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THE CHURCH AND THE REVIVAL. To the Editor of the North Wales Chronicle. Sir.—Permit me to make a suggestion through the medium of your widely-read columns, after however first expressing the pleasure with which I have seen symp- toms of keiiing interest in the state and duties of the Church manifesting themselves publicly, It is time htbh:gine:llbliite:t in these counties. Whatsoever may be the cause, no one can deny that, although a Church is established amongst us, there are multitudes whose souls are uncared for by it— multitudes whose souls are perishing for lack of know- Jedge,-to say nothing of the thousands who, although, they worship God, and love the Lord Jesus, hold no communion with it. Whatsoever the cause may be, these sad facts are true: and whatsoever also the character of the Revival of which we have of late heard so much, there can in like manner be no de- nial of the fact that the Church needs a Revival; an ex- tension of its influence over the minds and hearts of the people an out-pouring of the spirit of faith, earnestness and power, upon its ministers and members; a reinvigor- ation and increase, whatsoever be the name by which persons may prefer to designate it. Arid for this it is surely the bounden duty of every clergyman and every churchman to pray, and wish, and work. My suggestion is this. That during the coming season of Lent, special serviees should be held in the churches of Anglesey and Carnarvonshire on week-days. That earnest efforts should be made to induce those to attend them, who rarely or never do attend the House of God. That the sermons preached should be of a character suit- able to such an audience, calculated to produce, with God's blessing, conviction of sin, comprehension of the plan of salvation, faith in Jesus. holiness of life. For the towns and populous villages also, a list of preachers might be formed, with the Bishop at their head —if he would consent, as I feel sure be would, to aid in so good a work,-and these might preach in turn once a week, in English or Welsh, on a subject arranged before hand. Six preachers might thus, with but little labour, address six audiences each, in all the large towns and villages of the neighbourhood, and it is impossible to tell how greatly their faithful labours might be blessed of God. Earnestly commending the subject and the suggestion of this letter, to the prayers, and prayerful consideration of my brethren in the ministry and in the church, I remain, sir, faithfully yours, Feb. 10th, 1860. A CLERGYMAN. I

REVIVALISM. I To the Editor of the North Wales Chronicle. I Sir,-The accompanying letter appeared in the Guar- dian newspaper a short time ago. I think you will con- fer no small benefit upon the public just now in these days of fanatical excitement, in allowing it to appear in the columns of the NORTH WALES CHRONICLE. It may also furnish a few hints to the" Anglesey Curate," of the origin of those strange convulsions misnamed 11 reli- gious revivalism," Yours, SIc, CIVIS. Upper Tooting, Dec 19, 1859. bo My dear I am not surprised at your being bothered with these curious practical results, which, how- ever, are physical rather than mental, and require the ad. vice of physicians rather than divines. If I had the power, I would engage to cure them all in a week, by making a law that no one should take the smallest notice of them, and that every person affected be instantly re- moved into a solitary ward. But this cure is of impos- sible applic.tion,and tbe thing must be left to work itself out. I wish there were some good book written on the whole subject that would keep our clergy from commit- ting themselves aud compromising the Church. If The phenomena are the result of the same affections of our nature which manifested themselves in the various forms of hysteria, animal magnetism, mesmerism, &c., and they have been employed in all ages by fanatics and impostors, as well as by sincere people, who from ignor- ance, are led to imagine them to be from Divine influ- ences. Every classical scholar knows that among the bea. then Greeks and Romans these affectations were em. ployed for tbe oracles, the Priestess of Delphi, Sc. n Among the Hindoos, to this day, who are particu- larly skilful in producing such states, they are extensively employed as a part of their religion. If The Mahometans, also, have a regular order of Der- vishes, who go about and live by throwing themselves and others into these tits of fanaticism. There were several sects in the middle ages, particu- larly amongst the mon k s and mystics, who were skilful in ;:c:f('pe m{:ts fourteenth centur y the monks of Mr. Alhos made a great noise, by throw- ing themselves into ecstatic states. They used to fix their eyes steadily upon one spot—a method revived in our own time by the mesmerists-and they have pro. duced a temporay affection of the brain, which made them feel as if they were surrounded with brilliant light, and in a state of perfect happiness. They fancied them- selves carried up into heaven, and invented a method by which they could put anybody else into the same state. They taught that there was a light which was a part of the essence of God, a light uncreated, eternal, always at- tendant upon God's presence: that this was the light which appeared upon Mount Tabor; and that this was the light which they themselves saw in their ecstatic state. These monks were condemned by the Latin Church, but they were defended by the Greeks. Councils were held in Constantinople and elsewhere to support their doc- trine I and papal bulls were issued in condemnation of it. The controversy raged like wildfire; it was a powerful means of widening and rendering incurable the separa tion of the Eastern from the Western Church. But the aime thing in a more objectionable form appeared about the same time in the Pope's demesne. The sect of the Free Spirit, as they were called, went about just as your 11 cases are now except that they were united together in a sort of regular society. They appeared in most of the monasteries, and particularly in nunneries, and other religious societies of women ;-for it is well-known that women are more subject to hys- terical affections than men, and therefore more easily worked upon. These brethren of the Free Spirit were opposed by the great majority of the clergy, although they had many of the clergy among them, and wonderlul stories are tolll of their miraculous powers. They used to do exactly what your neighbours are now doing; they remained for weeks in a trance-without food; they pre- dicted that a certain day and hour they would revive, and then fall off to all appearance quite dead, till the time pre- dicted arrived. But the worst of them was, that they deliberately