CM a 'tor the ?meteltirien Banner The Jingle 41 - tid 'We Serpent, 00. n mount in, whosei oloud-piercing eunanit Irre it ' 14 is e Nine fur hag w irlis#nd upreared, Dwelt an eagle; and long hid his proud form outmode The istorrAis t'hat swept over his mountain abode ; He Ika4Key a century breasted thei.r i -power, And La flight *as More 'noble since each than before. Through all quit wide`rngion,hls fame had been heard, And they called that proud eagle the Liberty • small, crawling reptile, by some means had made Its her by/the clift.of the rock, 'neath the shade Of the mountain-bud's nest; and 'the eagle dis- dained That his beak by its ignoble blood should be stained Sieure in such contempt—more noble than wise— jt flourished and gteve to a serpont in size; it dreamed . injtitlnallee, by jealoiny ,stirred, Of uMbling lice Pride of LibertY-Bird: The eagle Bat perched in his glory on high, When the ,reptile&canie forth...hisSeree power to defy ; And hissing ita serpentine v.ntom and spite Approached gie 'bold eaglq's pre,qlpaousi height: While the eagle looked - soornfully down on his roe, Till the reptile at . length was directly below; Then in tipieii(l 4- lice Wings:end s his wild scream was , heard, Andintel mid-air sprang the Liberty-Bird A moment he , poised on his rerial height, Then dewittard he swooped like the gleaming of • The treacherous snake in his talons he clutched, zWhile . hispoud phunage 'fluttered aloft all un- • totrehette Ispits heart, from its bosombe . tore, tTheiirSpurifed the base carcase toccd. heavenward ' ' 'Abd t tlie'Wild notes of freedom in triumph were 'heird Bursting forth from the throat of the Liberty- Bird. REIVMMIPOPIELL, OP 11fOlikili, ON THE ;AFFAIR OF 111E4ItENT. Wef , last week, gave our readers the sen timents of Mr. SPURGEON, on the subject' of a war between Great Britain and the United States. We now present to them some thoughts of Rev. NEWMAN HALL. These Men 'are Samples, to a very large ex ,tent, of the intelligent Christian feeling of England. It is true that Lord SHANTSBURY, who is very prominent for his evangelism and anti-slaveryism, refused to attend the . Emptey .41all ! ,meeting on the subject of peace, ` lest he should seem to censure the Government, for its war measures, (he is son-in-law to Lord PAIMERSTON,) still he expressed a strong desire for peace. If Christians on both sides, will strive for the right, in a Christian„ spirit, there will be no war between the United States and Eng land. At an assembly of nearly three thou sand persons, chiefly working men, 'held on Monday evening,An Surrey Chapel, the Rev. Newman 11.01, in referring to the sub ject of America, said: — " At the lecture before the Young Men's Association, at Exeter Hall, last Tuesday, I am informed that Rule Britannia was performed on the organ, and rapturously encored. (' So it was.') If the audience simply meant to express , feelinas of patriotism 1 4 should heartily have concurred with them. No doubt it was so. But some people seem to imagine that Britannia has a right to rule the waves—that the ocean is her freehold —that she may do what she pleases there —and that other nations must not be al lowed to act in a manner which is quite justifiable in ourselves. Need I say that such a sentiment is most unjust and mon strous ?—(Hea3.). :If 'this were carried out fwe should Always be at war with every com mercial nation of the world. No, there are certain laws and customs to regulate affairs on the sea. By these we must abide as much as others; and therefore the first thing to be done-is,to discover what is the law—whether it has been broken—and what , can be done to secure its observance in future. Let us then regard this ques tion as one needing calmness of judgment, not violence and.passion. Let the case be deliberately argued. If America meant not . defiance; but law, let' us. first ascertain what the law is—not demanding our inter prekation as the true one, not admitting theirs—but referring the dispute to an im partial referee ( cheers, and a voice— ' That's good.') But it may be urged in apology for violent measures--:' Must we no at once vindicate the honor, ef our flag? Whgt I is our flag of so redenT inVhhtion, with so poor a history, enriched with so few memories of glory, that it will be dishon ored by a short and dignified delay? Dis honored 'by not at once fluttering defiance against the freemen of the North ? But would it -ndtliguto're"- dishonored by float ing side by side with the flag, of slave traders—(repeated cheers)—slave-breeders, slave-drivers? If there must be one or other dishonor, oh, spare us this latter ! Never,ne,ver Int the meteor-flag of Britain, be hoisted on the side of tyranny and op pression—(great cheering !) Suppose you, are watching two men fighting, and one of them,.all excited: endirritable chobseff to be provoked by, your locks, and shakes his Est in , your face 'between the rounds— (laughter and cheers.) Would it be brave in you .at once to fight him ? No ! Bravery would say, Wait a bit, rnS , fine fellow; you'ire enough. on , yoni% hand; et, present. I'm too much of a man to accept your challenge just now. Finish affairs with your antagonist first--two at once isn't fair. 