(of Liverpool) and James Baldwin Brown, Esq., LL.D., barrister-atlaw. The extraordinary and well-earned popularity of the two firstnamed gentlemen, as preachers, led many to conclude that they could do but little for the work, except to pay their proportion of its losses, and that the conducting of it would in fact rest with the third lamented gentleman, who was its final editor. And so it was; and consequently the work failed in interest, and obtained but a limited circulation. When it had reached the fourteenth number, it was reduced to one-half, both in size and price, but the experiment did not succeed; so that in the eighteenth number, published in October, 1824, and at the close of the eighth volume, the editors were "reluctantly but imperatively compelled to say, Here our labours terminate." The failure of such a work, published with the sanction of such names, has been one amongst several facts, that made many hesitate respecting a new quarterly. Thanks to the stedfastness of purpose displayed by Dr. Vaughan, that we are able to announce the publication of Number One of the BRITISH QUARTERLY REVIEW, and a bulky number it is, of 336 pages, besides at least a hundred pages of advertisements. We think it quite equal to the expectations of its friends, and it must greatly disappoint the hopes of its enemies. It has eight principal articles, as follow: 1. The Pilgrim Fathers; 2. Tractarian Theology; 3. The Morality of Party; 4. The Factory System and Legislation; 5. The Life and Discoveries of Dalton; 6. Lord John Russell; 7. Prescott's Ferdinand and Isabella; 8. Lord Eldon. These are followed by critical notices of new books and literary and scientific intelligence, home and foreign. Several of the principal articles are written with great ability; and as an achievement of the avowed friends of Congregational church polity, it is full of promise and encouragement. We cordially hail its appearance, and wish it abundant success.

FRASER'S MAGAZINE.-The virtual establishment of Popery in Ireland.

This monthly periodical of general literature "for town and country," now extends to more than thirty volumes, having been first published by a bookseller, whose name it still bears, the late James Fraser, of Regent-street. It has always been conservative in its politics, and ready to cuff and sneer at dissenters, and to speak great swelling words in behalf of the church. In its last number there is an article entitled, The Bishops, the Clergy, and the People, which, were we in the humour, would supply us with the means of paying off a long reckoning with an old antagonist. But we notice it simply to make a few extracts from an article in the same number, entitled, The Coming Session. Not that we are about to commit ourselves to a criticism upon the low questions of mere party politics, but to show

our readers how, for the sake of place and party, a writer will gloss over a line of policy which is confessedly destructive of the principles of Protestantism.

"The great measure of last session was the Charitable Bequests Act of Ireland. There was something so bold about the arrangement; it was such a complete deviation from the beaten track of statesmanship, as statesmanship has held its course since the revolution of 1688, that nobody should be surprised at the degree of suspicion with which many good men and loyal subjects regarded it. For the first time since the expulsion of the house of Stuart, the Romish Church was recognised as a church by the legislature. It was no longer of the ministers and people of the Romish persuasion, that the act of parliament spoke; but of the bishops and priests, of the clergy and laity, of the Church of Rome, or that branch of it which exists, and has for centuries existed, in that part of the United Kingdom called Ireland. And the object of the enactment was, not to depress, or persecute, or annoy, but to raise that church in the eyes of the world, and to place its hierarchy in a position of more perfect independence, both towards the civil government and the people. *

"Again, the act in question not only recognises the existence of the Romish church in Ireland, but it provides for the gradual endowment of the parishes and sees, into which that church is distributed, by enabling pious and wealthy individuals, either by bequests or deeds of gift, to make over whatever portion of their property they may choose for the maintenance of their clergy, the building of glebe houses, or any other purpose connected with the decent performance of Divine worship, according to the rites and usages of the Church of Rome.

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"What could either the legislature or the government do more? These are not times in which any religious bodies, not even the churches in connexion with the state, find it easy to procure grants of public money to aid them in their weakness; and therefore to have asked for some four or five millions, wherewith to endow the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland, would have been madness. But the government did what was better. They prevailed upon the legislature to remove the stigma which has too long attached to the profession of the Romish faith, and, modifying the statute of mortmain, so as to favour the proceeding, they now invite the wealthier sons of the church to imitate the liberality of their forefathers, and, by endowing their benefices, to raise the clergy, whom they affect to reverence, from the miserable state in which they now are of dependence on the voluntary offerings of the poor.