held and taught that a person in one of these ecstatic states could do no wrong, no matter what vice or enormity he was guilty of. he was not in any way responsible, but in him it was quite right. This doctrine we have seen revived in our own day in America and in Wales, by the Calvinistic sect, wno have practised I revivalism as they call it, and I have no doubt, you will have it before long in North Wales. It was a characteristic of the ancient sects to despise the sacraments, the priesthood, and the Bible, and to look upon tbe 'cases' as divinely inspired, so as to supersede and set aside even the Word of God itself. The Flagel- lants of the fourteenth century used to flog themselves into hysterical mania; and maintained that such flagel- lations were superior to all sacraments, inasmuch as they were succeeded by ecstacies, which they took for divine inoperation The Dancers, another set of the same time, used to dance themselves into similar states, and represented the sacred ordinance of dancing as superior to priesthood and sscrements. It is curious that the modern Methodists, called Jumpers, have discovered the same methods of producing fanatical hysteria. All these things occurred in Germany, France, and Italy, and also in the East, between the vears 1300 and 1350. They created at that time great diMnrb?nces, and spread rapidly, in propor- tion to the general ignorance which pervaded society. You see there is nothing new under the sun. The singular power which some of these patients possess of predicting the duration of a trance, and then awakening immediately at the predicted moment, is one of the ma?t remarkable phenomena of this class of diseases. When the thing occurs in connexion with religion, there is nothing that appears to weak minds so convincing and hence cases of this kind are always made use of for proselztisi??g purposes. Poor was full of such stories, which re always occurring in the monasteries and nunneries of the Roman Church I wish be could now see the same thing and the same miracles wrought in behalf of ultra- Protestantism. At the end of the last century, the Jansenists got miracles of this kind in defence of their doctrines, and all Paris was put into a state commotion, wonderful cures were wrought, people fell into fainting, and re- mained as dead, until they were touched by the relic of some saint, or the bone of some divine, who bad been a defender of the Jansenist doctrine prophecies were delivered, and the phenomenon of the patient preJictwg that he would remain dead for a time specified, was particularly common. Those who fell into such trances, when they revived, gave wonderful accounts of what they had seen, or imagined themselves to have seen, the other world, and then an incredible excitement was kept up. Tb grave of the Abbe Francois de la Paris an,,tca, divine of the Jansenist sect, who is believed ?o bate superstitious* starved himself to d^a was the scene of innumerable miracles. The people rusbed there in monds, and multitudes were <tn..kd?n.nd gelied Witt religious tenon, enctly as in yoor o-alr preaching and conventicles. It is curious to observe that these ecstatee phenomena flourish in Romanism, and in Dissent. The Methodists and the Romanists are neither of them quite satisfied with the fee" Of the revelation contained in the Bible, nor with tbefinal- ity of the faith once made known to the Saints. Hence the Methodist is ever looking for eternal light, and sev-1 eral Protestant sects, as the Quakers, &c., look to an immediate revelation, as supplemental to and explanatory of the Bible. The Romanists also openly maintain the insufficiency of tbe Bible, and claim the right of adding new doctrines, necessary to salvation, to perfect the creed of the true Catholic Church. Sects holding such doctrines must always be open to delusions from pretended miracles and religious hysteri. cal affections. "Tbe Apostle, in enumerating the fruits of the Spirit, makes no mention of the falling into fits under the ex- citement of preaching, nor of getting into trances; and it is evident that if such phenomena were to become very general, all society would be shaken to its very founda- tion the lands must be untilled, trades would be stop- ped, and man must return into a barbarous state. Can we suppose that the fruits of the Holy Spirit would pro- duce such a result ? If so, we ought to pray against the spread of them, instead of for them. We pray for them because we do not believe in any other fruits of the Spirit than those which the Apostle enumerates-love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance. I fear it will be found that your revivalist fears are calculated in the end to produce the very reverse of all these. Those who believe them- selves to have been I cases,' as they technically term i t, are most likely to regard themselves as the recipients of a divine inspiration, and therefore to despise the minis- tration of the clergy, the sacraments, and ordinances, and even the authority of Christ's Church of faith, meekness, and temperance, they will at once make ship- wreck, and with those who resist and endeavour to refute their errors, they are not likely, I fear, to exhibit peace, joy, long-suffering, or gentleness. "Their greatest danger when the present excitement wears off, is the moral danger. Some will perceive that the supposed Divine agency had failed in producing the blessed effects expected from it, and they will relapse into doubt or disbelief of all Divine agency, and so will become tainted with infidelity. This effect is also very likely to be produced on the calm lookers-on who were not themselves effected by the mania, but who clearly see that it is a delusion: and that ministers of religion have openly taught, and zealously encouraged that delusion. Others will continue to the end of their lives to believe that they once were the subjects of a miraculous Divine agency, and will conclude that they are therefore special favourites of heaven, even though they may indulge themselves in the works of the flesh (as the Apostle has enumerated them) instead of being filled with what he describes as the only fruits of the spirit against which there is no law. I" I wish 1 could refer you to some book containing a sober history of this phenomena, but I know of none and I think it has yet to be written by a sober-minded medical man, with a good knowledge of ecclesiastical history. It would show that all such things are of the body not of the soul; that they have everywhere and at all timewfollowed the same physical laws, and have been productive in various degrees of the same mischievous and deplorable moral effects. Ever affectionately yours, ————- August 7, 1859. P.S.-Originally written as a private letter, but printed by special request."

