The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-10-03 00:00:00

1873

518

The pepolatiesof New Illagtend sod New York in 18711. was
5.031,111111. ofwbbili Massachusetts contained oily bad 77, or
'about owe sixth part of the whole. From the above statement
it appears that Massachusetts furnishes 618 students for the
different colleges. which ts about 200 more than her proportion
ammt.lieg to her population. This fact is highly creditable to
that State, as it proves that the advantages of a liberal educa-
tion are duly estimated by the great mass of her citizens. If
every part of the Halted States furnished studeate In the same
los, the whole number at the intermit colleges would
tre4rooo t sad Hose half of these were preparing for the mi-
nistry, as was the as in the colleges at Cambridge and New-
Haves for the Grit ceatery after the settlement of New Eng-
land, the I supply of liberally educated ministers, from
all our colleges, would be more than 1000. We presume to
say that the actual somber it present falls short of 940.—(C0n.
Joanna.)
ON PRICVENTINO THE DESTRUCTION OF TREE.)
BY CATERPILLARS.
(By George Webster, of Albany.)
Taken from the seeoad volume of the.Maeletra of the Board
of Agrlealtere of the Stale of New York.
From my expertesee. I am fully satisfied our fruit and forest
trees may be preserved teem that dreadful insect. the cater-
pillar. In a very sure easy way. In the year ISGS. the large
elm at oar earner was *early stripped of Its leaves by a small
caterpillar. Valises modes to destroy them were made use of,
seek as covering the body of the tree with tar, Lk oil, sod
burning their arils. bet without say good effect. Boma day
is the month of Jely, I was 'deriding at our door, when a gen-
tleman from Niskayana was passing by. He oecosted me In
words like these I—" George, 'de a pity to lose so Lea tree."
" Ws base mailers* of various articles to destroy them, bet
without sneeess."—." Send," says he, " tad get • Hide sul-
phur. and my word for it. not a caterpillar shall be seen after
forty.eight hours." " Will you stay and see it done r--
• said be. The bole was bored, the sulphur put is, and
apiece of wood ther'slse of a aorlwirove in very strongly. to
provost the sap or Winger **Wog eat. hi less time thee he
mem/owed. there was sot the trestle* of a eaturpillar on the
tree. Soo. after. a large caterpillar appeared oe our poplars,
by my howl:—every Pea was served to the *awe way us the
elm had bees, and the resale the name —while my neighbour'
eat dews those Bootees*. because they were very math alarm-
ed that the tweet was that very velsomeas reptile calked the
" esp." A few days after 1 dliooveredltiet e very beautiful
pima tree In my yard was attached by theestespiller: the same
merge was applied. tied the nark the same. I have followed
this practice every year shies ISA when I discovered those
laseds oil my tress, and then base never hoes a caterpillar on
my trees after forty-eight hours. It has been tried in New
York and Pennsylvania, when I have been premed, and in the
western parts of this State. la no ease bas it, to my know-
ledge er belief, filled. Two mew ere sufilelest to go through
an orchard or forest et 9110 trees in a day.

IRELAND.
CLAIM OP CATHOLIC.. TO rear OVER Tin DUD IN
PROTESTANT CHURCH-YARDS.
Statement of the occurrences at a funeral which took
place on Tuesday, the 9th of September, 1823, in the
Cherish-yard of St. Kevin's, Dublin:—
Arthur D'Arey, Esq. brewer, of Usher-street, was inter-
red, in St. Kevin's Church Yard, on Tuesday, the 9th of
September. The funeral was attended by a number of
Priests, who walked in regular procession up March-lane,
to the grave, and there encircled themselves about it.—
When the coffin was deposited therein, one of the Priests,
who stool behind the Sexton, desired him to stand by un-
til he should commence their service. The Sexton, on
turning' round, perceived all in the Church-yard uncover-
ed. and informed the Priest that he was sorry to be obliged
to interfere with him, or any other person, in the perform-
ing of their religious service, but he could not permit him
to officiate there. The Priest asked him, in a very peremp-
tory manner, by what authority he stopped him from pro-
castling ? The Sexton informed him ay directions of the
Clergyman of the parish. And by what authority do they
prevent us ? said the Priest. The Sexton informed him,
by the sanction of their Bishop, ind the express laws of
the land, which prevent any Priest front reading
his prayers, or performing any service in a Protestant
Church-yard. The Priest said they had done so before,
and why prevented now ? The Sexton replied, if he
had. it was by stealth, and not with the sanction of the
Minister of the Parish, as no one, not even a Clergy.
man of the Established Church, could read the Funeral
Service unless authorised by him. The Priest then ex-
claimed. it was a great hardship, and also a great disap-
pointment to them, and to that large Assembly, to be pre
vented. The Sexton replied, he hoped not, as he understood
that they always performed their Funeral Service before
the corpe was removed from their house, and he supposed
that they had dose so that morning, as they themselves
knew well that no Priest could perform any service in a
Protestant Church-yard. One of them then said," Doctor,
go on with the service, and don't allow any one to interrupt
you :" after a pause," or," said he." say the De Ptoftindis."
The Sexton then replied that nothing could be done there
in the way of service, exzept with the consent of the (le:•
gymsn of the parish, and if they wished the Funeral
Service to be read, that he would send for him. They
said, ns. The Priest (rather Blake), thee turned round,
and in a very audible voice informed the surrounding
tit iltitude, " that they were publicly prevented from going
through their service, and as they were prevented from
praying in public, be desired them all to addresa•their
p ayers to heaven, in private, to ihemselven." The Sexton
then retired front the Churchyard to his house, n hile
the multitude were praying, and did not further interrupt
them.
In a short time after. a vast number of respectable per-
sons called at his hone, and one of them asked him, was
it true what they had heard, that he hal the audacity to
prevent their Prle=ts from going through Their funeral
service that morning over their deceased friend. The
Seeiceowaitl, he WAS the person. They them asked by.wlear
authority he had done so. The Seem° replied that Lie had
already informed their Priests. They insisted on knowing
by whose authori'y he had dose so. The Seston the:,
replied, by the orders of the Minister of the Parish whose

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