various leading scripture topics, such as the garden of Eden; the temptation of Eve; Cain and Abel; Noah building the Ark; the deluge; the tower of Babel, &c. &c. Each dialogue is preceded by a neatly finished wood-cut, representing the leading features in the subject of the conversation which follows. It is an inviting and instructive book for young persons.

15. Writings of Edward the Sixth, William Hugh, Queen Catherine Parr, Ann Askew, Lady Jane Grey, Hamilton, and Balnaves, (Religious Tract Society, London,) is a very interesting volume. It contains much valuable information respecting the illustrious individuals themselves, and presents us with a mirror of the times in which they lived. Popery, however, always appears with the same features, the friend of despotic power, the crusher of the rights of conscience, the disgrace of the christian church, and one of the grand enemies of mankind.

16. Instructions for Children, &c., by the Rev. Rowland Hill, A. M., (Page, London,) in addition to much good advice, and many friendly admonitions, hold forth several examples of early piety, which invite imitation. The copy before us is of the eighth edition, so that this little book is well known.

17. The Instructive Reader, containing Lessons on Religion, Morals, and General Knowledge, &c., by Ingram Cobbin, A. M., (Westley and Davis, London,) is a kind of demi-hieroglyphic composition, in which objects, obvious to sense, are exhibited in familiar representations. This portion, however, occupies only a small part of the lessons, and occasionally the wood engravings are omitted altogether. It is of more importance to the learner to have the history and uses of things explained, and the words spelt as they are actually pronounced. These are excellencies which meet in this volume, and render it a valuable acquisition for nurseries and elementary schools.

18. Sermons by the Rev. Griffith Jones, Founder of the Welsh Circulating Schools, translated from Welsh Manuscripts by the Rev. John Owen, vol. I., (Hamilton, London,) will be as much indebted to the benevolence of the author's character, as to their intrinsic excellence, for the degree of celebrity they may obtain. With the exception of phrases and terms peculiar to the author's creed, we highly approve of these discourses. But such is the overwhelming influx of works of this description, that the public have more prognostics of an inundation, than the publisher has of a reimburse

ment.

19. A Help to Professing Christians in judging their Spiritual State and Growth in Grace, by the Rev. John Barr, (Simpkin, London,) is the production of a pious mind, well acquainted with the workings of the human heart, with the theory and influence of christianity, and the powerful operation of divine grace. It is a work that will be read with great spiritual advantage by all who are inquiring the way to Zion with their faces thitherward.

20. Plain Rules for Improving the Health of the Delicate, Preserving the Health of the Strong, and Prolonging the Life of all, by William Henderson, M. D., (Whittaker, London,) would, we are fully persuaded, if regularly followed, be productive of all the advantages which the author anticipates. It is a work which, divested of scientific technicalities, takes its stand on the ground of common sense. Intemperance in various ways, indigestion arising from the want of moderation, air, and exercise, Mr. H. justly thinks to be the prolific source of most human maladies. Those who wish to benefit by his instructions must follow his rules. The effect cannot be enjoyed by any who disregard the efficient means which he recommends.

21. An Almanack (for 1832) by William Rogerson Greenwich, Kent, (Stephens, London,) we have, during several years, had occasion to notice, with approbation. It contains the common materials of an almanack, without disgracing its pages with the fooleries of prognostication. It also includes much useful information respecting commerce, legislation, stamps, postage, fares, and taxes, in addition to the astronomical and meteorological observations which every month demands.

22. A Topographical History of the County of Leicester; the Ancient part from Parliamentary and other documents; the Modern from actual Survey, by the Rev. J. Curtis, (Simpkin, London,) comes before us with a commanding aspect, and with all the credentials of great utility. We learn, from a part of the title-page which we have not quoted, that this volume is "the first of a series of the Counties of England and Wales, on the same plan." The present attempt is a noble effort; and should the future labours of the author be distinguished by the same indefatigable industry, the same unwearied research, and the same successful investigation that characterize the octavo now before us, the result of his diligence will be an important acquisition to the topographical literature of our country. The reverend author's apology for foxhunting entitles him to the gratitude of the kennel.

