The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-10-07 00:00:00

LISBON P.4PERS.

1.19n0w, Sere. 22.
A met number of persons of both ilexes and all ages have come
to the capital, to seek an asylum from the fury of ananhy which.
rages in Brazil. Some of the more prudent retired first, others were
barbarously and atrociously despoiled of their houses, and driven
to the most violent and cruel emigration, losing all they pompon!,
and prevented from exercising thi.ir ir.dostry, which was their sole'
means of support, and which contributed also to promote and mob.
tain the prosperity of the country in which they dwelt. While all
these persons are in this manner suffering the privations resulting
from the the disastrous events in Brazil, there are many who are in
absolate misery, and obliged to ask public aid for their daily sup.
pen. The King our sovereign, as the most tender father of all his
faithful subjects, immediately relieving those who had been ern.
ployed in his Royal service, from the well.known events of his
vast monarchy, with great ren:et to his royal and munificent
l'cart, at seeing the me:ms of effectually succouring all reduced,
for this reason has received, with the most gracious approbation,
the proposal of his Minister holding the portfolio of the Depart.
most of Marine and Colonies, 10 open a voluntary subscription, for
the laudable purpose of relieving the unfortunate victims of the
hatred which the revolutionary spirit kindled in Brazil against the
Portuguese name, since this means affords to eh his other faithful
subjects, whom Divine Providence has preserve! from such fatal
and terrible mile, an opportunity to, co.upernte in his beneficent
and charitable intentions.
Such a subscription cannot fail to awaken all those who are proud
of belonging to the greet family of the Portuguese nation, and in
all those who are trot indifferent to the sufferings of their fellow.
creatures, the zeal which the r.oble object intended to be promoted
merits. The amount will be confided to moons of tried probity.
and all possible care will be taken to Mims those who hays the
greatest claim. The names of the subscribers and the sums tub.
scribed, will be pehlished in the e-azette.
LISBON, SZTT. 24.
To-day, at two o'clock, Sir IV. /Montt, Ambassador Extraor.
dinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from his Britannic Majesty,
arrived here with Lis suite. His },xcelleney larded at the Casdo
rodre, where some of the Royal carriages waited for him, in one
of which was the Conde de Carvelhats, who conducted him to his
hotel. At four o'clock his Excellency, with Mr. Forbes, his Secre-
tary, paid his first visit to the Marquis tie Palmells, sad soon after
the Marquis paid his visit in the usual form.

BRUSSEriS El PERS.
(From the ("rack de grarxekel
r AAAAA cwt. SEPT. 29.

The Journal of this city contains the following extract of a letter
from Jassy, of the 1.-th September:—
" We are much astonished here at seeing that several Journals
of France and Germany continue to publish articles calculated to
mislead public opinion, with respect to the two Prineipalities.
Whethet from ignorance or bail faith of the correspondents, they
throw doubts on the decision of the Grand Signior to with-
draw his troops o,:cupying the Principalities. They pretend to
be ignorant, that in Wallachia those orders have been long since
executed.
" As for Moldavia, the same decision haring been announced to
the Council of lloyards, they, justly alarmed by what had passed,
considering the reographical position of the country, at d the thic.
tuatiun Call/2tl by the late troubles, represented to his Highness the
Hospodsr Stcurdza the consequences that might ensue front the &b.
sence of an armed force, considering that, in moments of danger,
it inight be diffirult speedily to find the necessary cleans to maiii-
tain the tranquillity of the country.
" This consideration, which was doubtless well founded, has,
however, only delayed the accomplishment of the cashes of the
friends of peace; for the Ilospodar, sincerely participatirg in their
wishes, and desiring, besides, to alleviate the burdens of his corm.
hymen, whose welfare is the principle of his administration, has
taken the necessary pretnertions and measures, and to prevent delay
ha furnished from his private cotters part of the sums wanted to
pay the troops, so that on the 29th August the military occupation
of Moldavia was effected.
" This happy event, and the official notice of the nomination
of an extraordinary !Russian Ambassador to the Sublime Porte,
have filled all the inhabitants with time most lively joy, as they
look upon it as a sure pledge of their fotere prosperity."

