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to his clergy; and we should be very sorry to think, that he had made any sacrifices of accuracy to politeness. At the same time, remembering the nature of man, and the awful respon sibility of those who are called to stand between the living and the dead, and stay the plague of corrup. tion and worldliness; we are a little jealous of that unmixed strain of ap. probation, which is rarely deserved by fallen man, and is still more rarely useful. At the same time, let it not be thought that the Charge is without any paragraph calculated to impress the hearers with the extent of their duties and responsibility. With quoting one such paragraph we conclude.

"And now, my. Reverend Brethren, though I have been happy to give praise, where praise is due, yet let not any thing which has been said, diminish or relax

your efforts, in the due discharge of the most solemn and arduous office which mitted the care of souls. For them you can be entrusted to man. To you is com. must one day answer at the dread tribunal of Almighty God It is not therefore enough to be moral, you must be exemplary. It is not enough to be blameless, You must endeavour by your lives and docyou must let your light shine before men. trines, to adorn the Gospel of God out Saviour in all things You must strive and labour to save yourselves—and others.

"The times most imperiously demand it. We have been generally and loudly accused of lukewarmness-of supineness-of neglect. Our enemies are on the watch, ply, every omission-extreme to mark what ready to point out, to exaggerate, and supis done amiss. Be zealous then, be vigilant. The cause is worthy of your utmost efforts; on the fair character of its Ministers depends in a great degree the security of the Church of England, and with it, the peace and welfare of the State." pp. 3234.

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LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL INTELLIGENCE, &c. &c.

Rundall;-General Sarrazin's History of the War in Spain and Portugal;-A Me morial offered to Princess Sophia, Electress of Hanover, by Bishop BurnetDebrett's Baronetage of England;-Account of the Inquisition at Goa, by Mr. Dil. lon;-A Memorial on Behalf of the native Irish, by Christopher Anderson;-Marie, ou les Hollandaises, a Novel, by Louis Buonaparte: also an English Translation of the same;-Life smooth and rough as it runs;-The Fair Isabel, a Cornish Ro

GREAT BRITAIN. In the press, or preparing for speedy publication: a Bibliographical Description of Topographical Works on England and Wales, by Mr. W. Upcott;-Memoirs of the Empress Josephine;-Supplement to Memoirs of Sir Joshua Reynolds, by James Northcote, Esq.;-Memoirs of the late John Tweddel, by the Rev. R. Tweddel; Hortus Cantabrigiensis: a new edition, by the late John Donn, F. L. S. &c.;-An abridgement of Sir Humphrey Davy's Agri-mance, by Mr. Polewhele ;-A Novel, by cultural Philosophy :-A treatise on Gas Light, by Mr. Accum;-Chemical Essays, by Mr. Parkes ;-the Dramatic Works of James Shirley;-A treatise on Female Education, by Eliz. Appleton;-A series of Engravings for the Lord of the Isles, by Westall;-A new Map of the World, by Mr. James Wyld ;—A_Geological Essay, by Dr. Kidd ;-The Culloden Papers, with an Introduction, including Memoirs of Right Hon. Duncan Forbes-An Analysis of Universal History, by Mr. J. Aspin Symbolical History of England, by Miss

Mrs. Pinchard of Taunton ;-Songs and Poems, by Capt. Hall;-De Rance,a Poem, by the Rev. J. W. Cunningham ;-An Essay on the External Trade in Corn, by R. Torrens, Esq.; The French Preacher, by the Rev. Mr. Cobbin ;-An abridgment of the True Christianity of John Arndt, by Mr. Wm. Jaques;—The Bible, and Nothing but the Bible, the Religion of the Church of England, by the Bishop of St. David's ;—An abridgment of Owen on the Hebrews, by Dr. Williams;-Extracts from the Diary, &c. of Mr. Jos.

Williams, of Kidderminster, by Mr. Hanbury-History of Warwickshire, by Sir Wm. Dugdale; Travels in Europe and Africa, by Col. Keatinge ;-Observations during a recent Visit to Paris, by Samuel Smith, Esq.

Messrs. Chapman, of Newcastle, have invented a loco-motive engine, which is now constantly at work. It draws after it eighteen loaded coal waggons, weigh. ing 54 tons, up an ascent which rises nine yards in a mile, with a speed of four miles in an hour.

Signor Zamboni has presented to the Royal Society an instrument of his own construction, designed to exhibit perpetual motion. It consists of two of M. de Luc's electrical columns, or galvanic piles, placed perpendicularly at the distance of about six inches, each glass tube being surmounted with a brass ball. Between these pillars a needle is placed, so as to move on an axis; and by the repelling force of the piles is drawn from ball to ball. We remember to have seen an instrument upon a some what similar construction, at a museum in this country, some years since.

