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"Thoughts on Baptism, as an Ordinance of Proselytism," has just appeared, under the signature of Agnostos; and from another pamphlet, entitled " A Letter to a Member of the Church meeting in Stafford Street, Dublin," by Vindex, we learn that the religious society here described, together with other affiliated societies in Ireland, are declared Anti-Baptists. The "New Evangelical Magazine", is looking after these novel heretics.

Romish Index.

In the Index Expurgatorius or list of prohibited books, by the Papal See, have been inserted two works of Mr. Gan

dolphy's, a Catholic clergyman in London. The books were presented or informed against by Dr. Poynter, the vicar apostolic. Mr. Gandolphy is charged with various errors, approaching to heresy; one is, that "the souls of infants dying without baptism are not to be condemned to eternal punishment." Like a good Catholic, he promises to submit to the high spiritual authorities, and to suppress the objectionable passages.

Proceedings of Catholics on Public Distress.

DOCTOR MILNER, vicar apostolic for the midland district, has addressed a pastoral letter to his flock, exhorting them to peace and loyalty. He says that the poor are worse off every where else, and even in America than here; that our present evils are the unavoidable consequences of the late necessary war; and that "every revolutionary measure" would increase the sufferings of the poor in a tenfold degree. He maintains that corruption is inseparable from government, Ubi homo ibi culpa. And he reminds his people of the revolu

tion in France, which led to war not only against the throne, but also against the

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ton, in a letter, dated October 21st, 1819 requests that, for the satisfaction of his friends, and in justice to himself, we would insert a positive denial of his having deserted the Unitarian Cause and the people whom he has been the means of collecting. Such a statement, he says, must have been sent to England by some one who deliberately strove to injure him in the opinion of his English friends. But to refute the calumny and to remove the injurious impressions which may have been made, he has been advised to send the following testimony, subscribed by ten of his friends, with some of whom we are personally acquainted.

To Mr. John Wright's Unitarian Friends in England:

"We, the undersigned, connected with Mr. John Wright in the Unitarian Cause, and witnesses of his unremitted exertions to spread the same by every public and private means in his power, learn with regret, that impressions have by some means been made on some of his friends

in England; purporting that he had relinquished the great work in which he had been engaged, and given up his office as minister of the Unitarian Society in George Town.

"We, therefore, deem it incumbent on us to contradict such unfounded report, and to vindicate Mr. W. against such unmerited aspersion, and to assure our brethren in England, from our own observation and knowledge, that no man can be more zealous or more ready to make every possible exertion to spread the knowledge of the One True God; or less disposed to desert his post than Mr. Wright; he having persevered under the most trying circumstances and against the bitterest opposition.

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FOREIGN.

FRANCE.

A CONSIDERABLE emotion has been exeited in France by a tumult occasioned at BREST, by the appearance of a company of Catholic missionaries. [The character of these missionaries is given p. 701.] The mob is said to have risen upon them, and to have used them very harshly. Irreligious cries are also said to have proceeded from the populace. The people of Brest are hence accused in the Paris papers of impiety. It is reported, as a further instance of their profaneness, that when Mademoiselle Georges appeared at the Theatre of that town, all covered and blazing with diamonds, some persons began to sing the Adoremus, and this being ended, the canticle of Sur cet autel, ah! que vois je paroître!

A Paris correspondent of ours says in a letter of the 8th instant, "The Jesuits are busy here and throughout France. There have been some tumults at BREST, in con. sequence of the intolerant barbarism of the missionaries. Their friends are as a cipher against millions; but there is no miserable intrigue that is not at work for them. LLORENTı has been deprived of his privilege of saying mass at his parish church, because of his books on the Inquisition and the Concordat."

The Abbé GREGOIRE continues to excite public attention. He has been prevented from taking his seat in the Chamber of Deputies. But he will not voluntarily betray his constituents. Before the decision for his exclusion, he addressed to them an interesting letter (Lettre aux Electeurs du Département de l'Isère) breathing the pure spirit of liberty and the gospel. He says he goes to take his seat beside the veteran of freedom, (La Fayette,) who has so gloriously defended it in both worlds. The following passage we translate as a specimen of this Election-Address :

"Religious Hatred. This expression, taken literally, is an absurdity; for it connects ideas which are incapable of connexion. That hatred which murdered Catholics in Ireland, and Protestants in the South of France, and which, beyond the Rhine, is now persecuting the children of Israel, would seek in vain its justification in the gospel; would attempt in vain to render the gospel the accomplice of those crimes on which its malediction falls. Religion has no other arms than truth to convince the mind, and charity to subdue the heart: we are deceived if, in

stead of contemplating religion in her own form, we are resolved to view her through the habits and conduct of some of her ministers."-Pp. 10, 11.

