the Whitehaven Infirmary with the sum of ten guineas for the use of that excellent institution. Beverley.-At the Yorkshire East Riding sessions, the foreman of the grand jury handed in the following memorial, which the chairman said should be forwarded to the proper quarter, and which was signed by all the gentlemen of the grand jury, with the exception of Mr. Marshall: "Memorial of the Grand Jury assembled at the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace, held at Beverley, in the East Riding of the county of York, the 10th day of April, 1833, " Sheweth,-That from the information they have obtained during their sitting, the new beer houses are, generally speaking, the receptacles of immoral and loose characters, and in almost every instance they are convinced that their effect upon the state of society has an injurious tendency; that the poorer classes are in no cases benefited; that the beverage sold at them is often inferior, and in no case cheaper than at the old established licensed houses; and that in the opinion of almost all their informants they had already become a very great nuisance." WALES. Glamorganshire.-Mrs. Davies, of Tregrose, has caused to be placed in the parish church of Coychurch, a very handsome mural monument in honour of the memory of the late Rev. John Llewellyn, once the excellent and much beloved curate of that parish. The tablet bears a simple and expressive inscription from the pen of the Rev. Mr. Conybeare, rector of Sully. The Rev. John Llewellyn, when quite a stranger in this county, was noticed and patronized by Bishop Sumner, (now of Winchester,) who, knowing his zeal and piety, presented him (unsolicited) to the rectory of Mareross. Several parishioners of the parishes of St. John the Evangelist and the chapelry of St. Mary, in Brecon, having expressed a desire that the Rev. Thomas Bevan should be presented with a memorial expressive of the gratitude of the inhabitants of Brecon for his faithful services as curate of those parishes, a subscription has been entered into, which already amounts to near 601., for the purpose of presenting him with some professional books or other useful testimonials of their affection. Mr. Bevan carries with him into his new living at Carmarthen a high character for the discharge of the most sacred of human duties. Bishop Bethel has very kindly made a gift of fifteen pounds to the poor resident in the parishes of Amlwch and Llanwen-, Ilwyfo. This sum was expended in the purchase of clothing and blankets, which were last winter distributed, through the agency of the clergy in those parishes, without reference to parochial settlement or any other circumstance, save the necessities of the persons to be relieved. SCOTLAND. Seditious and Blasphemous Publications.We beg to call the attention of the authorities, and especially the law officers of the Crown, to the notorious fact, that Paine's Age of Reason, and Rights of Man, are at present in the course of publication, in parts, at a cheap rate. Persons have even the audacity to go from door to door, for publications. In Glasgow, we understand, the purpose of vending these infamous they have met with a ready and extensive sale. What, then, is the Solicitor-General about? He cannot be ignorant that it is his duty to bring the unprincipled offenders before the proper tribunal. The poison communicated to ignorant minds, by the works we have named, must be arrested in its malignant progress, else the Government may be justly charged with conniving at its existence.-Edinburgh Evening Post. IRELAND. The Rev. R. J. M'Ghee has addressed a letter to the Hon. and Rev. Mr. Spencer, now in Dublin, on the subject of his Sacerdotal transformation from a minister of the Church of England to a Priest of the Church of Rome, in which he challenges the Rev. Gentleman to meet him in the Rotunda, and prove the superiority of the doctrine he now professes. A singular announcement was recently made in one of the Dublin ministerial papers :-"The Roman Catholic chapel, in Westland Row, Dublin, will open on Easter Sunday with a discourse by the Hon. and Rev. Mr. Spencer, brother of Lord Althorp." It is intended to erect a large and commodious addition to Tralee church, towards which useful object Sir Edward Denny has subscribed 100l., and the Bishop of Limerick, 501. The Church. The Rev. Messrs. Beau. fort and Kyle, who were clerical delegates from this diocese to the Government in England, returned yesterday, after a wise and zealous discharge of the important duty committed to them. 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After that, in answer to any claim of the clerical titheowner, it will be enough to shew that the Modus &c. have existed for sixty years, and three years of his incumbency, unless there is any written agreement for it. No other view was meant to be taken of it than this. It was said at the time that three years instead of one were to have been allowed, but that this could not be carried. If the letter-writer thinks that the Act is invalid from technical defects, that is another matter. It is one which often befalls acts in the present rapid mode of doing business. But this is a point for lawyers, and is not safe for clergy to rely on. "Juvenis" is requested to state his difficulty more clearly. "A Constant Reader" inquires who is the author of the "Oxford Catechism," or when, or from what work it is taken. Many thanks to "F. P.," from whom the Editor would be glad to hear at all times. Persons in his situation can supply very valuable information as to the state of feeling towards the church. In answer to "C.," it need only be said that books are not reviewed, unless the authors or publishers send them, for the simple reason that it is supposed that the author does not then wish them to be noticed; and the task of reviewing is, generally speaking, so odious that a fair reason for declining it is always received with pleasure. Of course, an exception to this rule is the case of mischievous books, for it is a duty to expose them. But it is not a duty to say disagreeable things about books which are only dull or ignorant, while they are right in principle. "C. S.'s" two letters, "C. W." on Labour Rates, " Amicus,” “O,” “A. L." " A Parish Priest," and "N. N." are in type, but deferred from want of room. So is an article for the Notices of the Olden Time, signed "T. S.," and "S. E. V. I.'s" Letter on the Rainbow. "J. H." "," "A Precentor," "D.," "T. 