Synod of New-York, it is stated, that heretofore recorded in our congrega

The missionary operations of the Our lot is cast in an interesting church are essential to her prosperity. period. It becomes us as "observWhile the indifference of former years ers of the signs of the times" to view is reviewed with regret, we have rea- the condition of the church. The In a son to be thankful that sympathy is slumber of ages is broken. excited in behalf of those who are degree hitherto unknown, the church destitute of the stated preaching of collectively in the efforts to enlarge the Gospel. A degree of success the boundaries of the Redeemer's has attended the labours of our mis- Kingdom, is giving an impressive sionaries, which ought to animate us proof that "faith worketh by love." to more vigorous efforts to build our Let us awake to a deeper sense of "waste places." The field is large, our responsibility. In our respective our churches possess sufficient re- spheres, let us exert our influence to sources, and we trust there is an promote the Kingdom of the Redeemincrease of Christian enterprize which er in the world. Confiding in the will not hesitate to "devise liberal promise of the King of Zion, that all things," that "Zion may put on her flesh shall see the salvation of God, beautiful garments, and Jerusalem not wasting our time or energies, in become the praise of the whole earth." calculation or probabilities as to reIt is gratifying to witness an in-sults, but diligent, faithful, submissive crease of a spirit of harmony, which, to Him, who has reserved the seaproducing a combination of council, sons in his own power,' and employing resources, and efforts, may justify the instruments which God has selectthe expectation that churches may be ed for subduing the world, let us displanted in places hitherto desolate-miss the suggestions of unbelief and feeble congregations strengthenedand that the visitations of grace, descending as "the dew on Hermon," on all our churches, may send forth the fragrance of a field which the Lord hath blessed.

The Bible and Tract operations of the day are cherished and supported generally in our churches, and we trust that their claims will receive increased attention. Societies for the promotion of temperance are es tablished in many of our congregations, and will have a happy tendency to arrest the progress of that debasing and destructive vice. But while there is much to animate us, there is still abundant cause of lamentation, that among many who profess to be the disciples of the Son of God, a spirit of lukewarmness and indifference prevails, and a conformity to the world, which ought to lead to earnest supplication, that He with whom is the residue of the Spirit, would "strengthen the things which remain and which are ready to die."

despondency, assured that at the appointed time, the vision will surely come, it will not tarry.

View of Public Affairs.

The United States.-General health, and national prosperity, are the rich blessings lavished on us by the beneficent hand of Heaven. There are indeed complaints of bard times in the mouths of many. But they are found not in the lips of the indus is believed, more generally heard from those, trious, steady, and economical. They are, it who in the spirit of wild speculation, aim at the attainment of sudden independence. And hence, too often staking all, they lose suits of merchandise and trade, into a venall. They turn the honest and sober purturous speculation, a kind of lottery. They are not content with gradual and sure gain; nor keep they within frugal habits, and a well regulated expenditure. They make an exhibition of the manners and habits of the rich, in the outset of business. And failing in almost all their aims and speculations, they fill society, and the doméstic circle, with the wailings of scarcity of money, and hard times! The effectual cure for all this, would be to place ourselves

