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1. u ^,v . . -Ofeii's, .< H'lUMMI WIIKMT BY THOMAS W>liORHA!N, TWO DOOM IHLOW rn% ?A*K, am *k*t Aaoraeaavax'a, . mutT. 7Vrm? if SubtrrJptim.?Tktt* Dollars per annum, pay. able in advance,.,.No paper to be discontinued, but At the option o^O* Editor, until ?U arrearages are paid. A<h*tit?cmnu not exceeding- fourteen line#, inserted . theArsttitno Ibr ierenty-five cents, and f*ty oamufcr **ch subsequent insertion? and in the at. ?:* proportion fbr a larger nurolter oT lines. < magasaa^ms^a^sssBSBB^aamssssBttaamgBm^i ReligioiiH Intelligence. . IXTKRR8TIN(; JOUII.VKY i llltOUGlt ICP.LAND. , We have before mentioned (says the Connec ticut Courant) tlut the Rev. Bbeneser Henilor Ron wad employed Iff the British and Foreign Bible Society in the summer of 1814t to diatn* but? 10,000Bibles and Testaments among tlte destitute inhabitants of Iceland. The following interesting* account which he givea of his jout ney, we know will bo gratifying to our readers.?It is dated' ? Icebmd, Bcpt. 25, .1814. I proceeded oh my voyage to tliip place where I arrived on the 13th July. The prospects be. fore mo were of the most cxhilirating nature.?* Our vessel, instead of proceeding on any preda tory or murderous expedition, was freighted with a cargo of provisions for the necessitous in habitants of Iceland?grain, and other articles for the sunport of temporal life, and the glorious Gospel of the blessed God, which is the germ and stall* of spiritual existence. I could not help appropriating to the situation in which I was placed, and the object I had in view, the follow ing beautiful lines of Cowper: "Soft ah* and gentle heaving* of tlte waro Impel the fleet, whose errand la to save, lo succour wasted regions, and replaco I Ik; smile ofopulcncc in sorrow's face ? l*t nothing adrerae, nothing unforeseen, !mpc<lc lhe b<uk thn ptogft, the <|?en serene, Charged with a freight transcending in its worth The gems of India, nature's rigbct birth? i liawlirs Uke Oahriel on his Lord's commands, A herald of (tod's love to Pagan lands/* The conclydln* epithet, however, doea not apply, for fropialf that I have vet been able to learn, there are more marks oi religious disposi tion, directed towards the proper object of wor ship, among the Icelanders, token as a body, than among any other people.in Europe. Immediately on my arrival, I waited on His hop Vidilan, and delivered the letter of intro duction with which I was favored from Bishop Muciiter. lie received mo in the most affecti onate manner, expressed his warm approbation of the object of iny visit, and assured me of his readiness to render me every assistance in his power, in the adoption of the most eligible means for the-mM* andproportionate distribu tlon af the Scriptures/ fie confirmed the ac count wo had already Weived, respecting the Extreme want of that treasure on the Island, and the ardent desire which the Icelanders have to read tho Bible. Mr. Magnussen, tho Dean of Iceland, inform ed me, that so ardent was the desire of the peo ple among whom he had distributed and sold co pies of the New Testament, which were sent over from Copenhagen two years ago, that they would have paid double the price, had it only been possible to obtain them.- When at his house, ho shewed mo a Bible, which at oncc Sroved ilie scarcity of tlie Holy Scriptures and le estimation in which thev arc held uy the Ice landers t it was one of tho iTolio editions, a great part of which had been devoured by the tooth of time, but the defective pages had all been neat ly pasted in, and the text supplied in tho most accurate manner. The hand was such ns would have done honor to any writing master in Eu rope. I asked the Bean if it had been written by a Clergyman or a Schoolmaster ? You may jwdgo of my surprise, when I was informed it wax dune by u common peasant, and such in stances are by no means unfrenuent among them. I left this plarn, t>n the 06th of July, in com panv v Ith a Danish officer, who has been seve r"'. Jr,ar? employed in surveying tho Island.? Alter passing through two parishes, each of which contained only three or four Bibles, we came to a desert, through which we travelled five successive day* no we were ngain gratified with a view of the habitations of men. The road was cheerless and gloomy ; scarcely a pile of grn-s to relieve the eye, or the note of a Wrd to please the ear. However, I wan rendered in a great measure unconscious of the tediousness ?"