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THE CHRISTIAN WARFARE AND TRIUMPH,

There is a warfare man is doomed to wage
'Gainst direful foes,—a multitudinous host,
Malignant, subtle, fierce, implacable,
'Gainst odds, how fearful ! principalities,
And heaven-born powers, in number numberless,
And in their nature, and the scale of being,
Far, far above the earth-born creature, man:
And he, their chief, all but omnipotent,
And seems übiquitous,—roaming the earth
Invisible, on murderous deeds intent,
Like to a lion greedy of his prey,
Or like a ravening wolf, that darkly prowls
With stealthy pace, or leaps into the fold,
Or tiger fell, that sports with agony,
Cruel as death, insatiate as the grave, •
In whom all fiendish hell-born passions rage,
But most revenge and hate, the twin-born brood
Of mad despair, and deathless as their sire.
Yet man, tho' fallen (and therefore weak and frail)
Fallen, like his foes too, from his first estate,
And with innumerous evils compassed round,
And inbred foes as numerous,—traitors foul,—
Fall'n, yet renewed with more than mortal strength,
An earthen vessel filled with power divine,—
A mortal strengthened with the strength of God,—
He fights the goodly fight of faith, till death,
Comes off victorious, more than conqueror
O'er all his enemies,—then lays aside
His helmet, shield, and spear (bis warfare o'er)
His borrowed panoply of heavenly proof,
And, wearied out with conflict, sighs for rest,
Whilst Death, a kind and friendly servitor,
With gentle hand strips off his mortal weeds,
That be may sleep in peace a little while,
In Hades' dark domain, until the dawn
Of that blest day, when, at the trumpet's sound,
Whose blast shall wake the dead, be shall awake
And rise again, renewed with god-like strength,
And put on robes of immortality,
And on his head a pure celestial crown,
A royal diadem ; the victor's prize ;
And hail the prophet's glorious boast fulfilled,
" 0 grave 1 where is thy victory? 0 death!
Where is thy sting ?" and be henceforth, for aye,
A king and priest of God.—the high compeer
Of holy angels, if not more exalt,
As heir of God, joint-heir with Christ, his Lord,
To share his glorious reign,—his mundane reign
Of righteousness, and peace, and joy, and love :
When God, Immanuel, shall dwell with man,
And man with God,—the blest inhabitant
Of that fair city, new Jerusalem,
Doomed to descend from God,—from heaven to earth,
To earth renewed, and paradise restored,—
A kingdom incorruptible and pure,
That fadeth not away,—blest heritage !
Prepared before the world's foundation was,
Won from the foul usurper's tyrant thrall
By Him, ordained to bruise the serpent's head,
The woman's seed, Messiah, David's son,
And David's Lord ; and who, on David's throne,
Shall reign the King of kings, and Lord of bolds,
Wonderful, Counsellor, the mighty God,
The Prince of Peace, whose blest millennial reign
Shall be the foretaste, earnest, pledge, and seal,
Of man's eternal heritage,—the dawn
That ushers in the Everlasting age
Of heavenly joy, and beatific bliss ;
When (all his enemies subdued) the Son
Shall render up the kingdom unto God,
That God the Father may be all in all.
Douglas, May 14, 1842.

G. H. \V.

A MOTHER'S EVENING THOUGHTS.

BY MRS. SIGOiJRNEY.

0, homefelt joys, so dear, so sweet,
My clear wood fire beside,
My baby creeping at my feet,
Who oft with glance of pride
Looks back elate and pleased to show
How fast his tiny limbs can go.
And closely seated by my side,
My little daughter fair,
Whose doll upon her knee doth ride,
Essays a matron's care ;
While many a lesson, half severe,
With kisses mixed, must Dolly hear.

There lie my volumes closed and still,
Those chosen friends of old ;
My pen, regardless of my will,
Lurks in its bronzed hold ;
High joys they gave ; but not so dear
As those that gild my fireside here.
Where harp and viol carol sweet, •
'Mid youth's unfolding hours,
And gladness wings the dancer's feet,
That seem to tread on flowers,
I've shared the cup ; it sparkled clear ;
'Twas foam ; the precious draught is here.
I've trod the lofty halls, where dwell
The noblest of our land ;
And met, though humble was my cell,
Warm smile and greeting hand ;
Yet doth she feel a thrill more blest,
Who lulls her infant on her breast.

Strong words of praise, such words as gird
To high ambition's deed,
The impulse of my mind have stirred,
Though still unearned their weed ;
But what of these? they fleet away,
Like mist before affection's ray.

