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Conds, and did much damage. From that time to the end of the month, two, three, or four slight shocks were felt almost daily.

GERMANY.

Professor SPALDING has just published a second volume of his valuable edition of the Institutes of Quintillian.

SCHWEIGHAUSER has recently published two new volumes of Athenæus, viz. a third of the text, and a fourth of the notes.

A new edition of the Argonautics of Orpheus has been lately published, revised, and illustrated with notes, by SCHNEIDER. BECK is preparing for the press a new edition of Sophocles. It will form three volumes in quarto, and will appear towards the close of the year.

SCHNEIDER has published the Fragments of the Greek Female Poets, in one volume

octavo.

FISCHER has printed an elaborate commentary on the Cyropædia of Xenophon.

The Fables and Tales of the Persian poet NIZAM, have lately been published at Leipsic, with a Latin version and an explanatory Index.

PRUSSIA.

A very remarkable piece of Amber was found lately in EAST PRUSSIA, about twelve miles from the Baltic. It weighs above eighteen pounds. The largest piece known, which is in the cabinet of Madrid, weighs only eight pounds. A dealer in amber offered three thousand dollars for it; but the king, after paying one thousand dollars to the proprietor of the estate on which it was found, ordered it to be depo

sited in the cabinet of minerals at Berlin. Amber is the property of the crown.

NORWAY.

M. ESMARK has, in a late tour in Norway, made many interesting observations in order to determine the boundary line of vegetation, and of the duration of the snow in an unmelted state. Where the rays of the sun fall in an oblique direction, towards the north and north east, the boundary line of the snow is as low as three thousand feet above the level of the sea; but towards the south and west, where the heat of the sun is more powerful, it is seven thousand feet. The boundary of vegetation in Norway differs in different places; as do likewise the kinds of trees and plants, which are capable of bearing a greater or less degree of cold. At the height of one thousand feet, some of the better sorts of fruit-trees thrive, and are productive; the fir. at two thousand feet; the pitch-pine and birch, at three thousand feet; the juniper-bush and a few others, at three thousand two hundred feet elevation. Barley and oats will grow at from fifteen hundred to eigh teen hundred feet elevation, but only

in sheltered vallies. At the height of from twelve hundred to thirteen hundred feet, the night frost frequently does great injury to the young crops.

DENMARK.

Mr. PETER RIEFFELGEN, a native of Copenhagen, has just invented a new musical instrument, which he calls Melodica, in which the sound is produced in a manner hitherto unknown, viz. by the friction of metal forks against a moveable metal cylinder, which is effected by straining or slackening the fork, by means of keys like those of an organ, &c. As this invention is proved, by competent judges, to be entirely new, and superior to any one of a

similar construction under the name of the Harmonica, his Danish Majesty has granted him his royal letters patent, in which the formation and peculiar excellence of the Melodica is detailed at large.

Professor WIBOURG, of Copenhagen, has invented a machine for weighing corn, by means of which the quality may be discovered from its weight.

RUSSIA.

Mr. BENJAMIN BERGMAN, after a residence of three years among the Calmuc Tartars, has returned to Riga, where he means to arrange and prepare for the press the observations which he collected during his interesting travels. They will soon appear, and will form five volumes.

The emperor has founded a university; on a very comprehensive liberal scale, in

Lithuania, for the cultivation and diffusion

of the arts and sciences in that part of the empire.

The emperor has caused ten thousand copies of a popular treatise on the Cow-por, written in the Russian language, to be printed at his expence, and to be sent to all the governments for the purpose of being distributed gratis among the people, and particularly in the country.

NORTH AMERICA.

Mr. GRANGER, postmaster-general to the United States, in a list of the postoffices which he has published, enumerates nearly one thousand three hundred. This fact affords satisfactory proof of the rapid advances which that country is making in the settlement and cultivation of its vacant territory.

