gospels that he believes, the sacrifice of the eosin, Anthony Sparrow, and Convocation of 1602.
Mass to be an act of idolatry offensive to the Almighty. The Church of England Vindicated in her Practice of
Why, then, has he assisted at that ceremony ? He cannot, Baptism. By the Rev. It. Greaves. 2s. Gd. cloth.
like Naaman, plead compulsion-he was not bound by any The Church of England Independent of the Church of
official duty, and he was bound by his obligation as a chris- Rome in all Ages. 2s.
thin Protestant to be at the time in another place, engaged in The Church of Rome's Traffic in Pardons Substantiated.
a very different manner of worship. Either the noble lord 2s. cloth.
was sincere in his participation in the ritual ceremonies of Dr. Budge on the Increase of Popery in England, and the
the Mass, or he was not. If he was sincere he is a Roman Errors of the Romish Church. 2s. 6d. cloth.
Catholic ;if he was not, his attendance was an affront to the Rev. T. Horn's Exhortations to the Belief and Practice
sincere Roman Catholics present, and a grievous insult to the of Vital Religion, with Cautions. 2s. cloth.
Being to whom he rendered a mock worship. There is no A Letter to the Rev. Sydney Smith, by a Country Curate.
escape from this painful dilemma, and Lord Morpeth is bound Bvo. Is.
to explain why he voluntarily entangled himself in it. There Signs of the Times; a Series of Sermons. By the Rev.
is no bigotry in a man's being what he professes to be. The F. Skurray. Bvo. Bs.
most liberal Protestant is free to absent himself from the Family and Parochial Sermons, by the Rev.W. Shepherd.
sacrifice of the Mass, without impeachment of his liberality. Bvo. 10s. 6d.
Lord Morpeth goes beyond his oracle, Pontius Pilate, for we Sermons by the Rev. T. Day, LL.D. Bvo. ss. cloth.
do not anywhere learn that that person joined in the Temple Letter to the Bishop of Exeter on the Church Discipline
worship. What mustbe the effect of conduct like that ascribed Bill, by the Rev. W. J. Irons, M.A. Is. Gd.
to Lord Morpeth ? Must it not be to create among Roman The Life and Times of the Countess of Huntingdon, with
Catholics an impression that Protestants are not sincere in Portrait, complete in 2 vols. Bvo. 245. ; interspersed with
the religion which they profess-that our creed is purely the Biographical Sketches, Anecdotes, Correspondence, &c., of
creed of expediency and politics ? nearly all the Royal, Noble, Reverend, and other eminent
Mr. O'Connell, who may be supposed to understand what Personages of the last century. By a Member of the Family.
serves the interest of his sect, might teach the noble secre- (Fourth Thousand.)
tary a lesson in this particular. It will be remembered that The History of England, in
ldre amusing ConversaWootontions be-
at the funeral of the late Mr. Cobbett, Mr. O'Connell at- tween a Mother and her Chin. By A`nne .
tended the procession as one of the mourners as far as the 12m0., 4s. cloth.
church-yard gate, and that there he put on his hat and Mrs. Barbauld's Hymns in Prose, (Painter's Edition,
walked away, avowedly from an unwillingness to assist at with additions by a Clergyman's Wife). Is. 4d. cloth.
any form of Protestant worship. Perhaps Mr. O'Connell's oughts on the Litany. By the Rev. George Heaton,
scruples upon the occasion were overstrained, for the burial M. Th
A. 12ino. Gs. cloth.
service of our church scarcely touches upon any of those Parliamentary Speeches. Session 1840, in one vol. Bvo.
points in which we differ from Roman Catholics, but he cloth Bs. Want of Confidence in Ministers •, Progress of
doubtless felt that as every man owes the testimony of his Socialism ; Grant to Prince Albert ; Financial State of the
conduct and example to the creed which he professes, he Country ; Newport-Monteagle Exchequer Job • The Irish
would injuriously affect the interests of Romanism by even Registration Bill ; Imprisonment of the Sheriff; The Corn
so slight a sanction to the forms of protestant worship. Laws ; War in China ; Irish Registration ; Church Rates-
Nobody who believed Mr. O'Connell capable of sincerity Thorogood's Case ; Canada Union Bill ; Scotch Church Bill,
blamed his conduct on the occasion in question ; for our- &c. &c. Speeches of Sir R. Peel, Sir J. Graham, Lord
selves, we expressly acknowledged its propriety, upon the Stanley, Bishop of Exeter, Messrs. Hume, Liddell, Goul-
hypothesis that the man was a sincere Romanist. Every one, burn, Herries, Leader, Gladstone, Sir R. Inglis, Sir George
however, must see the contrast between the cases of Lord . Sinclair, Lord Aberdeen, Lord Breadalbane, &c.
Morpeth's volunteer, uninvited attendance at high mass, and Party Politics and Political Prospects; a Letter to Sir
Mr. O'Connell's abrupt desertion of the funeral procession Robert Peel. Is. Gd.
of his friend, rather than countenance by his presence a ritual Practical Conservatism ; its Nature and Uses ; with an
which at worst could be but indifferent to him. Now, are Appendix on Conservative Statesmen in Parliament : by
not protestants entitled to claim for their religion a respect Robert Thorp, Esq.
and a care, as sensitive as that which Romanists manifest for Nautical Sketches. By Hamilton Moore, jun., with il-
Romanism ? Above all, are we not entitled to demand that lustrations. 7s. 6d. cloth.
professing protestants in high stations shall not abuse the Bishop Hacket's celebrated Speech before the Long Par-
stations to which this protestant country raises them to lianzent. Sixpence.
weaken the faith of protestants and to confirm the errors of
Romanists ? Is not religion itself-using the word in its
most comprehensive and impartial sense-is not religion
itself deeply wounded, when the ministers of the crown one
day ostentatiously assist at a ceremony which they have but
a day or two before solemnly sworn upon the gospels to be
in their deliberate judgment an act of idolatry, the most
grievous against the majesty of Heaven ? We put these
questions indifferently to protestants and Roman Catholics :
indeed, as regards Roman Catholics, Mr. O'Connell has
already answered them- by his conduct.
But Lord Morpeth has acted, no doubt, with a view to
Romanist popularity. This is as stupid as it is opposed to
right principles. Nobody ever obtained popularity worth the
name from any class by practices which that class would not
themselves pursue in like circumstances. True popularity is
founded in good opinion, and, therefore, deserters, trimmers,
and traitors, never obtain it, though they may obtain a meed
of any kind not incompatible with contempt. Even with
the Romanists of Ireland, the Duke of Newcastle is at this
moment a more popular man, in the only sense in which a
man of honour can wish to be popular, than Lord Normanby
or Lord Morpeth : the duke is denounced, but feared and
admired as a noble and generous opponent, while the mar.
quis and the viscount are slavered over with compliments
and despised as unprincipled and sordid servants.

