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German Language, which for poetical excellence, and the purity of the German, leave nothing to be desired, and only cause us to regret that their number is too small. Mr. Mellish lived in 1795 and the following years, at Weimar; enjoyed the friendship of Schiller, and the other great geniuses who then resided there, and contributed German poems to Wieland's "German Mercury," and other publications. At the same time he translated Schiller's Mary Queen of Scots into English, and also Goethe's Masque Neoterpe. After a lapse of 22 years, he now collects the fruits of his muse, which he has dedicated to the high-spirited Grand Dutchess of Weimar, who is so highly revered for the courage she displayed toward Napoleon. His Song to Schiller, his Ode on Schiller's death, the affectionate lines to his wife, on Baroness Stein, (of an old family in Franconia,) his "Minstrel," admirably translated from Walter Scott's Lay of the Last Minstrel, will be read with pleasure by every German scholar. In the same volume, which is adorned with 30 well engraved vignettes, there are some good translations from the German and the Greek, and good Latin

poems.

A new variety of Serpentine. Mr. KELFERSTEIN, of Halle, Germany, has recently published a description of a

mineral, which he considers as a variety of Serpentine, and distinguishes by the name of Weisser Serpentine, (White Serpentine.) It occurs massive in different beds of Serpentine. Its colour is white, often without a shade of green. Fracture, even and dull. Fragments indeterminate, and not particularly sharpedged. Difficultly frangible. A fatty feel. Its constituents are silica, magnesia, oxide of iron, alumina, lime, water.

Loss of Valuable Scientific Collections.

The collection of antiquities belonging to the Swedish chaplain fell a prey to the flames, which, in the conflagration of the month of March last, consumed the hotel of the Swedish mission, in Constantinople. These collections had been packed up in 11 large cases, since the year 1816: of these, only one was saved, which contained an Egyptian mummy. It was equally impossible to save from the fire about 800 volumes, composing the collection made by M. Lidman, of various classic authors in the ancient and modern languages, and a considerable number of Arabian manuscripts and others of the Cophts, which he had purchased during his travels in the East. M. Lidman arrived in Constantinople one month after the fire, where, instead of meeting with his treasure, he had to deplore the irreparable loss which he had experienced.

ART. 8. RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

DOMESTIC.

N January the Rev. Henry Blatchford,

providentially happened that I should spend the Sabbath in Hartford I attended wor

I late of this city, vas installed as Pas: ship in the Rev. Mr. Hawes, de tor

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house, where it was communion day. In the course of the morning services, several candidates presented themselves for admission into the church; among whom was a young lady, a pupil in the Deaf and Dumb Asylum. The scene was peculiarly interesting. The Rev. Pastor observed to the congregation, that the case of Miss Fowler, the unfortunate candidate before them, was so peculiar, he felt himself bound to state, that she had for some time past manifested a strong desire to uuite with the church under his care; that he had repeatedly examined her with respect to her acquaintance

Extract of a letter from a gentleman, to with the simple and important truths of his friend in Boston.

DEAR SIR,

Being on a journey through the state of Connecticut a few weeks since, it

the Bible; that she had ever given the most satisfactory evidence, not only of her knowledge of these truths, but also of their renewing and sanctifying in

fluence on her heart, and of the purity of her motives in thus presenting herself to make a public profession of religion; that he viewed this instance of hopeful conversion to be a signal instance of the interposition of Providence in favour of the Asylum, and one that ought to call forth the deepest gratitude of all present. The countenance of the candidate evidently discovered that she deeply felt the solemnity of the occasion. She came forward with great composure, bowed her assent to the covenant which had previously been explained to her, received the ordinance of baptism, and then retired to her seat to partake of the consecrated aliment, all in a manner fully evincive of a realizing sense of the solemn vows she had taken upon her.

The scene was witnessed by a large and very respectable audience, who, together with the companions of the candidate in misfortune, were all deeply affected at a sight so novel and interesting. Never did I see so many tears shed on such an occasion. All felt abundantly rewarded for all their prayers, and charities, and labours, to build up this infant establishment.