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and under the primitive plainness, and salu- festing no small share of legal knowledge, tary economical habits of the early business and sound political tact. The Bill passed by men of our city. Let those who make the a great majority in the House of Lords; and murmurs on hard times, study to reduce, received the Royal assent. Mr. O'Connell with rigid perseverance, the rules of Dr. has not been allowed to take his seat in Franklin, which he put into the lips of Poor Parliament, because he refused to take the Richard. Our Republic is comparatively oath of supremacy, &c. and because he young yet. Nevertheless, we are almost was elected member for Clare under the old equal in point of luxury and extravagance, law, excluding Catholics.-In the present to the older cities and countries of Europe! depression of trade, many alarming riots There is a prospect of an abundant harvest, have taken place, and several turnings out in all parts of our happy land, and a pro- for higher wages. Want of bread for themfusion of fruit. We have peace in all our selves and families, is the distressing cause. borders; our government, the choice of the How insensible are we, and the great body people, is moving on in its strength, stable of our people,who want for nothing, and how and secure. Our Magistracy are men of ungrateful under the unnumbered blessings vigour, and intelligence, and fidelity. There of a free government, and the profusion of the is a spirit, deep and solemn, of reform, gone bounties of Divine Providence, showered forth over the people, as it respects our na-down upon us! Let us only look at the pritional and besetting sin of intemperance. vations, and sufferings, and famine, endured And the energy of the Christian community, by the manufacturing districts of Britain, lately abused and provoked by impiety and and then let us look upon our happy and sophistry, has been roused; and is main- smiling land, and over our well fed, and taining its holy purpose of putting down the well clothed population! What an effectual iniquitous law, which goes to destroy the cure this must bring to the discontented and command of the Almighty to "Remember the murmuring hearts among us! Sabbath, and keep it holy." The Christian community only ask that God's law be paramount to all human law; that when God says Thou shalt keep my Sabbaths', no man, nor Legislature shall contravene it! And was ever a desire more reasonable, or a wish more righteous ?

Mr. Secretary Peel, it is said, will be disinherited by his enraged father, (the richest commoner in England) who cannot forgive him for introducing the Catholic Bill. On the contrary, the King is about to elevate him to the peerage.

Portugal. The condition of this unhappy Great Britain.-The Roman Catholic Re- country, is in no respect improved. The lief Bill, which has been the all-absorbing reign of terror under an unprincipled tyrant subject for some time past, in Great Britain and ruffian, Don Miguel, still spreads its and Ireland, has finally passed, and is now fatal influence over Lisbon, and the whole a law of the United Kingdom. In the House land. Having received intelligence that of Commons it was introduced with a speech his sister, the late Princess Regent, had seby Mr. Secretary Peel, of four hours length. creted her jewels and papers, in view of a It was plain, full of good sense, and per-retreat, he made an attempt on her life. spicuous argument. Unlike, indeed, to the She providentially escaped; but the pistol eloquent and beautifully classic speeches of bullet discharged at her, killed one of his Canning, it made little or no pretensious to domestics. The tyrant has thrown about ornament. The Bill passed its third reading | 2000 leading men of the nation into prison. on March 30, and, after a long, and vehe- And the number of executions is appalling. ment debate, in which Brougham took a At Oporto, an American captain states, 36 conspicuous part, among others, it passed Constitutionalists were to have been execuby a majority of 147. The Irish 40 Shilling ted, but for a want of an executioner to do Disfranchisement Bill, passed at the same the horrid murder, their execution had been time. By this, it is required that persons stayed. Trade and commerce are at a entitled to vote, shall possess not less than stand. And in addition to all this, it had, ten pounds sterling, instead of forty shillings. previous to April 18, rained at Lisbon for In the House of Lords, the Duke of Wel- 70 days; the country was deluged, and the lington introduced this his favourite Bill of crops almost ruined. The Emperor of BraCatholic Emancipation. It had generally zil, the brother of this tyrant, whose daughbeen supposed, and verily not without some ter, Donna Gloria was prevented from takpalpable reasons, that the Duke of Welling-ing the crown,-is unable to render his ton, though a man of distinguished talents, in his own line, that is military, would not, and could not, manage the helm of political affairs. But the contrary now appears. His speech was manly, dignified, yet simple, full of excellent sense, destitute of

daughter and the Portuguese people justice, on account of the distracted state of his finances. England is about to interfere, and France also. In a debate in the French Chamber, one of the members in the debate on expenditure, observed, that the convey

ing of an African lion to Paris, cost 7000 francs; but in 1826, it had cost the French double that sum to accelerate the arrival in Portugal, of a tiger, or a biped monster, much more dangerous!

shot. This enraged the populace to the
highest degree, and in spite of the King of
Persia's utmost exertions, and that of the
young Prince, Ali Shah, at the head of 2000
troops, the whole were massacred,-with
the exception of only three persons,-
,-whom
the young Prince saved at the imminent
risk of his own life.-The King of Persia
put his court and people into mourning, and
hastened the dispatch of Ambassadors to
the Court of St. Petersburgh, to explain the
whole matter.

