HASZARD’S "GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 13.

I'll! BOOK 0!’ COMMON PRAYER.

The daily organ of the Trsctsrisn party is sorely annoyed at the a pesrance of_a document which has strange y been permit- ted to re one for more than a century and a half in nibotli Palace. It has now been printed by order of Paifliament, sndis sc- eessible to the whole ‘eomsau_alty= st‘-the charge of a few‘ =It‘»‘e6ntaias a

“Copy of the Alterhtioﬁl ll‘ the-Book of

Common Pra er, I1pIred_hy"lhO Royal Commissioneri’, ‘KY’, . lﬁlf" -on these‘- eession of King William and Queen Mary, one of the ﬁrst steps taken, in order to bring back the Nonconformists into the bosom of the Church was to appoint ii Royal Commission, "to repsre such alterations “and at'nendnisnts— the Liturgy and Canons as may be expedient.” The commissioners consisted of ten bishops, six deans, four feseors, four archdeacons, and six of the anion clergy. And among them we ﬁnd the names of Burnet, Tillotson, Stilliiigfleet, fatrick, Tenison, and Beveridge. The result of their labours may well shock Tractarian nerves. These excellent men desired to regain the Nonconforinists to the Church. Our modern Ronianisers show no such desire, their.appnrent wish being to re-unite the Church with Rome, but to keep as far as possible from the Diseenters. In order to‘ meet dissenting prejudices, the commissioners of I689, comprelitfnding two

who weresfterwsrds Archbisliops of Canter-‘~ face offi-iend Hormel.

hury, agreed-

I. To exclude the Apocryphal lessons ﬁom the Church Services.

2. To permit those to receive the Sacra- slsent without kneeling who scrupled to use that posture.

3. To allow the sign of the cross in Bap- tiui to be omitted in similar cases.

4 To remove all the Romish saints’ days from the calendar. .

5. To substitute the title "minister” for

“ priest," in many parts of the Book of

Common Prayer. 6. In lieu of Benedicilc omnia Opera .Doasine, to insert the 148th Psalm. 7. The rubric allowing the Litany to be 3* to be wholly struck out. 8. The title “ most religious and gracious King” altered to ‘ ‘ Sovereign.” 9. The positive declaration in the Burial and Baptismal Services greatly modiﬁed. I0. In the Ordination Service, the im- perative mood “ receive the Holy Ghost,” Altered into a prayer “that he may,” Ste. .Here were, indeed, enough of alterations to fill the soul of a Bennett or a Liddell with l1'0I‘. Yet it may be conceived possible that those who rarely proposed these a- niendments—the urncts, Bcveridges, Pat- ricks, and Stilliugfleets—will be remember- ed by the Church with honour, when the very names of Bennett and Liddell are for- gotten. This publication, however, places the question of Liturgical Revision in a new point of view. Hitherto, owing to the obli- wion into which the movements of I689 had fallen, those who in our time have ventured to suggest that some few hrases in the Prayer Book might be modified with advsii- age have been treated as disloysl sons of the Church—as men who were at heart Dissenters. But the fact is now made pub- lic to all the world, that a commission often bisho a, six deans, four archdeacons, &c., has alieady taken this matter in band, and has seriously propounded a larger and wider scheme than any reformer of our day has ventured to contemplate. No longer, then, may the Tractarians revile those who am to ropose something less than ll. whole heard of? bishops and learned divines have long since positively recommended. On the contrary, we may say, that this import- ant and timely publication makes it at least probable that before any very longtime has psed s ion at least ofths recommend- ations of veridge, Burnet, and Stilling- Ieet, will actually be adopted.

A IOINE IN A DISSICTING ROOM. “ A pretty surgeon I shall mske,” said my fellow student, as we took our places festhe first time around the dissecting table. “A brave sur eon indeedl I am read to hint at the sig t of this empty tshl ow dell I feel directl , when it receives its Jslrtben of mortality i" But, even while he spoke, the demon-

strator and an assistant threw the expected subject on the table with a carelessness that to me seemed ill becoming the e house. My companion shaddered.. He breathed quick and almost convulsively, and his countenpnct; betrsyhsd tlilel workin

of!‘ th osu ering; are ysee e

to symoinent that the lifeless c sy could ~"inﬂ'er, and that its fall was really paliﬁl.“ I whispered a word of courage in h,is"ear; but he turned to me with a face lie aﬁes, and with a vain effort at s k- inghswillowed convulsively, as if_s_u oest- ing. Some one observed his condition, and gave him aglass of water, which for awhile rcsioredjhim to greater composure. '

“ Gentlemen,” said the demonstrator, " this subject, you see,'died'ol‘consumptioii; and‘ as he -has therefore lost all these col- lections of cellular and fatty matter which obstruct the more important or ans in other subjects, we are peculiarly ortunate in having secured this as our first subject."

