tried here. In the centre of the village, the heart of the philanthropist is gladdened by a noble structure, entitled, the Vicar's Almshouse;'-it is built of Bath free-stone, in a style at once handsome and substantial, and is devoted to the reception of twelve poor people, who, from the experience of better days, and the education and habits of former years, are far too good for the pollution of the common poor-house, and yet are obliged, by sorrow and misfortune, to seek any shelter, however dreary, where they may hide their head and die. I have often dreamed in theory of what a blessing such an institution as this might prove to a parish; 1 never till now saw it realized-and yet in a commercial country like our own, and where wealth is in such a constant state of fluctuation, what a circle does not such a scheme embrace. For what country Clergyman, at all conversant with the state of his flock, cannot say that he has found many children of sorrow, far superior to the indiscriminate mixture of the village workhouse, but who, aged, helpless, diseased, and stricken, have no longer the power or the means of assisting themselves. A little further on is the Asylum, endowed in the same liberal manner as the former-built in the same handsome style-and furnished with the same comforts; here four blind and aged people pass the little remnant of their life in continual prayers and praise; prayer, that God would shower down his choicest blessings upon their generous benefactor; and praise, for having their lot cast in a parish where there is one who has the means and the inclination to cherish and protect the helpless blind.

"Nor has the rising generation been forgotten. The Vicar's school, a room well designed, and admirably adapted to its object, is filled with healthy and happy faces; while a school-master and schoolmistress are paid, with a comfortable residence, from the same ever open hand.

"It is hardly possible for the stranger to pass through North Bradley without having his curiosity excited by the appearance of one or other of these striking buildings; and it is still more impossible, on becoming acquainted with its object, to check the enquiry who built it? The same answer will apply to all-the Archdeacon. Or, as a farmer's wife, with her bright good-humoured face, answered my incredulous query on the subject- Ay, you may stare; but 'tis all the old gentleman's doing-all his doing. Ah! it was a fine day for the parish, when parson Daubeny came to Bradley.' It has been calculated, that the sum of fifteen thousand pounds would barely cover the past and present charities of its venerable incumbent; nor do I think this by any means an extravagant computation. 1 well know in what an overflowing stream his Winter charity' annually flows. Flannel

and warm clothing for the aged and infirm; hats and bonnets by the score, for the industrious poor; coals by the chaldron; potatoes by the cart-load; and cheese by the ton;-such is the princely manner in which the Archdeacon's bounty arrives at Bradley. And the liberality with which it is distributed, does not disgrace the donor. His own chaplain-whom, I believe, I may safely term his almoner told me, • the Archdeacon's directions to me are, ask no questions of the applicant, whether he goes to Church or Chapel; if he can look you in the face as an honest man, and say I am in want, and you have no reason, primâ facie, to disbelieve his statement, give without enquiry, and at once.' These are the actions, pursuits, and plans of a man who is in his second childhood.' These are the 'circumscribed' charities of A BIGOT! This is the manner in which, month after month, and year after year, the fortune, time, and talents of that man are employed, whom the Catholic Bishop, Dr. Baines, has the hardihood to insinuate is a hypocrite.

"But perhaps it may be urged in reply, all this display of charity is very Christian and very praiseworthy; but the Archdeacon's fortune is handsome, and he can afford it. Beyond doubt, there is no gratification which he denies to himself. The reverse is the fact. The pervading feature of every object at the Vicarage, is its extreme simplicity; every thing is good, but singularly plain. His table is frugality itself; the epi

cure or the fanciful eater must not trust himself there: Fuge littus iniquum. Alas! for them, not a trace of self-indulgence, personal extravagance, or private gratification is perceptible. In conversation, the Archdeacon is reserved; and there may be some truth in the remark, that he does not possess the knack of talking;' but the few observations which fall from him are those of a man who has read much, and thought more. He is cautious and rather unwilling to form fresh acquaintances; and is accused, I think, most unjustly, of hanging back from the younger Clergy. I say unjustly, because I have heard those whom distance had placed beyond the sphere of his action, and others whom fanaticism had blinded to his worth, term him a haughty dignitary,' and a high priest,' &c. but during a residence in his own immediate neighbourhood, I had reiterated proofs of the kindness and courtesy of his manner to his younger brethren in the ministry; how ready he was at all times to afford them not only his advice, but his able and unwearied assistance, and, if circumstances required it, his personal support. His circle of private friends is small. I remember his once saying to me, there is not in England a great deal of society in which a Clergyman, that is, I mean, a Clergyman alive to the duties of his holy calling, and mindful of the

