You have doubtless been delighted by the exertions that are making for the spiritual welfare of sailors. In the port of Cronstadt, thirty versts from us, the Rev. Dr. Henderson preaches every Lord's Day to English, Scotch, and American Seamen.-His congregations vary from 100 to 250; this fluctuation arises from the number of vessels that are there, and sometimes from the places whence they came. Most of the ships that come from Ports where" Arks" are opened for the preaching, yield their quota to the congregation, while the contrary is observable in ships that come from abroad, &c. Dr. Henderson bears a most honourable testimony to the piety of many of the captains and men, with whom he has become acquainted. O, what a mercy it is; may the Lord increase his work until every ship shall become an arkuntil every cabin become a Bethel. A pleasing circumstance lately occurred respecting the Cronstadt business. As the expences of going and returning from Cronstadt, and living at an inn, while there, are more than it was right for Dr. H. to bear; it was stated to Charles Baird, Esq. the proprietor of the steam boat. He immediately offered to convey the preacher at halfprice, which is about 5. for the season: and very lately, when Dr. H. was paying the half-price, Mr. Baird took the money from the purser, and returned it, saying, Dr. Henderson, it is such a good work in which you are engaged, that I can take nothing for your passage.' This was very noble indeed, and in Petersburgh, it is very remarkable, this gentleman also gave us the other day 200 rubles for our school.

The Russian Bible Society I hear is going on very vigorously. A vast number of men are perpetually employed in preparing the precious volume of inspiration, in the various languages of the empire, and others are engaged in circulating them far and wide. Russia is not like England yet, but it is following on, and imitating, and sometimes going before. One thing it can boast, that every archbishop, and every bishop are members of the Bible Society, and though they are not all like the Bishop of Gloucester, yet not a few are pious, learned, zealous. The letters of Drs. Paterson and Henderson, during their tour in the interior, give pleasing testimony to this. Foreigners, in reading the" Bible Extracts," look with astonishment at the catalogue of great names assembled at the Bible Society anniversary, and see peers, admirals, generals, members of parliament, &c, and only the good Bishop of Gloucester. Some ask me the reason. What ought I to say? There must be some cause. Surely a very warm heart would rejoice to help forward such a glorious cause. I hope this will soon be altered. You have no idea what a handle others make of it, beside foreigners. It serves as a fine excuse for not giving. Did you ever look at the Church Missionary Society's Report for last year, under the head,St. Petersburgh? There the chaplain would be left alone, were it not for a pious member of my congregation, whose philanthropy cannot be confined to any party.

French Clergy-29,520,000 Francs have been set apart for the maintenance of the French Clergy; and all the funds for their support amount to 1,483,5891. sterling. In a population of 30,415,191 souls from which the Non-Catholic members must be deducted, there are 38,359 communes, to which are attached 34,893 priests or vicars. The aggregate number of the actual Clergy is 35,676; but the bishops deem it necessary to augment the number to 50,943. In 1821, the deaths among the Clergy were 1,403, and the number admitted the same year 1,522. The number of pupils or candidates for holy orders amounts to 29,379.

The 39 states composing the German Confederation contain about 17,000,000 of Catholics, 13,000,000 of Protestants, and 200,000 Jews, inhabiting a country of 11,069 German square miles, which forms 1-13th of the territory of Europe.

The King of Spain in a decree dated Lebrija, the 6th of October, and published on the 10th in the Supreme Council, says:

"In casting my eyes on the mercy of the Most High, who has deigned to deliver me from so many dangers, and to lead me back as it were by the hand, among my faithful subjects, I experience a feeling of horror when I recollect all the sacrileges, all the crimes, which the impious have dared to commit against the Sovereign Creator of the Universe.

"The ministers of religion have been persecuted and sacrificed; the venerable successor of St. Peter has been persecuted and insulted; the temples of the Lord profaned and destroyed; the Holy Gospel trodden under foot; lastly, the inestimable inheritance which Jesus Christ left us, the right of the Holy Supper, to assure us of his love and of our eternal felicity-the sacred hosts have been trampled under foot!

"My soul cannot be at rest, till, united to my beloved subjects, we shall offer to God pious sacrifices that he may deign to purify, by his grace, the soil of Spain from so many stains. In order that objects of so much importance may be obtained, I have resolved that in all places in my dominions, the tribunals, pintas, 'and all public bodies, shall implore the clemency of the Almighty, in favour of the nation, and that the archbishops, bishops, and ca pitular vicars of vacant sees, the priors of orders, and all those who exercise ecclesiastical jurisdictions, shall prepare missions, which shall exert themselves to destroy erroneous, pernicious, and heretical doctrines, and shut up in the monasteries (of which the rules are the most rigid) those ecclesiastics who have been the agents of an impious faction." From this decree we may hope that superstition has received something like a cheek in Spain, and that the fabric will at length come down in that degraded country.

The Wesleyan Missionary Society have missions in most of the West India islands, in which upwards of fifty regular Missionaries are employed, besides Catechists, and other agents. Their congregations are numerous-25,176 persons, of whom 20,000 are slaves, have been admitted as the members of their societies. The number of black, and coloured children instructed

in the mission schools, amount to 8,000. The good and peaceable conduct of the Missionaries is attested by the best authorities, and the importance of those labours, by which so great a number of slaves have been rescued from the practice of polygamy, concubinage, and other immoralities. It is ascertained, that up wards of 600,000 souls, in the British West Indies alone, are, as yet, unprovided with religious teachers, and the means of escaping from Pagan ignorance.

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At a vestry meeting lately held at Cork, the mayor of the city stated, that the Rev. James Meara, the vicar of the parish, but who had not visited it for the last six years, possessed no less than fifteen vicarages, three rectories, one prebendary, a glebehouse with 40 acres of land, and two or three churches.

