the description ordered by your commit tee have been recerredin geodttmdi- tioti tbtlte amount of 80 11 5 the necessary charges for freight insurance e having been deducted from the ori ginal sum remitted at the last annual meeting f vour society there were re maining in the dpobitory 127 bibles and 249 testaments very considerably more than half of which were gaelic french and german for these appli cations occur bat seldom and indeed ob- jecisto whom they could be adranrage- uubiy or profitably ditributcd are now perhaps scarcely knon within the cir cle of your societys influence it may therefore be a matter of consideration how xy ar to be disposed of from he small number of knglish bi bles and testaments on hand at that time it was thought advisable to be caution in heir distribution until our oilers for an additional suppl jhouldbeexecuted knowing that accidents might occur by which our x tations might hivc been disappointed and vour society left with out a book on hand to supply tlie wants of the truly ueceisitous your commit tee felt tms the more strongly as the or der wes not forwarded until about the firstofjune and serious doubt were entertained whether it would reach the society in england in time for the re turns to be made in the course of the season the punctual and kind atten tion of that society howcerhas remo ved our fears this circumstance has givrn rise to remarks and insinuations which have come to the knowledge of your committee prejudicial to the cha racter of your society they are only mentioned however lo shew to your so ciety their origin and to those who gave publicity to them the danger of drawing ungenerous inferences from conduct when the motives and inducements to it are unknown or perhaps too hastily or iuhantab1v considered previous to the receipt cf the last im portation there were issued from the depository 143 bibles and testaments this number under all circumstances is far hum being small we are in the centre as it were of four other societies whose exertions and influence ire hope may be coextensive with our own and from the most remote of which we are not more than forty miles distant two of these the prince edward and gan- anoque are intimately connected with your society and receive from us their supply of hooks as they make requisi tions and we have the means to com ply with them there is another auxi liary society established at kingston and one at bcluille under these cir cumstances therefore in addition to the well known fact that in this portion of the district there are but few families who have not the means of supplying themselves with the holy and blessed word of god and indeed ho arc not supplied your committee cannot but again repeat their opinion that the dis tribution has been as larjre perhaps as was desirable or necessary vour com mittee at the same time are far from be ing desirous that this statement should operate as an inducement to your society lo diminish ycur exertions in its support on the contrary n addition to its funds and an increase of zeal and intercut in the route are not only desirable but will be necessary the population of the country i rapidly increawi emi- graticrt from the mother couuti y is daily adding to it and many who will be com- ngip amoi- us mil be foutifi in titule of that holy book whick it is our province to supply ferhaps such are nnv amongst us and too great a diligence cannot ieobeved seeking them out vcurcomraitli e cannot refrain from men tioning the case of the poor irishmen ma ny at whrm have already emigrated to this country anil many moie of whom may be expected your committee arc not unacquainted with f lie religious tur pitude of some of the lower orders ol these people bound in the shackles of an overbcaiing superstition imposed up on thexn by ihje unhappy policy of their priesthood the radiant beamsof the ever blessed dispel have never shone upon them its bright pages have never been opened to their view and the most en tertaining the most instructive history in the world is only known to them b the partial recital of its purport it must then be a delightful task to seek ou horn time to time such objects of your benevolence and we may with con fidence look for the happiest results freed from the restraints imposed upon them in their own country here as ac countable beings they may read and de cide for themselves here also we may find emigrants at times of various de scriptions destitute of pecuniary means and unable perhaps to support a large and dependent family the donation of a luhlc inight prove a comfort a blessing to them- your committee have much pleasure alfo in noticine a desire to establish sun day school- throughout the country such plaulifhments cannot be too fa vourably countenanced ajid it may be proper for this society to furnish such schools with books as their necessities may require in addition your commit- t might notice a thousand inducements fnrasttadj p rmwranec in support of jte sncii iot they cannot think it ne- co us lh y must occui lo every ro il etini mind soon after th jrgan73ttnn of the cxnstnojiij aitlii v ijiblo s m iet v