A new periodical publication has sp. peared at Paris, entitled Annales Protestantes: A Miscellany specially devoted to the Defence of the Reformed Religion. By a Society of Protestants and of Men of Letters. The first Number, (for October, 1819,) has been sent to us, and we are happy to recommend this specimen of the work, on account both of its talents and spirit. The deluge of the French Revolution is succeeded by a freshness and sweetness which are grateful to the heart. The French have paid the price of liberty and know its value.

GERMANY.

A novelty appeared last year at Dessau, a Selection (in 8vo.) of Sermons for Israelites (Auswahl mehrerer predigten, &c.), by G. SALOMON. These Jewish Sermons, preached at Dessau, are on the following subjects: Concord, Causes of Unbelief, Reflections upon the new Year, Characters that distinguish the People of Israel, Vanity of earthly Good, Trust in Divine Providence.

HANOVER.

The Prince Regent of this kingdom "in consequence of the resolutions passed by the German Diet," has issued an ordinance subjecting the press to a rigorous censorship. princes, and especially German princes, to the press! There would, we fear, be sedition in the answer to the question, why they hate it.

How uniform is this hatred of

HOLLAND.

M. VAN DER PALM, professor of oriental literature in the University of Leyden, and minister of a congregation there, well known by his volumes of excellent sermons and his translation of Isaiah, has announced a New Dutch Version of the Bible, and in less than six months has received more than two thousand subscriptions. The First Part is published and is well received. It consists of 276 pp. 4to. and contains the five Books of Moses. The Version is accompanied by short notes. M. Van der Palm adopts the hypothesis that Moses used in the composition of the Pentateuch, and especially of the book of Genesis, ancient original memoirs, preserved by songs or some other means in the patriarchal families.

GENERAL INDEX

OF

SUBJECTS AND SIGNATURES.

*** The Names and Signatures of Correspondents are distinguished by Small
Capitals or Italics: as different Correspondents have often adopted the same signature,
some ambiguity in the references will unavoidably arise; but this is an inconvenience
necessarily attached to anonymous communications.

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monument,

692

pleasures of,

325

Athanasian Creed, strictures on the, 435 Bennet's, (Hon. H. G.,) Letter to Vis-

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count Sidmouth, on the Transpor-
tation Laws, &c., reviewed,

261

Smyrna, martyrdom of,

649 Bennett, Mrs. obituary of,

Atkinson, Joseph, Esq., lines for the
monument of,

118

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194

Bennett's Sermon before the Southern
Unitarian Book Society, reviewed, 266
BERRA, A JEW OF, on the prophets,
Christ, and his apostles idolaters! 165
BEREUS on the state of religion at
Hereford,

Bey, Ali, obituary of,
Bible, brief notes on the, 42, 116, 320,

366

270

Audran, M. Prosper-Gabriel, obituary

413, 475, 544, 615,

725

of,

704

BIBLICAL CRITICISM, 41, 109, 315
Blasphemy, prosecutions for, 129,
B M's obituary of Robert Smith,

645

Esq,

192

687

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Boston, new Unitarian chapel at, 199.
Messrs. Wright and Lyons on,
Botanical elucidations of Scripture,
Bowdler on the Punishment of Death

in the case of Forgery, reviewed,
B. R. D.'s obituary of Mrs. Jane
Manley, 705. Of Miss Mary Can-
non,

Bretland, Rev. Joseph, obituary of,
445. On his publications, &c., 473.
Notice of a memoir of, 494. Cha-
racter of,

Brett's Narrative of the Proceedings
of a great Council of Jews, infor-
mation respecting, 136,
BREVIS'S inquiry respecting Newton
and Locke, 19. His brief notes on
the Bible, 42, 116, 320, 413, 475,
544, 615, 725. On the assault of

607

267

705

559

290

555

Baker's Chronicle, extract from,

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INDEX.

