of the proper authorities of their Church, and spent upon schools managed under their own authorities, instead of the money being made over, in one sum, under the item of grant for "Protestant education," so called and placed under the management and control of boards composed of all denominations; under which system it is clear that the members of the Church have every thing to give up, every thing to lose, and nothing to gain. The "Pilot" of March 13th says:"After the disposal of sundry matters of minor importance, yesterday, the House of Assembly resolved itself into a committee of the whole on the Education Bill. And after an animated debate on that question, Mr. Hoyles, the introducer of the measure, having, on the suggestion of Mr. Winser, consented to limit the application of the principle of the bill to cases where the total sum for the schools of Episcopalians and Wesleyans shall exceed 30%., the principle of sub-division of the Protestant education grant was then carried, in committee, by a majority of one vote.
NEW ZEALAND.-The Bishop of New Zealand held a Visitation at Lyttelton on the last Friday in November, when he appointed two clergymen, elected by the clergy, his temporary commissaries, until the erection of the settlement into a separate see, and made other provisional arrangements for the benefit of the future diocese. lordship on that occasion stated, that after conferring with the Governor-in-Chief, he had recommended the division of the islands into three dioceses, one of Auckland and the northern portion, another of Wellington and the central portion, and a third of Lyttelton, extending southwards from the forty-third parallel.
The bishopric of Christ Church, New Zealand, has been conferred upon the Rev. J. P. Gell, M.A., Curate of St. Mary's, Bryanstonsquare, and formerly Warden of Christ Church College, Tasmania.
ADELAIDE. The committee of the South Australian Church Society has published a report, containing a plan of Church Organization, drawn up in answer to a call made upon the Society by the bishop in consequence of all aid from the State towards the support of the Church having been withdrawn by the provincial legislature. The following is a brief outline of the proposed constitution for the Church in the diocese, to consist of the bishop, synod of clergy, and convention of laity; together forming a general diocesan assembly:"
"The appointment of bishops to remain in the Crown. The synod of clergy to consist of all licensed officiating ministers, presbyters alone The convention of laity to consist of lay delegates, being communicants, from all the congregations in the diocese, to be elected by the seat-renters. The convention and synod presided over by the bishop, to constitute the diocesan assembly. No rule to be binding on the members of the Church without the concurrent assent of the
bishop, synod, and convention, in the diocesan assembly. The synod and convention to deliberate apart, or by mutual agreement in conference with each other, or with the bishop. The assent or dissent of the synod and convention, to be determined by a majority of votes in each order, openly or by ballot. The diocesan assembly to meet annually in January. The bishop to report in writing on the general state of the diocese, the clergy on the state of their parishes. Extraordinary meetings of the assembly to be convened by the bishop, or upon the requisition of seven clergymen of five years' standing in priests' orders, or of ten delegates. No alteration to be made in the Thirty-nine Articles, the three Articles of the 36th Canon, the rule of interpretation laid down in the declaration prefixed to the Thirty-nine Articles, the Book of Common Prayer, or the authorized version of the Holy Scriptures. In the exercise of discipline over the clergy the bishop to be assisted by five clergymen in priests' orders, two of whom to be the dean of the Cathedral Church and the archdeacon, and the other three nominated by the bishop from the synod at the annual meeting of the diocesan assembly, forming together a court of first instance, to be called the consistorial court. Offences requiring a heavier punishment than censure to be inquired into in a court of delegates, consisting of five clerical and five lay members, to be annually appointed by ballot by the diocesan assembly. The bishop, his chancellor, or other deputy to act as president, and to decide in case of equality of votes. To give effect to the judgment of the court of delegates a clause to be inserted in every trust deed, for determining the tenure of any minister by means of the sentence of the court of delegates. An appeal to be allowed from the sentence of the consistorial court to the bishop in synod, or to the superior ecclesiastical courts, and from the sentence of the court of delegates to the diocesan assembly. Provision is also made for the appointment of church committeemen, vestries, sidesmen, for the exercise of patronage, the management of parishes, and the keeping of registers. The financial affairs of the Church are proposed to be carried on by means of three distinct funds, a 'Pastoral Aid Fund,' 'An Endowment Fund,' and an Educational Fund,' under the control of the diocesan assembly. The Pastoral Aid Fund to be established by means of subscriptions of 3s. per quarter from every adult member of the Church willing to subscribe, and of annual sermons to be preached in all the churches, and to be dispensed in aid to ministers whose income from pew-rents and surplice fees may not reach the minimum of 150l. per annum; and for the support of itinerant missionaries. The two other funds, raised by subscriptions and donations, to be applied respectively to the building of churches and parsonage-houses, and the purchase of glebe lands, and to the building of schools and increase of teachers' salaries."
