, 1872-12-08

his drift may be seen from this extract:
The more 1t seems to me, that rationa1ize
or explain by natural cauBes other miracles, such as,
for instance, tho crossing Of the Red Sea- or the more
succeed IN doing away with the supernatural ele-
men in them by further discoveries in tho regions Of
mind matter The better 1t will be for the cause Of
religious truth. This will have to be enlarged upon
hereafter; but whnt We want is mini1anm Of inter
ference with natural laws or the one hand, on the
through the usual organs Of apprehension. What men
want I must again repeat, is not eigns, wondors
commissions Of Nature, but voice from living God,
making itself heard BY methods sufficient to satisfy
rational sober mind Of its reality Such Yoice may
be heard only and hen and may in It's special out
wnsd manifestation, DO confined to few chosen spirits,
from whom it descends to in the usual channels Of
spiritual influence But to them reveals in unnistak-
able language not only the abiding eharacer but also
but This is secondariy producez in them that unde-
fined control over Nature which We call miraculous.
We seem thus to have taken step towards placing
ourselves ut tie centre Of the Of the miracu-
1ous from whence may hope to adjust Its various
windings in their true place Of reality and useful
Ard yet step only shows the % 0re = clearly
must be, and how much easier It is either to swallow
everything or reject everything, according to our
belief in God has been maintained in searching and
trying times; has more blind defence equally
blind attack any real Or or fsutfq interest for those to
Of the main objects Of their lives.
FREE TRADE IN LAND
is paper in which the principles which Golden
80 successfully introduced into the commercial
policy Of Great Britain are applied to the laws
concerning the tenure and transmission Of land.
There is in American land-policy, as far as it is
connected with the legislation Of 1and-grants, an
evil that requires the application OF the same
principles; but Mr. Arnold's paper follows the
divergent track of fprimogeniture, entail, and the
other abuses OF English policy. His views have
an interest, therefore, mainly for those who are
interested in English politics. orthem We give
the abstract Of his scheme:
In order to establish free trade In 1and d-of which,
establish the shall suggest Regulation directed
to the following points
/. The deyoluon Of real property in cases Of intes
tacy, in the same manner which the Law directs in
regard to personal property,
2 The abolition Of copyho1d aud customary teuurea
3. Tho establishment Of Landed Estates Court, for
t]la disposal Of encountered settled property.
4. A completion Of the Ordnance Survey Of the
United Kingdom upon sufficient scale.
5. system Of registration Of title which shall be
compulsory upon the sale Of property, the fees upon
e1penses-being percentage on the purchase money;
the percentage for all sums. certificate Of
title would be given free of al costs IN respect Of any
freehold lands Of which the reputed could prove
undisturbed possession for thirty years. ANY title
could be registered In the Land Registry Office upon
evidence Of title for thirty yearB the fees being the
In Of sale, when the registration won1d be
compulsory.
6. That, preserving intact the power Of owners Of
land to bequeath it undivided In Shares gift,
bequest settlement Of life estate In Land any
trust establishing such estate, should hereafter be
lawful; the exceptions being In the Of trusts for
the widow OF tie infant children tunh they stain ma