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THE HA' BIBLE.

"Chief of the Household Gods

Which hallow Scotland's lowly cottage-homes!
While looking on thy signs

That speak, though dumb, deep thought upon me comes-
With glad yet solemn dreams my heart is stirr'd,

Like Childhood's when it hears the carol of a bird !

"The Mountains old and hoar

The chainless Winds-the Streams so pure and free-
The GOD-enamel'd Flowers-

The waving Forest-the eternal Sea

The Eagle floating o'er the Mountain's brow

Are Teachers all; but O! they are not such as Thou!

"O! I could worship thee!

Thou art a gift a Gon of love might give ;

For Love and Hope and Joy

In thy Almighty-written pages live!

The Slave who reads shall never crouch again;
For, mind-inspired by thee, he bursts his feeble chain !

"GOD! unto Thee I kneel,

And thank Thee! Thou unto my native land—
Yea to the outspread Earth-

Hast stretch'd in love Thy Everlasting hand,
And Thou hast given Earth, and Sea, and Air-
Yea all that heart can ask of Good and Pure and Fair!

"And, Father, Thou hast spread

Before Men's eyes this Charter of the Free,

That all Thy Book might read,

And Justice love, and Truth and Liberty.

The Gift was unto Men-the Giver God!

Thou Slave! it stamps thee Man-go spurn thy weary load!

"Thou doubly-precious Book!

Unto thy light what doth not Scotland owe?

Thou teachest Age to die,

And Youth in Truth unsullied up to grow!

In lowly homes a Comforter art thou

A Sunbeam sent from GOD-an everlasting bow!

"O'er thy broad ample page

How many dim and aged eyes have pored?

How many hearts o'er thee

In silence deep and holy have adored?
How many Mothers, by their Infants' bed,

Thy holy, blessed, pure, child-loving words have read!

"And o'er thee soft young hands

Have oft in truthful plighted Love been join'd,
And thou to wedded hearts

Hast been a bond-an altar of the mind!-
Above all kingly power or kingly law

May Scotland reverence aye-the Bible of the Ha'!"

We have no heart to write about him and his genius and his virtues now; but these lines which Scotland" will not willingly let die," will embalm

his memory-they breathe of the holy fragrance that smells sweet and blossoms in the dust.' And how beautiful are these!

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INDEX TO VOL. XLIV.

Alcestis of Euripides, the, translated by Mr
Chapman, 408.

Ancient fragments of the Phoenician, Chal-
dean, &c. writers, by Cory, reviewed,

105.

Archæus, a poem, by him named the Sex-

ton's Daughter, 1-Part II. 3-Part III.
5-Part IV. 7-Part V. 9-Part VI. 12
-Part VII. 14-Part VIII. 16-Part
IX. 18-Thoughts and images by him,
197-Legendary Lore, by him, No. IV.
Land and Sea, 335-No. V. The Onyx
Ring, Part I. 664-Part II. 741.
Arnold's History of Rome, reviewed, 142.
Attaché, Letters of an, 369.
Avenger, the, a tale, 208.

Banker, the Murdering, a tale, 823—Chap.
11. 838.

Buenos-Ayres, war in disguise, 717.
Cabinet and the Country, the, 429-Lord

Brougham has well branded the Mel-
bourne Cabinet with the title of the "In-
capables," ib.-the incapability of the
Premier shewn, 430-of the Foreign
Secretary, ib.-of the Colonial Secre-
tary, 431-of the Home Secretary, ib.
-the important affairs of the nation are
neglected on the pretext of tranquillizing
Ireland, ib.-examples adduced of the va-
nity of tranquillizing Ireland by making
concessions to the Irish papists, 432-ex-
tracts from O'Connell's speeches quoted
in proof, ib.-also Mr Roebuck's letter
on those speeches, 436-further evidence
by Lord Brougham, 437-no reliance can
be placed on the most solemn protesta-
tions of the papists, 438.
Callimachus, Hymn to Diana, by the trans-
lator of Homer's Hymns, 52.
Cassimir Perrier, his political character de-
picted, 34-162.

