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' ' PRE/36M BENS& -OD our first page, we give - the article noticed meet week; re speoting:lliberia and the French Etnigration efforM:' tt_ is hard for a feeble State to get ju4iect at the hands of , one most power ful, when the/interests of the latterare con: muted. iPkesident , Benson probably did all bele'efild'io; or dared attempt, in the case. =MO Texas. A letterfrout Texas, under date' of July I2th, says : Recently there were fotir members 'aiderto the Milford church on, examination. We have bad no extensive revivalm ofwrelition in the bounds of our' Presbytery; (Onntral Texas,) since I have been ionieetedivitl it , ewe hs e're ye v ason to think the standard of piety among the Membere-iaigood. , We have here a weekly prayer4teeting, well attended, and a flour. ishing Sabbath School" , , Christians , ' take Ain interest in the whole , Country; land'xejoice to know that the work of the Lord advances- , ;seed pint be sown: before it caubFing ‘ fruit, and, in many cases, years revnlve before a large harvest:is col.. lected. Ilut r always, there are the smeller results, more npeedy, which rejoice the hus. bandtrutn,An4 enable him to 'labor , ip hope. Boy. Dr. McLean. We 'are glid-to learn' that the Rev. Dr., McLean,lite 'President Lafayette pol lege, Pennsylvania, is now it) far convales cent that he expects to leave 'for Louden' in the couramoLtermer.three , daysi.preparatory= to his early return to America. Dr. Me- Lean visited t Edinbuikthforpaps,purpose tikell'lnt,inis - be General As sembly °file Free Church, and his deeply interesting addressee in the Amenably con. owning the revival of religion in America, must he Irish in•n the rememhranee of our . readers: 'Thineaddiesse,s. were delivered upon the only hio liecnisions on which - the state of his health permitted the exertion,• for almost tramediately on his arrival in Ed inburgh; Dr. Meiean was attacked with vio lent Inflammatory rheumatism in his right hand and• Wrist,' from - which, although' en joying the benefitiof the beat 'medical skill in Edinburgh, he hasinffered"sentely until within therbet ten , 'days On Sabbath last Dr. McLesio 'was- solar recovered ' as to be able to 'preach for Dr. Brcice 'tlie atter noon ; linden Monday evening he addressed the Union raja" meeting in a Most hetwea; sive and touching manner.' Edinburgh' (Scotland) Witnem. Th. Indiana eonvektion. A short itinie, ago, we .gave i brief but favoralill'untiee of this 'highly interesting meeting of: ministe a and elders. . ' ,The friendly intercourse ,of Presbyterians, and • United, ,PreThyteriens, is ~to _he eipected,. from their similarity in doctrinal sentiments, and their partaking of kindred' spirit. ; " We meek :figret that Some brother did not. give us a condensed; statement; for the benefit of distant readers; The extended report, tio. onpying a'whole page in the Indians'incle- P endi n t tilekNitY inform all the churches : in the .regio4 represented.' We Inow . give the nerolutielashlidopted, on the occasion: They may both guide and encourage others in the.lrolding Otaimilirrineetings: . Resoleedi.:That "With joy 'and thank ful nowt° .Gedihn pretint' encouraging aspect ofaffairs' in the , religions world, in the conversion of the revival` religion in theheartecof 'God's 0416, so obvions from a variety but Sipe daily in tbeiineresteaiTinoreised ahead epee upon' ~ meetings for , 'sada 'prayer,, and the increase of-brotherly love- 1 -411er charac teristics of thoresent dayv , Resolved, That regaid God, by the present indiCailoins of 'his providence, as calling fondly upon 'the churches for zeal, eaergy,:aitiviti o oaerifiee, and, self-de nial, in building up the close of God at, home, and extending the boundaries of the Redeemer's kingilom. Res/ved, That ire , recommend the esteb lishment of union prayer -me etings where it can he done without the, violation of icon soientiouS dokrictions: Resole:dr:That we deplore the greai want of brotherly 104, k a t hu prevailed - in, times that are pait,lniii eirtiestl 7 recommend the cultivation of brotherly love and = mutual forbearance, and Ibe !esroidance of every ' thing that would sow diocord *met g brethren,- or alienation among those whO aka nuit e -d 'i n the maintenanop,of tthe ' , greet 4100triaes of our holy reggion. Resolved, That That we recommend,ithe ten, elders, and laityrof&the= oburobesubera represented, to spend one ,houraxeerSatie: day evening, Irom nine to ten o' olc`oTst in wrestling with ,tiockin prayerlor the' reviial , of religion in their own 'heartsoind in 'the. world. Wounurnii We` hive during the sittings . , of this Convention, `been highly gratified, and, we trust, 'iplici4idified by our communion andiell4inilifil with brethren Of, different denominaticilikireelising'-ti some extent how gait and , it is ffit brethren - to dielluetaiii unity; there fore, Itesoleed, ThaC Ociiventien be held in the Prrebytetiatt eibutehl,l3qte-, Vag on the Int Wedeeede") , Chatob l efiteAt t at 2 ceoktak P. 11.." 