comprising in a single view the various causes, direct and remote, which contribute to the sad phenomenon: at the same time sensible, that the true causes must be apparent before our exertions to remove it can be directed in such a manner as to furnish a well grounded hope of success, the Society propose to their enlightened christian brethren the following questions; upon which the answers are expected before the first day of December, 1807, in a fair legible hand, copied by another, with a Symbolum, as usual, the author's name written in a separate sealed paper, superscribed with the symbolum of his dissertation, and forwarded with the dissertation, free of postage, to the Rev. John Sherman, Secretary of the Society. I. What are the principal causes of the increasing fanaticism, enthusiasm, and infidelity within the limits of the Middle and Eastern States ?

II. What are the most potent remedies for these moral diseases?

III. In what manner may these remedies be the most successfully applied ? The crowned dissertation upon these questions shall be published, and the author shall receive a premium of FIFTY DOLLARS. The second shall be noticed with an accesset.

Members of the Society, who write upon the subject, shall sign their dissertations with their proper names, without being candidates for the prize.

The Society also propose the following questions for 1898, "What degree of knowledge in Oriental and Greek literature, Jewish antiquities,and Ecclesiastical History, is requisite to qualify a minister of the gospel to silence the cavils, and successfully to refute the objections of ancient and modern infidels, against the Jewish and christian revelations ?"

The Society for promoting knowledge, . appeal to the hearts of their christian brethren of all denominations, to co-operate with them in the important

cause.

Each member of the society pays two dollars at his admission, and one dollar annually, so long as he continues to be a member.

Donations in money for the general purposes of the society, or in useful books and tracts, particularly Bibles, to be distributed among the poorer classes, will be thankfully received.

The money to be transmitted to Col. A. G. Mappa, treasurer, and the books (free of expense) to the Rev. John Sher

man, minister of the Reformed Chris tian Church, both residing in Trenton county of Oneida, and state of N. York.

A statement of the concerns of the society shall annually be made at their general meeting.

Signed by order of the Society,

JOHN SHERMAN, Sec'ry.

The Reformed Christian Church, in association with the members of the United Protestant Religious Society in the town of Trenton, Oneida county, and state of New-York, informed of the laudable exertions of the "General Synod of the Reformed Dutch Church" to establish a "Professorate," for the purpose of obtaining a more learned ministry, and thus to promote a correct and general knowledge of the sacred scriptures, have (though unable to contribute to this laudable undertaking of the General Synod) unanimously resolved, in view of their own situation, to co-operate so far in the general object of diffusing christian knowledge, as to make a col. lection twelve times a year, (viz. ninę times at Oldenbarneveld, and three times at Holland's Patent, beginning with the first Sunday in October) for the following religious purposes:

Resolved 1st. That one half of the money collected, shall be entrusted to the Rev. John Sherman, our minister, for the purchase of books and tracts, written to promote the knowledge of the christian doctrine, who shall circulate them among the members of the church and society, and supply with bibles those of them whose low cir cumstances may require this aid.

Resolved 2d. That the other half of the money collected shall be placed in the hands of the Treasurer of The Society for promoting the knowledge of the Sacred Scriptures, to be disposed of by said society in aid of the benevolent purposes of their institution.

Resolved 3d. That the Rev. John Sherman shall be qualified to open a correspondence with, and to receive applications from any churches or religious societies, for the purpose of uniting and co-operating upon a more extensive scale in promoting the christian cause; provided he do not obligate the church or society in any manner whatsoever, without their previous consent or approbation.

Resolved 4th. That, as the Religious Protestant United Society, and The Re formed Christian Church, are constituted by persons of different denomination,

the members of the church, in order that the publick may be acquainted with their religious standing, deem it becoming to publish the articles of their union.

Articles of union of the members of the

Reformed Christian Church.

I. We acknowledge the Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to contain a revelation of God's will to mankind, and that they are in matters of religion, the only standard of doctrines and rules of practice.

II. We acknowledge that no other confession or test of christian fellowship and standing in the visible church of God ought to be established than that which Christ and his apostles made necessary, or on which they received believers in the gospel-Mat. xvi. 15, 16, and 17. Acts viii. 36 and 37. 1 John iv. 15, and 1 John v. 1.

III. Liberty of conscience shall be preserved inviolate. Every member shall be maintained in his right of free inquiry into the doctrines of scripture; in publishing what he believes the scriptures contain, and in practising according to his understanding of his duty. This liberty shall not be abridged, as to his understanding and practice respecting the ceremonies, ordinances, or positive institutions of christianity.

IV. The government and discipline shall be according to the direction of our Lord in Mat. xvii. 15, 16, and 17. The executive authority of the church shall be vested in the minister, the elders and deacons ; but if any one suppose that by the church there mention. ed, is intended the brotherhood generally, he shall have the liberty of referring his cause for adjudication to the body at large.

V. The officers of the church, elders and deacons, shall be chosen by ballot, and hold their office during the pleasure of the church, or choose to decline serving any longer.

VI. The mode of admission to the church shall be, that any person wish. ing to become a member, shall make known his desire to the consistory, the minister, elders, and deacons, who shall, if the applicant be a person of good moral character, refer his case for deci. sion to the church at large.

