tron who had conducted her, placed on her head a crown of artificial flowers, which, though tastefully arranged, was of such an extravagant size as to give a somewhat fantastical appearance to the wearer, especially when contrasted with the broad black mantle beneath it. Thus decorated, she approached the grating, to converse with her friends, and others who wished to ask her any questions. She declared herself perfectly happy, and strove to appear cheerful. Yet there was a visible melancholy in her pale countenance, which, notwithstanding all her ef forts to conceal it, showed plainly that her heart did not respond to the cheerfulness she wished to exhibit. She seemed under thirty years of age; but what has induced her to immure herself in this tomb of the living, I had no means of ascertaining. But one similar case has occurred for a long time; and though I do not think this is one of the forms of superstition likely to be generally embraced, I must confess that I have witnessed no thing which impressed me so strongly, with a sense of the power of that corrupt system which teaches for doctrines the commandments of men; and under the name of godliness, destroys the means of usefulness, and tears away its victims from the most sacred duties and relations of life." WEST INDIES. The friends of missions, many of whom are also ardent friends of the African race, are not perhaps as well informed as they ought to be, of the progress of missions among the coloured population of the West India islands, and the neighbouring district of the continent called Guiana. The devoted and self-denying Moravians, are the principal missionaries here; and in several places they are wonderfully successful. But the London Missionary Society has also an establishment at Berbice, and we take the following article from their Missionary Chronicle, attached to the Evangelical Magazine for October last-We must postpone till the coming month our domestick missionary communications, with the general remark that our home missions are doing well-we think very well. Extracts of a Letter from Mr. Wray, dated Berbice, 13th of June, 1829. In Berbice, we are, I trust, making some progress in the dissemination of Divine truth, though the seed springs up but slowly. The soil, indeed, is very barren and unpromising; but the Spirit of God can render the means used for its cultivation successful, so that the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose; yea, it shall blossom abundantly and relast wrote to you, I have baptized fifteen joice, even with joy and singing. Since adults from country plantations, who base publickly professed their faith in Christ and their obedience to him; also a num ber of boys and girls, who are making progress in learning the catechism. Last Sabbath our little chapel was very much crowded. Several were baptized; and three new members were admitted to the Lord's table for the first time. Six had, been received, but three were prevented from attending by illness. Death of a Pious Female. Last month one of our first and most pious members, about eighty years of age, was called to her heavenly rest. She united with us in church fellowship nineteen or twenty years ago, in Demerara, and acted as a consistent Christian. Pro vidence directed her steps to Berbice; soon after which, I came to the colony to preach the gospel of our blessed Saviour. She again united with us in commemorating the love of Jesus at his table. She has been an ornament to her Christian her Saviour, by leading a holy life; regu profession; adorning the doctrine of God larly attended at all the means of grace; and devoting her heart and her life to her Redeemer, whom she sincerely loved. ing for religious conversation and prayer, On Thursday mornings, at a select meet she often spake with tears, in a most af fecting manner, of the love of God to ber soul; and of the great happiness she experienced in the ways of religion, and the support afforded her by her heavenly Father, under the trials and afflictions of life which, for many years, she had been called to pass through. Sometimes on these occasions, she engaged in prayer. and would be very fervent with God on the behalf of her children, her minister, and the members of the church, and for the spread of the gospel. She was not able to say much during the last two or three days of her affliction, but appeared very happy. One who attended her, said she did not know how to leave her bedside, she seemed to enjoy so much happiness. She appeared to be constantly engaged in prayer; and requested Christian friends to sing hymns at her bedside, and to pray for her. In some of her last words to me, she said, "she felt herself a poor unworthy sinner; but her whole trust was in her Redeemer." By the younger branches of the