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ceders from her body: we are attacked, and ma knavery, and ambition, and malice, which make ligned, and opposed with every available weapon ; men cling inseparably together, till they have and the terms of the communion of each sect in satisfaction in all their pretences, or till they are volve our condemnation and exclusion. Now, absolutely broken and subdued, which must always that all this is very sad, let no one deny, who bears be more easily done than the other. And if some in mind the frequent exhortations of the apostles, few, how signal soever (which often deceives us), and of Christ himself, to unity, and charity, and are separated and divided from the herd upon reahumility-let no one deny, who recognises in the sonable overtures, and secret rewards which make Church' a divinely appointed medium of spiritual the overtures look more reasonable ; they are but gifts, and who must believe, therefore, that those so many single men, and have no more credit and who are without her pale are deprived of great authority (whatever they have had) with their and inestimable privileges; but I think that we companions than if they had never known them, invest it with a kind and character of evil which it | rather less; being less mad than they were makes does not possess, and render it still more painful, || them less fit to be believed. And they, whom you when we view it as an attack upon us by a part of think you have received, carry always a chagrin our own body-as if there were a continuing schism | about them, which makes them good for nothing, within us and among us, and brother divided against | but for instances to divert you from any more of brother. If any just concession on our part, in the || that kind of traffic. first instance-if any fair and honourable terms of || Church VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE.-The fathers union, even now, were able to re-unite these dis- || believed the one Church to consist of the body of severed limbs to the Church, it would be the part || the faithful of all nations and of all ages, gathered of Christian charity to concede, or to reflect upon | under Christ their Head; and that of this body the terms which might be offered; and if the schis- || there are two parts, one visible and one invisible, matics had been thrust out by us with unnecessary || between which there nevertheless subsists the contumely, and irritated by improper severity, a || strict and energetic personal union : that the inviburden would indeed rest upon us. But when we | sible part is perfect, and admitted into the fellowcan appeal to history, that we have not been the ship of angels; and the visible imperfect, having separatists either actually or in temper; when we in it a mixture of evil men; and that its unity is can call each sect to witness for us, except in the twofold, organic in its origin and polity, and moral particular question in which it is itself involved; in peace and charity; the visible mark or character when we can with pious confidence approach God, || of unity being communion with pastors deriving lawas loving our brethren, as protesting against errors ful succession from the apostles of Christ.--Manning. and divisions, as in no way and in no degree affording sufficient grounds for leaving our commu

Intelligence. nion; when, in a word, we may look on all who WINDSOR.-The Dean and Chapter of the Royal have left us as self-erected enemies, and self-con- || Chapel of St. George at Windsor have just given stituted aliens from our body, we may pity them || directions for the whole of the interior to undergo indeed, and we may lament the evil of disunion in | extensive repairs and improvements, a work which general; but we stand so far above their insolence, I will occupy at least two months. and so far beside their malice, that we need not feel | OFFERTORY COLLECTIONS.-Subscriptions in aid nor express irritation, and that peculiar tone of || of the new church at Roehampton, Surrey, were sorrow which is excited by the treachery of breth- || lately solicited in the proprietary chapel at that ren and of friends.- Poole's Life and Times of St. || place, when 6141. 19s. 8d. were collected at the Cyprian.

offertory while only 161. 133. 2d. were received THE ONENESS OF THE CHURCH. -l'he early by the non-communicants at the door! We believe Christian writers held and taught that there is in this to be one of the most satisfactory proofs as the world one visible body, which is the Church. yet adduced of the desire of the laity to return to That its oneness consists in having one origin, || the ancient usage of the Church. Might not the one object in faith, one succession and polity, and | same truly Church-system of raising funds for supone Head, which is Christ. This may be called its plying additional church-room be adopted in the organic oneness. That, further, it is one in the parishes of this city, especially in those where the spiritual graces of peace, charity, submission to want of it is so severely felt? The amount colspiritual guides, and in brotherly communion among lected might indeed at first be inconsiderable, the pastors and members of the flock. This may owing to the neglect in later days of such unobbe called its moral oneness.-Manning.

