not desirable for the good of the church that they should be entrusted. Legislate in the true spirit and practical experience of the presbytery of the Church of England, and an effective means of providing for the correction of offences would undoubtedly be the issue. But the prelates who are to exercise the power, and to provide the facilities of its machinery, are not, with all their excellence and with all their admitted forbearance-the men to originate the power. It is too much for poor human nature that they should make the law which they will be called to administer, and that in the coercion of men under their individual control, they shall choose the amount and the mode of that controlling agency. The 20,000 clergy of the Established Church are a highly respectable body of men. They are as desirous as the prelates can be, to be maintained blameless and reverend before the world; and any due concession of their present liberties would be most readily made by them to secure a proper discipline. But it is a concession on their part; and should be advisedly made by, or at least in conjunction and concert with, them; and should not be left to the "law lords," who would treat it very much as an Old Bailey case; nor to any morbidly active prelate who has developed a disposition to grasp at power. The proposed bill for the correction of offending clerks, should be made the subject of business-like deliberation in every rural deanery. The clergy should take it seriously into their own hands, inasmuch as it is especially their own concern; and they should take care that while effective power is given to pursue an offender in the readiest and the least expensive way to conviction; it should not be in the power of any one to oppress an innocent man, by compelling him to defend his character in an ecclesiastical court at a ruinous expense of thousands of pounds. These are days in which the elements of power in established governments are strong, peculiarly strong, in their own consciousness of strength-even to infatuation! but the elements of resistance are strong also; and, in many modern instances, have uprisen and borne down everything before them. There can be no wish among wise men that the actings of the two grades of the clergy should savour of either spirit. To prevent both evils, however, the great body of the presbytery should enter upon a deliberate and serious agitation of this measure; without which their interests, which are to the great proportion of legislators a matter of much indifference, will not be secured. A private irresponsible committee in London cannot meet the importance of the case. The very best intentioned men may unwittingly compromise great interests when they only feel and act individually, and not representatively, and are not, therefore, under the control of the masses, whose interest it really is. If it is seriously purposed to alter the corrective discipline of the clergy, a machinery somewhat similar to the working of the "barrier act" in Scotland should be adopted. The measure, as proposed, should be remitted for consideration to each diocese; and if not remitted, then it should be taken up by each diocese; in its several rural deaneries first, and then by aggregate diocesan meetings; and then a selected body of delegates (there is no need to shrink at a word; delegation is necessary,) should assemble in London, responsible to their several constituents, prepared to discuss at the centre every clause of the proposed measure, and to communicate the result of such solemn deliberations to the legislature. In this way the interests of the whole clergy will be considered, and in no other. It is their own concern. If they will lay aside for once that unwillingness to appear officious, which ever characterizes them, and adopt in their own community that activity which commonly marks their fellow-countrymen in other departments, they may secure a wise and effective legislation, in which the rights and liberties of men, and the interests of the holy institu tion will be alike provided for; but if they leave that to others which is not the business of others, but their own, the bill-like most of the fruits of modern legislation-will become a hasty, ill-concocted statute, placing the means of tyrannical power in the hands of some who love to use it; but inefficient to its avowed objects, crowded with incongruities, and dehiscent with gaps through which any clerical O'Connell may triumphantly drive a coach and six. LATIMER. EMIGRANTS.