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'We reprint, from the Ellecto:c IVlgcf#7 l, o; for 'September : THOMAS CRA.l9CM,Airchbishop of Can terbury, was bein at Aslacton, Notting hanipshire, July, second, 1489. He entered jcsus College in. ) .1603, became, a fellow in. 1510-11 1 and e a,Cloctor of Divinity in 1523. His opiniOns: ep,the first marriage of Hen ry V 111, „with his brother's,: widow; intro dueed,shint, to the King. The favorite's multifarious efforts were in .vain to procure a divorce from the papal authorities, but as a reward for his services, ; though -he,had been twice married, he, was xaised,by. royal furor to the see of Canterbury. , On the twenty-third of May, 1548, the Archbish op declared the King's marriage'to, be null and void, and five days, afterwards he mar ried Henry to Anna; Boleyn. ,Cranmer now became occupied with more merito rious work, the translation of the Bible,. and the great' work of the English refor- No sooner was Edward dead than Lady Jane Grey was proelaimed,(Queen ; and a letter was, sent to—the. Princess Mary de- Caring Queen Jane to be the sovereign. This letter wag signed by' many of the principal persons in,the State, and, , aroong others by °roamer. .His zeal for the. Prot ostant cause must have blinded him to the danger of an enterprise directly contrary to the resolution he had formed upon• first hearing of the project. On the ninth of July, 1553, the chief officers of the State. •wore allegiance to Jane; on the twen tieth we find many of those who had been zealous in her cause, "impatient to main their submissions to Mary." On the same flay an order was sent by Mary to North umberland to disarm, which paper, strange. 10 say, was signed by Cranmer. The hopes ~t* the Protestants were now at an end; Queen Mary's unshaken attachment to•the Roman Catholic creed was universally known; Gardiner was released and made Chancellor, and power of .appointing preachers granted to him instead of to the primate : a commission was also given -to the Bishops of London, Winchester, Chi chester, and Durham, to degrade and im prison Protestant• prelates and ministers on the charge of treason, heresy, and mat rimony. Cramer's friends recommended his immediate flight; but in consideration of the high office that he held, he rejected their advice. In the beginning of August he was summoned before the Council, and ordered to confine himself to his palace : on the twenty-seventh he was again brought before the same tribunal; and iu September, together with Latimer and Ridley, was committed to the tower. During his con finement to the palace, in refutation of some reports that the primate would come over to the Roman Catholics, he wrote a declaration against the mass. This was not published, but by some means, respect ing which there is a difference of opinien, copies were obtained of it which reached the council, and were only read in Cheap side. In the Star-Chamber, Cranmer avowed the writing, and it was his inten tion of - affixing it to every church door in London. The Council committed him not only for treason against the succession of the Queen, but for perseverance in " disqui t pose the committa. removed,: inMarch, 1554, Cranmer was removed, in company with his 'fellow-prisoners, Bishops Latimer and Ridley, to the'prison of Bocardo at Oxford, where was renewed the controversy respecting the Lord's Sup per, which, by the Queen's desire, was named the subject for discussion. On the thirteenth of April, the persons sent by the convocation to dispute appeared in the University, and Creamer, who was first called before them ' after examining the questions set before him, entered into argument upon them. After him reasoned Latimer and Ridley, amidst much shouting, hissing, confusion, and insult. On the nineteenth the discussion was revived : and on the twenty-eighth they were again breught. to St. Mary's, where it was de clared, that unless .they. would turn, they were obstinate heretics, and no longer members of the Church. Cramer then replied, " From this your judgment and sentence I appeal to the just judgment of the Almighty, trusting to be present with him in•heavert, for whose presence in the altar I am thus condemned ;" and having thus spoken he was removed again to his prison. He had some days, before sent a petition to the Council and the Queen, prayingpar don for his offenses toward her, brit the bearer to whom he hiLd intrusted the pa pers broke them open, and itis not known that they reached their destination. How ever this may be, the Council decreed that the charge of treason should be withdrawn, and the pioemlings for heresy followed up, that the pains of fire, and not the ax, might be the manner of his death. It was now discovered that the tribunal . before which Crammer had been tried was not competent to decide the case, and that the sentence Was illegal The Pope there fore issued a fresh' commission, and on the twelfth of September, 1555, the primate waS again examined by Biokes, the Bishop of Grloucester, and two 'civilians, Martin and Story. After some discussion, sixteen articles of accusation were produced, touch ing'.which eight witnesses were examined, Lind 'then the case closed. It is remarkable that,' previous to these proceedings, Oran rner was summoned to appear within eighty days before the Pope at Rome: this must have been'a mere fiction of papal laisr, not intended. for him to obey, as indeed it was impossible for any person to do. Not long af ter Cramer wee sent back to prison, he heard of the execution of Ridley and Latimer, and after a few more weeks had passed, he received from. Cardinal Pole an answer' to two letters that be had written. to the Queen during the interval between .the last proceedings at Oxford and the .day, that these bishops were brought to the , stake. It appears from these letters that the pri mate's adherence to Protestant principles was still unshaken. On the twenty-ninth of November the eighty days had elapsed, and on the fourth of December he was ex communicated, and deprived of his bishop ric. A letter from the. Pope, (Paul 1V.,) bearing date the fourteenth of November, affirming him to be contumacious because " he took no care to appear" at Rome when cited, and deciding him guilty of heresy and other enormities, f finally commanded his execution. 