trusive means of promoting the Church's interests ; LORD CLARENDON ON Concession To Dis- | yet we have no reason to doubt but that a return SENTERS. - It is an unhappy policy, and always to this practical following of the injunctions of the unhappily applied, to imagine that that classis of Rubric adopted by our ancestors would, in the men [Dissenters] can be recovered or reconciled | end, be eminently successful in furnishing the by partial concessions, or granting less than they means for raising fitting structures for the increasdemand. And if all were granted, they would have ing population of our city. The contrast between more to ask, somewhat as a security for the enjoy the collection at the offertory and at the churchment of what is granted, that shall preserve their door is very remarkable.--From a Correspondent of power, and shake the whole frame of the govern the Oxford Herald. ment. Their faction is their religion. Nor are Bishop of GIBRALTAR.-The bishop is arrived those combinations ever entered into upon real || in his diocese; and has recently addressed an inand substantial motives of conscience, how er- | teresting letter to the Christian Knowledge Soroneous soever; but consist of many glutinous ciety :-"My reception in Malta was of the most materials,-- of will, and humour, and folly, and friendly kind from the authorities, and from all the members of our own Church; and the kind and this matter. They have laid out the field adjoincontinued attention which I have received gives ing their factory into gardens, for the use of their

reason to believe that my residence here will work-people. The field, which contains about be acceptable, and useful to the spiritual interests eight acres of ground, is well walled on three of our countrymen. I am sorry to say that the sides, and is open to the river on the south. church--for which we are indebted to the munifi. There is one principal walk, of four yards wide, cence of the Queen Dowager--is less advanced to- | running from north to south of it; from which wards completion than I had expected, and that it | branch out walks, of alternately two and four feet will not be ready for consecration till the autumn. || wide, dividing each garden. A cottage-lodge with Partly on this account, and partly on account of a tool-house is about to be built at one entrance. the urgent requests which I have received, it is my || The gardens, above 140 in number, were all numintention, if it shall please God to prosper me in bered and appropriated by ballot; and with each my journeyings, to proceed eastward in March. I lot was given a copy of Paxton's “Cottage Garhope to be at Athens in time to consecrate our new | dener.” Tools were also supplied to those who church of St. Paul before Easter, and to celebrate wished to have them at the cost price; and garthat festival within its walls. Afterwards I pro- || dening is already commenced in good earnest. pose to go to Smyrna and to Constantinople, and The scheme has given the greatest satisfaction to to return by way of the Ionian isles, hoping in all the work-people, who duly appreciate the kindthese places to be employed in confirming the ness of their excellent masters, who have thus churches' of our own communion, and in friendly afforded them the opportunity of agreeably and communication with our neighbours.” The bi- || profitably employing their leisure hours. shop has consecrated a large space of ground, IRISH COLLEGIATE School.-A collegiale estagranted by the government of Malta, for the || blishment for the providing of an Irish-speaking enlargement of the existing burial-ground at Flo ministry is, we are glad to find, about to be esta. riana. He has also held a confirmation in the go blished in Ireland. It is a lamentable fact, that vernor's palace, when 270 were confirmed. Še there are not at present more than ten clergymen veral British seamen having been perverted to in the whole country capable of preaching, or even Romanism, the bishop has addressed a letter to of performing divine service, in Irish. While this the chaplain of the dockyard on the subject. state of things exists, it is impossible to compete

Bishop of TASMANIA.—His lordship, accom- ll with the efforts of Romanism ; which are most panied by the Archdeacon of Hobart Town, sailed | successful among those who speak only the native for his diocese in the Duke of Roxburgh on Sun- || tongue-more than half the population in Ireland. day the 5th of March. The bishop has undertaken || LEEDS LITERARY UNION.- A lecture on the meto remain a few days at the Cape, to confirm the || chanics of the universe, and the theory of universal candidates who shall be presented to him. The next || gravitation, was delivered, on the 15th of March, bishopric to be erected is that of New Brunswick. || before the members of this association, by the Rev.

