which is thorough, hearty, earnest; which is nurtured in the closet, and bathed in heaven;' which comes like the streaming light upon the breastplate prepared for its reception; which shines without knowing it, 'white and glistering' to the view of all beholders; which is impressive by its power, melting by its love, attractive by its gentleness, commanding by its manly bearing; which has head, heart, and hands; which, though it speaks not, is eloquent for its master, and which is equal to all emergencies. This, this is what we want for our country, the church, and the world. But this kind cometh not forth but by prayer and fasting.' It cannot be secured by mere attendance upon Divine worship-mere official routinemere performatory acts. It must be the growth of Christian principle; the result of self-discipline; the reward of personal effort. Nor can it be successfully imitated. season, perhaps, it may be simulated, but the truth will out. Can art paint the light, or transfer to canvas the quick glance of the sparkling eye? No more can hypocrisy paint the living spirit of religion, nor successfully imitate the celestial something which makes a heavenly-minded Christian an influential and powerful man. Ultimately there can be here no sham.' The gesture, the tones of devotion, are unmistakeable. A man is as his heart is,' and the heart never lies." JOURNAL of SACRED LITERATURE. by JOHN KITTO, D.D., F.S.A. C. Cox, London. For a Edited DR. KITTO has rendered excellent service to the cause of sacred literature, both by the productions of his own accomplished mind, and by enlisting the aid of scholars throughout England and elsewhere. In no publication with which his name is associated has he done this more efficiently than in the periodical now before us. The subjects discussed, and the learning and tact which the several contributors evince, are such as to merit the countenance and support of all who are solicitous that sacred literature should hold a position accordant with its importance, and commensurate with the claims of the age. It appears, from a notice prefixed to the last number, that this journal has not met with the abundant patronage which its high inerits so justly demand, and which, in too many instances, is extended, even by the professed friends of sacred literature, to periodicals distinguished by no value or permanent utility. Concerned, then, as we are, that sacred literature should not languish because it is discountenanced or neglected by the Christian public; and anxious as we are that our country should not in its support occupy a position inferior to America and some parts of the coutinent of Europe, we earnestly call upon the scholars of England, and upon all Christians who take an interest in the discussion of questions of the highest moment in connexion with the authenticity, genuineness, truthfulness, claims, and supremacy of the Scriptures, to sustain Dr. Kitto, and to give to this journal, which has hitherto been to him "a trial, a difficulty, and a burden," a place at once commanding and honourable. It would, indeed, be a stigma upon the Christianity and the scholarship of England were this journal permitted to perish. FEW can more exult than we do in the success and established reputation of The British Quarterly." It has well redeemed all the original pledges of the accompli-hed and indefatigable Editor, and has conferred a degree of credit on the Periodical Literature of Nonconformists which it would be difficult to overrate. We can now meet our enemies in the gate; and can afford honourable comparison with all friendly competitors. The present number has an average supply of articles, both in science and religion, of standard value. In Theology, the review of Stowell's Lectures on the Work of the Spirit, is full of valuable matter, and is admirably written. "The Chemistry of the Stars" is a fine article on Astronomical Science as it stands forth in the light of modern discovery. In general criticism, the Essay entitled "The Ethics of Art," is the production of a cultivated mind. But our favourite is "Hungary: what next?" It is a noble assertion of great principles. steady light upon the public mind, in reference to all the current literature of the day. Eminently sound in doctrinal views, it preserves a generous neutrality on almost all questions which divide the evangelical community in this and other lands. Where it deviates from this course it never passes beyond the limits of an honourable and forbearing rivalry. The XXIII. Number well sustains the reputation acquired by the conductors of the North British. If we might suggest a thought to the Editor, it would be this: let not a single number appear without a standard article on Theology. 2. The Juvenile Scrap-Book far the Young. Edited by MRS. MILNER. 1850. 12mo. 3. Fire-side Tales for the Young. By MRS. ELLIS, Author of "The Women of England," &c. 12mo. Vols. and 3. Peter Jackson. THESE three beautiful works are diverse alike in character and design; but they have all a fair claim to be regarded as occupying a distinguished place among the class of books to which they belong. The "Drawing Room Scrap-Book," under the management of Dr. Mackay, contains some articles of poetry in that splendid author's best style. "The Harp of Erin," "Education; or, The Building of the House," and "The Bard's Request," might be appealed to as somewhat striking specimens. We only regret that this talented author conducts his appeals to the people so little upon high moral and religious considerations. He thereby Vol. IX. of deprives himself of his best auxiliaries. The pictorial embellishments of this number of "The Drawing Room Scrap-book" are exceedingly artistical, and are executed in the highest style of Mr. Jackson's far-famed establishment. Prelections