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, THE WRECK.’ av nu: m. s. n. cuscu. 'i ,Where lately sped,’with snow sail, A gallant be us before the go e, be cold, b no waters sweep: Far down beneath the icy waves, In Ocean’s dim and silent caves, Many, who stood at morn, elate, "conscious of approachinn fate, Rest in their last, long sIeep.

.Yet all who trod that busy dock, Bleep not in death within the wreck; A fragile boat, with human life, Deep laden, braves the billow‘s strife, And plies its drear way: God help them now t trough storm and night, And glad them with the rising light Ufyet another day!

But hark ! ’Mid tempest and deep gloom, Are sounds which if enku fearful t‘lmitn ! Shrieks, struggles, oaths, in mingled tour—- he frequent plunge—the bubbling groan—— The brother’s hurried, wild farewell, To her who followed where he fell, Stronger than death is love— And desperate efforts to regain . The boat's deep side, but made in vain, Gave to that night a darker wn Than storm or darkness could bestow, :1 Which time shall ne’er remove.

But one faint voice was heard that night, 'Which oft shall come in dreams, to light The selfish heart ofsin thim, whose ruthless band could tear ‘ The child from where he crouched, to share The wave-shroud ofhis kin ; ‘ Cast me not yet,’ it said, ‘away— Gite me a little while to pruy!’ That touching plea could not avail, With hearts inscnsate as the gale, Cold as the icy deep: Scarce to his God one cry he gave, Ere the oung martyr parts the wave, \‘Vhich murmurs o'er his sleep. The boat that laboured in the storm Scarce felt the weight ofthat slight form; But, oh! how could it float beneath Its load ofguilt and needless death, \thn that can soul was castaway, Death's und‘hcke sacrifice and prey .3

Ah ! Well for him who did the deed If, in his hour of utmost need, \Vhen help is far and death is near, And his strong form is shook with fear, As life ebhs quick away, He asks ofllim to whom in vain “No earnest lip or heart complain, ' A little space to pray— ‘Vell then for him, if, o’er his soul, Flash not with deep and stern controul, The thought that be had dared refuse The very boon for which he sues. ,. "I‘he ship ""illl'um Brown. Mn, 18“.

LITTER To run Rev. E B. Poser, D. D., Recrno PRO- nssoa or HEBREW, CANON or CHRIST Carmen, LATE Fauow or Omar. COLLEGE, Oxronn, dsc. ch.

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1 Sept. 16, 184]. ” '" Revcnaun Sin—The Saunders’ newspaper of last Tuesday gives a letter from Dr. Pusey to a clergyman of the diocese of Dublin, commenting upon an extract 30m aSermon preached by me, in aid of the efforts hich the clergy and people of St. Audeon’s parish, in this city, are at present making to erect their parochial church in a situation more becoming the dignity ofGod's temple than in the recess ola back alley, where their fore- fathers had been obliged, by the pressure of persecution, to celebrate the sacred mysteries. In that letter there are several strictures requiring a reply, but it is probable, notwithstanding, that I should have been deterred from venturing before Dr. Pusey and the public, with even a syllable of explanation, had not a singular inatlvcrtcnce . ofthe very learned writer charged me, by inference, » with being guilty ofa grave and deliberate misrepresen-

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placed in a light so unenviable before the public, is entirely founded upon a most singular delusion, as shall uppear presently; but before addressing myselfto this strange error, it will be expected by the public, who feel interested even in trifies when they concern a distin- gnished personage, that I should exhibit at full length the passage which has called for auimadversion from Dr. Pusey.

.,..§.‘ Having argued, in my sermon, from the well-known zeal’ofCatholicity in every age for the glory and splen- door (if God’s honour, and from the testimonials of that zeal which stand erect or lie prostrate in ruins all over the face of Christendom, to prove that it must have been under the pressure of some dire necessity that hovels in the most obscure and sordid bye-places of the city came tobe used in every parish at Dublin, withoutexception, for the solemn consecration and residence of the blessed eucharist, the passage, designated in the Saunders’ a “painful extract,” went on to say—

