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" • • I' • 10 ,‘.4,4:t ) • • "T7r..1 9 ' • 4 1 1, 1 V ‘ r: - _ • • ,l it c.r 1441 ' • 441-) kA,4I- t et,,P 1 4„ 4 4 . re::•/ ~ _ _ PRICE SEVtNPENCi. MONDAY, DECEMBER 10. 1821 NUMBER 9139.1 60N7'RajTS FOR COPPER IV4ILS AND BEES- WAX. Navy-Office, Dec. 4, 182 1 . THE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS and COM MISSIONERS of HIS MAJESTY'S NAVY do hereby give .Notice, that on THURSDAY, the 27th In stant, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying either of the following Articles, viz.:— COPPER' NAILS, TACKS, and BRADS, to be deli vered at Deptford and Woolwich Yards. ENGLISH BEES-WAX, to be delivered at Deptford, Woolwich, Chatham, Sheerness, Portsmouth, and Ply-' mouth Yards. Patterns of the Nails, Tacks, and Brads, with a Sample of the Bees-Wax, and a Form of the Tender, may he seen at this Office. No Tender will be received after One o'Clock on the day of Treaty, nbr any noticed, unless the party, or .an Agent for him, attends. Every Tender must be accompanied by a Letter ad dressed to the Navy Board; and signed by two responsible Persons, engaging to' become bound with the Person tender .ing, in -the Sum of 000/..for the due performance of the Contract for Copper and 400/. for the due performance O'f the Contract for Bees-liax. I'IC7'U..II,LING-OFFICE, Nov. 20, 1821. . - - THE COMALISS/ON.E RS for VICTUAL LING His MAJESTY'S NAVY do hereby ; g :lie No lice, That on Friday, the 14th of December next, they will be ready to receive 'tenders in writing (scaled up), and treat for the Supply (on separate Contracts) of all such quantities of SEA PROVISIONS, FRESH BEEF, and RUM, as may he required for the service of His Majesty's Ships and Vessels at the several places under-mentioned, fur the space of Twelve Calendar Months from the days respectively stated against eack,riz.:— sGreenocli . sth January 1 Sea Provisions. A Leith, Leith Roads, and the} ln , tli February Firth of Edinburgh .... .Peterhead Fresh Dublin and Dunleary' 9.6t1) -----• } c tg I; y . • & Loug ali hswilly t February Beef. Liverpool donde L Rum. i Greenock ....... I Liverpool - 7' , / be paidjar by !lilts payable; without interest, sixty days afer date. • -- _ The Conditions of the Contracts may be seen at the Seere tarj's (Vice, at this Office, or by applying to the Collectors 'of His Majesty's Customs at Greenoel,z, Leith, Liverpool and Londonderry, to the Postmaster atiPeterhead, and to the Secretary to the Postmaster-Generpl at Dublin respectively. No regard will be had to any Tender in _which the Price shall not be inserted in words at length, or that shall not deNcered to the Board before One o'Clock on the said -Friday, the 14th of December next, nor unless the Person ieho makes the. Tender, or some Persons on his behalf, at tends, to answer when Called for. _ . Eaeh Teuder must also be accompanied by a Lilter signed . b' two responsible Persons, engaging to become soundiviih tbe Party tendering, in the Penal Sum of 500/. for the due, performance of each of the Contracts ; and the Contractors vre distinctly to understand that no mode of payment ivill be assented to by the Board, but by the delivery of the Bills to :the parties themselves., or their authorized Agents, on appli •cation at the Victualling Office in London. PICTU.-ILLING-OF FlqE, November 23, 1821. 'THE COMMISSIONERS for VICTUAL LING His MAJESTY 's NAVY do hereby give . Xotice, that on Tuesday, the ilth of December wal; they mill be ready to receive Tendrrs in writing (sealed up) and Treat with such persons as will undertake to supply what ever FRESH BEEF may be required for the use of His Va rje3ql Ships and Vessels at Margate, The Downs, • Doter Roads, New Romney, Yarmouth, Lynn, and Wells, and in the County of Norfolk, Brighton, (on separate Contracts), for Twelve Months, from the Ist January to,the 31st December, 1822, inclusive; to be paid for by - Bills, payable, without interest, sixty days afl( . .r date. Plymouth, Torbay, Dartmouth, Falmouth, The Conditicms of the Contracts may be seen at the Secre tary's Office, at this Office, or by applying - to Mr. Thomas Miller, 4gent for the Victualling - at Plymouth, to the Collectors of his Majesty's Customs, at Dartmouth, Fal- Mouth, and Yarmouth respectiVek, to Mr. Thomas Russell, 4gent for the Victualling at- Dover,. and to the Postmaster at Brighton. No regard will be had to any Tender in Which the Pike shall not be inserted in words at length, or that shall not be delivered to the Board before One o'Cloch on the said Tuesday, the 11th of December next ; nor unless the Person who makes the Tender, or sonic Person on his behalf, attends to answer when called for. Each