Catholicism, Protestantism, and Philosophy

in France. By M. Guizot, reviewed, 524.
Chapman, Mr, his translation of the Alcestis
of Euripides, 408.

Christopher in his Cave, 268-among the
Mountains, 285.

Colonial misgovernment, 624-the political

character of the Colonial Secretary de-
picted, ib.-his shameful conduct to Mr
Boulton, Chief-Justice, Newfoundland, ex-

posed, 625-his endowments of popery
the bane of colonial government, as exem-
plified in Lower Canada, 628-in New
South Wales, 630-in the West Indies,
632-his culpable conduct exposed, in re-
gard to the exportation of the Hill Coolies
of India to the West Indies, 633-some
of his proceedings, as the Malta Commis-
sion, are incidental specimens of the gene.
ral policy of the administration, 634-
besides these instances of improper con-
duct, he has permitted objectionable ap
pointments to be made in our North Ame-
rican colonies, 635.

Colonial and reciprocity systems considered,
317.

Coronation Ode for Queen Victoria I., June
28, 1838, by James Montgomery, 140—
Letters of an Attaché on the coronation,
369-Sonnets, on the, 402.

Corn Laws, the, 650-up to last crop, the
existence of the corn laws, as affecting
prices, was of no importance, ib.—the last
wet and cold summer raised the price of
corn, and the Radicals have seized this
formidable weapon to move the passions
of the people, ib.-the argument constant-
ly maintained against the corn laws stated,
651-doubtful that unrestricted importa-
tion of foreign corn would lower the money
price of corn, 652-unrestricted importa-
tion would depress the home growers as
much as it would encourage the foreign
growers, ib.-examples of the effects of
this principle quoted in other articles of
consumption, 653-fallacy of the opinion
that low prices are the invariable concomi-
tant of prosperity, proved, 655-as well
as the opinion that a free trade in grain
would greatly extend our foreign trade,
ib. the home trade rather would decline
much more than the foreign trade would
increase, 657-official tables quoted to
show the greater value of agriculture than
manufactures, and of agriculture and the
home trade combined, than the foreign
trade, ib.- whilst the cry for unrestricted
importation of corn is set up, the restric-
tions existing in favour of manufacturing
industry are permitted to rest unmolested,
659 when the home market consumes

more than double the quantity of manu-
factures than the foreign, it is unwise to
change the direction of trade, 660-espe-
cially when the persons who constitute
the home consumers are compared with
the foreign consumers, ib.-but the ques-
tion assumes more importance when the
national existence is concerned, 661-
nor is there the least fear that the coun-
try will become unable to support our in-
creasing manufacturing population, when
millions of acres lie uncultivated in all
parts of the country which are yet capable
of cultivation, 662-unbounded as the ca-
pability of Britain is to support its inhabi-
tants, its agricultural production must be
liable to fluctuations from the nature of the
seasons, 663-the happy working of the
corn laws during such fluctuations proved,
ib. and which effect could not have taken
place had an unrestricted trade in corn ex-
isted, ib.

Corruption, Whig-Radical, exposed, 345.
Cory's Ancient Fragments, reviewed, 105.
Country and the Cabinet, the, 429.

Crustaceous Tour, a, by the Irish Oyster
Eater, 637.

Earlier English Moral Songs and Poems, on
the, No. I., 453.
See Moral.

Euripides, the Alcestis of, translated by

Mr Chapman, 408.

Extract from the drawer of our What-not,
the law of content, 120-general expe-
diency, 121-dependence of morality on
the divine will, 123-origin of the fine
arts, 124-form, 126-correction of
Hume's doctrine of association, 127-the
apathy of the stoics, 129-spirit of the
age, 130-remarks on a passage in Cole-
ridge's "Aids to Reflections," 135.
Family antiquity, the sentiment of, 403.
Food of the herring and salmon, on the, by
John Stark, Edinburgh; I. food of the her.
ring, 175-II. food of the salmon, 185.
France, war in disguise, 717.
Funerals, 469.

