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justice, particularly in the State of NewHampshire, and generally in the other United States-Comprising the prac tice, authority, and day of justices of the peace, with forms and precedents relating thereto. By a Gentleman of the Profession. Large 8vo. pp. 431. $2,50. C. Peirce, Portsmouth, and S. Bragg, jun. Dover.

The American Builder's Companion, or a new system of Architecture; particularly adapted to the present style of building in the United States-Containing forty-four engravings, representing, geometrical lines; twenty different designs for mouldings; the five orders of architecture, with great alterations, both In size and expense; glueing up and diminishing of columns; how to find the different brackets of a ground ceiling; base and surbase mouldings, architraves, &c.; twenty-four different designs for cornices, both for external and internal finishing; stone window caps and sills, showing the manner of setting them in a brick wall; sash frames, sashes, and shutters; straight and circular stairs; roofs, and finding the length and backing of bips, either square or bevel; ornamental capitals, mouldings, friezes, leaves, and ceilings; chimney pieces; frontispieces; urns, banisters, key stones, &c. ; plans and elevations of three houses for town, and two for country; plans and elevations for two meeting-houses; plan and elevation for a summer-house; plan and elevation for a court-house; plan, elevation, and section of the Branch bank of Beston-with particular directions for executing all the above designs. By Asher Benjamin, architect and carpenter, and Daniel Raynerd, architect and stucco worker. 4to. pp. 70. letter press. Boston, Etheridge & Bliss.

Christianity Displayed, or a rational view of the great scripture doctrine of Redemption and Salvation, through Jesus Christ-together with some prac tical observations. By a Citizen of Baltimore. 8vo. 25 cents.

An Inquiry into the present state of the foreign relations of the Union, as affected by the late measures of the Administration. Price 87 cents. New York, Brisban & Brannan.

A Medical Discourse, on several Narcotic Vegetable Substances, read before the Massachusetts Medical Society, at their annual meeting, June 4th, 1806. By Joshua Fisher, M. D. Salem, Joshua Cushing.

A Vindication of the doctrine advocated by John Randolph, Esq. member of the House of Representatives of the United States. By Epaminondas. Price 374 cents. N. York, Brisban & Brannan.

The Acts of Incorporation, together with the Bye Laws and orders of the Massachusetts Medical Society. Salem, Joshua Cushing.

On the Advantages of Publick Worship, a sermon. By William Hollingshead, D. D. one of the Ministers of the Independent or Congregational Church, in Charleston, S. Carolina. Preached June, 3, 1794, at the opening of the newly rebuilt house of worship of the Independent or Congregational Church, at Dorchester. Charleston, Markland, M'Iyer, & Co.

Two Discourses, delivered in the North Meeting-house in Portsmouth 16th June, 1805, it being the Sabbath succeeding the interment of Mis. Mary Buckminster, consort of the Rev. Joseph Buckminster, D. D. By Jesse Appleton, Congregational Minister in Hampton. W. & D. Treadwell. Portsmouth.

Charity recommended from the Social State of Man. A discourse, deliv ered before the Salem Female Charitable Society, September 17, 1806. By Rev. John Prince, LL. D. 8vo. pp. 39. Salem, Joshua Cushing.

A Sermon, delivered before the Hampshire Missionary Society, at their annual meeting at Northampton, August 28, 1806. By Jonathan L. Pomeroy, of Worthington. Northampton, William Butler.

A Discourse, delivered at Stillwater, before the members of Montgomery Lodge, August 12, 1806. By David Butler, Rector of St. Paul's Church, Troy, and of Trinity Church, Lansing burgh. 8vo. pp. 24. Troy, N.Y. Wright, Goodenow, & Stockwell.

A Sermon, delivered at Hartford, at the funeral of John M'Curdy Strong, son of the Rev. Nathan Strong, D. D. who was drowned in Connecticut river, on the evening of Sept. 16. By Abel Flint. Hartford, Lincoln & Gleason.

A Sermon, preached to the United Independent or Congregational Church of Dorchester and Beach-Hill, (S. C) at the ordination of the Rev. James Adams, to the pastoral charge of said church. By the Rev. Daniel M'Caila, A. M. Charleston, W. P. Harrison.

The Piscataqua Evangelical Magazine, Vol. II. No. V, for September

and October, 1806. 8vo. Amherst, Joseph Cushing.

NEW EDITIONS.

The Stranger in Ireland: or, a tour in the southern and western parts of that country, in the year of 1805. By John Carr, author of "a NorthernSummer," ," "the Stranger in France," &c. 8vo. pp.339. Philadelphia, T. & G. Palmer for S, F. Bradford, &c.