REMARKABLE PASSAGES IN THE CRITICISMS,
EXTRACTS, NOTICES, AND INTELLIGENCE.
Afflictions do not absolutely and essen-
tially incline man to repent and be re-
newed, 280.
Artillery, deficiency of, complained of by
the Duke of Wellington in 1815, 166.
Athanasius, St., description of, in Pigott's
"Patriarch of the Nile," 467.
Barry Cornwall, his lyric, "Within and
Without," 424.
Bentinck, Lord George, Lines from the
Elegy on, by the Rev. C. F. Watkins,
450.
Blandford, Marquis of, his Bill on Epis-
copal and Capitular Revenues, 391;
all legislation on this subject objected
to by some, 392; union of the office of
dean and bishop, 393; premature in
the present state of things, 394; dean-
eries not necessarily sinecures, 395;
the bishop-dean's residence, 396; ca-
thedral schools, 397; canonries not to
be united with cures of souls, 398;
contradicted by clause xiii., 399;
limitation of the number of canons re-
sidentiary, 400; the propriety of this
doubtful, 401; amendments proposed,
402; tribunal of canons for the trial
of clergy, 403, 404; restoration of the
sees of Westminster, Gloucester and
Bristol, and the erection of new sees,
405; the constitution of chapters, 406;
chapter property, 407; augmentation
of the incomes of canons, 408; the
management of bishops' estates to be
transferred to the Ecclesiastical Com-
missioners, 409, 410; Lord Blandford's
Bill placed in the hands of govern-
ment, 411; Mr. Secretary Walpole's
speech on it, 412; an increase in the
episcopate called for, 413; summary of
suggestions in reference to Lord Bland-
ford's Bill, 414, 415.
Christian Sabbath, the, Mr. Montgomery's
lines on, 229.
Church of Rome, the, is the Babylon of
the book of Revelation, 223.
Corn Colonies, 315; the wretched dwell-
ings of the poor one great cause of
their social degradation, 316; little
done to ameliorate this by the Whigs,
317; we hope much from the Derby
administration, 318; statistics of the
dwellings of the working classes, 319;
their crowded state the fruitful source
of immorality and crime, 320; Mr.
Sadler's plan for ameliorating this,
321; Mr. Atherley's proposal of esta-
blishing Corn Colonies, 322, 323;
beneficial objects on which to expend
their proceeds, 324; asylums to be
erected for the aged and infirm poor,
325; this scheme strongly recom-
mended, 326.
Cyril, St., his example in times of schism
and division in the Church, 461.
Dublin, Archbishop of, his reply to some
objections against the assembling of a
synod, 446-448.
Eastern Christianity, Russia and France
exercise great influence over its for-
Eclipse of Faith, the; or, a Visit to a
Religious Sceptic, 273; scheme of the
work, 274; probably the writing of
Mr. Isaac Taylor, 275; modern infi-
delity a bastard deism, 276; calling
themselves, but rejecting all the pecu-
liar doctrines of Christianity, 277; the
extravagance and absurdity of these
transcendentalists, 278; the jests of
Hetherington and Holioake more cal-
culated to mislead the working classes,
279; parallel between John Henry
k k
and Francis William Newman, 280;
the sceptic Harrington described, 281;
the leading positions of the spiritual-
ists refuted, 282; the question of mira-
cles, 283; the "Blank Bible," 284-
287; the acute reasoning, eloquence,
and humour, of the book, 288.
Gladstone, Mr., the "Church, Press, and
Religious Liberty," 337; the imputa-
tion of inconsistency where justly
applied, 338; entire change of Mr.
