Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1816-10-15
Religious Intelligence.

! HeftplOAS lntcHigeNCe.
Extract ola LETTER from a gentleman Of kke
first reshecta6iLty, in London, TO his friend
! in Chariesfon
81 take this opportunity Of sending you
few reports which will give you some idea
of what is going on here and think you
will say with us, that the 18th report ofthe
British and Foreign Bible Society 10 the
most importan, Report ever made BY any
committee.
that society aourishes more and mora
| aud the committee, (of which ! am MEN,
Der this Year, have lately received letters
from Russia, which speak OF great revival
Of religion in that vast empire, since the
Bible Societies were formed there.
"Reiision spreads in the ChNrch Of Eng.
land, and suppose we have more than
| 1000 pious ministers in ,he, church.
"Pious young men offer - Missionaries
in the Church SHiety more than We can
tske; so tina, We DOW decline receiving any
men ordained by some Of 0hs Bishops;
KNOWN. tina, they are intended 70 80 out ~
/ Missionai les.
| The other charitable societies which
have lately arisen are almost without num-
Der, and the money raised is immense.
"rhe amount OF the subscriptions Tor the
soldiers who fought, aud the families OF
those who lell.i the late battle OF Water.
loo, is expected to reach halt m,llion.os
money, or near that sum.
"In consequence OF our immense trade
during the late war, land was raised to very
high rents aud the peace has lowered the
price Of corn sc. which has Producede
good deal Of distress among farmers, and
persons depending upon them, for the pres-
enl but suppose another year Will bring
matters into their accustomed channel
and our immense foreign possessions will
furnish trade for, aud enrich tho mother
country and while We can spare fourteen
millions Este rling) annually,to be applied ~
an accommodating fund in buying up our
National Debt, suppose we have net much
| 10 fear.
God. interposi,ion in favour s any ma
lion was never more clearly manifested, or
more generally acknowledged, than N HE
preservation of Old England through con-
test, un. q ualled in the history OF nations. II
appears by the letters which come to the
Bible and Missionary Committees, that the
nations ON the Continent OF Europe in gen.
eral, ascribe their delverance Iundsr Cody
10 the excrtions and success OF England"
ALBANY. OCT. a.
a real tyadgedy was exhibited at Sack
etfs Harbour, few days lnce, before
large company Of spectators. Attached
to the fhow bill OF a wire dancer, appear
ed an advertisement Of an Italian Tailor,
who promlcd to exhibit wonderful feats,
fuch as the spectators had never before
ieen. CurioGsy attracted very full
houfe. After the hrf had performed his
part of the entertainment, the Tailor en-
tered, called for a blanket and pillow,
and laid himfelf down upon the floor.
All eyes were turned towards him in
anxious expectation, when he drew from
his bolom . piitol, clapped the nuzzle
to his car, and klezu out biz brains
Suicidks.-It is a lamentable fact, Jays
a Danifh paper, that the number Of fui.
cides for fome years paf have annually
increafed at Copenhagen. Authentic
tits ihow that the number OF fuicides
there was, from 1885 TO 1890, ,Sl;
from 1899 TO 1895, 29o, from 1875 to
800, 2oI from 1900 to 1906. ;,9 &c