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LITERARY REVIE►V. A LETTER from the Right Re7erend the LORD BISHOP of CALCUTTA, addressed to the Reverend . ANTHONY HAMILTON, Secretary to the Society for the PROPAGA 7 TION of the GOSPEL in FOREIGN PARTS. It is needless to insist_on the importance of Re; ligh-n, as it is not only essential to the happiness Of MAn hereafter, but to his pence and comfort in this transitory state of things; and even the Free, thinker, if he is not wholly destitute of virtue and hnnou will nor andeaVOur to weaken its though he may view it only as it relates to the concerns of this life. The-Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts have, therefore, deserved well of mankind, for having spread the light of pure Christianity in many dis• rant regions. - It it svitlt lunch pleasure we find, that in consequence of the King's Letter, address ed to tic Archbishops• - nd Bishops, and by them to the Clergy throughout England .-and JV A les, Sermons are about to be preached in aid of the Fonds of tile admirable Society above-mentioned; and when we reflect on the benefits bcstouved do most of his Majesty's Colonial Possessions by the exeptions of the Members of that venerable and una , :suming Institution, we cannot refrain from expressing our anxious wishes that these Sermons may he productive of a great increase to the re cenuo of the Society, as its attention and aid are called for in India, where there i's-an ample .field for its beneficial purposes. For this reason we conceive it to be our duty to direct the notice of the Public to the excellent Letter addressed to the Society in question by that eminent and learned Divine, Dr. MIDDLETON, the present Bishop of Calcutta. It is written with great simplicity, but in a persuasive and interesting manner. The amiable Prelate states the difficulties which the dis semination of Christianity among the Ilindoos has to meet, but by no means thinks them insuperable, by time and proper regulations. Among the sug gesPons offered by the Bishop as most likely to lead to the diffusion of the lights of the Gospel, he observes, that " Another of the objects proposed is to afford to native children instruction in useful knowledge, and especially in the English language, without any immediate view to their becoming Christians. It seems now to be generally believed that little effect can be produced by preaching; while super stition and extreme ignorance are the prevailing characteristics of the people. We have not here,. indeed, to encounter barbarism : the impediments to conversion are probably much greater than reilly rude and uncivilized life ever presents : the progre'ss of our religion is here opposed by disci pline and System ; and by these alone, with the divine blessing, can it ever make its way: the te nets of superstition are inculcated in early life : the popular writings are generally tales familia rizing the mind with the achievements of Hindoo divinities; and the Brahmin possesses an almost unbounded influence over the people committed to his care. While this state of things prevails, the truths of the Gospel are heard unheeded : they arc not perceived to be truths, nor is there much disposition to examine them : they appeal to no recognised principle, and they excite no in terest : the Hindoo, if he reflects at all, finds atone ment in his sacrifices, and a mediator in his priest. " It is conceived, therefore, that one great in strument of the success of Christianity will ha the diffusion of European knowledge ; it seems al most impossible that they, who in their childhood shall have been accustomed to use their minds, can ever afterwards be capable of adopting the absurdities and reverencing the abominations now proposed to them as truth, and the acceptable worship of God : it is hoped that,. by enlarging the sphere of their ideas generally, we shall teach them to inquire at least upon subjects on which we do not professedly instruct them; and that they, who have been emancipated from supersti tion, may in time be brought to a knowledge of Christ. I have, however, laid particular stress upon the teaching of English : it this were generally understood through the