Geology and love, a tale, 386-Chap. II.,

390 Chap. III., 393-Chap. IV., 397.
Geraldine, Tupper's, 835.

Glance over the poetry of Thomas Warton,
a, 553.

Herring, on the food of the, 175.
Historical coincidences quoted betwixt

the measures of the 17th century, and
those of the present men in power, 597
-character of an honest and worthy
parliament man, quoted, 599-the cha-
racter of a sneaker, quoted, ib.
Hymn to Diana.- Callimachus, by the
translator of Homer's hymns, 52.
Introduction to the philosophy of conscious-
ness, Part IV., Chap. I., 234-Chap.
II., 236-Chap. III., 237-Chap. IV.
241 Chap. V. 242. Part V. Chap.

I., 539-Chap. II., 543-Chap. III.,
546-Chap. IV., 551.

Ireland, its tranquillity considered, 795.
Kenyon, John, his poems reviewed, 779.
Lace-Merchant of Namur, the, a tale, 245.
Law and facts from the North, 57.
Legendary Lore, by Archæus, No. IV.,
Land and Sea, Chap. I., 335-Chap. II.,
337-Chap. III., 341-No. V. The
Onyx Ring, Part I., Chap. I., 664—
Chap. II., 665-Chap. III., 667-Chap.
IV., 670-Chap. V., 672-Chap. VI.,
674-Chap. VII., 676-Chap. VIII.,
678 Chap. IX., 680-Chap. X., 681
-Chap. XI., 682.—Part II., Chap. I.,
741-Chap. II., 742-Chap. III., 744
-Chap. IV., 745-Chap. V., 747-
Chap. VI. Henry's Papers, 749-Chap.
VII. Henry's Papers, continued, 752-
Chap. VIII. Extracts from Maria's Note-
book, 755-Chap. IX., 757-Chap. X.,
761-Chap. XI., 764.
Letter from Tomkins. - Bagman, versus
Pedlar; to Christopher North, Esq. 508.
Letters of an Attaché-the Coronation, 369-
-the Review, 378-the Review of the
Guards, 383.

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Liberalism of Popery, the, 730-the poli-
tical character of popery as it has always
been described, ib.-the support given by
popery to liberalism proved to be for
fraudulent purposes, first, in reference to
the ballot, ib.-second, to the voluntary
principle, 731—and thirdly, as to nation-
al education, 732-history supports this
view of the hollowness of popery, as wit-
nessed in the suppression of the reforma-
tion in Poland, 734-in its attempted
suppression in England, 735-if a doubt
exists of the tyrannical intention of popery
in those times, a glance at its proceedings
in the present age in surrounding coun-
tries, will dispel it, 736—if the preten-
sions of popery were sincere towards li-
beralism, she would support all Protestant
Governments which are based on tolerant
principles, 737-the union now of popery
and liberalism is a sign of the times, as
pregnant with gloomy forebodings, as it
was in times past, 739-the remarkably
prophetic sentiments of Bishop Horsley
on such an ominous combination, aptly
quoted, 740-popery has never yet suc-
ceeded in her aggressions against protes-
tantism, and it is hoped never will, ib.
Lines suggested by a poem called "The
Flight of Youth," in the August number
(p. 271), of Blackwood's Magazine, 401.
Love and Geology, a tale, 386.
Memoranda of the origin and history of Our
Village, and of its Founders, 358.
Mexico, war in disguise, 717.
Misgovernment of the colonies demonstrated,

624.

Mitchell, T. L., Major, his three Expedi-

tions into the interior of Eastern Austra-

lia, reviewed, 690.
Montgomery, James, his Coronation Ode for
Victoria I., June 28, 1838, 140.
Moral songs and poems, on the earlier Eng-
lish, No. I. 453.

