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Buchan, Reece, and Parkinson, we should advise generally, the brothers and sisters of village charity at least, rather to confine themselves to the more compendious and safe instructions now recommended to their attention. The author writes: "This small tract is not to be considered in the light of a popular system of physic. All that the author professes, is to offer to a superiorly educated class of society-men trained to thought, and exercised in discrimination-a concise description of some of the most urgent and most frequent ailments to which the human frame, especially in the labouring classes of the community, is liable; subjoining the appropriate dietetic and medicinal treatment-that when the attendance of the parish apothecary cannot be obtained, they may occasionally supply his place, and be the means of saving a fellow-creature from perishing. With regard to the receipts or prescriptions inserted in the following pages, no particular skill in pharmacy is required for preparing them. They are of the simplest and least expensive kind-two points which should always be kept in view when we prescribe for the poor:

and, truly, the facilé parabilia medicamenta are generally the best." p. vii.

It will be obvious that we should

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wander beyond the limits of the province of this journal, by enterconnected with medicine itself. ing into any details immediately But it was judged to be due to those among our readers who interest themselves in the welfare of the poor-and we believe such readers to be the majority-to put them in possession of another avenue to practical good. clerical patrons especially know the vantage ground they tread, when they approach the chambers of languor and pain, with an ability, on the one hand, to relieve, in whatever degree, the sensible miseries of mankind; and, on the other, to pursue the less important share of their victory, by an endeavour to gain a farther conquest; in the name of Him of whom it is written, "Himself took our infirmities and bare our sicknesses!"

LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL INTELLIGENCE,

&c. &c.

GREAT BRITAIN. PREPARING for publication :-The Glory of Regality, by A. Taylor;-Picturesque Tour from Geneva to Milan;-Original Miscellanies, by T. Bicknell ;-A New Life of Whitfield, by Mr. Philip.

In the Press:-The Evils of Popular Ignorance, by John Forster;-Lectures on the Holy Bible, by the Rev. J. Gilbert;-A Refutation of the Objections to his Translation of the Bible, by J. Bellamy ;-A Tour in Greece, Egypt, and the Holy Land, by W. Turner;Tour through Normandy, by D. Turner; -Two Continental Tours, by J. Wilson; -The History and Antiquities of St. Neots, by the Rev. G. C. Gorham;Elements of the History of Civil Governments, by Mr. Tyson.

The following table will shew the great increase of our population and manufactures during the late reign.

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The dry rot which generally commences its ravages in cellars, &c. may be prevented, it is said, or its progress checked, by white washing them yearly, and mixing a sufficient quantity of sulphate of iron (copperas) with the wash. Cambridge. Sir Wm. Brown's Medals. -The subjects for the present year are,- For the Greek Ode, Munμon. For the Latin Ode, "Ad Georgium Quartum, Augustissimum Principem, Sceptra Paterna accipientem." For the Greek Epigram, "Inscriptio,-In Venam Aquæ ex imis visceribus Terræ Arte eductam."-For the Latin Epigram," Impransi disquirite."

Cenotaph to Princess Charlotte.-The cenotaph to be erected to the memory of the late Princess Charlotte is to consist of a group of nine figures, larger than the life, sculptured in Parian marble, from the designs and under the direction of Mr. Wyatt. The amount of the subscription was 12,000l., three thousand five hundred of which has been already expended.

Establishment for Pauper Children.-A

society has been formed to carry into effect the gracious act of his majesty, in appropriating Dartmoor Forest for the employment of the poor of the me tropolis, particularly the pauper children; and of which his majesty, has become the patron. The archbishop of Canterbury and the lord mayor have submitted for his majesty's approbation the plan suggested for giving permanent employment to pauper children, under the direction of the Society, the whole of which was highly approved.

Russian Army-The following is an abstract from a return of the Russian army, stating its amount during the year 1819.-Infantry of the line, 613,722 men; cavalry, 181,141; artillery, 47,088; irregular infantry, 27,632; irregular cavalry, 105,534; troops on the frontiers, 77,000 in all, 476 regiments, consisting of 989,117 men. To these are to be added the guards, two brigades of artillery, and two supernumerary battalions, consisting together of 48,883 men, which make the total of the whole army 1,038,000 men,

LIST OF NEW PUBLICATIONS.

THEOLOGY.

SERMONS have been published on the
death of his late Majesty, by
The Rev. C. Simeon, Fellow of King's
College, Cambridge.

