The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-11-25

the various lecturers in this city are going on with
sort oil double steam power, as regards numbers
IN comparison with those of last year, though with
Out any increase In respect TO efficiency Already
there are half dozen societies holding their week
" meetings throughout the city, which are address
ed by all sorts OF lecturers, men and women some
few with talent, and the greater part without any.
The only lecturers, however, that possess any
importance in any point of view are those on Physl.
oloey MesmerIsm, Geology, and Fourierism And
that the aggregate tendency of al these is towards
materlallsm, cannot for moment admit Of doubt.
And we think, beyond question, that the immortality
of the age has been accelerated and hastened on
until il has reached its present fearful height of
ruption, by this new system of philosophy, which is
in direct opposition to the Christian Religion and all
the principles which have their foundation in it,.
Probably one OF the most signal examples of the ef
fects OF this false philosophy was to be seen in the
last days of Colt He seemed TO be completely i'm
bued with the newphosophy to the highest degree,
and see what an end he came TO. Where Is the
evil to STOP How is it to be arrested?
BISHOP HUGHES AND BISHOP HALE.-These two
celebrated dignitaries, Bishop of the Roman
Catholic Church, and the other Bishop of the
Presbyterian church, have for some time past been
amusing the public with series of letters in which
they cut up each other in the most scientific style
imaginable but at the same time their correspon-
dence has treated entirely of the most trfing mat
tiers, and on subjects in which the public have little
or no interest.
1t certainly is most singular spectacle TO see
principal Bishop of the Catholic church in this
try descend to newspaper controversy, which, in
point of talent is far inferior to the penny ane ef
fusions that fill several of the small papers As far
the controversy has yet progressed, it has been
made up of nothing but "words, words, words -
throughout the whole of it there has scarcely been
single idea or original or important observation !;
and there is scarcely single point connected with
morals or religion involved in it, from beginning to
end. We think that if Bishop Hughes were to con-
fine himself more TO his pastoral duties and less to
political and newspaper squabbles, he would more
nearly resemble the character he attempts to por-
tray of religious dignitary, than he does now by
degrading himself TO fill the office of holy penny
a-liner for the newspapers.
ELopEMENr IN HIGH LIFE.-We have heard a fly
ing report, of the elopement OF rich heiress of
southern planter, with dashing French officer
Can any one tell us the particulars about il Is it
fact? Who are the parties?
FROM BERMUDA Our dates are to the fifth in
stant
The Temperance cause is progressing rapidly in
Bermuda, meetings were held, and numerousy at
tended
The ship of war Spartan, from Boston, with the
Bishop of Newfoundland, was in the ofing, but on
account of the boisterous weather, was unable to
get in.
LATEST FROM GUIANA-We have received the
Royal Gazette, published at Georgetown, to the Sd
instant inclusive From that paper we make the
following extracts:-
The great heats experienced for the last two or
three months have some what abated, and the health
of the colony is improving. The sickness of the pre-
sent year, though quite general, has not been of
fatal character-a circumstance to be ascrbed In
part, no doubt, to the small number of new corners.
Sugar making is going on In lmost every part Of
the colony, and the prospect 49, that the crop OF this
year will exceed that OF the last
immigration is completely at a stand still. The
passages OF Immigrants from the neighboring colo
MES no longer paid, and of course we have none
from ha, quartet They all go to u ITnldad We
Leone, though at the last accounts there still re-
manned considerable number of captured Africans
al ST. Helena Notwithstanding some very extra
VACANT expendi ures very little purpose, there still
remains in the treasury a large sum OF money voted
for immigration pu poses.
The present population of the colony, according
o the latest returns Of the Commlssary of Popula-
ton, founded upon recent census. is about l02 600
OF this number Georgetown contains about l9, 600.
At Barbados there had been several deaths by
yellow fever, and the new Governor had had Sc
we're attack. The new Bishop had arrived and been
"enthroned." All the islands had been favored
with copious rains and there good prosrectfor
the CROPS
The immigration into Triniad continued large,
Angua hao been inundated by hurricane, which
destroyed the crops
The health of Guiana was improving; the slck-
ness had been very general, but not of fatal char
acter. immigration was at an end, but the crops
promised to be large
ELa-o a e