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thing will be done in Asia, as well as in Furope, towards the spread of the glad tidings of his Gospel over the earth; and if no other good should proceed from our Auxiliary Bible Society at this presidency, it will, I trust, be blessed, to render the members of it more sensible of the inestimable value of what Mr. Martyn emphatically calls, next to the Saviour, God's best gift to man, for their own salvation and happiness."

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We are unwilling to weaken the impression which the perusal of this truly Christian letter must have pro

duced on the minds of our readers, by any comments of our own. We cannot close the present article, however, without particularly re commending the consideration of Mr. Harrington's letter, of Mr. Mar tyn's sermon, and of the proceedings to which that sermon appears to have given birth, to Major Scot Waring, the Bengal Officer, and all the Anglo-Indians who have joined them, in sounding the alarm against the exertions of missionaries, and the circulation of the Scriptures, as if these would infallibly overthrow our empire in the East.

LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL INTELLIGENCE,

&c. &c.

GREAT BRITAIN. Is the press: A Journey through Persia, Asia Minor, &c. by James Morrier, Esq. Secretary of Embassy to the Court of Persia ;-The Analogies and Anomalies of the Hebrew Language considered, particularly in Relation to the Greek and Latin Languages, by T.Thomas of Wareham ;—A History of the Royal Society, by Dr Thomas Thomson;-A Translation of Mad. De Genlis's Histoire des Femines Françaises les plus célébres, &c.;and, Lectures on the Pastoral Character, by the late Dr. Campbell of Aberdeen, edited by Dr. Frazer.

Preparing for publication: A Review of the History of the Military Sciences, and Politics of War, from the earliest Period to the Year 1809, in monthly Parts, at 5s. by W. Müller-and, A Work on the ancient Costume of England, from the Ninth to the Sixteenth Century: the Designs by C. Hamilton, Esq. the Engravings by Mr. J. A. Atkinson, and Mr. Meugor.

There has lately been a large importation of French works, by Debotte, Dulau, and Deconcey.

Mr. Boothroyd has just finished the third part of Biblia Hebraica, or Hebrew Bible, without points, in 4to. The fourth part, which will complete the Pentateuch, is at press, and may be expected in the course of

the month.

Mr. Frey has completed the second part of

Van der Hooght's Hebrew Bible, with points, in 8vo. and is going on with the subsequent parts. The work will not be advanced to subscribers, though, from its increased er penses, it must be raised to non-subscribers after No. 1.

Among the precious MSS. of the Oriental library of Monte-Casino, there has just been found a Greek MS. of Apollonius Evander, the nephew of Apollonius of RhodesAmong other important objects which this MS. contains, is a very detailed account of the eruption of Vesuvius in the reign of Titus, A learned Helenist will soon give a transla tion of this work, with the Greek opposite

to it.

In the library of York Minster, there is a copy of the first edition of Erasmus's Greek and Latin Testament, 1516, folio, upon vellum.

A mission from the Dilletanti Society is on the eve of departing, under the sanction of Government, in a Turkish frigate, destined for Smyrna. Its object is to make diligent search for antiquities and ancient relics, in Asia Minor and the lonian isles. A young architect and a draftsman, of very superior talents, has abandoned a lucrative office, to aid the views and objects of this society.

Many varying opinions have been expressed respecting the virtues of the Eau Medicinale of Husson, as a remedy for the gout and several cases are stated to have occurred which are of a nature to discredit its efficacy,

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In one recent instance, however (stated in the Monthly Magazine for October), it appears to have been attended with very happy effects. The Rev. W. Lucas of Doctors' Commons, chaplain to the present Lord Mayor, now at the age of 62, had for nearly 30 years been attacked with the gout; and for the last half of that period, had never been entirely free from it. During the year 1810, the disease attacked his stomach; and for many months he lost all appetite; and was at last so much extenuated, that he was not expected to live. The Eau Medicinale was recommended. He took at night, half of a small bottle, being about a large tea-spoonful. Its operation, though attended with nausea, was not violent: but the effects have been quite surprising. On the following day, he ate the usual meals heartily; and from that time till now, a period of seven months, his appetite has continued good, and he has remained quite free from the disease which had so long afflicted him.