52 At present, it is Awr, rather' than Liters ., tura, properly so callid, which ,engages the regards of our London public. These twain, however, are steadfast allies, if not blood relations, and therefore I feel J am' hardly stepping out of my Way, if I begin by asking your literary readers to come with me to gaze on the most recent productions of Art. Of Art it has been said. that ct it belongs to man only. In Art there is no divided era pire." So sings Schiller.: In diligent toil, thy master is the bee: In craft mechanical, the worm that creeps Through. earth its dexterous way, may tutor thee; In knowledge (could'st thou fathom all its depths, ) All to the Seraph are already known: But ihine. 0 Man, is Art—thipe, wholly and alone !" This time twelve months, London taste and fashion precipitated itself on Manches ter, which, in spite`of utilitarian calicoes and fustian', has among its merchant princes real lovers of art and learning. The "Art Treasure" Exhibition of . the united King. 401 n, in 1857, will - live in many hearts in many lands, long after it has been broken up, as, alas l it has been. The Ceuntless treasures of our old mansions and of our newer palatial houses, there, were gloriously concentrated, as the cynosure of the world's admiration :and• history, theology false and true, the visions of the poet minds of the past and of "tile Present, all received magnifi cent and appropriate illustratioa. And therefore, when I betake myself to the Ex hibition of the Royal. Academy of Arts, for 1858, and linger a while, first in the dark Sculpture Rom!, and then pass through the five apartmentewhichreentain modern Paint ings, in , oil and grater colors, I confess to the feeling : " Oh, what a falling off is here I" On the other side of the wall indeed, behind .the Sculpture Gallery, is the real bona Ns 4cNational•Gallery," 'free to the masses, and where, hung on rather dingy walls, and in 'rooms not , worthy.of them, look dawn on the ',:irorking men and their families in unehang ing glory, some of the noblest and best pin. tures Of ancient and Modern Masters, in the world. Bet the " Exhibition" is an An nual affair, and. it powerfully contributes to a cultivated taste for Art, among the upper and middle classes. No artist is allowed to , exhibit more than eight different works— Honorary. Exhititors are limited to one. Those actually' ,exhibited, must first have heen approved of by the Council, and there is a " Hinging Committee," 'which often , puts the novitiate artists' pictures in such an ob scure place, or such a bad light, that he is Other so irate as to have a sudden penchant forhanging the Comutittee,,or so despondent as; but for thinking better.of it, of hanging himself ! MEI Quarterly Review of Art, Science, and Literate, e. NUMBER IV. [7IOK . 0133 LONDON CORNISPoirDNNT:] LONDON, July ifjssB. Some one has said that to our datop cli mate, our leaden or weeping skies, both Literature and Theology are largely indebted. Many a tome in the old Puritan times pro gressed in learning and solidity, as the stu dent had all temptations removed to wander by babbling brooks aid over green fields, by the advent of NoVember's rains, by the frosts of cold January and February, or by those biting East winds of March and April, which make 'a " Winter in' the lap of Spring." And thus, I suppose, we are to imagine our English authors to have been busy since November last, but Comparatively idle now. Or if they are busy, Still they are only like the bees autism Hytnettus, gathering fresh honey ti:om thelowering head for fu ture stores. May it.be the bee and the honey, without the sting of the malignant wit, or the venom of infidel scorn `I The Royal Academy of Arts in London is an Asiooiated"Body, with its "flonoriry Members," itq " Academicism " its " Acad. entioian -Engravers," its " Profeesdrs " - of Painting, Sculpture,Architecture and Per speeitivii; " Associates," (a lower , degree, than tre Aeademicians,) and Associate Engravers." Its Honorary_membership in cludes the Bishop of Oxford, whose duties " Chaplain" are limited ''to "'saying of grace", it the Academy dinners; and Lord Macaulay, the Historians;; Earl Stanhope, (late Lord Mabon,) an eminent Antiquary; and - Sir George Staunton, an other patron of Art, who acts as SeeretifY for Piaui& Correspondence Aram% the leadeinieistia, tke names of Bally,, Gibson, Macdowell, and Westmacott, as great Scalp. this; and of Cooper, Watson Gordon, Les- Landseer, Mulready, Mediae, Pickers. gill, Stanfield, Roberta, and Smirke, will he familiar to the American . puhlio. And right gloriously do some of these great men come ant int this year's Exhibition, *bile younger and list; kixiiin artists have Pre- .seated growing claims—seme of them coin mending claims—to admiration and emi nence. Roberts. is great in the interior of churches; Stanfield', 'the eminent scene painter,' gives, in his own style, " Coblentz and Ehrenbreitetein from the Moselle " - the 'original of which, once men , at sunset's : liour—as I can teatify—lingirs long on the ,memory of Abe imagination,' and Ithe heart. Your own' Longfe l low finds an artist in Gale, to depict "The sorrowful .days of Evingeline l " El-Sorge Harvey, of Edin burgh, (well known for other fine pictures :identified with the ."11illing times " of Seotland,) has 'a " ' Sabbath'in the Glen," in which Dr:Guthrie is the open-air preach, er and Lord Panmure Scottish ladies and Highland peasants, are the hearers. Thio is fine picture, sure to be engraved and widely known. 