llic 1 i i 17 w- i irit i o fhv ant es i i i io uts were rvlumial u fhttl locietj to thrainunt o l j i i 10 a tfofucj ill cannot omit on thb occasion to recommend this society to your further notice and protection in july last we received from the pa rent society 480 copies of st johns gospel iti the mohawk languago accom panied by a request that this society would distribute them to such of the in dians in our vicinity as could road in compliance with this request fifty copies were entrusted to the rev official stu art missionary to those indian- to dis tribute as he might judge proper and ne cessary lie has stated that although some slight objections were made to the correctness of the translation owing perhaps to defects in the education o those who made them the donation was gratefully received and the most fa vourable results are anticipated from the distribution a greater number cannot be issued at this time to any advantage and it is therefore for your society to consider how the roinaunrtg numbers may be disponed of in a way best to meet the generous wishes of those by whom they have been entrusted to us information on thls subject may be obtain d perhaps on application to societies in the upper part of the province the funds of your society are low but the books now ou hand it is presumed will supply every want until collections of the annual subscriptions are effected and applied to a further purchase it may be proper to take into consideration whether it would not be profitable to ex tend the power of your committee in ma king donation of bibles and testaments and how objects of their gratuity maybe more readily discovered i our committee arc not aware of any thing further as particularly necessary to mention although thev cannot forbear noticing at this time the unanimity w hioh seems to pervade every class of chris tians in this happv province towards the support of the grand object of bible so- j tjwme w timp whn disu nion was not unknown but that time your committee fondly indulge a belief has passed away and the causes of that disunion if it may be properly called one no longer exist the societies now known in this province act under one general universal principle under that principle which lirst gave rise to the bri tish and foreign bible soon ty and which has guided it through all the tiood of opposition through all the darkness of prejudice and superstition and placed it at last preeminent the admiration of the world the change in some of our societies in this province may be traced to the exertions and influence of his ex cellency sir peregrine maitland soon after his arrival in the country his ob- servations led him to draw inferences unfavourable to the connection of the bi ble and common praver book in one general society he discerned that a proportion of those whom he had been appointed to govern thought the prayer book an unnecessary appendage to bi ble societies and that others again thought it at objectionable one they were consequently disunited and the funds are distinct the committee of the british and foreign bible society in a communication to us allude to this circumstance and remark that a letter from i lis excellency the lieutenant go vernor to the president of he r soei t induced them to rejoice in the preprct that under sueh a governor the iut nm ofihe bible society will be promoted and that christians of different denomi nations will harmoniously unite in pro- oiofdg ho knowledge of scriptural tiutli by the distribution of the divine youl with such support and imitv the countenance au3 protection of him to whom we must always look for the con summation of our wishes your society cannot fail to prosper and be eminently useful if but common zeal and industry be exerted on their own part thai these requisites may not be wanting bur thai they may increase with a long continued duration of your society is the earnest hope of your committee the following resolutions were then unanimously passed resolved that the secretarys report is approved of and that it be received resolved that the respective accounts of the treasurer and depositary be re ceived and passed resolved thai the treasurer be di rected to pay to james ranken estj the sum of b 2 5 for monies advanced by him in various ways for the use ol the society resolved that the secretary be di rected to enquire in what way the re maining galic french and german bi bles and testaments may tie most ad vantageously disposed of and that the depositary treasurer and secretary be authorised to dispose of them according ly and report the manner of their dis posal to this society at its next annual meeting resolved that on application by the committee of any sunday school within the district the depositary treasurer secretary and two members of he com mittee of this society be authorised to make them such advances of bibles and testaments as the circumstances of the case may warrant or require resolved that in order to effect the mure general distribution of the books of tin society certain members of the com mittee in particular parts tff the township of earnest town and the