tioned upon the subject, having directed that he should receive baptism in that communion with which he wishes to be united.
The Missionaries sent to the Burman empire by the AMERICAN BOARD FOR FOREIGN MISSIONS, have at length been summoned into the royal presence, where they were graciously received, though principally indebted, it is to be feared, for their reception, to the medical skill of Dr. Price, who is one of their number. The king has directed a house to be built for them in his capital; and as every thing here depends upon the countenance shewn by the monarch, it is hoped that the way is now preparing for a toleration of the gospel in his idolatrous dominions.
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OUR political remarks will be short, from the want at once of materials and of room. Commencing with our own country, we are happy to observe our finances in so flourishing a condition, that within two years seven millions and a half of annual taxes have been repealed, and a fair prospect is held out by ministers of still further reductions. Would we could add, that Ireland was in a flourishing condition also! but for Ireland, nothing permanently beneficial has been done. A bill for the commutation of tithes has indeed been passed; but it is compulsory on no one. An investigation into the principles of Orange Associations has been instituted; but it has issued in their leader having bearded the House, before which he was summoned as a witness; and in their granting, as a boon, the discontinuance of certain irritating processions, which ought long since to have been put down by the strong arm of the law. The bills for amending the new marriage act-taking away the barbarous and useless punishment of burying the body of suicides in a cross-road-and for enabling the judges to dispense with passing the sentence of death where they mean not to execute it-are improvements in our legislation, which meet with our hearty concurrence. ⠀⠀
In SPAIN, more it would seem from the influence of their gold than their arms, the French have been triumphant; but they have as yet gained few or no solid advantages from their success. Our government has very properly refused to recognize the self-constituted Regency of Madrid; and though Morillo and Ballasteros have deserted the Constitutional cause, many distinguished generals of Spain still resolutely adhere to it. The king has been removed to Cadiz by the Cortes, who are sitting there. This movement was taken contrary to his will; but, to avoid the appearance of undue restraint, he was previously declared insane, and a regency was appointed to act in his behalf. On their arrival at Madrid, the government was, however, conducted in his name; but it is evidently a name only that is used. In the meanwhile, however, the new Regency and the French are as little cordial as are the old one and their king; the former being too arbitrary even for their arbitrary allies. In South America, the forces of the Peruvians have been totally routed by the royalists; and it is also said, that the Colombian force and government have alike been annihilated. Other, and we hope truer accounts, represent, however, the rulers of the latter state as successful in the field, whilst occupied in the senate in firmly establishing its independence, and, in the true spirit of that inde
pendence, giving universal facility to the circulation of political papers and intelligence, which, when in a printed form, are permitted to be conveyed free of postage.
Contrary to our expectations, the counter-revolutionary movement in PORTUGAL has succeeded, the constitution has been annulled, and the old government restored. The infant Don Miguel appeared at the head of the party by which its restoration was effected, though the military were the chief agents in it. The king promises, however, a constitution as his own free gift; but whether such a constitution will be worth the people's acceptance, we are greatly inclined to doubt. He has very naturally taken advantage of this movement in his favour, to recall the queen, by whose intrigues this revolution was mainly effected, and who was received by the mob with great joy. All secret societies, including in the prohibition Freemasons by name, are suppressed throughout the kingdom.—The new Brazilian government appears to be very popular, and is likely to continue so; for, since its establishment with that of the independence of the country, the revenue has increased nearly one-third, without recourse having been had to new imposts.
The king of PRUSSIA has unexpectedly adopted the very popular measure of introducing representative assemblies into his monarchy, " in the spirit," to use the words of his edict, “of the ancient German constitution, and "such as the peculiar situation of the country, and the spirit of the times, require." If he is but as good as his word, we shall have some hopes even of a member of the Holy Alliance.
It appears somewhat doubtful whether RUSSIA may not ere long be involved in a war with America, for whilst her ministers has given an answer mild in tone, though evasive in substance, to the remonstrance of the ambassador of the Republic, against her extraordinary claim to the north-western coast of America, and the exclusive navigation of the adjacent sea, her naval force has been busily engaged in driving from those regions the vessels of the Republic, which have ever sailed and traded without interruption there.
