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BT THE REV . J . R . STEPHENS , DELIVERED AT STALYBRIDGE , ON SUNDAY MORN-,
ING LAST , FEBRUARY 2 * . ( By 9 sr otcn Reporter . ) On Sunday morning last Mr . Stephens preached A s * rmon in his own chapel at Stalybritige , to an «* erflowing and attsntive audience * Alter the introductory services were finished , The Rev . Cestleman said— "We preach Christ , " said Paai , when , in one word , be wished to tell bis hearers at that time , and all mankind ever afterwards , what was the sum and substance of his mini « - tration . In erder that all men whose minds and Iwarts were tet to seek , alter , aad follow , ana bent cyan finding out the truth , Burnt hare such a laadjMri for the eye to catch , and for the feet to wsd after , a * would lead them % a that goal—that mid 01
their faith , even the salvation of their sod * . " We pnvch Christ , said Past , when he wished , in one vwd , to give the most powerful impressim , end the » nwt unanswerable demonstration of the Divine authority , and imperative obligation of that mfewiqre , ^ rhich , \ a the ministry of the Gospel , he had been charged , along with others , to dehTer to the wuriJ . 44 preach Chri * , " said Paul , " aoi himcracified , " m order that he n » t only might lead onr minds thronga Christ to God , who is the well-head of all truth—the-spring of all knowledge—the lining principle of all ^ ower , that he might not « aly thns lead us te God , but that we might , from heaven . € raw down inta our souls , or have poured down into w seal * , aH the fulness of Gol , and that we might
"be filled with the irresistible , as well as the euer- ^ getic power , or application Jf the powers , of the -world to ceaae ; but also , a&d in . tbu respect perhaps chiefty , that we might kaow that , in welcoming to ear minds , and to our hearts , and taking inte . ear hands , that we might handle , the Word ot Lise , ¦ we were taking the gift , and becoming the depositories , s&d the possessors , of a blessing which we ean only hold in so far as we followed that self-same Christ , who was the author of—nay , -who hiatsell was tint unspeakable gift for which the A pestle in another place blesses ^ God , saying— " Thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift . " " . If from God , taroagh Christ , there came any truth * h ** U welcome to the undemanding , any light
tkn . t « heds a softening boam , as well as an esliwiiing ray , upon the mind , if from God through Christ tiier *> ho m&if Z \ to —tV » t rmt-pouring fram the ? brwOIQ of Goi-o&r father—if an all forgiving , an « 11 healing lore , a lore which like balm , binds up ta % WBtrnd , ails , after it hes healed the soul , tad heals lie flesh , and gives the soundness and the whitemess ef childhood to our marred , and broken , and opprwised , and abandoned spirit *—if from God , through Chriat , there come any of this -knowledge , and wisdom , and power , and " hope , and victor ) -, aad the promise of tkst state of jlory which has keen declared as the inheritance of the saints in light , f alT those who , by faith and patience , hare inieriteithepromLwi , -we are to understand " that we
caa uuly re-ceire these blessings , and dissemin&t * them to others—that we ean only enjoy an earnest , aforataste of them here , and have , in the Blind , th ¦ promise , the pledge , the assurance of the a hereatser , in proportion as we would follow that s ? . m . ~ Jesus through evil report , and through good r :-part ; that we can only have them , that we can only hold them from Christ , who was not glorified on earth , but who was crvcijied between twotheives . "We preach Christ crucified ; "' and , if we be Christ ' s , thes must we follow him in the regeneration—we must be willing , we must feel that God will give us power , and we must a » k of him to give us the power ; and we mu » t set our hearts upon emptying that power when it is given : in other words w e rau > ~ t
be in earnest ; our heart * must be fixed ; we mast be deroitd ; aye we must feel all the communicable spirit of tkat sacrificial d ^ Totion of ourselves wuich Christ himseli felt and exerted ; the love of Jesus Ckrist must constrain us on behalf of OBr own salvauon , aad on behalf of the salvation , of < rar _ brethren , even as that love to man in Jesus Christ constrained him to lay dowa his life for the fife of the world . So must we reckon , * 'That if o *« died for alL , then were all dead ;' and that if through him we revive and enjoy a spiritual , a-• hearady , an esemal life , we like him , must be ready to lay down our lire * one for another . * We preach Christ and him crucified , "' ** tbe fcegimun * and the end ; the first and the
last , " -the Alpha and the- Omega ; " the all asd in ail of the Christian ministry ; « f the redemption of the wer'd throngh tie na » Lord and Saviour , Jesus Christ . This besBf so—Christ being the theme or subject o' ih >> Christum ministry—Christ being tbe anti-type of all the preceding tyj > -s of ancient Scripture , tn * perijon in wtom was fulfilled all the prophecies of the holy XBea < rf old—Christ being tke Godman , tbe " EmxaaaoeL , God with us , " who was personified—so far as a good human being can personify Deity—who •< ra * thus persomfied by all the good men of old , to whom taey pointed in their preaching , to wliom they refenvd in all their teaching , wao ? e nime * , * aijv >» 5 ly moain ^ to wai t tbe language , the wants ,
« aa tae expectations , and to encourage the hope * of f ent ^ ations of men before hi * actnal coming in tbe flesh * Jems Christ being the end of the law , and tbe ¦ pint a&d substance © f the go * pel—Chris ! thas being Vte sniyr « cc and the theme of the Christian ministry —« , tos ministers , being bound , ua 6 ei the sum Kiema obligations , to take do other name upon onr -fips—being bound never to preach © ur * elv «»* , but Jeso * Christ , the Lord , being bound to become , in ail thiags , yonr servant * for Jexos' sake , or in JesuV « te » l—for that is the meaning of it—as he wa « Le-J the feet of his disciples when he was upon earth , — to we are t » be your senraots in his stead . He i « mw risen ; he ij now in Heaven at the rgbt h . tnd of his Fith » r , and of our Father , pleadiogfor usand
, we are ieit , minister * , helpers , terranta , in his " stead , * o assist you in obtaining all those blessings , aad adopting all those practice * , and enjorin ? ail those privileges woica Christ came ' upon the earth to teach , to enforce and to bestow hjmto you . Well , it has often astonished »»—this being the fact , we being called upon to preach the cro « of Christ , and to treRd in his foot-8 t ^ f ? ' ¥ * to fcUow ^ example , and to have h's ¦ word * dwelling richly iu us in all wisdom , to walk as Ms walked , to speak all the words of this life ay they fefl from ins hps , to b * amhassadore for God in the tead oi Canst , aad to plead with a guilty world , to taad as advocates or counsel , as daysmen , taking ¦ opun vox own shoulder * the e&ax of ali those that
