professed nationally in these realms. In carrying such a measure into effect, present distinctions will necessarily cease. We shall not, on stepping from this diocese into that, find a total change of feeling and opinion infused by the head into its members, nor experience the coldness of discouragement, chilling, as it were, in a different climate, the burning zeal that flames in an adjoining district. It cannot escape the notice of the most common observer, that such things are, but ought not so to be. May He, who alone is able, so dispose the wills, and enlighten the understandings, of our superiors, that they may guide us through the conflicts of opposing parties, by pointing out to us a course, which, in their deliberate, united, and accordant judgment, they shall approve, that with one faith, one mind, and one voice, we may fulfil our vocation, and thus glorify God, and edify mankind! W. PEWS AT CRICKHOWEL. MR. EDITOR,-In your number for last December, you were good enough to insert a communication from me, detailing the proceedings recently adopted by the parish of Crickhowel towards effecting an enlargement of its Church, and to set out the faculty at large. Be pleased now to inform your readers, that, in consequence of recent decisions, bearing directly upon the question, the Chancellor of the Diocese, George Wharton Marriott, Esq., to whose zeal and intelligence the parish is in no small measure indebted for the attainment of its wishes, thought it advisable, that instead of that faculty, or rather commission, by which the authority to allot was placed in the hands of a committee, should be substituted the usual one, under the seal of the Ordinary himself, the designation remaining as before-to "A. B. C. D. and their assigns, occupiers of the tenements, E. F. G. H. and in communion with the Church of England." I am, Sir, &c. W. V. ILLUSTRATIONS OF SCRIPTURAL FACTS AND CUSTOMS,. CREATION CONNECTED WITH WATER. Genesis i. 2." And the spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters." THE beautiful drama of Sancontala; or, The Fatal Ring, translated by Sir William Jones, opens with the same idea, which agrees with other ancient opinions; thus Thales, and after him Anaximander,* believed that water was before all things created in the universe.† Water was the first work of the Creator; and fire receives the oblations ordained by law; the sacrifice is performed with solemnity; the two lights of heaven distinguish time; the subtel ether, which is the vehicle of sound, pervades the universe; the earth is the natural parent of all increase; and by air all things breathing are animated. May Isa the God of nature, apparent in these eight forms, bless and sustain you!—Sancontala. Euseb. Præp. lib. i. c. 8. Cudworth, 21. Grotius, Notes on c. 16. 1. 1. SOCIETY FOR SUPERSEDING THE NECESSITY OF CLIMBING BOYS IN SWEEPING CHIMNEYS. THIS Society was instituted in the year 1803. The objects are doubtless most benevolent and humane, and calculated to produce the most beneficial results. Gladly, therefore, do we contribute to the means of spreading its usefulness, by presenting our readers with a brief abstract of its Fourteenth Report. Since the foundation of the Society the number of contributions has been very limited, and it is only matter of surprise that so much has been effected with resources so confined. There being no charges for rent or salaries, the only expenses incurred by the Committee, have been for forming and supporting the establishments of Glass and Day, for spreading information of the practical use and efficacy of the machine, by extensive circulation of printed papers, and for printing and advertising. To meet these exigencies, a moderate but regular annual subscription is desirable; and the Committee confidently trust, that having so far advanced the object of the Society, the public will not allow of its being abandoned for want of funds, but will, with its usual liberality, answer the appeal thus urgently made, by supplying the means of obtaining that full success, which would then be no longer matter of doubt. VOL. XI. NO. VIII. So great was the accumulation towards the end of last year, of interesting matter relating to the increased adoption of the machine, both in London and throughout England, and so calculated to extend the knowledge and practical application of the plan of the Committee, that they were induced to publish a small tract, entitled, "Practical Information presented to the Public by the Society for superseding the necessity of Climbing Boys, &c." The contents of this tract, which was distributed to the Subscribers, and largely circulated among the public, render it unnecessary to repeat the interesting information contained in it, and to which, therefore, they beg to refer, as comprising, among other matters, the substance of proceedings in many principal cities and towns, for co-operating in the objects of the Society. The Committee having effected so great an improvement in the machine itself, as to leave even wilful ignorance and prejudice scarcely a pretence for not, at all events, giving it a trial; and having also, through the candid and liberal conduct of the managers of several public buildings, obtained a full and fair trial of the machine, followed up the opening thus afforded, by a direct application to Government, and 3 V upon the favourable report of Lieut. Col. Stephenson, the intelligent Superintendant of the Board of Works, to the