Star.
London, England, 1818-12-03 00:00:00

CALCUTTA. AUXMIAST AISLE SOCI2TY.

From the Seventh Report of proceedings and de-
bAs of this Society the following are extracts :
rurrors IsSUED DURTNG THE YeAR.—An edi
tion of the Armenian Bibles begun in ISIS, has seen
eempleated ; and. likewise a quarto edition, of 10013
emits, of the Rrnnart-nalay Bible, for the use of the
native Christie:is in Amboyna and its dependencies.
In that island, 9(X)O Malay Testaments hive-bee:a dis-
uiOated to the Christian inhabitants.
Wonxi.Ar2et riessis.--The Rev. Mr.. Hutchings
thitrienn al-Penang, who superintended this edit's*
of the revised Arabic. Malay Testament, has removed-
:to Calcutta, in order to . prepare a sinilar edition of
the Old Testament ; the Bishop of Calcutta having
.authorized, lot that end, a temporary exchange of
duty with the Rev. Mr. Henderson, Chaplain at
Barrack pour.
Al edition of 2000 copies of Mr. Ellerton's Ben-
gallee New Testament is in the press.
TELOOOOO VERSION OE THE New TssramenT.—
The Committee have been called upon to print a vet-
. sion of the New Testament in another of the Verna-
cular Languages, and, under information from the
Rev. Mr. Thompson, the Society's agent at iLiadras,
that there is a very great demand for it. The lan-
guage referred to is that spoken by the iahabitants of
the province of Telingana; and is thus described in
the introduction of a Grammar to it, recently pub-
lished by A. D. Campbell, Esq. of the Honourable
Cmiipany's Civil Service on the Madras EstaLliliment.
" It is the Andhra of Sanscrit Authors; and, in
the country where it is spoken, is known by the name
of Trilinga, Telinga, Teloogoo, or Tenoogoo. This
language is the vernacular dialect of the Hindoos in-
habiting that part of the Indian Peninsull, which,
extending from the Dutch seteemest of Pulicat on
the coast of Coromandel, inland to the vicinity of
.Bangalore, stretches northward along the coast as far
as Chicacole, and in the interior to the sources of the
Tapti, bounded on the east by the bay of Bengal, and
on the west by an irregular line passing through the
western districts belonging to the Soubandar of the
Deccan, and cutting °lf . the most eastern provinces
of the new state of Mysore ; a ti ack, includin2
North-western Sircars of Ganjam, Vizasapatam,
Rajahmundry, Masulipatarn, and Guntoor , the
„Calfportico of ;he Nitam's extensive territories ;
:trim of Cuddapab and Beßari, ceded by him
IV) the British the eastern provinces of Mysore, and
the northern portion of the Carnatic. Nor is this
language unknown in the more southern parts of
i India; for the descendants of those Teloogoo fami-
lies, which were deputed by the Kings of Vidianagara
to connote their southcrn conquests, or which occa-
sionally emigrated from Telingana to avoid famine
or oppression, are scattered all over the Dravida and
Karnataca Provinces; and, even retaining ,he
guage of their forefathers,have diTused a'knowledge
of it throughout the Peninsula." Mr. Campbell
further speaks of the Telinga, or Teloogoo, as
" one of the most ancient, useful, and elegant lan-
guages. of India."
CAPE OE GOOD HOPE, OCT. S.—By the latest ac-
counts from the Society Islands, it appears that they
are rapidly advancing in civilization ; have aban-
doned their human sacrifices and barbarous custom
of child-murder ; and already e7perience the advan-
tages of applying Christian tenets to their Go7ern-
ment, and of casting away the superstitious id,,latry
and deception that had plunged them into ruin. A
thirst for instruction universally prevails ; a corres-
pondence in writing is maintained among the na-
tives : and the few letters in their Language being al.
ways used to express the same or similar sounds, they
find little trouble in spelling coriectly. But, above
I all, the tree of Christianity is planted, and thrives
-among them. Otaheite is its a sate of perfect trail-
!quillity ; the Missionaries enjoy the best health; and
all the Islanders have been converted to Christianity

SINGULAR ACCIDENT AT D.ANTUCKETA
delphia Journal says—" On the 21st of Oaober
commenced an extensive sale of household furniture,
at the late residence of W. Nichols, Esq. in thiz
which drew together a large concourse of Ladies of
respectability. The pinion/ was occupied by the
auctioneer and nearly one hundred Ladies, and all
things were procee:Nrig with much harmony, when
soddenly the parlour tl«r gave way with a horrid
crash, and precipitated the whole company into the
cellar, a distance of aboat !line feet. The floor fell
in an oblique direction, which had the effect of lice.
rally piling them in heaps, together -with tables,
11 chairs, bureaus, crockery and glass ware, &c.
thii moment was exhibited a scene of confusion and
affright, which certainly ne•.-er was exceeded in thi.:
town. Some caught by the window casing, and
precipitated themselves, without consideration, into
the street, about ten feet. The cellar windows and
doors were immediately forced open ; when nx thers
and daughters were found stowed and wedged to-
gether in every 'possible shape, under the weight of
furniture before described, and crying aloud for re-
lief. The frantic grief of those females on the cwt.'
side for their friends in the cellar, and the agonizing
features of the fathers and husbands, rendered it a
scene truly distressirz.• But in tracing the effects oil
this calamity, we are happy in being able to state
that lib lives were lost. One Lady had her shoulder
dislocated, another received a severe blow cm the,
back, by a bureau's fishing on her, and a few others
were slightly injured. Many Ladies had their clothes
much tornrand bonnets, handkerchiefs, shawls and
shoes, partook of the L.-7°lmi' wreck.'