depths of sin to the enjoyment of the peace of Religion. The latter half of the book is taken up by reflections.

19. The Mingled Character of the Divine Dispensations recognized and acknowledged: a Sermon on the Day of Thanksgiving for the Removal of the Cholera, by Dr. Raffles, (Hamilton, London,) demonstrates the justice of God in the visitation itself; endeavours to impress upon us a deep sense of the mercy with which it was mingled; and directs us to express our gratitude for its removal, by a holy and devoted life. The author displays deep feeling, energy, and eloquence, in the contemplation of his subject, and in the enforcement of duty.

20. The Anti-Slavery Reporter, Nos. One Hundred and Four, and Five, pre. sent us with the reports of the committees in both houses of parliament, on the extinction of slavery. The evidence of all the witnesses examined, is detailed at full length; and that in favour of the benefit of immediate abolition is so full, clear, and satisfactory, that no unprejudiced mind can look into it, without being convinced of the evil of delay, and the necessity for immediate and decisive measures in favour of the unhappy negro. We strongly

recommend these numbers to the consideration of those who desire authentic and complete information on this momentous subject.

The Anti-Slavery Record is also well worthy of attention.

21. Bereaved Relatives comforted by the Consolations of Religion: a Sermon on the sudden Death of the Rev. John James, by William Naylor, (Mason, London,) shews that sorrow for the death of the righteous is not inconsistent with piety; but that sorrow for the righteous dead should be cheered by the influence of christian principles and prospects; and concludes with a pleasing narrative of the conversion, and entrance into the ministry, of the amiable man by whose death this sermon was occasioned. It is a valuable discourse for those who suffer under such bereavements, teaching them to sorrow not as men without hope."

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22. The Weekly Visitor, Part I. contains many excellent articles on religious and miscellaneous subjects.

23. Anecdotes, Interpositions of Providence, (Religious Tract Society,) record numerous instances of the visible hand of God in directing, comforting, and preserving his dependent creatures. They will serve as admonitions to the thoughtless, and encourage the christian to trust in his God.

24. Oxford Academical Abuses disclosed by some of the Initiated, (Steill, London,) lifts up the curtain of stately pomp which veils the secrets of the university, and exposes the "solemn farce" carried on in an academical garb. It might have been more temperately written, but is nevertheless too true in its delineation of facts.

25. Man's Ability and Obligations illustrated in the life, death, and eternal dwelling-place of an Unconverted Sinner, (Nisbet, London,) explains sufficiently the nature of its contents by its title. It is merely a reprint of an article in the Congregational Magazine, published in a cheap form for gratuitous distribution.

26. Meditation, with Self-examination, (Hamilton, London,) furnishes a text of scripture, with a short comment for meditation thereon, and an ejaculatory prayer in reference to the subject of the same, for every day in the year. It will prove a valuable assistant to every one wishing to set a watch on his heart and life.

27. The Revivalist, exclusively devoted to the Revival and Extension of Evangelical Religion, (Simpkin & Marshall, London,) is the first volume of a periodical, containing accounts of revivals, with miscellaneous articles of a religious character, tending to excite the zeal of the pious in spreading the gospel, and their ardour in exercising christian graces. The price is suited to the pockets of the preponderating class of society.

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28. The Moral Character of Britain, the Cause of its Political Eminence. troductory Lecture delivered at the _Mechanic's Institution, Glasgow, by J. C. Colquhoun, Esq. (Collins, Glasgow, &c.) is a pamphlet deserving of more notice than we can bestow, and should be read by every one who feels an interest in the political concerns of his country. The author asserts, that "the destroying causes of all governments will be found in popular ignorance and vice; that intelligence and virtue are the true conservative principles, and that the political prosperity of a nation depends upon the moral character of its people." For the truth of his assertions he refers to the records of history: and shews also, that as morality and religion have been at a low ebb in our own country, so has the state of politics been darkened and embarrassed; and when, on the other hand, pure morals have received an impulse, and virtue has prevailed, then has the political horizon brightened with the glorious blaze of liberty and success. The manner in which the author has treated his subject

deserves the highest commendation: whilst his luminous and eloquent style must ensure admiration and respect.

29. The Supreme Importance of a right Moral to a right Economical State of the Community; with Observations on a recent Criticism in the Edinburgh Review, by Dr. Chalmers, (Collins, Glasgow,) makes its appearance in defence of a work on political economy, published some time since by the same author. We think the Doctor has greatly the advantage of the reviewer, both in argument and fact.

