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and among others Oliver Berthelet, Esq., has subscribed £1,600. There will be no demand for government assistance, and we understand that the sum required for the erection of suitable buildings has been obtained, or will be very soon, on the voluntary principle. Montreal Pilot.

PAUPERS IN MASSACHUSETTS.-The Secretary of the commonwealth has prepared an abstract of pauper returns for 1845, in all the towns but eleven in the state, which exhibits the following results:

Paupers relieved or supported,....14,161
Having legal settlements in towns,..7,871
Paupers supported by the state,....5,837
State paupers who are foreigners,..3,582
Insane relieved, or supported,..
Idiots, 66

66

...619 ..385

Made paupers by intemperance,....6,854 Net expense of supporting all paupers $301,360, of which amount the state pays $50,168.

There are 187 alms-houses in the state, in which there have been 6,579 persons the past year, of whom 3,335 are unable to labor, supported at an average weekly expense of 87 cents. There have been 6,974 persons aided or supported out of the alms-house, at an average weekly expense of 82 cents. The estimated value of labor performed in alms-houses, has been $21,691.

The above presents a horrid picture of poverty amongst ourselves, but, bad as it is, we believe the statement looks better than any other state in the union can present. Nearly one half of the paupers have become so by intemperance.-Boston Times.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.-We have received the following papers, which will all appear in the Magazine, as soon as space will permit.

1. The Artist, the Merchant, and the Statesman, a review of Mr. Lester's book with the same title.

2. On the use of the Latin language in the service of the church; a vindication of the Catholic liturgy.

3. Mozart and his Works, a review of Mr. Holmes' recent Life of Mozart, presenting an outline of the great composer's brief, but eventful career.

4. The Pope and the Czar, a poetical effusion from a familiar friend of the muses.

5. The Alchemist, another poem from a favorite pen.

We cheerfully comply with the request to exchange with the Christian Examiner and Religious Miscellany.

MARRIAGES.

Feb. 10th, were married in the cathedral of Baltimore, by the M. Rev. Archbishop Eccleston, Col. SOLOMON HILLEN, to EMILY, eldest daughter of General O'Donnell.

Feb. 15th, by the Rev. Charles I. White, Captain CHARLES PENDERGAST to ROSANNA LAFFERTY.

Feb. 19th, by the same, Dr. ROBERT A. DURKEE, to LOUISA R. DUBERNAT.

On Tuesday, the 19th inst., by Rev. Mr. Hickey, ROBERT JAMISON to Miss CATHARINE MATHEWs, all of this city.

On Tuesday, the 17th inst., by Rev. Mr. McColgan, ZACKARIAS THOMPSON to ELIZABETH RIGGER, all of this city.

On the 16th inst., by Rev. Mr. McColgan, BENJN. P. POWER to ELIZABETH, daughter of the late Richard B. Spalding.

On the 19th inst., by the same, THOMAS B. ROBINSON to ANN A. MARY SHIPLY.

On the 19th inst., by Rev. Charles I. White, BENJAMIN A. WILLINGHAM to ANN REBECCA MCGREAVY of Baltimore county.

On Sunday, 22d inst., by Rev. Mr. Dolan, PATRICK MCDONALD to MARY A. BETTS, all of this city.

OBITUARY.

Died, on the 23d ult., at St. Magdalen's convent, in the 24th year of her age, Sister BEAVIN CARNEY. In death she was full of the hope which a life of innocence and holiness inspires. She retained through life the artless simplicity of her childhood; was amiable and accomplished, and an example of every Christian virtue. May she rest in peace.

On the 20th February, Mr. CHARLES KEENAN, aged 24 years.

The deceased was of an amiable disposition, and possessed fine talents, which were occasionally displayed in poetical contributions to this Magazine. In paying this brief tribute to his memory, it is most consoling to record the fact of his having departed this life with the sentiments and hopes of the true Christian.

LITERARY NOTICES.

Derby Publications. Thomas Richardson & Son.

We are indebted to the kindness of Mr. Cunningham for the following excellent productions of the Derby press.

1. Parts 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 of the Catholic Weekly Instructor, a very interesting and instructive periodical.

2. The Angel of Consolation, translated from the French. 18mo.

3. The Strawberries, with other tales, translated from the French. 18mo.

4. Hans the Miser, with other narratives. 18mo.

5. The Adopted Son, from the German, and The Usher's Horse, from the French. 18mo.

6. The Chapel of the Forest, and The Robin Redbreast, from the German of Schmid. 18mo. 7. The Hop Blossoms, from the German of Schmid. 18mo.

