c tAniter ...i6 :,oocitii,, . _ DAVID MitICINNEW,. 4,,,,,,,,,,,,, k ,""". JAMES ALLISON, PAopalwrost. ti; STEPHEN LITTLE, , .. .; ~ PITTSBURG!, JULY SO, 1859. 1111.301 fa adviuteel or. Ls, Club. $14114 or, ilelivered at residences of SitUm* barbs 1114.00. Bee prOspeetinsion Third OPSge. Ii T 111 SWAL Y should bs psi/m.l;43'l(lga* while before the rum expires, that we sway 'mike fallairaadriaiite for sieneadjj THU WAD W/LAPPIket indisatea that we desire a -renewal, If, however, In the haste of:.aatltag. this strialedenld ho gained, we hops our Islands will still llkot foFjpatlas. nzliriviusciss.—sszka '`lby safe kends, when eonvettlent. send'irj, sasfl saelosing with ordhaery eareinied trotabling nobody with a knowledge of Vrhariyoue going, rat a large amount, feud. a Waft, oil large, notes, F'oroneortwo pripersisood Gold or sisell notas. WO 1114.11tE81 OnAMOB. Soon postbag* otoorpri as; bettor stnloond fay um** papora; ray 114,, or, igovimmityrormabors, or Rl foie Whirtrithroo: iantao rilto ninlicOW an loottori , and Coloroirol` to, DAVIT? ,111GOWIWNIAT & C . 610 to Tai BriticlAL ItSPEitTORY,. for July? Us just , arrived. It promises 'a treat, bet the time before out - going to press is too ) 'll short for us to enjoy it. BEAR ; ACADEM Y. ender, the care of'Mr. S.B: Me t rlfor;4 7 , pips* be in a highly , dons; its Patalogne_juat;:iesundoboirs-an , ' attendance of one bundied and forty four= pupils. In the Female' Department, ti J... A. McGill, Principal there are ono linn! dread young ladies, as per list. Arniinianism. Armituamern is the more common form of error which works its way into the. Evan gelical Church. It ought to be :known i and^ resisted. It is a species' of false' dobtrine which may subsist in connexion, with si'ion; siderable degree of religious life;.but it is ever injurious. It , fosters pride, and' leads to deception. A correspOndent, lover the signature of "John Smith," commences this week, a series of brief artielea, in; the form of-letters, ; ,on the subject. He is sprightly and sound, and,w,iltedify...._ A Church Symbol.* One of the first duties of a Ohttreli,;lo: ward her sister "Ohurchea and toward the world, is to set forth and publish a Symbol of her Faith; and toward - herself, /to live. every member of her body, every convert and every child born withiu her: pale, to be. come well instructed in ;that symbol. Knowledge, and especially a :knowledge, of first principles, is an indispensablete intelli. gent membership. This thought is ielick: nized as primary, and abiding in, the, Pres? byterian Church. It has hence surprised us much to find our .people not only very defective in their attaininento in this matter, but even illy provided with the Means . of, information. To aid in remedying theme defeota j me set oursel*efi r during the fult year of our editor • nil life,%to'rthe task of inducing 61,:if Board of Palliation to lime ,itt 'edition of 'the' Confession, grd, ;motive, and,, at , the same time, at... f . =low price , so , as not only to be vr thin the' esey 'reach. ori.the, poor,"but co' that paStorel,- eltleriiVoutir otlibra,"' might be able to purchase large mithbers' to give away. This work is now rapidlyprogreisibg:'Soihe months ago, an edition Ayes issued, with. ref erences to the proof tests;` ih tract fdrniXfiVe cents a copy. This edition is being bought up by fifties and hundred& A.nd now there is another edition embracing the Shorter . Catechism, also, and having the Nripturcsl roofs quoted. In this form we trust there will be a very great circulation. The' Woad of God should be distinctly presented ca lwrys, as the evidence that our doctrines are Di- vine The price of this edition'we havenot seen stated. We hope to find that it is very /ow. The paper and execution are excellent. the copy before us is in paper binding, inwhich form it has some advantages for mailingi brit doubtless, the work will be furnished also in neat and varied hindings. And if it shall be put at rates even belna; actual cost, we shall rejoice the more. * Tam CODIPBI3BIDN FAIVII AND ,SHORTIR Cerserusx, with the Scripture Proofs. Philadel• phis: Preabyterian Board of Publicatiaii 821 Cheetrint Street. Pittsburgh : Presbyterian 46 St. Olair Street. Per the Presbyterian Banner and Adeoeide. The Theological Seminary of the North- West. We are happy to announce , to the Chntch that the four Profeesors elected by the . last'Genral Assembly, have signi fi ed their so! <septum of the Chairs to which theY were chosen by that body; and the Seminary will be opened for the reception of students; on ' the 14th of Septemlier, 18'59. The Executive Committee are 'enabled . to say to all young naen who would ,like . to ha.ve, + the a dvantages of thiS t . 14t through the liberality of ageotleman:,er Chicago, we have 'secyrere large building, containing about fat.* lootnerfitted,#p in good . style fora ltierding house , where`.tbe students will find.'roomii 'ready' and free of expense. And arraiigeradts will be made to have them' ` bpardeteeelow as at any other Seminary. In this great city, where there ie much wickedness, students, while preparing . for the more enlarged labors of life, will find an ample field of usefulness in Sabbath Schools end prayer-meetings; in connexion with the practical field labors of the four Professors —all of whom have been highly , useful i3I4T tors, and who expect to labor here is ‘, tors and Evangelists," as well " Teach' ers " in the'Seminary. They will not only .find a great r field or usefulness to others, bit'many oiportunitiee of assisting themselves during the long vacations, as teachers' and colocrteurit; The - , Secretary of the Board of PublioitpnWeaid' here a few weeki ago, thit 'they `Tvanct,ed many such laborers in this vast region, Our ' ing the vacation; but s'imitild - - not afford the expense of sending,themfrommdietance for so short a time "ge hop d y o i ~ ge,t them from this Seminary, which is lt4e very, heart of the field. God has most wonderfully manifested hie flora toward this, Seminary,. , (I) ; ,l g iving us four good and - great men for Aofeesois. (2.) In pitting it into the.heert of Wrie to give so liberally toward the endowment; and of another to give tbe, nee of a well furnished and commod i ou s house 4 to the, Seminary, and of others to give Minifioently of their lands, for a site fer the ingteintion above all , in giving it` the iYinpathy:anu .'