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Apbh. 27, 1850.3 l!j« KaJiei 105
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THE NEW REFORMATION. The Earl of Arupdel...
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The Paris Journals Furnish Us With The D...
quired some notoriety in the late political trials , stripped and jumped into the river , and by his strength and skill in swimming saved a great many lives . One of the soldiers , who had reached the shore unhurt , immediately stripped and swam to the assistance of his comrades .
Apbh. 27, 1850.3 L!J« Kajiei 105
Apbh . 27 , 1850 . 3 l ! j « KaJiei 105
The Dublin Papers Of Yesterday Contain A...
The Dublin papers of yesterday contain an account of a most terrific storm of thunder , lightning , and hail by which that city was visited on Thursday . One of the papers describes the storm as partaking in a very slight degree of the characteristic ascribed to storms in these temperate latitudes . Its phenomena were rather those peculiar to the sudden snow o-ales of the Baltic , the fatal Mediterranean white squall , or the disastrous and too often unforeseen and unprovided for West Indian hurricane . The Freeman thus describes the first indications of the storm : —
tl A scientific friend informs us that , being in the act of leaving his house on professional business , at about two o ' clock , he looked at the barometer , and remarked with extreme surprise that the mercury had fallen to the extent of several degrees , though at the time the sun was shining brightly , and there appeared no sign whatever of storm or tempest . We have ascertained also ( through the medium of an old and experienced officer , comm anding one of our seagoing steamers now in the river ) that immediately previous to the commencement of the storm the wind shifted a few points to the south , and continued southing while the first part of the thunderstorm and the heavy rain continued . It then suddenly , and with a violence that strained the cables of and threatened the destruction of
the largest vessels , masts and rigging , veered round to N . N . E , —that is , a point of the compass directly and diametrically opposite ; and from this point of N . N . E . there poured a tempest of wind such as has never , perhaps , been equalled in violence in this climate , accompanied by volleys of hail that were swept with resistless force in the direction of the gale , shattering windows in myriads , and reducing to ruin everything within the sphere of atmospheric influence or exposed to the fury of the tempest . The enormous size of the globules of hail was a subject of intense wonder and even curiosity , scarcely repressed by the terror of the awestricken people . We ourselves saw hailstones fall near us considerably larger each of them than the largest grape-shot . "
The tempest raged fearfully all along the line of the Northern Railway , and the town of Drogheda , among other places , has suffered fearfully from its effects . On a rough calculation , it is estimated that £ 30 . 000 worth of glass alone has been destroyed in Dublin . The News Letter gives the subjoined additional particulars : — " The quantity of rain that fell within half an hour was enormous , flooding the streets and closing the sewers , so that in many localities the water rose three feet in the kitchens . A Spanish gentleman who was caught in the hurricane stated that he had never encountered so severe a storm even on the summit
of the Pyrennees ; and experienced naval officers assert that nothing more sudden , or fearful while it lasted , had ever occurred in the tropics . The quantity of glass destroyed is enormous , and whole streets , especially those which faced the west and north , had not a whole pane leftin the windows . Trees were blown down . A ereat number of persons sought shelter at Johnston ' s , the silk-mercer , in Sackville-street . The whole of these extensive premises are covered in by glass , the smashing of which caused the greatest consternation , and many ladies fainted with terror from the lightning . At one time a strong smell of fire increased the alarm , which sppedily subsided . The destruction amounted to about 1000 panes of glass . The Mansion-house experienced in an unusual degree the severity of the hurricane ,
Two fine old elm-trees near the statue , which have stood since the reign of Charles I ., were blown down . The Mansion-house itself received considerable injury , the roof being stripped , and almost all the windows broken . A most extraordinary scene was presented in the law library of the courts , at four o ' clock , when the hailstones burst over it . There were sixty or seventy barristers writing in the inside room , which is almost entirely lighted from the roof , when a sudden flash of lightning was succeeded by a shower of hailstones , some as large as grapes . Instantly every pane of glass was shivered , and the fragments dashed down on the learnod heads . The wig proved itself a helmet , but notwithstanding this protection , briefs , books , and bills were instantlv deserted , the narrow gallery affording
but little shelter . Some were protected under the old folios , spreading these capacious volumes over them , whilst others wrapped their gowns turbanwise round their heads , whilst the hail pelted in and glass flew about in every direction ; but when the storm passed over the destruction was visible , and many a forsaken wig had recoivpcl the contents of folios of drafts which were wholly washed out and obliterated .