30. A Companion for the Season of Maternal Solicitude, by Thomas Searle, 2d edition, (Westley and Davis, London,) offers seasonable advice and important subjects for consideration to females about to pass through the "hour of nature's sorrow," and directs them to a never-failing source of comfort and consolation in the promises of the gospel. The necessity of a consistency of conduct on the part of parents, and the awful consequences of a vicious example, are seriously and emphatically stated. The appendix contains several necessary hints for the nursery.

METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS.

THE mean temperature of February was 43.61 degrees of Fahrenheit's thermometer. The maximum of 52 degrees occurred on the mornings of the 5th and 8th, the direction of the wind being south-west on both days. The minimum of 34 degrees took place on the 16th, the wind also being south-westerly. The range of the thermometer was 18 degrees; and the prevailing wind south-west. The direction of the wind has been south-westerly 11 days; westerly 43; north-westerly 34; southerly 33; north-easterly 2; easterly 13; south-easterly 13; and northerly .

This month has been considerably milder than February 1832, the difference of their mean temperatures being 6.30 degrees. This is owing to the great prevalence of the south-westerly winds during the last February; in 1832, the wind blew from the northeastern hemisphere during 17 days; and last February, from the south-western hemisphere during 223 days. The commencement of the early Spring was noticed about the beginning of the month by the trees budding, and the vegetable world generally assuming a fresher appearance, and bursting, as it were, from the icy fetters of the preceding month: several polyanthuses and daisies were observed in flower, also some primroses. Crocuses and snowdrops were abundant about the 17th; to

wards the end of the month, the leaves of the gooseberry were beginning to unfold, and the buds of the currant were bursting; the blossom buds of the pear were also conspicuous.

Widow's Fund Anniversary.

The Annual Sermon on behalf of the Society for the Relief of the Necessitous Widows and Children of Protestant Dissenting Ministers, will be preached on Wednesday, the 10th instant, at the Rev. D. Davison's Chapel, Jewin Street, Aldersgate Street, by the Rev. E. Tagart, of York Street Chapel, St. James's. Service to begin at 12 o'clock precisely.

GLEANINGS.

Evil Effects of Monopoly.-The number of typographical inaccuracies which abound in the Bibles printed by the king's printers, is remarkable. Dr. Lee states, "I do not know any book in which it is so difficult to find a very correct edition as the English Bible." What is in England called the Standard Bible, is that printed at Oxford in 1769, which was superintended by Dr. Blayney; yet it has been ascertained that there are at least 116 errors in it. These errors were discovered in printing an edition in London in 1806, which has been considered as very correct, yet Dr. Lee says that that edition contains a greater number of mistakes. The Rev. T. Curtis, at Islington, corroborates Dr. Lee's testimony. states his general impression to be, that the text of the common English Bible is incorrect, and he gives a great variety of instances. Dr. A. Clarke, in his preface to the Bible states, that he has corrected many thousand errors in the italics, and the italics, in general, are said to be in a very incorrect state. tween the Oxford edition of 1830, and the Cambridge edition, there are 800 variations in the Psalms alone. The Rev. Mr. Ilorn, in his Introduction to the Study of the Scriptures, makes the following observation:

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Booksellers' edition, 1806. In the course of printing, by Woodfall, this edition from the Cambridge copy, a great number of very gross errors was discovered in the latter, and the errors of the common Oxford edition were not so few as 1200." M. Offer, a retired bookseller, and who made a collection of upwards of 400 Bibles of different editions, states, that he was not aware of any edition he had examined which was without errors, but Pasham's Bible in 1776, and another printed at Edinburgh in 1811, were the most accurate and the most beautiful he had found. Now, it will be observed, that the former was printed by a private individual, the monopoly being evaded by putting at the bottom of the pages very short notes, which were cut off in the binding. The same witness afterwards remarks, "that there never was an elegant edition of the Bible printed at those of Baskerville and Macklin, and Heptinstall, the king's printers; the elegant editions have been and Ritchie and Bowyer, and the whole of those were printed with colourable notes." He also states, that the effect of the patents has been to limit the circulation of the Scriptures; and, that if the patents were intended to protect the purity of the text, and improve the printing, they have certainly been productive of a very different result.