..the. hearty co operation of 'so large, a ;PottiOW Of the Church - all over the lind. ' Any infermation:fill be. olieitiful),To4n E to young biephren, who wietdarces Ohiesep..N,,DATitze, abeam dr - 'ifiresinik4 4 Wi n e 1 Quarter k , itelhew . tof -Literature, Science 1 1 _ Ebir 01311,LONDONSOURZSPONDINT.3 iworiAMAIGMAINF-11.4rAirt_4r, vow.- - • . 50. LONDON July lBo 7th ~ In a condensed notioe; - etich as (bailer's ly one must be r th() best, way_ to begin is to raltrat once in, ntedias,res,,,, And so, without preface;let me say, LITE NITRE, generally, tourieltes in the= fman - eial - sense of the term. great hope* are: ncAidle, in sending forth . large worksiliuttlfeti-letitooping to conquer— they -either bring. out • smaller- ones, • fresh, and new, or else " People's Editions" of the magnates of the olden time As for serial`Literaturefit holds On its way with accumulative power. Dickens thought .• proper last year to quarrel with bispublishers and 'partners in I , Household Words," because they refused to insert on-the cover ,of Punch, a letter of Ills; on his unhappy conjrtgal ferences. ..They acted quite, right, hut he resented their - - conduct so keenly tbatlo his own risk, and. their serious damage, he gave legak, notice of the dissolution =of the part— nership, and publicly announces that "House hold' I '"tifat 1 d cease to "appear at‘l'i 'sir- tai 16 All Y d" p date, a that the ear,..., oun wo, The - *asp. bury. went to law with him, and :hid a ver dickip their. favor.- They are publishing now tiOnbe a'Weeki".;'an'illtistrated Oren-penny mei& '"qt aigitiga - b - nve, - ' 'at a;great prch,employs first clatis artiste, and writers. AButthe o price id. per, week too rhigh.forithe reading masses, and. Dioken* " All the Year Reund,!!' . 'utitirii con ilous` own magic 'We from his oWp magio pelf, , : besides: i dn. taiitied,srticles of merit by others, will, I In nate, far and away, outstrip hid competitors- M= * Large fortunes are made by the proprie. tors of the leading serials. The late Mr. 'Bigg, `= the eriginitor r and' pieprietor of the :Family . ••Herald; was one of these, and the publication itself was always i ot,i firattplassi-, 'character, both. as to matter and morals He. 'also paid his Writers nobly---WPer"page of ' 'two eohipans,, email tpiarto.' is the true secret s of success, when the tread ing public; is, so, omnivorous.ancl.Pinititudin ons. All. the peTiodicals` are liheral in their 'remuneration. Mr Biggs, already mention. ed, has, recently.died, lemving munificent lie quests td public charities, and. to individu. ale r t° thesxtent of ? nearly X 50,000.- The London journal was recentlysold by a Mr ePri `San , lo t originalpr etor. Not satisfied with the, abundance Of' his wealth: ,he attempted to setup.* daily newspaper, un der the title of The Daily London Journal, an d ferthwith the purchaser of his interest' 'the' LondOnYOVitusl, - brings ; Phaticery " injunction" issues in.prohib.. i tory dorm against lam,, and his ,'Daily" dies, ,jast as lit han reached , the••second day , of its ;existence. "..Beited' hint right! ' - , • • . Our Daily:Penny Press • has now reached , an altitude of power and !access, which two ye‘ari 'ago ...would. have 'seemed impossible.- The - Times ins very 'jealous on thin score,' and 'took °Bra . ' to ehrcriiole any a deathli" „" dailies"'„ that took place, in, the provinces from time to time. But it had.no reason to fear aUrrivahi'af the -press. - I believe, in. 'deed, that its hiraulation 11134 no means what .• • - • ;-•,, it was, but Muititedes read it because of its style and4powec„ well as•the fullness of its informationdrompalhquertere Of the glob), P WedithiiiiVfatird'd'ila 7 &Wicks* dictation or leading in`Politkes; It failed in its it. - 3 ° tempts to keep in Lord Derby's ministry before the „general e‘ction, , and after show ing itself snarlish againstoLord John's resolve tot put i,Peliament" to•V'testing-iote,on its reesseinbling, 'veeredilnind: to his views, and i irateom eistOn and his soniewhat motley. Cabinet, to soffice., Bat the f•Daily Peniny Press produess marvelously able articles and it is evident that nienof":genins and polish write for its Mora than this*,,, at great. iexpense, the. Daily Teiegrapla, and - the Star, have foreign eor : respondents at-every 'capital in Europe, and - specialones in Italy, "who send . ,,home,. semi:tura of marches, battles, and incidents of the war, so 'graphic, pictorial, and accurate as to - niake all men who read; see whit,is.geing . The' cost of prodUctioro in all these matters, is very great, baCgrada ally and surely success gained, and to*which advertisements•zreatly contribute. : • :The total/num - her - Of new books, - we4 eldl done and of Works re Mined at Utloweurum during the half year ending Jane 30 amounts to; two thousand c four:hundred and thirty . The Pitblisker'it Circular bona - ore thid s 1" goo f / reerilt , so far sui re. , garip Aterao4o, : oopparept i with, the peripl of anyrfcTmer lettr, either 'as to' Ahe • actual groat; number of puhlicatigns or their !general ebaitioteff' the-' Index of subji n i ts Cr Iltigt s i t „ , to tv : I zteferred'in my last n otice, it, is / proposed to , issue an Index, .on the same principle;of eonteinporaneous "literature, comprehending books Of the fortnight, or month, or quarter; including re?: ferince i tti ant" t ro. q3lagazines‘. In imitation 7 Of Ati:ierl Mesita': Blackwood; [who issue 6(1-monthly parts, contatningone "tales 3," or two of the tamest:es mpg - ri." i profi t able, Mrherrrbest days • a find ; t very,. rofitable Mr.: Bentley issnemitailway-teadet2 volunies ,from his .44 -11fiscellanyli This also' is' a Info cess? the 'cheap re issue bf"the Ingot shy Legends having attained a sale of twanty,one thousand in one, rponth. ( 3 L paid a visit, therotherday; ta the pablish• ing Routledge & Co, in the city, and laet, 6, eveiiiii,f, ,, w4nog through Rased Stinare ta ‘ amber of the well 'known firm of Messrs. .times Nesbett & Co:, f , ' r 4 he pointe d out to me me nouse, or ,rather imairPPl n w i ich th() ifsP4,e.r and ht!ndeg the '‘Co.," Mr. Routledge himself, ,has', his domicil. This firm besAbeen-slaring, yet pm. 40)mw,YPPlutt# 0 1E! A* , , both conFage ana, misdout. -It. was they-who he t guatthe Railway Library , lariat; . they, too, wh? risked do le . Acta r thiiiWO'ooQ l - paid!to the author—Tor th i eopyright of ,S,ir co k 0141 /454 RI 44 lEdivard Lxtton -Bulwer's, novels. ',Now, ;they l extendatikeir .