" But why spend ourselves upon conjectures! Here is a document quoted in D’Altou's ‘ Memoirs of the Archbishop: of Dublin,’ (pp. 262 and 393), which un- novels the mystery, and brings home the guilt of this

ceding to the true source. ‘ About this time, that

is in ,the year 1629, the (Protestant) Archbishop and

Mayor of Dublin, having applied to the lords justices for

a. warrant and a file of musketecrs, seized upon several

priestsin Cook-street in the act ofmassing ; their trinkets

were taken from them, the images battered and destroy-

ed, the priests and friars were delivered up to the soldiers,

when? some Papists endeavoured to rescue, but in vain;

for'a'lfar stronger power appearing with the magistrates,

they were repelled. Twelve Popish alderman were im-

prisoned for not assisting the mayor, and upon their

misbehaviour and resistance, fifteen houses were seized and forfeited to the King; the friars and priests were

girdered to be prosecuted, and two of them, to avoid

Justice, hapged themselves in prison.’ Behold, said

the apologist, the agency which drove your Saviour to

back-yards; the Protestant archbishop, at the head of his file of musketeers, preceded. not by the emblems of

mercy and ‘the peace of good will to men,’ but by the

terrors of imprisonment, confiscation, and death. This

blessed ‘ visitation' took place in the hallowed festival

.of; Christmas. Judge for yourselves whether he who perforated it acted as a disciple of Herod Or of the new- ,;b'ortt‘God of peace. I cannot proceed without remarkin ’thc‘ singular change that has come over the spirit of the bilabial Church. You have heard how the most

profound and erudite divinuof the great Protestant 'Unicersr'ty of Oxford have adapted the Catholic view of all the long controvcrtcd doctrines of our church, and

most distinguished of than all has been amongst

about through our churches and consents, _thc blessed cuchart'st, and assisting very devout- fa as is reported, vat the holy sacrifice of Human.

wjlbbatrut‘all this With the language and conduct

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of the established archbishop crises With a tiled masketeersgi'he-invades a chapel 'notjfifiy ‘paces fron} this, and seizes *upon several priests in the act 0 ‘massing.’ Messing l—Tllal 53. in “195" ("mg 305“! Dr. Pusey, 'and thefrst authorities of the Established Church, now profess to adore as the eucharistrc maxi/ice. identical with that which was qfired on the cross.

“ Dr. Pusey does, not take exception to {my Paris or this extract, except fliose which are in italics; he does not question the currency of the report above alludle to, but he expresses painful surprise that Dr. Mi ey should have put forth a statement upon that rePOIt' which he must have known to he untrue from a personal discussion which had taken place between Dr. Pusey and himself upon transubstantiation. “1 am the more surprised at this statement,” are the words of the letter, “ because Dr. Miley was one of the indivrduals with whom I had a discussion on transubstantiation, t0 Wllmh l objected as a mode of explaining the mystery ofthe holy eucharist opposed to antiquity. But the Roman Catholic doctrine of the sacrifice ofthe mass (dcpfmds entirely on the doctrines of transubstanuauon ; “39 statement, than. that is attributed to Dr. Miley. 55°: {5 incorrect.” This is the main argument of the.letter—-It is logical; but the point on which the conclusron hangs is imaginary—through respect for Dr. Pusey, I shall call it only a whimsical mistake. As I admit that the Roman Catholic doctrine of the sacrifice 0f the mass does depend on the doctrine of transubstantiauon, had it been true that the aforesaid personal interview had taken place, Dr. Pusey and the public might have some reason to conclude that I was not warranted to rest upon the common rumour; but what Will the public think when they learn that Dr. Miley never exchanged a word with Dr. Pusey in his life! I never had'the honour to be introduced to Dr. Pusey; no conversation, by writing or word of mouth, ever passed between US- Very learned Sir, I never had the pleasure of even see- ing you but once, in an open carriage on the ngstowu railway; surely no magic of the imagination could metamorphise that occurrence into a discussion upon transubstantiatiou!

[After showing. by quotations of passages already familiar to most ofour readers, that the writings of Dr. Pusey and his compcers give sufficient countenance to the rumour in question, Dr. Miley thus proceeds] :—

“ And with such sentiments concernina the holy sacrifice as abound in writings recognized byQDr. Pusey, does not his surprise and annoyance to find that the re- ports of his having adored the blessed eucharist are believed, appear almOst as unaccountable as the state- ment that he had a personal controversy on transub- stantiation with an individual who never exchanged a syllable with him upon any subject in his life? So little was I disposed to doubt the reports in general circulation, from my acquaintance with Dr. Puscy’s writings, that I should have regarded the contrary statement as inconsistent with Dr. Pusey’s principles, and injurious to his reputation as a Christian, had it reached me from any other person but himself. Dr. Pusey professes to believe in the “real presence” of his Saviour in the blessed eucharist; he professes to believe that he is there, “verily and indeed ;" why, then, does not Dr. Pusey there adore him? Does the fact of our Lord’s having humbled liimselfso as to be “ verily and indeed” under the appearance ofour “ daily bread” disentitle him to Dr. Pnsey’s adoration! Is this consistent with the solemn counselof'l‘ract90, page 58, “to believe and act on the truth that the consecrated bread is Christ’s body, as He says ?”