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But it is to be feared that they, for whom it is especially intended, will not profit by it. The apathy with which the gentlemen of England and the Conservative party too generally look at the measures against the Church, is as painful to real friends of the church, as it will be mischievous hereafter to those who exhibit it. BRITISH MAGAZINE. JUNE 1, 1833. ORIGINAL PAPERS. REASONS FOR SUPPORTING THE CHURCH. IN preceding numbers of this Magazine I have defended the principle of ecclesiastical endowments, and maintained the rights of the church in this empire against some popular objections. It has been shewn that the property now held by our clergy must, on every principle of equity and common justice, be still applied to the uses to which it has always been devoted. But I shall now proceed to adduce some additional reasons, why all men, who value religion and the national welfare, ought to join in defence of the Established Church. Let us then pass from the consideration of our unquestionable rights-from the demand for justice and common honesty-and come to the examination of that which ought to be the grand question with every wise and Christian man :-" How is Christianity to be preserved and maintained in this country?" For the solution of this question, we must compare the advantages and means afforded by the established system and by dissent respectively. I must, however, beseech the reader not to be offended, if, in these remarks, I am compelled to use "great plainness of speech" towards dissenting principles and practice. I am conscious of no other feeling but of the warmest charity towards dissenters; and it is precisely on this account that I would endeavour to open their eyes, and induce them to examine their own system; for I have the fullest assurance that a candid comparison of our respective principles would lead to the union of all good men within the true fold of Jesus Christ. I rejoice to think that there are good men amongst dissenters, and confidently expect that we shall, ere long, embrace them in brotherly communion. Let us, then, compare the means which the church possesses for the support of Christianity with those furnished by dissent. And, in the first place, I cannot but notice the small proportion VOL. III.-June, 1833. 4 к which the dissenting population bears to that of the establishment. With all the exertions and zeal of the Methodists, their whole number in this country cannot exceed 550,000, and the "Circular to Wesleyan Methodists" gives strong reasons for thinking that they are actually on the decrease. The other sectaries probably do not equal the Methodists in number, and they are split into a multitude of rival denominations, each of which is comparatively small. This state of things obviously mark out the Church of England as the great instrument for maintaining religion in the country. It is an immense advantage to be known universally, and to possess a hold on every corner of the land, however remote and obscure. The church has an attached population which far exceeds the whole amount of the sectaries; and even among the most ignorant and obscure portion of our people, there is a disposition to prefer the religion of their fore-fathers to those novel and conflicting systems which they see around them. There is in their minds a feeling by no means friendly to the religion of dissenters, whatever it may be to their politics. In fact, dissenters themselves admit that they find great prejudices opposed to them, and that it is much easier to build chapels, and find preachers, than to procure an adequate supply of hearers. If we view dissent as an attempt to provide for the spiritual wants of the nation, it must be considered as a decided failure; and to imagine that the voluntary system can ever supply the place of the Established Church is perfectly absurd. The wiser and better part of the dissenters readily admit all this. The Eclectic Review, for instance, observes that " a small proportion only of the actual increase that has taken place in the population of this country has been appropriated, as it were, and provided for by Methodism and dissent."-" When we compare what they have achieved with the immense work that remains to be done, we cannot so boldly affirm, as many have ventured to do, that the non-established communities, depending absolutely on voluntary exertions and contributions for support, would have been able to do, or are likely to be soon able to do, the entire work of the establishment.""That the voluntary system can succeed to a considerable extent,-that it possesses very high efficiency as far as it goes, is what few of the advocates of establishments would think of disputing: the facts are so plain that it would be pure absurdity to contest the position. That it would have been adequate to the wants, and capable of adapting itself to the varying circumstances of society, in all past ages, neither the records of history nor the dictates of common sense allow us to suppose."-" For our own parts, we are far from denying the efficiency of the voluntary system under certain modifications; but we cannot shut our eyes to the fact, that whole masses of the community have not yet been brought within the |