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THE LONDON JOURNALS. SIXTRACT3 FROM TILE DAZLY MORNING PAPERS, December 12, 1822. [TUE TI mEs.l The Moniteur copies the article from the Jour, Ertl des DObats without comment—that is, i adopts it : but we cannot forget that the Moniteur once recently pursue the same course with respect to a peaceful article in the Journal des Dards, and afterwards backed out by stating that journal not to be an official organ of Go vernment. The Moniteur may repeat the same piece of chicane, if it pleases, on the present occasion. Still the article is official, if the sanction of a member or members of Adminis tration• entitle it to that description ; and we are sure it ought to be official, if good sense, clear reasoning, and patriotic views, should form the distinguishing excellencies of those who compose the Councils of Sovereigns. The Eloile is a " bit of a Ministerial Paper," or, in other words, w e presume, the Paper of a " bit " of the Mi nistry ; and this Journal publishes a counter article to that of the Journal des Debuts ; the importance of which production, either as to its composition, or the authority from whence it proceeds, will he correctly appreciated by the fact, that the Moniteur copies the document of the Journal des Debuts, but takes no notice of the lucubrations of the poor .Etoile. The three other Ultra Journals—the Quotidienne, the Drapcau Blanc, and the Gazette de France-- pass by the article of the Journal des Debuts in silence. The Liberal Journals—the Constitu tionnel, the Courier Francais, and the Journal de Paris—amuse their readers with ironical compli ments paid to the Journal des Debuts, on account of its restoration to sense and reason.—The ob vious inference from the preceding observations is, that there is a division. in the French Cabi net ; and how does this fact affect the grand question of peace and war ? Why, favourably, no doubt. To go to war with a divided Minis try is impossible. EBRITISII PRESS.I To a sensible spectator nothing can be more amusing than to see the bustle, the agitation, the alarm, and the tremulous hope, which certain New spapers feel or feign► with the utmost imagin able gravity, about a war which it is as impos sible should be actually undertaken as to make the mountains of Spain change places with the icebergs of Greenland. If it were really in the folly of the Bourbons to say such a war, it were still greater folly to believe it until the positive vision supersede faith by fact. But in the mean time topics are suggested, and discussions are entered into, which cannot fail to stimulate thought and to nourish wisdom. This is the first direct benefit which other nations must derive from the Revolution in Spain. The sight of its prosperity operates upon the minions of absolute and abused power as salt upon gorged leeches. [NEW TlNtEs.] Our letters from Paris are of Monday evening. The Duke of Wellington had arrived in that capital with a view to the peaceable arrangement of affairs with Spain. It is immaterial to ob serve that the Spanish Journal, the Espectador, of the 2d instant, contains an article, evidently dictated by the Republican Ministers, but in a very moderate and subdued tone. They wish it to be understood that they are adverse to the violent Jacobins, who, they say, " make war on the great body with even more bitterness than the enemies of the new Institutions." To this affected moderation we pay but little regard. No -doubt, when the Newspaper-writer, San Miguel, finds himself in the exalted station of Minister for Foreign Affairs, he wishes to keep there; But does he dare to oppose the frantic wretches of the Landaburian Club ? [MORNING CHRONICLE.] Fortunately for us, we have a Foreign Mi nister who seems to know what is due to the country, and who is sensible how much the interests of Britain would suffer from the projects of the French Government. The value of Spain to this country, great as it is in a commercial paint of view, might still be greatly increased by wise arrangements.— Some idea may be formed of the importance of its agricultural produce, when it is known that an able individual, who had access to the hest information. ' states the worth of that of the Kingdom of Valencia alone, in 1788, at 4,100,0001., without including wheat, oats, maize, &c., of which no account could be obtain ed. The intermeddling with the affairs of Spain has already 'been attended with the most mis chievous consequences to its industry; and the French Government, instead of being allowed to annoy the Spaniards still farther, ought to be compelled to indemnify them for what injury has already been done.