printed cheaply, but neatly, for gratuitous distribution ;-Gleanings and Recollections on Moral and Religious Subjects;-The History of Henry Milner, a Little Boy, who was not brought up according to the Fashions of this World; by Mrs. Sherwood;-A Second Letter to the Earl of Liverpool, &c. &c. in Reply to that from the Rev. H. H. Norris, on the Subject of the Bible Society; by the Rev. James Scholefield, M. A. Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge; The Lexicon of Photius, from Professor Porson's corrected transcript of the Codex Galeanus; by Mr. Dobree, who has collated the MS. and noted all the varieties, &c.;-A Funeral Sermon for the late Rev. J. Owen, by the Rev. W. Dealtry; and another by the Rev. Joseph Hughes. According to the late statistical re turns, the inhabited houses of England, Scotland, and Wales, are about 2,430,000; and the uninhabited above 80,000. There were found to be about one hundred men and nearly two hundred women, in the kingdom, above one hundred years of age. How short, at the longest, is human life! How urgent the preparation for eternity! The Court of Examiners for regu lating the practice of apothecaries, have lately determined that six months' attendance on the physicians' practice of a provincial hospital shall confer the same eligibilities as a similar attendance on hospitals in London. We are requested to insert the following memorandum.— How to distinguish Oxalic Acid (which is an active poison) from Epsom Salt. "There is a very simple way of sa tisfying one's self that the dose about to be taken is not oxalic acid. Taste one drop of it, or else a particle of the suspected crystals; and if it be oxalic acid, it will be found extremely sour, like most other acids. The taste of Epsom Salt is quite different." Captain Scoresby, in a recent voyage in the ship Baffin, has made some interesting discoveries on the long-lost eastern coast of Greenland, in sight of which he remained three months. He has surveyed the coast from lat. 69 to 75, comprising an extent of coast, with its indentations, of about 800 miles. He has discovered several very extensive inlets which were ascertained to penetrate upwards of 60 miles beyond the outer line of the coast; and were with out any visible termination. From various circumstances, he is of opinion, that this country, hitherto deemed a continent, consists of a vast assemblage of islands, and that some of the inlets communicate directly with Baffin's Bay. He landed on various parts of the coast, and explored several of the bays; where he found frequent traces of inhabitants, with evident marks of their huts having been recently occupied. He also discovered a considerable hamlet of deserted huts, among which were many graves. He has brought home with him a considerable collection of animal, vegetable, and mineral productions from this remote region, and has constructed a chart, from actual observations, of an immense tract of this coast, which he states to have been hitherto so erroneously laid down, that only three points could be recognised, and that the error in the longitude in these instances was no less than fifteen degrees. An extensive portion of the coast has been denominated Liverpool; and some of its bays and promontories have been named in honour of several inhabitants of that towu. The last few weeks have been singularly destructive to ancient ecclesiastical edifices. On the 11th of September a fire broke out in the high church of the cathedral at Ghent, which did considerable damage to that magnificent edifice. Four days after the cathedral of Rouen, founded in the year 990, and known throughout Europe for its richness and splendour, caught fire by lightning: the flames raged so violently that the great dome fell entirely in, and even the solid tower arches, and galleries have sustained much injury. On Wednesday the 16th of October, the principal part of that fine monument of ancient architecture, St. Ethelbert's Tower, Canterbury, the most conspicuous ornament of the sublime ruins of St. Augustine's Monastery, fell with a tremendous crash, and the remainder of the edifice is so much shaken, that it must be removed. The Tower was built about the year 1047, in honour of the king whose name it bears, and who embraced the Christian faith in consequence of the preaching of Augustine, whom he patronised when that celebrated saint came over as a missionary to this island. UNITED STATES. The union of the American lakes with the Atlantic Ocean, by a canal from Hudson's river, is stated to proceed so rapidly, that in a few months the Grand Western Canal, 315 miles in length, will cause the inland seas and the ocean to mingle their waters. Ten thousand men have been for some time employed in this vast enterprise. As a proof of the eagerness of Ame. rican speculation and rivalry, in reprinting the popular publications of Great Britain, the "New York Post" affirms that the last Waverley novel, consisting of upwards of five hundred pages duodecimo, was put to press in New York on a Thursday morning, the moment the first copies arrived; was completed the next day; and was ready for sale on Saturday morning at eight o'clock, by the different booksellers. The Secretary of War has laid before Congress a Report of the expenditure under the Act to provide for the Civili zation of the Indian Tribes: from which it appears, that 16,605 dollars have been paid to different missionary and other benevolent institutions, in aid of their exertions for effecting this great object. INDIA. An order has been issued, dated Feb. 1822, to the police officers, to prevent the burning of women in all cases where the shasters forbid it; as, for example, where the victim is under sixteen years of age, or does not give her full assent, or has had any intoxicating potion administered to her. It is to be hoped, that by the vigilance of the officers who are enjoined to attend on these occasions, some one or more of the prohibited circumstances will in every case be found to exist. But how much more becoming a Christian government it would be, to prohibit this murderous practice entirely! LIST OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. THEOLOGY. 