family to whom she formerly belonged, she was looked on rather as a mother and a friend than a servant. She was highly esteemed by all the members of the church, and was on all occasions a peace-maker. She was a truly humble and pious disciple of Jesus Christ, always ascribing her salvation to the free grace of God. For many years, her hoary head was found in the ways of righteousness; and I doubt not she is now with her Redeemer above, sing. ing his praises in the realms of light and glory! A day or two before her death, I repeated to her the following verse: "There we shall see his face, And never, never sin; Though unable to speak, she expressed her satisfaction by the motion of her hand and a sweet smile on her countenance. She was conveyed to the silent tomb, amid the tears of many, both bond and free, who highly respected her. Account of a Pious Leper, &c. * In visiting lately some of our people in affliction, I have also seen the happy ef fects of the gospel. Among them there was a poor leper, belonging to the British crown. I knew him when he was young and healthy, and an able boat-builder. He learned to read, and was baptized; but he has been confined for some years by this loathsome disease. The Lord, however, has been gracious to him, and has enlightened his mind in the knowledge of himself. He opened his Bible which he "Salvation! O the joyful sound! I feel thankful to God that our chapel continues to be well attended, and that many of the country slaves in particular seem to be seeking the salvation of their souls. They are very anxious to be instructed, but they need line upon line and precept upon precept. This makes our progress appear slow, particularly as it respects their being admitted to baptism and the Lord's Supper; but the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain; so must we wait, till it shall please God to pour out his Spirit upon the hearts of sin ners. The Treasurer of the Trustees of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church ac knowledges the receipt of― The collection after the sermon before the Synod of Philadelphia in Carlisle, from the Rev. Dr. E. S. Ely, for the Board of Missions, being $34 77 Account of Cash received by the Board of Missions of the General Assembly of the Prabyterian Church, during the month of November, 1829. Bellefonte. Collection in Presbyterian Church do. do. Rev. D. Denny Chambersburg. Do. Mifflinton and Lost Creek. Collection in Presbyterian Church, per Rev. J. Hutchinson - $15.00 15.00 $3 16 Princeton, N. J. From Session of the Presbyterian Church, per Rev. G. S. Do. Do. Do. Do. Collection in Third Presbyterian Church in aid of the Received from Rev. Ashbel Green, D. D. his subscrip. Received from the Union Society, in aid of the Indian Received from Wm. F. Geddes, publisher of the Phila- Taneytown, Md. 86 00 - 100 00 54.50 Received from Auxiliary Soc. per Margaret Birnie, Sec. Upper Octorara. Subscriptions in Presbyterian Church under the pastoral care of Rev. James Latta, by Rev. J. H. Kennedy SOLOMON ALLEN, Treasurer, Washington City. Coll. in Fourth Presb. Ch. by Rev. Mr. Danforth View of Publick Affairs. EUROPE. No later advices from Europe than to the 24th of October have reached us, at the time we write. BRITAIN. The British Parliament has again been prorogued and is still in recess, and the political state of the country remains much as it was when we last described it. Our minister, Mr. M'Lane, had arrived in London, had been ill for a short time af. terwards, but had recovered, been presented at court, had a long conference with the Earl of Aberdeen, and done business with Mr. Stratford Canning at the office of Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. There had been a most destructive storm of rain and wind, about the middle of October, which had strewed the British shores with the wrecks of vessels, occasioned many deaths, and caused inundations from the overflowing of rivers, that had destroyed much property. FRANCE is still greatly agitated, by the discontents produced by the appointment of the present administration, but no events of importance have recently taken place. The king will probably be obliged to yield to the voice of the people, demanding the dismission of his ministers now in office. SPAIN affords no news more important than that the monarch is about to take to himself another wife, for whose splendid nuptials great preparations were in making; and that an ambassador from the usurper of the throne of Portugal, Don Miguel, has been received and accredited at the Spanish court. Ferdinand and Miguel have a great sympathy for each other-par nobile fratrum. PORTUGAL seems to be yielding to the sway of the usurping and perjured tyrant now in power. There has been lately what is called a run on the bank of Lisbon, and fears are entertained that it will not be able to stand the shock; and that its failure will increase the mercantile distress already very great, and annihilate the litttle commerce that still exists. Seventeen Americans, taken in a vessel going to Terceira, have been carried to Lisbon and cast into prison-one account says put in irons. Will our government do nothing in such a case? We are persuaded the British would not endure such an insult. Russia and TURKEY.