We will end this sketch by repeating the words which an apostolic missionary, now a cardinal, once applied to the great historian; they cannot be {121} better or more happily chosen to sum up his whole life. Twenty years ago, after being a witness to his conversion, the Abbé de Bonnechose, writing from Rome, says of him: "_Justum deduxit Dominus per vias rectas et ostendit illi regnum Dei, et dedit illi scientiam sanctorum; honestavit illum in laboribus et complevit labores illius_" (Sap. x.) Yes, Hurter's mind was right, and God led him by the hand. He has shown him his kingdom on earth, the church of Christ, and the chair of Peter, where his authority sits enthroned, where he speaks and governs in the person of his vicar. It was he who endowed him with a knowledge of the science and philosophy of his doctrine and of the divine mysteries of the faith, and inspired in him those noble ideas the end and aim of which ought always to be the worship and exaltation of the true church, and the defence of the pontificate when calumniated. He has blessed the labors which have been conducted with such success, filling them with spirit and energy, to the end that they may bear the fruits of immortality! _Honestavit illum in laboribus et complevit labores illius._ J. MARTINOF. ------ WORDS OF WISDOM. TRANSLATED FROM THE CHINESE BY DR. BOWRING. To seek relief from doubt in doubt, From woe in woe, from sin in sin-- Is but to drive a tiger out, And let a hungry wolf come in. Who helps a knave in knavery. But aids an ape to climb a tree! On an ape's head a crown you fling; Say--Will that make the ape a king? Know you why the lark's sweet lay Man's divinest nature reaches? He is up at break of day Learning all that nature teaches. The record of past history brings Wisdom of sages, saints, and kings; The more we read those reverend pages The more we honor bygone ages! Whate'er befit--whate'er befal. One general law commandeth all: There's no confusion in the springs That move all sublunary things. All harmony is heaven's vast plan-- All discord is the work of man! {122} From The Sixpenny Magazine. IRELAND AND THE INFORMERS OF 1798. There has lately issued from the press a work under the title which heads our article, and which is amusing and instructive in the highest degree. Were it not written by a man whose ability and character are pledges for his veracity, we should rank it with Harrison Ainsworth's efforts, and designate it as an almost impossible romance. It has, as we think, appeared at a very opportune and timely juncture, and, in our opinion, Mr. Fitzpatrick is entitled to great praise for the talent, industry, and research evidenced in his volume.