country, it would, I doubt riot, entirely alter the condition of the people : it would give them access to our literature and habits of thinking; and the familiar use of it would tend very much to dissipate the prejudices and the indifference which now stand in the way of conversion. Our language is so unlike every thin;: Oriental, not merely in its structure, but in the ideas to which it is made subservient, in ima gery, in metaphor, and in sentiment, that a com petent acquaintance with it seems unavoidably to lead the mind of a Native into a new train of thought, and a wider field of reflection. We, in learning the languages of the East, acquire only a knowledge of words ; but the Oriental in learn irg our language extends his knowledge of things." _ _ These remarks are the result of good sense and sound discretion, and, therefore, under the wise soperintendanee of the Bishop, matters will pro ceed with doe caution, and the triumphant Ban tiers of the Cross may be raised upon the ruins of Pagan Idolatry. LONDON SOUR' IA L 5. FROM THE MORNING PAPERY OF, THIS DAY. Plorizing IYeraii ,] The public feeling bas been a goad deal excited by the treatment, described in our Piper of Sa turday, which R British schooner has experienced from a Spanish frigate. We would willingly lay hold of any fair reason for ascribing the circumstance to accident ; but if the minutes may be relied on, that supposition is •impossi bk. The gun seems to have been fired with deliberately murderous design. In fact, Hcci- dent is out of the question. Probably it will be said that the Spaniard misunderstood the answer to his hail, which is also very improbable. The general impression is, that the Spaniard was in cited to this act of atrocity by the idea that our vessels have materially aided in supplying the %vents of the South Americans. We shall not say such an outrage should not go unpunished ; but certainly it should not pass without inquiry. A reasonable explanation may be given ; and it can be no ordinary explanation that can justify a cir cumstance so shocking in which a British subject has bueu, as . the event shall turn out on inquiry, either killed or murdered. • We have learned, that whilst hift Majesty's ship Lee lay at Margaritta, a Afajor BATas, of the Independent service (Lieutenant in the British Army), made his escape, with several seamen, on board the Lee. The Officer had been placed un der arrest, for having transmitted the Memorial of his Regiment, demanding their pay, which they bad not received for seven months. The seamen deserted from Admiral BaioN's squadron, being disgusted with the cold-blooded assassina tions going on. They all claimed protection from the Lee, as being British subjects ; and had the Lee sent her boats for those who were inclined to come off, Admiral Baton would not have had many British subjects with him. Admiral BRION bad 15 sail of all descriptions.—A long corre spondence took place between Captain BLAcKaa, the Governor of Margaritta, and Admiral BRION, upon the subject of the Lee not saluting the In dependent hag, on her arrival at theisland.—(lL,id.) [Morning Post.] ‘Ve have authority to state that the article in a Paper of Saturday, on the subject of the last pri vate meeting of the Committee on the proposal of Mr. Owen, is an entire misrepresentation. Whe ther such gross misrepresentation arose from dull ness or wilfulness of perversion cannot be ascer tained ; but of the total incorrectness of the statement, the Public, we are authorised to state, may rest perfectly assured. [New We have received Malta Government Grizettes to the 12th of May. They state that Major. G eneral Layard, the Lieutenant Governor of Malta, hail been under the necessity of proceeding forth with to Corfu, and had, on Friday, May 7, em balked for that destination on board the Christiana transport, leaving Colonel Francis Rey, of the Royal A►tillery, the senior Officer on the island, to officiate as Lieutenant Governor till the Major General's return: What urgent business it was that rendered it necessary for General Layard to proceed in such haste to the lonian Islauds, with out waiting for a conveyance more suited to his rank than► a common transport, we cannot learn