His death was occasioned by a bilious attack. He was in the 30th year of his age, and has left behind him at Vizagapatam, a wife and children. On his death-bed he particularly recommended Anundarayer, the Christian Bramin, who had assisted him in translating the Scriptures, to the care of his brother missionaries, Messrs. Gordon and Lee, and hoped they would continue that work, and also remain at this station. Anundarayer was deeply affected, and promised his dying friend that he should go on translating the Scriptures while God gave bim power. The remains of Mr. Desgranges were conveyed to the European burial place, attended by nearly all the gentlemen in the settlement, and a vast number of natives of every cast. After the funeral, a public testimony was given to the excellence of his character by a gentleman present. Indeed, he seems to have been a pious and devoted servant of Christ. He was indefatigable in pursuing the objects of his mission; studying the language, reasoning with the Bramins, collecting together the villagers and preaching to them, superintending the school, and, above all, translating the Scriptures and dispersing copies of them through the country. During the months of May and June he laboured hard to finish St. Luke, that he might send a copy of it to Bengal in time for the meeting of the Corresponding Committee of the British and Foreign Bible Society. He had no sooner accompfished this, than he was forced to abandon for ever that good work. Mr. Gordon is also so ill that he must remove from India. The whole burthen of the mission will therefore devolve for a time on Mr. Lee. Three more missionaries are destined to join him.

A missionary, Mr. Hands, is stationed at Bellary, about $20 miles north-west of Madras. He is there employed in learning the native language, the Comarre, a language resembling the Telinga. The Bramins at said to be comparatively few in that quarter, and to have less influence than elsewhere. A school for the instruction of the poor children is in contemplation.

Two missionaries, Pritchell and Brain, have arrived at Rangoon. The greatest part of that city had recently been burnt down in consequence of some popular tumult. Another large city, Ummurapoora, had experienced a similar calamity. There was also an insurrection in the country, and the public distresses were very great. The laws are stated to be very sanguinary. A man had been executed in a terrible manner, for offending against solge sumptuary law

which forbids the common people to wear a particular kind of parasol; and two men were executed with him for having accepted a bribe to screen him from punishment. The immediate cause of the disturbance appears to have been an order to enrol all men capable of bearing arms, in the army destined to act against the Siamese. Mr. Pritchell and Mr. Brain were on the point of proceeding to the city of Ava, when the latter was seized with a violent disorder, which terminated his life on the 10th of July.

SUNDAY SCHOOL SOCIETY.

The society for the Support and Encou ragement of Sunday Schools, in England, Wales, Ireland, and adjacent islands, had its annual general meeting on Wednesday, the 17th instant, when the committee reported, that since the last general meeting 88 schools had been added to those which were previously upon the society's list, and assistance had been repeated to 42 other schools formerly established. The zeal for conveying instruction through the medium of Sunday schools, they state to have in no degree abated. Of their beneficial effects, long demonstrated by indisputable evidence, the committee have recently received many pleasing and unequivocal testimonies. The effect of the society's patronage towards the principality of Wales, begins to display itselt in a manner which promises the most extensive and happy results; there now being scarcely a district remaining where its benefical influence has not been felt. The accounts from Ireland, they add, cannot but gratify every serious mind. That important, but too long benighted, portion of the British empire, already exhibits an aspect which portends a rapid and general diffusion of religious light, civilization, and moral order, calculated to excite all the energy, and draw forth all the resources of Christian benevolence, to render such effects general and permanent. The work of instruction, even in this country, is, however, far from being complete. Multitudes among the poorer classes of our countrymen remain still unable to read those Scriptures, "which are able to make them wise unto salvation." It is, therefore, hoped that such a zeal will be kindled in support of this good cause, as will enable the society to prosecute their laudable designs in promoting the im, o cant objects of religious and social happiness, on a scale so extensive as to meet the wishes of its members, and the wants of the British community at large.

SPAIN AND PORTUGAL.