While witnessing this most affecting scene, I could only regret that those, into whose hands the Lord has committed much of the silver and the gold, could not have been present to have had their

hearts melted with ours, and opened to contribute of their abundance to provide the means for the instruction and salvation of hundreds of our kindred and of our families, whose intellectual and moral powers are now chained in darkness. Little are the public aware how many parents there are around us, who have been called to weep over the son or daughter of their hopes, whose mind, by the hand of nature or disease, is for ever barred, as they have supposed, from all improvement in human or divine knowledge. O that those to whom God has given children perfect in all their senses and faculties, would feel for these parents, and cause their tears to cease, by casting in their mite to build up an institution so wonderfully calculated to raise these sons and daughters of suffering, to knowledge and usefulness in this world, and immortal felicity in the world to come. By aiding in this benevolent object, we surely are using the most efficient means for the introduction of that happy period, when "the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped; when the lame man shall leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall sing; when the ransomed of the Lord shall return and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy on their heads." Boston Recorder.

ADDRESS TO SLEEP.

ART. 9. POETRY.

BY THE LATE MR. CURRAN.

O SLEEP, awhile thy power suspending,
Weigh not yet my eyelid down,
For mem'ry, see! with eve attending,
Claims a moment for her own:

I know her by her robe of mourning,
I know her by her faded light,

When faithful with the gloom returning,
She comes to bid a sad good night.

O! let me hear, with bosom swelling,
While she sighs o'er time that's past;
O! let me weep, while she is telling
Of joys that pine and pangs that last.
And now, O sleep, while grief is streaming,
Let thy balm sweet peace restore;

While fearful hope through tears is beaming,
Sooth to rest that wakes no more.

BAGATELLE.

The maid in whose praise I come out Is just under gay twenty-four;

The fact I've no reason to doubt,
For she's said so these three years or more.

Her lip like a muskmelon sweet,

To taste would not sure be a fault;
And wit, as to heighten the treat,

From her tongue sprinkles true attic salt.

Her eye, like a candle, is bright,
And the locks on her brow all a-swirl,
As if the warm glances of light
Had frizzled the beautiful curl.

Her teeth, standing white, in display
The charms of her mouth seem to cap:
A botanist swore t'other day,
'Twas the counter to Venus's trap.
Her voice, when she sings unconstrain'd,
Is gentle, yet plaintively sweet;-
As if every note had complain'd
In leaving so blest a retreat.

The form of the dear lovely creature
With no boddice or corset is tied ;-
She seems the chef d'oeuvre of nature,
Except when I stand by her side.

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ART. 10. MONTHLY SUMMARY.

EUROPE.

GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.

IT is generally supposed that the population of this country has been increasing more rapidly during the last century, than that of the other countries of Europe. We believe, that with the exception of Spain, almost all the other states of Europe have increased at an equal, and some, such as Russia, at a much greater rate. Mr. Rickman, in the preface to the last population returns, states the population, of England and Wales, in 1700, at 5,475,000, and in 1811, it was 10,488,000. In Sweden Proper, one of the poorest countries of Europe, the population in 1716, was 907,969. In 1816, Sweden Proper had 2,464,941 inhabitants. At the former period, too, Sweden had only 17 iron works, one allum work, one glass-house, one paper-mill, and eight manufacturing establishments. At the latter it had 560 iron works and mines, and 901 manufacturing establishments. We do not certainly exaggerate, when we say, that the population of Europe, notwithstanding all its wars, &c. has at least doubled during the last 100 years.

Government have already received on the new loan of 27,000,000l., 5,450,000l. in money, and 14,933,000l. in exchequer bills, leaving between six and seven millions to be forthcoming.

In 1788, when Pitt came into power, the whole expense of government did not exceed 12,500,000l.; now the poor rates approach that sum.

