CHARACTER OF POPERY.-Popery is haughty in its pretensions. Arrogating to itself the right of supreme and universal dominion, in matters spiritual and temporal. Professing to be the only true Church, it excludes all who are without its pale, from the possibility of salvation, and anathematizes all who differ from its dogmas. This is proved by the words of the creed of Pope Pius IV. Of the style of the anathemas and excommunications, the following extract is a specimen, from the Bull, in Cană Domini, read annually at Rome on Maundy Thursday: "We excommunicate and anathematize, in the name of God Almighty, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, and by the authority of the blessed Apostles Peter and Paul, and by our own, all Hussites, Wickliffites, Lutherans, Calvinists, Huguenots, Anabaptists, and apostates from the Christian faith, and other heretics, by whatsoever names they are called and of whatever sect they be, as also their adherents, favorers," &c.

Popery is tyrannical in its authority. In 1829 the Inquisitorial Provincial Council of Thoulouse framed and published the following canon, the first that publicly forbade the Holy Scriptures ::---"We forbid the laity to possess any of the books of the Old or New Testament." The fourth general Council of Lateran thus expresses itself on heresy, or those who may differ from them: “We excommunicate and anathematize every heresy extolling itself above the holy orthodox Catholic faith, condemning all heretics, by whatever name they be called. The same Council also decrees that the goods of heretics, if they be laymen, shall be confiscated.

Popery is cruel in its conduct: for proof of this we refer to the abominable acts of the Inquisition. Llorente, who had been Secretary to the Inquisition, states, that in Spain alone, 31,912 persons had been burned alive, 17,659 burnt in effigy, and 291,450 condemned to have their goods confiscated or suffer rigorous punishment by this dreadful institution. Suffice it to remark, that in the reign of Queen Mary, 277 persons were burnt alive in England! Bishop Burnet, in his Life of Bedell, says, of the Popish rebels in Ireland in 1641, that they boasted of having butchered above 200,000 human beings and the barbarous cruelties they used in murdering them, are things of so revolting a nature, that he could not relate so dismal a narrative; adding that "many that a few days before lived in great ease and much plenty, were now glad of a heap of straw or hay to lie upon, and of some boiled wheat to support nature; and were every day expecting when those swords that had, according to the prophetic phrase, drunk up so much blood,' should likewise be satiated with theirs."Stockport Advertiser.

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THE LATE REV. CHARLES COOTE.-Lately died, in Eccles-street, Dublin, after a lingering illness, to the deep regret of his family and friends, the Rev. Charles S. Coote, Vicar of Doon, county of Limerick. This inestimable man fell a victim to the accumulated trials and privations to which he was subjected on account of his Protestant principles. His income was withheld, his family and himself, even within the precincts of their own dwelling, were unceasingly persecuted; and on one occasion a loaded blunderbuss was discharged at him, the assassin being so near that his intended victim was enveloped in the smoke of the discharge. The death of this exemplary Minister of the Gospel is lamented by a widow and nine children.

POPISH BARBARITY.-We give the following unvarnished fact, that occurred within a few miles of our city, as an illustration of the genius of Popery: A poor woman, on her way to this city, on Sunday morning last, was seized with violent spasms in her stomach, induced by cold through the inclemency of the weather, and turned into the nearest cottage by the road-side that presented itself at the moment. The inmates at first received her kindly, and allowed her to seat herself near the fire; but, fancying that she was dying, they proposed sending for the priest. To this the poor creature at first objected, stating that she hoped to be better soon, and that his attendance was unnecessary; but, on perceiving that they were determined to call him in and that a messenger was about to be forwarded to him, she confessed that she was a Protestant, and did not require or wish for his services. Upon hearing this,

the inmates, especially an aged woman, who appeared to be the mistress of the house, inveighed against her most furiously, declaring she should not stay a moment longer under the roof with them, and actually turned her out, in all the severity of the day, upon the road, "to die and be d---d, as a heretic." Their son, a lad about 14 years of age, saw her into an adjoiniag pig-stye, into which there was scarcely room to enter, where the clergyman of the parish found her lying on the ground enveloped in filth and nastiness, and nearly dead with cold, on being called to administer the rites of religion to her, after he had come out of the church. Fortunately, the church was not far distant, in the vestryroom of which there was a good fire, where, on being removed, and medicines, cordials, &c., administered, she gradually revived, and was well enough next morning to pursue her way, though still weakly and sickly, to town. We shall not add a word of comment, but leave this act of barbarity to speak for itself, as an illustration of the spirit that pervades the wretched, inhuman, and savage votaries of the ever-persecuting Church of Rome. We pledge ourselves to give the name and circumstances, if required.-Limerick Standard.