There is no official account of the evacuation of Molda-
via and Wallachia, but it is not doubted that it has taken
place.
Letters have been rec,ivcd from Barcelona, which state
that business is much suspended, in consequence of the
disturbances in Catalonia.
Letters from Madrid, dated the 22.1 ult. state that con-
siderable interest has bccn excited in that capital by the
daily conferences between M. Zea Bermudez and the
French Charge d'Affaires and General-en• Chief of the
Army of Occupation. It was supposed that these con.
ferences related to a new loan, but nothing had transpired
on the subject.
A number of Wire, the wives of ex-deputies to the
Cortex, and of exiled Spaniards, have been ordered to quit
Madrid in 24 hours from the delivery of their passports.
Misery is stated to be at its height in the capital, money
becoming every day more scarce, and the wants of the Go-
vernment more pressing. The salaries of all the servants of
Government were four months in arrear ! In Catalonia,
during the month of August only, it is said that i i indi-
viduals were assaisinatel.

THE BRITISH PRESS.

INDIA.

The following is a copy of the Proclamation, issued by I
the Britt&lt authoriths on entering the Assam territories:—
" Inhabitants of Avant !—lt is well known to moo that some years
ago titellumaesa invaded your territory, and that they have since
dethroned the liejah, plundered the country, slaughtered Brahmins
and women. and cows, deified your temples, and committed the I
most barbarcus outrages of every kina ; so that vast numbers of
your connarren have been forced to seek refuge in cur dominion%
where they have cent ceased to iorplme our assistance. Notwith-
standing our regret at witnessing the miseries to which they were
subjected, as we were on friendly terms with the King of A Vl* we
I could not interfere. But new the nffrers of his Burmese !tikeste
have invaded our independent territory of Carter, and there and
elsewhere have committed such oumeges, and held a language ow
arrogant and hostile, that we are at leorth at war. The wtshetaur
opportunity of relieving yourselves from the hands of your oppres-
sors has tow arrived. t 'our victorious omit hest-tasted the boundary.
and ere long we will drive the bneoatians beyond the Barrnahkuond,
nor cease until we name {.wee and security to year distracted
country. Grew forward, therefete, withoot fear for the present or'.
the future. Supple our troops with provisions, for which ready
money will. I.e paid, and fail not grim sou have an opportunity to
wreak your vengeance on the remnant oft hose who have caused you
so many rai3011:113. We ern tot led into your country by the
thirst of conguent ; but are forced, ia 6er own defence, to deprive
our enemy of the means of annoying us. You may therefore vat
'assured that we will never consent to depitt until we exclude our
foe from Assam, and re-establish in that country a Government
adsp:ed to_yout wants, and calculated to promote the happiness of
all panics
AWFUL EXPLOSION._ . .

