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THE LONDON JOURNALS. 'EX'TRACTS FROM THE DAILY MORNING PAPERS, December 11, 1522. [NEW TIMES.I An article appeared in the Journal des DAats of Sunday, which is written too well and too carefully not to be regarded as in some degree official ; and it is too decisive in its opinion in favour of peace, not to deserve the most serious and impartial attention. It is, moreover, in direct opposition to the Etoile of the preceding evening; and this circumstance renders it but the more remarkable, since both of these papers are con sidered as decicedly Ministerial. The fact, how ever, a`s we long agO stated, that the French Cabinet, though consisting entirely of men who Lave all been equally lottded with abuse as Ultras, is divided on- the great question of peace and war. MM. de •Villele and De Chateau briand are for peace; M. de Peyronnet and the Duke de Montmorency for war : the former are supported by the Counsels of England ; the latter by those of the Continental Powers, espe cially Russia. _ All these part e ies are alike sin cerely and honourably monarchical ; all deplore alike the prevalence of democratical principles, and the atrocities of the democratic faction in Spain ; all alike wish for the establishment of institutions in that country truly favourable to ibe happiness, the prosperity, and 91e real and permanent liberty of its inhabitants. But there is a wide difference, in the judgment of the two classes of Statesmen, as to the means most likely to lead to a beneficial result. The article in the Journal des Debats may be regarded as the argu ment of the peace party, [BRITISH PRESS. The Journal des Debuts of Sunday is made to preach peace with all the fervour of penitence and mortification. The Moniteur did the same in effect before. The luckless Courier of the Eng lish Stock Exchange did it yesterday. It is• im ppssible to entertain a moment's doubt of the truth, both positive and authorised, of the pacific dissertations. War will not Ile attempted, was never intended,. and is utterly beyond the grasp of policy or of madness. [MORNING CHRONICLE.] We can scarcely credit the rumour, which was very current yesterday in the political circles, that his Grace the Duke of Wellington, instead of returning immediately to England, by way of Paris, had agreed to accompany the two Em perors to Venice, and afterwards to Florence, and from thence take his departure for England. The report seems to have originated in an idea that the contents of the State Paper delivered tp Congress by the Duke, when' very near its.•close, had .produced a powerful. effect; and as there was not • time to enter into a full discussion of its merits, and the parties connected with Congress had previously resolved to separate, the con sideration of this important document might thus he continued by the Powers most interested in preserving the Peace of Europe. cMORNING POST." Papers The French to the . 9th inst. con t a i n in .telligence from Spain .to the beginning of the present month. Its nature•is important and gra tifying. Mina's successes, however great and de cisive against the bands of the Faith, have not lulted the . Ministers into a d e c e itf u l s ecur it y , or led them to imagine that all danger was past. ' They do not relax their efforts and sit down in the quiet enjoyment of the momentary calm which has been obtained. On the contrary, they seem to in crease in activity,. and strain every nerve to aug ment the army so as to meet possible invasion with an equal if not a superior force. All th trimps of the line are to be sent 'away from Mae drid„ where the regular service is to be perforthed by the national militia. This may be taken as a fair criterion of the peaceable state of that ca, pital„ for were disturbances prevalent or even apprehended, its safety would hardly be en trusted -to a body of men so liable to be carried away by political feelings. ETII E TIM In Ireland . ' the only outrages described as of late occurrence in the southern part of . the king dom, are confined to the county of Clare,, The barbarous practice of houghing sheep has there been resorted to, for the punishmentof the owner, a Mr. O'Halloran, who had disregarded the notice of General Rock and his Lieutenants to quit the farm which he occupied. From the general scale of Irish rents, and the consequent con dition of the tenantry,, it is not very easy to understand how persons of that class should be so much envied as to become the objects of persecution. The List of Magistrates who have been cashiered in Armagh is given in the county paper; the total amount is 32, of whom 24 are babitually, absent,. and therefore of necessity inefficient : had the remaining eight been no more tban inefficient,, it is possible that some of them 'night have been spared. EMORNING HERALD.] The illoniteur has for some days been rather chop-fallen on the subject of Spain ; but still we mill not regard the article in the Journal des Nbats as a revocation or disavowal of the pug, nacious disposition lately manifested. in the offi cial Journal , . If any opinion may be formed, or any inference reasonably drawn, it is this,. that a difference of opinion on the subject. of attacking Spain still subsists in. the French Ca binet. Strange as it may and has appeared to us,. that the' two French Diplomatists,, MM. Montmorency and Chateaubriand ) , should have gone to the Congress as. Itepresenta tiAes of two Parties in, the same. Cabinet, and