The GREEKS appear to be approaching nearer and nearer to the form of a regular government. The military chieftains have attended in congress, and have, generally speaking, exhibited considerable prudence there. Constitutions are forming in several provinces, in which we recognize with delight, the admission of religious toleration as a fundamental article. The inhabitants of Hydra, and the adjacent isles, have risen against the Porte, and, joining the Thessalonians have gained several advantages, the Turkish government being evidently afraid to withdraw from the Danube the troops which she ought to employ against them, but that she dreads the Russians benefiting by their absence from her frontiers. They are not, however, slack in using the means in their power, with all the sanguinary efficacy for which they have in this horrid warfare been distinguished; for in their march to the Morea, they plundered fourand-twenty villages, and butchered every Greek they met. Pergamos also has been the scene of a general massacre, as they there destroyed every Christian inhabitant, to the number of two thousand.
LONDON: PRINTED AT THE CAXTON PRESS, BY HENRY FISHER.
ACADEMIES,proceedings of-Eng-
lish Academy at Rome, 200;
North Wales Academy, 450; |
Hoxton, 451; Blackburn, 453.
Address delivered by Jas. Mont-
gomery, Esq. at a meeting for
establishing a Literary and Phi-
losophical Society in Sheffield,
Agriculture of the Israelites, Es-
say on the, 28; 275.
American: Slavery, an exposition
of its cruelty and injustice, 127;
Literature and Intelligence, 161,
387: Bible Society; its Reports,
161, 387; Speech of the Presi-
dent at its seventh Anniversa-
ry, 402; Controversy respect-
ing it between Bishop Hobart
and Mr. Jay, 405: Missions,
242, 479.
Belsham, Rev. Thomas-Review
of his Translation of the Epistles
of Paul the Apostle, 323; the
manner in which it is executed,
325; his mode of correcting the
original text, censured, 326; ex-
amples of his unauthorized al-
terations in it, 327, 8; his prin-
ciples of translation censured,
329, 334; examples of his un-
fairness, 328, 330, 1; his con-
temptuous treatment of the au-
thor of the Epistle to the He-
brews, 331,2; and of the apostle
Paul, 332; some of his mis-
translations pointed out, 330, 1,
342; his views of the inspiration
of the Scriptures, 343, and per-
petual recurrence to the petitio
principii, ib.
Bible Society-American, 161,
387; British and Foreign, 211;
Merchant Seamen's, 212; Naval
and Military, 214.
Bigotry-Essay on its difference
from Superstition, 243.
Books-List of new ones, 202; 440.
Bruen-Rev. Mr. of New-York,
VOL. VII. No. 14.
Notice of his Thanksgiving
Discourse at Woodbridge, New
Jersey, 176.
Buonaparte-Remarks on the ap-
plication of the word "Great" to
him by O'Meara, 176.
C.
Chapels opened, 227, 8, 9, 461, 2,
3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 472, 3; first stone
laid, 469.
Churches consecrated, 34; first
stone laid, 460.
Copland, Samuel-Review of his
History of Madagascar, 101;
commended, 108.
Cropper, James-Review of his
Letters to Wilberforce, 122.
D.
Deaths of remarkable persons,
227, 231, 4, 6, 472, 3; sudden,
223, 462, 7, 8, 470, 472.
Discoveries-in Electricity, 197;
heat of the rays of the moon,
200; in magnetism, 201.
Doyle, Dr. James-Review of his
account of a miracle wrought
by Prince de Hohenlohe, 365;
extracts from his letter to the
clergy and people of his Dio-
cese, 377, 386; his letter to
Prince De Hohenlohe, 379; his
letter to his rural dean, 382.
Ecclesiastical Preferments, 227,
8, 9, 230, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 400, 1,
2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 470, 1, 2, 3.
Essays-on the Literature of
what it is termed, the English
Augustan age, as compared
with that of Elizabeth, and the
First James, 7; on the Agricul-
ture of the Israelites, 28, 275;
on the Oopas or Poison Tree of
Java. By Thomas Horsfield,
M.D. 76.; on Bigotry and Su-
perstition, 258; on making an
Index, 264.
