About fifteen years ago a site was cho- | Mary-Le-Bone, one of the largest parish sen for the building of a Protestant church, and a considerable sum was expended in preparing it for the purpose; but there were good reasons found for discontinuing this attempt before even a foundation-stone was laid. A few years back a new effort was made to the same end, which like the former terminated in disappointment But it was not the design of Providence much longer to defeat the wishes of those, who longed to see a temple to the Living God raised in this island, wherein they might unite together for his divine worship. The honoured instrument of effecting this purpose was Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, who during her visit last winter saw the destitution which had so long been deplored, and with the most magnanimous christian feeling took upon herself the whole expense of the building. The accompanying drawing is the intended side elevation of the building, which is now in rapid progress. The first stone was laid by Her Majesty on the 20th. March 1839, and the work has so far advanced that the ground-work may be said to be completed. No labour has been spared by the superintending architect to render the edifice durable; and tho' often with immense difficulty, every part of the foundation has been based upon the solid rock, which in many instances was found covered with thirty feet of rubbish. According to a drawing already published, the front of the edifice, facing N. E. will be adorned with a portico supported by four lonic pillars, and surmounted by a bass-relief design illustrative of St. Paul's casting the viper off his hand into the fire immediately after his shipwreck. (Acts xxviii. 3.) Each wing of the front will be ornamented with a statue of the two great apostles of the Christian Church, St. Peter and St. Paul. The tower or steeple will be 130 feet high, terminating with the emblem of Christianity, the cross. The demensions of this building exceed those of any of the modern churches in London: the length of the area will be 110 feet, breadth 67 feet, and height 45 feet. churches in the metropolis, measures only 105 by 70 feet, and serves a congregation in which 3000 baptisms take place yearly; and that of St. Pancrass 117 by 60 ft. including the altar. The Church of St. Paul at Malta will contain seats for upwards of 1500 persons. On a future occasion we shall present to our readers a drawing of the interior. CONTRAST. There are many who think that accumu lation is a positive evil, and that consumption is a positive benefit; and, therefore, that economy is an evil, and waste a benefit. The course of a prodigal man is by many still viewed with considerable admiration. He sits up all night in frantic riot—he consumes whatever can stimulate his satiated appetite-he is waited upon by a crowd of unproductive and equally riotous retainers -he breaks and destroys everything around him with an unsparing hand-he rides his horses to death in the most extravagant attempts to wrestle with time and space; and when he has spent all his substance in these excesses, and dies an outcast and a beggar, he is said to have been a hearty fellow, and to have 'made good for trade.' When, on the contrary, a man of fortune economizes his revenue-lives like a virtuous and reasonable being, whose first duty is the cultivation of his understanding eats and drinks with a regard to his health-keeps no more retainers than are sufficient for his proper comfort and decency-breaks and destroys nothing-has respect to the inferior animals, as well from motives of prudence as of mercy-and dies without a mortgage on his lands; he is said to have been a stingy fellow, who did not know how to 'circulate his money.' To circulate money,' to 'make good for trade,' in the once common meaning of the terms. is for one to consume unprofitably what, if economized, would have stimulated production in a way that would have enabled hundreds, instead of one, to consume profitably. We will give you two historical examples of these two opposite modes of In the worst inn's worst room, with mat half hung, No wit to flatter left of all his store, No fool to laugh at, which he valued more, CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLE OF A SLAVE. A SLAVE in one of the islands of the West Indies, who had originally come from Africa, having been brought under the influence of religious instruction, became singularly valuable to his owner, on account of his integrity and general good conduct. After some time his master raised him to a situation of some consequence in the management of his estate. His owner on one occasion, wishing to purchase twenty additional slaves, employed him to make the selection, giving him instruction to choose those who were strong and likely to make good workmen. The man went to the slave-market, and commenced his scrutiny. He had not long surveyed the multitude offered for sale before he fixed his eye intently upon one old and decrepit slave, and told his master that he must be one. The Contrast the course of this unhappy man master appeared greatly surprised at his with that of the Duke of Bridgewater, who choice, and remonstrated against it. The devoted his property to really 'making good poor fellow begged that he might be infor trade,' by constructing the great canals | dulged; when the dealer remarked, that if which connect Manchester with the coal they were about to buy twenty, he would countries, and with Liverpool. The Duke give them the old man into the bargain. of Buckingham lived in a round of sensual The purchase was accordingly made, and folly: the Duke of Bridgewater limited his the slaves were conducted to the plantation personal expenditure to £400 a year, and of their new master; but upon none did devoted all the remaining portion of his the selector bestow half the attention and revenues to the construction of a magnifi- care he did upon the poor decrepit African. cent work of the highest public utility. He took him to his own habitation, and laid The one supported a train of cooks, and him upon his own bed, he fed him at his valets, and horse-jockeys: the other called own table, and gave him drink out of his into action the labour of thousands, and own cup; when he was cold, he carried him employed in the direction of that labour the into the sunshine; and when he was hot, skill of Brindley, the