Historia Technica Anglicanæ, (the Author had better get some friend to correct his Latin, or give it up.) By Thomas Rose. London: Bennett. 1835. A School History of England, of good principles, of reasonable price, and very respectably executed. Condensed Commentary and Family Exposition of the Bible. (4to. and 8vo.) Part I. London: Ward. THIS is very neatly and well printed. It contains the marginal references, and two separate sets of notes-one critical and explanatory, the other of a religious character. The first appear to be carefully selected from the common commentators. There is no particular value in the others—at least in this first number. A History and Description of the late Houses of Parliament, and other Ancient Buildings of Westminster. By J. Britton and E. W. Brayley. London: Weale. 8vo. Part I. THE names of Messrs. Britton and Brayley have often been joined, and will always ensure a sale for any book of this kind. This work is very well got up, very cheap, and full of interesting matter. MISCELLANEA. VOLUNTARY SYSTEM IN AMERICA. (From Bishop Doane's Episcopal Address delivered at the Convention of the Diocese of New Jersey.) "WITHOUT any regard to the suspicion of desiring an establishment of religion, I venture to say, that there is, in our political and civil institutions, too little reference to Him who is the only source and security of whatever is good in them. I enter into no discussion of the causes of this deficiency, or of the apologies for it. The fault exists, and is to be regretted. What is still more to the purpose, it is, so far as may be, to be obviated. "Righteousness exalteth a nation, but sin is the reproach," and will be the destruction, "of any people." Already it begins to be felt that from the want of a pervading religious principle the institutions which have cost so much and promised so well fail of their expected result; and wise and good men of all parties and of every name unite in the conviction, that, unless as a nation we seek the blessing of the Holiest, the best hopes of humanity must suffer disappointment. There is but one escape from this result,-in national repentance, national humiliation, national submission to Christ. As individuals, we ourselves must do our part by turning truly to the Lord. A public Christian recognition of our dependence on Him as a nation, and of our duty as a nation towards Him, will have its weight with others; and may prevail, if we pour out our hearts before Him, in winning, through the intercession of the divine Saviour, that blessing, without which all we do is vain.” THE "PATRIOT." SOME specimens of the honesty of the "Patriot" were lately given. The following is stronger still. Every one has lately read the correspondence between Lord John Russell and the Bishop of Exeter. Lord John Russell stated that the Tithe Bills were withdrawn in consequence of the threatened opposition of the bishops to them. The Bishop of Exeter proves, by letters from the Archbishop of Canterbury, that the bishops were never consulted at all, and that the Archbishop, having had a confidential communication with the Government, (which he did not feel himself at liberty to communicate to the bishops,) expressed no intention of opposing the Bills; but said they were open to great objections. Besides which, as the Bishop of Exeter observes, Lord Althorp stated that he withdrew his first Bill because the tithe-payers were dissatisfied. And so little did any fear of opposition from the bishops operate on him, that he proposed another Bill the next year. The facts being thus clear, Lord John Russell retracts his accusation and apologizes fully. The "Patriot” suppresses his apologies, and states that his first statement was substantially correct, and his inaccuracy only formal. That is, it is merely formal inaccuracy to say that Lord Althorp withdrew his Bill because the Government knew from private communications that the bishops would oppose it, when no communication had been made to the bishops, and when the Bill was withdrawn to please the tithe-payers. This suppression is gross, wilful dishonesty, which would disgrace any paper but the " Patriot." RESTORATION OF THE CHURCH OF YARMOUTH, ISLE OF WIGHT. THE whole parish, comprising a population of 586 souls, stands within the limits of thirty-five acres. The town, which, in ancient charters, is called Eremuth, was probably in the reign of Henry III., when it obtained a charter of franchise, of more extensive dimensions than at present. The church, which formerly stood at the east end of the town, was destroyed by the French, as the records in the remembrancer's office states that, in the second year of Richard II., Yarmouth had been entirely burned by the enemy, and its inhabitants greatly impoverished. After the demolition of this church, a second was erected, at the west end of the town, on the spot now occupied by the castle. This church also was destroyed by the French in the 35th year of Henry VIII., in consequence of which second incursion his Majesty directed the present castle to be built, the foundation of which is part of the ancient wall of the sacred edifice. The