'Pm may think better of it per haps by-and-bi: Now, I ask you, would riot that be braver than at once accepting such a man's defiance?—(cheers.) But, supposing arbitration fails, and we cannot agree on this,question, must we then fight? have .-heen astonished "at' the opinion widely circulated, that we:must either have redress or retaliation. Is there not a third alternative—forgiveness ? (hear, hear.) If for the future the law can be made plain, and' obedience, to it secured, may we not pass over,. • tl e. affront to ourselves? Is every disputebetween nations, if not amica bly, arranged, to < lead to war? Is nothing to be overlooked? What is the law of Christ ? Forbearing one another, and 'for giving one another, if any man have a 'quarrel against "aim even as • God forgave you, so alffolßo 4 Se,ce•• We feel it our duty to to ant'nnk this law in our individual capacity. 'ls it leasThiir 'duty as citizens, than as na tions? Alas, Christian nations seem .to think they may do as communities. what 'ward* be unlawfill as individuals— (hear, hear.) But her are not two rules of con &let. If I am to forbear and forgive as regards you„itipfamily must do'so to your family,my town toward your town, my na tion toward "your' nation. What has our • religion dojiefOt awl a,ebuntry, if we are to appeal as hastily, and as angrily to, the sword a quarrel 'as lf wen . Over heard tiabbath bell, and never had a Bib i lp, and 'never listened to the Gospel of korfp,.?-„,—(eheers,) Oh, that God, whose"bandAritiKbearts of all, would gke,Reople and tA9-riticrs of both coun triesmtoleaesfihle counsels—(Oheira I )'` heseeArM ,Make earnest 'prayer to Him. I xob with 'pleasure that a great meet- 11111112 ==l ing is convened in Exeter Hail for prayer nett ' , Thursday—the* day 'before our Gov ernment dispatch will reach Washington. Let; us pray? that it may be received in a conciliatory spirit. But not only.so. Let Ar s pray that we' may be conciliatory, that we may be Patient and forbearing, and4en tle, even if their reply be otherwise, remembering the command, forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any. I fear I have detained you too long, but the importance of the subject, I trust will be a sufficient apology (cheers, and go on.') . Once 'more, workingmen, I be seech you, do what you can to allay the un reasonable, unchristian . war spirit that now prevails. Ponder on what I have said, and, in opposition to much that, you hear and read, let my arguments, if you deem them valid, persuade ,you to do your utmost, for the preservation of peace. lam not one of those who condemn war under all • circum stances—but I consider in this case war would be most wicked. lam not one of those who advocate peace at any price—but I do earnestly plead for peace .now, and I ask you all to, help. Let each do what he can to roll back the tide of angry passion. Let us listen to the earnest pleadings which I can imagine the fair spirits of humanity, of freedom, of religion, with _weeping eyes and tone trembling with emotion, are now, amidst the din of angry threats and war „like preparation, addressing our reason and our - 'heart. Oh, by all the untold horrors of angry war, by the tenfold terribleness of war between brothers, by the sufferings of a negro race, who look on with alarmtlest you should join their oppressors to rivet their chains, by the aspirations of the long down trodden people of Hungary” and Italy, whose enemies will exult if the great cham pions of freedom contend with each other instead of making common cause against tyranny—by the interests of the world, which will look on aghast to see its.eivili zers and evangelists engaged in mortal com bat instead of prosecuting, in holy rivalry, enterprises of benevolence—by the princi ples of Christianity—by the 'example of Jesus—by the law of God—l beseech You cast in your influence on the side of peace, and loudly proclaim, 'We will have no war with America."'—(loud and repeated ap plause.) J. P. JOHNSTON Mr. Sumner is known to be on the ex treme of the anti-slavery question. He is thought by some, so extreme and so violent as to injure the carrying on of the war. Multitudes who love the country, and would preserve the Union, and maintain the Con stitution inviolate, cannot endorse his propositions. Being such, it was thought. he would be violent on the sibject of the surrender of Mason and Slidell. • .He how ever, came out on the subject, conservative and national. We 'find in our exchanges the folloWing report of his speech in. the Senate, Jan nary 6th: Mr. Sumner, of Mass., having the floor on the Trent affair, made an, eloquent speech. In alluding to the release of Mason and. Slidell be said that this had been done at the instance of the British Government, courteously conveyed, and founded on the assumption that the original capture of these men was an act of vio lence, which was an affront to the British flag, or a violation of international law. He stated that these men were citizens and for many years Senators of the United States. One was the author of the Fugitive Slave Law, and the other the chief author of the fillibustcring system, which has dis oTaced our national name