with conflicting instructions.;, yet. such,, as we. learn from. the French Papers and. from. other. quarters, has been the fact. Now M. Chateau briand, who laboured to avert the invasion of Spain, but was foiled by his colleague,,is;the well , inown patron or protege (we will not-take upon: us to say which) of this Journal des Muds, and possibly has renewed the - Controversy in the Journals, and in the Cabinet. Tt is only as con jecture that we mention this, leaving our readers to exercise upon it their own best judgments. . From the LONDON GAZETTE of Dec.lo. Whitehall, Dec. 9, 1822. The King has been pleased to appoint the Reverend Archi bald M‘Tairsh to the Church and Parish of Kildalton, in the Presbytery of Kintyre and Island of Islay, in the room of the Reverend Malcolm Gillies, deceased. The King has also been pleased to appoint the Reverend Patrick Barty to the Church and Parish of Rathven, in the Presbytery of Meigle and County of Forfar, in the room of the Reverend Patrick M‘Laren, deceased. ERRATUM in the Gazette of the 7th instant. For Alexander Murray, Esq. to be Sheriff Depute of the Shire.of •Aberdeen, read Andrew Murray, Esq. to be Sheriff Depute of the Shire of Aberdeen. BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED. G. Fitze, Totnes, Devonshire, grocer, from Dec. 14 to Feb. BANKRUPTCY ATPERSEDED. H. J. Ellis, Norwich, linen-draper. BANKRUPTS. J. Blackband, Newport, Shropshire, grocer, to surrender Dec. 17, 18 5 Jan. 21, at the Red Lion Inn, Newport. Solicitor, Mr. Hicks, Gray's-inn-square. E. Deavill, Manchester, wholesale grocer, Jan. 3,4, 21, at the Mosley Arms Inn, Manchester. Solicitors, Messrs. Hurd and - Johnston, Icing's Bench-walk, Temple. H. Clift, Painswick, Gloucestershire, clothier, Dec. 21, 24, Jan. 21, at the office of J. Chadborn, solicitor, Gloucester. Solicitor, Mr. King, Sergeant's Inn, Fleet-street. J. Scott, Alley-held, Cumberland, butter-dealer, Jan. 2,3, - 21, at the hush Inn, Carlisle. Solicitors, Messrs. Young and Thompson, Charlotte-row, Mansion-house. J. Bury, Manchester; J. Bury, Pendlehill, Lancashire; and T. Bury, Bucklersbury, calico-printers, Jan. 1,8, 21, at the Bridgewater Arms Inn, Manchester. Solicitor, Mr. Makin son, Middle Temple. T. Atherstone, Nottingham, dyer, Dec. 19, 21, Jan. 21, at the Punch Bowl, Nottingham. Solicitors, Messrs. Briggs, Taylor, and Mould, Lincoln's-Inn-fields. J. Wilcox, Madeley-wood, Shropshire, grocer, Jan. 7, 21, at the Bull's Head Inn, 'Wellington. Solicitors, Messrs. Ben bow and Alban, Lincoln's-Inn. T. Hulbert, otherwise T. S. Hulbert, Chippenham, Wilt. shire, linen-draper, Dec. 11, 26, Jan. 21, at the Bush Tavern, Bristol. Solicitors, Messrs. Williams and White, Lincoln's- Inn Old-buildings. J. Cookson, Leeds, woollen-cloth-manufacturer, Dec. 20, 21, Jan. 21, at the Court-house, Leeds. Solicitor, Mr. Wilson, Greville-street, Hatton zgarden. R. Watts, Lawrence-Pountney-hill, merchant, Dec. 17, 21, Jan. 21, at the Bankrupts' Court, Basinghall-street. Solici tors, Messrs. Swain, Stevens, Maples, Pearse, and Hunt, Old Jewry. DIVIDENDS. Jan. 2, J. Dobell, Cranbrook, Kent, brewer—Dec. 31, W. Harrison, Yeldersley, Derbyshire, dealer—Dec. 31, S. and H. Andrews, Micklehurst, Cheshire, woollen-manufacturer,•—.lan. 21, J.Williams, Cornhill, stationer—Dec. 14, N. Bliss,Water lane, Fleet-street, printer—Dec. 31, J. Johnson, Sculcoates, Yorkshire, cornfactgy—Dec. 28, W. and W. Lloyd, Lower Thames-street, slopsellers—Dec. 28, D. G. Stevens, Harlow, Essex, linen.draper—Dec. 31, W. Chafer, Kingston-upon- Hull, grocer—Dec. 17, S. Palmer, Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, mercer—Dec. 31, T. and J.D. Payn,Cateaton street, warehouseman. CERTIFICATES, DEC. 31. T. Peet, Nottingham, linendraper—W. Saunders, Becking ton, Somersetshire, schoolmaster—J. Amiss, Bromyard, Here fordshire, victualler—C. Buckle, Manchester, draper—A. Brem ner, Camberwell, merchant—E. Burrows, Warsop, Notting. ham, miller. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. T. Amore and W. Matthew, Mount-row, Back-road, Pen. tonville, butchers—J. Waite, and J. Haig, Crawford-street. PortmanLsquare, piinoforte-manufacturers—W. and B. Hall. Slaithwaite, Yorkshire, blacksmiths—A. Hutchinson and R Falkner, Edinburgh, wine-merchants--J. Skevington and W. Lomas, Manchester, whip-manufacturers --J. Foster and C. Jones, Liverpool, mathematical instrument- ma k ers —G., C.. and G. Rix, Alblily coal-wharf, Camberwell, coal-merchants. HOME CIRCUIT. HERTFORD, DEC. 9.—lt will be recollected that during the last Session of Parliament, the expediency of a third an nual Commission for Delivering the Gaols in the Home Coun ties was suggested by Mr. Western, as an experimental mea sure, to be adopted, if found beneficial, throughout the country, to remedy what has been justly considered a grievance to many unhappy persons committed to goal to take their trials, as usual, to the next Assizes, and thereby subjecting them, per haps, to , many months' undeserved imprisonment.