Natural History of Locusts.-It is highly interesting to witness the habits of these insects on their leaving the holes or crevices in the earth. After breaking their prison-house, they crawl up the twigs of the shrubs during the night, and remain until the heat of the

sun the next morning has dried their outer coat or shell, when the insect acquires the power of bursting it asunder and taking flight. There seems to be no regularity whatever in the time of appearance of these destructive insects. In the southern parts of the United States, in Egypt, and the eastern parts of Turkey, they sometimes make their appearance in countless myriads, committing the most terrible devastation on vegetation, and again disappearing in a few weeks, do not repeat their visits for several years. The sources from whence these destructive insects proceed to their periodical irregular migrations, remain in a great measure unknown, though they are presumed to be as follows:-The insects deposit a great number of eggs in the crevices of the soil, but the great majority do not form larvæ except under peculiar circumstances of humidity and high temperature combined. The eggs in some cases are known to remain several years in the crevices of the earth, before the larea make their appearance.

Arab Proverb.-By six qualities may a fool be known; anger without cause, speech without profit, change without motive, inquiry without an object, putting trust in a stranger, and wanting capacity to discriminate between a friend and a foe.

His present Majesty.-The Duke of Clarence, in October, 1811, being at Ramsgate, asked after the grave of an old ship mate, who he knew had died there. He was shewn it, and, after a little pause, asked where the monument was, and being told the relatives of the deceased officer could not afford to put up one, Then," said the Prince, send for a mason, and I will order and pay for one." ." Taking a pencil, he wrote the following, and it is inscribed and fixed in St. Lawrence church, on marble, giving the mason an order for all the expense:-"This Monument, to the Memory of the late Rear-Admiral WILLIAM FOX, who died the 3d of December, 1810, aged 77 years, is erected by His Royal Highness Prince William Heury, Duke of Clarence and St. Andrews, and Earl of Munster, K. G. and K. T., Admiral of the Red Squadron of His Majesty's Fleet, from a sincere regard for the character of the late Rear Admiral; and from an uninterrupted friendship which subsisted for Thirty-one years; Oct. 11, 1811.' Corals. The chymical history of corals is interesting, as forming an intermediate link between shell and bone, and they admit of being divided into four principal varieties. First, such as are composed of carbonate of lime and jelly, as in the common white coral, corresponding nearly in composition with the porcellaneous shell. The second variety is composed of carbonate of lime and cartillage, or albumen, and there is a large number of corals of that kind; but there is one very curious one-the madrepora ramea, in which we have carbonate of lime united with cartilaginous or albuminous matter, so as to form joints, by which a considerable degree of motion is allowed. The third variety consists of carbonate and phosphate of lime and albumen; of this kind is the gorgonia nobilis, or red coral, so celebrated for its beauty. In its composition, it approximates to the bones of the higher order of animals. There is a fourth varietythe sponges-which consist of little else than albuminous matter, for if we burn them we find that they have little else than animal matter. The history of these substances is very curious and interesting, especially for the manner in which they are accumulated by the small animals which form them; but the manner of doing this has never been satisfactorily accounted for.-Brande's Lectures.

Singular Incubation. Mr. Baker Stapley, of Hansell, lately discovered an old partridge destroyed while setting on sixteen eggs, he immediately placed them under a bantam hen, when, after only five days' sitting, she hatched the numerous progeny, and faithful to her charge, continues to watch over them with every parental care.-Kentish Chronicle.

Instinct.-A circumstance occurred a few evenings ago, which afforded a fine illustration of the instinct of the brute creation. A blind beggar, led by a faithful dog, was coming along the Market-place of Boston, staggering drunk: the old man was unconscious of any person being near him, and muttered to the dog, "Find a public-house:" the animal did not require the order to be repeated, but immediately made the best of its way round a cart which stood in the path, to the Bell public-house, which its master entered. How narrowly does instinct approach to the reasoning faculty!

Transmigration.-The same insect often lives successively in three or four worlds. It is an inhabitant of the water during one period, of the earth during another, and of the air during a third; and fitted for its various abodes by new organs and instruments, and a new form in each.-Kirby's Introduction to Entomology.

Literary Notices.

Just Published.

Part XXVI. Baines's History of Lancashire. Part XLVIII. National Portrait Gallery:-William Wordsworth, Esq.; Sir Richard Arkwright; and Sir Archibald Campbell.-This Part completes the Fourth Volume of this splendid Work.

Part IV. of Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham, and Northumberland.

An Essay on Woman; in Three Parts. By Nicholas Michell.

The Siege of Constantinople. By N. Michell. 2nd Edition.

Lardner's Cyclopædia, No. XL. Naval History of England. By R. Southey.

