Masham, and Aldbro' District Committee of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, held at the Chapter-house, Ripon Minster, on Tuesday the 25th of January, 1831:

"The Committee, in presenting an account of their proceedings for the second year, notice with gratitude and satisfaction the success which, by the blessing of God, has attended their labours in the District. The number of books sold at the depository since the last Annual Meeting is as follows: 161 Bibles, 191 Testaments, 411 Prayer Books, 1,390 bound Books, 4,300 Religious Tracts, besides a considerable number of School Cardsbeing a large and unprecedented increase over that of last year.The Funds of the Committee bear a proportionate increase, and amount as follows to the Parent Society,

251. 4s.; District Society, 1017. 14s. 6d. ; and the amount of books sold 2187. 5s. 7 d., which has realized the most sanguine wishes of the friends of the Institution, and shown the growing influence of pure and orthodox Christianity around us."

It was moved and seconded, that the sum of 57. be transmitted by the Treasurer to the Parent Society in London, as a token of gratitude from the district, that no infidel associations are formed within it, and in furtherance of the laudable designs of the Society to counteract the baneful influence of infidel and blasphemous publications, now unhappily circulated in various parts of the kingdom, with more than usual activity.

Western Division of the Deanery

of Newcastle upon Tyne.

THE Report is drawn up in a neat and Christian manner; and the objects and success of the two Societies are concisely and ably stated. The statement of the situation in which the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel is placed with regard to the Codrington estate, is put in a just point of view, and must convince wise every and honourable man that the Society is doing, to its utmost, its duty.

The following resolution was passed at the meeting of the subscribers, on the 20th December last:

"That in order to insure a more perfect union and co-operation in this district, the Clergy within the deanery of Newcastle upon Tyne, be requested to advocate, on suitable occasions, the cause of the Societies from their respective pulpits."

Sold at the Depôt during the past year:-Bibles, 284; Testaments, 162; Prayer Books, 689; Tracts, 2,065.

The subscriptions and collections of the past year, for the S. P. C. K. amount to 2951. 9s. 10d.; of which 1907. 17s. 9d. have been remitted to the Parent Society. A balance of

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From a conviction that the objects of the Society would receive warmer support, the more extensively they became known, the Canterbury Diocesan Committee determined upon holding a Public Meeting for the purpose of directing attention to the nature of the Society, and of inviting general co-operation. The meeting was accordingly held in the Guildhall, Canterbury, on the 18th of May, 1830, the mayor (E. Kingsford, Esq.) in the chair. It was numerously attended, and the collection at the doors amounted to 477. 8s. 3d. The objects and necessities of the Society were brought prominently forward, and attracted the notice of many who had heretofore paid little or no attention to them. Fresh subscriptions and donations were subsequently added, to the amount of 401. and upwards. Nor was the effect confined to the City of Canterbury-the impulse given was felt through the Diocese. The Rev. D. Glennie, of Sandgate, near Hythe, expressed his readiness to undertake the formation of a District Committee in that neighbourhood, and requested the co-operation of the Secretaries to unite it with the Diocesan Committee. A meeting was in consequence held at Hythe, on the 13th of September, and a Committee, called the Hythe, Folkestone, Sandgate, and Rumney Marsh District Committee, was formed, by the active and zealous exertions of which, a further sum of 491. 4s. 2d. in

donations and annual subscriptions, has already been added to the funds of the Society.

A Public Meeting was also held at Margate, at which His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury presided. The cause of the Society was pleaded with zeal and ability; and a further sum was collected at this meeting, amounting to 481. 8s. 2d. So that, in addition to the ordinary contributions of this Diocese, which was before by no means inferior to other Dioceses in the scale of remittances to the Parent Society, a large sum has been raised by these efforts. And the whole remittance to the Parent Society for the year 1830, amounts to 3197. after deducting all expenses.

There is also reason to hope that yet further benefit will arise, as the Secretaries have received a communication from the Rev. P. Le Geyt, in the name of several of the Clergy of Maidstone and its vicinity, desiring that a Public Meeting of the Diocesan Committee may be held there in the early part of this year, an offer which has been thankfully embraced. His Grace the Archbishop has kindly undertaken to preside on the occasion. And it is now proposed to hold such annual meetings alternately at Maidstone and Canterbury, independently of such other local district meetings as may be held in aid of the Diocesan Committee.

Canterbury, Feb. 11th, 1831.