greatest engineer that he placed him under the shade of the coany country has produced. The one died coa-nut trees. Astonished at the attention without a penny, loaded with debt, leaving this confidential slave bestowed upon a no trace behind him but the ruin which his fellow-slave, his master interrogated him waste had produced: the other bequeathed upon the subject. He said, "You could almost the largest property in Europe to not take so intense an interest in the old his descendants, and opened a channel for man, but for some special reason: he is a industry which afforded, and still affords, relation of yours, perhaps your father?" employment to thousands. † "No, massa," answered the poor fellow, "he no my fader!" "He is then an elder brother?" "No, massa, he no my brother!" "Then he is an uncle, or some other relation?" "No, massa, he no be of my kindred at all, nor even my friend!" "Then, asked • Ruffhead's 'Pope.' + 'Capital and labour.' THE WONDERS OF NATURE. FROM partial consideration of things, we are very apt to criticise what we ought to admire; to look upon as useless, what perhaps we should own to be of infinite advantage to us, did we see a little further; to be peevish where we ought to give thanks; and at the same time to ridicule those who employ their time and thoughts in examining what we were,—that is, some of us most assuredly were created and appointed to study. In short, we are too apt to treat the Almighty worse than a rational man would treat a good mechanic; whose works he would either thoroughly examine, or be ashamed to find any fault with them. This is the effect of a partial consideration of nature; but he who has candour of mind and leisure to look further, will be inclined to cry out : How wondrous is this scene! where all is formed From this thy universe? Shall feeble man To call for thy assistance, and pretend NOTHING is more unpleasing than to find that offence has been received when none was intended, and that pain has been given to those who were not guilty of any provocation. As the great end of society is mutual beneficence, a good man is always uneasy when he finds himself acting in opposition to the purposes of life; because, though his conscience may easily acquit him of malice prepense, of settled hatred, or contrivances of mischief, yet he seldom can be certain that he has not been hindered from consulting the common interest by too much regard to his own ease, or too much indifference to the happiness of others. Rambler. IMPORTANT HINT.-A man in reproving his son for swearing, told him it was very wicked, and that God heard him swear, for God could hear all things. "Can he, indeed, father?" said the little fellow; "and can he see all things too?" "Yes," replied the father, "God hears, and sees, and knows, all things." "I am sorry for that," said the boy; "for he must have seen my father drunk the other night." How often must children see inconsistencies in their parents!-Temperance Mag. FEMALE INFLUENCE.-When Livia had attained such an ascendancy over her husband, Augustus, that he could hardly refuse her any thing, though emperor of the world, many of the married ladies of Rome were anxious to know the secret and the source of her success; to whom she replied, “I rule by obeying." Quarterly Subscriptions at 1s. and communications received at No. 97 Str. Forni. termination of words, as below in the fifth line. Hence, perfect in beauty. The second line comprises seven letters: Beth, Ain, Lamed, Aleph, Nun, Jod, Thau. The first three form the word a prince, a lord, the same in all the Eastern languages, and is connected with the following word of four letters: viz. Aleph, Nun, Jod, Thau a fleet, ships, in the singular. Hence, the Queen of fleets, referring to the antecedent. The third line consists of seven letters: Shin, Caph, Vau, final Nun, Caph, Lamed, Beth. The first four form the word from the verb to inhabit, to stay, to reside; and may be rendered, which resides. The remaining three letters form the word ; Caph is the comparative like, as, and the heart, centre, central. The fourth line contains seven letters, which form three words: viz. Ain, Lamed by high, eminent, superior, hence the Mal Aleph and Caph form the ;עלי עלי tese אך word which in Hebrew is a particle expressing intensity certainly, wholly, by all The remaining five letters are Ain, Daleth, Jod, Nun, and Ain, four of which form the word voluptuous, delicious, full of delight. The Ain, however, I think belongs to the next line, and is to be connected with the following Daleth. The sixth line comprises six letters: Daleth, Lamed, Daleth, Beth, Resh, Jod, to which a final Mim is to be added. Hence the first Daleth wrh the Ain of the preceding line form negation not, no. to; Lamed makes the Lastly, Daleth, Beth, Resh, Jod, and Mim final supplied, form the word words, speech. Hence the following is the entire translation. To Tyre, the perfect in beauty, ,The Queen of fleets 2 בעל אניה 3 Situated like a heart, (i.e.central) by 4 Eminent, in every respect, full 5 Of joy, voluptuous, delightful, 5 y 6 More than words can express. Annotations to the preceding Analysis The letters Lamed, Tsade and Resh preserved in the Government Library, exist in the Malta Phoenician Inscription which was deciphered by D. Barthelemy The last letter of the first line is the final Phœnician Aleph ✈· The letters composing the word Baal in our second line are also found in the inscription referred to. The other word begins with the initial Phoenician Aleph . In the third line, after Sin or Samech, I have restored the letter Vau, which was not fully expressed, hence or liv. סוכן שׂוכן In the fourth line I have discovered an other form of the Aleph, viz. 4. In the fifth line I have restored the second word by placing the letter Jod after the Daleth, which appears joined to the Nun,the meaning then is obvious. The last Ain I think is to be prefixed to the first Daleth of the following line, with which it forms. Finally, in the last line a final Mim was either to be supplied or understood. It is not to be believed that those letters which accurately expressed in writing. are suppressed in speaking should always be Rev. S. Marmara is now occupied in determining the antiquity of the Maltese lan-* guage. The reverend professor has our best sympathies in his arduous labours, and we trust that they will be crowned with success. |