—The French Papers attri bute the deepest designs to our contemporary, The Courier, whose mystifications they suppose thrown out with a view to leave them in uncer tainty as to the real intentions of our Govern ment. how can the English Ministry, they say, oppose war, while their Official Paper advocates it ? This does indeed seem odd ; but our con temporary is too profound to tell them this se cret. [MORNING POST.] The Paris Journals to the nib inst. contain no fresh intelligence from Spain or the army of observation, which still remains in its quarters without making any movement indicatory of ap proaching hostilities. The apprehended war, indeed, seems to be transferred to the French Cabinet, where it rages with no small violence and activity, as the articles in the Journals of the Parties which compose the Ministry may testify. —The existence of those two parties in the same administration is not sufficiently attended to to this country, otherwise less surprise would he felt at the opposite sentiments which the various French Ministerial Papers are continually found to express. TO come to a clear understanding Of the whole, it must be kept in mind that' the Jour nal elei'DlGiity is the organ of the Moderates or of Mr. De Villele's party : and the Quolidienne and l'Etoile, thOse of the Ultra Members of the Ministry ; whilst the Monileur is a kind of neu tral publication, which admits the opinions of both sides, and seldom expresses one of its own; or, if it does, involves it in such a happy ambi guity of terms as to avoid giving offence or a de• cided triumph to either party. [MORNING HERALD.] The Continental Mails of yesterday leave the question of peace or war as uncertain as before. The Monileur has charged itself with the burden of the pacific article of the Journal des DAats, but the Etoile—also a Government Journal— contains an eager and rather trivial reply to it. We notice these thing's, without setting much value on them. To perceive objects of such mag nitude, as peace or war between two nations, through such media as the columns of a Journal, because that Journal calls itself Ministerial, would be to resemble the sapient astronomer, who thought he had discovered an elephant in the moon, when he beheld but an unlucky fly im prisoned in his telescope. If the issue of this ques tion depended, as it lately seemed, and as the French Government pretended, upon the answer of the Spaniards to the demands of France, we should have left either of doubt or hope. The last arrivals from Madrid put it beyond a doubt that any dictation of the slightest change in their Constitution, by a foreign and hostile power, would be scouted by the Spaniards on the in stant. In a recent secret sitting of the Cortes, an allusion to this subject is stated to have ex cited a ferment of general indignation. , PROVINCIAL JOURNALS. ( From the Bury Gazette, Dec. 11.) The Congress at length has closed its delibe rations, and by its final act, left France at . liberty to defend her self against the aggressions of revolutionary Spain, and even to declare war against her, if she see occasion. Situated as France is, freedom of action on such a subject is absolutely essential to her existence as a nation. The Sovereigns of Europe have declared their wish to see France a great and flourishing king dom—they have solemnly affirmed that they did not arm to destroy France, but to sublue that detestable system of go vernment which made her a curse to every other nation : a universal depredator and despoiler. Having attained this de sirable object—having rescued Europe from France, and France from herself, to leave her now so fettered and controuled as to be unable to defend her own against the storm that threatens on the Spanish frontier would be an act of greater cruelty, of grosser in justice, than any that ever yet assumed the guise of political rec. titude. It is absurd to talk of giving France a Constitution, if her Government is to be under an external controul : to be great, she must be free ; and the act which has for selfish pur poses heen strained into a virtual declaration of war is, in fact, nothing more than an acknowledgment of that freedom. The Continental Powers, having held her in check from the Treaty of Paris to the dissolution of Congress, have now removed all restraints, and once more trusted her to her 'own guidance. The reluctance with which this point hai been conceded evinces much disinclination on the part of the Allies to leave' Spain at the mercy of France, and we very much doubt whe ther the Ministers of the latter country would have been able to surmount that reluctance but for the manifesto of Mina, and the massacres and burnings which have followed it ; these are, in fact, the arguments which have compelled the Allies to withdraw their protection from Spain, in order that France may defend herself from so dangerous a neighbour. It appears that our own Cabinet regards this act of Congress as a tacit concur rence in any offensive measures France may resort to, and therefore England will not be a party to the transaction ; and it is from a principle of wise and sound policy, a sense of substan tial justice, that she withholds her consent. In the councils of nations, England has defended Spain ; in the field, has rescued her from the scourge of one French dynasty, and is ready to pro tect her from the aggessions of another; but she will not sanc tion, with the seal of her great name, all the deeds of blood with which the late defeated followers of Napoleon may wish to wreak their vengeance on the country which, with the aid of Britain, ejected and subdued them. Let France defend her own frontier—let her protect her people from the revolutionary pestilence, by her sanitary cordon—let her, if she can conquer, or even exterminate, Mina and his horde of murderers—but let her not pour into the fields of Spain her hosts of disbanded veterans, to fight the battles of a foolish Bigot, and prevent the noble-minded Spaniards from achieving, in peace, a better Con stitution than either Ferdinand or Mina ever yet imagined.— France is, at present, but as a smothered volcano : the great mass of the people, wearied with war, and satisfied with safety, are content with the mild sway of Louis, and almost forget the dazzling glare of Napoleon's military pomp and iron rule.