A Course of Lectures on Scripture Biography, embracing the most interesting characters recorded in the sacred writings, are delivering every Friday evening, at Albion Hall, London Wall. The Rev. Messrs. Leifchild, Clayton, jun., H. F. Burder, Dr. Collyer, A. Fletcher. Morrison, and Blackburn, are the lecturers. The Rev. H. F. Burder delivered the first lecture on Friday evening, October 17. The profits are to go to the London Orphan Asylum. The room contains 400.

A question rather singular in its nature, and of some importance to the clergy of the establishment, is, we understand, likely to furnish employment for the gentlemen of the long robe. It is well known, that a severe contest was, a few weeks since, carried on in the parish of St. Stephen, Coleman street, for the appointment of their rector. The right of voting is in the parish, but confined to resident householders. Ultimately a reverend gentleman was found to have a majority of four over his next competitor, and declared to be duly elected. From this decision, however, an appeal has been made, by means of a bill in Chancery, it being alleged, that certain gentlemen, of the Jewish persuasion, whose votes were rejected at the election, on account of their religious opinions, were perfectly qualified to exercise their elective franchise. Had their suffrages been received, it is contended that the unsuccessful candidate would have unquestionably car. ried the day.

The synod of Glasgow and Ayr have wisely held, that the acts and resolutions of the General Assembly against pluralities, were not meant to be empty and delusive professions, but a rule for their conduct. It is admitted' that the parishes in Glasgow are so populous, that a clergyman with the greatest exertion cannot adequately discharge his duties. Why, then, add to the duty of minister that of principal of the university? Why give half a man to an office for which a whole man is insufficient? Is not such conduct an invitation to the clergyman to neglect his duties -to take the fleece, and leave the flock to the wolves? The case will come before a General Assembly; and it is here the true

friends of the Church of Scotland should make a stand. We trust the press, in the mean time, will do its duty, and hold up to the world this reprehensible attempt to degrade the Church of Scotland into a system of livings for ministerial favourites.Scotsman.

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PHILANTHROPIC INTELLIGENCE.

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Two national schools are about to be established at Peterbo rough. Six hundred and fifty pounds have been speedily subscribed. Earl Fitzwilliam, with his usual liberality, has given 2001. and Lord Milton, and the Bishop of Peterborough, each 507.

The Rev. Dr. Chalmers lately delivered in the Armfield school room, an address to the parishioners of St. John's parish, Glasgow, on the nature and advantages of Saving Banks. The room was soon filled to excess. The Rev. Gentleman began, by stating the object for which he had assembled his parishioners, and went on to illustrate the great advantages that would result from its more general adoption in his parish. He stated several instances which occurred during his late tour through England. He particularized the pernicious effects of the present system in England, of parishes sending out paupers to work at trifling wages, by which the regular workman was reduced to the same level as paupers, and the market glutted. "I wish I had only had you with me to see your fellow creatures put into pens, and put up and sold to the highest bidder for wages. I would beg to impress on you the great importance of trying to lay by a little. By so doing, every one of you will have a funded interest in the country, and every shilling you put into the Savings Bank is one step towards your independence. Every shilling mis-spent, is a shilling towards your degradation."

GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.

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We regret to state that the arms of the Duke D'Angouleme have prevailed in Spain, and the cause of the Patriots is, for the present, subdued; but we sincerely hope that it may yet spring once more from its fetters, and triumph over Bourbon oppression.

The civil and religious liberties of the Continent appear indeed in a deplorably languishing condition, but it is true THE LORD REIGNETH!'

Among the royal orders graciously distributing on the Continent, is the order of CHRIST!

One of the blessed effects of the conquests of the precious Son of St. Louis, in Spain, is the restoration of the Holy Inquisition! Saez, who is appointed FERDINAND's Prime Minister, is a Canon of the Cathedral of Toledo. He was, and is still, the King's Confessor.

A letter from Demerara, dated Angust 31, in giving an account of a recent insurrection in the island says, Some of the meetings are ascertained to have been held under the control of methodist preachers, two of whom, together with the manager of one of the estates that has revolted, are in custody.' The methodist preachers may be accused, and may be in custody-both are likely-but their guilt is not likely, for the governors of islands, proprietors, and other respectable gentlemen, have repeatedly borne testimony to the worth of these laborious men, and the good done by them in the islands!

It having been stated in some of the papers, that the Wesleyan Missionaries have been thrown into prison, on account of their siding in the late rebellions of the slaves, in Demerara, the Secretaries of the Wesleyan Mission have published a statement that the names of their Missionaries are not among the offenders.

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Oct. 7.- Jew lad named Abraham Aaron, was charged by a number of the religious body of the Jews, with having sacrilegiously entered the sanctum sanctorum of the synagogue, and stolen a jewel of considerable value. The High Priest having used the point on the Sabbath, which point is a silver instrument pointed with a jewel, with which the officiating minister points at the lines of holy writ as he reads, after service, placed it in the proper place in the sanctuary, and the prisoner having got in during the service, concealed himself till the congregation departed, and then possessed himself of the point, which is considered by the jews as a thing of inestimable value, on account of the use to which it is applied, the actual value of the jewel, and its great antiquity. It was offered for sale on the 27th of September. The sacred implement was produced; the end was formed like a hand, and covered with stones of much value. The handle, which was elegantly worked, was attached to a massive silver gilt chain. It had been presented to the synagogue by a plous Jew. Some of those who have a great reverence for the instrument, shewed great uneasiness at seeing it turned about and examined by the eye of profane curiosity.

The dwelling-house of the Rev. John Leifchild, at Kensington, was opened by a false key during divine service on a Lord's-day. at the close of September, and articles of plate, rings, a gold