to do. As soon as he has done it, we shall take off more. copies, and endeavour to circulate them. Yet this is but a slow and troublesome way of proceeding Should we send one to you, do you think that you could get a number of them printed for as in Arabic characters? We have already circulated a good many tracts in the Arabic language, but the number of people in this country who, are able to read them, is comparatively small." (p. 115-117).

"The people around us continue, in, general, to discover a bigotted attachment to their old superstitions. We have daily conversations with them, and are obliged to hear a great deal of nonsense and folly. Foolish and ignorant as they are, however, we are more and more satisfied, that it is not weak answers that will do for them. On the contrary, daily experience shews, that it requires the clearest and strongest arguments to make any impression on their mind. Indeed, we are fully convinced, that till God shall be pleased to awaken in them a sense of guilt, to which they are totally strangers, our words will have little effect. However, we have reasou to think, that several of the people are secretly attached to us. Some of them have privately told us, that had we lived nearer a Russian fort, they would not have hesitated to have professed our religion. The bloody and persecuting principles of Mohammedanisin, prevent every man who may think differently from the rest, from telling his real sentiments. We have much gause, however, to be thankful for the friendly terms on which we live, even with those who are most violent against our religion. We try to give them as little of fence as possible. One day the General at Constantinegorod came to see us. He was accompanied with his wife, the Gover por's lady, and some other people. am. surprised,' said he, how you have lived so long among these wicked people, without making any complaints of them. But they have complained to me of you, and, in particular, they have complained of you for making one of their Sultans a Christian: meaning young Catagerry.

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“An Effendi, on Mohammedan doctor, came lately to our village. He is daily with us. Abdy gave us a hint, that he has some idea of converting us to Mohamme danism; and, we are inclined to think, that the Sultans have brought him here for that purpose. He is an intelligent man, and has seen much of the world; having travelled, through Turkey, Syria, Egypt,and Arabia. We cannot help being much interested in Abdy. His doubts and his attachment to us continue. He shews great respect to the Effendi, but secretly laughs at him, and says, that he talks downright nonsense. He is a shrewd, sensible, and inoffensive man. One day, when we commended him for his acute

ness, the Effendi said, 'You do so, because he inclines to your side,' Should any of the Moulies (priests) break off, we imagine they will not do it alone. But whoever has the courage to do so, must lay his account with great persecution. The Effendi told us the other day, that according to his belief, it was very lawful to take away by violence the property of any man who renounces Mohammedanism, or even to kill him. Among a people with such ideas, it must be some time before we can expect proselytes.

"We are much obliged to you for the garden seeds which you sent us, and shaйl make the best use of them we can, as soon as the season will permit. We hope to be able to raise some corn for ourselves this summer; but when we shall be able to raise enough for our large family, I know not. The difficulties we have to encoun ter are such as people in your happy country can scarcely form an idea of. Some of us have travelled, perhaps, more than an hundred miles, trying to get the iron work for a plough made, and have not succeeded. We hope you will endeavour, as soon as possible, to send us a blacksmith*.

The three boys whom we redeemed from slavery, some time ago, are very promising, and begin to read and speak English very amusingly, Though we had our choice of all Caucasus, we could not expect to find a more hopeful boy, to all appearance, than the one we have, ransomed for Mr. A. We paid 310, roubles for him. This you will think is a great deal of money; but the object for which it is laid out is certain and precise. When a person gives a donation for ransoming a boy, he knows precisely for what he is laying out his money. He bas, at least, as much security for being of use to the temporal condition of the boy whoni he ransoms, as he has for his own life, or for the life of one of his own children. How far the improvement of the boy's condition may tend to weaken the prejudices of bis countrymen against the gospel, it is not easy to calculate. Besides, there is as much reason to hope for his conversion, da there is for the conversion of any children brought up in a Christian family. Upon the whole, it appears to us, that among the changing affairs of human life, it is not easy to discover how a good man can bestow his liberality on a more certain and precise object,' than that of ransoming children, and educating them in the principles of that divine religion, by which he

*The Society have a blacksmith, and two or three other persons whom they wished much to have sent to Karass this summer, but owing to the low state of their funds they durst not attempt it. They hope, however, through the liberality of the friends of religion, to be in a conditio to send them out next spring.i

himself hopes to be saved. If these con siderations strike the minds of good and benevolent men, in your country as they strike us, we cannot allow ourselves to doubt that many will soon step forward to enable us to rescue from ignorance, vice and wretchedness, a number of the poorchildren in this country who are doomed to spend their days in the most abject sia very. We humbly hope, through the blessing of God on the means of improvement which they will enjoy with us, that many of them will become ornaments both to our settlement and to christianity." (p. 192-194.) wearete mater by On the 10th of February, one of the female Missionaries died in childbirth. Her case was beyond the reach of any assistance which could be rendered to her. She bore her

CONTINENTAL INTELLIGENCE.