-business to sehootilminksi • - netting history, illeatrated , Werke, and gen. oral iiteratare : The young men work hard, bui,:io',d l 4 l AVertiii4q4ki;"ind .n i ne 4 Mr. W . ,i)lism„liVarne, who wan known ; to me,, in7the.prinie of life, a vietim thitovertandetycendiO bin re tf r inito'biiiduise "ere le''hi4 `offi'n'''fierions • ."; ; .. t ' j 6 - 410 Sti/ ) th t ii 6 4 lf°Bo ll #" T ig.9.. e mr.aubit". l 4 , theimeaK. fe,welipespeeiall.f the enocessful ones: , ~41, . !.v4iterani..; of thiseelielei , silownteE!(4./4118. joseg retitt a-di:6lk 'the ko Nesiriiej - yhei t theii theingeoiftwerlitt anit Art. AMMAR Viri. TIIE PRESBYTERIAL - B 0 ER AND ADVOCATE. - firms. A friend' not long since assured me that they pay thw 4 examiner ofikMl3Bo‘ent them, £BOO ,per,iiiinum. But,4hen,Cirhat multifarious acquirements, and what_ludi. ciltrdikeeldlififfirtifiditinafffse . From the, official ,re tures ju .. st, ;: m9etphdlarr tail's of income, Sic., of the 13ritiab Museum, We gather the following results, which" ale very suggestive.:.The . expenditure'forthe past year was X 73,500. Salaries figure for £35,004 ; house expenses fat £3,253 ; pur eh4ts,endlnquisitioCul foTs111;8%4book bindery, cabinets, &c., for £13,116 • and printing catalogues, making casts, Sco., for £1,717. The.net amount of. the estimated= expenditure for 1859-60, is 1,77,425: Last year, 519,565 persons were admitted 4.. to - view the , general• collection& The open- . ing of, the new and magnificent Reading Room has immensely increased the number of readers., 1857 , they amounted to, 122,103. The number,_. of volumes added: to the library amounts to 32,152 (maps, music, and..4iiperitintilnifid;) of which 1,339 were pieijerited, 4 968 werepurchased; an d 5,846 acquired by ,oppy right. -,406, MSS. lave "'been addedqo the General and tite Eg erton Collection& and 72 original charters and Some of`these manuscripts are of preat'value. As might,be expected, Italian affairs and I reminiscences: noor prompt new books, Itew e i editions •of old Jerks. BOssre..t. ~ ;_ 7 / Ka* i have44l/61V410010414.: -- ';'' '' Italy, since the :Congress of Vienna. We haYe,,,;,h,94141,,a,4n4 % • .,emint, ofk the; Italie' , campaigns " . •ae '4i ,'. the !Bret Napoleon,. which..ln dia& is . Well is , In strategictlsue i, , htt nephetv, Napitlasitt Ili; has hitberttinotmar velonsly copied. ~ (~ . India, also, is still 'furnishing a field for religions suggestion, - or pictorial reminis cence. 66 Christianity Contrasted with Mo ly* Philosophy," . with practical suggestions to'.the ...missionaries among, the Hindman, a One essay, by the principal of the Sanncrit College at &flares, will attract attention : filni4,,, thost i especiallY • interested. ,Hindoo-, ism4ll_, philosophy ;. the missionary needs to know ; t end study well and;: deeply .its nubtleties; - LA . new work is just about to appear from'' the pen of the hate Sir 'Herir; , , Lawrence, ">' Essays 'oil, 'the' Indian Army and Onde." r Any thing from tie pen of one so eminent as &statesman, philanthropist, and . Chriatian; is sure to receive special:it. tendon. ' ' . . The sale of , remainders of valuable and , interesting publicatipbs, is ainarked feature in the 'transactions of the literary auotion• eers of the metropoliss Thine are generally bought ip'• by;" the trade," and sometimes the cOmpetitiOn runs fir's( high. kr. Al. be# Smith, or ,his , representative, Ives* one of these sales ,: and bouglit ler a large sum, the copyright of 4 ! Household Werth'," all the stook of baelrnUmbeitfind volumes.. , from the beginning. ; Books wanted , to purchase, form an ;'item of • study in Bent's ',Advertiser. The advertisements Owns from.bo,oksellers, both in tech and country; "and indicate the classical, antiqUarian, lotanical, theolOgieal, or dramatic tastes of their customers. •One wants of Barrett'i Evangelism Sec, kat theenm, ex cod. reserepti in Bibliotbeea S., S. Trinitalis ,juxta,' Dublin!' `Dr.' Barrett, who published Ake Codex of St. Matthew's ~Glespef,'ln7lB. o 4rwas gireeeelitrinikeitlg7l6; a degree. ,Traditions of his, parsimony, <as well as of _his absence of mind, are current in old Trinity College, Dublin, to this day. Bat among the "books wanted," Traetarian ism shows kits appeteneies in asking for 4, Instruments Ecolesiastioa"—designs for church furniture • two vols. quarto • as well as, sets, .of the Library of Anglo- Catholic Theology, and Library of the , Fathers. The botanist asks for parts of Curtis's Botanical Magazine; specimens of which , magnificent work were unfolded to ry , admiring eyes•by that "fine old English gentleman," Mr: Curtis himself, in the Au- tumn of 1857, when I found him sitting literally inder his own vine , and fig.tree, in his beautiful• retreat,. under •the shadow of the "'Pulpit Rook, i ' in the island of Jersey. Dr. Candlish has published~ an elaborate volume, entitled "Reason and Revelation'" " The Leaders of the Reformation—Luther, Calvin; Latirisei, Knox—by:John' TURA'', ll D.," is a- Series of four lectures, delivered at the Edinburgh Philosophical bistitution, pot to, be ; , regarded .as.: well finished biographies Great praise,' however, is given 1,6 the lectures, especially for "the ; highest art •of the lecturer,.