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The declaration of war by Great Britain against this country was issued on the 13th October, about three months after their receiving the first notification of war being declared on the part of the United States.

The treaty of peace between Great Britain and Russia was signed on the 18th July, and has been published in London,

The English prints say, that the crops for the past summer were very abundant.

FRANCE.

Since the sudden retreat of the emperour Napoleon from Moscow, it is said he bas arrived at Wiazma, which was his head-quarters on the 1st of November. Sundry Frenchmen, discontented with their present form of government, have attempted during the absence of Bonaparte to raise the standard of revolt in the heart of his empire. This attempt was made at Paris by circulating a report that the emperour had been assassinated at Moscow. A great number of the conspirators have been seized and tried by a special tribunal: fourteen of them were condemned, and twelve were summarily executed; among whom are the generals Lahorie, Mallet, and Guidal.

Joel Barlow, our ambassadour at the court of St. Cloud, it is expected is now with the emperour in the North. No different modification of affairs between France and ourselves has as yet taken place. Our commercial relations, the exorbitant duties to which our merchants are subjected, still remain the same: but we perceive licenses have been granted for admitting 5000 bales of cotton into France from England.

Previous to the emperour Napoleon's departure for the North, treaties of al liance were made between France, Prussia, and Austria.

The army destined to act against Russia, is stated by the War Office at Paris, ta be as follows;

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The coalition between the two great empires of Russia and France, in what is termed the "Continental system," has been at length broken, and a most bloody and destructive war commenced between the two nations. The emperour Napoleon, early in the month of June, marched into Poland, and concentrated a force of about 300,000 men. Among his commanders we notice a great number of kings, princes, dukes, &c. &c. But among these we look in vain for any of the Austrian generals. Indeed it is said that the Archduke Charles has refused to accept the command of the Austrian army, under the supposition that it would be ordered to act against Russia.

Napoleon having thus posted himself on the confines of Russia, the two armies first met at Romanow, on the 10th of July. The Russians, pursuing the Fabian mode of warfare, retired, after making but little resistance, and so continued to retire, and Bonaparte to pursue, bating however a few immaterial skirmishes, until the 7th of September, when, the Russians having their head-quarters at Borodino, and the French at Mojaisk, the battle of Moskwa was fought with a degree of enthusiasm on the part of the French, and of obstinate valour on the Russian side, seldom seen in modern times. From the different statements, we calculate that the total loss on each side must have been about 30,000 men. The French entered Moscow on the 15th September; but that city having been previously fired by the Russians, the advancing army found nothing but bare walls; except the inner circle of the city, which contains the palace of the Kremlin. Sixteen hundred churches, one thousand palaces, and immense magazines, are said to have been

consumed by the flames. But the triumph of Napoleon, and his residence at Moscow, have been short. He abandoned it on the 19th October, having ordered the Kremlin to be mined and blown up; and has been closely pursued by the Russians. On the first of November his head-quarters were at Wiazma, about 40 leagues from Smolensk, where he is stated to have been on the 8th of the same month. Articles of peace have been signed between Turkey and that country.

SWEDEN.

It is difficult to say what is the position now taken by Sweden, in the affairs of the North. We can hardly suppose that, with her present sovereign, she will act a part hostile to the emperour of France. Yet Russia and Great Britain, the enemies of France, have free access to her ports.

SPAIN AND PORTUGAL.

The affairs of the Peninsula have for some time taken a turn highly pleasing to the friends of these two countries. The principal achievements of the allied armies under Lord Wellington, for the past summer, have been the storming of Badajoz on the 6th of April, and his victory over Marmont, in the plains of Salamanca, on the 22d of July. The two great capitals of Madrid and Seville, though positions entirely unimportant as military posts, have been retaken by the allied arms.

The whole of Portugal, Galicia, Spanish Estremadura, and Andalusia, are in possession of the allies. Gen. Maitland is at Alicant, with a considerable English force. The principal French generals now in Spain, are, Massena, Marmont, Suchet, and Soult; a junction of two of these generals it is said, has caused Lord Wellington to break up his camp before Burgos, the castle of which still held out against the English and Portuguese forces.

The late king of Spain, Charles IV. was reported to be at Rome with his family, in the middle of June. His ex-majesty visited Italy by permission, for the benefit of his health.

