Life is what? It is the sound of cannon near, He frights and blusters for a span, Life is-what? It is the swallow's sojournment. Who, ere green Summer's robe is rent, Flies to some distant bourne, by instinct taught. And such is Man→→→ He rents his dwelling for a span, dai be shut And flits-forgot.deabl And is this-Life? Oh yes! and had I time to tell, A hundred shapes more transient still- While reck'ning o'er Life's little span, AUTUMN. SWEET is the Autumnal day, Sweet is the Autumnal Rose, Its cherishing perfume.. Sweet is life's setting ray, While hope stands smiling near; When the soul muses on the future day, And through the clouds that shade her homeward way, Heaven's azure skies appear. WE hinted in our last number the probability of a speedy termination to the enquiry, then going on, into the character of the Queen, and which has for so long a time agitated the Country. This unhappy business is now at rest-and, we trust, for ever. For our opinion on this subject, we refer our reas ders to the first pages of our present number, in which we have entered at large into the question.We think it neces sary only to repeat here that "The Morals of our fellow countrymen are our Politics; and therefore to those who feel that there are grounds of rejoicing on this occasion, we would say in scripture language," Rejoice with trembling."! THE General Board of the Society for promoting Christian Knowledge, having long since recognized the expedi ency and necessity of attending to the growing demands of the poorer classes for sound and wholesome instruction, have observed with satisfaction, the successful exertions which several of the Society's Diocesan and District Committees have already made in furtherance of this important object, by the establishment of Parochial Lending Libraries, whilst a Committee in London have been engaged in aug menting the supply of materials for such Libraries. In the reports of the Special Committee for the counteraction of infidel and blasphemous publications, and in the general features of the times, the Board have found the strongest incitements to increased activity in this department of the Society's designs. From a conviction of the immediate urgency of the object itself, and of its growing importance, the Board have recently determined to afford every encouragement in their power to the formation of Parochial Lending Libraries generally throughout the kingdom; and, to this end, they have deemed it expedient to prepare a series of rules for their formation and management. Every Parochial Lending Library, established under their sanction, is to consist exclusively of the books and tracts on the Society's permanent, supplementary, and occasional catalogues. The minister of a parish, being a member of the Society, shall be entitled, upon application to the Board in London, or to the Diocesan or District Committee within whose limits his parish is situated, to obtain such books and tracts as he may think fit, on the terms of the Society, and to pay for the same from his own or from any other funds. When it appears that an establishment of a Parochial Lending Library would be desirable, and that the parish is not able to defray the whole expense, even on the reduced terms of the Society, aid shall be granted at the discretion of the Board. All applications for such aid must state the population, and other peculiar circumstances of the parish; and be forwarded through the bishops of the Diocese, the archdeacon, or the diocesan, or district committee. Every such Parochial Lending Library shall be under the sole con trol of the minister of the parish, subject only to several spe cified rules and regulations for the preservation of the books, &c.; and the forfeiture of the grant upon the introduction of any book or tract not on the Society's catalogue. The following additions have been made to the permanent cataJogue: Friendly gift for Servants;-Domestic Happiness promoted; Horne's John the Baptist, Abel, Enoch, and Noah ;Walton's Hooker, Herbert, and Sanderson; Gilpin's William Baker; Wells's Geography of the New Testament;Selections from Pishop Horne's Commentary on the Psalms; Hildrop's Spiritual Husbandry, &c. &c. APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL CONSTABLES. For the Information of our Readers, we insert the following Abstract of an Act of Parliment, empowering Magistrates to appoint Special Constables.→→ “Whereas Doubts have arisen whether any person or per sons can be compelled to act as Special Constables, except in any actual Tumult, Riot, or Felony: And whereas it is 'expedient that Justices of the Peace should have the Power "of compelling certain Persons to act as Special Constables, 'not only in case of actual Tumult, Riot, or Felony, but also on the reasonable Apprehension thereof, for the Pre'vention of the same; be it enacted and declared by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Cou mons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this Act, in all Cases where it shall be made to appear to any Two or more Justices of the Peace, acting for any County, City, Division, Riding, or Place, by the Information on Oath of Five respectable Householders of such County, City, Division, Riding, or Place, that any Tumult, Riot, or Felony has taken place, or is likely to take place, and reasonably be apprehended, such Justices may and are hereby authorized to call upon, nominate, and appoint, by Precept in Writing under their Hands, any Household er or other Persons (not legally exempt from serving the Office of Constable) residing within their respective Divisions, or the Neighbourhood thereof, to act as Special Constables, for such time and in such manner as to the said Justices shall seem fit and necessary for the Preservation of the Public Peace, and for the Prevention and Suppres sion of any Tumult, Riot, or Felony; and the said Justices are hereby empowered to administer to such Person so appointed the usual Oaths administered by Law to all Special Constables. .. • II. And be it further enacted, That in case any Person (not legally exempted as aforesaid) so called upon, nominated and appointed by such Justices as aforesaid, shall neglect or refuse to take upon themselves the Office, and to act as such Special Constables, such Person so neglecting or refusing shall be liable to such and the same Fines, Penalties, and Punishments, as Persons refusing to take upon themselves the Office of Constable are now by law subject to “III. And be it further enacted, That it shall and be may lawful for the Justices of the Peace, assembled at the General Quarter Sessions holden for any County, City, Division, Riding, or Place, where Special Constables should have been called out as aforesaid, to order and direct such reasonable allowances for Trouble and Expences, to be made to any Person or Persons so called out by Authority of this Act, as to the same Justices shall seem fit, which allowance the said Justices may order the Treasurer of such County, City, Division, Riding, or Place, to pay to such Persons as the said Justices shall direct; and such Treasurer shall, and he is hereby authorized and required, forthwith to pay the Sum or Sums of Money so ordered and directed to be paid, to the Person empowered to receive the same, and such Treasurer shall be allowed the same in his accounts. “IV. And be it further enacted, That the Court before which any Indictments may be tried under the Provisions of this Act shall have the power to award reasonable Costs of Trial to such Persons as may prefer the said Indictments, and may order the Treasurer of such County, City, Division, Riding, or Place, wherein such Indictment shall be tried, to pay the Sum or Sums of Money so ordered, to such Persons as the said Court shall direct; and such Treasurer shall and he is hereby authorized and required forthwith to pay the Sum or Sums of Money, so ordered and directed to be paid, to the Persons empowered to receive the same; and such Treasurer shall be allowed the same to his Accounts. "V. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall be deemed and taken to be a Public Act, and shall be judicially taken notice of as such by all Judges, Justices, and others, without being specially pleaded. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We have this month received several communications from our kind Correspondents which promise to provide much useful information for our succeeding numbers. A preface, and index, to bind up with the volume at the end of the year, will be given in our next number. T. BELL, PRINTER, OUNdle. |