23. A Discourse on the Death of the Rev. John Clowes, M.A., by the Rev. S. Noble, (Simpkin, London,) records the life and death of an exemplary minister of Manchester, who strangely embraced the wild notions of Emanuel Swedenborg. This discourse is an apology for his conduct, and for the sentiments he had imbibed.

24. London Pageants: Accounts of Fiftyfive Royal Processions, and a List of Lord Mayors' Pageants, (Nichols & Son, London,) will be deemed very important by all interested persons; and will prove very entertaining to all such as prefer amusement to utility.

25. A Vision of Hell. A Poem, (Hurst, London,) displays more imagination than judgment. No one, but Milton, has ever yet with any poetic gracefulness attempted successfully

"to venture down

The dark descent, and up to reascend." Many images of terror, the author of this poem has certainly combined, but they all fall short of those dismal and indefinite expectations which the subject never fails to excite. In roaming through the infernal regions, he discovers numerous individuals, both of ancient and modern times, whom he personally names. Among those of our own country, he finds Charles I., to whom he proposes this question:-

"Dies not the prince by justest doom, who arms To hold his throne against the public will ?" On hearing this, the ghostly monarch concludes the visitant to be "one of England's sons," and inquires the news. This leads the author to touch on the French revolution, lighted at the torch of American independence, and on the great changes that have taken place in Europe, through ambition, intrigue, and war. Elysium follows Tartarus-but the whole is founded more on the machinery of the heathen mythology, than on the descriptions and declarations of holy writ.

26. Daily Light reflected from the Sacred Scriptures, (Religious Tract Society,) shines with such steady lustre on the paths of man, that all who follow its guidance will be led into the way everlasting. This little book consists of passages selected from the sacred writings, and of short practical comments on them, by numerous authors, whose names are inserted. In the selection of commentators, we rejoice to find that sectarian bigotry has not been permitted either to dictate or to triumph.

27. The Child's Repository, and Infant Scholar's Magazine, Vol. V. (Stephens, London,) has a large circulation, but not more so than it deserves. Many useful

branches of natural history appear in its pages, and these are rendered more attractive by the wood-cuts with which they are accompanied. We cannot, however, approve of such unguarded expressions as the following. On the subject of lying, we are told, in page 29, that "in Siam, he who tells a lie is punished by having his mouth sewed up." It is then added-"This may appear dreadful, but no severity is too great against one who commits so great a sin." We always rejoice, when we find zeal tempered with knowledge.

28. Advice to a Young Christian, &c., by a Village Pastor (Religious Tract Society, London,) is an American publication, now reprinted in this country. The advice is included in a series of twenty-nine letters, written by the author to one of his congre. gation. Prefixed, is an introductory Essay by Dr. Alexander, an American minister. The style, tone of feeling, and sentiments inculcated, are all of an exalted character, and calculated to stimulate the reader to aim at an elevated standard of piety. It is a little volume, of fair promise, and one that we doubt not will be found useful to serious young persons.

29. Abridgment of the New Game Laws, &c., by Lieutenant-Colonel Hawker, (Longman, London,) will give much interesting information to the companions of dogs and guns.

30. Remarks on the Cholera Morbus, &c. &c., by H. Young M. D., (Smith and Elder, London,) will, in the present state of alarming excitement, command attention by its title, and secure approbation by its contents. On this momentous subject, various opinions are exhibited by medical men to the world. Many of these might appear to oppose each other; but if, from the discord of theories, any genuine information as to the symptoms, causes, and treatment of the disease, can be acquired, some hopes may be entertained that means will be devised to arrest its progress, and avert its awful consequences. Mr. Young, having seen the ravages of this disease in India, and communicated with the medical board at St. Petersburgh, comes before the public with strong claims to general confidence. On the merits of his pamphlet, we are wholly incompetent to decide. We can only say, that his observations appear plausible, argumentative, and rational.

31. Speech of P. C. Crampton, Esq., President of the Hibernian Temperance Society, June, 1831, we should rejoice to put into the hand of every drunkard in the united kingdom.

GLEANINGS.'

Spicy Profits.-In the third voyage of the Company to the East Indies, one of the ships, the Consent, of 115 tons, sailed from the Thames in March, 1607, and procured a cargo of cloves. The prime cost was 2,948/. 15s.. and they were sold for 30,2871.