The Manchester papers state, that the majority of persons who had turned out for wages, had returned to their employments, a part of the extra wages which they demanded having been paid, and a further advance promised, as the demand for particu. lar articles of manufactures increased. According to the prices at present paid, the fine spinners, on large mules, say 300 spindles each, can earn from 30 to 35 shillings per week-on mules of 180 or 200 spindles, from 22 to 24 shillings. An advance of four shillings on the pound has been paid the weavers, though the papers mention that even the full advance demanded, 7 shillings, would not enable one weaver in twenty to earn 12s. per week. The fustian weavers had obtained their advance-they now receive 2s. 6d. per lb. for what they recently received but 1s. The dyers have had their wages increased 2s. per week; and they now receive from 12s. to 15s. per week.

The Queen of England died at 1 o'clock in the afternoon of the 17th of last Novem ber. Her disease (a dropsy) terminated in a mortification; and it is said she expired with great composure and without a struggle.

A part of the King's jewels, it is said, have

been missing since last June. No discovery in relation to them has yet been made.Among the articles are, "The George, diamond sword, and invaluable button and loop." The fact that they were missing was not made public until since the death of the Queen.

The Earl of Mulgrave, in consequence of continued indisposition, has requested leave to resign the office of Master General of the Ordnance. The resignation was accepted by the council, and it was agreed to offer the vacant seat, if agreeable to the Prince Regent, to the Duke of Wellington.

From one of the late London papers, we have abstracted, from the official report, the following statement of the general head of expenditure of the British government, for the year ending on the 5th day of January, 1818.

On account of the National Debt.' For account of inte

rest,

For charges of management,

For reduction of national debt,

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For expenses of the
chequer bills,
civil list,
Civil government of
Scotland,
Other payments, in
anticipation of ex-
chequer receipts,
(bounties for fishe-
ries, manufactures,
The navy,
corn, &c.)
The ordnance,
The army,

Loans and remit

tances to Ireland
and other coun-
tries,
Issues from appropri
ated funds for local
Miscellaneous
purposes,

ser

vices at home and abroad,

1.29,166,084 12 8 1-4

284,589 11 11 1-2 14,657,559 3 11 3-4 44,108,233 8 71-2

1,815,926 17 81-4

2,303,622 2 91-2

130,646 3 4

451,403 10 63-4 6,473,062 13 83-4

1,435,401 9 2 9,614,864 4 93-4

33,272 18 77

42,685 41-4

2,466,483 1 73-4

68,875,541 18 7 1-2 At the late assizes for Warwickshire, sixtytwo persons were sentenced to death, five of whom were afterwards ordered for execution. Fifty-two were sentenced to various terms of transportation, and fifty-six to other punishments. which the calendar consisted, nearly one Of 229 prisoners, of half had not attained the age of twenty years.

It appears by a return presented to the

House of Commons, (and which was ordered to be printed on the 5th of June last,) that the number of criminal offenders committed for trial in England and in Wales during the last 13 years, has increased the last year to more than triple the number of the former year; that the number sentenced to death was nearly in that proportion; but that the number of executions was not one half in proportion to the number sentenced. The numbers were as follows:

In the years 1805 and 1817. 13032

4605

380 68

1302

Committed for trial Sentenced to death Executed being one in five in 1805-and one in eleven

in 1817.

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The whole of the infantry of the British army of occupation, with the exception of the guards and the 52d regiment, (left in possession of the fortresses until the 15th instant,) have been embarked at, and sailed from Calais, in the short space of 72 hours. They are all safely landed in England.

The total number, including men, women and children, amount to very nearly 15,000 persons, besides 630 horses.

Intelligence has been received from the exploring expedition in the interior of Africa, under Major Gray. They reached Gaylam in seven weeks from Cayai, with the loss of Mr. Burton and one soldier, and were to remain there till the end of the rains.

FRANCE.

An ordinance of the king has been issued for calling from the classes-the polite "legitimate" phrase for the old and abused word "conscription-horrible French conscription" a new army of forty thousand men. Each department is to furnish its number according to its population-one to every 723 persons of the whole population-or, allowing one-fifth thereof to be able to carry arms, one man out of every 146 persons so capable.

