Ireland, and government abets it. Surely there is not a more important term in the social compact, than that which guarantees security to the governed in life, limb, and property. This great article is violated by the present government. An entire class of his majesty's subjects is excluded from the pale of the law without the smallest allegation of crime. The life of a Clergyman in Ireland is, horrible to say, in insurance-office language, doubly hazardous." What must the ministry be which permits it! which not only permits it, but exults in it, and boasts of the " tranquillity" it has established in Ireland! "Ubi solitudinem faciunt, PACEM appellant!" Can Englishmen be cold in the midst of all this? Are not the Irish Protestants men? Are they not Christians?—FELLOW-Christians? Have they not by one spirit been baptized into one body with us, and been all made to drink into one spirit? Have we not a common altar? Are we not one people,-one CHURCH? ONE CHURCH by law, and ONE CHURCH by what is before all law,-spirit, conscience, conviction? Is not the persecution of their Clergy the persecution of ours? Would the Churchmen of Cornwall consider their religious liberty inviolate when the Clergy of Northumberland were starved and hunted to death? And why should there not be the same sympathies in English Churchmen for their suffering pastors in Ireland? Are we to be told that the Irish Channel presents a greater barrier to compassion than the broad lands of England ?-But if any can be so selfish as to be unmoved by these considerations, let them know that such things cannot long be confined to Ireland-the spirit of persecution once permitted to range at large, will select her localities and her victims at pleasure. And we will not be faithless enough to conceal (if indeed, it can be concealed) that some formidable blow at our institutions is meditated, and very shortly too. On the FIRST DAY OF THE SESSION" business of great importance" (so runs the ministerial circular) is to be brought on. The meaning of that expression from that quarter is well understood ;— but one simple fact is enough to interpret it: the ministry can only subsist by the support of the Church's enemies; and this can be purchased at no lower price than the destruction of our Protestant institutions. But we are asked, what is to be done? We answer, let Churchmen pray earnestly, and act vigorously. Let them pray that the Lord will appear in this her crisis and difficulty, and deliver his church. Let them act-peaceably, constitutionally, loyally; but most firmly and decidedly. Let christian members of both houses of Parliament allow no consideration to detain them from their places in the legislature but such as they will reflect on with a clear conscience in the hour of death. Let them go determined to maintain the integrity of our constitution in church and state, whatever may be the real or alleged consequences. Let no sophistry, such as first "broke in upon the constitution," be permitted to open the breach, much less to trench upon the foundation. Let THE CONVOCATION most temperately, but most firmly, intreat Tac. Agric. Oratio Galgaci. + We particularly recommend some prayers in the Accession and Gunpowder Treason services, as capable of easy adaptation to this purpose. The present state from the sovereign the restitution of their RIGHTS. of the Church is quite reason enough, independently of thousands of others, why this essential piece of church reform should no longer be withholden. Let the Convocation then act with the determination to deliver their souls-let them fairly set the position of the Church before its temporal head :-they will not be refused-or, if they are, they will have done their duty. Let the Clergy petition for CONVOCATION. Let the Church associations, lay, clerical, and mixed, do the like. We believe that the conviction of this necessity is spreading;-but, be this as it may, one thing is clear, that a blow at the Church is meditated-and that if the Convocation cannot avert it, nothing else will. Of the King's attachment to the Church he has sworn to defend there can be no doubt. His speech to the Bishops, his speech (still uncontradicted) to the present ministers, when he indignantly expelled them his counsels, are quite decisive. These ministers have been driven back upon the sovereign by a desperate faction; and if the people will but rally round Church and King, they will soon be the blessed instruments to "scatter his enemies, and make them fall." FOREIGN ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE, &c. JEWELS OF THE LATE PRINCESS DE TALLEYRAND.-A curious story has been circulating in Paris respecting the conduct of the Archbishop, who, after administering the sacrament of extreme unction to the late Princess de Talleyrand, carried off a casket of jewels, which, at her death, belonged to the Prince; legal proceedings being necessary in order to obtain restitution. Perhaps the form under which the decease of the Princess is entered in the register of the church of St. Thomas Aquinas, will appear equally curious :-"On the 12th day of December, in the year 1835, was presented in this church the body of Catherine Worlée, widow of George Francis Grant, more commonly known as the Princess de Talleyrand. She died on the preceding evening, in the 74th year of her age, munie des sacremens de l'Eglise, in the rue de Lille, No. 80. Her obsequies were performed in the presence of Mathurin Pierre de Gougsot and Charles Demon (the prince's steward), friends of the deceased. Their signatures are subjoined." HENRI DE GAND.