Duelling in Mexico.-There is a law in Mexico, that when any individual falls in a duel, the survivor is compelled to pay all his debts. If neither, or both fall, then the property of him who sent the challenge becomes responsible for the debts of the person challenged. This law is enforced with rigour. We need scarcely add, that duels in Mexico are not of very frequent occurrence. Such an edict in England might be productive of very salutary effects.

Water in the Island of Ascension. This uninhabited island, which lies nearly in the middle of the southern Atlantic ocean, has most generally been visited on account of the largeness, abundance, and excellence of the turtles which are to be found on its shores. But its being wholly destitute of water, except what descends from the clouds, has always given to it an uninviting aspect. Lately, an attempt was made to procure water, by boring, which, at a moderate depth was crowned with complete success. From this source the voyager may now obtain a competent supply of this necessary article.

Sunday Schools.-At a meeting of individuals superintending Sunday Schools, in Manchester, last week, it was stated that there are in the kingdom upwards of 10,000 Sunday-schools, containing 1,500,000 scholars, under the superintendence of 100.000 conductors and teachers, whose services are given gra tuitously. All this has been accomplished since their establishment, fifty years ago. It is supposed that there are about 30,000 children taught in the schools in Manchester, and that there are yet from 20,000 to 30,000 children proper objects of these benevolent institutions, who are at this moment allowed to grow up without restraint, in ignorance and vice, but whom it is the interest of the public at large to restrain and educate.

The Book of Armagh.-On Monday, great curiosity was evinced by the amateurs and literati of this city, with respect to the sale of this truly valuable and unique Ms. The MS. is the production of the seventh century, and is written on vellum in the pure Irish character, with Greek capitals intermixed; both sides of the membrane are written upon. It is of the small quarto size, about eight inches high, six inches wide, and about three inches thick. It contains 442 pages, and is altogether perfect, except the first membrane, part of the Gospel of St. Matthew, and a few pages, which have been defaced by attrition. The cover, or case, is not the least singular part of the treasure. It is of thick black leather, having raised ornamental devices, hieroglyphics, and figures of animals upon it. It has also a very antique brass lock and hasp, part of which still remains. There were originally eight brass staples, which passed through the lid; a bolt or pin passed through them under the hasp, like our modern portmanteaus. It sold for 3901. All were anxious to hear who was the purchaser of this gem of antiquity, but no one knew. Some kind Asmodeus from the house of Cochrane and Co., of London, we understand, has borne it off in triumph from its native shore.-Dublin, June 18, 1831.

The Dram Shop.-We fear that the working classes will never be thoroughly emancipated, until the vice of drinking ardent spirits is banished from among them. The reform bill may pass, the corn laws may be repealed, the burden of taxation may be removed, but so long as the dram-shop is encouraged, just so long will the working man be degraded and miserable. He may have more money to take at the end of the week, but he will always reach that period with an empty pocket: home will be a desert, and his wife and children wretched. Influence in society, he will have none, except what is mischievous; and the only thing to distinguish him from the brutes, will be his outward form.-Carpenter's Political Letter.

Strong Liquors.-It has, we understand, been ascertained, on the highest medical authority, that in the ravages of cholera morbus, those addicted to drunkenness become the first victims of this terrible visitation.

A Riddle.-There is a father with twice six sons, these sons have thirty daughters each, who are party coloured, having one cheek white, the other black, who never see each other's face, nor live above twenty-four hours. This riddle "on the year," is attributed to Cleobulus, who was one of the seven wise men of Greece, who lived 570 years B. C. Riddles are of the highest antiquity: the oldest on record is in the book of Judges, xivth chapter, 14th and 18th verses. We are told by Plutarch, that the Gauls of his time worked at knitting and sewing, and the most ingenious of them made riddles.

