ther, the obstinate old man, and a few others, who seemed more culpable than the rest, are to be condemned to wear, for ever, a heavy wooden coilar. Population. are gone further: probably about half that number, additional. Religious Oath. Recantation of the oath taken to the Civil Constitution, prescribed to the Catholic Clergy of Alsace by the Bishop of Strasburgh. The population of China, as ascertained about 1790, amounted to nearly 143 mil lions. This is not one-half of what Sir “There is only one Lord, one faith, one George Staunton was informed. It is not baptism, (Eph. 4. 5.) In the name of the likely that it has increased much lately, be- most Holy Trinity, God the Father, the cause famine and civil wars have been fre- Son, and the Holy Ghost-Amen I, A. B. quent 150 millions is as many as it ought confess from the bottom of my heart, and to be taken at; Crosier makes it about 200 publicly, that I desire to live and die in the millious, The central parts, and the East faith and unity of our holy mother the Cathocoast, are the most populous. Reang-naulic, Apostolic, and Roman Catholic Church; province contains upwards of 30 milions. The book containing this account, is published by authority. DENMARK. Commerce: Backward Season. confess, that this is the only true Church, which was founded by Jesus Christ, is governed by the Holy Ghost, and that out of it there is no salvation; I confess that this Church never can err; that she, both in general assemblies, and without being asCopenhagen, July 2.-Within these few sembled, is unerring and infallible in her days five richly laden ships have arrived decisions concerning faith and doctrine. I from St. Croix, and a large fleet of merconfess, that in the instruction, in the adchantmen from the West India colonies ministration, and in the general discipline will soon follow. As a proof of the back of the Church, she is dependent on no warduess of the season, it may be men-worldly power. I coufess that the Pope of tioned, that though it is past Midsummer, Rome, as the successor of St. Peter, is her we have no ripe strawberries in our gar-visible head, the representative of Christ, dens, a circumstance out of the memory of the oldest inhabitants. Increase of Suicides. It is a lamentable fact, that the number of suicides has for some years past annually increased. Authentic lists shew, that the number of suicides here was, from 1785 to 1790, 181; from 1790 to 1795, 209; from 1795 to 1800, 261; from 1800 to 1805, $19, &c. FRANCE. the Shepherd of the shepherds, and of the flock, who has not only the precedence and honourable preference, but also a true suChurch. I confess that the Bishops have premacy and jurisdiction over the whole a character and a power which are not given to Priests of the second rank. I confess that there is an essential difference between the ecclesiastical consecration and the canonical mission, and that where the ecclesiastical jurisdiction is required, the first is not sufficient, but the second is absolutely necessary.—(Trid. Sess. 23. Can. 7.) M. Cordier has published a memoir on Now, as the Civil Constitution of the the coal-mines of France, and on the pro- Clergy, as it is called, of 1791, is contrary gress which has been made in their work- to these principles and points of faith, I reing, for the last twenty-five years. Heject and condemn that Civil Constitution proves that in this interval the produce has been more than quadrupled. This work, which is very important, is accompanied by an interesting map which points out the extent of our coal districts, the principal pits, and the direction of their various workings. Coal Mines: their Produce. of the clergy, as the visible Head of the Church, Pope Pius VI. and the lawful Bishops united with him, rejected and condemued it in the years 1791 and 1792, as erroneous, schismatical, and heretical. I therefore recant the oath, and every thing that I have spoken, taught, or done, acThe dissection of the Hottentot Venus the Church, and I asseverate before Alcording to this Constitution condemned by has just been finished at the Jardin du mighty God, that I wholly and uncondiRoi. This new object of curiosity for the tionally submit to the decisions and senamateurs of natural history, will be placed tences of the Roman Catholic Church, conin the Museum of that fine establishment.vinced that whoever is not gathered with her A French paper estimates the number of is scattered, whoever does not hold to the cenEnglish now at Paris, at 29,000; besides ter, which God has fixed, is excluded from the those which have quitted that capital, and kingdom of Heaven, &c. &c." ITALY. The celebrated Sacro Catino, or the holy vessel which Christ is said to have used at the Lord's Supper, which was brought to Genoa in 1101, is arrived from France at