sacredness and separation of his profession, can with propriety mingle.' He holds in dignified and just contempt that vilest of all expedients for killing time-taking up, and laying down, scraps of painted paper; but is particularly fond of sacred music. Like some other able men, he has lived too much

in his study, and too little in the world; and is occasionally the dupe of the most barefaced imposition. Of this I heard an instance from his own lips. We had been talking of the London Society for the Conversion of the Jews. 'Not long ago,' said the Archdeacon, a most singular looking individual, miserably clad, and the very picture of poverty, came to Bradley, and requested to see me. After a short preface, he told me he was a converted Jew. My mind misgave me about the man; but as I felt reluctant to turn him empty away, I entered into conversation with him at some length, and questioned him pretty closely. His answers were so singularly well expressed, and evinced such an intimate acquaintance with Scripture-his account of himself so plausible and the change, which gradually took place in his mind, was so extremely natural, and so ingeniously described-that I felt convinced I had done him injustice. I kept him ten days, clothed him, and gave him a draft for ten guineas. Forty-eight hours afterwards I heard of his getting drunk at the Ring of Bells in the next village, and boasting how gloriously he had gulled old Daubeny! I must confess, I felt rather chagrined at the moment; though to be sure, after the experience I have had, I ought to know better by this time. Well,

well, after all, I had better be the cheatee than the cheater.'

"Reserved, and at times austere, as he appears, he abounds in kindly feeling. It was delightful to see him come out in his grey reading gown, and romp with his little grandchildren on the lawn, the most noisy and riotous of the party; and there is no instance I remember, of my ever having spent a day with him, in which he did not mention the late Mrs. Daubeny, coupled

with some brief but most affectionate apostrophe to her memory." Pp. 366-376.

"Such (says our author) is the ARCHDEACON OF SARUM-the HYPOCRITE and the BIGOT. How far the portrait is correct, let those who know him best determine. I have sketched him as he is in a light far more subdued than my own respect for his worth, and admiration for his talents would

prompt me. If the portrait, then, appears highly coloured, blame not the painter, but the original."

Who, we add, will be mean enough to asperse such an apostolical, philanthropical character? no abstract con

scientious dissenters, we are sure; only those fripons who live by schism. Let such men call him hard names, and expunge his book (as they do) from those fit to be read, because it shows that their own wretched works are only bills of mortality, accounts of the diseases which they propagate, and of the numbers that die of them, still DAUBENY ON SCHISM is founded upon the uncorrupted doctrine of the Gospel, and his venerable name we fondly trust, registered in the last volume of that Gospel-the Book of Life.

83. Romanism contradictory to the Bible; or the peculiar Tenets of the Church of Rome, as exhibited in her accredited Formularies, contrasted with the Holy Scriptures. By Thomas Hartwell Horne, M.A. 12mo. 8vo. pp. 60.

EVERY body knows that the Roman Catholic religion was no more in its origin than Heathenism plated over with Christianity, and that, after plain brass Paganism was subdued, the old Romanism was improved into a mere engine of power and profit for the benefit of the Bishops of Rome. All this is perfectly plain; but now-a-days, forsooth, the lady of Babylon is affirmed never to have been a naughty woman, always a chaste, venerable matron, and so forth. However, Protestants maintain that Christianity should be tested by the Bible; and Mr. Horne shows that the Papists reckon Christianity to be vested in the person of the Pope. Thus virtually they exalt him to the rank of the Holy Spirit.

Mr. Horne shows the errors of Romanism, by contrasting the Scriptures with their tenets. We shall go through his sectious seriatim.

1. The Holy Scriptures are a complete rule of faith, (2 Tim. iii. 15, 17, Rev. xxii. 8, &c. &c.) The Council of Trent, however, says, "All saving truth is not contained in the Holy Scripture." pp. 8, 9.

2. Canon of Scripture. The Romish Church makes the Apocrypha to be of equal authority.

3. It is the duty of ALL to read the Scriptures. The Church of Rome prohibits the reading of them.

4. The Holy Scriptures invite and command inquiry, the Pope cannot be infallible, Thess. v. 21, x. l. Cor. v. 15. Gal. i. 8. The infallibility

5. The Romish Church is not the mother and mistress of all churches,those of Jerusalem, Samaria, Cyprus, Phenice, and Antioch, being much older.

