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One circumstance seems worthy to be ter membered, as it shows that the Natives fe well that Christianity requires dili gence in business. A Faqueer by trade, on seeing Abdool, cried out Ho; you seller of (your) faith, will you give me any thing -Abdool. If you desire to purchase spiritual blessings, I may perhaps be able to supply you; but, as to worldly things, I have little to give. What I have, I labour for, and you are able to work for your provision as well as I. The "Faqueer replied, So! I expected, now you are become English, you would be for setting me to work-I know their way is, Work for your bread! work for your bread!*

On the evening of Sunday the 21st, we Aaaoo were agreeably surprised by the return of Abdool from Lucknow. He found the fill will of his former friends so much excited, that he did not leave his father's house du ring the day he staid there. In the evening he went to a friend's house, and had much discussion on the subject of religion. He gave ten copies of St. Matthew to different persons who desired them, and prudently withdrew privately; and praised God, he says, when he set foot on British territory.

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brothers, and two nephews, came over. Their prejudices appear removed. They joined in prayer, both in private and in church, and declared their intention of embracing Christianity. Most of their inqui ries were on the subject of our Lord's Divinity, of which, after having seen the evidences from the Old and New Testaments, they seemed convinced. Their parting with Abdool was very affecting. The old man threw his arms round his son's neck, and wept plentifully.Abdool was much moved, and said, I pray, sir, forbear your tears. My lord hath said, He that loveth brother, or sister, or father, or mother, more than me, is not worthy of me. Well, well, said the old man but I am returning to calamity I know-many will try to trouble me, but I give up these, turning to his two grand-children, to be educated in ChristTanity commit them to Jesus Christ!

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God grant that that country (Luck now) may soon come i into the possession of the British! Then we might live in peace. Abdool reminded him, that God would deliver him, and that his peace is alone worth caring for. True, said the younger bro ther, and these lads we commit to Christ! During the rains I also will come and stay some months with yon."

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q HARWICH BIBLE SOCIETY. In the mouth of June last, a meeting was appointed at Harwich, for the purpose of forming a Bible Society for that town, Circumstances occurred which made it expedient to postpone the meeting. This occurrence would hardly have required, ang notice, had it not been for our desire to give more extended publicity to the following letter of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which was addressed on that occasion to the Rev. W. Whinfield, Vicar of Harwich, and printed by that gentleman for general circulation in Harwich and its vicinity. The letter will need no comment: it speaks for itself.

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Dear Sir,

Tought to have returned you earlier thanks for the very agreeable intelligence of the intended formation of a Branch Bible Society at Harwich. Ever since I have had the honour of being connected with that ancient and respectable Borough, have felt an anxious wish that such an Institution should be formed there, not merely because from the local situation of Harwich

and the frequent resort of foreigners theres it is a station particularly calculated to promote the objects of the Society, but be. cause I am earnestly desirous that all those in whose prosperity I take an interest should be united in a cause of the highest importance and most extensive benefit to mankind. That the utility of the Society is felt in every parts of the world, and among persons of every class, its Reports furnish the most satisfactory proofs; and the value in which it is held by those of the chighest rank, was fully evinced by the nanner in which sits, Deputation was received by the Emperor of Russia, and the King of Prussia, of which Mr. Owen will give you the interesting details bobis ad

The Deputation, which consisted of Lord Teignmouth, the Bishops of Salisbury, Norwich, and Cloyne, Admiral Lord Gambier, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, W. Wilberforce, Esq. and the Secretaries, was

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Happy it is for, the world when its sovercigns, turn their minds to objects like these objects which not only confer dig nity on the most exalted of the earth, but may furnish the proper employment and happiness of superior natures of the spi rits of the just made perfect, of the blessed angels of God; and for which He, who is far above all created beings, dis dained not to take our nature opon him, to restore salvation to a fallen race, and to bring life and immortality, to light through the Gospel.

