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To the infant institution of the Alleghany College, at Meadville, in Penn. the Doctor has bequeathed a large The ological Library, containing numerous copies of the Bible, a Polyglot among them; with the Lexicons of Constantine and Scapula; also, a fine body of Classical Authors, some from the first presses in Europe.'

In a biographical memoir of the late Dr. Hugh Williamson, of New-York, written by Dr. Hosack, and delivered before the New-York Historical Society, it is stated that it was by the agency of Dr. Williamson, that Dr. Franklin obtained, in 1774, from the archives of the British ministry, the letters of Gov. Hutchinson of Massachusetts.

American Pharmacopaia.-The General Convention for the formation of a

National Pharmacopeia, met during the present month in the north wing of the capitol. The members were, Dr. Eli Ives, of New-Haven; Drs. Samuel L. Mitchell, Lyman Spalding, Alexander H. Stevens, of New-York; Drs. Thomas T. Hewson, Thomas Parke, of Philadelphia; Dr. Samuel Baker, of Baltimore; Dr. Allen M'Lane, of Wilmington, Del.; Dr. Henry Hunt, of the District of Columbia; and Drs. Terrell, and Abbott, of Georgia.

After accomplishing their business, they presented the following Address to their constituents.

Capitol, City of Washigton, Jan. 8, 1820. Gentlemen-The National Convention for forming a Pharmacopoeia is on the eve of terminating its sittings,'after bringing the important business, for which it assembled, to a happy and successful close.

It is really a subject of gratulation, both to the profession and to the people, that this work, which has been for two years in a preparatory state, should at length have reached maturity.

The individuals who conceived the design, and the incorporated bodies who furthered it, have the satisfaction of beholding a novel and interesting spectacle-that of the faculty, itself, by a spontaneous effort, and without public summons, or compensation, compiling a Codex Medicamentarius, or book of rules and directions, for selecting and compounding the articles employed in practice. The whole civilized world may behold a great and growing nation, speaking a similar language, possessing the same general laws, using

an uniform denomination of value, and conforming to each other in the rules preserving health and of preparing remedies.

We have appointed a committee of five members to superintend the publication of the book we have compiled. It may be expected that they will execute their task with the smallest practicable delay. We recommend it to your perusal and patronage as a performance upon which we have bestowed great labor, and the best abilities that we possess.

Under conviction, however, that a revision, from time to time, will be neCessary, we have provided for the reception, at seasonable periods, of such amendments as experience shall prove to be requisite. The propriety of this arrangement, we trust, will be evident to every considering mind.

In addition to its professional char acter, we indulge a patriotic hope, that our Pharmacopoeia may act as a bond of union, by drawing the inhabitants and governments of our country to a

nearer assimulation with each other.

Done in, and by order of the convention. SAML. L. MITCHILL, Pres't. Thos. T. Hewson, Sec'y.

The committee of publication are

Dr. Bigelow of Boston,
Dr. Ives of New-Haven,
Dr. Spalding of New-York,
Dr. Hewson of Philadelphia and
Dr. DeButts of Baltimore.

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at the port of New-York: Ships 296, barques 3, brigs 334, ketches 2, schooners 294, sloops 64-total 993-Total number of passengers, 9,442.

Exports from the United States, in the year ending Sept. 30, 1819. Produce of the Sea,

Of the Forest,

Of Agriculture, Manufactures, Uncertain,

$2,024,000 4,927,000 41,452,000 2,574,000 630,000 Of the produce of the Sea-there was of dried fish $1,052,000-pickled 409,000-whale oil and bone 431,000 -spermaceti oil and candles 132,060.

Of the Forest-Skins and furs 481,000-ginseng 30,000-lumber, staves, spars, shingles, hoops, poles, hewn timber, &c. 2,406,000-oak bark and other dyes 146,000-naval stores 376,000 -ashes, pot and pearl, 1,419,600.

Of Agriculture-Beef, tallow, hides, five cattle 598,000-butter and cheese 297,000-pork, bacon, lard, and live hogs 1,009,000-horses and mules 100,000-sheep 21,000-wheat flour and bread 6,415,000-indian corn and meal 1,424,000—rye and meal 296,000-rice 2,143,000-oats, pulse, potatoes, &c. 195,000--tobacco 7,687,000--cotton

21,082,000--flaxseed 161,000--hops 20,000-wax 37,000-poultry, maple sugar, &c. 7000.

Manufactures-Tallow candles and soap 469,000-boots, shoes, and saddlery 122,000-hats 16,000-grain spirits, beer, and starch 95,000-furniture, coaches and other carriages S25,000— cordage 40,000-iron 54,000-snuff, wax candles, tobacco, lead, &c. 503,000

refined sugar 11,000-chocolate 5000 gunpowder 110,000-brass and copper 13,000-medicinal drugs 32,000— uncertain manufactured articles 301,000 -raw materials 329,000-spirits from molasses 153,000.