— But though the many are at peace, there are spirits compelled to gnaw their hearts in silence, yet ready on the first shadow of occasion to burst forth and spread around them discord and death. Can the French Government know this, and not feel apprehensive that the contagion of revolt may cross the Pyren nees, and again infect to the centre a nation which, for thirty years, has existed but in the feverish excitements of trea son, war, and homicide, and whose blood, coerced into tem_ perance, has not yet subsided into a sane and healthful calm. Every lawful exercise of power—every honourable effort tending to secure France from a renewal of revolutionary hor rors—will command the respect and be seconded by the good wishes of the virtuous and wise ; but should pride or fear in duce her to plunge into a needless war for a worthless object, her triumphs will obtain no honour, her defeat deserve no com miseration. Louis has been placed upon the throne of his ancestors by the united strength, and common consent of the greatest powers of Europe; not for his own sake, but for his country's ; if he really love that country—if lie really value that throne—let him beware lest by one act of compliance with the mad councils of intemperate friends he sacrifice both for ever. At a meeting of Magistrates, held not long since in Somersetshire, a very respectable farmer was summoned before them for killing game on he manor or one of the then sitting Magistrates, and convicted in the penalty of 51. The farmer pleaded very hard against the conviction, but all 3 vain : he then stated that he had an informa- tion to lay against a respectable person then pre sent. He was requested to lay it on oath; he did so, and had the aforesaid Magistrate con victed in the penalty of 101. f'or killing game, he having neglected to take out his certi fi cate.— • ( inieg.) The fog was so dense in the Metropolis yes terday, that most or the public offices, and many of the shops, particularly in the City, were obliged to be , lighted up. 7 SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE. RE PORT Of the SOCIETY for PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE, with an ACCOUNT of the RECEIPTS and EXPENDITURE from April 1821, to April 1822. ( Concluded from yesterday's Su x.) MADRAS. In the early part of the present year an excellent Report was received from the District Committee at Madras. This per haps, is one of the most important and interesting documents which has ever been presented to the Board. It comprises a very clear abstract of the proceedings of the Society in the Carnatic, from the year 1710 to the present day. Much of the information contained in this Report, has already been laid before the public, at different times, in a less regular and au thentic form ; but infinite credit is due to the Madras Committee for having collected materials so widely scattered, and thus given a clear and comprehensive sketch of the state of Christi anity in the south of India. It may, indeed, be affirmed, without presumption, that the zeal, judgment, and ability, dis played at Madras since the establishment of the District Com mittee in August 1815, are worthy of the purest ages of the Church • and will not only he memorable in the r ecords of thi s Society, in the annals of Christianity itselt. The Report details, at considerable length, the measures which have been adopted for restoring the Missionary esta blishment at Vipery to an efficient state. 'This establishment has existed since the year 1710, when " the Society undertook the management of such charities as were, or should be, put into their hands, for the support and enlargement of the Protestant Mission then maintained by the King of Denmark at Tran quebar." During the remainder of the last century, two Mis sionaries appear to have been constantly maintained, at Vipery, who, in 'addition to their other duties, undertook the superin tendance of the Printing-press attached to the Mission. In the year 1802, Mr. nezold, one of the Missionaries, went to Cal cutta, for the purpose of teaching the Tamil language in the college recently founded by the Marquis Wellesley. During his absence his exemplary colleague, Mr. Gerick 6, died ; and Dr. Rottler, of the Tranquebar Mission, was appointed to take charge of the Vipery congr e g a tion. I n 1804 Mr. Panold re turned from Calcutta, and immediately resumed his clerical duties in conjunction with Dr. Rottler. This continued till 1807, when Dr. Realer returned to Tranquebar • and Mr. Pmzold administered the affairs of the Mission till the period of his death. At this juncture the District Committee at Madras had been established about two years, and was already in a state of re gular and effectual operation. It was accordingly proposed to the Society, by Messrs. Pohle and Kolhoff„ the only surviving Missionaries at Tanjore, that the affairs of the Vipery Mission should be placed under the special superintendence of the Madras District Committee. This judicious and happy sug gestion was at once adopted. The care of the congregation was again intrusted to Dr. Bottler, and a Special Sub-Committee was appointed to " ascertain the nature, extent, and condition, of the Society's Mission at the Presidency, and to take such measures as should appear necessary for its preservation, as well as for the temporary administration of