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brought, that they have offered their present stock of Bibles, Testaments, &c. for sale at reduced prices, and have entered into an arrangement with Mr. WILSON for fourteen years, by which the public may soon expect to obtain the Scriptures, &c. cheaper, more accurate, and better printed, than heretofore. Considerable improvements are likewise carrying on in the printing presses, and in the manufacture of ink and paper; and it is hoped, that, by these means the Export Book Trade may be, in some measure revived, which has been almost lost of late to this country, in consequence of the high price of materials and fabour.

In the press, Sermons on various Subjects, by the Rev. C. P. LAYARD, D. D. F. R. S. and F. A S. late Dean of Bristol; in 1 vol. 8vo. on demy and royal paper. First Principles of Christian Knowledge, by the Right Rev. THOMAS BURGESS, D. D. Bishop of St. David's, in 12mo.-A brief Illustration of the Morning Service of the U. nited Church of England and Ireland, by the Rev. JOHN CLARKE, Minor Canon of Durham, in 12to.-A translation, by the Rev. R. KINGDON, of a work by the late Dr. Less, Professor in the University of Gottingen, on the Authenticity, Uncorrupted Preservation, and Credibility of the New Testament.-Continental Sketches, comprising a Portrait of Revolutionary Holland; an Essay on the Ancient and Modern History of the Low Countries; and an Inquiry into the Political and Com'mercial Interests of the Dutch; by Mr. BYERLY.

The Bibliographical Dictionary, Vol. VI. which finishes the alphabet, will be published on the 1st of July; containing, among other important articles, an ample Account of Testaments, Vol. VII. which will complete the work, will speedily be published, and will contain an Account of the best English Translations of each Greek and Latin Classic, an Essay on Bibliography, &c. &c,

A new edition of the General Biographical Dictionary, enlarged to 18 volumes, is preparing for the press.

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Proposals have been circulated, for publishing by subscription, in 6 vols. 4to. a translation from the Persian of a work, entitled, Chronological, Biographical, and Theological History of the Primary and Subsequent Ages of the World; carefully compiled by MEH'HOMMED, the Son of JAVADE SHAH: dedicated to the Hon. the Court of Directors; done into English, and illustrated with Notes, historical, geographical, and critical, and embellished with Maps, &c. by ROBERT GREENE, Captain of Infantry on the Bengal EstablishThe price of each vol. will be

ment.
£2.15.

Mr. RICHARD PARKINSON, late of Maryland, proposes to publish by subscription, in I vol. 8vo. a work, entitled, The Experienced Farmer's Tour in America;

[JUNE,

exhibiting a copious and familiar View of
the American System of Agriculture and
Breeding of Cattle, with its recent im-
provements.

Provost of the New College, Calcutta, has The Rev. CLAUDIUS BUCHANAN, Vice appropriated fourteen hundred guineas for prizes, to be distributed among the Seven Universities of the United Kingdoms; two hundred to each. In each university, one prose English composition on the "Best hundred pounds is to be given for the best Means of extending the Blessings of Civi dred Million Inhabitants of Hindostan, now lization and true Religion among the Hunfor the best English poem on the "Resubject to British Authority;" sixty pounds vival of Letters in the East;" twenty-five for the best Latin ode or poem on " Collegium Bengalense;" and twenty-five for the best Greek on yɛɛow qwy.”

NERIAN SOCIETY, held on the 17th of At the Anniversary of the ROYAL JENMay, Mr. TRAVERS stated, that previous deaths by the Small Pox, within the Bills to the year 1802, the annual average of of Mortality of London, were at the rate of that within the last year, the deaths had one thousand eight hundred and fifty; and nual expenditure of the Society, it was obnot amounted to one thousand. The anserved would be £1000; to provide for which the Trustees had at present a fand of only £400. a year in stock and in subscription. The Rev. R. HILL stated, that he had himself inoculated, according to the direction of Dr. JENNER, above one last year, and in every case with success, thousand six hundred persons within the and that nothing could be more simple than the operation.

