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1, in our

tribulation, knowing that all things work together for oiir good,
and that the furnace of affliction is buphe refiner's tire. With-
out such a conflict every adverse providence must appear dark
and cold, full of misery, apprehension, and gloom. * * * *

Again, uy trusting in (Joel's faithfulness, the unchangeableness
of his purposes, and his love, we obtain confidence in our own
final salvation : we obtain the assurance that we shall ourselves
be enabled to endure to the end. But if we are without such con-
fidence, we cannot tell whether we shall endure steadfast for
a day. We can never be sure there will not some day come
some trial, some temptation, which God will not give us grace
to resist, and so, after all, we may fall track into perdition.
And then to talk of joy or peace in believing, of glory in tribu-
lations of a hope full of immortality, would be mockery—it
would be an unmeaning accumulation of empty sounds.".

A Workman that needeth not to be Ashamed: a Sermon,
preached in Wallasey Church, on Sunday, November
Bth, 1846, by the Rev. Thomas Byrth, D.D., F.A.S.,
Rector of Wallasey. London : Hatchard and Son.
Liverpool: Newling.

This is another affectionate tribute to the worth of the
late lamented Dr. Tdttershall. The reverend author ap-
pends the following dedication to his discourse :—To the
bereaved partner of his departed friend the foilowip. dis-
course is affectionately Inscribed by one who, she knows,
loved, and was loved by him, as a brother."

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Dr. l3yrth justifies addresses to the living in honour of
the dead, from primitive example and from scriptural au-
thority, and then proceeds to dilate on some of the more
prominent characteristics of a faithful Christian minister,
and shows, in glowing language, that those features were
sweetly exhibited in the life and labours of Dr. Tattershall,
and that thus he illustrated the character of an approved
and successful minister of the gospel, and shewed himself
" a workman that needeth not to be ashamed."

Whilst speaking of the intellectual powers which the
head of the church sometimes calls into exercise, Dr.
Byrth thus eloquently pourtrays the wonderful powers
of mind possessed by his honoured friend :
"PowerTul in its grasp, comprehensive in its range, keen in
its perceptions, and vigorous and quick in its actions, it pos-
sessed every quality requisite to constitute a master reasoner.
He shrunk from no subject, open to the investigation of the
human faculties, on account of ►ts difficulty; was never satisfied
with an indolent and half executed examination of an interesting
question ; was not betrayed into hasty conclusions by over-
looking any of the essential links of an argument, nor allowed.
himself to be embarrassed by the snares of sophistry, or to be
silenced by the noisy pretensions of learned ignorance. His
wonderful powers of thought were, as is common with men of
the first class of mind, kept in constant activity. He loved
thinking for its own sake; as the eagle delights in the exercise
of its pinions, and cleaves the sky as it soars aloft for the sole
gratification arising from the use of its strength, so did this
eminent man live in the habitual enjoyment of his common
faculties. His love of truth of every kind amounted to a pas-
sion. The natural reward of this noble feeling was an almost
marvellous skill in the detection of error. The calm good
temper—for he was never violent, and seldom severe—with
which he would, almost with a touch, reduce to nothing the
baseless fabric of some fond theorist, showed how little he had

paradoxical

Another quality of Dr. Tattersball, of no ordinary ad-
vantage, is depicted with exquisite beauty:—
" He was naturally of a heart feeling, evrn to tenderness.
No lofty abstractions ever removed him from the sphere of
humanity !Ea rolatinnahin to +La family nCvv.....

forgotteri, in his familiarity with trains of 'thought and specu-
lation, which seemed to entitle him to a place among beings of
a superior order. How often have I seen that majestic counte-
nance, which I shall never see again, suffused with tears, and
quivering with emotion, as he referred, or listened, to some
instance of suffering or distress. He would leave the most
fascinating society, or suspend the most interesting engage-
ment, at the call for his sympathy, or his assistance, without a
murmur of complaint, or a sign of impatience. The lanes and
the cellars of the town, amidst the darkness of the night, and
the violence of the storm, after a hard day of labour and
fatigue—l speak what I have seen—might bear witness to the
perseverance with which he sought out the abodes of the
wretched, and the liberality with which he relieved them. In
no case was he contented with the bare expression of sympathy,

self to the task of doing something to wipe away the imourner's
tears. Like his divine master at the gate of the city of rain.

of grief. I hiveseen him witiilhenOiii:nqi:

the sorrow : his expostulations were receivedw-itirtha"nikfuji-1
ness, for they were unaccompanied with harshness. The
benevolence of his nature was especially manifested in the in-

discussion at any time to amuse them

seemed more happy .than when he had succeeded-in 'linking
his mighty mind their plaything._ Well versed in all the de-
. ..

dicity reduced to a tradec'he could'never

derness of heart, sanctified by divine grace, you will easily

perceive how well, in an important respect, he was calculated
to do the work of a Christian shepherd, and to feed the lambs
of Christ's flock."

subjoined testimony is extremely valuable

"Dr. Tattershall was a thorough Epiicopalian. And this
form of Church constitution he thought he saw more perfectly
exhibited in the Establishment of this country than in any
other portion of the Catholic Church, at least for a long suc-

cession of ages. 1 ought to state, diet in his notions of the
importance of Episcopacy. he went far beyond the views of
those who believe it to be the best of several allowable forms
of polity : he believed that he found it prescribed by divine
authority in the New Testament. He was from conviction,
and not from education, a member of the Church of England ;

and among all her sons, there was not one who loved her with
a more ardent affection, or did her work with more unshaken
fidelity. And Ido not think it inconsistent with the object of

suchiicl;itiaCter before us, for grateful exultation in
the possession of those seats of learning, and that apostolical
confession of faith. by which. under the divine blessing, it was

The Universities of the lttnd,-Snd the

national greatness."