° namely, to' set his readers a thinking." It is thus that the lectures of our own 'Theological Pre ,•fesser, Dr Thoinas M Crie, are so valnable: Thesame is likewisg trae, i n :, the fullest = sense, . when applied to the Rhv Morley Puoshon's lecture on the Efuguencits, which, during the last twelve mpuths, was ,deliv ered `(not read, bit Spoken, yet theroughly • prepared, and the manuscript an retentis,) ,repeatedly, both in London and out. of it. It created a perfect furore.in every instance, ,ameng.the audienees—one ot flume - in the ESA of London, in; the very midst of Sgitaltelde where the French Refuges 'first, settled in Ithe tnetrop.o.lis, introducing their anions silk-looms there. . „ A real orator, we filen have had in Loa.' Aon, this season, on the platform of Willis' Rooms,,St.,James', in the person of a young Irishman, Mr. Mason. :He=ir a graduate . of Trinity College, Dublin- 6 His age cannot be more than litirty.five, hie' complexion and face dark ananallow, with black hair failing thickly round ) , and mitharat nose, he declaims for *who= and a half on Cur raniiirattitni• Flood, Dnike—giving spec'. mens of their, finest passages lks he procieds —and all this with.a classical elegance, refined taste, just discrimination, and power of word-picturing, which electrifies an English audience." I was present' at his lecture on ,Ourran: was`' the greatest literarY treat I have enjoyed for a long time. t This 'young man's reputation is , now mad He may say of .London, gg , Veni, Wei and' gn IY l Webe will} 4iniOnf and coins, must fall in showers upon and around As to works.of fiction; the tale of "" :Ad am Bede" has a 'great run, and on the' greater is its success by reason, of the mys tery rhioh'couceali—in spite of some im pudent, pretensions and innumerable guesses and assertions—the author's :nanue. It is precisely similarto the curiosity atiarienSd, acme years .ago,' as to the 'authorship ; of egJane:Eirc;: even tQ .`' the 4 vexed,', question whether the author is a lady or Ai gentle- Man,. , •.1 • itgknowao ther4i . at there exists in Lin den an " AbAnS) pub," which has just published, "Patikaiil,Paasescand . Glaniere," a aeries of eicursiOns by members of the Cllllr."Mrterelliiiin 'Ws - a'lit7PteriO" , , ._,, itse)f, arilifsernite, with the name- . of the adienturous aright who undertook the peril onifirtirieeitoliiiiii difficult arc of the iced minintaint 44 r, 7 ..,“ Life-and ; ifiberty in America," is the title, of ..a, ytryAhirming work from the pen 'Lqlfgdba l ifeti Sire* L L - D.; on his 'return Awn_ la tour. "ii !the United States and is ... _. Canada. It is written in a very different :strain - from thfoTrollope'School of tourists. r ile assures uelinit he went to America with ) = ~.. Mut prejudieepand with an honest desire .to .1 i 1 , j'll.dgeinipiw . tially. The results of the visit .101,0404 W much better of America 4, li.; t ' uir a t Atneiletiti a than he did before he made hie ; v i ,,ye does not mean that he can give Iniquilified approbation to every phiteeiof..." , ;Lifil ind Liberty," as they came --, under his istwetifation ; he saw much to re gist,` ilitilibUtit'ee,asure:—it may , be else a little ''" on. v. = , tke o se., at--but he " learned to love " t 4 ger r born brother of his father land? Xi:. Mackay is a poet, and `:a ''. , 'man of geroilitel He is one of the 'editors of ,the 'll4lePtlted London News. We Insiiik''',,f . N. Panorama of the New , livelfliPj s' ayXornwalli author. of " Two ;:- - , = ...i.& 43 "' ' , k ‘ ' --'-' '... 40 , ' t ' n " an indefatigable tray. e e ' n. ;oh ;nit . He now publisheelie observation& on ;Australia, Chili, Peru, Ihmama, the Un't ji States, and Canada. • The Messrs. ebner continue to import = Ameriean pnlilie ''ode largely. They -have been, and still 4 4 :ligents for "The ,Na. , -1., done! Pulpit tb ' iroalation of which is likely. to be much'inereased in this conntry, from a visit now beitit paid to it by the worthy brother 'of- it's el4idliVaditor. A commend. story 'circular ha t k already: been signed by ministers of epain*ce and influence, in. 'eluding the ntinie„.of the Rev. Hartwell „Horne and-thee llailliVand Rev. Baptist W. 'Noell''' I :.':' • New memoirs' o = t Vie : Net Shelley are -..t.- - promised :its by,SmAth, Elder & Ce.„. edited by Lady.Shellet, wtt...a:'of the presentliaronet, - and wiltoontainiletitharf interest never before written, and en .!E y on Christianity, which iwe are tatti:oat itited -to present the re t ligions views t ot Apeat in a very different I I light from that in 'eh they have hitherto been viewed. -= It ' I be strange, indeed, if we find a: rectal , * i a,a at - later period' of rt his life, of , the ath is 'blasphemies, which, 1 amid so- relieh t th Vie exquisite in fancy, 'shock, and outregiOns in hie earlier publi cations. =With; le s ep sadness - I°% visited, nearly two yearla o; the fine old church at llainpahire, in as WI, in white Italian martde, I,4olll9.Alturt .the ideal figure of the' drownedt, poetll with the tangled sea t) weed wrappiUg7hie ()orris: ' ' ' " Sixteen Year t of an Artists' Life in Morocco,. Spaiq and the Calmly Islands,"' by Mrs. ElizablitOMurray, ibose talent's as a water-Colorlatitar are well known, fur nishes piettiresqneind interesting sketches of varied scenes, a ::regarded with a Pain ter's eye. Asa i y; she had access to the Moorish women e .the' Mohammedan city :of Tangiers, find g them frivolous-and fond of gossip , lint j od natured withal and il allowing her tretin s r lat into ilia Intnutamef their,. tailets4n - - household arrangements. Twit;44o;l' * raphs of Morocco and f y TeneriffeDreete 4: l , , show, what the artist, as well Wtli f e 'lair, can accomplish._ A "Life of General Havelock," by Hon. , . J. T. Headley,,ho Secretary' of the State of New York—an , American=-is warmly praised by the Athencem, Saturday Revizw, Press, and Examiner. The first, says' that it is ably and enthusiastically written, and by far the beet life ' that 'has yet =appeared. The second, that"" it is a gain to both demi. tries that Americans should occupy their thoughts with Englishmen who are ,really worth admiring.", :he third : that :" : Mr. Headley has produced,' readable-book;" and the :last declares -that " it is carefully planned, fairly written, generously felt ; one of a class of hoeld that strengthens the bond between .brave men of the same kin. dred in the Old World and the New." Li this Mr. Heridley',the, same with the author of ".Scenes „of , the 13ible'"—a book Bin gularly eloquent _ ? Mr: S. C.' Hall has been giving; as public