SELECT LITERARY INTELLIGENCE.

Foreign.

American.

Society's publications, by Rev. C. Gutzlaff, a missionary in China, and by the editor of the An expedition is fitting out in England for the Asiatic Journal.-William Gore Ouseley, Esq. purpose of exploring the Niger. It is to be son of the distinguished orientalist, William under the direction of Richard Lander. A Ouseley, and lately attaché to the British Legayounger brother goes with him. John remains tion at Washington, has published in London, in England. A steam vessel, accompanied with some highly interesting views of the wealth, a store and wood ship, is to convey the expedi- commerce, literature, and ecclesiastical statistics tion as far up the river as the depth of water will of the United States. He resided in this country allow. A small cast iron steam vessel will then seven years, and has made good use of his perbe employed, with which it is hoped the expedi-sonal observations, and of the best public docution may reach Timbuctoo.-Sir James Mackin-ments. He has corrected many of the misreptosh, who lately died in England, was born in resentations of Captain Hall, of Mrs. Trollope, the county of Inverness, Scotland, in 1765. He and of the Quarterly Reviewer. was educated at King's College, Aberdeen, and studied medicine three years in Edinburgh. In 1792, he published a defence of the French A Western Quarterly Review is about to be Revolution, in answer to Burke, a work, which commenced at Cincinnati, Ohio.-A new stereolaid the foundation of his fame, and which se- type edition of the Memoir of Henry Martyn, cured for him the friendship both of Burke and will be shortly published by Perkins and MarFox. He soon after began the practice of law. vin, Boston. Twenty editions of this bicgraphy He acquired great reputation as a lecturer and have been sold in this country and in England, advocate. He spent nine years in India as Re- besides several editions, in an abridged form, as corder of Bombay. On his return to England, a Sabbath school book. A translation of it into in 1813, he was chosen a member of Parliament. French, was sometime since in circulation.-A The amendment of the criminal code, the con- new edition of the Hebrew Chrestomathy, of gress of Laybach, the Irish Catholics, the Prof. Stuart, is in the press at Andover. Also Greeks, Scotch Juries, the trial of the Queen, a translation of the Epistle to the Romans, with and Reform, are some of the subjects of his introduction, commentary, &c. by Mr. Stuart.. eloquent speeches. He has published a very A translation of Tholuck's commentary upon the able and philosophical History of England, and same Epistle, by President Marsh and Prof. is the author of some celebrated reviews in the Torrey, of the University of Vermont, is printEdinburgh.-Baron Cuvier, the greatest natural- ing by Mr. Goodrich of Burlington.-A second ist of the age, who died recently in Paris, was a volume of Dr. Bowditch's translation of La Protestant, and was early in life intended for Place, has just been published by Hilliard, the pulpit. He was distinguished as an accu- Gray & Co. of Boston.-Rev. J. M. Allen, of rate observer of nature. He was taken away Philadelphia, will publish, in the Autumn, a in the midst of his labors. He was born in the complete statistical view of the Baptist denomiduchy of Wurtemberg, in August, 1769. France nation of the United States, accompanied with a is indebted to him, for the establishment of a calendar, &c.-A new religious monthly pericabinet of comparative anatomy, which is the odical, called the Evangelical Magazine, has finest osteological collection in Europe. Under been commenced in Hartford, Ct.-A third Napoleon, he filled the department of public in- edition of Prof. Newman's Rhetoric, has issued struction, where he accomplished much by his from the press of William Hyde & Co. Boston. useful improvements and indefatigable activity. -Another number, after a long interval, of the -An interesting discussion is now going on, re- New Edinburgh Encyclopedia, has been reprintspecting the merits of the Rev. Dr. Morrison's ed by the American Publishers.-A fifth edition Chinese Translations. Klaproth, a learned Ger- of Prof. Goodrich's Greek Grammar, with addiman orientalist, has assailed the literary reputa- tions and improvements, has just appeared from tion of Dr. Morrison with great spirit. He has the press of Messrs. Cooke & Co. Hartford.been answered, among others, by Wm. Green- Jonathan Leavitt, New York, will soon publish field, late editor of the British and Foreign Bible | a complete edition of the works of John Foster.

