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have been put to him in the face of the congregation. In a word, every Clergy man of the established church, in addition

to his public preaching, would follow the example of St. Paul, and teach from house to house' within the precincts of his own parish, and among those committed to his care, I firmly believe that the numerous conventicles dispersed over every part of the country, would soon be deserted, and we should hear no more of those illiterate enthusiasts, who now so much disturb the order, the pace, and the unity of our church." (p. 17, 18.)

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We conceive, however, that, by these means, such clergymen would likewise take the most effectual method of acquiring to themselves character for those very vices from which they had been the instruments of converting others; and that, while real enthusiasts and schismatics were left untouched, they would be loaded with all the opprobrium of those insulting appellations.

Some useful observations occur, p. 19, on the duty of private reli. gious instruction; but with a very undeserved commendation of a cer

tain "Exhortation to the Duty of Catechising," the gross errors, and calumnious representations of which we have sufficiently exposed. See yol. for 1805, pp. 750, &c.

After an allusion, which the bishop supposes will be understood to be made to a class of divines in the Church of England, who have of late excited considerable attention, he adds a remark of great truth, and fraught with some important cousequences.

“In making this allusion to those among us, who are termed evangelical preachers, it is not my intention to revive animosities, or to rekindle dis, utes, still less to pass an

indiscriminate censure upon many pious and learned clergymeus on the contrary, I am so far from thinking ill of these persons, that I believe they are often repre

sented as promoters of enthusiasm, for no other reason, but because they are more deeply impressed with a sense of the important duties attached to their profession, than many who object to their conduct," (p. 20.)

Little sagacity is necessary to discover so obvious a truth; but some courage is, in certain cases, requisite openly to avow it. That call themselves, or may

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be called, evangelical preachers, who are utterly unworthy of the name; and that there may be real enthu siasts in the worst acceptation of the term, as well in, as out of the Church, we have no inclination whatever to deny: on the contrary, we strongly favour the supposition, and would inculcate the real existence of danger in this respect, as a salutary admonition to all whose circum stances or peculiar disposition may tend to draw them within its reach. But, that the greater part of those among the clergy, who are stigmatized as evangelical preachers, and represented as schismatics in the church, and promoters of enthusiasm, incurred these imputations, on ac methodism, Calvinism, &c. &c. have count of their superior attention to the great duties of their office, as the candid prelate unequivocally asserts, must be evident on the

slightest inspection. We do indeed conceive it very possible for men, who attach a degree of guilt to such a communication with the sus pected or condemned party, as is absolutely necessary to any accurate knowledge of their sentiments and conduct, to become the voluntary sport of every idle and unfounded calumny which malevolence can suggest against obnoxious charac

ters: but such men must be told, and the public must be told respect. ing them, that they are very incompetent judges upon the subject.

But when the innocence and even excellence of many traduced cha racters among the clergy are thus freely admitted, what should be the consequence? What should be the conduct towards them of those, who, while they make this admis sion, are invested with the highest authority in the Church, and there fore able, as well as bound, to afford them the most effectual redress? Is it enough, by way of repelling the

calumnious attacks which they endure, coldly to admit, that their conduct does not deserve such treatment? Ought not the rulers, and therefore the natural protectors of the clergy, to exert themselves with determined vigour, in order to vindicate the aspersed reputation of the best part of their clergy? Ought they not to shew, that every officious slander, instead of being favourably received, shall be repelled with marked displeasure?

Ought they not, as, in an eminent sense, pastors of the Church of Christ, to encourage all those who discharge the same office with fidelity in an inferior station, and more especially to defend them from those aspersions, with which they will be seen to be zealously and perseveringly overwhelmed. by all, those, of every order and descrip, tion, who love darkness rather than light?

LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL INTELLIGENCE,

&c. &c.

GREAT BRITAIN.

maica; with Dissertations on its Climate, Soil, Laws, Trade, Productions, &c. :-The Picture of Scotland; being a digested ac count of that Kingdom, in which the Country is divided into distinct Tours :-Me

On the First of January, 1807, will appear, the first number of the series of tracts and extracts, entitled, Fathers of the English Church, which will commence with the writings of that eminent Reformer moirs of the Life of CHATTERTON; by Mr. and Martyr, Tindal.