Genoa, with other curiosities. The King designed to give it back to burnt cinders, evidently volcanic. the surface of the water was so completely covered with the volcanic matter, that it was very unlikely to have been drifted to any considerable distance, as it the church of St. Lore: zo, where it was formerly kept. On the 15th of June the probably would then have been much more scattered. In an old chart on board, there case in which it was packed was opened, is a submarine volcano placed in the same in the presence of the Magistrates and the longitude and latitude, about 8 deg. So Clergy, when, to the grief of all present, min. S. and from the great distance from the vessel was found to be broken!!! On this occasion Genoa has recovered several any land where we found this curious phenomenon, I think there can be no other valuable MSS. and the celebrated paint-way of accounting for it, than the probaing by Julio Romano, representing the Martyrdom of St. Stephen. Two Priests of Macerata have been arrested and carried to Rome, charged with publishing a fabricated Epistle from St. Paul to the Romans, with dangerous notes and comments. Phenomenon: New Volcanoes. That NAPLES. Some slight agitations of the The End of the World! The End of the In Naples, as in most of the cities of Italy, there have lately been prophets who predicted the end of the world. In the beginning of June, a priest named Cavillo, preaching in the church of St. James, announced that the city of Naples would be destroyed on the 27th of that month. It was to rain fire for four hours, and those who escaped the fire were to be devoured by serpents. Such was the impression made by these absurdities on the people, that the police were compelled to arrest the prophet and several other individuals. INDIES: EAST. Phenomenon: Sub-marine Volcano. A curious phenomenon was observed by the Hon. Company's ships Fairlie and James Sibbald, on their late passage to Calcutta:-" October 1, our latitude at noon was 13 deg. 25 min. S. long. 84 deg. 0 min. E. We observed quantities of stuff floating on the surface of the water, which had, to us, the appearance of sea-weed; but we were quite astonished to find it bility of a submarine volcano existing in that neighbourhood." INDIES: WEST. Kingdom of Hayti, Court, &c. The Royal Almanack of Hayti, for 1816, has been published. It contains 127 pages. Its Court Lists may vie with those of any empire, of whatever standing or complexion. The King, who has attained the 6th year of his reign, will be 49 years of age on the 6th October next. The Queen is in her 39th year. The Prince Royal, James Victor Henry, entered his teens on the 3d March. He has two sisters, Princesses. There are five Princes of the blood. The ministers and grand officers of the crown amount to 20. In the peerage are 8 dukes, 19 counts, 34 barons, and 9 knights. The King's household consists of about 140 chamberlains, pages, professors, almoners, secretaries, &c. The Queen has 14 ladies of the bedchamber, besides her male attendants. There are six regiments of guards. The Order of Henry boasts upwards of 180 members. In the army we find 6 marshals, 9 lieutenant-generals, and 21 generals of artillery, 2 regiments: of engineers, 1 corps: of infantry, 24 regiments filled up, and 8 others named: of cavalry, 2 regiments; of naval officers, including the grand admiral, 29, besides cadets. Long lists are also given of the Fiscal and Judicial Departments. The Qeeen holds her Court on Thursdays at five o'clock. The King receives petitions at ten o'clock on the court-days, and returns an answer on the Thursday fol lowing. Such is the progress of this inThe Code Henri, teresting settlement. which has been published, is a thick volume. The laws are of course on the French model. OTAHEITE. Idols, and Idolatry forsaken. Nov. 1815.-The "Taheitan nation has changed its false gods, for Jehovah the true God. The majority of the people of Eimeo, near a thousand, have renounced idols, and professed themselves the worshippers of the true God; and they are daily increasing. Priests are publicly burning their godschiefs destroying their morais-pulling down their sacred altars, and cooking their victuals with the materials-men and women eating together-and group after group flocking to the Missionaries, and giving themselves to the Lord. The women were not permitted to eat with the men, nor might they drink out of the same cup, formerly; now, they eat and drink together. RUSSIA. Progress of Liberty. A late Hamburgh mail brought intelligence from Petersburgh of the abolition of the vassalage of the peasants in Esthonia, by the Emperor Alexander. The enfranchisement, however, is not to take place suddenly, but gradually, so that the whole may be completed in fourteen years. The Emperor of Russia has given another