and broken, and the body that had once occupied this superb coffin, had been carried away. We were not, therefore, the first who had profanely entered this mysterious mansion of the dead; though there is no doubt it had remained undisturbed since the time of the invasion of the Persians."

Cases of Egyptian Curiosities, &c. Nos. 1 & 2 contain female ornaments; the mummy of an ape; the toe of a colossal figure, the head and arm of which are coming to England.

No. 3 contains difierent idols; some made of porcelain, others of hard calcareous stone; and also fragments of the tomb of Psammis.

No. 4. Various idols of white stone, or of beautiful blue porcelain, from the tomb of Psammis; different fragments of breccia, with hieroglyphics,-found among the ruins of the temple of Berenice, on the Red Sea.

No. 5. Idols of calcareous stone; scarbai of basalt, and of verdo antico; and of a square form, used by the kings of Egypt, and worn as an ornament on their breasts; some fragments of terra cotta, and lacrymatories.

No. 6. Figures of alabaster; plates of the same substance,-supposed to have been used for the religious ceremonies; vases and fragments of alabaster; tomb-stones from the mummy pits of Gournou.

No. 7. Figures of wood and of bronze; ancient coins; vasas containing the bowels of mummies.

No. 8. Wooden idols; stone fragments; a most beautiful head of black basalt, from Sais; fragments of a sar

cophagus of terra cotta, from the Oasis of Ammon.

No. 9. Wooden boxes which contained idols.

No. 10. Ancient shoes; and ropes, made of the leaves of the palm tree; mummies of various animals, quadru peds, and fish; tresses of hair, in a state of wonderful preservation.

land a short time ago; it is the most No. 11. A mummy, opened in Engperfect of any of those I unfolded in Egypt, during six years' research; the box in which it was contained, is placed above.

tian priest; remarkable for the singuNo. 12. The mummy of an Egyplar position and binding of the arms.

the largest known-it measures 23 No. 13. A manuscript on papyrus,

feet.

tomb of Psammis, which had fallen off No. 14. A portion of the original from the wall; the colours of the feOn a chymical examination of these male figure are considerably faded. colours, it appears that the red and yellow are given by oxide of iron; the green and blue, by copper. The coltherefore, to agree with those employours of the ancient Egyptians seem, ed afterwards by the Romans; for Sir Humphry Davy found, on analyzing the various pigments, contained in vases, discovered in some excavations un

der the ruins of the baths of Titus, at

Rome, that the red colour was sometimes produced by iron ochre, and sometimes red oxide of lead; and that the blue and green colours were generally given by oxide of copper.

THEOLOGY.

A Sermon, delivered at the Meeting House of the 2d Baptist Church in Boston, on the evening of the Lord's day, Oct. 28, 1821, at the ordination of the Rev. Alva Woods, as a Minister of the Gospel, and a Professor in Columbian College in the District of Columbia. By Rev. LEONARD WOODS, D. D.

A Sermon, preached at Rehoboth, Oct. 14, 1821, before the officers of the

first Regiment, second Brigade, fifth Division of the Militia of Massachusetts; by Otis Thompson, Chaplain.-Taunton.

A Sermon, delivered Dec. 18, 1821, at the ordination of the Rev. William Ware to the Pastoral charge of the First Congregational Church in the city of New York-by his father, Henry Ware, D. D. Hollis Professor of Divinity in the University of Cambridge, (Mass.) together with the

Charge and Right Hand of Fellowship.

A Sermon, delivered at the funeral of Rev. John Marsh, D. D. Pastor of the first church in Wethersfield, Connecticut, who died on the 13th of September, 1821, in the 79th year of his age, and 48th of his Ministry.-By Calvin Chapin, D. D. Pastor of the third church in Wethersfield.

Extracts from the Journal kept by the Rev. Thomas Smith, late Pastor of the first church in Falmouth, Maine, from the year 1720 to 1788, with an appendix.-Portland.

Remarks on the " Preliminary History" of two Discourses by the Rev. Aaron Bancroft, D. D.-By Zedekiah S. Barstow, Pastor of the Congregational Church in Keene, N. H.

MISCELLANEOUS.

The Public Statute Laws of the State of Connecticut, as revised and enacted by the General Assembly in May, 1821, to which are prefixed the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitution of Connecticut; arranged and published under the authority of the General Assembly.--Hartford.

From the Religious Intelligencer.

NEW MISSIONARY FIELD AMONG SEAMEN.

Extract of a letter from the Rev. Abner Morse, of Nantucket, to his friend in New-York.