The Calcutta John 8411, of the Isth of Ajwil' gives the
" followino• account of a dreadful accident which occurred
on the sth of that month, in the sifting-houses of the paw-
der-mills at Papattow, near Allahabad
The powder-works of l'apamow aresiruated on a rising ground,
about three miles to the northward of the cantonments of Allaha-
had. About half-past four p.m., the deep silence of an Indian
day was broken by a sudden anti mist awful explosion. The sen-
sation in cantonments was, as if a masked battery Of great guns liad
opened at the very doors of the bungalows. Essay bouse shook to
its foundation, doors dew open, I.ursungthelibolN and bars. anti
strewing' the des.rs with glees. (in rustling oat to ascertain the
Cattle, a most awfully sublime sight met the eve. Rising nn the
eldr.: blue sky to the north, a mighty condensed cloud was behold.
upon which the sun shining brightly, showed distinctly in its womb,
cloud rolled on cloud, hi wild.ttproar and agitation. The direc-
tion of the cloti put the cause beyond a doubt, anti we hastened to
Pavatr.ow, where we witnessed 'a most heart-rending sight. Two
tifting-hotises, said to contain about three hundred barrßs of pow-
der, by Intro unhappy cattle (which. I suppose, it will be impos-
sible ever to ascertain). had exploded, and Learly forty persons con-
nected with the works had been blown up, and scattered around, in
a manner too hOrrible for description ; whilst their wives and chil-
dren, with loud lammtatioos, were endeavouring to discos-a the
shattered remains of their relations, four only of whom were found
alive, and of wht'm hopes are entertainer!. A long range of the
new high wad, building all round the work, was blown away
nearly by the foundation ; trees lay torn up by theepots, and the
roots of all the mills were *Mitt ed. Great alarm wasentertained
for Major Lindsay's family, whose keuse, as superimendent of the
mills, is to a short distance. We were rejoiced to find thorn safe
end unhurt. Sirs. Lindsay's escape was wonderful; she had re-
, tired after dinner to a small sitting-room, with two glared doors,
fronting fie works, and was reading when the explosion took place.
The door", which were scoured by iron bars, were torn from their
hinges. and one of the bars thrown to the opposite side of the room,
while the glass, like a shower of hail, strewed the hoot of that room
and the adjoining hall. Snch wis the power and effect of this
awful explosion, that in the fort, live mites distant, doors were
torn open, and broken apparently by greater violence than to tbb
car.toninems."

GOVERNMENT AND CHIRACTER OF THE

Br/LUESE NATION.

LTrire the Oriveal ner.ili.]

The Government of Ave exhibits in its details a strong
resemblance to the feudal monarchies of Europe in the
dark ages, the principles of which had-
probably their origin
in the East. It (lifers, however, from that hateful system
in one Most important point: it does not admit of here-
ditary dignities, which indeed arc utterly inccraipatible
with the pure and unqnnlified despotism that it maintains.
All honours and empleynients emanate from the Crown, to
which they again revert on the death of their possessors.
" Princess of the blood, high officers of state, and provin-
cial governors, receive grants of provinces, cities, village:,
and farms, to support their dignity, and as a remuneration
of their services, the rents of these essiguments they col-
,' ket for their own benefit. Money, except on pressing °e-
-1 talons is never dilbursed from the royal carers; to one
man fly fees of an-office te: allotted ; to. another a Matron
where Certain imposts are collected; a third has land;
each in proportion to the importance of his respective em-
ployment. By these donations they are not only bound in
their own personal servitude, but likewise in tat of all
their dependents; they arc called slaves of the King, and
in turn their vassals arc denominated slaves to them : the
condition'e of these grant: includes also services of war, as
well as the duties of office."
As every man in the kingdom is thus liable to be called
oa fer the military sersice of the State, they may be consi-