6. God alone is to be worshipped (Matt. iv. 10. Acts iv. 12); but the Romish Church admits the merits and intercession of the Virgin Mary and the Saints, &c.

7. The Romish Church errs in its manner of worship, by celebrating service in an unknown language, contrary to 1 Cor. xiv. 3, 6, 14, 16, 19.

8. The complete atonement of Christ is contradicted by the Church of Rome, but the Romanists make this atonement dependent upon celebration of Mass, and destroy all the arguments contained in chapters 7, 8, 9, of the Hebrews.

9. The Romanists affirm that good works alone are meritorious, and worthy of eternal life; that there was no original sin in the Virgin Mary, &c.

10. The Romish Church makes se

ven sacraments, whereas Christ has only founded two.

11. The Romish Church forbids

the cup to the laity, contrary to Matt. xxvi. 26-28. 1 Cor. x. 16. It prohibits marriage to the Clergy, contrary to well-known texts.

17. Purgatory and Indulgences. The first is contrary to Heb. ix. 27. 1 Sam. xxv. 29. Matt. vii. 13, 14. viii. 11, 12. The second to Ps. cxxx. 4. Isa. xliii. 25. xliv. 22. Jer. i. 20. Mark ii. 7. Luke v. 21, Eph. iv. 32, 18. Auricular confession is contrary to Scripture

and reason.

19. Deposing power of the Pope. Here we shall give an extract from page 41.

"In 1800 the late Pope Pius VII. announced his election to the pontificate to Louis XVIII. as the lawful King of France;

most edifying instance of papal duplicity, when it suited his interest, by entering into a concordat with Buonaparte (who had not long before professed himself a Mussulman in Egypt), in which, besides suppressing 146 episcopal and metropolitan sees, and without any form of judicature, he absolved dismissing their Bishops and metropolitans all Frenchmen from their oaths of allegiance to their legitimate Sovereign, and authorized an oath of allegiance to the first Consul; and when Louis XVIII, sent his ambassador to Rome to present his credentials, the Pontiff refused to receive him. With marvellous infallibility, however, not quite eight years after, the same pontiff issued a bull (in June 1809), excommunicating Buonaparte and all who adhered to him in his invasion of the Papal states; in 'which bull he makes the same extravagant pretensions to supreme power, which had been put forth by Saint Gregory VII. Innocent III. and other pontiffs.'

Mischievous as is to the world such nonsense as Romanism, yet by allowing no system of education whatever, which is not incorporated with the support of that system, and masterly policy, supported by the secular arm, it continues to dupe thousands; and those who do not adopt it sincerely, continue in it nominally, because it is against the point of honour to change France, such persons turn infidels. a political or religious creed, as in The demoralizing consequences of upholding a religion which men cannot think to be worthy of God are manifest, and thus such a religion becomes a serious public evil, and, we are sure, contributed in a great degree to that wickedness which obtained and (according to Sir Walter Scott in "Paul's Letters") still obtains in France, and will do so, as long as religion is deemed a mere matter of form,-an evil which forsooth is now to be cured by the Jesuits, in the present state of knowledge!

LITERARY AND

Ready for Publication.

A Popular Commentary on the Bible, in a Series of Sermons, following in the Old Testament the Course of the First Lessons at Morning and Evening Service. By the Rev J. PLUMTRE, B.D.

A Review and Analysis of Bishop Bull's GENT. MAG. May, 1827.

Exposition of the Doctrine of Justification. By ROBERT NELSON, Esq.

A Tour in France, Savoy, Northern Italy, and Switzerland, in the Summer of 1825, By S. W. STEVENSON.

Sermons, chiefly Practical, preached in the Parish Church of Clapham, Surrey. By

the Rev. WILLIAM DEALTRY, B.D. F.R.S. Rector of Clapham, and of Watton, Herts. Morning Thoughts, in Prose and Verse, on Portions of the successive Chapters in the Gospel of St. Mark. By the Rev. J. W. CUNNINGHAM, Vicar of Harrow.

Human Sacrifices in India. Substance of the Speech of J. Poynder, esq. at the Courts of Proprietors of East India Stock, held on the 21st and 28th days of March, 1827. Sermons, preached in the Parish Church of Richmond, Surrey. By the Hon. and Rev. G. T. Noel.

Views in Rome. Printed in Gold, drawn and engraved by Pinelli of Rome.

