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MISCELLANEOUS.

A List of Joint-Stock Companies, the Proposals for which are now, or have been lately, before the Public.

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Errata in the former List of Joint-Stock Companies.

310 For "Barueo, Loo-Loo and Banca," read Borneo, Soo-Loo and Banca. 311 For "Atlantic and Pearl," read Atlantic Mining and Pearl.

338 For "

Tropical Free Labour Sugar Company," read Tropical Free Labour Company..

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379 For " a Lough Erne," read from Lough Erne.

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Literary Joint-Stock Companies.-In this age of speculation, we have societies for aiding Literature and drawing a revenue from it. One of these is entitled, Society for the Encouragement of Literature," with a capital of £100,000 in shares of £25. The object of the company is to purchase copy-rights at their fair value, and thus to protect and encourage authors, but without interfering with the established trade of the bookseller. The profits are calculated to arise from the sale of the works purchased by the society and printed with all the advantages of ready money payments. One fourth of these is to form a fund for the benefit of authors; the remainder to be divided among the proprietors or to accumulate as capital with a view to such division ultimately. "The society will not be biassed by party-feelings; but will be open to the reception of all works that do not militate against good order and morality." Each share entitles its possessor to one copy of every work published by the society, at two-thirds of the publication price. Another company is called the "National Institution for the

Promotion of Literature and the Fine Arts," the proprietorship vested in shares of £50 each. Premiums are to be offered for the best paintings, drawings, and sculptures, by living artists. Öriginal

productions by authors of merit, and Translations of rare Oriental and other Foreign Essays are to be purchased, and published in a Periodical Work to be established by the Institution, and to be superbly embellished with highly-finished Engravings after the best ancient and modern Masters. A Select Library to be

progressively formed. The rooms of the Institution to be fitted up with a splendid Collection of Paintings, and to be supplied with the Daily Papers, Periodicals, Maps, &c. A sixth part of the profits to be appropriated to the formation of an extensive School for the education and maintenance of children of deceased or indigent Artists or Authors. An annual subscription of Five Guineas entitles Subscribers to be free of the Institution, with liberty to introduce a friend, and right to a copy of the work.

Petition of Clergymen, Meeting at the Bell Inn, Maidstone, against the Unitarian Marriage Bill.

To the Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled.

The Humble Petition of the Clergy, resident in Maidstone and its vicinity,

SHEWETH,

That a measure lately introduced into the House of Commons, the object of which is the repeal of the Marriage Laws, as they at present affect the Unitarian Dissenters, has attracted the attention of your petitioners.

That, as it appears to your petitioners, the parts of the Marriage Service of the Church of England, to which the Unitarians principally object, are these twothe repeating of the words "In the uame of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost," and the hearing of the following blessing from the mouth of

the minister.

That the foregoing words, which the Unitarians object to repeat, are the words of our blessed Saviour himself, and your petitioners think it to be most unreasonable in persons calling themselves Christians, to protest, as many of the Unitarians have protested, against the words of Christ.

That your petitioners humbly suggest to your Right Honourable House, that it must needs be dangerous to the stability of a Christian Legislature, to listen to

the scruples of such persons. For since the Unitarians have not scrupled to alter the New Testament, and to reject such parts of the same as are repugnant to their principles, the mere admission of the truth of their argument by the Legislature, may lead to the general rejection of whole chapters of the sacred volume, and eventually to the public acknowledg ment of man's right to alter the word of God, and so to the establishment of

Unitarianism by law; and that in proof of the foregoing assertion, your petitioners humbly refer your Lordships to a book which is called "The Improved Version of the New Testament," published some years ago by the Unitarians. And being firm believers in the truth of the whole sacred volumes, and being bound by their ordination vow to instruct the people out of the same, your petitioners, in conclusion, beg to represent, that the plea of conscientious scruples is as forcible when applied to themselves as to the Unitarians, and considering that the compliance with the proposed measure would be in direct opposition to their own feelings and conscience, they humbly hope, that the aforesaid measure may not be allowed to pass into a law.

And your petitioners, &c.

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"Engravings from ditto, £1,300." For the purchase of foreign books, and continuing the works in progress in the library of Sir Joseph Banks, and MSS., £1000. Towards printing the Alexaudrian MS. there were last year expended £391, and the sums already expended in the printing, &c. of this MS. amount to £8,877. The printing of the whole of the text, and of the greater part of the notes, is completed. The remaining portion of the notes and of the Prolegomena will amount to about £300. Sir R. C. Hoare has presented his valuable collection of Italian Topography, amounting to 1700 articles, to this national Institution.

Particulars of the Funeral of the late Rev. Dr. SAMUEL PARR. (See Obituary, pp. 183-185.) [From The Warwick Advertiser, March 19.]