BYRAM LAWRENCE, ord. evang. Bap. Roxbury, Mass. of Clergymen and Students in Theology, and

JOURNAL

OF

THE AMERICAN EDUCATION SOCIETY.

AUGUST, 1832.

PRESENT STATE OF EDUCATION | income of which is not sufficient by about

SOCIETIES.

Board of Education of Reformed Dutch

Church.

$1,200.

Board of Education of the General As

During the past year, there have been under the

care of the Board,

In immediate connection with the Board,
Connected with Auxiliaries,

Men.

270

sembly of the Presbyterian Church. This Board have adopted as the basis of THE permanent funds of this Society for future operations the following resolution, "to receive, at all hazards, every fit candithe education of young men for the ministry amount to $28,555 50. Of this, $19,- | date, who may corne regularly recommend473 are called the Van Benschoten fund. | ed; trusting to God and his church to The remainder is in the form of scholar-sustain them in redeeming this pledge." ships. The annual income of this fund is Some of the churches in Philadelphia, last $1,713 13. In addition, the Treasurer of year, promised $10,000, which has been the Board received, last year, $2,057 24, already, mostly redeemed, and an additional and there was expended by individuals, pledge of a special fund for the support of classes, and churches, not included in the the Corresponding Secretary. above, about $1,000. So that the total of receipts was $4,760 40. A new scholarship, called the Livingston scholarship, has been lately established out of some unexpended moneys. The rules adopted by this Board are substantially those of the American Education Society. A committee is to be appointed to visit, at least twice in a year,all the young men assisted by the Board. Under the care of Auxiliaries, which have not Appropriations to an individual may not exceed $100 per annum. Notes, without interest, are given, payable at such times, as the Board shall direct. A probation of Appropriations made to 117 candidates for six months is required. The catholic prin- the year 1831-2, amounted to $8,449 74, ciple is adopted of assisting all, of proper | averaging $72 52 per annum. The Synod of character, who may apply, who are mem- New York appropriated $1,600. Other auxbers of any Protestant church. The Board iliaries about $2,100. The Parent Board apof Education consists of nine members, propriated to different individuals, taken up The total elected for three years, five ministers and during the year, $4,910 96. four laymen, six of whom must reside in amount of receipts was about $17,000. the city of New York or the vicinity. The The 270 candidates have been connected Professorships in the theological seminary | with 3 theological seminaries, 17 colleges, are supported by a fund of $62,000, the | 45 academies and preparatory schools and

Members of various Academies, .
In Colleges,

In Theological Seminaries, .

reported where their candidates are, Increase last year,

ety is in New York city. No public anniversary was held in May last, as the annual meeting of the American Society took place at the same time, in New York. From the fourteenth Annual Report, we gather the following facts:

Number assisted during the year. There have been aided by this Society during the past year, 65 young men in 8 theological in 30 academies, total 266 young men in 51 seminaries; 87 do. in 13 colleges; 114 do.

are from 15 States of the Union. The New York Synod have 15 young men under their care, and have raised $3,151 34. Two valuable farms, one in the vicinity of Albany, and one in Illinois, have been tendered to the Board, for the purpose of furnishing sites for the erection of manual labor schools. Rev. Eli S. Hunter, D. D. is to act as an agent for the State of New York, with the exception of the city and county of New York. Nineteen temporary schol-institutions of learning. The residences of arships have been established within the limits of the Synod of Pittsburg. An enlarged agency is about to be established in Cincinnati, Ohio. In Center college, Kentucky, the Board have 16 men, and 35 scholarships. More than 50 young men, professing love to Christ, are members of that college. A large manual labor school is about to be established near Palmyra, Missouri. The Board are supporting three promising colored candidates preparing for Liberia; and they have given a pledge to the American Colonization Society that they will educate all youth of the right spirit as may be willing to devote themselves to the preaching of Christ crucified on the continent of Africa. The Board have now a work in the press for the use of their candidates in the form of a Religious Annual; a quarterly periodical work in aid of the Board will also be issued in a short time. Alexander Henry, Esq. is President of this Board, Rev. John Breckinridge, Secretary; Mr. J. B. Mitchell, Treasurer, and Mr. James A. Peabody, Assistant Secretary.

