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aly weapon of which it is deserving

strate the anti-scriptural

stem which Mr. Sibthorp embraced,
Council of Trent. In the perfor-

les in detail the

d which form the d:

he able, convincing

ination is conducted

community of the empire is under a

to him, which they will, we trust

ry inefficiently, show their sense of by giving the

culation in their power to his very valuable work

would lead us very much beyond the limits of such a
e as the present to follow Mr. M'Afee through the ar-
nits and illustrations by which be bum here proved the

and blasphemous character of the it otnisi

We prefer recommending its perusal, entire, to our

amphlet is well got up, and consisting of SO

pages for ls.—is very cheap, an

I ought to bein

ose heart the subject comes

I to which of us, at a time like t

s, when popery

ously drawing into her net so many victims prepared
y the Jesuit hands of apostate churchmen, is the il-

practices and t

y a master spirit

not come home

and manner of the writer display an earnestness
I calculated to impress the readei in favour of the
o which it is his endeavour to lead him ; and to

e operative body of protestants, to

-essed, we can point out no recent publication
t more calculated to do good.

Coloured Life. By the author of " The Lollards,"
e Self Condemned," " George Godfrey," and "Other
!s." Hugh Cunningham, London : Walmsley, Li-

1. p. p. 304

k pleasant book is this; it contains food for reflection,
nd of amusement, some instruction, and a spice of that

I nuAlit

makes us, page by page, relish what is set
The author—Mr. Gaspey—is a gentleman well
n the literary circles of the metropol!s, not only by
works but by his contributions to the various pe-

—why he has withheld his name on the present oc-
a marvel. The contents of the work pass from grave
rom lively to severe, and is just such an one as we

sake of passing a dolce far niente hour

a book as every library ought to possess,
almost all readers. T-e stories are ca-

ver lines for the tablet erected over "The
y's leg," which have been fathered upon
first wits of the day, have at length been claimed
nt, and appear in this volume. " The Life,
nd Behaviour of public Executioners " contains

1. 'lnn
)f Angl

aticulars and anecdotes—

The two Satur-

Iten narrative of two days adven-

)bier's capture" will surely excite a

dity of the remarks and reflections—'

Trip to Calais and Boulogne " we conclude is
ion facts "as the saying is. This is a really capi-
told with much humour. " The battle between

" is a complete Pun—ic war—
ht sketch of the old House of

s extremely interesting—as carrying the reader
e of much excitement and remarkable for the
)o then flourished. The Russian tale entitled

irious one—the fate of the heroine is
ding tale of " Mary of Eltbam " is told
nd ability—it is a happy effort of the

the notice of all

,t may be taken up with

many others of equal merit, wit, and talent,

u7n, milliner, of Barnard• Castle, committed

. incoosequence of a disappointment in a
'hlY respectable and amiable young

"BE--After a host of counsel had been
,des in the great Wood cause at Gloucester,
s made between the parties, the devisees
heirs-at.law £lO,OOO, which will cover
i at law and equity, and leave them a small

EAM FRIGATE, THE 'LARGEST IN THE WORLD.
• given instructions for the building
,v steam frigate, which is to surpass,
rything of the kind yet afloat. She is
.er ; to have engine room for 600 tons
4., under hatches for 1,000 troops,
id provisions, exclusive of a crew
firmed with twenty guns of

On Saturday, at noon, the two
Tayt,r and Robert Nall. who

of their wives, at the last
d at the new drop, behind the
,vas an old man, being sixty years
held a farm, which is situated in
, a mile and a half or two miles from
Nall, the other unfortunate man, was 30
le was steeped in ignorance, and for some

ito exhibit a perfect in

rful situation in which he was placed

the greater part of
never betrayed the

[IL previous CO eXCUULIti•
t symptoms of trepidation, but seemed to await their
ing fate with calmness and composure. Nall was
lly good spirited and firm. Taylor seemed more re-
and still. Nall appeared to feel great happiness from
confessed his crime. A little before 12 o'clock, the
Sheriff (G. H. Seymour, Esq.) arrived at the castle,
a short time the procession was formed, and proceed-
g the passages to the fatal drop. Whilst on the drop nei-
the wretched men exhibited any symptoms of tremor,
it through the fearful ceremony with wonderfulcourage.
ht of the immense crowd seemed to have no effect
Iml—they did not seem to be daunted in the least.
.vice been concluded the chaplain shook hands with
Iched
-men and retired. The executioner then pro-
, . •

to perform his duties, and the dismal prelimina.ries
; gone through the bolt was almost immediately with-
; and the unhappy men were launched into eternity.
r sufferings sunned to be of short duration.