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I need not say, that I should have felt great pleasure in attending such a meeting as I trust your's will be, and that I much regret that business makes it impossible for me to leave London at present, for which I must beg you to offer my excuses to all my friends; but I shall think myself honoured by any si tuation in which the Society may judge my services to be of use and request leave to enclose a donation to its funds, Believe me ever, &c. *** W iB / $

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MARA UMA KADITIAL SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE.. "bad ide The Rev. Basil Woodd, since his return from pleading the cau cause of the Church Mis sionary Society in the North of England, bas formed a District Committee in aid of the Society for promoting Christian Knowledge.

Of this Committee, Sir William Pepperrell, Bart. is the President; the Rev. Basil Woodd, Treasurers and the Rev. Joshua

Secretary. It consists of twenty with eighty other Subscribers of smaller Subscribers to the Parent Institution, which, amounts, including a collection at the Cha pel on the 12th of Decobberstast, has pril duced the sum of 1824 660611 39 e is

Since this period, 380 Common Prayon books, besides Bibles, Testaments and Re ligious Tracts of the Society have been distributed to the poorhonend Divist Service at Bentinck Chapel iPhonearest desire and thankfuluessy with which they bave received the Common Prayer Book, and which in several instantes, has been

to vinesi adli to novog gang most graciously received by botli şahasekol vereigns, who spoke highly of the utility of the Society, and promised itstheir protection and support The Emperor particularly spoke of the importance of such asclety i his dominions, where there are still sodný nations ignorant Ghristianityard

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in providing situations for such as are out of employment, and to afford pecuniary relief to the destitute and afflicted. To promote these objects, a lecture is preached Lord's day evening, it preached every prayer-meeting is held one evening week, which from twenty to thirty ge nerally attend. A benefit society is established, by which 490 have been relieved in the course of the last year. Schools have been opened in various parts of the metropolis, both for children and adults, and it is now proposed to open a register in Peterstreet; and at the house of Mr. Niven, the treasurer, No. 15, King-street, Soho; and at that every clergyman, who makes a collec- the house of Mr. Bethuin, assistant secretary, tion in his parist, should be intitled to re- 22, Cateaton-street; where people of colour, ceive two thirds of the amount in Bibles, who want employ, may enter their names, Testaments, Common Prayer Books, and &c. and those who want servants may apwther books or tracts of the Society, free of ply. The Committee have it farther in conany additional expense, has thus placed it templation, so soon as the funds will enable in the power of every clergyman, who stands them, to procure a house as an asylum for At the head of his parish, to do much to their aged and infirm pensioners; in the supply the wants of his parishioners, and to mean time, they mean to board and lo lodge as promote their spiritual welfare. many as possible, of the most necessitous and deserving objects. Win. Wilber Wilberforce M. P., is president; and the vice-presidents are, the earl of Crawford, Lords Gambier and Calthorpe, J. Stephen, T. R. Kemp, H.Thornton, S. Whitbread, L. Way, and 2.

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AFRICAN AND ASIATIC SOCIETY.

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Ims grand congress of Europe is now assentbled at Vienna. No part of its deliberations has as yet transpired. We look with much anxiety for its result, not only as it will af fect the general peace of the European com munity, but as it may influence the happiness of all parts of the habitable globel On that question, which interests the feelings of the whole British Nation, we should only deceive our readers were we to say that we see ground for entertaining a sanguine hope that the unhappy provision of the treaty of Paris, will undergo any material modification, What might, in the mouth of May last, have been effected with comparative" ease, has since › become, a question of pecullar com plication and difficulty private interests, and national pride, and commercial tivalry, and heated passious, and skuggetated expecs tations, have now mixed themselves in a casping 198.10) Asıb Ai,

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discussion, which might then have beek reduced to a simple proposition of barter. But, whatever may be the final decision of the congress, on this deeply interesting subject of this we can most: confidently assure the public, that those to whom the conduct of this great cause has been entrusted havë not been supine and inactive; and that » effort has been neglected, which seemed likely to contribute im any degree to redeem Europe troni the guilt and Africa from the wretchedness which are involved in intere vival of the Slave Trade by France: We need pot zoneŵ the request, that they may at least be aided by the prayers of all the faithful in the land.

