pleased his imagination from its resemblance to those in his native land. He was buried at Corstorphine; and we do not remember ever to have beheld a more affecting spectacle than the last sad ceremony, performed amidst many genuine tears, over the interesting stranger who had scarcely any natural friend in the sorrowing company, but whose virtues had established a lodgment in many a heart, and will, we feel assured, not fail of gaining patronage and protection for those he has left behind him. [The reader is earnestly requested to refer to the notice of Mr. Marriott, and the circumstances of his family, in the cover of No. 8 of this Magazine.—ED.] IRELAND. At the last meeting of the Conservative Society in Dublin, Sir E. Hayes, Bart. in the chair, a large accession of members was announced, and the total rent received for the week declared to be 7067. 9s. 4d. The following is an extract from the address which was agreed to at the same meeting. From the Protestant Conservative Society of Ireland to their Brethren in England, Scotland, and Wales.— "As Christians, remember that our religion is the same as yours, that we kneel at the same altar, worship the same God-call to mind, we beseech ye, that to gratify the Irish popish members and conciliate the Romish priesthood a deadly blow has been aimed at the very exist ence of Protestantism in Ireland, by the suppression of the Bible in the plan of national education, promulgated by those who repress the Holy Scriptures, and seek to establish in their stead an unchristian scheme of mere literary instruction. Upon this subject, brethren, we appeal to your hearts, to your heads, to your consciences as Christians, to your feeling as Aid us in parents, to your experience as men. stemming the torrent which threatens to overwhelm us, and eventually be turned against you. Contribute liberally, promptly, to our fund, and trust us that in upholding Protestantism in this land you best insure its continuance in your own. " The Lord Primate consecrated the new church of Ballygawley on Thursday, 4th inst., and that of Errigle Keeran on Friday, 5th inst. His Grace preached an eloquent and appropriate sermon on the occasion in the latter, and the Rev. Mortimer O'Sullivan in the former. On both occasions the churches were filled with 1espectable congregations. The Rev. William Burgh has been appointed to the chaplaincy of the Female Penitentiary, Circular-road north, for the ensuing three months. The Irish Church Inquiry.-The following are the Commissioners of Ecclesiastical Inquiry:-The Primate, the Chancellor, Archbishop of Dublin, Duke of Leinster, Marquis of Downshire, Marquis of Ormonde, Bishop of Kildare, Bishop of Down, Bishop of Ferns, Bishop of Cloyne, Bishop of Derry, Chief Justice Bushe, Chief Justice Doherty, the Chief Secretary, Sir Wm. M'Mahon, Dr. Radcliffe, Sir Henry Parnell, Sir John Newport, Sir Henry Meredyth, Sir Thomas Staples, the Provost, Doctor Sadleir, Stopford, Archdeacon of Armagh, Burgh, Dean of Cloyne, Lefanu, Dean of Emly, Bernard, Dean of Leighlin, J. C. Erck, Secretary. Dublin Register. Tithes.-The effects of the new composition bill are rapidly developing new labours and new troubles for our executive. The Gazette of the 12th inst. contains his Excellency's orders to the churchwardens of 31 parishes to summon special vestries to enforce the composition in all, according to law. In each of these there will, most probably, be required encampments of police, similar to those lately held at Kilmague, and now transferred to Fecullen. In addition to which, a law suit on the head of each may be expected in the Court of Chancery, now that this additional mode of warfare has been opened by the Government; and that the lawyers and attornies are beginning to side so strongly with the people, as, in many cases, to give them advice and service openly and gratuitously. The most serious feature of this state of society is the alarm which the working of events is creating among the landlords. They are personal safety of themselves and their families gradually arriving at the conviction that the depends either on their residing on their estates as decided friends and partisans of their tenantry in the anti-tithe war, or becoming absentees, and taking their chance of receiving their rents beyond seas. In either case the Government will not be gainers by the forced move ments. More Opposition to Rent!!! - On the first of October nineteen cows were seized as distress for rent in arrear, by a Mr. Charles M'Carthy, and impounded in the common pound of Bally Houlahan, not far from Kanturk, in this county. The priest of the parish, accompanied