RoeHAMPTON, SURREY. — The chapel of the || J. H. Gooch, M.A., head master of the grammarHoly Trinity at this place was consecrated on the school, Heath. Notwithstanding the acknowledged 27th ultimo, by his Grace the Lord Archbishop of || difficulty of the subject, thelearned lecturer succeedCanterbury. The chapel is an elegant building, ined in making it both intelligible and instructive. the early English style of architecture. In the | Keighley.-The lord bishop of Ripon conseinterior of the open timber roof is one of the most crated a new church here on the 16th of March, successful attempts we have seen to restore that the site of which is given by the Earl of Burlingbeautiful feature of our early buildings. The rose ton. A board of education was formed in conwindow at the east end is richly coloured with nexion with the Ripon Diocesan Society. His figures, and the seven trefoil arches under it, which || lordship also visited the grammar-school of Keighform a sort of altar-screen, and are supported by || ley, and was present at an examination of the pupils. columns of Purbeck marble, are richly adorned NEWCASTLE.— The consecration of the church of with scroll patterns, in vivid colours and gold, sur St. Peter, in the parish of St. Andrew, took place mounting the Creed, Commandments, &c., in illu on Thursday the 23d of February. The style of minated characters. The altar-carpet is the general architecture is that of the fourteenth century, and work of the ladies of Roehampton. The elaborate | the execution is said to be most admirable. Sevestone font also, at the west end, the gift of a lady, ral of the windows are filled with richly stained is a very ornamental feature of the chapel. We glass, the seats are open, and the centre aisle of understand that the morning and evening service the nave, chancel, and baptistery is laid with ornaof our Church is to be performed in the new build mental pavement; indeed, the whole edifice, both ing, according to the injunction of the rubric, externally and internally, is what a Catholic church “ daily throughout the year.”

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any appearance of recklessness, which would THE TWO YEOMEN.

have marked them as English yeomen.

“Wellmet, Mr. Hartley,” said the younger. A. But is not Freedom-at least is not oursToo apt to play the wanton with her powers;

“ Bound, I suppose, like me, for Oakleigh Grow freakish, and o'erleaping every mound, Spread anarchy and terror all around? "B. Agreed. But would you sell or slay your horse

“Surely,” replied the other ; “ where else For bounding and curvetting in his course ?

should I be going, after the summons which

we have received? We shall have plenty of Let discipline employ her wholesome art; Let magistrates alert perform their part,

time to jog on quietly together, and bring our Not skulk or put on a prudential mask,

horses cool and fresh to the place of meeting.” As if their duty were a desperate task ; · Let active laws apply the needful curb,

“That was just the reason I set out so To guard the peace that riot would disturb;

early,” said Frankland; for that was the And liberty, preserved from wild excess,

name of the younger. “I remembered your Shall raise no feuds for armies to suppress, When tumult lately burst his prison door,

advice last time.” And set plebeian thousands in a roar,

“You are a wise lad, George," said HartLiberty blushed and hung her drooping head,

ley. Beheld their progress with the deepest dread;

* Why, as to the matter of that, perhaps I Blush'd that effects like these she should produce,

| should not have thought of it myself, if you Worse than the deeds of galley-slaves broke loose. She loses In such storm her very name,

had not put me up to it.” And fierce licentiousness should bear the blame.

"Not the less wise for that. A young felCowPER.

|| low who follows the advice of his elders will It was early in the morning of a glorious | act more discreetly than a cleverer chap, may harvest-day about the middle of August that || be, who follows his own devices. Not that I two stout yeomen of the Warwickshire corps, || mean to speak any thing against your clevercoming from their respective homes by cross- | ness, George, or to set myself up as the wisest lanes, met together as they arrived at the man in these parts. Only I have had twenty king's high road. A thick" mist, which the more years over iny head than you; and was sun's rays had not yet had time to disperse, || a yeoman, if I remember right, before you prevented them from seeing each other, some were born." time after the measured steps of their horses, The two friends paced on leisurely in friendly and the clanging of their swords against the || chat,—now stopping a moment to tighten a stirrup-irons, gave notice to each that a com- || girth, now exchanging a few words with the rade was near at hand. The two yeomen were Tabouring men who were going to their work. both right proper men, such as there are many As the mist dispersed before the sun, they still to be found in old England. One was could see, to the right and left, fields full of between forty and fifty, strongly built, with ripe shocks already cut; others where the sunburnt face, and hair slightly grizzled, more | labourers had been at their work since sunwith toil than age. He had a manly and rise, or even sooner; not a few where the determined look; yet at the same time plea- || harvest had been carried, and whole families sant and intelligent. The other was consi- || of children, with their mothers at their head, derably younger, somewhat taller in stature, were seen employed in gleaning. well - looking, with ruddy complexion and " What a glorious harvest-day!” said George light chestnut hair. The men were mounted Frankland; “I should like to know how many on strong-built and active horses, in the ma- || acres of corn will be carried before sunset. It nagement of which they were perfectly at || is rather disappointing, I must say, to have home. In point of equipment they were lit- || to turn out after these rioters on such a day tle, if at all, inferior to the soldiers of a re- as this." gular regiment; while, at the same time, I "I have made it a rule through life," said there was an independence of look, free from Hartley, “ to do my duty at all risks and inNO. XXIX,

