by the grant of the following "King's Letter" which has already been forwarded to the greater part of the different Dioceses.

It is now forty years, since a similar application was made; at which time, (the year 1779) we are informed, that this pious and charitable Society would have been completely stopped, had it not resorted to such a mode of exciting public attention.

chateau, by a series of restrictions which | for displaying their zeal in promoting the his family had caused formerly to be im- attempts to diffuse the light of the gospel posed upon him, and debarred by a little throughout the British Dominions of Asia, imbecility from the different kinds of emancipation which the Revolution had given to the whole world. The old man, grown silly and almost paralysed, conceived great joy at being permitted, under these circumstances, to approach the personage whose journal was the daily source of his pleasure, and who came not to make war upon paralytics. Having provided himself with a small sack of Moka coffee and an harangue, which had, on a former day, been manufactured by the clearest head of his village, he set out for Claye, and placed himself in his elbow chair, in the passage which led to the Postmaster's house. Bonaparte, smarting under a long fast, was hastening to his breakfast, and was but little disposed to pay much attention to the Duke of P―, who astounded him alike with the variety of his compliments and the length of them. Through form sake, however, he took from him his discourse, and precipitated himself into the breakfast-room, leaving the old man astonished at such a reception, which he had calculated upon would be much more On his return after breakfast, through the same passage, he was again accosted by the old applicant, who with a voice rendered doubly comical by his stammering, cried out, "If you are not disposed to receive my compliments, at least, be good enough to tell me how you liked my cof-cof-cof-cof—.” 'Ere he had time to organize the perfection of the sound, Bonaparte, who knew nothing of his coffee, was thrown off his centre, and with his suite, indulged in a burst of merriment at the old gentleman's expence, which was, however, very conducive to digestion.

warm.

HINTS, PLANS, and PROCEEDINGS

OF

Benevolence.

-Homo sum:

Humanum nihil a me alienum puto.
SOCIETY FOR PROPAGATING THE Gos-
PEL IN FOREIGN PARTS.
King's Letter.

The Members of the Church have now an excellent opportunity afforded to them

In the year 1778 the Society were obliged to sell £1600 reduced Bank Annuities, and also to borrow £1000 at £5 per cent to answer their current expenses; large advances of money having been made for the relief of the persecuted and exiled American Clergy. We are sure that the present appeal to the generosity of an enlightened public will not be made in vain; and we trust that the Members of the Church will, by their timely assistance, afford the Society the means not only of making some great and decided effort, but that the Society's Annual Contributions will gradually increase, and thus widely extend the sphere of its usefulness.

In the Name and on the behalf of his
Majesty.

GEORGE, P. R. ́

MOST Revererend Father in God, our right trusty and right entirely beloved councillor, we greet you well: whereas the Incorporated Society for the propagation of the Gospel in Foreign parts have, by their petition, humbly represented unto us, that King William the Third, of glorious memory, was graciously pleased to erect the said corporation by letters patent, bearing date the 16th day of June, 1701, for the receiving, managing, and disposing of the charity of such of his loving subjects as should be indured to contribute towards the maintenance of an orthodox clergy, and the making such other provision as might be necessary for

the propagation of the gospel in foreign parts:

gospel in foreign parts: we, taking the same into our royal consideration, and being always ready to give the best en

That the very great expences necessarily attending that good work having fre-couragement and countenance to underquently much exceeded the income of the Society, they have been obliged, at several times, to make humble applications to our royal predecessors:-to her Majesty Queen Anne, in the years 1711 and 1714-to his Majesty King George the First, in the year 1718-in 1741 and 1751 to his Majesty King George the Second, our royal grandfather-and to ourselves in the year 1779, for permission to make public collections of charity; which applications were most graciously received, and permissions granted for the purposes aforesaid, by which means the Society was enabled to carry on the good designs for which they were incorporated.