THE brilliant victory obtained by General Graham, in the vicinity of Cadiz, over a French force nearly three times as numerous as his own, recorded in our last number, has been but the prelude to a rapid succession of advantages on the part of the allied army, which, in the space of a few weeks, have given an entirely new aspect to the state of affairs on the Peninsula. On the night of the very day, March 5th, on which that victory was achieved, Massena commenced his retreat from Santarem. He was driven to this course partly by the urgent and increasing wants of his army, and part-. ly, it is believed, in order to avoid an attack on his position, which was meditated by Lord Wellington. On the morning of the 6th, his Lordship marched in pursuit of the French The vanguard of our army soon came up with their rear; and continued in sight of it throughout almost the whole line of retreat. A number of partial engagements took place, some of them considerable, in all of which the enemy were forced from their positions at the point of the bayonet. On the 11th of March, the French were driven from Pombal, where they had endeavoured to make a stand, with considerable loss. On the 13th they -were forced to abandon Condeixa. They took up a strong position on the River Ceira, from which they were driven on the 16th, with heavy loss, many of them being drowned in the precipitation of their retreat. They attempted to make another stand on the 19th, in the Sierra de Morla, but were driven from i', with the loss of 600 prisoners. The French retired upon Celerico and Guarda; our army was obliged to halt for supplies; but they continued to be haras.ed by our cavalry and light troops. On the 28th Lord Wellington collected his army near Celerico, whence he moved in force against Guarda. It appeared to be the intention of the enemy to retreat upon Almeida, but they were prevented from pursuing that route; and their position at Guarda being attacked, they marched precipitately towards Sabugal and Alfeitas. Here they again made a demonstration of resistance; but on the 4th instant an attack was directed against them, which ended in their being driven from these positions also, with the loss of 1500 men. Massena, and his

ariny, marched off in the direction of Placentia. A body of French troops occupied Almeida till the 7th, but on the appearance of two of our cavalry regiments they quitted it. They took their last stand in Portugal, on the ruins of Fort Conception, near Almeida, but were soon forced to abandon it, and were actually chased across the Spanish frontier.

The loss of the French during the retreat, which Lord Wellington acknowledges to have been conducted with ability, must have been great. The French accounts admit that at the time they had reached the banks of the Ceira, they were reduced to a day's ration of provisions. Indeed, the whole course of their fight bore the most evident marks of distress and destitution. Their cannon, and the whole of their heavy baggage, were very soon abandoned, and their ammunition destroyed. Their sick and wounded were also left behind; and the road through which they passed, was strewed with the dead and dying, with carriages and arms.

Their retreat, we are sorry to add, has been marked by a barbarity seldom equalled, and never surpassed. Their disgrace and disasters were avenged on the defenceless population. Complete desolation tracked their progress. Every town and every village through which they passed was set on fire, after the inhabitants, who were induced to remain by promises of good treatment, had been stripped and plundered. To use Lord Wellington's words, "There is not an inhabitant of Portugal, of any class or description, who has had any dealing with the French army, who has not had reason to repent of it. This is the mode," he adds, "in which the promises have been performed, and the assurances fulfilled, which were held out in the Proclamation of the French Commander in Chief, in which he told the inhabitants of Portugal, that he was not come to make war upon them, but, with a powerful army of 110,000 men, to drive the English into the sea. It is to be hoped," continues his Lordship, " that the example of what has occurred in this country, will teach the people of this, and other nations, what value they ought to place on such promises and assurances ; and that there is no security for life, or for any thing which renders lite valuable, except in decided resistance to the enemy."

On the 11th of March, Badajoz fell into

the hands of the French, not without the strongest suspicion of treachery on the part of the Commandant of that fortress. Lord Wellington had informed him, that Massena had begun his retreat, and that he should speedily be succoured. He no sooner received the intelligence, than he communicated it to the French Commander, affecting, however, to disbelieve it; and two days afterwards he surrendered the place, although he had a garrison numerically equal to the besieging army, and was well supplied with provisions and ammunition. Marshal Beresford was advancing towards Badajoz, with a force of about 20,000 men, when he received information of this disgraceful event. He continued his march, however, and on the 25th of March came in contact with the enemy at Campo Mayor. A partial action ensued, in which the enemy being defeated, with the loss of about 600 men, were pursued to the very gates of Badajoz. A considerable supply of provisions was found in Campo Mayor. Albuquerque was also abandoned. When the last accounts left Portugal, Marshal Beresford was preparing to dislodge the French from Badajoz and Olivenza. The whole amount of their force in that quarter was estimated at 12,000 men.

