he may, on the other hand, be armed with additional strength to convince us of our own errors. However this may be, he will allow us to assure him, that we shall meet him again as an author with unfeigned, and, we doubt not, with increased pleasure, upon some fu ture, and we trust not very distant, occasion. LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL INTELLIGENCE, GREAT BRITAIN. &c. &c. In the press:-Memoirs of John Duke of Marlborough, from Papers preserved at Blenheim, by Archdeacon Coxe;Speeches of Mr. Fox, from 1768 to 1806, in 6 vols. 8vo. ;-The Pilgrims of the Sun, a new Poem, by Mr. James Hogg, the Etrick Shepherd;-A practical Treatise, on finding the Latitude and Longitude at sea, with Tables, by Themas Myers, A. M., of the Royal Açademy, Woolwich, in 1 vol. 8vo.;-The Prayers, Catechism, and Hymns, in Greek and Latin, for the use of St. Paul's School, by Dean Collett, its founder, under the superintendance of the Rev. 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Mr. Ackerman proposes to publish by subscription, the History of the Relief afforded by Great Britain, to the Sufferers by the War in Germany, in 2 vols. rayal 8vo., price 25s, Dr. Gregory, of the Royal Military Academy, has in the press, the third .The subject of the third gold medal in the University of Cambridge, for the best English øde or poem, in heroic verse, for the present year, is " Wallace." The following is the subject for the next Norrisian prize-essay: "The treachery of Judas, and the failings of the other Apostles, are consistent with the Divine Mission of Jesus Christ.” It is said to have been determined by observation, that the mean annual quantity of rain is greatest at the équator, and decreases as we approach the poles. Thus at Granada, in 12°. N. lat. the 'mean quantity is 126 inches; at Cape François in N. lat. 20. 120 inches; at Calcutta, 81; at Rome, 39; in England, 32; and at Petersburgh, 16. As some workmen were lately digging a road from Burford to Barrington, they discovered, near the surface of the earth, a stone coffin, of an immense size, and extremely irregular, weighing nearly three tons, which, on examination, was found to contain the perfect 7 skeleton of a man, of middle stature, having his teeth entire, also a great number of short nails, completely oxidated and matted together in pieces of hide, of which materials it is probable a shield was formed. From the size and appearance of this coffin, and from the circumstance of its being found near to a place known by the name of Battle Edge, it is conjectured to have been deposited there after the battle, recorded by many of our early historians to have been fought near Burford, about the middle of the eighth century, between Ethelwold, King of Mercia, and the West Saxon King Cuthbert. A Society has been formed at Oxford, for the relief of distressed travellers and others, which merits general imitation through the kingdom. It appears, that in the space of five months (viz. to Michaelmas 1814), three hundred and twenty-one persons (exclusive of chil dren) applied for relief. Of this number twenty-three were rejected, after minute examination, as improper objects; nine of whom were committed as vagrants, either on account of disorderly conduct, or because they were convicted impostors. Of the remaining two hundred and ninety-eight, eight cases were deemed to be of that description which called for extraordinary assistance, leaving two hundred and ninety persons, among whom the sum of 141. 3s. 8d. was distributed. Some very important improvements have recently been introduced into the art of Printing, by which both the press work is greatly facilitated, and rendered more expeditious as well as perfect, and the ink is more equally and speedily distributed. 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When the religious and enlightened mind of Louis XVIII. is considered, no doubt ought o be entertained as to the solution in the negative; his decision being anxi ously looked for here, you may judge of the happy feelings created by the arri val of Mr. Wilberforce's Letter to Prince Talleyrand.. Some transient clouds may have gone over Geneva during Voltaire's residence here; but it is well known, that his detestable doctrine was always lamented, and strongly reprobated, by the respectable and larger part of its inhabitants. It was, therefore, to be expected, that at this present, great moment, Geneva, one of the first, se minaries of Protestantism, Geneva, emerging from a state of slavery, Geneva, loudly and thankfully acknowledging the hand of the Almighty in her deliverance, should not remain silent on the subject of the Abolition of the Slave Trade; a subject equally sacred to religion and humanity. ed from this circumstance depends very much on the casual presence of such English Divines as may be visiting Geneva in their travels. Hereafter, perhaps, as the English Congregation increases, it may be thought advisable to appoint a resident clergyman, and thus to give full effect to the liberal and unprecedented grant of the Genevese Council." An abstract of the Reports of the British and Foreign Bible Society having been published, and widely circn formation of a Bible Society in that city. This event took place on the 31st of December, the day on which, by a national feast and religious thanksgivings in their temples, the Genevese celebrated the first anniversary of their restoration to liberty and independence. Another Bible Society has been formed, at Lausanne, for the whole of the Pays de Vaud. "It must, however, be evident to every one, that from its geographical situation, this little State (now become of more political weight from its being lately made one of the Swiss Cantons) could not with propriety present a law prohi-lated in Geneva, it gave rise to the biting a trade in which it could have no direct concern: bat some invitations from merchants in the French ports, having been whispered to a very few monied individuals at Geneva, to assist and partake in the supposed profits of the execrable trade, the Great Council of this place, glowing with its own religious feelings, and additionally elevated by Mr. Wilberforce's Letter (of which large parcels have been sent hither from Paris, and greedily bought up), have availed themselves of the present moment, to manifest nem. con. their religious abhorrence of the traffic. They have done it in a solemn, impressive manner, becoming the high situation in which the Church of Geneva stands, and in a manner which has for ever stamped the universal opinion of its inhabitants on the sale and purchase of their fellowcreatures." Nor is this the only instance in which Geneva has shewn a marked respect toward the British Nation. We learn from the same letter, that "very