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we confess and approve what is right, we follow what is wrong? It is plain that there is within us (until, through God's grace, a better principle is planted there) a corrupt nature leading us astray. Now those who speak of the corruption of man, are sometimes suspected of feeling a secret pleasure in looking at the gloomy side of our nature, of seeing things on what is called the worst side. And, in truth, if religious teaching went no farther than merely to state man's corruption, without having any object in so doing, this might well be considered as nothing more than the dark forebodings of a prophet of ill. But, when we state the corruption of man, with the New Testament before us, we not only show the disease, but the remedy; not only the corruption but the cure: and thus we see why all the invitations, all the warnings, all the instructions of the Gospel, proceed upon the supposition of man's fall, that he may see the blessing, and embrace the benefit of man's restoration; and the Gospel constantly shows us the sins to which our corrupt nature will lead us, that we may seek for that new principle, that divine nature, which, through God's great mercy in Christ, will, by the Holy Spirit be implanted in the heart of every one who earnestly comes to that fountain of life, in which we are called to "wash and be clean." "Though your sins be as scarlet they shall be white as snow, though they be red like crimson they shall be as wool."

But though the Scriptures declare that there is forgiveness of sins, through the sacrifice of Christ; and that there is a renovation of the heart by the Holy Spirit of God, we are to remember that these blessings are not to be expected, whilst we are careless of our conduct, and whilst we go on in a course of negligence and sin. The forgiveness of sin is promised only to the penitent; and the Spirit of God is not promised, to draw us forcibly from a course of sin in which we wilfully indulge, but it is to strengthen our infirmities, and to help us in our progress, whilst we are seeking to walk in a right course. It is true, indeed, it is to the mercy of God that we owe even a desire to serve him; and, for this desire, the true Christian will ever be willing to give him the praise.

But still, we must not suppose that we may safely go on in the indulgence of our corruptions, and wait, as it were, till God sees fit to convert us. Our business is to "watch," and to "pray," and to" strive;" it is to consider in what way the enemy, within, assails us, that we may be ever striving, with the divine help, to resist those allurements which are leading us out of the path of salvation; and to cultivate those dispositions, and to pursue that course of conduct which will be a right preparation for an eternal abode of holiness and purity and love. Such exertion, and such labours, performed in reliance on divine aid, God will bless: they are from Him, and they will lead to Him.

CRUELTY TO A DOG.

V.

JOHN MARSH, carman, in the employ of Mr. King, cornchandler, Kingsland-gate, was brought to Worship-street Police-office, charged with the following act of cruelty to a dog:

Police-constable, N 225, said that about one o'clock that day he was on duty in Brunswick-street, Hackneyroad, when he heard several people exclaiming "shame!" At the same time he heard the violent lashings of a whip. On approaching the crowd he saw the prisoner with a whip in his hand, with which he was beating the poor animal in the most shameful manner.

Mr. Codd-What sort of dog was it?

The animal was brought before the magistrates, and, though possessing a portion of the bull-breed, it showed a most gentle temper. The whip was a carman's whip.

Witness-After the prisoner beat the dog it lay at his feet. He again lashed it with his whip, and flung it into a cart which he had with him, in which he jumped, and went off at a fast trot, still lashing the dog as he went. Witness followed and took him into custody.

Mr. Codd-What! Did he whip the dog after it had

crouched at his feet?

Witness-Yes, your worship. It appeared quite under his command.

Mr. Codd-Did it cry, or was it insensible after the whipping?

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Witness-The dog has much of the bull-dog breed in it, and they do not make much noise.

Police-constable, N 84, said that he was in his house when he was disturbed by the sound of the whip. He never saw such cruelty in his life. There were above 100 persons present, who all cried "shame!"

The prisoner, in reply, stated that he was at Mr. Dale's mills delivering some corn to grind. He left the dog to take care of the cart. He was some time away; but when he returned, the dog was gone. He looked for him a long while, and found him when he was met by the police. He was sorry for what he had done. It was his master's dog.

Mr. Grove-Your master ought to know how the dog has been treated, and not let him go out again with you, Mr. Codd said that it was one of the worst cases that had come before them, and, but for the contrition he had expressed, they would have fined him in the full penalty of 40s.

