From the Report it appeared, that the Committee, during the preceding year, had labored with great success in extending the influence and operations of the Society. In addition to the sculements of Bashia and Canoffee, on the Rio Pongas o the western cost of Africa, a third had been formed at Yongroo, on the Ballom shore; and the Missionary Butscher, who had speat some time in this country, had returned to Africa, aecompanied by three mechanics and their wives, with an investment of stores, &c. amounting nearly to 3000'. for the use of the settlements and schools, and for the establishment of a fourth settlement on the Rio Dembia, which is to be named Gambier, in token of respect to the Noble President of the Society. The Society is about to send a clergyman on a missionary voyage and journey into the Levant; and Dr. Naudi, of Malta, who was present at the meeting, has very kindly engaged to accompany him. Mr. Thomas Kendall with his wife and six children, bad just sailed, under the protection of Government, to strengthen a settlement projected by the Society in New Zealand. The introduction of Christianity into India had engaged very deeply the attention of the Committee. A Deputation had held several conferences with his Majesty's Ministers on the subject, whose favorable disposition toward the great object was reported to the meeting. An able and luminous work, intitled "Colonial Ecclesiastical Establishment," had been written by Dr. Claudius Buchanan, at the request of the Committee, copies of which had been sent, at the charge of the Society, to about 800 Members of both Houses; and the Committee had in various other ways, employed the press in endeavoring to awaken the public to the spiritual interests of our Indian Empire. Resolutions had been passed at a special general meeting held on this subject, and petitions grounded thereon had been presented to both Houses of Parliament. Two more Lutheran Ministers, and three English Students had been received under the protection of the Society. Missionary Associations had been formed in various places; and particularly one at Bristol (some leading members of which were present) on a magnificent scale, under the patronage of his Grace, the Duke of Beaufort, which had produced already 20007. Weekly and monthly contributions were strongly urged; and a disposition to form Associations with a view to collect these, and to further the interests of the Society by congregational collections and annual

subscriptions, was generally manifesting itself.

Thanks were returned to the Rev. Mr. Dealtry, for his able and impressive serRon: two thousand copies were ordered to be printed immediately without waiting for the Report; and it was directed that the Merabers of both Houses should cach be furnished with a copy. The Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean of Wells was appointed a Vice-President.

The Rev. Basil Wordd preached on Wednesday evening, May 5, before the members and friends of the London Church Missionary Association, at the Church of St. Lawrence Jewry, Guildhall, when the sum of 517. 188. 5 1-4d. was collected, which was nearly all in silver, and proved, from the multitude of sixpences and shillings put into the plates, that many of the poorer, members of the church, who cannot attend the morning sermon on the anniversary, are yet anxious to aid the cause of missions. It is proposed to continue this Wednesday Evening Sermon annually.

Since the above meeting, accounts have been received of the shipwreck of the Missionary Butscher and his companions. They sailed in the Charles, Capt. Dixon, on the 11th of December. On the 5th of January they passed Goree, about eleven o'clock in the forenoon. About eleven o'clock in the evening, it being dark, and the wind blowing rather fresh, the ship struck upon a reef of the Togui rocks, about five miles distant from the land, and about twenty miles south of the Gambia river.

"It is almost impossible," observes Mr. Butscher, "for a person who has never been in a similar situation, to conceive in what consternation we all were, when the vessel first struck upon the rock. Most of the passengers were already in bed, but were soon roused by the violent shocks. Every one hastened to get on deck, to escape death: some, half naked; others, lightly dressed. It being then dark, and the vessel beating violently upon the rocks, we expected every moment that she would go to pieces. I spoke, and exhorted those around me to commit their souls to our blessed Lord and Savior, who is alone our all-sufficient righteousness before God; and, taking my wife into ny arms, I said, 'My dear, look unto Christ our Savior; perhaps after a few minutes we shall be before his throne, where we shall part no more, but be with him for ever.' Upon which she said, "The Lord's will be done.""

The captain and a passenger were killed

in a conflict on shore with the natives. By the efforts of Mr. Butscher, and the assistance rendered with the utmost readiness by Major Chisholm, command. ánt of Goree, a smail part of the cargo was saved, and sold at Goree for the benefit of the Underwriters; but it was found necessary, at length to abandon the brig, and nearly her whole cargo, which was Laken possession of by the natives, who are called Feloops.

The insurance effected on the Society's property will cover most of the present pecuniary loss; but this afflicting dispensation of Divine Providence will unavoidably retard the execution of its designs for extending its settlements among the Susoos, and will lead to other expenses. Yet neither are the Missionaries nor the Society discouraged. They know that these trials of their faith and patience are to be expected; and that they commonly attend the early stages of those designs to promote the Divine glory, which become in the end permanently successful.