—!'he subject was mentioned a second time, and, in answer to a question from Mr. Western, the House was informed by his Majesty's Ministers, that it was intended to issue a Commis sion accordingly. It has been erroneously su pp ose d th at an A ct Of Parliament was passed for this purpose ; but it was found unnecessary to resort to such a measure, inasmuch as by an old. Act of Parliament of Edward 111. the King may issue any number of Commissions he may think proper, of Oyer and Terminer and General Gaol Delivery, &c. The Commis sions on the present occasion were similar to the Commis sions usually issued, except that a proviso was inserted in each, leaving it to the Judges to exercise their discretion whe ther they would try such cases wherein the recognizances re quired the prosecutors and their witnesses to appear and pro secute the offender at the General Sessions of the Peace, " or otherwise ;" a word of very general import. The Learned Judges named in these Commissions were, the Honourable Baron Graham and the Honourable Mr. Justice Bayley._ Both Learned Judges arrived this morning in this town, and proceeded to the Town Hall to open their Commissions. after which they attended Divine Service. The Calendar con tains 23 cases, two of which are capital felonies ; the rest are petit larcenies. One unfortunate man could not take his trial, n consequence of the Justices of the Peace having bound over the prosecutor and his witnesses to appear at the next Sessions; and by force of the' provision in the Commission above men tioned, he was remitted' to the Sessions, which will be held. in January. • There was an uncommonly full attendance of the Nobility and Gentry of the County on the:Grand Jury ; indeed as nu merous as on former occasions. Mr. Baron GRAHAM, as the senior Judge named in the Commissfon, charged the Grand Jury, and pointed out to their attention the disadvantage of a Circuit at this time of the year—the inconvenience to which it subjected the Judges, the Grand Jury, the Petit Jury, prosecutors, and witnesses. —With respect to the Judges, his Lordship observed, that it was inconvenient for a man advanced in years to perform such a duty at so unfavourable a season. The answer to this, to be sure, was, that if it was fouad inconveni en t f or a Judge of old standing to undertake such a duty, he might retire, and make room fior younger men. This was true enough, but the inconvenience was not the less felt. On the other hand, the gentry of the County were ealled upon, at a season usually devoted to recreation and domestic retirement, to leave their homes to perform duties of a nature not the most agreeable.— The yeomanry, too,,who could ill afford the expence of travel ling, and loss of time consequent upon their services as Petit- Jurymen, at so 'inhospitable a season, were as much the sub ject of consideration; whilst, perhaps, the unhappy persons confined in gaol did not suffer more than was commonly the consequence of the criminal law, as it at present existed. His Lordship delivered a very long address ; and after directing the attention of the Grand Jury to the mo s t p rom i nent cases in the calendar, dismissed them to their duties. The business of to-day was wholly destitute of public in terest ; the cases tried being principally petit larcenies. CURIOUS SUPERSCRIPTION OF A LETTER.—In consequence of a wager, a letter was some years since put into a country Post-office, arrived at the General Post-office, and was delivered by the postman. The direction, according to the terms of the wager, consisted of these lines from Pope : " Where London's column, pointing to the skies. Like a tall bully lifts its head and lies, There dwelt a citizen 'of sober fame, A plain good man,_and Babram.was his name." This letter came safe to Mr. Balaarn, who was then a fishmonger near,the.monument. No wonder that gold gets scarce when the herrings of the deep and the beasts of. the field are- swallowing it up.—A gold coin of Elizabeth, 154'0, is said to have lately been found at. Birm ngham in the stomach of a cow ! SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE, We have sincere pleasure in laying before our Readers the Report of this venerable and truly excellent Society, for the year 1821, which has just been published. To the Report is prefixed the Sermon preached in St. Paul's Cathedral, by the ,Lord Bishop of GLOUCESTER, on the 7th of June, 1821, being the time of the yearly meet ing of the Children educated in the Charity Schools of the Metropolis. Subjoined to the Report is an Appendix, containing a variety of information respecting the present state and oro ceedings of the Society. REPORT Of the SOCIETY for PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE, with an ACCOUNT of the RECEIPTS and EXPENDITURE from April 1821, to April 1822. TIIE GENERAL BOARD have great satisfaction in stating, that the number of Subscribing Members now amounts to 14,650; of whom 635 have been elected since the Audit in April, 1821. Within the same period an accession of 20 Diocesan and District Committees has been made. The cir culation of Bibles, Prayer Books, and Religious Tracts, has continued without abatement; and the general operations of the Society have been progressively enlarged. Still, however, there is room for greater activity and zeal; and, when the cha racter and constitution of the Society shall be more generally understood, a confident hope is entertained that a considerable addition may yet be made to its influence and resources. A material alteration will be observed in the form and ar rangement of this Report. The number of Books distributed by Diocesan and District Committees has hitherto been men tioned in detail. This practice has greatly increased the bulk and expence of the Report, without adding to it, perhaps, a proportional degree of interest and value. The Board have, accordingly, desired to reduce this part of their annual com munication into the form of a Table, in which the name of