dered as a nation of soldiers. They have, however, no
standing army, their peace establishment consisting only of
the Royal Guard, and a sullicient member of troops to pre-
serve the police of the capital. When an army is to be
raised, a mandate issues to all the Viceroys of provinces
and Miongees of districts, requiring a certain number of,
men to assemble at a general rendezvous on an appointed
day; the levy being propertioned to the population of the
province or district, estimated from tile number of registered
houses that it contains, and the burden to be borne by each
house being determined by the provincial Court. The con-
scripts thus raised are supplied by the Government with
arms, ammunition, and probably a stated daily allowance
cf grain, but restive no pay. 1 heir families are considered
in the light of hostages, and in case of treachery, desertion,
or even cowardice, are sacrificed without pity or remorse.
The allegiance of rte troops is thus secured by the most
powerful motives ; and men who have no national interest,
lied who feel no national pride, are stimulated to vigorous
exertion by the einnmon sentiments of mankind.
The infantry are armed with muskets and sabres; this
latter weapon indeed is used by them not only as an im-
plement of war, but also for various ether purposes: with
It the Berman peasant fells trees, shapes timber, cots
bamboos, or defends himself against an enemy or a wild
beast ; never travels without it, and generally when on
a jot: ney, carries a shield on his left arm. The cavalry
consists almost entirely of natives of Cassay, who are much
better horsemen than the Burmese. Their horses are
small, but very hardy and active; they ride, like all
Orientals, with short stirrups, and a incite rein; and are
provided with a spear about seven or eight feet long. which
they manage on horseback with great dexterity, seldom re-
quiring or making use of any other weapon.
Their navy, sad: as it Is, forms a very considerable force,
and was once hie,hly formidable among the neighbouring
states. It consists of war-boats, of which every town of
note in the vicinity of the river is compelled to furnish one
or more, together with a certain number of men, in pro-
portion to the mageitude of the place. These boats are
constructed out of the solid trunk of the teak tree, which
is excavated partly by fire and partly by cutting, the sides
being afterwards artificially expanded. They carry from
fifty to sixty rowers, each of whom are provided with a
sword and a lance, and about thirty soldiers armed with
muskets. On the prow, which is solid, and has a fiat sur-
face, is mounted a piece of ordnance, a six, nine, or even
twelve-pounder; and swivels are frequently fixed on the
cursattne of the stern. When ColonetSymes was in Ava,
he was it:formed that the King could assemble 590 of
these vessels at a very short notice; hut their Lumber has
since been much diminished, rind they are seldom used ex-
cept on occasions of ceremony, the Burmese having learned
to place more reliance on their military force, than on the
exertions of a navy so imperfectly constituted.
e.s The Burmese, in common with almost every other no.
tion to the eastwatd of the Ganges, are sectaries of Buddha,
whom they worship under the name of Gadatna. They
profess to have derived their religion, more than GOO years
ago, from Arrant), into which it had been introduced at a
much earlier period from Ceylon, which has ever been the
focus of Buddhism. As in mast other countries, it has
here also tn.dergcne confide:Ale modifications, in order to
accommodate it to the genius and character of the people.
The priests are called Rhahaans, and are distinguished,
like the priests of Fo, the Buddha of China, by wearing
yellow garments; they lire together in convents or col-
leges, called Kioutr.s, and artgenrrany well-inferrnedlTlCTl,
remarkably decent in their lives, and unobtrusive in their
conduct, never interfering either in politics or war. There
' were also formerly nunneries of virgin priestesses, but these
have. been suppressed, as detrimental to the population of
the state.