B-ed the asditmce of Heawa , in the guilty court * or «*»»* « f earth—we thus representing God in thnw , both in message , in ministry , and in spirit—K ha * often astoaished me that , ia modern times , ** «« . Jon hare no book , that I know oX , written ¦—awe has never been a sermon , that I know of , ¦ resxiwd—tkere has new been a discussion or a deliberation , that I know of , conducted , in which " •« , «» ministers , eeold g * &er aarthiBg like a cortw » aad . € oapkK ide » of who and what this Jesns Ciuw wu -wuoia we are to follow , and from wfcich J * V *» People * « mld nnderstand and aware ytmr-* 3 » ofthe convspoudence between our minktrv « f ttos « lf-same J *« u Christ , our Lord and Master t « a joa call to mind any such book written of late
jea »—« ad by late year * I will allow your mind to go a * tar back u erer it can—can yen call to miad any work , any writing , in which " the question is vnpoeei and answered , " who , and what this Jesus ^ on « l was , and in what capacity , and in what s * nse •* feaUy w » the Sarioar of tne world—the friend otmuxun ? " I know of no such book . Can you < aii to mind any ; sermon , discourse , lecture , or discosBoa , eiiher in the conclave of cardinals and * B «» p . S or in the convocatioB of the clertrr , or in «« conference of the priesthood , or ia ( he synod « tl » e presbytery ? Caa youcall to mind , in the historr oi any of tie rarious deaaminations te which yo « bwloog , EBy such deliber ' tion . in w * ich the iaais ^ ers e » er yet proposed and resnonded to the
quesum , - who aad whit tiat Lord and Master ta * ™ * , ™ ^ L V 1 ^ thin ^ ^ re to imitate aad S- ? ^ C ^ SEa E . n adSSSSL rW « d if the authoriwd and wtmm ^ PSi riurciu and would nac through the world-Saf had ^» cbnrch been sonnl , andlhe aiaiitiylkSkU iw * lure been ths-fim , wit u ^ Le ci ieSt SSti ^ ' g *\** muutrr would hare agkated . and w £ ch tie chorea wooW hare settled . I grant thTtlS professedly Ckristian chwh has aofbeen indoS aadiaacti ia
^ ve dwauataT ^ , ^ SdSL For instance , you ha « ^ n « Sids of b ' oel * ££££ « f wiuu are « aj ^ d the attributes of God-that God » eternal , « etfw » ^ sten ^ omnipresrat ,- aad omnipotent . * on naxe thouitands of books about the gfmne hutee ^ aod the abstract perfection * of the Dmne Being , of whom Christ hWf has said--v- ° n ^ 2 hat ^ seeD God « ** J time , orcan ^ ee luin . " The only way ef behelffiag / oTof beinTab w lorm die remotest ided of God i * , u * Chnf t has toid us , " throngh the only begotwn Son . " He hath dec ^ ch * F « oher unto us . Now , i * i : Bot * r « n-e that w -t Lirwt « h . » ald expressly have said t ^ -at" ii-Ban nat ion God at any lime ; after he has told m urn - Goi is ^ Spirit , aad they that worship Him inurt xo ^ ship Him in spirit aud in truth , an i Uiai tbT . « . 'n " y on ; «\ iy of comi . g to tLe rr ^ ia "—L » : i » o : strange that , afrcr this , we jshonld have f > r-. tk-i . and ¦ f i ! tA ? f > : hpr out o t ^ e account wait Ch-i-. ias toll u of the Father ? Though Le h-mstii i . i ; =
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there is no other way of knowing anything of the I Father , except what he hBs told os , we leare the very source , which is the only source , the Very person that can tell us everything that we can know , and , beyond whom , no man , no being cam tell us any-^ d * » t aU—we leave Christ , the express image ol bis rather * person—we leave him , and we go about of our own head , our own imagination , and we preteai to argue , spinning it oat of our own braih —we pretend to argue , and by these arguments to settle , the fuith of the world—we prrteud to argue aboat the abstract , independent , aboricinal existence , the kind of existence , and tbe mode of existeace , of & Being whom no man hath » e :- " » , whom no man can see , whom no man has ever had the
" power of catching a glimpse of , except through lh *» only begotten Sen , aad that only begotten Son full of goodness and truth—we have left wJtogether , and " wandered on to the hill tops , and into the woods , following the " will-o ' -the-wiisp" of our own b *» j wildered aad bewildering mind , teaching for doctrines the comHandments of mn , The Church , 1 grant , has neither been indolent nor iuactive da speaking of Christ You have thousands of bo ^ s , and you have sermons almost « very Sunday about ChrLt . •» We preach Christ , « ad him cruci ' fieS" w the standard text of every Christian pal pit in England and Wales at this moment . ; and tUe sennoua are full of Christ , But wkat are th \» y aVoui ? It is a sounding brass and a tiukliog cymbal . Tfcow s ^
-r-mouis-consist of proofs , « r a . ttempts te pr «« what is called "the dirinity of "Christ , the Gcdh * ad ot Chrwt , the coexistence and the coeqaality of Christ , '' the seeoad person in the Triuity , with the Father , the first person of the Trinity , ia which exse , and on which subject the mind file * off again at a taagent , just as it did in preteodiiig to arpe out , and to pn » Te * he nboriuiual existence of the Godhead himself . > Nuvr , I umii-rtake to say that any unlearned man , any nninulterate 4 , nnsdphistioated mind , any-ouprejudiced uudsrstinding shall-go through the . trook of God , and particularly through the New Testament , and more particulariy thr »* tgh the descri ^ uon whicli Chrisi hi » self has given of his own patsuu » tud churnctvr
, and the ebjects of his aUsiou—and ihnt mind—that unprejudiced understaading shall become tilled wit the fulness of ' -God ; that mind shnll sxy »» Now , I know lor myself and sot for-another j" shall suv , "Now I know , not because tbon hast told me , hot because I bave seen the man , '" —with the mind ' s uvft— ' 1 hav * * eeu the satta tcno told me all ih&t f % c-T I did—is not thia the Christ ? " Now , my brettuvu , allew me to ask you hew it is that there should bsuch an otter disregard , such a marked passing <«•«• ice letwr « r Goa » Loiy w « a , a « d « .. u a wiiu , » utward wandering off to the forbidden rir : ds vf pKilosophy «« d science , falsely so called : Why * U > ulu 1 coias down her * Sabb . tth after Sabbath , week after week , and year after year , uniil J * iiall have
served-you as a minister for forty years , as the prophet « aid—Why skould you and * I come together m * pend -my time and yours , and both of as have to * d and-give an account of it at the b . r of God very soou , and perhaps very suddenly—why * houlJ you and-I spend our time togetherin chaitering—turn is but chatter—in pratiBg aud gabbling about tiiu * e moies of the liivine exisience , in what is comiuoujv calkd " The Trinity , " and 5 uch like xhstraciions as-these r _ Why should it be that we should openii ojir rime ia this way , and yet expect to nue .-t our God with joy , and not with ' griet ? If 1 do this ic is a plain proot lhat either , with yourselves , 1 hmo : Wm the cradle , like a Hiadoo , or a Turk , or a C « fff « -. been taught to lisp out the lessons of Fatnlisniir
, Inti-ieury , of Paganism , of HeaUien superstiunn .-uia r . rror clothed in Christian garb < , and ex , uri *! iS ^( t in Chrisuas term * , and that I know no beiw , t . rii , myself a blind leader of tbe bliuU ; or it woali prove that I was wiLuIly keeping your niii . vK from getting at the truth ; th ^ t as fa > t : i * I saw you struggling into fr .-edom—intellectual rt- ! igious freedom—as often as I saw any oneui v .. u rising from off the earth , and shaking oflttir d * i of ages , and beginning to spring upou v .-ur feet , and lift your eyes and hand * to hem-u , sa ) -ing , Lordf speak , fer thy servant heareiirso often I throw a veil over yonr f * crs auJ h :- ;* the brifnt saiuiog of the eternal things of ( JikI fmm you , leadiug yon away aiiain to some other