'Oh ;the fourteenth of Feb ruary, in obedienee to this mandate, Oran mer was degraded. It was within a few clays after this that the fortitude of a mind which had hitherto ‘beep firm , gave way under the pressure of misnry and the close prospect of a torturing death. The love of life overcame his firmh,ess; ,he forsook his principles, and wrote a recantation of his faith. By whose exertions his resolu tion was shaken we; cannot _ Micestain ; but this unwerthy sacrifice of opknion,served only to render his enemies trkiintpllant ; whatever had been their promtl oc .the re cantation was of no ~ a vail tower liie pre,s- . . 8,. , '.:-- 1 ' - --- -- - , •• - . . . .. . , . , . . - - • ~ .. . i :• , le r., .... , • • .. , , .. . • ..... .. t .. .. : y 1 -- ~. ..-, . 1 1111 1 •ry z;' -` . ...., ~ . ,0 ~.„; ...r. ....J. . .... .. 4, 4 woe", . , . ~.., •• ....., .•. . t.t.. „•_,..: ~..• . /... ..,,. ~. ..:., ..• • .. , , mw : td, , „ , .. . .. ' . - iflea hOt Aii) • . . . „ , "" -P . ' '. '. • % . . i'. - , , VOL. VIII ; NO; , 0. ervation of his life. On, the twentieth. of March, the eve of 'his execution, 'he . Was visited by Dr. Cole, - the provost of Eton College, who hald :been ordered by Abe Queen to attend him. After Cole had left him, Gamine entered -the prison, and re (pleated him tolranscribe a recantation, to be delivered by him at the stake, which the ,•PrisOner. consented 'to do. On the following • day he was led to St. Mary's' church, where, after an exhortation had been read by Dr. Cole, and Crammer had .finished his private devotions, he solemnly addressed the peOple, openly profeesing his faith, and at length declaring : "Now I come ,to the great thing that troubled) my conscience more than any other thing that I ever said or did in my .life:; and ,that is , the setting abroad .of writing seen trary to the truth which I thought in my heart, and writ for fear of death, and to save my =life, if it might be ; and that is all.such bills which I have written or sign with . mine own hand since, my degra dation, wherein I have written many things untrue. And fOrasmuch as my hand offended in 'writings contrary, to my heart, therefore my hand shall first be Pun jailed. For if I may .come to the fire, it shall be first burned. And as for the Fepe, I refuse him as Christ's enemy,, and antichrist, "with all his false doctrine." The whole assembly was astonished at' this speech; they had, supposed that tie would have confirmed and.not retracted ,his re cantation. He was then hurried away to the' stake, where' he stood metionless, hold ing up his right hand, and' exclaiming,. until his utterance was stifled : " This unworthy hand I Lord Jesus, receive my spirit !" Huctn LATIMER, one of the early Eng lish reformers, was born at Thurcaston, near Mount Sorrel, in Leicestershire, about, 1472. After taking his degree at Cambridge, ite entered into holy_ orders, and was quite a zealot on behalf of Popery.. The influence of Thomas Bilney induced him to Bean the subject more thoroughly, and to study the Bible. His eyes'aware gradually - opened, and at the age of fifty-. three he renounced Romanism. His bold. opinions against many Romish errors soon made`him notorious in his own university and'elsewhere. He even ventured to re-' monstrate with Henry VIII. on the sin and .danger of prollibiting the Bible in English. Through the patronage of Thomas Cromwell he was appointed to, a living in West-Kington, Wiltshire, where he preached with great earnestness and fer vor the evangelical truth; of the Reforma- , tion; .and he first became 'chaplain to Anne Boleyn and then Bishop of Worcester in 1535. 'When the act of the six articles was passed, he - dissented, and proved his sincerity by resigning his bishopric. For his disinterestedness and, firmness he was committed to the Tower, where 'he lay a prisoner'for Isix years; and though the ac cession of 'Edward led his liberation, he would on no account resume the gov ernment of his See. No sooner had Mary ascended. the throne, than Latimer, as might be anticipated, became a marked object of Papal vengeance, He refused to fly from the royal citation, conscious that his hour was come. After a manly-vindi cation of his opinions, he was, along with. Ridley, condemned to the flames. On the day of his martyrdom at Oxford, sixteenth of, Oa - ober, 1555, 'he ap peared in n — ahrond, was, with , his fellow sufferefs, bound by an iron chain to the • . - • • ' fastened-round his body. The.fagots .were kindled., and Latimer, turning to Ridley, cried with,prophetic vpice : "Be of .good comfort, Master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light l such a candle, by God's grace, in England,. as, I, trust, shall never be put out."Latimer's sermons, which were collected and published, at London, 1825, in two octavos, are `'distin guished by quaint and homely sense, and pointed and vigorous admonition, the offspring of playful temper, a happy dispo sition, and a sincere and noble heart. NioHOLAWRIDLEY was-born in the coun ty of Northumberland, near' the beginning of - the sixteenth century. 'He' was educa ted first at Newcastle, and afterwards at Pembroke,, College, Cambridge. , He re-' ceived further, instruction in France, and having gained some reputation for learn ing, returned to Cambridge , took orders, and became master of his college. - His knowledge and power of preaching having attracted the attention of Cranmer, he was presented with clerical preferment, becarde one of the king'S 'chaplains, and in 1547 was nominated Bishop of Rochester. His denunciations frOm the 'Pulpit of the' use of images and of .holy water soon. showed , him the strenuous supporter of Protestant doctrines, and. his abilities caused 'him to be associated with,the principal re formers both in their chief undertakings and discussions. He frequently .disputed on transubstantiation and ; other doctrines; andlie sat as a member o f the commission appointed to examine into charges brought against Bonner, Bishop , of 'London. The' commission deprived Bonner of his digni ties, and after some time had elapsed, Rid ley was appointed his successor in the See 'of London. Soon after his appointment, he commenced a visitation of his diocese, actively endeavoring to' diffuse Protestant doctrines, for the better understanding of which he assisted Cranmer in framing for ty-one articles; which were subsequently promulgated. - He was nominated Bishop of-Durham, but his'appointment'was' never completed. Three instances are mihtioned in which: he attempted great' ends by the, force and power of his