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rity is t

ect of his reply, whereas my letter is one of
criticism only, to expose and protest against what I proved
to be a deceitful handling of the Word of God. In this, Dr.
[look may have copied from another, as Mr. Sherlock also
may have copied from him.

gno se nomine quisquc tuetur,

without at all touching the point of my argument, or weak-
ening the force of my remarks: for Dr. Hook is certainlyf
and seriously to blame, for prefixing in his sermon, alluded
to in my former-letter, a Scripture reference to words which
as used by him, do not occur in the Book of God
Having expressed no opinion before on tl

tbiect of

church authority, I do not feel called upon to express one
ice the passages cited by " Clericus, ' farther
ak him for that from the " Confession of Farrar,
Coverdale, $ e., Sre.," which supports to the utmost
my exposition of the passage under review; quoting, and
applying it correctly and without mutilation, "7f he will not

now, or to notice the
than to tha"•
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church, let him be to thee as an heathen."
will pardon me, I trust, for remarki

" Clericus

conclusion, that, in the present controversy about cCurch
principles (the chrrent of which is deepening and its charac-
ter becoming more sifting every_day), little service will be

done to the cause of truth by that kind of habitual knowledge
(as Mr. Locke calls it) which insists upon conclusions, while
it is unable to refer to the proofs; nor will the case be much
mended by a man's searching to multiply passages, either
wholly irrelevant to the question at issue, else, like Mrs.
Malaprop's polite arguments, that lend as much support to
the cause of his opponent as to his own.

I am, sir, yours, &C.,

[We wish all our correspondents would " stick to their text"
like "A. M." It would avoid much trouble, and be far
more likely to have a convincing tendency.—En.]

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD,

Sin,—Will some of your numerous readers oblige me with
an answer to the following question :—Suppose I buy 100
bars of gold, at the rate of 2 for £lOOO, 100 ditto, at the rate
of 3 for £1000; and sell 200 bars at 5 for £2OOO. Shall I
gain or lose by the transaction, and why ?
Yours respectfully,
ith Nov., 1842. ARITHMETICUS.

WHAT IS THE CHURCH ?

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD,

—Will you permit me to ask any, or all, of your cor-
respondents, who are now so frequently making- use of the

term—" The Church,"—what is the Church? I more
especially ask " Mr. Sherlock," " A. M.," and " Clericus."
Bishops, priests, and deacons, clergy, and laity, all make use
of the term, and yet their writings, speeches, &c., evidently
imply that many of them differ materially in the sense they
attach to it. " Our Mother, the Church ;" " Hear the
Church ; " " The Church ; " " Our Holy Mother," &c. &c.,
are terms in frequent use, and seem to vary in application
and meaning according to the writers and speakers using
them, so that 1, and many other Christian men who are not
much skilled in learning are really puzzled to know—what
the Church is.

Therefore, Mr. Editor, I beg to ask your correspondents—
what is the Church ? I want a Scriptural definition of the
question, and a Scriptural proof of such definition; any
other, of course, could not satisfy. " Clericus " seems to be
a learned man ; also "A. M, ; " and " Mr. Sherlock " has
evidently read a good deal ; I hope that one of them at least
will kindly gire.himself the trouble to answer my question.
[think, also, that by having this question clearly defined
a great deal of misapprehension would be got rid of amongst
im, &c.,

opposing partie

A CHURCH OF ENGLAND CHRISTIAN

November 7, 1842

The Duke of Sussex and the Duchess of Inverness have
arrived at Auckland Castle, on a visit to the Bishop of Dur-
ham, after having spent a week with Earl Gray at Howick.
Prime wedder mutton is now selling in Bisho?-Wearmouth
at 4}d. per lb. ; and on Saturday last, in the market of Sun-
derland, an inferior, but wholesome kind, was selling as low
as 3d. and 21d.

There has not been a marriage or funeral in the populous
town of Darlington for upwards of a fortnight : such an oc-
currence has not taken place for the last fifteen years. In
October, 1841, there were thirty-nine funerals, and in the
last:month only five.

Lord Morpeth has arrived at Castle Howard; where it is ex-
pected he will spend the christmas with his relatives the Earl
and Countess of Carlisle. It is stated that the Noble Lord
is preparing for publication an account of his recent tour in
America and Canada.

The Marquis of Waterford has about 46,000 acres of land
in the county of Derry, on which there are about 800 tenants,
but until this season there had not been anything done by
them in the way of draining their land on any regular system.
By advice and encouragement, however, held out to them by
Mr. Beresford, agent to the Marquis, upwards of sixty of the
tenants have been and are thorough draining on Mr. Smith,
of Deanston's system, and have already completed upwards
of 16,000 perches of drains, filled with broken stones.

SINGULAR OCCURRENCE : AN OFFICER DESERTING.—
Captain Archibald Douglas, 49th Native Infantry, was, on
Monday, brought up at Marlborough-street, attended by his
friends and professional advisers, charged with being a de-
serter from the service of the Hon. East India Company.
He was remanded till Friday, to procure the attendance of
the captain of the ship in which he sailed to England and to
supply other evidence. The proceedings on the part of the
East India Company against Captain Douglas, for alleged
desertion, were resumed on Friday. The captain was com-
mitted to prison upon the evidence, which will be sent to
the Secretary at War, to decide on the committal by the
magistrate.