and disturbed our national, peace. In the service of their country, they conspired against it, and at last, the secret traitors and conspirators be came open rebels. While on their way to England and France to play the part of ambassadors, for the purpose of arraying two great nations against the United States, and enlist them openly in behalf of an ac cursed slaveholding rebellion, they were ar rested and removed from the English steamer Trent, by Captain Wilkes of the United States steamer San Jacinto. If he, in this arrest, forget for a moment the fixed policy of the. Republic ' and transcended the law of nations as the United States have always , construed it, his apology must be found in the patriotic impulse by which be was inspired, and the British examples which he could not forget, and which ren dered them liable to be stopped. British precedents, the oft-repeated example of British cruisers, upheld against the oft-re peated protests of the United States, vin dicate, the arrest. The ad only becomes questionable when brought, to the touch atone of those liberal principles which.the American Government has always openly avowed, and which other European Gov ernments have, accepted with regard to the sea. ' After further argument in this connex ion, Mr. Sumner said : In exchange for these prisoners Ave receive from Great Brit ain a practical assent; too long deferred, to a principle early propounded by our coun try, and standing forth on every page of our history. The same voice which asks for their,liberation, renounces in the same breadth an odious pretension, for whole generations the scourge of peaceful com merce. Great Britain, though practically contributing to the establishment of free dom beyond all other nations in her contri butions to municipal law, has, in. maritime questions arising under the law of nations, imposed upon weaker nations her own arbitrary will. The boast of " Britania rules the Waves," was practically'adopted by British Courts of Admiralty, and universal maritime rights were subjected to the,special exigencies of British, •interests. In the consciousness of sr.rength, and With. a, navy : . that could not he, opposed, she has put chains upon the sea. The American commerce was cruelly decimated by these. arbitrary. pretensions. The belligerent, right, of search was em plOyed, and the quarter dear. of every British cruiser was made floating . judg ment seat, and the' impresament of Ameri caia ~ citizens'from the protectiOn of the American' flag `.was committed by the thousand; six thousand cases are recorded in our Department of State, and Lord Cas lerealt himself admitted- in the House of Commons that three thousand five hundred men in the British fleet claimed to be American citizens. Protest, argument, ne gotiation, correspondence and even war itself were all in vain employed by the United States to procure a renunciation. Beginning in the last century, the corres pa:deuce is at last closed bythe:recent re ply of Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons. The continued occasion of conflict is now hap pily removed, and the pretension disap pears forever, to take its place among the curiosities of the past. Mr. Simmer fOrtifies his pcisitions by nu merous extracts from American state papers. He then says : Such is an authentic his tory of the British pretenaion and s the man ner in which it was met by our Govern ment; and now .the special argument „for merly directed by us against this preten sion -is 'directed by Great Britain against the pretension of Capt. Wilkes to take two rebel prisoners from a British packet ship. He then shows 'that the American. Gover nment has steadily adhered to the policy that only soldiers or officers could be Stopped on board ,a neutral vessal,And ,that our;treaties with most of the (European powers, except, Great Britain, contain ex press stipulations that enemies' to:l)6th or Tither' party are not to be taken ont - of said ships unless they are soldiers and in the Senator Butner on the Trent Affair.. actual service-Of the - enemy. Clearly and beyond• all question,' according to American principles and , praction; the ship was not liable to capture on account of the,presenee of emissaries, not soldiers or officers. Selected for the Presbyterian Banner. Milk and Roney., 'Tie a mercy 'to have'that taken:frau us, that which takes us from God. Patient waiting on. God, and importunate calling on God, are not inconsistent.. Free grace calls for full duty. A man should not praise his works, but his "worksshould praise him. The saint doth not so much do good works to live, as live to do 'good works. • Communion with God is more in conver sation with God, than in contemplation, of God. Grace is• glory begun, and glory is grace made perfect Let Christians - do their-best, and then'let the world do their worst. Nothing stands in men'st light so :much as their light doth ; nothing keeps them in their folly more than their wisdom doth ; nothing pokes them more unrighteous than their righteousness:;. For my too much of me, me much el:moles, And, my selfs-plenty my poor self destroys. A Christian 'gains by all his losses. A godly unlearned man is better than an, ungodly