Tender must be accompanied by a Letter signed by two responsible Persons, engaging to become bound with the Part, tendering, in the penal Sum of 2000/., for the due performance of the Contract at Plymonth, and of 500!. for each of the other Contracts. WESTMINSTER LIFE INSURANCE and ANNUITY OF ' FICE, STRAND and CORNHILL, LONDON, ISTABLISHED in 1792, for Insurance on Lives and granting Annuities, on the same advan tageous Terms to the Public as have hitherto secured to this Establishment their decided Patronage and Support. &Commission is allowed to Solicitors, Agents, Brokers, &c. DIRECTORS, TRUSTEES, AND AUDITORS. JOHN SOANE, Esq. Chairman. The Hon. DOUGLAS KINNAIRD, Deputy Chairman. Sir G. F. Hatnpson, Bart. William Fitzhugh, Esq. Sir John Cox Hippisley, Bart. R. Leycester, jun. Esq., M.P. William Agnew, Esq. Neill Malcolm, Esq. John Bebb, Esq. Geo. G. Mills, Esq. Stamp Brooksbank, Esq. G. H. Sumner, Esq. M.P. \V. F. Chambers, M.D. Swiney Toone, Esq, George Cumming, Esq. M.P. Rd. Williams, Esq. Solicitor. James Henry Deacon, Esq. RICHARD BARNES, Secretary. The Propri►tors are respectfully informed that the Dividend is in the course of payment. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Decemiwr 3, 18 21. THE. PRINCIPAL OFFICERS of His NA JEsrrs ORDNANCE do hereby give Notice,. that Proposals will be received at their o,lNee, in Pall-Mall, on or before Friday, the 14th December Instant, from suck Persons as may be willing to undertake the. Supply of BREAD, FLOUR, acid MEAT, for service of the Gentlemen Cadets; at Woolwich, for a period of Three Months. The Bread, ,Flour, and Meat, to be of the best Sort and Quality; Me Bread to be of the best. Household, and ac-' cording to a Pattern Loaf, which may be inspected at the Cadets' Barracks, at froolwiCh. Farther Particulars, together with the Terms and Con ditions of the Contract, - may be known by application to Colonel Ford, the Lieutenant-Governor of the Royal Militar.y Academy at Woolwich, and also at the Secretary's Ofice, in Pall-Mall aforesaid, any day between the Hours of Trn and. Four o'Vloeh, where the Proposals must -be delivered , . sealed up, and endorsed "Proposals for Bread, Flour, or Meat," as the case may be; but no Proposals can be admitted after -Me said 14th Instant, at Twelve o'Clock at Noon of the Same _Day; neither will any Tender be noticed,. 'unless the Party maki4 it, or an "'gent in his behalf, shall ezt tend. By Order of Me Board, R. 11.‘CRETY, Secrrtary. ItOYAL•EXCHANGE ASSURANCE OFFICE,. _ November, 1921: THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE do hereby give Notice, that their TRANSFER ROOKS will be shut, from THURSDAY, the 13th of I-cember next, to TUESDAY, the Sth of January following, and that the ANNUAL GENERAL COURT appointed by their Charter will be holden at their Office, on the Royal Exchange, on WEDNESDAY, the 19th of December next, at Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon, and that a Dividend will be considered of at the said Court.. SAMUEL FENNING, Jun. Secretary. ".*The Chair will'be taken atTwelve o'Clock precisely. N. 8.• Attendance is given, daily, at the, said Office, and at their Office in Pall Mall, for the Assurance of Buildings, Goods, Merchandize, and Ships, in Harbour, in Dock, or while Building, front Loss or Damage by Fire; and also for the Assurance of, and granting Annuities on, Lives. • £5;000 AT VERY LITTLE RISK, TO-MORROW. ARROLL, CONTRACTOR for thePRE SENT LOTTERY, is anxious to express bow much he is flattered by the general satisfaction afforded to his Friends and the Public, by his offer to take back (at a ver y trifling loss) all the BLANKS,7 Small Prizes, and Undrawn Numbers after TO-MORROW'S. Drawing. A Prize of £5,000 will he decided in the First Five Mi nutes To-morrow, and may he gained, by a very small Risk, viz. on a WHOLE TICKET. ONLY TWO POUNDS! SIXTEENTH, ONLY FOUR SHILLINGS! Other Shares in proportion, as will be clearly shewn by the following statement of what must be paid for a Ticket or Share, and what will be given back for it, whether drawn or undrawn, any time on or before the 19th of December, - and after the Purchaser has had the Chance of the £5,000 :and all other Prizes to he drawn Next Tuesday, December Ilth. Ticket Half l3 5 0 may receive bac k l2 0 0 Quarter Eighth........ S 7 6 may r eceive hack . 3 0 0 Siztventh ll4 0 may receive back ' .. 110 0 Tickets and Shares are Selling at CARROLL'S Truly For tunate Offices, 19, CORNHILL, and 26, OXFORD STREET, where he Sold in Shares, the Last Day of DraWinw Novena e.,. 