In this publication the Committee call the attention of the Society to three particulars:-1, The transactions of the past year; 2, The objections and difficulties they have had to combat; and, 3, The additional plans now prosecuting for the furtherance of the great object of the Society. It appears that, since the commencement of the institution, 63 children have been admitted; four of whom have died, and five have heen removed by their parents. Three of the children, now under the care of the Society, have been put into the printing-office; and a fourth is educating to be a teacher. Three have been put under the care of a clergyman, with a view of fitting them for the office of Missionaries to the Jews. The rest are all receiving suitable instruction. At the last Annual Meeting 10 persons were baptised. A manufactory for spinning cotton has been established, in order that the necessitous may maintain themselves. A print ing-office has also been established, in which Mr. Frey's new edition of Vander Hooght's Hebrew Bible, &c. are printing.The Report then states the measures adopted for the diffusion of sacred knowledge, particularly the Lectures to the Jews in their chapel. A monthly lecture is also preached at Ely Chapel, and Demonstration Sermons at the Jews' Chapel. Several new tracts (making in all 13) have been published; some of which have been translated into German and Hebrew, and sent to various places abroad. Several Auxiliary Societies have been established during the past year; and many persons of respect ability added to the List of their Subscribers. A Lecture has also been instituted at the west end of London, more effectually to promote the object of the Society. An Auxiliary Committee, composed of Ladies, is likewise formed in that part of the metropolis. The Committee have undertaken to print Leslie's Short and Easy. Method with the Jews; and Basnage's History of the Jews; but the principal work intended is, The New Testament in pure Biblical Hebrew, for the use of the Jews. This is to be executed in the best practicable manner. The Society think it desirable to have a chapel of their own, within the pale of the Established Church,: and to build a Cotton Manufactory, Printing Office, &c. on the same spot:-for which purpose they have taken five acres of ground near Bethnal Green, not doubting the liberality of the public will enable them speedily to begin their buildings. They purpose, however, to continue public service at the chapel in Spital Fields. Mr. The Appendix includes a variety of papers, one of which contains a correspondence respecting a proposed public disputation at Cambridge, on the points at issue between Jews and Christians. Frey, with the concurrence of the Committee, accepted the challenge of Mr. Crool, the Jew; but some unreasonable demands being made by Mr. C. to which the Committee could not assent, Mr. C. made their refusal a pretext for declining the discussion-which he himself proposed. The receipts of the Society, from April 13, 1810, to March 31, 1811, amount to about 6000; and their Expenditure, during that period, to nearly the same sum. The Evils of Persecution, and the Advantages of the British Constitution: a Sermon on the Death of Mr. J. SCharrier, of Portsmouth, who fled from Persecution in France, in the year 1764. By John Griffin. Price 1s. 6d. Ar a time when, even in Britain, Persecution attempts to rear her frightful head,-when attempts are made to obtain laws to restrain religious liberty, and when magistrates appear ready to enforce penal statutes which disgraced even the reign of the Stuarts, a discourse on the Evils of Persecution is remarkably seasonable. Mr. Griffin has embraced a suitable occasion for such a discourse, in consequence of the death of a Mr. Charrier, late French Master of the Royal Academy in his Majesty's Dock Yard, Portsmouth. Mr. Charrier, it appears, was bred to the sea, and was taken prisoner by the English. Having tasted the sweets of religious freedom in this country, he was unwilling to return to his own. He appears to have been brought to a knowledge of the gospel, in its power, under the ministry of Mr. Romaine, and continued to the time of his death, at the age of 73, a professor of the truth as it is in Jesus. Mr. Griffin takes for his text Matt. x. 23: When they perseente you in this city, flee ye into another;' from which he directs the attention of his readers, 1, To the baleful subject of persecution; 2, To the interesting subject of religious liberty; and, 3, To the useful considerations which these subjects suggest. Some readers will be surprised to find that persecution continued in France till the time of the Reyolution. So lately as the year 1762, Mr. Roche, a Protestant minister, and three gentlemen who were brothers, were executed at Toulouse; and a most tragical scene was exhibited in the same town in the a mily of Calas, who were most wickedly persecuted, and Mr. Calas, then 70 years of age, was cruelly tortured and broken on the wheel; while he cited the parliament that persecuted him to the tribunal of God. The Bishops of the Romish Church, not satisfied with the blood that had been shed, applied to the king in 1755 and in 1771, for stricter measures, that so there might be no more Calvinists in France! A pious wish truly, imitated elsewhere by certain persons! Mr. Griffin fully exposes the impiety, cruelty, and mischievous ef fects of persecution; and displays, on the other hand, the blessings of religious liberty as the source of individual happiness, -as favourable to the advancement of genuine