Prices to see the Coronation.-For the galleries in the vaultings, the tickets were three guineas each, and for those underneath, four guineas each, and the first, or bottom tier, were let at five guineas each person. The grand stand in St. Margaret's churchyard was contracted for with the Dean of Westminster by the Sergeant Trumpeter, and the seats were let at from two to three guineas. The prices at houses in the line of the procession were from two to three guineas, The price for a seat to see the coronation of the Conqueror was a blank; at Henry the First, it was a crocard; at Stephen's and Henry II., it was a pollard; at Richard's and King John's, a suskin; at Henry III., a dodkin; at Edward I., it rose to half a farthing; at Edward II., a farthing; at Edward III., a halfpenny; at Henry IV., a penny; at Henry V. two pennies; at Henry VIII., a groat; at Queen Elizabeth's, a tester; at Charles I., a shilling; at James II., half a-crown; at Queen Anne's, a crown; at George II., half-aguinea; at George III., a guinea; at George 1V., from one guinea to teu.

Russian Justice.-The following story gives a lively idea of the Russian rule of Poland. A Jew met a Cossack in the forest; the latter robbed him of his horse. On returning to the town, he lodged a complaint with the Major in command, who was (with what truth we shall say) reputed to be a most rigorous disciplinarian. The Cossacks were paraded, the robber was pointed out, when, with the utmost effrontery, he declared he had found the horse."How?" replied the Jew, "I was on his back." "Yes," retorted the Cossack, "I found you too; but having no use for a Jew, I did not keep you. The excuse was deemed sufficient, and the Jew lost his steed.

God of the Aborigines of New South Wales.-A correspondent of the Sydney Gazette relates the following dialogue he had with an aged native black, named Moses, respecting Kon, the great spirit-" Why are the blacks afraid to die?" "Why shonld they be?" a usual answer to any question. Tell me why they are afraid?" Because of Kon." "Who is Kon?" "Kon is a savage being." "Did you ever see him?" "No." "Where then is he?" "He is in the woods every where ;" pointing with his hands. "Then, how is it that you have never seen him?" "Whenever he sees the blacks coming, (for he always looks about,) he goes down into the ground.' "How can he go down? has he not a body like mine?" "No."

What is he like?" "He is like the rainbow; like your horse; he can go any where." "Who was his father? who is his mother?" "We do not know: he had none; he lived before us; all the blacks are afraid of him."

Shower of Earth at Sienna.-On the 15th of May, 1830, at seven p. m., rain fell at Sienna, and in the neighbouring country, which stained red every substance it touched. At midnight, the earthy showers again took place. The weather had been calm for two days before, but the atmosphere was overcast by dense reddish clouds, The coloured earthy matter, collected from the leaves of a great number of plants in the botanic garden, was subjected to chemical analysis by M. Guili, Professor of Natural History, and found to contain-1. organic vegetable matter; 2, carbonate of iron; 3. manganese; 4. carbonate of lime; 5. alumina; and, 6. silicia. These details are communicated in a letter from M. Guili, to the editors of the Annales de Chimie.

Formidable Snake.-A formidable snake was killed on Crimson-hill, within the parish of Curry-mallet, about a fortnight since; it measured in circumference eight inches, and in length four feet ten inches.Sherborne Journal, Aug. 13, 1831.

American Liberty.-One Mr. Washington Roby advertises in the Washington Daily National Intelli gencer thus-"Cash! Cash! Cash! The advertiser will give the highest prices for likely young negroes of both sexes, from twelve to twenty-five years of age. Any letters addressed to me, through the post-office, will be attended to." In the same paper, there are two other advertisements, offering "Cash for likely

young negroes.

Instinct.-There are several parts of a horse which he cannot reach with his teeth to scratch, when they itch: when these parts do itch, he usually goes to another horse, and bites him on the spot where he wishes to be scratched himself; the sagacious companion generally takes the hint, and performs the office for him. Dr. Darwin, who was an attentive and acute observer of nature, once observed a young foal bite its dam, to indicate its wish to be scratched, but the mare, not choosing to lose a mouthful of grass, which she was in the act of chewing, merely rubbed the place on the foal's neck with her nose; so that, there can be little doubt but it was from reflection that she rubbed where she was bitten.-Anecdotes of Horses.

