tunate "registrars" are heart-sick at their new employment, or rather of their want of employment; and, as an exaggeration of their hard case, they are exposed to the gibes and jeers of their neighbours, who invent nicknames for them, such as "bucklers," ," "broomstickers." "jumping jacks," &c. MIND YOUR OWN FAULTS.-A gentleman riding along the road, passed by a field of furze, in which a man was stubbing; and for every stroke he gave with his hoe, he cried out in a reproachful tone, "Oh! Adam!" The gentleman stopped his horse, and calling the labourer to him, inquired the reason of his saying "Oh! Adam!"—" Why, please your honour," said the man, "only for Adam I would have no occasion to labour at all; had he and Eve been less curious, none of us need earn our bread in the sweat of our brow.”—“ Very good," said the gentleman : "call at my house to-morrow." The man waited on him the next day, and the gentleman took him into a splendid apartment, adjoining a most beautiful garden, and asked him, would he wish to live there? The son of Adam replied in the affirmative. "Very well," said the gentleman, "you shall want for nothing Breakfast, dinner, and supper of the choicest viands, shall be laid before you every day, and you may amuse yourself in the garden whenever you please. But mind, you are to enjoy all this on one condition, that you look not under the pewter plate that lies on the table." The man was overjoyed at his good fortune, and thought that there was little fear of his forfeiting it by looking under the pewter plate. In a week or two, however, he grew curious to know what could be under the plate, which he was prohibited from seeing. Perhaps a jewel of inestimable value, and perhaps nothing at all. One day, when no person was present, he thought he would take a peep there could be no harm in it no one would know it: and accordingly he raised the forbidden plate when lo! a little mouse jumped from under it; he quickly laid it down again, but his doom was sealed. « Begone to your hoeing," said the gentleman, next day, "and cry ' Oh Adam!' no more, since, like him, you have lost a paradise by disobedience.” COINCIDENT ROYAL FATALITY.It is a remarkable coincident in the fate of some of the princes who have sat on the throne of England, that all those who have espoused princesses of France have not only been unpopular with their subjects, but have come to an untimely end. For example: Edward II, married to Isabel, daughter of Philip IV. of France-murdered in Berkeley Castle. Richard II., married to Isabel, daughter of Charles VI. of France-murdered in Pontefract Castle. Henry VI., married to Margaret, daughter of Rene, Duke of Anjou murdered by Richard III. Charles I., married to Henrietta Maria, daughter of Henry IV. of France-died on the scaffold. DUM VIVIMUS, VIVAMUS. "Live while you live," the epicure will say, I live in pleasure while I live to Thee.- Watts. TWO FUTURE STATES OF THE DEAD. 1. The Temporary (mediate) State, for all Souls, being to the believer, Paradise, Heaven's antepast; being to the unbeliever, Hell begun, the worm of conscience. 2. The Everlasting State for Bodies and Souls; being to the believer the presence of God, and the absence of sin; being to the unbeliever, the absence of God, and the presence of all evil. Textuary. THE SEVERAL FOUR CARDINALS. POINTS.-East, West, North, South. SEASONS.Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter. VIRTUES. Justice, Temperance, Fortitude, Prudence. * Cardinals are the hinges, (cardo, cardinis) on which things turn. + Some reckon the numbers one to nine, to be cardinals. + Generically and primarily Four; but each of these comprises several elements. IMPROVED PENHOLDERS.—Mr. Riddle, of Blackfriar's Road, has recently introduced another improvement in implements for writing, by the invention of an universal pen-holder. This instrument is valuable from its pliability, its adaptation to pens of all sizes, and its greater durability than any other pen-holder with which we are acquainted. MORAL MAXIMS. An evil conscience is the most unquiet companion. Anger begins with folly and ends with repentance. Anger is like a ruin, which breaks itself upon what it falls. An honest employment is a most excellent patrimony. An idle brain is the Devil's workshop. A passionate man rides a horse that runs away with him. A poor freedom is better than a rich slavery.