A FRESH instance of the most flagrant vio lation of the law of nations, and the inde pendance of neutral states, has occurred in the seizure, on the night of the 24th of October, by a party of French troops, of, Sir GEORGE RUMBOLD, the English Charge d'Affaires for Hamburgh, within a mile and a half of that city. He was immediately removed within the French lines, together with all his papers, and sent off under an escort to Paris., The Senate of Hamburgh lost no time in remonstrating against this outrage, and in communicat ing an account of it to the Courts of Pe tersburgh, Vienna, and Berlin. The in terference of the latter power is said to have been very prompt and energetic: so much so as to have been the cause which has induced Bonaparte, contrary to all expectations, to forego his prey, and to or der the liberation of Sir G. Rumbold, who arrived in London on the 18th instant. Bo naparte, however, has retained that gentleman's papers, from which, as the Moniteur asserts, may be deduced proofs of guilt that place him on a footing with the Drukes and the Spencer Smiths: and has Also, it is said, exacted from hisa promise in writing, never to approach within a cestain distance of Hamburgh.

This act, perhaps, exceeds in atrocity all the former outrages of France: and if it shou'd pass unnoticed by Austria and Plussia, it will furnish a new proof of the degraded state of the Continent, and particularly of the Germanic Empire, of which Hamburgh forms a part. We trust, wever, that it will rather be of use in rousing the great powers of Europe to an

effectual resistance of the restless spirit of domination manifested by the present ruler of France.

But not content with this flagrant breach of national law, in seizing a British Minister, Bonaparte has issued a manifestő, placing England itself out of the protection of that law. In this ebullition of impo tent rage, he charges England with those very crimes of faithlessness, treachery, contempt of public law, oppression, &c. &c. of which he himself has been so potoriously guilty; and he commands all his agents to declare to the governments where they reside, that he will not recog nize the English diplomatic corps in Europe, so long as the British Ministry shall act on its present principles. 11. 2

Nor are these the only instances which the present month has furnished of the desperate length to which the overbearing tyranny of Bonaparte has extended itself. He has issued his mandates in Holland, ordering the seizure, without any modification, of all ships which have come from English ports, and of all goods found on board of them, excepting colonial produce. The effect of this measure, we apprehend, will fall far short of Bonaparte's hope. The Continent must, and will, have English manufactures.

The French Chargés d'Affaires, both to Petersburgh and Stockholni, have quitted these cities; so that the usual relations of amity between these courts and France may now be considered as dissolved: Previous to that event a paper of recrimination had been drawn up by Talleyrand and presented to the Russian Minister; ta which a severe and animated reply was

made by the latter, containing a just review of all the encroachments on the inde pendance of neutral states, of which the French have been guilty since the Treaty of Luneville.

The Grand Signior has peremptorily refused to acknowledge Bonaparte's new title, in consequence of which General Brune, the French Minister, has quitted Constantinople. The Ottoman Minister declared to the General, that, in consequence of a convention concluded with ́ Russia, the Porte could enter into no negotiation with Bonaparte, though, at the same time, it was sincerely disposed to be

neutral.

The Moniteur, after giving an account of the capture of the Spanish frigates, proceeds to comment on that transaction in the utmost style of bitterness, as an act altogether unprovoked; and bestows on the English Government, for its conduct in that instance, the most opprobrious epithets. A rupture with Spain, we apprehend, is now unavoidables

In short, there is every probability that the flames of war will extend themselves to every part of Europe.

Some letters addressed by the French minister of marine to Jerome Bonaparte, and to the French minister to the United States, have been intercepted, which display the true character of Bonaparte in a strong light. They exhibit him cold, unfeeling, unbending, and unforgiving: occupied only by ambition and the love of power; and valuing the ties of family only as they contribute to the gratification of his master passion. Jerome is commanded to quit the young woman whom he had married in America, on pain of his brother's displeasure, and to return to France without her; and the French minister is directed to supply him with no money except on these terms.

It is with deep regret we state that the

ticularly among the inhabitants of the town, of whom no fewer than one thousand six hundred had been swept away in a short time. Many of the officers and soldiers had fallen victims to this calamity; and some fears, it is said, are even entertained for the safety of the fortress. General Fox has left England with a strong body of men to reinforce the garrison.

AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE.