the ROYAL INSTITUTION, lately delivered By the Annual Report of the Visitors of in to the Proprietors, it appears, that the total amount of the expences of the year is £2,368. 6s. 5d; including all the recent Improvements in the Laboratory, Model small part of what has been expended for Room, Lecture Room, &c. and some the Library and Collection of Minerals. amounts, on the other hand, including the The clear Income of the year 1803, to £3,181. 15s. 6d. The Visitors notice, Arrears of Subscriptions due for that year, with pleasure, the Additions which have been recently made, and are now making, to the Funds of the Institution. the return of some Annual Subscribers who had quitted the Institution, there have been added, since the commencement of Subscribers, 175 Annual Subscribers, and the present season, 3 Proprietors, 3 Life 242 Ladies and Young Persons subscribing to the Lectures only; and the sum received for Subscriptions and Proprietors' 1804, has amounted to £1,902. 12s. The Shares, from January 1st to March 31st, Lectures, Experiments, &c. are now regularly and fully attended; and there is every reason to suppose that a general Iu

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terest in favour of the Establishment has been created among the inhabitants of the metropolis. The Laboratory has been enlarged, the Chemical Apparatus improved; the Collection of Minerals increased to more than 3000 specimens; the Model Room arranged; and the Printing Office removed, the utility of it not being found adequate to its expence. Nearly £5000. have been subscribed towards the New Library, of which upwards of half has been already expended in the purchase of Books; in particular, the Library of the late THOMAS ASTLE, Esq. for which the sum of 1000 Guineas was given, has proved an important acquisition to the Collection; furnishing, in itself, almost every book in Ancient British History, Topography, and Antiquities, besides a variety of scarce and valuable Books in other classes. The Lectures at the ROYAL INSTITU TION closed, for the present Season, on the 22d of June. The following Arrangement has been made for the Lectures and Public Experiments of the ensuing Season, CHRISTMAS COURSE; from 10th Nov. to 26th Jan. Mr. DAVY, Chemistry, First Course; Mr. OPIE, Painting; Mr. FLETCHER, Natural Philosophy; Rev. SYDNEY SMITH, Moral Philosophy, First Course; Professor CROTCH, Music; Mr. LANDSEER, Engraving.-SPRING COURSE, from 5th Feb. to 15th Juue Mr. DAVY, Chemistry, Second Course; Mr. ALLEN, Natural Philosophy; Rev. WM. CROWE, History; Rev. JOHN HEWLETT, Belles Lettres; Dr. SMITH, Bo tany; Rev. SYDNEY SMITH, Moral Philosophy, Second Course. Lectures on Poetry are also to be given. The Lectures of the whole Season will be 172; in the Christmas Course, 72, and 100 in the Spring Course.

At the last Meeting of the Farming So ciety in Ireland, his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, on hearing the report of the present state and prospects of the species of wheat called Jerusalem Wheat, lately introduced, pronounced the discovery an object of high national utility. Each grain, sown in dibbles of 10 inches square, produces from 30 to 45 stems; each of which stems contain from 140 to 160 large round grains, and rises to the height of 7 feet, with a mealy pulp, sufficient to repder the whole mass of straw, when cut, an excellent food for all kinds of cattle; but particularly a most provident substitute for oats with road and draft horses.

Moles are such enemies, it is said, to, the smell of garlic, that, in order to get rid of them, it is sufficient to introduce a few heads of garlic into their subterraneous walks. It is likewise said to be employed with success against grubs and snails.

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begun in Paris, by a Society of Men of Letters. Three volumes in 8vo. have been already published; and the whole will probably occupy 16 or 18 large vo lumes, since three thick volumes extend only to the letter E. The professed ob ject and motives of this publication are highly worthy of attention. The compilers, in their Preliminary Discourse, draw a most degrading picture of the state of Literature in France. Their statement flatly contradicts those ostentatious de tails, with which the French papers have endeavoured to beguile Europe. They tell us, that the light of reason, in their country, is obscured; that thick darkness overshadows the horizon of science; that genius is extinguished, and all taste for the belles lettres has disappeared; that licentious works, dangerous productions, and frivolous romances, have succeeded to the immortal writings which rendered illustrious the reigns of Louis XIV. and XV.; that mere pretenders have usurped the sceptre of literature; that the pillars of knowledge are shaken, and soon, in all probability, ruins alone will be seen, scattered and mutilated monuments, over which the advocates of truth and the friends of philosophy and morals will vent their sighs. Burlesque scenes and buffooneries have supplanted, in the pub. lic amusements, those pieces upon which the French were accustomed to pride themselves. They observe also, that the decline of letters and the corruption of manners accompany each other, and precede the fall of empires, and the slavery of nations. Nothing, indeed, can be more gloomy, than the picture which these writers draw of the moral and literary state of their country; and though it should be conceded that the colouring may possibly be overcharged, yet there is no room to doubt that the features are substantially correct. The editors admit, indeed, that there still remain a few lite rati of a better class, who houqurably labour to promote science, truth, and vir tue; but they are few; and France, they say, is on the eve of altogether losing its luminaries of that description.