Murdering Banker, the, a tale, 823.
My First Circuit: Law and facts from the
North, in a letter to Christopher North,
Esq, from an old contributor, 57.
Namur, the Lace-Merchant of, a tale, 245
-the apparition, 246-an interference,
248-the obstacle, ib.-the mistake, 250
-the lessons, ib.-the helper, 252-the
treasure, 253-the journey to Valerian
des Anges, 255-the lifting of the trea-
sure, 256-the dream, 257-the duchess,
258-the duke, 259-the secret, 261-
separation, 263-as you were, 264-
Abubeker again, 266-all's well that ends
well, 267.

New South Wales, three expeditions into
the interior of Eastern Australia, by Ma-
jor T. L. Mitchell, Surveyor-General, re-
viewed, 690.

Our Would-be Rector, 833.
Orpheus, thoughts on, 21.
Our Pocket Companions, 573.

Our Two Vases, extracts from them with-

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Poems by John Kenyon reviewed, 779
Poetry of Thomas Warton, a glance over
it, 553.

Popery, its progress at the present time
traced, 494-its liberalism proved to be
hypocritical, 730.

Progress of popery, the, 494-the Roman

Catholics of England and Scotland took
" very little part in bringing about the
emancipation act of 1829, and none in
the revolutionary measures connected
with the war with France, ib.-now that
they see political power within their
grasp, they are using he means of wealth
and influence at their disposal to gain it,
495-their numbers are increasing in the
country, in the legislature, and in offices
of trust, 496-its progress in Canada,
Cape of Good Hope, New South Wales,
the United States, proved from the tract
of Mr Bickersteth the writings of Dr
Lang, and other documents, 498 - of
the proceedings of the Roman Catholic
missions, Dr Wiseman's lectures, and the
account of those missions in Australia,
by Dr Ullathome, noticed, 500—the pe-
tition of the Irish papists for emanci-
pation, quoted, 502 the successful

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progress of popery, and attempted acts
of the papists since their entrance into
Parliament, enumerated, 503—the office-
bearers of the society for the diffusion
of Catholic publications enumerated, and
the objects of that society described, 504
-papists are now united throughout the
empire in one complete organization,
505-vigorous and animated exertions are
required on the part of Protestants to
maintain their cause, 507.
Protestantism, Catholicism, and Philoso-
phy in France. By M. Guizot, reviewed,
524.

Reciprocity and Colonial Systems, the, 317

-two different principles have governed
this country in their foreign and colonial
relations, ib.-the two systems ha
come into collision, ib.-impossible
enjoy the advantages of both, ib.-the
vital point which separates the two sys-
tems is, whether the producers or con-
sumers shall have the ruling power, ib.-
to protect the producers, the navigation
laws were enacted, 318-the reciprocity
system is founded on diametrically oppo-
site principles, ib.-the reciprocity act
quoted, 319-the effects of the recipro-
city system on the maritime strength,
and resources of the empire, demonstrated
to be injurious to our commercial navy,
320-its alleged favourable effects on the
commerce of the country examined, and
proved to be unable to preserve our
European trade from decay, 323-where-
as the restrictive system has been unable
to check the growth of our commerce with
our colonies, 326-the favourable results
of the restrictive system in our colonial
trade, has enabled the advocates of the reci-
procity system to blind the nation regarding
the real tendency of the latter, 328-the
grand error of the latter system is the sacri-
ficing the national security and defence to
the national wealth, 329-the two grand
articles of national independence are grain
and shipping, ib.-a free trade cannot be
maintained in either, 330-in the applica-
tion of the reciprocity system, the price at
which different commodities can be raised
in different countries, is an essential dis-
tinction to be kept in view, ib.-the acts
and reasonings of foreign nations in rela-
tion to prices, stated and considered, and
their injurious effects on this country
shown, 331-the two points on which the
reciprocity system is well-founded is the
repeal of duties on foreign raw produce,
and the opening of the trade of our colo-
nies to the colonies of other nations, 334
-the true principles of reciprocity in
commerce stated, ib.

Rector, our Would-be, 833.
Rome, Arnold's History of that em
reviewed, 142.

Salmon, on the food of the, 185.

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