Evenings by Eden-Side; or Essays and Poems. By G. Pearson.

A Copy of the Correspondence between the Rev. T. Curteis and F. Barnet.

The Etymological Spelling Book. By H. Butter. Report from the Select Committee on the Extinction of Slavery.

The Voice of Humanity, No. XI.

Christ the only King in his Church. By W. Davis. Sermons on the Hinderances of Practical Godliness. By Matthew Henry.

The Refuge. No. II.

Anecdotes-Holy Scriptures.

Poetic Vigils; a Monody on the Death of Adam Clarke, LL.D. By W. B. Baker.

A Letter to the King on Church Reform. By Samuel Perry.

The Book of Reform. By Wentworth Holworthy.
The Private Life of Christ. By T. Williams.
The Sunday School System; a Prize Essay.
The Temperance Herald, No. XV.

Catechism on the Nature of a Christian Church. By R. Miller. 4th Edition.

The Holy Bible, published weekly; with Notes from Divines of various denominations, I. to IV. Edited by Ingram Cobhin, A. M.

The Byron Gallery, Part V.

Anti-Slavery Reporter, No. CVI.

The Character of the Present Life, in Connexion with the Resurrection. By W. Davis. The Abolition of the Poor Laws.

The Messiah's Kingdom; in Twelve Books. By Agnes Bulmer.

The Cabinet Annual Register, for 1833.

An Introduction to the Study of English Botany. By G. Banks, F. L. S. 2nd edition.

The Wesleyan Chiefs, and other Poems. Discourses on Various Subjects. By J. Leifchild. The Christian Manual; or, the Bible its own Interpreter.

Happy Hours with Mamma.

The Scottish Pulpit, Parts I. and II.

Christian Liberty; an Essay. By W. Thorn.

The Young Christian. Edited by Rev. J. W. Cunningham, M. A. Vicar of Harrow.

The Miniature of Buddhism, in a Description of the Objects represented in the Buddhist Temple, exhibiting at Exeter Hall.

The Critic; a Literary Journal, No. I. II. III.
Statistics of the County of Leicester.

In the Press.

Narrative of Two Expeditions into the Interior of Australia, undertaken by Captain Charles Sturt.

An Historical Sketch of the Princes of India. Second Edition of Prinsep's Journal of a Voyage from Calcutta to Van Diemen's Land.

The First Number of the Series of Illustrations to Prinsep's Journal.

The Fourth Volume of the Library of Romance. Edited by Leitch Ritchie; from the pen of M. Galt. The History of Dissenters. By J. Bennett, D.D. Little Lessons for Little Learners; in Words of One Syllable. By Mrs. Barwell; with Plates. Facts not Fables. By C. Williams.

The Prodigal. By the Rev. J. Thornton. On Spirituality of Mind. By Rev. J. Fletcher, D.D. Conversations on Christian Polity. By a Lady. Vol. II. of the Life of the late Dr. Adam Clarke; from Original Papers. By a Member of his Family. Part I. of an Exposition of the Gospels of St. Matthew and St. Mark. By the late Rev. R. Watson.

A Uniform Edition of the Works of the late Rev. R. Watson, 11 vols. 8vo. including Memoirs of the Author's Life and Writings. By the Rev. T. Jackson. The Easter Gift, a Religious Offering; by L. E. L. containing 14 highly-finished Engravings, price 7s. 6d. elegantly bound.

The Select Library, Vol IX.:--Evidences of Christianity. By C. P. M' Ilvaine, D.D., Bishop of Ohio. Recommended to the Publishers of "The Select Library," by Olinthus Gregory. LL. D.

A Series of Geographical Tables, designed for Youth. By the Rev. E. Miller, A. M.

Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of the Rev. W. Lavers. By I. S. Elliott.

Bibbotheca Classica; or, a New Classical Dictionary. By J. Dymock, LL.D. and T. Dymock, M. A. The Entomology of Australia; in a Series of Monographs. By G. R. Gray.

Lectures on Poetry and General Literature. By J. Montgomery. 1 Vol. post 8vo.

Directions for the Analysis of Inorganic Substances, by J. J. Berzelius. Translated from the French, by G. O. Rees. 1 vol. 12mo.

The Life, Times, and Correspondence of Isaac Watts, D.D. By the Rev. T. Milner, A. M.

The Second Vol. of Sermons preached on Public Subjects and Solemn Occasions, with Fspecial Reference to the Signs of the Times. By F. Scurray, B.D. Sketches from the Life of a Wanderer.