THE REVIVALS AGAIN. To the Editor of the North Wales Chronicle. — I- -1. 1 Sir,—Being one ot those few woo nayeuareu walt"" with a sober and impartial mind, the origin and progress of the above extraordinary movement in several districts In North and South Wales,-and, deprecating any ex- treme views upon the subject,-will you kindly insert the following concluding paragraphs, extracted from an article which appeared in the last number of the Quarterly Review," as embodying more correctly the opinion I have formed upon this much discussed topic, than anything I have yet seen ? Yours obedient servant. Bangor. CYMEDROLWB. Whatever is good in this great movement is unques- tionably due to the Spirit of all grace; for no other cause is adequate to the production of such an effect. Whatever is evil is to be attributed to the infirmity and error of man. When we consider the extent of the work, its novelty to all whe were concerned in it, and the ignorance of many who were the subjects and witnesses of it the marvel Is not that there should have been indis- cretions and extravagances, but that they should have been comparatively few in number and limited in influ. ence. In conclusion, we call attention to some circum- stances ronnected with the awakening, which are specially worthy of notice. <" 1. The cxtciwivo omployment ot the lay eieuieui III prayer-meetings and other extra services. This was a matter of necessity, as the ministers were quite incapable of praying with and instructing all who desired their services. Laymen in some instances made circuits through the mral districts, and preached at fairs and markets without much power or discretion but in gen- eral, both lay and clerical testimony is in favour of the propriety with which they acted, and of the good which attended their efforts. 2. The embodiment of Christian doctrine in Chris- tian practice with a single-heartedness rarely equalled. As no revival or religion or pretence to religion is worth anything without this result, so, if the converts continue :?"Illbl.iyn have begun, we may say, in the words of our Lord, Then are they.disciples indeed L- 1.- No new sect has arisen, no new aocinne aaa uwsn taught. The old truths have been received in their sim- plicity and quickening power. 4 The excitement and extravagance have died away in nearly all localities, and have given place to a practical virtue, while the religious interest continues. The move- ment is extending upwards, and has already embraced a number of persons in the educated classes of society. No other cure than the Gospel has been discovered for the great moral malady wherewith man is afflicted. Anything which awakens men from their sleep. calls them from the service of Mammon or of vice, breaks up their apathy, brings them to the house of prayer, opens their ears to the word of God, and leads them into the presence of things eternal, invisible, supernatural and divine, is by all suitable means to be countenanced. God forbid that in the midst of the devotion of our generation to gold, and of its forgetfulness of eternity, any who step aside from the whirl of business, pleasure, and vice, to listen to the call to repent and seek the kingdom of God, should be ridiculed or discouraged Let us only demand that they be directed out of God's Word, and judge all Re- vival movements by that unerring rule of heavenly wis- dom, By their fruits ye shall know them.'

THE CHURCH IN NORTH WALES. I To the Editor of the North Wales Chronicle. I I Sir,-I have read with very great interest tne letter of Ecclesiasticus" in your last number. I consider it a very able and true account of the influence exercised by dissent upon the minds and consciences of the Welsh people. This wonderful influence he attributes to the fact that "the promulgators and adherents of dissent have faith in their system." No clergyman officiatiug in Wales can doubt the correctness of this statement. The power and influence of dissent amongst the lower classes, rests principally upon their undoubUng conviction, not only that dissent is justifiable, and true, but that it is the best and safest, if not the only safe and true system of religion. Incredible as it may appear, such is the per. suasion of an infinite majority of the humbler classes in this part of Wales. More especially do they place un- bounded confidence in their Sliat ( Society), considering that all within that charmed circle are safe, while tbev speak of all who are without, as Of the world"-(pobi y byd-in contradistinction to the Church) and as not being in any respect members of the Church of Christ. Ecclesiasticus" truly says that the chief remedy for this lamentable state o l things- this dangerous delu- sion" is to be sought in -the iwulcation ofthe reamy of the Church ?«m" I consider that disregard of the system of the Church, and a virtual ^in's9,°"  superiority of the system of dissent on the part of many of the clergy, is one main reason why dissent still retains so Dowerful a hold upon the mind_ of the people. This is erious charge, and one that I know wu. MM many ea rn stan d devot ;nd one that I know will enece many earnest and devoted clergymen, of whom I would not wi"in"' 'ay aught but 'I?', 'P??"'?? ?t.?"? But the present and increasing difficulties of the Church oblige me to ask whether there are not many amongst us, who, I am sure, without discerning the injurious conse. quences, give more encouragement to the system of dis- sent than to that of the Church. How many of our pul- pits are there where sacramental grace and an aposto- lically descended ministry" are things never spoken of- where baptism is constantly, incidentally at least, denied to be "the fountain of regeneration" and the instrument of admission to the Church of Christ-where the other holy sacrament is spoken of as a mere sign, and not as an important channel of divine grace-where the duty of self-denial, and of real heartfelt confession, and prayer, and praise, is but rarely and feebly enforced, and the hearers (as they may well be called) are encouraged to consider preaching as the main if not the only object of our public services? Now this is not to advocate and encourage, if it does not utterly ignore, the system of the Church. Under such circumstances we shall be at a loss to discover any of the peculiar marks-any of the distinctive teaching of the Church. But this is not all. Not only is the reality of the jChurch system too often neglected to be enfotMQ, but "it not unnequently hains that the system ofditMat is preferred md appropriated by our clergy. I am MtM' Bed that this course is for the most part adopted from the beat mot!?et—with