Right Hon. Secretary of State for the Home Department, the latter was pleased to express his entire approbation of the plan, and to give orders for its extensive application. The effect of this powerful aid has been immediately felt; the machine is in course of introduction into many Government departments and royal palaces, and the example has been extensively followed by many public institutions. It is consequently so much in request, that an additional establishment at the West End of the Town has been found necessary, for cleansing chimneys, by mechanical means only, at the prices usually charged in the trade, and with superior cleanliness and effect. As so much of the evil which it is the object of the Society to counteract, has arisen from the irregular construction, in many instances, of chimneys, the Committee have, from the commencement of their labours, suggested and endeavoured to effect some means of regulating the size and angles of flues in all new buildings; but no fit opportunity has presented itself, until a revision of the Building Act should take place, which having been recently in contemplation, the Committee have availed themselves of the circumstance; and owing to the humane sex; consideration of Mr. C. N. Pallmer, M. P. for Surrey, who has undertaken to bring into Parliament a Bill for amending the Building Act, and to the zeal of their associate, Mr. John White, the eminent Architect and District Surveyor for Mary-le-bone, who has the conduct of the details of the Bill, clauses have been introduced into the draft of such Bill, providing for the construction of flues in future, in such a manner as to admit of being readily swept by machinery. Impressed with the full conviction, that, owing to the poverty, ignorance, indolence, and hardened habits of most of the master chimney sweepers, the indifference of many householders, and the prejudices of servants, the evil will never be wholly remedied but by the aid of Parliament, the Committee have prepared a Bill for the better regulation of chimney sweepers and their apprentices, which it was their intention to have submitted to Parliament during the present session; but as no opportunity for so doing occurred during the important discussions previous to the Easter recess, the Committee have, in compliance with a wish expressed by many of the warmest advocates of the measure, been induced to postpone the application until next session. An Appendix is added to the Report, containing a variety of testimonials in favour of the machine. NATIONAL SOCIETY. St. Martins' Vestry Room. UNIONS, 3d June, 1829.- Brough, Westmoreland; W. Bergholt, EsChollerton, Northumberland; Long Bredy, Dorsetshire; Farington, Lancashire; Farnborough, Hants; Huddersfield, Yorkshire (new schools); Littleton, Worcestershire; St. Paul's, Preston; Rampside, Cumberland; Measham, Derbyshire; Neston, Cheshire; and Pontefract, Yorkshire. 1st July, 1829.-St. Ann's Society, Peckham; Birch, Middleton, Lancashire; Bridgwater, Somersetshire; Gedney, near Holbeach, Lincolnshire; Laddenden, Yorkshire; Landewednack and Linkinhorne, Cornwall; and Lamphey, Pembrokeshire. GRANTS, 3d June, 1829.- Linthwaite, Yorkshire, 201.; Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, 201.; St. Paul's, Preston, 2001.; Llanrug, Carnarvonshire, 201.; Pontefract, 140%.; West Wickham, Cambridgeshire, 30%; Laddenden, Yorkshire, 501.; Measham, Derbyshire, 50%.; Chollerton, Northumberland, 601. or 80%.; Long Bredy, Dorsetshire, 50%. 1st July, 1829.-Wonston, Hants, 407.; Linkinhorne, (conditional,) 50%; Landewednack, (conditional,) 20% or 15.; Hemel Hemsted, 50%.; Bridgwater, 1207.; Littleton, near Evesham, (conditional,) 30.; Lamphey, (conditional,) 70%.; Eversden, Cambridgeshire, 301. or 401.; Birch, 100%; Hessle, Yorkshire, 201. DOMESTIC.-The quarter's revenue, which closed on the 5th of July, apparently fails in equalling that of the corresponding quarter in last year by the sum of 350,000l. The deficiency is in reality much greater, for in the account of this quarter are entered 280,000l. excise duties, which belonged to the April quarter; so that the actual failure amounts to 630,000l.; a very serious defalcation, but not greater than might have been apprehended, on a recollection of the depressed condition of our commerce and manufactures in all their various branches throughout the whole of the last winter and spring. By an estimate it appears that the statement of the sinking fund since 1825 has been altogether illusory, and that the fresh debt contracted is fully equal to the amount of the old one redeemed. This is proved by a reference to the budgets of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which show that for the year 1825 the charge for interest on the national debt, including that on Exchequer bills, was 28,060,2881. and that the same charges on the income of 1828 amounted to 28,095,506. The weather during the last month has been as favourable to some operations in husbandry as it has been unfavourable to others. The crops both of hay and corn were so much checked in their growth by the drought and severely cold nights, that very little expectation was admitted of their improvement. The corn crops, however, will be generally good, if the dry weather which has followed the rains continues; for the wheat was just in that state of growth to derive advantage from them. Nor is the damage so much as might have been expected from the quantity of water fallen; even