readings, very plelisig recollections of the literary notabilities of his time. We have, books of •the same tendency, , Such a!1 "Sheridan and his : 4 1yimes," , by an , octo. genarian; Who stood hi his knee in youth,. andsai: at; his tiger in manhood, and "Recollections by Samuel' Rogers, of Per. sonal and ,Conversational Intercourse with Fox, Grattan, Poisoned:Lorne Tooke, Tally rand, Lord Erskine, :Sir Walter Scott, Lord :Grenville and_ the 'Duke of Wellington," with riiirefaceby Samuel Rogers, and edited by hienephew, W. Sharp. We, have also " Stapylton's Memoirs, of George Canning andhis 'Times." ' ., ' 4,4 The Haunts of IA . Johnson," are ad. mirahly brought out roan early number of 1 g All thet.Yearßoundrt • I recently visited 'three : of tharts"-01113, 4 gJahrison's Tavern," in =Jolt' Court, Fleet Street; the "`Cheshire °been," near at hand, with its sanded , flCoic its old., carved chimney, piece, &c., just as they were in . Johnson's days, and finally, " St John's : Gatewily, Clerlienweli" Where Johnsen wae-warl to meet Cave, edi tor of the. Gentleman's Magazine, whii used to be so , ashamed of the' sorry dress and ap pearance of his protegee, as to send him his dinner behind the screen, in this large room up stairs. The editor of the Leisure Hour went with me to the last, andinspeited with great interest• an authentie portrait of John son, as well as his arm ahair, and 'other' re ,, , ininiseences. The freqUenters of the placer we found of a literalyttirn' and veneratora of the illustrious dead , , Dr. James Hamilton' has written a very, graceful and elegant' Volume, the "Life of James Wilson, Esq , f'R: S. E,, of Wood ville.", Mr. Wilson wan:the brother, Of, the • celebrated -Profaner- Wilson,,. otherwise " Chriatopher North." HoWits preAtminent as a tuitinsliet. Hence it'tins . that the writing of his , biography was committed to one 'of kindred studies and sympthies,„who could also findhappy= nemisiowtonhoW the beauty .and - glory OfChristianity'Und 'science united in the subject of his meinoir. Welaarn from.,,thei.Bugetin Abets Greek IdSleßible, just dome to lighty -contains Job and-Other booki of the 'Old Testament 'and Apteryibis o, else, theviielii of the New Tee , *Mitt; wit h it rei l i ilistirefisiiritilinie and the first part of " The Shepherd " of , Her. mas, the Greek text of which was supt.osed to be lost. The discovery was made by Prof. Tichendorff,_ - in a convent at 'Cairo : . He Bays of ii, ~~ The Vatican 'inlniisailpt - had been ,Itnown for three' hundred years before the long cherished desire for ite publication was satisfied. Instead of so many centuries, it will perhaps require only as many years, to enrich our Christian literature with this newly diecoyered and most valuable treasure. Autograph Letters meet with ready sale and large prices. Among these are those, gathered out_ of the manuscripts in the brary of the late Dawson Turner, including letters of Miura°, Milton, and Cromwell. Among the collection was also two hundred and sixty-four Napoleon State papers, in cluding instructions for the invasion of gng land, which sold for £215, and thirteen or iginal letters from Sir Isaacs. Newton, which brought eighty.nine guineas. AR; this year, has receiveAmnit homage from the fashionable world, and We great middle class, and yet while there has been an ingessant stream of visitors ever since the opening of the annual exhibition, of the Royal Academy of Painting, the pictures have not , obtained purchasers in any pro portion either commensurate to the merits of many of them, or as compared with the large sums lavished on last year's produc tions., In my annual, visit, made a few weeks ago, I✓ felt, as I suppose I shall always feel, that that unparelleled collection, of pictures whit% was presented for a while to the admiring gaze of, all comers, from the pri• ; vete collections in, which the ancestral man sions, and the millionaire dwellings of Eng land are so rich, bad spoiled my taste, so that wonder at nothing, admire nothing, was the languid feeling of the first half , hour. But afterwards one finds much to admire, for Landseer and his immortal Highland stags and red deer, and Mellais with his Prekaphaelite plains and others too, Jess noted, of the same school, are there in =force, to say. nothing of portraits by Pickeragill, Maenee, Knight,lnd A "picture by Villinil, with the title, at Who is she that looketh forth as the morn , ling,. fair as Ale,moon, clear as the sun, and tertible.llB an army with .bartners furnish. es an inipressive, fresh, and it may be not Unfaithful idea of the mind of the inspired writer in the personification of the Church, thus interrogatively put by him. It is an Eastern open window—time, morning— there stands there At female form, in whose aspect, beauty, _dignity, and majesty blend, as she looks out with gaze steadfast, re solited, ' and eitern,,' over the plaird nocence, grace, transparent purity, and.sib-, lime courage, are all combined. ' Is not the conception a, fine .one and' Must not the true painter be anpoet also 7 - - - Thefe is an "exquisite picture of "'Hit 'Vest," by Linnet, rich in the , sciden light and golden sheaves of an English, August day. There'are some fine paintings and draw ings of rich historical interest, qmch " Jobn'Howard visiting the prisons of Italy in 1786," " Milton visiting Galileo in the prisons of the Inquisition," " Milton dicta ting Samson Agonistes," with the plaintive lament of his Samson underneath " o`dirk, dirk, dark, amid tile blaze of noon; IrrecoVerably dark; total ealipse, Without all hope-of day I ' ' 0 first created beam, and thou great Word, Let, there be_ light, and light :was over, all; Why, am I thus bereaved thy prime decree." Lithe Sculpture Room of the exhibition are bronze' and Marble statuette; of William the Conqueror, and Palmerston, Ca conquer"- 6 r) too, in his own way,) together with mar ble .groups, ideal or from life, exquisitely chiselled ;. a marble , statue- of ,Cromwell, and 'marble busts of John E. Read, author of ." Never . Too Late to Mend," and of Mediae and . Frith, the artists; of George Stephenson, Lord Shaftsbury, Rev. C. H. Spurgeon, and