-Peace is at length concluded between these mighty bellige rents, and all apprehensions that the general quiet of Europe was to be disturbed are laid to rest. Peace now reigns throughout Europe, unless the civil broils of Portugal, and the petty warfare of Spain with her former American colonies, form a slight exception. Indeed, the world at large has seldom been as tranquil as it is at present. The issue of the Russian conflict with the Turk has disappointed the world. The emperor Nicholas, we doubt not, has been agreeably disappointed, in the uninterrupted, brilliant, and complete success of his armies, both in Europe and Asia. Politicians have been disappointed, at finding that Britain, France, Austria, and Prussia used no interference, to stay the progress of the Russian victories; and the greatest disappointment of all has been, that the Russian emperor, when he had every thing in his power, should have shown an example of moderation towards a fallen, insolent, and inveterate foe, such as history, we believe, has not heretofore recorded; and the Sultan Mahmoud has been bitterly disappointed and humbled, in being obliged to beg a peace, and disappointed again, in finding that his conqueror granted him terms far more favourable than he did or had any right to expect. It now appears probable, however, that all the great powers, as they are commonly denominated, had an understanding with the Emperor of Russia, in which they agreed not to interfere in his quarrel with the Ottomans, on a solemn stipulation on his part, that, whatever might be his success, he would neither dethrone the Sultan, nor exact from him more than had been claimed in the manifesto by which war was proclaimed against him: and it is highly creditable to all the parties concerned, that they appear to have paid a sacred regard to their engagements. The following statement, taken from London papers, will give our readers as good a general view of the treaty of peace-we cannot publish it in detail-as we are able to present:-"Considering the circumstances under which the treaty of peace was dictated, the conqueror has more than made good all his professions of moderation. Turkey in Europe is not circumscribed by a single foot of its territory, or rather, it will not be, after the payment of the indemnities. And the territory ceded by the Turks in Asia, is very insignificant in extent, consisting merely of Anapa, a very narrow and barren line of coast at the foot of the Caucasus, and a portion of the Pachalik of Akhaltzik. This territory contains no important towns, nor any fortresses of strength. The most remarkable feature of the treaty, is the specification of immunities which the Russian subjects are to enjoy in Turkey. They are to be entirely free of Turkish jurisdiction; to be governed only by the Russian Ministers and Consuls; and Russian merchant ships are to be entirely free from search, even in Turkish ports. Their vessels are not to be visited, and their merchandise may be landed, warehoused, transferred, or shipped, without giving notice to the local authorities, or saying, by your leave.' In fact, they are to enjoy rights which they do not possess in their own country. The passage of the Dardanelles, the Canal of Constantinople, and the unconditional freedom of the Black Sea to the ships of all nations at peace with the Porte, is an important stipulation, in obtaining which, the Russian Emperor has most disinterestedly negotiated in behalf of the whole commercial world. Merchant vessels are not to be checked or detained, under any pretence whatever, and any violation of this solemn engagement is admitted beforehand to be an act of hostility, and a just ground for war. With respect to the indemnities, we have not yet full information. Two only are mentioned in the Treaty-The commercial one of 1,500,000 ducats, stipulated and granted by the Convention of Akerman, which is to be paid in the course of eighteen months; and a larger one for the expenses of the present war, the amount of which is to be regulated by mutual accord. The amount of the latter indemnity is stated, in the French and German papers, at 10,000,000 ducats. But the Courier discredits the statement, as too exorbitant; and it is elsewhere mentioned that a less sum will ultimately be demanded-Turkey being unable to pay