preaching ; he aimed - at the• conversion of the Princess Mary, went to her residence at Honsdon, and re quested permission to preach before her. This permission she peremptorily refused, and so offended Ridley, who afterwards showed considerable generosity and a ready sense of forgiveness, -by interceding with Edward VI. on Mary's behalf that she should be allowed the free exercise of her , Secondly, he endeavored through his preaching' to direct 'the young king's mind to works of charity, describing three sorts of poor—such as were so by infirmity, accident, or •by idleness. Edward,' deeply impressed by this sermon, ordered Grey Friars' Church, with its revenues,' to be `a"house for orphans; St. Bartholomew's, near Smithfield, to be an hospital; and gave his,Own house of Bridewell to be a place of correction and work for such as were wilfully idle. (Burnet.) •Thirdly, at the instigation of the supporters of Lady Jane Grey, •whose case he espoused, he set forth her,title . a sermon at St, Paul's,"warnini 'the, peoPle of the dangers they would be in; and 'the• ruin that would befall the Protostent'cause, if 'the Princess Mary should come' to the throne. On Mary's accession Ridley was imme diately imprisoned. Her detestation of his ,opinions was aggravated both by the services he had rendered to the Protestant cause, and his opposition her accession. She committed him, to the Tower in. July, 1554,. and did not, suffer to be removed until.pomplaints were made ,that the most learned Protestants, were restrained ,from attendmg the, discussionk maintained. ,by the Catholics and the Re'formers differ gut: ;digAtgd iloiPts. :JP-. Agra, 1 3-04,, PITTSBURG},[, :S,ATURDAY'.::,SEP.T.F4MBFR.'..I-,,,L1560, convocation was appointed at Oxford, at which the doctrine of the real presenee was to be discussed; and since Cranmer, Ridley, and Latimer were "esteemed the most learned men of their , persuasion,' the Queen ; granted a warrant for removingthem from the Tower to the, prisons at Oxford. Each disputed in his turn amidst great disorder, shoutings, tauntings, and re proaches; all were considered to he defeat ed and all were, adjudged obstinate heretics. Ridley never again left „Oxford. He was te-conducted to ° Prison, and after resisting many efforts to induce him to recant; was Jed with , Latimer to the' stake on the 16th .of -October,lsss. The place of "his exe -cation was in, front of Ballot' College. 9-unpowder was hung to his neck, but it - was long before the flames penetrated the 'mass of fuel;' and expl6sion did riot termi nate his miser .ble sufferings until his ex tremities we: consumed: he bore his tor tures with undaunted courage. - Rurnet says, that Aor his piety, learning, and solid judgment, he was the ablest.man of all that advanced the Reformation. EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENCE. NORDEN OP AN IRISH MISSIONARY ATDAMASCARTUNKEY AND NANNTIOISINTERPOSITION .OF THE GREAT POWERS—THE "IRENCIA EMPEROR'S LETTER—ITS EFFECT—FORTIFICATIONS VOTED—LORD, CLYDE AT-HOME AND PIM—INDIA AND THE ARMY—REVIVAL AND EpISOOPAGIBRIGHAN YOUNG ENGLAND—WESEETAN CONPERENGE--PRESH PIGHTINCI iX •SIOILY—GARIBALDI AND !MIISSINA...-NAPLES AND ITS. Rum-- NEGOTIATIONS WITH PIEDMONT—GARIRAIDI AND CATOSIE.* ' MIN POPISH PRELATE Emmen—Tar, POPE AND Ware—, • 9 PETER'S PENCE”. AND THE LOAN—TILE IRISH RECRUITS 'COMING, HOME—DAMAGE : TO THE PAPACY—THE QUEEN IN SCOTLAND, AND THE VOLUNTEERSTRE Maven—THE CAM' INDT AND THE PAPER DUTY--GLiDSTONE AND D'ISHAELI. A PRESBYTERIAN; MISSIONARY, the 'Rev. Mr. Graham, (not Dr. Graham, now Id Bonn, on the Rhine,) has perished in tie massacre of Christians at Damascus. The Druses came down. upon the place; they proposed to ;the celebrated African Arab Abdel-El-Kadd, that all the Chris tians should be pnt to the sword. He refused to sanction it. But the Turkish Governor was inert ~and his men were fanatical and thirsting for blood. The con sequence was that the Druses and the Moe-. km mob had their will--five hundred at least perished--and amongst them was this young minister, who not long since, joined Mr. Robson, a senior missionary at Damas cus. He had sought shelter in a Moslem house. From thence he went forth under the escort of a .Turkish guard, who gave him over to the murderers ! The sensation of grief and horror in. the North of Ireland. is very deep and strong, and the event but intensifies the resolve of the Great Powers not to suffer Turkey, with its effete Gov ernment, and its fanatical Pashas, and sol 'diery, to pretend to redress the wrong and to establish peace in Syria. For it is now most plainly not a contest between Marian ite,s and Druses, but a manifestation of that' Mphammedan fermenting hate which is common to all the followers of Islamism -in the East. In our resistance - to the ambi: tion of the Czar Nicholas, 'We' 'were right and it was natural for us to suppose that' the new law of religious, iberty decreed by the Sultan and his Ministers, and partially put in force in the capital and in other places, wa.s'to be the knell of Mohammedan -power to injure or destroy. But the real disciples of the Koran—in contrast with those who, have been inoculatedwith West- , ern and European ideas—remain true to the cruel and bloOdy code of the Prophet. Illtramonti,i .= n Popery and a revived Islam I.te extreme - , • • • probably destined to, fall, even as they rose, together—are eager, for blood. It is their instinct to destroy, and, while compara tively powerless, if the opportimity, but offers, they appear; in the naked hideous ness of their normal fanaticism and cruelty: The Great Powers,, save, Russia, have formed a convention in reference • to Syria: Russia wanted to send one 'hundred thou sand men, hoping for a 'final break irp,of the Turkish Empire. France'will uot noiv sanction this. French troops.and English: marines alone will be employed. But the Siiltan deprecates both, unless lie summon them to his aid. ' The American Mission stations in the Lebanon district have ,all.been abandoned. The, schools are broken up..;,the followers haie either been . killed:, or are now desti tute of home's and wealth, 'and several of the' miSsionaries are leating for America, is their is. no field for 'their labors. So writes Captain. Paynter, of the ItoTal Navy, to:Vice-Admiral Martin, from Beirut. , .A. GREAT SENSATION , was produced this week, by the publication of ,a 'letter .ad dressed by the Emperor of the French to his Ambassador