THE BURDEN OF PROOF.

            “It is a point of great importance to decide in each case, at the outset of the discussion, in your mind, and clearly to point out to the hearer, as occasion may serve, on which side the presumption lies, and to which belongs the Burden of Proof. For though it may often be expedient to bring forward more proofs than can fairly be demanded of you, it is always desirable when this is the case that it should be known, and the strength of the case estimated accordingly.”—Whately’s Rhetoric.

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            “Three persons of note lately laid before the King of Prussia a proposal, that the European Powers should, at this time, bring Jerusalem again under Christian sway, or give it into the hands of the Jewish nation by a bloodless crusade. The king answered, that he highly approved of their object, but that he had no influence, and advised them to lay the proposal before the other powers of Europe. They were not religious men, but men moved by general views of philanthropy. —Narrative of Mission to the Jews, p. 504.

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ERRATA.

            We were absent from this city when the first eight pages were put to press, so that we could not correct the proof. A few typographical errors, we perceive, have escaped the proof-reader. They are not so serious, however, but that an ordinarily intelligent person can correct them for himself.