RECIPE FOR BURNS.-We find a recipe in Silliman's Journal, extracted from a foreign one, for the cure of burns, which is simple, and seems to be founded on correct principles; we recommend it to our readers as being, in our view, worth trying.

Dissolve in cold water as much alum as it will dissolve; put it in a bottle, and keep it ready to apply immediately to a burn. Dip a cotton rag in the solution and spread it on; keep it on until inflammation ceases. Pain will immediately cease, and blisters will be prevented or soon healed.

Dogs. It is curious to trace the attachments and aversions of mankind in regard to animals. Many nations consider the dog as an unclean animal. By the Jews they were considered in a degrading light, and were not suffered to come within the precincts of the temple, and a comparison of a human being to a dog was contemptuous in the extreme. "Am I a dog?" said the Philistine to David. "What! is thy servant a dog?" said Hazael to the prophet.

Herodotus, on the contrary, relates, that among the Egyptians, the females of this race were buried in consecrated chests. When Tritantæchmes was appointed to the principality of Babylon, he kept such an immense number of Indian dogs, that four great towns were exempt from every other tax but that of maintaining them.

The Turks extend their charity so far as to found infirmaries, and to bequeath legacies to dogs. The Persees, of Bombay, breed great numbers of dogs, and feed them regularly twice a day.

Wherever they see a dog, they immediately call him and offer him food.

The dogs on the island of Bombay, a few years ago, were many of them mad; whereupon an order was issued by the governor for killing them all without exception. This order being known, the Persees were greatly alarmed; they met together, and entered into a solemn league in defence of their dogs, and threatened to protect the lives of their canine dependants at the risk of their own.

PERILS OF THE SEA.-I saw a boy climb to the main-top-mast; he had been ordered there to secure a loose tackling he would not have gone could he have helped it; the night was dark to pitchiness, but, by the light of the binnacle, I was enabled to detect a large tear that was rolling down his cheek. There was no moment for delay, the order given must be executed, so away went the boy. It was a boy that had entertained me with everlasting stories of his mother and his home, and who told me of the dread he had that he should never return to them. The boy went up-I watched him; he had gained the first steeple, now flew on to the second, had put his foot upon the yard, and grasped the tackling, when-when-but my brain reels, for what I heard was a sudden fall, and then a gurgling in the waves.-East India Magazine.

SILK. Many of our greatest temporal comforts owe their origin to insignificant instruments. Look at silk; we owe it to a worm. It is said that fourteen thousand millions of silkworms are constantly employed in producing the silk consumed in the United Kingdom.

DECREASE OF EXECUTIONS.-It is gratifying to know that while many persons are talking of the vast increase of crime, the fact is, that the most awful crimes are less frequent than formerly. This, in connexion with the increasing indisposition to execute the sanguinary laws of our code, has so operated, that the late sheriffs of London, Messrs. Harmer and Wilson, on retiring from office, could say what none of their predecessors could have said for centuries past, that they had not been called upon to execute the sentence of death on a single criminal.

CHRISTIAN INSTRUCTION SOCIETY. -We have been requested to publish the annexed list of a course of lectures to mechanics, which will be delivered at Barbican-chapel, on Tuesday evenings, at eight o'clock, and we readily comply with the solicitation :

October 7th, 1834.-The Nature and Worth of the Soul, by the Rev. J. Woodwark.

14. The Moral Government of God, by the Rev. E. Steane.

21.-The Insufficiency of Reason and Necessity of Revelation as a Guide to true Religion, by the Rev. J. P. Smith, D.D.

28. The Divine Inspiration of the Holy Scriptures, by the Rev. A. Fletcher, M.A.

November 4th.-The Holy Scriptures the only Rule of Faith and Practice, by the Rev. J. Burnet.

11.-The Doctrines and Precepts of the Holy Scriptures, Evidences of their Inspiration, by the Rev. J. Styles, D.D.

18.-The Fulfilment of Prophecies, a Demonstration of the Inspiration of the Holy Scriptures, by the Rev. J. E. Giles.

25.-The Inspiration of the Holy Scriptures, attested by Miracles, by the Rev. J. Young, M.A.

December 2nd.-The Delineation of Personal Character afforded in the Holy Scriptures, an Evidence of their Inspiration, by the Rev. J. Robinson.

9.-The Evidence of Christianity derived from the Character of its Divine Founder, by the Rev. J. P. Dobson.

16.-The Evidence of Christianity derived from the Resurrection of Christ, by the Rev. J. Blackburn.

23. The Evidence of Christianity arising from its Influence in the Formation of Character, by the Rev. C. Stovel.

30.-The Evidence of Christianity from its Triumph and Progress in the World, by the Rev. J. Morison, D.D.