every 'Committee is inserted in its proper place. In the con struction of this Table, the ecclesiastical divisions of the king dom have been scrupulously observed. The number of Bibles, Testaments, and Prayer Books, distributed by each Committee is specified in distinct columns. A fourth column exhibits the aggregate distribution of other hound Books and Tracts ; and a fifth is reserved for the number of children educated in such schools as are partially, or entirely, supplied with books at the expence of the Society. A blank is left against the names of those Committees who have not transmitted a report. IRISH BIBLE AND_COADION PRAYER 1100 K.. One of the earliest transactions of the past year, was a reso lution of the Board to reprint Bishop Bedell's translation of the Bible, and also to re-publish the Common Prayer Book in the Irish tongue and character. Above a century ago the So ciety turned its attention to the spiritual exigencies of the Irish poor. A large impression of the Common Prayer Book was then prepared, in the English and Irish languages in parallel columns an equal number of copies of the Church Catechism, and of Lewis's Exposition, was also printed on the same plan. These books were designed for the use of Charity Schools, and were circulated in Ireland, and in the Highlands of Scotland, at the Society's expense. Of late years some measure of the same kind has appeared necessary, not only for the benefit of theirish poor residing in the Metropolis, but also with a view of supplying the demands which may be made by the Irish Clergy in particular districts. Accordingly the Committee, who were appointed to superintend the p r i nting o f, th e S oc i ety ' s F am il y Bible, were instructed to consider the best method of preparing an edition of the Scriptures in the Irish language, and to pro ceed in the work without delay. They applied to the Univer sities of Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin ; but none of them were inclined to embark in the undertaking. A proposal was subsequently made by the Society's Printer in London,' which, appearing in all respects satisfactory, has been accepted by the Cominittee. One volume of the Bible, comprising about half of the Old Testament, is already printed ; arid.the work is ra pidly advancing towards completion. GRANT TIIROVII IRISH ASSOCIATION. In the month of May, 1021, a communication was mad e , through the Hon. and Rev. Mr. Pakenham, from the Incor porated Association in Ireland, for " discouraging Vice, and promoting Christian Knowledge." This Association is nearly allied to the Englfsh Society in constitution, principle, and de sign„ , It was establi s h e d a b out t hi rty years ago, andhas long reckoned among its Members all the Archbishopi and Bishops of Ireland, together with a large proportion of the most distin guished characters in Church and State. In the letter trans mitted to the Board, this Society represented themselves as wholly unable, from the deficiency of their funds, to continue the distribution of reli g io us B oo k s to man y who had long de rived assistance from them, and who have always be en re garded by the " Society f or Promoting Christian Knowledge" as special objects of bounty and regard. It was resolved, there fore, that a supply of Books, not exceeding the value of 1,0001. should be granted for the use of Gaols, Schools, Hospitals, and Workhouses, in Irel a nd. Th e di st i nct i on o f these Books was entrusted to the Irish Association, with a request that a parti cular account might be given of the appropriation of the grant. The Board considered themselves highly fortunate in having found such almoners; and special instructions were given to the Committee for Correspondence to improve this favourable opportunity of establishing a connection with a Sister-Kingdom. The grant of Books was acknowledged in the most grateful and handsome terms by the Dean of Ardagh, the senior Secre tary of the Association. He assures die Board, that the " Irish Association are determined to watch over the application of this most liberal grant, so that it may, as extensively as pos sible,.effect its object of supplying the distressed with the con solations of Religion, and enlightening the poor with the know ledge of the Gospel." Ile adds, that the Association em brace, with the sincerest sati s f ac ti on „the opportunity thus hap pily afforded them of forming a closer connection with the English Society, in promoting their common objects; a con nection from which this Society has already experienced effects so highly beneficial and encouraging." BINDING, 'Ace. As the ordinary supply of Bocks and Tracts to Subscribing Members has been seriously interrupted within the last six months, the Board deem it necessary to explain the cause of the delay. At an early period of the year a strict inquiry was instituted respecting the binding of the Society's Books. A special Committee was appointed for the investigation of this subject; and such measures have at length been adopted as will prove sufficient, they trust, to prevent any future negli gence in this department. This important object, however, could not be accomplished without rejecting a large quantity of Books which had been prepared for delivery ; and the conse quence naturally was, that applications, which were daily ac- ' cumulating in the Office, could not be attended to with the usual regularity and dispatch. The Board, however, feel con fident that their friends, throughout