viewed, 266. On the dedication of
his Religious Liberty, &c. to Mr.
Belsham, 300. His tribute to the
memory of Mr. William Saint,
Buchanan's " Researches," on a pas-
sage in, 288,

Channing's Sermon at the Ordination

of the Rev. Jared Sparks, reviewed,
635. Notice of,

648

493

Chapels, best plans of,

545

372

Character of Dr. Doddridge in verse, 181
Character of Louis XIV.,

108

Buonaparte's Unitarian project, on,
31,

225

Charles 11., Evelyn's description of
incidents in the reign of, 22. And

Burchardt, Rev. Christopher, obituary
of,

James 11., anecdotes of, from Eve-

270

lyn,

156

Burdett's, Sir Francis, remarks on

Charleston, in South Carolina, late

irreligion and blasphemy,

714

religious proceedings at,

241

Burghers and Antiburghers, on the

union of the,

366

Chester Guardian, lines from the,
Chichester Fellowship Fund, ou the

47

Burke's letter on the repeal of the

establishment of the,

302

penal laws affecting the Catholics,

439

Children's hymn,

118

Butchers and soldiers,

560

B. Y. on Dr. Walker and the Qua.

Chimney-Sweepers' Bill, on the,
Christ. See Jesus Christ.

206

kers,

366

Byron, Lord, his Ode on Venice,

442

Christian and Pagan Trinities, on,
Christian charities, right of Jews to

540

share in,

578

Christianity, argument in favour of,

C.

Calcutta, establishment of a Hindoo

259. On the design of, in its ap-
plication to future punishment,

485

College at,

343

Christian religion, reasonableness of

Calvin's notion of the Sabbath, 424,
488, 553,

the,

259

665

Calvinists, on the moral system of,
Cambrian Society, establishment of
the,

404

Christians, lawfulness of defensive
war amongst, 149, 303, 400,

409

Christian Tract Society Anniversary, 199

ness

206 Christie, Mr. William, on the lawful-
of defensive war amongst

Christians,

149

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Cambridge, bigotry of several of its
members, 586. Considerations re-
specting, extract from,
Cannou, Miss Mary, obituary of,
Canterbury, Archbishop, on

charge to the clergy of the county
of Keat,

CAPPE, Mrs., on the review of Mr.
Wellbeloved's Sermon, 291. On
Mr. Holley's popular preaching and
liberal sentiments, 355. On the
character of Mr. Emlyn,

Cappe's, Rev. Mr., Menoirs, recom-
mended, 408, 494. Reply to E. F.'s
suggestion on,

Christmas Day, observance of, in the
United States,

Chronique Religieuse, translation
from, on the present state of reli-
gious seets in Sweden,
Church of England, late Seceders
from the, 21. On Anabaptism in
the, 406, 721. On the controverted
clause in the twentieth article of
the, 461. Its constitution;
Church Union Society's premiums in
the diocese of St. David's, 202,
623 CLARKE, Mr., on his School for Scrip-

490

Carlite's trials, remarks on, 645. Sen-
tence, 714. On the prosecution
of,

727

CARPENTER, Dr., on divine influences
and conversion, 419, 545, 617.
On proceedings in the Western
Unitarian Society,

Carpenter, Messrs. John and Thomas,
obituary of,

Cartwright, Thomas, biography of,
Case decided on a Dissenter's claim

of exemption from toll on a Sunday,
On a dispute between the Me-

58

thodists in Ireland,
Case of One of a Hundred,

Catholics, the, on the division of the
Decalogue by, 299, 467. Pro-
ceedings of, on public distress,

Catholic religion in Sweden,
C. D. on the division of the Deca.

logue,

744

27

tural Christians,

Clarke, William, Esq., legacies by the
late,
CLERICUS On Deism and Athanasi-
anism,

C. N. S's obituary of Mr. Samuel
Cravan, 192. Of Mr. William Wal-
ton,

399 Cogan, Dr, memoir of, 1, 74, 105.
His letter to the secretary to the
Unitarian Fund, 74. List of his
publications,

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COGAN, Mr., on Mr. Stodhart's ana.
themas against Unitarians, 164.
His strictures on some of the argu-
ments in Apelentherus," with
regard to the natural evidences of a
future state, 221. His Sermons,
reviewed, 257, 323. On the eter-
nity of hell torments, 369. On the
moral system of Calvinists, 404.

541

753

586

39

648

406

651

76

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