"You must reckless and indiscreet champion of his church. know,' said he, that in our church sacraments are magic spells.' "I then remarked," says Mr. Maguire, "And magic spells require magicians;' to which he quickly and peevishly replied, 'Well we are magicians in that sense!' He then entered on a dissertation relative to 'entities,' and 'quiddities,' and 'essences,' and substances,' and 'accidents'; the 'Monads of Leibnitz,' and philosophy in general, almost to no end; and informed us that he never knew philosophy, or metaphysics, until, by the permission of the cardinal, he studied in Louvain University." The conversation then turned upon a variety of disputed topics. On these Mr. Bonus expressed himself in an extraordinary and furious manner; losing his temper, and calling his adversary 'an ass,' &c. "At last, excited to a pitch of fury, he told me," says Mr. Maguire, "in presence of my friend, "That if he should find me among his Roman Catholic people, he would advise them not just now to kill me Old L. How shocking! Ed. "But to roll me well in pitch and tar- Ed. "And, if they have the power, then to burn me ; that nothing but the punishment of death would ever do for heretics.' 'I assure you,' said he, 'I would not burn you now, because it would be just now inexpedient to do so, and would do much harm to our cause; but if we had the power-I wish that I had the power. I would kill every Protestant! This worked well while the inquisition worked."" Old L. What a wretch! Aug. What a firebrand! sanction such an exposure. Cardinal Wiseman will scarcely Emm. Perhaps Mr. Bonus will be quietly removed to some obscurer sphere, till he learns to be more discreet and to govern his temper. Ed. The Cardinal probably finds it no easy matter to control the more bigotted and enthusiastic of his clergy. Mrs. M. Is Popery making much progress abroad? Ed. Here are a few facts which have just met my eye in the newspapers; they may serve as some answer to your question. In France, the shadow of protection for Protestants has vanished since certain articles of the penal code were applied to Church meetings, and subjected them to the caprice of any gendarme. They are now worshipping and evangelising at the daily risk of persecution. Five or six of these Protestants are now arraigned before the Emperor's courts, and it is quite expected that not one will gain his cause. There have already been seven or eight cases of these prosecutions against evange lists: three condemnations, and the shutting up of five places of worship.—A letter from Iowa states, that costly and energetic movements of Jesuit teachers and Romish bishops are now making, to control the educational policy. European teachers, especially those fitted to educate young ladies in a showy and fashionable style, still pour in. For example, a Mr. Villars, a Romish priest, has just returned from Paris, where for nine months he was busy in obtaining missionary nuns. He has brought with him ten of these "sisters; four are to be stationed at Cleveland, and the other six to remain in his neighbourhood. They will open schools for the training of the upper classes.-Then, in Prussia and France, the Papal authorities have forbidden mixed marriages, unless the parties take a solemn vow to educate their children in the Roman faith.-Dr. Newman is now studying very hard with the Dominicans at Rome, and is about to found an order of Roman Catholic missionaries, whose especial object will be, the conversion of the "flourishing kingdom of England."-Monsignor Belgrado, the Pope's Internuncio in Holland, is making a tour through the various dioceses of the kingdom, for the purpose of installing the new Roman Catholic bishops. Emm. Is there nothing on the other side? Ed. Here is something; a great revival of religion has taken place in the department of Drome, France, where,of 250,000 inhabitants, 50,000 have been nominally connected with the Protestant communion, though few of them are pious in the proper sense of the word. The Lord has been pleased to visit this locality with an especial outpouring of the Holy Spirit. In the village of Montmyrans, there is not a single house in which some converts may not be reckoned; many children have been led to Jesus, and persons of all ages have been brought to the foot of the cross. The Roman Catholics are much amazed at these things. In other villages also, the same good work is visible, and the children of God, who have been labouring and praying for such displays of the riches of grace, are encouraged and quickened. Mrs. M. We must rejoice at such good news! Emm. As we are on the subject of Popery, it will not be irrelevant to mention a little work which describes the rise of the Reformation in Germany: SKETCHES OF THE LIFE OF LUTHER.