ANCIENT BARBARISM. The state of England under the early Norman Lords is faithfully depicted in the Saxon Chronicle, under the year 1137, in the reign of King Stephen. The following is a brief specimen :-" Every rich man built his castle.... .They took those whom they suspected to have any goods, by night and day, seizing both men and women, and they put them in prison for their gold and silver, and tormented them with pains unspeakable, for neve, were any martyrs tormented as these were; they hung some up by their feetr and smoked them with foul smoke, some by their thumbs, or by the head, and they hung burning things on their feet. They put a knotted string about their head, and writhed it till it went into the brain. They put them into dungeons wherein were adders, and snakes, and toads, and thus wore them out. Some they put into a crucet-house, that is, into a chest that was short and narrow, and not deep, and they put sharp stones in it, and crushed the man therein, so that they broke all his limbs. There were hateful and grim things, called Sachenteges, in many of the castles, and which two or three men had enough to do to carry. The Sachentege was made thus: it was fastened to a beam, having a sharp iron to go round a man's throat and neck, so that he may no way sit, nor lie, nor sleep, but he must bear all the iron."

DISCOVERY OF THE HEART OF RICHARD I.-Some gentlemen of Rouen who pay much attention to the antiquities with which this place abounds, lately obtained permission of the Archbishop to search for the heart of Richard Cœur de Lion, which tradition stated was near the high altar. As there is an inscription on one side the choir stating that a Duke of Normandy, brother to Richard was there buried, they commenced their researches on the opposite side of the altar, when almost the first stone which was removed exposed the head of a crowned statue; this was carefully disinterred, and exhibited an incumbent figure of the monarch in a long robe and the feet resting upon a lion,the figure is girt with a sword and is larger than life, in perfect preservation, with the exception of the nose, hands, and feet, which have evidently been broken for the purpose of flattening the figure to lay the present pavement over it. By the side of the tomb was found a large leaden case, with the inscription "Richard Cœur de Lion, Duc de Normandy, Roi d'Angleterre." In the lid of the box a hole had been made, probably to search for money, as it is said the leaden case was once enclosed in a silver one, and that money was placed in it. The lion heart is still perfect, but much shrunk in its dimensions,-it was enveloped in a sort of taffety of greenish colour. The tomb has been conveyed to a chapel behind the high altar, and will be placed upon a sarcophagus of black marble when the broken parts of the figure are restored, for which purpose an Italian artist is employed, who has very successfully restored the magnificent monument in the same chapel, familiar to all visitors of Rouen Cathedral. The heart at present remains at the palace of the Archbishop of Rouen, the case having been repaired and fastened up in the presence of the prefect and the principal authorities.Record.

MULTUM IN PARVO.-Whilst Popish Colleges, Monasteries, Nunneries, Cathedrals, Churches, are in the course of erection all over the Kingdom, we rejoice to find, that Protestant Churches and Chapels of ease are every where increasing. Among those who have devoted themselves to this good work, we must particularize Mr. James Brook, of Thornton-Lodge, near Huddersfield, who has erected a new Church for the accommodation of the workmen of Meltham-mills in the employ of Messrs. Jonas Brook and Brother, which was opened on Sunday the third of December. Baron Gurney too has made a donation of valuable books to St. David's College; and forty-three Clergy at Liverpool have signed a requisition for a meeting to organize a Church-building-Society at Liverpool. A large sum has been already collected towards the enlargement of accommodation in St. Jude's Church, Liverpool, or the erection of a new Church, if it should be deemed more advisable; Mr. Gladstone, a Liverpool merchant, has also munificently contributed 4,000l. towards the erection of a new Church, besides the perpetual annuity of 501. for the MinisThe corner-stone of a new Church, dedicated to St. Peter, has been laid at Manchester, and the foundation-stone of another, dedicated to All-Saints, at Clayton le Moors, to which John Fort, Esq. and his sister most largely subscribed. In the Metropolis the activity has been very great: three new Churches have lately been consecrated at Stepney, which now contains four spacious Churches with 3,000 free sittings for the poor, and another is ready for consecration in Tredegar-square. One new Church has likewise been finished at Rotherhithe, another is nearly so, and a third has been begun; and four large school-rooms, in addition to two for boys and two for girls, were built last year, and a fifth has since been erected for infants. Additional Churches are also in contemplation in this neighbourhood, and a new Church in Lisson-Grove has lately been consecrated by the Bishop of London. In Tenter-ground, Whitechapel, in Berwick-street, Soho, and at the back of Parkstreet, Southwark, others are advancing towards completion.

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H.-- We have good reason to believe, that the individual, who is the subject of "H's" inquiry, favors the party of Oxford. He has published a work, which scarcely leaves the matter in doubt.

Vox.--- We are sorry, that our space was too pre-occupied to admit the insertion of "Vox's" poetry. It shall appear in the February Number.

We have not had time to notice the "REV. MR. TOTTENHAM'S" Speech, which an anonymous Correspondent has sent to us; we hope to examine it before another of our Numbers goes to the press.

A. M.--- We apologize for having for some time mislaid the article sent to us. We have been fortunate however in finding it, and will give it an early attention. JUVENIS.--- The verses will not suit our pages; they are often defective in the measure. AN UNDERGRADUATE.--- We are compelled to reject the Essay, on which the writer has devoted much care. We reject it because its views are those which we have attacked in the last two numbers, and much regret that the Younger Members of the University should be thus misguided in their religious opinions. A little leaven seems indeed to be leavening the whole lump.

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