tion of ninety-four individuals, to prove that the demolition of the Chapel was not the act of the respectable inhabitants If those who signed this manifesto have proved any thing,-it is, either that the Chapel was destroyed by the respectable inhabitants, or that there are only ninety-four respectable persons in the colony. We cannot suppose for one moment that they meant to prove either; but it is as clear as two and two make four, that neither ingenuity or sophistry need be called in to settle this point. What a pity it is that men will not be more cautious when they wish to make a figure in print! The author of this pamphlet, and the signers of the declaration have given by this work a dreadful blow to the Interests and Character of the Colony, and afforded at the same time a greater opportunity to Mes-rs. Buxton, Brougham, and Co., to traduce the character of the inhabitants than any thing which could have come from our bitterest enemies. Of these ninety-four persons, about twelve may be said to reside in town, eight are Members of council, who hold their places at the

will of the crown, three Members of the house of assembly, ten clergymen, and the rest planters, attorneys of plantations, and overseers, residing some five, ten, and sixteen miles in the country, and most of them employed by persons in England. We repeat, could Messrs. Brougham, Buxton, and Co., or either of those gentlemen, have planned any fresh mat ter to have aided them in their pious purposes against the Colonies, we do not think they could have suggested one more suitable to their wishes to attack the 'Interests and Character of the Colony,' than that now of fered them."

DONATIONS TO RELIGIOUS AND CHAR ITABLE INSTITUTIONS.

To the American Bible Society du ring the months of July and August, $7279,68.

To the American Board from August 21st to September 21st $2,546,98. To the United Foreign Missionary Society, from May 1st to July 15th $2,601,79.

Aug. 23. Rev. Mr. MONTEITH, over the Presbyterian Church, in Pearl St. New-York. Sermon by Dr. Rowan.

Aug. 24.-Rev. ERIE PRINCE, was ordained as an Evangelist in Rush, Monroe Co., N. Y. Sermon by the Rev. Mr. Whittlesey, of the Genesee consociation.

Rev. JOHN MALTBY, as Pastor of the Congregational Church Sutton, Mass. Sermon by the Rev. Mr. Hoadly of Worcester.

Aug. 29.-Rev. ALONZO POTTER was instituted Rector of St. Paul's Church, Boston. Sermon by the Rt. Rev. Bishop Hobart of New-York.

ENGLAND.-Nothing is heard in England but talk of the distress which has for months prevailed and increased among the working classes throughout the kingdom, and particularly in the manufacturing districts. Numerous meetings have been held and liberal subscriptions raised, but without any very sensible relief to the sufferers; and in addition to the present calamities, a growing scarcity of food is apprehended from a partial failure of the crops. A meeting at Manchester at which thousands attended, drew up an earnest address to the king, recommending an immediate repeal of all laws which enhance the price of bread or affect the manufacturing and commercial interests of the country, together with a partial abolition of taxes, and all possible economy in the expences of government. Other meetings proposed the assembling of parliament for similar objects.

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The manufacturers of England are always, in the best of times, within one day of pauperism: their daily bread ceases with their daily wages. Wholly dependent on the manufacturing interests, and ignorant of every other mode of life, they are the first to feel its embarrassments. With every new commercial regulation, and every extravagant cotton speculation' that by its reaction stops the wheels of their machinery, they are thown into a state of starvation; their poverty cometh as one that travelleth, and their want as an armed man. This state of things should admonish us that we have a manufacturing interest in our own country. A very large amount of capital has been and will be embarked in this interest in such a manner that it cannnot be withdrawn, and the business must be permanent. A great number of persons are already employed, the most of whom are young, and many of them illiterate and poor; and this class of persons, besides increasing very rapidly, is assuming more and more the confined habits and dependent state of the corresponding class in England. Some of our principal manufacturing establishments we have within a few months visited; respecting others we have made inqui

ry; and though we find them with some painful exceptions, conducted in a manner which does great credit to their proprietors, the conviction has not been removed from our minds that there is an inherent tendency in them to become nurseries of vice which must needs be guarded against with the strictest watchfulness.

The distresses of IRELAND are still greater than those of England. If accounts are not exaggerated, the whole Island is threatened with starvation. The crops were likely to fail in consequence of drought; even the potatoe, the staff of life in Ireland, was not likely to yield one tenth of its ordinary product,-and as a specimen of the existing want of food it is mentioned that oats had advanced to 20s per bushel. But this is not all. In Dublin and the surrounding country pestilence is joined to famine. The miserable condition of the people had induced a distressing fever which had become so prevalent, that in the single month of July, it added fourteen hundred patients to the Sick Poor Institution in Dublin, though the Institution was already full.

PORTUGAL. The new Constitution goes into operation more quietly than was expected. Except by the ultraroyalists and priests, who have endeavoured with no great success to stir up opposition to it, it appears to have been received even with enthusiasm. This instrument, the provis. ions of which are very numerous and explicit, gives to Portugal the freest government in Europe, except that of England, of which in all its leading features it is a close imitation. The parties to the Holy Alliance are of course displeased with it, but they will find it inconsistent with their avowed principles to attempt to put it down. In the case of Spain they declared that all changes in governments must originate with their Sovereigns, and they therefore author. ized themselves to suppress the Spanish revolution. But this rule does not justify their interference with the present affairs of Portugal. Bad as the principles of the Holy Alliance

are then, they are for once at variance with its policy.

