purposes of the Society. The collection last year was 150 dollars.--Salem Register. On the 20th of July, the corner stone of a Presbyterian Church was laid at Kingston, (U. C.) by Thomas Markland, Esq. the senior magistrate, attended by the officers and members of the lodge, and many citizens. was Church of Scotland.--An order in Council, having last-year been sent to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, prescribing forms or heads of prayer, to be used by the ministers of that church, respecting prayers for the royal family, it was taken up by the General Assembly on the 20th May. The following motion thereupon made and carried, 126 to 53:-That whereas the independence of the Church of Scotland, in all matters of faith, worship and discipline, is fully established by law, the General Assembly finds it unnecessary and inexpedient to adopt any declaration with regard to the late orders in Council, relative to prayers for his majesty and the Royal family.'-Boston Gaz. A school has been established in Senegal, West Africa, by the French Education Society. The school is conducted on the Lancasterian plan, and is under the superintendence of M. Dard. In the course of two years, he has taught two hundred native children to read with correctness. Some of the children have received instruction in Geography, Arithmetic, &c. and 12 of this number are prepared to enter on the instruction of the tribes in the interior, whenever they shall receive the proper orders from the French government. The Society in Edinburgh for the conversion of the Jews, has received more than £500 sterling; and it is the intention of those who manage the concerns of the Society to employ foreigo missionaries, whose native tongue shall be understood by the Jews, among whom they labour, and they have already engaged as missionaries Mr. Borzart, a native of Switzerland, and Mr. Besner, of the University of Tabingen. the Hindoo, and the Odriya language. The new Testament in the Chinese, and seven others. Several other verSixteen sions were also in the press. presses were at work in the Serampore printing Office. The marquis and Marchioness of Hastings, the Bishop of Calcutta, and others, had paid a visit to the establishment at Serampore. When they entered the room, thirty learned Hindoos were silently engaged in translating the sacred writings, each in his native tongue. They were from Affganistan, Guzurat, Cashmere, Tellinga, Nepal, Asham, China, &c. &c. those connected with the above mis sion, have baptized between 6 and 700 Hindoo Pagans and Mahometans. N. Y. Advertiser. On the 15th of June, a numerous and respectable assemblage of the inhabitants of Liverpool, Eng. took place at the Town-Hall, when a Society was formed, under the name of " The Liverpool Auxiliary Church Missionary Society." Lord Stanley was chosen President, and the Rev. Dr. Parkinson, Admiral Murray, John Gladstone, Esq. M. P. Gen. Gascoyne, M. P. and Sir John Tobin, committee. The parent institution has been established nearly 30 years. Its annual income was at first only 2000 pounds, but last year it was 30,000 pounds. Watchman. Paris, April 26.-Letters from Rome announce "That Religious Toleration has achieved a victory in the chief city of Catholicism. His holiness has permitted the Calvinists at present in Rome, the public exercise of their worship, and in consequence they have administered the Sacrament in a church open to the public. Necker, an ancient Cyndic, of the Republic of Geneva, being at present in Rome, the Protestants have requested him to walk at their head in going to the communion. This has been done, and gave general satisfaction. M. DONATIONS TO RELIGIOUS AND CHAR ITABLE INSTITUTIONS. The Treasurer of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions acknowledges the receipt of $2,959 66, from June 21st to July 20th inclusive. 'A letter from the Rev. Mr. Ward, published in the London papers, states, that at Serampore, in Bengal, there had been published the whole of the Old and New Testaments, in the Sungskrit, the Bengalee, the Mahratta, ble Society acknowledges the receipt The Treasurer of the American Bi UNITED STATES. It appears not improbable that the attention of the people of the United States will soon be engrossed by the consideration of the constitution which has been framed by the delegates of Missouri. It is, to say the least, doubtful whether Congress will readily admit a state into the Union, whose constitution, among other obnoxious features, provides that "the General Assembly shall have no power to pass laws for the emancipation of slaves, without the consent of their owners; or without paying them before such emancipation, a full equivalent for such slaves so emancipated." This aristocratic measure, adopted by the influence of the great slaveholders of that country, must be extremely obnoxious to every true republican. Not satisfied with enjoying the fruits of slavery, they wish to secure to their posterity the same fearful privilege; and unwilling that there should exist any possibility of the future emancipation of the slaves, fearing that the population of Missouri would one day become more virtuous, more mindful of the laws of God, or of the rights of men, they wish to bind even the legislature of the country. By an alteration of the con stitution the obnoxious provision might be done away it is true, and in the proposed constitution, there is unquestionably some method pointed out, in which it may be altered. It is however reasonable to suppose, that at least two-thirds of the freemen must unite in the project of altering the constitution, or that no change can be effected; for if the framers of this instrument were willing that the slaves should go free whenever a majority of the peo ple were desirous of their emancipation, they would certainly be willing that the representatives of the people should have the power of emancipating them. In whatever point of light this singular