'L ue R1:3143ns prtform no Ca'.:v er steel rites. neither

are they entitled by late to ally fixed or canapulsory remu-
neration. They take no care for the things of this wield.
but subsist entirely on the charity of the ci:y, the con-
tributions of which, in articles of food, they receive ready
dressed. At the d wit of the mooing, each convent
semis forth a c2raiii trarnb_r of its members to collect sup-
plies for the day, who wa!k through the streets at a quick
pace, carrying a box in which the donations are deposited.
They keep their eves steadily fixed on the ground, and
never mop to solicit; they seldom look at the donors, who
appear more desirous to bestow than they are to receive,
for charity to the Rhahaans is considered by the Burmese
as one of their most sacred dutits. They at but once a
day, and as a much larger quantity of provision is usually
collected than is surScient fur the convent, the surplus is
distributed to needy strangers. and to the pour scholars,
who daily attend them, to be insaneted iu letters and in
their moral and religious duties.
The Burman law, like those of 'the flindoos, arc inse-
parable from their religion, indeed both are derived from
the same source. The Vienna Shastra of the Burmese is
one of the hest of the numerous Commentaries on Menu,
anti its regulations appear to be conscientiously administered.
" It is," says Cul. Syntes," replete with sound morality, and
is, in my opinion, distinguished above any other [linden
• Commentary, for perspicuity and good sense. It provides spe-
cifically for almost every species of clinic that can be com-
mitted, anti adds a copious Chapter of precedents anti
decisions, to guide the inexperienced in cases where there
is doubt and thiliculty. 1 vial bvenaleal and imprecation
are the only absurd passages in the book ' • but on the sub-
ject of women, it is, to a Etirbpean, offeitsivelyintlecent.
Like the immortal Menu, it tells the Prince and the Ma-
gistrate their duty, in language austere, manly, and
energetic."
" flitherto," says Dr. Buchanan, "I suspect the laws,
or religion of the Burtnese have contributed little to the
happiness of the people; hut fortunately they have not,
I like those of the Brahmits placed any inrirmountable
obstacle in the way of national improvement." The Bur-
mese, indeed, are happily free from the in t'ignant influ-
ence of that abominable institution of c•ples, to which
India is indebted for a state of society uttet/f incompatible
with moral restraint anti mental improvement; and which,
in the bands of the Brahmins, has been converted into the
most cruel soil degrading system of oppression that ever
tyrannised over the human mind. In consequence of this
fundamental distinction, the Burmese and the Hintioos,
though separated only by a narrow range of moutelins, in
marty places admitting of an easy intercourse, exhibit a
contrast which could hardly be stronger, were they placed
at opposite extremities of the globe.
The Burmese arc a lively anti inquisitive race, active,
irrastible. and impatient; while the character of their Ben-
gal neighbours is of the most opposite description. The
females are treated with a liberality which is unknown in
the other countrica of the East; that morose jealousy which
immure' them within• the walls of a harem, and which
especially prohibits them from all communication with
foreigners, is unknettai among the Burmese. Their wives
and daughters have as free intercourse with society as the
tidies of Europe; and the management of the household,
and many other important concerns, are committed to their
charge. They are, "however, considered as of an inferior
rank In the creation to men, and their testimony has nut
an equal weight in a Court of Justice.
No nation, not even the Chinese, to whom, in many par-
ticulars, they bear a talked resemblance, can exceed them
in their fondness for show snd ceremony, in t:te importance
which they attach to the distinction of ranks, and to the in-
signia by which these are designated, as well sain the
haughty and arrogant notions which they entertain of the
omnipotence of their Emperor, who acknowledges no equal
upon Arai. A hulicrous instance of their ignorant self-
importance and
.friaated vanity occurred to Captain Can-
ning, who was at Amarapoora in lEtle, and who, in a con-
versation with one of the Ministers, having mentioned the
war, which then desolated Europe, was told, that " had
his Burman Majesty been applied to at first ;in a proper
manner, he would have sent an army, and put the English
in nomession of France."