4 " The Huguenot Conventicle Suppressed," limns the days of Louis XVI: and the : ,101gg011aded; and " Flora Macdonaldifare well to Charles' Ediards," reminds Us of a woman's ,noblest qualities and endurance, devoted 04 cause and-a man whose success would lave been a aurae to itainkind. Sir E. landoeSlis in delicate health I beliave and therifire, besides his glorious picture of "-Deer Stalking," " Highland Nurses," alder" Landseer, (his bro. titer)) presenting olouple of does and 11, WieUitain 4was, : lumina us forcibly-4d THE PRESBYTERIAN BANNER AND ADVOCATE. powerfully of the great Master of Sbottish animal painting, himself. There are; here portraits in 'plenty, hut many of them having merely a local or con. ventional interest. There aie exceptions, such as in , the likeness of Sheridan Knowles, or that of Professor Simpson, of Edinburgh There are also pictures painted by. Rqyal " Command," such as 14 The Investiture of Napoleon M..with the Order of the Bath," in the grouping of, which, the: ItanAtnme , Eugenie -is , frrotniitentOttil obriehow one' does, not like to see such a true and good woman as Victoria putting the star of the Order on the breast of a man who has'blood on his hands, and I fear alsO has the heart of a roue. "The Coronation of William the Con . " queror," presents a scene most striking, when the Normans, mistaking the loud shouts of The English and French' for hostile tumult, fire the English houses nearest West minster Abbey... William, though alarmed and left almost alone, refuses to postpone the celebration, and " holds the crown of England in Lis grip, as though no mortal hind sbonld ever wrest it from him." Rumor is not wanting , here, especially in one drawing by Gray, enamelled'" after Wilkie," the subject-- tleeoh'd, and Duncan pray'd, Ha, ha. the , wooing o' t, Meg was deaf asAnsa Craig, Ha, ha, the wooirig, o' t.' Only two other pictures shall I allude to, omitting for want of space, notices of the Sculpture Romn,,altogether—the first a per fert marvel of *beauty and expression " The Wheat field," by Leonel, so natural, that yen are ready to grasp those golden ears, ripe for the sickle, and long to sit yon der among the sheaves in the light of the setting sun, .or to stroll ,onward - to the die tent woodland through yonder pathway, right through the corn. The secpnd, is "The Derby Day," by Frith, the best inn tation of llogarth's best style, that modern, Art has produced, mirroring, in 'the most grotesque and graphic way, the "grand stand" and its occupants, the thimble rigger and his victims, and all the follies of a sea son Which seems to drive London out of itself, (for it is half empty, ) and out of its propriety, - -"The Derby day." I was greatly gratified, bY a visit paid this, sveok to the SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUM. It stands on an estate punhased by the Gov. eminent, and is about .to be supplemented by a new and extensive building, It owesits existence mainly to the Great Exhibition of 1851, which led to au extension of the School ef Design into the present Science and Art Department. A nucleus of a per:. ,manent Museum of works of art was formed and deposited at Marlborough House, (for inerly the residence of Queen Adelaide,) and now forum part of the various collections exhibited at Kensington. It is in fact a De-1 partment of Government, and its epecial alt jeots are--1. To train male and female teachers to give instruction in Art, to cer. tify them when qualified, and to make them annual fixed payments, varying according to; their acquirements, 2. To aid and assist Committees in the provinces, desirous of estabiishing Schools of Art. 3. To hold public inspections and examinations, and to award, medals and prizes. 4 To collect to. gether ,works of art, pictures, &c., in the central museum, and books and engravings from the Library. ' 5. To circulate among the Schools of Art, objects from the Museum, and books and engravings from the Library. The stimulus thus given to artistic talent has been very great. It acts all over the Kingdom. The provincial Schools of Art number sixty eight. The number of per sons under Art Instruction were, by last re. turn, thirty-one thousand four hundred and forty.five. Only, four years ago, the number was but three thousand two hundred and ninety six. The improvements in Orna. mental Art are strikingly illustrated by an exhibition of articles, consisting , of Carvings in all materials, Furniture, Decorations, Metal Workings of all kinds, Jewelry and Goldsmithe Work, Pottery, Glass, and all kinds of Decorative Woven Fabrics. There is also open, now—and with this department I was greatly Pleased—The An nual Exhibition Of the Prize Works of Stu dents (male and female,) of • Art of the United Kingdom. - - The education of National taste &ft, is an ohjeat not unworthy of an age like the present. Models and plaster casts Trom an - dent sculpture; specimens' of architecture in the Greek and Roman styles; Speciniens of. carving, terracotta work, `gliall painting, enamels, 'pettery and porcelain, arms, and armor; also extanples of ancient illumina. tion, drawings, engravings, Am., present themseives, on entrance, to, the spectator, and form "The Museum of Othamental Art Then come "The EducationalCone°- . tons, f) containing Apparatus, Diagrams, and Books, of which last there is a library for reference, of