delusion ; and why ? becau . « e I now know , in that case , that if you come to a knowledge of tUe irutu , the light that you had hitherto conrtdered to be in me , -woald then be shown te be darkuew : and I . having hitherto had a reputation as a rnioi . * w o ! siaiioing—as the salt of the earth , wih be round t " be of that kind of salt that has lost it * sav > nr , and i « only fit to be cast upon the dunghill , and irodJt-u underfoot of men . I leave you to judge whether or pot the condition of tie Chrisnaa world at tub t u . e is as I have rapidly and imperircUy , and yrt , in the mam , correctly » kerched it out ibis niormng . 1 pray God to grant you an arrival at a char . uhi ,-judgment , but » uli at a true one , of this weizhtv au-i matter
important ; because therein depends the salvanoa of the Church—Wing at prescut an * postAie Churca—and the salTation of the world , beiii * » t present a world lying in ihe arm * of the wicked one . It shall be my bu . 4 ne .-s this morning , «> ior a * ume will allow , to take a hasty renew of the character of God as personify and incarnate in J . - * u-Chnst , our Lord and Saviour , in orier that the question may be answered— - Art th .- m h ^ tbai j-hould come , or do we look for anther " Whi > i » the Lor « i , whom we are to obey ? What is that u . aster ,, and what his teaching , unto whom we are to look for guidance and iustnsction ? I have not t !«* power , or if 1 had the power , I have not the fame , Ui go into this subject at any length ; but tnis much I
will say upon it generally , tha : iti » the great iJwidemtum of the Christian world at thif moment . Who was Chnst ? He is jonr Lord and Mast ^ rthe Head of the Church in aU things-Go ^ , hle ^ u forever . From his lip , you prwlws to catifr irvrrr word that bu fallen . He is the light « f the worVi -the Prophet , Pnest . and Kin ? ef wris t *; -ao * wh «» is . he r \\ hit is h » ? What u iii » busines * ? ¦ I want to ask- and I want te harcita » swwrtd , "In what way did God appear to mankiad befara tfes iucjroatioa of the Son of God , when theennaag oi the Son of God was foretold—when bis adient , htinisn » n , hw character , aud the objects , and uik # and tendency of his embassy- freia keav « n w ^ vanously shadowed forla aad tvpiied bT the tmw
pneu and the holv m « n of old r" SupposW theav you aad I stood where Adam and ZxtZtootlbziim . lather and mother of maa . There you are . You bear thevoxce -Adam ! Whose art U , oo ? " Tht-r e ii either the thunder shaking the earth uader yoor feet , and making the heart quake within . ? nO , or U is a shll small voice that cemes ia feed * accent * to your inmost spirit , jriving nfejto tbe dead , and lifting up that which was fallen . * Waere art ihou }" Come out from the trees of the garden ; God ulketh with thee ; thoa art from his bps to leara what ihou bast done in eating of that tree . Tbou art from God to learn how wide is the biv * ch jind how it i , to bemade up—how deep the wound aad how deeply it is to be probed ; ho w faU of festering and nuik-: lmg that sore thou hast occasioned to the human I race , aad where tue balm is to come from to hpal i and bind up th&t wound , after h * rine ^ -n ™ riK ~<
, Now , God being the same , I take it that the hisj wry of the first an isth « very rirst place to which j we eught to look for the first indication of tbe ch « - S . w // go to the fountain head we , first salvation ; who was the fint tran ^ resw , and ; who was the nrst redeemer , for there u but one ; mediator betweea God and man . Mr . Step hen * : then referred to the fall of man , commenting a * he ; went » n about the different meanings which had , beea given tothe word which was transUted " The iserpeat . Whea it was » id that he was more cuamag than any beast of the field , » , ? me * £ J * * ^ " more «» bde than ¦ cattle , or tards , or cre * Dinr thin ** . K ., t th * .
; rJ ?? A mOn > * annin * •««» craftj than all that ; God had created , and next to God , was the most ; Tnystenous and awM personage . He declaimed '^ riT ^ v ^ T ^ BgauU 5 t cl ^ ^ S and craftiness , obsernng that it was no mark of superiar inteuH gence , but » n thecontrary that cunning men were children of the desfl-the offering ot their * £ ? t head , the father of lies . He then came to the S npoa Sata » remarking that cuaaia * alwavs caughi a curse , aad warned his hearers against fccarag eachoriier bycraftinew . After reading the cTH * e upon womas , as well as the promise that ttie seed of the woman , should bruise the serpent ' s head , h « said—did yoo ever ask . did it ever co ™^
into ywirmiad why God should choose to make weman thus the forerunner , thas the mother , thns tte nurse « f liat bab « of Bethlehem who was also a r ? P * of D 3 7 * j and who after having been the aoa of Maa , the seed of the woman , in the maHger , in the cradle , at the tt ^ eas ^ born & yon are tea , brought up as you are brought op , and who sbwild » ft « wards sit to be the jadie of the qcick and ihe dead —did it ever occur " £ ? *« . ? , wh J < 5 od ahould haw put thu dishnznished honour npoa woman . * w Ay did not God make thifSasioor aa he made the first maa ? Christ was caBed the aecoad Ad . uaway was he not made as the first Adam ? Or why ZO ! L J" * £ . disti 8 ct ' separate , cad independent « naaauon fern the Godhead , withoul any inier . mpoiate hnbng oy osanectian wilh tr . « m ^ n >>
-came to gave r 1 shall only answer that onestion bv k ^ i ^ rT ^ ^ - - God & * »* taink fit . ^ txt ^ , aa- fisaK : i l i i = -nt , e ^ esj and the kindness of tbe mi . k oi ,. at ., r » J » * he , bymaa . most of a-1 ( Jo ? s 4- ' L '' : uu > cho-eJ \ . be the' ^ Tt ^ 1 ^ - ^ w . ^ tV tdid-b . t , S to crui .:
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beea remarked by all divines , that eyer since God promised that the teed of tfw woman should braue ihahe&dof ihe ferp « ut—that , ever since that time , to gtxinto wedlock , to live happy at home , to bave all the comfortable means uf subsistence , to be by the side of tbe husbaad , auJ mere especially to have chiUren—many children—and more especially , and above all , to hare sou * horu duto them—from the very time that this prumL-e was given , this was tb * yreitt object , the great desire ol a woman's heart , I and the chosen object of her life . Now , if that be true , how can we tolerate a doctrine that destroy * aaiuril affection—tlm makes a woman hate the tery idea ot w , dlock . nad imparts a hatred , an I actual ^ hunning , an nciuul thuodering at the very idea of a child r Yuu know lhat in the hour of
nature ' s sorrow , t ' ie word of God says that a woman , K . r joy ibht a m > n i * bom into the world , forgetteth her currow ; « o thai it wnl become as a dream to her the moment » Ue » allowed to da «{ i . that- 'babe , and bug her bu <; baiw '» pride , aad fii > t-bom , 'to her i . reast . Y « u have met with women who , in that huur , inAteud of r ^ oiciu ^ , a # the Scripture aaith , have had Hiirtstd-et uuviug a h \ ingchild , shuddering ut the iieaof a iie * month that caunot be filled , > iu « thf r b ^ ck that cannot be covered—another being that will h » vw to u : ifs through the fire to Molocl ( GivateiuutKKH } N «» , I wwb to refer Cnrutiaa ministers to this pointing oat oi the & « n oi God , Thou cUilo , Jeuus , —taou , the woman ' s seed , sbalt broue
