in thy honour, and in that of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and in the name and memorial of the Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we, though unworthy, consecrate this altar. Mercifully hear, &c." Then with his hands extended before his breast, he said the Preface: 66 May the Lord be with you, &c."-"It is truly meet, &c." After this he began, and the choir continued: "Confirm, O Lord, what thou hast wrought in us, &c." After the Anthem and Psalm, having applied his right thumb in chrism, making a cross in front of the altar, after an Anthem and Psalm, he said: "We humbly beseech thy majesty, O Lord! &c." Then having dipped again his right hand in chrism he anointed, in the form of a cross, the joints of the table of the altar, as if uniting them, saying at each cross: "In the name of the Father, &c." Then resigning his mitre he said: "We suppliantly beseech the Almighty and Eternal God, &c."

This last prayer being ended, subdeacons carefully wiped the table of the altar with towels of coarse linen cloth. The bishop retired to his chair, and rubbed with the pith of bread, then washed and wiped his hands, after which he retired to the vestry to prepare for Mass.

At the end of the Mass the bishop gave his solemn benediction-the indulgences were published-and all retired in peace.

BISHOP M'HALE'S INSTALLATION. The columns of some of the Dublin newspapers have been, for the last two or three days, filled with descriptions of fetes which were given in the province of Connaught, in honour of the translation of the Roman Catho. lic Bishop of Maronia, Dr. M‘Hale, from Killala to the archdiocese of Tuam. Your readers, I believe, need not be informed, that Dr. M Hale enjoys considerable reputation in this country as an agitating priest of very ultra principles and more than ordinary talent. Of the Catholic bishops, he is the only one who has declared himself a repealer;

and since the death of Dr. Doyle be may be said to enjoy a monopoly of clerical popularity. His name stood first upon the list of those sent over to the see of Rome for promotion to the diocese of Tuam, and Dr. McHale was appointed; and a gentleman, who was in Tuam within the last few days, assures us that his journey from Killala to that town was more like the triumphant march of a conqueror than the lowly journey of a meek and humble disciple of the Founder of Christianity. Dinners, of course, were given, both in Castlebar and Tuam, in honour of Dr. M'Hale's promotion. It would be worse than a waste of time to occupy it with any account of these proceedings-the animus of which may be gathered from a few, a very few, but characteristic features. The first toast after dinner was, "The people, the source of all power." As a matter of form, the health of the Sovereign was given; but, lest the meeting might be subjected to an accusation of loyalty, the toast was qualified by designating the King as "the first servant of the people." I should have mentioned that, before the health of the King, the chairman proposed that of "Pope Gregory XVI." In introducing this toast, the chairman took occasion to eulogise his holiness for the firmness he displayed in resisting the intrigues which were set on foot to frustrate the appointment of Dr. M Hale. No doubt the health of Pope Gregory XVI. will become a standing toast at our political dinners; with what advantage to the peace of the country and the stability of our institutions, we leave to the judgment of our readers. The repeal of the Union was also toasted with uproarious applause. A young orator, who rejoiced in the congenial name of in speaking to this toast, disported his imagination in drawing certain seditious parallels between the situation of Ireland and America. He had advanced so far as to say, "that America, when oppressed by England, rose up in her might, and recovered her freedom. Ireland was now oppressed, and why?" when the prudence of the chairman restrained the

enthusiasm of this provincial Demosthenes.

There was one very awkward occurrence took place at this dinner, which has been very carefully suppressed by the " liberal" papers, by which alone the thing was at all reported. In the course of the evening one gentleman took umbrage either at a particular toast, or the manner in which it was proposed. He was imprudent enough to give expression to his feelings, and as there were some persons in the room who coincided with him, a general row took place. I am informed, upon unquestionable authority, that the appearance of the room during this most disgraceful scene was really frightful. One old man, named had his head literally laid open with a bottle! and he was sitting, too, within a few yards of his Grace, Dr. M Hale, who was obliged to leave the room. This occurrence took place early in the evening too early to suppose that the parties were under the influence of inebriety, unless we suppose them to have improved upon the Edinburgh precedent, and commenced their potations before the arrival of the guests. In the speeches of Dr. M'Hale, which are fully, and, I believe, accurately reported in the Morning Register, there is nothing calling for remark, except his very warm denunciation of any project for the payment of the Catholic clergy by the state.

