the inmates, especially an aged woman, who appeared to be the mistress of the house, inveighed against her most furiously, declaring she should not stay a moment longer under the roof with them, and actually turned her out, in all the severity of the day, upon the road, "to die and be d---d, as a heretic." Their son, a lad about 14 years of age, saw her into an adjoining pig-stye, into which there was scarcely room to enter, where the clergyman of the parish found her lying on the ground enveloped in filth and nastiness, and nearly dead with cold, on being called to administer the rites of religion to her, after he had come out of the church. Fortunately, the church was not far distant, in the vestryroom of which there was a good fire, where, on being removed, and medicines, cordials, &c., administered, she gradually revived, and was well enough next morning to pursue her way, though still weakly and sickly, to town. We shall not add a word of comment, but leave this act of barbarity to speak for itself, as an illustration of the spirit that pervades the wretched, inhuman, and savage votaries of the ever-persecuting Church of Rome. We pledge ourselves to give the name and circumstances, if required.-Limerick Standard.

ANCIENT BARBARISM.-The state of England under the early Norman Lords is faithfully depicted in the Saxon Chronicle, under the year 1137, in the reign of King Stephen. The following is a brief specimen ::-" Every rich man built his castle.......... They took those whom they suspected to have any goods, by night and day, seizing both men and women, and they put them in prison for their gold and silver, and tormented them with pains unspeakable, for neve, were any martyrs tormented as these were; they hung some up by their feetr and smoked them with foul smoke, some by their thumbs, or by the head, and they hung burning things on their feet. They put a knotted string about their head, and writhed it till it went into the brain. They put them into dungeons wherein were adders, and snakes, and toads, and thus wore them out. Some they put into a crucet-house, that is, into a chest that was short and narrow, and not deep, and they put sharp stones in it, and crushed the man therein, so that they broke all his limbs. There were hateful and grim things, called Sachenteges, in many of the castles, and which two or three men had enough to do to carry. The Sachentege was made thus: it was fastened to a beam, having a sharp iron to go round a man's throat and neck, so that he may no way sit, nor lie, nor sleep, but he must bear all the iron."

DISCOVERY OF THE HEART OF RICHARD I.-Some gentlemen of Rouen who pay much attention to the antiquities with which this place abounds, lately obtained permission of the Archbishop to search for the heart of Richard Coeur de Lion, which tradition stated was near the high altar. As there is an inscription on one side the choir stating that a Duke of Normandy, brother to Richard was there buried, they commenced their researches on the opposite side of the altar, when almost the first stone which was removed exposed the head of a crowned statue; this was carefully disinterred, and exhibited an incumbent figure of the monarch in a long robe and the feet resting upon a lion,— the figure is girt with a sword and is larger than life, in perfect preservation, with the exception of the nose, hands, and feet, which have evidently been broken for the purpose of flattening the figure to lay the present pavement over it. By the side of the tomb was found a large leaden case, with the inscription "Richard Cœur de Lion, Duc de Normandy, Roi d'Angleterre." In the lid of the box a hole had been made, probably to search for money, as it is said the leaden case was once enclosed in a silver one, and that money was placed in it. The lion heart is still perfect, but much shrunk in its dimensions,-it was enveloped in a sort of taffety of greenish colour. The tomb has been conveyed to a chapel behind the high altar, and will be placed upon a sarcophagus of black marble when the broken parts of the figure are restored, for which purpose an Italian artist is employed, who has very successfully restored the magnificent monument in the same chapel, familiar to all visitors of Rouen Cathedral. The heart at present remains at the palace of the Archbishop of Rouen, the case having been repaired and fastened up in the presence of the prefect and the principal authorities.-Record.

MULTUM IN PARVO.-Whilst Popish Colleges, Monasteries, Nunneries, Cathedrals, Churches, are in the course of erection all over the Kingdom, we rejoice to find, that Protestant Churches and Chapels of ease are every where increasing. Among those who have devoted themselves to this good work, we must particularize Mr. James Brook, of Thornton-Lodge, near Huddersfield, who has erected a new Church for the accommodation of the workmen of Meltham-mills in the employ of Messrs. Jonas Brook and Brother, which was opened on Sunday the third of December. Baron Gurney too has made a donation of valuable books to St. David's College; and forty-three Clergy at Liverpool have signed a requisition for a meeting to organize a Church-building-Society at Liverpool. A large sum has been already collected towards the enlargement of accommodation in St. Jude's Church, Liverpool, or the erection of a new Church, if it should be deemed more advisable; Mr. Gladstone, a Liverpool merchant, has also munificently contributed 4,000l. towards the erection of a new Church, besides the perpetual annuity of 501. for the MinisThe corner-stone of a new Church, dedicated to St. Peter, has been laid at Manchester, and the foundation-stone of another, dedicated to All-Saints, at Clayton le Moors, to which John Fort, Esq. and his sister most largely subscribed. In the Metropolis the activity has been very great: three new Churches have lately been consecrated at Stepney, which now contains four spacious Churches with 3,000 free sittings for the poor, and another is ready for consecration in Tredegar-square. One new Church has likewise been finished at Rotherhithe, another is nearly so, and a third has been begun; and four large school-rooms, in addition to two for boys and two for girls, were built last year, and a fifth has since been erected for infants. Additional Churches are also in contemplation in this neighbourhood, and a new Church in Lisson-Grove has lately been consecrated by the Bishop of London. Tenter-ground, Whitechapel, in Berwick-street, Soho, and at the back of Parkstreet, Southwark, others are advancing towards completion.

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