MAY 1843,

convenience. And, I may add, for the en |in pleasant places. An English farmer, with couragement of youngsters like you, that I || two hundred acres of the best land in Warhave never repented doing so. If inconveni- || wickshire, at a fair rent, is rather better off ence arose for the time, I have always looked | than a poor Lancashire handloom-weaver.” back with satisfaction on any sacrifice which Hartley paused a moment before he anI made for duty's sake."

swered. “What I have said is true, never6 Pray do not think that I intended for a | theless. Many a labouring man, without moment to shirk my duty and stay at home more than the average wages of a Lancashire -only'' . . .

weaver, is as happy and contented as his “I am sure you did not, George; I know master of landlord."" . . . you too well to suspect you for a moment. Frånkland was a' shrewd fellow, and had Let me just tell you another thing about | often talked with his elder companion on doing one's duty, which is worth knowing. | subjects like the present, and knew that he It is, that when a man has accustomed himself might argue with him without offence, to it for some time, it comes in a manner na I don't know,” said he, “ that we have tural to him; and he does not think of doing quite come to the bottom of it yet, Mr. Hartotherwise, and has no regrets about it. It is ley. You say many a labourer does well, not a pleasant thing to leave home in the and lives contented and happy, without more middle of harvest; but one must not look to than the average wages of a Manchester weawhat is pleasant, but what is right; and then ver. That, I have no doubt, is very true. I the unpleasantness is not thought of. Some | am told there are some weavers who get more may think it unpleasant to pay rent or tithes; than thirty shillings a week, and some not but when a man has accustomed himself to more than six or seven. The mean between look on them as the rightful property of an these two sums might be enough for a careful other, and himself, as it were, just the collector steady man to live on. But what do you say of them, and entitled only to the share which to the case of those who work hard for six remains, why it seems all regular and natural, || or seven ??? and one no longer finds it irksome. If I had || Hartley. “ I take it, that where a man gets used myself to make these payments grudg- | only six or seven shillings a week, it often ingly, why I should lrave felt vexed and an- || happens that his wife and children get a great noyed every time rent-day came round; and deal more, and make up a pretty good living not unlikely have tried to cheat the parson of | amongst them. It is notorious that a great his dues; and instead of going cheerfully to many of the turn-outs have ample wages, and church, and respecting him as God's minister, only want an increase in order that they may and so profiting by his ministry, should per-play half their time, and have more money haps, out of spite to the parson, have robbed | to squander riotously. I have heard of a weaGod of his worship, and myself of his bless ver putting his wife and children on boarding. Depend upon it,” said Hartley, warming || wages, and spending the greater part of his with his subject, “the true way to go through earnings on his own dissipation; and this life with satisfaction is to stick to one's duty; man would be sure to be amongst the first to and endeavour, each day, by God's grace, I strike for wages. However, don't think that to do properly what one has to do in one's I mean to deny that there are vast numbers station. Of course a man is not to expect of the manufacturing population very badly to be without his troubles; but the trou- off indeed, far worse than they ought to be bles that God sends are not a tenth part of in a rich country like this, where there is so those which wilful discontented men are apt much wealth and luxury. I only wish I could to bring upon themselves. Look around at | see how the evil could be remedied. We have the glorious harvest as it falls beneath the got to that pass that good or bad times are sickle, and say whether God Almighty does || alike injurious. In the good times of 1836 not intend that men should live in peace and and 1837, I believe it is a fact well known comfort. Then look at the riotings and tu that 70,000 hands were added to the manumults which overspread the land, and see facturing population; 70,000 men, women, how man puts from him the peace and quiet and children were induced to leave the green which he might enjoy, and brings misery and fields and healthy villages, and go to live ruin upon his own head."