“The legislature has acknowledged the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland, and, now that the Act of Settlement has been virtually repealed, we cannot see any objection to availing ourselves of a concordat, or any other arrangement which the pope may make with us, for quieting the Roman Catholic clergy in Ireland. If the present government should by chance propose such a thing, will either the great Tory party, or the opposition resist it?-We do not anticipate that they will; for after all, the object sought for is the pacification and good government of Ireland, of which the foundations have been laid in the Charitable Bequests Act, and which a few more judicious commands from the Vatican, such as that which now engrosses the attention of the repealers, will perfect-unless indeed, the Irish priests prefer their work as agitators, to their duty as ministers of the Church of Rome, and render themselves in so doing, obnoxious both to the spiritual censures of the pope, and to the temporal punishments which the law will, in this case, be both able and willing to inflict upon them."

Are not these extracts affecting proofs that it is in vain to rely upon our mere Protestant politicians for the maintenance of the Protestant faith, and that those, and those only, who love the doctrines of the Reformation for their own sake, will stand in the day of trial? Surely such will have to say with Luther, "Here I stand-I can do no otherwise-God help me."

CURSORY NOTICES OF NEW PUBLICATIONS.

Mr. W. H. Bartlett, the artist whose beautiful book on Jerusalem we recently noticed, with warm and well-earned commendation, has just published another work in reference to the same hallowed city, which cannot fail to interest every lover of the picturesque, and every student of sacred topography. It is in atlas folio, and is entitled, "A Comparative View of the situation and extent of Ancient and Modern Jerusalem. Drawn up from Sketches taken on the spot, by W. H. Bartlett ; and drawn on Stone by J. C. Bourne." It contains three principal views of the city, which are intended "to give at a glance a complete idea of modern Jerusalem, and, as far as possible, of the ancient city also, as it existed before the siege by Titus." Any one who looks upon these pictures will feel their truthfulness to such a degree as will cause him to fancy that he remembers the locality. There is also a lithographical vignette representing, on a large scale, the remains of the ancient bridge. Besides these there are two skeleton views, and two ground plans, with ample references to letter-press descriptions, so that the whole supplies a most complete and graphic representation of the most interesting spot on the face of the earth. (G. Virtue.)

We are happy to notice the fifth volume of "The Morning Exercises," which consists of 728 closely-printed octavo pages, and comprises the twenty-eight discourses usually entitled "The Morning Exercises Methodised," and six of those against Popery. The work is beautifully got up; and when the concluding volume shall appear, as we hope, with large indices of subjects, texts, &c. it will become the standard edition, and be regarded by all the admirers of the richly evangelical and idiomatic discourses of the seventeenth century, as a boon to the religious public. (T. Tegg.)

"The weekly offertory," which has been so stoutly resisted by the laity of the Church of England, is a very distinct thing from the weekly gatherings which the apostle enjoined on the Christians at Corinth. The character of the early custom and its applicability to the financial wants of modern churches are very successfully exhibited in a tract entitled, "The Weekly Offering; or the practice of Primitive Christians presented to the Consideration of Congregational Churches. By an Independent Minister:" who though he is so modest as to conceal his name, is known to be a practical and persevering man; and whose congregation, though neither large nor wealthy, act with great efficiency upon the plans he has here expounded. We hope that his tract will soon come to a new and very cheap edition, and be circulated with Mr. James's long-promised tract on "The Church-Member's Penny," and that they will produce such a revolution in our ecclesiastical finances as shall silence those clamorous appeals which from our present defective system are ever and anon raised for money. (J. Snow.)

The Rev. Octavius Winslow has an active and a holy pen, which has contributed several useful treatises to the modern library of doctrinal, experimental, and practical religion. "The Silver Trumpet; or the Church guided and warned in perilous

times," is a useful discourse on Numb. x. 1, 2, 5. Whilst we are not prepared to affirm that all he brings out of his text, was really intended to be taught by it, yet his remarks are so evangelical and appropriate to the times, that we wish them many readers. Those especially upon "The Brethren" are faithful, and, in the main, just; they may warn others of the wily tactics of that most sectarian of sects, but we have little hope that they will at all affect those who have imbibed their hateful spirit of Pharisaical exclusiveness. (J. F. Shaw.)

"The Hebrew Martyrs; or, the Triumph of Principle. By John Waddington," is the production of an elegant and earnest mind, that knows how to employ modern illustrations to enforce ancient truths; and is, we think, well calculated to inspire young Christians with fervid aspirations for that hallowed distinction which surpasses "all Greek, all Roman fame." (J. Snow.)

When we reflect on the discourtesy, rudeness, and severity, which some who call themselves followers of Christ and his apostles, often display, we are happy to point to a book which contains a remarkable number of facts and incidents that are properly called “Illustrations of the Law of Kindness. By the Rev. G. W. Montgomery." It comprises, in thirteen short chapters, evidence of the power of kindness on revenge, insanity, crime, ignorance, persecution, and punishment. The author is an American minister, and we cannot pledge ourselves to every sentiment the book may contain, but of its adaptation to promote "the blessings and duty of practising the law of kindness," we have no doubt. (Wiley and Putnam.)