Mr. James Moore, a surgeon, after many experiments, has stated his opinion, that the Eau Medicinale may be thus produced. "Take of white hellebore root, eight ounces; white wine, two pints and a half: the root to be cut in thin slices, and infused for ten days, occasionally shaking the bottle. Let the infusion be then filtered through paper. The mixture for the Gout to consist of three parts of this wine of white hellebore, and one part of liquid laudanum.”

The following is a statement of the population of London, taken from the recent re

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males, and 58,853 females-total 103,143 Glasgow contains, males, 49,086; females, 59,744-total, 108,830; being an increase of 23,000 since the last census. Glasgow now ranks the second city in Great Britain in point of population, being 7,000 more than Edinburgh, and 10,000 more than Manchester.

A gigantic plan has been announced for converting the river Thames, from Blackwall to the Gallions, and from Deptford to Vauxhall, into docks, for the building, reception, refitting, and repairing, of the royal navy, as well as every description of merchant vessels; and for forming bridges, mills, &c.; besides other works, of great public utility, calculated, according to the projector, to save the public twenty millions per annum.

The projectors require to be enabled to convert the bed of the river, from Blackwall to the Gallions, into a grand naval depôt and arsenal, as well for building and fitting out, as for dismantling and laying up, in perfect security, a large portion of the British navy; and they propose to cut a canal from Long Reach (where ships have deep water at all times) to Woolwich Warren. They propose also to convert the bed of the river between Deptford and Vauxhall, into a dock or basin, for the reception of ships of every description, and to excavate a new channel from Deptford to Vauxhall, for the current of the Thames, (which is intended to be of sufficient depth and breadth to allow the passage of vessels of all descriptions.) And further, to cut a tide river immediately above the dam at Blackwall to a point immediately below that at the Gallions.

A skilful invention has just been introduced into our dock-yards, for making cables for the heaviest ships of spring chains, so skilfully wrought in iron as to be stronger and more durable than rope cable can possibly be made; and two or three line of battle ships are said to be already equipped with these iron cables.

Families brewing their own malt liquor may use, it is said, 32lbs. of brown sugar with two bushels of malt, which will produce fifty gallons of ale, as good in every respect as if made from six bushels of malt, effecting a saving of 31s. 8d. The sugar is mixed with the wort as it runs from the ash-tub.

By an Act of Parliament lately passed, an incumbent of any living is empowered to borrow at four per cent. of commissioners appointed for that purpose, twice the amount of the net annual income of his living, for the purpose of building a new, or improv g his old parsonage-house. This sum, low

ever, is to be restored by instalments in twenty years. Should the incumbent die before the whole is paid off, his successor is bound to discharge what remains, in the same proportions, and under the same conditions. Government have advanced 50,000 expressly for this purpose.

A patent has lately been granted to Mr. Egerton Smith, of Liverpool, for a binnacle and compass. The chief object of this invention is, that the same compass by which the helmsman is steering on deck, may at the same time be visible below in the cabin, thereby enabling the captain to have a constant check upon the steersman, This object is effected principally by the form of the glass used. The lamp, or candle, which lights the binnacle, is placed in the cabin: of course the expense of one light is saved, and all the inconveniences of blowing out in a squally night, are avoided. Though the light is exceedingly vivid, yet the binnacle shews no light overboard, so that the vessel cannot be traced by it in the night. The binnacle is so constructed, that neither rain, nor snow, nor the spray of the sea, can enter it; and the compass is so formed, that the card cannot be unshipped, either by the motion of the vessel, or by the firing of cannon.

ITALY.

At Naples, the unfolding of the manuscripts found in Herculaneum, is continued with great activity. There have lately been

published fragments of a poem on the war between Mark Antony and Augustus, and long extracts from the second book of Epicurus upon Nature.