instance of his goodness of heart by attending the funeral of his preceptor, and walking in the procession next to the coffin. The Suwarrow has been so far as lat. 58° 50' N. long. 190° 50' E. She touched at Kamschatka. On the 10th of October 1814 she discovered an island in lat. 13° 10' S. long. 163° 29' W. It is about eight miles and a half long, and seven miles wide. Cocoa-nut trees and sea-fowl were found upon it. The rocks around it appear formed of solid coral. It not being laid down in any chart, Captain Lazaroff named it after his ship, "Suwarrow Island." It appears from the great Vancouver's track, upon his published chart, that he must have passed this island in the night time. The Suwarrow has a valuable cargo of furs, which she took on board in Norfolk Sound, with many articles the produce of the coast of Peru. She lay two months at Lima. The cargo is estimated at not less than one hundred thousand pounds; and so prosperous has been the whole of the voyage, that she has not sustained the loss of even a rope or spar of any description, since she sailed from Spithead. She has about fourteen rare ani mals on board-species of the Lama, Vicugna, and Alpaca. They are intended as presents to the Emperor of Russia. She has since sailed for St. Petersburgh. SPAIN. Inquisitorial process revived, A gentleman, lately returned from Bilboa in Spain, informs us, that on the arrival of his vessel at that port, a guard-boat, bclonging to the Holy Inquisition, came on board, having the banners of that tribunal St. Petersburgh, June 12.-The day before yesterday arrived a merchant vessel from Holland, which had on board a flat fast sailing vessel (in Dutch, a boever) as a present from his Majesty the King of the Netherlands to the Emperor, with all the necessary furniture, hangings, a tea and coffee service of silver; another of Chi-flying, and manned with a respectable nese porcelaine, vessels of fine crystal, &c. Mr. Baird's steam-boat makes now daily Voyages between St. Petersburgh and Cronstadt. The passage is usually completed in three hours. RUSSIAN VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY. number of friars. They enquired for papers and books, and asked the master and crew many questions respecting the conversation of the passengers on religious and political matters; whether there had been much swearing on board during the voyage? &c. and to end the ceremony, the master had The ship Suwarrow, Captain Lazaroff, to pay a doubloon for his fees: a circumbelonging to the Russian East India Com- stance which was very near provoking him pany, arrived at Spithead on Tuesday, to some exclamations, well calculated to June 18, 1816, wheuce she sailed March draw upon him the thundering censures of 10th, 1814, on a voyage of discoveries in the Holy Office. We mention this for the the North Pacific Ocean; but more with information of the public, as beyoud doubt a view to form two military and commer- the same regulation has been adopted in cial establishments on the west coast of all Spanish ports, and may take British North America, namely, at the island of vessels and passengers by surprize. A Rodiak, in lat. 55° N. long. 160° W. which Common Prayer-Book, Robertson's Works, is the nearest part of the American conti- or Masonic insignia, are sufficient for the nent to the Russian establishment at Kams- seizure of any one; and it must not be chatka, and upon a neck of land called forgotten that, in the Inquisition, confisCalifornia. From these they will be ena-cation of property always follows convicbled to carry on their fur trade with China with greater advantages; and their homeward bound voyage, with the produce of China, will be likewise greatly facilitated. tion. Commercial Regulations revived. Prior to the late revolution, a regulation existed, by which British cloths, paying TURKEY. Effectual Punishment. the regular home duties, were allowed to | gensteiten bas equally suffered; and in the be shipped to Spanish America in the pro-Sulzthal every hope of the labourer is anportion of one-third, as long as the other nihilated; gardeus, meadows, and vinetwo-thirds of the assortment consisted of yards ruined-houses, fountains, aqueducts, national cloths.