Georgia Education Society.

Since the organization of this Society, 20 individuals have received its assistance. Four are licensed preachers, and 10 are members of Franklin college, Athens. A new interest is beginning to be felt in the churches in favor of the theological seminary located at Columbia, South Carolina. The Rev. Dr. M'Dowell is now performing an agency for the seminary.

Presbyterian Education Society. This Society has a co-ordinate relation to the American Education Society. Both act under the same system of rules. The seat of the operations of the Presbyterian Soci

these is as follows: Maine, 3; New Hamp-
shire, 5; Vermont, 9; Massachusetts, 12;
Connecticut, 2; Rhode Island, 1; New
York, 97; New Jersey, 8; Pennsylvania,
12; Delaware, 1; Maryland, 6; Virginia,
2; North Carolina, 2; Georgia, 4; Alaba-
tucky, 12; Ohio, 30; Indiana, 7; England,
ma, 3; Missouri, 3; Tennessee, 27; Ken-
1; Upper Canada, 1; Residences not
reported, 18. Total, 266.-New Appli-
cants. One hundred and twenty-six new
applicants have been received during the
year.- -Number who enter the Ministry
during the present year. Nineteen young
men, in theological seminaries, will termi-
enter upon the sacred duties of the minis-
nate their course of study this year, and
try.-Pastoral Supervision. Most of the
young men have been visited, during the
present year, by the Secretaries and local
of the Society.-Amount earned.
agents
Twenty-five students, in 5 theological sem.
inaries, have earned $918 46; 40 do. in 4
colleges, have earned $936 21; 29 do. in
13 academies have earned $1,027 47; 94
There are now six agents, devoting their
students have earned, $2,882 14.--Agents.
whole time and energy, in their respective
fields, in the service of the Society. The
Rev. Franklin Y. Vail is Secretary and
Agent of the Western Agency; Rev. Ansel
R. Clark, of the Western Reserve Branch;
Rev. John Dickson of the East and West
Tennessee agencies; Rev. Messrs. Otto S.
Hoyt and Chauncey Eddy labor in the west-
ern and central parts of the State of New
York; and the Assistant Secretary acts as
have been temporarily employed.
agent for the Society. Besides these, others

American Education Society.

The sixteenth anniversary of this Society was held in the city of New York, on Thursday evening, May 10, 1832; Rev. President Day of Yale College, one of the Vice Presidents of the Society, in the chair. Addresses were made by the Rev. Dr. Tyler, of Portland, Maine; Rev. President Humphrey, of Amherst College; Rev. Leonard Bacon, of New Haven, Ct.; Rev. Dr. Skinner of Philadelphia, and Rev. Wil

vices in vacations. The whole amount

liam Patton, Secretary of the Presbyterian | part, by manual labor, by school keeping, Education Society. From the sixteenth and by performing agencies and other serAnnual Report, which has since been pub-reported, as having been earned, in this lished, we select the following paragraph:

way, during the year just closed, was FIF

TEEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND

SIXTY-EIGHT DOLLARS. Of this sum, 56 men in 7 theological seminaries earned $3,282, or $58 each on an average; 149 men in 18 colleges earned $9,270, or $62 on an average; and 116 individuals in 47