In the Press-Travels in Scotland, by an Unusual Route; by the Rev. JAMES HALL, M. A. royal 8vo. with 20 plates. An Abridgment of Search's Light of Natare pursued, written by ABRAHAM TUCKER, Esq.; in 8vo. :--Scientific Dialogues; vols. seven and eight; contain ing a Familiar Introduction to Chemistry: A new edition, with very large Additions, of HARMER'S Observations on Divers Passages of Scripture; in 4 vols. 8vo. :New editions, in 12ino. and in 8vo. of the Works of the Rev. JOHN NEWTON, Rector of St. Mary Woolnoth, London :A General and Classical Atlas; with a. Treatise on the Principles of Geography; in large quarto; by the Rev. EDWARD PATTISON: An Introduction to Ancient and Modern Geography ; in one small vol. 8vo.; by the same:-A Code of Health and Longevity; in 4 vols. 8vo.; by Sir JOHN SINCLAIR:-The West India Common Place Book; a work relative to the Commerce, Produce, and other Interests of the West India Islands; in 1 vol. 4to.; by Sir WILLIAM YOUNG:-The Political Life, and Speeches at large, of the late Right Hon. W. PITT; in 3 vols. royal 8vo. →→A Second vol. of MANNING's History of Surry; edited by Mr. BRAY: A History of Ja

DAVIS, Author of Travels in America :and a new edition of the first vol, of Orien tal Customs, by Mr. BURDER.

A new Review will make its appearance at Oxford, entitled, The Oxford Review, on the 1st of January. The writers are said to be Gentlemen, who volunteer their services, and who engage to review every book which appears within the British Empire, within three months after its appearance. The conductors profess to be attached to the established religion and government of the country.

The Art of STEREOTYPE PRINTING is advancing rapidly towards full activity, in this country. Different editions of the New Testament and Common Prayer Books, a Welsh New Testament, and a beautiful Nonpareil Bible have already proceeded from the Cambridge Press: which will soon be followed by other editions, both at Cambridge and at Orford. The London Press of Mr. ANDREW WILSON has produced an edition of. Entick's Dictionary, which, for beauty, accuracy, and cheapness, surpasses, it is, said, all other editions of that work, Various smaller works are now publishing from the same press: and Mr. Wilson has announced that correct, well printed, stereotype editions of the following works, at re

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Nouveau Testament,

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Les Aventures de Telemaque.

L'Hist. de Gil Blas de Santillane.
Les Fables de CHAMBAUD.

ENGLISH AND WELCH,

GOLDSMITH'S History of England.
Roman History.
History of Greece.

JOHNSON'S Dictionary, 8vo.
ENFIELD'S Speaker, improved.

ASH's Institutes.

LOW TH'S English Grammar.

English Exercises.

Universal Spelling Book.
Y Bibl Sanctaidd,

Testament Newydd, 12ino.

The friends of Mrs. CHAPONE are preparing a volume of Letters and other Writings of that lady, hitherto unpublished; with an account of her Life and Character, in contradiction to some injurious statements lately printed.

The Seatonian Prize, at Cambridge, is this year adjudged to the Rev. CHARLES HOYLE, M. A. of Trinity College, for his Poem on Paul and Burnabas.~

A beautiful monument to the memory of the venerable SCWARTZ, ordered by the Rajah of Tanjore, has been just finished by Mr. Flaxinan. It consists of a bas relief, representing the Rajah's last visit to the illustrious Missionary, when death. The inscription is in English.

FRANCE.

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From the Report of the Central Vaccine Committee for the year 13, it appears,

that 125,992 persons have been inoculated in the course of that year in 42 departments, from which the returns bad been received. A progressive diminution of deaths is reported in those places, where vaccination has been introduced; and an increase in the number, where the practice has been neglected.

A canal has been projected upon a grand scale, to unite the Rhone with the Rhine, and thus connect the North Sea with the Mediterranean. Its extent will be 71 leagues, and it is to receive the name of Bonaparte. The expence is estimated at 14 millions of livres. M. Koeh, member of the Tribunate, pronounced a discourse on the subject, at a meeting of the Legislative Body; in which he gives a historical account of this project, which was first suggested under the Roman Emperors. He enumerates also the advantages which not only France, but Europe at large, will derive from the execution of this scheme.

