Brought over $254 55
Of Rev. Dr. John M'Dowell, collected in New York by Rev. Alexander
M'Clelland, principal and interest for four years, for the Professorship
which the Synods of New York and New Jersey have resolved to endow
Of Rev. George Stebbins, Hudson Presbytery, for do.

Of Rev. John Goldsmith, from the executors of Thomas Lawrence, Esq. de-
ceased, late of Newtown, Long Island, his bequest in aid of do.
Of Rev. David Comfort, from Kingston Church, New Brunswick Presbytery,
for do.

Of Rev. John Johnston, North River Presbytery, collected by Rev. Jacob
Green, for do.

Of Rev. Charles Webster, per Eliphalet Wickes, Esq. his annual donation
to do.

Of Solomon Allen, Esq. his third instalment of $1000 each, in full of his sub-
scription for the Professorship to be endowed by the Synod of Philadel-
phia -

Of Rev. Jos. Barr, per Rev. Wm. Ashmead, from Leacock Church, for do.
Of Alexander Henry, Esq. from the Rev. Dr. Thomas Henry, the balance due
from the Female Education Society, of the Second Presbyterian Church,
in Charleston, S. C. for their subscription of $250, to the endowment of
the Southern Professorship

Of Rev. Colin M'Iver, per Mr. Anthony Finley, for do.

viz: from Philadelphus, Bethel, Lumber Bridge and St. Paul's Bluff, Barbacue, Averasburg and Tirza

And from Pine Tree and Sandy Run

347 20 40 00

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500 00

36 00

100 00 63 50

Of Rev. Reynolds Bascom, from Rev. Dr. Benjamin M. Palmer, of Charles

Of Rev. Henry Reid, for do.

ton, S. C. from the estate of ******, for do.

viz: in part of Rev. James Gamble's subscription

In full of Rev. Hugh Dickson's do.

And from Greenville Congregation

Of Rev. John Cousar, Salem, Black River, S. C. for do.

Being a part of the second subscription taken by Rev. Samuel S. Davis,

collected from the following persons, viz:

Thomas Rose, Esq. of Midway Congregation

Of Eliphalet Wickes, Esq. "a legacy left by Othniel Smith, Esq. late of Jamaica, L. I. deceased, to endow a Scholarship in the Theological Seminary at Princeton

Of the Female Benevolent Society of Chester, N. J. per Rev. W. B. Barton, in part of Rev. Abm. Williamson's subscription to the Eumenian Society's Scholarship

Of Rev. Andrew Todd, per Rev. Samuel Taylor, in full of his subscription for the same Scholarship

Of Rev. Samuel Taylor, "in part of his subscription for Senior Class 1824
Scholarship, conditionally in aid of the Oriental and Biblical Literature
Professorship."

of Rev. William Nevins, in part of his subscription to the Senior Class 1819
Scholarship

Of Rev. John Knox, per Rev. Dr. A. Alexander, towards the principal and interest of his subscription to the Senior Class 1823 Scholarship

Of Rev. George S. Woodhull, per Rev. Isaac V. Brown, for Senior Class 1820 Scholarship

Of Rev. Benjamin B. Wisner, the principal of his subscription for do.
Of Rev. Amzi Babbit, in part of his do. for Senior Class Scholarship 1819
Of Z. Lewis, Esq. half a year's allowance for the Le Roy and Banyer Scho-
larship

Of Benjamin Strong, Esq. treasurer of the Presbytery of New York, for aiding the education of students in the Theological Seminary at Princeton

EUROPE.

BRITAIN. By an arrival at New York, London papers to the evening of the 27th of April have been received. Parliament was still in session, but was expected to adjourn in the latter part of May. The commercial distress throughout the kingdom continued, and in some places was extreme. It had been imputed by some, at least in part, to the removal of the former restrictions on trade. The ministers of the crown had denied the justness of this imputation, and refused to abandon any of those measures which have for their ultimate object, the entire freedom of trade; and in this determination they were borne out by large majorities in both houses of Parliament. The two great monopolies of corn and sugar had not yet been touched; but there were clamours against both. The friends to the abolition of slavery in the West Indies, were urging with great force the unreasonableness and injustice of taxing Eng land for the production of sugar by slave labour, when it was manifestly the wish of the nation that slavery should no longer exist; and when, if the duties were removed from East India sugar, it might be sold cheaper than the sugar of the West IndiesIt appears that the legislatures and local authorities of the British West Indies are likely to have certain measures proposed to them, for meliorating the condition of the slaves. If they will promptly make arrangements for carrying these measures into ef fect, they will have the privilege of doing it-If not, the mother country will coerce them-not, probably, by force of arms, but by repealing protecting duties, which will render their slaves and other property of very little value. It is not quite certain as yet, what will be the steps taken in this delicate business; but the voice of the nation was calling too loudly to be long disregarded, for something to be done in it which should be effectual and decisive-The health of the British monarch is said to be restored.