-We never cease to entertain an anxious wish to see a more generally organized system of action on behalf of the best interests of Emigrants, as they leave their native country. The rapid rate at which emigration is progressing renders such an effort the more essential. We have already noticed the unwearied efforts of the Rev. J. C. Childs, at Devonport. In his last letter, dated June 13, in reply to some inquiries regarding the cargo of single women sent to Australia, he says: "The young women have sailed. I felt the deepest interest in the welfare of that ship. I shall be glad of the books for the single women departments in other ships. Did I inform you of my labours amongst them? I watched them most narrowly from the time of their arrival to the time of their departure, and was much pleased with my interview with them. On my entering the depôt they all rose and made their courtesy; they were then sitting down, waiting for the arrival of their meal. When their meal was placed before them, not one would begin, and at last they sent a deputation to me to request me to ask a blessing on their food. When on board, I first of all addressed them generally, on different topics, but chiefly on a strict observance of their moral conduct: afterwards I went through the whole ship, speaking a word to each, and asking my usual questions. After this we had prayers, and I preached to them. We then partook of the Lord's Supper, at the request of Mrs. Douglas, (the surgeon's wife,) when between forty and fifty of these young persons attended, and I think I never had a more devout set of communicants." He further says: "There are already fourteen ships taken up by the Commissioners, which will arrive here shortly. The news from South Australia is most satisfactory; this, together with distress at home, is causing multitudes to leave our country; two ships are now in the Sound, the Santifiore and the Castle Eden, which I must visit today. I have been at a great expense of late about the work, and do not know what I can do to get repaid. The carriage of the tea chests amounted to £4, and several other packages have been sent me. My own income will not allow me to lose so much as I have lost. For the sake of the poor emigrants, I shall be extremely sorry to retire from this most important field of labour. We have had several interesting ships here of late, but the most interesting was the Earl Grey, particulars of which, when I have time, I will send you." We shall be glad to receive any help for this good work, and thankfully acknowledge £5 from a reader of the "Teacher's Visitor," £10 from Mrs. Ranken, £2 Mrs. Porcher, £5 W. D. Crewdson, Esq., &c. &c. We much wish that a depôt could be established in London for the reception of Books and Tracts, which could be forwarded to the embarking seaports as occasion required. TRAINING SCHOOLS.-We rejoice to find that very encouraging efforts have commenced for the establishment of a Training School in London, on sound, Scriptural principles, and safe constitution. Above £6000 has been already subscribed towards the £20,000 required to obtain the Parliamentary grant. There cannot be a more urgent or important enterprize for Christian benevolence than that which aims at the right directing of the present educational movement. We most heartily wish every success to this, as well as the kindred institution in Cheltenham. BIBLE SOCIETY.—Paris, May 29, 1848.-During the first six weeks of this new year, namely from the 1st of April, there have been issued from your depôt 1186 Bibles and 8429 Testaments; making, together, 9615 copies. The number appropriated to the colportage has been 6439 volumes. I must say that such a result has caused me greater surprise than I can well express; for if to these 6439 copies be added the sales of books still remaining in the hands of the colporteurs on the 31st of March, it will appear that, during the months of April and May, our friends have been able to sell more than 7500 copies. As to myself, who am well acquainted with the peculiar circumstances of our country, and who know that everywhere an end is put to all labour, and that a want of money exists of which no idea can be formed in other countries; who am further certain that a great portion of these two months has been engrossed with politics, chiefly owing to the introduction and carrying out, for the first time, of the system of universal suffrage for election to the National Assembly;-to myself, in short, this distribution appears enormous; for never, never, has the work of the Bible had to contend with greater difficulties of every kind, and apparently, to human insight, insurmountable, than since the month of February last. Let us, then, view with astonishment, and adore the gracious and powerful hand of Him who has accomplished such wonderful things! * * * * As you may well suppose, I am carefully and anxiously watching every thing that occurs in this country, in order to satisfy myself whether the work of Scripture distribution, begun here so long ago, has effected any good on the general mass, or, rather, on certain important portions of the population; and the following may be given as the result of my inquiries. I perceive that everywhere (with but little exception) where the operations of Bible colporteurs have been regularly and uninterruptedly carried on, the minds of men are more disposed in favour of order and peace: in such places there have been fewer insurrections, and the opinions of the inhabitants have been more loudly expressed as being favourable to a well-regulated and religious government. By this latter expression they do not understand an increase of Popish influence; so far from that, they mean by it a religion more in accordance with the Gospel than that which they have hitherto been provided with. The class of persons using this language certainly do not form the majority of the nation, but their number is far more considerable than is often supposed."