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said that all experience, and the natural
development, proved that during our
incapable trf reasoning. He alluded to the peculiari
that precocious intellectual development has rarely been
re -rn

•1v years

found to prelude vigorous intelleeL,—
we get," says a French proverb writer, "an old-manish
boy, we are sure to have a puerile old man." Intellectual
culture, he said, is of great importance, but it must be
kept in due subordination to the spiritual. The intellect
requires to be nicely balanced and carefully adjusted. The
spiritual or moral development is generally lost in coming
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careful watching by the instructor, and here the judicious
teacher will be prompt to appreciate and ready to direct.
He next alluded to the several methods recommended at
different times for the use of Sunday-school teachers ; in
doing this, he gave illustrations of several of the systems,
beginning with Gale's question system, which was, by a
series of interrogations, to fix the attention of the pupil
to the subject concerning which he is reading or being
taught. Catechisms are, he said, in all instances bad edu-
cational instruments ; this had no relation to the particular
doctrines they inculcate,—some of these are good, some
indifferent, and some are very bad ; but it was not in re-
ference to doctrines, but to them o'•
merely words without meaning attached to them.
day schools vary much in character, from the charac
ter of the district in which it is held. When
children are taken from ordinary schools at an early
age, there the Sunday school is of great importance. This
is particularly so in the cotton manufacturing districts,
and in Lancashire and the West Riding of Yorkshire they
have been of the most signal value and importance. He
concluded by saying that be had chiefly confined his obser-
vations to the intellectual portion of the subject.

The Rev. W. F. Taylor moved a vote of thanks to Dr.
Hume for the able lecture he had delivered. It was
seconded by Mr. H. Banner, a
Dr. Hume briefly
the meeting separated

iamation

;knol;vledged the compliment

CHURCH OP ENGLAND INSTITUTE, BINICENTIEAD.—In
connection with this institute, the Rev. Dr. Baylee deli-
vered a lecture on Friday, at the School-room of Holy

Trinity Church, Brook-street

Subject

The Great

Authors—Homer." The lecture was listened to with
satisfaction by those assembled.
THE SEXTON of Chester-le-street, near Gateshead, has
been recently discharged for havinc, opened his father's
grave, and abstracted the breast-plate which was upon the
coffin. . . r .

THE FOLLOWING BEQUESTS are by the late W. Dent,
Esq., the whole to be paid within six months, free of legacy
duty :—To the Society for Promoting Christian Know-
ledge, £500: the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign
Parts, £3OO ; the Diocesan Church Building Society,
£200; the Institution for the Relief of the Blind at Edg-
baston, Birmingham, £lOO ; to the minister and church-
wardens of the parish of St. Peter, Worcester, £l,OOO, the
interest to be applied annually, on or about the .11th of
October, in the purchase of coats, warm gowns, and
blankets, for the poor of the said parilh.
SUDDEN DEATH.—The Rev. William Cowpland, rector
of Acton Beauchamp, was found dead in his bed on
Thursday morning. The deceased had retired to rest on
the previous night in his usual good health. He was in
his 55th year.
THE Vrcin or PRESTON V. " DIOGENES."—An ap-
plication was made in the Queen's Bench on Thursday on
behalf of the Rev. J. Owen Parr, Vicar of Preston, against
the proprietors of Diogenes, to show cause why a criminal
information should not be filed against them for a libel
published by them in that paper. The Rev. Mr. Parr
stated in his affidavit that at Easter last he was obliged,
in order to enforce his Easter dues, to take proceedings
against certain parties, Quakers ; and, on their refusal to
pay, levied the amount by distress of goods. The matter
had been referred to in the Preston Guardian newspaper,
and was subsequently commented upon in Diogenes,
in the article now complained of. The court granted a