The dispute between Spain and the U nited States does not seem as yet to be accommodated; but it is more than probable that the former power will be disposed to recede from her pretensions. The Spanish Ambassador has involved himself in an awkward controversy with the Editor of an American newspaper, who has declared, on oath, that the ambassador had endeavoured to corrupt his fidelity, with the view of employing his paper as an engine, / to promote the interests of Spain in the existing difference.

The last accounts from ST. DOMINGO announce the designation of Dessalines to be Emperor of Hayti for life, with liberty to nominate his successor; and they add, that, he was marching in great force to invest the city of St. Domingo.

About the beginning of September last, a dreadful hurricane visited almost every island in the Charibbean chain, and proved, very destructive in its effects, particularly among the shipping. Upwards of three hundred vessels, small and great, are said, to have been driven on shore, and most of them entirely lost. At St. Kitt's, not a vessel escaped. At Antigua, St. Bartholo mew's, St. Thomas's, and Dominica, the losses were also very great. The damage done on shore is also considerable in some of the islands. The hurricane extended itself to America, and proved very des structive both at Savannah and Charles

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THE prorogation of Parliament is continued from the Sd to the 15th of January.

It is with real satisfaction that we have observed the accounts which have been circulated, of an interview having taken place between the King and the Prince of Wales, which has been attended with the removal of every ground of misunderstanding which had subsisted between them. We sincerely wish, that these ac counts may prove true to their utmost extent.

The price of corn, we are concerned to state, rose so high during the present

month, that the assize of bread was fixed on the 19th instant, at sixteen-pence for the quartern loaf. The markets, however, have begun to fall; and we trust that the rise will prove merely temporary. Some persons have been so inconsiderate as to attribute it to Mr. Western's corn bill, passed in the last session of Parliament.

Another Spanish frigate outward Bound, has been captured..

Several of the enemy's gun-boats, and two of their privateers have been taken by our cruisers.

In an attack on some of the enemy's®

vessels, near Nieuport, one of our gum brigs, the Conflict, run a-ground and fell into the enemy's hands. „bordi Arrangements are said to be adopting for affording a regular establishment and

stipend to the Roman Catholic clergy in Ireland. We shall take an early opportu nity of considering this important subject more at large.

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DEATH OF MRS. COCKBURN, JO HAVING for some years enjoyed the friendship and society of the lady who is the subject of the following account, I can vouch, on my own knowledge,, for the truth of most of the circuin-, stances contained in it, and I consider, them to be both important in their ten-. dency, and honourable to the cause of the, gospel. For these reasons, and at the particular request of the son* of my departed friend, I send the account to you, requesting you to favour it with a place in your instructive and valuable Miscellany,

T. B.

MRS. LETITIA COCKBURN was descended in the female line from the noble family of the Russels. Losing her parents when, young, the care of her education devolved to an affectionate aunt; a woman of fine sense, polished manners, and exemplary virtue. Whilst under the age of twenty she was united in marriage to an officer in, the army; who, by distinguished merit in his profession, attained to a high military rank. In this situation she was led to mix with persons in the upper ranks of society, and to partake with the gaiety of youth of the pleasures and dissipation peculiar to the "fashionable' world." But though placed in such unfavourable circumstances, she still discharged, in a conscientious manner, the duties of a wife and a mother. Nor did her intercourse with the world make her forget the importance of religion: she had been taught, whilst a child, to think of religion with the highest reverence, and the impression re mained after she was grown up. She was in the constant babit of reading her Bible, nor did she permit herself, at any time, to neglect attendance on public worship, or the exercise of private devotion. She even persuaded herself that she loved God and kept his commandments; in short, that she fulfilled every demand which, re

* Sir William Cockburn, who has condescended to authenticate this memoire BOLTOR

affectious she was therefore perfectly at case in the course which she was pursuing. But it pleased God, by means of some atflictive dispensations, to lead her to cons der her ways more perfectly, to perceive their vanity, and by degrees to appreciate more justly her state and character before God, and to apply her heart to true wis. dom. After drinking deeply of the bitter cup of affiction, she found that the world, with all its pleasures, was a miserable comforter; that her best friend was her God and Saviour, and her safest counsellor the word of his grace. Various events leading her to a more private situation in life, she was now less diverted from religious pursuits; and to the utmost of her ability she employed herself in the exercise of piety, benevolence, and charity to the poor. Indeed she was by nature generous, kindly affectioned, and given to hospitality, though, at the same time, her temper was hasty, impetuous, and impatient of restraint.