France. It is stated that "the cardinals, arch-bishops, and bishops of France, have addressed a letter to the Papal see, filled with reflections of a melancholy nature, on their own lot, and on that of the Gallican church, and of religion generally within the French empire. The letter complains that the clerical function has been weakened and brought into disrepute; and that impious books spread abroad derision, satire, calumnies, and the most pernicious doctrines against all religion."

The Gazette de France gives the following comparative Table of the Extent, Population, Riches, Debts, Revenues, and Taxes, of Great Britain and France, for the year 1819:—

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copies of them have been engraved with the greatest exactness. They are not perfect in the execution; but they possess a certain degree of merit; for they are curious, inasmuch as they present exact representations of the vestments, the furniture, the usages, the edifices, the arms, the vessels, the sacrifices, the games, the banquets, and the trades of the time, with the precise characters of the gods and heroes and other infallible and numerous marks of their antiquity.'

STATISTICS OF EUROPE.

The present population of Europe consist of

1. Teutonians, 53, 372,000. 1. Germans in Germany, Switzerland, Hungary, Transylvania, Galizia, East and West Prussia, Posen, France, &c. 30,700,000. 2. Belgians, or Netherlanders, including 1, Dutch, 2, Frisians, and 3, Walloons; found in the Netherlands, E. Friesland, Department of the North, Pasde Calais, Sleswick, &c. 5,600,000. 3. Euglish, in England, Scotch Low lands, Orkneys, Ireland, Gibraltar, &c. 12,700.000, 4. Danes, in the Danish Islands in the Baltic, in Jutland, a small part of Sleswick, &c. 900,000. 5. Normen, including 1, Norwegians, 2, Icelanders, 3, inhabitants of the Faro Islands, and 4, Shetlanders, 950,000. 6. Swedes, in Sweden, Islands on the coast of Livonia, Finland, Esthonia, &c. 2,430,000. 7. Gottscheans, in the neighbourhood of Gottschee in Illyria, 44,000. 8. Vandals, in Eisenberg county in Hungary, 12,000. 9. Inhabitants of the Seven Communes, about Asiago, in Italy, 36,000.

II. Latins, 60,610,000. 1. French, in France, Germany, Switzeriand, E. Prussia, Normandy Islands, &c. 25,500,000. 2. Italians, in Italy, Switzerland, Germany, E. Prussia, Corsica, Dalmatia, &c. 19,400,000. 3. Spaniards, in Spain, &c. 9,800,000. 4. Portuguese, in Portugal, &c. 3,680,000. 5. Walachians, in Walachia, Moldavia, Transylvania, Hungary, Rumili, Ekaterinoslaw, &c. 2,230,000.

III. Sclavonians, 45,130,000. 1. Russians, including Cossacks, 25,580,000. 2. Poles, in the km. of Poland, Russia, Prussia, Galizia, 7,500,000. 3. Lithuanians, in Russia and E. Prussia, 1,900,000. 4. Lettians and Courlanders, in Courland, Livonia, Esthonia, E. Prussia, &c. 620,000. 5. Cassubians, or Pomeranians, 36,000. 6. Wends and Sorabians in Pomerania, Brandenberg, Silesia, Stiria, Carinthia, Carniola, &c. 1,350,000. Czekians, or Bohemians, in Bohemia, Moravia, Prussia, &c. 2,250,000. 8. Slawaks or Moravians, in Moravia, W. Hungary, Sclavonia, &c. 4,170,000. 9. Chaikistians, or Galleymen, iu the Danube and its branches, 6,000. 10: Croats, in Croatia, Istria, Car

niola, &c. 800,000. 11. Rascians, or Servians, in Servia, Bosnia, Hungary, Croatia, Ekaterinoslaw,&c. 1,420,000. 12. Morlachians, in Dalmatia. Sclavonia, Bosnia, Turkish langiacate of Iskenderich, in Dal&c. 248,000. 13. Montenegrivians, in matia, &c. 60,000. 14. Uskochs, in Carniola, Dalmatia, &c. 90,000. 15. Bosniacs, in Bosnia, &c. 100,000.

IV. Magyarians, or Hungarians, in Hungary, Sclavonia, Croatia, Transylvania, &c. 3,100,000.

V. Finns, 1,761,400. 1. Proper Finns, in Russian Governments of Finland, St. Petersburgh, Olonetz, Iver, and Estonia, 1,275,000. 2. Esthonians, in Russian Governments of Esthonia, Livonia, St. Petersburg, &c. 463,000. 3. Livonians, in Livonia, Courland, Island of Ruhna, &c. 1,500. 4. Syrjanians, in Wologda, Perm and Archangel, 3,400. 5. Chuwashians, in Russia, 2,100. 6. Lapps, in Finmark, Swedish Lapland, and Archangel, 16,400.