the view, M they would say, of engaging the enemy with their own weapons. But as I regard this as a grave and fatal error, I hope that I may, without offence—as I am sure I do without any illwill or unkind feeling-indicate a few particulars to which my thoughts are directed. They are as follows: -Adopting the dissenting style of preaching, as regards manner, voice, and matter; transferring to the Church, and therefore sanctioning and perpetuating, that most objec- tionable feature, as it is the most powerful instrument, of dissent-the Seiat; and holding meetings for extem. porary prayer (leading to the conclusion that the Church's prayers are allowed to be inappropriate or insufficient) where members of dissenting communions are some- times permitted to take a leading part in the proceed. ings. I humbly submit that such practices as these constitute the adoption of the system of dissent; and I would ask whether the transference to the Church (if such a course were justifiable) of a system which has already well nigh effected her ruin, can be expected to be productive of any real and lasting advantage. Such a course may draw many to the Church, but they will en- ter it as dissenters and not as Churchmen; and while the dissenting system is acted upon in the Church, it will be in vain to expect that they will ever be otherwise than dissenters in their principles and their feelings. I therefore do entirely agree with "Ecclesiasticus," that the way to resuscitate the Church in Wales, and to recom- mend her to the genuine affections of the people is, not to encourage, much less to adopt this system of dissent; but fully and faithfully to inculcate the system of the Church, and labour diligently to convince our people of the superior privileges, and tbe additional security to be found within her pale. I am, Sir, yours truly, Feb. 13th, 1860. ECCLESIASTES.

THE VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT. To the Editor of the North Wales Chrontcle. Sir.-I grieve to find that some good and amiahle people look upon the Volunteer movement almost in a trimiiial light, and that they utter sentiments in refer- ence to the promoters, which are as unworthy of them- selves as they are undeserved by those patriotic indi- viduals. How very different are the views found in a sermon by the late Rev. Rev. Robert Hall, preached at Bristol in 1803, on a General Fabt Day, when a company of Volunteers was present. Let me recommend to the serious consideration of my crotchetty friends in Carnar- vonshire and Anglesey, this noble peroration of the Christian patriot, when addressing the Volunteers at the close of his sermon. Yours, &c., CADVAW. « Go then, ye defenders of your country, accompamea with every auspicious omen; advance with alacrity into the field, where God himself musters the hosts to war. Religion is too much interested in your success not to lend you her aid; she will shed over this enterprise her selectest influence. While you are engaged in the field many will repair to the closet, many to the sanctuary; the faithful of every name will employ that prayer which has power with God the feeble hands which are on. equal to any other weapon will grasp the sword of the Spirit; and from myriads of humble contrite hearts, the voice of intercession, supplication, and weeping, will mingle in its ascent to heaven with the shouts of battle and the shock of arms. « While you have every thing to fear from the success of the enemy, you have every means of preventing that success, so that it is next to impossible for victory not to cra" n your exertions. The extellt of your resources, under God, is equal to the justice of your cause. But should Providence determine otherwise, should you fall in this struggle, should the nation fall, you will have the satis- faction (the purest alloted to man) of having performed your part; your names will be enrolled with the most illustrious dead, while posterity, to the end of time, as often as they revolve the events of this period (and they will incessantly revolve them), will turn to you a rever. ential eye, while they mourn over the freedom which is entombed in your sepulture. I cannot but imagine the virtuous heroes, legislators, and patriots, of every age and country, are bending from their elevated seats to witness this contest, as if they were incapable, till it be brought to a favourable issue, of enjoying their eternal repose. Enjoy that repose, illustrious immortals Your mantle fell when you ascended; and thousands in. flamed with your spirit, and impatient to tread in your steps, are ready to swear by Him that sitteth upon the throne and liveth for ever and ever, they will protect free- dom in her last asylum, and never desert that cause which you sustained by your labours, and cemented with your blood. And Thou, sole Ruler among the children of men, to whom the shields of the earth belong, gird on thy sword, thou Most Mighty go forth with our hosts in the day of battle! Impllrt, in addition to their hereditary valour. that confidenee of success which springs from thy presence! Pour into their hearts the spirit of departed heroes! Inspire them with thine own; and, while led by thine band, and fighting under thy banners, open thou their eyes to behold in every valley and in every plain what the prophet beheld by the same iUuminstion-chariota of fire, and horses of fire Then shall the strong man be as a tow, and the maher of it at a spark: and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them I"

A DISINTERESTED SPOUTER. To the Editor of the North Wales Chronicle. II SIR,-Believingit to be the duty of all honest and well- meaning journalise to point out and do all in their power to suppress and remedy evils, I am induced to appeal to you upon a small matter, as one who perhaps is about as honest, in his ownjestimation at least, and I may add in mine, as most of his class. I have heard it said that you never take much notice of communications sent by pri. vate individuals unless they enclose a card as I am not aristocratic enough to possess such an article, I will tell you what I am I am about as disinterested an individual as you could meet with. If I open you too long a yarn you must excuse it, for I am given to unlimited spouting, though I seldom or never attempt scribbling, so you must pardon any faux pas I may commit, and put it down to inexpenence. Now, Sir, most folks spout for their own benefit, direct or indirect. Barristers spout for the sake of their clients and-their fees; Spurgeon is spouting for a tabernacle; M. P.'s spout for their seats Lecturers spout-some for fame, some for amusement, more for their