eight thousani volumes. In this department are objects of household economy, collections of Botanical specimens, as also of Mineralogy and Geology, and models of extinct animals. There is also a magnificent collection of maps from Ger many, France, America, and England. There is, in front of the maps, the Astrono mer Royal's full sized model of the Frank Circle of the Greenwich Observatory.. The last division in the Xducational Museum is allotted to Mechanics, including : hydraulics, , pneumatics, hydrostatics, &o. " The Commissioners of Patents' Mu seum," consists of a selection of Patents, varying from 1787 to the present day. The object is to illustrate the progress of invert dons. Those of the progress of the steam engine are the roost complete. The por traits of eminent engineers and Mechanics "adorn the wills. I look With reverence upon many of these.great men, whom God had raised= up' toSpeed on hie beneficent de signs in - connexion with the grand scheme of Redemption. There is also "Models of Beildinge," in which Wren's ,first design for St. Peas Cethedrel, (different from the present, and the enforced alteration of which, it is said, drew tears from him,) is an object most suggestive. I shall simply name "The Collection of Animal Products," "The Food , Museum," and• the - 44 Arabitec tural Museum," and pass on into the cele brated ." Gallery of British Fine Art," eon taining two hundred and thirty-four oil paintings, and many sketches, drawings, and etchings, all the works of British artists. The - Whole of these were , preelintedby Mr. Sheepshanks; an enthusiastic and generous patron of Att. Here you see seine of Wil kie's, Landeeer's, M already's, and Turner's choicest and earliest pictures. " Studies " for some of the pictures, containing sketches of figures, or as in. Wilkie's painting of the library in the breakfatit parlor, in his "Let ter of Introduction," are very curious. The visitors to the Kensington. Museum, in less.- thin ten 'months, amounted to four ; hundred and , thirty nine thousand nine bun• dred and ninety seven. The various Metro politan Museums and exhibitions in London, Dublin, and Edinburgh, (besides that at Konsingtok) were last , year visited by five hundrl! and fifty-three thousand eight hundred and fifty three persons- A " Circu lating Art Museum," has been sent to six .large towns, and thirty six thousand and twenty.four •persons have consulted it. I have trespassed, pelhaps, too far on the 'space which I' have been wont in these quarterly notices to give to literature. But I have done it deliberately, because I'think that not to Literature only, but to Art and Science also, should attention be directed I might add much more on these two last subject's but refrain for the present. What I hive Fit together with some trouble and pains, will suffiaiently prove that rapid ad vance is being made in both. I may add that in the • Kensington Museum is now placed the famous Soulage's Collection, which was the cynOsure of all eyes in the 'Manchester Exhibition of 1857. Among lintmoPorm lately deceased, are Moxon, of London, and Whyte, of Edin burgh. - Morton was the companion of Cule ridge, Lamb, Iberia, aud Rogers; a poet of no mean order, a refined and accom plished man, and a pnblisher of many works of taste and excellence. Mr. Whyte grew rich by book selling, anti his bequests proved that he regarded his gains as consecrated things. Amongst them were 45,000 for the building, and £2,000 for the endowao tit of a Free Church at Congate Head; £1 500 for die foundation of bursaries in the New : College, Edinburgh, and a like sum for the benefit of native converts in India. The recent lists of NEW PEBLICIA'TIONS, inalude Christmas' Preachers and Preach ing ; Translations of the. Gospels in Syriac; Caird's Sermons ; The Gospel by St. Matthew, in 'Anglo, Saxon and Northam- Wan ; Confessions of a Catholic Priest; Dale's Clergyman's Legal Eland Botk, (a zit cessity for a State Clergy;) the First Soles of Poniatowksi's Antique Gems; Browns's North West Postage, and Search for Franklin ; , and several books of Travels. A curious book, Wykoirs "New Yorker in the Foieign Office; '. relates' how the au , thor, an American, was employed by Pahnerston on secret diplomatic ser vice on the Continent, and bow his services were afterwards dispensed with The author thinks himself wronged, bui his revelations, while giving some insight into the mysteries of .diplomacy, seem .to involve :a Violation of confidence such as is not usual in these days. The 'plea doubtless is injustice done, and valeat quantum. Some people say, perhaps truly, that diplomacy is tie cause of all national wars and complications. It is hard to be a statesman, DanieLlike and up right, tr., to coin a word, uncrooked,) and to keep the hadds unstained. Among recent French publications of interest, will be found a History of the First Three Centuries of the Christian Church, by M Pressense, Editor , of the Revue Chretieunore. It is, interesting to know that the upper classes in Bessie are getting sick of French novels, and eagerly peruse the translations of Dickens' wotks. In fact Dickens is very popular in Russia—more so by far than ; Thackeray ; and whatever <his defects, one thing is certain, be never is ob scene, even by insinuation, and has nothing