From an official account of LOUISIANA, we are informed that there exists, about one thousand miles up the Missouri, and near that river, a mountain of salt, one hundred and eighty miles long and fortyfive wide. It consists of solid rock salt, without any trees or even shrubs on it. Salt springs are very numerous beneath the surface of the mountain,

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[MARCH,

LIST OF NEW PUBLICATIONS.

THEOLOGY.

THE Economy of the Covenants between God and Man, comprehending a complete Body of Divinity, by the learned Herman Witsius, D. D.; with his Life; faithfully translated from the Latin, with fine Portrait of the author. 2 vols. 8vo. 14s. boards.

Hora Solitarie; or, Essays upon some remarkable Names and Titles of the Holy Spirit occurring in the Old and New Testaments, &c. By Mr. Searle; 2 large vols. 8vo. 16s. boards.

Diatessaron; or, the History of our Lord Jesus Christ; compiled from the Four Gospels, according to the authorized English Version, with brief Notes, practical and explanatory: to which are prefixed, a Map of the Holy Land, and an Introduction. Second Edition. By T. Thirlwall, A. M. Editor of the Latin Diatesseron lately published, in usum Scholarum.

A Dissuasion from Sunday-drilling, including Extracts from Pamphlets on the Subject of Sunday-drilling lately published. By the Rev. John Hughes. 6d.

Remarks on a Charge delivered by the Bishop of Lincoln to his Clergy, at the Visitation in June 1803; with particular References to the Bishop's Animadversions on Evangelical Preachers. 3s.

Letters on the Atonement. By Charles Jerram, A. M. 2s. 6d

An Essay on the Christian Sabbath. By Joseph Hughes, A. M. 6d.

Eight Discourses on Theological and Literary Subjects, by the late Professor Arthur, of Glasgow; with an Account of some Particulars in his Life and Character. By Professor William Richardson. Svo. 8. boards.

The Guide to Immortality; or, Memoirs of the Life and Character of Christ; by the Four Evangelists; digested according to the Order of Time and Place in the Words of the established Version; illustrated with Notes. By Robert Fellowes, A. M. 3 vols. 8vo. £.1. 4s. boards.

Considerations op the general Condition of the Christian Covenant; with a View of some late important Discoveries. By Joseph Holden Pott, A. M. 8vo. 3s.

Charis; or, Reflections chiefly upon the Office of the Holy Spirit. 12mo. 3s.

Divine Judgments on guilty Nations, their Causes and Effects, considered in a Discourse delivered before a Congregation of Protestant Dissenters, by Robert Arplands; with a Preface and Notes, containing Remarks on our national Sins, and an Enquiry into the Justice of the present War, in Reply to the Observations of Messrs. Hall, Fuller, &c. in their late Sermons on Public Affairs. By Benjamin Flower. 2s.

Priestley's History of the Christian

Church, Volumes III. IV. V. and VI. £.1. 12s. boards.

MISCELLANEOUS.

A Series of Letters written from South America, by an English Gentleman detained a Prisoner by the Spaniards in Paraguay, in the Years 1797-8, descriptive of the Country, Government, and Manners of the Inhabitants; No. I. (to be completed in Six Numbers, published Monthly, adorned with highly-finished Engravings.) Svo. 2s. 6d.

An Epitome of the History of the Islands of Malta and Gozo; with a new Map. By Charles Wilkinson.

Scotia Depicta; or, the Antiquities, Castles, Public Buildings, Seats, Cities, and Picturesque Scenery of Scotland; illustrated in a Series of Etchings. James Fitler, from Drawings by John By Claude Nattles. Imperial long quarto, £.6. 6s. boards.

The Universal History, from the Creation to the present Time, carefully abridged, for the Use of Children, from the Twenty-five Volumes of Dr. Mavor's Universal History; with Maps. 15mo. 2s. 6d. half bound.

Rev. James Granger's Biographical History of England, from Egbert the Great to the Revolution. 4 vols. 8vo. £.1. 8s. bds; or on royal paper, hot-pressed, £.2. 2s. boards. A new edition.

Maurice's Modern History of Hindostan. Vol. II. Part I.