VI Tartars, 2,655,000. 1. Turks, in Turkey, 2,405,000. 2. Bulgarians, in Turkey, Austria, Russia, &c. 230,000. 3. Nogays, in Russia, 20,000.

VII. Greeks in Turkey, Austria, Russia, Italy, &c. 2,022,000.

VIII. Arnauts or Albanians, in Western part of Rumili and on the coasts of Sicily and Naples, 294,000.

IX. Cymrians, or Cimbrians, in Wales, Isle of Man, Bretagne, Cornwall, &c. 1,610,000.

X. Caledonians, in Ireland, Scotch Highlands, Hebrides, &c, 3,718,000.

XI. Cantabrians, or Baskes, in Biscay, Guipiscoa, Alava, Navarre, in Spain; Arriege, Upper and Lower Pyrenees, Upper Garonne, in Frauce, 622,000.

XII. Maltese, in Malta, Gozo, and Comino, 88,000.

XIII. Circassians, in Russia, 8,000. XIV. Samoicdes, in Archangel and Vologda, 2,100.

XV. Armenians, in Sclavonia, Russia, Turkey, &c. 131,600.

XVI. Jews, scattered through Europe, 1,179,500.

XVII. Gipsies, in Austria, Turkey, Spain, Russia, France, &c. 313,600.

LITERATURE OF THE NORTH OF EUROPE.

Copenhagen-Annals of an important period of Icelandic history, from 1116, to 126, have been published at Copenhagen, Part i. 1817, Part ii. 1818. The work is entitled Sturlunga-Saga, or, History of the Family of Sturlunga, from the prominent part, which they took in the events of that

time.

A Danish collection of Popular Stories, (Danske Folkesagen. Samlede af J. M. Thiele. Förste Samling. Copenhagen, 1818) has been published, to preserve them from being lost, an event which was gradually taking place. The Stories are geographically arranged, proceeding from Zealand,

over Funen, to Jutland, to the boundary where the Danish race and tongue meet the Germans.

Prof. Castberg has published at Copenhagen, in 1818, Lectures on the instruction of the deaf and dumb, which were delivered at the theological seminary, in that city. The Danish title is: Foreläsninger over Dörstumme Unterwisnings methode. The Lectures are said to be perspicuous and practical, and to deserve a translation into other languages.

A second volume of the ancient Edda, or collection of Scandinavian Songs, attributed to Sæmund, has at length appeared Edda Sæmundar hinns fråda. Edda rhythmica, seu antiquior, vulgo Samunding dicta. Pars ii odas mythico-historicas contiN'NE. Ex codice bibliothecæ regia Harniensis pergameo, necnon diversis legati AnnaMagnaani et aliorum-manuscriptis, cum interpretatione latina, lectionibus variis, notis, glossario vocum, indice, nominum propriorum et rerum, conspectu argumenti carminum-el iv. appendicibus. Hafnia, 1818. 1010 pp. 4to. The first volume, containing thirteen ancient poems, had appeared in 1787. This second contains twentytwo. A third volume is expected. The whole of the ancient Edda will then have been published, and accompanied with a translation and notes. The translation is very faithful, perhaps too literal. Charles Butler, in his Hora Biblica, vol. ii. chap. 1. gives a succinct, but interesting account of the different Eddas.

An historical account of the mines of Norway, from the year 1516, to 1623, has been published by Brünnich, at Copenha

gen.

The royal Danish Commission for the revision of the Danish translation of the New-Testament, instituted Dec. 15, 1815, have completed their work, and transmit ted it to the royal Danish Chancery office. A new impression of the Danish Bible will now be made by command of the king, according to this revision, and beCome the translation of the church.

The Creole translation of the New-Testament, for the use of the Danish West-India Islands, has been published anew.

Stockholm. A new Anglo-Saxon Grammar has appeared: Angelsaksik Sproglaere tilligemed en kort Læsebog ved R. K. Rask. Stockholm, 1817, 8vo. The author is a learned Icelander, already known by his Icelandic Grammar, (Copenhagen, 1811, 8vo.) The present valuable work shews very clearly the error of the opinion which supposes the Icelandic poetry to be deriv ed from the Anglo-Saxon. The AngloSaxon language approaches much nearer to the German, in common with which it has the Article which is unknown to the Northern languages. Oelrichs' Anglo-Saxon Chrestomathic,containing extracts from the New-Testament, King Alfred's translation of Boethius, &c. is annexed to the Grammar. The Grammar of this language, which, in the earlier periods of Christianity, was possessed of a considerable extent of literature, had already been attempted by Geo. Hickes, (Oxford, 1689. New edition, Oxford, 1711,) Elstob, (London, 1715) Lye, (London, 1772,) in Michaeler's Tabulæ parallelæ, and in Grimm's teutscher Grammatik.