Hobart, Bishop, (of New-York,)
Animadversions on his attack
upon the American Bible So-
2 K
ciety, in his charge to the Con-
vention of New-York, 406.
Hildersham, Arthur-the effect
of an exhortation to the two
parties, at their contracting
before the witnesses, 70.
Hohenlohe, Prince-Examination
of the miracle alleged to have
been performed by him in the
case of Miss Lalor, 377.
Holland John-Review of his
Hopes of Matrimony, 109; its
good qualities, 111, 113, 114,
its faults, 115.
Horsfield, Dr. Thomas-An Essay
on the Oopas or Poison Tree
of Java, 79.
Hutton, Dr. Charles-Obituary
of him, 221.
Java-An Essay on its Oopas or
Poison-tree, by Dr. Horsfield, 76.
Jay, Hon. John-his first Speech
as President of the Amesican
Bible Sociey, 402; William,
notice of his Letter to Bishop
Hobart, on his Strictures on
Bible Societies, 406.
Illustrations of various parts of
Scripture, 273.
Improvements: in taking altitudes
at Sea, 198; bridge-building,
ib.; magnets, 201; velocipedes,
202; diving-bells, ib.
Index-making-Essay on it, 264.
India, Papers relating to, 76,
Inundation there, 147.
Intelligence-American, 161, 387;
Philosophical and Literary, 196,
444; Religious, 210, 450; Phi-
lanthropic, 217, 454; Provincial,
222, 453; Missionary, 236, 457;
Political, 242, 481.
Inventions-Anchor Rockets,199;
Hydraulic Orrery, 231.
Israelites-Essay on their Agri-
culture, 28, 275; their bulls,
oxen, cows, and calves, 28;
milk, 37; butter, 39; cheese,
41; horses, 42; unicorn, 47;
asses, ib.; mules, 50; camels
and dromedaries, 51; swine,
275; dogs, 279; cats, 284; birds,
elean and unclean, 284; poul-
try, 287; eggs, 288; peacocks,
ib.; turkies, 289; bustards, 290;
partridges, ib.; pheasants, 292;
quails, ib.; geese and ducks,
296; pigeons and doves, ib.;
sparrows, 299; locusts and bee-
tles, 300; bees, 302; honey, 303;
enemies to agriculture, 306;
lions, ib.; bears, 308; leopards,
309; wolves, 310; foxes, 311;
jackals, 312; wild boars, 313;
weasels, ib.; rats, ib. ; ferrets,
ib.; moles, ib.; birds of prey,
ib.; palmer-worms, 314; canker
worms, ib.; caterpillars, ib;
blasts, 315; mildews, ib.; fish-
eries, ib.; whales, 317; chalson,
ib.; boats and ships, 319.
Letter,-original one,-from Mr.
Joseph Williams, of Kidder-
minster, to Dr. Doddridge, 320.
Literature-Comparison of that
of the English Augustan age,
with that of the Reign of Eliza-
beth and James I. 2.
Liverpool East India Association,
Review of the Report of its
Committee on the Restrictions
on the East India Trade, 122;
Society for Promoting the Abo-
lition of Slavery, declaration of
its objects, 247.
Longevity-Instances of, 223, 9,
230, 2, 4, 460, 1, 8, 471, 3.
M.
Miracles-Review of those of the
Catholic Church, 365; definition
of a miracle, 366; necessary to
support a divine revelation, ib.;
character of those recorded in
the Bible, 358; pretensions of
the Catholic church to work
them, 367; examination of those
said to have been performed in
the fifth century, 369; in the
sixth, 370; in the eighth, 371;
proofs requisite to establish
them, ib.; examination of those
ascribed to Ignatius Loyola,
373; to Francis Xavier, ib.; to
the Abbé Paris, 375; to St.
Winifred, 356; suspicious cir-
cumstances attached to many of
the Catholic miracles, ib. ; exa-
mination of a miracle said to
have been accomplished by
Prince Hohenlohe, 377.