provision of the proposed constitution is viewed, it must be regarded as a most odious measure, to prevent in any future period the extinction of slavery. But this is not all. Should a majority of the people of Missouri become fully sensible of the evils and dangers of slavery, and wish to prevent the further introduction of slaves, this majority have their hands tied; for even their legislature shall have, by this constitution, no power to prevent bona fide emigrants to this state, or actual settlers therein, from bringing from any of the United States, or from any of their territories, such persons as may there be deemed to be slaves, so long as any persons of the same description are allowed to be held as slaves by the laws of this state." If slavery is abolished in other states, it will still reign in Missouri, and continue to reign, unless Congress, in the exercise of just authority, should refuse to sanction a constitution which would be a disgrace to any country, and eminently so to a country professedly christian and republican. The framers of this constitution have also in their wisdom decided, that ministers and all persons licensed to preach the gospel, shall be ineligible to any civil office. GREAT BRITAIN. In continuing our account of the proceedings of the British Ministry and Parliament, respecting the Queen of England, it is first necessary to state, that after the motion made by Mr. Wilberforce, and which was adopted, to stay for a time the proceedings in Parliament, negotiations were entered into between the agents of the King and Queen. No arrangement, however, was made. The greatest difficulty in effecting a compromise appeared to be found in the article respecting the liturgy. Ministers would not consent to retract the order in council, which prevented the insertion of the Queen's name in the prayers for the royal family, and the Queen would not relinquish an interest in the public prayers of her people. On June 22nd, the following resolutions were, on the motion of Mr. Wilberforce, adopted by the Commons. Resolved, That this house has learned with unfeigned and deep regret, that the late endeavours to frame an arrangement which might avert the necessity of a public inquiry into the information laid before the two houses of Parliament, have not led to that amjeable adjustment of the existing dif-ferences in the Royal Family, which was so anxiously desired by Parliament and the nation. That this House is fully sensible of the objections which the Queen might justly feel to taking upon herself the relinquishment of any points in which she may have conceived her own dignity and honour to be involved, yet Vol. 2-No. VIII. 56 feeling the inestimable importance of an amicable and final adjustment of the present unhappy differences, this house cannot forbear declaring its opinion, that when such large advances have been made towards that object, her Majesty, by yielding to the earnest solicitude of the House of Commons, and forbearing to press farther the adoption of those propositions on which any material difference of opinion yet remains, would by no means be understood to indicate any wish to shrink from inquiry, but would only be deemed to afford a renewed proof of the desire which her majesty has been graciously pleased to express, and to sub mit her own wishes to the authority of Parliament-thereby entitling herself to the grateful acknowledgments of the House of Commons, and sparing this House the painful necessity of those public discussions, which, whatever might be their ultimate result, could not but be distressing to her majesty's feelings-disappointing to the the dignity of the crown, and injurious hopes of Parliament-derogatory from to the best interests of the empire." A committee, consisting of four persons, among whom was Mr. Wilberforce, was appointed to present these resolutions to the Queen. She return ed an answer, in which, among other declarations, she stated bow with deference, and if possible "As a subject of the state, I shall without a murmur, to every act of the sovereign authority. But as an accused and injured Queen, I owe it to the King, to myself, and to all my fellow subjects, not to consent to the sacrifice of any essential privilege, or withdraw my appeal to those principles of public justice, which are alike the safeguard of the highest and the humblest individuals." All hope of an adjustment having, terminated, the committee of the House of Lords, after an examination of the papers sent to them by his Majesty, reported that the charges deeply affected the character of the Queen, and a bill has been introduced into the House of Lords to deprive her of the title and privileges of Queen, and to annul the marriage contract of their Majesties. Before such a bill is passed, however, witnesses will be examined, and counsel heard. The Queen has many friends, and the Coronation of his Majesty which was fixed for the first of August, has that the commercial intercourse of the been deferred without day. two countries will become more limits ed. SPAIN. There has been great joy manifested by the people of Spain in consequence of the assembling of the Cortes, and of the King's taking the oath prescribed by the Constitution. This oath was taken by his Majesty on the 9th of July. In Cadiz the magistrates, the citizens, the troops, and the militia, displayed much enthusiasin on the occasion, and among other testimonies of their joy a solemn mass, and te deum was celebrated at the Cathedral. The King has abolished the punishment of whipping, considering it as a symbol of barbarism, and a disgraceful relic of Paganisin,' and forbids punishment in this manner in a part of the Spanish monarchy, or in the provinces beyond the sea. Of the members of the Cortes, a very great majority are said to be decided constitutionalists, most of the old patriotic members having been returned. Very few grandees have been chosen, but agriculturalists, priests, lawyers, and