on Butler's Analogy, Paley's Evi- Hamilton, Adams, & Co. THIS is the last volume of Dr. Chalmers's Posthumous Works; and though we purpose other notices of some of the earlier volumes, yet we cannot forbear introducing at once, to students and others, this admirable manual. If Dr. Chalmers had only produced this single volume, he would have lived to pur. pose. It is one of the most stirring books we ever read, and embodies more materials for thought than is ordinarily to be found in the best works of the age. We should have been in ecstacy if any such book had been in the market when we were students. The two introductory lectures to students, "On the Use of Text-Books in Theological Education," and "On the Conduct and Prosecution of their Studies," are worth their weight in gold. The Lectures on Butler's Analogy, Paley's Evidences, and Hill's Divinity, are of more value far than any original dissertations on the same subjects. In almost every page our author is seen to advantage, both when he agrees with the writers on whom he comments, and when he differs from them. His criticisms are in general equally profound and discriminating. Among the works of this great and good man, it were difficult to agree on a settled preference; but if we may speak out our convictions, the volume which we now introduce to our readers is our decided favourite. It is one of the choicest companions for the study that we are acquainted with. The "The Juvenile Scrap-Book" is entitled to rank among the best works for the amusement and improvement of the young. papers are excellent, and highly entertaining, and the pictures are well selected, and expensively engraved. Mrs. Ellis's "Fire-side Tales" will well sustain her reputation, as a writer for the young. We find, on experiment, that young people of intelligence will read them through and through with real satisfaction and marked delight. This is, perhaps, a good test. The Protestant Dissenters' Almanack for 1850. John Snow. THIS is an amazingly cheap book; very decided in its non-conforming tone; and well stored with all that kind of information which we naturally look for in an almanack of the present day. The Dissenters' Penny Almanack for 1850. John Snow. ONE of the wonders of this age. Thirtytwo pages, 8vo. for one penny! And containing much instructive matter on the subject of State Establishments of Christianity. 3 E 2 Home Chronicle. THE BERMONDSEY MURDER. THE awful sentence of the law was carried into effect on Manning and his wife, in front of Horsemonger-lane Gaol, on Tuesday morning, the 13th of November, 1849, at nine o'clock. The scene was, in all respects, a terrific one, sufficient almost to shake our belief in capital punishment, even for murderers of the worst class. The unsatisfactory state of mind displayed by the prisoners; the dreadful crime for which they suffered; the administration of the Lord's supper to such persons; the multitude of respectable parties attending the execution; and the dense crowds of horrible, profligate, wretches -- laughing, smoking, swearing, at the very foot of the gallows, make one's blood turn chill, and prompt the earnest wish that some other and better arrangement could be made. IN this case, John Blackburn, the elder, who for many years past has been the officiating minister at Claremont Chapel, Pentonville, petitioned to be relieved of debts amounting in the aggregate to 8,818. Is. 5d., of which the schedule described the sum of 2,3321. 7s. 5d. to have been incurred without consideration, and 2757. as entered twice. HIS HONOUR, in pronouncing judgment, said: With regard to the observations made as to the case being heard in this Court, and the preference which it is alleged the insolvent had for coming into this county instead of Middlesex, I do not think there is any force in the remarks which have been made. The insolvent had an undoubted right to come here; he was resident in the county at the time, and from an answer to a question which I put, it appears he had resided here for some considerable period; and I can very well understand why a person in his situation might wish to avoid the additional publicity which would be given to his case if discussed in London, compared with its publicity when heard at a considerable distance thence. But has any hardship been suffered from his coming here? whatever; for assuredly every creditor must None have had notice, all the debts being above 51. The greater part of them are creditors to a considerable amouut, to whom it would have been no very considerable expense to come here instead of to a Court in London. If there had been a number of small debts to persons in the poorer ranks in life, who might not have been apprised of it, or who could not meet the expense of coming here, the case would have been different. I do not think, then, that there is anything discreditable in the fact of his preferring to bring the case here rather than to a Court where greater publicity would have been given to it. Now I think it a point in favour of the insolvent that out of the whole of his creditors only four appear here to-day. With regard to the position of one creditor (Dr. Warneford) it cannot be said that the debt due to him was contracted fraudulently, or without a reasonable and probable expectation of being able to discharge it. That cannot apply to the debt of Dr. Warneford, because, independently of the impression entertained by the insolvent, however crroneous, that he had an interest in certain houses in Lloyd-square, it appears that at the time of incurring the debt he was not only in the receipt of 550l. a year from his chapel, but that also he had an expectation of receiving a considerable sum in right of his wife. This sum (amounting to 2,000) was received at periods long subsequent to the