'her 20th, No. 11,456, a Prize of 430,000. URGENT APPEAL TO BRITISH BENEVOLENCE. ASUBSCRIPTION. is ..now OPEN, at the . Banking Houses of Messrs. Hoare, Fleet-street; Messrs. Herries and Co. St. James's-street ; and Messrs. Cocks and Co.. Charing Cross, for the efficient relief of a truly suffering CLERG YMAN, reduced to a.state of the most pitiable Distress, with Ten Children, (the youngest not a month old), and in perfect consummation thereof, so over whelmed with debts, arrears, and difficulties, that he has no prospect of deliverance, but from the spontaneous united contributions of the truly benevolent. • PO NOBLEMEN, GE.NTLEMEN, PLAN- A TERS, and Others.—GEOßGE and WILLIAM TIN DALL beg leave to- offer their very ex tensive Stock of up wards of T wenty Millions of Forest Trees, Fruit Trees, and Quickwood, &c. which consists of from six to SeiTH.millions of fine one, two, and three years seedling and transplanted Larches; six to eight millions fine one, two, and three years seedling transplanted Thorn Quicks-etts, for hedges.; three to four-millions fine one and two years seedling Beech; one to two millions two years seedling Ash, and a regular propor tion of one and two years seedling and transplanted Birch, Alder, Spanish and Horse Cbesnuts, Spanish Nuts, Filberts,. Hazel, Elm, Hornbeam, Sweet Briar, Privet, [lollies, Black Thorns, Spruce Firs, Oaks, &c.—Also an extensive collec , tion of Fruit Trees, viz. Peaches, Nectarines, Apricots, Apples, Pears, Plums and Cherries, both trained for walls and stan dards ; and one of the largest collections of Goosberries and Currants in the Kingdom,. from the contiguity, of the- Nur series to Hull, goods can be sent with the gr eatest facility to . any part of the . kingdom.—G. and W. T. engage to deliver them free of carriage at. Hull; they likewise wish to offer their stock of Garden and Agricultural Seeds, &c. Cata logues of the different articles can be Immediately forwarded, if required, and reference given to Gentlemen who are the greatest planters in England. Front the advantages these Nurseries possess,, all the articles have escaped the serious injury that other Nurseries further North have snffered by Spring frosts when the plants were breaking into leaves. Beverley Nurseries, - Nov. 1821. IVIDOW WELCH'S FEMALE PILLS have obtained the sanction and approbation Of Gen tlemen of the Medical' Profession, as a safe and valuable medicine, in, removing obstructams, and relieving other inconveniences to which the female frame is liable, especially those which at an early period of life frequently arise from want of exercise, and general debility of the system. They create an appetite, correct indigestion, remove giddiness and nervous head ache, and are eminently useful in windy dis orders,-painsin the.stomach, shortness of breath, and palpi tations of the heart. Purchasers are requested to remark, that, as a testimony of authenticity, each 13i11 of Directions is signed with the name of CX7-i4 • in writing. Sold wholesale and Retail, in London, by Wright' No. 46, Fleet .Street ; Barclay and Sons, Fleet Market ; New bery and Sons, St. Paul's C h u►cb Yard ; Sutton and Co. Bow Church Yard ; Sanger, 350, Oxford Street, opposite Bond Street. Evans. and Son, Long Lssne, Smithfield ; Johnston, Greek Street Soho ; Butler at►d Sons, Cheapsitle; Godfrey and Windt's, Bishopsgate Street; and by all Country Vendors, at-25. 9d. ps.r.Box. Ir.* It-is necessary to inform the public that KEARSLEY'S is the only original and genuine Medicine, and has been pre pared by them tut more than thirty years. PUBLI - CATIONS To few,days will he Imi - dished, in Syn. Price 0;. _ Ef I I ,f, ERS of MARY LEPEL, LAI) JU . HERVEY. With Illustrative Notes. printed for JOHN 11URRAY, Albemarle -street. This . llay was published, in 12noo. price U. rirllE FORESTEIVS GUIDE; or, a Prac tical Treatise on the Training-and PrUning of Forest Trees ; valuing ; and .asce4aining the quantity of Wood and Bark produced by Copp icesroods. To which is added, a Descriniiiin of a Newly Invented Ma chine, for Measuring and:Val uing Growing Trees ; for which a Premium was awarded by the Highland society of Scotland, at their last Annual Meeting. With Engravings. By ROBEWP MONTEATH, Surveyor anti Valuator, Stirlitf. " This, we think, is by far the most useful publication of the kind' we have evcr : seen; am; we would strongly'recoi»- mend all the practical parts of it to the consideration of 'the 'owners of woodlands." - -(Farnier Magazine.) On the.. Ist of January, 'IIW, will be published, No. 1. of a ' Periodical Work, entitled rrHE SELECT U.A.GAZINE, for the IN , IL .STRUCTION —Aga - ANLISI....MENT of YOUNG PERSONS. " Maxima debetur pueris reverentia." Published in London, on the Ist of every Month, .by Scatcherd - and Letterman, Ave-Maria-Lane, and sold by W. Whyte and Co., St. Andrew's