-A bust of Henri de Gand, sometimes called Bonicolius, a celebrated theologian of the 13th century, has been presented by the Count de Goethales to the Theological Library at Ghent. He took his degrees at the University of Paris, and there his high reputation obtained for him the title of the Solemn Doctor. THE BELGIAN UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE, which has commenced its second year, progresses favourably. The course has opened with nearly two hundred students. Among them is a poor peasant, who is compared by his countrymen to Burns, the Ettrick Shepherd, and Duval. RENUNCIATION OF ROMISH ERRORS.-For some years past an Abbé, whose name is Helsen, having renounced the errors of the Romish creed, has zealously promoted Protestant doctrines in the city of Brussels. In spite of the most strenuous opposition, and even persecution of his former brethren, and with scarcely the common necessaries of life, he performs a reformed service in an obscure chamber, and fear alone keeps many away who would otherwise attend. Some account of this Eglise Catholique et Apostolique reproduite à Bruxelles shall be hereafter communicated to our readers. i ORGANO-HISTORICA; Or, the History of Cathedral and Parochial Organs. NO. XXVI. THE ORGAN AT ST. GEORGE'S NEW CHURCH, CAMBERWELL. THE instrument at the above church was built in 1824, and is the workmanship of that well-known artist, Mr. H. Lincoln, of High Holborn. It is one of the first class, and inferior to none of this builder's make, in London; and possesses the following stops : The compass of the great and choir organs is from G G to F in alt, 58 notes; that of the swell, from C in the tenor to F in alt, 42 notes; the swell keys then extend to the bottom, and communicate with the bass of the choir organ. The quality of tone in this instrument is rich and powerful. The reed stops are very finely voiced, and blend admirably with the chorus. The diapasons throughout the instrument are good. The double diapason, pedal pipes, possess great purity of tone; but the double stop diapason, in the treble, injures the effect of the great organ when used in chorus. There are two octaves of German pedals, including a G G sharp, and also a shifting movement to the swell, that takes off all the stops but the dulciana and diapasons. We do not consider the organ too large for the church, but we think the church not large enough for the organ. The great organ, when used in chorus, is remarkably brilliant. It would well bear another reed stop, which we should venture to recommend in place of the double stop diapason. COLLECTANEA. FREEMASONRY.-The following facts connected with the brotherhood are collected from the "Freemason's Pocket Companion," a manual published by a brother of the Apollo Lodge, 711, Oxford :-St. Alban, the first martyr for Christianity in England, was a supporter of the mystery; among the subsequent superintendents, we find the name of St. Swithin, King Alfred, and Athelstan. The first grand lodge of England met at York in 926, according to a charter from Athelstan. From the year 1155 to 1199, the fraternity was under the command of the Grand Master of the Knights Templars, whose mysteries and titles are still continued. We have yet extant, records of a lodge held in the reign of Edward V. at Canterbury, where Chicely, the Archbishop of that See, presided; where the names of the master, wardens, and other brethren are given; this was in 1429; the king himself was instituted. The St. Clairs of Rosslyn were hereditary grand masters of the order, from the time of James II. of Scotland till 1736, when the then representative of the family being old and childless, resigned it to the grand lodge. Among the grand masters in England, are numbered Dunstan, Edward the Confessor, Gondulph, bishop of Rochester, Gilbert de Clare, William à Wykeham, Henry VII., Sir Thomas Gresham, Inigo Jones, W. Wren, and Dr. Desaguliers. William III. was a freemason; so was George IV. and so is his present Majesty. In 1717, there were only four lodges in London, who constituted themselves a grand lodge. There are now masons in all parts of the globe, who instantly recognize each other. No. XXXVIII.