pal Church in Maffachusetts, he took his feat in the ecclefiaftical convention holden at New York in September, and this was the only official act he was enabled to perform in that character.

As a parith minifter his labours were faithful and exemplary. He taught the doctrines of chriftianity in their primeval purity, and practifed the firft and fublimeft of its moral precepts with a fincerity and ardour, which feeling hearts alone can appreciate.

Mr. DANIEL CROSBY, aged 67, who had been Clerk of Trinity Church in this town upwards of 40 years.

In Carver, 17th ultimo, Rev. JoHN HOWLAND, Paftor of the Church of Chrift in that town, in the 84th year of his age, and 59th of his minidry.

STATEMENT OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS IN BOSTON IN DECEMBER, FROM THE RETURNS OF 20 PHYSICIANS.

BIRTHS.

Males....42 Females....38

STATEMENT OF DISEASES FOR DECEMBER

The town has been fo healthful, that it is difficult to indicate any prevalent difeafes during this month, except flight coughs and catarrhs. There have been fome cafes of pneumonick inflammation; of quinfy; of acute and chronick rheumatifin; of eryfipelatous inflammation, fatal in two cafes; of abfcefs, in which the preceding difeafe has not unfrequently terminated. An instance of typhus has now and then eccurred. Vaccination extends ftoutly, whilft the fmall pox is within a few miles of the capital.

A view of the births and deaths, during the last fix months, prefents a difference in favour of the health of Bofton, which few large cities can boast. This will appear more remarkable, if compared with the births and deaths of the fouthern cities.

Births during the last 6 months 526 Deaths 268 So that the births are about two to one of the deaths.

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on the paper figned Medicus. Although this writer, to whofe obfervations we gave a place in our last number, commences his attack upon us, in the character of Reviewers, be foon changes his mode of addrefs, directing the whole power of what little argument and wit he exhibits against an imaginary individual, whom he entitles "fir." Had he obferved the laws of decorum ever fo fcrupulously, and written ever fo well, we should not have felt ourfelves obligated to give him an anfwer; for we might thus establish a precedent, which it would be an endless piece of bufinefs to follow. Not finding reafon to alter our opinion of the "difcourfe" reviewed in the Authology, for Auguft p. 467. we invite judges of the fubject to compare principles advanced in the Review, with thofe contended for by our refpondent, and to form a decifion for themfelves....... But as Medicus, leaping from principles to motives, has accused us of " want of candour" and of " mifrepresentation," we fhall fay a word more. The "Difcourfe delivered before the Humane Society," put into our hands for review, was carefully perused rather with a defire to commend the whole, than to cenfure any of its parts. Its opinions we found diametrically oppofite to our own, and thofe which re& on the refult of the very best experiments. We produced our reafons for differing from the author in a style of fair argumentation, without any attempt at unworthy wit or illiberal farcafm. If, of what we are not fenfible, we misunderstood the author, we are ready on conviction to acknowledge the errour. We think however our apology is made by Medicus himself; for on the most important part of the " difcourfe" this writer obferves, " His meaning appears to be this,"

&c.; and afterwards that what Dr.

Howard means" is difficult to comprehend from the expreffion." He adds, "It has not that remarkable clearness fo confpicuous in the rest of the difcourfe," We are ftigmatized alfo, as "foolish" or "infincere," because we lament that, the author has in an unqualified manner infulted fome of the greatest philofophers of the age, when he fays, that the doctrines of latent and fenfible heat were "invented for the exigencies of their employers." Had he adduced in fupport of his opinion one folitary truth, in oppofition to a crowd of evidence, we fhould not have lamented, but rejoiced, for the literary honour of our country. But no fuch truth was brought; we reviewed a baselefs fabrick; and we must continue to lament the circumstance, though we incur the harsh allegations of "folly” and

infincerity" from writers like Medicus. We fufpect the Author finds little reason to glory in a defender, who expofes him to animadverfion by the introduction of irrelevant perfonalities

We think Harvardienfis too bitter in his complaints, but far lefs exception able than Medicus. By the ready admiffion of these writers into the Anthology, we hope we have forever established our claim to be confidered impartial

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