In considering the means used for the conversion of seamen, the question arises whether those employed in the whale fishery receive their share. While the English have sought out the wants of their whalemen, and furnished each with various means of religious knowledge, few and feeble have been the efforts in this country to ascertain the condition of ours, or extend to them any means of evangelical instruction. We have consumed their oil to illumine our churches, and light our passage through the dangers of the coast, little thinking that for the want of Divine light they are drifting to destruc

of Guinea and the Brazils. Others make their cruise of the coasts of S. Africa, Timor, New Zealand, New Guinea and New Holland. This town bas 80 ships in the Pacific, 3 brigs and 1 schooner in the Atlantic, and many other vessels employed in the different branches of this fishery; the whole measuring 50,043 tons, and manned by about 2,000 men. Of these not more than one to eight or ten is supposed to have a Bible; and still smaller the proportion supplied with religious Tracts. Ships carrying more than 20 men are known to have been three years at sea without a Bible on board. Whalemen from other ports may be better furnished; but there has not to our knowledge, been any system of measures taken to supply them as may be desirable and practicable. The whale fleet from France, which is officered principally from this place, and partly manned by Englishmen and Americans, is said to have no supply, unless it is now and then a Bible from this country. The intercourse between this fleet and ours gives us a fair opportunity, and seemingly obliges us to hand them the word of life. We have formed a Bible and Tract Society, which in time may afford our ships an adequate supply. But such are the wants of the people in this town, that, on one of its borders, an individual lately found in one day 20 families living without the Scriptures. Coasting vessels and the neighbouring islands, open before us a large field for the distribution of Bibles and Tracts. To afford these a partial supply, and furnish our whalemen as they fit out for new voyages, will equal our present means. Not to name those of our own language on board the French ships, nor anticipate the wants of whalemen from neighbouring ports, more that 50 ships from this must contique destitute as they are from 1 to 3 years longer, unless we are assisted in sending them a supply. Experienced Captains assure me that a whaleman bound to the Pacific, on the common rout, might distribute packages, mediately or immediately, to the greater part of the fleet. As whaleships are fitting out from New York, Long Island and Connecticut, it occurred to me that you might induce the good people in those places to put tracts, &c. on board for distribution. Would they think of the comforts sacrificed, the perils encountered, and the sufferings

endured to procure them the spoils of distant oceans: would they consider the time they have saved, the profits they have made, the sermons they have heard, the books they have read, the dangers they have shunned, the shipwrecks they have avoided, by means of the lamp, the lantern, and the lighthouse: above all would they estimate the value of the soul, and the possibility of saving it, they would cheerfully make some sacrifices for the famishing whalemen. Religious pamphlets lying useless upon their shelves, would be received with gratitude and read by many. Everlasting good might be done. Several revivals, of which you have seen no notice, have been effected on board of our ships by means of a few tracts. The condition of those seamen is not hopeless. Let their cries be heard, and a glorious change may ensue. If we regard their influence on foreign missions, their conversion must seem peculiarly desirable. The pagan islands of the Pacific and Indian oceans are to them places of frequent resort. No other men have so much influence with the natives. Many of them are acquainted with the chiefs, and able to speak their language and influence their councils. They often take men from these islands and the western coasts of America into their service; and it is believed they now have promising candidates for the Cornwall school, from the midst of immense regions, where the banners of the cross have never been unfurled. Eleven of these have been instructed here the past season, who in other circumstances might become the Obookiahs of their country. Some of them have sailed under the tuition of men who have cheerfully engaged to perfect what had been begun. Under present regulations a residence on board a whale ship serves to elicit the genius of a heathen youth, and prepare him to imbibe the principles of our religion. But when our whalemen become sanctified, their ships will be seminaries for training missionaries to publish salvation from Bherring's straits to Cape Horn, and from Chili to Madagascar. Who will say that these men are not destined to act a conspicuous part in driving paganism from the ocean, and in converting the world. Yours,&c. A. MORSE.

Nantucket, Oct. 20, 1821.

From the New York Advertiser.

A very important charitable institution has been recently formed in Liverpool, (Eng) the plan and constitution of which we republish to-day from the Liverpool Mercury of September 21st of the present year. The extreme importance of improving the condition of seamen, by furnishing them with the means of advancement in moral and religious knowledge, within a few years past has excited the attention of benevolent men on both sides the Atlantic in this country as well as in Great Britain. In our principal seaports, societies have been formed, and places provided, to afford them the opportunity, when in port, of enjoying public worship, and all the variety of religious instruction which can be imparted from the pulpit. In this city, a handsome and convenient building has been erected for the exclusive use of seamen and their families, and for about two years past, has been steadily occupied for the purposes for which it was designed. That the effort here made has been attended with much success, cannot be doubted. A large number of seamen are found, from sabbath to sabbath, in the 66 MARINER'S CHURCH," decent in dress and demeanour, and generally very serious in their attention to religious services; and we have heard masters of vessels declare that the beneficial consequences which have followed religious instruction among their crews, are discovered in their correct and orderly course of behaviour when pursuing their regular occupations at

sea.

