1053 Astronomical Observations for November, 1829. ease" exhibits a lovely combination of guileless features, indicative of a period when the susceptibility of the youthful mind is unassociated with those strong emotions which too frequently induce "th' undying thought that paineth." "The Irish Cabin" is very characteristic; as is also " HolidayTime." "The Goldfinch" is a sweetly expressive picture, executed in a mixed style of engraving, partly line and partly stipple. The literary portion of the work presents great variety; and where all is excellent, it is perhaps invidious to make selections. Our limits will not admit long extracts; the following brief specimens, beautiful in themselves, are, therefore, not offered as decisive criteria. Indeed the general character of the literary department may be best gathered from the amiable disposition of its conductress, Mrs. S. C. Hall. AN ENCOURAGEMENT. BY BERNARD BARTON. His gracious accents caught, Not so the Pure and Holy One, Who came down from above; Of such His kingdom would be found. And all the blessings of His truth "The Shipwrecked Boy," by the Author of "Letters from the East," &c. is a touching, interesting narrative; we have not room for the whole. "It was in the dead of night that a vessel struck against the rocks of Brear's Isle, and went down almost instantly. The islanders heard the cry of the dro ning people, and ran to the rugged beach, but could afford no assistance the wind and the waves were too fierce to allow a boat to live, and that cry was soon stifled amidst the waters. "The ship. that it was supposed was homeward bound from India, by some parts of the cargo that drifted on the beach, was so broken by the shock, that her hull and masts were shivered amidst the rocks like thistles beneath the blast. This separation was the means, however, of saving one life: the strong man, the gray mariner, the brave and the daring perished, while helpless and unconscious childhood survived to the horrors that surrounded it. A fragment of the wreck was soon after seen floating to the shore, and on it there was a living being, who stretched out its hands for help. Some of the islanders rushed into the wave, and drew it with no small risk to land. and carried their burden to one of the neighbouring cottages." 1054 "He was now fourteen years of age, when an event happened that entirely changed his destiny. One evening, a small vessel was seen struggling against an adverse wind, and striving to reach the isle. He had gazed on her efforts with interest for some time, and had then retired to the cottage. He was seated beside the hearth, and looking in silence at the halfburned embers, while the family were plying their tasks of industry around, when the door suddenly opened, and several strangers entered the apartment. A few hurried inquiries were made, and as speedily answered; and then a lady broke from the party and threw her arms round the orphan's neck, and kissed his brow, and wept bitterly; and two or three domestics, who accompanied her, knelt before him, and clasped his knees, and called on him by his name, a name that no voice of love had uttered for many years. It was the sister of his lost mother, who had not long since arrived from India, and had traced with great difficulty, by constant inquiries along the coast, the probable place of the loss of the vessel. She had come, accompanied by a friend, to the very spot, to discover if any reliques or effects of the unfortunate passengers had been saved. "On the opposite shore of the main, they had heard a confused report of some one still surviving; and, on landing in a little port of the isle, this had been confirmed with a description of the boy. Among the domestics who came were one or two who had served the perished lady in India; and this accounted for their emotion at the discovery. "And now he heard words of deep affection, gladness, and admiration, and saw every eye beaming with joy and hope for his sake alone, He felt that his state was utterly and splendidly changed; and that its desolation was passed away for ever. For some time he wept passionately, beneath the influence of the feelings that rushed on him like a flood: at last he dried his tears; his features became more composed, and he replied to the earnest and broken expressions of the lady, now full of sorrow, and then of condolence. It has been to me, as you say, a desolate land,' he answered, and for a long time I was wretched; but now I will grieve no more. My dear mother sleeps beneath the wave, and could my tears or prayers have drawn her thence, the orphan had been happy; but he was not forsaken of his God, who was his hope in the lonely isle.' "He then turned to the fisherman's family, bade them a kind and long adieu, requested his relatives to reward them richly for all their care, which was done on the spot; and then he left the islander's dwelling, and passed, with his companions, into another and a more flattering scene."