Sheridan Knowles: • There has'been exhibited this year a very noble collection of GainsbOrough's paintings, in addition to those to be fOnnd elsewhere. The eale.ofprivate collections also brings.to light treasures in Art known to campers tively few. This,'when a fortnight since, I was leaving the meeting near St. James'. Square,. in honor of Sir J. Lawrenee,, , l stepped- across the street to .:a famous Auc tion Room, where • some fine paintings, un mistakably from Sir John Reynolds' pencil,. with other rare pictures, ware being cleared away after the sale of the collection of a deceased Admiral, Sir, E. Phipps. There is now a stated Annual Exhibition of French paintings in tendon, as well as that of the Society foe, painting in water:colors. Wood Engraving is now carried to great perfection, and its professors have theW hands - more than frill for the illustration of weekly serials and other works. The Tract Society, I know, pay one artist of theirs—one of- a number who work for it— about £5O a month, and this gentleman has other remunerative engagements of a kin dred character. The finest . modern English , engraving, front Estlake's celebrated picture, " Christ Bleasing Lie Children," , has just been' completed by yiTalt, the engraver, after thirteen, years of anxious and continuous labor. The cost of this plate exceeds £6 ,000 . In:reference to SCIENCE, all the learned Societies continue to meet, daring the sea son ; and whether it be the Royal, or the Geological, or 4 the Antiquarian, .or Linneau Societies, or the Society of Arts= the nota bilities in -each department' muster strong. The scientific world London is about to be deprived of the prespoce of , Sir Hemy Rawlinson, the eminent Bevan, who has been appointed British Ambassador at the Court of - Persia. His miCavations at' the Bir Nimrod were `of the higbeet A impert aece, and his services in oonnexion with the Rosetta Stone, and the right interpretation of the ounelformrcharachars on the Nineveh marbles will alWays be associated` henolably with those of the 'Rev. Dr. Hinoki., The commencement of a'Soieutifiv,Fand, is announced, under-tth'o auspices rof' the Royal Society, ter the ,assistano.3 and relief of distress , amongst gentlemen eminent' in the love and service of science - ,' The itu. mediate object of raising-410;000 r is being. healthy taken uP, and among some hundred inries, may be obserie4 as many as twenty at /100. ' A:vory curious pair: l 9f books / -tending show 'that' Shakespeare vas (not only thor. ougbly up in Bible' lore, as Lord Campbell wrote a book last yaoatiOn to prove;) but wan apt In WeieM3'e; tob=ninlet' "114 Psychology of Shakespeare;" „,i e Shakes peare's Medical Snowledge are being published by Messrs. Loiginan, from the pen of J. O. Buckuill, M. D. "keisre.lk seiwobd are bringing out a "Iland.Book of Geological Terms and Geology," and also "An Advaleed Test Book on Geology." A new work; styled * " Recreative Science," is about to' appear in .monthly-parts. It is intended to be medium of communication among students of every department of Physical Science. Its prominent features will be--instruction in every department of science; applica tions of science; essays on the results of scientific research; . correspondence; biog.. raphies , of eminent scientific men, and analyses of old and new scientific books; illustrations of natural phenomena, es perimental philosophy, and. recreations in chemistry. MUSICAL SCIENCE has achieved a great success in "the centenary commemoration of the illustrious Handel. The cg Handel Festival," hell at the Crystal Palace, bast month, was a marvelous triumph, both in the rendering of the music and words—by singers and an orchestra more powerful than ever'known—of the hist works'of the great master, as well as by its pectiniarY results. A sum of £35,000 was. received, for the three days performances. On the third day, twenty-seven thousand persons . were pres cut. The religious world is somewhat divided on the propriety of stored things being thus dealt with. It is a difficulty with many, that some of the leading singers tare notoriously -, not Christian ; that sacred words and names are taken on the lips notfor the purpose of worship but of musi cal effect; and that there is a gay, glitter ing, fashionable throng, who-arc clapping their hands and evincing their delight at the exquisite pathos and power, wherewith the mysterious agonies of Gethsemane, and the tragedy,-'of Calvary's 'cross, are'' set forth. Blessed be God 1 the day is coming, when such music as Handel's shall find its full interpretation in the consecrated gifts of Christians, indeed; yea, when Literature, Science, Art, and . Song, shall lay their choicest products at the Saviour's feet: EASTERN SUMMARY. Boston, and New England- The City of 'Boston has just been 'presented with the great historical painting of the Long Parliament, by Ccipley, a native of the city, through the mu iificence of President Quineey, and others. This work is ranked among the first. class of historical paintings, and is remarkable for delicate finish, spirited grouping, and life like vigor. 'Among the characters prominent in this painting Are; Xing Charles L in the set of de. Mending the five impeached members: Prince Rupert : ; Sir Edmund Verney, the King's stand ard-bearer ;. John Belden, the scholar and patriot, with earnest and thoughtful countenance; Sir. Harry Vane; whose name is inseparably. -con nected with New England ; Edward Hyde, whose writings as "Earl of •Clarendon," are in all fu ture time' to be connected - With the history 'of the times' in Which be lived; and the 'great Oliver Cromwell. ' This work of =art 'is in excellent eon. dition„ time having softened and mellowed its former - freshness of tone. Messrs. Ltttle & Brown have a complete con cordance of Milton's Poetical Works, prepared after the Manner of Mrs.:Mary Cowden tlarke's Concordance of Bhakespeare. One of its excel lences is, that not only are the words given, and the places where they are found, but also the bnes or passages in which the words occur. .It. is worthy of, note that this work was executed in India, and printed at Madras. The