the sheriff, that functionary, proceeded along with the Procurator Fiscal, accompanied by a small body of police, under the charge of Captain Robinson, to the Cordiner's Hall in Potter Row, where they surprized a full meeting of the Edinburgh Zeletic Society. The president, a turner, residing in the Cannongate, named Wilson, and the two leading members, or rather directors, named Affleck, were apprehended. The rest of the audience, consisting chiefly of youths and journeymen tradesmen were allowed to depart, on giving their names and places of residence. Among the groupe were several children of both sexes. This society met every Sunday for the purpose of discussing philosophical subjects. Among other principles, they denied the divinity of Christ, the utility of prayer; and one of their subjects of discussion was, whether or not there is a Deity. The society has a library to which all the members pay, and have access weekly when they meet. Among the books are Paine's Age of Reason, Evans's Sketches of all Religions, The Deist, or, Moral Philosopher, Carlile's Address to Reformers, ditto to Republicans, Trial of Richard Carlile, ditto of Jane Carlile, Queen Mab, a Poem, Cain, a Mystery, by Lord Byron. Richman's Life of Paine, Paine's Political and Miscellaneous Works, Hume's Essay, &c.

We understand that, at the Club House on the Steine at Brighton, play has been suspended on Sundays, through the inter ference of the magistrates. The members, in consequence, find the tedium of that day wholly insupportable.

Mr. Minshull, the magistrate of Bow Street, has lately decided that the publicans, within his jurisdiction, shall not be compelled to close the houses on Sundays, except between the hours of eleven and one in the morning, and three and four in the afternoon.

The Rev. Mr. Dealtry is mentioned as the successor of Mr. Owen, in the London labours for the Bible Society, and another clergyman is to take the duties of the country.

Some reports state that the Rev. Mr. Cunningham, of Harrow, is likely to be appointed to the Bishopric of Calcutta, and others that the choice will fall on the Rev. Dr. Rudge. With either we shall feel gratified.

FOREIGN.

Louis XVIII. has erected an equestrian statue of Louis XIV. on the Place de Victoires at Paris. It is executed by Bosco; on one side the pedestal is inscribed Luduvico Magno-To Louis the Great; and on the opposite side Ludovicus XVIII. atavo suo. -Louis XVIII. to his grandfather. Louis ought also to have recorded all the grand exploits of his grandfather, or rather great grandfather; among the rest THE REVOCATION OF THE EDICT OF NANTZ, which violation of a solemn treaty, exposed the Protestants of France to every kind of cruelty, drove a million and a half of industrious subjects out of his kingdom, and sacrificed the manufacturing interests to the sanguinary spirit of Catholic superstition. Such was the prince whose memory is perpetuated by the present king of France, restored to his throne by the Protestants!!!

tion of curious copies of the Scriptures, of which, a few months before his disease, he gave as many as are reputed to have been worth 7007. to enrich the library of The British and Foreign Bible Society, an institution to which he was firmly attached to the last moment of his life. He had also collected a number of curious articles, which his increasing professional engagements would not latterly allow him to put together, but of which he purposed to leave the MSS. after his disease, that they might be prepared by some other hand, and which he expressed a desire, to the writer of this article for the Christian's Pocket Magazine, should be calied BIBLIA-PHOBIA, the collection being composed of remarkable instances of opposition to the spread of the scriptures, and their increasing triumph over all their adversaries. A short time before his death, Mr. B. paid a farewell visit to the Bible Society Committee, and discovered the interest he yet telt in the welfare of the institution, by expressing his opinion on a question of peculiar delicacy and difficulty. He now bade adieu for ever to the world, and spent the remainder of his time in reading his beloved volume. A few moments before he expired, he said to the servant that attended him, Bring me that blessed book, that I may see it once more before I die; then, laying his hand upon it, he said, 'I rest in Christ,' and fell back and breathed his spirit into the bosom of his Saviour and his God. This was another witness of the value of the Bible in a dying hour. Who can forbear exclaiming in the language of the poet

'Should all the forms that man devise

Assault my faith with treacherous art,
I'd call them vauity and lies,

And bind the gospel to my heart.'