the kingdom, will pardon this unavoidable delay ; and that such an improvement in the binding of the Books will be eventually effected, as will make compensatio'n to the Members for any disappointment which has occurred. PAROCHIAL LENDING LIBRARIES. The next point to which the Board are desirous of calling the attention of their friends, is the formation of a Supplemen. tal Catalogue in aid of Parochial Lending Libraries. This topic was introduced in the last Report ; and the rules for the formation and management of Parochial Lending Libraries, under the sanction of the Society, were printed in the Appendix. As, however, the plan does not appear to have been completely ' understood, the Board are induced to afford such further infor mation as, they trust, will be sufficient to correct any misappre hension which may still exist. It seems to have' been ima gined, that some portion of the funds which were intended ex clusively for the promotion of religious designs, are now em ployed in purchasing books of fiction and entertainment. The fact, however, is, that not a single shillin g o f th e S oc i ety ' s i n . come is diverted from its proper channel by the adoption of this plan. From the great extent of the negociations now carried on with the Booksellers; and front the arrangements which have been made for securing prompt payment to their bills, the Society is enabled to deal with them on very advan tageous terms. They have, accordingly, agreed to s u pply th e Books on the Supplemental Catalogue, at a reduced rate, to such Members of the Society a s a r e desirous of combining safe and approved works of amusement and instruction with the religious Tracts of the Society, in the formation of Parochial Lending Libraries. Thus the full benefit of the wholesale price is extended to the retail purchaser : but the Society defrays no part of the expence, nor has it, in fact, any farther concern in the transaction than as being the medium of effecting a most beneficial arrangement for its Members, and of expediting their communication with the Booksellers. The formation of Lend. ing Libraries, on these conditions, is simply an expedient for 'increasing the utility of the Society, without the smallest addi tional expence. There are, indeed, circumstances in the pre sent age, which render such a measure not only'expedient, but almost indispensable. The education now given to the poor, naturally excites among them a taste• for reading.— They are no longer satisfied with the mere rudiments of knowledge, but are gradually learning to inquire into the history of past times; and to speculate on sub jects of which their ancestors had no conception. This in creased appetite for information must be gratified to a certain extent • and unless it be supplied with w h o l esome and nutritious food, it will probably devour those poisonous pro ductions of infidelity, which are still disseminated with unwea ried diligence through the remotest districts of the land. The work of education is incomplete, or its advantage is at least Precarious, if no effo r t b e ma d e t o ren d er t h e k now l e d ge w hi ch has been acquired, a real, and permanent source of truth, hap piness, and edification. It was solely with a view to promote this important object, that the Board were originally induced to form a Supplemental Catalogue in aid of Parochial Lending Libraries. And they entertain a confident hope that the mea sure will be found conducive to the religious andmoral interests of the community. SHOP FOR SALE OF TRACTS. There is, also, another subject which may seem to require a brief explanation from theßoard. A shop has been recently esta blished in Fleet-street, for the general sale of Books and Tracts at reduced prices. This shop was first opened in the month of Dec. 1819, at a crisis of peculiar urgency, for thepurposeof facilitating the sale of anti-infidel publications ; and having been found to answer that purpose m the most effectual manner, it was thought that much advantage might be derived from continuing the establishment, an d a d apt i ng it to the general promotion of the Society's designs. To encourage the widest diffusion of sound religious knowledge has ever been the main object of the Society in all its counsels and operations. The Board, there fore, acting on this principle in the present instance, have en deavoured to extend the benefit of their arrangements, as far as possible, to the whole comm u nity. Th e p r i v il ege o f distri buting looks, either gratuitously, or at a reduced rate, at the Society's expence, has been hitherto necessarily . confined to Subscribing Members. A depository, however, is no w esta blished in Fleet-street, where Bibles, Testaments, and Prayer Books, are sold to th e p u bli c a t cost pr i ce; And all other Books and Tracts, either on the General or Supplemental Catalogue, are sold to the trade, or to the private purchaser, at a very trifling advance on the cost price. It is obvious, that the So ciety can derive no emolument from a shop conducted on this plan, while it must inevitably be exposed to a certain degree of risk. It is hoped, however, that the advantage thus afforded to the public will soon become' so generally known, as to con tribute essentially to the promotion of pound religious know -I ledge. The Board are well assured, that in offering the Holy Scriptures, and the Liturgy of the Church of England, to every class of purchasers, at the smallest possible expence, and in encouragin g a wider circulation of the Society's T rac t s , they are strictly fulfilling the intentions of the Subscribing Members at large. It is necessary to add, that the District Committee at Bath, which has always been distinguished for the most liberal and active spirit, has established a shop on the same principle, and, as appears from their Report, with complete success.