Gladstone's views, 339; exposed in the
following page, 340; as also of the
"Morning Chronicle," 341; Mr. Glad-
stone's former views on the relation of
Church and State, 342; his entire
change of opinions defended by the
"Morning Chronicle," 343; as well as
by the "Guardian," 344; yet denied
by the latter on the following week,
345; which further suppresses the truth,
346; Mr. Gladstone's former views of
religious indifference of the State, 347;
contrasted with new theories of "re-
ligious liberty," 348; also of scriptural
prophecies of the triumphs of the
Church, 349; he would have religious
ceremonials vary in some degree with
different congregations, 350; and dis-
courages the systematic practice of
"auricular confession," 351; he re-
nounces the duty of religious profession
in the State, 352; without assigning a
reason, as shown by Mr. Wordsworth,
353; the Hampden and Gorham judg-
ments, insufficient reasons, 354; the
"Ecclesiastical Titles Bill," 355; Mr.
Gladstone's theory of "religious
liberty," 356; yet the religious cha-
racter of the State not "less definite"
than in 1847, 357; but more so, 358;
former fatal results of "religious free-
dom," 359; Mr. Gladstone's fallacious
plea for its support, 360; the authority
of Scripture not to be tampered with,
361; retrogression of the "Church
party" in the esteem of the great body
of the people, 362; the ruinous mis-
chief of the course of Mr. Gladstone,
D. C. L., and their party, 363; dan-
gerous nature of their principles, 364;
which would divest the Sovereign of a
personal conscience, 365; and allow
prayer to be offered by ministers of
any persuasion in parliament, 366, 367;
the "Guardian's" misrepresentation of
Mr. Wordsworth's Letter, 368; and
defence of Mr. Gladstone by a misera-
ble evasion, 369, 370; the object of
this article, 371; warnings to Church-
men, 372; Mr. Gladstone's Letter to
Mr. Greswell, 373; its bearing on the
article, 374; irreconcilable with the
statements of the "Guardian" and
"Morning Chronicle," 375; should he
not deny these statements, 376; can
Churchmen be satisfied with his de-
clared desire for the maintenance of
existing relations of Church and State,
377, 378.
Gurney, Mr. Archer, his poems, 104; re-
marks on the various epochs of talents
in the history of the world, 105; that
of the French Revolution, 106; Mont-
gomery and Keble, 107; Tennyson,
108; Archer Gurney's translation of
Faust, 109; he explains the plan and
object of the poem, 110-112; the
opening scene, 113; song of the drunken
man, 114; "Adhemar's Vow," 115;
the "Young Nun's Dream," 116-119;
the "Martyrs," 120; on "Daily Praise
and Prayer," 121; on "Roman Catho-
lic Wanderers from the Church's Fold,"
122, 123; remarks on the principles of
criticism of poets, 124, 125; of dra-
matists, 126-128; Archer Gurney
entitled to the title of dramatist, 129;
his drama of Charles I., 130; extract
showing the demand for Strafford's
death, 131-133; Queen Henrietta's
persuasions thereto, 134; palliations of
Charles' desertion of Strafford, 135;
the battle of Naseby, 136, 137; Crom-
well's tent, 138. 140; the character of
Cromwell, 141.
James, G. P. R., extracts from his "Old
Oak Chest," on past deeds; and faith,
hope, and charity, 422.
Juvenile Offenders, 241; special difficulties
in dealing with them, 242; from his
ignorance of the evils of the ways of
sin, 243; common modes of dealing
with them, 244; insufficient punish-
ment, 245; which does not deter them
from crime, 246; one of the great
causes of which is evil example, 247;
separation from evil associates there-
fore necessary, 248; as well as train-
ing and teaching in a reformatory
school, 249, 250; two objections to this
mode, 251; both answered, 252; our
présent reformatory schools, 253; vo-
luntary asylums not sufficient, 254; a
subject for the most serious considera-
tion of our legislators, 255, 256.
Lethe, a poem by Miss Woodrooffe, ex-
tract from, 431.