Vol. II. Part II. of The New Cyclopædia, or Dictionary of Arts and Scien

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By Abraham Rees, D. D., F.R.S., 4to. Price to new subscribers, $3,50. Philadelphia, S. F. Bradford. Lemuel Blake, No. 1, Cornhili, agent in Boston.

The 2d volume of Original Anecdotes of Frederick the Great, king of Prussia. 8vo. 2 vols. $4 boards. Philadelphia, E. Bronson.

Nature Displayed in her mode of teaching language to man: or, a new and infallible method of acquiring a language, in the shortest time possible, deduced from the analysis of the human mind, and consequently suited to every capacity. Adapted to the French. By N. G. Dufief, of Philadelphia. Second edition, with considerable additions and corrections. Vol. I. containing the conversation phrases and le lecteur Français, premiere partie. Philadelphia, John Watts. 8vo. pp.460.

A Compendium of the Anatomy, Physiology, and Pathology of the Horse. Being a clear and familiar description of the various organs and parts, together with their functions, of that useful and beautiful animal. And also, comprising a view of the diseases and injuries, with their symptoms and mode of cure, to which the several parts are liable. Together with a concise examination of the economy and structure of the foot. By B. W. Burke. $1,50. Philadelphia, James Humphreys.

The fifth edition of The American Coast Pilot, in which large improvements are made. 8vo. Newburyport, Edmund M. Blunt.

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The Death of Legal Hope, and the Life of Evangelical Obedience. essay on Gal. ii. 19. Shewing that while a sinner is in the law, as a covenant, he cannot live to God in the performance of duty and that the moral law is immutable in its nature, and of perpetual use, as the rule of a believer's conduct. By Abraham Booth. 12mo. pp. 84. Boston, Manning & Loring.

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Scott's Family Bible, vols. I, II, and III. Price to subscribers $6 per vol. Philadelphia, W. W. Woodward. These vols. complete the Old Testament. The fourth and last, which contains the New Testament, will be finished in the spring.

The Quid Mirror, 1st part. With an explanatory note. Price 50 cents. Philadelphia,

IN THE PRESS.

Cooke's Elements of Dramatick Crit. icism, and instructions for succeeding in the art of acting; with anecdotes of eminent performers. Interspersed with remarks. By Sidney Melmoth, Esq. Singulæ quæque locum teneat sortita decentem. Philadelphia, John Watts.

An Abridgment of the History of New-England, designed for the use of young persons. By Hannah Adams. 12mo. Boston, Belcher & Armstrong.

Life of Cumberland, written by himself. 12mo. Boston, D. Carlisle, for D. West, &c.

Rollin's Ancient History, illustrated with useful maps. Boston, Etheridge& Bliss. 8 vols. 8vo. Price $2 per vol. in boards.

The New American Practical Navigator. To be published in Feb. 1807, Newburyport, Edmund M. Blunt.

PROPOSED BY SUBSCRIPTION.

A Theological Dictionary, containing definitions of all religious terms; a comprehensive view of every article in the system of divinity; an impartial account of all the principal denominations, which have subsisted in the religious world, from the birth of Christ to the present day; together with an accurate statement of the most remarkable transactions and events recorded in ecclesiastical history. By Charles Buce. Philadelphia, W.W.Woodward.

Six Sermons on the following subjects: 1. On the love of God to his creatures. 2. The Christian's evidence of his having passed from death to life. 3. The finite nature of things which are seen, and the eternal nature of things unseen. 4. The momentary nature of the good and evil of this world. 5. God's love to Zion. 6. The Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. By Rev. Walter Fernes, late pastor of the Universalian church in Charlotte, Ver. pp. 120. Price 42 cts.

Compiled by Rev. Hosea Ballou, of Barnard. Randolph, Ver. S. Wright.

The Improvement of the mind. Containing a variety of remarks, and rules for the attaining and communication of useful kuowledge in religion, in the sciences, and in common life. By I. Watts, D. D. The book to contain 384 pages 12mo. on fine paper and small type. Price to subscribers $1 per vol. bound. Bennington, Ver. A. Haswell. Now ready for the press, and will be published immediately after the next session of the general assembly of Virginia, Volume 2d of the Revised Code; by a gentleman of the bar. Large 8vo. Price $5 to subscribers. Richmond, Vir. Samuel Pleasants, jun.

AMERICA.

A complete system of Geography, ancient and modern, in 6 volumes 8vo. By James Playfair, D. D. Principal of the United College of St. Andrew's ; Historiographer to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales; F.R.S. F.A.S. Edinburgh; and author of " A System of Chronology." Philadelphia, J. Watts.

The Lay of the Last Minstrel, a poem, by Walter Scott, Esq. 12mo. Boston, Etheridge & Bliss.