to France appears to be still ih'è& somewhat restless and feverish state. The army is evidently dissatisfied. The ancient noblesse drè no lew so? it is not to be supposed they **, (sejistorɔplied; bus p. 4, séreizać

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should cheerfully acquiesce in the entire alie. nation of their hereditary domains, On the other hand, those who were the active partizans of the revolution, and have shared its spoils, cannot fail to have many secret misgivings, while they see those restored to power and influence whom they reviled, and proscribed, and stripped, and expatri ated, persecuting them and their dearest friends to exile or death. Amid all this conflict of interests and passions, such incorrigible Jacobins as Caruot and Mehee la Touche, men, whose hands were deeply dyed in the best blood of France, are pub fisting inflammatory pamphlets, calculated to promote distrust and disunion, and to renew the former revolutionary horrors. We sincerely wish that the government may be armed with wisdom and courage to repress, if not altogether to subdue and tranquillize those elements of disorder which are at work in France. But even here, we feel our hopes damped, by witnessing the avidity with which all classes of the community-the government, the peers, the deputies, the merchants, the manufacturers-cherish the idea of a war for the subjugation of St. Domingo, and of a Slave Trade to renew its population. France, and Spain, and Purtugal, seera to require the purifying fires of another revolution. God has indeed smitten shem, but they have refused to receive correction. They have made their faces barder than a rock. They have refused to return. And shall I not visit for these things, saith the Lord?"

In Spain the violent proceedings of the Government appear to have excited partial Insurrections. Mina, who so gallantly main tained the rights of Ferdinand against Bona parte, is in arms, and narrowly missed making himself master of Pamplona; and it would seem that there have been similar risings in other parts of the kingdom,

The constitution, of the Swiss Cantous has at length been settled. Neufchatel and Geneva, to the great joy of these cities, have been added to their number, which

Amounts to nineteen.

We mentioned in our last Number the capture of Washington, by British force, after it had defeated an American army of more than four times its amount. Our loss, on the occasion, consisted in 64 killed, and 185 wounded. The naval arsenal, together with a frigate and a sloop of war that were apon the stocks, had been destroyed by the Americans themselves. Our troops set fire to the Capitol, the houses of the Senate, and Assembly, and the Public Offices, and

destroyed the foundery of cannon, the only one in the United States, It is with the utmost pleasure we observe, even by the admission of the Americans themselves, that private property was inviolably respected, and that not the slightest injury was sustaijis ed by the inhabitants. Several soldiers, who shewed a disposition to transgress the strict orders issued on this point, were everely punished on the spotone pay pe

After being in possession of Washington two days, our troops marched back to their point of landing in the Patuxent, about sixty miles below that city, and re-embarked without the slightest molestation, A de tachment from the main body had proceeded up the Potowniack, where they succeeded in taking and blowing up Fort Washington, and in getting possession of Alexandria, whence they brought away a considerable number of vessels loaded with tobacco, and other articles, notwithstanding the efforts made to obstruct their return.

The naval and military force employed at Washington proceeded thence to the attack of Baltimore. Here General Ross, who commanded the army, lost his life as he was reconnoitring the position of the enemy, Colonel Brook, who succeeded to the coinmand, advanced to within five miles of Baltimore, where he found a body of near 7000 men, very strongly and advantageously posted. In fifteen minutes after he had given the signal for the charge, the enemy's force was utterly broken and dispersed, with the loss of about 1000 men. The next day he advanced within a mile and a half of Baltimore, intending a night attack upon it; but here he received a communication from Admiral Cochrane, that the entrance of the harbour had been so obstructed by ships sunk for that purpose, that the co-operation of the naval force was rendered impossible, This determined him to withdraw his army, which he did without any molestation whatever from the enemy.