the # er |*? at s bend , nnd thou , devil , shall bruise bw heeL liens , theu , we Unve enmity between ^ the d . ed ol tue woman and the seed ttf the tierpeat . Tiiat is t « » ay , umt all good men are everlastingly ti be nguinig > ud warring the good warfare— -workiug i <^> -iher with God to destroy the works of the ¦ i ««\ ii , - « ud iliis wurare otteu , almost always , leads turough lili > i > d to Mriory , because it is a deadly eiiniuy . 1 « ih im * ua > s to the second . priacipal la .-tiiifeitrtUuii ol ( ji'd ui niiu iu the promise of tue &uni \ i £ b -vi- 'ur . li . is ^ iveii to Abraham , and is otn ; u qu ^ -te i by ynui ministrr * . You will find it iu tiir ^ 2 > . a ch .-pirr oi Gt-hir-is , and at thu 1 . 5 th vtr « e . Vuire i .- no . < i . w < -rd in uiis proiuise , to Abraham , ol tbe ! iie > siugs wind GihI would bestow upou him
—iherv II * not a worn in ihw promise aboutjustiKcmon by lau .., uU ui the lo ^ iveness of eiu .-i , about u . e wiii . i- * a ol t a- spirit . ub- * iteuur « saactificaliwn , or election ana p . e . i nuu ^ tiitu , and all the rest ol tu .-m uucmnert v » uicli i « . ou * t wish , thi * tuorniug , at all tii < Ujip& . rag * , hue 1 undertake to » ay , that 111 all the . pr . mixes , iu uii i ! i « revcaliugs « f God the Spirit io iue uuderit ^ ndiiig , imd to the hopes of man < ts to tlie coining ol C . riat iut « th « wurld , these nre ur ^ er tie first , a ; . d tu « s > arc very , seldom mentioned iu ail . Aui v , , ia « , .- »» c we i " n thi-ir s (« ad ? We uhvc blcviu ^ s >> f ihe biuket aud of the store , lilra-iiiita ot ihe i \ ug Uu » n and of tae ri .-ing uu
, uie . < Mn 3 ol the poiug out and of the comiug in . Ev .-h iu that very cur » e wkere G ^ d say « , 1 bave curbed vrHman , " in thiit curse , a * it is called , it is * . nd ttiai "uer sorrow saall be multiplied , Uiai in » um >*—she shall bring forth children , that her oesire shall i > e to her husband ^ ¦«» tii-at he > h : ill rule over her . " The ctir-e ii ,. on u . au i ? *• DecuUM ? tbua hast hearkened unio ihe voioe , ifec , cui > pd i * the ground tor thy saWr . " W imt i > tue cutm * up «> c the ground ? "In ^« rn > - » sh . ili ' ihuu e . ii ot it ail the days of thy life . " Novs I i . t-ver sui , that \ ou were to have no more
-urrnw uiii-r a tivf .. urr'od , or a given day ; but 1 Uuw ai « ttv < ? . i ; iiu . uL ihe sorrow * to which we an ; iirirs in ( nit u < . » : i an- tii be sweetened by eur daily brrad . Iu > ono » >!;; ilt thou eat of the grounu . iiuw ! mhk ? At . Uie aav&tit ' tUy life . How is man tugfiii : ta i u . 'u > , iu t till the earth . " But man c . nji : ot cnl tai- cuitu iill the days of his lile . Ue c ; isi ; :-i ^ i > rk uiit .-U tttirr Ue is SO years old . Where tiienishf iogeiii : If tiod ' . s wora be true it is this : — "liiiaiu win w ,. ik wuUst thou ffiut power the 12 hu .-. rs ol tn ouj—vt .-fti ; ure 12 hours in which man i * ti « or ii ^ tit t »> l . ibnnr , and four to rest)—if ttuni v . ui w . rk «» k > uk tta tbe « uu of J ^ uih shin es , lu-u .-n . Ut nmtf , r * m anil gather enough in store , i ^ i . ong ., i > .-t ou > y to Jicvp ti . ee , ^ nsngh not only to «^ aK « - u ( J ioi- tin- wtr . r : ii . d t < . > arof strenTth in doing
co » - work , but t ::.. u * lialt te * p and gutter euough to ** i \ e u »« -e nil tb- »» y « wf < hy life . Now I wish man ta D « thrown up . Hi uis o » u resources . I wish man to ue jjui t <> lii » own Mreugth , to be allowed to exerthis >» u \ .. i . \ ei » , >«> a then tuete will be enough and to ¦^ are - euougli for ^ li—enough for evermore . When G .-d t > irss « oA ! jriih : \ in , he b-t-ssed himby telling him tiiui kiii * rrd tlioula be as the stars of heaven , and a » ihf tiaiids on tlit < ^ a shore . This in a ble ^ siai ; winch ali tin ; world has ci-Usidi-red to be th ^ ckiefest ot ' ttit- blt-- > iiigs * hi < -. h Gi » d has bestowed upon mankind . Jn L ' : iri > t all the liuUons of the earth shall be ble .-st-a . 1 traui to know how all the nations of the tMrih i'To to b > - blrssed in Chriyt ? If the meaning of h i < tl . sK » e are ail to be blessed ia Christ liy huviug > . HieUidy io j > und on atonement for us—if
the mi uii- 'u of tliia pr- 'Uiiee is that we should have the lorjjheu .-ss of . < ui . " , and life everlasting in the kingdom of Goo burealter , then the best way , the rifcLt ami the pru ^ er way for God to have conducted h i * ^ . i . iii—1 .-yeak it wnh reverence—would have been io i >> ue » . » ved himsr-lt thetrouble , and mankind ihv M . rro ^ « i ^ a ^ jiug through the scene of » ha > ow , ; vud of e . nptv mraaiuvie .-s nothingness . What is iheworla ? What is hie—what is it all about if tue coining of Christ have nothing to do with this wuriu , but with t .. r- otUer ? 1 maintain that the bK-s > u > gs v > i L \ iri > t aie first—nnd therefore principa ' . iy . aii'i bflore nil others in our estimation are rirsi the blessiup ot this wortd . nud ihen thft bles-* ni |« i » of tUr utu » r *>> rld . I > irt Cuort briag immor-U . ny to light throngu the gospel ? He did ; but we rir
• ttojii iiintfte brought Uir to hgbt before he brought ittiuiv rt ^ lity ; hv •* urought life and immortality to ligtit . " l » Guaiiue ** with contentment great ghiu ; ^ r * . And why «> ? h has thf promise of this life , a * well u > ih-- U ! b m cuai » . How can we judge ot jb- tiiiujis that are unsten , unless we have the thine n th . it are isetfu ? How can we love ( J . » d whom we have not seen , if we hate onr brother » -i : o .-u we hive ^ een ? And liow can we juuge ol tl « j blfw . ngs of eternal li ! e unless we haye au esrue » t , u f » . n .- ; u » tf of those blessings in our tnoutb , iu our belly ., ouuur bock , over onr heads , in our nuns , and dancing around our knees here upon &AXihf iu b . rrMu * l will bless thee ; and in multipiyuig 1 willmult . ply th < - « -, » uid in thy seed all the uit . oun ol tbe earth slmll le blessed . " If there
werp-ajiy d-ubt at till of the object of Christ ' s cmiugiuto tbe world , that doubt would Hurely be aet ai twt by tUe coutents of the " 2 ud Psalm . Mr . Sirpheiw ibeii qouted and commented upou several n * n * ol this F » alm . *» He shall judge the people with ritrbteoii-ne ! ' * , and the poor with judgment . " Now , this cannot be in the other world j for we are teld that there are no poor iu Heaven . Chrint tells n » there is not to be * o much as male * md female we an * to he there as the angels of God . Here it is a very different business ; and therefor * if Christ cam «? " for th * purpoaeof placing ssch precepts before the world , declaring such doctrine * , insistahf upon such iusiitarions , and tf « tibli * hii ! g such syvtems , through uia > piric , in his word , by his minuttew and servants , it certainly doea follow , that the rap * of JeitUS the