A part of the scheme of the Society at Liverpool has been anticipated by the organization of the Societies in this country. Other parts of it, however, have not hitherto, as far as we have heard, gained from us that degree of attention which in our opinion they merit. And the interest in the subject is not exclusively confined to sailors, or even masters of vessels. Owners, and all persons engaged in shipping and navigation, have a deep concern in the moral and religious character and conduct of the men by whom their vessels are navigated, and with whom their property, to an immense amount, is first and last entrusted. What merchant would not consider his property safer in the hands of sober, virtuous, and religious seamen, than in those of

a thoughtless, licentious, and profligate character? To ensure to themselves the benefits which must flow from the employment of men of the former description over those of the latter, means must be used. The Liverpool Society have adopted in their plan several measures which are not formally comprised in ours, and which, if faithfully applied, cannot fail of producing salutary effects.

The first that we would notice is, the establishment of Day and Sunday Schools, for the instruction of the children of seamen, and others connected with shipping. Many of the children of seamen, when they reach the proper age, become sailors also. It is perfectly natural that they should; and not only natural, but almost necessary. Their fathers being absent so great a proportion of the time, can do but little for the education of their children— they are left either to the care of their mothers, or other friends, who frequently are able to do but little for them, or too often for themselves, and of course run wild in the streets, exposed to every kind of immorality. A school, in which they could receive instruction whilst their fathers were ab. sent, would not only prepare them for usefulness in life, but by habituating them to a course of obedience and submission, render them much more fit for their business, should they pursue that of their fathers.

Another object contemplated by the Liverpool Society, and one in which those connected with shipping and commerce have a more immediate concern, is that of providing or recommending suitable lodging houses, for sailors, on their arrival from sea, and encouraging among them habits of economy and frugality. Sailors' taverns and boarding-houses are too often the sinks of vice and iniquity. The influence which bad men, in such situations, obtain over these thoughtless people is little short of absolute. The landlord gets the sailor's money, and the sailor depends on the landlord for a birth at sea, as well as on shore. So long as such a state of things is suffered to exist, the evil will be remediless; and so long as it remains, a large proportion of the seamen will be prodigal of their earnings, and addicted to the vices by which they are surrounded, and into which they are constantly tempted to plunge. If their boarding

bouses and places of resort were kept by sober, honest, and virtuous men, who would treat them kindly, furnish them properly, but not extravagantly, and make use of their influence and opportunity to render them prudent and economical, and keep them away from the sins that so easily beset them, society at large, as well as merchants and mariners, would be under obligations to them as public benefactors.

We are fully sensible this scheme is difficult of execution-but it is practicable. Determination and energy in all who engaged in shipping, would soon accomplish much. Let a sufficient number of good houses be established, and then give the sailors full information that they must resort to those bouses, if they wish for employment, and the effects will soon be felt. The moment sailors, however thoughtless they may be, find out that they cannot find a birth in any vessel, if they come from bad houses; but that, to ensure them employment, they must frequent good ones, necessity, if nothing else, will drive them to the latter, and in a short time the habit will be fixed and confirmed, and the most beneficial consequences will be found to follow.

The Society in this city have frequently had the general subject under consideration-they are fully sensible of its importance, and have made efforts towards its accomplishment. But to ensure success to their endeavours, the effort must be countenanced and forwarded by the mercantile interest, at least that portion of it that is concerned in shipping.

"At a numerous and highly respectable meeting of the Merchants, Ship-owners, and inhabitants of Liverpool, held in the Town-Hall on Wednesday last, for the purpose of forming an Institution to promote Religion and Morality amongst Seamen, and others connected with Shipping, under the title of "THE LIVERPOOL SEAMEN'S FRIEND SOCIETY AND BETHEL UNION.”

ADMIRAL MURRAY in the Chair, The following resolutions were put and carried unanimously:

1. Moved by Mr. Samuel Hope, and seconded by Mr. Nicholas Hurry,

That in the opinion of this Meeting, it is desirable that some prompt and efficient measures should be adopted for the religious and moral improvement of the Seamen belonging to, and visiting this port, and for others connected with the Shipping.

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