in London. It. was elicited by Palmerston's speech on the coast de fences, and by his proposal of a vote of X9,ooo,ooo'for these. That speech was in its tone so decided, that the Emperor was compelled, as it were, to show what were This `intentions toward us, or if he is= still 'Wearing an iron mask, to make us believe, if „possible that he was .: for amity and peace. Of he assures; the Ambassador in terms so decided, that if it were .any other 'Potentate in Europe, we could not doubt or distrust him. ' He solemnly dares that since' the peace of Villafranca helas not bad one thought of aught but' repose in Europe. He apologizes for , his annexation of Savoy and Niee on the oft urged grounds that iCiwas 'rendered neces sary by the increased acquisition of terri tory by Sardinia. He declares that publio !opinion in France demanded : of him to in terfere, in behalf' of the — Ch'ristians in. Syna; tluit he had no deSire . whatever to. send troops thither, unless' under urgent 'necessity, and that huwishes to uphold the. independence of the Turkish. Empire. He deinands that Lord Palmerston, and the eminent men at the bead of State affairs, shall thrbvi away all' 'doubts. He insists that , neither his, naval nor army resources are greater than were thought necessary in 'the, reign of Louis Philippe. , And. ; ..he 'asks that there may be continued accord, for the development ' of conuntrce and the . arts'of industry. The effect of ' this offlanded and qin diplomatic kind of communication :has: been considerable. It, has certainly brought the conviction that now that Germany would not alldw herself to be divided by his intrigues; that Belgium presents'a bold front,. and is enthusiastic in its resolve not to be annexed:; and• now, too, thatEng land,has her magnificent and ever-growing, volunteer force, and wont stand much longer'a state of things and a menacing at= titude from France that would even Make war better than it a peace so costly—he fintle) isi • I say,,that his interest to be quiet. But the Times, and even the Morning Post, which last has certain.kindly relatkons' not only to the present Cabinet, but also to the French Embassy, .while 'hailing the Emperoe& language, ask for the beginning of disarmament on his part, anii specially insist that, 'altogether irrespective of the Emperor, we Must not be at the mercy of any nation,' and that therefore the coast defences, andlthe provision of shelter'frOnt sudden assault for our great dpek-yards.and naval depots,, shall be proceeded with. The Mille :, of 6Ommoni, - 'bi an .overwhehnine'raajorrity, , Inti voted`- the _sum £2 , ,Oop,ooo;ras , a first installment of the ~each ..11eVge.‘ party, joined by old admirals, who believe in the wooden _walls' of, old England, aid nothing else, opposed the ; proposition, but they were, beaten in a most marked manner. The country is willing +to ,Tay any, ,priee to be insured against, panics, and to make our coasts .safe, as far as mates power to do so. The funds have risen ; and the public feeling is more cheerful. But,e have-still so many relations with other countries, and r, so many interests, that we know. not what a day may biing forth. Prom sChina, we hear of the Rebels prevailAng over the Im perialists near. Shanghai, and. that- trade is suspended ihere. But .Wc..have not any news from the English trOpe and 'expedi tion, save that, they were All of hope, but disappointed in not finding u tle French so well provided with gun-Wats, &e., as was expected. LORD CLYDE has home, has been welcomed by the , her palace at Windsor, has been td by various Clubs, and has been ,tly feted at Guildhall, by the Lo) and the Cor poration of the city . The vet eran is in good healt) - praises the British troops, as tei im in India, and passes a high eult Lord Can ning, the Governor G• lor his cool •ness, courage and - during, the rebellion, from first to nitßrol.glianr was the orator at the illiiuse, - aw ner and spoke , with suOrising Vigor and` 4 , eloquence. . , •v 1 .. : 1 , : ~, The Indian homedia il , Of the present government as indieate dii=the abolition of the .local European army, has given great offence to many oldsteffioers,--and has been made the ground ofii - olent. party attacks by Mr. Horsman, in t.....,,he' ° l ouse of Commons. It is known that Sii72. es Outram earn estly protests againse.i4iiit is being done,' and that the new patrodge acquired by the Horse. Guards at honi4which will send • nine new regiments, is Tly . hateful to those , in India who have borne i the burden and heat of the day. We 114 e had - no redress yet given as to the intrifiketion of the Bi ble into Government schools in India.' ;It also appears that the retwins.:,from Bombay, Presidency—made out It Government offi cials—as to the endoWinents bestowed upon idol temples, are very i*perfect, and this in contrast with-the- fairness-and fullness August 2, 1860 of the returns.. from tile -Resideniy of Bengal.' Tun BISHOP OF DOWN AND CONNOn, Doctor Knox, has. recently delivered A. charge to his clergy very evangelical,,and earnest in. its tone and:character. makes special referencele the Religions Awakening of 1859, and . 'endorses it With his continued, recognition ai areal work.of God. = He, points to ; the multiplied commu nicants and attendants in Episcopal church es, to the social changes wrought 'on the face of society, and the bringing in of an outcast and ignorant population:' ,Just be- ' fore the delivery of his , charae he sent - out circulars to ascertain the,present condition of things' and the result`was most` satisfac= tory—only nine' clergymenindieiting 'their hostility to the movement 'ln -some par ishes it exercised no influence:- 'This can be well believed in the, case .of worldly min isters, or of. those who ar t elHigh .obuichin their teachings. and tendenciei: 'Never; however, was- the EstabligliW 'Church; in Ireland so - evangelical, aggressiVe; Wpfb., 7 dent as at the, present_ - tiyhe.