“ Is it not calculated to ‘lcad us into the temptation’ that would suspect the sincerity of professions, so much vaunted, of accord in all things with antiquity, and with St. Augustine in particular, when we find that great doctor of the church proclaiming that ‘ no one eateth this flesh without having first adored it’ (nisi prius ado- raverit); and not only we do not sin by adoring, but we even sin by not adoring it (peccemus non adorando)?

“ With such evidences before one, would not injustice seem to consist in stating that Dr. Pusey declined to act up to these professions by adoring the blessed encha- rist’! You say, reverend sir: “I did not go to ‘their churches and convents’ for the purpose of worship, as persons might suppose from this statement.” There is subtlety here as well as in other expressions of the letter. I did not say that report said that Dr. Pusey went for the purpose of worship; but I did say that “the roost distinguished divine of Oxford was amongst us, going about through our churches and convents adoring the blessed eucharist ;” and that Dr. Pusey, who takes this statement to himself, may say that he did not go to our churches and convents for the purpose of worship, with- out contradicting the report that he did actually go and actually worship. “ I did not go,” pursues the letter, "but declined going expressly to the service ofthe mass, not thinking that that service should be (as it un- happin is) a spectacle.” Ilere there is subtlety again, and something like want of charity and candour, but there is no contradiction of the report that "the most distinguished divine of Oxford” did actually “assist, very devoutly, at the holy sacrifice of the mass.” With the truth of the reportI am not concerned, but only with its publicity. But hadI any doubt before, the subtle and tortuous phraseology with which the report has been met would incline me to suspect its veracity. For me to lay before the public the precise tenor of Dr. Pusey’s conversation and department (both of which were considered Catholic by those competent to judge) would appear, as matters stand now, both pragmatical and ungractons; nor will I be expected, after what I have adduced from his writings, respective of the bles- sed euchartst, to enter on a discussion of Dr. Pusey’s reservations as to the Catholic practice of adoring it; especially as I know Dr. Pusey’s favourite among the fathers to be St. Augustine, who says that‘ not to adore the blessed eucharist is a sin.’ ‘ “ Having thus vindicated myself against the inferen- tial misrepresentation With which I have been charged in Dr. Pusey’s letter, may I be indulged in one word of expostulation'l I do not complain that an argument cal- culated to prove me guilty of having publicly stated what, from a personal interview, I must have known to be unfounded, was first of all based upon a delusion, and then published in a newspaper which fell. imo the

accident ;' but of ‘ my religion, and . pressions, I have too much reason to complain. You assert, rev. sir, that the holy

sacrifice, as celebrated in our convent chapels is a profane spectacle. This I cannot contradict with suf- ficient emphasis, because I shall not use a most uncor- teous phrase. You do well, air. to look upon a “ union” as impossible as long as the bland and sanctimonious language ofCatholic faith and sentiment would seem to have been assumed only to give an air of authenticit

to the aspersion that " the opinions of Humanism nyl

the tone of Dr. Pusey’s remarks upon

Ireland inspired a painful conviction that Rome has a,

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present no dispoaitio Could the vision, so prone t _ discover nothing pratseworthy ulto tions’l It must be so; for, sure y, on” have been solitary redeeming virtue,'Dr.“Pusey at crsonal kind- deliahted to show his sense of the grea pared” by re. nesgwnh which his enquhrhilsazeitiaisznfdvcast factions cording it. t is as easy ' H Mainst his ' ' f “ corruptions ,, epithets and bring charges or the Pharisees to prefer spotless churph, as it was or. 1— O sanctity . the Savrour, no truti .n

:hhggeisnnzgdhrbset is secure against accusation ;bbut“ll]¢:t “ the corruptions of fpmarsrplin _I;eel:ntti ull): walking,

to the test a lie yt e lm'ls . . . iiiiil deportmenfrhf our Lord—but to a supple (til; cisive test—to a comparison with the mora l y and as Sermon on the Mount”, an: up? \Vltiat’JSafll'lj (iovlemure “ Christian crfection” int c me 5; . _ g g to anticipatepthatfimore numerpu:e:pté)gqggi2503:3323:

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glitzeinjnnctions, more examples of the pigpticpisanqu institutions praised in the Tracts as perfet‘ilt. lgls Circuyil, shall be recognized by all as existing wrt in the camb- made by Dr. Pusey amundDublin, than even .ISSof the ing eye shall find plat Within the entire dominion

. ‘ ed Churc . _ Es‘l‘qglizhld. any expression. in this reply appear to; ardent, I beg it may be attributed, not to any periophe feeling, but to a sensrbility about (the honour ot son church, similar to that expressed by the yoqucis' . a of Jesse,” for the honour of‘fthe armies of tie wing God.” Permit me, in concluding, again to assure you, reverend sir, that in stating that you had “ a controversy on transubstantiation” with me, you are undera mys- take, and that itis with all posstble respect, I have he

our to be 'our obedient servant, hon ’ 3 JOHN MILEY.”

