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all the privileges and blessings that the empire, the ungrateful empire, 

 now enjoys under it ; let the church withdraw the light of her coun- 

 tenance from her children ; and indulge them no more with the pleasing 

 sensation of a churchman's fingers in their pockets : need we prophecy 

 the result ? There is nothing like temporary privation to make men 

 sensible of the advantages they enjoy. With what ardour, after a 

 year's abstinence, will not the country rush into the arms of the church, 

 and pour the tithe, perhaps (in the transports of their joy at this second 

 restoration) the fifth of their harvests and their flocks into her maternal 

 bosom ! With what appetite will not the people then regale themselves 

 at the tables of the clergy, not carnally like beasts, but spiritually like 

 good Christians, at sight of their pious pastors, returned for the good of 

 the people's souls to their Burgundy and venison. With what enthu- 

 siasm of joy will not the resurrection of the bishops from temporary 

 dissolution be hailed in every diocese ; and with what pleasing anxiety 

 will not the gradual increase and improvement of their persons and 

 looks be watched, until their cathedral chairs once more groan under 

 their sacred bulks, and the rosy tint of prosperous prelacy is reinstated 

 on their countenances ! 



Perhaps the mere threat of dischurching the nation would produce 

 the desired effect. Let it be tried : we fear, however, it will succeed 

 no better than firing blank-cartridge on the Irish peasantry, which the 

 clergy have now universally given up as having no warrant in scripture. 



SPECIMENS OF THE PATHETIC IN CROYDON CHURCH-YARD. 



DEATH little warning to me gave, 

 And quickly brought me to my grave ; 

 I from my friends did quickly part, 

 And lost my life by a horse and cart. 



LONG time I was a maiden dear, 

 Short time I was a wife, 

 I left a widowed husband behind, 

 And a sweet babe struggling for life. 