A moral work of Polistocles, the disciple of Epicurus, has been published. Fragments of Colotus upon Plato, and of Coniscus upoa Friendship, will also be published. An entire new work of Philodemus on Rhetoric, is in the press. The excavation of Pompei is continued with fresh vigour. A part the superb and rich tables of marble found there has been placed in the gallery of the Royal Museum,

NORTH AMERICA.

The following is an official return of the population of the United States, in 1810.— Virginia, 965,079, of which 300,000 are negro slaves; New York, 959,220, only 15,000 slaves; Pennsylvania, 810,163; Massachusetts (province and Maine), 700,745; North Carolina, 568,516; South Carolina, 414,935; Kentucky, 406,511; Maryland, 380,546; Connecticut, 261,942; Tennasset, east and west, 261,727; Georgia, 252,433; New Jersey, 245,562; Ohio, 230,760; Vermont, 217,913; New Hampshire, 214,414; Rbode Island, 76,213; Delaware 72,674Territorial Governments: Orleans, 76,556; Mississippi, 40,352; Indiana, 24,520, Columbia, 24,023; Louisiana, 90,845; Illinois, 12,282; Michisan, 4,762 —Total 7,238,421 souls.

LIST OF NEW PUBLICATIONS.

THEOLOGY.

A Sermon preached in the Parish Church of St. Paul, Bedford, January 9, 1811. By T. Scott, jun. A. M. 2s.

A Sermon, preached Dec. 26, 1810, at the Jews' Chapel, Church Street, Spitalfields. By J. Ryland, D. D. 18. 6d.

A Sernion, delivered Jan. 15, 1811, in the Jews' Chapel, Church Street, Spitalfields. By the Rev. W. Vent. 1s.

The National Religion the Foundation of National Education. A Sermon preached in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, London, June 15, 1811. By H. Marsh, D. D. F. R. S. 1s. 6d.

A Letter concerning the two first Chapters of St. Luke, addressed to an Editor of the improved Version. 8vo. 6s.

Sermons preached on public Occasions; with Notes, and an Appendix, on various important Subjects. By R. Valpy, D.D. 2 vols. 8vo. 18s.

A Sermon preache 1 at Christ Church,

March 20, 1811. By the Rev. S. Claphen, M. A. 1s.

Sacred Truth, unfolded in a Course of Practical Lectures on the principal Doctrines of Christianity and relative Duties of Life. By the Rev. S. Piggott, A. M. 8vo. 10s

The Mosaic Creation, illustrated by Dis coveries and Experiments derived from its present enlightened State of Science; to which is prefixed, the Cosmogony of the Ancients, with Reflections intended to promote Vital and Practical Religion. By the Rev. Thomas Wood.

Saurin's Sermons, a new and improved Edition, with Three New Sermons: trans lated by Messrs. Robinson, Hunter, and Sutcliffe. 7 vols. 8vo.

The Life and Death of the ever-blessed Jesus Christ, the Saviour of the World. By Jeremy Taylor, D. D. 2 vols. 24s. A new Edition.

Four Sermons preached in London, May 8, 9, 10, 1811, at the Seventeenth Ge

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A Charge delivered to the Clergy of the Archdeaconry of Middlesex, at the Visitation in May and June, 1811. By G. O. Cambridge, A. M. and F. R. S. 1s. 6d.

The Sin and Danger of Secession, considered in a Charge (intended to be) delivered to the Clergy of the Archdeaconry of Leicester. By the Rev. A. Burnaby, D. D. 5s. A Selection of Psalms and several Hymns, for the Use of the Established Church. 2s. An Exposition of such of the Prophecies of Daniel as receive their Accomplishment under the New Testament, by the late Rev. M. F. Roos, A. M. Translated from the German, by E. Henderson. 8vo. 7s.

