CONSECRATED MUSE. Procul, O! procul este profani. Original Poetry. THE MARTYR'S SONG, BY THE EARL OF CRAWFORD. And he saith unto them, ye shall indeed drink of my cup His tort'ring rack, or raging fire; Though he should tear, with heart of stone, The quiv'ring flesh from off the bone. But let us pity and forgive, Nor mind he wills us not to live. Richmond Hill. SAINTS REDEMPTION FROM THE GRAVE. When the last trump shall shake the world, And stars shall fall, and suns expire, And earth become a globe of fire; When this vast system's wide domain, Then rise, ye saints! nor rise in fear, Then rise, ye saints! and rise to view Echo'd by every happy soul, Eternal blessings to his name, Salvation, glory, honour to THE LAMB! Register of Entelligence. LITERARY. Just Published..-An ODE occasioned by the DEATH of the late Rev. JOHN OWEN, Gratuitous Secretary to the British and Foreign Bible Society. By a MEMBER of a BIBLE ASSOCIATION. The MISCELLANEOUS WORKs of the late Rev. THOMAS HARMER, Author of "Observations on various Passages of Scripture," containing his Letters, Sermons, &c. with a Memoir of his Life, 8vo. 10s. 6d.-The SUNDAY SCHOOL MAGAZINE, for March, price One Penny. To be continued Monthly, embellished with two wood cuts.-The Sixth Edition (including an additional Week) of Mr. JAY'S FAMILY PRAYERS, 8vo. 9s. Shortly will be Published-by the Rev. JOHN HAYTER Cox The Harmony of the Scriptures Vindicated, or apparently-contradictory Passages Reconciled,' in a series of nineteen Lectures. -A new Edition, improved, of Jesus Shewing Mercy, 18mo. In the Press-Mr. BICHENO, of the Middle Temple, Barrister at Law, has in the press, a Second Edition of AN INQUIRY INTO THE POOR LAWS, chiefly with a view to examine them as a System of National Benevolence, and to show the Evils of indiscriminate Relief; with some Remarks upon the Schemes which have recently been submitted to Parliament.-Sabbaths at Home or Devotional Exercises founded on the 42nd and 43rd Psalms, intended for the use of Pious Persons when prevented from attending the Public Worship of God. By HENRY MARCH. RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE. HOME. The very Rev. Dr. Freneh (Catholic) Warden of Galway, has lately issued a Circular to his Clergy, warning them against the wicked attempts of the Bible and Protestant Education Societies -particularly The Kildare Street Association for the Education of the Poor in Ireland'- Good and laudable purpose! (says the Dr.) but alas! how far from being the real one? Dear and venerable brethren, the avowed purpose of the Kildare Street Association is not its real and unalterable purpose; were it so, I should now command your warmest co-operation in the holy work, and be sure of being cheerfully obeyed. The design of this society has been unmasked, and its principles, its agents, and its means of working, all conspire to corrupt the Catholic principles of the Catholic population, and to fling discord and distrust among the clergy and their flocks They no longer think it convenient to dissemble their dark plan against the religion of our people, and they make the very Scriptures the bane of our peace and harmony. With them the sacred volume is the rule of faith and morals; and every school boy, peasant, and mechanic is its authorised interpreter. What, then, with this principle, becomes of your authority, my venerable brethren-where the ne cessity, any longer, for your guiding influence in the way of faith and discipline?' I will not even stop for a moment to com. bat this principle, destructive of Christianity itself. The following are the new ecclesiastical arrangements for Ireland:-Dean Arbuthnot, of Cloyne, to be Bishop of Killaloe; the Bishop of Killaloe to be Bishop of Down; and the Bishop of Down to be Bishop of Meath.-Dublin Evening Post. FOREIGN. The Rev. Dr. Morrison, who was preparing to visit England, is detained in the Ultra-Ganges Missionary station by the death of Dr. Milne, which has thrown a heavy burden upon his shoulders. He is gone to Malacca. We are happy to state that the Missionary property at Canton escaped the late dreadful catastrophe. PHILANTHROPIC INTELLIGENCE. HOME. Mendicity Suppression Society.-The Anniversary Meeting of this Society was recently held at the Egyptian Hall, Mansion House. The Lord Mayor in the Chair. The Report stated, that more relief had been given to the in. digent within the last year than within any period of similar duration, more objects having presented themselves to the Society; but that the funds required more active assistance from the opulent in consequence of those claims. Many cases of gross imposition had been detected by the conductors of the Institution, who still regretted the practice of giving casual relief to beggars in the streets. At the 7th Anniversary of the Royal Universal Dispensary for Children, the Lord Mayor in the chair, it was reported that during the last year alone 12,331 patients have been admitted; and since the opening of the Institution, in June 1816, to the 31st of December last, 34,662 sick indigent children have received medical and surgical advice, and been supplied gratuitously with medicine, of whom 31,680 have been cured or relieved; 1,307 vaccinated; 711 only have died; and 964 are still upon the books, and under cure. This charity is supported by voluntary contributions. Stations: No. 6, Great Eastcheap; 14, St. Thomas's-street, Southwark; 101, Great Surrey-street; and at the Dispensary, St. Andrew's Hill, Doctors' Commons; where the Apothecary, Mr. H. Cox, resides. In cases of danger, applications are received in the first instance without recommendation. Surgeons, Messrs. Gilbam and Dendy. Physicians, Drs. Davis and Copland. GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. FOREIGN. By an official statement in the Sierra Leone Gazette of Oct. 26, 1822, there appear to have been boarded by his Majesty's ship Driver, Captain T. Woolridge. between July 14 and Sept. 19 (both days included), no less than 13 Slave vessels, carrying 5791 slaves, Intelligence has arrived from Canton of the burning of 16,000 houses, in which conflagration 500 Chinese lost their lives. The fire broke out near the East India Warehouses. The Company has sustained very serious loss. HOME. DIED, Feb. 26, the Very Rev. Dr. Talbot, Dean of Salisbury. After amusing himself in his garden on the preceding Thursday, he retired to his drawing room and seated himself on a sofa, when one of his children inquired of him if he had finished- Yes, replied the Dean, I have done my work,' and immediately fell back in a fit of apoplexy, from which he never sufficiently recovered to speak again. He has left a widow, the Lady Elizabeth Talbot, sister of the Duke of Beaufort, with eleven children. TO CORRESPONDENTS. Received G. W. I. S. The blank verses, SKETCHES, are misnamed, and as they must not be altered, though they contain some good thoughts, if otherwise arranged, we should do injustice to readers by their insertion. The reply to K. T. is well meant, but is too late, and would, in our opinion, answer no good purpose. JUNIUS is come to hand, also EMISSARIUS, P. B., and M. RIGHT HON. LADY ANN AGNES ERSKINE. (With a Portrait.) WHEN illustrious persons are adorned with religion, the influence of their example is incalculably valuable. They may indeed be shunned by those of their own rank, as sunk in the scale of respectability in proportion as they rise in piety, but they will be looked up to by many as striking proofs of superior excellency among the great, and their praise will deservedly be in all the churches. These remarks respecting the feelings of the great towards the pious, will still apply to many circles, but we rejoice, that of late years, they are becoming less appropriate, and we hope to see a still larger increase of noble persons among the avowed and steady friends of genuine religion. Lady Ann Agnes Erskine was the eldest daughter of the Earl of Buchan, and her mother was a descendant of the house of Stuart. The family was VOL. VIII. No. 11. R |