Dr. M'Hale, the Catholic archbishop of Tuam, made a triumphal entry into Tuam one day last week. The scene, as described by a correspondent of the Dublin Freeman's Journal, must have been very striking. "At Castle Grove, an immense concourse of persons thronged to meet his Grace, and conduct him to the seat of the metropolitan see in splendour and magnificence. A large train of carriages, gigs, jauntingcars, and a vast number of horsemen, fell in with the procession; and the students of the College of St. Jerlath, to the number of 120, in academics, approached to receive his Grace's episcopal benediction. At Kilbannon, which is distant about three miles from Tuam, I had an op

portunity of estimating the numbers present; and I fear I am under the mark in setting them down at 40,000. At Ballygaddy, the river of which divides the parishes of Kilbannon and Tuam, the clergymen who acted as administrators under his Grace, approached, and presented him with a large gilt cross, in token of their obedience. The archbishop received it, and, standing in his carriage, imparted to the multitude his episcopal benediction. The people were all uncovered and on bended knees."Extract of a letter from Connaught.

A PRIEST CURSING HIS CONGREGATION. The Fermanagh Reporter, received this morning, contains a most extraordinary document, which, it appears, had been first tendered to the Freeman's Journal for insertion, but was rejected by that paper. The circumstances are briefly these:The clerk of

chapel, an

That they had distributed moral and religious tracts to the peasantry on their estates! And for this they were denounced as "emissaries of hell," and their benevolent efforts to enlighten the minds, improve the morals, and promote the happiness of the people around them, converted into an occasion of insolent condemnation and abuse. 66 It was well for them (continued this sacerdotal despot) that I did not meet with them when distributing their tracts, for I fear that I should have amused myself with horse-whipping them!" Cork Constitution.

ENGLAND.

MORE POPERY.-The new Roman Catholic chapel at Bishopwearmouth, a superb building, is rearing its stately front in all the splendour of Catholicism, when it was the state religion of the country. It is of the Gothic order of architecture, and, when finished, will stand unrivalled as the finest public building in the town. It has already assumed an imposing appearance, and its large and magnificent eastern window attracts the attention and unqualified admiration of all who have seen it. The building is of considerable magnitude, and will possess sufficient room for the display of all the ceremonials and pomp of the Romish church.

BLESSINGS OF THE VOLUNTARY SYSTEM.-At Worship-street policeoffice, on Saturday, October 11, Mr. James Temple, of 41, Tabernaclewalk, was charged with interrupting the service at the Tabernacle Chapel, City-road, on Friday evening. A dispute has arisen among the trustees of the chapel as to the right of appointing the preachers, and the congregation is divided between the Rev. J. Campbell and the Rev. William Ragsdell, the former of whom has been appointed by Mr. Bateman, one of the trustees, and

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the latter by the other trustees. On Friday, bills announced that a missionary meeting would be held in the evening, Mr. Campbell in the chair, upon which counter bills were issued, forbidding the meeting, as thorised, and announcing the usual service to be performed by Mr. Ragsdell. Mr. Wilks, M. P. one of the trustees, thought it advisable to obtain the assistance of the police; and no sooner had Mr. Ragsdell been locked in his pulpit, than a tremendous uproar was raised by hooting, hissing, and stamping of feet. Several persons were apprehended, but proceedings were pressed against the defendant only. He was held to bail in the sum of £50. Of late there have been frequent disturbances at both the Tabernacles, City-road and Tottenham-court-road, which were originally built by subscription for the celebrated Mr. Whitfield, and have at length devolved to twelve trustees, the chief of whom appears to be Mr. John Wilks, M. P. for Boston, whose father, the Reverend Matthew Wilks, was long the popular minister of the Tabernacle.