HOLLAND.

The Batavian Society of Sciences, st Haerlem, has proposed the following questions:-"Which are the indigenous plants, whose virtues continue unknown; but which might be of great utility in our Dispensary, and replace exotic remedies?"

"What are the indigenous plants not yet in use; but which, at a low price, might serve for food? And what nutritive exotic plants, reared in other countries, might be imported and cultivated in this country for the same purpose?"

"What are the indigenous plants in use, which, after certain experiments, might furnish good colours, and the preparation and use of which might be introduced to advantage? What exotic plante might be cultivated in the less fertil lands, and furnish colours?"?

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A great accumulation of mud having taken place in the port of Amsterdam, and continually increasing, Memorials are desired on the following questions: "To what causes must this accelerated accumulation of mud be ascribed? Aud by what means could this troublesome and prejudicial accession be removed, or prevented? How would it be possible to prevent depositions in the same places, after the mud has been removed?"-The author, whose plan shall be adopted by the Re gency of Amsterdam, and be found to answer by an experience of 10 years, will be entitled to a reward of at least 10,000 florins from the Regency, to himself or his

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GERMANY.

The last Michaelmas Fair at Leipsick produced fewer literary works than those of the preceding years. The catalogue of new publications contains but 915; whereas, last year, it amounted to 1,640. A short summer, the high price of provisions, the disorders of war, and the too great multiplicity of publications during the last years, are assigned as causes of this deficiency; and of that insolvency, which has been recently very usual in the trade. The Easter Fair exhibited upwards of 4,000 new works; which makes all the productions of the year 4,915: whereas, in France, they reckon only 1,150; and, in England, 900.

M. FISHER, of Vienna, has discovered a new process for Whitening Straw. Instead of covering it with sulphur in the stove, as was practised formerly, he dresses it in muriatic acid saturated with pot-ash. The straw thus prepared never turns yellow; is of a shining white; and acquires great flexibility.

Since the establishment of the Austrian

power in West Gallicia, much has been done for public instruction. The Univer sities of Lemberg and Cracow, which had nearly gone to decay during the dissensions under the old government, have been re-established; and public schools, have been instituted in most of the principal towns.

It is said that the fruit of the horse-chesnut tree is collected in Saxony for feeding sheep; where it is considered as a wholesome food, and a specific against the rot. It is given to them in autumn. At first they refuse this food; but greedily take it, when custom has made it familiar. They eagerly eat the prickly outside. There is danger in giving these fruits without cutting them in pieces; as they may stick in the throat, and occasion the death of the animal.

A school of modern Greeks has been established at Cronstadt, in Transylvania. It contains 34 scholars; who are taught writing, arithmetic, and ancient Greek by the grammar of Constantius Lascaris. The teachers are Greek monks, from Mount Athos.

LIST OF NEW PUBLICATIONS.

THEOLOGY.

FEMALE Compassion. A Sermon preached at Rochester, on Sunday the 17th of August, 1806. By the Rev. Charles Moore,

M. A. 1s. 63.

The Fall of eminent Men in Critical Periods, a National Calamity. A Sermon preached at the Gravel-pit Meeting-house, Hackney, on Sunday, Sept. 21, 1906, on the recent death of the Right Hon. Charles James Fox. By Robert Aspland. 1s.

The Unitarian Doctrine completely re'futed, being a Friendly and Candid Address to Unitarians in general, as also a particular Reply to some late Publications. By the Rev. J. Proud. 2s.

A Sermon preached at Holy-Rhood "Church, Southampton, on Sunday, August 10, 1806, on the Duty of Humanity towards the Irrational Part of the Creation. By the Rev. Charles Slack Hawtrey, A. M. 1s.

An Introduction to the Study of Moral Evidence, or that Species of Reasoning which relates to Matters of Fact and Practice. With an Appendix on debating

for Victory and not for Truth. Ey James Edward Gambier, M. A. Rector of Langley, Kent, and Chaplain to the Right Hon. Lord Barhain. 12mo. 3s. 6d.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Circumstantial Details of the last Moments and long Illness of the Right Hon. Charles James Fox. 2s. 6d.

Recollections of the Life of the late Right Hon. Charles James Fox. By B. C. Walpole, Esq. 6s.