Missionary Intelligence Society
for the Propagation of the Gos-
pel in Foreign Parts, 236; Mo-
ravian Mission, 213, 237; Bap-
tist Mission, 237, 475; London
Missionary Society, 215, 238,
426; Church Missionary Socie-
ty, 210, 239, 478; Methodist Mis-
sion, 210, 244, 478; Edinburgh
Missionary Society, 241, 478;
Protestant Missionary Society
in Paris, 241; Missionary So-
ciety of the Methodist Episco-
pal Church in the United States,
242, 479.
Montgomery, James-address de-
livered by him at a Meeting for
the Establishment of a Literary
and Philosophical Society at
Sheffield, 54.
Myers, Thomas-his New System
of ModernGeography reviewed,
343; his qualifications for the
work, ib.; his piety, 344; his
estimate of the geographical
knowledge of Moses and the
Jews, 345; history of geography,
347; estimate of the services
rendered to the science by Mis-
sionary exertions, 354; divi-
sions of his work, 355; his de-
scription of English and French
females, 361; view of the poli-
tical situation of Russia, 362;
defects of the work, 364; its me-
rits, 344, 5, 7, 8, 9, 352, 3, 5, 9,
360, 1, 2, 5.
N.
Necrological Retrospect of the
year 1821, 1.
Negro Slavery-Review of a
pamphlet upon it, 122.
Obituary of Chas. Hutton, LL.D.
221; General Humbert, 222;
Mr. Peter Bailey, ib.; Henry
Grey Mc Nab, M.D. 223; Gil-
bert Walker Jordan, Esq. ib.;
John Lewis Von Hess, ib.;
John Philip Kemble, ib.; Rev.
William Bingley, ib.; Gen. Sir
George Beckwith, 224; Sir
Thomas Constable, Bart. ib;
Rev. Robert Price, D. C. L.
225; Sir Chas. Warwick Bam-
fylde, Bart. ib; Mr. William
Playfair, ib.; M. Cadet Gassi-
court, 226; Edward Christian,
Esq. LL.D., 228; Mrs. Agnes
Ibbetson, 209; Sir Mark Mas-
terman Sykes, Bart, ib.; Earl
of St. Vincent, ib. ; John Julius
Angerstein, Esq. 231; Rev.
Richard Relham, ib.; William
Sandford, Esq. 234; Hon. and
Rev. James Atholl Cochrane,
ib.; Lord Keith, ib.; Lord Cas-
tlecoote, 236; Lord Ashburton,
ib.; Earl of Aldborough, ib.;
Rev. Moses Neilson, ib.; Samp-
son Perry, Esq., 457; Lieut.-
Col. Wilford, 458; Sir Henry
Blossett, ib.; George Edwards,
M.D., ib.; Rev. William Ward,
ib.; M. du Mitand, 459; Don
Juan Antonio Llorente, ib.;
William Lamb, Esq. ib.; Gen.
Robert Manners, ib.; L'Abbé
Ange Denis Macquin,460; Mar-
quis Cornwallis, ib.; Robert
Bloomfield, 460: Rev. James
Hinton, ib.; Mr. Robert Bow-
man, 461; Rev. James Lam-
bert, 467; Francis Clater, ib.;
Rev. Samuel Dickenson, 468:
Mr. John Conder, 469; Mr.
Charles Warren, ib.; William
Coombe, Esq. 470; Rev. Mr.
Atterbury, 471; Marmaduke
Lawson, Esq. ib.; Master Rich-
ardson, 472; Earl of Caithness,
473; Duke of Roxburgh, ib.;
Dr. O'Sullivan, 474; Mr. John
Macken, ib.; Lord Louth, ib.;
Rev. Dr. Ledwich, ib.
O'Meara, Barry, Remarks upon
his Life of Buonaparte, 268.
Ordinations, 2, 27, 8, 230,460,1,2,7.
P.
Petrefaction' ponds, account of
curious ones in Persia, 202.
Philanthropic intelligence:-pro-
vincial, 465; state of the City
Hospitals, 219; institutions,
proceedings of the Society for
mitigating and abolishing Sla-
very in the British dominions,
217; Royal Infirmary for Dis-
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