„;; ; At c ha,snnore churches and larger coniregationsrin land than ever-beforethile--tulto : sp reri. Baionsat.YOlisici,Aritirtwo Ofhlifirrik;; is now in this country: No' doubt lie .will . try to resuscitate the cause :with ivhichithie. monster of imposition, impudence, andim purity, is identified. He will not darer however, to show himself in public. There has been a recent conference of Morons in. London, attended by elderi., Thareports made of success were meagre, and by no means so. satisfactory as' when two years ago. the Conference Chairman •at a social meeting, told the .delegates ,that he was " . s9 well, pleased with every one of them, that he didn't know at which of them he would kick his shoes." Among the ignorant there will,alyrays be prey for these harpies. TICSOMESLEYAN METHODIST COWLES ENPrhea just:held its annual meeting.,in the City Road Chapel. ,The ex-president,., the Rev. S. D. Waddy, a vigorous minded minister, preached the opening sermon which was , a- very able 'ofie,..and involfed several ;knotty. potnts in :theology; •tonching among other,things, on the baptismsnd the right to burial of ,infants, baptismal regen eratien, &o. The new president ,is the Rai: W. W. Stamp. It' is' affirnied that lethe past year has'been one' of all bitt•ttn- A/templed increase in Methodism!' .; !.. kt the Conference, twenty-two young. men • were ordained. In their perional and 'preliminarystatements, moat orthem spOki gratefully of the godly example of_parents; and-of ,the advantages .received at the;Wes leyan Theological Institutions at Aichrnond, 'and'DidatUry. The Viresicypirrainistera of : Enilatid; 11Talea, and Ireland, are every year'beixuning more and' more an 'educated' body. They thus become niore - influential and more catholic and cosmopolitan. There is' itill,.however, ample. •room,• for' the full development and ; . exercise of :the •gifts:-of local and other preachers: '' , • „ . GARIBALDI has been fighting , fiercelrin' Sicily. The road'. to Messina fioniTiler-: •mo,.was found not;; to be orien as was pected. The Royal troops had taken np a strong .position, with - a. far superiorforee as to numbers andiattillery. Two 'separate conflicts, fierce' and 'stern; were waged, 'and -theTatrions were still kept,et' bay, losing healo,ly. But a titfrd, onset with the•bayo net,-gave them victory, although at .ter ribleuost, and scattered theirgoes 'in 'con fusion' and dismay.' Many oflthe volun teers, however; 'were killed air Wounded. Garibaldi then entered Messina at the head of his troops!: At this; momenta truce is established: The.,Neapcolltags hold , the castle, •butowill not fire on •thellaribaldians unless they. gin an atitacV. General Garibaldi profit inameiaelY by time; Ai's' Riuipolitaiis may; ere: kihg,`Traternize; alai the -thee' land be . : • . • SARDINIA. as een receiving. overtures from' the young . King.‘6l Naples- grid "his nemr. Cabinet. Ad I. intimated Tormerly, Cavour Troiessed to.dieapprove Garibal 'di's designs against,the. main huld i and sent IL messenger to Sicily to d eprecate them • But was there' sineority nitiY be so; because Garibaldi -'his " 'accord . "in heart with :the FreneheEmperor, and tvishos • to work out Italian liberty without that con- • trol and , overshadowing "compensation " • ;kind of ielfishness 'which has already ex- 'acted "voy and the eixision of The' :Or, however, now declare's that he will not' • .interfere with the Southern Italians,.but our own Cabinet—leave them to settle their own affairs. The Siirdinian -GOiernmoint` tionfrOnts and rebukes the , Chiral of home i n :its' in • ierference :with,. its ~.lawb; 'mid that with ' great firmness. An ArpkrbiaMpp, writes an impndent letter to . Count Cayour. .To this l einstle"the';Coni e fpaioWeld Sleeik,sn'ilia g ives a• aka - 114120'6p1y, and Sititttligi'bleri6al Liaterevof.thefilawawill•-ibelmniihed IY, OWTI fail, even though the Gcverninent may be denounced as a persecuting 'one. THE POPE, 'not long' since, 'told the French Ambassador that be would mot and ,could not and to the demands of the Emperor; and rather than yield, would abandbn Rome. Since then,he, has thought better Of it, and it has: been announced that he will' remain. Meanwhile he is by his myrmidons, trying to raise money all over Europe. By the latest reports, £220 ; 000 of " Peter's pence,"- had been received for War fiirposes. In Spain' the clergy are urging on a Loan, but we do not hear of its definite or enlarged acceptance and success there or elsewhere. The damage to the Papacy done • by the return of a portion of the Irish Papal Brigade from _ltaly,: who found themselves cruellTdeeeived and treated, like dogs, has been vertgreat. Fresh exposures are be `lug daily ' Made. • A letter from a Mr. Brien, who went out under promises of promotion,,made by Mr. Sullivan, editor of -the Dab/iit Morning Hews, (Dr. Cullin's -organ,) attpears'in ,the Times. After other ex.posures, he concludes thus.: The,men who _returned fro'm,Rome were, with' aboat four or five exceptions. as fine, as impos :ing, and: es'' respectable a body of Men as e'ver . did honor to the legions of either ancient or modern Rome. Most of this stigmatized body of men are - Yotingnen"Who b Birth and ednottien ri . are f ar a l ro . WT. ?AIVMai)* wno - are alrp ent:at the ada. divldeild; M mere item,' are om the Middle :walks of life. The, Nation, said. 'that among, those returning from. Rome (in disgrace, of course) were many who were only fit for the English Militia. To this I also give the lie. in the most pnhlimmanner, for three-fourths of the Party are, as I said above, ex officio constabulary men:; and a•more'reispectably dressed, a better intentioned, a better suited or a .finer phalanx surely is not to be met with in any army—no, not even in, the Unrivalled legions of Great Britain, and-thit is,' no doubt, a great assertion. The Nation also' stated -that things%were liourishingly.with the present-number in ,Italy. Eow, this is a most undisguised falsehood, for when the order ,to march from. Rompto Spoleto was given at Ciinina barrack,, previous to my de parture thin Rome, not one manwoUld , march.; all lad" , to be - dragged- doWw'stalis 'like slaves, and impelled,onward:at the poini.of SWiss baye nets .k.and„ again, when, the, , oath ,of.: allegiance Wa.madministered,,not a man., consented. to sign the papers or take the &tit.' These are facts, and' faits 'out - of - Many, and I should like to know by what ',process of ratioeitiation 'the _editor - of ; the .Nation- w,ould ;:attempt *Mire them. Should he make ,the attempt repirto him by"another series'of 'fitots, lication of ; which ,Conl.cl; not --Be 'very. agreeable Ao him L have in, niy. hands about forty letters, which. were given to me - privately" when ledving ' Rome; and if l'find.further publication necessary Behan bmable to. give a series of extracts these domiments, which. are anthentic, integral, and true, and which would -inevitablY put,to the 'bliisli'theanthera of thoSe 'cabin:Mies and lies to whiehl , hiiie alluded. - , " 'Mr. Tunc76,.9 remarks are Very racy, on snbject,: - Th% Irish Volunteers in the service' Of. our 'Lord,, the -eope were natu rally'supriosed by - 'his Holiness to be devo ted Catholies. As such; they i ware an: peinted every - Viiday for faeting. The means of 'doing 'penance was, freely, offered them. "What better fare could a Saint wish for, than an insufficiency of black bread' and sour Wine`?'What' better couch than the floor of a stable ? Covered, the recruits doubtless 'were,, with vermin, and reeking With filth, and if they hid expired in the stable; it Wettld'have been in the odoipf San'etity - . , CoMfdaints have been made of nome of 'theta being shpt. Bat had`they' ot the friers 'of San Decollate ,to confess _theth,:and didLtheysmt.