FASHIONS FOR OCTOBER.

(From the " London and Paris Ladies' Magazine of
Fashion.")
It appears to be decided that bonnets will continue to be
worn small this winter ; and as great novelties are preparing
in ribbons, we augur their return to favour. One of the
newest autumnal bonnets is of paille colour gros des lndis,
edged with pink velvet, and ornamented with three feathers
shaded paille and pink. The Parisian ladies have introduced
a new style of coiffure for riding in preference to the hat ; it
is a demi capote of straw, and usually trimmed with velvet.
Beautiful wreaths of velvet flowers are made for straw bon-
nets ; one of the prettiest is composed of wheat-ears of black
velvet, with brides and bavolet of the same.
The newest autumnal dresses are made with plain bodies
open en cceur in front, and trimmed round the neck with
black velvet ; three rows of flat buttons of the same materi-
als as the dress are placed on the front of the body erases to-
wards the top; the revival of the original gigotin sleeve as
worn in 1820 is talked of in Paris, as also short waists.
Flounces continue to ornament robes for full dress ; either a
single one deep, or several narrower ruches are also much in
favour ; they are used to trim the edge of open skirts, fichus,
or bonnets.
Fichus cannezous of white gros de Naples are worn with
deep folds trimmed with mechlin or point lace; lace con-
tinues to be very generally used on every article of dress,
from the cannezous to the pocket handkerchief, on some of
which the crest is embroidered in gold.
The shawls bournous will now be in request ; they are
made of cachemire of pale colour and lined with soft shades,
trimmed round with bands of velvet, with hood, cordeli4e,
&c., wadded and quilted with care. The mantel mauresque
has also appeared of white cachemire lined with paille, cut en
biais ; a few of the folds are attached to the waist by a cor-
deliere, the remainder fall in flutes, forming sleeves, which
are raised it volonte by cords.
Small caps of emboidered muslin are very- generally worn
in Paris, and the trimmings and ornaments of lace and rib-
bon present much variety.
Coral also is fashionable ; not only the cameo brooch, but
long necklaces and bracelets are made of it.

MEMOIR OF HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE

PRINCESS AUGUSTA.