The Rev. T. T. Biddulph, A. M. Minister of St. James's, Bristol, and of Durston, Somersetshire.

The Rev. James Beresford, A. M. Rector of Kibworth.

The Rev. J. W. Canningham, A. M. Vicar of Harrow on the Hill.

The Rev. John Kaye, D. D.

The Rev. J. G. Foyster, A. M. Minister of Trinity Chapel, Knightsbridge. The Rev. H.J. Knapp, A. M. Curate of St. Undershaft.

The Rev. R. Gray, D.D. Rector of Bishop Wearmouth, and Prebendary of Durham and of Chichester.

The Rev. Wm. Carus Wilson, A. M. Vicar of Tunstall.

The Rev. N. Gilbert, A. M. late Rector of St. Mary's, Antigua.

The Rev. S. Crowther, A. M. Vicar of Christchurch, Newgate-street.

The Rev. H. G. Watkins, A. M. Rector of St. Swithin's, London.

The Rev. J. Churchill, A. M.
The Rev. C. J. Hoare, A. M. Vicar of
Blandford.

The Rev. T. Cotterill, A. M. Perpetual Curate of St. Paul's, Sheffield.

The Rev. J. Gardiner, D. D. Minister of the Octagon Chapel, Bath.

The Rev. J. H. Brooke Mountaine, A. M. Rector of Pultenham, and Vicar of Hemel Hempstead, Herts.

The Rev. H. Godfrey, A. M.

A recently discovered Ethiopic Version of the First, usually called the Fourth, or Second Apocryphal Book of Ezra; by Richard Lawrence. 12s.

A serious and admonitory Letter to a Young Man, on his becoming a Deist; by the Rev. J. Platt. 3d.

"Christ Jesus God and Lord;" by the Hon. and Rev. E. J. Turnour. 3 vols. 8vo. 11. 7s.

Sermons, Doctrinal and Practical; by the Rev. T. F. Dibdin, 8vo. 12s.

Three Sermons on Infidelity; by Dr. Butler. 1s. 6d. or on fine paper. 2s. 6d. Lectures upon Genesis; by Thomas Austin. 63.

On the Purity of the Primitive Church of the British Isles. 8vo. 16s.

Three Sermons, preached for the National Schools, with Notes; by the Rev. C. J. Hoare. 48.

The State of the Country, a Sermon; by J. W. Cunningham. 1s. 6d.

A Letter from a Father to his Son, on the Christian Faith, and its Divine Órigin. 2s.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Account of the United States of AmeriA Statistical, Political, and Historical ca; by D. B. Warden, 3 vols. 8vo. 21. 2s.

Germany and the Revolution; by Professor Goerres; translated by John Black, 8vo. 10s. 6d.

Wallachia and Moldavia; by William Wilkinson, Svo. 9s.

New Picture of England and Wales, with numerous Views. 18mo. 13s.

A Voyage to South America, per formed by order of the American Go vernment; by H. M. Brackenridge, one of the Commissioners. 2 vols. 8vo. 11. 48. Travels through Holland, Germany, and Part of France, in 1819; by W. Jacob. 4to.

Travels in the North of Germany; by Hodgskin. 2 vols. 8vo. 11. 4s.

An Essay on the Uses of Salt for Agricultural Purposes, &c.; by C. W. Johnson.

The First Part of a General Catalogue of Old Books, for the Year 1820; by Longman and Co Svo. 2s. 6d.

British Genius Exemplified; by Cecil Horsley.

The Life of John Sebastian Bauk; from the German of Dr. Forkel.

Memoirs of the Protector Oliver Cromwell, and of his Sons Richard and Henry; by Oliver Cromwell, aDescendant of the Family.. With six portraits, 4to. 31.3s.

The Governess, or Little Female Academy by Mrs. Sherwood. 12mo, 5s. Thomson's Cabinet Atlas. Imperial 4to. 21. 2s.

Memoires Historique de Napoleon. Par Lui-Meme. 12s.

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George the Third, his Court and Family. 2 vols. 8vo.

The History of the Crusades; by Charles Mills. 2 vols. 8vo. 11. 48.

The History of Spain, from the earli est Ages; by F. Thurtle, 12mo. 8s. 6d. An Historical Epitome of the Old and New Testaments. 12mo. 6s. 6d.

Elgiu Marbles; by J. Lawrence. 31.3s. The Mother's Medical Assistant, containing Instructions for the Prevention and Treatment of the Diseases of Children; by Sir A. Clarke. 12mo. 4s. 6d.