The prisoner was fined 20s. or 14 days' imprisonment in the house of correction.

A newspaper editor says, "the brute ought to be flogged soundly with his own whip."

ON FEEDING BEASTS.

A CORRESPONDENT of the Northampton Herald states the following method of feeding beasts on boiled barley, tried with a quantity of inferior barley with complete success.

"To two parts of water add one of barley, then boil it slowly when it boils add no more fuel, but let it remain in the vessel closely covered; at the end of forty-eight hours take it out to cool; and, if properly done, it will have imbibed all the water, every corn will be burst, and be in a jelly-like state; this mix with chaff; and, afterwards, give hay to assist rumination. My six beasts, each weighing from 50 to 60 stone, (14lbs. to the stone,) consume two bushels of barley per day, worth at market 3s. per bushel.

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"The cost of boiling, now coals are selling at 1s. 6d. per cwt. is 1 d. per bushel. I leave your readers to cal

culate the difference of the cost, as it must vary at different places, between cake and corn-feeding; and should any of them be induced, after reading these facts, to follow my example, they will, I feel confident, ever after, give the preference to corn; and I beg them to remember, that by so doing they will confer a benefit on themselves by creating a market for their own produce. Signed J. H.-Sent by Y.

DELIRIUM TREMENS.

THERE is a most frightful malady consequent upon drinking too much wine or spirituous drinks, which has been carefully traced and described by some of the most eminent of the medical profession, called "delirium tremens," which bears with it a most melancholy train of symptoms, which is closely allied to some of the most aggravated forms of disease which the sad catalogue of human afflictions presents to us. Some time before the appearance of the worst features of this disorder, there are observed weakness, languor, and wasting; there is no appetite for breakfast or for dinner; there is a peculiar slowness of the pulse, coldness of the hands and feet, a cold moisture over the whole surface of the body, cramp in the muscles of the extremities, giddiness, nausea, vomiting; to these signs succeeds a nervous tremor of the hands, and likewise of the tongue; the spirits become dejected, a melancholy feeling is in the mind, the sleep is short and interrupted; this may constitute the first stage: after which a second comes on attended with the highest degree of nervous irritation; mental alienation is its marked feature; there is great restlessness, a constant excitement, objects of the most frightful nature are present to the imagination, the eye acquires a wildness, the individual cannot lie down, he fears suffocation, he talks strangely, he fancies he sees fearful faces before him. Dr. Pearson witnessed a very distressing incident of a patient who, for a considerable time before his death, imagined he saw the devil at the ceiling above his bed; and, as the disease increased, he fancied the evil spirit approached him with a knife to cut his throat, and he actually expired making violent efforts to avoid the fatal instrument.-Dr. Sigmond's Lecture in the Lancet.

Substitute for Bell-glasses.-Make a hoop from fifteen to eighteen inches diameter, cross it with three or four bent twigs or slips of wood, take care to make the fastenings secure, cover the frame with calico, varnished with the following mixture: dry cheese, four ounces, slaked lime, one eighth of an ounce; carefully mixed together to this add four ounces of linseed oil, which readily combines with the mixture; to which white of egg, and water, of each four ounces, must then be added: the varnish soon dries, the oil prevents its scaling, and gives a degree of suppleness to the calico. Plants under these frames have a more equal temperature than under bellglasses; the heat is less excessive in the middle of the day, but does not abate so much at night.

NEGLECT OF THE LORD'S SUPPER.

ALL members of the established Church are instructed in their catechism, on the authority of Scripture, that Baptism and the Lord's Supper are the two Christian Sacraments necessary to salvation. But, notwithstanding the anxiety of all parents not to suffer their children to die unbaptized, how many of those parents are there who depart out of life, without having once obeyed the positive command of their Lord and Saviour to commemorate His death for their redemption, in the sacred rite instituted by Himself!-Rev. Samuel Denne.

PUBLIC WORSHIP.

WHEN We see thousands disregarding the public worship of God, and thus laying themselves open to the assaults of the enemy of souls, we would arouse our fellow immortals to a sense of their danger by the following considerations :-First, Do you not think that God, who instituted public worship, had a right to dictate such homage from his obliged creatures, and consequently to punish its neglect? Second, Is he not, by use of such means, preparing us for still nobler and more generous