religion, affording an asylum to the persecuted,-an example for the imitation of other nations, and as the ground of encouraging expectation of the security and prosperity of the country in which it is allowed. We wish that the just and liberal sentiments enforced in this sermon, may be imbibed by every Briton, and especially by the rising genera tion; and therefore cordially recommend the perusal of it to all our readers. LITERARY NOTICES. The Life and Remains of the late Rev. R. Cecil (extracted from the 1st and 4th volume of his Works) is just printed, and will be shortly published, in one vol. 8vo, by the Rev. Mr. Pratt, the Editor. A Second Volume of Bogatsky's Golden Treasury, revised by the Rev. Mr.Steinkopff, is nearly ready for publication. A 12mo volume of Sermons, by the late Mr. Boston, from his MS. will be shortly put to press. PUBLICATIONS. The Trial of W. Kent, for pray. ing in an Uninhabited House, 2s. SELECT LIST OF RELIGIOUS The Select Works of Bishop Hall; containing the Contemplations, Devotional and Practical Works, with a Life and Portrait of the Author, and a Complete Index and Glossary, by the Rev. Mr. Pratt. Five vols. Svo, £ 2. 10s. Serious Enquiries on important Questions; with Reflections on Mortality. By the Rev. C. Buck. 12mo, 3s. Russell's Letters, Essays, and Poems. 2d edit. 120, 5s. The Doctrines of Calvinism defended. By W. Ellerby. Is. 6d. Duty of bringing Children to Christ: a Sermon at Hornchurch, by the Rev. Melville Horne. 15. Sermons, on Select Subjects. By J. Hyatt. 2d edit. 8vo, revised, ss Lectures on the Pastoral Character. By the late G. Campbell, D.D. F. R. S. &c. Edited by J. Frazer, D. D. 8vo, 75. RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE. MISSIONARY SOCIETY. The Directors have received several Lellers from the Cape of Good Hope, containing much interesting intelligence. MR. THOMPSON, a Missionary to the East, who sailed from Portsmouth, April 28, 1811, arrived safely, after a good voyage, at the Cape; he designs to proceed to the place of his destination by the Isle of France. We have also the satisfaction to state that the Missionaries who were last sent out to strengthen, the African missions, are safely arrived at the Cape. The German brethren, Helm, Schmelen. Messer, Ebner, and Sass, with the wives of two of them, and J. Garner, the Negro-Missionary, sailed from Portsmouth, in the Lady Barlow, June 21, 1811, and arrived at the Cape. Sept. 14, 1811. A short note, written on the day of their arrival, informs the Directors that the former part of their voyage was pleasant; but the latter rough and dangerous. On Wednesday, Oct. 30th, Mr. Bezaleel Bloomfield, of the Seminary at Gosport, was ordained to the Missionary work, at the Gravel-Pit MeetingHouse, Hackney. Mr. Tracy prayed, &c.; Mr. Waugh briefly introduced the service, &c.; Mr. Burder offered up the ordination prayer; Dr. Smith gave the charge to Mr. Bloomfield; and Mr. Collison concluded. The destination of Mr. Bloomfield is to the Greek islands. He first proceeds to Malta, and will endeavour to promote the knowledge of the gospel by distributing the Scriptures in the Greek and Arabic languages. by Religious Tracts, and by every other means with which the providence of God may furnish him. He sailed for Malta in the Ship Quiz, Nov. 11. Mr. Wray, of Demarara, who has been on a visit to England for some months, with a view of procuring further liberty for the Negroes to be instructed in the gospel, sailed on Tuesday, Nov. 12, for his former residence. His visit, we trust, has not been in vain. SOUTH AFRICA. A LETTER has been received from Dr. Vanderkemp, dated Sept. 1, 1811, at Cape Town, where he and Mr. Read had been for a considerable time, on important business. Dr. Vanderkemp still persists in his intention, if possible, to commence a mission in the great island of Madagascar; and was expecting Mr. Pacalt at the Cape from Bethelsdorp, to accompany him. Mr. Ulbricht, who intended also to go, has been obliged to decline the undertaking, on account of the ill state of his health. The Doctor intends to go to Madagascar by way of the Isle of France; to the Governor of which, he hopes for a letter of recommendation from the (new) Governor of the Colony of the Cape, Sir John Craddock, who had not arrived when this letter was written. An Auxiliary Society has recently been formed at Cape Town in aid of the Missionary Society in London. This has been promoted by tho zeal ous effects of Dr. Vanderkemp, Mrs. Smith (who has been such an eminent friend to the cause) and several other persons, among whom is a British soldier from each of the three regiments of the garrison. His Excellency Governor Craddock, arrived September 5. A very interesting Leller from the Missionary Read, has been received by 472 has embraced a suitable occasion for such a discourse, in consequence of the death of a Mr. Charrier, late French Master of the Royal Academy in his Majesty's Dock Yard, Portsmouth. Mr. Charrier, it appears, was bred to the sea, and was taken prisoner by the English. Having tasted the sweets of religious freedom in this country, he was unwilling to return to his own. He appears to have been brought to a knowledge of the gospel, in its power, under the ministry of Mr. Romaine, and continued to the time of his death, at the age of 73, a professor of the truth as it is in Jesus. Mr. Griffin takes for his text Matt. x. 23: When they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another;' from which he directs the attention of his readers, 1, To the baleful subject of persecution; 2, To the interesting subject of religious liberty; and, 3, To the useful Considerations which these subjects suggest. Some readers will be surprised to find that persecution continued in France till the time of the Reyolution. So lately as the year 1762, Mr. Roche, a Protestant minister, and three gentlemen who were brothers, were executed at Toulouse; and a most tragical scene was exhibited in the same town in the a mily of Calas, who were most wickedly persecuted, and Mr. Celas, then 70 years of age, was cruelly tortured and broken on the wheel; while he cited the parliament that persecuted him to the tribunal of God. The Bishops of the Romish Church, not satisfied with the blood that had been shed, applied to the king in 1755 and in 1771, for stricter measures, that so there might be no more Calvinists in France!