contracting of the debt to Dr. Warneford (which was in 1832 or 1838), and, therefore, there is no ground for that opposition. With regard to the creditors for whom Mr. Sargood appears, they are three in number, and in censidering these cases I must look to the question whether, at the time of contracting these several debts, he had reasonable and probable expectations of being able to discharge them. It appears to me that this case differs very materially from other cases which are occasionally brought before me, in which opposition is made to the discharge of the insolvent upon the ground of fraud, or of his having improperly contracted debts without reasonable hope of paying them. All the debts appear to have been for money lent, and not for goods improperly or recklessly obtained, and immediately pawned or sold at a reduced price for the purpose of raising money. But all these advances appear to have been obtained, as stated by the insolvent (and I do not see that his testimony has been so shaken as to induce me to doubt it), for the advancement of his sons in life. Looking to the amount of these sums, I cannot but say I think he is highly blameable for not having looked into his circumstances, for not having weighed more cautiously the circumstances of himself and the probable circumstances of his sons, before he made these loans, amounting to so considerable a sum in the space of three years. But under what circumstances were these sums borrowed? And had he at any time any reasonable and probable expectation of paying them? Now it does appear that, however unfounded his expectations on the subject may have been (and it seems that it was a groundless belief that he had security on houses in Lloydsquare), still it must be asked, Did he fully and conscientiously believe that he had an interest in these houses to a considerable amount? and I do not see any reason to doubt that he did. It appears that there is a policy on his life for 1,000l., deposited with Sir Culling Eardley Smith for a portion of his debt. For what purpose were these advances obtained? Upon his oath he says for his sons. There is no imputation whatever on the expenditure of the insolvent himself, so far as he is personally concerned. No questions have been put to him relative to his mode of life. It does not appear that any reckless expenditure was made by him for his own personal expenses or those of his family. Nothing of the kind appears after the very long examinations undergone by him at the hands of the two learned counsel who opposed him; but it does appear that almost the whole of these sums have been absorbed by his two sons. Now, had he a reasonable expectation of paying these two sums by the profits derived from the exertions of his sons? I have no doubt he has been far too sanguine in his expectations, because the sums he borrowed were so very large that it must have taken a very considerable period to have wiped off those liabilities. But still the fact does appear, that these two sums were put into the business of his sons by him, and that the business of one of them was, during the time it lasted, increasing in amount, and so very promising that it became necessary to take larger premises for the purpose of carrying it on. With regard to the other, he states that he had every reason to believe that, from the manufacture of a particular kind of cartridge paper, very great profits were likely to be made. It appears that after this mill was taken, a considerable sum was necessary, in order to bring it into working order, and considerable loss was suffered by the accidents which occurred, and that there was great inevitable expenditure incurred by the insolvent for his sons, who had this paper-mill, which was not contemplated at the time when the mill was first taken. I think he was far too sanguine in his expectations of being enabled, by the two businesses of his sons, to get rid of all these liabilities in anything like reasonable time; but, looking to all the facts of the case, to all the statements made by the learned counsel, and to the whole of the evidence as it has come out before me, I cannot bring myself to the conclusion that the insolvent has acted so as to call upon me to remand him. I therefore think, that after he has filed the books and papers mentioned in the course of this discussion, he will be entitled to his discharge. The books, papers, &c., were accordingly filed, as suggested by His Honour, and the insolvent was discharged. [On this truly distressing case, and the decision pronounced upon it by the proper Judge of the Court, Dr. Campbell has made the following comments. We sympathise generally with the Doctor's views, and feel that we ought ever to lean to mercy's side. At the same time we have deep sympathy with those who suffer so seriously by our beloved brother's over-concern to help his children.EDITOR.] DR. CAMPBELL'S REMARKS. "We need not say, that this business has been to us, in common with many of Mr. Blackburn's old and upright friends, a source of great sorrow; we are, therefore, truly glad that the facts are, at length, and for the first time, fairly before the public, in the foregoing judgment, from which it will appear, that there has, as usual, in the case of Christian men overtaken by calamity, been a vast amount of gross falsehood heaped upon Mr. Blackburn, and not a little cruel misrepresentation. That Mr. Blackburn erred, most egregiously and most culpably erred, there can be no doubt; but his is not to be classed with the bulk of cases that come before the Courts. There was error of judgment, of judgment blinded by affection; there was much imprudence, and out of those imprudences arose a course of conduct, in many respects, most injurious to parties whose confidence Mr. Blackburn enjoyed, and