Yesterday, At A General Meeting Of The A...
Yesterday , at a general meeting of the actors , actresses , and other employe ' s of Drury-lane Theatre , which was held in the green-room , for the purpose of devising means by which the theatre may be kept open , Mr . Anderson proposed that for the future a portion of the receipts should be taken up every night , before any salaries were paid , to defray the expenses of rent , gas , printing , nnd advertisements . After these were settled , then himself and Mr . Vandcnhoff each to have £ 15 per week , the other employes to be paid proportionally . If the receipts enabled him to pay full salaries , then of course each to receive the pay originally stipulated for . - —Daily News .
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There is nothing so revolutionary , because there is nothing so unnatural and convulsive , as the strain to keep things fixed when all the world is by the very law of its creation in its eternal progress . —Dr . Arnold .
The New Reformation. The Earl Of Arupdel...
THE NEW REFORMATION . The Earl of Arupdel and Surrey joins us in proclaiming " a new Reformation "—he with fear , we with hope . But though mingled in the statement with error—and the hereditary Catholic Peer is bound by his , birthright to err uncompromisinglythe fact of the coming event stands out , distinct and true , unavoidable to the sight even of detesting fear . So opinion succeeds opinion , as hu * inanity outgrows its own monuments . Apollo from his shrine Can no more divine "With hollow shriek the steep of Delphos leaving ;"
and now Lord Surrey cries out under the irre-i pressible force of the truth that blanches his lips while he utters it unbidden . « ' Somewhere about three centuries ago , " he said " there was a great convulsion in men ' minds , and that which is commonly known as the Reformation took place ( Hear , hear ) . At that time the Scriptures were set up in place of the teaching of the Church . ( Hear , hear ) . I do not say whether that was right or wrong . But now we are arrived at another period , when the
Scriptures are laid aside , and we are taught this by a school which has been eagerly praised and supported by the press . ( Hear , hear ) . It is extraordinary what damage this school is doing , and I say that we are on the eve of another great change in the human mind . This I regard as a mere skirmishing party , and I have no doubt it will be easily driven in upon the present occasion . But I ask the House to consider that this is not the last attack , that the two armies are drawing together , that the battle is religion or no religion , God or the devil , and the issue Heaven or hell . "
So say we , but not with fear : we are in the battle , and we claim to be fighting for religionwhich Lord Surrey would not permit to free itself from the struggles of the Dark Ages . We agree that the battle is between God eternal and the " Devil" man-devised ; the real Devil that in the name of dogma prevents man from serving his fellow ; the Devil that prevents our public men , in this day , from carrying the light of education among the benighted and the vicious , lest they should learn to know sound opinion from dogma ,
good government from bad . We agree that the issue is Heaven or Hell—but to us the Hell is in the earthly discord of the past ; the Heaven awaits those who hope , and endeavour , and trust without fear or reservation in the beneficence of God . Lord Surrey is an honest and an earnest man , and we thank him for coming manfully and sincerely to the contest . It cannot be avoided : we have many a Surrey to conquer , many an Ashley to subdue , before the victory ; but it will be most speedily ended if diligently undertaken , —now j and it will be least mischievously waged , if most sincerely and
generously urged . Let us then see how the ground is to be taken upon either side . Lord Surrey spoke with the concurrence of the men in the House who specially arrogate to themselves the title of " religious " : by name , by text , and spirit , he denounced a particular set of men—the Author of Christian Theism , the Author of Reverberations , Francis Newman , Frederick Foxton , Theodore Parker , Froude . These he regards as the " skirmishing party " :
we are not aware that they constitute " a party" at all ; but unquestionably these men have in common among them the courageous sincerity which makes them speak out thoughts that are working , more or less distinctly , in the minds of multitudes ; and as the stubborn bank which breaks the stream of drifting snow converts that to a solid mass , so the stubborn if not active resistance which the new movement is to meet from the Surreys and Ashleys of public life , will inevitably create a " party " out of the now scattered family of " Spiritualists . ' It is well that we should distinctly perceive that tendency and that necessity . The " skirmishing
party is to be driven in *'—unless it can call up the main force . If , then , the leaders are true to their own cause , they will joyfully accept the challenge of Surrey . We do not fear the contest—we hope everything from it . For it is opened with unwonted elements of success on our side . Orthodoxy , Dissent , and Scepticism , will be put to their mettle , —made to show the strength that is in them ; for a new sp . irit contests the ground with all of them ; and it is a spirit stronger than any of them .