in his writings of that native vileness which infuses itself into the French novel, and which, in spite of parfumerze, reminds one of •the foul smells of the city of Cologne, foul and oppressive in spite of its six-and twenty depots fur le plus veritable Eau de Cologne. In German literature, we have'reoently' a History of Assail and Babel, since the .time of Phul, by a son of the celebrated bur; also, Nineveh and the Excavations made in' . Mesopotamia by M. Weissenborn, a resume of Layard's discoveries, and the, third, volume of Uhleman's Manual of Egyp tian Antiquities. Among the recent LIBRARY SALES in Vondon, his been that of a portion of the collection Y of an Irish Church dignitary, which brought very high prices. It' eon. tamed a collection of bisck•letter editionif of the Holy Scriptures, liturgies, and early theological literatrye. The great attraction of the' sale was the first Latin Bible sup posed to have been printed at Mentz, be tween the years 1450 and 1455, and executed to resemble a manuscript, for which the typographer intended, no doubt, to sell each °Nay. It sold for the enormous scat of £595.. The late Duke of Sussex was a great Bible Collentor, and this identical copy bad belonged . to him, and after his death was sold tor £lO5 Among the other Bibies, was the first edition of the Vulgate, issued by Pope Sixtus V., but suppressed by his successor, Gregory IClV.—£l9.ss. , the first edition 'of the ScriPtires in English, by Myles Coverdale, (imperfect copy,)--,-1186 10s. Also the first edition of the Bishop's Bible,. printed in 1568, fair copy; but title defaced-423; the first edition of the Bible printed in Scotland, (iinperfect,)-412. There was also a curious collection of tracts on the "Surplice - Oontrororey," or concerning the "Habits" which Jewel and other Reformers • protested against-- £lO 10. To these may be added the first pryner of Henry VIII., +1 that of Ed witrd VI., (preparatives for devotion,) £97 and £2O, respectively. There were also, the first edition of the Liturgy in Irish, and the first edition of 'the New Testament in Irish, (the first book printed in the Irish character in Ireland) the prices being £lO ,10s., and £25 I shall only mention further, the first, edition of Knox's historic of the Church of Scotland, (suppressed' by Archbishop Whitgift,)--£l3 10; and NOuveaie Testa ment par les Theologiens de LouvainPs ; an edition suppressed by its authors, when it wassdiscovered to the world that they had fraudulently introduced "la Mesas," and "le feu de Purgatoire," into the sacred text itself—X62. (R ,me only suppresses lies when she finds them detected by Thotestants; not always, however; as Car dintd 'Wiseman's brazen effrontery in retain ing in one of his works a detected forgery proves.) The Literary Gazette, so long edited by . William Jerdan, has changed hands as to proprietorship. It it now in possession of Messrs. Bradbury, the well known publishers of Thackeray's and Dickens' serials. Thank era), himself is likely to be one of the new contributors; and with Shirley Brooks and Peter Cunningham as active managers, it will probably be restored to its pristine fame, and prove a formidable rival to the Athe ',team This last alwa3s sneers at Evangel ism ; the Unitarian virus, or something Worse, if possible, comes out strongly in connexion with religion. . Literary men have never yet enjoyed the highest reputation for the practical recogni tion of religion and morality. Nevertheless, as a class, the present race of literati are in advance, in this respect, of their predeces sors of the last_ century, to say nothing of the days of Byron and Shelley. Charles Dickens hos lately voluntarily come before the public with a statement, the .publication of which, I have reason to know, was earnestly deprecated' by some of his warmest friends, but, which, after stopping the press, he persisted in. It appeared one morning, about three weeks ago, in all the papers, and quite startled both town and country. It . was in effect, first, a contradlction of certain vile rumors (darkly hinted at,) in reference to his life and conduct as a husband, in which contradiction his wife distinctly joined. That rumor, I believe, was malig nant and false,. ben it proclaimed that the husband's infidelity had led to a separa tion. But, secondly, there was the admis sion and recegnition of an " arrangement," mutually agreed on. The truth is, there hax been always an " incompatibility" be tween Dickens and his- wife. She is said to have been ,extravagant. His sister has been for some years the director of the establishment, and probably a. vife's impru dences may have kept the great author poor, (as -probably he still is.) in sidle of his amazing success, and his vast annual literary gains. A son sides with the Mother, and retires with her ; tne &righters cleave to the father. It is sad to hear of all this. Genius and peace have' rarely been united, and " uneasy hee l " net only "the head that wears the crown" of empire, but that head, also, around whose temples is wreathed the garland of literary Lane. J.W. Davidson. College, N C. The Annual Commencement, in this Insti tution, took place on Thursday, July. 3.5 th. The report in the Noith Cernboa P l age. rian is highly favorable. There Were nine, young gentlemen who tett the