PAUPERISM.-It has been computed that in England a twelfth of the population are paupers: their support cost last year 6,790,7997. In Scotland, the proportion is only one-fortieth, and the sum raised for their support by assessment, voluntary contributions, and collections at church-doors, amounted to only 114,000l. in 1820; the allowance to each averaging 51s. per annum, or

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one shilling per week. In one respect, the poor-laws, with all their abuses, have probably done good. They have kept the standard of living high among the working classes of England. taught the peasant or labourer to think that he had a legal right to a full supply of wholesome and nourishing food at the public expense, if his own industry did not afford it in sufficient quantity, or if employment should fail. When circumstances depress wages beyond a certain limit, the English labourer falls back on the parish funds; and if he has a wife and children, he probably receives three times as much for living idle, as the Irish peasant gets for the hardest work. On the other hand, the poorlaws have destroyed the labourer's feeling of independence, the mainspring of active exertion and prudent conduct: they have encouraged premature marriages, and increased immorality in the intercourses of the sexes; they have chilled the natural affection between parent and child; they have discouraged industry, and spread habits of improvidence, by securing subsistence to the idle, and a provision against old age and accident to the thoughtless and dissipated. Finally, they have fostered discontent, and filled two-thirds of the rural parishes of England with constant heartburnings, squabbles and litigation, and at times produced scenes of violence and outrage. Under these circumstances every one must feel the necessity of a great change. Whether that which is now to take place will, in every respect, meet the case, it remains for time to develope.

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.

The Rev. Mr. Wildey, of Great Horwood, a clergyman who is entirely blind, recently preached at Hale Leys chapel, in Aylesbury. He repeated, during the two services, several chapters, both of the Old and New Testaments, without an error. He is said to be an excellent preacher and scholar; and to be able to repeat from memory the whole of the sacred volume.

HAMPSHIRE.

It is said that the Bridewell, at Winchester, is built over the very spot where the remains of Alfred the Great repose. "What a profanation!" exclaims one of

the religious newspapers. We grant that it was somewhat of an impropriety, but really we can see nothing profane in it.

A very curious accident nearly occurred on the Defiance Exeter coach, when near Basingstoke, two or three weeks ago. A gentleman, having lighted a cigar, dropped the tinder into the boot, which set fire to several articles it contained, by which loss to the amount of about 407. was incurred. Some time after the fire was supposed to have been extinguished, and the goods replaced, one of the passengers remembered that he had two pounds of gunpowder in his hat-box: the boot was again examined, and the discovery was made that the fire yet mouldered, and that very soon it would have reached the powder, and blown up the coach.

KENT.

On Saturday, August 30, died, aged 39, the Rev. S. R. Allom, Baptist Minister, of Ramsgate. He was a man of piety, talent, and zeal. His labours for the promotion of the cause of Christ were great, and his success was considerable. He has left an afflicted wife and seven children in circumstances which powerfully claim the sympathy and aid of the Christian public. We well knew Mr. A., and can bear testimony to his affectionate and constant efforts, his amiable and catholic spirit, and the esteem in which he was held by those who best knew him. It will afford us much pleasure to forward contributions to the bereaved and destitute family, which may be addressed to our publishers.

It is said that on some sabbaths recently, not less than ten thousand persons have visited Gravesend from the metropolis; and, moreover, that on one occasion two hundred regular thieves were on board. Now could any one have been quite sorry had these thieves robbed all who were thus awfully robbing God?

LANCASHIRE.

The following account of 4,102 families of operatives in Manchester, com

municated by Mr. Heywood, of that town, to the annual meeting of the British Association for the Promotion of Science, held the early part of last month, will be read with interest, and may suggest a variety of useful reflections. The numbers in each family were on the average 5, a low average, because the common one is 64; they resided in 3,100 houses, 752 cellars, and 250 rooms; about 600 of these residences were respectable, and about 1,200 ordinarily comfortable, but more than one-half were dirty and destitute. There were 8,821 children under the age of twelve, of whom, only 252 attended day-schools, 4,680 received instruction at Sunday-schools, and nearly one-half were entirely destitute of education. The number of parents who could read, amounted to 3,114. these families, 2,021 belonged to the Established Church, 1,473 were Roman Catholics, 591 were Dissenters, and 17 declared that they had no religion.

WARWICKSHIRE.

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Mr. W. Pare lately stated at Birmingham, that in 1792 the machinery in existence was equal to ten millions of labourers, and in 1833 to four hundred millions. In the cotton trade, spindles, which used to revolve fifty times in a minute, now revolve, in some instances, eight thousand times in a minute. This machinery may be increased to an incalculable extent.

IRELAND.

We are glad to learn that, on the whole, this poor unhappy country is in a more peaceful and promising state than for many years past. The harvest has been good, the potatoe crop abundant; labour in the making of roads, and building harbours and bridges, increases; riots and outrages are less frequent, and, could the high spirit of political party be checked, we should hope for better days, and soon.