by a number of persons, went to the pound, and demanded that the cattle should be enlarged. The keep r of the pound, who is always responsible, refused to enlarge the cattle. The Reverend leader of the mob desired that the pound should be forced-and his mandate was instantly obeyed, by a person of the name of Daniel Lynch, and the cattle, distrained by a landlord, for arrears of rent, were triumphantly taken out of the pound and delivered to the owner. Informations were sworn against the Reverend trespasser and two of his accomplices; and on the 6th inst. they were held to bail, before the next magistrate, William Allen, Esq., of Liscongill, to take their trial at the approaching assizes. We will not add a word more.Cork Advertizer. Death of the Rev. Henry Boyd. It is with much regret we this day announce the decease, at Ballintemple, near Newry, on the 18th instant, at a very advanced age, of the Rev. Henry Boyd, A.M.; a gentleman well known to the literary world, and particularly so as the first translator of the sublime works of Dante into English verse. Notwithstand ing his great age, he retained the clear exercise of his faculties to the last moment, and was engaged, within a few hours of his death, in making observations on Dwight's Theology, the reading of which he had just then concluded! NEW BOOKS. JUST PUBLISHED, Valpy's Classical Library, No. XXXIV. 4s. 6d. Edinburgh Cabinet Library. Vol. IX. 5s. Bishop Hall's Three Centuries of Meditations, &c. Part I. Useful and Ornamental Planting. 8vo. 3s. East India Sketch Book. 2 vols. Post 8vo. 21S. Rev. John Howe's Works. Imp. 8vo. 21. 2s. 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Mr. Slade, who had the singular advantage of performing a Tour in the Black Sea with the Capitan Pasha, and who has just returned to Eng. land, is about to publish the result of his observations, under the title of "Records of Travels in Turkey, Greece, &c," which may be expected early in the ensuing month. The Printing of the New Edition of Mr. Lodge's Peerage is so far advanced as to render its appearance certain by about the middle of November; the work will be corrected to the latest date from the personal communications of the Nobility, which have been forwarded to Mr. Lodge. "Golden Legends," containing the Bracelet, the Locket, and the Signet Ring, is preparing for publication, and may be expected speedily. The Puritan's Grave, by the author of the Usurer's Daughter. Lord Nugent's Letter to Mr. Murray, on the Review of his "Memorials of Hampden" in the last Quarterly. Life of Wallenstien, from original and inedited documents, by Professor J. M. Schottky. The Rev. R. Cattermole is preparing for publication, Becket-an historical tragedy; The Men of England, an Ode, and other Poems. Memoirs of Dr. Burney, by his daughter, Mademoiselle d'Arblay. Journal of Elementa! Locomotion, No. 1, with a Plate of Thirteen Views of Steam Carriages, edited by Alexander Gordon, Esq., civil engineer. Mr. G. Mantell has in the Press a popular In. troduction to the Study of Geology, with numerous Plates, which will very shortly appear. ERRATA. In the able letter of "Z. Y." in the last Number, the reader is requested to strike out the whole of the sentence in a parenthesis, in lines 29 and 30 of p. 161-viz. " (except perhaps the last mentioned.)" In p. 164, line 13, for "expenses in recovering tithes," read "expenses in receiving tithes." In p. 219, for "Notices of South Lincolnshire," read "Notices of Louth, Lincolnshire." PRICES OF CANAL SHARES, DOCK STOCKS, &c. At the Office of R. W. Moore, 5, Bank Chambers, Lothbury. Beasts, 3,295 | Sheep and Lambs, 18,240 | Calves, 163 | Pigs, 240. 3 4 a 5 0 THE BRITISH MAGAZINE. DECEMBER 1, 1832. ORIGINAL PAPERS. ON THE ENDOWMENTS OF THE CHURCH. I am Ar a period when there seems to be a general disposition to examine critically into the nature and defects of all existing institutions, it cannot be expected that the church should pass unnoticed. far from deprecating such an examination if conducted with justice and a due regard to the interests of Christianity, for while I know that no institution in this world can ever be entirely free from imperfections while human nature remains what it is, yet I am convinced that the church will be more respected and beloved as she is better known, and will be found to perform the most essential services to the cause of religion and the commonwealth. From a just and fair investigation, therefore, we have much to hope; but it is vain to deny that we are now surrounded by men who are unwilling or unable to bestow on this subject the reflection and candid attention which its high