Mr. John Henderson, of Brechin, has given to the public a method of preserving roots of all kinds for summer use till the return of the crop-by putting them in baskets, &c, in the empty space left by the subsiding of the ice, in the ice-house, which takes place by the month of April. Of course the preservation of the root is secured by the suspension of vegetation.

The expenses of the war, however complained of, do not appear to have materially lessened the expenditure upon public dissipation. The two London theatres are said to receive 8001. a night, or upon an average 20,0001. a month. In December there were received at the nine Paris theatres, about 18,0001. We think these funds might be better employed.

In the quarter ending Dec. 25, no less than 338,766 quarters of foreign wheat were imported into the port of London, being one half more than the consumption of London. The imports of the year were 768,021 quarters. In the last 21 years, the Corn Committee state, nearly 59 millions have been paid for foreign corn. It appears from an accurate calculation of Mr. Jacob's, in his late work, that only one fortieth of all our grain is imported.

The following account of the numbers of vessels, and of men employed in them,

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An experiment has been made on the Serpentine River, to improve upon the methods for recovering bodies lost under the ice. A thin copper case, covered by basket work to protect it from injury, in which the air was closely confined, gave a buoyancy sufficient to support a folding ladder, with two men placed on it, to direct the means of rescue-who had with them a portable drag capable of being lengthened at pleasure.

From the Report of the City of London Truss Society, it appears, that there have been relieved in the last year 2,064 patients afflicted with ruptures, at an expense of 1049/. 3s. 6d.

Senor Orpila has found, that great quan. tities of dry sugar, taken after swallowing verdegris, or eating food prepared in untinned copper vessels, have proved sufficient antidotes for the cupreous poison.

Early in April, the celebrated library and vases of Mr Edwards, of Harrow, are, we understand, to be offered to the public. Amongst a multitude of other literary curiosities in this collection, is the first edi tion of Luther's translation of the Bible, after its final revision. The copy belonged to Luther himself, was bequeathed by him to Bugenhagen, and from his hands passed into those of Melancthon, and George Major. It contains some MS. notes by each of these Reformers, in their own hand writing.

There has just been established at Athens, a new Literary Society, composed both of Greeks and Europeans. They have begun by forming two Lyceums: one of them is called, the Attic, the other the Thessalian. The contributions of the members are to be employed in searching for antiquities, &c. &c. The Presidents of the two Lyceums, are to maintain a correspondence on the state of their respective departments. They propose also to patronize botanical exertions on the mountains of

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Greece. We hail with sincere satisfaction any attempt to resuscitate this almost extinct people. At present they form a striking illustration of the impotence of mere letters to sustain national greatness. We trust that the English members of the society will remember, that their attachment to Greece will best be shewn by endeavouring, not merely to revive a spirit of literature in that country, but to give them that faith which is the only secure basis, as well of individual happiness, as national welfare.

Dr. Guillie has been enabled, by a method of his own invention, to establish a mode of communication between the blind

and the deaf and dumb. The first trial of his discovery was made in Paris, in August last. A sentence was dictated to one of the deaf and dumb, named Massaca, a pupil of the Abbe Sicard, and by him communicated to one of the blind, who imme. diately replied in a loud voice. He, in return, communicated to Massaca the sen. tence dictated by the meeting, who in stantly wrote it on a tablet. Dr Guillie may, we understand, be expected in Lon. don.

The Russian Government has fixed on three great depots for the importation of foreign books; which are all examined with much strictness by the police.

LIST OF NEW PUBLICATIONS.

THEOLOGY.

The Claims of the Established Church, considered as an Apostolic Institution, &c. The Silent Preacher; by the Rev. H. Budd.

The General Prayer-Book; containing Forms of Prayer on Principles common to all Christians, for religious Societies, for Families and for Individuals; by John Prior Estlin, LL.D

Sermons by the Rev. E. Cooper, Vol. III.

MISCELLANEOUS.

The Eighteenth Number of Contemporary British Portraits; by Messrs. Cadell and Davies.

The English Works of Roger Ascham, Preceptor to Queen Elizabeth.

A practical Abridgment of the Custom and Excise Laws; by Charles Pope. The French Interpreter; by Francis Wm. Blagdon, Esq.

Infantine Stories; by Mrs. Fenwick. The School Orator; by James Wright. The Principles of Elocution; by Thomas Ewing.