adjoining tow n- diip- be appointed to ael as deposita ry and i hat the following nmomcn he requested lo accept of those ituaii- vi rjfi cirrki v erne town yr tin shmmv i mr ru k sviim juu do john ins ksq camden mr diuu mmiam frcdcrickur rev mr mlcdovau do andufav ki ksq richmond ali r fihkr ksq adolphustown resolved that the secretary be di rected to wij t the respective mission aries among the mohawk indians for the purpose of gaining such information as may lead to the more effectual distri bution of tlhe mohawk version of the gospel of st john remaining in the hands of the depositary resolved that the former part of the third article of this constitution be a- mended and that henceforth the sub scription of ven shillings and six pence annually will constitute a member of thi- society resolved that the office of one of the secretaries be henceforth discontinued the meeting then proceeded to the nomination of otficcrs for the ensuing year when watjoijvstonfsq was chosen pros mr d dtmiai vicepresident s jiawmv ksq do isaac fkir ksq do b fairou n ksq do k depositary d iiaci km kq treasurer kov j srotgitox secretary the thanks of t he meeting were then voted to ben fairfield eq forhisable support in the chair and the discharge of his duty as depositary to robert williams kq for his attention to his office as treasurer from the vommenoe- ment of the initution and to daniel ii a germ an and james rauken ksqrsufor the punctual discharge of their duties as secretaries the meeting also voicd its thanks to mr dunham foi the zca manifested by that gentleman for the prosperity of this sciev over moimo firt in tifution tkigx iselvis general gilley who took the duke of angoulcme prifoncr and who had been condemned to death had arrived at paris from america and applied for a rcvifal of the kntence againft him the london globe of january 29 fays we underlhnd that the lords of the tieafury have given dfreions to allow mechanics artificers see to emigrate from great britain to any country aid in any ihip the general conversion in the fafh- mnable circles in england was an approach ing matrimonial alliance between a great perfonage nearly allied to one of the mofl illuflrious uoufes in kurope and the daughter of an ancient scotch duke on the 29th of january confiderable fenfation was created in wefiminfter hall by the arrival of a pod chaifc and four with a courier the court immediately broke up and the chancellors carriage was or dered immediately and on its coming up he drove off mltantly died in january at grants braes near haddington the venerable mother of the scotllfe bard robert burns in her 88th year from liverpool gth feb 1s20 there is a very limited demand for a flies the prices of which are declining without a profpea of amendment mon treal pots now fell at 3s n york 39 a 403 bofton 41s pearls 40 a 423 perl cwt fiour in bond 32 a 34s per barrel and not much demand for it london ftluaiy 1 thcintnuion of he i nnce regent to pay off his debts oduccd him to caufc insurance upon hi if at ihe different offices there is reafen to believe in confluence of thfe precaution all his debts will be entirely paid the bill to deprive the piincefs of wales in cafe of tl c death of george 1 1 1 of her title of qucn not having been propofed in parliament fhe i now in fafl queen of he united kingdom her income an princcfs of wales was 30000 per annum a queen fhe has no fixed recuuc it j pomble however fhe may not be crowned her coronation will depend upon the will of ihe king the coronation of the wife of henry vii which did not take place until two years after their marriage has furnifhrd in this refpeft a precedent which may be follow ed it is faid that the prefent king will inherit all the private property of his late father including the fplendid libraiy at buckingham houle london february 8 we regret to find by the irifh papers received this morning that the dflluiban- ces in the county of gal way ilill contin ue vc 1 1 tilt however the energy of the vice ivegnj goveinment aided by the zeal and vigor of ihe local nlaiftrates will be fuhlicnt to prevent this unquiet fpirjt from bur fling forth into any fcrious a5ls of difdtiction the following ex tract of a letter dated weflport county of mavo january hi is written hmvever in the language ot ittmg apprchenfnn i am lorry to t 1 you that the late of the country i vey bad the county of mavo itfelf h as vet qttttt but we are furrounded on every tide by dilaffec- tion and difhvyauy it u faid englihs a- rents are in the neighbourhood and that it is they who have excited all the diftur bance i durt know if this be true but lam afraid bad times are coming ireland in part us6 in a rate of revolt in the county of galray 500 tiband men had been procuring arms in the neighbour hood of clonfcrt on information of this circumllance being communicated to the biflirp he defended the church by armed men entered it and rung the bells until day-light- 360 regular troops had been to the afllftance of the bifhop who were patrolling the roads in the vicinity the city of cork had been in part in undated from the melting of the now on the mountains