takings which tend so much to the promoting true piety and our holy religion, are graciously pleased to condescend to their request; and do hereby direct you, that these our letters be communicated to the several Suffragan Bishops within your province, expressly requiring them to take care that publication be made hereof on such Sundays and in such places within their respective Dioceses, as the said Bishops shall appoint; and that upon this occasion, the Ministers in each Parish do effectually excite their parishioners to a liberal contribution, whose benevolence towards carrying on the said charitable work shall be collected in the Church immediately after divine service, and in That during the period of forty years the course of the week following, at the which have elapsed since their last appli- dwellings of the several inhabitants, by the cation, the funds of the Society have been Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor, faithfully expended in promoting the erec-assisted, as far as may be, by the Minister tion of Churches and Schools-in dispersing bibles and prayer books, with other books of devotion--in supporting and maintaining within our provinces in North America and elsewhere, a constant succession of Missionaries, Catechists, and Schoolmasters, by whose means the comfort and benefit of pastoral care and instruction, of public prayer, and preaching of God's word, and the due administration of the holy sacraments, have been secured to many of our subjects in those parts, and many thousands of Indians and Negroes have been instructed and baptized in the true faith of Christ :

That, induced by a variety of favourable circumstances, the Society are desirous of extending the range of their labours, and of using their utmost endeavours to diffuse the light of the gospel, and permanently to establish the christian faith in such parts of the Continent and Islands of Asia as are under our protection and authority; but that, owing to the state of their funds, which are altogether unequal to the expences of such an undertaking, they are unable, without further assistance from our good subjects, to proceed in the execution of their designs: the Society, therefore, confiding in our great zeal for our holy religion, and our known affection to all our subjects, most humbly pray, that we would be most graciously pleased to grant them our royal letters, directed to the Lords Archbishops of our Kingdom, for a general collection of charity within their several provinces, for the good uses of the Society for the propagation of the

and such other respectable Inhabitants as may be prevailed upon to attend for that purpose; and the Ministers of the several parishes are to cause the sums so collected to be paid immediately to the Treasurer or Treasurers for the time being of the said Society, to be accounted for by him or them to the Society, and applied to the carrying on and promoting the abovementioned good designs; and so we bid you very heartily farewell.

Given at our Court, at Carltor House, the 10th day of February, 1819, in the Fifty-ninth year of our reign.

By the command of His Royal Highness The Prince Regent, in the name and on the behalf of His Majesty.

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SIDMOUTH.

ARCHBISHOP of CANTERBURY. For a Collection for the Society for propagating the Gospel in Foreign Purts. STATE OF INSTRUCTION IN RUSSIA. Nothing can be a more ready, or more effectual means of promoting the civilization of the inferior classes of a people, than public schools, where instruction is communicated gratis. Within a few years, more than 2000 such schools have been founded; several of which are conducted by young Russians, who have been sent into England, to acquire the methods of Bell and Lancaster. The generosity of the Emperor and the Empress mother towards these establishments is almost boundless; nor do they overlook any

At this meeting 68 prisoners were relieved for the sum of £228. 9s. 7d. Of 92 cases, 23 were rejected, and 6 deferred. Provisional Committee for Encouragement of Industry and Reduction of Poor's Rates.

The Committee desires to be assisted by the reflecting and patriotic of the commercial, manufacturing, and mechanical portion of the community, in the devising and eliciting such modes of employment for the unoccupied as will not interfere with existing occupations.

others having the same tendency. Their
example is followed by many rich indivi-
duals. Count Sherwalow has endowed a
Gymnasium, with a fund of 150,000 rou-
bles. The counsellor of the mines, De-
midow, has presented 100,000 roubles to
the university at Moscow; and an equal
sum to the two preparatory schools of
Tiow and Tobolsk. To the preparatory
school of Jaroslaw, with the Gymnasium,
he has allotted another sum of the same
amount, with considerable landed proper-
ty. Count Schermetjew has given
2,500,000 roubles to found a hospital, be-
sides a handsome present to the University
at Moscow. The great Chancellor Ro-
manzow, has established on his estates, a
great number of Lancastrian Schools, four
Churches for four different confessions of
faith are constructing at the same time,
by his orders; and he also pays the ex-tricts.
pences of a voyage round the world, now
in progress. (Philanthropic Guz‹tte.)

SCHOOLS IN GREECE.

2. For the further prevention or diminution of Poors'-rates, the furnishing occupation for all capable of work.

3. The best means of equalizing as much as is practicable the existing inequality of wages in manufacturing dis

The Committee is also desirous to obtain from their countrymen generally, judicious opinions as to the means of preventing the unhappy consequences and heavy expenses attendant on removals of parochial poor.