so much-and the arrangement being left open to the interposition of the mediating powers. Another very important article is, the accession of the Sultan to the Treaty of the 6th of July, 1827, and the London Protocol of the 22d of March, 1829, respecting the independence and limits of Greece. Immediately after the exchange of the ratifications of peace, the Porte is to appoint Plenipotentiaries, who, in conjunction with those of Russia, England, and France, are to settle the execution of those Treaties. This is most fortunate for Greece, as by the Protocol of March, 1829, the larger boundary is exacted-the line from the Gulf of Arta to Volo. The line running thus north of Thermopyle, includes part of Thessaly and Epirus. "Such is a brief outline of the principal features of the Treaty of Peace. But the London Times declares that it has got what is of much more importance than the Treaty itself,' viz. the substance of the supplementary and separate articles, or ra ther, the separate treaties referred to in that document, and explanatory of some of its principal provisions. The Times proceeds to give the following "By one of them, the sums which the Porte is to pay to Russia, as indemnity for the expenses of the war, and for the losses of the Russian merchants, are assessed, the former at 10,000,000 of ducats, nearly £5,000,000 sterling: the latter at 1,500,000 ducats, about £750,000,-sums which it should appear to be entirely out of the power of the Sultan to discharge. "They are to be paid in instalments-the greater sum in ten equal annual instalments of about half a million each, and the smaller in four instalments of unequal magnitude, increasing as they go on, and at smaller intervals. "Upon the payment of the first of this latter class of instalments, Adrianople is to be evacuated; on the second being paid, the Russians retreat beyond the Balkan; on the third, beyond the Danube; and when the fourth and the whole of the sum of ten millions of ducats has been discharged, they are to quit the Turkish territory altogether. “By these articles it should indeed appear that Russia has in fact secured to herself the perpetual possession of the principalities, unless some extraordinary gift of Providence should enable the Sultan to raise the sum of five millions in ten years. We will, however, here just observe, that in securing indemnity to his subjects for their private losses-as the Emperor Nicholas was perhaps obliged to do by his duty, making their payment the condition of a series of retreats-he has left the publick indemnity, both as to amount and times of payment, subject to the remonstrance and interposition of the Great Powers of Europe. By the other supplementary treaty, the regulations for the internal government of the principalities are settled on such a footing-by giving Russia an equal voice with Turkey in the nomination of Hospodars, and depriving the Sultan of the arbitrary power of deposing them, together with other provisions in a similar spirit—that there is no danger of Russian supremacy in Moldavia and Wallachia suffering any material diminution, even if, by the immediate payment of the sum demanded from Turkey, the Russian troops were obliged to pass the Pruth immediately." We perceive that several of the London paragraphists intimate, that the Sultan will not be able to pay the indemnities which are essential to secure the retreat of the Russian armies; but a letter, written by an Englishman now in Constantinople, gives a different representation. He says the tax will be only on the avarice of the Sultanthat wealth has been hoarded for a long series of years in the Seraglio, which will suf fice to pay the sums first demanded, and perhaps a large part of the remainder. It is clear, however, that the Turkish power is broken-The Sultan sees, and the world sees, that Russia can do with this empire what she pleases. We greatly rejoice that Greece is emancipated, and hope the powers that have interposed for her deliverance, will not themselves again enslave her. The two distinguished Russian commanders, Diebitsch aad Paskewitch, have received the highest, or nearly the highest honours, which their sovereign can confer. The former, agreeably to a Russian as well as a Roman usage, has received a surname from a distinguished military achievement. For having triumphantly crossed the fearful Balkan mountains, the supposed impregnable rampart of Turkey, he is to be called count Sabalkansky; and Paskewitch, for the capture of Erivan, will take the title of Erivansky. ASIA. It appears that there are numerous piracies, of a very shocking character, committed among the spice islands of this continent: and on the continent itself the annual thunder storms of the Denkhan, during the current year, have been unusually numerous, |