Mr. B. did not survive his partner in life many months. Thus are bible advocates dying, but we rejoice that others are rising up in their stead, and that God will never leave his truth without a witness.

April 8, at Allahabad, Lawrence Kennaway, Esq. of the East India Company's service, third son of Sir John Kennaway, Bart. of Escot, Devon.

ERRATA. In our Magazine for December, Article JAMES'S Christian Fellowship, p. 273, line 12 from the top, dele inverted comma before And.-p. 275, line 6 from top, for conduct, read candour; ditto, line 11 from top, for their read that; ditto, line 19 from top, for was read were. Adeste Fideles-p. 300, line 7, from top, for through read though.

THE REV. DR. MILNE was born in the parish of Henethmont, in Aberdeenshire, in 1785. His father died when he was six years of age, and his mother gave him an ordinary education. His moral character was, however, neglected, and like other youth, suffered to run wild; he was easily led into the commission of every sin, and so great was his progress in vice, that even his comrades used to distinguish him as their chief, and to call him Satan. But we will give the late doctor's own words. 'In profane swearing, and other sins of a like nature, I far exceeded most of my equals, and became vile to a proverb. I can remember the time (O God! I do it with shame and sorrow of heart) when I thought that to in VOL. VIII. No. 8.

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vent new oaths would reflect honour on my character, and make me like the great ones of the earth.'

His aversion to the Bible, and every thing religious, was very great, and the parochial visits of his minister to catechise the young people, were always to him the subject of the greatest dread. At times he was not without remorse of conscience, but he might be said to be hardened in iniquity, till he was in his thirteenth year. The reading of some religious books, some pious examples, impressions made on his mind at the sacrament, and other similar circumstances, then operated to effect a partial reformation, but the deepest impression was produced by his attendance at a Sabbath Evening School; and the pious example and prayers of a poor and worshipping family, marred his enjoyment and pursuit of plea sure in the world, and discovered to him a beauty and excellency in religion, which he had never before seen. From that period, in his sixteenth year, he became habituated to prayer, and delighted in the perusal of works adapted to promote moral and religious improvement. But his past iniquities deeply affected him, and conscious of the Majesty whom he had offended, he often trembled lest he should endure the wrath to come.' 'To be transformed into a stone,' said the Doctor at his Ordination, or into one of the fowls of the mountains, which were often flying over my head, was what I sometimes wished, in order to avoid appearing before God in judgment, and to be freed from the danger of everlasting punishment, My distress of mind was much increased, by a mistaken notion of the doctrine of election, as I did not then see that the accomplishment of the purpose of God, with respect to

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the salvation of sinners, was intimately connected with the use of the means of grace; but supposed that the decree of God cut me off from the expectation of happiness in the world to come, and shut me up in gloomy silence, and "fearful looking-for of judgment.' From this state of mind he sought relief in prayer and in attendance on the preaching of the gospel; and having found joy and peace in believing in Christ as the Saviour of sinners, he united with a congregation of dissenters, under the pastoral care of the Rev. G. Cowie, of Huntly. Being moved with compassion for the heathen, he at length_resolved on devoting himself to Missionary labours, and having been introduced by the Rev. D. Morrison, and the Rev. John Philip, to the Aberdeen Missionary Society, he was examined by the Rev. Messrs. Doeg, Philip, Dr. Ross, Professor Kidd, and Professor Bentley, then directors of that Institution, and sent by them to the Committee of the Missionary Society in London, who placed him under the tuition of the Rev. Dr. Bogue, in the Theological Seminary at Gosport, where the Society's students are generally educated.

Having passed honourably through his studies, he was, on Thursday, July 16th, 1812,* ordained at the Rev. Mr. Griffin's Chapel, Portsea, as a Missionary to China. His appointment to this station being fixed, in consequence of an earnest request from the Rev. Dr. Morrison, of Canton, that he might have a colleague.

Having contracted a conjugal alliance with a native of the north of Scotland, Mr. M. sailed from Portsmouth on the 4th of the following September, for the Cape of Good Hope. He after

By an error in Dr. Milne's retrospect of the mission to China, July 12th is stated.