in the rich districts of Sussex, where the wheat crops are very heavy, they are generally standing. In Buckinghamshire we have seen a small piece or two mildewed, but only there. The barley and oats where late sown, or kept back by adventitious circumstances, were similarly placed, and will yield large and abundant crops, nor will these be defective in straw; where they were forward, the drought had affected them too severely to admit of any considerable improvement. The beans are generally blighted; pease have escaped better. The state of Ireland is disturbed in the extreme, and the southern counties of the island appear to be one continued scene of riot and murder. The Roman Catholic portion of the population seem to consider themselves freed from all the customary restraints imposed by the laws, and at full liberty to enjoy the victory they have won in any manner they please, and at any expense of the lives and property of the Protestant community; whilst Mr. O'Connel travels the country in procession, under the mask of an electioneering progress, exciting the mob by the most violent and inflammatory speeches. The tranquillity of this miserable country, which was so confidently promised as the immediate consequence and first-fruits of the late unconstitutional measures, appears to be even more remote than formerly. Nor does the boasted gratitude of the Irish papists show itself in a more conspicuous light. They openly disclaim that there is any room for such a feeling on their part; their emancipation has not been unconditional, and it must be their endeavour to remove the few cobwebs that are intended to bind them; they are indebted to no one for what they gained by intimidation ; they consider that it was withheld as long as it could be consistently with the fears of his Majesty's ministers; and what reliance can they place in those persons who have not scrupled to betray the party they professed to unite with? The peaceful and industrious portion of the inhabitants are, in consequence of these excesses, constrained to leave the island-those who have property, to a country where they may enjoy it unmolested; and those who are compelled to labour for their subsistence, to places where their employment may be pursued without endangering their existence, and the fruits of their labour may be secure from the violence of fanatic ruffians. upon the favourable report of Lieut. consideration of Mr. a few weeks attacking it, as the to consist of only 4000 the inhabitants who are Dearing arms amount to no who ha an 5000 men; unless reinthe Pents are speedily thrown in, it int scarcely withstand the first attacks fr the Russian army. Silistria has fallen. Accounts from Bucharest state that "a courier, despatched by Lieutenant-General Krassowsky, has this moment arrived from Silistria, with the news that that fortress has fallen under the victorious attacks of the Russians, on the 18th (30th) June. The Turkish garrison, which, after an obstinate resistance, was reduced to the last extremity, Miguel Count had surrendered prisoners of war. It dertaken the chief amounted to 10,000 men, without in Donna Maria del Gloria. number are two Pachas of three tails, the Island of Terceira in cluding the inhabitants. Among the Hady Achmet, and Serb Mahmoud, have made great preparations to that of cannon, 2 horse tails, above 100 the squadron of Don Miguel, and and many other officers. 250 pieces for which ample time has been pair of colours, the flotilla of the Daad them. Numbers of Portuguese nube, and a great quantity of ammugrants have repaired thither, and nition and provisions, are the trophies offer an effectual resistance, espe of this victory." After the surrender of Silistria, General Diebitsch closely invested gular siege of that fortress. It is not almost impossible for him to furnish whether he means to undertake a reDon Miguel's affairs would render it Schumla, but it is not yet ascertained RUSSIA AND TURKEY.-The defeat improbable that he may leave a corps of the Turks before Schumla has been following it up with unusual vigour. Balkan. very complete, and the Russians are surprised the Grand Vizier in a very With great skill General Diebitsch to observe it, and advance with the whole body of his army towards the SOUTH AMERICA.-The peace between the Republics of Colombia and disadvantageous position; and though Peru is not yet concluded, since in the resistance offered by the Turks was most determined, they were at length compelled to give way, and a general rout took place; about 2000 men were killed on the field, besides numbers in the pursuit, which was ably conducted by Count Pahlen. Upwards of forty pieces of cannon with all their ammunition waggons, the camp, and the whole baggage, fell into the hands of the victors; and the Grand Vizier's army may be considered as entirely dissolved, he himself having made his escape, accompanied by only a small body of horse. This defeat direct violation of the treaty of Tarqui, the city of Guayaquil still refuses to surrender, and skirmishing has been renewed to the advantage of the Colombian troops. Bolivar had arrived at Bogota, from whence he was about to proceed to the northern provinces on a tour of observation, and then, returning to the capital, attempt some remedy for the evils, both foreign and domestic, under which his country now labours; he would afterwards proceed to the south of Colombia, and finally settle the disputes with the Peruvians. |