The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-10-14 00:00:00

THE BISHOP OF LONDON'S VISITATION.

The Lord Bishop of London commenced the triennial visi-
tation of his diocese, at St. Paul's Cathedral, London, on
Monday last. The morning service having been chaunted,
the Rev. Thomas, Dale, M.A., vicar of St. Bride's, delivered
the sermon.

The rev. gentleman selected for his text the Ist and 2nd
verses of the 4th chapter of St. Paul's First Epistle to the
Corinthians, and directed attention to the two following
points :—First, the judgment of the church concerning the
ministers of Christ collectively. Second, the judgment of
God concerning the stewards of His mysteries individually.
Mr. Dale contended that it was the duty of every clergyman
to administer the Word of God " entirely, exclusively, and
discreetly,"—not to allow Athanasius, Basil, and Ambrose
to usurp the place of James, Peter, and Paul—to point not
to the church of the fathers but the Church of Christ. He
feared that those who were so anxious for the exaltation of
the church were in some respects depreciating the Gospel.
The church had been designated " the bride," " the Lamb's
spouse," but it must not be considered that the King has
divested himself of his crown, and placed it upon her brow.
At the conclusion of the sermon the bishop proceeded to
his seat within the rails of the communion-table, instead of
to the Chapter House as heretofore. The clergy having,
answered to their names, the bishop commenced his charge.
The Right Reverend Prelate alluded to the present state of
the church, and to the evils that were likely to result from
the controversies which have for the last few years engaged
the attention of the people. He spoke of the warrant of
their ministry, but informed them that he would not detain
them by any lengthened observations on that point, as he
had in a series of sermons recently delivered, and which had
just been issued from the press, fully discussed that im-
portant matter. He would caution them against assuming
to themselves the character of mediators between God and
man, at the same time that he would exhort them to be
careful in impressing on the people the dignity of their
clerical office. It was their duty to initiate the people into
the mysteries of the Gospel, to administer to them the com-
forts of religion, to turn them frcm evil to the knowledge of
God.
His lordship then directed attention to the Articles of the
church, and observed that some of them might be made to
bear a sense which some divines have recently attempted to
fix on them, but that sense was not consonant with the design
of the framers, or with the spirit of the church, for whose use
they were compiled. It is commonly said that they were
framed in a manner that would allow differences of opinion
on some points; this he (the bishop) admitted to be to a
certain extent true, but every interpretation should be ac-
cording to their plain, literal, and grammatical sense. A.
strict adherence to them on the part of the clergy was indis-
pensible, in order to check the waywardness of individuals,
as well as to prevent the innovations of some of its injudicious
friends. The unity of the church was much to be desired ;
but if it must be purchased by embracing the errors of the
church of Rome, he would rather sacrifice it at once. At the
door of that church stands Dr. Wiseman, graciously ieviting
us to enter, but not one concession will he allow in our
favour—not one error will he consent to abandon. Against
these errors we must continue earnestly to protest. One
article asserts that " Holy Scripture containeth all things
necessary to salvation; so that what is not written therein,
or may be proved thereby, is not to be required of any man
that it should be believed as an article of faith." To this
'unerring test, then, must we go, and we shall be secure.
The creeds are valuable, inasmuch as they are given us by the
church, and agree in all points with Scripture. The homilies
are entitled to attention but if these bad never been written,
the great doctrines of Christianity would have been ascer-
tained from the Bible. Tradition is important, inasmuch as
it affords information on matters of history ; but as an inter-
preter of Scripture it is valueless.
The bishop alluded to the doctrine of regeneration by
baptism, which, he contended, was the doctrine of the
Anglican church. He could not conceive how any clergy-
man could justify himself in altering parts of the baptismal
service, or in omitting them entirely, without the slightest
authority. He regretted that the practice prevailed exten-
sively in his diocese, and, indeed, amongst the clergy
generally.
The manner of performing Divine service was then spoken
of by the bishop. What the articles and homilies are with
respect to doctrine (said the bishop), the rubric and canons
are with respect to discipline. Great laxity had of late years
crept into the church, and to those pious and learned divines
who had contributed to its removal he believed the church
was deeply indebted. They had called attention to practices
which bad been allowed to become obsolete, and were to be
commended, although they had in some cases gone beyond
the line by attaching undue importance to things in them-
selves non-essential. We ought not to overlook the good,
and fix our gaze exclusively on that which is evil.
The bishop strongly recommended a stricter adherence to
the rubrical directions of the book of Common Prayer. This
was no new opinion of his. In his charge to the clergy of
Chester, a few years since, he explicitly stated that he be-
lieved no clergyman was warranted in departing from those
directions. If he finds that he cannot conscientiously con-
form to them, the most honest plan would be to withdraw
himself from the ministry.