Collins, Perkins, & Co. of New-York propose to put immediately to press, a new and valuable work, entitled, French Homonysms, or a collection of words, similar in sound, but different in meaning or spelling. By John Martin, professor of languages in New-York.

INTELLIGENCE.

A number of persons, residing in the western part of the state of New-York, of whom several are represented as learned and opulent foreigners, naturalized here, have formed themselves into a church, or religious association, upon principles which exclude polemick questions and sectarian peculiarities. They disclaim human formularies of faith, as tests of christian communion, referring their members to the scriptures as the only rule of belief and practice; and they appear to think the lib. erty of religious inquiry and profession, unrestrained by the fear of temporal inconvenience, compatible with the interests of truth and virtue. Under the auspices of this description of persons, a society for promoting christian knowl, edge and practice is instituted, who have endeavoured to call the attention of the enlightened and serious publick to the objects of their association by the following publication.

At a meeting on September 20,1806, of the Society for promoting the knowledge of the Sacred Scriptures and the practice of the Gospel Doctrine, Resolved to make the following publication :

The members of the Society for promoting the knowledge of the Sacred Scriptures and the practice of the Gospel Doctrine, informed by extracts, lately published from the minutes of the General Synod of the Reformed Dutch Churches in this state, of the laudable endeavours of that High Reverend Body, to promote the interest of the Redeemer's Kingdom, think it becoming their character and christian profession, to co

operate with these endeavours, according to their ability, and in view of the situation allotted them by Divine Providence. The limited circumstances of the people of these western parts do not enable them at present, to afford pecuniary aid to their more wealthy brethren in the mercantile cities, for the particular purpose specified in the printed extracts of the General Synod. On the contrary, from the known generosity and affluence of our brethren, we might hope for pecuniary assistance from them, were they duly apprised of the various and increasing enemies of our Lord by whom we are surrounded. Notwithstanding the eminent blessings of a spiritual nature enjoyed at the hand of a merciful providence, our situation is rendered truly disagreeable by a grow. ing fanaticism and enthusiasm which degrade the pure and excellent faith of our divine Master, and by a demoralizing infidelity, which, while it success. fully triumphs against the absurd inventions of men, sacrilegiously attached to the religion of Jesus of Nazareth, proudly boasts of victory over christianity herself. Having deliberated on the radical causes of the prevailing evil and can. didly dicussed the subject among ourselves, we are apprehensive that a shameful ignorance, on the one hand, and a disposition for licentiousness on the other, combine to give it birth, and that its only remedy lies in the diffu, sion of religious knowledge, and in a more exemplary deportment among the professed friends of the christian cause. Aware, however, of the difficulty of

comprising in a single view the various causes, direct and remote, which contribute to the sad phenomenon: at the same time sensible, that the true causes must be apparent before our exertions to remove it can be directed in such a manner as to furnish a well grounded hope of success, the Society propose to their enlightened christian brethren the following questions; upon which the answers are expected before the first day of December, 1807, in a fair legible hand, copied by another, with a Symbolum, as usual, the author's name written in a separate sealed paper, superscribed with the symbolum of his dissertation, and forwarded with the dissertation, free of postage, to the Rev. John Sherman, Secretary of the Society.

I. What are the principal causes of the increasing fanaticism, enthusiasm, and infidelity within the limits of the Middle and Eastern States ?

II. What are the most potent remedies for these moral diseases?

III. In what manner may these remedies be the most successfully applied?

The crowned dissertation upon these questions shall be published, and the author shall receive a premium of FIFTY DOLLARS. The second shall be noticed with an accesset.

Members of the Society, who write upon the subject, shall sign their dissertations with their proper names, without being candidates for the prize.

The Society also propose the following questions for 1808. "What degree of knowledge in Oriental and Greek literature, Jewish antiquities, and Ecclesiastical History, is requisite to qualify a minister of the gospel to silence the cavils, and successfully to refute the objections of ancient and modern infidels, against the Jewish and christian revelations ?"

The Society for promoting knowledge, c. appeal to the hearts of their christian brethren of all denominations, to co-operate with them in the important

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man, minister of the Reformed Chris. tian Church, both residing in Trenton, county of Oneida, and state of N. York.

A statement of the concerns of the society shall annually be made at their general meeting.

Signed by order of the Society,

JOHN SHERMAN, Sec'ry,

The Reformed Christian Church, in association with the members of the United Protestant Religious Society in the town of Trenton, Oneida county, and state of New-York, informed of the laudable exertions of the "General Synod of the Reformed Dutch Church” to estabIsh a "Professorate," for the purpose of obtaining a more learned ministry, and thus to promote a correct and general knowledge of the sacred scriptures, have (though unable to contribute to this laudable undertaking of the General Synod) unanimously resolved, in view of their own situation, to co-operate so far in the general object of diffusing christian knowledge, as to make a collection twelve times a year, (viz. nine times at Oldenbarneveld, and three times at Holland's Patent, beginning with the first Sunday in October) for the following religious purposes:

Resolved 1st. That one half of the money collected, shall be entrusted to the Rev. John Sherman, our minister, for the purchase of books and tracts, written to promote the knowledge of the christian doctrine, who shall circulate them among the members of the church and society, and supply with bibles those of them whose low circumstances may require this aid.