A Solemn Appeal to the Common Sense of England, against the Principles of the Right Hon. George Canning, and his As

sociates.

Amongst the Novels announced for publication, are, Blue-Stocking Hall; Flirtation; O'Neale, or the Rebel; a third series of Highways and Byways, and also of Sayings and Doings; Hyde Nugent; The Opera; The Guards; &c. &c.

Observations on the necessity of establishing a different System of affording Medical Relief to the Sick Poor: than by the Practice of Contracting with Medical Men, or the Farming of Parishes. By J. F. HULBERT, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, &c.

Register of the Arts and Sciences. Containing an Account of several hundred of the most important and interesting Inventions, Discoveries, and Processes.

The Elements of Plane Trigonometry. By JOHN HIND, M.A.

Preparing for Publication.

History of the Town and Collegiate Church of Beverly, the adjacent Villages, and Meaux Abbey. By the Rev. GEORGE OLIVER, Vicar of Clee, and author of the "Monumental Antiquities of Grimsby," &c. &c.

Some Account of Llangollen and its Vicinity, co. Denbigh, including a circuit of about seven miles.

The Book-Collector's Manual; or, a Guide to the knowledge of rare, curious, and useful Books, either printed in or relating to Great Britain and Ireland, from the Invention of Printing to the present time; with Biographical and Critical Notices, Collations of the more valuable Articles, both as to text and plates; likewise Prices from the principal sales during the present century. By W. T. LOWNDES.

The Theological Encyclopædia.

The Newtonian System of Philosophy explained by familiar objects in an entertaining manner for the use of young people. By JAMES MITCHELL, author of the First Lines of Science," &c.

The Visions of Patmos, a Prophetic Poem, illustrative of the Apocalypse, with

an Introduction and Notes. By the Rev. THOS. GRINFIELD, Rector of Shirland, Derbyshire.

Tales of all Nations, comprising prose fictions from the pens of the author of London in the Olden Time-the Author of Mansie Wauck's Autobiography-Mrs. Charles Gore-Mr. Alaric Watts-Mr. Emerson, &c. &c.

A new novel, entitled Reuben Apsley. The scene is laid in England during the short reign of James the Second, and the most prominent of the historical characters is Judge Jeffreys. By Mr. HORACE SMITH.

That very rare and curious fiction, which treats of the "Lyfe of Virgilius and of his Death, and of the many marvayles that he did by whyche-crafte and negromancy through the help of the Devils of Hell, will form the second in Mr. W. J. THOMS' series of early prose romances.

The first Number of a series of Lithographic Views in the Brazils; together with Scenes of the Manners, Customs, and Costume of the Inhabitants, from Drawings by Maurice Ruguedas, a German Artist, under the superintendance of BARON HUMBOLDT.

A Selection of Architectural and other Ornaments, Greek, Roman, and Italian, drawn on Stone from the Originals in va rious Museums and Buildings in Italy. By Messrs. JENKINS and HOSKINS.

On Comparative Physiognomy. By Le BRUN; consisting of thirty-seven large designs in Lithography.

Views in the Madeiras, in 20 drawings on stone.

No. II. of Views in South Wales, taken on the spot, and drawn on stone. By W. ELDRIDGE.

RAMBLES in Madeira and Portugal, in 1826. With an Appendix illustrative of the Civil History, &c. of the Island.

History of the Steam Engine, from its earliest Invention to the present Time. By ELIJAH GALLOWAY, Engineer.

It may be curious hereafter to refer to the price and progress of the magnificent edition of "Livy" upon vellum, recently sold by Mr. Evans. After having been purchased by Mr. Edwards in Italy, it was subsequently sold in his sale by Mr. Evans, for about nine hundred pounds, to Sir Mark Sykes; at the dispersion of whose library it was again sold by Evans for three hundred and sixty pounds to Payne and Foss, who transferred it to Mr. Dent for five hundred pounds or guineas.Messrs. Payne and Foss have again become possessed of this most valuable treasure for two hundred and fifty pounds.

The assignees of Hurst, Robinson, and Co. have sold, in one lot, for two thousand guineas, the remaining copies of the Stafford Gallery (originally engraved at an expence of two hundred and fifty thousand pounds). The plates have been destroyed

under an especial Act of Parliament. They have likewise sold, by private contract, in one lot, the whole of their remaining valuable stock of ancient and modern engravings, of every description, together with the original plates, to Messrs. Grave and Boys, for fifteen thousand pounds. This is considered the most extensive purchase, relative to this department of the arts, that ever was effected.