B. WILLS, Secretary.

M. Cleobulos, of Philippopoli, not long ago, published a letter in modern Greek, in which he describes to a friend, in a very clear and precise manner, the mechanism King's Head, Poultry. of the system of mutual instruction, (Bell and Lancaster's system.) He compares this method of instruction to that formerly practised, and shews how greatly the new mode excels the other, in point of economy, in point of progress made by the scholars, and further, in point of moral effects upon the youth.

M. Rosetto Rosnovano, a young nobleman of Moldavia, who not long ago, travelled into England, taking France in bis way, in order to inspect the various establishments for public education, and for beneficence, generally, and who has distinguished himself by his zeal and his intelligence in behalf of general instruction, has invited M Cleobulos to Moldavia, to settle near him, for the purpose of establishing schools of mutual instruction in the Greek language. The invitation has been accepted.

IMPRISONMENT FOR SMALL DEBTS.

INTERESTING INTELLIGENCE

FROM THE BRITISH SETTLEMENTS
IN INDIA.

CALCUTTA.

SCHOOLS ESTABLISHED.

The Rev. Dr. Middleton, Bishop of Calcutta, is now zealously endeavouring, and with good prospect of success, to spread the knowledge and practice of Christianity in the East Indies. Among other good works, he is now establishing schools, in his widely-extended jurisdiction, for the moral and intellectual improvement of the native population; and the inhabitants have generally manifested a disposition to avail themselves of these means of

The Society for relief of persons im-instructing their children. This is a most prisoned for small debts, at their annual important fact; and both religion and general Court on the 7th Instant, reported humanity may rejoice at the results likely to flow from an education founded on Christian principles. The native powers are also well disposed towards this head of our Indian Church; and some of them have given him assurances of protection to

that the number of debtors released, and discharged by them from 62 prisons, during the past year was 1138, who had 883 wives and 2187 children; the average expence of whose liberation cost only £2. 17s. 2 d. each.

the Missionaries he may send into their dominions. Such, indeed, is the good opinion entertained at home of his zeal, tempered as it is with sound judgment and discretion, that no ordinary degree of alacrity is shewing itself in assisting him in these undertakings.

NEW SOUTH WALES.

COMMERCE.

Of the above 20,379 souls there were 4,000 male convicts; 2,340 women prisoners, and 850 of their children; and upwards of 4,000 men and about 500 women having been forwarded thither, from this country and Ireland, since June of the last year. Advices from Sydney are received to Thus, including the the 25th September. The Isabella, settlers who have since gone out, the Gloria, and Maria, convict ships, had arentire population of the territory may now rived safe, with their crews and convicts be estimated at 25,000 souls. In 1812, in the best condition. The regulation by the total number of inhabitants were only Government, restraining the commanders 12,471, by which it will appear they of such vessels from taking out invest-have been doubled in six years! ments of goods, as formerly, appears to have been quite unexpected at Sidney; and it was generally supposed a material rise would take place in all articles exported from this country.

MISSIONARIES.

By the last advices received from Otaheite the island was in tranquillity. The Missionaries, says a Sydney Gazette, were in the full enjoyment of their health, and every wished-for success is attending their labours, all the islanders being converted to Christianity! Speaking again of these islands, another Gazette says. A great majority of the natives can read, and delight in perusing the various tracts printed for them in their own dialect: furnished by nature with subsistence from the most trifling labour, they bestow much of their time in reading, and even in writleaf of the plantain and the banana. ing, corresponding with each other on the There are very few families without one or more readers.

The Church Missionary Society have also, through the personal indefatigable exertions of the Rev. Mr. Marsden, formed an establishment on the north island of New Zealand; and it is an interesting proof of the reciprocal services commencing between ourselves and the fine race of men inhabiting the above islands, that an advertisement of the departures in the Sydney Gazette, of March 9, specifies the names of twelve New Zealanders and six Otaheitans, who compose part of the crews of two colonial brigs, then on the eve of sailing for the coast fisheries. (Philanthropic Gazette.) 2 I