A Grammar of the English Language; by the Rev J. Sutcliffe.

British Gallery of Pictures, No. XI. Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of Russia, Austria, China, &c.

A Picturesque Delineation of Scenery on the Banks of the Thames.

The East-India Gazetteer; by Walter Hamilton.

An Introduction to Geology; by Robert Bake well.

The Edinburgh Annual Register for 1812 and 1813.

Memoir respecting a new Theory of Numbers; by Charles Broughton, Esq.

Mémoires sur la Guerre des Francais en Espague, pendant les Années, 1808, 9, 10. Par M. de Rocca. A translation is in the press.

The Campaign of Paris in 1814; trans. lated from the French of P. F. F. J. Gi. raud.

A Letter to Wm. Wilberforce, Esq. containing Remarks on the Reports of the Sierra Leone Company, &c.; by Rob. Thorpe, Esq.

Miscellaneous Tracts; by the Bishop of Landaff.

Original Lines and Translations; by the Author of the Bioscope.

Theory on the Classification of Beauty and Deformity; By Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, Author of a Tour to Alet, &c.

The Cadet, a Poem; containing Re marks on British India; by a late Resident in the East.

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The Pilgrims of the Sun, a Poem; by James Hogg, Author of the Queen's Wake. Jephthah, a Poem; by Edward Smedley, jun.

The Life of Napoleon, a Hudibrastic Poem, by Dr. Syntax.

The Policy of Restricting the Importation of Foreign Corn; by the Rev. T. R. Malthus.

An Inquiry into the Nature and Progress of Rent; by the Rev. T. R. Malthus.

The Objections against the Corn Bill refuted; by Wm. Spence, Esq. F.L. S.

The Wealth of Nations; by Adam Smith. A New Edition, with additions; by David Buchanan.

Travels in South America, undertaken, at the Request of the Missionary Society; by the Rev. J. Campbell,

A Voyage to Cadiz and Gibraltar, &c.; by Lieut-General G. Cockburn,

Memoirs of the late Governor Melville, second edition.

A Tour through Parts of France, Switzerland, &c.; by the Hon. Richard Boyle Barnard, M. P.

Statistical Account or Parochial Survey of Ireland; by W. Shaw Mason, Esq. M. R. I. A.

Crevier's History of the Roman Emperors from Augustus to Constantine; translated from the French by John Mill, Esq.

The World without Souls: a new edition with great alterations, and two New Chapters; printed answerably to the Velvet Cushion.

RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

DISTRESSES IN GERMANY.

THERE are now before us three Reports of the Committee for relieving the Distresses in Germany (see Vol. for 1814, pp. 122 and 205,) which we have omitted to notice. It is due to our readers, and to the cause of British benevolence, that the omission should be supplied. The extracts we shall give are calculated to shew both the extent of the wretchedness into which a large portion of Germany had been plunged, and the benefits derived from the timely aid afforded by this country.

Extract of a letter from the Magistrates at

Weissenfels, dated March 8, 1814. "We have just been apprized by Messrs. Frege and Co. that our town too has been named among the number of those that are to revive under the ray of British beneficence, and we hasten to express to you the sentiments of gratitude which this noble act of the British nation calls forth. Our town indeed has had its full share of the miseries entailed-upon Saxony by the cruel mode of warfare adopted of late. The greatest part of its inhabitants have been plunged into beggary by the desolations of the last campaign. The noble gift from a country that, like a protecting angel, spreads its fostering wings over all Europe, and especially over unfortunate Germany, revives our drooping spirits, and gives us the hope of repairing our ruined prosperity, through the blessings of peace and the revival of industry. We receive the boon with emotions of gratitude not to be expressed, and in its distribution shall religiously observe the laudable views and instructions of the donors. May the benefactors of our town, whose memory will remain deeply engraven in our hearts and in those of our descendants, receive the

most glorious rewards for their benevolent action."

Extract of a letter from the Rev. Chr. F. Ammon, D. D First Chaplain to the Court of Saxony, dated Dresden, March 12, 1814.