Aoatcuvreaat Ptionttex.—The Duey Post contains
several paragraphs tending to sliew our improvements in the
prices of stock and agricultural produce. We select the
following:—
" At Mr. Colchester's sale at Stratton pall, on Monday sen-
night, the first team of four horses sold for upwards of 2001: ; the
firs; horse was knocked down at 661.; the second at 5:4 ; and a
year-old colt at Sll.
Ipswich Butter and Cheese Fair on Wednesday last was well
supplied, and purchases were freely made at about cis. higher than
last year. Greater part of the butter was sold at 48s per firkin, but
some few prime dairies obtained als. Oce.meal cheese was sold at
565. per whey.
The show of horses at our fair on Saturday was revilers:, ; tf
there had been any good ones, they would, no doubt. have sold
at high prices. The number of beasts was very small, and few
were sold. The quantity of butter pitched was less than formerly.
as a good deal is now carried at once to the buyer.' houses ; prime
dairies fetched from 495. to 605., and in one or two instancas 31s.
Flet cheese !Id. to 21d. per lb. ; Islebam Es. to Cs. 6d. per stone,
and New Derby 701. per cwt.
" At the sale of farming stock, at Drockler-hall, yesterday
se'nnight four 1,011. and their produce within the year. sold for'
the extrt;ttlinary sum of one hundred and twenty pounds ! They
consisted of forty shoats farrowed early in the year. and forty !mall
pigs. making is all eighty.four with the sows. Everything sold at
almost equally high prices, some of the cart hones fetching from
4G. to 451. each."
Tuesday evening three trunks were stolen from Haw-
kins's Bristol coach ; and on the following day two of them
were found under a hay-rick at Bris!ington. One had been
cut open,, and cash notes and wearing apparel, value up-
wards of ieo/. taken out.—Gloucester Ho all
A few days ago, a fine boy, aged 14, natned Orr, near
Longford, accidentally hanged himself. The boy, with
some ethere, had been playing and imitating the solemn
scare of the execution of two men they bad lately wit-
nessed in Longford. The burial service was read over the
corpse by a Protestant clergyman, as the death was proved
to have been accidental. During the night the corpse of
the boy was raised, by a party who assernhled for the pur-
pest, and left on the high road, with a threatening notice
affixed to the cofEn—" not to bring Lack the corpse to the
church-yard." The afflicted parents removed the remain,
to another burial-place, from which it was azain disin-
; terred.—Dtildin Parer.
Dar Ahern Occenarwce.—On Monday evening week,
the house of Hugh hlullanny, of Carrowbnh, near
Enr.iskrone, in the centity of Sligo, was observed to be en-
veloped in dames, and in a trw minutes a heap of rubbish
alone was visible. On digging in the ruins, horrible to re-
!etc, the bodies of the unfortunate owner, his wife (far
advanced in pregnancy), and three daughters, miserably
scorched, and wholly lifeless, were discovered! A cow,
heifer, ar.el pig, shared a like fate. So violent and rapid
were the Baines, that the people assembled round the scene
of destruction, among whom were Mullanny's two suns,
were unable to render any assistance to the unfortunate
sufferers. As none of the inmates survived, it cannot be'
known how the accident occurred—it is supposed, however,
that the fire communicated to some Cax which had been
stored in the house. and caused the melancholy catastrophe.
Mrtitycnony Cass: or Strucr.ow.—The family of 11
Mr. J—, the keeper of a fashionable hotel at the west
end of the town, has lately ken thrown into the greatest'
distress by the base and unprir.cipleel conduct of a seducer.
A Mr. Ceergc 0., the son of an opulent draper in the
neighbourhood of Pond-street, was admitted into the fa-
mily of Mr. J. as the suitor of his daughter. The two
families had been long in habits of friendly intimacy, and
it was understood that Mr. 0. only waited the death of a
near relative, aged 83, to make the young lady his wife.
The attentions of Mr. 0. were unremittingly continued for
nearly two years, when about three months since, Miss J.
became extremely indbrosed, and in a very desponding
state; and confessed to her female attendant that Mr 0.,
under the mask of introducing her to a relative, Ita:1
one evening, while walking, prevailed on her to accompany
him to see an aunt in the vte;nity of Soho-square, where
he accomplished the foul purpose which he had been so,
long contemplating; and that her utter ruin was inevitable
with her family and the world. The unfortunate veurg
lady was conveyed to the country, where about a month
since she lav in. On being appealed to by her father, the
infamous seducer refused to fulfil his promise, and the
daughter, we learn, is so deeply affected by her situation,
that little hope ie entertained dine recovery. Legal mea-
sures are taken to punish the seducer, and some fear is felt
for his safety, as the only brother of the young lady, an
©Meer in the navy: is hourly expected home (awn AlVers.

LITEILITITRE.

•
TITER ARTICLE FOR THE QVANT&LY
REVIEW.
DT WILLIAM !lON E.

