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The House of God : its beauty and its claims. A sermon
by the Rev. R. P. Buddicom. Liverpool. Newling.
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THE DUCHESS OF BERRY.—Tbe marriage of the niece
of the Duchess of Orleans with the Duke of Berry was
an event of great importance in the history of the former
family. Lively, gay, witty, generous, and open hearted,
the Duchess of Berry captivated all parties, and even
gained the affection of the Republicans themselves. Few
women have ever lived whose passions have betrayed /hem
into more acts of indiscretion and impropriety than this
unfortunate lady ; and yet, few ha se ever possessed such
of its operation upon admiring and devoted followers. She bad the art of
obe the only elements making herself loved to a greater degree than almost any
ganization from falling other woman of her time ; and to this day the name of the
ral in itself, and there- Duchess of Berry carries a talismanic influence with it,
tinuance. Every day even in the liberal circles and saloons of Paris. That
ier weight, jarred by a marriage then introduced more frequently the Duke of
r:oming looser and l•ss Orleans to the court, but the priest party was always op-
ives day by day more posed to him ; caused him invariably to be distrusted ;
effects which its move- and induced Louis XVIII., and subsequently Charles X.,
, under the hallowing. to believe that, in him, the eldest branch had a dangerous
end, and that not re- and decided foe. It was, therefore, that the former prince
'd. We may be thus refused to confer on him the title of " Royal Highnes."—
the figure) materials of Fraser's Magazine.

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ANIMAL AND VEGETA-
BLE LlFE.—That animal life is a distinct substance, and
not an accident or quality of the body to which it is at-
tached, an argument may be drawn from a comparison of
it with vegetable life, in the manner in which both cense
to exist. If a tree or plant be drawn out of the earth, or
cut from its roots, it does not immediately shew any signs
of decay. Its branches retain their elasticity, its leaves
their verdure, and its circulation proceeds unchecked for
some time after the mortal shock is given. As its juices
are exhaled, its parts wither and gradually decay, till its
vital powers are totally extinguished, not by any determi-
nate crisis, but by the continued process of death (if I
may so express myself) attending them. The dissolution
of animal life is sudden. Its powers often continue to
the last ; and the instant of its departure is generally

marked by a violent and convulsive effort, not unlike the
last parting flame of a taper, to which it is often compared.
This effect is sometimes produced when the body has re-
mained for a time in a torpid state, and apparently life-
less. It then revives for a moment, struggles, as if to
break or to retain its hold, and is gone for ever, affording
to the eye of the attentive observer a conviction, exceed-

ing all argument, that some real substance united to the
body was at that instant forcibly wrenched and disunited
from U.—Fraser': Magazine,