Observations on the Statute of the First of William and Mary, chap. 18, commonly called the Toleration Act, and on the Statute of the 19th Geo. III. chap. 24, entitled "An Act for the further Relief of Protestant Dissenting Ministers," &c. in Reference to Protestant Dissenting Ministers and others applying to qualify themselves upon the said Acts. By Joseph Smith, Barrister at Law. 2s.

An improved Method of Book-keeping. By John Shires, Accomptant. 4to. 7s. 6d.

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Reflections on the menaced Invasion, and the Means of protecting the Capital; a Defence of the Volunteer System; and a military Description of Essex and Kent. By Colonel George Hanger. 8vo. 4s. 6d.

A Discourse called the Royal Soldier; necessary for every Military Man at the present Juncture. Is.

A Letter to Mr. Francis Jeffray, Editor

of the Edinburgh Review, relative to certain Calumnies and Misrepresentations which have appeared in that work; with an Exposition of the Ignorance of the new Critical Juncto; to which are subjoined, an Account of the Conduct of certain Individuals at the Author's Probationary Lecture at Edinburgh, and the Outlines of his Course of Lectures on the Science and Practice of Elocution. By John Thelwall. 2s. 6d.

Indian Recreations; consisting chiefly of Strictures on the domestic and rural Ecosomy of the Mahommedans and Hindoos. By the Reverend William Tennant, LL D.; with Plates. 2 vols. 8vo. 18s. boards.

An Address to the Public from the Society for the Suppression of Vice. Part II. 18. 6d.

A Review of "the Vindication of the Conduct of the Five suspended Members of the Council of the Royal Academy." 1s. The Spirit of the Public Journals for 1803, (Volume VII.) 6s. boards.

Letters of Consolation and Advice from a Father to his Daughter on the Death of her Sister. 12mo. 3s. 6d.

Proclamation of the First Consul, intended to be issued on the landing of the French Army in England. 6d.

A solemn Protest against the Revival of scenic Exhibitions and Interludes at the Royalty Theatre. By the Reverend Thomas Thirlwall, M. A. a Member of the Society for the Suppression of Vice. 6d.

An Address to the Society of Friends, commonly called Quakers, on their excommunicating such of their Members as marry those of other religious Professions. 1s. 6d.

Animal Biography; or, Anecdotes of the Lives, Manners, and Economy, of the Animal Creation, arranged according to the System of Linnæus. By the Rev. William Bingley, A. M.; second Edition, with consderable Additions and Corrections, and an appropriate Frontispiece. 3 vols. 8vo. 4.1. 10s boards.

The Report of the Evidence and other Proceedings in Parliament respecting the

Invention of the Life Boat; also Documents illustrating the Principles and Construction of the Life Boat, and its Security in turbulent Seas; with practical Directions for the Management of it. By Henry Greathead. 2s.

The Twenty-first Report of the Society for bettering the Condition of the Poor. 1s.

A complete Analysis of the German language; or, a philological and grammatical View of its Construction, Analogies, and various Properties. By Dr. Render. 8vo. 12s. boards.

Outlines of rational Patriotism, and a Plea for Loyalty; shewing the Rise and Progress of English Liberty, a Sketch of the Constitution, &c. whereon the Grounds of Volunteering are examined, &c. By J. Hatfield. 2s. 6d.

Thoughts on the present State of Affairs, and the Prospect of Invasion. 1s.

Utrum Horum? Addington or Pitt? An Appeal to the good Sense of the People, especially recommended to the Perusal of Members of Parliament; occasioned by reading "A Plain Answer to the Misrepresentations and Calumnies contained in the Cursory Remarks of a Near Ob

server." 2s.

A plain Reply to the Pamphlet, "A plain Answer:" being a more fair State of the Question between the late and present Ministry. 2s. 6d.

The Correspondence between Lord Redesdale, Lord High Chancellor of Ireland, and the Earl of Fingal, &c.; to which is added, the Narrative of the Reverend P. O'Neil, referred to in the Correspondence. 1s.