Street, Edinburgh ; and It. N. Tiros, Grafton Street, . Dublin. PROSPECTUS. . It is the usual policy of the Editor of a new periodical publi cation to condemn the principles, and run down the merits of those already in circulation ; and thence to deduce the necessity of his commencing a work conveying, no doubt, better senti ments, and conducted with superior talent. But, • without al leging the faults and defects which may be imputed to our Monthly Magazines, without indulging that conceit which in duces many an Editor to regard his own as imperiously called for, it is conceived that a simple but sufficient reason may be stated, why 'another may with propriety be added to the nunt ber of those useful vehicles of information. Of the various objects, to which works of this nature might be directed, one, at least, seems to be completely lost sight of.. While Ladies and Gentlemen have each their appropriate Ma gazine,—while the learned are gratified by their Philosophical Journals, and the pour instructed by their Friendly Visitors, one important class of individuals remains wholly unprovidcd for. • It is not less to be lamented than wondered at, -that no one should.have arisen to provide young Persons, of both Sexes, in the higher Walks of Life, with a select fund of Instructio n and Amusement, designed expressly for their use and advantage. • This deficiency is known to be matter of regret with some Parents, eminent for rank and piety, who are anxious to afford amusement to their children, in a way that will not injure their principles or degrade their taste. And it will perhaps be no trifling recominendation of the work now submitted to the Pub lic to mention, that, in obedience to the expressed desires of such parents, it determined to commence the publication of a Magazine of sOund.principles, free from all vulgarity of style, and communicating the most valuable inforMation in an inte resting and engaging manner. It cannot be denied,. that a 13owerful auxiliary in the great business of education is often lost, by teachers neglecting to enlist the natural inclinations of their pupils on their side. All the vivacity and vigour of their mincls are allowed to spend themselves in inventing or carrying on their sports, while the employments of the sehOol-room are entered upon with a re luctance, which no force or reasoning can overcome, so long as those employments are, not rendered agreeable and inviting.— Books may be read, and subjects gone through, but the grand Point to be attained is yet as remote as ever. Instead of a dis position for research and study being formed, a disgust of books is often so deeply rooted in the mind, that it is no uncommon thing to see young persons, when left to themselves, throw aside entirely the subjects on which years of fruitless) labour have been spent. Very different, however, in general, would have been the case; had it been early endeavoured to divert the channel of their pleasures, and give their amusements a literary and scien tific turn. Their ideas of the nature and sources of enjoyment would then undergo a material change ;. that which afforded sa tisfaction, whenever it was, presented to their view, would speedily become an object of voluntary pursuit.. And all the energies of the youthful mind would, by. degrees, be exerted in that very direction, in which it is the aim of education to apply them. Let us render .study productive' of gratification; -and we proceed in the Sure, lecanse in the natural, way of calling forth the intellectifal faeulties into action, and of heartily engaging them in the acquisition of 'useful knowledge. And ft must be foreseen . , that a taste for reading, a habit of inquiry, and patience of .elose application, will be among the happy re sults of such a system, judiciously commenced, and regularly pursued. From a belief that the execution.of this important design would be greatly facilitated by a periodical work, comprehend ing a variety of matter proportionate to the vast diversity of taste and conducted in the spirit of the fo re g oin g remarks, the attention of Parents and. Tutors is respectfully called td a new Magaiine, ,entitled "The Select Magazine;' and their patro nage and support are earnestly solicited. That a correct idea may be formed of . the intended work, it has been judged best to give, in.addition to the above general statement of its nature, a clearer outline of its plan. It need scarcely be premised, that all the subjects contained under the following heads, cannot be touched upon in one num ber, or perhaps in several numbers. What is here given, is to be considered as a . cla'ssitication of all the articles that will at any time appear in the pages of the Select Magazine. Almost as unnecessary is it to state, that to exhibit a perfect system, in any branch of science or philosophy, forms no part of a work of this kind. I. RELIGION. This Head will comprise— Easy and interesting Remarks on Parts of S cri p ture. Stories illustrative of Christian Truths. Sketches of Scripture Characters. • • 11. LITERATURE. 