pockets some spout to hear themselves talk, others to show their learning. All that I have men- tioned, therefore, have some object in spouting, direct or indirect. But I, Sir (do not think me egotistical), I be- long to a class rarely to be met WltD. tnougn we are in- creasing, I spout PURELY pro bono publico. For months I have been spouting for the benefit of every one who comes to ask me, morning, noon, and night; the only marvel is, that my throat never gets dry, my mouth is always open, and so are my eyes. They never close, and as you may suppose, I see much that other people do not ? or will not see. And now, after this long pre. amble comes the burden of my song. I'll sing "The Song of the Dirt." Dirt I Dirt 1 Dirt! Oh, sir, if you did but know, if you could but feel, how painful it is for one so pure and clean as I am, to witness the perpetual state of dirt and mud that exists round me, you would indeed pity me. Can you not help me to get rid of a little ? How is it that this nice little city, with such excellent falls on all sides is not drained and cleansed? I have heard of Acts of Parliament which might be adopted that would add greatly to the health and com- fort of the inhabitants. I was in hopes that I should have been spared the trouble of making this appeal to you, for some two or three months ago there was a great stir and talk of the adoption of the Local Government Act, but alas, it came to nothing, and dirt and inud have reigned as heretofore, triumphant. How is it that the tolerable pathways which certainly might be improved, are now abandoned by all classes for the road, as being the cleaner of the two. Street sweepers ply their avoca. tion in other towns, and a touch of their brooms would do wonders to the pathways of St. Asaph. Let not the cleanly-disposed part of the population be discouraged. 11 Try, Try, Try again," used to be, and is a favourite ditty of prudent mothers to stimulate the flagging ener- gies of their offspring. Let them try again, and again after that, till they succeed in removing such a stain on the city. Is it the rates they are afraid of? if so, I am ashamed of them. They know, or ought to know, that the ruling powers will be under their own controul, and they will reap the benefit. And now, Sir, I have done for the present. • I should like to hear of any objection to such a measure from any individual. I think I have som3 claim upon the public of the city, on account of my usefulness, or at least the person who introduced me has, and it is upon this ground that I urge this matter; were it otherwise, I should not have pushed myself so forward. lam, Sir, your obliged servant, St. Asaph, Feb., 1860. THE FOUNTAIN. I

I THE BUDGET. I I To the Editor o .tibe North Wales Chronicle. I Sir,- The repeal ot the paper duty is so pieasani n relief to the newspaper interest, that the general voice of the people as to the objectionable items of the Budget, is not likely to find its usual echo in the Press; but I trust you will allow me space for one or two remarks on what I deem to be the most unjust and obnoxious por. tions of it. There are many ote?r changes which time only can develope the full effect of. Having got the benefit of the cessation of the Long I Annuities, which were an annual charge of £Cl, 1 00,000,1 tbe Chancellor of the Exchequer might with the ptelt MM. have raised about £ 10,000,000 in the same shape .1 and an annual charge of £600,000 at the utmost for 40 yean, would han auBced to raise this sum. If this had been done, the country would still have been benefited to the amount of a million and a half per annum, with- out the necessity of resorting to an Income Tax at all. Good faith would thus have been kept with the public, who have been solemnly assured that the Income Tax was to expire in April of this year, and who have quietly submitted to this most unequal and inquisi. ton a I ch on the faith of its speedy cessation. As it is, it Mr. Gladstone, whose honourable characteris so much and so deservedly respected, cannot be believed, what future Chancellor of the Exchequer has the least chance of being listened to in any promises he may make? If. however, the proposition I have suggested for rais- ing £ 10,000, cannot be adopted, then modify the tax by reducing the amount payable on professional and other incomes under schedule D. I would also suggest that those persons who have tailed themselves and devoted their time to their country's benefit by becoming mem- bers of volunteer corps, should be entirely exempt, as some encouragement to their patriotism. There is also a good of petty stamps to be let loose, the amount of which will not be heavy on any individual, but the necessity for such stamps will greatly embarrass the transaction of business in country, districts, where stamps are not easily obtained, and many transactions will be vitiated for want of a stamp at hand, when they take place. A far more equitable and just method of increasing the stamp duties, if they are to be increased, would be found in the extension of the probate duty to freehold property, which, for some reason which none but the makers of the law can discern, is now most un. fairly exempted. Again, a ridiculous sum, as compared with the whole fairly exempr!idiculous sum, a l obtained by doing away amount to be raised, is to be obtained by doing away with the exemption which building society securities have bitherto enjoyed. This will be felt severely in this district, where hundreds of industrious quarrymen and others have been enabled to obtain a house of their own, by becoming members of these useful societies; and it seems a small thing to lay on a tax which must have the effect of injuring them. I am. Sir. vour obedient servant, | WILLIAM TRYTHALL. I

EXTRAORDINARY PROCEEDING IN A I DISSENTING CHAPEL. To the Editor of the North Wales Chronicle. I Sir,- Some people in these days are very fond of boasting of our Christianity, &c., and at the same time making every effort to bring religion into contempt. A few days ago, a Sacred Play (?) was performed in a dis. senting chapel at Morriston, near Swansea, under the di- rection of the minister!! The subject was Joseph and his brethren." All the actors were dressed in Eastern costume, each person acted nis part. come parties urged on the minister not to act the play in cha- pel, but in vain. What will the dissenting community who are so fond of boasting of their religious purity now-a-days, think of this? If such things were to hap- pen in the Church, they would be paraded in every dis* senting periodical throughout the breadth and length of the land. I am, Sir, yours, &c.. I VERITAS.