THE EDITOR'S TABLE.

Look to the End: or, the Bennets Abroad. By Mrs. Ellis. 2 vols. post 8vo. London: Fisher, Son, and Co.

The Accusations of History against the Church of Rome examined, in Remarks on the principal observations in Mr. Charles Butler's work, "Book of the Roman Catholic Church," with a Supplementary Letter, &c. By the Rev. George Townsend, M.A. A new edition, revised and corrected by the Rev. J. E. Cox, M.A. 12mo. London: W. H. Dalton.

The Biblical Repository and Classical Review. Edited by John Holmes Agnew. Third Series. No. I. January 1845. 8vo. New York: Scevitt and Co. London: Wiley and Putnam.

The Idolatry of the Church of Rome. By the Rev. A. S. Thelwall, M.A. 12mo. London: W. H. Dalton.

The North British Review. February 1845. No. IV. London: Hamilton and Co. A Family History of Christ's Universal Church. By the Rev. H. Stebbing, D.D. Part II. 8vo. London: G. Virtue.

No Peace with Rome: together with the Peace of Rome. By Bishop Hall. With prefatory remarks by the Rev. E. Bickersteth. 12mo. London: W. H. Dalton. The Righteousness of God. By the late Robert Haldane of Edinburgh. 32mo. London: Tract Society.

The Scripture Text Book: or, Scripture Texts arranged for the use of Ministers, Teachers, Visitors, &c. Second Edition. 12mo. Dublin: Hardy and Sons.

The Christianity of the New Testament: a Sermon at Ramsgate, Dec. 15, 1844. By the Rev. Henry J. Bevis. With an Appendix. 8vo. London: J. Snow.

The Fallacy of the Mythical Theory of Dr. Strauss, illustrated from the History of Martin Luther, and from actual Mohammedan Myths of the Life of Jesus. 8vo. London: Simpkin and Co.

The Religious Tradesman. A Memoir of Normand Smith, of America. By the Rev. Joel Hawes, D.D. 32mo. London: Tract Society.

The Domestic Bible. By the Rev. Ingram Cobbin, A.M. Imperial 8vo. Nos. I. to IV. London: T. Arnold.

The Pictorial Sunday Book. Part XIV. (completing the work). By John Kitto, D.D. Folio. London: Charles Knight and Co.

The Stedfast Christian. A Scripture Text Book, and Religious Conversational Class Companion. 18mo. London: Houlston and Stoneman.

Four Lectures on the Errors of the Church of Rome, delivered in Dublin. By the Rev. Robert J. M'Ghee, M.A. 8vo. London: Seeley and Co.

Man-stealers: Will the Free Church of Scotland hold Christian Fellowship with An Address, by Henry C. Wright, Philadelphia, U.S. 8vo. Glasgow

them?
G. Gallie.

The Apocalyptic Prophecies explained. By James Nye. Parts I. and II. 12mo. London: G. Berger.

The Kingdom of Christ not of this World. An introductory Discourse delivered at the ordination of the Rev. T. Davies, Maidenhead. By John H. Godwin. 8vo. London: J. Snow.

CHRONICLE OF BRITISH MISSIONS.

HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY.

EFFORTS IN TOWNS.

THE Directors are happy to state, that since last month they have been able to make definite arrangements respecting two towns needing additional means of Christian instruction. BRIGHTON was named in the last Annual Report as having received the attention of the Society. The Missionary who had laboured there for some months, with a good hope of success, was obliged to leave, in consequence of his health failing. Another agent (Mr. Edwards) was invited, whose former labours had been very acceptable. At the earnest request of the people he was sent, aud commenced his regular services a few sabbaths ago. A considerable interest has been excited; and it is hoped that he may be very successful among the inhabitants of a district in that town, as yet very inadequately supplied with the means of Christian instruction.

The second town referred to is MARGAte. For a great number of years it has been matter of surprise and regret to many, that there was no place of worship in that town of the Congregational order, though there was a large resident population, besides many visitors who desired to attend on a mode of worship which they conscientiously preferred. During the past year, several active persons residing in the town and elsewhere, who held the views of Congregationalists, applied to the County of Kent Association, and to the Directors of the Home Missionary Society, to co-operate with them to establish an Independent interest there. The request was favourably considered; and, after full investigation as to the necessity of the case and the probability of success, both societies agreed to supply the place with preachers of the Gospel for a time, leaving other responsibilities with the people themselves. Accordingly, a very eligible building, which had formerly been a public library, and is situated in a most convenient part of the town, has been taken on lease. It has been put in repair, fitted up as a place of religious worship, and is expected to be opened on Wednesday, the 5th of March, by Dr. Campbell, and the Rev. John Blackburn, of London. The friends in the town have, as already stated,