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A Sermon, preached at the Coronation of King George IV. in the Abbey Church of Westminster, July 19, 1821. By Edward, Lord Archbishop of York, Published by his Majesty's Special Command.

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The Rights of Sovereignty in Christian States, defended in some chief particulars: a Charge, delivered to the Clergy of the Archdeaconry of London, May 24, 1821. With Dissertations and Collections illustrating the same Subject; with Reference to the Works of Mr. Hooker and Bishop Warburton; together with those of Grotius, De Marca, and others. By Joseph Holden Pott, A.M. Vicar of St. Martin in the Fields, and Archdeacon of London. 8vo. 9s.

Deism compared with Christianity; being an Epistolary Correspondence, containing all the principal Objections against Revealed Religion, with the Answers annexed: in which is shown the Insufficiency of the Arguments used in support of Infidelity. By Edward Chichester, M. A. Rector of the Parishes of Culdaff and Cloncha, in the Diocese of Derry. 3 vols. 11. 78.

Sacramental Addresses and Meditations, with a few Sermons interspersed. By the Rev. Henry Belfrage, Falkirk. Vol. II. 12mo. 5s. 6d.

Thoughts on the Music and Words of Psalmody, as at present used among the Members of the Church of England. By the Rev. Rann Kennedy, A.M. Minister of St. Paul's Chapel, and Second Master of King Edward's Grammar School, Bir mingham. 4s.

Practical Lectures upon the Six first Chapters of the Gospel of St. John. By the Rev. John Rogers Pitman, M.A. Alternate Morning Preacher at Belgrave and Berkeley Chapels; and Alternate Evening Preacher at the Foundling and Magdalen Hospitals. 8vo. 13s.

Communications to the Christian World, being a Consideration of the Numbers of Daniel relative to the Reign of the Infidel Power, and of the last Persecution of the Church of Christ under the Harvest and

Vintage of God's Wrath. By the Rev. Edward Hoblyn, A.B. a Graduate of University College, Oxford, and Curate of the Parish of Liskeard, in the County of Cornwall. 12mo. 4s. 6d.

Clavis Apostolica; or, a Key to the Apostolic Writings, being an Attempt to explain the Scheme of the Gospel, and the principal Words and Phrases used by the Apostles in describing it. By the Rev. Joseph Mendham, A.M. 12mo. 3s. 6d.

A Letter to the Rev. Joseph Wilson, A.M. in Reply to his Remarks upon the Bishop of Peterborough's Eighty-seven Questions: with a Postscript, occasioned by his further Remarks. By one of the Carates of the Diocese of Peterborough.

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A Summary of Orthodox Belief and Practice, according to the Opinions and Sentiments of the First Reformers; intended for Young Persons in the more educated Classes of Society: principally compiled from the celebrated Work of Dean Nowell. By the Rev. John Prowett, A.M., late Fellow of New College, Oxford; Rector of Edburton, Sussex. 12mo. 3s. 6d.

The peculiar Difficulties of the Clergy in India, a Sermon preached at the Second Visitation of the Lord Bishop of Calcutta, at St. Thomas's Church, Bombay, on Monday, March 5, 1821. By the Rev. Thomas Robinson, A. M. Chaplain of Poona. 1s. 6d.

A Sermon, preached before the Incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, at their Anniversary Meeting in the Parish Church of St. Mary-le-Bow, on Friday, Feb. 16, 1821. By the Right Rev. Herbert, Lord Bishop of Peterborough. Together with the Report of the Society for the Year 1820; to which are annexed, Lists of the Society's Missionaries, Catechists, and School Mass ters, and of the Incorporated and Associated Members of the Society. 2s. 6d.

A Charge, delivered by the Right Rev. John, Lord Bishop of Bristol, at his Primary Visitation of that Diocese, in August, 1821. 2s.

'A Charge, delivered to the Clergy of the Diocese of Killaloe, at the Ordinary Visitation, Wednesday, July the 25th, 1821. By Richard Mant, D.D. Bishop of Killa loe and Kilfenora, 2s. 6d.

A Charge, delivered in July, 1821, at Stokesly, Thirsk, and Malton, to the Clergy of the Archdeaconry of Cleveland. By the Venerable and Rev. Francis Wrangham, M.A. F.R.S. 1s.