EDUCATION OF THE POOR.-During the past and the present year 328 schools have been received into union with the National Society, carrying up the amount of schools in union to the number of 2937; and £6,643 have been voted in aid of the building school-rooms in 104 places, the total expense of the buildings being estimated at £20,000. The Society has recently made a general inquiry into the state of education under the Established Church in all parts of the kingdom; and an account has been obtained concerning 8650 places, which were found to contain about 11,000 schools, with 678,356 children. It is calculated that there cannot be less in England and Wales than 710,000 children under the instruction of the clergy.-Morning Herald.

Address at the Clerical Breakfast
Meeting, by the Rev. Henry
Woodward, 338.
Affairs, Public, View of, for 1833, 1.
Assassins, History of the, 243.
Autobiography of a Dissenting Mi-
nister, Vol. I. Review of, 924.
Belfast Unitarian Discussion, Re-
view of, 668.

Biblical Keepsake, Notice of, 937.
Blessed are the Meek. A Sermon,

by H. W., 217.

Boyd's the Fathers not Papists,
Review of, 846.

Butler's Analogy, Remarks on, 558.
Catechistical Societies, 429.
Catholicity, Conversions to, 65.
Character of the Romish Priest-
hood, 428.

Cherubim, on the, 527.

Children of Religious Parents, 103.

155.

China, Notices Concerning, 501.
Cholera, a Poem on, 170.

Christ, on the Priesthood of, 17.—
On being ashamed of, 730.
Christian, on the Happiness and
Trials of, 729.

Christianity, Historical Proof of,

674.

Church, Million Act, 61; Reform,
Proposal tor, 108; Fund, 209;
Cess, ib.; in Russia, 216; of
Rome, 209; Temporalities Bill,
284; Where is the? 368; the
Established, on the Propriety of
Continuing in Union with the,
371 of Ireland, on its Present
State, 493; of England and Rome
Compared, 730; Metropolitan,
Solemn Consecration of, 941.
Church and the Home Mission, Re-

view of, 547.

Collins' Nature and Attributes of the
Church, Review of, 347.
Committees of Religious Societies,
on, 734; of the Duties and Res-
ponsibilities of Members, 513.

Conformity to the World, on, 240,
410.

Connaught, Superstitions in, 499.
Constantinople, Greek and Turkish
Accounts of the Capture of, Re-
view of, 470, 535.
Conspiracy to Procure the Execu-
tion of a Protestant, 358.
Convocation, on, 162,

Cork, New Church in, 62; Grand
Juries and Charities, 64.
Cowper, Taylor's Life of, Review
of, 73.

Critical Notices.-The Crusaders,
by Keightley, 54; M Ghee's Let-
ter to O'Connell, 201; Hymns
for Childhood, 209; Mrs. Guiness'
Sacred Portraiture, and other
Poems, 281; Mendham's Memoir
of the Council of Trent, ib.;
Edinburgh Cabinet Library-
Persia, ib.; Sacred Classics, 282;
the Rainbow, ib.; King's Me-
trical Exercises upon Scripture
Texts, 788; Thornburgh's Sermon,
Preached in Ringsend Chapel,
789; McCulloch's Manual of
English Grammar, ib.; Westoby's
Helps to Repentance,
Sprague's Hints, Designed to Re-
gulate Christian Intercourse, 790;
Bailey's Liturgy Compared with
the Bible, ib.; Bagster on the
Management of Bees, 935; Me-
ditations, or Remains of L. S.
936; Lives of Eminent Zoolo-
gists, in Edinburgh Cabinet Li-
brary, 937; the Biblical Keepsake,
ib.;

ib.;

the True Nature of the
Church of Rome, 938; Key-
worth's Pocket Expositor, ib.;
Boyton's Speech on the Four
Principles of Disturbance Ope-
rating in Ireland, 939.

Croly, on the Romish Church in
Ireland, Review of, 793, 865.
Crucifixion, Lines on the, 353.
Detached Thoughts, 783.