A collection of Swedish popular poetry has been made and published, by Geijer and Afzelius, at Stockholm, in 1814, and 1816.

A history of the Swedish nation, under the Vason kings, has been commenced; and the first number of Liljegrins' and Brunius' Northern Antiquities, (Fornlemningar,) has appeared.

St. Petersburg-On the 20th of July, 1819, the Emperor instituted a Lutheran bishopric. The bishop is to reside at St. Petersburg, and to have the charge of all the Lutheran or Evangelical churches in the Russian dominions. A National General Consistory is also established, to manage the united concerns of the Lutheran and Reformed Churches.

List of New Publications.

THEOLOGY.

A Sermon, delivered at Durham, April 4th, 1819, occasioned by the death of Deacon John Tibbals; by David Smith, A. M. Pastor of the church in Durham.-Middletown.

Memoir of Mrs. Sally Fornis, who died at Beverly, Mass. July 1819; with remarks, by H. Bingham, Misssionary to the Sandwich Islands.-Boston.

A Sermon, delivered at Foxborough,

Mass. Oct. 1819; by Nathaniel Howe, A. M. Pastor of the church in Hopkinton, Mass.

A Sermon, preached at the dedication of the church in Essex-street, Boston, by the Rev. James Sabine.

The validity of Presbyterian Ordination, asserted in a letter to the author of a pamphlet, entitled "Presbyterian Ordination Doubtful."-New-Haven.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Free Remarks on the spirit of the Federal Constitution, the Practice of the Federal Government, and the obligations of the Union respecting the exclusion of slavery from the Territories and new States; by a Philadelphian.-Philadelphia.

A History of the introduction and use of Scutellaria Lateriflora, (Scuilcap,) as a remedy for preventing and curing Hydrophobia, occasioned by the

bite of Rabid Animals, with cases, accompanied with a plate of the plant, by Lyman Spalding, M. D.: Read before the New-York Historical Society, Sept. 14th, 1819.

Report of the Managers of the Society for the prevention of Pauperism in New-York, presented by their Committee on Idleness and Sources of Employment: presented Dec. 1, 1819. Fanny published by C. Wiley & Co.-New-York, 8vo.

Heligious Intelligence.

AMERICAN EDUCATION SOCIETY. 'The Directors of the American Society for educating pious youth for the gospel ministry,' have published their Fourth Report.

The Directors commence by adverting to the low state of their funds at the date of their last report, and speak of the appeal which they made to the liberality of the Christian public.

"In executing the trust reposed in them, the Directors, early in the year, adopted measures to engage ministers of known reputation, as agents for the Society. One of these, the Rev. Richard S. Storrs, spent about seven months in the service of the Board at the South. In many parts of South Carolina and Georgia, he found the people forward to promote this momentous object. The more intelligent and wealthy in that flourishing region of our country show an increasing sensibility to the importance of a well educated ministry, and of religious institutions, and a readiness, highly honourable to their character, to aid the designs of the Society by generous contributions. Several rich individuals have made liberal donations; and one* has distinguished his pious liberality by giving $3,500 as a permanent fund.

"The amount of monies already received, in consequence of the successful agency of the Rev. Mr. Storrs is $3,000.†

"The board have reason to expect still further and very important aid

* John Whitehead, Esq.

+ This sum is exclusive of the above donation.

from the same quarter in promoting the object of this Society.

"The other agent of the Board, the Rev. Edward Payson, limited his labours chiefly to Essex County, Mass. By his well directed efforts, he presented the object of the Society more distinctly than had been done, before the minds of a considerable portion of the people, living in that respectable and wealthy Country. The contributions received by the Treasurer, as the fruit of this agency, which was executed gratuitously, amounted to $960. Besides this, the Directors hope the way is prepared for the formation of many auxiliary societies, and for a continual stream of bounty to flow, both from individuals and from permanent associations of men, into the treasury of the Society.

"The benevolent ardor, which has been awakened the past year, has led to the formation of several auxiliary societies in different parts. Among these, there are two, which hold a distinguished rank, and upon whose generous aid in future the Board can rely with the most pleasing confidence ;The Young Men's Society in Boston, and The Female Society for Boston and Vicinity. and Vicinity. From the former of these, the Treasurer of the Parent Society has already received $500; from the latter $753,65.

"The Directors have also the pleasure to state, that a Branch Society has been formed in Maine, and, on application, has been received, upon condition of their complying with the Constitution of the Parent Society. Branch Society has also been formed in the State of Vermont. The Edu

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