? fatigues of the journey, by the agreeable conversation ?f lny fellow-traveller, and especi ally bv meditating on the sublime and interest, ing tenths contained In the Dihle, and anticipa tiiin the delight I should feel in the distribution of such copies of that Messed book as it had been in in%y power to enrry with me. Nor was I dls ap|H*inted in my cxnertafion*. On descending Iroin the mountains into the tx-aiitiftil Valley of oIKvaflord, which licsdirectly in tho heart of the North Country, w? pitcheil our tent* close by the first farm-town that lay in the way. No ver shall I forget tlit pleasure* that evening af. lorded, * ho news of my having coming to the "d w'*h Jlibles was no sooner spread than I w?s surrounded by cronds, who manifested the s rongest desire oi receiving an immediate sop /r ? I hail with mo were design* f,|0r ,ftn?ples rather than siipplviug tho want* 1 ii lT?P i net lmrf w,tl' ?"'?re than '? IJible and two New 'I extaniciits, the latter f T' 1?*)* two poor families in the nif. ' ?l , the receivers wn? a youn# J' . ,' * ratted to tvad the third chapter of John to the people, who sat on tho grass before XL;TJ'r!"? npy *w? n.e nfiat- I end on my remarking, u!.!I .V ? , ^nportant the subjects ?? i reid, thev were unaiii ?Pf>Mcnt, and related their wish to a Bible or Ncn- Testament cnch. fwm fteriftovd,, . coast to,this place,^i*itir Mid spreading the iotelli^ the Scriptures. The want lame is, on the whole lamehtably inertia the North told me. he hauc r dollar* for * cop/, but the indi It would on no eccopnt pert wltl it I fell in with a clergyman, wl been seeking In vain to obtain a long period of Mwnteft yeere I ' ai^al was inexpressible. I pes a perish, lately in which there a_, bles I and another'considerably more, in which there are none at m. In w there are not above fire or Six in any' which t hate visited, except such accent twcen 300 and 400 souls, and in them there aire not more than ten or twelve copies* % i From the above, you will be able to how very opportunely the present supply cam to the Islanu. How opportunely did I say P?1 should rather have said how InU * for it is no* more tl^an fifty years since the last supply Of Bible* enme to Iceland. It gives me pU'asuif to add, that the desire of the Icelanders is eqt to their great and urgent necessity. Where* I have come, 1 have been welcomed as an aity,. fVom heaven, and 1 have scarcely left a sinal* cottage without being followed by the bcneutcjr lions of its inhabitants. Many are the inquiries tliat have been put to me by the common pcopU respecting the good people in tingiamf, whi have thus furnished tliein with the beat of books, '11 ley have also oftau asked me, whether " old King George,V and Sir Joseph lt&nks, be still a* live r and whether it were the King that sent them the Bibta ? To prevent all political mis? conceptions, A told them, that were King George in full poe^ ision of his health, I was certain every otner in wnten u was . that its publication originated solely in love to man. UHKhti.iieh.Ar It was not confined to1 England, but was every quarter of the world, " ltis the word of God," was the reply they frequently gave i and their acquaintance with the general contents of Scrip ture,-notwithstanding its scarcity,. ;#! often manifested by their quoting or alluding to eome passage relative to the generali/ationpijif the knowledge of the Lord in the latter days upon the eartli. The Intelligence quite electrto fled such as were waiting for the kingdom of God. It was peculiarly gratifying to me to behold! the anxiety tliey discovered for their children i one peasant to whom I Hold a Bible, requested also to have a copy of the New Tc?tamcnt for each of his six children i and being obliged to be put off till next year, when a supply may be expected <br that qunrtwr, it was with illfllculfy i could escape takiug the price then, that lie mi;*ht bo sure of them on then* nrrlvni. I arrived hero on the 20th instant. Many were the ncriU to which I was exposed, but out of them ail the Lord delivered me. I had to I miss upward* of sixty rivers oh horseback, some of which especially tlioso in the vicinity of Yo kuls, or tho snow and ico mountains, are reckon ed very dangerous | my confidence was in the Lord, who caused me to experience the fulfil ment o? that promise: " yVIioii thou paaseat through- the waters. I will be with thee, and through tKo rivers, they ahajl not overflow thee." During the two ntonthsl was on tlie journey, it wasbutaeldom tliat I slept in any House. My tent was my home', which like the Patriarchs of old, 1 removed from place to place ; and 1 have conceived such a liking to that oriental modi of life, that I cannot half feeling somewhat out of my element, now I am again confined to ft. room, j SPREAD OF ClilUSTIANITY. | Rome. Jan. IB.