'Under this Head may be classed— 'T Extracts from large and expensive Works ; or rom Wo the whole of which would not be proper for young f Readers. rks Moral and entertaining Pieces. Occasional Selections from French and Italian Authors. Short Review of Books, not with a view to criticise, but for the purpose of leading Young Persons to think and judge cor rectly for themselves. A Recommendation of suitable - Books in the various depart ments of Literature. Definitions and Maxims. 111. ARTS AND SCIENCES. The Principles of Natural Philosophy, in its various branches, will be explained. Experimental Philosophy will form a very prominent fea ture of the Work. Chemistry, a favourite Science with Youth, - .will, of course, en gage a considerable share of attention. rime Theory of it will be i llustrated by a variety of Experi ments. . A Notice of the Appearances of the heavenly Bodies will ge nerally be given. Such New Discoyenes in. Science, as come within the sphere of the Work, will b e co mmunicated. IV. HISTORY. let this important Division will be found the folloWing Articlei : Sketches of History, Ecclesiastical and Civil. The Natural Ilistory of Animals, Vc , :etables, and Minerals. Biography of good and learned Characters, and of celebrated Youths. A n tiquities—Obitua V. iesr. M ISC ELLANEO . US. • Poetry, original and selected—Anecdotes, &e. This Work will be printed in derriy 12ino. on fine Paper, and in a good Type. Each Number will - contain 60 pages of. letter-press, together with a copper-plate.—Price Is. The Communications of all, who are anxious for the welfare of the rising . Oneration, are earnestly requested. Any Article, whether original or extracted, in conformity with the above plan, will be thankfully recei ved. This opportunity is taken of noticing, that all Original Pieces will be marked with an Asterisk, in addition to the Sig nature affixed : the Selections will, for an obvious reason, be published without citing -the Authors from whose works they , are extracted, except in cases when it appears desirable to de part from this practice. ; Communications to be addressee) (post-paid) to the Editor, Scatcherd and t Letterman's, Ave-Maria-lane, London ; or at F. Houlston and Son's, Wellington, Salop. at FOR THE SUN REASON AND FAITH.—LETTER Iv. Mn.EorFo a—Among the many gifts bestowed py a wise and beneficent Creator upon man, here aro none so valuable as reason, by which e is raised far above the rest of sublunary be- ings. If gratitude for a favour depend upon the magnitude of the gift, there is none forwhiclk he ought, therefore, to be the .more thdnkful to his Maker, none that he should more zealously de vote to - his service. This is not, however, the case; on the contrary, the whole of its powers are, by some criminal or misguided men, directed against the source from which it originated. Yielding to the violence of his passions, to the narrowness of his prejudices,man, vain and iuto= lent of the powers of his mind, presumes to ar raign his, God before the tribunal of reason, aud, making this faculty the only standard of his be lief, because it is the sole guide of his actions, he does not hesitate to reject whatever he can not clearly comprehend, and even, gives to, his own reason that tribute of adoration which Ile re- fuses to his GOD So limited is the human mind, and so imperfect is man, that the extent of his virtues borders on vice, and the extent of his wisdom upon error. In the physical sciences, by proceeding gradually through a chain of reasonings, founded upon such self-evident axioms as one and one are two, the whole is greater than its parts, Stc. &c., and de ducing from them a series of inevitable conse quences, he may attain a knowledge of truth. The data upon which he proceeds falls here within the , reach of his senses, and he can easily seize the first link of the chain which will lead him securely from what lie knows ,to what he does not know. ,But in the vast and trackless regions of metaphysical researches, he is every where surrounded by uncertainty, ,and doubt, and has no other compass than reason by which he can steer his uncertain course. It is by reason alone that man is eminently distinguished from every other animated being, and when deprived of it, he sinks even below the level of the brute creation. It is the