American Arguments for British Rights, being a Republication of the celebrated Letters of Phocion, on the Subject of Neutral Trade. 2s. 6d.

A Complete and Authentic Account of the Vice Royalty of Buenos Ayres.

The Bankrupt and Creditors Friendly Assistant, or the Spirit of the Bankrupt Laws. Royal 8vo. 8s.

The Independent Man, or an Essay on the Formation and Developement of those Principles and Faculties which constitute Moral and Intellectual Excellence, 8vo,

18s.

Observations on the Nature, Kinds,

Causes, and Prevention of Insanity. By Thomas Arnold. 8vo. 16s.

Practica! Observations on the Principal Diseases of the Eyes, illustrated with Cases translated from the Italian of Antonio Scarpa, Professor of Anatomy and Practical Surgery in the University of Pavia. By James Briggs. 10s. 6d.

The Bibliographical Miscellany, or Supplement to the Bibliographical Dictionary; containing an Alphabetical Account of all the English Translations of the Greek and Roman Classics, and of the Greek and Latin Fathers and others, from the first attempt by William Caxton down to the present year. By Adam Clarke, 2 vols. 18s.

The Naval Heroes of Great Britain, or Accounts of the Lives and Actions of the distinguished Admirals and Commanders who have contributed to confer on Great Britain the Empire of the Ocean, from Sir Francis Drake to Lord Nelson. By Wil-, liam Burney, A. M. Master of the Naval Academy at Gosport, &c. &c. with Portraits and Maps, 7s. 6d. or 9s. fine.

The British Neptune, or a Naval History of Great Britain, from the time of Alfred, to the Victory of Trafalgar; containing à full and particular Narrative, in regular Chronological Series, of the Rise, Progress, and Triumphs, of the British Navy, in one closely printed volume, illustrated with Views of great Victories, and a Chart of the World, 7s. 6d.

Substance of the Debates on a Resolution for abolishing the Slave Trade, which was moved in the House of Commons, on the 10th of June, 1806, and in the House of Lords on the 24th of June, 1806. With an Appendix, containing Notes and Illustrations, pp. 220. 2s.

A New Dictionary of the Spanish Language. By Henry Newman. 2 vols. 8vo. 11. 1s. boards.

'The Inferno of Dante. By the Rev. Francis Cary, A. M. 2 vols. 8vo, 16s. The Political Picture of Europe. 3s. 6d. Oriental Customs. By the Rev. S. Bur der. Vol. II.

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RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN
KNOWLEDGE.

THE Annual Report of this Society, which has recently been published, states the number of children taught in the charity. schools in and about London and Westminster, to be 7108, viz. 4180 boys, and 2928 girls; and the number of books which have been distributed by them during the preceding year to be as follows, viz. 8490 bibles, 11,466 new testaments and psalters, 16,096 cominon prayers, 20,460 other bound books, and 112,440 small tracts.

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The account which is given of the Protestant missions in the East Indies for the year 1805, is more meagre than usual. letter from the Danish Missionaries at Tranquebar states, that pressing applications had been made to them for the con tinuance of Mr. Rottler, one of their num ber at Madras, to superintend the female asylum there; and that he and Mr. Pezoid continued there in charge of that mission, waiting for the approbation of their superiors. In the mean while, they had been assisted at Tranquebar by Mr. Hirst, who was learning the Malabar language, and

one could

when qualified, would be placed either at Tanjore or Trichinapally. A Mr. Schreyrogel had been sent to Tranquebar as a cate chist, who was serviceable to them both in the Malabar and Portugueze languages. In the want of ordained ministers, such assistants, it is said, were of great use in the missions. "In case of the death of a Missionary, such an preserve the property of a mission from falling into improper hands, and could forward the work, as a reader, or preacher and catechist, till an ordained Missionary should arrive. Mr. Kolhoff, at Tanjore, they observe, would be greatly benefitted by one or two such assistants, whom he could occasionally send to Palamcotta, and other distant congregations." The Danish Missionaries went to his succour as often as urgencies required and they were able, and they trusted much good had been done" in various ways by these journies. The large town of Negapatnam, a favourite place with the late Mr. Gericke,having many" Christians in it, was destitute of a minister. A Portugueze, named Domingo de Rosario, stationed there by Mr. Gericke, * taught a school of 40 children, and on

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