FRANCE-has afforded no news of importance, during the last month. There seems some reason to believe, that measures are in train to suppress the reproachful slave trade, which French vessels have notoriously been carrying on of late on the coast of Africa. The minister of marine has also publickly stated, that France, so far from helping the Turks against the Greeks by sea, has in fact saved the lives of some thousands of Greeks, by allowing them to take refuge on board of French vessels, and then conveying them to a place of safety. The statements of the court party, and of the opposition to that party, in the French chambers, are directly contradictory in relation to this subject. What the truth is, we are unable to determine.

SPAIN. It appears that some fresh disturbances have occurred in Spain. It is said that a conspiracy to revolutionize the government, which had its origin in secret societies, has recently been discovered; and that by the confessions of one of the conspirators, it was made known that there was in London a directing revolutionary committee, of which Mina was president.

PORTUGAL. The regency appointed by the late king during his last illness, is said to be fully established, and that tranquillity prevails in the capital and throughout the kingdom. The British minister, in an audience had with the head of the regency, the Infanta Isabella Maria, gave assurance of the same support to her administration, which Britain had pledged to her deceased father. A large British squadron remain. ed in the Tagus.

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GREECE. In the early part of last month, we had such particular and detailed accounts of the capture by the Turks of the fortress of Missolonghi, that we had not a doubt that this strong hold, which the Greeks had so long and so heroically defended, had at last fallen into the hands of their ferocious invaders; and we are not yet without serious fears that the accounts to which we have referred will prove true. They are, however, directly contradicted, by intelligence coming from different quarters, which seems to be of a later date than that which announced the taking of the fortress. On the 20th of April the Earl of Liverpool stated, in the British House of Lords, that he believed the report that Missolonghi had fallen was not true. dition to this, it is said that the small fortress of Anatolico was taken by the Turks, at a date which corresponds with that at which Missolonghi was said to have fallen; and bence it is supposed that the capture of the former has been mistaken or substituted for that of the latter. It is also said that a Greek fleet of 60 sail arrived before Missolonghi on the 20th of March. A short time will disclose the truth; meanwhile all accounts agree that the Greeks were greatly pressed on all sides, so that without the interference of other powers in their behalf, their cause was supposed to be nearly desperate. Reports and rumours abound that some of the great European powers have actually interfered-that England, France, Prussia and Russia have given the Grand Signior to understand that he must desist from all attempts to subdue the Greeks-that Mr. Canning has entered into negotiations with the Divan-that Sir Frederick Adam, governor of the Ionian islands, has, in the name of England, proposed a truce of three months between the Greeks and Turks; and that on the refusal of this proposal by Ibrahim Pacha, he was informed that if necessary a compliance would be compelled. But we see nothing in the last accounts from Europe

which authorizes a reliance on any of these statements; and yet we cannot but hope, from the prevalence of the opinion in England and France that the cruel warfare of the Turks was to be terminated by the interposition of the Christian powers, that something of this kind is in serious contemplation-But at present all is conjecture, except that the Greeks are in a most perilous situation. Our hope for them is in God. If he intends their deliverance, as we still think he does, he will, in his own best time and way, provide the means and the instruments for the execution of his purpose.

TURKEY.-If we are to credit an article in the Paris Constitutionnel, the present reigning Sultan is one of the most blood-thirsty wretches that ever disgraced the form of a man; indeed he has heretofore giver demonstrative evidence of this, by ordering the throats of 25,000 Christians to be cut at Chios. It is said that he has given positive orders to Ibrahim Pacha to allow no quarters to the inhabitants of Missolonghi-no matter what their age, or sex, or condition may be; that he has declared that there are 11,000 individuals shut up in that fortress, and that he has need of that number of heads. It is stated that 900 heads have lately been exposed on the gate of the Seraglio, and that of these 600 were the heads of women, and 30 of priests. If this monster has not so outraged all the rights of humanity as not only to warrant, but imperiously to demand, the interference of neighbouring nations, to put a stop to his barbarities, then is our knowledge of the law of nature and nations much more defective than we have hitherto supposed it to be.

RUSSIA. The coronation of the emperor Nicholas is to take place at Moscow on the 7th of July next, when his majesty will enter the 31st year of his age. All the great European powers will be represented by their ambassadors on the occasion. The duke of Devonshire, from Britain, and the duke of Ragusa, (Marmont) from France, are already on their way to Russia; and there is to be a rivalry of splendour between these two ambassadors. The expense of this rivalry-this empty pageant-would probably suffice to send Bibles and missionaries to half the unevangelized world—It is said that the Russian army is regarded with suspicion and alarm by the present Czar. He is doing all in his power to gratify and please both officers and soldiers. On the 31st of March, he reviewed the regiments of guards, consisting of about 40,000 men. was the anniversary of the day when the allied troops entered Paris; and on the preceding evening, according to the will of the late emperor, each of the soldiers who entered the French metropolis received a silver medal, with a portrait of the emperor Alexander. From present appearances, it would seem as if there was good reason to apprehend that the Russian army may ere long resemble the prætorian guards in the decline of the Roman empire.