A curious Petrifaction has been discovered at Vaucelles, in the north of France. A workman, in breaking a stone that came from the ruins of the Abbey, divided it into two parts, one of which presented the impression of a fish, and the other the same fish in relies. Upon careful exami nation it was found to be a fish in the most excellent state of preservation. It. appears to be of the abdominal class, and a salmon. The scales are of a violet colour mixed with yellow; the colours of the im pression and of the relievo are the same. The stone was originally taken from a quarry in the neighbourhood of Vaucelles; which has been long abandoned.

376 Lit. & Phil. Intel....Spain...Russia...Turkey...New Publications. [JUNE,

SPAIN.

Professor SESSEE, the celebrated Botanist, who has been absent eight years, assisted by a party of Naturalists, has returned to Spain. He has visited the whole of the Spanish possessions in North America, and the islands on the coast. He has enriched the science of Botany, it is said, with two thousand five hundred species of unknown plants; and has also discovered eighty non-descript fishes.

A new Journal has commenced at Madrid, entitled, Miscellanies in the Sciences, Literature, and the Arts. The contents are divided into five parts:-1. The Physical and Mathematical Sciences, and the application of them to useful purposes. 2. Natural History.-3. Agriculture, Medicine, and the Arts of Industry.-4. The different branches of Literature.-5. The Fine Arts: besides original Pieces, and Translations from foreign Works, which will form the principal part of the Journal; each number is to contain an Analysis of Spanish and other works, with extracts from them. A number appears on the first and fifteenth of each month, consisting of two sheets octavo, price eighteen rials per quarter. The first number was published Jan, 1, 1804.

RUSSIA.

The Russian Minister of Commerce at Petersburgh, Count RUMANZOFF, has just caused to be published a Collection of Twenty-one Tables, which give a correct and comprehensive view of the present state of the Russian commerce with foreign nations. It is observed in the introduction, which is written by the Count, that the results of the Russian trade have hitherto been kept secret; but where the sovereign is the father of his people, he has nothing to conceal from them; and that the emperor has, in consequence, given orders that the whole commercial system of the kingdom should be communicated to the public. The Tables are divided into Five Parts; which comprehend the trade on the

Baltic, the White Sea, the Black Sea, the
Caspian Sea, and the Inland Trade.

TURKEY.

The art of printing begins to make some progress in Constantinople. An edition of the Mussulman Catechism, forming an octavo volume of eighty-six pages, has just der the inspection of ABDORAHMAN-EFcome from the press. It was printed unFENDI, Director of the Royal Printing Office. It appears that the situation of copyist, the members of which are very numerous, will soon be as bad at ConstantiParis in the fifteenth century. One of nople as it must have been at Rome or at their most lucrative occupations was a kind of Almanac of the Ramazan, which appears annually, with calculations, by for each day the hours of fasting and the astronomers of the court, indicating prayer. The scrupulous exactness of good Mussulmen, in observing their Lent, procured to the copyists the sale of many thousands of these almanacs; which were sold at a price proportioned to their ornaThis branch of industry has been, however, ments and the beauty of the penmanship. almost entirely destroyed since the last year. An almanac of the Ramazan bas been printed at Scutari, on Italian paper for each day the hour and minute at which which resembles parchment. It contains fasting ought to be begun, &c.; and, by way of supplement, as in the almanac of Liege, the days for bleeding, taking physic, applying cupping glasses, &c. This innovation may appear to Europeans of very little importance; but it displays boldness in the Turkish government, which wishes, by these means, to sound the sentiments of the people, who dislike every novelty. It has completely succeeded in the present instance; the copyist being left to murmur, while the indigent devotee is very glad to procure his almanac cheapgood disposition, and calendars for the er. Government has availed itself of this whole year are now printed.