The salutary Effects of Vigour, exemplified in the Operations of the Nottingham Act, lately passed; being a Sequel to Bowles's Thoughts on the late General Election. By John Bowles. 6d.

The True Interest of the United Kingdom proved, in Two Plans of Finance; to take off all the Taxes prior to 1803, and provide Thirty Millions for the present Emergency without the Income and Property Taxes, &c. By Joseph Coad. 6d,

RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY.

Ar a numerous and respectable meeting held at the London Tavern, on Wednesday, March 7, 1804, Granville Sharp, Esq, in the chair; a society was formed for the sole and exclusive purpose of promoting the circulation of the Holy Scriptures in the principal living languages. The follow

ing is an outline of the plan of the society.

"1. A society shall be formed with this designation, THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY; of which the sole object shall be to encourage a wider dispersion of the Holy Scriptures.

"2. This society shall add its endeayours to those employed by other so

cieties for circulating the scriptures through the British dominions, and shall also, according to its ability, extend its influence to other countries, whether Christian, Mahommedan, or Pagan.

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3. Each subscriber of one guinea annually shall be a member.

"4. Each subscriber of twenty pounds, at one time, shall be a member for life. A subscriber of five guineas per annum shall be a governor; and a subscriber of fifty pounds or upwards, at one time, shall be a governor for life.

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Governors shall be entitled to attend, and vote at, all the meetings of the committee.

"5. An executor paying a bequest of fifty pounds shall be a member for life, or of one hundred pounds, or more, a governor for life.

"6. Each member shall be entitled, under the direction of the committee, to purchase Bibles and Testaments for the purpose of gratuitous distribution at the society's prices, which shall be as low as possible, but no English Bibles or Testaments shall be given away in Great Britain by the society itself." We have great pleasure in introducing this society to the knowledge of our readers. And we think it must prove highly consolatory to every reflecting mind to perceive, that while the enemies of Great Britain are menacing her with destruction, such varied and strenuous exertions should be making by many of her inhabitants to diffuse over the earth the pure light of christian truth. In the object proposed by this society, every sincere christian, of every name, may cordially and consistently unite; it is hoped, therefore, that all who regard the Bible as the word of God, which is able to make men wise unto salvation, will cheerfully contribute to its support. A liberal subscription has already been begun, which amounted in a few days to about one thousand pounds.

SOCIETY FOR MISSIONS TO AFRICA AND
THE EAST.

A circular letter, dated the 5th inst. from the committee of this society, has come to our hands, of which it may be proper to give the substance. This society, it is observed, was instituted in the year 1800 by members of the established Church, and is conducted in strict conformity to her doctrines and discipline. It was instituted not

with the design of interfering with other societies embarked in the same cause, but of co-operating with them. While, therefore, the Society for promoting Christian Knowledge has confined its missionary exertions to a part of our eastern dominions, where they now employ several excellent Lutheran ministers; and while the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in foreign parts has extended its labours chiefly to the British plantations in North America, it appeared that there was abundant room for the present institution, the precise object of which is expressed in the title.

No English clergymen having engaged themselves to the society as Missionaries, the committee were induced to open a correspondence with the continent, where they procured two young men, who, after a course of previous training, having received ordination in the Lutheran Church, were accepted as Missionaries by the society. Their names are MELCHIOR RENNER a German, and PETER HARTWIG a Prussian.

These Missionaries resided some time in this country with a view to perfecting themselves in the English language; and acquiring also, by means of some African youths educating in England, the rudiments of the Soosoo language, which is spoken over a considerable portion of the continent of Africa; and in which, by the exertions of the Reverend Mr. Brunton, the society has already been enabled to print some useful tracts. This last mentioned circumstance, together with the vicinity of the Soosoo country to Sierra Leone, determined the committee to appoint the station of these Missionaries among the Soosoos, and a few weeks since, after a suitable address had been delivered to them, they embarked on board a vessel for Sierra Leone, one of them (Mr. Hartwig) having previously mar ried with the consent of the committee.