Number assisted during the year. Since the last annual meeting, there have been assisted from the funds, 151 young men in 11 theological seminaries; 279 do. in 21 colleges; 228 do. in 77 academies and public schools; 15 do. under private in-academies earned $3,016, or $26 each on struction. Total, 673 young men, in 113 an average. No report was received from institutions of learning. Of these, there 352 persons. The following statement will have been aided in New England, 428 men show the amount of earnings for six years in 61 places of education; in other portions past. The amount of earnings reported for of the United States, 245 men at 52 institu- the year ending May, 1827, was $4,000; tions. More than one third of the whole May, 1828, $5,149; May, 1829, $8,728; number, as it appears from the preceding May, 1830, $11,010; May, 1831, $11,460; statement, are in the first stage of educa- May, 1832, $15,568. Thus it appears that tion.New applicants. The whole the whole amount of earnings, for six years number of individuals, who have been re- past, is FIFTY-FIVE THOUSAND NINE HUNceived upon the funds, as new applicants DRED AND FIFTEEN DOLLARS. •Obliduring the year, is 222; of whom 127 are gations cancelled. The obligations of 24 members of various academies; 44 of col- young men have been cancelled during the leges; and 50 of theological seminaries. past year, in whole or in part, or placed in This number is greater by 48, than were such a situation as to prevent any embarreceived during the last year, and greater rassment. Of this number 19 are missionaby 20 than have ever been admitted in any ries, 4 foreign and 15 domestic.-Genpreceding year. It is also a fact worthy of eral Results. Whole number aided. Since notice, that 127 men, or 32 more than one the establishment of the Society, FOURTEEN half of the whole number, are in the first HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIX young men stage of study-a proportion which has have been aided, in a greater or less degree, never existed before. Number who en- from its funds. They may be distributed ter the Ministry this year. The Directors into the following classes: Foreign missionhave no means of ascertaining with entire aries, 26; ordained ministers and candidates accuracy, the number who will be licensed for ministry in this country, 460; under to preach the gospel, during the present patronage, at the present time, exclusive of year. They have ample reason, however, licentiates, 620; temporarily employed as for believing, that between fifty and sixty teachers, 70; permanently employed as individuals will, in the course of five or six teachers, 30; number who have died, 46; months, enter upon the active duties of the failed for want of health, 30; unqualified Christian ministry. An unusual proportion candidates, most of whom, after trial, were of them are expecting to engage in the dropped, 50; entered other professions for service of Christ among the pagan nations. various reasons, 25; number from whom no -Patronage withdrawn. It is proper recent information has been received, 65. to mention, that the patronage of the Soci- Thus it appears, that between four hundred ety has been withdrawn from five individ- and fifty and five hundred ministers and uals. It is gratifying to state, that in no missionaries, who were once aided by this instance was this measure adopted on ac- Society, are now preaching the gospel count of moral delinquency. The cause of Jesus Christ. The amount of good was either want of talent and scholarship, which has been accomplished by them, or an unwillingness in individuals to pursue may be seen, in some measure, from the the regular course of education prescribed following statements, recently received by by the Society.- Receipts. The receipts, the Directors, from ninety-two of the indifor the year, as appears by the Treasurer's viduals who have been assisted. They report, amount to forty-one thousand nine have been laboring in the ministry from one hundred and twenty-seven dollars and to fourteen years. They have taught schools fifteen cents. Of this sum, $4,325 05 and academies, in all 201 years; they have were received on account of scholarships, instructed 26,865 children and youth; they and $37,606 10 for current use.- -Expen-have been instrumental of 183 revivals of ditures. The amount of expenditures, religion, and of the conversion of about during the year, was $41,362 56; which, with the debt of last year, leaves at the present time, a debt upon the Society of $3,588 05.-Amount of earnings. The young men assisted by the Society enjoy various opportunities, to aid themselves in

20,000 persons; there are now instructed in Bible classes, in their parishes, 14,800 persons; they preach statedly to about 40,000 hearers; in their parishes are contributed annually for various benevolent purposes, $16,000; number of young men whom