from these Papers. The Magicienne, on her way home, touched at St. Helena, where Buonaparte was understood to be in his ordinary state of health, but more than ordinarily gloomy and mortified at the total want of interest which Europe in general shews respecting his fate. He, however, consoles him self with the certainty that he will not perish like Pichegru, or Toussaint, or Wright, or any of the numerous victims whom he consigned to the ou kliegtes. The remark which we have made on The Malta Gazette applies much more forcibly to that of the Mauritius. The false and scatithlous ac count of the pretended cruelties exercised on the arrest of Colonel Gourgaud is given at length ; and so are the fictitious letters from the Cape of Good Hope ; as it to create in the French inhabitants of the Island an inte rest in favour of the Imperial Run-away, and of the Spy that he employed. We observe too, an extract from the Newspaper published in the Isle of Bourbon, which, affecting to compassionate the people of Mauritius, says—" They have just seen their port shut against French vessels, now be come foreigners to them ; and all their corn nunications have been cut off with the Mo ther Country, of whom their island bears the name,. and partakes the religion, the manners, the passions, and the interests."—That Messrs. Baron and Souvignec, the Editors of the Mauri tius Paper, may participate such sentiments is very probable ; but that the British Government of the Island, to whom these Gentlemen have been appointed Printers and Booksellers, should view such a publication with satisfac tion, would be somewhat extraordinary.— It can never be allowed to tell Colonists, who are subject to 'the British Crown, that their interests are not those of Britain, but of France. In the town of Port Louis are still to be found some memorials of the Revolution, which it might perhaps be wise to obliterate, such for instance as the name of the Rue Ma rengo. Why not call it the Rue Waterloo ? The Governor, Sir R. Darling, has given an honour able proof of his zeal in the cause of humanity, by offering a reward of two hundred dollars for the discovery of an individual who had occasioned the death of a Negro Slave by a brutal chastisement. Even if the perpetrator of this bar barous act should by flight or otherwise escape de tection, yet the offer of such a reward on the part of the Government, will convince Slave-holders us general, that they cannot commit such crimes without exposing their own lives to the hnzaid of paying the forfeit.—(/bid.) THEATRICAL REGISTER. , . . Performed on Saturday N;Kht. TvizAllt COVENT-OARDEN.—The School of Reform : Robert Tyke, Mr. Emery ; Jniia , Miss Matthews. After which, The Libertine. TnEATnE ROYAL, HAYMARKET, DRURY-LANE ComPAVT.-m. Th e Ponr Gentleman' : Sir Robert Bramble, Mr. Nluntlen ; Emily Worthington, Mrs. Orger. After which, The Turn pike Gate. T,IIATRE RoTAL, ENGLISH Orraa•HovsE.--Frederick the Great : Brandt, Mr. Dowton ; Matilda, Miss Kelly. After which, Raymund and Agnes. PRICE OF STOCKS Tfifs PAv AT TWELVg o'cLuellt. Bank Stork... 219 .213§ I Bank Long Ann... ..17i l!li 3 per Cent. Red t;34&iifl India 80ndg.... as. 9s. 79. pr. 3 per Cent. C0n5....670 6S I Ex. Bills, 2d...11. Si. pr. par Si per Cent 711 1 Ditto Commercial....29l. dig. 4 per Cents ..86i 87 i Owniurn .. .dis.iiii 5 per Cent. N. Ann. 102 4 ii I Cons. for Account...69ithi —....em......... MAILS. Amman-4 Dublin, 3 Waterford, 1 Guernsey and Jersey, I Prance, 1 Hamburgh, 1 Flanklets. Dtm-1 Holland, 1 Uottenburgb, 1 Hauxburgh. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TOMORROW. Morning, 2 minutes after 6. I Evening, 47 minutes after G. THE SUN. gOLEM qUIs ' , MEHL FALIUM AUDEAT ? LONDON, MONDAY, JULY 12, 1819. We received yesterday and this morning the Paris Papers of Thursday and Friday last. The Chamber of Deputies were rapidly getting through the remainder of the Public business, Wednesday the Projet respecting the importation and expor tation of Grain and Flour was taken into consi deration, the Amendments proposed by the Com mittee adopted, and the Projet agreed to by a ma jority of 134 to 28. A Petition from persons sen tenced to banishment, but who are detained