The society has likewise had under its protection, for about six months, four other students, who are supported and educated at the society's expence, in the Missionary seminary at Berlin, where they are now attending to the study of the English, Arabic, and Soosoo languages, and to such other objects as may qualify them for conducting missions.

The committee observe, that they

have hitherto been reluctant to call upon the Christian liberality of their friends. But that seven persons being now wholly dependent on the society, and its income being not equal to half its present annual expence; having the prospect also of some Missionaries among clergymen of our own as well as of the Lutheran Church, and consequently a prospect of usefully employing whatever funds may be entrusted to their disposal; they must entreat their friends to promote the interests of the society to the utmost of their power, both by engaging their own prayers and those of others in behalf of the society's object, and by promoting subscriptions and contributions among their friends, and, if practicable, annual collections in their congregations: by which last mode many would have an opportunity of contributing their mite towards the propagation of the Gospel, who Some interesting Intelligence from Bengal is deferred till next Month for want of room.

cannot afford to appear in the list of annual subscribers; and an interest in the success of the christian cause would also be kindled and cherished. The annual meeting of the society is always held on Whit-Tuesday. Any communications to be made on the subject of this letter it is wished may be transmitted before that day to the secretary, the Rev. JOSIAH PRATT, Doughty-street, Guildford-street, or to the deputy secretary, Mr. THOMAS SMITH, No. 19, Little Moorfields. The booksellers of the society are Mr. L. B. SEELEY, Ave Maria-lane, and Mr. JOHN HATCHARD, Piccadilly, London; and of them the annual publications of the society for 1801, 1802, and 1803, may be had through any bookseller in town or country. The annual report and sermon may in future be obtained in about a month after each anniversary on Whit-Tuesday.

VIEW OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS.

FRANCE.

was innocent, and that all that had been THE most remarkable occurrence which said against him was an infamous calumny, has taken place in France has been the and demanded that he might be tried be discovery of a conspiracy against the au- fore the ordinary tribunal. Bonaparte, it thority, and, it is said, the life of the First is to be feared, will not accede to this just Consul. We know nothing of this affair and reasonable demand. Indeed there except from the official paper of the seems great reason to believe, that the imFrench government, and we know enough plication of Moreau in the conspiracy has of their open contempt of truth to feel con- arisen from the First Consul's dread of the siderable distrust of the accuracy of their talents and popularity of that general, and representations. The account is in sub- his wish to rid himself of a hated rival. It stance as follows: "Georges and the ex- is highly improbable, after what passed begenera! Pichegru had placed themselves at tween Moreau and Pichegru in the year the head of a body of conspirators, who 1797, that a reconciliation should have taken were landed at different times on the French place, and still more improbable that they coast from English ships, and who had as- should have united in a design requiring so sembled in Paris for the purpose of assas- great a share of mutual confidence. The sinating the First Consul and overturning conspiracy of Georges and Pichegru, if the government. They had, it is alleged, they really have conspired, has therefore, several conferences on the subject with probably, been made use of as a conveMoreau, who favoured their design, and nient means of effecting the ruin of Moevery thing seemed ripe for execution, reau. The fate of these men is not yet when the government, having received in ascertained; but it is supposed they will formation of the plot, interfered, arrested be tried by a special tribunal, as a law has General Moreau and several of the con- passed, without any discussion, for suspendspirators, and thereby obtained farther ing the trial by jury for a time. intelligence. Pichegru and Georges were thus discovered to be in Paris; and after a long pursuit they also it seems bave been arrested. They both made considerable resistance, and Georges killed one man and wounded another who at tempted to take him. Diligent search is still making for the other conspirators." When these particulars were announced to the tribunate, Moreau, the general's brother, strongly declared that his brother

In consequence of the First Consul's escape from this conspiracy, congratulatory addresses have been presented to him by the constituted authorities, and by the different civil, military, and ecclesiastical bodies throughout the nation. In these the ridiculous charge that the English government had contrived a plan for the assassination of the First Consul, is, for obvious reasons, assumed to be proved.

The flotilla at Boulogne gradually in

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