He had been asked whether he sanctioned the observance
of saints' days. He wished it to be distinctly understood
that he recommended that those days which the church had
appointed to be kept holy should be observed. He alluded
more especially to the Epiphany, the Ascension Day, Ash
Wednesday, and others that were commemorative of the
leading events of the Saviour's life. But to this it bad been
commonly objected that persons were generally found to be
indisposed to attend the services of the church on those days,
and that it was discouraging to the clergy. He (the bishop)
believed that the unwillingness of the people arose in the first
instance from the negligence of the clergy ; and that it would,
in all probability, be some time before these days were ob-
served in a becoming manner. He did not doubt, however,
that the attempt, if persevered in,
would prove eminently
successful. He had also been asked whether he recom-
mended a daily service. He would content himself by re-
ferring to the rubric for an answer. It is there stated that
the curate of a parish church or chapel, being at home, and
not being otherwise reasonably hindered, shall cause the bell
to be tolled daily, in order that the people may assemble to
join him in prayer to Almighty God.
His lordship recommended a more frequent celebration of
the holy communion. In many churches it is administered
only twice in the year ; at the least it should be administered
six times, and in the churches of large towns once every
month.
The dress of the clergy having been the subject of much
discussion, the right rev. prelate took occasiou to make a few
remarks on the subject. He would wish that the difference
between the dress of the clergy and that of the laity should
be as simple as possible, and by no means one that should
expose them to the ridicule of those from whom they should •
command respect. A question had arisen with regard to the
propriety of preaching in the surplice. He thought that
when the communion service was performed it would be
more advisable for the clergy to preach in their surplices than
to retire for the purpose of changing. In the evenings he
would recommend them to preach in their academical
gowns.
The bishop expressed his disapproval of a practice adopted
by some of the clergy, that of turning their backs on the
people while reading the prayers. He approved of the
reading desks which bad been introduced, enabling the
clergyman to turn to the south when reading the prayers and
to the west during the reading of the lessons. To candles on
the communion table he did not object, if they were not
allowed to burn except when the church or chapel might be
lighted up. Of prayers for the dead and auricular confession,
his lordship spoke iny terms of strong condemnation.
The right reverend prelate took occasion to thank the
clergy present for their exert ions in favour of church exten-
sion, and concluded after a few brief observations on educa-
tion and ministerial obligations.