The Missionaries all reached Goree in safety. Mrs. Mayer, wife of one of the laymen, died of a fever, and was buried in the island. A Spanish vessel had been hired to carry the survivors to their destination. We understand that the journal of Mr. Butscher will appear in the Missionary Register, No. V. for May.

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BRISTOL ASSOCIATION IN AID OF THE CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY.

MANY of the younger members and friends of the Church Missionary Association established in Bristol, in aid of the "Church Missionary Society for Africa and the East," have formed themselves into an Association, for the purpose of collecting weekly and monthly, and other small subscriptions and donations. They expect much from the exertions of the Jaries. The Committee consists of twentyfour persons, members of the Established Church with power to add to their num ber. The city has been divided into districts; to each of which one or more members are appropriated; who are to exert themselves in communicating information and procuring contributions. The Association is gratuitously furnished, for this purpose, with a number of copies monthly of the "Missionary Register." This plan steadily acted on by the persons who have originated it, may be the means of diffasing and maintaining a missionary spirit throughout that numerous body of the members of the church to which it particularly applies; and will add, it is believ

ed many hundred pounds a year to the funds of the Parent Society.

Associations for a similar purpose have been formed, or are about to be formed, at Liverpool, Birmingham, Shrewsbury, Cambridge, Norwich, Leeds, Dewsbury, Wycombe, and many other places; and promise an increase of missionary zeal, as well as liberal accessions to the funds of the Society.

WEST INDIES.

THE following is an extract from a letter, of a most respectable gentleman, who has lately visited the West Indies.

"In these islands, the Moravian and Methodist societies are very numerous, and both are popular with the Whites. The public discourses and private admonitions of the Moravian ministers, and the whole system of their society, seemed suited with peculiar wisdom to the enslaved condition of their flock.

"At St. Johns, Antigua, I was informed, by one of the Moravian clergy, that at the establishment to which he was attached (there was another in the town, and a third in the country,) there were no fewer than 2000 communicants, besides 1500 baptised adults. In St. Kitts, the society is equally numerous; and so in St. Croix. General Harcourt said, that in the latter island there were not perhaps 500 negroes not attached to some religious persuasion or another! I cannot conclude, without particularizing Tortola. Last war that island was little better than a nest for privateers, without a semblance or a pretence toward religion: at the present day, nearly the entire colored community are Methodists. On the evening before our departure (not a Sunday,) in walking along the streets, the singing of hymns in private houses announced to me that several parties were then engaged in the worship of their Maker.'

NORTH-WEST LONDON AUXILIARY BIBLE SOCIETY.

THIS Institution was formed by a name. rous and most respectable meeting (including about five hundred lad es) assembled for the purpose, at Willis's Rooms, St. James's, on the 18th of March.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Sus. sex was called to the chair; which he fill. ed with great ability, conducting himsel in a manner which was highly interesting. He explained the object of the meeting

and then called on the Secretaries of the Parent Society to state at more length the nature and views of that Institution. With this request, the Rev. Messrs. Ste. inkopff and Huges complied.

The speakers on this occasion were, Lord Robert Seymour; John Bacon, Esq; the Bishop of Cloyne; the Rev. Alexander Waugh; Lord Teignmouth; Sir Thomas Baring, Bart; Lord Gambier; Sir T. Bernard, Bart.; Rev. J. Mann; Hon. M. Barry; Sir G. Staunton; Rev. J. Owen; Earl of Bessborough; and Rev. B. Woodd. His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, was chosen patron of the society; the Hon. and Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Durham, President; and the following noblemen and gentlemen, Vice Presidents: the Marquis of Headfort; the Earl of Bessborough; the Earl of Leitrim; Vis. counts Duncannon, Bernard, Primrose, and Valentia; Lord Robert Seymour; the Bishops of Chichester, Salisbury, Nor. wich, and Cloyne; the Hon. B. Bouverie; the Right Hon. J. Maxwell Barry, M.P.; the Right Hon. R. Pole Carew; the Right Hon. Thomas Steele; Sir Wiliam Pole, Sir Samuel E. Bridges, Sir Thomas Berhard, Sir William Pepperell, Sir George Thomas Staunton, Admiral Sir John Orde, and Sir Thomas Baring, Baronets; Calverly Bewick, Esq. M. P.; Josias Du pre Porcher, Esq. M. P.; the Rev. Archdeacon Heslop, D. D.; and George Smith, Esq. M. P.-Josias Henry Stracey, Esq. was chosen Treasurer; and the Rev. Başil Woodd, the Rev. Alexander Waugh, John Bacon, Esq. and Charles Bevan, Esq. Secretaries of the Society.