amongst steam-engines and factories. If we “I am not disposed,” said Frankland, “ to had good times again, there can be no doubt, dispute what you are saying. Young as I ain, in the present rage for speculation, a number I am old enough to know that the happiest | of new mills would be erected, and multitudes and safest manner of life is to be contented more of poor people transformed into manuwith one's lot, and do one's duty peaceably; facturers. Then when a reverse came, as only you must excuse me for remarking, that || come it must, we should have so many more we may, perhaps, be disposed to view things unemployed hands that we should not know in rather a favourable light; indeed, we should what to do with. Even without these sudden be ungrateful if we did not. Our lot is cast || reverses, common sense must teach us that the manufacturing system, as at present car Accordingly they turned their horses' heads ried on, must tend continually to the impo- | up the cart-road, and rode along between the verishment of the great mass of those em- | trees and underwood. As they approached ployed. A manufacturer sends, we will say, || the pits, the sound of voices in angry alterten thousand pounds worth of goods to Por- | cation became more apparent, and it was evitugal, and gets the fair price. Next year his | dent that a large body of men were assemneighbour, who has just set up a mill, engages || bled. to send the same quantity of goods for eight I “If we go off here to the right,” said Hartthousand; and another, perhaps, offers to do | ley, “and make our way through the brushit for six or five thousand. So they compete || wood, we shall be able to see what they are with each other; and every year, though | about from that bank. I know the place very more goods are sent, less money, or money's worth, is got in return; and the way in which | The sight which presented itself to the yeothe manufacturer is enabled to meet his en- || men when they reached the bank was not a gagements, and furnish the goods contracted | pleasing one. There were two bodies of men for, is by lowering the wages of his workmen, ranged opposite each other; the one consistemploying fewer hands and more machinery, Iling of fifty or sixty rough-looking fellows with obliging the men to buy their things at all staves and bludgeons, which they were brantruck-shop, which is only another way of || dishing in menacing attitudes. These men screwing them; so that the harder they work were evidently strangers. The other party the poorer they get- the more goods they |was made up of the colliers from the pit, not make, the less they get for them. The rotten more than five-and-twenty in all, whom the ness of the system is obvious to common sense. intruders had forced to come up from their The impossibility of its continuance is matter || work, and were endeavouring to oblige, much of mathematical proof. Every one must wish | against their will, to join in the strike, which most heartily that the workmen got good | had taken place in other parts of the country. wages, and were doing well ; but how it is || Both parties were a good deal excited, and possible, under the present system, I do not were using violent language, especially the see."

strangers; the others were more subdued in Frankland. “Why should not Parliament | their tone, in proportion to the smallness of pass an act to check the excessive rage for || their numbers. speculation, by which the fair trader is ruined, || “Why should we leave our work,” said the workman cheated of his fair remunera- | one of the pitmen doggedly, “when we are tion, and no one reaps advantage, at least any | satisfied with what we earn, and don't wish permanent advantage? Then a good number || for any change ?" of our superabundant population might be U “Don't tell us of being satisfied, you sneaksent every year, and settled comfortably in | ing rascals; you ought to be dissatisfied, and the colonies. This would not only relieve || join the rest of us in claiming our joint rights." the mother country, but furnish fresh markets “Rights! who robs us of our rights? We've for those who stay at home. A good deal I got what we want ; what's the use of more?”. might be done also by cultivating the waste- || “Let me explain it to them,” said one of lands."

the strangers, who was differently dressed Hartley. “Well, I hope some of these re from the rest, and did not belong to the colmedies may be adopted. There are wiser || liers, but evidently had a good deal of influmen, I trust, than you or I at the head of ence with them,-he was, in fact, a chartist affairs; and if not wiser men, One there is at orator. “It is not only for our rights as least who knows what is best for us. Mean- || workmen that we have to contend; but we while our duty is straight before us, namely, have rights as men and Englishmen. Deto assist those in authority to keep the peace. | pend upon it, my friends, that things will It is quite certain that no good can come of || never go right until every free-born Englishrioting that only makes things ten times | men has a vote for parliament, all qualificaworse than they need be.”

tion is abolished, and every man has an equal

chance of being elected. Why should not I, ! As thetwo yeomen thus conversed on things or why should not any of you, have a seat in in general, they came to a spot where a rough || parliament, as well as my Lord This or the waggon-road branched off through a wood, or || Honourable Mr. That? Who is to take care coppice, to some coal-pits which were close of the interests of the working classes, if there by. Suddenly they heard a loud noise, as of are not working men to make the laws ? Who a number of men shouting, in the direction of || is to look after the interests of the colliers, if the works.

there are not colliers in parliament? Let all : “There is something wrong going on there,” | interests be fairly represented. Let there be said Frankland. “Suppose we just ride up colliers, and weavers, and tinkers, and tailors, and see what they are about. The informa- || in short, let there be men of all sorts in parlition may be of use."

Il ament; then the interests of all will be well