THE ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY. (From the Times.) _ .

For several months past a portion of the Birmingham, Bristol, and Thames Junction railway, the Pmlecjt or which is now abandoned, has been the scene ofcontmn- al experiments, performed With a View tolascertam the practicability ofa new system for Propellmg caff'ages along a. line of rail. I‘he force employed for this pur- pose is simply that of atmospheric pressure, and of the mode in which this force has been made available by the inventors, as seen in the specimen.0f their apparatus laid down for the space of half a mile at Wormwood Scrubs, we will endeavour to give a briefdescriptton. Between the rails upon which the carriages move, lS laid a continuous cylinder of cast-iron, having all-the appearance of a common gas or water-mam; Wllhl" this tube, which is internally coated with a greasy preparation, a piston attached to the leading carnage of the train is fitted air-tight; and the-slanting iron plate which establishes the connexion between the piston rod and the carriage passes through a longitudinal and flexible valve, forming the upper portion of the mam. Now, it is evident that the carriage being in this po- sition, if a vacuum be formed in that part of the tube which is before the piston, the air, which gains ad- mittance behind it through that portion of the valve opened by the iron plate alluded to, will force the piston forward, and with it the entire train. This vacuum is produced in the tube by means of an air pump com- municating with it, and worked by a stationary engine. It is proposed that when the system is extensively ap- plied, the tube should be divided into sections of suit- able length for exhaustion, and separated by a peculiar kind of valve, constructed for the purpose; it will therefore be necessary that a separate engine be station- ed at each of these intervals throughout the road, and which have been determined at 2.} or 3 miles. The longitudinal valve which forms the upper part of the main, and portions of-which are continuously raised as the carriage travels, is bedded in a composition of bees’ wax and tallow; and as the carriage moves on, a heated tube runs over this composition, and seals the valve hermetically after the passage ofthe piston: so that when the carriage moves from one section of the tube to another, that which it leaves behind remains air- tight, and is again fitted for exhaustion. We were re- cently present at the performances of some experiments on the apparatus in question, on which occasion the carriage travelled over the portion of the rail laid down, which, as we have said, extends to halfa mile, with the most perfect ease, and notwithstanding the rough and irregular manner in which the rails are laid down, was propelled at a maximum speed of30 miles an hour. ,To give a notion of the time which would be occupied in producing a sufficient vacuum in 3 miles ofthe tube, the proposed length of each section, we will state that from a barometric gauge in the engine-house, a vacuum equal to 17% inches of mercury was obtained in one minute; adistance of three miles could, therefore, be exhausted in about six minutes.

Having given a rough idea of the principles of this new system and of their application, it may be as well to glance at the advantages which, according to the statements put forth by the patentees, will accrue from the adoption of their scheme. These they sum up in the two important words “ economy and safety.” The first assertion they make out by very plausible esti- mates; and the. second is grounded, first, upon the physical tmpossrbility of a collision occurring, since the motive power cannot act in two directions at the same t"W3; and second, upon the fact that a train cannot get off the rail, as. the leading carriage is firmly attached to the piston, which travels in the pipe between the rails, and that as no engines travel with the train, accidents from fire or explosions can never occur. It need be no wonder if a project which promises such advantages as these has hitherto met but with little notice, as the very men who are likely to have their attention attracted '0 lt—namely, railway proprietors and engineers—are those whose interests'it appears mostly to threaten, and who accordingly have generally treated it with ridicule. Oflate, however, Mr. Pim, the treasurer ofthe Dublin and. Kingstown Railway Company, has taken up the Subject with energy, and has published a letter ad- dressed to Lord Morpeth, setting forth the merits of the Invention, und proposmg that as there appears to be some intention ofestabhshing a system of railways in Ireland, it should, under the protection of the Govern- ment, receive a fair trial upon an extended line with a new, if found successful, of adopting it throught’iut that country, to which, as. the trafiic is not considerable,

railwa s with a sin le track w ld b ficienty g on e found amply suf-

A scheme so plausible in a forth a prospect of so important an amelioration in rail way travelling, and against which no . have hitherto been raised, does indeed

a fair trial, by which its alleged merits or confuted.

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