-ON DILAPIDATIONS OF GLEBE LANDS. CASE for dilapidations. The first and second counts stated the parsonage house, &c. to be out of repair. The third count stated, that by the law and custom of England, the Vicars of this kingdom for the time being ought not to manage, use, or cultivate the lands of and belonging to their respective vicarages, nor ought they to suffer or permit the same to be managed, used, or cultivated otherwise than in a good and husbandlike manner, and according to the custom of the country where the said lands are situate; and such Vicars ought to leave the said ands managed, used, and cultivated in a good and husbandlike manner, and according to the custom of the country where the said lands are situate, to their successors; and that if such vicars do leave such lands to their successors impoverished, damaged, or lessened in value by reason of having been managed, used, and cultivated in a bad and unhusbandlike manner, and not according to the custom of the country where the said lands are situate, then the executors or administrators of the goods and chattels of such Vicars, after their deaths, having sufficient of the goods and chattels of such Vicars, are bound and ought to satisfy so much as Neglect to cultivate the Glebe Land in a husbandlike manner, is not a dilapidation for which an incumbent can recover. It then shall be necessary to be expended or paid for repairing the damage done to the said lands by reason of their being so impoverished, damaged, or lessened in value by such improper management, usage, and cultivation. stated that W. Smith, deceased, in his lifetime was Vicar of Ainstable, in the county of Cumberland, and was seised, in right of the vicarage, of certain lands in that county, and died; that the plaintiff after his death, to wit, on, &c. was presented, admitted, instituted, and inducted into the said vicarage, and thereby became Vicar of the parish church of Ainstable, and the next successor of the said W. Smith; that at the time of his death the lands were and still are greatly damaged and lessened in value by reason of the same having been used, managed, and cultivated during the lifetime of the said W. Smith, and whilst he was such Vicar, in a bad and unhusbandlike manner, and contrary to the custom of the country where they were situate, and having been wrongfully left so impoverished, damaged, and lessened in value by the said W. Smith, at the time of his death, &c. At the trial before Gurney B., at the Carlisle Spring assizes 1833, it appeared that the lands belonging to the vicarage consisted of ancient glebe land, and of lands allotted in lieu of tithes, under an inclosure act passed in 1820. The learned Judge refused to receive evidence that the allotments under the inclosure act had been impoverished by bad husbandry, but gave leave to the plaintiff to move to enter a verdict, if the Court thought the evidence admissible, for such an amount as should be certified by an arbitrator. Coltman now moved accordingly. The action for dilapidations is founded on the common law, by which the incumbent of a living is required to leave the premises belonging to it in the same state he ought to keep them in, so that his successor may have the same beneficial enjoyment of them which he had. It is true that such actions are usually brought in respect of the buildings not being in that state of repair which the incumbent ought to have kept them in, and there is no express authority for saying, that such an action is maintainable against the executors of a deceased incumbent for not cultivating the lands in a husbandlike manner. But the principle on which the action is founded, viz. that the incumbent for the time being should have the beneficial use of the property belonging to the living, extends to the glebe lands as well as to the buildings; ior, it is quite clear, that the successor will not have that beneficial enjoyment of the glebe lands which he ought to have, if his predecessor has not cultivated them in a husbandlike manner. In Liford's case it is said, "If a parson of a church, and one A., are tenants in common of a wood, and A. endeavours to commit waste, the parson, for the preservation of the timber trees, shall have a prohibition against him that he shall not commit waste; and the reason thereof, as the Chief Justice said, was, that if the parson of a church will waste the inheritance of his church to his private use in felling trees, the patron may have a prohibition against him; for the parson is seised as in the right of his church, and his glebe is the dower of his church, for of it he was endowed." And in Wise v. Metcalf, where the question was by what rule the dilapidations to the rectory-house, buildings, and chancel were to be estimated, three rules were proposed for the consideration of the Court; the second rule being, that they were to be left as an outgoing lay tenant ought to leave his buildings, where he is under covenant to leave them in good and sufficient repair, order, and condition. Bayley J. said, that although the Court were not prepared to say that any of those rules was precisely correct, the second approached most nearly to that which they considered as the proper one. In 2 Gibson's Codex, 752, in a note upon the 13 Eliz. c. 10, s. 1, it is said, Although, in this preamble, nothing is referred to as dilapidation, but decayed or ruined buildings, yet it is certain that, under that name, are comprehended hedges, fences, &c. in the like condition; and it hath been particularly adjudged concerning wood and timber, that the felling of them by any incumbent, (otherwise than for repairs or for fuel) is dilapidation, from as |