BANGOR AND BEAUMARIS UNION. I To the Editor of the North Wales Chronicle. Sir,—The question ot the averages oi ine several parishes of Bangor and Beaumaris Union" having been agitated lately, I took the trouble of compiling the fol- lowing table, thinking that many of your readers would like to know the facts and figures of the case. By Union paupers I mean those that are maintained at the expense of the Union, according to a recent Act of Par- liament, the expense of which is apportioned on the several parishes on the same principle as tbe salaries of the officers of the Union, and other common charges. These expenses, the maintenance of Union paupers, as well as other common charges, are apportioned on the several parishes acccording to the average, for three years, of what they paid to their own poor. Yours, &c., JOHN MORGAN. Cadnant, Feb. 14th, 1860. A table shewing the population, the annual value, ex. penditure on parish paupers, expenditure on Union paupers and Union charges, of each separate parish in the above Union, taken from the Abstract Account for the year ending Lady -day, 1860. -—■——————- -j .»• a i: ? iM :3Q ot F. 's ¡ o 80S ï1" iii PAM8HE! g S* ?J!'eS?5.'S?=? ? 3"?sSEI&S £ &oI1"!A"8 '3 iJi1 to;¡Q r:1 i «eja3j "5 _J_?i.?.1J. ?" ? < £ Beaumaris 2240 4418 761 512 Llanddante, 479 1336 196  Lianddo 668 990 286 201 ????"7. 9M 2767 ? 156 Li..d ,,124t ? 159 M UMJwen .o" 325 2593 181 103 LMfM. 219 2319 112 91 LLnfairpwllgwywll 758 1071 WI 118 Lantllnan. I4> 1008 7 43 b:?h?.?: 1181 SIM  221 Lig,uhhangeldinsylwy M  « M 604 1 .59 l 34 U.?adwa)a<ir 631 1601 159 134 Danced 571 1411 175 M Llanyristiolu* 975 2797 431 400 LI?igestyn 251 429 85 55 Llanaadwrn 444 25J4 SU 83 Penmon. 226 910 79 61 5r' 566 27 2 245 146 Pe?ntr?aeth. 961 ?,l? 460 315 ?. 1015 2416 365 353 iter. 543 22C9 288 168 ?.?.7:-7: ? ? 2361 1530 Llandepi 3398 28108 1564 599 L?. n'? m 183' m Lianil?hii ?:?.?? MM 426 ? 919 428

THE BISHOP OF CORK AND THE REVIVALS. The Lord Bishop of Cork, Cloyne, and Ross, (the able and tolerant Dr. Fitzgerald) is at direct issue with a portion of his clergy upon the subject of extempo- raneous prayer meetings, or revivals, similar to those which had agitated the north of Ireland for the better part of the year just closed. His lordship has, in fact, prohibited them from attending such meetings, and has thereby exposed himself to a series of anonymous at. tacks in the local papers, all of which were passed over without eliciting any remark from the right rev. prelate. Turninir. however, from the discontented party among the clergy, the bishop has addressed a long letter to the laity of his diocess in communion with the Church of England and Ireland, which opens with these striking passages "Dear Brethren,—Many, perhaps most, of you must have seen or heard of the tokens of a busy agitation which appears intended, by exhortations, by taunts, by menaces of popular displeasure, or by other still more unworthy means, to lead or drive me and the clergy of these dio- cesses, to approve, or, without approving, join in certain meetings for' open and common prayer,' conducted in many cases by persons unauthorised by our or (as far as lean learn) by any Church, and in any form of words (except our public Liturgy) that may seem fit, at the moment of uttering them, to the conductor themselves. So far has this agitation been carried, that advice has been publicly given and industriously circulated tint no rent charge should be paid to me or my clergy, until we, one and all, attend these meetings called by we know not whom, and managed we know not how, and the letter containing such advice, instead of-being treated as the production of a dangerous lunatic, has been printed, without a word of reprobation, in a journal (the Irish Times) professing special zeal for the welfare of the Established Church. Now, if this matter were merely a personal one between me and those who have come forward to censure me in the public prints or elsewhere, I should never have thought of taking any notice of it. I have reason to thank God that my natural temperament is such that I am not apt to be provoked or intimitated by any censure, however severe, or any opposition, how- ever fierce when I believe myself to be <ttt'n8 in the discharge of my duty. And even "? it were naturally the most irritable or the ?most tt.m).(?t ot human beings, I should hope to be enabled to rest quietly ,n.. thp. -.DOlt-Of Him who can detend m all dangers ;;¡'y-tbróugh all temptations' the very weaitesi oi His creatures. I do not write, therefore, for the purpose of excuing myslf to you or to any one. It is a matter of entire indifference to me how I may be judged of you or of man s Judgment In any shspe. I was set, n my present office not to consult your pleasure, but your edification, and to minister the discipline of the Church by the authority which I have by the Word of God and the ordinance of this realm- not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth the hearts. Nor, again, have I the least apprehension that the very few of my clergy with whom I was obliged to remon- strate on a late occasion will be cajoled or frightened into departing from the course which, upon my remon- strance, they very frankly consented to follow. But I do greatly apprehend that, without some timely check, the result of the present movement will be to exasperate and embitter all our existing divisions, and, moreover, to introduce a fresh one; that it will in the issue, produce, not I love, joy, peace,' but wrath and clamour, evil speak- ings and evil surmisings, among brethren. I do greatly apprehend that, between the two contrary excesses of two extreme factions, and through a sadly common forgetful- ness or disregard of the true principles of our Church, things are rapidly tending towards a kind of reign of tenor, in which the governors will bet-wet known and legal rulers of the Church, but the heads of pwtiej in the Church, and