soldiers, have secured the election. The religious communities of Spain are placed under new regulations,They are forbidden to admit any new members, or to sell, or otherwise dispose of their property. The King has expressed a wish that the Convents should be an asylum for the virtuous and unfortunate, not receptacles for the lazy and thoughtless.' FRANCE. Considerable excitement has been produced in France by the law of Congress which imposed new tonnage duties upon French vessels. This act was passed to counteract the influence of the commercial system of that country, so far as it regards the vessels of this country, and the act in question contains provisions for its repeal whenever France shall think fit to reciprocate with us the liberality of our commercial regulations.' According, however, to a letter of Mr. Gallatin, to the Secretary of State, it would seem that although the French ministry may be favourably disposed, yet that the shipping interest and chambers of commerce are in opposition to the desired regulations. It is supposed by many, that France will lay a high duty on American vessels, and At a meeting of the Lycurgan Society of Yale College, held Aug. 9th, 1820, on the recommendation of a Committee of the society, composed of members from the dif ferent States in the Union Resolved, That extravagance in the ac ticles of dress, is inconsistent with the republican principles of our govermnent, and an evil which at the present time threatens its interests It is, therefore, the duty of every triend of his country, to afford his assistance in opposing its alarming progress. Resolved, That it is the peculiar duty of the members of our Colleges, and a debt of gratitude they owe their country for the distinguished privileges which she has con-ferred upon them, to exert their inquence in the accomplishment of so laudable an object. Resolved, That we disapprove of extrayagance in dress and luxurious indulgencies in our seminaries of learning at the present time; especially do we disapprove of them in the institution with which we are connected. Resolved, That, to reduce the expense of Clothing and prevent the evils arising from the continual fluctuations of fashion, we adopt an uniform dress to be hereafter worn by the member of this Society. Resolved, That to promote industry in our country and to promote Americ Manufactures, we wear cloth exclusively of domestic manufacture. Resolved, That these resolutions be signed by the committee, who are instructed to describe our dress for the benefit of 7 those who may hereafter become mem- Thomas P. Little, N. Carolina, Landon A. Thomas, Kentucky, Description of the Dress. COMMITTEE. A Coatee or short Coat, and Pantaloons of dark Domestic Cloth, black and white mixture, denominated Iron Grey, made agreeable to the present fashion in every respect, except that the Coatee is single breasted, with a small pointed lappel ; the pockets on the outside of the skirt, with a scalloped welt. Yale College, New-Haven, Conn. August 25, 1820. Georgia. It is stated, that the Committee on the distribution of the contributions made to alleviate our losses by the GREAT FIRE, have closed their business.The claims for losses amounted to $776,000; the contributions to $99,451 75 cts. which have been distributed among 450 persons, of all ages, sexes, and colors. The bounty came from the states in the following proportions: Dlls. Cts 35,700 95 29,637 27 1,136 56 5,232 46 1,686 11 19,382 25 338 29 1,198 93 12,195 85 733 28 1,209 80 99,451 75 Voyage of Experiment.-It is generally known that a vessel sailed from this port a few weeks since, on a whafing voyage, equipped, besides the usual apparatus, with torpedoes, to shoot or blow up the whales. The ingenious projector has gone in the vessel for the purpose of directing the opera *Exclusive of 10,238, returned. . tion, and testing the practicability of the experiment.-New-Bedford paper. In Glasgow, Scotland, the wages of the weavers in 1814, for twelve hours work were 28. 2 3-4d. and in 1819 only 10 1-4d. a day; and about one sixth of the whole number of hand looms formerly used by the manufacturers, are now unemployed. The King of Prussia has renewed to his subjects the promise that they shall have a Representative Government founded on a Monarchial basis; but that the system to be permanent must be well digested and deliberately in troduced. This is not the only evid dence recently given, that Kings are taking lessons how to rule by affection rather than fear;-And the people of the nations are certainly increasing in1 political light and moral knowledge; and with the Beacon of the French Revolution before them, they know full well that the blood-stained paths of violence and anarchy do not lead to: the Temple of Liberty.-Centinel. REPUBLIC OF COLOMBIA. The official pacific Manifesto of the Spanish royalist General MORILLO to their "High Mightinesses" the Congress of Colombia, and the answer thereto of the Congress, have been received. The former is dated at his H. Q. Carraccas, June 17th; and the latter passed the 13th July, 1820. The former, it is known, announced the reestablishment of the Spanish Constitution, proposed a suspension of hostilities-and informed Congress of the appointment of Commissioners to meet Commissioners chosen by them, to negociate a reconciliation between the Mother-Country and the Colonies, on "the just basis of equality and reciprocity, honorable to both parties." The following is the answer of the Congress. TO DON PABLO MORILLO, SIR-The Sovereign Congress which has been convoked in an extraordinary session, to take cognizance of a letter from you, dated the 17th June, 1820, from the head quarters at Carraccas-in which you have communicated that Brigadier General Thomas Cires, and Domingo Duarte, were appointed Commissioners to proceed to this city, with the object of soliciting the union of this country with the constitutional monarchy of Spain, and |