"Enough of these memories! It suffices that there died, in S field and elsewhere, at the time we recall, 277 English people; and that out of these as many as fifty-five were women and four were children.— Oh! that London may take heed to the warnings now doubly marked by Church and Pillar."-Missing Link Mag.

THE SMITHFIELD MARTYRS' MEMORIAL CHURCH.

THE same year that witnesses the unearthing of the memorials of the martyrs of Spain, sees also laid, by Lord Shaftesbury, in presence of a large concourse of clergy and laity, the foundation- stone of a church dedicated to the memory of the martyrs of our own Smithfield, in the heart of London.

[From the Address of the Earl of Shaftesbury we cite the following :] "When we talk of Protestant principles, and the doctrines of the Reformation, we are not merely protesting against the Church of Rome and all the abominations she may have perpetrated. The great doctrines of the Reformation are those which, being based upon Scripture, are a protest against every form of tyranny and oppression. They are as much a protest against Infidelity and Rationalism as against Ritualism and the Church of Rome.

The grand leading doctrines of the Reformation are these :—

The right of private judgment, freedom of conscience-that for which the martyrs suffered-and the Bible, and the Bible alone, is the authority from whence we derive our rule of life, as it is the sole basis of the faith. When I use the language of warning against the aggressions of the Church of Rome, and when I say she is an unchanged Church—that she is unchanged in her spiritual and in her social views-I do not speak in any spirit of defiance, but of warning, that we may not shut our eyes to the real character of that Church, and, under the influence of a false charity, believe that she is different altogether from what she really is.

This is not my language only. It is the language of the public press, and that of America. Across the Atlantic they will tell you that there, where there is the greatest amount of liberty, the Church of Rome remains unchanged, and requires to be perpetually watched, lest the religious and civil liberties of the country be brought into jeopardy. This church, the foundation-stone of which we are now laying, is in my opinion a monument of charity. It is a proof that persecution even unto the death is altogether unavailing; it proves that the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church; and it proves farther, that although we have suffered under a system of persecution, we would not, even as a matter of policy, resort to persecution against those from whom we differ.With Bishop Hall, I maintain that while we may be on terms of perfect charity, friendly feeling, and complete peace with Roman Catholic people and the Romanists at large, still we never will, under God's blessing, be at peace with Rome."

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Statistics of Romanism in the United States.

[October, Statistics of Romanism in the United States--No. 1.

1. THE HIERARCHY.-The United States is divided into seven Provinces, presided over by as many Archbishops. The names of the Provinces are, Baltimore, Cincinnati, New Orleans, New-York, Oregon, St. Louis, San Francisco. Each of these Provinces contains several Dioceses, with a Bishop at its head, and several of them have Vicarates, with VicarsApostolic at their head. The entire ecclesiastical hierarchy in the United States now consists of seven Archbishops, fifty-three Bishops, and eight Vicars-Apostolic. There are about 3,500 priests.

2. CHURCHES.-In 1860, according to the census, there were in the Republic, 54,009 churches, of which only 2,550 were Roman Catholic, or about one in twenty-one. As compared with the five principal denominations respectively they stood as follows:

Roman Catholics..
Episcopalians.

Congregationalists.

Presbyterians..
Baptists.

Methodists.

These five Protestant denominations then owned 74 per cent. of all the churches. The entire gain in the previous ten years was 15,853 churches. Of these, the Catholics gained 1,329, and the Protestants 14,524, or nearly eleven to one. The Roman Catholic Diocesan statements for 1868 report about 3,500 churches, beside several hundred chapels and stations.

3. EDUCATIONAL or "Ecclesiastical" INSTITUTIONS.-Sadlier's Catholic Directory for 1869 gives the number of "seminaries, colleges, and literary institutions" at 58. Counting these as colleges, they have of the 465 colleges in the United States, about one in eight. Among the principal colleges are

St. John's, Fordham, N. Y.; St. Francis Xavier's, Manhattan, N. Y; Georgetown College, D. C.; College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Mass.; St. Vincent's, Westmoreland, Penn.; Christian Brothers, St. Louis, Mo.; the University of Notre Dame, St. Joseph Co., Ind.; St. Louis University; and St. Joseph's, Troy, N. Y.

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The "Metropolitan Catholic Almanac" reports 134 Schools for Girls' in 1861. Among the most noted female seminaries are the

Academy of Mt. St. Vincent, just below Yonkers, on the east bank of the Hudson; the Academy of the Sisters of Mercy, at Manchester, N. H.; the Urseline Academy, near Columbus, S. C.; St. Mary's, Vigo Co., Ind.; St. Elizabeth's, Madison, N. J. ; the Academy of the Sisters, etc., near Wheeling, Va.; St. Agnes', Memphis, Tenn. ; St. Bridget's, Titusville, Penn.; St. Frances', Emmet Co., Mich.; and Holy Angel's, Buffalo, N. Y. Beside these, many other collegiate and academic buildings are in process of erection. Of parochial schools the number is very great, and is rapidly

increasing.

4. MONASTERIES AND NUNNERIES, or "Religious Institutions."—Of monasteries, where men live under vows of celibacy and poverty, there are 128 in the United States, and of nunneries 300. The nunneries are of various grades, and some have schools connected with them.

Addition to Grey's Elegy.

The following lines were published many years ago, anonymously, in a Rhode Island paper. The author believed that Grey had not given to the poem enough of religious character to make the charm complete; hence he wrote these verses, to follow the stanza in the Elegy beginning with the words—

"FAR FROM THE MADDENING CROWD'S IGNOBLE STRIFE.'

No airy dreams their simple fancies fired,

No thirst for wealth, nor panting after fame;
But truth divine sublimer hopes inspired,
And urged them onward to a nobler aim.

From every cottage, with the day, arose
The hallowed voice of spirit-breathing prayer;
And artless anthems, at the peaceful close,
Like holy incense charmed the evening air.

Though they, each tome of human lore unknown,
The brilliant path of Science never trod,
The sacred Volume claimed their hearts alone,
Which taught the way to glory and to God.

Here they from Truth's eternal fountain drew
The pure and gladdened waters day by day;
Learned, since our days are evil, fleet, and few,
To walk in wisdom's bright and peaceful way.

In one lone pile, o'er which hath sternly passed

The heavy hand of all destroying Time,

Through whose low mouldering aisle now sighs the blast,
And 'round whose altars, grass and ivy climb :-

They gladly thronged their grateful hymns to raise,
Oft as the calm and holy Sabbath shone;
The mingled tribute of their prayers and praise
In sweet communion rose before the throne.

Here, from those honored lips which sacred fire
From Heaven's high chancery hath touched, they hear
Truths which their zeal inflame, their hopes inspire,

Give wings to faith, and check affliction's tear.

When life flowed by, and like an angel, Death
Came to release them to the worlds on high,
Praise trembled still on each expiring breath,
And holy triumph beamed from every eye.

Then gentle hands their "dust to dust" consign;
With quiet tears the simple rites are said;

And here they sleep, till at the trump divine,

The Earth and Ocean render up their dead.

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plies. Our accommodations for the night were purely Japanese. A thickly padded quilt laid on the floor served as a mattrass, and for covering we had a sort of large gown, padded three inches thick, sleeves and all. After a comfortable night, about nine the next morning we started to walk to Daiboots, distant seven miles. The country through which we passed was beautiful, with richly wooded hills and valleys under the highest cultivation.Along the road are many temples, some large and others mere niches in the rock. Half way, at the village of Kamacura, is a very large temple, devoted to the god of war. In a stable connected with the temple there are two horses grotesquely caparisoned, which are never allowed to lie down, being slung from the roof. They