Lhr . st , kingdom come , » not tue kingdom hrrealtef , but the kingdom from heaven bere upon earth . a Tny kiagdom come . " It is onr daily prayer , because by it we are taught to look ior our daily bread . * Th y kingdom come *" what is the meaning of it ? lo the destruction ' of thelactory « ystein . *» Thy kingdom come , " why ? To the Of ? trncciov of th * New Poor baw . M Thy kind «» m come , " hovr J—to tbe destruction of lawg and fy * tems , prirate and public , individual and relative—to the tlc-trnction of all laws , systems , and institutions tbat hinder man from coming to the blessings which God has prepared for him . "The mountains shall bring forth peace to the people , and the little hills by righteousness . He shall judge tke poor of the people , he shall save the
children of the uettdy , and suall break in pieces tbe oppr-sMir . " Now , we are in a stata of war and rebellion against God , and therefore against . one another : and tuose v * ry men—those very institutions intended nnd established by the Divine Being to bring peace aud righteousnws to the people , are bringing and Kcattenug firebrands and arrows , and death amongst the people . Then they are the Devil's brood ; limbs of the Devil , sons of Satan ; and Christ and kid followers are to bruize the berpeut . though the serpent , for a time , is to be allowed to braize their heel . w He shall judge tke poor , and break in nieces the oppressor . " Is that the business oi t ^ rwt ?—tben be must have been a most violent man—a iuo > t outrageously violent man . He must ha ** U-ea a great agitator : He must have been a most annoying , troublesome , and disturbing
politician . He recommended them to lead ovht the whole of tbe psalm , at their leisure : He c-nld not read ic without commenting npon it . He then relerred them to that portion of Isaiah where tlje prophet speaks of Cud diridin ; with Christ a portiou with tbe great , aud the spoil with the strong . " Now , the plain English ot this to you and me , " said hu ^ is , if we , Breaching Christ , enjoying tn « bitting s ef tbe gospel of Christ , and following Christ in the regeneration—if we are willing aud ready with him to poor « ut onr souls unto deaih—thru , and uot till then—and oaly thect , will God , as a reward for oar pains , aad our sacrinv * s— -thro will God divide ns the spuil with the
i strong , and , will divide with us a portion , with the gr eat ; that i * to say , the work he hath given ns to do > hall b ? accomplished , though some of ue , mdividually , like Chnst , should have to shed oar biood in batting down the oppressor under the feet of war b-etkrf ii in tue wond . 1 -could qoote thoosupd-s «! ' jNcrjptares , in which the basine >* of L'hri * ti » diftinctly iiud literally foretold . I will sum tin in all op iu » :-. r . You will n ' nd it ia the third chnprerot Mitliichi , the last of the prophets . Mr . S e . hrnp t- en t | U- » D d a considerable portion of the e : iuptrr , »»' t-r < vt > icb he , ri-lemng to Christ , said—- > v ^ . i iu . u aDiao t : e oay ot " his coraicg : " Christ sjij > . " 1 c . iueuot io seud peace on the earlh—1 c -Ui " -n't -o si-n . i ; . ! , u-e , but a ^ H ¦|)^ d . " : On- cit .: iJ itt our & ; h puge )
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HOUSE OF LORDS .-I&ur « fay , Feb . 91 . IiOrd NOP » MANBY stated , in answer to a ques-» on from I / jrd EllenborotiK > i , that a de * patck bad uen received from Sir J . Colbome relativ « to the vT * 5 C | 11 of the S ocial Couacil in Canada , and that Uete , ! was ao objection to laying it on the IiOrd RADNOR gave notice for Lord Fitewilliatn , that the lalt «» will on Thursday , the 14 th of M arch , move the Tollewing resolntion : — "That the present Com Laws fall to produce that steadiness of price which is essential to the best interests of the country . " On tbe motion of Lord RADNOR , returns -were ordered of the average price of wheat from 1 S 38 U > 1 S 3 S , h ' .. ¦¦ Lord STRANGFORD gav « notice , that on Monday next , he will call the attention of the House to the relations that sow exist between Franco and certain states of South America .
In answer to questions from several Noble Lord ? , Ix > rd MINTO said ha believed that at the time of Hie recent outrage on the British flag there was at least one British vessel of war at Vera Crnzj that he could not tell whether the pilot wno had been taken ont of the British vessel had been released : that he believed there would be no objection to lay before the House [ the despatch of Commodore Douglas , and the letter of Mr . Paget ; that he could not say positively whether Admiral Baudin had ascribed the occurrence to the inexperience ef the person commanding the French vessel , but that he would inquire . Lord MINTO said , he did not expect that their Lordships would have inquired so minutely into the matter . .
Lord LYNDHURST said he was surprised that Lord Mint © should not have expected that a minute inquiry would be made into the matter , and expressed a hope that he would lay all the papers on the subject before the House . Lord LONDONDERRY moved for papers relating to th « interference of the Government iu the war in Spain . After a short discussion Lord Londonderry acceded to ' the Bnggestionof Lord Melbourne , that the motion should stand over till Friday , ia order to give time for ascertaining whether the papers could be produced . j _ The bill for regulating the proceedings in Borough Courts was read a second time , and ordered to be committed on Friday . Tbe House adjourned at seven o ' clock .
Friday , Feb . 22 . The Earl of MINTO read the following extraot from a despatch of Commodore Douplas , on the subject of the late insult to tbe Britixh flag : —** I have also had the « atif > faction of receiving an explanation from the French Admiral Bnudin on the subject of the pilot who was taken cut of her Majesty s Express packet , the aflfair having taken place entirely m a mistake on the part « f the Prince de Joiuv-ille . and the French aumiral hau communicated with his government respecting it . "
The Earl of RODEN inquired whether the Government of Ireland had received any information likely to lead to the detection of the murderer of the Larl or Xorbury , whether any persons were in custody on the charge , aud whether there was any reason to expect that the alarming conspiracy against life and property in Ireland was likely to be discovered and suppressed . The Earl of NORM ANBY answered the first question in the affirmative . There were three persons in custody , on suspicion , but he could not say in what manner the investigation was likely to terminate . Ai to the third question , the Government , anxious
though always to receive any evidence of a conspiracy , did not at present attribute the murder of Lord Norbory to any such cause . Lord COLCHESTER moved foraseries of returns regarding the state of the navy rince 1819 , tbe number of inr . n , the number of ships in commission , « fcc , and he did so for the purpose of showing the roal state of that service at the present time , aud to prove that it w&s in a most inefficient condition . Lord M INTO admitted that the navy , being required for a state of peace , was not maintained , on a war scale , but maintained that it was bow in a more efiicieat condition than it had beeu for some years .