TI er%sre some men whom it is dangeroua fe etraWt, and
most unsafe to oppress. Mr. Hone is a man of this stamp ;
and 1. is Assailant in the:Quarter& must, by this time, have
felt the: stmessiority of fearless truth over mash( d malignity,
when they appear together before the holiest tribunal s,f
public. opinion. Mr. Hone's vindication of 'himself is
manly- and temperate, and the discomfiture of his opponeet
is complete, We could wish that the Re:tarred ielee,
had ; seen some example of the candour, wbanity, 16,-4
good faith with which a difference of opinion should always
be m eintained; snore especially is this expected from thus!
who set themselves apart to inculcate the spirit of meek-
ness, and to infuse the principles of Christian charity. Tise
insidious charge of infidelity Is repelled e..itli a warmth jus-
tified by the occasion. IVe owe it to the cano! of truth a:
well as to the character of Mr. Hone, to extract the pas-
sage in which he so satisfactorily rebuts the imputation :
" Infidelity :s not so good a mine us it was," says the
reel welt, " four or live years age," and, therefore, Mr
Hone Ina-pblislied a pamphlet, announcing that his cha-
racter has 'ENN‘zi quite mistaken, that he is a YeTY sound
Christirm, and &sat in his opinion 'Christianity is a pule
principle—a mental &c. &C. The du!!..,
words he quotes from my pamphlet, which he takes care
to say was published nearly three years* aftei his attack
upon me. Lord Kamen, I think, remasbei;-tbst it is :a
some degree a plea of guilty"to be over-hasty or soliciieus
in making a defence. My grounds for answering his first
aggression at such a distance of time from the assault, are
stated in the pamphlet at cousislerable levzib. These he
elects fa conceal, and as be elects alrestsi garble a pasna.r.,
from the answer I then made to his cli.rgg off Infiseehty;
I shall estrifet the paragraph in which that, passage stands.
It is introduced by the observation, that, as a Ileeks,ilj
and pstblisher, I never speculated in any thing opposed tar
my own sentiments; that I view there alto °movie Chris
tianitt AS opposed to an indestructible seteme of happieesse
whick, in its beneficent progress, enabrares individuals, ansf
in its final accomplishment will include the whole human.
race ; and that I regard Christianity not as a patent of
privilew to a few, but a grant to 411—es the Great Charter
of man:lnd; defining all rights, prescribing all 'hobs, pro,
bilking all wrong, proscribing all rioleace. Upon it every
thing that is beneficial or permanent in society is founded •
without it the advocates and tspporters of public liberty
can neither attain snore nor maintain what they hire.'
Immediately after this the liar:graph containing the pass
sage garlshal by the reviewer, commences thus--s-4./ was
brought up in religious habits, but these are surfaces, pd L
principles. They were wort oS by eitcumstances in earl:-
youth, when ' chiwing the'cud of sweet and bitter fancy* *I
wondered at the world,, and at myself, and theory after
theory arose as the wi:t'es,. watering mil diseppriating
Ardently seeking for. oink, I conversed with books tither
than men, and hewed out principles as I could ; here a
little and there a little: It is said, that many persons
commence religiose E 4 first, they don't know why, and
a blind zeal pelt* in a religion which s they kw* no:
what.' (Joncl on the Canon, vol. i. p. 34) I -On act
among that !modal.; for it was by-patient research and
painful process that I arrived at that clear evidencS for the
truth of Christianity. which, if sincerely anti diligently
sought, is found to be irresistible. M: reli;kin is the
religion of the N' v- Tei'..unent. As 'fatted mid csetr.j,
plated by Christ himself, it ie the perfection of all kiio•V-
-' which is, and which was, and which is to cone.'
It is definite wisdom. It is a pure priwiple, a rzentsl
illuminati:o; which, however slimmed by the cares and
conflicts of the world, shines out in the solitude of tb s.
closet, when thus eye turn: inward. K 3 regirdi ells.
duct in life, it ieshe being held in a bond to do just;:e.
love mercy, and pricticu universal charity. There is no
release from this obligation, the.tlgh the disregard of it is a
stumbling-block to thousands, wliess...zoticeptions of Civil*,
tfenitv, being derived from the unebaritabl.:ness of ronalsial
i.anisiians, disincline them to explore the setines Irons
Sammy vindictiveness and persecution stem tel. • In
the words of Erasmus, 'Christian charity Oneida haelfto
all.; and he that sloes no hurt to any body though be be
bad, and would rejoice if he would grow better, in my ve.-
ttlfin loves all as heconicsa Christian to dd.' para,
graph the reviewer wholly conceals from his reauer's eyes,
save only the.four words printed above in inane; to shaune
them. He talks of ' the etheice of cur faith.' I UM..
feigned)), believe, that no sincere member of that church
which is visited by the infliction of his dispasttning care,
will think his sneering selection of those fber words, and
his dishonest suppression of all the rest, can be evidence
of his faith in any article he may haveelr el to subscribe;
or of faith in the efficacy of any other than the rpurious
princifees of the two apocryphal avtiJes he dared to
write, and has not dared to iuts:ri? e."