It

Smoking-We are often asked, if the use of tobacco be injurious? Viewing the question in the abstract, we should answer, Yes. To a person in full-health, nothing is required but pure air, food, and drink; every thing else is superfluous, and, consequently, oppressive to the constitution. A powerful narcotic substance must be more than oppressive, because it makes a direct attack on the nervous system. affects the stomach and the brain. But, viewing man as a creature of civilization, subjected hourly to excitement, foreign to his nature, and injurious to his health, narcotics, by allaying nervous excitability, may, in certain circumstances and constitutions, be really useful. We would not, therefore, deprive the smoker of his consolation, but we would keep the practice from excess. We would guard especially against that of unnecessary potations, to which the practice so frequently leads. Drinking is a great and positive evil; smoking, at best, but a slight good. If the two must be associated, banish them, as decidedly inimical to health and reason. Smoking can never be proper, before the middle period of life. For young men to parade the streets in the evening, with cigars in their mouths, is either affectation or something worse.-Thrackrah, on the Effects of Employments on Health and Longevity.

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Idolatry in India.-There are many temples in India, from which the East India Company receive tribute; of which, the principal are, Gya, Allahabad, and Tripetty. The total amount of revenue received from all these sources is unknown; but that supplied from the following four temples, amounts to a prodigious sum. Mr. Poynder estimates it as follows: Clear profit for the seventeen years ending 1829, exclusively, for Juggernaut Clear profit for the sixteen years ending in 1829, inclusively, for Gya Clear profit for the sixteen years ending in 1829, inclusively, for Allahabad Clear profit for the seventeen years ending in 1829, inclusively, for Trippetty Total tribute received from idolatrous worshippers for seventeen years. £920,215 15 0 Robinson Crusoe.-The chest and the cup, which Selkirk had with him on the island, are in the possession of a family in Nether Largo, in Fifeshire, who reside in the house in which he was born. The former is in admirable preservation, although, at least, one hundred and twenty-three years old. It is made of cedar, is strongly built, and very massy. The initials, A. S., are rudely carved on its lid. The latter is the shell of some kind of nut, which probably grew on the island. The late Mr. Constable, of Edinburgh, caused it to be much adorned and beautified, by giving it a new pedicle, and having its edge surmounted with silver, on which a suitable inscription is given.

To restore Sour Wine.-Take dry walnuts, in the proportion of one to every gallon of wine, and burn them over a charcoal fire; when they are well lighted, throw them into the wine, and bung up: in forty-eight hours the acidity will have been corrected.

> Spirits and Tea.-There is five times as much spirituous liquor consumed in England as in France, but there is nearly one hundred times as much wine consumed in France as in England. Nearly three times as much beer is consumed in England as in all France, and a hundred times as many pounds of tea. White Mice.-A considerable number of mice, as white as drifted snow, have recently been discovered at Great Whelnetham Hall, near Bury. In threshing out a barn of wheat, nearly as many of this sort as of the common species were destroyed. It is believed that they were imported into this country with foreign corn. They increased in a very rapid ratio, some litters being as numerous as fourteen.

Literary Notices.

Just Published.

Part XI. of Baines's History of Lancashire. Part XXXIII. of National Portrait Gallery :-Sir Thomas Plumer; Warren Hastings, Esq.; and Lord Viscount Melville.

Fisher's Drawing-room Scrap-book, a Quarto AnDual, with Thirty-six highly-finished Engravings; and a poetical illustration to each, from the pen of L. E. L. Visit to the South Seas in the years 1829 and 1830; comprising Scenes in Brazil, Peru, Manilla, Cape of Good Hope, and St. Helena. By the Rev. C. S. Stewart, Chaplain in the United States' navy. With Portrait and Engravings. Abridged by W. Ellis.

The Offices of the Holy Spirit. Four Sermons preached before the University of Cambridge, in the month of November, 1831. By Rev. C. Simeon, M.A. Sermons by the late Rev. Edward Payson, D. D. Pastor of the Second Church in Portland, in the United States.

The First Number of a new and very splendid poriodical, to be called The Ladies' Cabinet of Fashion, Music, and Romance.

A New Edition of Herbert's Priest of the Temple, or, the Country Parson; his Character, and Rule of Holy Life; with the Church Porch, &c.: and a Sketch of his Life, from Walton. Royal 32mo. Cloth.

On the Miraculous Gifts of the Primitive Christians, and Modern Pretensions to their Exercise. A Dis course delivered at Stepney Meeting, Nov. 27, 1831. By Joseph Fletcher, D. D.