„,receive lots of holy. ''? .*"'" - c-liaiii44 - 41;0y . out at Macerate., but to be thoroughly mace-, rated ?"` . . Au attempt was made to get up an as ta tion in Dublin, during the present week, in favor of a volunteer . force for Ireland. The proceedings' were marked by 4iegraeeful confusion, and Sufficiently indicated that the Cabinet are wise' in . putting .anagi into the hands of . Irish Papiste: THE QUEEN is . to repair, to 'Edinburgh, next week,•and will there bold a grand re view of the Scottish Volunteers. It will doubtless be a. veTy stirring and thoroughly national spectacle. THE MLR:VEST be late, but on the whole an • average.. The wheat and flax crops in Ulster will be very superior. The people are not so dependent as formerly on the potato. There were rumors of the, , spread of disease; which has so often in re cent years affeeted this plant,'but happily they are not confirmed. THE Canniy.T is.in some peril ,from an impending debate, and„division in the Com mons on the equalization .of the French and English - paper duty.. Mr. .o,ledstone insists on , this, and the Englishpaßey-ma kers having joined hands with Mir. D'lsraeli, . ,the latter wouldhave , an opportunity of, 'making -an onslaught on the rivil.,,whom alien, all others hp _hates. The Ministry . in .4 dissolve if they. are beaten. 1"; Int the, Times seems to indicate that this,will not be made a party question. Gladstone, in ease of an adverse vote, will probably re: sigN gra the present; Home Secretary, Sir Gee* C.. Lewis reign in his stead. • • For the Presbyterian Banner Some Farther 'Statistics. Marisa . Enrroas :—A few weeks agO, ;sent: you some statistics of two or three .of - the •:four General Assemblies of this country. Having obtained the pamphlet minutosiof*the last sessions of two of these l)odiei,'lrbave gleaned a few further! items of 'uome , intereat. , • :.• ..! .• . -The largest church e.; the. church containing - the - greatest of coMmithicarits,. in the •Prusbytery 'of Chithago.. l, It twine . 800 'members.. 'The largest in theTuitad Presbyterian' oon nexion indPhiladelphia,: , ye . porting' 706" communicants:llor.:• - SpringoX , NtiwAYer.le Cityi. reports. 797. 4n - embers,' and Tr. Me- Elroy; 637 - ; and' Dre: •Blackwood And Ohnesemein of 7Philidalphiai -each report vier 600. Oikkother church - dike United PresbYteriant body repOtte ' 1 686. - is 'also in NeWLYork).oity. One of 'our smelt int: ticuicieal , Fepbrtp four. conimunitanati; analono ; tlie:Tnited Presbyterian' hear teporte 'oblyftve.. , . 2. 'Taking.next a lower'. staiidard(l.find . , sixteen.oongregiitions in our loony; 'each Ye-. porting over ..500 communicants; blitlate ''than 800. Aniong3the Ignited 'Proisbyte iimityfour 'emigre - phone Came under the same .cittegory: ' • ' S. If . ' we assume two kun'dred as the standardi'our Church' -reports 297 congre-' gations,. with .206 and over, but less then 560 communicants.. The United Presbyi teiians have 40 churches belonging to this category. , • ' t. 4: With a minininut of 100 communi cants; o,ur - : Assembly reports 521 churches with 100 and overi,but leis ..than .200. The United Presbyterinne report 174 of 'this class. t - 5. Only four of our churches report this year; on examination, more than 100 new communicants. But it is an interesting fact that the laTgest!'n'umber (14 , .t) was added to one of our-German ohtrbherriiil New-York, and the next largastV.oB) , td one of our colored ohnrcheb, in•N'at'ebes i - Miss. The largest! accession; •tiii:exaMini4:l tion, to & United Presbyterian obbrek - viiii . 49, viz:; do the Churchtdf , 'Patteiso4N. 7 .Ti. " 6t 4irotioyz.two oft.ontaciirchee: reliort WROLt;N:O.:4I4: accession On examination- of 50' and up wards,. varying up to near-100, -1.: 7., Eighty-six of ,our churches report 25 and upwards added, on examination, varying up . to ~ near ' 50. Of' the United , Presbyterians, s'atein, congregations' come under 'this category:' . S. Our largest , Preabytery is that of Philadelphia, embracing, 53 ministers, and 9,000 communicants. The ,largest of the United Presbyterian Presbyteries is the Mohongahela, with . 20 ministers, and - 3;150 communicants. 'Our three Smallest Pres byteries are Lake Superior;,Stockton,: and Council Bluffs, with three ministers each— the bare 'constitutional quorum. The smallest United Presbyten'an Presbytery is Vermont, with two ministers. 9. Extending, as' these bodies do, over the'wide fake of our country; from Vermont to California, it is pleasant to find our, own favored State bolding so prominent a posi tion in the ranks of Pre.sbyterianism. Of 171 Presbyteries in our General' Assembly, 19 are located in Pennsylvania, embracing 460 minibters or more, than one-sixth of the whole ; and our membership in Penn sylvania is not less than 65,000, or more than a fifth of the whole. Of the United Presbyterians, ten Presbyteries are located in our State, or nearly a fourth of the whole number ; and of the total of about 60,000 ,ritoit!ktv 4id 1)901 , 41, te,,- , „ - , ,. . - 64-d • 1 ,, , , , , ,Autiart f , th-vtv ~..