Several affectionate allusions being made by the speakers to the illness of the King, His Royal Highness seemed much moved; and in one of his addresses, spoke most feelingly of the King as the best of fathers, of sovereigns, and of Christians. He af terwards was pleased to say, privately, that he had never known a greater enjoy ment than he had that day experienced.

SOCIETY FOR THE SUPPORT AND ENCOUR

AGEMENT OF SUNDAY SCHOOLS.

Ar the annual general meeting of this Society, held at Batson's Coffee-house, Cornhill, on Wednesday the 14th of A pril, William Henry Hoare, Esq. V. P. in the chair, the Committee reported, that since the last general meeting, 255 schools had been added to the Society's list, and Assist nee repeated to 74 other schools formerly stablished; for which, and the new schools before stated, they had distributed 27, 190 spelling-books, 4,642 Tesfaments, and 77 Bibles. Tha since the

commencement of the institution (1785,) they had issued 357,385 spelling-books, 75,179 Testaments, and 8078 Bibles, to 3985 schools, containing upwards of 324,000 children. The principally of Wales, which has profited so largely in former years by the Society's bounty, has furnished, in the course of the past year, abun dant evidence, that a wide and effectual door of usefulness is opened in that portion of our island. Ireland also has continued to share the attention of the Society, where men of consideration and piety are giving effect to the institution of Sunday Schools; and who have reported their beneficial effects in snatching multitudes from ignorance and vice, and placing them within the walls of an establishment, where every exertion is made to “train them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord." The Society have likewise established Sunday Schools aboard several of his Majesty's ships at the Nore, and on other stations, which are conducted with the greatest order, and have produ ced the happiest effects. Since the recent resolution of the Society to extend its patronage throughout the British dominions, the Committee have received applications from Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. A farther field of employ ment has been presented to them from Canada, where, it is well known, there is a great scarcity of the means for obtaining religious knowledge. It is scarce. ly necessary to apprize the public, that such an enlargement of operation will require a proportional augmentation of an

ual funds: and that it has been undertaken in the exercise of that confidence which British liberality so invariably encourages. "The Society can never allow themselves to believe, that an institution, which imparts the rudiments of a Christian education, without either abusing the time alloted to sacred, or trespassing upon that which is required by secular, occupa tion-an institution which communicates instruction to an indefinite extent, at an expense almost below calculation-an institution which enumerates scarcely fewer than 2000 districts, as falling within the sphere of its aid and encouragement, and which can appeal for the evidences of its usefulness to almost every symptom of improvement, which marks the religious character of the times,-the Society cannot allow themselves to believe, that such an institution will be either deseted or suffered to decline; and that, under circumstances which, by exhibiting new and interesting scope for its exertions, give it additional claims on the public counte nance and support. It is therefore hoped, that the growing energies of this instit,

MR. Hamilton, of Nevis, has transmitted along account of the eruption of the Souffriere, in the island of St. Vincent, in May, 1812, to the President of the Royal Soeiety. This volcano had not experienced in eruption since 1718; the recent one was preceded by nearly 200 shocks of earthquakes during the twelve months before May. The most particular phenomenon noticed by the writer was the sound of the eruptions, which so much resembled the alternate firing of cannon and small arms, that the Captain of a ship of war convoying a fleet of merchantmen, donc iving that a privateer had attacked some of the rear vessels, made signal to the fleet to close, and steered towards the place whence the sound came. It was also remarked, that the noise was much greater at the distance of many leagues than it was in the island; a circumstance for which Mr. Hamilton is unable to account. By this eruption two rivers were dried up. Immense volumes of thick smoke were emitted before any flame appeared at the mouth of the crater; the flame was accompanied by successive shocks of the earth, thundering noise, and the discharge of large pieces of pumice daring eight hours, without intermission. Several houses were thrown down in Kingston by the tremor, and many negroes were wounded by the pumice which struck then in their plantations. The Souffriere is in a part of a great chain of mountains which pass through Nevis, and sev eral other of the West-India Islands. Its drater is a mile in diameter, and about 900 feet deep.

By the official returns of the population of the French empire in 1812, it appears that there were in the ancient provinces of France, 28,786,911 souls; and in the countries annexed to France since the revlution, 15,951,466, making a total of 42,738,377. In Old France, the number to a square mile is 194.5. and in the united countries 228.5. Old France contains 147,973 square miles, and the new departments 61,050.