Though many a priceless gem of bliss
Hath made my pathway fair,
Yet I have known no joy like this,
A mother's nursing care,
To mark, when stars of midnight shine,
My infant's bright eye fixed on mine.
Might woman win earth's richest rose,
Yet miss that wild-flower zest,
Which by the lowly cradle grows,
'Twere but a loss at best !
Pass on, 0 world, in all thy pride,
l've made my choice, and here abide.

Even she, who shines with beauty's ray,
By fashion's throng carest,
If from that pomp she turn away,
And build her shelter'd nest,
And hoard the jewels of the heart,
Like Mary finds the better part.
—American Paper.

LITERARY NOTICES.

Abbotsford Edition of Waverley, Nos. 8 and 9. Robert
Cadell, Edinburgh ; Holliston and Stoneman, London.

We have received Nos. 8 and 9 of this splendidly illus-
trated edition, and can conscientiously state that it improves
as the publication progresses. The present numbers contain
a portion of Guy Mannering ; and, in addition to the beau-
tiful steel engravings which accompany each number, the
woodcuts in each are of the highest class of excellence. In
particular we may mention the portraitures of Dominic
Sampson, Meg Merrilies, and Dirk Hatteraick, which bring
these well-known characters before us just as we have pic-
tured them in our mind's eye, or, rather, as the great magi-
cian has painted them for us. The golfing scene brings to
our mind for the first time a vivid picture of an amusement
which we have hitherto only imagined. The gem, however,
is contained in the last number, and consists of the inimitable
representation of Counsellor Pleydell seated at his game of
high jinks, surrounded by his learned subjects, with the im-
mortal Dandie Dinmont, in boots, spurs, whip and all, a
delighted spectator of the wondrous scene. The figure of
the Liddlesdale Yeoman alone is worth the price of the
number.

The New Statistical Account of Scotland. Blackwood and

Sons, Edinburgh and London.

We received No. XXXVIII. of this excellent work, con-
taining the conclusion of Banff, and part of the county of
Aberdeen. The information of every parish, its topography,
natural productions, agricultural and other resources ; the
number, customs, and condition of its inhabitants, and its
civil history, its eminqnt men, its objects of antiquity or in-
terest, and its capabilities of improvement, forms a body of
information that "cannot but be highly valuable to all who
desire to acquaint themselves with the characteristics of
" the Land of Cakes." The articles are written by gentle-
men (chiefly clergymen) of education, and evident experience.
and research in their several localities, and the arrangement
under distinct heads is all that can be wished for reference ;
while
at the same time the work so abounds with interesting
historical lore, that it may be taken up at any time and
perused with amusement as well as instruction. Now that a
complete and minutely defined survey, on a large scale, of
Great Britain in counties is in progress, at the instance of
the government,form a s citable accompaniment
this work becomes more valuable, as it will
to the splendid and accurate
be laid before the public. As a
smpaepcsimwehnicOlfl:,geerne long,
style, we quote promiscuously the
following passage relative to the life and character of the late
amiable Earl of
pinLer, one of the most distinguished
noblemen of Banffshire:
" There have been few
ento whom his country has been
so deeply indebted, consideredd in the character of a peaceful
patriot, as to James sixth
oliFindlater and third Earl of
Seafield, born 1714. To that
, of sitinguished individual. ap-
pertained the exclusive merit, nitroducing into the north
of Scotland those improvements agriculture, manufac-
tures, and all kinds of useful indunst in the space
of a few years, raised his country from ' which,
that of the most
barism to a degree of civilization, equalat,,tate of semi-bar-
improved districts of the south. His lordship
"ertitneently qua-
excellent education by foreign travel, which eminently
completed an
ineldi one of
lified him for the distinguished part he was d
the field of philanthropy. In 1754, he was appnintit to act in
the commissioners of Customs in Scotland ; and
constituted one of the lords of police. He was one€6of was
the
trustees for the improvement of fisheries and manutactures,e
and for the management of the forfeited estates in Scotland •
and attended to the business of these boards with the most
exemplary zeal and assiduity. Enthusiastic in his desire to
benefit his native land, the prime object of his ambition, be
conversed much with and greatly honoured men of letters
and persons of ingenuity in every profession, always endea-
vouring to convert whatever knowledge he by such means
acquired, to the improvement of his country. In these truly
patriotic pursuits, he succeeded to an extent altogether un-
paralleled in the annals of industrial improvements ; and bis
name is still a household word over the north of Scotland,
being regarded as that of a man who, in his day and genera-
tion, proved himself one of the most substantial benefactors
of his species. His lordship died at Cullin House, 3d No-
vember, 1770, in the fifty-sixth year of his age."