After an extended , but rather desultory , discussion , iu which Lords Melville and Melbourne took part , the motion was agreed to . the papers ordered , and their Lordships adjourned till Monday .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS . —February 21 . Mr . WYNN brought np the report of the Committee appointed to inquire into Mr . Whittle Harvey ' s case , and moved lor a new writ forSouthwark . Writ ordered . Mr . SHAW gave notice that on the 7 th of March he will move for paper * relating to the state of Ireland . Mr . PRYME stated , that on the same day he will move for leave to bring in a Bill to abolish Grand Juries in England and Wales , aud Mr . HUME , that on Thursday next he will move
a resolution to the effect that no more Lords Lieutenant should benppointed for Ireland . Lord JOHN RUSSELL stated , in answer to a question from Mr . Wyna , that be intended to move the second reading of tbe Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenue * ' Bill on Monday , and although much prosed to give mere time for the consideration ol the measure , he nwtonly rufused , bntsaid" lhat the report of the commission on which the Bill wns founded had been b # i « r <} the House for thr ^ e er four years , and he could therefore see no valid objection against taking the second reading on Mondav . "
Mr . G 1 LLON moved , pursuant to notice , that the House resolve ibwlf into committee , for the purpose of taking into confederation the taxes on internal communication . Tho motion wns not pressed , in consequence of Mr . Rice expressing his int-ntion to bring iorward a measure on the subject during the present Se . s * iou . Mr . J . STEWART obtained leave to bring in a Bill for the enfranchisement ot lands of copyhold and customary tenure . Mr . HUTT moved the following resolution : — "That this House had seen with regret the conduct of the King of Hanover , in regard to the dues levied
by the authority of his Majesty at Stad . e , on British vessels and cargoes , and that thi * House i * ot wpiuioH that no foreign power should be permitted to levy on British shipping or commerce any toll « , dues , or charges whatever , nil its right to do so has beeu first clearly and fully established . " Lord PALMERSTON insisted that there could be no doubt as to the right of the Hanoverian authorities to levy these duties ; but said that the Government bad beea for xome time past , and were ntill , in communication with the Hanoverian Government on the subject . The motion was negatived without a division .
Mr . P . THOMSON obtained leave to bring in a Bill to provide for the copyright of designs for articles of manufacture , and a Bill lor extending the copyright of desi gn * for calico printing to other woten fabrics . Coloael srBTHQRP moved for returns relative to the expenses occasioned by Lord Durham ' s mission to Canada . ' After a short , but amusing discussion , the Gallant Member withdrew his motion ; and a return was ordered , on the motion of Air . Rice , " of all the expenses incurred in the mission of the Earl of Durham as High Commissioner and Governor-General of Canada , distinguishing any salary paid to him as such , and all the expenses paid and incurred in bis passage to and from the seat of his Government '
Mr . WYBARRON obtained leave to bring in a Bill for consolidating and reforming the Ecclesiastical Courts of Ireland .. Mr . F . MAULE obtained leave to bring in a Bill for regulating the metropolitan police court * . The House adjourned at a qaurtcr-pa * t « l * v <> n o ' clock .
Friday Feb . 22 , In the Commons Sir G . Grey ( re-elected ) and Mr . Maxwell took the oaths and their seats for Devonport and Cavan . t Lord AS H . LEY inquired whether the second reading of the Factories ^ Act Amendment Bill , which stood for Monday , would be brought forward on that evening . ' Mt . FOX MAULS answered in tbe affirmative , if important bosinew that preceded it afforded the oppsrtnnity ; but he ahould not move die order unless he coald do ao before eleven e'clock . The Prisons' ( Scotland ) Bill was forward *! a stage . The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER , in a Committee of Supply , moved a grant for the transfer
of aids to the amount -of £ 2 , 000 , 000 , which was agreedto . Mr . HASTES moved the second reading of the Affirmations * Bill . Mr . Goulburn , Sir R . Inglis , the Recorder , Sir R . Peel , « fec , « trongly resisted it , as calculated to endanger life aad property , by weakaning securides gained by oaths with juries and witnesses . Mr . Gibson , MrV O'ConnelL Lord Morpeth , the Solicitor-General . &c , supported ir , coBteiiding tkit by disregarding the conscientious scruples of person * evidence wai « &st , and great injury was done both to prindple aud prop « tty . Tiw House divided on it ; but the Bfll was lost by- Ay ^ 93 *» oes i 2 y Majority against it . 32 The result was received with much ch-.-eria « - .
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SINGULAR CASE OF POISONING . On Saturday last , an inquest watt held at the sign of the Ball ' s Head , in Church-street , Mile-endf Now Town , berore Mr . Baker , the coroner , on view of the body of Mrs . Sarah Chapman , aged 32 , the wife of a police constable , No . 70 . George Chapman , the « on of the deceased , aged 14 years , and who appeared to be labouring under severe indisposition , stated , on t > . atday week , about three o clock in the afternoon , he was passing along St . Geor ^ e ' s-voad , in the Boroagh , arid saw a paper parcel thrown out close to a chemist ' s shop ; on reaching it he took it op , and found that it was a bag containing prepared barley , and had a hole in it , as if the rats or mice had been gnawing it . The ) ag had also a printed label on it , with the words
" uoDinsen it patent barley , for making barleywater , i puddings , « fec , " and on tasting it , it appearing to be pretty good , he put it into his pocket . Coroner—Arc you sure the word " poison" was not written or printed on the bag ? Witness—I am , tiir , quite sure . When he came lome atnighthe gave it to his mother , and told her how he had got it , and she said she would put it on one side , and make gruel of it some other time . On Monday night last , on-Ms coming home , he asked his mother it . she kad made the gniel , and she replied not , but desimd him to do so . He then took the contents of the bag , with the exception of about a teacnpfull , aud having prepared it in the name way be would oatmeal , Lh made gruel of it , of which his mother , his brutber , and himself , had partaken , bhortly afterwards they were seized with , violent
pain and retching , and rolled about the floor in the greatest possible agony . Witness asked his mother if sue wonld take a portion of the grne . l to n . doctor to tiee what was the matter with it . This she at first objected to , but he afterwards took some to the shop of Mr . Morton , in Brick-Ian * , and was told that it there was anything poisonous in it , which they did not then know , the persons who had taken it should take somothiug to make them vomit as much as possible . - Mr . Morton s ! only tiiterwards called to see hi j < mother , and sent her tome medicine , whjcb he ordered to be taken every five minutes , but she continued to get worse , and died at half-past one o clock on the following day , Tuesday . Juror—Do yen know whether the paper bag containing the birley had been thrown from the chemist ' s shop in St . George ' s-road or not ? Witness—1 do not , sir .
Mr . Mears , a surgeon , in Brick-lane , said that about ® ne o ' clock on Tuesday morning hi 3 assistant visited ^ the deceased , and he saw her himself on the follow-in ? morning between nine and ten o ' clock . It w . vs his opinion tben that she was labouring under tbe effects of active poison . He administered the usual remedies to counteract it , but they were of no avail , as she died in a few hours afterwards . He subsequently analysed a portion of the gruel , of which the deceased , the last witness , and another of her children had taken , and found it strongly impregnated with white ar . < enic . He had also mad © n post mortem examination- of the body of the deceased , and found thather death had been occasioned bv poison .
