5. Sermons. By the late Rev. THOMAS WEBSTER, B. D., Rector of St. Botolph's, Cambridge. London Seeleys. 1840 6. Sermons on Various Subjects. By the Rev. H. W. B. DAUBENY, B.A., Perpetual Curate of St. Matthew, Cainscross. Dedicated to his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury. London: Burns. 1840. 7. Sermons on Miscellaneous Subjects; with Notes and an Appendix. By WILLIAM J. E. BENNETT, M.A., late Student of Christ Church, Oxford, and Minister of Portman Chapel, St. Marylebone. Vol. IF. London: Cleaver. 1840. 8. Justification through Faith. The merciful Character of the Gospel Covenant. The Sufficiency of Scripture as a Rule of Faith. Three Sermons preached before the University of Oxford, in the course of the past and present year. By PHILIP N. SHUTTLEWORTH, D.D., Warden of New College, Oxford, and Rector of Fosley, Wilts. London: Rivingtons. 1840.

9. Plain Parochial Sermons preached in the Parish Church of Boltonle-Moors. By the Rev. JAMES SLADE, M.A., Vicar of Bolton, and Prebendary of Chester. Vol. IV. London: Rivingtons. 1840. If we are to look at the volumes of Sermons from week to week published as specimens, fair specimens, of our parochial pulpits (and we believe we may safely do this), then we must congratulate ourselves, the Church at large, and the cause of religion in general, on the progressive improvement-instead of mere declamation, we have solid argument-instead of froth and enthusiasm, we have cool, rational, yet devout, evangelical high-churchmanship; and we may refer to the Sermons by Mr. Webster and Mr. Watson as admirable instances. The authority and commission of the Church, the dangers of delusion and the means of avoiding it, are set forth in strong, yet affectionate language; and we rejoice to be able to extend the same praise to Dr. Stonard.

The Discourses of Dr. Langley are purely practical; and even had they less merit than they have, we should be inclined to speak highly of them on account of the institution on behalf of which they were preached. A Training School for servants is an institution which is much wanted, and calculated to do the most extensive good.

We pass to the Sermons of Mr. Bennett and Mr. Sabin, which are of a highly original character. Their style (not their doctrines) is peculiarly that of modern Oxford; but they exhibit great research and large power of mind. Mr. Bennett is the more original-Mr. Sabin the more practical of the two.

Mr. Daubeny's Sermons, though sanctioned by a permitted dedication to the Archbishop of Canterbury, are of a more common-place character; they are however very good, and prove that the villagers of Cainscross have a pastor both able and faithful.

We now pass on to the three discourses of Dr. Shuttleworth, the newly appointed Bishop of Chichester; and excellent as they are in themselves-honourable both to the eloquent prelate and to the University before which they were delivered—they are doubly valuable at the present moment. Satisfied, however, with the promulgation of evangelical truth, his lordship says but little in any of his works in favour of apostolical order, and hence has originated an idea, extensively prevalent, that the Bishop of Chichester entertains very "liberal" views on Church government and Church authority. We have good reason to know that this notion is an incorrect one; but one word from the right reverend prelate on this subject would be more satisfactory than fifty from us, and we hope that he will soon speak it.

Of Mr. Slade much need not be said; he is too well known and too universally respected to take up the pen in vain, and right glad are we to see a fourth volume of his admirable parochial sermons. There is here the same practical tone, the same fervour-rational fervour of devotion, the same clear views of divine truth, the same sound advocacy of Church principles, that made Mr. Slade's three former volumes so valuable.

We will not dismiss these volumes of Sermons without again adverting to Mr. Sabin and Mr. Watson; the former has given us not merely Sermons, but a connected work, one too which is qualified to set many thinking on not a few important topics. The style is good as well as the matter, and we shall be ever pleased to meet Mr. Sabin again in the same walks of sacred literature. Mr. Watson is a young writer and a young preacher, but the promise is more than fair, and we should be sorry to speak of discourses so good as these as being creditable to a young man-they would be creditable to any preacher.

Surely with an increase, a continued increase of men like these whose published addresses are before us, we may hope for a proportionate increase in the efficiency and acceptability of the Church; we may hope that God, who is thus pouring out his Spirit upon his ministers, will also pour out of the same Spirit upon their flocks. "So that with meek heart and due reverence they may hear and receive the engrafted word which is able to save their souls."

PAMPHLETS.

1. The Affairs of this World all Ordered with a Reference to the Church: : a Sermon, &c. By THOMAS STONE, M.A. London: Burns.

2. The Mercy of God a Call to Repentance: a Sermon, &c. By the Rev. JOHN AYRE, M.A. London: Burns. 1840.

3. A Sermon on the Preservation of our Sovereign Lady Queen Victoria, &c. By the Rev. J. C. EBDEN, M.A. Ipswich: Pawsey. 4. The Worship of Imaginations: a Sermon. By BISHOP ANDREWS. Edited by the Rey. H. H. Victor, B.A. London: Rivingtons. 1840. 5. The Claim of the S. P. G. F. P. upon all Members of the Church: a Sermon. By the Right Rev. JOHN INGLIS, D.D., Bishop of Nova Scotia. London: Wix. 6. A Series of Documents and Authorities on the Duty, Advantage, and Necessity of Public Catechising in the Church. Collected by the Rev. JOHN LEY, M.A. London: Burns. 1840.

