the Queen and Prince Albert; on the former of which Mrs. Norton has written rather a long poem, from the commencement of which we extract a few lines. The editor gives us as her frontispiece a likeness of her own beautiful face, in which is distinctly marked superiority of intellect, loftiness of sentiment, warm and ardent feeling, with an eye speaking the softer and deep-loving powers of her soul. In gazing on her countenance, we cannot avoid the wish that she had been placed in the midst of a domestic circle, where her better qualities would have been appreciated, rather than in the sphere which has proved so unfriendly to their growth. The volume contains thirty-six beautifully executed engravings, including The Anglers, Lord Byron's room in the Moncenigo Palace, The Cominon Loss, and The Fountain of Vaucluse, with several portraits of eminent persons, amongst which are admirable likenesses of Richard Cobden, Esq., and of the Hon. C. P. Villiers. The poetry is certainly superior, and we feel some difficulty in making our selection from its many beauties. The Departure of Hagar, The Anglers, Christ and the Leper, The Gates of Rome and the Gates of Heaven, and many others, are written with great taste and sensibility. The soliloquy of Mrs. Harris while threading her needle, by Lady Dufferin, we subjoin, for the entertainment of our readers. 'Ah deary me! what needles! Well, really I must say, I'm sure I often ponder, with a kind of awful dread Those power-looms and odd machines, those whizzing things with wheels, That evermore 'keep moving,'-besides, one really feels So superannuated-like, and laid upon a shelf, Ah! that comes of those radicals! Why, life's a perfect storm,- A levelling all distinctions, and a mingling high and low : That Thingumbob should think or say, on questions so and so, I'm even told that certain dukes will echo back my groan, Mrs. Ellis has not been unmindful of the claims of her young friends at this season of the year, and her annual, 'The Juvenile Scrap Book '-will be sure to receive what it fully merits-their cordial welcome. She has spared neither pains nor trouble to render it both attractive and useful. The latter, as usual, she has kept prominently in view, believing, as she tells us, 'that her young friends will never find themselves more happy than when thinking on subjects worthy of thought.' The volume contains five tales, written with animation and taste, and a tone of healthful sentiment prevails throughout, which cannot fail to benefit the class of youthful readers for whom it is intended. There are sixteen very creditably executed engravings; and of the poetry, our readers shall judge for themselves from the following specimen : TIME. What is so swift, thou foaming river, Time is more swift, for while the finger Grieve not that thus, by Heaven directed We congratulate the public on the appearance of the first volume of 'The Gallery of Scripture Engravings, considering it one of the most finished works in our illustrated literature; and believing it to be worthy of a place on the library shelf, when it has served its purpose in the drawing-room and social circle. If picturesque illustrations of the events and localities of scripture history, are in themselves worthy of notice; they are rendered doubly so by the explanations and descriptions given in this volume, by Dr. Kitto, the able editor of The Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature. The Landscapes, 'represent the most interesting of the sites mentioned in the sacred Scripture; and while they largely gratify the desire so generally felt, to become acquainted with the distinguishing characteristics of the spots made venerable by the acts and sufferings of Christ, and by the presence of patriarchs, prophets, and apostles; the combination of historical and landscape engravings, cannot but be deemed as natural as it is unquestionably interesting. The Historical subjects gratify the taste, and assist the imagination by realising the circumstances and action of the scriptural incidents, while at the same time, the landscapes represent in faithful characters the places where these circumstances were witnessed.' The work is rendered more valuable by the accuracy which marks its descriptions; an accuracy which has been secured by extensive research, and the author's personal acquaintance with the East. The publishers have done wisely in 'leaving the literary department in the care' of Dr. Kitto, whose 'well-known productions in biblical literature' constitute an ample guarantee for the truthfulness of the descriptions, and for the soundness EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE. We find the names of of the views which they embody.' Rubens, Rembrandt, Raffaelle, Correggio, Vandyke, West, and other eminent artists amongst the masters, from whose paintings, the plates, which are sixty-five in number, have been taken. They include The last Supper, The destruction of Jerusalem, The Convent of Mount Carmel, Hagar sent away, Hagar in the Desert, Samuel and Eli, and many others which might be selected. We recommend The Gallery of Scripture Engravings as a work of intrinsic value to all who are interested in the localities of the events recorded in Holy Writ. Art. IX.-1. An Address on behalf of the London Branch of the Provisional Committee, 1845. 2. Narrative of the Proceedings of the Meetings held in Liverpool, October, 1845. 3. Minutes of the Meetings of the Aggregate Committee held in Liverpool, October, 1845, and January, 1846. 4. Minutes of the Meetings of the Aggregate Committee, held in Birmingham, April, 1846. 5. On the Evangelical Alliance; its Design, its Difficulties, its Proceedings, and its Prospects, with Practical Suggestions. By the Rev. Dr. Chalmers. 6. Abstract of the Proceedings and final Resolutions of the Conference, held in Freemasons' Hall, London, on August 19th, 1846, and following days. 7. Minutes of the Proceedings of the Conference. 8. Appendix to the Report of the Proceedings of the Conference. 9. Historical Sketch of the Evangelical Alliance. We have before us all the documents, legitimately within our reach, relating to the history and proceedings of the Evangelical Alliance. These we are about to use with exclusive reference to the question of religious fellowship with slaveholders, and particularly American or United States slaveholders. We shall leave all other questions regarding the Alliance wholly untouched in the present article, and shall, as far as possible, write uninfluenced by any opinions we may entertain concerning the origin, objects, principles, and tendencies of the Alliance. Apart from all other considerations, we should have been disposed to bestow the heartiest commendation on that body, if its course on the subject of slavery had been consistent with our views of religious integrity, and the nature of the abomination to be dealt with; while, neither personal esteem for the men who composed, in great part, the late Conference, nor the most sincere love for the professed object of the Alliance-Christian Union-will prevent us from stating the facts of the case, or from pronouncing our judgment upon them. In this matter we have no discretion. Our duty to truth, and the sacred cause of God and man, demand from us a fearless and honest review of the events which have taken place during the past year, on the subject of slavery, in connexion with a proposal to unite in a grand Ecumenical Alliance, Christians of Evangelical sentiments throughout all the regions of the earth. During the period necessary for the preparations for a meeting, at which such an Alliance should be formed, the question of slavery, and slaveholding by professed Evangelical Christians, came to be considered, and disposed of. At the meeting recently assembled in London, it again came under consideration; it occupied four days, and was again disposed of. Since the meeting in London, it has been forced upon the attention of a meeting composed exclusively of British members, assembled in Manchester, and has been again disposed of. Let us review these several discussions, and their results. A deeply solemn and unutterably momentous subject has been again and again made the theme of deliberation, and the matter of divers decisions, by assemblies of men met for the purpose of promoting a hallowed, tender, and heavenly union among mong the followers of the Lord Jesus Christ, - a union in spirit and holy effort, for high and sanctified ends, among men superior to the influence of names, and parties, and forms, and shades of doctrine-men capable of recognising, admiring, and loving the image and the character of Christ, in disciples who might not happen to sit upon the same form in the divine school, or to bear the same denomination in the church militant. That subject was slaveholding, -the buying, selling, and retaining of human beings as articles of merchandise. The question was,-' Is a man who buys and sells his fellow-creatures eligible for admission into an Evangelical Alliance? An alliance of those who are to furnish to the world the most sublime proof, since the days of Pentecost, of the purity and power of the religion of Christ?' The days of Pentecost! When the disciples were all filled with the Holy Ghost,' and 'spake the word of God with boldness;' 'neither said any of |