A Sermon, preached in the Church of St. Giles in the Fields, on Sunday, July 8, 1821, in Behalf of the Royal West London Infirmary and Lying-in Institution, Charing Cross. By the Rev. Charles Webb Le Bass, A.M. late Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. 1s. 6d.

Plain Discourses, doctrinal and prac

tical; adapted to a Country Congregation. By the Rev. Charles Hardinge, A. M. Vicar of Tunbridge, Kent; and Rector of Crowburst, Sussex. 12mo. 6s. 1

Familiar Dialogues on interesting Subjects, intended for the Amusement and Instruction of young Ladies, in their Hours of Leisure on Sundays. By a Lady. 18mo. 3s.

An Account of a New Process in Painting in Two Parts. Part I. Containing, Remarks on its general Correspendence with the Peculiarities of the Venetian School. Part II. Supplementary Details, explanatory of the Process; with Miscel laneous Observations on the Arts of the Sixteenth Century. 8vo. 8s.

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LITERARY INTELLIGENCE.

Mr. William Hutton, an Officer in the African Company's Service, has in the Press, Voyages and Travels in Africa, in an octavo Volume, with Maps and Plates.

Mr. J. I. Wilson is preparing a History of Christ's Hospital, from its Foundation to the present Time, with Memoirs of eminent Men educated there.

Mr. J. H. Glover is preparing a Biographical Dictionary of Literature, from the Year 1700 to the End of 1820, containing the Title, &c. of every principal Work, which has appeared during that Period.

A Picture of Ancient Times, and a Sketch of Modern History, in a most exact Chronological Order, forming a Pair of Maps for the Study of Universa! History, by Miss Thomson, will shortly appear.

Memoirs of the celebrated Persons composing the Kit Cat Club, with an Ac

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POLITICAL RETROSPECT.

THE disturbances which agitated the metropolis during the month of August, have gradually died away, and there is no reason to apprehend an immediate renewal of them. The evil intentions of the mob-leaders

were too thinly disguised, to escape the observation of any but the very lowest of the people; and the barefaced perjuries of the witnesses who were called for the purpose criminating the military, have been

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so completely exposed, that a jury, which had shewn strong symptoms of putting implicit confidence in their falsehoods, has not ventured to persevere in its credulity; and the party by whom such evidence was collected and brought forward, has been covered with well-deserved disgrace. Ministers have decidedly declared their opinion of the transaction by censuring the magistrate who was at the head of the police, and recommending his Majesty to dismiss Sir Robert Wilson from the army. It is to be feared that the latter was deeply implicated in the tumult; that he took a part highly inconsistent with his station and his duty, seems to be almost universally admitted. The former, Sir Robert Baker, is not suspected of any more serious offence, than a want of decision and firmness; and much as we may regret the retirement of a respectable public officer, we must confess that such deficiencies form a sufficient disqualification for the post of chief magistrate in such a metropolis as London.

The King's visit to Ireland concluded amid the same lively demonstrations of affection and gratitude that were called forth by his arrival. The most delightful feature in the case is the union that has been brought about among a nation so long famed for dissension. And we cannot help thinking that the scene which Ireland has just exhibited, may furnish solid information respecting the real grievances of that country, and their real and only practicable cure.

Since the days of the United Irishmen, and the Rebellion of 1798, we have been told again and again, that Catholic Emancipation is the only remedy for evils which were too glaring to be denied, and too serious to be overlooked. It is forgotten, that when this notion was first put into the heads of the Irish populace, their proverbial quickness did not enable them to

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comprehend its meaning; and in order to persuade them to petition for Reform and Emancipation, they were assured that such measures would lower their rents, and relieve them from the payment of tithes. The argument was irre sistible, and has always been urged with success. But many persons, without pretending that Ireland has been well governed, or that no improvement can be brought about in the internal administration of her laws, have doubted whether the boon which has been sought with so much earnestness, would contri. bute in the slightest degree to her peace.