importance demands; men who, under the specious garb of liberality or zeal for religion, scarcely affect to conceal their hostility to that church which has so long flourished in these happy countries. We hear agitators proclaim (and the cry is repeated by infidels, dissenters, and papists) that the property of the church is an intolerable burden, and must be "extinguished;" that an establishment is a grievance, and must be abolished; and that ministers of every denomination ought only to be supported by the voluntary contributions of their own flocks. Under such circumstances, all who value truth and common justice, all who are interested in the welfare of society and the protection of rights, and, more especially, all who are not dead to the high interests of religion, are bound to bestir themselves, that falsehood may be met by truth, that both sides of the question be heard, and that enmity, prejudice, and ignorance may not usurp the place of justice. If we would form a right judgment on the varied schemes of spoliation or of change to which the present time is giving birth, we must always bear in mind the great principles with which they are connected, and, with a view to recall these principles to the attention of the reader, it is intended to shew briefly the necessity of the Christian VOL. II.-Dec. 1832. 2 X ministry, the means of supporting it, the duty of the State in relation to it, and to apply these principles to the case of the church in the United Kingdom. I. The necessity of the Christian Ministry. Without entering at present on any question concerning particular forms of church government, our object is to prove the necessity of Christian teachers in general. There is a natural unwillingness in man to give his time and attention to religion, which tends to expel it from his thoughts. The objects of worldly ambition and desire have a tendency to attract his whole soul and devotion to themselves. How are these tendencies to be counteracted? By what extraneous aid is the attention of man to be drawn to the invisible God when miracles are withheld? How are the indolent to be roused, the ignorant instructed, the disobedient reproved, the feeble encouraged, and the unbelieving converted? These are objects which are all attainable by means of Christian ministers, but which cannot (unless we suppose a continual miracle) be attained without them. The Scriptures, which preserve the doctrines of revelation, cannot urge their own claims to attention, nor preach the gospel, which they contain; this can only be done by living teachers, without whom the bible itself would probably be neglected. Common sense, as well as Scripture, tells us that men will not, because they cannot, "hear without a preacher," and if there is one sect that has not acted on this principle, it is because they alone consider the gifts of the Holy Spirit to be perceptible and miraculous. If reason and the general practice of mankind concur to evince the necessity of Christian ministers, then prudence would teach us to shape our conduct accordingly, even if revelation had not expressly added its sanction; but our obligation is enhanced when we find in Scripture that God himself instituted and approved such an order of men. Christ, we are informed, gave extraordinary and ordinary teachers for the work of the ministry and edifying the church, till we all attain unto perfection. Ephes. iv. 11. He authorized his disciples to preach the gospel and preside in the church, and intimated that there should always be successors to their office, in his promise that "he would be with them always even unto the end of the world," and in his blessing addressed to the faithful servant appointed to give meat to God's household, "whom his Lord when he cometh shall find so doing." The apostles themselves, after they had preached the gospel, returned again, and "ordained elders in every church," whom they acknowledged to be constituted "by the Holy Ghost to feed the church of God." They deputed their authority to others, whom they commanded to "ordain elders in every city," described at length the qualifications of those who were to be appointed to the ministerial office, and, to complete the obligation of this divine institution, distinctly enjoined on all Christians the duty of receiving the instructions which Christ's ministers were authorized to impart. "Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves; for they watch for your souls as they that must give account." "We beseech you to know them which labour among you in the Lord, and admonish you, and esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake." |