The jury felt satisfied with this evidence' and returned h verdict to the efiect that tho deceased came to her death casually , and b y misfortune , tafiinga quantity of gruel impregnated with arsenic . The jury also exprenited the strongest reprobation of lie act of placing a poisoned article in a place where it could be picked up by a stranger . The Coroner joined in this condemnation , and observed that the case was a very melancholy one , and he bopad its publicity would act as a caution foi the future .
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The youNG wheat plant , says the Mark Lane Eapress , after emerging from iu recent covering ot siiow , looks strong and healthy ; aud , as far a ^ the year has hitherto proceeded , everything is going oh favourabfy . la tact , a more auspicious wiuter has rarely btea experienced ; and should tb « spring and summer prove equally propitious , a greater crop of wheat will be produced next autumn thaa for many years past . Thk People ' s Charter-men ia Norwich have commenced arming in right good earnest Up
to Wednesday eveniug last , we understand no less than sixry-tight pikes have been said amongst thtm . They are about eighteen inches long ; go that they can be carried in the bosom , with a sort of knifeaook at the end of them , fer the purpose of cutting horses' reius—anticipating , we suppose , that they will come in contact with the military . A club i * established for the purchase of these , to which every member subscribes one peuny a week . The price is about Sd . or 9 d . ; and as they pay for them by their nubscription 8 , a raffle takes place to see who ia to be first supplied . —Suffolk Chronicle .
Captain Berkeley baa resigned his office of Lord of the Admiralty * , and is is succeeded by Sir John Pechsll . The gallant Captain had publishrd a letter to Sir John Barrow on the system of war and peace complemeats in the Navy , which contained stricoirtHon the system of manning the navy , not to be tolerated from a junior member of the Board of Admiralty . Mr . O'Conneix arrived in Dublin on Sunday , after a tempestuous passage of thirty-seven hours front Liverpool . He addressed a meeting of Preeursors on Monday , at the Corn Exchange . Mr . O'Connell did uot appear , and did not speak , in good spirits . He confessed that the Precursors were uot so numerous as he had hoped they weald be ; and that he must have two millions to obtain "justice for Ireland . " The number as yet enrolled is only 74 , 000 ! —
Mr . Robert Beslst , of Northampton-square , has published a letter , distinctly stating that there has uten ' * gross mismanagement aad misapplication in the administration of the funds" of the Church-rate Abolition Society ; aad that before the Society can rally , it must be " taken out of the present hands . " Mr . Besley sayg that in the account in the ledger of the Patriot newspauer , which received large sums for . reports of Church-rate meetings , theie was " an erasure in almost every line ; and that one of the auditors , a lawyer , said he should be sorry to go into court with any cause SUppUIUd Wy ouoK ocidence .
Death by Burning , and extraordinary Fortitdde . —An inquest was held yesterday at the ' St . George ' s Hospital , before Mr . Higgs , on Mrs . Mary Sutch , who came by her death in the following manner : —Mr . William Sutcb , husband ol deceased , is a bootmaker , residing in Grosvenorraews . On Monday afternoon he waa in his shop , when he heard his wife give an alarm of fire from the first floor . On rushing up stairs he met her descending with her clothes all in flames . He told her to go back and lie down , in order that he might envelop her in the carpet . She did so with the greatest presence of mind . He could not extinguish the flames with the carpet ; but a young man coming to his assistance , water was procured aud thrown over her . The flames were then put out . A coach was dent for , aad though she was most dreadfully burned Bhe walked down
stairs , and got into it without assistance . When tbe coach arrived at the ho > piul ahe got oat unaided , and walked without uttering an audible cry of pain into the ward in which such patients are usually received . Though she said she felt the . sufferings of *¦> ¦ hell upon earth , " the oaly anguish she expresixed was at the prospect of being for ever separated from her husband . Htr clones caught fire whilst she wa » taking something f mn a shelf over the fireplace . Mr . Robtrt Frederick Brnvsn , hoase-sur ^ con , said the whole of d « ceased " s body was severely tumid , and she died oa ThursJay rnorn ' ng from the injuries she bad r . cived . The jury having exr . resswi their surprise ¦ i nd -sympathy at the wondcrfai ' p . ititrnc-e Splayed bv •! fiH > . ; s-ii wbiis-r labouring ¦; 'i .: ' c-rsuehinr . n € Kiifterinff returned a verdict of "Accidental Death . "
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• -. .. . * . - ' x = ^^^ ^ sassasBesKBt Mr . Birch , of the Norfolk Circuit , has beea appointed Recorder of Thetford . . Resolutions against cburoa-Tates and a stats religion were adopted by a numerous meeting at Leicester on tbe 11 tb instant * Sib George Gbby was on Tuesday week n . elected for Devonport , without opposition . Br the death of the Earl « f Zetland , which occurred -suddenly on Tuesday week , at A « ke Hall his seat near Eichmond , in Yorkshire , a racancy is occaabaed in therepresentetion of Richmondfor which borough , Lord Dundas , now JSarl of ZeU land , sat .
Lord Petbe , who has for so many years kept U « liberal bunting establ- ' shintnt in Essex , is about to Weak it up , and the Quorndon lroundg , so jBh ly praised by tbe . sportsmen of that county , witl DC SOnl * . . The People of this town and neigbboorbood have bwnaarrying . maa during the w « ek I scarcely a girl of the lower orders , from fifteen t » thirty , but has joined H ymen ' . b ** d * .-Batt , hann » n Htrkld . Mr . NoRRig , of Philadelphia , has rewired aa order for ten ef ; hi . locoraotile engine , from the Birmingham and Gloucester Railroad Company , ia England . ¦ . The Mvsical festival at Oxford , which was postponed last year on account of the coronatien , will take place , under the direction of Mr H R Bishop , on the lltb , 12 th , and 13 th . of June . The general rehearsal will be on Monday the 10 th .
Mr . Dupre was elected member of Buck inghamshire , on Monday week , without oppomioB . Mr . Cavendish , M . P . for Suwex , announced that th » Liberal Club " would be reorganized , and a candidate brought forward on the independent interest at the next election . A-Gent-ib Hint . —An uncle left in ha will eleven silver spoons te bis nephew , adding , "If I have not left him the dozen , he knows the reason . " The fact wan , the nephew bad , some time before , stolen it from bis relative . It is not true that Mr . Carrey , tb « Member for Armagh , has paired off with Sir George Crewe , as he is now closely attending his duty ia Parliament . —Be / fast Chronicle .
Affair op Honor . —The altercation which took place between two gentlemen * t the railroad , Westland-row , on Saturday last , was adjusted Yesterday at Maehin ' * Hotel , Dawson-rtreet , h > the offending party having made an ample and satisfactory apology . —Saunders ' s News-Letter . The Austrian Government have just purchased the collection of natural histery of tbe celebrated traveller Charles Baron Von Hugel , for an annuity of 3 , 000 florins , and the additional sum of 36 , 000 floriins .
Singular Dbath op a Child from Scp-FOGATION . —On Wednesday evening week , three females , one of whom bad a bab y in her arms , applied at the pit door of the Surrey theatre , but ; were refused admission unless they paid one shilling for the child . They went away , " and after a consultation , it was agreed that " they should return f ingljj and that one of them should secrete tbe infant under her cloak , jo that it might be passed without payment . This was done , but on opening the cloak , the child was found to be dead !