lust degree in the Mts. On tbe day preceding the com mencement, the corner stone of a new Col lege building was laid. It is to be a sub stantial and imposing structure, tiro hundred and ninety six feet by one bundted and forty feet. Dr,. Thornwell, of Columbia, S C., was present. and took part with the Presi dent, Dr. Lacy, and others, in the Com mencement exercises. EASTERN SUMMARY. BOSTON AND NEW ENGLAND. Every reader of the Boston papers must have been struck with the character of the communications from all parts of the coun try, and especially from the West. They contain much valuable information, and are generally exceedingly well written. Bat most of them exhibit* an amiable self satis faction with the influence of New England Educaeon, thought, and habits upon all men. Indeed the self complaisance of not a few of them is so genial, so unaffected, and so free from any consciousness of boast ing that it is rather amusing than otherwise. Nb doubt_the influence. of this part of our country has been very .great on all the other parts. But there is a common American feeling, and there are common American in licences 'operating upon all sections, that should not be lost sight of in estimating the influence exerted from any particular lo cality. - - Boston is the great Shoe /farket in this country, and though the trade has been quite dull for some time, much activity is now manifested. The number of balers is considerable, but prices are so irregular that purchases are made very cautiously, The Public Grammar Schools of this city have long been held in justly high re pute, and their late exhibitions were th - roofed with the parents and friends of the pupils, and also by citizens and straw. gars. The performances were highly cred itable, and the usual med ds were di, t ib. rated to the more meriterioni. The "City. Fathers" formerly gave a least at the close of the yearlY sessions of these schools, in Faneuil Hall; but this year a higher order of festival was introduced. Speeches were made by Hon. R. C. Winthrop, Gov. Banks, Rev. Dr. Robbins, and others. And twelve hundred pupils engaged in singing. We previously stated that the Rev. T. Starr Slag bad delivered two sermons in reply to the one of Dr. Mame en the end less punishment of the Wicked. Mr. King is a Unitarian, avowedly, although minister ing to a Universalist Society. And although he seems to lean toward Universalism, he manifests great distrust as to the Scriptural authority for one of their doctrines at least. He thus expresses himself : I do not find the doctrine of the ultimate Balm tion of all souls clearly stated in soy text or in any discourse that has been reported from the lips of Christ. I&I not think that we can fairly maintain that the find restoration of all m-n is n prominent and explicit doctrine of the four Gospels. As might be expected, thin is not very palatable to his Universalist friends, and they do not at all please Dr. Whittemore, editor of the Universalist Trumpet. Be makes known his views of Mr. King's can did admission in this way : We express our deli lerate conviction that there can be no union between Unitarians and Thrive?. salists on the ground indicated by Mr. King in the two disonurwes before us. The Universelists never in our judgment can be brought on tofthat ground, and there seems to be small prospects that there will ever be a need of the connecting link between Chang and Eng, to which it will be reoollected that Mr. Ring in his late speech at Fanenil Hall desired to be compared. The Religious Services on the "Corn mon " are still attended every Sabbath even ing, by from fifteen hundred to two thousand people. But most of those within 'the en.- closure are generally attendants at some of the churches, while this project was under taken for the special benefit of those who do not attend any of the regular sanctuaries. As to them, however, the object is defeated, whatever may be the cause. Sonia) weeks ago the defection of the Rev. J T. Coolidge from Unitarianism, was noticed His farewell ,sermon has been published at the request of his former con gregation. It is free from ostentation, kind, and breathes a spirit distinctively Evangel ical. In it the process is stated by which the author's mind passed from its former convictions to a full and hearty recognition of the Scriptural idea of the Divinity of the Lord Jesus Christ. At the same time he declares his firm belief that Ueitarianism is highly injurious to the cause of sound mor als and pure religion. To his people be bad been strongly attached, and to him they bad been indulgent and generous, yet his high sense of "duty compelled him to the course he had taken. It is not yet known to what denomination be will attach himself. Dr. Cleveland, of New Haven, has- just completed the twenty fifth year of his pas. torate over his present charge. During that period he and his people have not been without their trials. Out of New Haven he would be considered rather progressive, but here he has always been considered intensely conservative. Contrary to the course of many pastors around bird, he has always kept aloof from political and secular matters, and had devoted himself most assiduonsly to the spiritual interests of his flock. The result is, that from small beginnings they have now the finsst