-p. 180. ASTRONOMICAL OCCURRENCES FOR THE Sun enters Sagittarius on the 22nd, at The Moon enters her first quarter on the 4th at 51 minutes past nine in the morning : she is full on the 11th at 46 minutes past one in the morning; on the 18th at 51 minutes past eight in the morning she enters her last quarter, and her change takes place on the 26th, at 32 minutes past twelve at noon. She passes Saturn on the 17th at 40 minutes past five in the afternoon, Mars on the 23d at two in the afternoon, Mercury on the 25th at 15 minutes past three in 1055 Gleanings.-Literary Notices. the morning, Venus on the 27th at 20 minutes past seven in the evening, and Jupiter on the same evening. She is in perigee on the 8th, and in apogee on the 20th. The planet Mercury is in perihelio on the 4th, stationary on the 6th, and arrives at his greatest western elevation on the 14th, when the attentive observer will probably obtain a view of him a little before sunrise. Venus is the evening star, setting on the 1st at 30 minutes past six; on the 25th she has eight digits illuminated on her western limb, her apparent diameter being 18 seconds; her unfavourable position will render her visible to very few, but the most attentive observer. The distance between the Sun and Jupiter is daily decreasing, and in consequence he is scarcely visible this month. Mars may be observed in the constellation Virgo during the mornings of this month: he is first situated a little to the west of Theta Virginis; he passes under this star on the 4th, and his approach to, and subsequent recess from Spica, is the most interesting feature in his course. Saturn is noticed near the same spot as last month; his motion is very slow, and on the 29th he is stationary in the 18th degree of Leo. GLEANINGS. Conscience.-Some one observed to M. Talleyrand, that whatever might be said of the Chamber of Deputies, the members of the Upper Chamber at least Possess Consciences. "Oh yes," replied M. Tal Sam "there are consciences enough among them, for example, has two." Vegetable Produce.-Humboldt calculates that one acre of ground planted with the banana is sufficient to support fifty men, while an acre of wheat, communibus annis, would barely support the wants of three. Art.-A curious specimen of cutlery is exhibited in the shop of a surgical instrument maker in Dean Street, Tyne; it is a musical knife with 208 blades! Wine Cooler. The King's new wine-cooler, manufactured by Rundell and Bridges, which is sufficiently capacious to hold six men, weighs upwards of 8,000 ounces, and is by far the largest piece of plate ever marked in this country. Good Fortune.-A poor woman lately bought an old chair at a broker's in Golden-lane, Cripplegate, and upon ripping the top off to have it new covered, found concealed in one corner, 21 guineas-all Queen Anne's coin-and a Bank 5. note, both tied up in a canvass bag. She gave for the chair eighteenpence. She is a widow, and has a large family to maintain. Burman Paper.-Three descriptions of paper are used by the Burmans. The first is a domestic manufacture, made from the fibres of the young bamboo; this is a substance as thick as pasteboard, which is rubbed over with a mixture of charcoal and rice. water; thus prepared, it is written upon with a pencil of steatite, as we write on a slate. The impression may be blotted out with the moistened hand, and the paper is again fit to be written upon. This process, if the paper be good, may be often repeated. Another sort is a strong white blotting paper, and is universally used for packages, for the decorations of coffins, and for making ornaments offered in the temples, and exhibited at festivals. The Chinese import stained paper, also used for ornaments offered in the temples, and for decorating coffins.-Craw. LONDON: Literary Notices. Just Published. 1056 Likenesses of Lord Viscount Nelson, Major-general Sir C. W. Doyle, and John Julins Angerstein, Esq. embellish No. VII. of the National Portrait Gallery, now ready for delivery. Fishers Illustrations: Part II. of Ireland; and Part IV. of Lancashire: each Part containing sixteen beautiful Views, with descriptions. No. III. Devonshire and Cornwall. A Sermon, occasioned by the Death of the Rev. Samuel Crowther, A.M. By Daniel Wilson, A.M. Vicar of Islington. The Juvenile Keepsake for 1830. Edited by Thos. Roscoe, Esq. The Iris; a Literary and Religious Edited by the Rev. Thomas Dale, M.A. The Zoological Keepsake for 1830. Offering. A Treatise on the Internal Regulations of Friendly Societies, by James Wright. Also, by the same author, a Letter to the Friendly Societies in the united kingdom. No. I of the Friend's Monthly Magazine. The Edipus Coloneus of Sophocles, with Explanatory English Notes, Examination Questions, &c. by the Rev. J. Brass, D.D. In demy 8vo. with sixteen copper-plates, Astronomy, or the Solar System explained on Mechanical Principles, by Richard Banks. The Eccentric, or Memoirs of no common Characters, &c. 12mo. Portraits. 