VII. The Lord's Supper shall be celebrated four times a year, twice at Oldenbarneveld, and twice in Holland's Patent, on such particular Lord's days as shall be found convenient.

We are informed that Mr. John Watts, of Philadelphia, is about to put to press a new and valuable work entitled the "Stranger in England." It is said to contain a more satisfactory and particular account of Great Britain, than any work which has hitherto appeared, In it the character and manners of the English, Irish, and Scotch are depicted in a style which marks the hand of a master and the judgment of a connoissieur. Rich with anccdote and critical remark, it presents not only a veritable picture of the present state of that country, in its moral and political rela tions, of which so little is at present known, notwithstanding our constant intercourse with it, but also exhibits a novel and highly interesting scene to the view of the traveller and the scholar. To this country such a work is invalua ble, and we announce it with a full confidence that it will prove in no small degree gratifying to every class of readers.-U. S. Gaz.

Letters of Lord Lyttleton.-The subscribers intend to commit to press, in a few weeks, the first American edition of the "Letters of Lord Lyttleton the Younger." Conditions will soon be published, and subscription papers pre. sented to the lovers of fine writing.

WRIGHT, GOODENOW, & Co. Troy, N. Y. Oct. 1806.

The publick will we gratified to hear that a small volume of poems, written by Charlotte Richardson, with whose interesting life we have been acquainted through the medium of several periodical publications, has lately come to hand, and will be reprinted by Kimber, Conrad, & Co. of Philadelphia, in the course of a few weeks.

Fine Arts.-Mr.D. Edwin of Philadel phia has engraved and is now publishing, a very accurate and elegant View of the Blood Vessels of the Human Body, executed under the direction and with the assistance of Dr. Wistar. The execution of this engraving reflects great credit upon the skill, talents, and accuracy of Mr. Edwin, and will be found extremely useful to the students in physick and surgery, as well as to others who may wish to acquire a knowledge of the anatomy of the hu

man body, particularly in regard to the blood vessels.

GREAT-BRITAIN.

The following arrangement has been made at the Royal Institution for twelve courses of lectures, to be delivered the ensuing season, by the undermentioned gentlemen. 1. On Chemistry, by H. Davy, F.R.S.-2. On Natural Philosophy, by William Allen, esq. F. L. S.-3. On English Literature, by Rev. T. F. Dibdin.-4. On Moral Philosophy, by Rev. Sidney Smith, A.M.-5. On Dramatick Poetry, by Rev. William Crowe, L.L.B. Publick Orator of the Universi. ty of Oxford.-6. On Zoology, by Geo. Shaw, M. D. F. L. S. Librarian to the British Museum.-7. On Belles Lettres, by Rev. John Hewlett, B. D.-8. On Musick, by W. Crotch, M. D. Professor of Musick in the University of Oxford.-9. On the History of Commerce, by Rev. Edward Forster.-10. On Drawing in Water Colours, W. M. Craig, esq.-11. On Botany, J. E. Smith, M.D. F.R.S. and President of the Linnean Society.-12. On Perspective, by

Mr. Wood.

GERMANY.

It is not without sincere satisfaction that the admirers of Gessner's Muse, and the amateurs of the arts will learn that his family has engaged Charles William Kolbe, an eminent German engraver, to give to the publick, at a moderate price a series of the best landscapes executed by Gessner. That artist has obtained permission of his patroness, the princess of Dessau, to devote some years to this purpose at Zurich itself, amidst the family and the friends of the amiable poet. The first number of this work has recently made its appearance. It contains four prints in large folio, representing two of the best pieces in water colours in the collection of Gessner's widow, and two drawings in the cabinet of the princess of Dessau. The two first are known by the titles of the Fishermen and the Fountain in the Wood. The subjects of the two others are pastoral scenes taken from the Idyls: Daphnis, and Phillis, and Chloe. execution proves that the honourable task of introducing these performances to the notice of the publick could not be confided to abler hands. M. Kolbe, deeply impressed with the spirit and the manner of his model, has rendered his conceptions with equal feeling and accuracy.

The

An important fact with regard the theory of electricity, has recently been discovered by M. Bienvenu. By varying his experiments he has found, in contradiction to the received opinion, that glass and rosin produce the same kind of electricity, and that the difference depends upon the rubbers. With a cat's skin he electrizes an electropho rus of rosin, which manifests negative electricity: an electrophorus made of a piece of glass, and rubbed with a cat's skin, manifests exactly the same kind of electricity as that of rosin. This experiment proves that if the conductor of an electrical machine constantly gives positive electricity, the reason Les in the morocco cushions, which pos sess the property of developing the electricity of glass, which, received on the conductor, communicates to it a positive electricity. To prove this, he substitutes cushions of cat's skin in their stead; the glass is then nega. tively electrized, and the conductor furnishing it with the electricity it has lost, manifests a negative electricity.

ERRATA. In the first page of the last Anthology, in Mr. Adams' Disquisition, the first sentence of the 6th paragraph should read thus :

"Philosophy! which ages of superstition idolized as a Divinity, and which, though stripped of those false trappings, still retains attributes and attractions, worthy the homage, and challenging the love and admiration of man in ev ery age."

In the lines "On listening to a Criek. et," last line of 2d and 10th verses, for shall read shalt-In 6th verse, 1st line, for faithful read fitful.