LIST OF NEW PUBLICATIONS.

THEOLOGY.

A SERMON on the Death of the Reverend Joseph Priestley. By John Disney, D. D. 18.

A Sermon on the same Occasion. By the Reverend J. Edwards. 1s. 6d. 1

Reasons for separating from the Church of Scotland. By William Innes, Minister of the Gospel, Dundee. 1s. 6d.

A Word to the Wise, and a hint to the Unthinking. 2d or 1s. 6d. per dozen.

The most important Truths and Duties of Christianity stated. 2d.

Occasion of the Death of Dr. Priestley;
A Discourse delivered at Hackney, on
Dr. Priestley's Life and Writings; and a
to which are annexed a Brief Memoir of
Letter from his Son, containing the Parti-
sham. 2s.
culars of his last Illness. By Thomas Bel-

are in dangerous Ulness; and the Hazard
The Duty of the Relations of those who
of hasty Interments; a Sermon preached

at Lancaster, July 1803. By the Reverend S. Girte, 64, or 5s. per dozen.

A Sermon preached before the Society for the Suppression of Vice, at St. George's, Hanover-square, May 1804. By the Bishop of Llandaff. 1s.

The Providence of God, a Norisian Prize Essay. By James George Durham. 2s.

A Sermon preached before the Judges of Assize, at Kingston on Thames, 21st March, 1804. By the Reverend John Barwis, A. M. 4to.

Practical Discourses.

By the Reverend R. Warner. 2 vols. 8vo. 14s. boards.

Christian Theology; or, an Enquiry into the Nature and general Character of Revelation. By the Reverend Richard Lloyd, A. M. 8vo.

Sermons on important Subjects. By the late Reverend and Pious Samuel Davies, A. M. late Fresident of the College in New Jersey, America. Fifth Edition, in 3 vols. To which are now added, Three Occasional Sermons, not included in former editions, Memoirs and Character of the Author, and Two Sermons on his Death. By the Reverend Drs. Gibbons and Finley. £.1. 1s.

Sermons on interesting Subjects. By the Reverend Robert Macculloch, Author of Lectures on Isaiah, neatly printed in one large volume 12mo. 3s. 6d.; or on a finer paper, 4s.

Reverend Matthew Henry's Pleasantness of a Religious Life. Neat edition, 18mo. 1s. 3d.

Dr. Doddridge's Sermon on the Religious Education of Children. 18mo. 1s.

MISCELLANEOUS.

The Annals of Botany. By C. Konig, F. L. S. and J. Sims, M. D. &c. No. I. 7s. 6d.

The Life of George Washington, Commander in Chief of the American Forces, during the War which established the Independence of his Country, and first President of the United States. Compiled under the Inspection of the Hon. Bushrod Washington, from original Papers, bequeathed to him by his deceased Relative. To which is prefixed, a View of the Colonies planted by the English on the Continent of North America, from their first Settlement. By John Marshall, Chief Justice of the United States, &c. 4to. £.1. 11s. 6d.; 8vo. 10s. 6d.

A new Edition, with Improvements, of the Third or Supplementary Volume, of Hogarth Illustrated. By John Ireland. £.1. 16s.

Celtic Researches on the Origin, Traditions, and Language of the Ancient Britons. With introductory Sketches on primitive Society. By the Reverend E. Davies. Royal 8vo. 12s. 6d.

An Account of the Cape of Good Hope, containing an historical View of its origi

na! Settlement, &c. Also, a Sketch of its Geography, Productions, the Manners and Customs of its Inhabitants, &c. With a View of the Commercial and Political Advantages which might be derived by its Possession by Great Britain. By Captain R. Percival. 4to. £.1.

Historical Outlines of the Papal Power. Addressed to the Roman Catholic Priests of Ireland. By Henry Card. 8vo. 3s. 6d.

A compendious View of Universal History, from the Year 1753, to the Treaty at Amiens, 1802; with Notes to verify or elucidate the Passages to which they refer. By Charles Mayo, LL. B. 4 vols. 4to. £.6. 6s.