church edifice in the city and five hundred communicants. Faith fulness in preaching, and in the pastorate, never fails of its reward. The one hundred and fety eighth com mencement at Yale alive, was held on the 28th inst. The graduating class numbered ninety nine, of 'whom ftfty.six had appoint. ments, and rank in the Brat list in point of merit. Of the class, only twenty two were from Connecticut; the remainder were from twenty. other States and• territories, with the exception of two from Europe. The address to the Alumni was delivered by P. A.. P. Barnard, LL D , President of the Univer sity of Miss., on 'l The Duties and Respon sibilities of Educated Men to the Cause of Education." NEW YORK. J.lusiness still continues very dull. Ex perienced merchants say they do not remem ber a time when se littlo business was trans. acted. The ,importations continue to fall baow those of last year. Country buyers are beginning to come in, but their purchases have 'not relieved appreciably, the general &intim. At , the same time there is abut).- Aance of money, and but a limited demand for it. One of the items of interest in this metropolis every year, is The Fair of the American Institute,= the thirtieth of twbich will be held this year, in the Crystal Palace, from the 15th of September to the 29th of October. The Rev. Dr. Hackett has gone to Greece, for the purpose of becoming acquainted with' the Greek language as a living tongue, under the auspices of the Bible Union Board, now engaged in Drepariug a Baptist translation of the Scriptures. The time thus spent abroad will have reference to the revision of the New Testament, en which he is now engaged. Though Dr. Hackett is already an accomplished scholar, no one will have any objection to urge against a still farther improvement in his knowledge of . Greek, but something more than this will be required before his New Testament will displace the one now in general use. The Christian inielligeneerlaments the, falling off in 'the contributions of the :Re• fornied Dutch churches to Domestic Missions, and the Cliurehman discovers the cause in the " revival system," against which its wrath has been frequently aronsed, and in the doefirine of " faith only," which Ins never, been pleasing to it,, and contrasts it with the Episcopal doetrine, us held by the aturehman, of " faith and works." To which tbe Intelligence,. gives this Significant reply This is comforting to us. We fall short in contributions, but, thank God, we do not betray precious truth. The good old doctrine of justifi cation by faith only is preached in all enrpuipits. True, if wolka were preached, more money might be raised. Multitudes are willing to give, hun dreds and thousands, if this will buy peace or immunity ; but we have not so learned Christ Nor does the Churchman look upon the Public Schools with a friendly eye. It would much rather have them under the eiclusive - control of High Churchmen. In the Meantime, The Freeman's Journal ha= been devoting half a column (!) to " Education in America," and asp : " We know of but one system, of hot on e ence, competent to'struggle with eomenen, Lou a question. We can find' no hope ; i f we'd() not la it in. Catholicity and i n i t , influence." So that our educational' intereefe mast b e emanated to the care &ad power of &w all. ism 'before they can be crowned with sae, C=l Ary stbdeni of Church, History known the difficulties connected with its study, owing to tfie mass of material laid before him with Out proper classification. Brame; henry B. Smith, of the Union Theoinei ee i Seminary, fine it work in the press of '3lr, Scribner, designed to aid in acquiring a D e i retaining the great facts connected with, th e history of the Christian Church, F.ir tee benefit of students and niinisters, we give t, description 'of the plan and objects of the work, taken from the Evangelist It will be in fifteen tables; presenting in par allel co' (uns a ssuopsis of theezternal ani it er. oa t hisitoov of the Church, from the birth ofehrist to A. B. 1858 Each table contains twelve sync (*tropistic columns, viz., three upon the gener a ., characteristics, the contemporaneous hilt , ry, and the state of Culture and Philosophy in each pert. od; three upon the external history, an d s i x upon the internal history, under the heads of Church literature, polity, worship, discipline and doctrines and controversy. heresies and schisms. One table will be devoted to the hißtory of the Church in this country; alphabetical and chronological lists of Councils, Popes, and Patri archs, with a full index, will be appended. This work differs from other chronological tables in aiming at a scientific digest of the materials, rather than a mere collection of ram and dates. The divisions into periods and tables are mad e , not by centuries, but by signal historic epochs. It will be pahliAhed in a folio volume of about eighty pages, in the highest style of typography. PHILADELPHIA. This city continues to ba Disgraced wish Quarrels, reneontres, and murders, to an alarming degree. And, as usual, these are generally connected, in some way or othrr, with drinking, or drinking houses For the large liberty given by our last Legislature, with regard to Foaming houses for the sal.; of ardent spirit.