in pri son in France because foreign powers refuse to re ceive them, was,on themotion of M. B. CONSTANT, ordered to be referred to the Minister of Justice. Thursday the Projet for the Exchange with the Duke of ORLEANS was agreed to, 127 to 6 ; and also that for the Abolition of the Droit d'Au baine, 113 to 19. The Chamber adjourned till Saturday. The Chamber of Peers ASsembled on Wednes day, when the Report of the Special Committee was received on the Projet of Estimates or Sup plies, and the discussion of it adjourned. The KING gave * long private audience on Wednesday to the Swedish Ambassador. One of the Journals remarks, as a sintzular cir cumstance, that the French Ambassador to the Court of the Neththerlands is at present at P trig, 'and that the Netherland Ambassador to the Conic of France has returned to Brussels. It is added, that M. SALVANDI, Master of Requests, has set out from Paris for the Netherlands. ,Marshal SOULT is said to be preparing to pro• ceed to the department of the Tarn. The following are extracts from the Journals of Friday : " PARIS, JULY 9.—A deputation of the Cham ber of Deputies, accompanied by the Minister of the Interior, presented yesterday to the King the projet of %%rays and Means, as agteed to by that Chamber. Ills Majesty afterwards tiansaet ed _business with the Minister tor Foreign Affairs. At three o'clock the Kiug set out for St. Cloud, to remain there a mon th. " The remains of Madame Blanchard were in terred yesterday in the cemetery of Fere La Chaise. 1‘ During a thunder storm a few days since at Cleron (Doubt) 120 sheep who had been allowed to take refuge under some trees were struck dead by the lightning, The Emperor of Russia is expected at War saw in September, when there will be a general review of the Pulish army. " The Count Capo d'istria is expected at Paris this day, and to proceed to London in about a week. FIN'S/ PER CENTS. Wednesday yo f. 20c. Thursday. Di RED STOCK Wednesday. Thursday. Of the 22d March, 1817.... 99 f. 50 c... 90 t. tis c. '22d Sept. 19 1 7.... 88f. 50 c... 88 f. 65c. 22d March,lB 15... V 6 1. c... 86 f. 65 c. 224 Sept. 1818.-841. 50 c... 84 f. GC> c. 22d March, 1310... s 2 1. 50 c 82 1. 75 c. " CADIZ, JUNE '2o.—The greatest activity pre vails here in getting ready the expedition. " Recent Letters from the Ilavannah express great indignation at the report of the cession of Cuba to England, they say they would defend their liberties against the English." New York and other American Papers arrived ibis morning. (From a Savannah Paper, June 12.) Commodore PERRY and Captain 13:D13, of the United States Navy i left New York on the 21st tilt. for the City of Washington. The Corn minder has received orders to proceed to sea im - mediately, says LANals Gazette, in the John Adams, which is at Annapolis, destination not known. A letter from Port-au-Prince, (hoed the 18th tilt, mentions that Lloyzit has made Infl atteuipt to raise the valoe of the money of the country t° par, but had not as yet succeeded. The san e letter says thAt the markets were stocked tv ,114 American produce. (From a PAiladelphia Paper, June 14.) YELLOW STONE EXPEDITION. Ott' Shippingport, June 14. It is pleasing to find that the Community tale such interest for this enterprize ; I have even no• thing which interests the people more ; they knot/ how to appreciate its value, and every (lay I re ceive the hearty good wishes of our most valuable Citizens for success. 1 have not slept more 0 01 about 3 or 4 hours within the 24, since I igo s been at this place what would have taken until the Ist June, by ordinary exertions, we have not► accomplished, and much to our mind. The 6 03 Regiment, which is to asechethe Missouri vrit 4 the Rifle Regiment, is yet in our rear. Tile G o ' Team:lent Steam-boat, to be commanded by Mtija r LO3O, is also in the same situation, but all are hourly expected. We hniit a large quantity of cannon and .ammunition on board.