the several cha rities connected with it." This inquiry was prosecuted with the greatest diligence. To every Member of the Special Sub-Committee, and especially to their indefatigable Secretary, Mr. Gwatkin, the most cordi a l thanks of the Society are justly due. They displayed the greatest zeal, promptitude, and judgment, through the whole investigation ; and have unquestionably, rendered a most im portant service to the Christian cause. By their exertion it was soon discovered that the Mission at Vipery was possessed of considerable property under the will of Mr. Gericke, now yielding an annual income of 3,822 rupees ; besides an addi tional sum of money, and some houses in reversion. The Church, Mission-house, Burying-ground, with a garden ad jacent, and the houses occupied by the schoolmasters, were also reported as the property of the Mission ; together with a Library of 900 volumes, machinery and materials for Printing and Book-binding, Church furniture, Communion Plate, and other effects. An English, and a Tamil school, were also at tached to the Mission; the former containing sixteen scholars, the latter thirty-three. These schools were particularly recom mended to the attention of the District Committee, as affording a refuge " for children, who are not entitled to admission into either of the twn'Military Asylums at the Presidency." On the strength of this Report, the District Committee pro , seeded without delay " to place the whole institution in a state of permanent efficiency." The buildings, with the exception of the Church, were enlarged and put into complete repair under the direction of Major de Havilland; a gentleman who is actively engaged in promoting, by every means in his power, the Christian cause in this part of the world. The schools were increased, and put under more exact regulations ; and the Printing-press at Vipery, which for above a century had con ! tributed to the propagation of Religion in the East, but had now almost fallen into decay, was completely re-established. This indeed was a matter of some expence and difficulty ; but by the exertions of the Local Committee, and by a donation of 2001., which the Bishop granted for this purpose on account of the Society, this most important object was at length accom plished. in the month of February 1820, the Press was open ed, and is now in a state of greater activity than at any former period. " It is adequate," says the Bishop, "to its own support, and not only supplies the Society's Missions with all the books required, hut is actually printing for others at the ordinary rate of profit *." Since the publication of the Madras Report, other important documents relative to the Vipery Mission have been received. On the Ist of March, 1821, Major de Havilland reported to the Madras Committee, that in his opinion the Mission Church at Vipery, from its original construction and present state, would neither admit of enlargement nor of complete repair ; and that it would ultimately be the cheapest and most effectual mode of proceeding, to erect a new Church, and to convert the present edifice to the use of the School Establishment. The expence of this operation he estimated at 5,000 Pagodas, or 2,0001. 1 , With this proposal the Madras Committee entirely concurred, and they lost no time in submitting the whole matter to the con sideration of the Bishop. In Mr. Clarke's letter to his Lord ship on this subject, dated 20th June, 1821, it is observed, that " the Mission funds, though recovering from the sate of decay into which they had fallen, and therefore able to provide for the necessary current expences, are entirely incompetent to furnish the means for erecting a new Church ; and that unless material assistance can be received by a donation from England, the execution of the work must be indefi nitely postponed." The Bishop's feeling on this important question cannot be so well expressed as in his own words.— "The Society, I am apprehensive, will consider me as not suf ficiently parsimonious of their resources, when, after having re commended an increase of their Missionary Establishment in I the South, which is absolutely indispensable, and to which they have agreed, and now the extension of their Missionary endea -1 yours to this part of'lndia (Bengal), I proceed to countenance an application contained in the enclosed documents from Ma dras.l- I must, however, beg leave to observe, that these in creasing demands on your funds do greatly . arise out of the more promising aspect of Christian affairs in this country ge nerally ; and still more, with respect to the application from Madras, out of the highly flourishing state of your Missionary concerns in that quarter. I question, indeed, whether in the history of Christian Missions from any Church it will be found to have been surpassed.—The Congregation and Schools, which were lately in so distressed a condition, have increased three or four fold ; and this circumstance is of course the only ground for the present application. As to the native Christians them. selves, they are in general so poor, that a contribution to the amount of one fiftieth part of the sum required would distress them ; and the suggestion of raising money by the offer of making'the Church the common property of the Christian Com munity in that part of Madras, is quite incompatible with the object contemplated. " I do not, therefore, know by what means the wants of the Christians at Vipery, who are under the pastoral care of our Missionaries, can be met, unless the Society can present them with a Church. The sum required is, indeed considerable, al though I should hope that when the great exertions of the So ciety in that quarter are duly weighed, and the especial circum stances demanding such a disbursement are understood, your funds would not ultimately be impoverished. I do therefore venture to recommend, that at least the enclosed documents from Madras may receive the fullest consideration of the East India Mission Committee.