1840.

7. A Letter to the Clergy on the Speech of the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Norwich in the House of Lords, May 26, 1840. By a PRIEST OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND. London: Rivingtons. 1840. 8. The Doctrine of Holy Scripture and of the Primitive Church on the Subject of Religious Celibacy; with a Vindication of the Early Church from the mistakes of the Author of " Ancient Christianity." Part II. By JAMES BEAVEN, M.A. Curate of Leigh. London: Rivingtons. 9. On Intercourse between the Church of England and the Churches in the East, and on the Ecclesiastical Condition of the English abroad. By JAMES BEAVEN, M.A. Curate of Leigh. London: Rivingtons. 10. "If any provide not for his own:" A Sermon preached in All Souls Church, St. Mary-le-bone. By W. I. E. BENNETT, M.A. Minister of Portman Chapel. London: Cleaver. 1840.

11. Observations on a Petition for the Revision of the Liturgy of the United Church of England and Ireland, with a Report of the Discussion it caused in the House of Lords, May 26, 1840. By JOHN HULL, M.A. Vicar of Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire; and WILLIAM WINSTANLEY HULL, M.A., of Lincoln's Inn, late Fellow of Brazennose College, Oxford. London: Seeley. 1840.

12. An Enquiry respecting the Destiny of the Ten Tribes. By a LayMAN. London: Rivingtons. 1840.

13. A Speech delivered at the Official Dinner of High Sheriff Tomlinson, in the city of Dublin. By ISAAC BUTT Esq., Professor of Political Economy in the University of Dublin. London: Fraser. 1840. 14. Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues Bill: a Speech on Behalf of Deans and Chapters, made before the Long Parliament in 1641. By JOHN HACKETT, D.D. Can. Res. of St. Paul's, and afterwards Lord Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry. Now reprinted, with Preface and Notes, by a Clegyman. London: Painter. 1840.

15. The Case of St. Paul, and the Necessity of Appointment to the Ministerial Office: a Sermon preached in the Parish Church of Witney. By the Rev. THOMAS FARLEY, B.D. Oxon. London: Burns. 16. Courvoisier: a Sermon preached at Eton Chapel, London, on Sunday July 12, 1840. By the Rev. JOHN EDWARD SABIN, B.A., Minister of the Chapel, and Rector of Preston Bisset, Bucks. London: Hatchards. 1840.

17. Religion and Crime; or, the Distresses of the People and their Remedies. By JOHN MINTER MORGAN. London: Longmans. 1840.

18. A Discourse on Protestantism.

By the Rev. CHARLES BURTON,

LL.D. F.L.S. &c. London: Seeley. 1840.

19. An Appeal on Behalf of Church Government, &c. By a MEMBER OF THE CHURCH. London: Houlston and Stoneman. 1840. 20. The Watchman's Cry: a Sermon preached before the Members of the Grand Protestant Confederation. By the Rev. C. BURTON, LL.D. F.L.S., Minister of All Saints Church, Chorlton-upon-Medlock, Manchester. Manchester: Pratt. 1840.

21. A Sermon preached in St. John's Chapel, Bagnor, in aid of the Funds of the Sussex, East Hampshire, and Chichester Infirmary. By the Rev. EDWARD MILLER, M.A., Perpetual Curate. Chichester: Mason.

1840.

22. The Clergy Watchmen unto the People: a Sermon preached in the Parish Church of Melton Mowbray, at the Primary Visitation of the Lord Bishop of Peterborough. By the Rev. HENRY ALFORD, M.A., Vicar of Wymeswold, Leicestershire, and late Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. London: Rivingtons. 1840. We have here two-and-twenty pamphlets. Of the 1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, and 22, it will be sufficient to say that they are good Sermons; though we like not the taste displayed in the choice of a subject by Mr. Sabin; and we observe with pleasure the large and increasing sale of Dr. Burton's admirable Sermons. No. 4 is a timely reprint of an excellent Discourse by Bishop Andrews; and No. 14 an equally timely reprint of Bishop Hacket's speech on Cathedral Establishments. Alas! that it was not able to preserve them from spoliation. The remarkable observations of the Bishop of Norwich on the twenty-sixth of May last, in the House of Lords, have called forth a severe but just letter (No. 7) from a "Priest of the Church of England;" and an attempt, a vain attempt, to justify his Lordship, by the writers of the "Observations" (No. 11). No. 19 is a pamphlet at once uncalled for, ill-conceived, and ill-written. No. 13 is a tract deserving of attention, though the subject is hardly likely to interest the reader on this side St. George's Channel. No 14 is also worthy of attention; and so are those most important "Documents and Authorities" brought forward by Mr. Ley (No. 6). Nos. 8 and 9 are tracts by Mr. Beaven-tracts whose titles will explain their objects, and most successful is the learned author in both the one and the other: we shall probably return to these works again. In conclusion, we must say a few words of commendation about Mr. Morgan s pamphlet, which is accompanied by a very well executed plate. Mr. Morgan, rightly attributing the crimes and distresses of the poor to a want of religious instruction, proposes a Christian Socialism; and his remarks certainly deserve a careful investigation.

WILLIAM EDWARD PAINTER, 342, strand, LONDON, PRINTER.