PATENT COMPOSING MACHINE.
(From the Liverpool Albion.)
Nye gave, some time ago, an account of a composing ma-
chine which sets up and justifies the type used in pflatit
Up to the invention of this machine, it was deernecibillt
trade impossible that type-setting could be done
e-cljed as
ma-
chinery, and the hand of the workman was considered
never likely to be superseded. The invention
band can be
com-
posing machine has, however, proved that the
f type-setting.
superseded even in the nice and delicate art o .
printed from
'We have now before us the first book
ever printed
It is
of the
type set up and justified by the composing
heArt of Procuring
entitled, "The Anatomy of Sleep ; er24,,, by Dr. Binns.
Sound and Refreshing Slumber at vl '
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ordinary
dfeovr ima ..,
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tions of the form of certain letters from
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chine. The general reader ctanen
types. The work is very
deviations made necessary by the cons
co etio
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slightest difference between h
and reflects great credit on Mr.
handsomely printed,
atschomeepnorsigtemda. machine, at
whose press, in Chancery-lane,
posing machine having been thus
Young, the inventor
The success of the
will,co
no doubt, undergo successive im-
provements, though i
t ill, perhaps, simplify its action, the
is, what will be the saving between corn-
ortlh:. ep,aittehn
practical question
hand and by the machine ? On this point, so
provements, which
posing by the
important to
printers, and especially to newspaper proprie-
tors'
we are d
interesting book before alluded to, gives us, in
enabled to speak. Dr. Binn, the author of the
d
curious an
a private note, the following particulars :
composed solely and entirely, with the ex-
ception of
the heads of the chapters and the title page, by
~ The work is
the new
lv-invented machine of Mr. Young, which in an in-
conceivably short space of time, set up
the matter and justi-
fies it by one of the mostingenious s
mechanical contrivances
1 ever saw. I have no interest whatever in the machine, but
its value to newspaper proprietors can scarcely be estimated.
Mr. Young assured me that he could afford to set up matter
at 75 per cent. lower rate than by the ordinary way. He,
usual ."
The patent composing machine may be slow in making its
way into general use, but into general use it will and must
come. Its use in a newspaper office will form an era in
printing more important, if possible, than that of the steam
cylindrical machine.

Vortrp.

THE SEA-SHELL'S MURMUR.

BY R. SHELTON MACKENZIE, LL.D.

" I have seen
A curious child applying to his ear
The convolutions of a smooth-lipped shell,
To which, in silence hushed, his very soul
Listened intensely, and his countenance soon
Brightened with joy; for, murmuring from within,
Were heard sonorous cadences! whereby,
To his belief, the monitor expressed
Mysterious union with its native sea."
WORDSIVORTII

A murmur low,
A moan, as if of woe,
In a mysterious whisper aye cloth swell,
From thee, oh wreathed Shell—
As if some spirit, struggling to be free,
Gave a faint echo of the sounding sea.

Lute of the ocean waves,
Some exilp from the waves,
In the deep winding of thy chamber dim,
May breathe a mournful hymn--
Singing, to earthly years, the low, sad strain
Which makes the restless music of the main.

As if, within that cell,
It pined for things that dwell
Tn crystal palaces beneath the seas,
For the red coral trees,
Or for the gems which their rich brightness keep
In the far abysm of the boundless deep.
A melancholy moan,
A music all thine own,
Thou breathest ever in this upper sphere—
As if a soul were there,
Holding communion with that heaving main,
In which its voice may never sound again.
Could'st thou but tell,
Oh ever-murmuring Shell,
What thou hast witnessed in the depths below.
Where stately vessels go—
Where youth and age, the dastard and the brave,
Have found quick burial 'neath the yawning wave!

Yea, more than all—
Like a funereal pall,
How the dark waters sweep above the dead !
What sighs, like odours shed,
The sea-nymphs breathe above the early lost,
Decking their sleep with pearls of priceless cost !
Yet more—oh more!
Upon that ocean-floor,
Paved with the rarest gems that ever shone,
How pale Death sets his throne,
What time the waters by the storms are stirred,
And when, in thunder, his deep voice is heard

One ceaseless sound,
Thrilling the air around,
Breaks from the deep, is whispered by the waves—
A wail from myriad graves,
In which the brave and beautiful do rest,
Like wearied children on the mother's breast.

There have gone down
The banner and the crown—
There friend and foe have found one sudden tomb :
Oh tell if, 'mid that gloom,
The ocean-spirits do not sometimes weep,
While o'er our dead a vigil long they keep !

