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the Rev. C. Wellbeloved, of York; and Dr. Philipps, of Sheffield, delivered an interesting and impressive discourse on Matt. xiii. 47. The Rev. Luke Kirby, of Thorne, conducted the devotional part of the service on Thursday morning, and was followed by the Rev. C. Wellbeloved, who preached a discourse remarkable for a display of profound scriptural erudition and sound argument, on 2 Pet. ii. 1. The friends of the Institution afterwards met together according to their usual custom, in the Unitarian Baptist Chapel, New Dock Street, to receive the reports of the Secretary and Treasurer, and to attend to other business connected with the Association.

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At half-past two o'clock, ninety four persons sat down to dinner at the Cross Keys lou. After the cloth had been re moved, several persons, chiefly ministers, addressed the meeting. In the evening of the same day, the Rev. G. Harris ad dressed a crowded audience upon the subject of future punishments, endea vouring to expose the fallacy and the injurious tendency of the popular Calvinistic doctrine of the eternal duration of hell-torments. The Chapel was filled to overflowing. A deep and solemn attention pervaded the whole assembly, while the preacher stated and held up to the condemnation of his hearers the

gloomy and appalling sentiments propas gated by Boston (in his Four-fold State)

and other Orthodox divines who have

written upon the same subject, and exhis bited the more pleasing and salutary view of the state of future retribution, which is embraced by Unitarian Christians. The service was introduced by the Rev. Ja Platts, of Doncaster. Persons were pres sent at this Meeting from Lincoln, Don caster, Thorne, Gainsborough, and various other places. The Institution is in a flourishing state, and there can be no doubt that the effects which have already resulted from its establishment, will be followed by others still more important and beneficial to the cause of Divine truth.

W. W.

preached from John iii. 3. Immediately after the service was concluded with singing and a prayer, an open conference was held, when Mr. W. Williams, the minister of the place, being called to the chair, Mr. David John, of St. Clears, proposed for discussion the Christian's grounds of hope for salvation. Several persons gave, their opinions at some length, and were heard with great attention. There were present about eight preachers, and the audience were re, spectable. The next Quarterly Meeting is to be held at Merthyr, on the 1st day of the year 1824. J. James, of GelliOnnen to preach; and it is understood that the question, If there be any, what is the difference between appointing to eternal misery and creating, when the cer tainty of that result is infallibly, known to the Creator will again be proposed for consideration at the conference. That subject was before debated at Merthyr, at the last quarterly meeting held there. Faidre, Oct. 18, 1823.

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The Reverend JOHN YATES,

Quarterly Meeting of Unitarian Mi- By the Congregation of Protestant Dis.

nisters in South Wales.

The Quarterly Meeting of Unitarian Ministers in South Wales was held at Blaengwrach, on Thursday, the 2nd day of this mouth. In the evening of the preceding day, Mr. J. Griffiths, of Llandyfaen, preached from 1 John iv. 9, and at eleven o'clock on the following day, (Thursday,) the Rev, David Rees, M. D. of Merthyr, in the absence of Mr. J. Davies, of Capel-y-groes, Cardiganshire,

senters,

Assembling in Paradise St. Chapel, Liverpool;

As a grateful acknowledgment Of his Services as their Minister For the period of 46 years, And an affectionate testimonial To his Private Virtues.

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Hanley Chapel. Ar a late Meeting of the Bristol Unitarian Fellowship Fund, a second contribution of ten pounds was voted unanimously towards the erection of the new Chapel at Hanley, in the Potteries, Staffordshire; and the Chairman was requested to communicate the said reso. lution to the Monthly Repository, with the hope of exciting others to assist our Unitarian brethren in that populous dis. trict.

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Dumbness cured by Galvanism. following authentic case is so important, that in order to serve the interests of has manity, we feel ourselves justified in ex tracting it from the "Journal of Science," edited by Professor Brande, No. XXXI pp. 1874-189, though it does not come within the immediate design of our work. ED.]

"THE following account of a galvanic experiment on a dumb boy having been inserted in several newspapers, unknown to.me at the time, I am induced, by the of several medical friends, to atavto set and correctness of the détail, as far as respects my knowledge of the circumstances attending the event of his recovery; and having made the strictest inquiry of those immediately connected with Christ's Hospital, I have every reason to believe the following detail to be strictly true.