main spring of all his actions, and the only.pilot that can lead him to the dis covery of truth : but it may, at the same time, wreck his frail bark upon the shoals of error. The knowledge of truth, even in a temporal point of view, is of infinite importance to man : and it was to attain this desirable object that his mind was endowed with the powers of reasoning. It is by comparing several ideas one with an other, that he is enabled to judge whether they agree or disagree, and to draw his conclusions ac cordingly. His judgments, therefore, originate in his ideas, and the truth or falsehood of the f or mer must depend, consequently, upon the correctness or incorrectness of the latter. — Were it possible for man to acquire a perfect knowledge of the nature of things, and a clear perception of the truth, reason could not pos sibly lead him into error ; but such , is our ignorance, and such the limited power of our understanding, that our judgments are gene rally uncertain, and frequently erroneous. — The ideas, upon which alone they can be founded, are transmitted to the mind through the medium of -the senses —through a medium which daily experience proves to be singularly decep tive. Hence do we find so many different and contradictory judgments upon the very same sub jects. This difference which we frequently per ceive between the opinions of others upon one subject, and in our own, is so considerable, and appears to us, who view thi bject in a different light, so contrary to self-evnt principles, that we are quite at a loss how to account for such a deficiency in the understanding of our opponents. If reason cannot enable us to see things as they are in reality, in matters that fall within the reach of our senses, how shall we venture, how take it as our only guide upon subjects that are in their nature far above human comprehension However capable reason may be of leading us to the diScovery of some truths, it is, unfortu nately, too frequently the source of numerous errors: ' Even, when it proceeds upon the most incontestible data, it is liable to wander far from the paths of truth, and seldom can be sure of ar riving at any thing like certainty. Hence do we find that the men who have taken it as the sole guide of their belief, have adopted opinions not less absurd than contradictory, and consequently equally contrary to truth, which, in its nature, is essentially one and indivisible. Thus Calvin, taking into consideration only the infinite justice of G on, concluded that men were predestined to eternal torments ; and Manes, attending only to his holiness, believed the existence of two oppo site principles, the authors of good and of evil. If we peruse the annals of the sciences, we shall discover in every page convincing proofs of the wanderings of reason, and of its liability to lead men into error. The history of each science is, indeed, in many instances, , only the record of the fallibility of the human .mind. Hence reason, when left to itself, must inevitably lead to scep ticism; and the discovery of truth thus becomes if not wholly impossible, at least problematical. This conclusion is so very absurd that, alone, it would suffice to prove-the rashness :and folly of believing nothing thatis not clearly perceived by reason. In what a vortex of difficulties are we placed, if we admit reason as our only guide ! Our mind possesses a spirit, of investigation, which ever prompts it to enlarge the sphere of its knowledge. If it be often led astray, the dissatisfaction it feels is a proof that it is conscious of not having obtained the object of its wishes i"d this con sciousnesa!rnay be considered as an indirect proof of the misery of scepticism, and of the existence of truth. If truth be an an emp4y name--a mere -phantom of the mind, in what can such .an idea vtignate, and what is man ?—The "sport of contititalAilusions ; the dupe of delusive appear ances, add a :he'ing without au object, without hope lfsafqt if. Truth exist, then are we convinc ed thitg originatesin GOD ; that it is Gon him self ; afid - We look forward to the future with c0n .,...,, gOodness. Howe er divideifmen may be upon some points, there are others Which no man can possibly con trovert, and which may be, therefore, justly con sidered as acknowledged truths. The faculty of thinking is, to us, an undeniable proof of our ex istence ; for no rational man will ever controvert the celebrated axiom of Descartes, " I thin!: ; therefore , ..qna. It is equally impossible 'to deny that the whole is greater than its parts;' that a thing that is necessarily exists; that Alexander the Great conquered the Persian Empire, &c. &c. If We know that we are frequently exposed to illusions, have we not the means of correcting Our judgment ? This unerring guide is evidence.