-During the early stages and roads destroyed, &c. &c. of the Revolution, as the Spanish looms were suspended, and no quantity of the article could be had for exportation, the restriction had been waived, with respect to our cloths, after being nationalized in the custom-house. To restore things to their old standing, his Majesty is now pleased to enact that the former regulation shall revive in full force. As no Spanish cloths can be had to make up the assortment, the houses connected with England have been obliged to countermand their orders, as the importation would be useless. Two very rich Armenian merchants and wealth confiscated for monopolizing money. bankers at Constantinople have had their WURTEMBURGH. Statistics. A German paper gives the following account of the taxation of Wurtemberg: u 1800 the state revenues of that country amounted to the sum of 1,226,437 florius, drawn from a population of 650,000 souls, on a territory of 150 square miles. The present kingdom, with a population of The Genevese Society for the advance-miles, paid in 1815 the sum of 6,328,090 1,986,668 souls, on a territory of 380 square ment of Arts, thus speak of this machine : SWITZERLAND. New movement: Machinery. M. M. Geyser, brothers, of Laugeuthall, Canton of Berne, residing at La Chute-desFonds, have exhibited to the Society a well-made and ingenious machine, viz. a wheel which seems to turn of itself, and of which it is impossible for the most skilful artists to discover the moving principles: those the artists keep a secret but it serves to shew how far illusion can be practised on persons the best instructed, in persuading them that the perpetual motion is not a chimera. The Society admire the beautiful execution of this machine, and acknowledge, that the illusion is very striking. Destructive Inundations. florins; being, with a doubled population, a fivefold increase of taxes. If, adds the paper, we estimate the other state dues in tithes, fines, &c. at four millions, and the parochial and communal taxes at two and a half, then we shall have the whole amount at rather more than nine florius per head, man, woman, and child. National Register : BRITISH. The King's Health. The following bulletin was issued and shown at St. James's Palace : "Windsor Castle, July 6.-His Majesty has enjoyed good bodily health, and has in general been tranquil throughout the last month; but his Majesty's disorder is not abated." The following is a Court Circular:-The different manufactories of the country in Prince Regent, with a view to assist the the grand entertainment which was given at Carlton-house lately, caused the following notice to be annexed to the cards of invitation:-"The Prince Regent has expressed himself desirous that the Nobility and Gentry invited to Carlton-house on the 12th instant, should appear on that occasion in British manufacture.-CarltonHouse, July 2, 1816." Lausanne, June 28.-The devastations of which the Frickthal was the theatre June 14, have left dreadful remembrances. The waters descended from the Jura with frightful impetuosity, and in so great an abundance, that the streams unexpectedly bursting from their channels, carried devastation through the vales of Schupsart and Mumpf. The whole population of this latter village had assembled in the church to implore Heaven, but the torrents of water soon penetrated that sanctuary, and left those unfortunate creatures hardly time to gain the roof and the steeple. In the meanwhile a great number of houses were destroyed, walls beaten down, barns overthrown, solid bridges carried off, and large meadows covered with sand and stques, rendered unfit for cultivation. The Rhine at the same moment presented a distressing sight, announcing that many others had suffered a similar misfortune. It bore along trees, carriages, moveables, and drowned cattle. The valley of Wer-tures. An order was at the same time sent We are happy to state, that it was some time ago announced to the Establishment of the Princess Charlotte of Wales, that her Royal Highness expects that they will wear, in future, only British manufac to her dress-makers, &c. not to introduce any thing foreign into articles prepared for the wear of her Royal Highness, on pain of incurring her displeasure, and being no longer employed. Princess Mary's Wedding. ing. The persons present were, with very few exceptions, the same as at the marriage of the Princess Charlotte -the Royal Family, the Duke and Duchess of Orleans, with the great Officers of State, &c. &c. The guns, by a double salute, announced this happy event to the public. sources of the year; and amongst the most important of our measures, as affecting the is the law which we have passed for consoli joint interests of Great Britain and Ireland, dating the revenues of both portions of the United Kingdom. But, Sir, in the list of all our important concerns, domestic and foreign, there are none in which this nation ever takes a The marriage of H. R. H. the Princess deeper interest than those which regard the Mary with the Duke of Gloucester, took splendour and dignity of the throne, and the place, July 22, at nine o'clock in the even-happiness of the royal house which reigns over us. Impressed with these sentiments, we have endeavoured, by a new arrangement of the civil list, to separate those revenues which are specially assigned to the support of the royal state, placing them henceforth which more