Eight months ago, a youth about twelve years of age, named Oldham, in Christ's Hospital, went to bed at the usual hour, and in the morning rose to tally dumb. He preserved every other faculty, but was obliged to write on a slate for every thing that he wanted, that he could not explain by signs. Every means of internal remedy, and also electricity, were resorted to without effect. Galvanism was also attempted, but was so much resisted by the boy's fears, that it could not then be applied. His general health was invariably good. At length, by strong recommendation, his fears of galvanism were overcome, and it was applied five different days. On Friday week, being the evening of the fifth application, exactly eight months to a day, he retired to bed as usual, and awoke suddenly about eleven o'clock, making so much noise as to awaken some of his school-fellows. Their astonishment produced so much alarm, that the nurse opened the door of her adjoining apart. ment to learn the cause, when many voices exclaimed, 'Oh! nurse, Oldhan can speak again. The nurse doubting the fact, immediately went to him, and

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"In addition to the above statement it may be proper to say, some time previous to the commencement of the experiment, he was brought to my house, but having been somewhere electrified, the boy was so much frightened, on seeing a large apparatus in the room, that, considering the agitation he then laboured under, I did not think it prudent to urge him further, and he departed without being galyanised. About two or three months after he came again, attended by a medical assistant, with a note from Mr. Field, the respectable apothecary to the Hospital, assuring me that the boy was willing to submit to the experiment, and to be repeated according to my direction; and, in truth, he suffered me to proceed in a willing manner! L-began with a and depth one inch, with dituted muriatic small galvanic trough, plates in breadth acid. Having placed a piece of insulated platina on his tongue, which, holding in his own hand, he could shift according to instruction, while applied another conductor to different parts of the larynx, varying the direction according as I per ceived the muscles to be most easily put in motion, and the vocal nerves appa rently excited. By the account he gave after his recovery, a sensation of warmth always continued for some time as he returned home, and there constantly oceurred an increased flow of saliva during the operation.cat

ticulars are necessary to be stated, as "I am not aware that any further parevery person conversant with the medical must know the necessity of attending to application of galvanism or electricity, the present sensations, as a guide which admits of variation according to the state or temperament of the sensory nerves at the time of application. I deem it only attended three days in the week, and it necessary to add, that my young patient was on the morning after the fifth time that I received a grateful letter from the father, informing me of his son's entire restoration of speech at 11 o'clock on the preceding night, having been galvathe fifth time of attendance, and I was nised at 3 o'clock on the same day, being much gratified a few hours after with a visit from the boy, attended by his father, the son himself giving me, with a clear voice, the whole of the circumstances

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Low State of Intelligence in Ireland.A circumstance scarcely credible has transpired before the Commissioners of Government respecting Ireland, which casts great light on the state of that unhappy country, and proves at least that education and literature are not among the causes of its maladies;-it is, that in eleven counties there is not a single bookseller's shop! Those who argue that education tends to excite a spirit of discontent and insubordination among the poor, will find it somewhat difficult to apply their theory to the actual state of Ireland. The friends of education, on the contrary, will feel themselves encou raged to renewed zeals and exertions in diffusing this invaluable boon, from every new proof, either of the evils which re sult from its absence, or of the blessings which, when rightly directed, it invariably confers. Christian Observer and of id

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Rotation of Irish Prelates in Parlias ment. The rotation in which the Irish Prelates sit in Parliament is according to a double cycle; the one consisting of the four Archbishops, and the other of the eighteen Bishops. The cycle of the Arch bishops is completed in four sessions that of the Bishops in six, there being three Bishops in rotation every session. The two cycles commenced together the first session after the Union. At the end of twelve sessions they again commence together, and will constantly continue so to do, at the end of twelve sessions. The following list, which com pletes the whole of twelve sessions, may

be useful for reference:

1. Primate, Meath, Kildare, Derry. 2. Dublin, Raphoe, Limerick, Dromore. 3. Cashel, Elphin, Down, Waterford. 4. Tuam, Ferns, Cloyne, Cork.

5. Primate, Killaloe, Kilmore, Clogher. 6. Dublin, Ossory, Killala, Clonfert. 7. Cashel, Meath, Kildare, Derry. 8. Tuam, Raphoe, Limerick, Dromore. 9. Primate, Elphin, Down, Waterford. 10. Dublin, Feros, Cloyue, Cork. 11. Cashel, Killaloe, Kilmore, Clogher. 12. Tuam, Ossory, Killala, Clonfert.

LITERARY.