It pleased God, in his great goodness at this time, to introduce to her acquaintance several persons, who knew the grace of God in truth," and who did not sbun to declare to her, the whole counsel of God. Their friendly admonitions for some time seemed to be as seed buried in the carth; but at length it produced fruit to his glory. As she was returning from church on the 25th of May last, she was attacked with à painful and dangerous disorder, and from that time she became evidently more alive than ever to the great concerns of eternity. Deeply convinced of the spirituality of God's holy law, and of her own guilt in "having violated it, she plainly felt her awful, situation as a last simmer, and was led by the Spirit of God to fire for refuge" to the hope set before her in the gospel. Her disorder, though slow in its progress,' was not to be overcome: bat to her own consolation, and the great joy of her friends, as her bodily strength declined, her spiritual strength manifestly increased day by day. While discoursing with her beloved son, she would often say to himy "I know not to what cause to ascribe it, but I never felt such calin resignation to the will of God, during any former illness, as. ♬ now do.” When she perceived be

grief and anxiety on her account, she sweetly reproved him for it. Though in much pain she complained not; and with little or no hope of recovery she was perfectly calm, and in her words and actions mild and gentle as a lamb. Even when much enfeebled, she was often heard to sing parts of the Magnificat in a clear fine voice, particularly the words "My soul doth magnify the Lord, and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour," and during the sharpest paroxysms of pain she would often repeat, Glory be to God.---At intervals of ease she requested her dear daughter-in-law, whose attentions were unremitted, to read to her the seven first, and the last stanza, of the 139th Psalm, N. V. During the conversations which she frequently had with a pious clergyman of the Church of England, who frequently visited her in her illness, and who was made the instrument of great good to her soul, when reminded by him of her lost estate by nature, and that the atoning blood of Christ was the only foundation of her hopes, she constantly professed that she knew she was a sinner, had no merit of her own to plead, and that her only hope was in the tender mercies of her Redeemer, who shed his blood for the remission of sins.

Towards the latter end of September ber disorder had made such ravages, that hope was at an end, and about the last ten days of her life she was confined wholly to her bed. Frequently and most devoutly did she beseech God in his mercy, to bless her children and friends, and to forgive all who had injured her, declaring that she herself most cordially forgave them. Such declarations she made repeatedly and emphatically before her participation of the sacrament of the Lord's Supper, in which solemn act of devotion her fervid piety was highly edifying. The prayers of her pious friends had been repeatedly "offered at the throne of grace for divine support and consolation; and both were now extended to her in a reinarkable manner. Her soul appeared to be filled with a sense of her Saviour's love, and she seemed to have a foretaste of the happiness which awaited her in that better world to which she was fast approaching. On the day before her death she suffered great pain, and was very restless. On the next day, which was her last, she appeared perfectly easy, with a placid smile in her countenance expressive of the serenity that prevailed within. Bean's Prayer for Departing Souls was read, and, after some interval, the Commendatory Prayer for a Person at the Point of Death, which, after another interval, was repeated. As the prayer advanced her breathing became weaker; and as the prayer ended she breathed her last. Her spirit and the intercession of her christian friends, it is hoped, ascended to heaven together. Her son, who had not moved from her bedside for a considerable CHRIST. ORSERV, No. 35.

Bath, 16 Nov. 1804.

DEATH OF LORD CHEDWORTH.

On the 29th of October, died at Ipswich, in the fiftieth year of his age, the Right Honourable JOHN HOWE BARON CHEDWORTH.

His Lordship has bequeathed a very considerable fortune in a mauner not a little mortifying to his relations; and a large part of it, as we understand, to actors and actresses, and innkeepers: a mode of disposing of the paternal property of a peer which is neither very creditable, nor very common. We forbear to enter into his Lordship's character, with which, though it is in some degree indicated by his will, we have only an imperfect acquaintance, and little or no concern. may be useful, however, to observe, that while in some of the public prints he has been spoken of as a man of low manners, and as having lost, not at least without apparent good cause, the regard of his natural connections; he has also been, to a certain degree, exalted in print, on the ground, partly, of his talents and acquirements, and partly, of valuable moral qualities with which he is said to have been endowed*.

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It seems to us to be growing fashionable to be very liberal of praise to all those who are dead. We object not to eulogies either on the Duke of Bedford, or even on Lord Camelford, or Lord Chedworth, if they are properly limited to the points in which these noblemen may severally have

* One newspaper states him to have been "a nobleman of the strictest princi ples, of SOBER UNAFFECTED PIETY, and of singular humanity," and speaks of his "abundance of great and good qualities." And yet the same writer, with admirable consistency, represents him as a perpetual dangler after some fine woman, often to the injury of the lady's character; as very fond of the turf, &c, &c.

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