The new movement is not dogmatic . It is able to recognise the duty of opposition to itself on the part of those whose convictions have not been won . As we desire to get at the utmost truth which Man is capable , at this stage , of comprehending , we desire to have out the whole of what is in men ' s , minds . Let any resist us according to their con * victions—it cannot be tqo earnestly . Let them , if they so hold it , call us wicked , presumptuous , Godless : we court perfect openness , and if those thoughts are in the mind , if ; furthers the end we
have in view that they should be explicitly on the lips . Seeing how men are born and bred in error and bigotry ^ we sustain with equal mind a bitterness that we have no motive to retaliate . We invite a resistance genuine , unstinted , effective , thorough * going ; and we are prepared to encounter it , not weakly nor yieldingly , but with the generous faith in others' motives that justifies our own resolve to carry forth our doctrine p y any influence or substantial power that we may acquire . Our object is to overbear that resistance ; but we will spare pain to others rather than to ourselves . Our hand un- '
checked by conscious cruelty , our sight unblinded by compelled conviction , we shall see the more clearly and act the more vigorously . The new movement is not destructive . It is opposed to no genuine influence . Allied even to its opponents in the common faith , inborn to manthe belief in the Sempiternal God—it acknowledges successive creeds as human efforts to define and perfect that faith eternal and universal ; it can , therefore , respect the sincere tenets of all—can honour the divine element assured to all ; and can take counsel freely with all .
But one thing is necessary to all who would share and aid this great movement—a thorough reliance in themselves and in the force of the truth . The tendency of the day , unquestionably , is to Realism ; but not of that imperfect kind which has been called in days not far distant Materialism or Utilitarianism . We know better than to account inert substance as the only reality , or as the type of the real creation ; or only those things precious which are '' useful . " But the tendency is to ascertain what in point of fact existing things are
to our sense and understanding , and to speak of them explicitly and directly . Hence the new religious movement refuses to admit circumlocutions , equivocations , and presumptions ; and yet it will deal candidly with those errors and foibles . The presumption of the Atheist , as gross as that of the Mussulman , will find the tolerance due to all sincere efforts of the mind ; we will do our best to defend * any conviction against the weapons of cant . The new school does not fall in with the equivocating use of terms which affects to treat as " Chris-, tian" doctrines not properly so clashed . If we have trust in the force of the truths on which we
rely , we give those truths their full strength by removing all the masking rubbish of double speech . Seeking liberty for religion , we must attest the freedom we claim , and at once , at least in our own language , treat all convictions as being upon an equality in the right of discussion . This is taking a position which is in terms somewhat in advance of that taken by Mr . Roebuck , in his admirable speech on Fox ' s bill ; but in this case the advanced
position is the strong position . If the promoters of the new Reformation flinch , not only do they encourage coward tyranny to oppress—for tyranny ever delights most to oppress the willing—but they forego half of their own strength—all the strength they derive from their own freedom of speech and action . A reverential frankness must mark the progress of the new Reformation ; a resolve to develope rather than to destroy , but to yield none .
If ever enterprise could inspire its followers it is this one . What is the state of the world before us ? Wonderful material progress , with much human misery , and a mockery of effort to redeem vice and degradation ; public men listless in the service of : their country ; class arrayed against class ; ministers of religion quarreling about creeds and formularies , while religion forgets its function of influencing the life of men or the conduct of
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Leader (1850-1860), April 27, 1850, page 9, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_27041850/page/9/
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