° it, I - p.'la,n, r ;therefore Ilia 3 in o Churclies a strong corps occupies- Pennsyl= vania; though our Old •School churches in this State have more members than the sum total of United Presbyterianism in all ,thc land. SCRIPS'. [Selected.] None But Thee'. Whom have I in heaven but thee ? therais none upon earth that I desire beside thee." Psalm lxxiii :.16. - • • • • LOrd. of earth, thy forming hand Well this beauteous frame bath planned, Woods that,wate, and hills that tower,' -Ocean rolling in his power ; All that strikes'the eyeimsought, All that 'charms. the lonely thought - - Priendship—gem transcending price; LOVO---11, flower frem'Paradise; Yet, amidst a'sceite so fair,. should '.I cease thysniile to share, What Were.alf its joys Wmol Whom have I on.earth to thee? ' Lord of heaven! beyond' our sight Rolls'a -- world Of purer light ' There, in loie's unelonded 'reign Parted handi shall part again; Martyrs , there, and, prophets,high, Blare a _glorious company; rings From U4ii - tdaberedieraih'itriikgs; 0 ! that vaerld is , passing.fair'; Yet if thou. wereqtbsent...there, . *hat were -all its joys to That, 1 - • 'Whom haVe lin heaven but ,thee? , • `Lord'of earthi aicutheaveri4 lliy Vita*, '); ;Seelcs.itt_thee ite oul.*iesti , I 'was lost ! thy ; iaeoeuts, miltl _ I.lbtuolyard luretlAby ' I was blind ! thy - dharniethe'long ealip'se iday. ; 'goulfde.iif•e g ver3 Toy rid YO"W; , . f , Solabe : df - ' if anew thy ,smile. divine 's ;, • Ceased, upon toy soul to; Shine; What were ettytp:or hevr,en.llll/e, 111 . 7474 , 1 r ill' OA ell I'm+ • • ac t..? • li'obert Grant Enwarraftted - Raft of "'Scieuic." , . . . , The. Anierimu Association for the Ad... Tenement of Science held its annual,meet ing at'NeWport; r.; during the 'first ten days of 'lt's papers - and diSculs: sions, though creditable ..in their Way, pos sessed but „little public interest. Indeed, such meetings can , rarely be, occasions, to attract many, heYcind . those • iimikediitely connected with the 'Association itself. The subjects are generally abstract and purely scientific—and even when possessed of practical bearings, they are usually pre sented' in'too technical' and professional a manner to reach the common mind. The meeting at Newport, however, ap. pears to have passed off.very satisfactorily, both to the Association, and to persons from, all parts of the • country, who were assem • bled at that fashionable watering-place; Fashion and Science held no crizarrel'with each other, but each occupied ' its accus tomed sphere, without interference, and even with here and there, an interchange of respectful civilities. The presence of so much social splendor, and of so many per sons of distinction as are now to be met with at Newport, undoubtedly added to the interest of the recent meeting... . This annual gathering, though styling itself an Association few tbe Advancement of Science, has been accustoined, in, faa; to restrict itself entirely to a eingle - depiiiV meat of science—.-thel science of matter, alone. It has occasionally admitted papers on topics relating to Political Economy and. Ethnology, hut, with'here and there au ex ception, it has never taken — into much ac !count any: one of those 'Vast reeling of investigation .and of knowledge„ which,: lie beyond the domain , of physical ! facts and These facti and laws alone, :wpm:d ing to the theory'of this Association, eon- Stitute science, and 'the prOfesdoiliv-of'thia: knowledge are recognized as the only , men of science.. • , , ;., This idea, which thus underlies our ; 46 7 sociatiori of American savants, may appear to be' only 'a harmless conceik'sueh as is not uncommon' among the " votaries' of nearly every, branth of human 'belief• or inquiry. But.it is not without., its ayihtendencies, and these evil tendencies should ,not be overlooked by those who are . interested in the advancement of truilii'and' the well being -of society... :.liowever • iniporiaiat physical knowledge' may we cer tainly accord to it irifyliigh importance—it shenld never be 'forgottes that it is' far: from being' the most important kind et Itis not the . whole; or even Ihe'sub limest 'or most usefal'pait of what dnserves to be called science. The facts and litWs the immaterial universe, the ,boundless realm of intellectual, spiritual, and social beingare as truly matters of' science; 'of l 'enriobling•iniieitigliticin and useful detera2i 'natien; as are ,the. forms of !natter, and. , the . .elenientsof:whish tliey are composed. Now, we.believe that- , the 'restriction-of the term science to the various bptnehesi of 'physicil'lnoWledgp . ,cannot „fail to exert id evil influence Oier idia.4 and •modeis: bPthOught 'prevakint nrking the pepple: al% certainly aicalamity 'to have Such an : bea 11 ' 1 1 1 14A illto.'the education and thalitemiure of our age. It sopn comes t o taken ;foe grixnee#, that,_ the 'boundaries of inaitif, 'there -is' no "'certain tknowledgehsitfilie.pOpeeitioria'of nizither •Matios alone areworthy of implicitteliance; and that , all, that relates to a. higher life than. the present 7 to - man's grandest park, bilities and his spiritual deitinyx . is only . speculation or 'conjecture The' mindi of men are thus materialized, and the way is .prepared for every . species zof intellectual 'conceit and arroganee,,an4,finally for sk.ep licisn and ,atheism. .•.. It is' renkikallie n io 'of THE PRESBYTERIAA. Publication. Office :. GAZETTE =TIMINGS, 84 FIFTH Si., PITTSBURGH, PA • PIIILLIMI,PTILi, • SOUTH-WEST COL 0.1^,..72k- AND .0#387N177 A Square, (3 linesor less4o44d lisartlon,..oo cents each substtuent insertion, 40 cents . ; each line beyond eight, 5 ets. A,,Sqaare per quarter, $4.00; each-line additional, 33 cents. it RtnIICTION made to adyertilsera by the . . iBUSISESet sonCES.of Ilaribies or less,l3l.oo; . ..Sach ad ditional line, 70 cents. . MIME real science,, have been ,conceded. Many of the definitions of .the word science in volve such a douCession, and it is 'silently acquiesc6d', n. thgughout much of the cur rent literat z ure Of the age. Our civiliza ' film; too, is singularly material, and this has a tendency to giveNexclusive prominence to material knowledge:li It thus seems to be .quite generally admitted that none but this "kind of knowledge is : to be called by the nan . e; and clothed with the authority of science. Thig reswit iato be 'ascribed, in Part; no doubt, to' the wait of reflection on the subject, but it, has also been brought about, in a great degree by the efforts of those who cultivate this kind of knowledge, and'however it may be produced, the result itself is equally pernicious. In Great-Britain', where the tens Science has also,been largely used in this restrictive sense, a strong .reaction is, taking. place. The British Association of Science-, after which the American was modelled:, has "greatly extended its range, and other na‘. tional associations have sprung up for the promotion of other'l!inds of science than the physical. The domain of physical knowl edge is ample enough, and the results which it has accomplished are useful and glorious. enough. Let them be admitted : to their fullest extent, and all honor be awarded to those who have promoted them; But in doing4his,Wirrieed-fint 6nilcedb 4 gym O iA 1441‘044,001040 . 