Thou answerest not !
But, on this sunny spot,
Where come the merry murmurs of the bees,
And sweeter sounds than these—
The music gush of rills—the songs that swell
From childhood's heart—thou moanest, lonely Shell.

The cheerful sounds of earth,
Their music and their mirth,
The light winds whispering with the forest leaves
On lover-meeting eves,
Are sweeter than that echo of the tone
From the dark ocean thou dost make thine own !

Ever to thee
That murmur of the sea
liath a supreme and voice-coercing spell,
Which haunts thee, hollow Shell,
Even as, 'mid music's wonders, hearts will sigh
For simpler song—some home-bred melody.
There !—from the earth,
Lone Shell, I cast thee forth !
Seek, once again, beneath the ocean foam,
Thine unforgotten home—
Drink in, for aye, the music which the surge
Over the drowned doth make—a low, sad dirge!
From the Forget-me-Not for 1842.

EPIGRAMMATIC AND EPITHALAMIC LINES,
ON THE INTERESTING UNION OF JOHN WOOLEY, ESQ,

OF BRISTOL, AND MISS MARY ANN MORGAN.

Thou simplest of the Wooley tribe !
Whom every maid admires !
To this thou'll feelingly subscribe—
" Love's roses have their Bryers."
Shame ! Wooley, shame upon thy folly,
To bring our sex to such discredit ;
Thy tale is truly melancholy,
And would that 1 had never read it !

0, naughty, unromantic knight!
As in thy wooded* fortress lay
The captive maid half dead with fright,
From all her friends away—
How could'st thou squeeze her snowy hand
So tightly through the door,
And render this the boasted land
Of chivalry no more ?

The Bristol men, I always knew,
" Hogs" every wag doth call;
But Bristol women are to you
The greatest bores of all !
'angst daughters thou wert fain to wed!
With dowry half a plumb !
But, ah ! a beggar shares thy bed !
And thou look'st monstrous glum!

Of base "inquisitiveness"
Thou surely host the " organ ,1)
.
Well, if thou'st lost the 'bother Miss,
Thou'st gained sweet N AN CY ,MORGAN I ! !
Danaghade&, October 4. A. H.

* Mr. W. is a timber merchant.
t Miss Louisa King was the lady personated by Miss Morgan at
the hymeneal altar.

LITERARY NOTICES.

Fraser.

Fraser comes out this month in full feather. " The Life
of Sir Murray Maxwell," written expressly for the number,
is well done, and justice is rendered to the gallant sailor.
This memoir abounds with interesting naval anecdotes. In
" Fitzboodle's Confessions," we have a full, true, and par-
ticular account of the flirtation with Minna Lowe. It is
really very funny. Nimrod gives us a long rigmarole touch-
ing his literary and classical capabilities. Nimrod is an
amusing, but awfully egotistical writer. In this portion of
his " Life and Times," he admits this to be the case. Some
very graceful composition appears in the " Pictures of Chris-
tian Life." We have, alas ! now come to the last of the
" Homeric Ballads." Dr. Maginn dictated these to his
friend the Templar the Sunday before be died. An affec-
tionate tribute is appended to the doctor's memory. A pro-
mise of an appearance of Maginn's works is here made.
It ought to be effected with the least possible delay. A ra-
ther half-illnatured, half-clever article, or critique, appears
respecting " Charles O'Malley and Jack Hinton." It at-
tempts to prove what nobody cares about—so satisfied are
we of the " goods the gods do give us." An article on " The
Fine and Froggy Art of Swimming" is surely out of place
in Fraser ? We admit the treatise to be well written, and
with much humour and point. " Affghanistan " occupies
the last pages of the number. The following are specimens
of poetry in this number :

SONG.

Come hither, love, the day is o'er ;
Come hither, love, the sun budget ;
The white waves dash along the sSore,

The fisher, weary, leaves his net.

Oh! wildly as yon billow white,
My heart doth beat for thee;
Come hither, love, and bless my sight,---
Come hither, love, to me.