-From Mr. De Pressensé. IRELAND. We insert the following, as calculated to shew the practical working of the godless system of education established in Ireland: "The Memorial of THADY BRADY, to the Commissioners of Education, 66 Humbly Sheweth,―That I am, as you know, Thady Brady, who was appointed master of the National School of Killmegranny, Co. Clare, having been recommended by the Rev. Eustathius Finnerty, P. P. And as the Protestant minister, Mr. Pleaseall, joined in the application for building the school, and induced a few of the Protestant children, whose parents live among us, to come to it -I take equal pains to instruct them. It is on the subject of the Scripture lessons that I now make bold to address your Honourable Board; for being, as you truly say, not well qualified as a 'teacher of religion,' I am fairly at a non-plus with these lessons, and would be infinitely beholding to you, if, by return of post, you will let me know who is Boothroyd,' for I asked the minister, and he told me that he was a country gentleman, a sort of a Quaker, that died in England last year; and, as I thought a Preface to Old Testament, No. 1. b New Testament, No. 1, p. 136, it was very queer to have the likes of him set up to teach the meaning of the Bible, that never was baptized, I asked the priest, and he told me he was an Egyptian Monk, so I refer to your Honours for information. And would also be thankful for a clear notion of who Bishop Horsley was, and Kennicott, and Griesbach, as we never heard of them before in these remote parts and some say they were Protestants, and others say they were old saints, only not called so, like Origen, of whom we are not sure whether he was a real saint or a heretic, though you mention his opinion about the Pater-noster. And please to tell me how many manuscripts there are, and who wrote them, and all about them. As you set me to teach these things, sure you are bound to instruct me, for, as you say I am not qualified. But if the truth was known, no more is the priest or the minister; for I asked them both, how many manuscripts there were in all, and they looked cross; and one said, 'What's that to you?' and the other said, 'Mind your own business:' so, 'Boys,' says I, 'a large proportion of manuscripts reads so and so.' "Your Memorialist also prays that your Honours will tell him a safe meaning to give of justification,' which you bid me explain,' but which is getting me into scrapes and scoldings on all sides. I do not ask for the true meaning, for I know that, but a meaning that won't give any 'peculiar religious instruction,' for that's what they blamed me for doing in the school-hours, when I gave my own explanation of the word. That you may understand my case, I will lay it before you in detail, and relate my grievances in handling these les sons. "I was teaching one day last month the first lesson in the New Testament, c New Testament, No. 2, p. 52. d New Testament, No. 1, p. 60. e Ibid. f New Testament, No. 1, p. 150. At the end of each lesson there is a list of "words to be explained" by the schoolmaster, followed by a series of 66 Questions," which he is to ask. and after the boys had read it and closed their books, I began to ask the questions printed at the end of it; and in due course, says I, 'How did the angel address her?" (meaning the blessed Virgin.) Hail, Mary, full of grace,' answers Tim Flanagan. 'As one peculiarly blessed of God,' says Jack Smith, the water-guard's son, 'amn't I right, and may I go up?' 'You are both right,' says I. But which is to go up?' says they. 'Jack Smith is more exact,' says I, and accordingly he took Flanagan's place. Well, the school was not broke up an hour, when Mrs. Flanagan (she's a Carmelite) came to ask me if I had put down her grandson for saying The Angelical Salutation.' 'Ma'am,' says I, 'I adhered to the strict letter of the Scripture lessons.' 