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Since the publication of our last number, information has been received in this country, direct from India, that the Burmese war had been terminated advantageously to the British. The conditions of peace to which the Burmese are said to have yielded, are not given with much particularity; but appear to be in general much like hose which we last month mentioned, as having been proposed by Sir Archibald Campbell, and refused by the Burman emperor-namely, a large sum of money and the cession of a considerable territory. It appears that information relative to this pacification had not reached Britain at the date of the last intelligence from thence; yet there seems sufficient reason to believe it authentick.

AFRICA.

Recent accounts from the American colony at Liberia, represent it as in a very prosperous state. The colonists are in all respects doing well. Having become too formidable to be attacked by their uncivilized neighbours, they are now cultivating friendship with them; and doing something towards breaking up the detestable slave trade in the region which adjoins the colony. We earnestly hope that this colony will shortly receive, what it certainly merits, national patronage. We observe with pleasure, that the representatives of various religious denominations have recommended the remembrance of it on the anniversary of our national independence; and we trust that liberal contributions will then be made to the funds of a society that with such commendable and persevering zeal has founded, and hitherto supported, this promising colony-destined, as we hope, to be a chief instrument in delivering our country from the curse of slavery, and of spreading the gospel of Christ our Saviour over one quarter of the earth.

AMERICA.

COLOMBIA.-The late vice president of Colombia, General Santander has, to the regret of many, retired from office; and in an address to the people of Colombia he assigns as his principal reason-" the danger to liberty, resulting from the prolonged continuance in power of one, and that a military man." We know not whether this resignation of the vice president had, or had not, any connexion with a revolution which broke out at the town, or city of Valencia, about 16 miles S. W. of Caraccas, on the 29th of April. The cause of this, revolution is not fully known. The superseding in his com

mand of General Paez, a popular favourite, seems to have had a considerable influence in the unhappy occurrence-unhappy, we think, on a variety of accounts. Paez, it appears, was, on the 12th of May, declared by the Cabildo of Valencia, in conjunction with deputies from Càraccas, Civil and Military Chief of Venezuela, until the return of General Bolivar. But few lives have as yet been lost-in consequence, as as it would seem, of the revolution having met with no formidable opposition. À mission was to proceed without delay to General Bolivar, to request his immediate return -We hope his return will be the means of restoring peace and order; of the importance of which, new republicks are usually not sufficiently sensible. We think it not improbable that some part of the coast of Colombia will receive a visit from the Spanish fleet now at the Havanna.

BRAZILS AND BUENOS AIRES.-The war between these states continues, but as yet without any thing very decisive on either side. On the 27th of February, Admiral Brown, the commander of the Patriot squadron, summoned the commander of Monte Video to surrender; and on his refusal, a cannonade was opened on the fort, and on the Brazilian fleet, for four hours. It appears that there was hard fighting on both sides. The Patriots claim to have had the advantage in the conflict; and arrangements were making, at the date of the last accounts, for a new attack, both by land and water. Don Pedro I. has, it appears, returned to his capital.

PANAMA. We know not why the Congress appointed to meet at this place, is so long delayed. Some representatives, it is said, arrived in the months of March and April last; and it is stated that both Britain and France have ambassadors on their way to this place. Yet the last accounts intimate that the Congress will not be formed till autumn. We believe that our own commissioners have not yet left their homes.

UNITED STATES.-The Congress of the United States adjourned on Monday, the 22d of May-The adjournment, or close of the session, was unhappily much of a piece with the disorders that had preceded it. Saturday, it is stated, was the last day of the session, on which, according to an established rule, any bill could pass either house. Yet both houses sat till daylight, on the morning of the Sabbath; and notwithstanding this profanation of the day of sacred rest, and violation, as it would seem, of their own rule, the National Intelligencer states that more than sixty bills, which had passed the House of Representatives, and more than forty, which had passed the Senate, were "irretrievably lost," for the want of a little time to complete their passage. Nay, it is made a question whether a bill which actually received the signature of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, when a quorum of the members was not present to witness the signature, is not, by that circumstance, rendered null and void. must leave our readers to make their own remarks on these doings of their own representatives, and to consult their own consciences, in regard to the votes which they will give at the next election of members of Congress.

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It appears that the Indian delegation of the Creek nation, which ultimately assented to the new treaty relative to the cession of all their lands in the State of Georgia, in consideration of a large sum of money to be paid by the United States, had agreed on a division of that money among themselves, and expected to receive it on the spot. The government, very properly we think, refused to accede to this arrangement; but ordered the larger part of the sum to be reserved, and disposed of agreeably to a deci. sion to be made in a national council of the Indians, to be called as speedily as prac ticable.

For more than a month past, our country has been suffering by one of the severest droughts that it has ever experienced at this season of the year. Vegetation of every kind has languished, and the Indian corn, wheat and grass, have been greatly injured. In consequence of the drought, likewise, the most extensive and destructive fires have broken out, and raged through the forests of many parts of our country, destroying property to a very large amount. Within a few days past, there have been refreshing showers in some places; but the rain has not been general, nor sufficient, we believe, in any place, to supply the earth with the needed moisture. While thus the inhabitants of our highly favoured land are taught their absolute dependance on the God of Providence, it behoves us humbly to receive instruction and correction, to turn to Him that chastises us, and to beseech Him to turn his displea sure from us.

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