A Treatise on Adulterations of Food and Culinary Poisons; by F. Accam. 12mo. Os.

79.

The Retrospective Review, No. I. 58. Orient Harping; by J. Lawson. 12mo.

Williams's History of Inventions, &c. 2 vols. 8vo. 17. 48.

Character essential to Success in Life; with a Frontispiece; by Isaac Taylor. Svo. 58.

An Essay on Magnetic Attractions, &c.; by P. Barlow.

Geraldine, or Modes of Faith and Practice. 3 vols. 12mo. 17. 1s.

Poems, descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery; by John Clare. 8vo. 5s. 6d. The Sceptic, a Poem; by Mrs. He

mans. 3s.

RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGA

TION OF THE GOSPEL. THE Society, we rejoice to find, have determined to extend their assistance to the Black population of the Cape of Good Hope; and his majesty's ministers kave given their support to the measare to the same extent to which they are accustomed to meet the efforts of the Society in the American colonies. The Society will add 2001. per annum, to the government allowance of 100%. in order to support the intended missionary in comfort and respectability.

EDUCATION IN INDIA. The following extracts from an eloecent address by the Governor-General India, to the Students at the College Fort William, at their last public disputation, will shew the sense entertain

ed by the local government of the moral duties which devolve upon Europeans in that country, in their relation to the natives. Several of these passages will be perused with much pleasure by every wise and humane mind; and we sincerely hope, that they will produce their due effect on the young men to whom they were addressed, as well as upon all who are, or may be, placed in similar circumstances. Upon the duty of promoting Christianity among the natives the speech is silent; but the means of improvement which are recommended, especially the encouragement of education, will, we trust, be no feeble anxiliaries to the introduction and diffusion of "that wisdom which cometh from above." In comparison with this, and except as auxiliary to it, all other blessings conferred upon the natives must be comparatively trivial. "This ought ye

to have done, and not to leave the other undone." His Lordship remarked:

“In addressing to you, gentlemen, who are about to enter the public service, a few words of advice and exhortation, I indulge a feeling which might not misbecome paternal interest. I look to your career with earnest solicitude, though with comfortable augury. The first situations you will occupy will be of a subordinate character; but the lowest offices in the service to which yon belong are of importance, and are attended by duties of considerable responsibility. It may, however, fall to the lot of any of you to be employed at an early period in stations of elevated description. In no other part of the world do duties of such high trust devolve on such young men. You will have a large population looking up to you for justice and protection. You will have the rights and interests of your government, and the prosperity and happiness of its subjects, committed to your charge. With such duties before you, you will readily see that a knowledge of the native languages is not the only qualification required of you. You will have to exercise temper, judgment, and perfect impartiality, together with zeal and devotion to public business. You are called on to love and cherish the people under you,-to enter into their feelings, pay attention to their peculiarities, and view with gentle charity their prejudices and weakness."

"Every well-ordered mind must be conscious, that where Providence has bestowed sway it has attached deep and inseparable conditions to the boon. The sacred duty of promoting the welfare of those over whom rule is exercised will be acknowledged by all; but there may be peculiarity of circumstances which will give that duty a more thau ordinary claim. Such circumstances do distinguish our position in this country. Our domination is altogether unprecedented in its nature. History records nothing parallel to it. Britain holds here an immense empire, not by national force, but by the confidence which the most energetic and intelligent portion of the native population reposes in us. We have attained this height of power, not through plan,, not through forecast, but from the result of various unprovoked and unexpected contests; the issue of every one of which was rendered favourable to us, by the fidelity of natives in our CHRIST. OBSERV. No. 219.

employ, and the advantageous prepossession which the inhabitants in general entertained respecting us. While we bless the bounty of Heaven for these successes, our gratitude ought to be sincere towards a people whose reliance on our justice made them, in spite of habitual prejudices, connect their own comfort with the advancement of our dominion. Superadded to the generally recognised demands of attention to the happiness of the governed, we have the special bond of justifying that opinion which so decisively facilitated the extension and stability of our interests; and since the extraordinary elevation of this fabric of power must attract the wondering gaze of the world, we have to remember that we are thence only the more under observation as to the tone in which we act for our country. It is not the character of us petty individuals that is at stake; it is Britain that stands responsible to mankind for the mode in which this unexampled preponderance shall be used: and we have the proud, but awful sensation, that our country's renown is so far committed to us. is no one of you, young men, who will not have, even at your ontset, an active part in the discharge of this vast obligation. Fashion your spirits to the situa You ought to go forth with pa rental dispositions towards the natives. Contemplate the superiority of your own acquirements as only prescribing the allowances which should be made for those destitute of similar advantages. You will have to deal with a community unhappily demoralized and debased in a considerable degree. If you will reflect that this is the consequence of their having been degraded by vicious and tyrannical governments, it will strike you that the remedy is to habituate them to a different influence. You will be sensible that patience, kinduess of manner, and lenity of procedure, will operate towards reclaiming them still more than even equity; which, if dry and repulsive, will work but little on the feelings of such a population. Be the protectors, the consolers, the cheerers of those around you."