—l would further observe that the same facilities may not hereafter be afforded for acomplishing the object in question, which offer them selves at present. The Society have a friend in Major de Havilland, such as they may not find whenever he ceases to be a member of the Madras District Committee. This gentleman is at tite head of the Engineer department at Madras. He is possessed of great skill and experience as an Architect, and his desire to promote the interests of the Society has been shewn in his gratuitous professional services. lam convinced that if a Church be built for the Mission, it will never be done in a bet ter manner, or at a cheaper rate, than under Major de Havil land's superintendance. To; the zeal, and intelligence, and un remitted labours of the Vipery Special Committee, formed at a moment when that Mission was threatened with extinction, I can hardly estimate our debt of gratitude. Future generations, we may trust, with the Divine blessing, will reap the fruits of their Christian exertions." It will naturally be supposed that an application thus highly sanctioned, and embracing an object so materially affecting the • Bishop of Calcutta's Letter to Dr. Baskin, dated Calcutta, 4th August, 1821. t These documents are Major de Havilland's Report. Pro ceedings of the Madras Committee, 18th of May, 1821, and Mr. Clarke's Letter to the Bishop. interests of Religion, was favourably received by the Board in London. At the last general meeting on the 9th of July, it was unanimously resolved that a sum not exceeding 2,0001. should be appropriated to the erection of a Church at Vipery. The intention of the Board, in passing this vote, was to prevent delay, and to enable the Bishop of Calcutta to make such ad vances on the Society's account, as might, in his judgment, ap pear necessary for the immediate prosecution of the work. It is hoped, however, that an object of such importance as the erection of a Mission Church at the principal station in Southern India, will excite a strong interest among the friends of Chris tianity, and will ultimately be accomplished without any se rious encroachment on the Society's funds. In other parts of this Presidency the affairs of the Society are no less prosperous. Depots of books have been established at Masulipatam, Trichinapoly, Bangalore, Tellicherry, Secunde rabad, and Benary. No Missionary has yet been a pp o i n t e d a t Cuddalore or at Tinnevelly . : but the spiritual wants of the sta tions in the latter district have been admirably supplied by the Chaplain of Palamcottah. The Mission of Tanjore, has been assigned to the Rev. Mr. Sperschneider; that of Trichinapoly to the Rev. Mr. Rosen ; and that of Vipery to the Rev. Mr. Hau broe. The Rev. Dr. Bottler also, who for mazy years has ren dered essential service to the Church in India, still officiates at Vipery. At an advanced period of life he retains great vigour and activity. It is highly satisfactory to add, that the Bishop speaks in very handsome terms of the conduct and ability of the younger Missionaries. BOMBAY. In the last Annual Report a very full account was given of the proceedings of the Committee at Bombay. During the pre sent year no printed document has been received from that Pre sidency ; but it was the intention of the Committee to publish a Report about the end of l8:21. It is manifest, however, from the letters which have been received, that the friends of the Church of England at Bombay, continue to prosecute their labours with unabated zeal, and with the steadiness and judg ment which have distinguished all their operations. The Tracts which were stated last year to have been translated into Gu ' zerattee, are now printed also in the Mahratta tongue ; and the District Committee, having received assurances of support from the Society at home, are resolved to proceed in the ar duous work of translation to the utmost of their power. Lending Libraries have been established in the out-stations of this Pre sidency, under the management of the Chaplains ; and in no part of the world are they likely to produce more substantial benefit. The prevailing opinion on this subject among the most intelligent persons at Bombay, may be collected from the following observations of Archdeacon Barnes. " Considering the peculiar situation of Clergymen in this country, as well as that of the Military, who form the chief part of their congre gations at out-stations ; considering also that in the King's regiments reading is taught by the Duke of York's regulations both to men and to children, and that books of a good de scription are very rarely, if ever, offered to their notice ; I hope much benefit will be derived from the Libraries ; and as the Committee shall find means, I trust they will be established at every station where a Clergyman is resident. CEYLON. It was stated in the last Report that a great impulse had been given to the