DREADFUL DEATH FROM SWALLOWING VITRIOLIC
ACID.—On Friday one of the mechanics employed in the
moulding department of Woolwich Dockyard died in the
Marine Hospital, in consequence of the extensive internal
injuries he received by swallowing a large quantity of vitri-
olic acid. The deceased, it appears, was at work in the
workshops of the moulding department, and, becoming
thirsty, he took up a mug containing that destructive liquid,
conceiving it to be spring water, and took a draught, which
burnt his mouth and throat in a dreadful manner. He was
conveyed to the hospital, where every attention was paid,
but after lingering for nearly 48 hours he expired, having
suffered the greatest agonies. It appears the acid is an arti-
cle frequently required in the work, The deceased, whose
name was Edward Nicholson, was a young man only 25
years of age, and bad but recently been married.—London
paper.

MISCELLANEOUS,

Mr. Hargreaves, of Leeds, has given a munificent Bona'
tion of £lOOO towards liquidating the debt of the Wesleyan
Missionary Society.—Leeds Times.

It is stated as a fact, that the first observation the Duke of
Wellington made, when fairly put on motion on the Liver-
pool and Manchester Railway, at its first opening, was to
this effect :—" This will be most efficient for the conveyance
of troops."
The Berkshire Chronicle states, that at a vestry meeting
of the parish of Tilehurst, held on Thursday week, it was re-
solved to raise the assessment of the Great Western Railway
from £3OO to about £lOOO per mile. There are two miles of
the line in that parish.
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Mr. Pitt, on one occasion when some measures of his were
thought by the higher aristocracy to be prejudicial to their
interest, as Sir Robert Peel's are now viewed by certain
members of that body, is reported to have said, that he con-
sidered the first duty of government was to provide an ample
supply of food for the people.
LAMENTABLE ACCIDENT.—About six o'clock on Thursday
evening three young men from Arundel left the harbour at
Littlehampton, in a small galley, with the intention of going
for a night's cruise as far as the Owers Light, off Bognor, or
to the Isle of Wight, promising to write to their friends in
the event of their reaching the island. Sunday arriving
without any intelligence from the party, serious apprehensions
were entertained for their safety, more especially as a sudden
squall, resembling a whirlwind, and lasting only a few mi-
nutes, had been felt along the coast, accompanied by a change
of the wind from south-east to south-west. A few minutes
after the change the boat was discovered by the crew of the
Owers, half a mile distant, but it was not afterwards seen.
Subsequently, however, the boat's rudder, stern-sheets, and
oars, a basket, and hat, identified as belonging to the party,
were picked up, and the conclusion is that the boat was cap-
sized, and the three young men met with a watery grave.
The unfortunate gentlemen were a Mr. Carter, of a respec-
table family in Norfolk, articled to Mr. Duke, solicitor, of
Arundel • Mr. Edward Constable, aged 20, son of a brewer
at Arundel ; and a young man named Clear, also connected
with Constable's brewery.

WINDSOR CASTLE.-PRECAUTIONS TO PREVENT THE
INTRUSION OF STRANGERS.—Since the late mysterious en-
trance effected into the. interior of Windsor Castle, by the
man Quested, on the night of Monday week, such precau-
tions have been determined upon and carried into effect as
will effectually prevent, for the future, the possibility of the
privacy of the Sovereign being invaded by the intrusion of
unknown and suspicious characters. The police, who are
stationed at the only entrance which it is possible for a
stranger to pass through, and who formerly went on for
night duty at eleven o'clock, and left at six in the morning,
now commence their duties several hours earlier in the even-
ing and remain until eight o'clock the next morning, from
which hour the usual porters upon the Royal establishment
are in constant attendance throughout the day, and until late
in the evening. It is to be hoped that the great vigilance
now exercised by the respective officials connected with the
department in which they are engaged, will be the means of
frustrating any further attempts (should they be made) to
intrude into the interior of the Castle to the great annoyance
of every one concerned with the Royal Household.