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An expedition, under Sir John Sherbrooke has taken possession of Fort Castine, and some other places on the river Penobscot, and destroyed one of the American frigates, and captured several vessels lying there. In consequence of this success, the whole of the country between the Penobscot and, British Americe has submitted to the British. and a Provisional Government has been formed for the administration of its affairs.

have not been equally successful, In Our proceedings on the Canada frontier assault on Fort Erie we failed after having entered the fort, in consequence of the

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very severe, amounting to 57 killed, 309 wounded, and 589 missing. But a still more disastrous, because more disgraceful, issue has attended our invasion of the American territory, on the side of Lake Champlain. General Prevost placed himself at the head of a powerful force, consisting, it is said, of 14,000 men, with which he advanced to Plattsburgh. Our flotilla on the Lake ad. vanced to the same point. Here it was encountered by the American flotilla, and taken or destroyed. Discouraged by the issue of the naval engagement, General Prevost drew off the troops, in the very moment, it is said, when they had succeeded in possessing themselves of the ramparts of the fort, and retired within our own frontier. The complaints against the General are loud and universal, on account of this, uncalled-for re

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The checquered nature of our operations in America may, perhaps, have effect in retarding peace. The capture of Washing ton appeared to have inflicted a deep blow on the pride of the AmericanThe affair of Plattsburgh, where the flower of the English army retired before a handful of Americans, will have the effect of healing that wound, and restoring to the Govern ment a part of the popularity ie had evis dently lost. We most anxiously desire the termination of this unhappy warfare, which arins men of the same blood, and the same religiou, against each other, and as far as we have the mentis of judging, without any object which can justify, on either side, the prolongation of the contest. 1

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OBITUARY.

We have received, from a respected correspondent, the following account of the late Rev. THEOPHILUS LANE, L.L. D. of Lewisham, in Kent, and Prebendary of Hereford, who was removed in the month of July last, from his sorrowing family and flock, by a sudden and most affecting dispensation of Providence.

My dear deceased friend's life was terminated by means of what we denominate an accident, and one as extraordinary as it was fatal. He was on a visit at the house of a friend at Sudbury, with whom, and one of his own sons, riding out in a single horsechaise, on the 11th of July; they were all thrown from the vehicle, in consequence of the horse tripping. None of them were mjared by the accident, except Dr. Lane, whose walking stick, entering at the socket of the eye penetrated the brain, and occsioned his death on the succeeding day! Thus has the church been deprived of one Lof its most faithful ininisters, and society in the vicinity of Blackheath of one of its brightest ornaments in Jah

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attack upon the lungs, he was succeeded by the Rev. John Sheppard, A. B. His health had of late been considerably improving sp that only about ten days before his death he had conducted the morning and evening service, preached twice, and administered the without fatigue, but with great comfort, to himself; and was thence anticipating the sumption of his clerical duties with much delight. But it has pleased his Divine Master to call him to still more exalted duties, and to unmixed and interminable delights of a sublimer order.-As a preacher, his prominent characteristics were simplicity and carnest ness. While in the pulpit he was manifestly absorbed in his object; but that was no less than to "preach Jesus Christ in simplici. ty and godly sincerity." His sermons were of a highly practical tendency but the practice he recommended was founded upon those doctrines which mark Christianity as a restorative dispensation: and his doctrinal statements and practical exhortations were usually so blended, and flowed so mutually one into and from the other, that it would 8500 100 have been dificult at any time to say he was exclusively doctrinal or exclusively practical. His sentiments were of the moderate complexion now most prevalent, I conjecture, amongst plous clergymen. He was not Cafynist nor was be an, Arminian, for can I positively amem that he was a Baro

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Dr. Lane had] officiated for some years at Dartmouth Row Chapel, Blackheath, with much acceptance and benefit. But about a year and a half ago, becoming incapé Juted for preaching, by reason of a serious CHRIST, OBSERY? NOÌ54, baratos bas

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