present church was then erected, but of late, after a lapse of 288 years, had fallen into a most ruinous and dilapidated state, owing, in a great measure to the poverty of the inhabitants of the parish, and the destroying hand of time had rendered it damp and unwholesome. In the year 1831, through the exertions and liberality of various individuals, and with the aid of the Society for Enlargement of Churches and Chapels, who gave 150l., this edifice, so lately a desolation, is now renovated, and rendered commodious, decent, warm, and comfortable, at an expense of 7001. Lady Mary Holmes and the corporation of the borough very kindly, at their sole expense, erected a spacious gallery, affording sittings for 156 persons, and it ought to be mentioned, as being worthy of imitation, that a highly respectable dissenter, Daniel Alexander, Esq., a resident in the parish, not only gave his gratuitous exertions in devising and superintending the alterations and repairs of the fabric, which was a great saving to the parish, but, at his own private expense, raised its low and ancient tower, with block stone, 30 feet, making it an object of admiration to the surrounding country, and serving as a land-mark to the mariner far at sea. T. E. EXTRACT FROM THE "WEEKLY POLICE GAZETTE." "THE working of that greatest of all moral nuisances, the established church, has also been apparent in the counties. Clergymen have been very busy and bustling VOL. VII.-Feb. 1835. 2 c in the cause of the Tories, because tithes and Toryism go together. Like Saul and Jonathan, they have been lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they will not be divided.' These parsons have urged the farmers to give their votes to the Tories, with much greater eloquence, and zeal, and pathos, than ever they urged sinners to forsake their sins; and shew that they regard tithes as of much more value than men's souls; and with all their preaching of trust in Providence, they trust a great deal more in the Tories. In fact the clergy, as a body, are, in despite of their gowns, and bands, and oaths, a swarm of detected, blasted infidels. The living is their God-Toryism is their creed-knowledge is their aversion, and libertinism is their practice. The return of the Tories to office-for we cannot say to power-and this general election, has called them publicly forth, like the return of spring calls forth wild animals out of their holes; and great will be the exultation of these godly men if the Tory party are triumphant. "The property qualification of the electors meets us again in the counties, instead of the only just qualification of all voting at Parliamentary elections, even subjection to the laws which the Parliament makes. If Jesus Christ himself, poor as he was, and his apostles, too, were in this Christian country now, they would have no vote; and the clergy and the bishops, too, would oppose their having any such right, because they were poor!"* DOCUMENTS. DISSENTERS' SUBSCRIPTIONS TO CHARITIES. "WHILE it (dissent) has done this, it has been made to contribute its proportion towards the support of an endowed church; and yet it has, as if refreshed by its exertions, greatly surpassed that church in its contributions of service and money to those greater efforts of Christian benevolence which are not of a sectarian, but of a general character.”—(“ Case of the Dissenters.") The advocates of the "voluntary system" cut a very sorry figure among the supporters of public charities. Probably they carry their principle to the extent of saying that all hospitals should be supported by the patients. It appears that there are to the Huntingdonshire Huntingdonshire Subscriptions. The whole amount of the subscriptions is 267 guineas, and of these the dissenters subscribe the very large and mighty proportion of one thirty-eighth, while the subscriptions of clergymen alone amount to 66 guineas, more than nine times the amount given by the whole body of dissenters.-Northampton Herald. INCORPORATED SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING THE ENLARGEMENT This is only a common specimen of the style of one of those newspapers of which it is said that 50,000 altogether go among the lower orders every Sunday. In addition to the most horrible lewdness, indecency, and blasphemy, these papers are now trying to stir up the very lowest orders against the ten-pounders as their great tyrants. deacon Cambridge, Rev. Dr. Shepherd, Rev. C. Benson, N. Connop, Jun., Esq., Samuel Bosanquet, Esq., James Cocks, Esq., H. J. Barchard, Esq., and others of the Committee. Among other business transacted, grants, varying in amount according to the necessity of the case, were voted towards re-arranging the pews in the church at Hinxhill, in the county of Kent; building a chapel at Sarisbury, in the parish of Titchfield, in the county of Southampton; repairing the church at Great Wigborough, in the county of Essex; rebuilding the body of the church at Llanrian, in the county of Pembroke; repewing the church at Westcote, in the county of Gloucester; rebuilding the chapel at Bottwnog, in the county of Carnarvon; enlarging and repairing the church at Trefilan, in the county of Cardigan; building a chapel at Danehill, in the parish of Fletching, and county of Sussex; enlarging, by rebuilding, the church of St. Michael, Stamford. SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE. THE following is the present account of the subscribers to our venerable Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, according to the Report for the year 1834: Clergy. Lay. Males. Females. 