AWFUL THUNDER-STORM.—COUNTY OF LOUTH.—On.
Friday last, at six o'clock, as the family of Mr. Piers Murphy,
himself, his mother, sister, and three children, one of whom
was Miss Rose Murphy, of Newry, at present on a visit
there, were sitting at tea in a small parlour at the western
end of his house, the neighbourhood was visited with a vio-
lent thunder-storm ; a flash or ball of tire descended through
the chimney, splitting a great part of the gable wall and
chimney, breaking through the bed-room, and literally ex-
ploding in the apartment where the family were assembled—
breaking two large framed pictures, shivering the chimney-
piece to atoms, damaging the ceiling and room plastering in
different places, perforating the clock-case in three different
parts, and, most singular, breaking the cups and saucers on
the table were the parties were sitting. The room was bril-
liantly lighted with flame—breaking the window-frames,
glass, &c., into atoms, and wreaking its awful fury on the
individuals present. The parties endeavoured to make their
escape, but Mr. Murphy (who, with his mother, had been
previously struck and scorched most dreadfully), having
recollected that one of,the children present was lying on the
floor, returned, and found it to be his cousin, Miss Murphy,
who had been struck by a piece of the shattered chimney-
piece, and lay prostrate. He brought her to the open air,
when, after the lapse of fifteen minutes, she partially re-
covered, and is now doing well. Nothing but the hand of
Divine Providence can account for the miraculous escape of
the inmates, and is attributed (in the words of many poor
and starving persons) to the charitable generosity of Miss
Murphy. Two cows and a horse have been killed within a
few perches of Mr. Murphy's. A woman named Byrne is
lying dangerously ill from the same effect. A dog belonging
to Mr. Owen Byrne, of Lanett, was also killed on the spot.
—Newry Examiner.

AwFVL VISITATION.—THE CROPS.-011 Friday, the
19th instant, the neighbourhood of the Island for about three
miles round was visited by the most dreadful thunder-storm
ever recollected by the oldest inhabitant. About two o'clock
in the afternoon, the fine blue sky, which wore such a pleas-
ing aspect up to that moment, suddenly became dark and
cloudy—so dark that one could scarcely discern his own hand.
The most terrific peals of thunder, accompanied by vivid
flashes of lightning and tremendous hailstones, ensued, the
latter as large as pigeons' eggs. This was followed by a
waterspout, as if the cataracts of heaven had opened, which
lasted for two hours and a half, leaving a flood that carried
away all before it. The destruction committed on the corn
crops fit for the sickle is really heartrending ; the fine, fields
of corn, particularly oats, are literally thrashed out of the
ear. Even green oats did not escape. There was one field
of oats of fifty acres, belonging to Mr. Bolton, which was
fit to cut, and by far more than half of which is lost; indeed,
every field where the shower fell has suffered incalculably.
From inquiries we have made since the above particulars
reached us, we are happy to say that no injury has been sus-
tained by the crops except in the neighbourhood of the
Island ; but it is melancholy to reflect on the , privations
which this awful visitation must impose on the poorer class
of sufferers in that district. The accounts from all other
parts of the country are of the most cheering character.—
Wexford Independent.

PRESENT TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT.
—A very beautiful Arabian mare (the only one which has
been permitted to leave the country for many years past, and
which arrived in England a few days since) has just been
presented to His Royal Highness Prince Albert, at Windsor,
from the English Consul at Morocco. The mare, which for
symmetry may almost be said to be unequalled, is of a dark
gray colour, standing 15 hands high, and not more than two
years old, and of the purest Arab blood. It reached Windsor
by the Great Western Railway from town a day or two since,
and immediately upon its arrival it was taken to the quad-
rangle, where it was seen by the Queen and the Prince, and
several of the members of the Royal household, by whom it
was greatly admired. Its mane has been cut previously to
its leaving Morocco (a plan adopted in that country with
respect to all mares bred there), and the only " drawback "
to its beauty and general appearance is that of a hog-mane ,"
but it is expected that in a few months, with the care and
attention which will be bestowed upon it, this will be reme-
died by means of the usual training which it will be subjected
to. The mare, which is now at the Royal Mews, Windsor,
will ultimately be placed in the paddocks at Cumberland-
lodge, under the care of Mr. Quarton, His Royal Highness's
stud-groom, for the purpose of raising a stock in this country
from the purest blood of Arabia.
DEATH OF LIEUT.-GEN. LORD VIVIAN, LATE MAS-
TER-GENERAL OF THE ORDNANCE.—lntelligence was
received last night, which caused the deepest regret in the
garrison at Woolwich, that Lieut.-Gen. the Right Hon.
Richard Hussey Lord Vivian had died in Germany. This
brave and gallant officer, on being appointed Master-Gen.
of the Ordnance, on the 19th of May, 1835, performed the
duties of his office with great zeal and ability, and by his
urbanity, kindness, and attention to all was universally
looked upon as the officers' and soldiers' friend. His lord-
ship continued master-general until the accession of the
present government to power, in September, 1841, when he
retired, having previously been raised to the peerage by the
government of which he was a member. Lord Vivian was
born on the 28th of July, 1775, and entered the army as an
ensign on the 31st July, 1793 ; promoted to lieut. 20th of
Oct., 1793 ; captain, 7th of May, 1794 ; major, 9th of March,
1803; lieutenant-colonel, 28th of September, 1804; colonel,
20th of February, 1812; major-general, 4th of June, 1814;
and lieutenant-general, 22d of July, 1830. The lieutenant-
general served in Flanders and Holland, under the Duke of
York from June, 1794, until the return of the army in 1795.
He was present at the sortie from Nuneguen, and was left
with a picquet of the 28th regiment, in conjunction with
other picquets, to hold it after the retreat of the army. He
was present in the affair of Geldermalsen, in which his regi-
ment (the 28th) suffered severely, and in other skirmishes.
His lordship was also present in all the different battles
.which took place during the expedition to the Helder, ex-
cepting in the landing. Commanded the 7th hussars in the
campaign under Sir John Moore in 1808 and 1809. Com-
manded a brigade of cavalry in the Peninsula from Sept.
1813, until the return of the army ; including the battles of
Orthes, Nive, and Toulouse. He was severely wounded in
carrying the bridge of Croix d'Orade, near Toulouse, and
served at the battle of Waterloo. Lord Vivian received a
medal and one clasp for Sahagun, and Benevente, and Orthes.
His lordship's death causes a vacancy in the Ist dragoons,
of which regiment he was colonel.