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A Glance at London, Brussels, and Paris, by the same Author. Mrs. S. C. Hall, the editor of "The Juvenile Forget Me Not," announces for early publication, a volume for the young, under the title of "Chronicles of a School Room; or, Characters in Youth and Age,' Errata-Col. 906, line 24, for. 66 previous" read "nervous." Col. 909, line 18, for "is" read " PRINTED AT THE CAXTON PRESS, BY H. FISHER, SON, AND CO. was." THE RIGHI HONBLE WILLIAM HOWLEY D D LORD ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY. W. Cantuan FISHER SON & CO ONDON 1839 Memoir of His Grace THE MOST REVEREND WILLIAM HOWLEY, (With a Portrait.) ALTHOUGH diocesan episcopacy has produced much bitter contention, and been zealously opposed ever since the Reformation by the nonconformists in England, it has generally been admitted that, with a few exceptions, the hierarchy of this church has been distinguished by prelates of the most extensive learning, and the greatest liberality. To this character, the late Dr. Samuel Chandler, who was no friend to church authority, bore an unequivocal testimony. In a conversation with one of the principal members of the Kirk of Scotland, who highly extolled the Presbyterian government, Chandler took occasion to say, that "if he were driven to the necessity of chusing between them, he would at once give the preference to the Church of England over every other ecclesiastical establishment." It is now more than seventy years since this encomium was spontaneously pronounced, since which nothing has occurred to call its truth in question. On the contrary, the whole of the last, as well as of the present reign, will be found to exhibit the moderation of the church-internally, as far as regards her own discipline; and externally, in respect to her conduct to dissenters--in the most amiable point of view. | [1829. nity in his favour. This munificent prelate was succeeded by DR. SUTTON, to whose merits we have endeavoured to raise a feeble tribute of memorial in our preceding volume. The vacancy occasioned by the death of Archbishop Sutton, was soon supplied by the translation of DR. WILLIAM HOWLEY, Lord Bishop of London; of whom we shall only give a brief biographical sketch, in imitation of the ancients, who deferred commemorative sacrifices until sunset, or, in other words, until character might be duly estimated without the charge of adulation. The present most reverend primate was born about the year 1763, at Winchester, of which cathedral, his father, Dr. William Howley, was prebendary. The son received his education at the celebrated school of his native city, under the learned Dr. Joseph Warton; where he had for his companions, the present Bishops of Salisbury and Hereford, Lord Sidmouth, and other personages, who have, like himself, risen to the highest stations by their commanding talents and extensive learning. From this seminary Mr. Howley removed to New College Oxford, as a scholar on Wykeham's foundation; and here, after taking his first degree, he obtained a fellowship. On completing his degrees in arts, he became the principal tutor of his college, with such a reputation, that when the young Prince of Orange, now King of the Netherlands, was entered as a student of the university, Mr. Howley, on the recommendation of his friend Mr. Addington, was appointed to the honourable charge of his education; in which office he gave the fullest satisfaction to their late majesties, as well as to the illustrious family of his royal pupil. At the time when the above panegyric was delivered, the archiepiscopal chair was occupied by the venerable, and it may truly be said, apostolical prelate SECKER; who had been Chandler's schoolfellow, but who afterwards altered his sentiments, though without losing his liberal principles. This excellent primate was succeeded by DR. On the elevation of Dr. Huntingford to CORNWALLIS: a man of the same gene- the bishopric of Gloucester, in 1802, the rous spirit, who guided the helm of the consecration sermon was preached by Mr. Establishment in a manner that commanded Howley, and published the same year, in the applause of all parties, except those obedience to the command of Archbishop who were ardent for what they called a Moore. Soon after this, on the advancereform of the doctrine and worship of the ment of his friend Dr. Randolph to the church. After him came DR. JOHN MOORE, bishopric of Oxford, he was appointed regius of whom it is enough to say, that Lowth professor of divinity, and canon of Christ and Hurd both declined the elevated dig-church, in consequence of which he pro132.-VOL. XI. 3 Y |