THE mortal remains of Dr. SAMUEL

PARR,-in whom the republic of letters the Church one of its most eminent dihas lost one of its brightest ornamentsvines--the country one of its greatest patriots society one of the best of men,

and civil and religious liberty, one of Monday last, interred, without pomp or its most eloquent advocates, were, on lomanity, in the Parish Church of Hatton; ostentation, though with becoming so

where, for the long period of forty years, both by precept and example, he had approved himself a faithful pastor over the flock committed to his care, as well as an able and successful minister of of unfailing consolation through life, and that gospel which proved to him a source amidst the struggles of expiring nature.

The funeral, superintended by Mr. Baly, of this place, was arranged, even in the directions which the deceased had left most minute particulars, agreeably to the

behind him.

Church, which had tolled, at intervals, At one o'clock, the bells of the parish throughout the day, suddenly ceased; and a peal of cheerful melody from its humble tower, soon put the whole line of procession, which had previously been formed in front of the house, in motion. The Rev. Dr. Butler, and the Rev. Kann Kennedy, headed the mournful cavalcade. Two clergymen, who had occasionally discharged the duties of the ministry for their deceased friend during his last illness, next followed; then came two other gentlemen, his friends, and four medical attendants, walking two and two.

The body of the deceased was borne from the Parsonage House-where he had closed his long and valuable life-by eight of his parishioners. These were

afterwards relieved, at the churchyard, by eight others, who conveyed the sacred burden to the grave; and happy indeed were those who were permitted to perform this last sad office for their beloved friend and benefactor. The pall was supported by seven clergymen, and one Dissenting clergyman, of the neighbourhood, attired in the habits of their sacred office.

The chief mourner, the Rev. John Lynes, grandson to the deceased, supported by six of the late Doctor's friends, dressed in mourning cloaks, immediately followed the body; and, though the executors had, in compliance with the directions of the deceased, strictly confined' their invitations to the persons already noticed, a long train of gentlemen dressed in black, with hat-bands and scarfs, many of whom had come a considerable distance to pay the last tribute of respect to departed worth, were, at their own particular desire, allowed to join the mournful procession. The whole was closed by the domestics of the deceased, attended by all the inhabitants of the parish as mourners, except indeed those whom necessity, age or sickness, confined at home. Business was entirely suspended in Hatton; and even many of the inhabitants of the surrounding towns were not backward in testifying their respect and unfeigned sorrow on this melancholy occasion.

The proper Psalms and Lesson in the Burial Service having been read by the Rev. Raun Kennedy, a sermon was preached, according to the particular desire of the deceased, by his learned and highlyvalued friend, the Rev. Dr. Butler, from the following text:-"He hath shewed thee, O mau, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?" Micah vi. 8.

In the progress of his discourse, which did equal credit to the talents and feelings of the preacher, the Rev. Doctor pronounced, in a strain of uncommon eloquence, a just and striking eulogy upon the character of the illustrious dead; pointing out his piety, his moral rectitude, his profound learning, his unbounded benevolence, and the many rare virtues by which he was so pre-eminently distinguished. Nor were the frailties of the deceased forgotten; they were delineated with all the feeling of a man, and the fidelity of a Christian; thus rendering more powerful and striking the splendid eulogium which preceded. The sermon concluded with the words of the text, which the deceased has directed to be inscribed upon his monument, and by which he will still continue to address his former parishioners.

The sermon being ended, the remaining part of the sublime service, which our Church hath appointed to be used at the Burial of the Dead, was then read; the coffin was lowered into the vault where the ashes of the late Mis. Parr and her daughters are deposited; and, after au appropriate anthem had been sung by the choir, the funeral obsequies were closed with the apostolic benediction.

The congregation then separated, and successive peals from the muffled bells ended the melancholy solemnities of the day.

The Church, which the Doctor's piety and munificence had beautified and enlarged at so much cost, was lighted up with numerous wax-lights; the windows being darkened so as to give the edifice the appearance of a capacious cemetery. The altar and communion rails were covered with black cloth; the latter being ornamented with several escutcheons of the deceased. The reading desk and pulpit, in which the venerable Doctor never entered without claiming uncommon attention, from his unfeigned piety, his solemn deportment, and the great evangelical truths which he delivered with so much energy and impressiveness, also exhibited the same symbols of mourning. The brilliancy of the lights, contrasted with the sable hangings of the church, and the funeral habiliments of the mouruers, could not but impress the minds of all present with serious and awful sensations. The few rays of rainbow-varied light, which escaped here and there through the richly illumined windows, and rested upon the sculptured marble which enriches the sides of the sacred edifice, produced a grand and pleasing effect.