France, is in a state of peace and progressive improvement. It has still several thousand troops employed in comsummating the emancipation of Greece. Its attention has lately been turned to the Barbary powers. It contemplates not merely the chastisement of these pirates and ruffians, but, in connection with England, and other Russia and Turkey.-Nothing decisive has European powers, it proposes to suppress reached us from the seat of war. We shall utterly that licensed nation of freebooters. hear soon of some eventful battles. The assassination of Monsieur Calemard two great powers were, in April, moving La Fayette, a deputy of the upper Loire, slowly forward on each other, like two trehas caused an awful sensation. The as-mendous thunder clouds.-Count Diebitch, sassin shot his victim in the palace of Louis XVI., and then blew out his own brains!

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who succeeded Wittgenstein, as commander in chief of the Russian armies, has been Spain. There is nothing worthy of record in the civil or political movements of part of the officers, it is said, was such, constrained to resign. The jealousy on the Spain. The influence of an unmitigated that the Emperor Nicholas did not think tyranny exerted by the throne, and a priest-it prudent to incur the hazard of rehood without its match, in ignorance and bigotry, out of the dark ages, is still exerted over the land. On the 21st of March, a very tremendous shock of an earthquake was felt in several places of Spain. Madrid it was comparatively slight. But in Murcia, it was attended by most melancholy results. Carthagena is demolished, St. Fulgentio has entirely disappeared. La Malta is a heap of ruins; and what is remarkable, its two salt lakes are dried up. At Torre-Viego not a house is left standing. Guardamar is no longer in existence : Majada has suffered greatly; Rafalis ruined totally. At Aix-Garres, a mountain gave way, and many houses were thrown down. At Almoravi not a house is left standing. The number of persons killed has not been ascertained, the number of the wounded is most appalling. The earthquake was attended by a fearful noise. Travellers perceived a column of fire, which gleamed towards the eastward of Murcia, at the moment of the shock May Almighty God overrule this sore calamity, to the good of miserable and benighted Spain, and when his judgments are abroad, may its inhabitants learn righteousness!

Persia and Russia. It was feared that the massacre of the Russian Ambassador, and nearly his whole suit, (thirty persons), in Teheran, near the Court of Persia,would have kindled afresh the flames of war between the two countries. A very satisfactory explanation has, however, been given. The Ambassador had, it is said, improperly interfered in the claims of the Armenian and Georgian subjects, and had maltreated a Mahommedan. This drew a mob about him. The Ambassador caused his people to fire on them, and six were

His successor is not yet named.gained some small advantages along the The Russians retain Sizepoli. They have European line, and on the Asiatic side, particularly in an affair with the Pacha of Russians had thrown their pontoons across Trapezunt, near the river Natoncbi.-The the Danube, before Silistria, to convey their army across. Our intelligence is no later than April 23d.-Varna is placed by the Russians in a state of complete fortification. Provisions are reported to be getting scarce, That will among the Turks at Choumla be the point on which Russia will again direct its utmost force. The Grand Vizier has arrived there with 12,000 men. The Russian squadron in the Mediterranean will effectu ally prevent Egypt from sending the demanded quota of troops and provisions, to aid the Turks. And their squadron in the Black Sea, threatens to prevent grain from being sent to Constantinople.

Greece. The most cheering news still reach us from Greece. Its liberty is achieved: it is driving the Turks out of the country even the Turkish garrison at Misso longhi has offered to capitulate; and its painful wounds are being healed up by the active benevolence and charities of the United States, England, and France.-Dr. How, who went out with our ship load of clothing and provisions, has been engaged in making judicious distributions to the needy; while he teaches and employs those whom he relieves, to help themselves and their country. He pays them in bread and clothing, for making repairs in the port of Egina, and in aiding to restore their country, fields, and houses, to what they once