book is in quartuforna, consisting of four , hundred and six teeupages, and costs $16.00. The Annual Commencement at Harvard, tdok place on the 20th instant. The graduating class numbered ninety-two. For edit:fission to the College at - the new terin; there were'one hundred and 'forty application; and one 'hundred and twenty were received. The degOee of L.L.D. was conferred on the Hon- Charles &timer,. Geo. B. Emerson, the poet H. W. Longfellow, and' the . Hon. George P. Marsh, of Burlington, Vt. At a meeting of the Alumni of the Divinity School, the following resolution concerning Theodore Parker, was offered by the Rev. Mr. Conway: Resolved; That the'Association has heard with deep. regret of the failure, during the past year, of the health of the Rev. Theodore Parker, and we hereby extend to him our heartfelt sympathy, and express-our earnest hope and Prayer forrhis return, with renewed strength and heart una bated; to'the Post of ,duty'which be hai so long idled with ability and zee'. This resolutinn was warmly opposed by the Rev. Dr. -Gannett, of • Boston, Rey. : Dr. Barnnp, of Baltiniore, Re*. Dr. Osgood, of New York, Rev. Charles E. Ellie, D.D.,,0f Charlestown, and others. All of , these ; speakers expressed much sympathy for It. Kr. Parker in his-afflictions, but beggidoleave to be`excnsedlrom any gunk endorsemeet Of him as that contemplated ,by the resolution., Their unanimous opinion was, that- his, preaching was directly hostile to. faith in the Bible, and that hi had right to preach frOm it while denying, its Divine origin. At length the resolution was withdrawn by the mover. The:regular addressitefore the Association.was delivered by the Rev. Dr. Osgood, on the " Sas. pease of Faith." Fourteen young men graduated on the present occasion, it this Unitarian Divinity &hod.- Their performanm, by the way, were singular'affairs. The speaking was decidedly poor; and the 'young' men seemed to be very tin.. certain as to what they really did believe. • One young man conveyed to. the audience the import ant piece of new information that Athanasins in vented- the `doctrine CU the Trinity, and that - it greir' 'out of heathenism, and, was engrafted on Christianity. Another expressed grave doubts as to.whether one of the Gospels, and i several of the EPietles, were written by their reputed an there.. Another maintained the inspiration ,of men at this day, as well as in former times, and that there were many . defects in the record of in. spiration,,then, as well as now. Another made a valituit attack on'Dr. Bpshrteli'a late work on the Natirat and Supernatural. What would the founders of old have thought, if they had heard such dissertations in. snekt a place ? At the late meeting . , of the pvsbytery :,of Lon donder y, for the installation. of the Rev. David Magill, as pastor of the - Knox Presbyterin Church, the sermon was preached and the charge given to the people by, the Rev. Dr. Leyburn, editor of the rreabyterian. A Committee was ap pointed to make arrangements for the meeting of the Synod of Albany, to be held in this city, in October next. - The'lron. Caleb Cushing ,-a man'of great learn ' ing, l winderfur activity,- mut untiring induntryi hinfhien seleoted to pronounce the eulogy on the 'late Mr. Chonte. The Tablet of Free Stone over the gralie of ,Daikd Brainerd; at Northampton, has "been end., times renewed, not, owing to, the effect of the, corroding tooth of time; - :bnt to the force of owi ene r or pious interest; that leads so many visitors to break off and carry away small pieces, as precious relics. . No tramis left of the house.or premises where, Edwards thought and prayed,' save two giant elms, said , to'have ; been pbxnted.hy his own' hands, more than century ago. Tfie circumference of-one , of these ds neirlyqwenty, New"Yor'k. But little Buainesei Is now doing, although ao= tive preparations are' in pregresa t'or ;thy Frll' tilivYy Utisminfe, w 111614" I ?dine. The price of breadstufFs is still down ward, nor will the late adrices from Europe tend to r giie them en upward tendency. A large number of the Germans are greatly op -posed to the Sabbath laws respecting the drink ing houses and Lager beer saloons, and eaprees great indignation` at the course pursued iy the principal daily journals in this matter. Some of these journals will find it difficult to 'maim them. Belem appear'consistent, while commending pas senger railway traveling on the Sabbath, but calling for the shutting up of houses of enter. tainment on the same day. Good order, as well as Christianity, requires the Sabbath to be- kept holy. and_ .in communities where this is not done, violence - and disorder must sooner or later prevail. The number of inmates in the different depart. ments of the Almshouse, now amounts to seven thousand and ninety-two. Nears. Leonard, Scott, f t Co., have issued the reprint of Mach:good, for July. This number continues the powerful attack on Macaulay's his tory, begun in ihe previous number. There is also a scathing notice of the " positivism " of the recent infidel philosophy of France, und er the title, " Sentimental Physiology." Dr. Manselni Bampton Lectures come in for an article. And the late change of the Ministry in Eaglancl receives another. Messrs. Leonard, Scott & Co., have full sets of the Edinburgh Review from its beginning in 1802, and of the London Quarterly from its begin ning in 1809, for sale on favorable terme, when their real interest and actual value is taken into account. The publishing house of Sheldon ef Co., have taken hold of the 'Baptist Christian Review, in good earnest. " The editors are the Rev. Dr& Robinson and Hotchkiss, of the Rochester Theo logical institution, who will not allow this vener able publication to fall below the standard of its palmiest days. The Rev. Dr. Whedan, editor of the Methodist Quarterly Review, has been engaged for several years in the preparation of a commentary on the New Testament, somewhat after the plan of Barnes' Notes. This work is intended especially for the:use of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and the interpretation will, as a matter of course, be accordlag to the views or