The Excellence of the Liturgy, a Sermon preached in the Parish Church of St. Mary, Aylesbury, at the Visitation of the Archdeacon of Bucks, on Wednesday June 27 1810. By the Rev. Basil Woodd, M. A. 1s. 6d. Two Sermons, preached at the Visitation of the Rev. the Archdeacon at Leicester, in the Years 1805 and 1811. To which is added, a Sermon on the Salvation which is in Christ only. By the Rev. E. T. Vaughan, M. A. 39. 6d.

MISCELLANEOUS.

History of Scotland, during the Reign of Robert I., surnamed the Bruce. By R. Kerr, F. R. S. and F. A. S. Edin. 2 vols. 8vo. 26s.

The Asiatic Annual Register; or, a View of the History of Hindostan, and of the Politics, Commerce, and Literature of Asia. Vol. XI. for the Year 1809. 8vo. 21s.

The Edinburgh Annual Register for 1809. Vol. II. 8vo. 24s.

A View of the Jurisprudence of the Isle of Man; with the History of its ancient Constitution, Legislative Government, and extraordinary Privileges; together with the Practice of the Courts, &c. By J. Johnson, Esq. 10s. 6d.

Anecdotes, illustrative of the Manners and History of Europe, during the Reigns of Charles I., James II., William III., and Queen Anne. By J. P. Malcolm, F. S. A. 8vo. 12s.

The Works of the Rev. R. Cecil, M. A., with a Memoir of his Life; arranged and revised; with a View of the Author's Character. By J. Pratt, B. D. F. A. S. 4 vols. 8vo. 21. 8s.

The Works of Confucius, containing the Orginal Text; with a Translation, by J. Marsham. Vol. I. 4to. 51. 5s.

Rules for the Management of Negro Slaves, By a Professional Planter. 8vo. 8s.

Adultery and Patriotism; a short Letter to Sir F. Burdett, M. P. By an Elector of Westminster. 1s. 6d.

Substance of a Letter to the Right Hon. Lord Pelham, on the State of Mendicity in the Metropolis. By M. Martin, Esq. 1s. 6d. Tracts on Tithes. By the Rev. Č. Leslie, the Rev. J. Gambier, M. A. and R. Belward, D. D. 8vo. 5s.

The Triumph of Religion. A Sacred Poem, in Four Parts. Foolscap, 7s.

The Vision of Don Roderick. A Poem. By W. Scott. 15s.; or on royal paper, 1. 10s.

The Speech of the Right Hon. Lord King, in the House of Lords, July 2, 1811, upon the second Reading of Earl Stanhope's Bill respecting Guineas and Bank Notes. 2s.

Substance of two Speches of H. Thornton, Esq. on the Debate in the House of Commons, on the Report of the Bullion Committee, May 7 and 14, 1811. 2s. 6d.

Substance of two Speeches delivered in the House of Commons, by the Right Hon. G.Canning, May 8 and 13, 1811, on the Report for enquiring into the High Price of Bullion. 3s. 6d.

Barrow's Five Hundred Questions on the New Testament, for the Use of all Schools in which the Christian Religion is taught. 1s.

Adair's Five Hundred Questions on Goldsmith's History of England, for the Use of Schools. 1s.

The History of the Worthies of England endeavoured, By F. Fuller, D.D. New Edition. 2 vols. 4to. 5, 5s.

Patriarchial Times, or the Land of Canaan, A figurative History, in Seven Books. By Miss O'Keefe. 2 vols. 10s.

Historical Account of the Reign of George III. By W. Ticken. 1s. 6d.

Pastime of the People, or Chronicles of divers Realms, and most especially of the Realm of England. By J. Rastill. New Edition. 4to. 2. 2s.

The Trial of Arthur Hodge, Esq. of the Island of Tortola, April 29, 1811, for the Murder of his Negro Slaves; taken in Shorthand. By A. M. Belisario, Esq. 3s. 6d.

Mathematical Lectures. By the Rev. B. Bridge. 2 vols. 8vo. 15s.

A compendious and practical Treatise on the Construction, Properties, and Analogies, of the Three Conic Sections. By the Rev. B. Bridge, B. D. 8vo. 5s.