SINGULAR PLEDGE.—We have just heard the following
story, but cannot vouch for its truth. A young woman wen
into a pawnbroker's establishment, not many miles from
Kilmarnock, the other day,:with a basket containing a quan-
tity of china, which she wished to pledge with " mine uncle"
for two pounds. After examining the contests of the basket,
he gravely stated he could only advance the half of that sum.
In reply to his statement she said. she was aservant, and that
the articles were the property of her mistress, whom she
would require to consult before taking the money. She
therefore let t the office for that purpose, and in a short time
returned with the basket, saying that her mistress would
take what was offered. " Mine uncle" again glanced into
the depository of the precious ware, and saw that it appa-
rently contained the same goods that he formerly examined.
The cash was then paid to the woman, who immediately left
the house, and the case was then carefully set aside. In a
short time afterwards a feeble cry was heard by the broker
issuing from the basket, which he again examined, and in
which, to his utter astonishment, he found a fine child care-
fully wrapt up in flannel, and over which a slight covering of
china had been ingeniously placed for the purpose of decep-
tion. The pawnbroker, it is said, applied to the authorities
for a nurse to the little pledge, but was told that, like other
pledges, he was bound to keep it for twelve months, and, if
not redeemed at the end of that time, to bring it to the ham-
mer, like other pawned property !—Ayr Observer.

NEW ZEALANDERS, THEIR STATE AND PROSPECTS.—
There is a striking peculiarity in the character of the New
Zealanders which is very encouraging to the hope of their
ultimate civilization—namely, the eagerness they have shown
to visit foreign countries, and to see with their own eves
whatever might gratify curiosity, or prove subservient to
usefulness. Even in the days of Cook this spirit of research
displayed itself ; and every one is aware of the difficulties
which in more recent times have been overcome by these en-
terprising islanders in seekinean acquaintance with distant
lands. Mr. Marsden remarks, "My opinion is, that if half
the New Zealanders were to die in the attempt to force
themselves into civil life, the other half would not be de-
terred from making a similar effort ; so desirous do they
seem to attain our advantages." It is well known, too, that
they are proud to array themselves in the dress of Euro-
peans, and endeavour, as far as they can, to imitate their
manners, and even their modes of talking and thinking. The
natives, so lately separated from the cultivated portion c f
their species, not more by their geographical position than by
the deep barbarism in which they ware involved, are 113 W
brought into the light of knowledge and religion.: n n eno
longer ignorant that there are other pursuits than those o
war, and other enjoyments than those or revenge. Christi-
anity, which is in every sense of the word the religion of
civilization, has gone forth among them attended by litera-
ture and the arts, and it is not possible that she should not
eventually triumph over all the ignorance, prejudice, and
ferocity with which she has here to contend. Such is the
mild sway which her sublime faith is exercising over their
minds, that it can hardly fail to restrain their destructive
animosities, and abolith their sanguinary superstitions.
Perhaps no feeling less ardent than a sense of religious duty
could have supported the labourers in such a cause, sur_
rounded by the difficulties and discoma;ements which, met
them at almost every step. But their task has gradually be-
come easier and more cheering ; while few gratifications can
be equal to those which they must enjoy, when they con-
template, as the fruit of their efforts under a benignant
Providence, a general amendment of manners and a great
increase of comfort among the savage people whom they
had undertaken to instruct.—Edinburgh Cabinet Library,
No. XXVIII. Polynesia.

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TRIAL OF LINGUISTS.—A public, examination of the pro-
fessors of the living languages in Paris has jbulsitchleneantrluice
the Sorbonne, by order of the Minister of p
with a view to the granting a collegiate brevetu_ to those most
• German, distinguished by acquirements and capaecriety.
menetxioatmiedinepdr,orbeustsotros
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ish, Italian, and English candidates w
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have etbzeondischarged.l Chiles (p re s
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our readers the concursus of thielelacsotm-
issioners appointed
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The number who presented
erifirst day was 4', but of these
10 speedily evacuated the field.
themselves judgment,
The ordeal was severe, the test
comprehending an oral
of English authors of the explanation
of
portions of. he works
highest class ; a discussion on (Le
comparative merits of these writers, between the candidates,
one explaining certain
objecting and explaiflin abstruse or doubtful passages, another
gin his turn. This argumentation
was animated and interesting, to some
displays of readineand lad e remarkable
readiness and erudition, and also to a few mis-
takes productive of much amusement. As an instance, we
may state that one gentleman (whose claims are among the
rejected),
• translating from Shalisl ieare the phrase of C.:Uri°.
lanes • , where he salutes the citizen in Antinni, with " Save
you, Sir," rendered it by " Saurez-vous"—a reading which
he stoutly defended, amid much hilarity on the part of the
auditors. Another ordeal, perhaps the severest of all, was
an extemporaneous lecture of half an hour's duration;
to be delivered instanter to the assembly, without the
slightest preparation, the subject being drawn by chance
from an urn which was placed on the table. The questions
thus propounded may be Judged of by one, which was " An
pa-
rallel view of French and English syntax, their analagi iI"
ddifferences." This fell to the lot of a Mr. Dowling,- es -
one of
the successful candidates, who showed in its treatment singu-
lar aptitude, powers of elucidation, and knowledge of the sub-
joct. Of the number of applicants, 1G only were admitted
for the honour of the brevet ; and on the whole, this compe-
tition, though not without instances of ignorance and inca-
pacity, has been the means of exhibiting deep erudition and
diversified and brilliant talent on the part of several of the
professors in the highest degree creditable to that body. The
successful candidates are—MM. Watson,city of Orleans, and professor at the librarian of the
Chur-
chill, professor at the College Henri !loyal College;
Davist ; Booth ; Dowling, profess IV. ;B. Laroche ;
laus ; Duharle, Drone!, Nicolar, or at the College
Wil-
kinson,Stanis-
Aubin, Canterel, Veyssier' Lerambert, Martin,
Resee-
Belie Isle. It has been remarkedDescombes, and
only two of the English,
colleges should have professors belonging to the '
Presented themselves
Both these gentlemen he' for examination.
Guiilmaniis messenger. nnurably distinguished themselves.