64764846 = 11,322 +2788 = The new subscribers for the year 1834 are 158 + 138 = 296 + 69 = Total. 14,110 365 The Report of 1834 contains also a list of legacies of £100 and upwards, which have been bequeathed to the Society from 1714 to 1834. The amount appears to be £198,178 16s. 11⁄2d. £. S. d. 64,954 14 5 £. $. d. 69 Clergymen have given Females... 79 ...... 225 persons Total £198,178 16 1 R. W. B. NARRATIVE OF A VOYAGE WITH A PARTY OF EMIGRANTS, SENT OUT FROM SUSSEX, IN 1834, BY THE PETWORTH EMIGRATION COMMITTEE. BY J. MARR BRYDONE, SURGEON, R.N. I PREFER the route to Toronto by Montreal, Rideau Canal, and Kingston, to that by New York, the Erie Canal, and Oswego, for the following reasons:The expense of freight to Montreal will be less than to New York, in consequence of the great number of ships proceeding to the St. Lawrence in the spring and summer for cargo; while there are few or no English ships to New York with the like object. If the voyage be undertaken about the middle or latter end of April, it may be accomplished in the same period of time, or, at most, two or three days more than to New York, and with perfect safety, provided a fit ship be engaged, and the master gives proper care and attention to his vessel. Emigrants, if proceeding in a body, should go on in their ship the whole distance to Montreal, 180 miles from Quebec; by so doing they avoid the great trouble and inconvenience attendant upon landing their luggage at the latter port, or even shifting it on board a steamer, which may probably be sc Can any One Baron Vryhouven left, in various stock, £66,331 3s. 2d. of your readers inform me who this most munificent nobleman was? This record of his splendid bequest is the only memorial I possess of his former existence. crowded, as to afford accommodation very inferior to that they have been accustomed to in the ship. They can procure at Montreal a decked boat, which will come along side the ship, and at once take the people and baggage on board, without the trouble of landing and re-embarking it or them. Such a boat as I procured, and have described, affords the people every requisite accommodation, ample protection, and shelter from all weather-either the heat of the sun by day, or the cold by night, while passing through the Rideau Canal; and they and their baggage will remain undisturbed, a circumstance of the greatest importance, until they reach Kingston; from whence there are steam boats daily to Toronto; the whole cost from Montreal to that city being 198. per passage, including one cwt. of luggage for each passage. Thus from Portsmouth all the way to Toronto, only three different kinds of conveyance would be employed-namely, the ship to Montreal; the decked boat from Montreal to Kingston; and the steamer from Kingston to Toronto. Whereas by the New York line, four different kinds of conveyance must be employed-namely, the ship to New York; the steamer from New York to Albany; the track-boat from Albany to Oswego; a steamer, or other vessel, from Oswego to Toronto. Our passage from Montreal to Kingston, from some trifling accidental occurrences, occupied eight days and some hours, although usually performed in seven days. At present, the Rideau Canal is in its infancy. I am fully satisfied, however, that this part of the journey may, and will be accomplished, in six days: in less time, at less expense, and with much less trouble and danger, than from New York by the Erie Canal and Oswego, which passage cannot be accomplished in less than seven days. The charge by steam-boat to Albany, including 100lbs. of baggage, one dollar; from thence to Oswego, 209 miles, at 11⁄2 cents per mile, three dollars and a quarter, but including only half a cwt. of luggage from Albany to Oswego. The cost of the other half cwt. would considerably increase the expense by this route, already exceeding that of the Rideau. Moreover there is not the smallest probability of the expense on the Erie Canal being reduced, as is evident from the following extract of a letter of Thaddeus Joy, Chairman of the Board of Forwarders, to A. C. Flagg, of the Comptroller's Office, Albany : "July 10th, 1834.-The Forwarders on this canal feel a lively interest in doing all in their power to make the New York and Ohio Canals a desirable channel for the conveyance of merchandize; but I am frank in saying, that I do not believe a less rate than is now charged will ever sustain them while they transport with their present expedition, and more especially so, when our rail-roads, which are fast progressing, shall take our passengers from us.”— Albany Argus, 6th August, 1834. Comparative Statement of the Expense of the two Routes above described, exclusive of Provisions : |