Divine truth, held by that denomination. The same author has been for several years contemplating an elaborate work on gs The Will," in which the whole et/h -ied will be re-examined from the Arminian stand-point. Mr. Bigelow, one of the editors of the New York Evening Past, is now at Rome, and writes in this wise of the present condition of the Vatican • Library; • When I passed through the famous library of the Vatican, the other day. and walked nearly half a mile without seeing a single book or meet ing a singl , reader, I must crawls that I felt for a moment, and for the first time, a desire that the -preeent controversy of the European, powers over Italy might not end until the secrets of this great storehouse of knOwledge - were unlocked, and made accessible at least to the historian and the student. At present the Vatican Library and manuscripts are of scarcely any more value -to the world than the collection at Alexandria, which the famous dilemma of Aohmet consigned to the flames. • BolWrt Carter 4. Brothers bare in press, and will soon publish the following among other works: Life of James Wilson, of Woodville, Ibrother of Prof. Wilson, the Christopher North of. Blackwood,) by Rev. James Hamilton, D. D., the well known author of " Life in Earnest," &c ; Christ and His Church. or Annotations on the 'Psalms, by Andrew Boner, D. D., author of a Commentary on Leviticus, and the friend and companion of McCtieyne ; Human Society, its Structure, Offices; and Relations; Eight Lectures delivered before the Brooklyn Institute, by Prof. F. D. Huntingdon, of Harvard College ; Hodge `en Second Corinthians; Butler's Analogy, with a Critique, by Rev. J. H. Thornwell, D D., of Col umbia, S. C., Theological Seminary; Lectures on First Thessalonians, by Rev. John Lillie, D. D.; and another volume of Dr. Sprague's Annals of the American Pulpit, treating of the Baptists. Prof Aancia Lieber, the well known writer of Political Economy has been elected to a professor ship' in Columbia College. Dr. J. TV Palmer, of this city, has been en gaged as one. of the regular editors of the Atlan tic Monthly- He is to reside here, and is eipected to aid in giving the Atlantic more of a coemopol , -itan character, than it has hitherto evinced, and in freeing it from the merely provincial aspect it has for the most part exhibited. The Dr. is well known from his own pictures of life in the far East and West. With this addition to the edi torial force, we hope to see an infusion of some Christian spirit, or at least the removal of the oh jectiOnable featnres, that have so greatly marred a magazine of great promise and great ability. J. W The Churchman is greatly excited because the pulpit of an Episcopal Church in lowa, was occu pied a few Sabbaths ago, upon invitation, by two Congregational ministers. Great indignation is expreseed at the very thought of any innovation, and' he rector and his congregation are berated most soundly on account of this departure from, tpificopal usages. The truth is, things in general are in rather a bad condition, according to the view taken by the Churchman. It recognizes no other Church than the Episcopal, and that don't ,wor ' y right, so that Churl* concerns are not in a very encouraging condition. The personal friends of the late Rev. A. King man Nati, whose melancholy end our readers will remember, are engaged in preparing a memorial of his life. -- :Mr. John Bard, a wealthy gentleman of this city, has given to St. Stephen's Nall Training School, "for the Diocese of New York, Seven acres of ground adjoining his estate at Red Rook, and engages also to give during his life, or the con• . titularies of his ability, $l,OOO per annum, for the support of the College. The same gentleman has also undertaken to restore the beautiful church near the same place, lately destroyed by fire. What a blessing will it be for the Church and the World, when our. rich men shall be found makiec a use of their money, that will Show they consider themielves the Lord's stewards. The Last of the Seven Sons of the venerable de • ceased missionary, Dr. Scudder, along with one of: hie :grandsons, made a public profession of faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, on the Sabbath before last, in the Reformed Dutch church, on. Twenty third- Street. The names of four gen erations of Smidders, are now found on the re cords of this church. The date of the Organization of some of the churches of this metropolis, may , interest some of our readers. The Reformed Dutch Church, in trodnced by the founders ,of the city, from Hol land, was organized in 1620. And the first Eag . Belt piermon was preached from a Dutch pulpit', by Dr. Laidle, ste late as 1764. The Episcopal Church was introduced soon after the cession of the city to the English, in 1664. Old Trinity church, now a corporation of immense wealth and immense debts, was built in 1696, and rebuilt in 1788.;:.-The structure then erected was after wards supplanted by the present imposing edifice- Next - in order came the Lutheran and Presby terian' denominations. The Brick church, in Beekman Street, afterwards known as Dr. Spring's, mas;built in'l767. Dr. Alexander's church, on the ciOrner - OfEinh Avenue and Nineteenth Streets, is the succession of the old church located on Cedar Street, where Dr. Romyn preached. The First Baptist church was erected in 1760. The Methodist denomination in this country, had its origin in a small assemblage that worshipped in a rigging loft in Horse and Cart Lane, (now William Street,) under the supervision of William Et:diary. The famous John Street church, the first rldethodist church in this country, was erected in 1768. In 1809 William Ellery Chan ning;presched, in the College of Physicians and Surgeone, thp Emit Unitarian sermon ever deli' vered in the city. Vie' absorbing topic of conversation and news , , paperdoto for the last two weeks, has been the ',Sabbath Question, in connexion with the paseen , ii k e i r:vaiker,yN The friends:ofthe Sabbath and of te opirsitivas on that, ro4s, hive been active in ....;T: , ..7.4.71;:..f; 1,, Philadelphia.
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