operations of the Society in Ceylon, by the Visita tion of the Bishop. His Lordship spent a month at Colombo, in the spring of the year 1821, and devoted his whole attention to the spiritual affairs of that important station. He called a Spe. cial Meeting of the District Committee, and presented them with 3001. from the King's grant, for the special purpose of translatinc , and printing the Society's tracts in the native lan guages of Ceylon. At his suggestion a printing-press, with an ample supply of paper and ink, has been sent out to Colombo, for the immediate use of the Committee. This, it is hoped, will prove a most effectual instrument of promoting religious knowledge in Ceylon ; and when the urgent demands of that island shall have been in some degree supplied, the press will be transferred to the Bishop's College at Calcutta. The Board, however, has great satisfaction in reporting that the District Committee at Colombo have already accomplished a most important work in aid of the Christian cause. " I have the pleasure to inform you," says the Rev. Mr. Lyon, the Se cretary (in a letter to Dr. Gaskin, dated February 1, 1821), " that the printing of the Cingalese Prayer Book is at length finished ; and herewith you will receive a complete copy, un bound, for the purpose of being deposited in the Society's library. I believe it is the intention of the Archdeacon to send another copy by a different ship, in case any accident should happen to the first. One thousand copies have been printed, many of which are already in circulation."* As this work was finished in the beginning of 1821, there is little doubt that the whole impression is by,this time distributed : and when it is further considered, that besides this version of the Common Prayer, some excellent Tracts in the Cingalese tongue may shortly be expected, there is strong reason to believe that the efforts of the Society in this part of the empire, will soon be productive of the most substantial benefits. DIOCESE OF QUEBEC. From the Diocesan and District Committees in British Ame rica, very favourable intelligen6 has been received. Two re ports have arrived from Quebec, and two from Montreal. In the spring of the year 1820, a large consignment of books to the amount of 3651. was received at Quebec. A portion of them was immediately forwarded to the Committees in the Dio cese ; to the Missionaries " at Riviere du Loup, and in the district of Gaspe ; to the Rev. J. Jackson, at William Henry ; and to the Rev. Mr. Stevens, chaplain to the forces at Fort George, in the Upper Province, as well for the use of the troops, as of a small but zealous congregation, to which he of ficiates at Queen's Town. The townships of Ernest Town and Matilda, the new military settlement at Perth, in the Upper Province, ,#nd the township of Eaton and settlement of Drum mondville, in the Lower Province, were likewise partially sup plied. Confirmation tracts were distributed to all the Clergy in the diocese, preparatory to the Bishop's visitation ; and every opportunity. •was taken of circulating the books as widely, and making them as generally useful as possible." The Quebec Committee further report, that the sale of books at the depository in that city, during the year 1820, exceeded that of the two preceding years together. Great attention has been paid both at Quebec and Montreal, to the establishment and regulation of schools on the National System. In May, 1821, the number of children in the Central School at Quebec, was 268 ; and during the winter months an additional school was opened in " a barrack room on the Cape, for the recep tion of such children of the emigrants, (by whom the barracks are occupied), as were unable to attend the Central School.— The number of these children at one time amounted to about 50, and they were supplied with books gratuitously from the Society's depository." This Committee has also been labouring with great diligence to disseminate the National System of Education through the Diocese of Quebec. " Several masters have been partially in structed, and others perfected in the system, by attendance at the Boys' School at Quebec. Of these last, one has been ap pointed schoolmaster at the new military settlement of Rich mond, in the Upper Province, and the other placed in charge of a school of royal foundation at Phillipsburgh, in the Seig niory of St. Armand. A supply of the books necessary to the introduction of the system, was in both instances gratuitously provided by the Diocesan' Committee." MONTREAL At Montreal, notwithstanding the unexampled depression of the country, and the claims of many public institutions which depend on voluntary contributions, 23 subscribers were added in the year 1821. The number of children attending the school amounts to 67, with every prospect of considerable in crease. The discipline of the schools appears to be excellent, and the children are making very satisfactory progress in the various branches of their education. BARBADOES. To the District Committee at Barbadoes, which is now com pletely organized, a large supply of books has been recently consigned. A National School, containing 120 children, is established at Bridge Town, under the auspices of the Com mittee, and is already increasing rapidly both in numbers and reputation. The building is described by the Rev. Mr. Pin der, the Secretary, as an ornament to the town. It was erected, and has hitherto been maintained by private