Among the books published in the prercnt year, wi
are likely to flourish ttrough this century, and to ri v 3.0
eminently useful pouularitv, we may name the spityi.l:.l
production called Arature bighead, by Dr. Shaw. :At
study of the manifold and wonderful work! of Cod, alv,a,,s
r,T atifyitT, is doubly increased in interest by this pepul;er
etbibitten, in which a luminous text is illustrated tbrough-
ant by many hundred engravines, large and small, plain
and coloured.

The idea of a succinct display of the wonders and beau-
ties ofnature, originate with the Abbe La Plu:he. in the
beginning of the last et nturyrand his work in seven vr
lumcs appeared in Paris about the ye.rl7‘2o, under the title
of Spectacle de la Nature. Four volumes only vi,re, how.
ever, devoted to nature and art, and the other three a=re
occupied by the moral, theological, and rnetaphysi.tat
sciences of the day. Two rival translations soon arptarid
in London, and ran through Tr.sny editions lit.twf.el the
years 112 u and 1760 ; but as new discoveries had been
made in every branch of science, and the French at:thar
bad crigiaallv adopted the Cartesian philosophy, anti he-
sitated to ackhow.edge even the Copernican system. the
work became obsolete, and now ranks among coleus rather
Than useful Books. . _

The plan, htwrever, teat :egitimate, tot rittiaincJ tarn
executed till the recent arpcarance of this pest and nest
interesting novelty, by Dr. p. Shaw. Of course, it be-
came necessary to adopt no more than the plan of 1.. s
Piuche, fur the materiab were superseeed by disco-
veties and improved obscrrarions on event rubject ail
which the French Abbe had treated. The fortn of
elegue, as trifling and antiquated, is also &opt, ar.d
that Of lectures preferred, a. more suited to the gig.
nity of the topics. Again, the Editor enjoyed a further
advantage in tho labours of travellers, sceieties, and ares;s,
and he has been enabled, by isainil himself of them, s,
illustrate every object by such a series of graphical repre-
sentations, as never before were assembled is a work of
this kind, even on any one of its LUMEIOOII StibieCin. A
grand monument has thus been raised of homage to the
creation ; and the onmipetence and omniscience of the Cte.
ator have been brought ir.to contact wiat every ee and
understanding, iu a n.cderate compass, and at an econo-
mical price.
Adroitly availing hirr.se.f of his vast asserr.blage of cu-
rious en.rovitii.r,s, the Editor bas applied to Nature the
principle long recognised !n gragrcjliy ; and by printing
them of uniform s re in folio, has exhibihvl nature in
an arranged atlas of beautiful et:parings. Fir purposes
of study, end acquiring much linewled;:e at little trettble.
this atlas is without parallel. It not otilypeintrays a l va-
rieties of sutijeets in their connexions and ileptnilerci.s.,
but by the aid of full descriptions of each engraving.,
entices the most careless reader through the iamier.se
of nature's wonders. This " Atlas of Novore"
alone. like an atlas of maps, and may be rued:aced witli.ditt
or with the volumes of text. The blot of such atlas !ie
felicitous, anti it must effect more in promoting the knaw;
ledge of the universe. and of its details, than all the b.,oee
that ever were printed.
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On the whole,_ this work, in its entire state, :n int oa.
lulus, or in its atlas form, is a great and impottant
sitten to our standard literature. It will rendes these studies
pnv.f.ar, anti bring them within the reach of every class
cal will be hailed as the book specially wanted by •al
heads of families. and a:I persons concerned in the oduca-
tion of youth. By the r:gicg generation thtieselvts it
will be coveted, and when poisoned. it will, from its vs-
ar.:szr.;-.1., be 2tudied wits aridity.