The History of the Spanish Invasion, and the Armada styled Invincible. Translated from the Latin of Grotius. 6d.

An Account of the Fall of the Republic of Venice, and of the Circumstances attending that Event; in which the French System of undermining and revolutionising States is exposed, and the true Character of Bonaparte faithfully pourtrayed. Translated from the original Italian. 5s. sewed.

A plain and familiar Treatise on the Cow-pox; with a Plate, whereby any Person may distinguish the genuine from the spurious Kind, a Distinction of the utmost Importance, as the latter leaves the Body still liable to the Infection of the commen' Small-pox. Extracted from the Writings of Doctors Jeuner, Woodville, &c. With Additions. 9d.

The Experienced Officer; or, Instructions by General Francis Wimpfen to young Men intended for the Military Profession: being a Series of Rules to enable Officers to carry on War in all its Branches. The corrected and revised Edition of the latest Date. Illustrated by Notes. With an Introduction by Lieutenant-colonel M'Donald. 5s.

An Attempt to remove Prejudices concerning the Jews. By T. Witherby. 10s. 6d.

A concise Statement of the Question regarding the Abolition of the Slave Trade, announced for Discussion in Parliament. 2s.

Brief Remarks on the Mahratta War, and on the Rise and Progress of the French Establishment in Hindostan, under Generals Boigne and Perron. 1s.

A Narrative of the Proceedings in America of the Society called Quakers, in the Case of Hannah Barnard; with a Review of the previous Transactions in Great Britain and Ireland. Intended as a Sequel to an Appeal to the Society of Friends. 8vo.

Observations on the Causes of Clerical Non-residence, and on the Act of Parliament lately passed for its Prevention. 2s. 6d.

The Life and Posthumous Writings of William Cowper, Esq. to which are prefixed, Remarks on the Letters of eminent

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lis. Translated into English Verse. By the Reverend W. Heath Marsh, A. M. Svo.

An Ode in Celebration of the Emancipation of the Blacks of St. Domingo, November 29th, 1803. By T. C. Rickman, With an Introduction written by Capel Loft, Esq. 4to. Hore Poetica : Poems, sacred, moral, and descriptive. To which are added, Four Essays. By Joseph Jefferson. 12ino. 3s. 6d.

An Inquiry into the real Difference between Actual Money, consisting of Gold and Silver, and Paper Money of various descriptions; also, an Examination into the Constitutions of Banks, and the Impossibility of their combining the two Characters of Bank and Exchequer. By Magens D. Magens, Esq.

An Enquiry into the Depreciation of Irish Bank Paper, its Effects and Causes; and Remedy proposed. 1s.

An Account of the Lady's Society for the Education and Employment of the Female Poor. 6d.

Reflections proper for the present Times. 6d. or 5s. a dozen.

Facts and Illustrations relative to the Military Preparations carried on in France, between the Conclusion of the Treaty of Amiens, and the Commencement of the present War. From the French of Sir Francis D'Ivernois. 8vo. 2s. 6d.

Remarks addressed to the Country, not to Parties. 1s. 6d.

RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS OF

THE MISSIONARY SOCIETY.

Or this report, which was laid before the general body on the 9th of May last, we shall give a short abstract.

No important information had been received from OTAHEITE during the last year, excepting that peace had been restored between the contending natives of that island, and that the Missionaries were more at liberty, in consequence of that event, to pursue their labours.

Respecting SOUTH AFRICA, nothing material is stated in this report which we have not already had an opportunity of communicating to our readers. Previous to the breaking out of the war with FRANCE, measures had been taken for dispersing the New Testament, prefaced by an essay on its au

thenticity, throughout that country and its dependencies, as well as for printing the Old Testament in French. The Directors hope that the former is silently spreading through France, and that the printing of the latter will be undertaken by some society on the continent, whose communication with that country is not interrupted as ours at present is.

From the British dominions in NORTH AMERICA, information respecting the state of religion has been received by means of the society's mis sionaries. They represent religion as at a very low ebb indeed; whole towns and districts being destitute of all religious ordinances, and in danger of losing even the forms of christianity.

Three Missionaries, one of them the Reverend Mr. Vos, distinguished

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