subscription ; but a bill is now before the Legislature for the permanent support of the Institution. Seats are provided for the children at St. Michael's Church, and constant attendance on public worship is observed." BERMUDA. The proceedings of the District Committee lately formed at Bermuda, have been communicated to the Society by the Rev. G. Coster, whose active services demand the warmest acknow ledgments of the Board. The Family Bible, it appears, is bought with great avidity ; and the affairs of the Society are gradually assuming a more promising aspect. " Considering the limited means of this little colony," says Mr. Coster, and the political disputes with which unfortunately it is at present agitated, the result of our exertions hitherto seems to be highly encouraging ; and we trust that, by theblessing of the Almighty, our future prowess will be answerable to this hopeful begin ning."—To his Excellency Sir William Lumley, the Gover nor, " both the Society and the District Committee are und er the highest obligations, not only for his very liberal subscrip tion to the funds, but also for his active patronage and sup port, which is an example to all others." JAMAICA. The establishment of a District Committee in the Island of Jamaica has been announced by the Rev. Mr. Trew in the fol lowing letter to the Assistant Secretary, dated December 14, 1821. " I take the liberty of acquainting you, that at a meet ing of the Clergy of this Island, on the 27th of last month, I had the honour of proposing the formation of a District Com mittee of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, It will be remembered that a Tamil version of the Com mon Prayer Book has already been published by Dr. Bottler, at Madras. which, I am happy to say, met with the unanimous apelba° l of my brethren then present, and has subseguently noured by the patronage of his Honour the Lieutenant-Gott nor, (General Comon,) a nd the principal Authorities of LP/ Island. My friend the R ev . Al exan d er C amp b ell, Hecto r "" the Parish of St. Andrew's, who has been chosen Secretort will no doubt ere long make an official communication to 3? on the subject." GIBRALTAR. A District Committee has also been formed at Gibraltsr_ A v under the sanction of th e G overnor , t h e E ar l of Chatham , P " the principal officers of the garrison. The primary resolution* of this Committee have not been received ; but the Board Gn!" not omit this opportunity o f express i ng t h e i r o b l i gat i ons t o we Rev. R. G. Curtois, Chaplain to the forces at Gibraltar, for th e zeal and judgment he h as di s pl aye d i n t h e promot i on o f the designs. SCILLY MISSION. The Missionaries in the Scilly Islands continue to forwar 4 satisfactory Reports to the Board. An ample supply o f Bibles. Testaments, and religious Tracts, has been sent to them fords' tribution ; and a set of communion plate has been granted t ° the Rev. Mr. Woodley, f or th e use o f hi s congregat i ons a t St' Martin's and St. Agnes' 11 . Mr. Lane informs the Board that he had found it necessari to dismiss the master of Tresco school, in consequence of hts great inattention to the children. He proposes, that, till a nodic. teacher can be procured, one of the most capable of the islander s be put into the school, to teach the children on the old syste fil ' with a salary of 201. a year. T o thi s proposa l t h e B oar d hav e acceded ; and have suggested the propriety of sending an islander to England to learn the Madras system of education. Such are the most important transactions of the Society dur ing the last year. The Board, however, cannot close this Re" port without adverting to the steady and effectual assistance th ey ~ have derived from the Di ocesan an d Di str i ct Committees. 1° the friends and managers of these provincial institutions the are anxious to convey the strongest expressions of g r a titude 811 1 1 : approbation. It may b e truly said, that the Reports have been received from all parts of the kingdom present, upo n the whole, a most encour aging p rospect o f success, no t o nly from the facts they com mun i ca t e , b ut f rom t h e temper WI judgment they display. They prove that the labours of t h ,, e Society are in a state of gr a d ua l extension, and are actuaa producing, under the bl ess i ng o f Providence, a beneficial in' fluence on faith and morals. Animated by this persuOion , the Board still venture to anticipate greater encourageme nt ' They trust that those friends of the Society, by whose judicious zeal so much has already been effected, will still endeavour t° excite among all classes of the community a mere lively inte rest in its affairs. Many there are to whom the name of the institution is scarcely known, and many more who are wholl A Y unacquainted with its character, importance, and extent. wide field, therefore, is still open for the exertion of all who ar e zealously attached to the Ch urc h o f E ng l an d , an d are an %i°"" to communicate to those around them the blessings of religiottS knowledge. Their time and faculties can never be more nobll employed than in furthering the gracious design of Providence, that " all men should be saved, and should come to the know' ledge of the truth." An acre of land has been purchased, contiguous to t he Mission-house at Tresco; by which the comforts of the 1 0 ' sionary will be materially increased. OLD BAILEY, DEC. n . In consequence of the denseness of the