- Textuary, NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. The "VILLAGE" Churchman having recently appeared, in shape, size, contents, cover, price, &c. very similar to the first series of THE CHURCHMAN, and in the same town in which it was printed and published as well as the announcement of another similar publication for July, also in the north! the Proprietor feels it his duty to state to the Subscribers and Readers of THE CHURCHMAN, that the REV. MICHAEL AUGUSTUS GATHERCOLE, its original Projector, Proprietor, and Editor, of whom he purchased the Copyright of that Series in December last, still continues the EDITOR of THE CHURCHMAN; and that he has executed an agreement for three years, wherein he binds himself "not to start, or be connected with, any other publication, to the injury of THE CHURCHMAN." The Proprietor thinks it right to be thus explicit, in order to protect the Subscribers to THE CHURCHMAN from imposition, under false colours. THE CHURCHMAN for July will contain a highly-finished Engraving of the Right Rev. the LORD BISHOP OF EXETER, engraved by the same artist who executed that of His Grace the ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY, which appeared in the February Number of THE CHURCHMAN. Proof Impressions may be had at One Shilling each. This Plate will be accompanied by a BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH of the Bishop of Exeter, written expressly for the occasion, by a Gentleman who has prepared Memoirs of their late Majesties George IV., and William IV., and other celebrated personages. The Numbers of THE CHURCHMAN for February and March have been reprinted, so that complete sets may now be obtained. Thanks to "CORNEILLE" (who should send us his name); were we to attach, as he wishes, the price, as well as the name of the publisher, to each book we notice, we should be subject to the advertisement duty. "J. T." is much mistaken. We shall be glad to hear from G. R. M. again soon. "C. C. C. C. 1838," must stand over from want of space this month. ADVERTISEMENTS. THE CHURCHMAM (with one exception) has, during the last three years, had the largest circulation of the Church Magazines; and it is hoped will exceed in number the Methodist Magazine (17,000) among Wesleyans, and the Evangelical Magazine (14,000) among Congregational and other Dissenters. Advertisements of Livings, Curacies, New Churches, Institutions, Anniversaries, New Books, Schools, Teachers, Apprentices, and other Situations, Medicines, Sales, and Miscellanies for insertion in THE CHURCHMAN for July 1st, must be sent to Painter's Printing and Publishing Office, 342, Strand, by Friday, the 27th inst.; if from the country, post free, with an order for payment in London. Communications for insertion, and books for review, in the forthcoming Number of THE CHURCHMAN should be sent to the Office not later than the 15th of the month. PRINTED BY W. E. PAINTER, AT THE CHURCHMAN OFFICE, 342, STRAND, LONDON, THE CHURCHMAN. 66 FEAR GOD: HONOUR THE KING." JULY, 1838. Original Papers. THE RIGHT REV. DR. PHILPOTTS, BISHOP OF EXETER. (WITH AN ENGRAVING.) "THERE is a soul of goodness in things evil." It is in accordance with this sentiment of the great poet of humanity, that circumstances afflicting to the good are made to call out the talents and the virtues of the great -a truth that may be enforced with remarkable impressiveness, by considering the position now occupied by the BISHOP OF EXETER in the House of Lords, and the circumstances which have exalted the Right Rev. Prelate to that point of moral elevation. In 1830 the frame of society in England was shaken to dissolution. "Thank God, we have a House of Lords!" is now a declaration almost proverbial among the many, but at that period it was the secret source of hope and confidence with the few. Many readers will not recognize-for they will neither remember, nor take the trouble to trace back, the course of events, even for a few years-the picture we are about to paint in the colours of truth. Some, however, who then shared our anxiety, will now rejoice with us in the retrospect, and perceive in the altered condition of the country signs of the mercy and long suffering of a gracious and Almighty Providence. The demon of "the progress" had already begun his work on the continent in France the farce of fifteen years' duration had been acted, and its catastrophe was the expulsion of the elder branch of the Bourbons. How the terrible aspect of revolution has been smoothed; whether its repose is temporary, or destined to be awfully and unexpectedly disturbed, or whether ultimate good is to be deduced from the evil of civil strife, remains to be seen. He that sat on the throne was too confident in the power of the throne, and deaf to example; it was, perhaps, necessary that he should learn from experience, that the hearts of kings are in the rule and governance of God, and that even they can do nothing of themselves; not foreseeing, with certainty, the consequence of one act which they call theirs. From France, the wildfire of revolution spread to Belgium; and the sparks that have since been blown to flame, were kindled in Portugal, VOL. IV.-U |