+-Our Govern" Inept is earnest in the business. It has been !bought by some of our Reader,' we find, that we have given too dark a colouring to the evils which menace the Country, arisiol; from the machinatio'rs of domestic Traitors. I" . oelieve, however, that Government has received such informatidn as induces Ministers to enter lain different sentiments, and to make Pr" patatiolls to defeat the artifices of those wicked Demagogues who are attempting to or' rapt the multitude, and seducing them into all the enormities of a Revolution. When we find Ite" bellious Conventions, under various deserip!ion v, but all having connexion with each other, in °" tier to combine for some vast explosion ;—when vv e/ see shops publicly opened for the propagation n° L only of Deism, but of BLASPHEMY j—i 3 thi s a tune fur distrusting the threatening danger ? find, that not only all the vile productions of f" infamous THOMAS PAINS, but the atheistical works of VOLTAIRE, are now detailed in cheaP Editions, in order to undermine all the tounde tions of LOYALTY and RELIGION, Good men loaf well doubt the existence of the Plots in agitatiou' to destroy the Government, but those who ha vt/ better information, will rejoice to find that Mioi . stems have taken the alarm, and have adopte d every measure necessary for our common safety. INSOLVEINT DEBTORS . COURT.—There havebee" to many rumours respecting this Court of an 1 03 " favourable description, and so much conversati° has taken place among the legal circles in com e ' (pence, that W conceive that the FACTS ought t° be Stated at lar g e to the Pill.)lic, that blame, i f blame is really applicable, may be properly or plied, and not withheld by connection or fa's ° lenity, lt is said that alsmissions are to tA 4 place. If so, it is in the highest degree incur" bent on those to whom the appointments and re' gulations of ;his C.,nut are entrusted, to uois li soci, a selection as strict justice and impartialiti will warrant. We hope that nothing on this 3 0 ject, ou Important to the Public at large, will t.l° ' conctded to high co:inesion, or officious inter' ference, but that all will depend on the just P re ' tensions of the Candidates, whoever they rnaj l7 " who are best supported by known integrity, tam lents, practical knowledge, and professional et perience. The attention of the legal proteoi °ll is, we are assured, particularly directed to t 4c pending events. We received the following letter on Satur(DY' but too late for insertion on that day, giving,' 5 " account of the Meeting of Reformers which E o°ll. place IA Blackburn, on the 5(11 inst ,t The Hundred of Blackburn contains 120, 00 Inhabitants, 300 only of whom obeyed the s urd' mons of those itinerant Demagogues, who 114 0 been long endeavouring to excite sedition and di s : affection in the neighbourhood. Indeed, by o' the greater part of those assembled were led C ' the spot from were curiosity, And those, (probf'.: bly about 700) who met from a true potriot?; motive, consisted of the very dregs of adjace' s towns. The poor and labouring classes of lilac" burn and its vicinity, of whose ignorance thos e Pretenders generidly take advantage, were too ° I to be again caught by their craft and subtler,' they remembered the disadvaniages arising f' - ° 11) turning out for wages, although their le,.dets 17 ,0 : e posed such Plens ,as could not fall to produce tli effect. I understand !lief they have stated in theit Resolutions that the Meeting was composed ° L . 30,000 people, which tvill must pruhAbly opPe . in some Print favouring th:ir principles. Ti-tor4As Moore, IL•ct.—The private sc.trth of this Gentleman is held to ree,-ard by all %vb. ( ' kIIIIV7 him, end we need not observe that poetical genius is Ulliverselly admired, 'Die V . 11 ); tie in general herefore hear %vitt, great regr clog, t,n nectitint of the default of no agent, he 15 likely to be a sufferer to the alumna tit tett th u `': stool pounds ! I Nov 011'11 111 e little for ennui r}'tat'tl, itt patticul.ir, to Clew their este r , ll : lot personal wortn and ti:stinguithed odeols, a sithscripi inn to defray this heavy pressure 1 1 1' °1 ; a wen whtise keirmig genius do honour 7 1. Itelund, ra:l whose bitl:/16011 to its taste, its Fide, anti i 4 Otriotint. Th e Ihip s, °lll l.lll tf the ti ereav 411 We; LIN , 11 2LL 3 18th trist c Off c i Packe tr out th e E td frc 3 aeli s 11)e V Pas se b et q 111,4, 1 41 tni , l ived bftint Attic it ill L e , P d i r tan Co l 'l a 1,,j, fi n