Is not this sentiment strengthened by the rapturous reception of the King? He did not come as an Emancipator, but as a Friend and Protector. He has never said that he will support the repeal of the Protestant laws. He has only promised that Ireland shall obtain the attention to which it is entitled. He has convinced his Irish subjects, that they are considered as an important part of his empire, and that he will systematically study and pursue their interests. And this conduct has been received, and is estimated as it deserves. The common sense of the nation, has got the better of the trash which they had imbibed from factious demagogues, and intriguing priests; and it is felt and acknowledged, that the system adopted by George IV. will suffice to make Ireland happy. Let the United Kingdom be governed as far as possible, upon one and the same plan. Let the intercourse between its ports, be rendered more and more intimate. Let us be taught no longer to look upon a journey to Ireland, as an undertaking nearly as formidable as a journey to MosCOW. But let every practicable facility be furnished for an interchange of visits; let the public business be put upon the same footing in Dublin and in London; let

justice be administered with the same solemnity, and the same strictness, upon both sides of the channel: let the patronage vested in the Executive, more especially the Ecclesiastical patronage, be disposed of with equal care, and then there will be a reasonable prospect of unanimity and quiet.

The King's visit is naturally accepted as a pledge that all these things will be done. The rich and the noble are expected to follow his example, and to sacrifice some small portion of their personal ease, for the improvement of a country from which they derive such various advantages.

The capitalist is expected to get over the reluctance which he once felt to venture his property upon Irish ground, and the general result must be, that the sufferings of the peasantry will diminish, and the number and respectability and use

fulness of the resident gentry will increase. Such an event will be followed by the more undeviating attention of government to the interests and wishes of the nation. In spite of the priest, or the dema. gogue, public tranquillity will be preserved, and the Irish Catholic will become as loyal and as valuable a subject, as the English Catholic has been and is. Take away all hope and expectation of restoring Popery to its throne, and the bigotry even of the priesthood will cease to be injurious. The gradual progress of civilization and knowledge and wealth will give the principles of Protestantism a free circulation through the land, and we have sufficient confidence in the natural superiority of truth, and the continued protection of the great Governor of the world, to trust that the Church of Ireland will raise its head and flourish.

NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Oxoniensis, H. G. and E. S. shall appear.

J. P., R., A Christian Remembrancer, and A Christian Observer, have

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ON SPIRITUALITY OF

AFFECTION.

NOTHING can place in a stronger 'light the nature and importance of that moral preparation, which I have been endeavouring to inculcate, than a passage which occurs in the second chapter of St. Paul's First Epistle to the Corinthians. In this it is expressly declared, that "to the natural man," who makes his senses, his passions, his worldly interest, and his reason the measure of divine truth, "the things of the Spirit of God are foolishness;" he can neither receive nor discern them. And for this plain reason; that they are not of this world, and cannot become the object of his senses; that they treat of the mysterious existence and infinite perfections of the Godhead, and cannot be brought within the compass of human comprehension; that they are holy and undefiled, and will not abide the impure touch of earthly desires; that they are full of disinterested love, and unbounded goodness, and cannot submit to the cold and heartless calculations of worldly prudence; that they are spiritual in their nature, and must be "spiritually discerned"-discerned through the preventing and co-operating, and sanctifying graces of the Holy Spirit working on the heart of man. Now the effect of this operation is to check what is evil in us, and encourage what is good, to strengthen and enlarge our own natural powers, and give birth to that spirituality of af REMEMBRANCER, No. 35.

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fection, which does in truth include the very virtues that I have been hitherto recommending. For the spiritual man is deeply impressed with the paramount importance of religion, and cannot but be serious and earnest in its pursuit; the spiri tual man is conscious from his own individual experience, and the moral history of the world through all ages, of his utter inability to discover the truth without the Divine assistance, and cannot but be of an humble and teachable spirit; the spiritual man is convinced of the authority and excellence of the Divine will, and cannot but be willing to submit his own wholly and implicitly to its superior guidance. Lovely, however, as this picture already is, there would still seem to be another grace implied in the term itself, and essential to complete the spiritual character; I mean (if I may be allowed the expression) that heavenwardness of disposition, which lifts and inclines the soul to the contemplation of heavenly things. Our Lord frequently alludes to this, as where he says, Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, for where your treasure is, there your hearts will be also,"-and St. Paul more expressly, "Set your affections on things above, not on things on earth." The pleasures and pursuits of the world-I do not mean, those that are innocent, and necessary for the relief of our temporal exigencies, (though over these we shall do well to keep a watch) but those that are guilty and excessive have a natural

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