A Letter upon the mischievous Influence of the Spanish Inquisition, as it actually exists in the Provinces under the Spanish Government, Translated from El Espanol, a Periodical Spanish Journal. 2s.

An Abridgment of Locke's Essay concerning Hunian Understanding. By Louisa Capper. 4to. 20s.

An Address to the People of the United States. By the Hon, R. Smith. 15. 6d.

RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY.

(Continued from p. 598.)

THE next point, in the Appendix to the last Report of this Society, to which we shall turn, is India. Much of what is inserted in the Appendix, relative to this part of the world, has already appeared in our pages. The Rev. Dr. Corrie, one of the Company's chaplains, informs Dr. Brown, in a letter dated Chunar, 1st May 1810:

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I have lent the Report for 1809 to some of my neighbours here: among others, to a gentleman who has exchanged several letters with a native in Benares, who applied to him lately for information respecting the Christian religion. This native has acquired a considerable fortune in some employment under our government; in which it was necessary for him to read and write English. On being pressed by the arguments urged for the supreme importance of Christianity, be excused himself by saying, he thought if it were so, the British government would have made the Christian religion known to their subjects in this land. This objection he urged in a variety of ways, and here the discussion ended. On receiving the Report for 1809, the above gentleman sent it to his native friend, with an intimation that, if he chose to subscribe, any money sent to me would be duly remitted. In answer to this he sent an address to the Bible Society, written by himself, and now in my possession, requesting it might be corrected, which was done, retaining his own expressions as much as possible. A fair copy of this he signed, and sent in a cover to the Bible Committee, London, which I enclose."

The enclosure is dated from Benares, April 26, 1810, and is signed Jounarain Ghoshaull. He states his having formerly given five hundred rupees towards building the new church at Calcutta; and that he now sends one hundred rupees for the Bible Society; and he hopes "that all governments will give permission to promote the cause of the real God and of his own word." Yet this man thus writes, "I am no Christian, nor wish to be one, as my own pure religion, which we call Reestobe, or the worship of one eternal God through a Saviour, whom we call Guroo, or Krishnoo, is enough or us, if we could do the duty incumbent

upon us well; and I think a good and real Christian and a Hindoo Reestobe is the same; also I think Christ and our Krish are one person."

Messrs. Kolhoff and Horst write to the Corresponding Committee, from Tanjore, April 21, 1810-(see supra, p. 630):

"With the most fervent gratitude we, and those among our Christians that have been apprised of it, acknowledge and revere the pious solicitude of your worthy Committe for the spiritual welfare of our flocks, and fir the conversion of the Gentiles on this coast, which hath prompted you so liberally # dispense unto these poor natives the invalu ble treasure of the word of God, Rest sured, worthy sir, that this generous contribution for the relief of the spiritual wants the Tamulers, hitherto unparalleled among the European gentlemen in India, will be amply repaid by the acquisition of many souls to the kingdom of Christ; and by the heavenly joy which the pious and liberal contributors will feel, when so many saints, brought to Jesus by the divine word of silve tion distributed unto them by your Commit tee, shall hail them and you as the authors of their everlasting bliss!"

Anunderayer, the converted Brahmin, whe has been engaged at Vizagapatam in translating the Scriptures into the Telinga, thus addresses Dr. Brown of Calcutta, June 20, 1810.

"I always thank the Lord Jesus Christ for shewing me his salvation, and blessing me with his Gospel, even when I was in the ways of the people of this country. To him be the glory for the little that I know of this way of life. Ardently do I wish that my relations also might be favoured with this knowledge of the way of life, and be canstrained by grace to enter into it. For this I will not cease to pray. While I am honoured to explain this way to those who are ignorant of it, may Jesus enlighten their darkened hearts. This must be done by bi favour alone. Men are but servants or instruments. He is the Lord. His is the power. All other necessary information wy preceptor will communicate. They and their wives are as parents; I and mine as children."'

We have before had occasion to record the testimony of Lord Minto, the governor

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