The great concourse of persons of all ranks and denominations that witnessed the funeral solemnities, and the extreme sensibility with which they listened to the truly affecting and impressive discourse, delivered on this solemn occasion, are a strong eulogy on the life of the deceased, and evince how much he was revered as a minister, and beloved as a man. And though the tomb has closed upon his remains, he has left a name that will never die among men as long as religion and learning shall be respected. The words written by the poet upon the death of a celebrated statesman, may with equal justice be applied to our lamented friend

"A patriot's even course he steered,

'Mid Faction's wildest storms unmoved;
By all who marked his mind-revered;
By all who knew his heart-beloved.”
FITZPATRICK.

[Following this account are two paragraphs, announcing that a Funeral Sermon for Dr. Parr would be preached the next day (Sunday), March 20, by the Rev. Dr. WADE, at St. Nicholas' Church, Warwick; and another in the evening, at the High-Street Chapel, by the Rev. WM. Field.]

Appeal of the Catholics of Ireland to malignant detractors from Irish merit,

the People of England.

Friends and Fellow-Subjects,

Those who are labouring under oppression will naturally seek for deliver ance, and they will be exposed to the strong temptation of receiving (if they can obtain it) assistance from any part of the world; but, of the whole world, we would, if the choice lay before us, prefer the obtaining of such assistance from you. To you, therefore, we appeal on the present momentous occasion; on your sound understanding and justice we rely for aid in the obtaining of deliver ance from our unmerited ill-usage-from thraldom, from injustice, from degradation, cruelty, and insult, such as never had a general existence in any country but Ireland.

We are well aware of the prejudices which systematic deception, constantly carried on for two centuries and a half, has implanted in your minds. When we hear within the walls of Parliament itself, our ancestors of only two centuries back, represented as half savages; when we hear this in such a place, and see that it passes as a truth acknowledged, we can scarcely impute blame to you for suspecting that we are by nature unfitted for the enjoyment of those rights and immunities which the law insures to you. But, Englishmen, listen no longer to these calumnies; hear the voice of his tory, and consult your own good sense. The former will tell you, that Christianity, the great civilizer of mankind, had, before it had taken root in your country, long flourished, and spread far and wide its blessed branches in ours, where the mournful ruins of our abbeys, and all our numerous ancient monuments of piety, patriotism, and science, still remain to prove that at later periods Ireland yielded in civilization and in science to no country in the world. But your reason, your unbiassed judgment will tell you, that two hundred and fifty years are much more than five times as many as wisdom and justice, accompanied with legislative power, require for the civilizing even of savages; and that, therefore, if the well-earned fame, in letters as well as in arms, of Catholic Irishmen,

were not so firmly established in every court and army of Europe, except our own, whence their services have been driven to be offered to other states; even if this, together with the recent innumerable triumphs of our Catholic priesthood over those who imprudently attempted to sow the seeds of discord amongst their flocks; if these were not an answer to the selfish, and crafty, and your justice, when you hear men in power affect to regard us as buried in gross ignorance, and as unfitted for freedom; your justice will lead you to turn upon them, and indignantly ask, "Why, then, after all the unchecked authority that you have had in your hands, after all the countless millions that you have heaped on the Protestant Clergy of Ireland, after all the immense treasures, the fruit of our patrimony and our toil, that we have so unsparingly poured into your laps for so many, many years; why, after all these, is so large a part of our fellow. subjects in this deplorable state?"

Englishmen, the pictures exhibited to you of the ignorance, and idleness, and seditiousness of the Irish people, are foul calumnies, invented by cunning fraud, to impose on your unsuspecting natures, and thereby to obtain the aid to be derived from that prejudice, which has been and is so fatal to us, and so costly to you. We cannot bring you here to shew you a people, who, down to the very lowest walks of life, well understand (thanks to their pious, industrious, and titheless teachers), all their duties towards God and their neighbour. We cannot bring you here to shew you (nor need we, if you but think of the specimens which you yearly have, in harvest time, before your eyes) a people the most cheerfully laborious, and contented with the hardest fare, of any people on earth-we cannot bring you here to shew you a people, who, so far from being seditiously disposed, submit peaceably, and almost without a murmur, to oppression, and contumely past all description; and whose occasional acts of vengeance are the effect of tantalizing and tormenting cruelty, the bare thought of enduring which would drive Englishmen mad.

But, if we cannot bring you here to give you ocular demonstration of these truths, we can refer you to facts which are notorious to all the world, and from which, if you dismiss from your minds the prejudices there obtruded by fraud, you will not fail to draw a just conclusion. Can, then, we ask, those immense quantities of food and raiment, with which this island supplies the navy, the

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