FRANCE.

ANTI-SLAVERY.-A society has already been formed at Paris for the abolition of slavery. How influential is good example! This is one effect of the righteous conduct of England on this subject.

TRAVELLING.-In addition to the aerial conveyance, which has been so much talked of in Paris, from the idea that a communication may be effected between that city and London in a few hours, another machine, from which still greater expectations are formed, is now exhibiting in the Chaussée d'Antin. It is a sort of terrestrial ship, having three masts. With this curious machine, the inventor, M. Harquet, is said to have travelled from Tours to Paris at the rate of about twenty miles an hour.

WEST INDIES.

It is truly delightful to know that the first of August, concerning which so many evils were prognosticated in connexion with the West Indies, passed off there in almost entire peace and harmony. The places of worship were all opened, and well attended. The negroes, in many places, do not conceal their disapprobation of the apprenticeship system, but, nevertheless, submit to it with far more readiness than could have been expected.

INDIA.

We perceive by a late Calcutta paper, that the abominable custom of transporting the dying, and those who are in a supposed state of hopelessness, to the banks of the river where they are left to die without the support of friends or medical assistance, continues to be practised by the natives of the East, in Calcutta and its vicinity. It is indeed singular, that the English have not yet caused this revolting practice to be discontinued. The Indian Gazette recommends the erection of a hospital by a public contribution, for the reception of these helpless wretches, who are thus unnaturally abandoned by their friends.

son. With a view of promoting these admirable institutions in this country, we have great pleasure in presenting our friends with the "Constitution of the Maternal Association of Utica," which was, we believe, the oldest of the kind in the United States, and which has lately undergone some modifications in its plan.-EDITOR.

Deeply impressed with the great importance of bringing up our children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord, we, the subscribers, agree to associate for the purpose of devising and adopting such measures as may be best calculated to assist us in the right performance of this duty. With a view to this object, we engage to observe the following rules:—

1. This association shall meet on Wednesday, P.M. of each week.

2. Every meeting shall be opened and closed with prayer; and a collection shall be taken up at each quarterly meeting, in aid of some benevolent object.

3. The time allotted for our weekly meetings, shall be spent in reading such works as relate to the great object for which we are associated, in conversation, and in prayer for divine assistance, and for a blessing on our efforts for the immediate conversion of our children; also, that God would glorify himself by rendering them eminently useful in the church.

4. At the quarterly meetings on the first Wednesday of September, December, March, and June, the members shall be allowed to bring to the place of meeting such of their female children as are between three and sixteen, and such of their male children as are between three and fourteen years of age. At these meetings, the exercises shall be of such a nature as may be best calculated, by the aid of the Holy Spirit, to instruct the minds and impress the feelings of the children that attend.

5. Every member of this association shall consider herself as sacredly bound to pray daily for her children, and with them, if practicable; to accompany her prayers by reading the Scriptures, urging them to the duty of immediate repentance, and an unreserved consecration of themselves to the Lord.

6. It shall be the indispensable duty of every member to qualify herself by prayer, by reading, and by all other appropriate means, for performing the

arduous duties of a Christian mother, and to suggest to her sister members such hints as her own experience may furnish, or circumstances render necessary.

7. Every member shall consider herself obligated by her baptismal covenant, in behalf of her children, prayerfully and perseveringly to restrain them from every course that would naturally lead to pride, vanity, or worldly-mindedness; and shall look upon herself as renewing this covenant at every meeting of the association.

8. When any member is removed by death, it shall be the duty of the association to pay as particular attention to her children in furnishing them with religious books, bringing them to the quarterly meetings, &c., as circumstances may render proper. The members will assemble for prayer at the house of the deceased, with the surviving children, at a convenient time intervening between her death and burial, when two persons shall be appointed to attend to the duties implied in this article.

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9. A superintendent shall be appointed annually by the association, to take a general supervision of its concerns, and to preside at the annual and quarterly meetings. At each weekly meeting, the superintendent shall appoint some one present to conduct the next succeeding meeting, who shall make such selections for reading, and bring forward such subjects for conversation, as may be best calculated to excite the members to a faithful discharge of their arduous duties. cording secretary shall also be appointed, whose duty it shall be to keep the records and a register of the names; to furnish each member with a constitution, list of names, and the tract, "To Mothers;" to prepare an annual report, and at each meeting to read the record of the preceding meeting. A corresponding secretary shall also be chosen, to conduct the correspondence of the association; and a treasurer to collect and take charge of the funds, apply them, and render an annual report.

10. The day of the annual meeting shall be spent in fasting and prayer by the mothers, on their own account, and in behalf of the children of the association.

11. Any article or articles of this