This business-like remark, and the utter absence of any other than a business‘ tone about it, had the effect of calling my compa- _ nion to a sense ofliis condition. He rallied, Jcame forward, and surveyed with some- l thin like a professional interest the collaps- | ed c est and lattice ribs of the unconscious ; subject. But when the demonstrator open- led his case, and selecting a scalpel pre- Iparcd to make a demonstration of his dis- ; sccting skill, I saw the pallor again on the I up roached, and ‘took him by the arm; but w an the knife 4 pierced the bosom of the empty tenement of clay, his muscles relaxed, his eyes closed, and he sunk like a dead man into my arms.

When he revived in an adjoining room to which we had carried him, the re-action was accompanied with ii profuse and very protracted voiniting, and be retired: to his room—too' weak‘ to venture out again for some days. , ’

At length I called on him again, and found him asleep at his study, with is head resting in the hollow of a scull! ‘The dream of years had retiirned--and a sur-

eon he would be, even if death himself must be his companion. The crisis was ast, and long ere the session was over he was chosen principal operator of a class of

TIAVILLING axrsnsas.

A contemporary gives seine hints to European tourists who are not overburdened with cash :--It is a great mistake to suppose that travelling on the Continent is cheap, in any such sense as to be appreciable ‘by an American. As compared with lliﬁlhng in En land, it is cbes , but not ill w travelling in estskti New- . Ill Ohio, or enerslly in the -New Iagland States. ii order to travel with.ebIfore=? one must secure a good rd at _iitrt','~= I good wholesome food at leait twic "ti day; and these can be obtained only at respect- able hotels and at an average rate of from

$2 to $2.50 per diem. I used noluxuries, hsd_no extras, yet found this to be the gen- eral rate of comfortable living. The mere livin ,.tohe sure, might be about Q1503 but t e incidental charges for servants, for candles, (always charged at the rate of W cents apiece, whether you burn them_or not,) &c., made the average of hotel-living just what it is at the Irvin House. Even in Switzerland it did not fa l below $l.§0 to $2 per day. Soap is never furnished in European hotels except} as an extra; it is

better, therefore, to carry it with you. If one travels slowly, of course his average daily expenses are less than when he travels rapidly; for travelling is always more ex- pensive than kcepin still. But one who travels moderately, and lives_ neither meanl y nor exlravagantly, but with a due regard to health and comfort, should allow himself, for the tour of Europe, not less than 6 per diem; this would include the fees an inci- dents of sight-'seeing.~ Five dollars'n' day might answer; but, where there are ladies in company‘, a fairer average would be l'ro’m $8 to $l0pzr dim for each person. To be sure, persons do travel very cheaply in Eu- rope. I know of two young Englishmen, who recently travelled for $50 each, over the Swiss route that cost me three times that sum. But they walked every step of the way; and, ‘speaking both French and Italian, they found humble lod ings with peasants, and never frequented t e hotels; they lived on bread and grapes, and cheap wine, and spent on an average about a

dollar a day.

seven students.

The weeks were away; he laughed at the recollection of his first night in the dis- secting room, and looked buoyantly forward to the day when he should exchange its gloom for the bridal clinmber. I had known

lthe lady of his choice for years, and few fairer, worthier ladies ever bore the name of Mary. And I had promised to accom- pany him to her home, some fifty miles oil‘, and to be at his marrin e.

During the last two weeks of the session the demonstrator had failed in procuring the necessary material for the class; and for a , few days my companion was almost sad at] the thought of leaving the class without giving them some marked evidence of his

, progress in anatomy. However, a subject {was found-—it had been “ obtained by the Iriver,” was all the light the ‘demonstrator ' thought iiecessar to throw upon its history. I never saw I orinel so cheerful before. ‘He was to dissect the tongue; and as he approached to remove the cloth with which it is usual to hide the faces of the iubject of dissection, he moved with a visible con- sciousness of his skill. He lifted the cloth —stood one moment—the hot blood gushed from his mouth, ‘and he fell dead! I recognised the countenance of his be- loved Mary. '

Dii. Dica.—Dr. Dick, the well-known astronomer, is very much indisposed. He is now nearly four-score years old, and the circumstances of the pious and retired i- losopher are not very ﬂourishing. It is de- sirable that some provision should even yet be made for him.

Faancii mo ESGLIIH Mii.i-uav Eques- 'rauivisiii.—The contrast between the En - lish and French cavalry, and English and French ofiicers, as regards horsemanship, is certainly very marked. The Englishman almost invariably bestrides his stood as i he were part of it--as if he were born in the saddle, and could never be when out of it; while an equestrian enchman

enerally inspires one with the idea that he

I then held to the flame, and as the opium

OPIUM SMOKING IN CHINA.

Bayard Taylor, while in China, experi- mented in opium smoking, nndreports his experience in the New York Tribune, as follows:---

In spite of the penalties attached to it by Chinese law, the smoking of opium is scarcely aconcealed practice at present. I have seen it carried on in open shops in Shanghai, wliero there are some str.eets which are never free from the sickening smell. It lied always been my intention to make a trial ofthc practice, in order to learn its effects by personal experience, and bring now on the eve of leaving China, I applied to a gentleman residing there to put me in the way ofenjoying a pipe or two. He was well acquainted with a Chinaman who is addicted to the practice, and by an agree- ment with him, he took me to his house. We were ushered into a long room‘, with a kivan or platform, about three feet high, at the further end. Several Chinaman were in the room, and one, stretched out on the

latforin, was preparing his pipe at a lamp.

he host invited me to stretch myself oppo- site to him, and place my head upon one of those cane head-stools which serve the Chinese in lieu of illows.