fog, the lamps Court were ordered to be lighted at 10 o'clock this morning. James Willis, about whom so much was said in the police, reports some days ago, as h av i ng comm i tte d sun d ry ac ts 0 1 theft in various hotels in which he had taken up his residenc' was this day c a pit a lly conv i c t e d o f stea li ng a s i lver tea pot, cruet-frame, and other articles. There were sundry otneS 6 eharcres agamsit the prisoner, but n one o f th em were proc eeded in. It appeared that the prisoner had once moved in a respec t ' able sphere of society. James, Shrew, a child of nine years r, l ;d, and George Jinget another of twelve yea rs , were found guilty of s t ea li ng variou' articles from the show-box of a Mr. Goold. They were de scribed as notorious offenders, and as having been tried.on ce before. It was stated that the y ounger b oy h a d b een t otau abandoned during his imprisonment by those of his re lation' who ought to have visited or protected him. The REcoanl ordered that applic a ti on s h ou ld b e ma d e f or t h e recept ion °- both children in the Refuge fur the Destitute. Several cases came this day before the Court, o f r ersol stealing coats and small parcels from the back of gigs an chaises, in the streets. The parties, when convicted, when sen tenced to be publicly whipped, and to be imprisoned and kep t to hard labour for different periods of time. Btfore the COMMON SERGEANT. was Michael M'Cabe, a watchman of St. Pancras parish, indicted for robbing Parthenia Guest of an umbrella, a P'7,4 of gauze, and a purse cont a i n i ng a s i xpence i n s il ve r ¢n some halfpence. It appeared that M'Cabe, about eight o'clock in the e reninga found the prosecutrix intoxicated near Fitzroy-msrket ; a n n, possessed himself of a basket which she dropped in falling d0w .. . , and which contained the smaller articles named in the Wean, meat. The woman, becoming m ore so b er , went at ten och re to Pancras watchhouse, and when the prisoner came in at 1 2 , was searched, and the property found upon him. The Jury found a verdict of guilty. The COMMON SERGEANT said that the offence was 011 %1! great aggravation; and sentenced the p r i soner t o two year? / prisonment in the House of Correction, Coldbath-fields. Philip Redman, a private watchman, in th e employ of in a Cuff, wholesale cheesemonger, of Whitechapel, was ehari.,, with robbing Thomas Edwards of two yards of cloth, va" three shillings. The prosecutor was going home, not quite sober, on the nig h ... l of Saturday, the 18th of Nov., and had the cloth in a parcel his hand. The prisoner (presuming on hi s rank as a watchl% insisted upon seeing the contents of the parcel, and afterwsn.,,', desired leave to keep it until next day. To this the prosecut or objected, and he then ran off with the property. The case was fully made out from Redman's own confessiifit when apprehended. The Jury found him Guilty. ROBBERIES.—Saturday afternoon some of the lurking villains who prowl about the streets to the vicinity of Russell-square, finding the street' door of Mr. Joseph Franklin's house, 18, Little Guildford-street, open, e nt ere d un p er ceived and from the chimney-piece in the ba c 1 1 parlour stole a valuabl e go ld watch, with gold chain, seals, and key.—F r id ay n ight th e house of Messrs. Thompson a n d S on , mercers and tailors, Frith-street, Soho, was r obb e d of tw blue gold-lace Horse Artill er y j ac k e t s , f o ur g e e d epaulets, four frock coats, b e sid e s sever al otu a articles of wearing apparel,some pieces of cloth all, serge, a piece of figured silk, and other prope rt ; to a considerable amount, with which the ruffia n got off undiscovered. SUDDEN INCItEASE OF FAMILY.—W. Kearney, 3 • 8 0 t man of St. James's parish, h av i ng a l rea d y five c hildren, s ed y out on Monday after dining with his wife, who wasp hit well, and on his return to tea found an increase of three to 01 ., family, she having been delivered in the interim of that ber of boys, who are all well. COAL-MARKET, Dec. 11. Ships at Market. Ships sold 45 Newcastle - 333 8 Sunderland - - 1 Yorkshire 23 Scotch Coal 1 Stone Coal Price. A 39s Od to 47s 39s Od to 41 , 2 3- 8 6 s ss °°dd per to 40s BIRTHS. nalv At Madras, on the 25th of June last, the Lady of Thep Hill, Esq. one of the Secretaries to Government, of a da n ce On the sth inst., at Brockwell-hall, Dulwich, the res i o ot• of her father, the Lady of Joshua Blackburn, Esq., of Li 4 pond-street, of a son. MARRIED. n on; Yesterday, at the Friends' meeting-house, Kingsto„„ ll7-- of Thames, W. W. Prideaux, son of Walter Prideaux, P 0",.e1 of Kingsbridge, Devonshire, to Elizabeth, second dau` Wm. Foster Reynolds, Esq., of Carshalton.house, Slirt, e 44o On Tuesday last, at St. George's, Bloomsbury, Mr' ' 4 O l Howell, of Upper Cumming-street, Pentonville, to IWO. East, of the Parade, Edmonton. DIED. ed On the 6th, instant, at Ashford, Kent, Mr. 8r001t,.14,L1i0. On Sunday, the Bth inst., Clara, the third daughter ot Mayhew, of Marlborough-street o Esq., and ninth child , a lpg 14 months, who died from corwulsions occasioned lly le al Of her teeth. A l otiff On the 10th inst., at Highbury-grove, aged 379 "' lir- - of D. Rainier, Esq. /OW Yesterday, at his house in Bolton-street, Picea.---, • Beardmore, Esq., in the 67th year of his age. • lev Printed and Published for the PROPRIETOR S 4 at th e:9ll Office, No. 112, Strand : by J. B. 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