NATIONAL SOCIETY.-At the Monthly Meeting of the General Committee of the National Society on the 19th January, 1831, the Schools of sixty-eight places were received into union, and grants voted to the amount of 4431. J. C. WIGRAM, Sec.

PROFESSOR Of Mathematics

The Rev. T. G. HALL, A.M.

The Rev. H. MOSELEY.

JAMES RENNIE, Esq. A.M.
N. W. SENIOR, Esq.

J. J. PARK, Esq.

J. F. DANIELL, Esq. F.R.S.

HEAD MASTER.

Anatomy

J JOSEPH LOWE, Esq.

JOSEPH H. GREEN, Esq. F.R.S. HERBERT MAYO, Esq. F.R.S.

Therapeutics

to the College of Physicians.

FRANCIS HAWKINS, Esq. M.D., Physician to the Middlesex Hospital. R. FERGUSON, Esq. M.D.

DOMESTIC.-The most important business that has occupied the attention of parliament during the month which has just closed upon us, has been the regulation of the King's Civil List, and the new measures of finance, usually called the Budget. By a new arrangement of the former, all those items of expense, which immediately concern the personal expenditure and dignity of the Crown, are separated from all those other charges which have been hitherto included in it, as being under the direct control of the Government. The former civil list placed 970,000l. at his Majesty's disposal for these purposes. By the new plan 510,000l. is proposed to be voted for the royal expenditure, under the five following heads :-Privy Purse and allowance to her Majesty, 110,000l.; Salaries of the Officers of the Household, 130,300Z.; Expenses of the Household, 171,300l.; Royal Bounties and Charities, 23,4007.; Pension List, 75,000/. The remainder, 460,000l., is intended to be carried to the consolidated fund. By this arrangement a saving of 20,000l. annually is proposed to be effected.

The Budget stood briefly as follows:

Income of 1830..........£50,060,000 Deduct loss by taxes taken

off 1830

2,910,000

No important opposition was made to any of these measures, except the last, which excited such a general expression of dislike, that the Chancellor of the Exchequer has subsequently withdrawn it, leaving the blank occasioned by this concession to the opinion of the house to be supplied by retaining the taxes on tobacco and glass as they are at present.

Affairs in Ireland present a more tranquil appearance than at the publication of our preceding number. Mr. O'Connell has withdrawn his plea, and thrown himself unconditionally on the mercy of the court. The favourers of sedition and disunion are evidently dismayed and checked.

FRANCE. The peace of Paris has been disturbed by the measures of the Carlists, who, under pretence of celebrating a mass for the repose of the soul of the Duc de Berri, assembled on the 14th, the anniversary of his assassination, in a church in the Fauxbourg de St. Germain. Not content with the religious service, they made use of very seditious language, and irritated the mob to acts of violence. The rage of the latter was excessive; every symbol of their superstition was attacked, and the palace of the Archbishop of Paris entirely destroyed. Government called out the national guard, and peace was restored. The most noted Carlists have been placed under arrest.

The minister of finance (Lafitte) has presented his statement of the finances. The revenue is more than adequate to all the wants of the nation. After defraying all the expenses of government, the interest of the public debt, and a sinking fund of 81,000,000 f. there remains a surplus of 15,000,000 f. ITALY.-The conclave has determined its inclosure by the election of Cardinal Capellari to the Pontificate.

He is an Italian by birth; is considered a learned Oriental scholar; and from his robust health, likely to wear the triple crown a long time. He was created a Cardinal by Leo XII. in 1826, and has assumed the style and title of Gregory XVI.

The revolutionary principles have burst into action in Italy; and Bologna has declared for civil freedom. The example has been followed by the Modenese, who rose for the same purpose on the 5th instant, and after a severe conflict with the ducal troops, remained masters of the city. The Duke has retired to Mantua, and put himself under Austrian protection.

POLAND.-The Russian armies have entered this country, 150,000 strong, under the command of Marshal Diebitsch, and are advancing upon Warsaw. The army of the Poles is said not to exceed 70,000; but if the spirit of the country is roused, the military array at present put forth may only form a small portion of the opposition which the Russians will have to contend with.

The dictatorial form of government has been superseded by a consular one, and three consuls have been elected; one of these is gone to Paris to negotiate assistance from the King of the French.

UNITED STATES.-The Committee of Representatives, to whom the consideration of the publication of a new tariff was referred, in compliance with the recommendation of the President, have reported in the negative. They consider that such a measure would produce a very injurious effect on the present vestment of a large portion of the national capital.

COLOMBIA. We have to record the death of Simon Bolivar. He expired on the 17th December last.