involving, in many cases, breaches of propriety, it not, sometimes, of truth. defence of these we have nothing to say; and we unite with all who condemn and deplore them; but we do, nevertheless, contend for justice, which is so seldom awarded to religious men under similar circumstances. The case as it stands is bad enough: let it not be exaggerated, and surrounded with alleged facts and circumstances the pure creation of malignant fancy. We invite special attention to those portions of the judgment which we have marked in italics, as particularly bearing on the question of motive and integrity, and which, we doubt In not, will be read of multitudes by whom Mr. Blackburn was long loved for his worth, and admired for his great and varied services to the cause of religion, liberty, and humanity, which had not, in the metropolis, a more devoted or a more energetic friend and advocate. Those services ought not to be forgotten even by men who, like ourselves, condemn and deplore the event by which the lustre of a once shining character has been so lamentably defaced. They will reflect, with pleasure, on the testimony of the Judge to points so intimately involving his former integrity and personal Christianity -points on which we never had a doubt. The path he walked in was one of peril, and he only fell where too many fathers,Christian men,-some in the ministry, and multitudes out of it, have fallen before him; and it is to be hoped that others will profit by his mournful example. All things considered, we are greatly pleased with the termination of an atlair which must have been trying beyond expression to a man of Mr. Blackburn's tender spirit: the wonder is that he has not fallen a victim to his anguish. We need hardly say, that this note is our own voluntary contribution towards justice in behalf of a once cherished friend, in the hour of his calamity; for with Mr. Blackburn we have had no intercourse direct or indirect upon the matter. It only remains, that we express for him our best wishes and hopes, that he may live, prosper, be more useful than he ever was, and yet, before the grave shall close upon all of him that is mortal, be enabled to pay every man his own, thus leaving to posterity an example with two aspects, each alike instructive.-EDITOR." INSTITUTION FOR THE EDUCATION OF THE DAUGHTERS OF MISSIONARIES, WALTHAMSTOW. This admirable institution at the present time stands in great need of assistance, in order that it may carry out its benevolent objects efficiently. A few ladies who know its worth and excellence have devised a scheme whereby that assistance may be rendered, in an easy, cheap, and effectual man ner. But to do this they require the united assistance of ladies in every town in Great Britain. Don't be startled, ladies! You are not required to go out of your quiet Christian course. The work may be accomplished at your own firesides, by the members of your family; and in the immediate circle of your acquaintance. The plan is to have a bazaar somewhere, it is not yet decided in what place, during the month of May in 1850. Now as there are seven months before that period arrives, ample time is afforded for making a great variety of useful and ornamental arti cles, which may be saleable. Whilst there will be great gain in a pecuniary point of view, the institution will at the same time become familiar to the public at large, and thus increased means for future operations will be afforded. A circular put forth by the Committee, and addressed to the ladies, states, "It is intended to adopt the plan so successfully pursued by the Orphan Working School in 1847, viz., that of forming Committees in various parts of the kingdom, whose members, though scattered, may harmoniously work together, and you are requested to place your name as one of that Committee for your district, and to be so good as to take an early opportunity of enlisting the friends of Missions in this important work. "The valuable institution in behalf of which we desire to labour is for the sole benefit of the daughters of Missionaries. Their parents, having to perform arduous public duties, cannot devote adequate attention to the education of their daughters, and the idolatrous customs of the heathen being highly injurious, it is an obvious duty that such an establishment should be provided by the friends of missions. "Since the formation of the school, now more than ten years since, one hundred and thirty children have been received. Some of them are now engaged in mission-labour themselves, and, as wives and mothers, are occupying stations of considerable influence; others have returned to gladden the hones of their infancy; whilst some, with uncbtrusive piety, are honourably maintaining themselves by their own industry. "At the present time the mission-family consists of forty-four members, amongst whom are the daughters of Rev. Messrs. Moffat of Africa, Pritchard of Upolu, the grandchildren of the Rev. Drs. Carey of India, and Philip of the Cape. "It should be specially noticed that the Mission-school has no claim on the funds of the several Missionary Societies. Its income is not sufficient to cover the present expenses of the establishment, so that any increase in the number of children cannot take place without further support. The Committee hope to be able to afford most efficient aid to the institution as the result of this combined Christian effort." To this circular about eighty replies have been sent by ladies who agree to form part of one committee, or to become centres of local attraction for this purpose, and a working party has been formed in Islington, which unites members of almost every congregation in that important district. Now what is wanted is simply that every ladies' branch of the Auxiliary Missionary Societies should |