whuh have fwelled the ih earns until they overrun their banks hammons marfli clarks marfh hano ver itreet nile ftrtct craft ftreet c- were inundated and the poor inhabitants fnffcred much from lofs of furniture c c monfttur h prcfidenu the king has confided to me the aflbding duty of announcing co z chamber of deputies the execrable at tempt which terminated the days of hi royal highneft the due de berri thil morning at fix oclock the inundations i the netherlands had caufed the moll dreadful difafiere ac counts from manyoi ihe northern provin ces mention the lofs nf many lives- the village of perlmgen had wholly difppcar ed except two houles in the bcluwe feventytwo villages were under water and houfes and all their inhabitants had been fwept off albuffervvard exhibited a ter- nffic fcene the dyke near lanyerak gave way and torrents of water rufhed in to the plains noting wtt heard but crieaofdiftrcfsiin men were faved by being taken from bnylofts where the w- ter had reached above their ktiees many cattle had peiihhcd the royal family w exerted them- felvcs perfwnatly in liftalf 1 f their people the king nccimpcd the prince of orange and l w tivclling from place to place jo rchvve the dtftrc fu rs of the poor the king had given iccy ccoilorirta for thisjpofe from the london gaette february it at the court at carlton houfe the 12th day of february 1820 prefent the kin most excellent majesty archbishop of canterbury lord chancellor lord p resident isord privy seal lukc uj tlltigtoit lord stewart alar qui fs of winchester earl bathurst earl of liverpool earl of mulgrave viscount casthreagh viscount melville viscount sidmouth itrd charles bcntinci mr weihjley pole mr canning mr chancellor of the exchequer 9 mr bathurst mr robinfon whereas in the a of uniformity which eftablifhes the liturgy of the chuich of england provifion is made for fuch alteration in the prayers for the royal family a- from time to time fhall become neccfiaiy and be directed by lawful autho rity his majefty was pleafed this day in council to declare his royal will and plcafure that in the prayer for the royal family in the morning and evening service the words their royal high- nefses george prince of wales the princefs of wales and be omitted that the fame omiflion take place in that part of the litany or general sup plication in which the fame words recur that in the title to the form of prayer to be ufed on the day of his majeflys ac- cedion to the crown the words upon the twentyfifth day of october be truck out ad the words upon the twenty- ninth day of january be infated that in the prayer found in this fervice for the king and royal family the prince of wales the princefs of wales and be omitted and his majefty doth ftnftly charge and command that no edition of the common prayer be from henceforth printed but with this amendment and that in the mean time till copies of fuch edition may be had all parfons vicars and curates within this realm do fot pre venting of mi flakes j with the pen correct and amend all fuch prayers n thir church books according to the aforegoing direc tion and for the better notice hereof that this order be forthwith printed and publilhed and feat to the feveral pariflies and that the right rev the bifhops do take care that obedience be paid to the famt accoidinoly- james buller the london packet of february 10 states dial it was reported tlio day previous that on the death of hi lae majesty an intimation nras transmitted to the queen embracing the4e al- termttlvtt tliat she niigbl choose a residence wherever she pleased abroad wijh the stle of queen and sh he allowed 0000 per annum and afi izatcloattcnd hercninands eoudinuu thai riie remained abroad and toughf no further eftahlinlimrivi or a regular public renewal of ihe delicate investigation embracing transac- liojh abroad if she returned to england the duchess of york was siek at oatlands she is attended by sir henry hal ford the aflaffin apprehended at the moment in which his crime was confum- mated is under the hands of juftice the king relies fufficiently on the devouement of the chamber of deputies to be fully convinced that it will participate as well as entire france in his profound grief and in thofe lentiments which opprefs the heart of his majefty signed the count de gazes the mjoifidr of war aftured the chamber that government had adopted every mean in us power to trace the crime to its fource and to prevent its confequm i cc8 an ordonnance was foon after an nounced conflicting the chamber of peers a court of juftice to examine into the crime it was then moved that the peeis proceed in a body tothe pretence of his majelly to carry to the foot of the throne their profound gtiefat the lofs fus- tamed this was agreed to and when arrived at the thuilleries the chancellor addreffed his majefty in the moll confoliog i manner the king replied j 1 receive with much feeling the et- preflion of the fentiments of the chamber of peers i rejoice to fee that it 11 difpofed to concur in the meafures which circumftances render fo nectftary and which i fhall fhortly propofe when the chamber of deputies aftem- 