learned matt; and.a better .scholar. The greatest Philosopher that ever was, is but an ignorant sot to the simplest Chris- A 'Matt knew the"historyof:;Christ, and, yet be ignorant of the mystery' of Christ. The improvement of mercies best shows what end we had in praying for them; he that seeks them for himself, pleaseth him self with them; but'he that seeks them for God., pleaseth God with them. A man may love virtue, and yet hate grace. The prayerless man is a godless man. That man can never die an evil death (at least no kind. of death can be evil to that man) who hath led a good life. We cannot expect too much from God, nor too little from the creature. Aillietions are then a blessing to us when we can bless God for afflictions. Many are. pleased, with the company of them who ,are geod,.that are not pleased with the good of the company. A sound heart doth not only like and re spect all God's commandments but respects them all alike, or shews them all the like' respect.. The soul is not so much where it lives, as where it loves. It is better.to love God and not see him, than to see him and not love him. 'T is better to have the work of Christ in our hearts, than the person of. Christ in our houses. He is the best Christian, (net who talks most of God, but) who . walks most with God. Sanctified sickness crosses and losses are better than unsanctified health and. gain. Changes of condition are ,but exchanges of mercy to a gracious soul. lie is 110 mart, who needs no mending. He lives long, who lives well; for time misspent is not lived but lost. Our holiness causeth not God's love, but God's love causeth our holiness. Pleasure is grief, when God is displeased ; but grief is pleasure when God is pleased. Knowledge may be without grace, but grace cannot be without knowledge. Superstitious' men do not fear God, but are afraid of God. Learning can only adorn religion, but I religion only can •bless learning; so that learning is more beholding to religion than religion is beholding' to learning. Saints had rather have less comfort and do more service, than have more comfort and do less service. They .had rather be straitened in comfort than in duty. That alone is worth the looking after, which will make one lovely in the eyes of God. , Every : natural man is beside himself.— Luke xv : 17. I Tis good to profess, but practice is bet ter yea, of the two, practice without pro fession is better tban profession without practice. He does not enjoy much of God, who walks not much with God; nor cloth, nor can he walk much' with God, who doth not enjoy much of God. Many men increase their vexation by vex ing theraselve, when or because others have vexed them. Wicked men may apply theinselves to the promises, but godly men may apply the promises to themselves. SECOND PART-ORTLEODOX PARADOXES THE BELIEVER. He believes that no man is (nor is to be accounted) worthy of kingdom of heav en; and yet he believes that the saints are accounted worthy of the kingdom of heaven; and that they shall walk with God in white, for they are worthy. He believes that all a man's, yea, that all men's righteousness and praise addeth no honor to God; and yet he believes that he that worketh righteousness, - and offereth praise, honoreth God. He believes that the Spirit of God - feels no grief; and yet he believes that many men grieve the Spirit of God. He believes that that which is born of the Spirit, is spirit; and, yet he 'believes, that they who are born of the Spirit, . are not spirits. . He believes that no man ever yet hated his own flesh; and. yet he believes that many hate nothing more than their own flesh. He believes that Christ could not do many mighty works in his own country, because of their unbelief; and yet he be lieves that their unbelief did not disenable Christ froM doing mighty works there. He believes 'that Christ was • not. sent, save to the lostsheep of the house of lirael; and.yet he be.)l:eves that Christ was sent 'to save other sheep which were not ofd the Jewish fold, nor of the house of Israel. He believes that he partaker of the Divine nature; and yet he believes that he is not God. He believes that as soon at he begins to live, he begins to die, and that ;the more that his life inereasetit, the more it de creaseth; that his birth is.the beginning of his death; and yet he believes as soon as he dies, his life begins. He believes that Christ. was God-man united, and he believes that in a Chris tian God and man is united ; and yet he believes that no. Christian. is Christ. VENNING. Christianity in England. It is riot known who was the missionary that first brought the blessed Gospel of Jesus. Christ to heathen Britain; but it had been preached there before St. Paul was dead. In those days nearly thirty thousand Roman soldiers were always stationed in England ; and there was a constant inter= change of trade, letters and passengers be tween England and Rome, and other lands. British chieftains, whaled beenconquered by the Romans, lived at Rome; British nobles and their families visited the great city, and came back;.and Romans inter married with Britons, both in Britain and at Rome. St. Paul intended to preach the Gospel in Spain, (Rom xv : 28,) and Clement, his fellow 7 laborer and friend, (Phil. iv : 3,) sdys, .in his book, that St. Paul preached in Britain. But of, this we cannot now know the truth. When Panl., was a prisoner at Rome, shortly before his death, he preached the Gosper even to the household in.