"The kingdom of Saxony contains be. tween 3 and 4000 clergymen, who, gene rally speaking, distinguish themselves by spirit, and loyalty The campaign of last their literary attainments, their evangelical year has almost entirely ruined two-thirds of this class They were at the first greatly exhausted by almost constant and most oppressive quarterings of troops: and when, in September and October last, the theatre of the war was almost entirely confined to Saxony, the clergymen (parish ministers,) lost nearly every thing which had been left; their harvest was consumed, their stores destroyed, their habitations plundered, their books burnt, their fruit-trees cut down, and their furniture spoiled. Some worthy old men, who dared to resist the illtreatment of their wives and daughters, were killed, and others obliged to make their escape to the forests, completely stripped. After the battle near Leipsic, a nervous fever rapidly spread through the villages, which proved so destructive, that in many church-yards no room was left for the great number of corpses; deep holes were dug for them in barns and gardens. In some villages scarcely an inhabitant was left; and in the district of Dresden alone, 500 orphans are counted, in whose behalf the parish-ministers must make an appeal to public charity. The peasant and the citizen may, perhaps, soon procure, in some degree, the means of their subsistence; but the unfortunate clergymen are entirely impoverished, oppressed by debts,

weighed down by grief and sorrow, and without prospect of income for several years to come. No class of the sufferers seems more deserving of a share in British generosity than the Saxon clergy."

Extract of a Letter from the Prince of Anhalt, dated Dessau, March 31, 1814.

consequences may be easily imagined. There is no need of a guide to find the road from Leipsic to Frankfort. On both sides of this long road of blood, all lies widely mixed; broken carriages; clothing of all kinds; feathers of ripped-up beds; broken utensils; fallen horses, and dead soldiers, deformed by the torments of death. Many lie there without a wound, having died a cruel death by fatigue and hunger; others

"Honoured Sirs,-If ever I remembered with particular emotion and thanks to Pro-have been rode or driven over. Most of the vidence the happy days which I spent in England in the society of the most amiable men, it was when I received lately, from a mercantile house in Leipsic, the confirmation that the Committee for the relief of the German Sufferers in London has also remembered my unfortunate subjects. You may easily imagine, gentlemen, how welcome this aid is, when I frankly confess to you, that of late I have been deprived of all means to relieve the unfortunate. This is the more painful to me, as during my fifty years' endeavour to see my people happy, I never had greater occasion · to relieve them than at present, when I am rendered incapable of doing it. I therefore hasten to fulfil the duty of ex. pressing my most cordial thanks, for this new proof of the noble sentiments that characterize the English nation. Be assured, Gentlemen, that the distribution of your benevolent donation shall be made according to your intention, in the most conscientious manner. I have directed the Committee formed here to render you an account of their proceedings.

"May God bless you all for your benevolence! this is the most ardent wish of my thankful heart."

Extract of an Appeal to the benevolent in behalf of suffering humanity in the Principality of Fulda, dated Frankfort, 14th

Dec. 1813.

This appeal, after stating the extreme misery endured by the Province of Fulda, from the continual marching and quartering of troops for the last ten years, gives the following extract of the Prussian Camp paper No. 10, dated Frankfort on the Mayn, November 9, 1813:

"No imagination is sufficiently lively to, conceive the misery spread every where by the flying French army on their retreat. The nearer they approached the borders of Germany, the more furious their excesses, the more relaxed their discipline. The

houses in the villages and suburbs on this road, have not only been entirely plundered, but deprived of all their timber, and reduced to shells. Many have been burnt down to the ground; and the beautiful vil. lage Buttlar, on the Ulster, is entirely in ashes. As late as the 6th of this month, the ruins of this village were yet smoking, and several Frenchmen lay half burnt under the timbers. Its inhabitants, brought to beggary in a few hours, stand there with grief imprinted on their faces, and raise in despair,their hands to heaven. Already a whole month has elapsed since those days of terror, and yet no human being, no domestic animal, no poultry, nay, not even a sparrow, was to be met with; only ravens in abundance, feeding on corpses, were seen. Since then some human beings, with the remainder of the cattle, have returned to their ruined dwellings, but both carrying within them the seeds of the most dreadful maladies. Many places in Fulda have since lost the tenth, nay the seventh part of their whole population, and likewise their remaining cattle, through those maladies; and yet no end is to be seen of this inexpressible misery. Many villages are threatened with entire depopulation. Nothing remains but an appeal for assistance to the benevolent. Fulda builds its hopes thereon. In each place of some consequence there will easily somebody be found, who will undertake the trouble of gathering the benevolent contributions in his district, Counsellor Baron of Bibra, in Fulda, one and forwarding the same to the Privy of the undersigned. They will in due time lay before the public their documents."

First Report of the Lubeck Central Committee for the Exiles from Hamburgh, 28th February, 1814.

"By a publication at the head quarters of the Royal Swedish army at Kiel, of the 24th December, 1813, Lubeck and Bremen were advised as places of refuge for the aged, the women and children, who, in consequence of the investment

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