IMMEDIATELY after the adjournment of Parliament, Sir J. Mackintosh attended the Marquis of Tichfield to Welbeck, to examine the archives of the family, which had not been opened for many years. Sir James, it is said, there discovered some invaluable letters and State papers, which will materially tend to illustrate that portion of his History of England, to which they belong,

SOME of the magazines announce with triumph the discontinuance of the Liberal, the periodical work compiled abroad by Leigh Hunt, and containing some of the poems of Lord Byron. The work was not certainly of a character to make its decease a subject of regret to the friends of morality; but there are other publications in the hands of the opposite party which retributive justice would equally consign to oblivion. Ribaldry and malignity are quite as bad on the side of superstition and despotism, as on that of scepticism and democracy.

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THE Morning Chronicle newspaper has been sold by the executors of the late Mr. Perry, for the benefit of his family. head of the daily press. It brought the The Edinburgh Review places it at the enormous sum of 40,000.; a fact, for the credit of the literature of the day, worthy of being recorded. The purchaser is Mr. Clement, the proprietor of The Observer, Sunday Paper. The Editor of Chronicle yields from 7 to 8,000 per the Monthly Magazine says that the annum. He adds, that twenty-fourth shares in the Courier, fetch nearly 2,000; and the Times yields about 20,000/. per anrum, from advertisements only. The said Editor relates that he the interest in the books connected with has just received 20,0002, for a third of the Interrogative System of Education.

SPEEDILY will be published, an Essay Sacrifices, in which the Theory of Archon the Nature and Design of Scripture bishop Magee is considered; by the late Rev. James Nicol, Minister of the parish of Traquair, near Peebles.

THE next part of Mr. Wellbeloved's Family Bible, containing the book of Deuteronomy, Preliminary Remarks on the Pentateuch, &c., is in the press, and will be published as speedily as possible. Mr. W. has also in the press, a second part of Devotional Exercises for the Use of Young Persons.

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work will be given to the original author, since (as the prospectus of the society justly and liberally expresses it)" his fortune ought to be increased in the same proportion that his fame is extended." We should not conclude this notice without mentioning, that those of our countrymen who read French may participate in the advantages offered by the society's translations. The society publishes its works in numbers, which may be subscribed for, and will be delivered periodically, at the foreign booksellers' in London, at a small increase of price, to cover the expense of importation, which additional charge, however, owing to the cheapness of printing in Paris, still leaves the price very moderate as compared with English books. As a specimen of the spirit in which the translations are made, we observe, that the first publication of the association is a new edition of the Arabian Nights, carefully compared with the original texts, and with several additional tales, now first translated by M. Edward Gauttier, Oriental Professor. This will be delivered in six volumes octavo, a volume every month; and the whole work, with 18 plates, will cost 48 francs. (Examiner.) Jo al gravid 1 goda aul leops blow soient evitadines doidw ads sugis o bus blad norvildo of ngianco-alb to silqa & alios or ebnet poitoui to shized FOREIGN up 915 vingit ad as ITALY usa bas at 20 18 to 20 geus nolitesque The New Pope Contrary toligeneral FRANCE bas maioisqaoz

PREPARING for the press, and speedily will be published, A Practical German Grammar, being a new and easy method for acquiring a thorough knowledge of the German Language; for the use of Schools and Private Students; by John Rowbotham, Master of the Classical, Mathematical, and Commercial Academy, at Walworth 18m fliw oid qe Violet eid ligtadt startelli SPEEDILY will be dobio bastan be published, Telyn Dewi, the Poetical Works of the Rev. DaDavis, of Castle Howell, Cardiganshire, chiefly cinthe Welsh Language, including Translations from Gray, Cow per, Addison, Barbauld, &elp with a Portrait of the Author, whose reputa tion as a Classical Welsh Poet has been for many years established by his transla tion of Gray's Elegy, which is considered equal to the original, ebaed od

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THERE has recently been formed at Paris, a society for the translation into French of all valuable works in foreign or dead languages. Its object is to in to increase the knowledge and taste of the community by means of faithful and spirited translations, and to rescue this important branch of literature from the mis. chievous controul of the booksellers. Success in this laudable undertaking is ensured by the number and character of the associated members, who include among thent some of the most eminent linguists and authors of the French capital. It will be sufficient to name M. M. Aignan, Barbie du Boccage, Benjamin Constant, Jouy, Jullien, Lanjuinais, Sismonde de Sismondi, &c. An associa tion of such strength in numbers and reputation cannot fail to accomplish its excellent and most useful object. It has already excited a natural emulation in Germany, where a similar society has been formed; and we trust an example of such obvious utility will not be lost upon England. We greatly admire the liberality of that part of its plan by which a portion of the profits arising from the translation of any popular

