British Magazine, for its own sake, as well as for that of its cause, will disclaim all such unrighteous connexion.*

addresser" proposes to

Let us now inquire by what means our establish a periodical in defence of the interests of the Church, of a character so vastly superior to that of the CHRISTIAN REMEMBRANCER, that the very existence of the latter does not deserve to be taken into his account.

I. The British Magazine avows its readiness to be agitated by the tempests of Church Reform.* We are no Papists, and therefore

we do not believe our Church to be infallible or immaculate but we do believe it the purest on earth; which, considering that it has now been, for nearly a century, deprived of its constitutional government, is saying no little for its constitution. What would be the state of the country, if parliaments had been suspended for the same time? If half the legislation which the last century has seen was at all necessary, or even expedient, the political condition of our people would, under such circumstances, have been the worst upon earth. That our Church is the worst upon earth, the bitterest Dissenters, and the most inordinate reformers, will scarcely say. What effect the discussion of blemishes in the Church, while the only hand that could safely remove them is paralyzed, could have on the public mind, beside that of needless, fruitless, and dangerous irritation, we are unable to see. Any means which we ourselves could devise, any means which our correspondents could suggest, likely to procure to THE CONVOCATION a restitution of their unquestionable rights,any discussions tending to such a result,―shall always have the range of our pages. Give us THE CONVOCATION, and all may be done safely, profitably, and constitutionally. Without this, we doubt much whether any reform will partake of the two former qualities, as we are certain that it will be eminently destitute of the last. Let those, then, whose views of Church Reform are consistent with the stability of the Church, turn all their attention towards this single point, the revival of the just rights of a body STILL IN BEING THE CONVOCATION.

II. The editor of the British Magazine will not be responsible for his critical articles! No man can expect an editor to read all the books reviewed in his journal; and if he places them in the hands of those on whose judgment he can fairly rely, he has done his duty. But this does not acquit him of responsibility;- we wish we could persuade ourselves that it did. He is responsible for the selection. On points

Our views on the necessity of internal peace in the Church, and the equal necessity of exposing turbulent agitators within our pale, are stated in the second article of our last December number.

of minute criticism, the writer of these pages may differ from his coadjutors; but, surely, the opinions of all persons connected with this work are sufficiently in unison to render any important declaration justly chargeable at head-quarters.

III. The address concludes with this pithy note :—

Finally, the Editor will in no way be responsible for the steps taken by the Publishers to bring the work into circulation. He knows nothing of those steps, or of the necessity for them. For their propriety or impropriety, the Publishers, and not the Editor, will be answerable.-P. 10.

Respecting this we can only say, that we, of the contemptible CHRISTIAN REMEMBRANCER, would never have engaged with a publisher, concerning whom it could be advisable to pen such a paragraph as the above. If the thing were possible that Messrs. Rivington could see a "necessity" for such steps as have been resorted to in the case of the British Magazine,-if puffs on a level with those by which Dr. Eady and Mr. Lytton Bulwer, are

"Consecrate to fame eternal

In deathless pages of diurnal,"

(and the like of these has Mr. Turrill thought "necessary,")-were to appear under the auspices of our publisher, all we can say is, that we suppose the public would hold us accountable for a month, BUT we WOULD TAKE CARE IT SHOULD BE NO LONGER. As the editor of the British Magazine, however, will not be answerable for his publisher, we suppose Mr. Turrill will still continue to be his tower of strength. But how the public will receive these abjurations of responsibility, is another affair.

IV. It was not likely that the editor of the British Magazine should have very closely examined so obscure a work as the Christian Remembrancer, the very existence of which he would not be thought to know. If he had, however, he might have found some answers to objections on the Burial Service in our number for June, 1829, which would not have been useless in his article on that subject. He would have found Shoberl's work on Missions reviewed in our October number for 1828; and we shall be very well satisfied, if the public will compare that review with the jejune article on the same subject, in the British Magazine. He would have found a report of the case Rex v. Joddrell in our number for August last; and thus he might have been spared the delusion, that he was publishing a novelty.

To these observations, however, we will again annex our opinion, that we shall always be rejoiced to see Church principles honourably propagated. We believe, indeed, (and who cannot believe?) that union of strength is better than division; we believe that, if all the true friends of the Church would make common cause with us, and agree to support a publication whose principles and conduct are known and

tried, a publication which has received, in turn, contributions from the most talented Churchmen that have lived during its existence, and whose independence of sinister influence has been manifested alike by the character and the decision of its views, the result would be preferable to that of a divided agency. Still, however, if the British Magazine steer clear of unchristian compromise, and wield, in the Church's favour, the forces of those who prefer the new and untried course to that which experience has sanctioned, we heartily wish success to the attempt; nor should we have been induced to take up our pen on the subject, except by the implication, either that we are not "devoted to Church interests and objects," or, that we have no existence at all. Asseverations, in these days, are not to be neglected. Hardy assertion has done far more with this intellectual generation than any other instrument of error. And when the assertion is supposed to come from a quarter which all respectable persons have hitherto respected, its importance is not diminished. We would willingly believe, however, that such cannot be the case; and we almost blush, as we repose our pen, for having fallen in, even for a moment, with the popular conjecture.

LITERARY REPORT.

Access to God faithfully developed by the Church of England; the Character of her professing Members; the Qualifications, Duties, and Encou ragements of her Ministers. Five Discourses preached before the University of Cambridge, &c. By the Rev. THOMAS DALE, M. A. &c. &c. London: Richardson; Wix. Cambridge: Stevenson. 1832. 8vo. Pp. 138.

To the great body of our readers it will barely be necessary to notify the publication of a Course of Sermons delivered before his University by Mr. Dale, as one of the select preachers for the academical year. Our recommendation cannot be requisite. But we owe it to all parties to declare that, in our judgment, Mr. Dale's efforts have even risen with the occasion that called them forth; and we hail this new result of his labours as doing

honour to him as a scholar and a Christian preacher. Having had occasion, indeed, to observe the successful exertions of this writer's talent in so many ways, we contemplate with delight his atlas-like mind, capable, as it has proved, of bearing the superincumbent mass of literature and theology, in all its varied glory and extent.

The prominent characteristics of Mr. Dale's style, as displayed in the production before us, are a fervour of Christian eloquence; a command, a gift of language in all its fluency and power; a boldness of denunciation, a sublimity of effect, a searching tone of expostulation, a remarkable apprehension of the various bearings of his subject, and a clear perspicuity in the subdivision of his matter. Although it is not our purpose to analyze these Sermons, we will point out the accurate definition of the terms "Strangers," " Foreigners," and "Fellow