Resolved 2d. That the other half of the money collected shall be placed in the hands of the Treasurer of The Society for promoting the knowledge of the Sacred Scriptures, to be disposed of by said society in aid of the benevolent purposes of their institution.

Resolved 3d. That the Rev. John Sherman shall be qualified to open a correspondence with, and to receive applications from any churches or religious societies, for the purpose of uniting and co-operating upon a more extensive scale in promoting the christian cause; provided he do not obligate the church or society in any manner whatsoever, without their previous consent or approbation.

Resolved 4th. That, as the Religious Protestant United Society, and The Reformed Christian Church, are constituted by persons of different denominations,.

the members of the church, in order that the publick may be acquainted with their religious standing, deem it becoming to publish the articles of their union.

Articles of union of the members of the

Reformed Christian Church.

I. We acknowledge the Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to contain a revelation of God's will to mankind, and that they are in matters of religion, the only standard of doctrines and rules of practice.

II. We acknowledge that no other confession or test of christian fellowship and standing in the visible church of God ought to be established than that which Christ and his apostles made necessary, or on which they received believers in the gospel-Mat. xvi. 15, 16, and 17. Acts viii. 36 and 37. 1 John iv. 15, and 1 John v. 1.

III. Liberty of conscience shall be preserved inviolate. Every member shall be maintained in his right of free inquiry into the doctrines of scripture; in publishing what he believes the scriptures contain, and in practising according to his understanding of his duty. This liberty shall not be abridg. ed, as to his understanding and practice respecting the ceremonies, ordinances, or positive institutions of christianity.

IV. The government and discipline shall be according to the direction of our Lord in Mat. xvii. 15, 16, and 17. The executive authority of the church shall be vested in the minister, the elders and deacons; but if any one suppose that by the church there mention. ed, is intended the brotherhood generally, he shall have the liberty of referring his cause for adjudication to the body at large.

V. The officers of the church, elders and deacons, shall be chosen by ballot, and hold their office during the pleasure of the church, or choose to decline serving any longer.

VI. The mode of admission to the church shall be, that any person wishing to become a member, shall make known his desire to the consistory, the minister, elders, and deacons, who shall, if the applicant be a person of good moral character, refer his case for decision to the church at large.

VII. The Lord's Supper shall be celebrated four times a year, twice at Oldenbarneveld, and twice in Holland's Patent, on such particular Lord's days as shall be found convenient

VIII. The name by which this church is designated shall be, The Reformed Christian Church.

By order of the meeting,

JOHN SHERMAN, Moderator

We are informed that Mr. John Watts, of Philadelphia, is about to put to press a new and valuable work enti tled the "Stranger in England." It is said to contain a more satisfactory and particular account of Great Britain, than any work which has hitherto appeared. In it the character and manners of the English, Irish, and Scotch are depicted in a style which marks the hand of a master and the judgment of a connoissieur. Rich with anecdote and critical remark, it presents not only a veritable picture of the present state of that country, in its moral and political rela tions, of which so little is at present known, notwithstanding our constant intercourse with it, but also exhibits a novel and highly interesting scene to the view of the traveller and the scholar. To this country such a work is invaluable, and we announce it with a full confidence that it will prove in no small degree gratifying to every class of readers.-U. S. Gaz.

Letters of Lord Lyttleton-The subscribers intend to commit to press, in a few weeks, the first American edition of the "Letters of Lord Lyttleton the Younger." Conditions will soon be published, and subscription papers presented to the lovers of fine writing.

WRIGHT, GOODENOW, & Co.

Troy, N. 1: Oct. 1806.

The publick will we gratified to hear that a small volume of poems, written by Charlotte Richardson, with whose interesting life we have been acquainted through the medium of several periodical publications, has lately come to hand, and will be reprinted by Kimber, Conrad, & Co. of Philadelphia, in the course of a few weeks.

Fine Arts--Mr. D. Edwin of Philadel phia has engraved and is now publish ing, a very accurate and elegant View of the Blood Vessels of the Human Body, executed under the direction and with the assistance of Dr. Wistar. The execution of this engraving reflects great! credit upon the skill, talents, and accuracy of Mr. Edwin, and will be found extremely useful to the students in physick and surgery, as well as to others who may wish to acquire a knowledge of the anatomy of the hu

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