0014 4 'afiaiVtt-tbsviaiiiid av; 0 alone , are. engaged in truly scientific in- The material works of God are not, as is ofterrelairned, the only, or even the clearest expressions•of his character and his -pur. poses. The ‘1 Cosmic periods" of Geology are barren of, great lessons, in comparison with.the historic periods of man and soci-, etY, and in all the realms of the Universe, there is not a work of the . Creator so preg= -dant with proofs of infinite Wisdom and benevolence, as a human soul, in its myste-. iious structure its sublime capabilities, • and immortal destiny. It is idle and foolisfilieyond etpression, to deny that de spiritual creation is a legitimate subjEcti for scientific inquiry—worthy the study;of the. most gifted and,accomplished intellects, : and the practical knowledge of all order, of men. Wherever there are laws: r of God's appointing, there is work for science in diSeovering and making them knoiin. l The forms and properties of Matter, =it=44sl true, have hitherto enlisted most of Abe l inquiries of science, and the realms.ofAte: immaterial Creation lie comparatiVell explored. But nothing is more 'certain than thal• the= future progress of mat '-' l a;idi his fulfillinent of his destiny orr , ieslntird, must be, secured by discovering audAming the laws which govern - this portion th;p- UniierSe Of' God. . this country, especially, thef : m ; and social sciences are deinanclitg,="'airtiah larger attention = than' they havec reeeimefi. 1)4% his happiness ,and his. destiny, here,.the most conspicuous objelts,: km.„ the very necessities of our social and political PrOblemS 16e 1 - tig dertaken =to selve, cannot' be safely tiLit'le accidental = agency. They demancl.:ttlie eleSest possible scrutiny, and=4, l ,* ta :TaPPli 'Lion of 'moral laws, it may , he,, no,taret,,d)s discovered, certainly not yct . &ought to bear on the gOveinnient and iiiiri'avaient' Of , society. The knosiledge'ioettlYe'ge laVs; we say, is as worthy to' lie ==called.. , bp tle== name, of : Science, as any knowledge ,:which • can be named, and they ..who . are haWiver: humblY; dmcoVering'thls'knowl edge, 'are deserving - of all the honor which is• ever accorded to the masters and promo ters of the highest and noblest of the sciences.--New-York Examiner. WM All know the power of song in attaching the heart to remembered places or occa sions. That subtle electricity of thought, which is named association, runs brightest and fastest along the chords of " sweetly linked song." Whether it be elegiac, ama tory, patriotie, or religious, the soul yields readily to the inflaming touch of memory, when it evokes the past in the language of grateful song. For. this reason, we have been long in the habit of urging, as a most important part of domestic education, the cultivation of music as an essential part of family worship. The household sb mid be . daily accustomed to praise God, around the fluidly el*, in hymns expressive of Chris tian gladness—not only because praise. is at all times comely, but especially because only • in this way can home be made redolent with,the most fragrant associations, where , withal we may. preserve its "fond endear ments" ever fresh in the memory. In his Cotter's Saturday „blight, the poet Burns has alluded, with . admirable pathos, to the effect produced upon the. minds of the de vout fainily by the "wild warbling of Dundee," or the plaintive notes of sacred "Martyrs," or "Scotia's hymn of praise." It ought to be regarded as among the •:chiefest cares of parents to render the sea ion of family worship pleasant and delight :ful to all the members of the household; and. nothing will .contribute more to success in this endeavor than the• introduction of music: as , a part . of the regular exercises in household devotion. To be convinced of this, we have only to reflect how much of . ; .the inierest,awakened in i the minds of pu pits 'in 'behalf of their ; Sunday Schools is ' ' to lil,attriliuted mainly to, the hymns which itheyare,":there taught, to, sing.. :Why may 'not s i milar; delight ,be agorded a house .holdj,iu teaching; all-4the oldest and the yoitz!gestg• T to:sieg together gf old songs, the.. preeiens music of the heart . 17. :Their val ue as in ; educational power,,wilf not depend '''`upon the artistic perfection of the vocal rendering,. but: upon the tender and elevat ing sentiments, which will run through the enchantient : of melody into the ;heart, ; as deW sinks , imperceptibly into : the bosom of a flower.' The too rigidforMality, .and-- alas 1 that it should be said = the.too repul sive 'ma' 'overatitiitied solemnity,: which characterie l ithe.family devotions of some Christian h'omes, Aire exceedingly hurtful ' to the mil is of children.. : : Nothing affords a better: grid, egainit these than a habit nalreeontle, .to &Millar household hymns, in which all may . in a measure join, and all feel the thrill . of a . ,commonjoy. A frie4:lo.t.e-minded with ourselves on, this aribjeel; has' informed us that he takes pains to, teach his . children and, boom hold-selections from our, own, hymnology, in order, that the praise offered the fam ily,.thiy' prepare for thit' offered, in the sanctuary. His example in this regard is worthy.of imitation. For while there are stiaiy good books, designed especially to aid,the cultivation of, altered murue at home, still t it ought not to, be forgotten ,that our, children should , le,,.tralned to love most thoee " songs"of Z ion" whieh- belong. to. • the 'household of their:fathers' a double aciiiiptage, will be sex , The, Aimee will 'sweetenedwith. the dey.. music of ofd i t, trust, and become nazi a ..nurietj , ,, - fact, of the Clinrch,,..xllo . 4 the high 'praise's of God are to hesefelmr,O, _Thee(' sfe** hints on a topic h ot i retotoprit to.tlye` right , training cf., Min sOaßtlinie-, lehle ' a re all that ,use„halfe .now.. typt 2 to Wei., bat' we ar,p4iinttha,that zumthqol:44 i be . prefitabli ivrfttertof ttc., in,trst ,dttetfipti!,Of itausiA .se a ..paoi R A. the.. dairr dii4tioes of tlte "Inaigencer. ADVERTISEMENTS. TERME IN ADVANCE . . DAVID 111 S KINIVEY St. Riqrstvror4 :421D7PV3th8aziii• Household Songs
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