It is calculated, in a Paris paper, that the French monarchy contains 29,800,000 in habitants, of whom 108,000 speak Basque, 900,000 speak the Kymrique, or Low Breton, 160,000 speak Italian, 1,700,000 speak German, and the remaining 27,000,000 speak French. It is also calculated, that of these, there are 26,400,000 Catholics, 2,300,000 Calvinists, 1,100,000 Lutherans, 60,000 Jews, 2,000 Hertenhutiens, and 550 Quakers.

The king of France had convoked the Legislative Chambers for November 30. Of the fifty-five newly elected members of the Chamber of Deputies, forty are known to be decidedly ministerial. Among the opposition are Manuel Bedach, and La Fayette. Terneaux is elected in Paris, in opposition to Benjamin Constant. The French funds for the few last days had been rapidly recovering from the depression previously experienced. The king of Prussia left Paris VOL. IV.-No. IV.

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November 3, having been detained two days by indisposition. The Emperor Alexander arrived at Paris October 28, visited the king, and departed the same day,

SPAIN.

Intelligence from Madrid states, that the pope, in commisseration, as it is asserted, of the deplorable circumstances of the Spanish treasury, has allowed the king to make a temporary and contingent appropriation of part of the income of the church, by suspending the appointment to ecclesiastic dignities and benefices for the space of two years, and converting their revenues to the use of the government. Hardly ever, since the emission of French assignats, was national paper in a more depreciated condition than that of Spain. The consolidated vales are 40 per cent. below par; the nonconsolidated 84 per cent.-that is, 100 are worth 16; and the loss on the ordinary vales is 75 per cent. The Cortes of Navarre have furnished (or promised) a supply of 800,000 piastres, (168,000l.) payable in five years.

Spain has issued, at various times, one hundred thousand, five hundred millions of [reals] royal vales-a sort of exchequer bills-which were promised to be redeemed, but are not; which bore an interest that has not been paid. A third part of these have been funded at 4 per cent. interest-the other two-thirds are indefinitely postponed.

Great efforts are making to send troops and munitions of war to America. It is said that 2500 infantry, and 300 picked artillery, will immediately sail from Cadiz to Havana.

Letters from Cadiz mention, that as a relief under the present exigencies, the Spanish government has determined to carry into effect a loan of eighty millions of rials, or 850,000l. sterling, but in a very curious manner. This loan is portioned out and allotted to the maritime towns, such as Cadiz, Alicant, Malaga, Barcelona, St. Andre, Bilboa, &c. where it is to be raised in certain ratios. To Cadiz four millions of rials, or 400,000l. have been assigned, and the rest in proportion to their size and commercial importance.

But it will be proper to convey some idea how these loans are raised in Spain, as our readers may then judge if that is the term to be applied to them. An order comes down to the Cadiz consulado, or Board of Trade, for example, purporting that a loan of four millions of rials must be effected in the city, for a special purpose. The president convenes the merchants, and the order is laid before them. Warm debates take place, and the council separates without any thing being done. The military governor urges for the execution of the royal order, and a list of merchants is made out; and according to their supposed wealth and traffic, a division of the whole sum takes place among them. The amount that falls on each is no

tified to him; and wo to him if he does not soon carry the money to the governor. So much for a Spanish loan in the present day.

GERMANY.

All the allied sovereigns, except the Emperor of Austria, had left Aix la Chapelle, to visit Paris. Some of their ministers remained to adjust minor matters.

The fortress of Valenciennes has been delivered up to France; and, after a grand review of the army of occupation, the troops were withdrawing. Considerable desertions are said to have occurred.

We are not distinctly informed of what has been transacted at Aix la Chapelle, further than that which related to France. It is stated, however, that the high allies had refused to interfere between Spain and her colonies, but considered the neutrality of the European powers as suitable to the state of commerce which they wish to maintain with the new world. The affairs of Bavaria and Baden appear to be settled.