Litton, Rev. E. A., his work on the
Church of Christ, 289; a subject open
to inquiry and discussion, 290; tenets
held in common but with different de-
grees of prominence in various systems,
291; plan of Mr. Litton's work, 292;
he refrains from referring to Scripture
as the exponent of systems of belief,
293; or to the Creeds, 294; and limits
himself to the Tridentine definition,
and the Protestant confession, 295; the
doctrine conveyed in the latter, 296;
not correctly represented, 297, 298;
Scripture speaks of the Church Uni-
versal and particular Churches, 299;
the Christian ministry a feature in the
Divine economy, 300, 301; the Church
has an outward, also an invisible capa-
city, 302; here was a system worked
from within outwardly, 303; the
"notes" of the Church, 304; the origin
and authority of Episcopacy, 305, 306;
from the Primitive Church, as well as
from Scripture, 307, 308; moderation
with which the Reformation treated
the Papacy, 309; Mr. Litton's views
on ordination, 310; and on infant bap-
tism, 311, 312; admitted to be scrip-
tural, should be acknowledged as the
outward sign of regeneration, 313;
the value of Mr. Litton's work, 314.
Longfellow, criticism on his poetry, 435;
his Golden Legend, 436; its poor sub-
ject and treatment, 437; the introduc-
tion, 438; a wretched rifacimento of
Faust, 439; offensive fictions and
prayers, 440; a miracle play, 441;
concluding criticisms, 442.
Lovely Home, lines on a, by Miss Wood-
rooffe, 432.
Marlborough, The Life of John, Duke of,
by Archibald Alison, 1; his peculiari-
ties and repetitions as an author, 2;
his ignorance of Church principles, 3;
and consequent mistakes, 4; his con-
fusion of love and illicit passion, 5;
Marlborough stained with profligacy
and a traitor to his benefactor, 6; yet
an object for admiration and esteem,
7; his contemporaries, Louis XIV., 8,
9; essentially monarchical, 10, 11; and
James II., 12, 13; William III., 14;
Queen Anne, 15, 16; Marlborough
employed on diplomatic missions, 17;
conducts the Grand Alliance against
France, 18; appointed Commander-in-
Chief, 19; gloomy prospects of 1704,
20, 21; friendship of Marlborough and
Prince Eugene, 22; the battle of Blen-
heim, 23, 24; midnight communion on
its eve, 25; the first attack, 26; passage
across the Nebel, 27; Lutzingen
carried, 28; the battle gained, 29;
honours showered upon Marlborough,
30; causes of his decline in the queen's
favour, 31, 32; Louis XIV. offers terms
to the allies, 33; Marshal Villars takes
the field, 34; the siege of Tournay
and Mons, 35; battle of Malplaquet,
36, 37.
Martineau, Miss, her "mesmeric Athe-
ism," 279.
Mexico, Life in, by Mr. Mason, 212;
enormous wealth of the Mexican
Church, 213; curious history of hiding
the treasures of a Church in trou-
blous times, 213-215; story of the
escape of an arriero from Céperos, 216
-219; adventure of a wild-cattle
hunter of the prairie, 220-222.
Modern Latin Versification, 38, 39; me-
thods of acquiring it, 40; translations
substituted for original composition,
41; those of Mr. Drury, Mr. Linwood,
and Dr. Kennedy, 42; the Rev. Mr.
Hodgson's "Mythology for Versifica-
tion," 43, 44; his "Sacred Lyrics,"
45; one on Isaiah liii. 1. 46; and on
Job xix., 47; admirable object of the
book, 48.
Moodie's Life in Canada, 379; toil and
hardships of a gentleman settler, 380;
"comfortable house," 381; neigh-
bours, 382; apt at borrowing, 383,
384; the Irish "help," 385; the wash-
ing of his shirt, 386; the fallows on fire,
387, 388; anecdotes of bears, 389, 390.
Montgomery, Robert, extract from his
poems on Jehovah, 418; lines on
Christian Love, 419; a Father's
Grief, 420; Reverence due to the
Sabbath, 421.
Napier, Sir Charles, his defence of the
"Queen of Weapons," 164.
National Defences should be maintained
in time of peace, 142, 143; prospects
of war, 144; Col. Chesney's "Obser-
vations on Fire-arms," 145; shows the
inefficient state of the British artillery,
146; historical sketch of artillery,
147; in China and India, 148, 149;
in Europe, 150; comparative strength
of Continental and British artillery,
151; inadequate defence of England
and the colonies, 152; danger of
foreign invasion, 153; an increase of
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