SMUGGLING.—A sailor was yesterday fined, at the
Police-court, in the mitigated penalty of £25 for smuggl-
log two gallons of whiskey on board of one of the Dohlin
g,,vernment mail steam ships. The full penalty is £lOO.
STRIPPING CHILDREN.—A good-looking and well-
dressed young woman, named Sarah Haynes, was yester-
day, at the Police-court, committed for trial on two
,rg, 8 of child stripping. It appeared that she had
taken a string of coral beads from the neck of one infant,
aid a Victorine, or boa tippet, from another, wiling both
of them into a bye place to accomplish her object.
WALTON BRECK CHURCH.—This church, which is now
nearly completed, displayed a lively appearance on Wed-
nesday last, a number of colours having been hoisted on
the summit of the spire to denote that the top stone bad
been safely fixed. We presume the church will be opened
about the close of the present year. The interior displays
a neatness and beauty we scarcely ever saw equalled,
whilst the exterior is no less strictly in accordance with
the best ecclesiastical and architectural taste,

THE LATE ROYAL VISIT AND THE EX-

MAYOR

Whilst rcalumny at home has been pursuing the late
Mayor, Mr. David Hodgson, up to the last hour, and
even beyond it, of his retirement from office, it is pleasing
to find that in a higher quarter—by the Consort of Royalty
itself—his conduct in the administration of his office, as
chief magistrate of our town upon a trying occasion, has
been justly appreciated. We reported, at the time, the
great satisfaction and pleasure with which Prince Albert
appeared to regard the whole proceedings connected with
his recent reception in Liverpool, and the sense which he
frequently expressed to those around him, of the efforts of
Mr. Hodgson, in particular, to render his stay amongst
us agreeable and instructive. We have now to record a
voluntary act of his Royal Highness's, most flattering
to Mr. Hodgson, as proving that the expression of the
Prince's feelings, whe❑ here, was not the result of mere
impulse—not the mere prompting of a sense of politeness,
combined with an amiable heart—but of a deeply seated
conviction that the chief magistrate of Liverpool had
gracefully and judiciously fulfilled the duties of his high
office, and contributed materially, by his attention, to the
pleasure of our royal guest.
The following letter bas just been received by Mr.
Hodgson from Lord Sandon, and has been shown us by a
friend, announcing his appointment as a county magis-
trate, at the express desire of Prince Albert himself.

London, November 14th, 1846.

MY DEAR SlR,—His Royal Highness Prince Albert has
begged me to announce to you, that, desirous of marking in
some way agreeable to you his sense of the attention shown to
him by you during his first visit to Liverpool, and his gratifica-
tion at the circumstances of his visit generally, and believing
that it might be agreeable to you to be placed on the magistracy
of the county, he has expressed to Lord Campbell, the Chan-
cellor of the Duchy, his wish that that step should be taken,
and that accordingly the Chancellor has agreed to do it, con-
ceiving it to be one in every way fitting and right.

It giires me great pleasui:e to be made the°medium of this
communication. [The remainder of the letter was private.]
I am, dear Sir, yours very truly,
To D. Hodgson, sq. SANDON.

Any comment upon this graceful compliment is super•
fluous. His Royal Highness appears to recognise the bear-
ing and manners of a gentleman towards him, although
the Whig-Radical censors of Mr. David Hodgson do not;
and feeling that something more than the every-day offer
of knighthood was due to him, has thus been pleased to
confer upon him an honour which he will value the more
as it enables him to be of increased usefulness to his fellow
creatures.

THE GLORIOUS PRINCIPLES OF THE

REFORMATION

The Rev. Dr. Cumming, of London, the able and do-
quent advoCate of the British Reformation Society, is,
we rejoice to perceive, advertised to deliver two lectures
this week, in the Concert Hall, on Tuesday and Friday
evenings, on the Romish controversy. We believe the
rev. gentleman's reception in our good town will be most
cordial. The Rev. Hugh M'Neile will preside, and the
platform will be crowded by the clergy of the English
and Scotch cliurphes. The following extracts from the
report of the Reformation Society are sufficient to shew
the strong claims that society has upon the affections and
enercies of Eneli•hmen :
" The Society its by

, nas now adae, ,o its agency by appointing, in
addition to a Secretary in the North, another in the West of
England. The number of missionary meetings held by the
Secretaries during the year, many of them with unparalleled
success, amount to nearly one hundred."

" The impressions made at Bridgewater, Taunton, and Tor-
quay, were deep and eminently practical. Many who were
disposed to follow their minister, the Rev. Mr. Capes, into the
Church of Rome, have been arrested and retained in the
Church upon solemn and Scriptural grounds. Protestants
have taken their children from Romish schools and sent them

vingly enlightened and reclaimed in that neighbourhood. The
Rev. J. Illingworth, the Superior of Cannington, and the Rev.
W. Fanning, the Priest of Taunton,. successively entered into
discussion with the Rev. Dr. Cumming, before immense audi-
ences of Protestants and Romanists, and were not only sig-
nally defeated, but were brought within reach of the most
faithful exhibition of the truths of evangelical religion by their
opponent; and it is known to your Committee, that great and
lasting advantages were reaned by these discussions _»