Her Royal Highness was in her 72nd year, having been
born on the Bth November, 1768. She was the sixth child
and second daughter of George the Third and Queen Char-
lotte.
Among the usual congratulations offered to the Throne,
upon occasion of any accession to the Royal progeny, the
birth of the Princess Augusta gave the corporation of the city
of London an opportunity of approaching his Majesty George
111., which they did with a better grace than on some pre-
ceding occasions. For some years it had been the practice of
the corporation to take the opportunity of those public cere-
monies to mix up with their address of congratulation topics
of reprehension, always wanting in proper respect to the So-
vereign, and occasionally approaching to the very verge of
insult. This most reprehensible practice, first recommended
for adoption by the profligate incendiary Wilkes, had grown
to such a height, that it had almost assumed the character of
compliance with established precedent. Fortunately, a bet-
ter and more dutiful spirit animated the corporation on the
occasion under consideration. They took the prudent course
of returning to the more becoming usage of their predeces-
sors, and of steering clear of political animadversions, and
confining themselves to the gratulations on the happy event,
mingled with becomingloyalty—a circumstance which afforded
the King great satisfaction, as was marked by the manner in
which he received and answered their addresses at the levee.
The sweet temper and amiable disposition of her Royal
Highness, both in childhood and after life, made her at all
times a favourite with the branches of the Royal Family ;
her youth was distinguished by an exemplary attention to the
instructions she received from the persons to whom her edu-
cation was confided, and the result proved the advantages she
had derived from them. Of all the members of an accom-
plished family, there was none more conspicuous than the
Princess Augusta. In the fine arts her taste was unimpeach-
able, and her proficiency remarkable. Had her destiny been
fixed in another sphere of life, it is probable her Royal High-
ness would have attained eminence in any branch of accom-
plishment to which she might have thought proper to devote
her high natural endowments.
A little anecdote, which we have every reason to believe
perfectly authentic, as it was communicated by one of the
actors in the scene, marks at once the attachment of the
Princess to the arts, and the unpretending affability which
uniformly tempered her intercourse with all orders of soci-
ety few years back her Royal Highness paid a visit to
the ruins of Pevensey Castle. She entered into a familiar
conversation with the aged female whose province it is to
point out the more remarkable features of the scene to occa-
sional visitors. After some interval, the Princess took a seat
on a camp stool, and continued for a considerable time to
sketch the surrounding objects. When she had completed
her task, she asked the aged cicerone to procure some boiling
water, and partook of tea with her attendants. During the
whole time, the Princess occasionally directed her conversa-
tion to the female already mentioned, and that with such a
perfect absence of everything approaching to supercilious
pretension, that the woman remained in entire ignorance of
the quality of her guests, until the parting liberality of the
Princess, upon a scale to which the receiver of her bounty
was but little accustomed, induced her to make inquiries
which led to recognition of the rank of her illustrious guest.
Dedicated to the gentler affections and unpretending duties
of domestic life, her royal highness took little, if any, part in
politics. The only public occasion on which she was ever
prominently put forward was one not of her own selection,
but resulting from a train of unhappy circumstances with
which the princess individually had no concern, although
they exercised an extraordinary influence upon the fate and
fortunes of other more conspicuous members of the august
family to which she belonged. During the unhappy differ-
ences which existed between George IV and Queen Caroline,
when the princess royal was married to the King of Widen'.
burg, the Princess Augusta was called upon to preside with
his majesty at the levees and drawing-rooms.
As soon as the political considerations which had made it
necessary for the Princess Augusta occasionally to leave the
bosom of domestic retirement had ceased to operate, she re-
turned with undiminished attachment to that course of life
which was at all times the object of her choice. A strict ob-
servance of the forms of the protestant church, a conscienti-
ous conviction of its purity, a devout obedience to its pre-
cepts, and as far as human infirmity permitted, an unbroken
conformity of practice, marked the progress and termination
of an exemplary existence.
The princess, within a few weeks of her death, presented
to each of her domestics, who were much attached to her
royal highness, with a copy of her portrait, as the last ac-
knowledgment which she should make of their attentions.
Her royal highness, also a few days before her death. sent
tokens of remembrance to all the branches of the royal
family.
It is generally understood that her royal highness made a
will previous to her illness assuming its menacing appear-
ance. The bulk of her property the princess has left to the
children of the Kiug of Hanover and the Duke of Cambridge,
and the remainder has been divided as legacies among her
attendants and domestics, not one of whom it is said has
been omitted.