-?The congregation of Foreign Miwsions, labours witli the greatest real to re establish its relations with the various parts of the world. One of the must happy results un doubtedly is the spocial protection which it* members have obtained from China and Abyssi nia, They writo from Pekin, that the Emperor, having obtained a report from tho tribnnal of worship of the sentences passed against tho Je suits, wrote at the bottom of the report, with his red, or indelible pencil, " Let the Edict of the | II th January, 17*24, cease to be a law of the Em pire. There is only one Ood and thisOod can not lie offended with the diversity of names which are given to him." Any tiling written with the red pencil can never lie recalled : lie-1 creew in other colours may l>e altered. According to thiH Imperial decision, the Edict OfTolcrntion of the Oreat Emperor Kang-Ili of \77ii and that of 1711, have been again tran scribed from the tribunal of Kites, and transmit* ted. sealed with the great seal, covered with {'ellowMitin, to Don Oat|>aed delta Cruce, a 'ortugucrfe. It is remarkable that it was a Do minican of thiH name and of the same nation, who, in 1.1.10, was the first to introduce the Christian IMigion into China. Nothing can bo more agreeable to the Court of Home than to see the (.ntistiau religion intro duced into so extensive an Empire ns that of China, at a period in |mrticulur when most of tho Princes of Europe, by proclaiming the tole ration of religion in countries cMHcntinlly Catho lic, seem to slacken the ties which united them to tliw Holy See. Hi* llolineM received with the most lively joy, this pleading intelligence. Father dells Critce had the honor to be presented to his Emi nence the Cardinal Secretary of State, along with tho four novice Chinese Jesuits, who were conducted to tho Audience Chamber by M. Coticellieu. Director of the Propaganda. We are a?sured that tin* Edicts of thu Chinese Em peror reached our Court through the Portuguese Ambassador. Twelve Jesuits will be rent to China in Spring. His Holiness has addressed j?f felicitation to the fcroperor of China to, W?? iAVe art even aNurtd that a Bull ^ disoiplinu of the j ?* Y'i' % riiOM tnk l6?son ?u>ii or >am. IV. muona^ute. a w A most intelligent correspondent Km favored us with, the subjoined letter from St. Helena, describing the behaviour of Buonaparte since his arrivaljthere with a minuteness and accuracy which tenders hi* communication unqueatlona Irfjr tlie best which we have seen on this interest* ing subject. We make no apology* therefore, for laying it before our readers s many of whom will doubtless be delighted to learn, that Bona* parte has at length began to feel a small i>ortion of those privations and sufferings which, in the course of his famous and wicked life, he has wantonly heaped upon millions! ? 8t lletcru, Nov. 20, 1815. My last letter apprized you of our arrival here with Napoleon^-his being safely housed on shore, amongst a raco of people whose suqn-tse and consternstjon at the arrival of such a visitor, could only be c(|uslled by their desire tosrehim. " The topography of St. Helena must be m et ty well known in England by this time, i liavfc only to remark that the imagination of man could not picture a hiore n.Jious aspect titan it* ex ternal front. It is accessible towards the south from a perpendicular face and an eternal trade wind, which.nine mouths of the year would de ny a shelter for a skiff in the only rocky little bay in that direction. On the north side, where ships anchor, there are several ravjueB or cliffs, with the marginal rocks rising perpendicularly one thousand feet. With the exception of a rippling rill of water, and a few water cresses (uie only inhabitant of theso dreary defiles) the surface is mouldering lava. Ono of these ra* vines, inconsequence of its having become the | habitation of a man. has assumed Hie name of James's Valley. From the beach onwards as far as th6 gully will admit, a row <>f tolerable hou ses have bccu built, principally for lite accom modation of passengers on their way to India. The>ock4 which form the Inlet are equally s\u jicmlous ns the others. The labor of age's Has '"isned a path on each side to reach the The interest excited on approaching tful Island may be better imagined than ' 1 Watched with eager curiosity the ; Individual whose days were con signed to dwindle here. Made iiertrond, with streaming eyes, begged roe to look at it and pity htr > she cast her eyes on her husband, then on * 6r child ton.who were innocently playing on ta quarter ueck?