-the heathen. Bmperor's pal ace; he haiil'aMOng his friends a 'nobleman and his wife-I mned-Pradens and Claudia = C 2. Tim. iv : 21,) vibe were also friends of Timothy. Cluidia,%rif not a native of Britain, was the daughter of British pa rents, and perhaps even of a British.prince. We may be sure that she would long to send the Gospel to her countrymen. Aulus Plautius was the - - Roman Governor of Britain for feur. ,yenrs, from A. D. 43 to A. D. 47, whiel-was the time when St. Paul and St:- B.:*nabas were at Antioch, and on their great missionary journey round the country of Asia (Acts xi: 25, to xvi : 28.) His wife, Pomponia Grmcina, seems to have been a Christian, and, on her husband's return to Rome, was accused of having forsaken the heathen gods. Her husband, had poWer to save her, and she lived quite differently from other heathen ladies of Rome until after St. Paul's death. The Gospel seems to have been preached here and there in the Apostles' times .over what is now called England, by various missionaries,. chiefly' from France and from the EaSt. About the year 164, long after even St. John was dead, Lucius, a king, apparently, of some small tribe ,in the South of England, under the -Romans, sent some British Christians to ,the Bishop of Rome, to ask for a missionary; to" 'instruct his people better: But in York, which was then the chief city of England, and was, not under. Lucius the Christians were already numerous, and the Gospel had gone long before this into corners of Britain where the Romans had no power. At this time, both the Romish Church and the Church of France hid continued to build their faith and practice on the Word •bf God . ; 'therhatAiot yet departed from the faith once deliv i eted to.the saints by the Apostles.. The Church of .Britain did not then use the ,prayers a.12(1 customs of the Church ,of Rome, but those of the Church of, France, which had been founded by missionaries and bishops from. Smyrna, and the other Churches in Asia where St. John and St. Paid preached. The Churches Of •Rome and of France then agreed in all that was good,, sound, and necessary; but, hi all such things as may be different in different Churches, the Church of Britain kept to the Church with which they were most connected, that of France, and not that of Rome and it' did so even when the British Prince Lucius was sending ;to Rome ,for a.missionary for his own sub ects. Dandruff:in the Hair. A correspondent asks by what means this nuisance may, be prevented, and if it has alreadya made its appearance, how it may be removed ? As Usual . , it is much easier to prevent than cure it. The prevention consists in the avoidance of sharp combs and brushes, and, daily. bathing the head with cold water. Numberless cases of drandruff have been produced by scratching the head with sharp combs and brushes. If any one doubts it, let, him try the same practice upon theback of his hand. He :will find in a few days; bran-like scales, closely resembling dan druff, thrown off in considerable quantity. When the diffieUlty already exists in the hair, it is tto be removed by the same sim ple means which-willl prevent it. I do not intend to deny that certain 'heads are dis posed to this branny excretion, but these cases constitute but a small- part of the cases of dandruff which one sees.-Lewis's New Gymnastics. Nricultura Diseases from Ammonia in Stables. Nothing is more common than diseases among cattle, especially horses, arising from foul stables. Horses are more troubled with it than cows, probably from the fact that their dung is generally richer and un dergoes a more rapid fermentation, throw ing out ammonia in large quantities. In a close stable the gas isso strong that the eyes are painfully affected with it. This is an alkali,and is classed among the most powerful stimulants, the constant respira tion of which, predisposes - to affections ,of the lungs. • The strength of the gas rea,,y, be judged from the odor that arises from a common hartshorn smelling-bottle. Id many stables no provision-whatever is made to guard the animals against this subtle poisen. The floor;is always saturated with urine, and the pungent odor of this gas is always present. There are many cheap experiments with in the reach of most farmers to prevent this nuisance, and to save the ammonia for the manure-heap. As-all the animals are now coming.to the gables, particular atten tion should, be paid to this item of economy. Common ground piaster is a good absorbent, and : a few quarts sprinkled daily in the ma nure-gutters; will . keep them sweet and clean. Sawdust from the shingle and saw mill will make good bedding, and if re newed often enough, will retain all the am motile. In most mills in the country, this article accumulates, and has to be thrown 'into the stream, to get rid of it. It may be turned to profitable account for, bed ding. / Some farmers living near tan-works, use the