A crime, attended with an exhibition of depravity and
barbarity but rarely equalled, engaged the attention of the
Court of Assizes for the Gard, held at Nismes, during one of
its recent sittings. Etienne Perrier, a man 55 years of age,
was brought before it to be tried for the murder of his wife,
under the following circumstances. It appeared from the
evidence, that at the end of January last, Jane Perrier, the
deceased, was discharged from the central prison of Mont-
pellier, where she bad undergone confinement during a cer-
tain period for a theft of which she had been convicted.
She brought away with her the petty sum of 40 francs only,
and yet the possession of this was believed to have been the
exciting cause of her death. On Wednesday, the 2d February
last, this woman and her husband came to occupy a room
in the house of the widow Durand, in the rue Payee, at
Nismes, and both were seen entering it together about seven
o'clock in the evening of the next day, but from that hour
the woman was never more beheld alive. On the Saturday
following, Madame Durand went to the well to draw water,
but was prevented by some solid body lying at the bottom.
She obtained the assistance of some persons with long poles
having hooks at the end, and by means of these it was soon
ascertained that the impediment was a dead body. The
commissary of police being sent for, in his presence it was
raised, and ascertained to be the corpse of a female, but so
mutilated that she could not at once be identified. The
head was fractured, the throat cut, and the face so disfigured
that the features could not be recognised. All the lodgers
and other inhabitants of the house were summoned ruund
the magistrate, and all appeared except Perrier and his wife.
On proceeding to their apartment, the door was found shut,
but the key was outside. On entering the room, the follow-
ing evidence of crime, under the most savage deliberation,
was disclosed. The bed showed that one person had slept
in it. It had no marks of violence, but there was a stain of
blood on the bolster, which indicated that some victim had
beennea struck in sleep. A mass of clotted blood was found
etirkiapnehair, and behind the door a marmite (an earthen
agr-tv
wasessl2e
efilled
pairwith
of
had evidently still exhibiting
these and other features, pantaloons, known
discovered.
wnlntoanboe:
long to Perri
other conclusion than blood-stains, though endea-
voursbeen made to wash them out. From
senseless by the that,atures, it was impossible to come to any
when he bad rendered his wife
blows inflicted upon her, he had taken her
out of tne bed, and deli
rtberately placed her head between his
knees and cut her throat
clotted gore, where it stiliacl
with a knife, which he left near the
it was subsequently ascertainyedcovered with blood, and which
morn-
ing of the murder. That the corpse of the person murdered
in the room was the same as found in the well, was
clearly evidenced by the marks of blood which could be very
the distinctlywito witnesses
s tsreasc
testifieded from tthoe
theone
repeatedplace to the other. Several of
quarrels between this
degraded couple, one of whom, Perrier
• was an inveterate
drunkard, and both were thieves, for the niti.isrobawell as the
woman had been in the bands of justice fo
appears that long before the murder he had atteirnPd to
drown his wife. She was found floating senseless near the
bank of the river, but was taken out and resuscitated. o,
her first coming to her senses she exclaimed, " Ah ! le bri-
gand ! " but could never afterwards be prevailed upon to
accuse him or any one else of the act. On the present
charge the jury, after half an hour's deliberation, delivered
a verdict of guilty, but without premeditation, whereupon
the court sentenced the prisoner to hard labour at Ole hulks
for life.