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expectation the Italian party has triumphed in the Conclave, which, after being shut up from Sept. 3, to Sept. 27th, declared on the latter day, the election to have fallen on Cardinal Genga. ANNIBAL DELLA GENGA, the new Pope, is of al patrician family in Italy, and has been long accustomed to diplomatic business. He has taken the title of Leo XII. He was born in 1760. His age therefore renders a long reign possible; but his health is said to be precarious, and this is alleged as one of the reasons of his being chosen by his brother Cardinals to fill the Holy See. The era of his elevation is critical, and should he take upon him the character of the guardian of Italian interests, he may ennoble himself and encircle his brows with the laurel wreath of patriotism, of infinitely more value than the triple crown.

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THE Assembly of Rabbis and Elders of Plosko, in Poland, came lately to a determination to allow the Jews to celebrate their sabbath on the Sunday. The Polish Israelites are generally allowed to surpass their brethren of other countries in intelligence, attending to moral and useful instruction, rather than to cabal istical and talmudical dogmata.

[The above is copied from the Monthly Magazine. The fact stated in the first sentence is very questionable: perhaps, some of our correspondents may furnish us with information upon this point.] {reinos w

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Hindoo Literary Society meeting of respectable Hindoos took place lately, in Calcutta for the purpose of establishing a Literary Society, the objects of which are highly laudable. Meetings of opulent and learned Hindoos are to be held, as often as may be practicable and convenient, for the discussion of different subjects connected with the improvement of their countrymen, and the diffusion of general literature. The Society have resolved to translate into Bengalee, and publish scientific and useful works; to comment on the immorality and inconsistency of the customs of the present day, and to point out habits aud conduct more conducive to the well-being and happiness of mankind; to publish small tracts in English and Bengalee, and to collect European mathematical and philosophical apparatus and instruments for public instruction.

The individuals who attended the first meeting agreed to defray all expenses themselves, until the objects of the Society are generally known and understood. A house is intended to be erect ed for the accommodation of the Society, with a college attached to it, in which arts and sciences are to be taught.

CHINA.

Literary Crime and Punishment.—Our eaders may judge of Chinese ideas of

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authorship and of the liberty of the press, from the fate of an author named WHANG-SEE-HEOU, whose crime is thus set forth in the report of his judges. "We find," say they, "1st. That he has presumed to meddle with the great Dictionary of Kang-hi; having made an abridgement of it, in which he has had the audacity to contradict some passages of that excellent and authentic work. 2ud. In the Preface to his Abridgement, we have seen with horror that he has dared to write the little names," (that is, the primitive family names,) "of Confucius, and even of your Majesty: a temerity, a want of respect, which has made us shudder, 3rd. In the genealogy of his family, and in his poetry, he has

asserted that he is descended from the

Whang-tec. When asked why he had
dared to meddle with the great Dictionary
of Kang-hi, he replied, That Dictionary
is very voluminous and inconvenient; i
have made au Abridgement which is less
cumbersome and expensive.' Being ques-
tioned how he could have the audacity
to write in the Preface to this Dictionary,
the little names of the Emperors of the
reiguing dynasty, he answered, I know
that it is unlawful to pronounce the little
names of the Emperors, and I introduced
them into my Dictionary merely that
young people might know what those
names were, and not be liable to use
them by mistake. I have, however, ac-'•
knowledged my error, by reprinting my
Dictionary, and omitting what was amiss.'
When asked how he dared to assert that
he was descended from the Whang tee,
he said, 'It was a vanity that came into
my head. I wanted to make people be-
lieve that I was somebody. According
to the laws of the empire, this crime
ought to be rigorously punished. The
criminal, therefore, shall be cut in pieces,
his goods confiscated, and his children
and relatives above the age of sixteen
years put to death. His wives, his con-
cubines, and his children under sixteen,
shall be exiled, and given as slaves to
some grandee of the empire." The So-
vereign was, however, graciously pleased
to mitigate the severity of this sentence,
in an edict to the following effect: "I
favour, WHANG-SEE-HEOU in regard to
the nature of his punishment. He shall
not be cut in pieces, and shall only have
his head cut off. I forgive his relatives.
As to his sons, let them be reserved for
the great execution in Autumn. Let the
sentence be executed in its other points :
such is my pleasure."

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