The total of the British forces in the peninsula, is 19 regiments of cavalry; 73 battalions infantry; 3 brigades of horse artillery; 2000 foot artillery, engineers, staff corps, &c. The Spanish state their armies to consist of 157,294 men, independent of 89,000 troops in the different provinces, forming corps de reserve.

The joint English and Portuguese force may probably amount to about 120,000

men.

DOMESTICK.

Having considerably exceeded the number of pages stated in our proposals as the limits of this Magazine, we trust our subscribers will not be displeased at our saying that we defer giving any thing under this head until our next Number; and that it is our intention then to give a view of domestick occurrences, commencing with the first day of the present year, and so to continue furnishing our readers with a retrospect, at once concise and lucid, that will assist the memory in referring to the past events of this great and growing empire. The propriety also of commencing this part of our labours with some definite period, will, we presume, strike every one.

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Reflections on the language of Reason,

On the Testimony, or rather, on the Silence of Josephus concerning Jesus

Christ,

On Justification by Faith,

Some account of the Original Inhabitants of America, with Adair's comparison of the American Indians with the Jews,

Letter of Bishop Horne,

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Extract from Bishop Jewell's Apology for the Church of England,
Patriotism, from a Sermon of Deau Tucker,

Extract from Travels in Iceland,

Extracts from the Common-Place Book of a Country Clergyman,

On Subscription to Articles of Religion,

Introductory view of the first promulgation of Christianity,

Hebrew Names peculiarly descriptive of Properties,

On Free-Thinking,

Reply to Mr. Hume's Argument against Miracles,

REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS.

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The Years to Come,

The Joys of Knowledge, by Montgomery,

Hymns for the first and third Sunday after Epiphany,

A Curious Answer to a playful Remark,-That I was growing old,,

To Hope,

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Potato Sugar,

Kine Pock a cure for the King's Evil,

Substitute for Flax and Hemp,

Memoir on Vaccination translated into the Tartar language,

Method of freezing Quicksilver,

Steam Engine applied to land carriages,

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Polyflame Lamp of Count Rumford,

Remarkable Catacomb at Paris,

Cambridgeshire Premium,

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London Society for the Conversion of the Jews,

Society for the relief and benefit of the Manufacturing and Labouring Poor,

Society for the propagation of the Gospel in foreign parts,

Mission to Tartary,

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African and Asiatick Society,

Society for the support and encouragement of Sunday Schools throughout

the British dominions,

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Society for Missions to Africa and the East,

Baptist Missions in India,

Epistle of the Yearly Meeting of Friends held in London,

Epistle of the Society of Sierra Leone,

Singular instance of Christian Forgiveness,

Number of Prayer-Books circulated in England,

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DOMESTICK.

Third annual meeting of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign

Missions,

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Report of their Committee,

An Address to the Christian publick on the subject of Missions to the Heathen and translation of the Scriptures,

View of Publick Affairs,

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LIFE OF ST. POLYCARP.

ST. Polycarp was born towards the latter end of Nero's

reign; the place of his birth is not certainly known; some think it was at Smyrna. It is asserted, that he was sold in his youth, and purchased by a noble matron named Callisto, by whom he was brought up, and at her death made heir to her estate; which, though very considerable, he spent in works of charity. Several ancient authors affirm, that he was a disciple of St. John; and both Irenæus, (who was his scholar,) and Jerome assure us, that he conversed familiarly with the apostles, and with many who had seen our Lord in the flesh.

He was first deacon and catechist of the church of Smyrna, an office which he discharged with great reputation; and was afterwards, as many of the ancients affirm, by St. John, made bishop of the same place; though Irenæus, and the Alexandrian Chronicle, assert it to be done by the Apostles.

He is generally believed to be the person mentioned Rev. ii. 8. under the title of the Angel of the church of Smyrna; and if so, how well he discharged his duty in that important station, may be learned from the declaration of our Lord himself, (see Rev. ii. 8, &c.) in which it is observable, that he stands entirely unreproved, though all but one of the neighbouring bishops fell under censure; a remarkable proof of his fidelity and diligence. With regard to his character in the world, it was excellent VOL. I No. II.

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