8. The Easter Eggs, from the German of Schmid. 18mo.

All the above mentioned tales are of a moral character, and abound in wholesome instruction conveyed under the most pleasing form. Hell opened to Christians, to caution them from entering into it, &c., written in Italian by F. Pinamonti, S. J. Philadelphia: Henry McGrath. 32mo.

Conformity to the Will of God, translated from the Italian of St. Alphonsus Liguori. By Rev. James Jones. Philadelphia: Henry McGrath. 32mo.

Two admirable little volumes, by authors whose high reputation in the teaching of spirituality is itself an ample guarantee of their great merit and utility. The publication of these small standard works, on moral subjects, is a valuable service to religion, inasmuch as it facilitates and encourages the practice of pious reading and meditation among the faithful.

Catalogue of works in refutation of Methodism, from its origin in 1792, to the present time, &c. Compiled by H. C. Decanver. Phila: J. Pennington. 8vo. pp. 54.

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The compiler of this work conceives that he has found some compensation for his labor, in the fact of his having collected materials that may be useful to the student of ecclesiastical history. Though the members of the Methodist sect will not thank him for having arrayed, as it were, a phalanx of enemies against them, with few comparatively to stand up in their defence, it must be confessed that he has rendered a good service to literature, in furnishing a list of the various works written

against Methodism. The catalogue embraces two hundred and seventy-seven anti-Methodistical works, fifty-five by Methodist authors, eighty-two miscellaneous, and twenty political. Among the volumes mentioned in the collection, we find the following very significant title: "AN OLD FOX TARRED AND FEATHERED," occasioned by what is called Mr. John Wesley's Calm Address to our American colonies; by a Hanoverian: London, 1775, 12mo. This catalogue is executed in a very handsome style.

The Rosarist's Companion, or Manual of Devout Exercises, &c. Chicago: C. McDonnel. Balto: John Murphy. 32mo. Pp. 254. This is a very useful manual, comprising, in addition to the ordinary devotions for every day and for Sundays, the prayers and exercises of the various confraternities established among the faithful of the Catholic church. Though the table of festivals and fasts does not apply to the eastern diocesses, the book will be found a great convenience to those who belong to different associations of piety, and to Catholics in general. It contains also several forms of blessing which clergymen have frequently occasion to use.

Accompaniment to Mitchell's New Map of Texas, Oregon and California, with the regions adjoining. Phila: Augustus Mitchell. The countries which are here exhibited by an excellent chart and an historical and descriptive sketch, have become such objects of interest to the inhabitants of the United States, that a publication like the present must necessarily commend itself to general favor.

Lives of the Saints. By the Rev. Alban Butler. Baltimore Metropolitan Press.

We have received No. VII of this standard work, which is issued with great punctuality by the publishers. This number commences the third volume.

Report of the Mount Hope Institution for the year 1845. By William H. Stokes, M. D., Physician. Baltimore: Metropolitan Press. Pp. 41.

We are indebted for this pamphlet to the kind attention of the author. The information which it contains is of too interesting a nature, to be alluded to in a cursory notice, and for this reason we shall lay before our readers in a future number of the Magazine, some remarks in reference to the flourishing institution at Mount Hope, and its claims upon the attention of the public.

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2. Pagan priests their dark delusion
Long had o'er Hibernia spread;
Patrick came, and in confusion,
Demons from his presence fled.
Happy saint, &c.

3. Lo! their infant arms extending,
Erin's children crave his aid;
To their wants the saint attending,
Soon the heav'nly call obey'd.
Happy saint, &c.

4. Prisons, insults, ev'ry danger,

On our prelate's mission wait;
But the saint, to fear a stranger,
Trusts to bounteous Heav'n his fate.
Happy saint, &c.

5. Sickness flies, his voice obeying,
Blindness sees the cheering day;
And the pow'r of God displaying,
Death unwilling yields his prey.
Happy saint, &c.

6. Erin's chiefs, with wonder, seeing
Senseless idols prostrate fall,
Own the author of their being,

And proclaim him Lord of all.
Happy saint, &c.

7. Now in blissful mansions reigning,
Deign, bright saint, to hear our prayer;
Grace divine for us obtaining,
Heav'nly blessings make us share.
Happy saint, &c.

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