-seemed to say, am I at last ?vtlned tb this P Napoleon eyed it with forti tude, his look, his manner spoke it a place more damuable than lie bargained for. Anxious a? he was to get on shore, he did not quit uh for a couple of daysj and when ho did, 1 positively saw regret Pictured in his faco. The last word he uttered happened (from my being near him) to be addressed to me i the Admiral and Cap tain were at the jtanxwaV<?-Uarffe in waiting; Iluonaparte hurried along"the <juartcr-<Jcck from the cabi n, wrapped up in a white great coat. Ah he passed he bowea. JMy eye, I do think. ?p?ke pity, fur it met hit, and he hastily asked irl continued on board ? It was night before he reached his house in the village. Still there were many spectators whom lie was particular ly anxious to avoid. At dawn the follov he rodo out with 8ir (Jeot-ge Cockburn to exa mine tlie situation of his future residence.? Longwood Is distant five miles from tho village and elevated above it 2000 feet, exactly ten de grees difference of tempcraturo from that at the surface of'die ocean. The interior of the island | is certainty lep? offensive to the eye than what I its exterior would promise. Perhaps if one j would draw * comparison hot ween what tho is land promises On approaching from the sea, and what is found on taxing a ride through the coun-1 try, one would be tempted to say many spots me beautiful. *H has been in this way that the people who have written of Ht. Helena have judged of it. Napoleon* on his first day's ride (for he has nottaken a second) apoke in very un favorable terms of the place ana said, every de scription we had given nim to read of this island was exaggerated. On descending the mountain, on his return to the village, he stowed at n smal' house called the Briars, situated ffn a projecting rock, midway from tho summit^ Hero lie re quested permission to stop, and front which he lias not strayed one hundred yards since the hour no took possession. Nature and art have done something for this spot. The lava has be come soil, and the eyo is relieved by a snot of venture exceeding two acres. There Is there a garden with fruit trees?a rill of water gurgling by i and lluonuparte and his friend Las Cassiu, here contrive to pass their solitary time. He is perfectly excluded from the ga/.e of the nublic, which was |>crhups a principal reason for his se lecting this spot until the repairs of Longwood were fmihhcd. 441 must now introduce you to the inhabitants of this an me Briars?this half aerial habitation of the fallen Napoleon. Mr. Ralcom, a native of Kngland, long resident in the island of 8t. He lena, n merchant of the place, and contractor for the navy, is tho proprietor of tho Hriars.?? lie has resided there for many years with his family, consisting of his wife, an intelligent wo man, and two dauuhters, both extremely welf educated, anil under the age of seventeen. Ilalcom's house in mo extremely small that there are scarcely apartment** capable of accommoda ting his family. He has an out .house, fanciful ly constructed, on a little eminence overlook ing the valley. This Huonaparte chose for breakfast room, dining room and parlour. Hi* camp bed lia<* been conveyed there from Mie Northumberland, and there is he contented y> ruminate the live long day, on the awlul occur* rences 6f hi* unexampled career. This apart* meat of the miahty Napoleon terminates in it* top in a li^le Uothick garret (whero I declsre to you 1 cannot turn rouud.) There renideatlio Counsellor of State, Co into La? Cassas accom panied by hi* son, a page of,the Ex-Emperor's, sgedobout sixteen, snaring the lone couch of his father. I have repeatedly thought it my du ty to pay my respects to tne fallen Emperor since n* took up his residence at the Briars, more especially as the visits of strangers aradis* approved of by him, and demi-ofRcislly forbid den by his Excellency Sir George. From the facility with which 1 gain admittance to his pre sence* I am disposed to 4hlnk the attention not unacceptable. From the variety of paters I see scattered about on Kb toliet, and tlie .hours which he Is closetted with Las Cassas (a man of uhcommon talent) 1 am inclined to think ho is busied either in drawing up a remonstrance to the British government, or writing a history of his own life. Ilis hours of recreation are gene rally from twelve till two o'clock. He peram bulates the little garden, mid is invariably join ed by the young ladies, daughters of thu proprie tor. Both sneak French, and 1 am satisfied they afford him very givat consolation. When 1 last saw him he was reclining on a sofa, and I thought him moro than usually slovenly. How ever, lie had just left the girls, when I learnt ho had been very spruce j and when 1 entered his apartment, he was, without ceremony, clad in his morning gown, without shirt, neckcloth, or breaches. 