1 bled a great number of them had on badges of mourning as foon as the order of the day was read m- claufel de couitergues with much agitation moved that an impeachment pafsaginll ai decaies mimftcr of the inteiior as an accomplice in the aftaffina- lion ut the lii dt dcril- forfliti murmurs enfued and the prefident pro nounced the member out of order f the meltage from the king announcing the affaffination of the duke of berri was then read an addrefs to the king was- immediately adopted to which his majefty replied i am deeply affeed by the fhare which the chamber of deputies takes in my jult affliction i fee with pleafure that it is difpofed to concur in the accom plishment of my views in this momentous circumftance the chamber cannot doubt that feeling as a man and aing as a king i hall adopt every neceffary meafure to preferve the state from dangers of whick lam but too forcibly forvvarned by the crime of thi day i paris feb 15 thefopowrng are additional particulars of th execrable assassination which has filled all france with horror the duke had just put his duchess into her coach and said adieu was returning lo his boa to see the close of the play he was struck by the assassin and imme diately exclaimed caroline lam dying r we was borne bleeding into the theatre se veral surgeons immediately attended and the blond not flow in it 1ioin iueiions made in the arm and les cipping wan added when the prince in aoiv said you make me suffer martyrdom 1 i know it is useless i must die immediately after the falher of the duke mensiznrj and all the royal family repaired to the opera and a four the kinjr arrived tif duches bad fallen it a oon in which she continued lour hour- he was removed 0 tlie louvre and a mx oclock after receiving the sacrament he expired in tleannsof ihekinfj in the 49d year of his age leforc he expired he expressed a uih to see his infant danghteo who nas brought to him in her cradle when- having kiscd her he pronoureu thte remarkj able vo d pmr infnntl whh that you milf 1re wjde ins v ill a voubgj man having suckel hh wound the prince opco1 hlg hi- ee sail to bbn what are you doing i mi icound is pernip paisnnqui the king nev- er left the dkr touch on perceiving the kins he exclaimed sirc pardon fr the ma mho has stabbed me pardon for tht man it it doubtless some one uhom i have nnintenlionalm off ended r my son rcplhd thc kjcg you will i hope survive the rruil deed wcvillhere- after consider it the event is important and deserves to he maturely considered the assassin was pursued by count me- nars and a eras darme and was iinrncdi- 1 ately taken his nnme i picrn joscphlcui vd a journfeytnan saddler he is about 30 years of age was one of those who went and returned with bonaparte from elba and lias since been employed in the kings hunt- inf establishment on being examined the following were his replies q what induced you to commit this crime a mybpimtns m v sentirneuis q whal an thiv a 1 thin the bour- bojia ate tyrants and the uioit cruel enemies oi france 6- in that smpflbimttlfy tliiyonatta the dukedebi luitiiiwrtlvrtincc- totlx rcsta a because hv the 5oungest pmceof the royal family rmdueeroedtolwdestinei to perpetuate the ree hostile tc fnrce t do von repent your act x nc j had you any instigator anyaccm plice a oie marttial soclt thfc doke aabafera and numerous other officers were prefint at the fcene and expreited the mod a- sirjeveas mackintosh of mackintosh bart captain uf clan clatran who died on theht nit at mohailin the 69th year of his age ivas a jrtitleman f the givalcsi worth during the lau distressing period he icave up to a great proportion of his tenants a full third o their rents for three miecessive years and enabled farther mich of thera a had particularly suffered from the severity of the seasons to restock their farms with sheep and cattle his funeral was attended hv upvwid- of furry carriages of all descriptions and a large concourse of cmn- mon people both on font a id horelack sx of ihe family eraiit- in deep mourning a d hi ree pipers playing the clan lament c jirrrertrd the heave and six hotscs ihieh va fvuowed by ihe fnhil chariot and bur emlv ard three mourning eaniages containing the rnos c infmediatr connrchonof thr deceased cahdoninn mercury feb 12 rief at the event gomzing g the kino clofed the dukes eyelils faying i inure performed a laft duty to my fon i and uttering a lad adieu the duchefs of berri with her fiflcr the i uchcfd dwngouleme then retiredto st cloud where they found the hoitfe- hold were in tears es2 from franco- chamber of pearsx ftiul the chamber bai en ccmvnk tucl refident iramct iatey rtad the tollow i tug letter uarrr imxjp yefterday the 14th inft an individual among ft a group on the place caioufel uttered many leditions exprrffins and dated to exluhit a ferocious joy at the j deed which has plunged france in mour ning the perlons around him whom fentiments of grief had induced to repair to the vicinity of the louvre took lhim into cuftodv and clcorted him to the police- office journal des dcbats jlatejnm tv continent of furcpc i rw torkf march 21 by the 41 it cnng oi the hip m