% has been largely taken ad vantage of here, and moat deplorable results are following. The Gold Fever bas again broken out here, and - many young men are about leaving for tbe - Frazer River diggings, each one ea pecting to return possessed of his tens of thousands. . Mr. Wilson, a publisher of this city, is abiart to publish for the members of the United Synod in the South, An Almanac, giving "a brief view of the condition and progress of all branches of the Presbyterian Church, with lists of Ministers, the acts and resolutions passed by the Assemblies, Syn ods, &o. The work will contain a historical sketch of the United Synod, as to its origin,. members, &a., with a portrait oc its first Moderator, Rev. Charles H. Read, P.D." Ecclesiastical Rev. THOMAS of Cincinnati, Ohio, has accepted a call to the Willow Creek church,. in the Pteatntery of Chi cago. Rev. T. B NEILL's Post Office address is changed from Charleston, S. C., to Ra leigh, N. C. Rev. R. A. M ICICLE was instilled pastor of the iburch in Griffin, Gs, by the Pres. bytery of Flint River, on the 25th of June. Rev. L. U. P.a.u.soxs has removed from Rasueville, Ala, to Bradford, Coosa Co,, Ala. Mr. Ditrernn D. Stmm, late of Princeton Theological Seminary, was ordained and installed pastor of the church of Red Batik, N J , by the Presbytery of New Brunswick, on the 20th ult. Rev. HENRY KENDALL, pastor of the Third Presbyterian church (N. S.) io this city, has had conferred on him, by Ramiltort Allege, N. Y., the degree of D.D. For the Presbyterian Banner and Advoests. That< Celebration at Tarentam. EDITOR:—In your pater of Ibe 24th lost, is an article headed "Babbatb School Celebration of Tarentum," to which we, as the Session and Sebbath School Superintendent of the Presbyterian church, of Tarentum, feel duty demands us to reply. The article above named is an entire and gross misstatement of the facts of the case, by which, we, as a church, feel great injugice is done M. We bad no desire to parade our celebration, though one of great intermit, before the public. The facts of the case are these: The Sabbath Schools of Tarentum and ,vicinity, in accordance with previous arrangements, assembled on Sab bath morning. the Fourth of July, at 9 o'clock, in their respective school rooms, and quietly and or derly proceeded to the Presbyterian church, aod then beard two " consecutive sermons," and one lecture; one by Bev. J. Grant, of the Methodist 'Epimeipol church, from Matthew :xi: and Jesus said unto them,Yea, have ye never read, out of the mouth o babes and sucklings then bast perfected praise ?" in which he beautifully pointed out to the youth acme of the ways in which they might fulfill this prophecy now, and the importance of all interested in religion, aiding and encouraging the children in this work as one of the highest iniportance. The other was to the older part of the audience, by Rev. W 0. Taylor, from John viii: 32—" Ye shall know the bath, and the until shall make von free," in which there was an unusual amount of information ran deneed, and argumentative power displayed, in clearly glowing, to a deeply interested audience, the historic and logical relation of the Ilibie to civil sod religious liberty, and deducicg therefrom the obligation of parents, Sabbath School teach ers, and ministers, to secure the early training of our youth, in a thorough and extensive knowledge of the Bible, as the only sure means of perpetu ating civil and religious liberty. The day was waim, and the church densely crowded ; but we have. rarely seen (even in an audience exclusively of adults.) better order or closer attention, though the services were long. Before the address of .Mr. Swiber, in German, to the German Lutheran School, the opportunity was given, fur any who felt they could not remain to the close, to retire, yet there were but some half dozen, who quietly and respectfully retired. From the expreseioa of opinion we have beard, from thoee qualified to judge, we have no doom. but that the audience were gratified and highly ed.fied, notwithstanding the arrangements of the Committee &Wired them, to hear two "consecu live sermons," and a "lecture." We will not dis pute the position of those self styled "friends of the cause," that one ammo), or lecture, or even a few mattered remarks are as much as their men tal calibre can bear, and their weak apparatus digest. 'Neither will we dispute that they have " demenstrated " to themselves that they can spend a day pleaeantly and profitably together, agreeable to the dictates of nature' without bklllloll or lecture. We hope that the "golden link " in their chain may, not pore to be a new link in their fetters of brass. The services upon t he Sabbath, (Fourth of July.) is the only Sabbath School crletwation in which *the Sabbath School of the Presbyterian church of Tarentum, par ticipated in any way. What, theo ' was the origin of the article above alluded to? It was a mere expression of ill feel ing on the part of it few disappointed aspirants for leadership. The M. E Church Sabbath School. bad, at a regular meeting of those con cerned in the Sabbath School, who, for wise rea sone, resolved that they would have no other bration than that of the Sabbath services; this they informed the. Committee of the Presbyterian a
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