44 Marshal Bertrand, the Countess, General Montholon nud Couycr, inhabit a house in the town where 1 daily visit. They are full of trouble. From the nabits of lifo they have been accustomed to, all are inclined to launch out in to extravagance?however, the Admiral is an e* conomist, and this system of retrenchment ap pears to give great dissatisfaction. Napoleon takes every thing as ho finds it j however, the complaints of his followers have met his ears, and lie has solicited permission to provide for them himself. Ho is unwilling that either the one or the other should in any aliape be a burden to the British government, and he is equally hurt that their comforts should be in any shape abridged. The best tiling Napoleon can do is to acta wife. Unless influenced by some fair damsel of the Island, 1 fear he will become care j less of his jrerson. lie asked me one day if 1 did not think a wife necessary for a man's I health? 1 presume he meant to say, the so ciety of a lady would much contribute to the happiness of man. He has a little abrasion on the fore arm, which is attended with contiderar bio Inflammation | his application is a liaWsatt dissolved In water, with which he continues to bathe the place. He has his little dinner sent into his bed-room, where lie partakes of it with covered (by the arch youngest lass) he laujrhs immoderately. 44 The rigor with which it is now deemed ne* cessary to treat this pest to civil society, must ill suit his former elevation. The probability of escane is ao absurd, that you would.imagine a small degree of relaxation fair. Ho, no.?Na poleon hM a csptain and two orderly serjeants residing #ith him, who never permit him to pass the threshbld of nit hut without accompanying his steps, THie ha thinks severe, and Iiok, at last, solicited a favor, to have tho two soldiers removed, as their presence had a tendency to remind him of his misfortunes t or if they wet o tho't indispensable, to clothe them differently. Although 1 Imvo this from unquestionable au thority, 1 can scarce think Buonaparte would condescend so far as to supplicate or complain.*' SUMMARY OF FRENCH NKW8. There had been somo commotions at Lyon* and other towns in the interior) many arrest* hail taken ulace, and depots of ariUsdfscovcrnd. 'Hi? Abbe Sieves, according to the law of am iictity, had left France* Oon. Lavalette was supposed to Ims in Kngland. A Hen. Lavallo was arrested neat* Lyons and lent to Paris, be ing mistaken from his name for Lavalette. The King had ventured to the opera, the first tliea tro m which he has shewn himself sincu his ie turn. The royal family of Portugal^ was ex pected to return to Kurope, and the troops they left in America to join the Spaniards in suppres sing the revolutionists. The emperor Alexan der, banished by an Ukase, duted 3d January, all the Jesuits from his two capitals, tliey having proved ungrateful and unfaitliful subjects, and attempted to mske convert* from the Ureek re ligion, " tJie foundation stone of tlio Russian empire/' Considerable irritation is experienc ed uy those | :?wers exposed to the inroads of tho Algerittes and other barbarians at the ?' non-chit lance1'of tho Euglish on that subject. Admi ral Kxmouth, commanding tho British forces in the Mediterranean, lately fell in witli an Alge rine cruiser, who demanded of him provision* for two hundred christian sluves, taken from tho coast of Naples And Ancona, threatening to throw them into tho sea if they were not ??ip? plied,-?The provisions were furnished. K?..Ve bue died lately at Koningsberg. The Chamber of Deputies is occupied in hearing petitions from manufacturers | from individual* who have been insulted before the return of the king in conse quence of their adherence to his cause, praying ledresM And from others who think the bur dens of the times should lx< levied, on tlioio whose attachment to the usur|i(r had caused thp late troubles. M. Ilydo do Neuvllle is about departing for the United States in quality of am bassador j he has resided a long tim# in that cotinlKy a? an exile, at the Mtiie titnt with Oqn.