— The same plan - is in agitation at Liverpool and Bristol ; and there is' no doubt that the Committees in other populous towns will soon avail themselves of so simple an expedient for the dissemination of religious knowledge. _ _ BOOKS AND TBACTS DISTRIBUTED. The whole number of Books and Tracts issued between the Audit in April 1821, and the Audit in AprillB22, amounts to 1,222,382, of which a more particular statement will be found in the Appendix. A proportion of these has been grant ed for special ptirposes. To the African Colonial Tract Society, a considerable supply of Books was voted at prime cost.. Books to the amount of 1501. have been consigned to the Rev. Mr. Hill, for the use of Schools in New South Wales. To Captain Owen, commander of an Expedition of Discovery to the Western Coast. of Africa, a supply of Books was sent for the use of his ship's company. Grants have also been made to Bishop Skinner, for the troops at Aberdeen ; to the Ordinary of Newgate, at the request of the Sheriffs of London ' for the prisoners in New gate ; and to many oth er individuals, for the use of Schools, Gaols, Hospitals, a nd Al ms -h ouses , in various parts of the Empire. ARREARS. The accumulation of Arrears, due to the Society for subscrip tions and books, has long been a matter of just complaint, and a serious impediment to their exertions. This subject has lately occupied particular attention. A considerable sum has already been recovered, but bills to a larger amount remain un paid. When this fact shall be known to the Members at large, an earnest hope is enterta,ined that all who are still indebted to the Society, will take immediate steps for the liquidation of their accounts. The Board feel greatly indebted to the Diocesan and Dis trict Committees for the important services they have rendered to the Society, in collecting, and in remitting to the Office in London, the arrears due from Members resident in their re spective Districs. LEGACIES AND DONATIONS. During the present year the General Board have to acknow ledge a Legacy to the Society of 1,0001. free of duty, bequeathed by John Watkins, Esq. of Ditton-lane, Staffordshire ; also 2501. bequeathed by the Rev. Dr. Cope, late Canon Residen tiary of Hereford ; of 1001. from William Wilson, Esp. of Ne ther Worton, O x f or d s hi re ; an d o f 501 . of Miss C. T. Smith, of Great Ealing. A list of the casual Donations to the Society, from individuals, and from the Diocesan and District Com mittees, is inserted in the Appendix. DIOCESE OF CALCUTTA. The Board now proceed to give a brief sketch of the So ciety's foreign operations. They are well aware that the pro pagation of Christianity in the East is justly regarded with pe culiar interest by the whole community. The formation of an Ecclesiastical Establishment in India, has not only restored to Religion her legitimate honours, where she had long been dis regarded, forgotten, or despised, but has opened also a sub lime awl animating prospect to the mind of every sober Chris tian. It has fixed a great centre of union, without which the real interests of Religion can never prosper ; and it has given a fresh impulse and direction to every effort for the dissemination of the Gospel through the vast and populous territory of Ilindostan. By the powerful and zealous aid of the Bishop of Calcutta, the labours of the Society in India within the last year have been more extensive, and it is hum bly hoped more effectual, than at any former period. The exertions of the District Committees have also been materially increased. A larger number of books has been distributed ; and the proceedings in every department have acquired a de gree of order and consistency, which can hardly fail to contri bute essentially both to present and ultimate success. A most satisfactory Report has been received from Cal cutta, dated in January, 1822. The Committee in that Archdeaconry have established depots in different parts of Bengal for the more convenient distribution of books. At Cawnpore a Station Committee has been formed by the zealous exertions of the Rev. H. L. 'Williams which has met with great encouragement an d success , an d has already been the means of dispersing 1967 boOks of different descriptions. From the depots at Dacca and Chittagong a very considerable number of books has also be e n i ssue d un d er the judicious care of the Rev. Mr. Tayler. From Dinapore, the Rev. g. Brodie has sent a remitt a n ce t o C a l cut t a , arising from the sale of books ; and at Meerut, th e R ev . H. Fisher has undertaken the management of the depot, and is only waiting the arrival of a large consignment of books from England to replenish the stores of that station. In other parts of the. Presidency where Station-Committees have not been established, private individuals have entered into the views of the Society with exemplary zeal and spirit. G. Saunders, Esq. has kindly undertaken to distribute books at Agra, particularly among the European soldiers of the artillery. Great assistance has also been derived from the generous exer tions of Lieutenant F. Candy, a subscribing