General Gourgou, who lately addressed a letter to the Archduchess Maria Louisa, begging her to interfere with the congress in favour of her husband and his master, is said to have received for answer to his application, a present of about 30,000 francs, and positive orders to address her imperial highness no more upon the subject.

The accounts from Frankfort state that the intended army of the Germanic Confederation is to consist of ten corps, the first, second and third, amounting to 94,822 men, to be furnished by Austria; the fourth, fifth and sixth, amounting to 79,234, to consist entirely of Prussians; the seventh to be formed of Bavarians, in number 35,600; the eighth corps is to be made up by the kingdom of Saxony 12,000, Wurtemberg 23,955, Baden 10,000, Hohenzollern 501, Lichtenstein 55, in all 36,511. The ninth corps is to consist of many contingents, viz. Electoral Hesse 5,400, the Grand Duchy of Hesse 6,195, Luxemburg 2,141, Nassau 3,028, Saxe Weymar 2,010, Gotha 1,857, Coburg 800, Meinungen 544, Hildburghausen 297, Anhalt Dessau 529, Anhalt Brinburg 390, Anhalt Goethen 325, Schwartzburg Sondershausen 451, Schwartzburg Rudolstadt 539, Reuss, eldest branch, 223, younger branch 522, Hesse Homburg 200, and Frankfort 479, in all 25,910. The tenth corps is to be made up in the following proportions: Hanover 13,054, Holstein 3,600, Brunswick 2,096, Mecklenburg Schwerin 3,580, Mecklenburg Strelitz 718, Oldenburg 2,178, Waldeck 519, Shaumburg Lippe 240, Lippe Depnold 691, Lubec 407, Bremen 485, Hamburg 1,298, in all 28,866. The whole army is thus to consist of 300,943

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AFRICA.

BARBARY STATES.

FEB.

A letter from Algiers says: Since the death of Aly there has been only one execution here; it was that of his brother-in-law, an Arab of the name of Hagdi Mustapha, and his brother, a youth of 13 years of age; they were both tortured for fourteen days, in various ways, got no sleep, and Hagdi was most severely bastinadoed. ceived first 1000 strokes, and after that four or five hundred daily. After he had received 4,500 strokes, in this manner he was sent home, where he died two days after. The Turks feared this family very much, and have therefore extirpated it.

AMERICA.

SOUTH AMERICA.

He re

Artigas still harasses the Portuguese at Monte Viedo. About the 1st of September, he had an engagement with them at three leagues distance from their lines, in which he captured 200 horses, and 50 or 60 men, with the loss of only one man.

Brazil.-Produce at Pernambuco is said to be scarce on account of the conscription of the country people, when bringing their articles to the city. They are seized upon for soldiers without the least ceremonytheir houses are entered, and, without any previous notice, all the males are dragged off, and sent to distant garrisons.

SPANISH AMERICA.

Venezuela.-Lord Cochrane, in a frigate of 44 guns, with some other vessels, has arrived in the neighbourhood of Margaretta. He was welcomed with great rejoicings. Brion, it was supposed, would immediately join him, and M'Gregor is said to have sailWhen ed from England with 3,000 men. these all act together, the fate of the Spanish power overVenezuela and Grenada is sealed. The privateers are also very active, and have nearly annihilated the commerce under the royal flag. They are charged with A Dutch fricommitting many excesses. gate from Curracoa, and a British frigate . from Jamaica, are cruising to restrain them.

The

Chili is quiet. The patriot army therein is preparing for an expedition to Peru. The royalists had evacuated Talcuhana. rich Spaniards of Peru are shipping off their effects, and many were embarking from Panama. It is understood that the patriots will strike at Lima, at once, as soon as they can get ready for the great enterprise, in which they have every prospect of being successful.

The following ports remained in possession of the royalists on the 1st of November, viz. Barcelona, Cumana, Valencia, Vittoria, Caraccas, Laguira, Porto Cavello. All the ports to the eastward of Cumana, were held by the patriots.

Accounts were received at Coquimbo, that on the 6th September, the royalists had evacuated Conception, after blowing up the

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