lately, some of our countrymen being there, and finding themselves destitute of a place of public worship, according to the rites of the Church of England, joined with a few of the inhabitants in requesting of the Council the allotment of a building for that purpose. The Council received the request with tokens of great satisfaction, and instantly granted it in a manner, and with expressions towards our Sovereign and nation, truly gratifying. The Diploma under the Great Seal of Geneva was issued the next day by the Syndics, and presented by one of the Council in person; so that our countrymen resorting to that city, many of whom are on their first arrival deficient in the French language, may now find a place of worship, and a service intelligible to the ear, as well as accordant with the belief. At present, indeed, the benefit to be deriv THE WALDENSES. A memoir respecting the Waldensea or Vaudois, who inhabit the vallies of Piedmont, “the result of observations made during a short residence amongst that interesting people, in the autumu of 1814," has just been published by a respectable Clergyman of the Church of England. It is well known that the Waldenses were eminently our Redeemer's witness, during the dark ages of the Church; and it is supposed, not without reason, that Wickliffe derived some portion of his light from them. The ancient history of this people is well known to the Christian student. The details of their sufferings during the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeeth centuries, have also been fully recorded. Our author, therefore, judiciously confines himself to some brief sketches of their more recent history. The last dreadful persecution to which they were subjected, commenced in January 1686. A minister of the Valleys made the author a present of a manuscript relation of their sufferings at that period, the fruth of which is attested by ten ministers assembled in Synod, on the 19th October, 1716. From this manuscript he has extracted whatever is material; omitting, however, the account of some refinements in cruelty of too horrid a description to be repeated. An edict having been issued, forbidding their religious worship, requiring their temples to be destroyed, their 1 1 A 1 ministers banished, and their children baptized and educated in the Roman Catholic Church, the Valleys were attacked by the troops both of France and Savoy. The Vaudois made at first considerable resistance, but, deceived by a false promise that their persons and families should be safe, they threw themselves on the Duke of Savoy's clemency. This, however, proved no security. The anthor details various cruelties which were exercised on these faithful followers of their Lord. Of these we shall mention only two in stances. **Daniel Moudon, elder of the church of Rora, after seeing his two sons beheaded, the wife and child of the one, and the two children of the other, massacred, was compelled to carry the heads of his sons upon his shoulders, to walk two hours barefooted, and was afterwards hanged. "M. Leydet, Minister of Pral, hid himself in caves, but was at length taken, and conveyed to Luzerne, to the palace of the Marquis D'Angrogne, where the Duke of Savoy was also at the same time. He was imprisoned and fed on bread and water; and, in addition to other hardships, was constantly assailed by the monks, over whom he as constantly triumphed in argument. When threatened with death if he did not abjure his faith, he replied, that he could not be justly put to death, since he was not armed when taken prisoner; be sides, the Duke of Savoy had promised a pardon to all his subjects: 'Still,' said he, 'I am ready to die for the name of Jesus Christ.' His example and exhortations exceedingly fortified his fellow-prisoners. When the sentence of death was pronounced, he heard it with Christian resignation. Although he begged to be left alone, in order to pray with freedom, the monks still harassed him with disputes till the time of execution, which took place at Fort St. Michel, arrived. On quitting the prison, he said it was a day of double deliverance; that of his body from captivity, and that of his soul from imprisonment in the body; for he cherished the expectation of partaking shortly in full liberty of the joys of the blessed." At the foot of the scaffold he prayed in a manner that very much affected the bystanders, and on the ladder said, 'My God, into thy hands I commend my spirit.-A martyr worthy of the best Ages of the church of Christ! Even his enemies were compelled to admit that he died like a saint." About fifteen thousand men, women, and children, who had thrown them selves on the Duke's clemency, were confined for about nine months in fourteen castles in Piedmont, with a scanty allowance of unwholesome bread and water. They lay on brick or rotten straw, and in such crowds that the air was infected: eight thousand died in consequence of these barbarities. Most of the survivors were permitted to return to Switzerland, after threatenings and allurements had been tried, for the most part in vain, to induce them to forsake their religion. Those who did apostatize, did not regain their possessions, but were conveyed to a distant province. In many cases, however, the children were not permitted to accompany their parents to Switzerland, but were taken away and dispersed in Piedmont. Their pastors were also removed from them, and eighty men were forced to work in chains for three years in the citadel of Turin. Even those who were allowed to seek refuge in Switzerland endured great hardships. They were made to travel in the severest weather." Numbers died on the way, whom their friends were not even permitted to remain and bury. Women were lying in the snow, with their infants still in their arms. Many expired at the very gates of Geneva. These wretched exiles, while they remained in Switzerland, were supported by the charitable contributions of the English and Dutch. Most of them afterwards obtained grounds in Wirtemberg, Dourlach, Hesse Darmstadt, and Hanau, where they established fourteen churches, and where seven ministers and schoolmasters were supported by our King William. seen In 1689, a party of from six to nine bundred of the exiles, who remained in Switzerland, joined by about three hundred French exiles, resolved to return and re-occupy their native Valleys. On the night of the 17th of August, they crossed the lake of Geneva and landed in Savoy, and thence forced their way, at the point of the sword, over Mount Cenis, till they arrived at Guigon, a hamlet annexed to Pral, where they engaged in worship, singing the cxxixth Psalm, their Colonel and Pastor Arnaud preaching to them. Here they maintained themselves, displaying on all occasione extraordinary valour, but exhi |