Member. He urges the necessity of printing Tracts in " the Oordoo lan guage in the Persian character, which is generally understood by natives of education over the whole of Hindostan ;" and declares his readiness to promote the objects of the Society to the utmost of his power. From the depot at Calcutta, schools, barracks, hospitals, and other public establishments, continue to be supplied with books. The Church at Dum Dum has been provided by the Rev. Dr. Parish with an ample quantity of Bibles and Prayer Books for the free use of the congregation. Candidates for the late confirmation were also supplied with books tom Calcutta ; and the Committee report that the general deniand for elemen tary works is rapidly increasing. In the year 1821, the number of books received at Calcutta was 10,822, of which 5,885 had been sold, or gratuitously dis tributed. Lending Libraries have been partially established in this Presidency, and appear to have given great satisfaction to those who take an interest in the moral and religious improve ment of the country. It is determined that the Libraries shall consist of as a complete 'set of the bound books, amounting to 42 volumes, and of the works admitted on the. Supplementi►l Catalogue. BENGAL. The report of the Schools in Bengal is highly encouraging. The children make much greater proficiency than heretofore, and the value of instruction is now more duly estimated. "In the Russapugly circle the school at Beltollah having become untenantable through damp, the children have been united• with those at Chuckerbaree, and the school has been removed to Talliagunge, where a piece of ground has been rented on a pottah (or lease) for ten years. In Cossipore district a third school has been opened at Oottur Panah, on the Barrackpore road, which was occupied within a few days after its comple tion by upwards of 100 children. A fourth school will shortly be opened at Chitpore, where a large'number of children are waiting for admission." _ The - Committee have also taken a large school at Barripore under their care, and have erected a school-house at their own expense. They have received from the Marchioness of .Hast ings a pottah of the school-ground at Barrackpore, and express their high sense of her Ladyship's benevolence, in the support and patronage of the school. This Committee have resolved to appropriate a part of their funds to printing Religious Tracts in the n a ti ve l angu a ges f or the use of schools. The Discourses the Miracles, and the Pa rables of our Saviour, as extra c t e d from the New Testament, have been chosen for this purpose ; and will soon be printed in Hindostanee, (Nustaleeg character); in Hindooe, (Nagree) ; and in Bengalee, according to existing translations. It is pro posed to print 2,000 copies off' each 'work in these several cha' ratters, so that the whole impression will amount to 18,00 0 copies. A communication has been received from the Bishop, dated August 4, 1821, in which he expresses an earnest wish that the schools in Bengal may be placed under the care of 111issionarie , as far better qualified for the task of instruction than ordinal school-masters. In the northern and southern suburbs of Cal' cutta are schools which particularly require such superin tendence ; and at Noacolly, in the south-eastern part of lien' gal, the assistance of a Mission a ry wou ld h e em i nent l y us eful In the latter place a body of long-neglected Christians has been discovered, but little removed from Paganism ; and although schools are already formed with a special view to their improve ment, an able instructor is indispensably requisite to give effect to these establishments. [To be concluded to-morrow.] OLD BAILEY. HORRID OFFENCE. Yesterday Win. Baker was indicted for feloniously attempt ing to extort money from Henry Goldsrnid, by threatening to accuse him of an unnatural crime. Henry Goldsmid usually resided at Crick Howell, in South Wales. He came thence for London on the 9th Nov. last 6 foot had an apartment at the Hummums, and after a few days at NO' 8; Norfolk-street, Strand. On the 18th of Nov. he had been walking out with 'two ladies, and he afterwards returned. home with them. While he was at home, about three or fonr the afternoon, a message ,was brought by a person unknownt that he (witness) w a s wa nt e d in Howard-street. He wen' there and found the prisoner, who said, don't you Ira , lect being in a coach with m e on S a t ur d ay wee k ? " Witness replied, No; I was then 160 miles distant." 'Prisoner re plied, "no matter ; if you don't give me money I will accuse you of an unnatural crime. I saw you go into the Hummuuls on Wednesday night ; and I will accuse you of the crime that night : You had better give the money, else you will have plenty of our sort after you." Witness upon this called th e prisoner a filthy beast, and attempted to seize him, but he ran down Surrey-street to the river. Witness followed, calling " Stop thief !" but nobody interfered or attempted to seize the prisoner, until witness cried out, "He has accused me of an unnatural crime." Upon this several persons joined in th e pursuit, and brought prisoner to the witness all covered with mud, Witness then said to prisoner, " You have charged with an unnatural crime, and I shall take yo u t o B ow - s treet. ' ln e , Prisoner replied "I have no charge to make against you ; b ut when I met you in the street the other day, you said you were a pawnbroker's clerk, and would get me a