The following are the languages or dialects in which the British and Foreign Bible Society has already been instrumentol in diffusing the Holy Scriptures; in all fifty-nine. English Ladineche Malay Weish Churwelsche Ethiopic

Gaelic Manks

Italian

Spanish

Irish Portuguese Mohawk French Esquimaux Dutch German Calmuck Bohemian

Swedish Finnish Laponeze

Danish Icelandic Polish

Turkish

Arabic

Orissa

Persian

Persic

Burman

Siamese

Afghan

Turcoman

Sanscrit

Bengalee Ilindostanee Hungarian Malayalim Slavonic Chinese Lithuanian Cingalese Lettonian Burg's Esthonion Maldivian

Carnatica

Macassar

Rakheng

Mahratta

Sinhali Pali Balochr Pushtu

A report was lately made to the class of physical sciences of the Imperial Insti tute, in which it is stated, that out of 2,671,662 subjects, vaccinated in France, only seven authenticated cases appear of patients having afterwards taken the small-pox.

Zerah Colburn, the American boy, continues to attract muclr attention among the curious in London. An account of his powers of calculation has been already published. He multiplies 4gures into 4 with momentary precision, and extracts the cube root of 12 figures with equal facility.

In addition to the information already laid before our readers relative to the sale of periodical publications, we are requested to state, that London and Ediuburgh send forth no less than fifteen religious Magazines monthly-ten from the former and five from the latter. The whole of these form an impression of nearly 100,000 copies, of which about 26,000 are published of the Methodist

Magazine, and ahont 20,000 cổ the Eva gel.cal Magazine. Our informant woh, That themogeal and polemical patientims trebe in number all others throughout the year.

The number of books, published in the German langiaje butwe a March and Jone last, excnsive of new editions, was 1930

Of the, 62 were on palolos 29 on ph losophy; 137 on medic ge; 108 on jurisprudence, 100 novels, 30 plas; $2 works in 1aun; and 231 in foreign lagages, amongst which were 171 in French.

Four Lyceums are to be established immediately, in consequence of an imperial deerer, at Amsterdam, Utrecht, Leyden, and Groningen, besides new colleges and preondary schools in all the other principal towns of Holland.

LITERARY NOTICES.

FOREIGN WORKS PROPOSED.

PRECARINO for the press, History of the Propagation of Christianity among the Jochen since the Reformation, in 2 vols. by the Rev. Willina Brown, M. D.

This work will contain a view of the operation of Christianity by the Swiss To Broly by the Sweden, Lapland;by the Dutch in Ceylon, Java, Amboy na, and Formosa, --by the Anglo-Americans, in Mamphusetts, Martha's Vineyard, Now Plymouth colony, Stockbridge, New Jersey, and Oneida -by the Danes in InUnited dia and Greenland,--by the Heathen in Greenland; in the West India jalaode, St. Thomas, St. Croix, St. Jan, Jamaica, Antigon, Barbadoes, St. Kitts, and Tobago, in North America; in South Amerion, at Hope on the river Coreulyn, the Rio de Berbice, Bambay on the river Marameen, and Paramaribo; in Persia, Egypt, the Nicobar Islands, Labrador, Tartary, and the Cape of Good Hope;by the Methodists in the West India islands by the Baptist Missionary Soeiety in India;-by the London Missionary Society in the South Sea islands, Otaheite, Tongataboo, and St. Christina; in various

of South Africa; in India, China, and emerara;-by the Edinburgh MisBionary Society in Tartary;-by the Sogiety for Missions to Africa and the East in the Sasoo country, near Sierre Leone. To the whole will be added an Appendix, containing a brief view of missions of inferior note; an account of the exertions of some persons distinguished by their zeal for the propagation of Christianity among the Heathen, as the Hon. Mr. Boyle, Dr.

DOMISTIC.

A GripTM to Christ; or, the way of dreeting souls that are under the work of Conversion. Compiled for the help of Young Ministers; and may be serviceable to private Christains who are inquiring the By Solomon Stoddard, way to Zion.

A. M. late Pastor of the Church in Northampton. With an Epistle prefixed, by the Rev. Dr. tncrease Mather. New-York; Whiting & Watson.

The Catholic Doctrine of a Trinity, proved by above an hundred short and clear arguments, expressed in the terms of the Holy Scripture, compared after a manner entirely new, and digested under the four following titles: 1. The Divinity of Christ. 2. The Divinity of the Holy Ghost. 3. The Plurality of Persons. The Trinity in Unity. With a few reflections, occasionally interspersed, upon some of the Arian writers, particularly Dr. S. Clarke; to which is added, a Letter to the Common People, in answer to some popular arguments against the Tri ity. By the late William Jones, M. A F. R. S. Rector of Paston, in Northamp tonhsire, and Minister of Nayland, in Suf folk. New-York; Whiting & Watson.