Thus have the French been driven from every point of the Portugueze frontier, almost at the same moment, and they do not now occupy a single foot of ground in that kingdom. This deliverance, so gratifying to the feelings of every Englishman, and so glorious to Lord Wellington and the allied army (for the Portugueze have had their full share in the splendour of this achievement) has been effected with remarkably little loss; with less probably, upon the whole, than was incurred by the single battle of Barrosa. The issue of the campaign, as far as it has hitherto proceeded, must also have produced a powerful impression in favour of the cause we have espoused, not merely in consequence of the effectual aid we have rendered to our alles, and the valour we have shewn in their defence, but on account of the humanity with which, not only the rich and affluent, but the meanest soldier in our armies, has endeavoured to repair the misery and devastation occasioned by the atrocities of the French. The whole English army, officers and men, are said to have contributed a week's pay to the relief of the Portugueze; a supply of salt fish has been sent to them by government; 100,000l. has been voted by parliament; and a subscription has been opened in London which may possibly produce pearly as much more.

The successes which have been obtained in Portugal wilt, of course, produce immediate effects on the state of Spain; and the probability seems to be, that the siege of Cadiz will be raised; and that the French forces will either be concentrated in the heart of the kingdom, or drawn towards the North. Now, that we have once more to do with Spain on a large scale, we begin to fear, that we shall again feel the effect of that want of organization in their armies, which has been the source of so many disasters. The Portugueze army. organized by a British general, and led by British officers, bas proved itself fully equal to cope with the French in the open field. The capabilities of the Spaniards are not inferior to those of the Portugueze; and doubtless, if their prejudices would permit a similar arrangement, we should soon see force formed, which, under Providence, would enable them to assert their independence. At present their efforts are feeble and desultory, conducted without skill and concert ; and the consequence is, that though they are not subdued, they are over-run. If. Lord Wellington is again to fight the battles of Spain, as appears now likely to be the case, we trust that he will be armed with the same unlimited power which he possessed in Portugal. Without this, we hardly think that he would be justified in again exposing his gallant army to the hazards arising from the languor and vaciliation of Spanish councils, and the dubious tactics and arbitrary movements of Spanish generals. We intended to have said much on the peculiar merits of Lord Wellington, in the conduct of the operations which have been entrusted to him; and on the claims he has, under Providence, on the gratitude of his country, and of the whole civilized world: hut our limits oblige us to defer the subject.

*ffected their landing, and a desperate conflict ensued, in which, although the Danes conducted themselves with remarkable bravery and steadiness, marching up to the very mouths of our cannon, they were finally and completely repulsed, after a close com bat of four hours and a half, with the loss of three pieces of cannon, and 500 prisoners; a number greater by 150 than the garrison amounted to. The Danish commander was hilled, and the second in command wounded. Our loss was two killed and thirty wounded. Two Danish gun-boats and two transports were captured by our vessels of war in their retreat. The Danish account of this affair has been published, and it does not differ from our own. This circumstance reflects

credit on our official accounts generally; for certainly there appeared at first something like exaggeration in the details which were published of this affair; and yet, having to do with a brave and honourable nation, who are above the meanness of deceit, we find the facts, which appeared so extraordinary, fully confirmed by the official statements of the Danes themselves.

A proclamation has been issued by the King of Sweden, appointing Bernadotte to act as Regent during the continuance of the illness under which he states himself to labour. The Regent is restricted from creating any noblemen or knights; and his ap‐pointments to offices of state are to be considered as only temporary.

PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS,

I. The thanks of both Houses of Parliament have been voted to General Graham, and the officers and men who served under him, at the battle of Barrosa.

II. The bill for granting six millions of Exchequer Bills for the relief of the merchants and manufacturers, has passed into a law, and is now in operation. We beg to refer our readers to the remarks we ventured to make on this subject in our last number, page 202. In confirmation of the views which we then expressed, we have now to state, that the sums granted by the commissioners have not amounted to half a million.

III. Notice has been given to the Directors of the East India Company, by the House of Commons, that the Company's charter will expire in the year 1814.