the measures of their government not the fixed law of public authority, but the impulse and caprice of excited masses of the people, bearing down all, of whatever station, who presume to think and act flitier- entiy from the popular leaders of the hour. What injury have I done to you or to any one by preventing very few individuals of my clergy from joining in these assem- blies? If my injunction be (as it is alleged) not such as can be enforced by law, addressed merely to the con- sciences of those who have promised to follow with a glad mind and will my godly admonitions, and submit themselves to my godly judgment, have not I as well SO others a right to decide for myself what admonitions it is expedient for me to give to those committed to my government and care ? Or does the right and duty of admonition and advice belong only to those who are placed under me here, or who have no place of authority whatever in these diocesses ? If, on the other hand, as I verily believe, my injunction be only the carrying out of the fuodamentallaws of this Church and realm, should I not be the meanest and most dastardly prelate that ever sat in this chair if I were content to eat the bread of the Church and enjoy its honours while I shrank, through fear of obloquy, from enforcing that discipline which I am paid and vested with dignity to administer ? For my part, I would tear the lawn from my shoulders, and sink my seal deeper than ever plummet sounded,' before I would consent to hold rank or wealth on the disgraceful tenure of always swimming with the stream, and never contradicting' public opinion.' Dr. Fitzgerald then proceeds at considerable length to set forth his reasons for not approving the movement. He was opposed to extemporaneous prayers. 1 hey are, he maintains,- Either apt to become rhetorical addresses really made to the congregation, though under cover, as it were, of an address to the Almighty, and listened to as one would listen to a sermon, so that the assembly are rather overhearing another pray in their behalf thin praying with him or else the audience are quite melted down by the fervid eloquence of their leader, abandon their feel- ings and their minds entirely to his control, and rapidly adopt his sentiments as they are uttered, without pausing to consider their propriety. The former of these conse- quences destroys the very nature of joint or common prayer, and how dangerous the latter may prove a little reflection will soon convince you. It is, you know, to -a very great extent, by direct communication with God in praver and meditation (hat our spiritual character is to be formed. Our prayers not only express our religious con- victions and feelings, but they shape and fix them. It w> therefore, of the utmost importance that the convictions and feelings which our prayers express should be correct and pure. I believe that there is more of common current popular theology derived from prayers and hymns than from all the sermons that are preached. Now religious error, when suggested in the language of prayer, or the forms of devotion is, indeed, Satan stealing upon us in the garh of an angel of light. When it meets us in the form of a direct state. ment, it challenges scrutiny, it addresses our judg- ments immediately, aud we are, in some degree, prepared by the very form it wears, to question and ex- amine it. But when couched in the language of adora- tion, we are too ready to admit it without suspicion. The mind, warmed and won by the apparent piety of the sen- ments which surround it, is thrown off its guard, we feel as if nothing which seems to be leading our souls up to heaven, deserved to be mistrusted; and we forget that the Evil One too may come among the sons of God to present himself before the Throne of the Most High. How many have been led astray, and are daily led astray, by such delusions as these, and, because they have felt their hearts "burn within them" at some imposing rite or the spell of some impassioned words of prayer or praise, have surrendered them blindly to the force of feel- ings which they mistook for piety, and never asked their reasons whether, all the while, the service in which they were engaged, might not have been the sacrifice of fools!" And even though there should be no error conveyed or suggested by the words of prayer in such a case, is there not something bordering on profanity in thus, without consideration, uttering anything before God," thus adopting without pause or reflection, as our own prayers, the words which another, at the moment, may choose to put into our mouths? To guard against these and many other dangers attendant on extempora- neous prayer, the Christian Church, following the ex.. ample of the Synagogue, adopted, from very early times, the obvious expedient of a Liturgy-a precomposed form of prayer, settled once for all by public authority as that in which all could agree, capable of being known, and considered, and approved by the people before they joined in it, and not variable at the discretion or caprice of each particular minister. Such a form we generally understand when we speak of a Liturgy. For tbe ques. tion, you will observe, is not between a form and no form, but between a form settled and prescribed before. hand by common authority, and the general agreement of the Church, so that those who join in it have before. hand known and assented to it-between such a form on the one hand, or on the other, a form changeable at the will of each particular leader, and prescribed by him to the people, without previous consultation or warning, prescribed, for the first time, at the very moment when they are required to join in and adopt it. Prayert, however extemporaneous, are a form to all who join in them, except the person who frames and utters them. To all the rest they are prescribed by him, prescribed, as I said, on the spot, and at the very instant when cor- dial assent is req uisi te."