— Truth is sometimes so evident, that we are not at liberty to withhold our assent. Such is, for in stance the immediate and necessary connection 7 e betwen a principle and its consequence.. Thus if 0* and one are two, two and two must neces wiry be four ; because this number. is formed of Arice two units. Hence, by following the, chain of self-evident and undeniable principles, we are led to the most important, the most elevated conclUsions. Since this is the case, we must be convinced that something does exist, and the Whole fabric of scepticism falls to the ground. • The knowledge of truth must be of infinite importance to man, and so much are we . con vinced of this fact, that we take every .possible precaution to prevent our being led into error. Hence we are ever apt to believe what we.have actually seen, more firmly than what reaches,us only through the medium of others. - This dis position of our mind is not blameable in itself, but if carried too far it may prove dangerous, and is certainly unreasonable in itself. It would be unjustifiable in us to deny the existence of a fact merely because we did not witness it, or be cause it is above . our comprehension. The con curring testimony of eye-witnesses, and the cur taiuty that they can have no motives for deceiv ing us, are sufficient reasons, and command our belief, however improbable, or even impossible, the .circumstancelnay appear. The disposition to believe or to disbelieve, is generally regulated by the number of our prejudices, or by the greater or lesser extent or4ur knowledge. Thus an African who had never seen an European, would . hardly believe in the existence of white men 'and persons unacquainted with astronomical pur suits would not readily admit the possibility of calculating with precision the distance of the heavenly bodies from the Sun. Since, therefore, it is evident that our reason alone cannot give . us _ an exact or true idea of some things, it follows that we must often sacrifice its opposition to the testimony of others, and believe what they assert, however contrary this assertion may be to our own ideas. This disposition of the mind, which originates in the consciousness of its own limited powers, is termed Faith. It arises either from the immediate conviction of our mind, through the • Medium of evidence;' or from the undoubted re spectability.of the source from whence our infor mation is derived ; hence we are naturally more inclined to believe the assertions of a well-in formed and honourable man, than those of a per son whose mind is obscured by ignorance, or whose judgment may be influenced by prejudices, or led astray by the violence of passion. The ideas of truth and error are so very dissi milar, that the one necessarily excludes .the other. It is therefore utterly impossible that truth could lead to error; whatever originates in the former must command our belief, however contrary it may be to the testimony of our senses, or to the dictates of our reason. God is truth itself, and as such we are bound to believe whatever he asserts. lie is moreover Omnipotent, and indeed his power, with all his other attributes, is far above our : comprehension; we must there fore believe whatever we . are sure he has done, however incomprehensible the action may ap pear. In religious matters, reason must necessarily yield to faith, in the same manner that in scien tific. pursuits our senses must submit to reason, or as the faint light of the starry heavens must fade before the splendid rays of the rising sun. In short, let us remember that the determination of believing only what we can comprehend; must either lead us to absolute scepticism, since very few things fall within our comprehension, or it may lead us to place a reliance upon the powers of our mind, which will prove an inevitable source of error. It is indeed the only ground upon which the Deist takes his stand. And yet what is the reason of man that he should thus presume to make it the sole judge of what he will believe ? Frequently an ignis fatuus, that leads him far away from the safe path he should pursue, or, at best, a glimmering taper that sheds on every sur rounding object only a feeble or uncertain light. Ewhurst. A. P. WELSH COLLEGE.—A Meeting of the Inhabi tants of Llanddewi-brevi and Tregaron, Cardi ganshire, was held on Monday lst, to consider the propriety of addressing a Memorial to the Lord Bishop of ST. DAVID'S, on the subject of the College, for the erection of which, at Llan ddewi-brevi, a subscription has been collected, but which, it is reported, is Dow intended to be built elsewhere.