ROYAL SOCIETY.

April 26. Davies Gilbert, Esq. Treasurer,

in the Chair.

At this meeting, H. R. H. the Duke of Clarence, Lord High Admiral of England, was elected a Fellow of the Society; and a paper was read, "On the derangements of certain Transit instruments by the effects of temperature." By Professor Woodhouse, F.R. S.

May 3. Mr. Gilbert in the Chair.

A paper was read, entitled, "Rules and Principles for determining the dispersive ratio of Glass, and for computing the Radii of Curvature for Achromatic Objectglasses;" submitted to the test of experiment. By Professor Barlow, F.R.S.

May 10. Mr. Gilbert in the Chair. A paper was read, entitled, "Some Observations on the Effects of Dividing the Nerves of the Lungs, and subjecting the latter to the influence of Voltaic Electricity." By Dr. Wilson Philip, F.R.S.

A paper was also read, "On the Change in the Plumage of some Hen-pheasants." By W. Yarrell, Esq. F.L.S.; communicated by W. Morgan, Esq. F.R.S.

May 17. Mr. Gilbert in the Chair.

A communication was read, "On the Secondary Reflection produced in a Magnetic Needle by an Iron Shell, in consequence of an unequal distribution of Magnetism in its two branches;" discovered by Capt. Wil

son,

R. N.; by Professor Barlow, F.R.S. Papers were also read, "On the Dif ference of the Meridians of the Royal Observatories of Greenwich and Paris." By T. Henderson, Esq.; and "On Astronomical Observations at the Paramatta Observatory;" by C. Runcker, Esq.

May 24. Mr. Gilbert in the Chair.

Papers were read, "On the Destruction of the Fire-damp in Coal-mines." By Mr. Finchem; and "On the Radiation of Heat," by Mr. R. W. Fox.

ROYAL SOCIETY OF LITERATURE. April 26. The annual meeting of this Society took place at its chambers in Parliament-street, the Bishop of Salisbury, President, in the chair. After the preliminary business, his Lordship read an address to an auditory of from forty to fifty individuals, mostly men eminent for learning and talents. The gold medals adjudged this year by the Council were then delivered. Mr. Lock

hart received that presented to Sir Walter Scott, which the President delivered to him with a suitable address. The Officers and Council for the ensuing year were next ballotted for; and thanks being voted to the chair, the meeting dissolved.

ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY.

May 17. The anniversary meeting of this society took place May 17, the Marquis of Lansdowne, President, in the chair. The meeting was very numerously attended; Earls Spencer, Malmesbury, and Carnarvon, Lord Auckland, Marquis of Carmarthen, Bishop of Bath and Wells, Sir Everard Home, Sir Robert Heron, M. P., Sir T. D. Acland, Bart., Sir John de Beauvoir, Mr. Baring Wall, M. P., &c. being present. The President informed the meeting, that the works in the Regent's-park are rapidly advancing the walks have been laid out and partly executed and pheasantries and aviaries, with sheds and enclosures for some of the rarer animals belonging to the society, were in active progress. It was expected that the gardens would possess sufficient interest to authorize the opening of them during the ensuing autumn. The President then announced that the number of subscribers exceeded 500, and that the list was daily increasing.

LITERARY FUND SOCIETY.

The friends and supporters of this excellent institution celebrated their Anniversary on Wednesday the 9th of May, at the Freemasons' Tavern.

Lord John Russell presided, in the absence of his Grace the Duke of Somerset, who was stated to be disabled from attending by indisposition. After dinner the noble chairman gave the usual toasts-"The munificent Patron of the Society, the King," three times three, &c. Lord John Russell, having apologised for the absence of the Duke of Somerset, said, I am eager to mention a circumstance which must add much to the prosperity of our Society, namely, that the gentleman who has consented to fill the chair of our President, at our next anniversary festival, is the Right Hon. George Canning, First Lord of the Treasury. (Enthusiastic cheering.)

Mr. Fitzgerald recited a poem on the occasion; and the Chairman's health was proposed, in an eloquent address, by Mr. Dawson, M. P, for Louth.

The Rev. George Croly, one of the Registrars, read an able address, composed by himself, stating the objects of the Society, and the benefits resulting from it. The following extracts from this eloquent production cannot fail of being read with plea