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THE last Report of the British and From the Report of the Society for Elementary Instruction at Paris, read April 10th, 1822, it appears that 157 new schools have been formed during the year 1821, making, with those formerly reported, 1400. The French government, it is stated, has uniformly supported the establishment of schools, whether Roman Catholic or Protestant, by grants of money towards their building and outfit. In several of the departments, as well as in the metropolis, schools have been successfully established for adults. The Society is making efforts to multiply Sundayschools. In several prisons schools have been formed, with the best effects on the morals of the prisoners. The Bible Society at Paris has granted 6000 Testaments during the last year to the schools connected with the Paris Soeiety for Instruction. In Spain, the schools mentioned in former Reports are continued under the sanction of the Cortes. The Govern ment had assigned a convent for the establishment of a Normal or training school, and provided funds for its support. It is intended for 500 boys and 400 girls. Lieutenant-Colonel Kearney had opened several schools in the principal towns, and others attached to military corps. All the schools are making rapid progress. The Cortes, by a decree of April 30th, have ordered the general establishment of new schools in every district, and in all the military departments. Education is making considerable progress in the Netherlands. The province of Hainault, in particular, since the year 1817, has doubled the means of education, by the adoption of the new system; and in a population of half a million, nearly 60,000 scholars are daily receiving instruction. In Sweden, M. Gerelius, by order, or with the sanction, of the government, has organized many schools both in Stockholm and in other towns. By the especial desire of the king, he has introduced the new system into a naval and military school for 370 boys. A Society has been formed for the further extension of the improved method. It has also been adopted in girls' schools. In Russia, the printing of the British and Foreign School Society's "Scripture Lessons," and their extensive 'circulation, have prepared the way for schools. It is earnestly to be hoped that the numerous friends of Bible Societies in the Russian empir ill speedily turn their attention to this subject. Some hopeful beginnings have been already made in various parts of Italy; though strong efforts have been used to check the diffusion of knowledge, by the suppression of the schools on the system of mutual instruction, and many schools were actually shut up in the course of last year. The School Society at Florence, however, continues its philanthropic exertions; and in addition to the three schools established in the city of Florence, seventeen schools are in operation in various parts of Tuscany. In Malta, the School Society of Valetta continues to promote the cause of education; the schools in that city, patronized by Sir Manley Power and his lady, maintain their reputation; and a Catholic priest, the Rev. Padre Luigi Camilleri,has recentlyadded a school for girls to his establishment at Casel Zei. tum. Other schools are contemplated in the country villages. The schools at Valetta have been visited by many foreigners of distinction, who have expressed their admiration at the effects of the system adopted in them. We pass over various other details, in order to extract a few interesting particulars relative to that important and rapidly improving part of the globe, the continent of South America. Mr. Thompson, after establishing schools at Buenos Ayres, visited Santiago, in Chili, and at the request of the governor has instituted schools there also. He finds every where a considerable anxiety to receive instruction, and he intends to visit all the States of South America, with a view to promote the means of education on the British system, before he returns to Europe. He has received anthority from the Government of Chili to print the "Scripture Lessons" in the Spanish language for the use of the schools of that country. An English master, trained in the Southwark Central School, was engaged to superintend a school for 150 boys, at Santiago, and several other schools were in progress. Mr. Thompson was proceeding to Peru in his useful career. Several new Sunday and day schools have been formed for the Slaves in the West Indies, particularly in Antigua, Berbice, St. Eustatius, the Bahama, and various other islands. Mr. Durant, the president of a society formed chiefly by People of Colour, for the purpose of improving the condition of their brethren, lately came from Barbadoes to this country, at his own expense, with a view to learn the British system; and, after acquiring a competent know. ledge of it, returned to Barbadoes, where he has already established a numerous school for the education of Negro children. EVANGELICAL MISSIONARY SOCIETY. The Evangelical Missionary Society lately established at Basle, having received contributions from