Lusus NATURX.—Mr. John Scott, of Penrith, shoe-
maker, a few days ago, caught in one of the neighbouring
fields a fine goldfinch, which has four legs and eight claws.
Two of the legs come out near the breast, and it makes use of
all the legs and claws when hopping on the twig.
AIIERYSTWITII.—ELOPEMENT.—In love, as well as in
war, dispatch is an essential element of success. The great
Duke has laid it down somewhere that you are to get victo-
ries when you can ; so thought Evans—Morgan Evans—
when, in the witching hour of midnight, he saddled his good
steed in the Belle Vue Stables, determined to strike " a bold
stroke for a wife." This said steed was of the right sort;
and whether licensed to carry more than one outside we
cannot vouch ; yet it would seem that he was fully capable
of carrying Evans himself and a friend behind at a pinch.
We little thought when, after our first sleep, we heard the
vigorous tramping of this horse, that upon its fleetness and
pith depended the fate of the blacksmith's pretty daughter.
But so it was. The latter was, we understand, to be married
the next day to a most respectable shopkeeper, not a hun-
dred miles from Machynlleth. For these nuptials all were
prepared but the maid, and she was bent upon having Evans,
and Evans was bent upon having her. The latter arriving
at her cottage door in the dead of night, with a brawny arm
and willing heart, he lost no time in placing her, " nothing
loth," behind him on his berry brown, and away they scudded
with the speed of thought. Leonora's spectre bridegroom, in
the German ballad, could not have sped with more speed than
" tramp, tramp, plash, plash," Evans darted away with the
blacksmith's lovely daughter. Talybont was gained and passed,
and so were Rhyd-y-Penne, Penygarn, and Commons Coch,
and the gallant steed neither stumbled norstopped until he had
carried the betrothed pair to Llanbadarn Fawr, about a mile
from Aberystwith. Day had not yet dawned, but Evans,
like a good general, had provided for all contingencies, and a
trusty friend had his house open and ready to receive him and
his destined bride. having rested awhile from his fatigue,
lie lost no time in going to Aberystwith, for the purpose of
procuring a bridesmaid, and the other decorous appendages
to a respectable wedding. But here truth compels us to
stop. Evans, as far as we can gather, is no fatalist ; judging
from his conduct, the only unerring test of one's opinion, he
seems to be a fellow that will trust nothing to chance; there-
fore, what must he do before going to Aberystwith, but lock
the demoiselle within the precincts of four strong walls, and
put the key in his pocket. How far this is an imputation
upon the fidelity of the sex in general, and the blacksmiths'
daughter in particular, we leave " casuists to decide." How-
ever, she was not long in durance. Evans returned with all
the necessary " means and appliances," and the pair were
made happy before ten in the morning, by being married in
Llanbadarn church. The bride is decidedly handsome. and
her beauty is by no means diminished in the eyes of Evans
by having £3OO as a fortune. For the credit of our fair
countrywoman, we have been informed that Evans is a young
man of good character.—Carmarthen Journal.

NEW ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON.—The Gresham Com-
mittee met at Mercers' Hall, on Wednesday last, when the
plans for the new Royal Exchange, signed by the lords of
the treasury, with their official approval of Mr. Tite's de-
sign, were laid before them. Mr. Tite was then appointed
architect ; and it was determined to divide the building under
two contracts,—the first for the foundations, which will be
commenced immediately, and the second for the superstruc-
ture. The edifice is expected to be completed within three
years, and the area for the meeting of the merchants will, in
all probability, be ready for their accommodation in the
spring of 1843.
DEATH OF ADMIRAL SIR ROSS DONNELLY, K.C.B.—
This gallant officer died on Wednesday last, at his residence
in Harley-street, in the 77th year of his age, after an illness
of a few weeks. It will be in the recollection of our readers
that a commission of lunacy was issued, at the instance of
his family, in June last, the gallant admiral having been for
some time previously incapable of managing his affairs. The
deceased admiral's commission was dated as follows :
Lieutenant,
27th September, 1781 ; commander, 6th July,
1794 ; captain, 24th June, 1795 ; rear-admiral,4th June,
1814 ; vice-admiral, 27th admiral,
May, 1825 ; and 2Btl;
June, 1838. For his distinguished services he was nominated
a Knight Commander of the Bath in February, 1837. When
senior lieutenant he was in Howe's action, and succeeded to
the command on the death of the captain of the Montagu in
that victory. He commanded the Narcissus attherediiettione
of the Cape and the capture of Buenos Ayres ; and also the
seamen and marines at the landing at Monte Video.
SUICIDE THROUGH DISTRESS.—About four o'clock on
suspended.
Thursday morning an Irishman, named John Greaves, who
resided in a cellar in Small-street, Stockport, rose from his
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a small table, a tub, and one small bed, not fit for a human
being to repose on, and this for five individuals to sleep upon.
He left Ireland about three months ago, since which time he
has been travelling about the country with his family, har-
vesting, or performing any work they could meet with, till
about eight or nine days ago, when they settled in Stockport.