- A pious wish truly, imitated elsewhere by certain persons! Mr. Griffin fully exposes the impiety, cruelty, and mischievous effects of persecution; and displays, on the other hand, the blessings of religious liberty as the source of individual happiness, -as favourable to the advancement of genuine religion,- affording an asylum to the persecuted,--an example for the imitation of other nations, and as the ground of encouraging expectation of the security and prosperity of the country in which it is allowed. We wish that the just and liberal sentiments enforced in this sermon, may be imbibed by every Briton, and especially by the rising genera tion; and therefore cordially recommend the perusal of it to all our readers. LITERARY NOTICES. The Life and Remains of the late Rev. R. Cecil (extracted from the 1st and 4th volume of his Works) is just printed, and will be shortly published, in one vol. 8vo, by the Rev. Mr. Pratt, the Editor. A Second Volume of Bogatsky's Golden Treasury, revised by the Rev. Mr.Steinkopff, is nearly ready for publication. A 12mo volume of Sermons, by the late Mr. Boston, from his MS. will be shortly put to press. PUBLICATIONS. The Trial of W. Kent, for praying in an Uninhabited House, 2s. SELECT LIST OF RELIGIOUS Serious Enquiries on important Russell's Letters, Essays, and The Doctrines of Calvinism defended. By W. Ellerby. 1s. 6d. Duty of bringing Children to Christ: a Sermon af Hornchurch, by the Rev. Melville Horne. 13. Sermons, on Select Subjects. By J. Hyatt. 2d edit. 8vo, revised, Ss Lectures on the Pastoral Character. By the late G. Campbell, D.D. F. R. S. &c. Edited by J. Frazer, D. D. Svo, 7*. RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE. MISSIONARY SOCIETY. The Directors have received several Lellers from the Cape of Good Hope, containing much interesting intelligence. MR. THOMPSON, a Missionary to the East, who sailed from Portsmouth, April 26, 1811, arrived safely, after a good voyage, at the Cape; he designs to proceed to the place of his destination by the Isle of France. We have also the satisfaction to state that the Missionaries who were last sent out to strengthen the African missions, are safely arrived at the Cape. The German brethren, Helm, Schmelen. Messer, Ebner, and Sass, with the wives of two of them, and J. Corner, the Negro-Missionary, sailed from Portsmouth, in the Lady Barlow, June 21, 1811, and arrived at the Cape. Sept. 14, 1811. A short note, written on the day of their arrival, informs the Directors that the former part of their voyage was pleasant; but the latter rough and dangerous. On Wednesday, Oct. 30th, Mr. Bezaleel Bloomfield, of the Seminary at Gosport, was ordained to the Missionary work, at the Gravel-Pit MeetingHouse, Hackney. Mr. Tracy prayed, &c.; Mr. Waugh briefly introduced the service, &c.; Mr. Burder offered up the ordination prayer; Dr. Smith gave the charge to Mr. Bloomfield; and Mr. Collison concluded. The destination of Mr. Bloomfield is to the Greek islands. He first proceeds to Malta, and will endeavour to promote the knowledge of the gospel by distributing the Scriptures in the Greek and Arabic languages. by Religious Tracts, and by every other means with which the providence of God may furnish him. He sailed for Malta in the Ship Quiz, Nov. 11. Mr. Wray, of Demarara, who has been on a visit to England for some months, with a view of procuring further liberty for the Negroes to be instructed in the gospel, sailed on Tuesday, Nov. 12, for his former residence. His visit, we trust, has not been in vain. SOUTH AFRICA. A LETTER has been received from Dr. Vanderkemp, dated Sept. 1, 1811, at Cape Town, where he and Mr. Read had been for a considerable time, on important business. Dr. Vanderkemp still persists in his intention, if possible, to commence a mission in the great island of Madagascar; and was expecting Mr. Pacalt at the Cape from Bethelsdorp, to accompany him. Mr. Ulbricht, who intended also to go, has been obliged to decline the undertaking, on account of the ill state of his health. The Doctor intends to go to Madagascar by way of the Isle of France; to the Governor of which, he hopes for a letter of recommendation from the (new) Governor of the Colony of the Cape, Sir John Craddock, whó had not arrived when this letter was written. An Auxiliary Society has recently been formed at Cape Town in aid of the Missionary Society in London. This has been promoted by tho zeal ous effects of Dr. Vanderkemp, Mrs. Smith (who has been such an eminent friend to the cause) and several other persons, among whom is a British soldier from each of the three regiments of the garrison. His Excellency Governor Craddock, arrived September 5. A very interesting Leiler from the Missionary Read, has been received by |