NOTES ON THE HISTORY OF LLANCAR- FAN, GLAMORGANSHIRE. BY CRAIG Y FOBLALLT. One of the most noted places in the principality If Llancarfan, Glamorganshire. At present it is a small village, pleasantly situated within a short distance of the ancient town of Cowbridge, a town famous for its excel- lent grammar school, in which a great number of eminent clergymen were educated within youthful days amongst others, the Venerable Archdeacon of Bangor. The Gospel was preached here very early, before dissentions began in Wales. The Parish Church is a fine building, dedicated to St. Cattwg, known by the name of Cattwg the Wise. The present structure was erected by Walter de Mopes. The chancel window was considered a mas- ter-piece it was demolished by some hot-headed fanatic, called Bush, in the time of Cromwell. He beat the window down, at the same time calling 11 Down with the Whore of Babylon I This puritan resided at a farm house, called after bis name—" Whitton Bush." Anti. quarians differ in their opinions respecting the derivation of Llancarfan. According to the late Mr. Hughes, the parish was so called from the territory of Carnoban, or Car'van, the family of Caw, a prince from the borders of Scotland, who was obliged to leave his native country, (owing to the troubles of that period) with his numerous family, and settled in Anglesey and Siluna. Several of his sons resided at Llancarvan. Others supposed that it was called from St. Germanus or Garmon, a saint and bishop, who came to this country in company with St. Lupus, who were invited by the British Christians from Brittany to oppose the Pelagian heresy. St. Germanus was bishop of Auxene, and Lupus, bishop of Troyar. There are several churches in the principality dedicated to them. There are two churches in Paris dedicated t9 St. Germanus; and wben the clock of St. Germanug s Church struck Twelve on the eve of St. Bartholomew, the Roman Catholics commenced to murder the Protec- tants. St. Germanus founded the famous College at Llanearfan; and St. Lupus, Caerurgan. now called Lantwit Major Dulricius was appointed the principal of the Llancarvan, and liltyd principal of Caerurgan. Before two bishops left this country, Dulricius was made bishop of Llandaff, and Cattwg was made the first abbot of Llan- carfan. In a short time these institutions became very numerous in the principality. They were called Bangon Llancarfan was called Bangor-Cattwg, Bangor- Illtyd, Bangor-is-coed-in- Maelor, Bangor- fewr, Bangor-Teilo, at Landaff; Bangor. Padarn, Llanbadarn-fawr, Bangor- Paulinus, at White House-upon- Tare, now called Whitland Abbey, Carmarthenshire; Tathan, in Caer- went; Beuno, in Clynnog-fawr, Caernarvonshire; Seiriol, in Penmon; that monastery stood where the present Parish Church stands; Cyby, at Holyhead, lire. Dulricius was made bishop of Llandaff about the year 470, and in a short time after was made archbishop of Carbon. It was he who crowned King Arthur. He continued to reside at a place called Garnlwyd, in the parish of Lianearfan after be was made bishop of Lian. daff, in order to be near his friend Cattwg, whom he used to take with him in all his travels. To be continued.

In the Royal Laundry the GLENFIBLD PATENT TARCH. is the only Starch used, and is beldinsueb high estimation by the general public tbat the demand for it has increased, and is continuing to increase with un- precedented rapidity. The manufacturers of this cele- brated Starch, would caution dealers and consumer* ge- nerally, to be on their guard against the numerous imica- tions of their article which are constantly being palmed upon the unwary, and respectfully beg them to notice, that not only is their Starch put up in Blue paper pack- ets with Green Labels, but that each packet has a view of the original works, GI-ENFIELD PATENT STAECH; and the Manufacturer's name ( R. Wotherspoon) printed thereon. They consider this Caution the more nem. sary, on account of manufacturers of other articles hav- in/ recently commenced to use the same form of pack- I ages, as ? I as the same colour of paper and label, after having made an abortive attempt to introduce their arti- cles on their own merits. The Proprietors of the GLEH- FIELD PATENT STARCH, merely ask any one who has not already used it, to make a trial of it, and they will find that it is the finest Starch they ever uaed.