The opium pipe is a bamboo stick, about two feet Ion , having a sma|l'druin'inserted near the en , with an aperture in its centre. A piece of opium, about twice the ‘size ofa pin’s head, is taken up on a slender wire, and

eld in the flame of a lam until it boils or bubbles up, when it is ro led into a cylin- drical shape on the drum. by ‘ the aid ofthe wire. It loses its dark color by heating, and becomes ale and soil. Having been sufficiently rolled, it is placed over the aperture, and the wire, after being thrust throu h its centre, to allow the air to pass

into t e pipe, is withdrawn. 'The pipe it

burns, its fumes are drawn into-the lungs by a strong and long continued inspiration. In about half a'minute the portion is exhaus- ted, snd the smoker is ready for a second

drug as delicious as its small is d'

able. It has a sweet rich flavor, like the

finest liquorice upon the palate, and the

gentle stimulus it communicates to the lood in the lungs, fills the whole body with

a sensation of warmth and strength.--The

fumes of the opium ﬁe imors irritating to the wind ' or last ial tubes than 6olIInhII“|ir,r"xiIe".:. ; -.: imbued with I rlehaﬁl of ' aloud our diluted es en‘: I ﬁled ‘sup ' , hat opium was Inﬁede " his-t ’;' of mental eﬂllidietﬁ-= that A ' smokers, as to

many, who intoxicste themselves with ar- dent spirits, there was no sensual ratiﬁca- tion in the mare-taste of the artie e. The reverse is undoubtedly the truth, and there- fore-doubly n . tevictim becomes hopelessly involved in its fsscinat' illusi- ons, snd an awful death, suclras I nsiisd not long since, is sure sooner or later to overtake him who indul es’to excess. 1 have a pretty strong con nce in my own power of resistance, but nothing could in- dues me to make the second ex riinent.

Beyond the feeling of warmtb,vigor, and increased vitality, softened by a happy con- sciousness of repose, there ‘was noeﬂ'ect, until after the sixth pipe. M spirits then became joyously excited, w' a constant dis osition tolangh; brilliant colours floated

be are my eyes, but in a confused and’

cloudy way, sometimes converging into spotelike the eyes in s pesoeek’s tail. but oltenest melting into and through each other, like the lines of a changeable silk. Had the hysicsl‘exeitement been greater, they won d have taken form and substance, but after smoking nine pipes I desisted, through fear of subjectin myself to arms unpleasant after-effect. ur Chinese host informed me that‘ he was obliged to take twenty pipes, in order to elevate his mind to the itch of perfect happiness." I went home fgelin rather giddy, and became so drowsy, wit slight qualms of the stomach,‘ that I went to bed at an early hour. After a deep and refreshing slee , I arose at sunrise, feeling stronger an brighter than I had done for weeks past.

Dssuoss AGAINST a Rsinwsv Cosirsivv. -—'I‘he orphan children of a Mr. and Mrs. Mecsweeney, recovered $25,000 damages against the Irish Great Southern and West- ern Railroad Company, in an Assize Court lately, for the loss of their parents. The same Company have been already mulcted to the extent of about $400,000 on account of the one accident.

lifonusisnr ro Tiiosus I-loon.-A monu- ment to Thomas I-lood has been inaugura- ted at Kensal-green Cemetery. It consists ofa bronze bust of the poet, elevated on a pedestal of polished red granite, the whole being twelve feet high. In front of the bust are placed wreaths in bronze, and on a slab beneath the bust, appears that well known line of the poet's, which he desired should be used as his epitaph:

“ He sang the song of the shirt."

Upon the front ofthe pedestal is carved this inscription:—“ To the memory of Thomas Hood, born 23d May, I798, died 3d May, I845. Ercctcd by public subscription, A. D. I854." At the base of the pedestal, s lyre and comic mask in bronze are thrown together, whilst on the sides of the pedestal are bronze medallions, illustrating the poems of the “ Brid e of Sighs” and the " Dream of Eugene rsm.” ‘

No-r Asnnisn or main Tiisns.—I-Ion. '

W. W. Pepper, one of the Circuit Judges of Tennessee, was formerl a blacksmith; and ‘ ‘ for the fun of it,” he Iately made with his own hands, an iron fire-shovel, whichhe presented to the governor, Hon. Andrew

ohnson. In return, Governor Johnson, who was formerly a tailor, cut and made with his own hands a coat, and presented it to thin Judge. The correspondence which passed between these distinguished and worthy American mechanics, is published in the Tennessee papers. Such men not only add lustre to their official positions, but set an example whic “ Young America " would would do well to imitate.

“ You are a hard customer l ” as the man said when he run against the lamp post. The astronomer Hind, has recently discovered

is terribly disgusted with his position, and wishes he were safely on the ground again.

ipe. To my surprise, I found the taste of the

another asteroid.