Spain manifests great alarm, and has most seriously set herself, by watching her frontiers to shut up the contagion within the limits of the sister kingdom. A public order has been issued, which, after denouncing the new system of Portugal, requires of magistrates "that they observe and watch most scrupously those under their administration, who, by common report are charged with being partisans of the constitutional system, that they may be prosecuted with all the rigor of the law, as disturbers of the public order, if they afford any reason for the same by a display of pride or arrogance, in consequence of the events now passing in Lisbon."

RUSSIA. The Commission of Inquiry appointed to examine into the late conspiracy, have reported to the Emperor a long document giving a very particular and dispassionate history of the whole affair. It originated so long ago as 1816. Several young men in their travels abroad had become acquainted with the political sentiments of the secret societies which existed in Germany, and conceived the idea of establishing similar societies in their own country. Their views, though strangely visionary, seem to have been patriotic. But the institution which they graduallyoriginated fell into worse hands, and at length assumed a character little better than the conspiracy of Cataline! Numerous societies were formed; many joined them at different times, while some left them through timidity, or disgust. The conspirators seem never to have had a definite plan of operations, nor even to have understood distinctly the object of their association. They talked of freeing the county, of assassinating the Emperor, overturn

ing the existing order of things, and establishing, none of them knew what kind of government in its stead. The assassination of Alexander was prevented by his suddden death; and though the event disconcerted the conspirators they resolved to make the most of it by raising a revolt about the succession. The result is known. If the actors in this scene had entertained unity of views, and had not deceived themselves as to the prejudices of the Russian nation, and the nature of the work they had undertaken, their zeal and numbers might have given the government some trouble: but blind and heterogeneous as it was the conspiracy frequently fell to pieces from its own inherent weakness, and in its best estate could never have been very formidable. As to the fate of the misguided men the government appears disposed to take the course of lenity, and few are likely to be executed.

INDIA.-The Burmese war is at length officially and authentically announced as terminated. The treaty of peace was signed, after some severe fighting, on the 24th of February. The conditions are the same as those of the Preliminary Treaty; viz. the cession to the British of several provinces, and the relinquishment of all claims and pretensions by the Burmese to several others. The latter also pay a considerable sum of money. A British minister with an escort of fifty men is to reside at the court of Ava-a circumstance which will be favourable we hope to the resi dence of a Christian mission at the same court.

A Bumes e minister is likewise to reside, with a similar escort, at Calcutta. A commercial treaty is also to be entered into by the two powers, on terms recip rocally liberal.

writing by Chrysostom after it was pronounced.

HOMILY ON EUTROPIUS,

It is always seasonable, but now peculiarly so, to exclaim, Vanity of vanities, and all is vanity. Where now is the splendid robe of the consulate? Where are the brilliant torches? Where are the applauses and dances, the feasts and entertainments? Where are the coronets and canopies? Where the huzzas of the city, the compliments of the circus, and the flattering acclamations of the spectators? All these have perished. A sudden blast has hurled the foliage to the ground, and disclosed to our view a naked trunk shaken from its very roots. Its attack was so violent it threatened to rend its very filaments asunder, and to bear it on high, though firmly rooted. Where now are those false hearted friends? Where those banquets and revels? Where are that swarm of parasites, and the new wine which flowed all the day, and the various arts of the cooks, and the worshippers of state who act and speak for the purpose of winning favour? They were the shades and dreamy visions of night, and vanished before approaching day. They were vernal flowers, and withered when spring time passed. They were a shadow, and it flitted by. They were smoke, and it was dissipated. They were bubbles, and they burst. They were a spider's web, and it was rent asunder. Wherefore, let us chant this inspired passage, continually repeating Vanity of vanities, and all is vanity. It should be in scribed upon our walls and upon our raiment; in the forum, in our houses, and in the public ways; on our gates, in the courts, and above all, in the heart of each individual; and it should be the subject of continual meditation. Since fraudulent and insincere actions are mistaken by the multitude for integrity, each one ought to repeat

to his neighbour, and to hear from his neighbour, at the morning and evening meal, and in the assemblies of the people, Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.

Did I not always tell you, (addressing Eutropius,) that wealth is a fugitive slave? But you could not bear with me. Did I not say that it is an ungrateful servant? But you would not be persuaded. Lo, experience hath shown you that it is not only a fugitive slave and an ungrateful servant, but also a murderer, for it hath reduced you to this state of trembling and dread. Did I not tell you, when you continually rebuked me for uttering these truths, that I was more friendly to you than were your flatterers? that I who reproved, was more solicitous for your welfare than those who indulged you? Did I not add that the wounds of friends are more worthy of confidence than the officious kisses of enemies? Had you endured the wounds inflicted by me, their kisses would not have brought on you this fatal calamity. Those wounds would have given you health, their kisses have inflicted an incurable disease. Where now are the cup bearers? And where are those who cleared your way in the forum, and passed ten thousand encomiums upon you with all whom they met? They have fled. They have disclaimed your friendship. They seek their own safety at your peril. But we have not done so. We have not deserted you even when you could not endure us, and now in your degradation we protect you and provide for you. The church instigated to hostility by you, has received you into its open bosom, while the theatre which you patronized, and on account of which you have often been enraged with us, has betrayed and ruined you. never ceased to expostulate with you in these words: Why do you do these things? You rail like a bacchanal against the church and

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