situation f or which purpose you direct e d me t o ca ll upon you in Norfolk-street. Witness denied all this, and the prisoner was taken to Bow' street. Georg! Heath, a waterman was at. the Surrey stairs upon the day in question. H e h ear d the cry of " Stop thief !" and saw the prisoner endeavouring to make his escape, not 179 taking a boat, but by running into the mud. When witnest heard of the charge that bad been made, he went into the mu d ' secured the prisoner, and brought him to the prosecutor. - ' He corroborated the testimony of the prosecutor as to the con versation which had taken place after the prisoner was orPr e ' hended. Mr. Joseph Huggins, a resident in Howard-street, corrobo' rated the testimony. The prisoner in his defepce stated, that he called on 3 11 '; Goldsmid in consequence of that Gentleman having promisc .. 7. to find him a situation. Whil s t h e was convers i ng, a cr y stop thief !" was raised, a rush of people took place, ,"h"" joined, and in his hurry fell into the mud. He declared "" 1510'v self innocent of the - charge. The Recorder summed up ; and the Jury returned a verd ict of Guilty. .The RECORDXIt addressed the prisoner iri nearly these teror gr If any sense of 'decency, morality, or religion, be left you, Fon will feel glad that you h ave no t succee d e d i n t h e i n f amous desi gn — which you formed against this Gentleman. You have, a ccord." ing to your own itatement„.' been associating with wretches of th e very worst character—with beings who ar e unwort h y to live i the society of ChriStians, or to associate with any creatures b ut the beasts of the field. If the- Gentleman upon whom y9l l tempted to practise your abominable crime, hadbeen intimidat ed by you, and had given You only a single farthing, you WOO now have had but a few days to live. The sentence of the Cour upon you is, that you be transported beyond seas for the ta i l of seven years; and . let me entreat you to. want the hor rid wretches with wh o m y ou h ave resort , t h at if t h ey get moue) the practices to which yo u ha ve r esor t e d , t h ey w ill di e by "et hand of the com mon execu ti oner ; an d if t h ey should gaol, and fail, as you-have done, they will riled the samesentence _ you. The RECORDER then called up Heath, the watertuan, g, 3 . r fn e him the thanks of the Court f or hi s actiVity,`and assured 'V, / that he would receive as his expenees the utmost that the ' 3 would allow. Philip Marks and John Ryan were indicted for stealing from the pocket of Mr. J. Cotton a watch, chain, and 5e 9154 value 81., his property. This was one of the many cases.of theft which had occurral during Mr. Henry Hunt' s en t r e e an d progress, on t h e 11th November. Mr. Cotton , who had left his dwelling, in• John-street, Be l e ' 1 ' , . ley-square, to gaze upon the spectacle as it passed along P al mall, was ignorant of th e ro bb er y atthe time, but it was dis; covered through the vigil a nc e o f d ie officers, who had watchea the prisoners as known. It was sworn that Marks took the watch and appendages and handed them to Ryan, who ran 09 but was subsequently app re h en d e d upon suspicion of anot her theft. No part of the prop er ty was f oun d in'possession of tl prisoners, and it was anonymo us ly re t urne d t o M r . C o tton o n the Friday after the robbery. The prisoners who, during the trial, were (especially 31ark s i l in violent paroxysms of crying, denied the charge. llarks he was as innocent as his five poor babes at home. A witnes s was called to prove that they were not guilty, but-his eviden ce, was contradictory. Three witnesses swore to Ryan's charact er ' and Marks presented a whole hatful of letters, which, however/ • he was not allowed to read. The RECORER summed up, and the Jury returned ag 3ins'- both prisoners a verdict of 'Guilty. Marks was loud in his grief, and made solemn protesta tion' of his innocence. n ot The RECORDER assured him th a t su c h hypocrisy would n impede the course of justice ; s e nt ence d t h em to transportati°'„ for life, acid ordered them to be removed from the bar. COURSE OF EXCHANGE, December 10. Amstet dam Ditto, at Sight Rotterdam l2 7 Antwerp l2 6 , IT , Hamburg,' 37 9 2 1 ,•,`,, Altona .. Paris, 3 Day's sight Ditto Bourdeaux, ditto Frankforton the Main Madrid Cadiz Bilboa 37 Effec t ' Barcelona Seville Gibraltar Leghorn Gesn oti-Venice, Ital. Lir 27 50 Malta 45 -Naples 394 Palermo Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro - ' 46 Dublin .... 91 Cork 9i pel Cent. BULLION. • Portugal Gold, i n Coin L.O 0 0 pe t ' 0* Foreign Gold, in Bars 3 17 - 6 New Doubloons New Dollars ‘ 0 0 ~ 0 Silver in'Barc. Standard 0 4 14.....„, BIRTHS. On the 9th inst., in 4 :Roacester-place i . the Lady of SP e ncer Mackay, Esq. of a daughter. e t he On.the Bth inst., at 'Winchtleld Rectbry, the Lady 0 ' Rev. H. H. Chain pain, of twin daughters, still.born. On tHe 27th of Nov., at Bremen, the Lady of Jo'hn Nv Esq., of a daughter. MARRIED. On the Ist instant, at Yarthouth, Mr. Henry Bunfello w ' 0 Miss Maria Salmon. , ' 1‘ c , On the 4th instant, at Folkeston e , Li eu t. Al exa nder 130 3 Royal Nairy, , to Miss f Mary'Anti;Rouse. of o,n-the 28th ult. at Warehorn Mr. Edward Warringto n, Rottnef,' to Miss Elizabeth Mine Waddle, of ISTarehorj::_---' lED. Last night, suddenly, the Lady of RObert Richarcle.;: ll6q' Son to the Lord Chief Baron. Yesterday, at Islington; Mrs. Ann Robinson, relict of 31r ,f . 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