properly belong to other and difbeyond the reach of any contingent charges, ferent branches of the public service: and in the same spirit of loyal and affectionate attachment, we have hailed, with heartfelt satisfaction, the auspicious marriage, by which the paternal choice of your Royal Highness has gratified the universal wishes of the nation, has adopted into the family of our Sovereign have already endeared him to the people, and an illustrious Prince, whose high qualities amongst whom he has fixed the future destinies of his life. These, Sir, are the objects to which our thoughts and labours have been chiefly directed and for completing the grants which it is our special duty and privilege to provide, we now present to your Royal Highness a bill, intituled "An act for granting to his Majesty a certain sum out of the Consolidated Fund of Great Britain, and for applying certain monies therein mentioned for the service of the year 1816, and for further appropriating the supplies granted in this session of Parliament:" to which bill, with all humility, we entreat his Majesty's royal assent." Prorogation of Parliament. June 31.-The PRINCE REGENT came to the house at two o'clock. The Commons were sent for; and on their appearance, the Speaker, on presenting the appropriation bill, delivered the following address: : from the throne : "May it please your Royal Highness.-At the close of a laborious session, we, his Majesty's most faithful Commons, attend upon your Royal Highness with our concluding bill of supply. During the course of our deliberations we have, in obedience to your Royal Highness's commands, examined various treaties and conventions which have been laid before us. We have there seen the tranquillity of Europe re-established upon the basis of legitimate government, by the same presiding counsels which planned the bold, provident, and comprehensive measures commenced in the negotiations at Chaumont, matured in the congress at Vienna, and completed by the Peace The Royal Assent was then given to the Apof Paris. We have seen, also, the wise and generous policy of the Allied Powers, who, dis-propriation bill and others, after which the claiming all projects of dismembering the Prince Regent delivered the following speech great and ancient monarchy of France, have been contented to adopt such precautionary measures as might effectually protect the world "My Lords and Gentlemen-I cannot close from the renewal of its former sufferings and this session of parliament without again expreswe have rejoiced more especially that this im- sing my deep regret at the continuance of his portant change has been confided by common Majesty's lamented indisposition. The cordial consent to the same victorious commander interest which you have manifested in the whose triumphs have so mainly contributed to happy event of the marriage of my daughter, the glory of this country, and the general hap- the Princess Charlotte, with the Prince of piness of mankind. In our domestic concerns, Saxe-Cobourg, and the liberal provision which the great and sudden transition from a state of you have made for their establishment, afford an extended warfare to our present situation has additional proof of your affectionate attachment necessarily produced many serious difficulties, to his Majesty's person and family, and deto which we have not failed to apply our mand my warmest acknowledgements. I most anxious attention. To the distresses of have the pleasure to acquaint you, that I the agricultural interest we have rendered such have given the royal consent to a marriage beimmediate relief as could be devised, hoping tween his Majesty's daughter, the Princess also that they may daily decrease, and trusting Mary, and the Duke of Gloucester; and I am much to the healing influence of time. For persuaded that this event will be highly gratifythe benefit of commerce, and the generaling to all his Majesty's subjects. The assurconvenience of all ranks of his Majesty's subjects, a new coinage has been provided; and in various ways, by positive enactments or preparatory inquiries, we have devoted much of our labours to the general improvement of the condition of the people, their relief, and their instruction. In settling our financial arrangements, the expenditure for the services of our civil and military establishments has been considered, with reference to the pecuniary re ances which I have received of the pacific and friendly disposition of the powers engaged in the late war, and of their resolution to execute inviolably the terms of the treaties which I announced to you at the opening of the ses sion, promise the continuance of that peace so essential to the interests of all the nations of the world. "Gentlemen of the House of Commons,thank you for the supplics which you have |