Mr . Waklet . —Tbe Horning Jtost says ( on the authority of a correspondent ) that the Coroner elect intends to resign his seat for Finsbury , from a conscientious feeling that a Judge should be perfectly independent of the influence of popular clamour in a district in which he may be called upon to exercise his grave and important fonctions .
COSTEBSIONS TO THE CATHOLIC FAITH . — James Wheble , Esq ., of Woodley Lodge , late High Sheriff of Berkshire , iu a letter to tire editor of tbe Reading Merpury , reckons the number of conversions to the Catholic faith , in England , to be about 2 , 000 annually . Within the last few months , Dr . Walsh , Bishop of the Midland District , has confirmed 692 converts in the Eastern counties . Among other converts , Frederick Lncas , Esq ., of the Middle Temple , barrister-at-law , has abjartd the tenets of the Society of FrieDds , and embraced the Catholic faith . —Catholic Magazine .
Apprehension of Reputed Thibtes . — -In two cases which came before Mr . Be-nnet , ofHatton Garden Police-offipe , on Wednesday week , that gentleman decided that the police had no right tn = apprehend persons on the mere supposition tbat they contemplated felony ; even if th « y ^ ere known as thieves , they must , be said , be engaged in er charged with gome unlawful act at the time of their apprehension . In one of these cases , the prisoner fa lad ) - had assaulted the constable and torn of the iskirt of his coat on being apprehenatd , but the Magistrate liberated him , apparently on the ground that he had been taken into custody improperly .
Another Gentleman Prisoner Liberated . —It will be recollectwl that at the Middlesex December Sessions a Lieutenant Burt wag convicted of a most brutal assault on a waiter at tbe Pertland Club Honse , and sentenced to six months * impriironmeat is the House of Corrtction—to pay a fine of £ 40 , ana find two sureties in £ ^ 00 each to keep the peace for twelve months . Our readers will be asteniahed to hear that a few days since the
Secretary of State sent an order for bis discharge from custody on payment of the fine / and without entering into tbe recognizances ordereo by the Court . Mr . P . Laurie called the attention of the Middlesex magistrates te tbe subject on Tnnrsday week , w heath * Chairman admitted that tbe fact was eo , but added , that he had not before or sh . ee received any communication from the Noble Secretary of State on the subject .
Sbignory of Beauharnois . —Tbe Right ion . Edward Elliee has sold the Seignory of Beaubarnoie , on which his > on was recently taken prisoner by the " sympathisers" and " patriots , " and where he . got a dose for Radicalism , ol which we fear the effects evaporated before he reachtd England . Mr . Elliee into have £ 160 , 000 for it from tie "North American Colonial Association of Ireland "—a company in which the great Daa and the mighty M ahony were originally principally concerned . "W ho the leaders and moneyed men of the concern now are we know not ; but we know that a deport of , £ 5 , 000 is alread y paid . We like not this ; some jnay think that the rat ? leaving tee house laominou * . - BngMo * Gazette . B
Stealing Pios . —At the Essex adjourned ses- , mon 3 , on Wednesday week , a man named Cramp- j b « rn anda woman named Lucas , with « horn he ' cohabited , were found guUty on several indictments of stealing at different time * between forty and fifty pign . The prisoners kept a donkey cart , in which they drove twenty or thirty miles from their residence , near Colchestt-r , whtre they robbtd the ng-sties of three or feur pigs « t a time , carried tbem nome and sold them to the larihers and others iu their neighbourhood . This practice th « y had b * ea carryiBgon without detect ion during tbe last three jeara . The chairmaa Buntecced Cramphorn te ^ transportation for seven years . Chelmsftrd
Accident by Firk Arms . —Last week , Alexander Lunw , Esq ., ef Haaip * tead , was oat with nis son shooting . In geUing over a hedge , bis gun caught . a small twig by tbe hammer of the lock which caused it to go off , aBd lodged the whole charge m bis left thigh . Mr . Lnnw instantly fell to the ground , and was conveyed to bis residence , wnere be lies in a very dangerous « tat « . JJreadful Accidbnt . --A few data
ago a fine young man , named Henry B ' atbcw , - « u admtted = Muaatient jrf . the London Hosuital in consequence of severeTTDJuries affieBrSnBsVS leopard , belonging to Mr . Wombwel ^ wbile preparing him for exhibition at the St . Juan ' s Toeatre . From the statement of the unfortunate sufferer it appears that , on the Friday previous to the exbibi-Uob of the beasts , and during the rehearsal at the Theatre , the leopard , on seeing a leopardess , became
very violent and ungovernable , and beit * » bm , t to attack the other animal within iu reacb , Hatnes ( who was to have enacted the part of Yau Ambureb to the collection ) rushed forward to cheek its twlence . ^ Inst-ad of submitting to his biddinn the infuriated animal instantl y pounced upon aBd seized him by hia right knee , pacing hii tasks to a considerable depth on each side under ihe cap aad it was with tome difficulty thebea « teou ! d be ^ ttrained from further mbebief . On returning " «» the hooae of his parente , Robin Hoed Lane , Poplar , on Sat night y Haynw did not wish to alari tbeni hVsutinR * e natoreof the injury , and acconnted for his lameness l *? l v > ^ - " » knee * ¦ pWnpout of an ' . bniiImu ^ . Soblbcoi . . » cK . applied to the injured part , and he was treated according to the advice ef a med ial practi'iontr iB the neighbourhood who attended him . The lunb , however , a ^ umed a very j dangerous appearance , aad the friends of tV « n . ri ^ nt !
sent expressl y lor Mr . Andrews , one of the senior sorgeons at the London Hospital to see him . That gentleman , perceiving the serious extent of the ial aT 7 l . * iDg informeji of the manner in wbir-h it , sad been raflieb-o , recomtuend ^ d SU immediate reraoval to the London fl ^ pira ! , acd hr w accordingly removed to tbw iRj . tuution , wh . re be MiU i ^ mains in a very dangerous aud precarious srate .
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SAVAGE BRUTALITY OF MR . JUSTICE INGHAM . ^ This « ceUent and energedc Guardian of the Poor exhibitedLhis peculiarly hmnane disposition at Dewsbary on Thurfday week , in away well calcnlated to add t * hnuse / ulneston the bench from the r « meMrliioh . raeh an exhibition is wellcalciilated to gam for him . The high and mighty « Baron" waaeoming from his residence to the GuaTdian meeting at Dewsbury , to uppoint skilley measurers and « hee « e weighers for tbebasfile , attended by ene of his canine farorites , vfhen a dog of a Umer breed bad the presumption to run alter the high bred doe and cive him a
roll over in the dirt . Sueh impudence was not to be borne , ( and well will it be for England to give more summary powers , aa Lord J . Rufw « ll is now contemplating , to a bench composed of such clever and energetic men as thia , ) and deserved it * immediate punishment . The Guardian , therefore , leaped at once from his carriage and dispatched the baxe born cur by plunging his knife into it and destroying it on tbe spot . Really this high spirited and most honourable Gentleman deserves the especial consideration of her Majesty , and ought to be honoured witb the title of "hang ' em" or stab ' em forthwith , for he has indeed well earned it ..
This will be an example to all the dogs in Dewsbury , which they will ao doubt take notice of , and we shall never again have one dog running at and behaving so brutally to another . At any rate , Mr . Justice Ingham ' s dog 9 will not fail ia future to be respected as their master is honoured I
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 2, 1839, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1047/page/6/
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