* It is designed for children, and has been compiled from D'Aubigne. Ed. A very good idea, and one which seems well carried out. Emm. What picture are you regarding so carefully, Augustus? Aug. The frontispiece to the LITTLE CAPTIVE. It is drawn * London: J. Groom. + London: Wertheim & Macintosh. with more attention to ancient costume than one usually finds in children's books. The artist has evidently seen Layard's pictures, and has succeeded in giving a very good representation of an Assyrian cavalcade. Ed. Is this the only recommendation the book possesses ? Aug. Oh, no; it is a plain, simple, and affectionate exposition of the narrative of the "little maid," and is well adapted to the young. Ed. Shall I frighten you, Augustus, if I recommend you to read BRITANNIC RESEARCHES,* by Beale Poste ? Aug. Frighten me! of course not. It is not a folio, which is all I dread. What is it about, please? Ed. It is an honest and laborious attempt to furnish materials for an authentic History of England before the Conquest, and bring to light what the author styles, "New facts and rectifications of ancient British history." Aug. But when does he begin this ante-conquest history, for I should think that the very early history must remain in a fabulous state? Ed. He dates his inquiries from the century preceding the first invasion of Julius Cæsar. Aug. I hope he is discriminating? Ed. He wishes and tries to be. He lays down what appears to be correct principles of judgment, and bases his decisions upon them. Aug. Does he abandon king Arthur as a myth? Ed. On the contrary, he seats him again on his throne. He says of him ::"The real state of the case seems to be, that he very early, probably within a century, or a century and a half afterwards, became the subject of historical romance, and that from the attractive nature of such works, more correct accounts were in course of time superseded. We have the narrative of Nennius, and he is supported by the literature of the Welsh, as to the reality of there having been such a person as Arthur; he is mentioned also in the Armorican chronicle of Mont St. Michel." Aug. Well, I am glad to be able to keep king Arthur. Ed. Among the other multifarious inquiries to which the author gives his attention, I will only bring forward one-for we have not time to consider the book at any length-Who were the first Christians in Britain? Mrs. M. He certainly will not find them in St. Augustine, and the Anglo-saxon Church of the seventh century. Aug. Perhaps he discovers them in the Cambrian Church, and its Archbishopric of Caerleon, in the fifth century. London: J. R. Smith. Emm. Why not in Christians of the third century, when Alban was martyred ? Ed. Mr.Poste goes back still farther, even passing by Lucius and his Christian congregation, in the second century. He affirms that there was a previously existing British Church; one that had gained a footing at a much earlier date. Aug. But how does he support this theory? was Ed. He begins by a reference to a heathen inscription which was found at Chichester, in 1723. In this inscription, the names of Cogidubnus and Aulus Pudens occur. By the help of Martial's Epigrams and St. Paul's Epistles, he connects the Pudens of the inscription with Claudia, the daughter of Cogidubņus, and with Linus and Aristobulus. The result of his investigations is thus stated:"It is supposed that Cogidubnus, the same person who is named by Tacitus, and who is now considered ascertained to have been made king of a portion of the Southern Belgæ, or Britain, had a daughter named Claudia, who entrusted to the care of the family of Aulus Plautius, at Rome, the late proprætor, for education; and who grew up, possessed of beauty and accomplishments, and was the object of much admiration. Pomponia Græcina, the wife of Aulus Plautius, the lady of the house, from the tenor of a passage in the Annals of Tacitus, xiii. 32, is considered to have been a Christian, and Claudia to have imbibed the faith from her. As a sequel to the above, she is believed to have married Aulus Pudens, a young Roman of the equestrian order, who also became a Christian. And it is thought they are the persons mentioned by St. Paul, as we shall presently see (2 Tim. iv. 21). And we may add, that Aristobulus, or Eubulus, and a person named Linus, seem to have completed the British party at that time assembled at Rome." Emm. Who, after all, then, were the first Christians? Ed. According to our author, Aristobulus and those who were converted by his preaching, his mission undoubtedly being the best authenticated as the first which took place. Mrs. M. I think it ought to be noticed that the author, although displaying considerable learning and no little knowledge of his subject, yet seems to state his opinion very modestly, and to be willing to think and let think. Many antiquarians offend us by their dogmatism. Aug. I think it ought also to be noticed, that this volume possesses a copious index, a rare accompaniment to a modern publication. THE LUCIFER-MATCH GIRL. HIS is a real portrait, taken from a Daguerreotype by Beard. She is the type of too large a classthe children street-sellers of London. Her tale, could she speak from this picture, would be a common, though a sad one. It would trace her miserable condition to the harsh conduct of parents, or to the companionship and associations formed in tender years, or to the |