rule nisi.
WHISKY FOR Fa.cucE.—The French are making ex-
tensive purchases of whisky in Ireland, in consequence of
the prohibition against distillation from grain in France.
" Our lively neighbours" will find no difficulty in convert-
ing the Irish " mountain dew" into something like cognac.
THE CROPS.—The Belgian Government have removed
the import duty on grain, and in consequence of the failure
of the crop of potatoes their exportation has been pro-
hibited. On the other hand, the Viceroy of Egypt,
tempted by existing prices, has been selling his stores of
wheat, and is stated to have resolved that the cultivation
of the land shall henceforth be free. The purchases of
wheat at Alexandria on English account have lately been
very large ; and a considerable amou
taken from the Bank of Englan
tauce to that city.
AN AFFRAY of a very serious character took place at
Whitewell, near. Clitheroe, on Saturday morning, between
a party of watchers in the employ of Charles Towneley,
Esq., and a gang of poachers, which resulted in the cap-
ture of four of them, Wm. Sanderson, Edward Cowpeter,
Thos. Whittaker, and James Dewhurst, all of whom are
natives of Clitheroe.
LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE AND BNACKBURN
RAILWAYS.—Notice of application to parliament in the
next session has been given for power to amalgamate these
two companies upon such terms and conditions as may be
mutually agrted upon.
THE TOWN COUNCIL OF FALmou'ruhave memorialised
Sir James Graham for a division of the fleet to be placed
in winter quarters at that port; a leading plea being that
Falmouth contributes a comparatively larger supply of
seamen to the British navy than any other port in the
kingdom.—Plymouth Mail.
EFFECT or Low FARES.—The reduction of fares on
the Caledonian and Edinburgh and Glasgow Railways has
increased the number of passengers to an extent which
the managers of these lines never contemplated. The
number conveyed by the Caledonian last week was 95,587,
and by the Edinburgh and Glasgow 26,060, making a
total of 121,647. In the corresponding week last year the
number was only 81,495 for both lines ; thus showing an
increase of 40,000 in a week, or at the rate of more than
two millions in a year.—North British Mail.
PERU.—We hear from Faena, under date of the 3d
October last, that General San Roman, one -of General
Castilla's supporters, had left him, some say with one thou-
sand, some with three thousand, soldiers. The President,
General Echenique, was near to the insurgent General
Castilla, and although the forCes of the latter had
greatly diminished by the defection of the said General
San Roman, the position occupied by Castilla on the high
mountains was such that an attack would entail an awful
sacrifice of life ; consequently the government troops were
hemming them in, and it was almost certain they would
soon surrender or fight. Dr. Domingo Elias, one of the
principal leaders, had disappeared from Arequipa on the
approach of the government troops.
THE WAR AND THE RECRUITING SERVICE.—Never
during the last sixteen years has recruiting been so active
in Leeds as at the present time. We have now in Leeds
recruiting parties from various regiments of horse, foot,
artillery, and two regiments of militia, namely, the 2nd
and 3rd West York. As soon as hostilities actually
commenced, there was a visible increase in the number of
recruits ; and this increase has become greater, week by
week. Since the invasion of the Crimea the war-spirit
amongst the young men of the district has been roused
to an unprecedented height; and it is quite surprising to
witness the large number of recruits that are daily attested
before the sitting magistrates at the Court House.—Leeds
Paper.
ILLNESS OF THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY.—It
is reported that Mr. Hayter, M.P., will be unable to resume
his official functions as Patronage Secretary, in conse-
quence of the severe attack of cataract under which he is
suffering. The right hon. gentleman is; at present in
Paris.
A CERTAIN Secretary of State being asked why he did
not promote merit, aptly replied, 4` Because merit did not
promote me."
INFLUENCE OF ISLANDS ON NAPOLEON'S DESTINY.—
An island gave birth to Napoleon ; arrested in his career,
he seeks shelter in an island, and from that island returns
again to shake the world with the thunder of his tread ;
fallen he is sent from an island to die on an island, killed
by an island power. He issues from the sea to begin his
course ; and that course fulfilled, sinks again into the
ocean. What myth may not the future found upon these
curious coincidents, when ephemeral history shall have dis-
appeared, and given place to immortal poetry !—Gautier's
Constantinople.
WHAT IS A MOUNTAIN P—lt is to one man a mine,
where treasure may be hid ; to another, pasturage for
flocks, or a site for a house ; to the artist it is chrome lake,
yellow ochre ; burnt sienna, and indigo ; to the geologist,
it is trap, quartz, schist, limestone, sandstone, hornblend,
calx, and the like ; to the poet, it is his temple and a throne,
an oracle of pines, a ladder of angels, a landing place for
Mercury. To most men, it is a mountain and nothing
more.

of sovereigns was
on Friday for remit-

AMERICAN IDEAS OP _
a happy, elegant, moral, trans,,
no masters, they are principals ; no
assistants ; no shops, they are all e'
vants, they are all ' helps',
nors ; no body is flogged in bridewell, he merely receives the
correction of the house ; nobody is ever unab
debts, he is only unable to meet his engagemel
is angry, he is only excited ; nobody is cross,
nervous ; lastly, nobody is drunl- "- -
assert is, ' that he has taken his s
OCUIAR DEMONSTRATION. —1
have been previously alluding, a
ing preacher, by the name of Rob•
the chapel in St. Andrew's-strr

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lopmen,
blishmen
no gaolers, they a

utma

sometimes went to hear him
many anecdotes connected
following : —Upon one oc
dropped the immediate s
this observation : "It is

ion whe

of di
coerced. He
alts of childish in the principal streets have assu
are bon-bons and modes—those solemn trii

cries of French
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ways.- Old rumbling cardinal? carriag
dressed servants (like footmen out of

continue as usual; but there
streets of Rome—the neatly
wives, and French maids wit
and cuffs. English travellers are add
sides in their native language by
Reading-rooms, grocery, wine, gin, m

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be seen in every
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iew denizens in die-
;ed French officers'

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tradesmen

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liar signs as tho;e of 'ibe Italians. An English company
has blessed the city of Rome with gas-light, which is a
wonderful improvement. The wires of the electric tele-
graph may be seen touching the Coliseum, and passing
near the Column of Trojan !
such a fact are manifold.

;rowing- out of

munication existed centuries ago, would not the heart of
the Roman empire have kept life-blood in its extremities,
and held the barbarian in check A railway, too, is
actually in progress, although the Papal government
done much to prevent it, without actually prohibiting its
construction. All these events have followed the French
occupation. They are advances i

le right direction

the age has forced on t
some changes have taken place in St. Peter's : there is a
new tomb erected to the memory of Gregory XVI; and
another change—but certainly not an improvement—is

the draping of some statues, 73;-o salute aniiace, I suppose.
Here I found a number of French soldiers strolling about
in an evident state of amazement, and very little devotion.
The Swiss Guards still protect the vatican, in harlequin
costume ; but the military duty at St. Peter's is now per-
formed by the French. Altogether, one cannot help

ne account of

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