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"Each of you will have more or less the means of promoting the measure most important towards the general improvement of the natives; I mean, the dissemination of instruction among them by the establishment and encouragement of schools. I therefore recommend this object earnestly to your active 2 D

attention. Caution must be used, in the prosecution of it, not to revolt the prejudices of the natives by controversial arguments against their notions. Instil the universal principles of morality, open the minds of the rising generation, enable them to exert their reason, and obnoxious customs will silently die away before the light diffused. By this simple prudence you will avoid exciting any jealousies which would obstruct your beneficent purpose. It is a high satisfaction to me to inform you that the persons whom I sent to establish schools in Rajpootana have met the most cordial countenance. When they had explained to the principal men the nature and extent of their object, shewing that it did not, in any degree, interfere with the habits and persuasions of the people, the project was received with fervour; and it was professed that there was no other mode in which the British government could have SO strongly testified its anxiety for the welfare of those liberated countries."

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RELIGIOUS TRACT AND BOOK SOCIETY FOR IRELAND. President, Right Hon. Viscount Lorton. Vice-Presidents: Right Hon. Earl of Gosford; Right Hon. Viscount Jocelyn; Sir Richard Steele, Bart. It has long furnished matter of sincere regret to every well-wisher of Ireland, to observe the melancholy dearth, and consequent high price, of religious and moral publications in that country; and the still more melancholy abundance, and comparative low price, of books and pamphlets, rhimes and ballads, of a very different description. The state of Ireland, in this respect, is thus officially described in the Fourteenth Report of the Commissioners of the Board of Education (page 331), where, after enumerating various disadvantages occasioned by the poverty of the Irish people, they observe, that this poverty "6 produces effects, if possible, still worse; by incapacitating them from purchasing such books as are fit for children to read: whence it frequently happens, that instead of being improved by religious and moral instruction, their minds are corrupted by books calculated to incite to lawless and profligate adven ture; to cherish superstition; or to lead to dissention or disloyalty."

And again, in the Appendix to the same Report (page 342), one of these commissioners, in an official statement

to the Board, declares, "The want of books is the first and most general complaint. The nature of the few that are to be met with is an evil of no less magnitude; a selection alike pernicious and ridiculous, fabulous and idle tales,— newspapers and ballads,—the Impartial History of Ireland, the treatise of the Scapular, the Irish Rogues and Rapparees, &c. &c," Again, another commissioner, after observing that" of three thousand boys who had been educated at the Sunday Schools in Gloucester, but one has been convicted of a public crime," proceeds to remark," The progress of knowledge has now spread so far, that it cannot be stopped without destruction to those who attempt to arrest its course. The people will read, and will think; the only question that now remains for their governors is, how to lead them to read such books as shall accustom them to think justly."

From these, and other documents, and as the result of all its observations on the state of the whole country, the Board decidedly deduces this conclusion (page 331): "Were it therefore even admitted, that the benefits of education are not, to the lower classes of the people, so great as we conceive them to be, yet the necessity of assisting in obtaining it for them in this country would not be diminished, but increased. For such education as has been objected to, under the idea of its leading to evil rather than to good, they are actually obtaining for themselves; and though we conceive it practicable to correct it, to check its progress appears impossible: it may be improved, but it cannot be im. peded." And the means which they propose for this effect are (page 348), "A careful selection of books, under the superintendance of public commissioners, and containing ample extracts from the Sacred Scriptures."

To counteract these evils, a society has been formed, entitled, "The Religious Tract and Book Society for Ireland." The Committee remark :

"Such an Association was the great want of Ireland, without which all our institutions were necessarily incomplete. It had been long attempted or desired to civilize the Irish people; and every system had been tried, except the one most likely to succeed,— the system of religious education; and the consequence was, that every attempt had failed, and the Irish were stigmatised as a savage and irreclaima

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