Germany, Switzerland, and France, has been encouraged to provide missionaries, destined to several quarters of Continental Asia. These, and other missions which the Society may establish, will be supplied with their agents from the seminary at Basle; which will also furnish missionaries to such other societies as require its assistance. The course of study is now fixed for four years: but in case of peculiar necessity, the finishing of the course may be dispensed with. The course includes every preparatory study necessary for a faithful and enlightened discharge of the ministerial and missionary office. The students are taken, indifferently, from the various Reformed communions; but in the seminary they cease to be distinguished from each other. No one an-, nounces himself as the disciple of Luther, of Calvin, or of Zuinglius: they know but one Master, one Saviour, one faith, one baptism. The Geneva Auxiliary Missionary Society, which was formed last year, has printed 2000 copies of a volume of 500 pages, entitled, " An Exposition of the present State of Evangelical Missions among the Heathen." This work, and the Committee's "Appeal," which has been widely circulated, have produced so great an effect, that 2655 francs have been already transmitted to the Society at Basle. AMERICAN MISSIONARY INSTITUTIONS. Each of the five principal denominations of Christians in the United Statesthe Congregationalists, the Presbyterians, the Baptists, the Methodists, and the Episcopalians-has now a Missionary Society which directs its attention to the heathen beyond the territory of the States, and the Indians within that territory. The Methodist and Episcopal Missionary Societies also supply instruction to the White settlers of the back territory, where Christian ordinances are not as yet regularly administered. We shall briefly notice these Societies in the order in which they were established. The Board for Foreign Missions is composed chiefly of Members of the Con gregational or Independent Churches. This Society was formed in Boston, in June 1810; and was incorporated June 12, 1812. It has established mission families among the Cherokee and Choctaw Indians; at Bombay, in Ceylon, and in the Sandwich Islands; and has sent missionaries to the Mediterranean. Its receipts, to the close of its twelfth year, amounted to nearly 300,000 dollars, and its payments to nearly 250,000. The Baptist Board of Foreign Missions was instituted in May 1814, at Philadelphia. The first mission adopted by the Board was that at Rangoon, in the Burman Empire. In 1817 it began to send missionaries to different tribes of Indians: particularly among the Cherokees. An institution has been formed in Washington, entitled the "Columbian College," for the prepa ration of missionaries, under the direction of the Board. The United Foreign Missionary Society is composed chiefly of persons who adhere to the Presbyterian form of church government-whether Presbyterians properly so called, members of the Reformed Dutch Church, or members of the Associated Reformed Church. It was formed at New York, July 28, 1817; and has established mission families among the Osages of the Arkansaw and those of the Missouri, and has missionaries among the Tuscarora and Seneca Indians. The receipts to the end of the fifth year, The Episcopal Missionary Society was established at the triennial general convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church, held in Philadelphia, in May 1820. In 1815, the Church Missionary Society in London had opened a correspondence with several of the American bishops, and had suggested the formation of a Missionary Society, proposing to make a grant in aid of such an institution. Circumstances prevented the immediate accomplishment of the object, but it has now been happily effected. The presiding bishop of the church is the president of the Society; and the other bishops, now eight in number, are vice-presidents. The So. ciety meets triennially, at the time and place of the session of the general convention of the Episcopal Church, when a sermon is preached, the preacher being appointed by the House of Bishops. A theological seminary was opened at New-Haven, in September 1820, for the education of candidates for holy orders; and it is one important object contemplated in the plan of this seminary, to train missionaries. VIEW OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS. FOREIGN. FRANCE. The French papers during the month have been occupied chiefly with points relating to the late state trials. Berton, and one of his accomplices in the Saumur conspiracy, have been executed; Caffé, another of the condemned, anticipated his fate by suicide. Four of the Rochelle conspirators have also suffered, and are stated to have died with a decency of deportment and attention to the rites of religion which have not been displayed in all similar cases. On the shewing of the French government itself, the disaffection, of which these conspiracies were a proof and a result, CHRIST. OBSERV, No. 250. is widely spread throughout the country. The strong fears they entertain on the subject must tend to aggravate the evil. Fear is a cruel passion, and leads men who are under its influence to indulge suspicions and multiply precautions without measure or end. These will of course appear unfounded and irrational-the effect of the mere caprice and wantonness of despotic authority, or of a hatred of freedom-to the unconcerned spectator, and they must often also involve the most loyal and peaceable Dispersons in their consequences. affection is thus secretly and rapidly diffused. The feeling of restraint and 4 T |