The Continental Annual, and Romantic Cabinet, for 1832. Edited by Wm. Kennedy, Esq.

Geographical Annual, or Family Cabinet Atlas. Bible Illustrations, or Manners and Customs peculiar to the East. By the Rev. Bourne Hall Draper. Hymns and Evangelical Songs for Sunday Schools. By John Bulmer.

The Church Revived, without the Aid of the Unknown Tongues. A Sermon preached in the Scots Church, Swallow-street, London, By R. Burns, D.D. A Letter to a Friend, on Subjects that Trouble the Church. By Charlotte Elizabeth.

The Pilgrim's Progress, by John Bunyan; with upwards of One Hundred illustrative Engravings on Wood. By G. W. Bonner; and Explanatory Notes, by W. Mason.

The Literary Jewel; or Diamond Cabinet Library, in Prose and Verse.

Two Sermons, on occasion of the Death of the Rev. C. Glascott, late Vicar of Hatherleigh, Devon. By the Rev. T. H. Kingdon, and Rev, G. P. Richards. A Sermon preached at Hull, 13th Nov. 1831, on the Unknown Tongues. By Wm. Jones, Bolton.

The First Number of the Temperance Herald. A Treatise on Pulmonary Consumption. By John Murray, F. S. A., &c.

A Sermon, occasioned by the Riots in Bristol. By W. R. Baker.

Family Classical Library, No. XXIV. Plutarch, Vol. II.

The Etymological Spelling-book and Expositor. By Henry Butter.

Sermons for Children. Tract Society.

Pulpit. Part III. of Vol. XVIII.

Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopedia, vols. 24, 25.

Moral Reform; a Sermon. By Wm. Naylor.

A Charge addressed to the Rev. Jas. Reid Brown, Scots Church, Swallow-street, London. By Robert Burns, D. D., &c.

Four Discourses on the Signs of the Times. By Josiah Redford.

A Seasonable Admonition. By J. Peacock. Digest of all the Precepts contained in the New Testament. By Joseph Turnbull, A. B. Anti-Slavery Reporter, No. 91.

Legends and Stories of Ireland. By Sam. Lover. Biographical Sketches and Authentic Anecdotes of Quadrupeds. By Capt. Thos. Brown, F. L. S., &c. Buchan's Domestic Medicine. 12mo.

Writings of John Fox, Bale, and Coverdale. Tract Society.

The History and Prospects of the Church, from the Creation to the Final Consummation. By James Bennett, D. D.

The Complete Works of Philip Doddridge, D. D. in two large volumes.

On Indigestion, &c. By Edward Jukes, Inventor of the Stomach Pump.

Luther's Table Talk.

Mental Recreation, or Select Maxims, &c. of Philosophers, Statesmen, Divines, &c.

Divines of the Church of England, No. XIX.Bishop Hall's Works, Vol. II.

Sermons. By the late Rev. Ed. Jos. Payson, D. D. The British Preacher, Vol. II.

Sermon, preached at Hull, Nov. 13, 1831, on the Unknown Tongues. By R. M. Beverley, Esq.

A Translation of the Statutes of the Royal and Hanoverian Guelphic Order. By J. Frost, F.S.A., &c. Modern Claims to Miraculous Gifts of the Spirit considered. A Sermon. By Rev. W. Harness, A.M. Practical Remarks on the Inutility of the Hydrostatic Test, in the Detection of Infanticide. By H. W. Dewhurst, Esq., Surgeon, &c.

Report of the African Education Society.

Report of the Pennsylvania Colonization Society, &c. The Religionists designating themselves Unitarians, not entitled to the Christian name. By Richard Winter Hamilton, Minister of Albion Chapel, Leeds. The Christian Pastor Visiting his Flock; and the Flock reciprocating their Shepherd's Care. By John Morrison, D. D.

The Shaking of the Nations, with the corresponding Duties of Christians. A Sermon. By J. Leifchild.

In the Press.

Saturday Evening. By the Author of Natural History of Enthusiasm. In 1 vol. 8vo.

History and Character of American Revivals of Religion. By Rev. Calvin Colton, of America, 12mo.