IV. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has stated, that the produce of the consolidated fund, during the last year, had amounted to 41,541,000l. being only 100,000l. less than the greatest year ever known, and 1,353,000!. more than he had calculated upon in the budget of last year. The proceeds of old naval stores were stated to have been, in the last year, 427,000/

V. The report of the Queen's Council, on the state of the King's health, has been laid before Parliament. It states, that the indisposition of his Majesty" does still so fat exist, that his Majesty is not yet restored to such a state of health as to be capable of resuming the personal exercise of his royal authority; but that his Majesty appears to have made material progress towards recovery, and that all his Majesty's physi cians continue to express their expectations of such recovery."

VI. The report of the Bullion Committee,

of which we gave a full account in our vo lume for last year, is about to be brought under discussion. The following are the resolutions which Mr. Horner, the chairman of that committee, has announced his intention of submitting to Parliament,

The first six resolutions are in substance,that gold and silver are the only legal tender for payments above 12d. and guld the only legal tender for payments above 251;-that the pound of standard silver, containing 11 oz. 2 dwts. of fine silver and 18 dwts. of alloy, is coined into 62 shillings; and the pound of standard gold, containing 11 oz. of pure gold aud 1 oz. of alloy,is coined into 444 guineas;

that payments may be legally made in silver, of sums beyond 25l., provided it be taken according to its value by weight, at the rate of 5s. 3d. per oz. ;—and that no guinea is a legal tender which does not weigh 5 dwts. 8 grs.-The remaining resolutions we insert verbatim.

7. That under these laws (which constitute the established policy of this realm, in regard to money), no contract or undertaking for the payment of any money, stipulated to be paid in pounds sterling, or in good and lawful money of Great Britain, can be legally satisfied and discharged, in gold coin, unless the coin tendered shall weigh in the propor tion of 20-21 parts of 5 dwts. 8 grs. of standard gold for each pound sterling, specified in the said contract; nor in silver coin, for a sum exceeding 251. unless such coin shall weigh in the proportion of 20-62 parts of a poun troy of standard silver for each pound sterling specified in the contract.

8. That the promissory notes of the Bank of England are stipulations to pay on demand, the sum in pounds sterling, re spectively specified in each of the said notes.

notes.

10. That it appears, that the actual value of the promissory notes of the Bank of England (measuring such value by weight of standard gold and silver as aforesaid) has been, for a considerable period of time, and still is, considerably less than what is established by the laws of the realm to be the legal tender in payment of any money contract or stipulation.

11. That the fall which has thus taken place in the value of the promissory notes of the Bank of England, and in that of the country Bank paper which is exchangeable for it, has been occasioned by too abundant issue of paper currency, both by the Bank of England, and by the country banks; and that this excess has originated from the want of that check and controul on the issues of the Bank of England, which existed before the suspension of cash

payments.

12. That it appears that the exchanges with foreign parts have, for a considerable period of time, been unfavourable to this country in an extraordinary degree.

13. That although the adverse circum

advert to the state of the foreign exchanges as well as to the price of bullion, with a view to regulate the amount of their issues.

15. That the only certain and adequate security to be provided against an excess of paper currency, and for maintaining the relative value of the circulating medium of the realm, is the legal convertibility upon do mand, of all paper currency into lawful coin of the realm.

16. That in order to revert gradually to this security, and to enforce meanwhile a due limitation of the paper of the Bank of England, as well as of the other bank paper of the country, it is expedient to amend the act which suspends the cash payments of the Bank, by altering the time, till which the suspension shall continue, from six months after the ratification of a definitive treaty of peace, to that of two years from the present time.

large amount of our military expen diture abroad, may have contributed to render our exchanges with the continent of Europe unfavourable; yet the extraordinary degree in which the exchanges have been depressed for so long a period, has been in a great measure occasioned by the depre ciation which has taken place in the rela tive value of the currency of this country, as compared with the money of foreign countries.

14. That during the continuance of the suspension of cash payments, it is the duty of the directors of the Bank of England to

Though it has been your custom to be very sparing in admitting into your Obitu ary accounts of departed Christians, and I know not whether any instance occurs of your having noticed the death of a child,