'Sir,' says she, 'I'll complain of you to the bishop for punishing my boy for confessing the true faith. And you are a renegade and an apostate from your religion for doing what you have done.' The next week I was teaching with much fear over me on account of Mrs. Flanagan, when in came the minister, and with him an Evangelical gentleman that opposed the school, whom he thought to win over by shewing him how well the children were taught to read the Scriptures. As ill luck would have it, I was hearing the boys the lesson in which you have marked the word 'repent' to be 'explained.' So taking your note at page 14 to help me, I said, says I, 'repent means do penance, and that means a great deal; for example, it means peas in the shoes, and a pilgrimage to Lough Dearg, and saying a thousand aves and a hundred pater-nosters, fasting.' I saw the minister wriggling as I went on explaining 'repent;' and the Evangelical gentleman grinned. And when school was over, the minister in a high rage set upon me, and rated at me for teaching Popery, as he called it, in school-hours. Sir,' says I, 'the Board put down the word "to be explained," and I believe in no other meaning.' 'I won't leave my h New Testament, No. 1, p. 5. 6 6 children here,' says he, 'to be corrupted by you, and I'll report you to the Board for giving peculiar instruction before the proper hour for it is come.' 'Sir,' says I, 'it is not peculiar instruction; I am bound to give an explanation, for the Board has marked it for me to explain, and I will do my duty.' May it please your Honourable Board, I have found it a hard and vexatious thing to do that same. After Mrs. Flanagan blew me up, I made a rule that in reading the lessons the children should not take each other's places when they missed. But it was not long till, as I was hearing them read the 19th lesson, I asked them, as you directed me,* How must we be justified?" "By my good works,' says Jem Flynn. 'By faith,' says Bob Jones; 'amn't I right?' By faith and works,' says Darby Morris; 'amn't I right?" "By faith, without works;' amn't I right?' says Miles Johnson. ‘O! you're all right,' says I, 'more or less: but no taking places, as I commanded you already.' The boys looked at each other, as if they would determine, by a fight after school, which was right, since I would not decide it for them. And I thought to myself, anyhow, it is mighty little knowledge they'll get out of the lessons, if I mustn't help them and put them right. However, as that was one of the days for giving separate religious instruction after schoolhours, the Protestants went home by themselves, and the Catholics remained to say their Catechism, which prevented a fight on that day; and I took the opportunity of telling them that justification means sanctification, and so we are justified by our good works. But five days after, when they came to the 24th lesson, I asked them 'what does the word "Paradise" mean?" 'Limbo,' says Phil Scratch. Heaven,' says Tom Whack. What was I to do now? The boys looked angry, and were waiting for me to decide who was right, when in came Father Finnerty, and without more ado, Phil appealed to him. 'You * New Testament, No. 1, p. 98. Ibid, p. 133. are right,' says his Reverence. Tom's eyes flashed fire, and he muttered something between his teeth, that came out afterwards when the school was breaking up. For he set upon Phil as he went out of the door, and said, ‘You unmannerly cur, do you mean that our Saviour went to Purgatory?' 'I do,' says he. "There's no such place in the Bible,' says Tom. "There is, you bloody Protestant,' says Phil. You lie,' says the angry fellow; 'Paradise is heaven.' 'It is Limbo,' says Phil, and gave him a punch in the ribs. Heaven,' says Tom, and hit him a blow in the eye. A ring was now formed by four or five Protestants and about fifty Catholics, and the shouts were loud on both sides-one bawling for Limbo and the other for heaven. And I saw the Evangelical gentleman riding by, and he shook his head, as much as to say our system of united instruction was making fine harmony in the country. He complained of it, however, to the minister, and so he came up along with him next day, and taxed me with setting the boys fighting. 'Sir,' says I, 'I only asked the question which the Board bid me ask. And I gave no explanation of me own. You were angry with me the other day for explaining a word; and now you're angry because I can't keep the boys from controversy, and all the controversy was brought in by the Board.' But look at the lesson of love and charity that's hanging upon the wall,' says he, 'why did you not enforce it?" "Is it with a rattan?' says I, 'am I to flog them to make them love one another? and as to the lesson of charity that is hung up, it's a different lesson they hear at home; and one can't expect all at once that they will give up the old plan, and be persuaded that it is not right to punish a heretic for reviling the true faith.' 'I will not have these Scripture lessons read any more in the school.' says he; 'they only drag the children into controversy, by the notes and questions they contain.' "The Board earnestly recommend the use of them, sir,' says I. And if you do not use the lessons,' says the Evangelical gentleman, you won't |