AFRICA. On the 6th of August last, the Pacha of Egypt, Mehemet Ali, entered into a convention with Admiral Codrington, in which he engages-1. To give up all persons under his control, who were made slaves after the battle of Navarino-Codrington, on his part, to give up all the Egyptian soldiers captured in that battle, and the corvettes captured in the Morea. 2. The Egyptian troops in the Morea to evacuate it, as soon as possible. 3 and 4. The Pacha's transports, carrying his troops, to be convoyed by English and French ships of war. 5. No Greek, male or female, to be brought from the Morea, but by voluntary choice. 6. The Pacha to be allowed to leave 1200 men, and no more, to garrison the fortresses. AMERICA. COLOMBIA-At Bogota, an insurrection of a part of the army, was very near terminating the career of Bolivar, with his life. He escaped out of a window, and concealed himself under a bridge, over which the soldiers who were in pursuit of him marched. The insurrection, however, has been subdued. Several persons of distinction, who were concerned in it, have been shot; and it seems probable that Santander, the political rival and opponent of Bolivar, will share the same fate. This occurrence will only serve to afford a plausible reason for subjecting every thing in Colombia to military rule; and indeed it seems as if nothing else would be regarded. MEXICO. It appears that a large party in Mexico, headed by General Santa Anna, dissatisfied with the late election of a president of this extended republick, excited a formidable insurrection; and with arms in their hands, endeavoured to overturn the general government. The insurrection is not yet entirely quelled, but the governmental troops are represented as every where successful, and the insurgents as nearly subdued. Our minister, Mr. Poinsett, is about to return home. He only waits for the confirmation by our government of the treaty which he negotiated. UNITED STATES.-There no longer remains any doubt that General Jackson will be the next President of the United States, as a considerable majority of the electors chosen are known to be pledged to give their votes for him. We rejoice that "the agony is past," and hope it will leave after it no painful spasms, or threatening symptoms of any kind. What reason have we to be thankful, that when our sister republicks in the South are torn with dissentions, which produce war, and bloodshed, and assassinations, a better state of society in our country enables us, under the care of a kind Providence, to terminate our political controversies, by a peaceful popular election, and a quiet submission to the radical principle of republicanism that "the majority must govern." Let us remember that this happy state of society can be preserved and perpetuated, only by the diffusion of knowledge and piety among our citizens at large. An ignorant, immoral, and irreligious people never did, and never will, long maintain a free gov ernment. We think it due to our correspondent, as well as to ourselves, to give publicity to the following communication; and to add, that we know the writer to be a gentleman as worthy of credit as any other that can be named, be he who he may. To the Editor of the Christian Advocate. SIR,-In a late No. of the "New York Observer," there appeared a paragraph which in no very courteous manner gave the lie-direct to an anecdote concerning Dr. Chalmers and the Rev. Rowland Hill, which was related in a number of the "Transatlantick Recollections," published some time ago in the "Christian Advocate." The amount of the paragraph alluded to is, that the writer had it from a respectable witness, who was present on a certain occasion when Dr. Chalmers preached a missionary sermon in London, that he did not hear Mr. Hill make use of the language imputed to him in the Advocate. Now, would it not have been exhibiting a Christian modesty for the writer to have let the anecdote pass unobserved, or at least to have spoken of it with less confidence? seeing that there might exist a positive testimony, stronger than his negative. Though the subject is of very minor consequence, and though a mistake may lie on the side of the anecdote, yet, sir, I feel it due to the very respectable source through which it got currency, as well as to myself, to say, that I had it, just as recorded, from a person who said he was present, and heard it, and who is a respectable clergyman, as well as the son of a respectable clergyman, of the city of London. The Author of the Transatlantick Recollections. INDEX TO VOLUME VI. Apocalypse of St. John, Notice of, 36. Africa, 39. Army, 77. Antiquities, 129. Epilepsy, Salt a Cure for, 511. Archives du Christianisme, Extracts from, Female Schools in India, 42. 203, 294, 438, 491, 539. Alphabetical Writing, 323. Astonishing Fact, 323. Asiatic Society of London, 372. Address to the Synod of the Reformed of the Executive Committee of the Faith, Remedy for Disease, 58, 442, 501, France, Deaths in, 232. France, 469, 470. Friends, Yearly Declaration of, 367. Germany, Progress of Evangelical Piety Guilford Gold, 323. to the Distributors of the Bible, 200. Gunpowder, Power of, 514. Asia Minor, 90, 136. Western, 424. Ceylon, Female Schools at, 123, 330. Cappadocian Brethren, 346. Christ, Example of, 417. Conversion of Five Jews, 554. Christian Observer, 267, 390. Graves, Journal of, 86. Himalaya Mountains, Geology of, 372. History, Epitome of, 417. India, Religious Knowledge in, 44. Japan, 471. Ignorance, a Source of Scepticism, 491. Lectures on the Shorter Catechism, 49, List of New Publications, 77, 514, 563. London Mint, 177. Lines on the Death of Dr. Snowden, 442. Contrast between Evangelical and Rational Lotteries, Evil Effects of, 406. Malaria, 40. Pollok's Course of Time, 556. Minutes of the General Assembly, 77, Rare Insects, 39. Presbyterian Church in America, Report Presbyterian, 26, 64, 119, 216, 306, 352. 108, 166, 213, 267, 301, 400, 452, 498. St. Peter's Residence in Rome, 294. Plants, Fossil Deposit of, 392. Paris, Weather in, 418. 62, Report of the Young Men of Philadelphia, Royal Society, 370. Rain, Fall of, 233. Russian Poet, 373. Rippel, Edward, 373. Revelation, Universality of, 446. Sermon, by Rev. T. Goodwillie, 38. Short Notices of Recent Publications, 36, Saving Banks in Ireland and England, 372. Sandwich Islands, 234, 263, 332, 379, 471. Scriptures, Publick Reading of, 388. Schools, Female, in India, 42, 86. Declaration of the Yearly Meeting of Wickliffe, Statue of, 372. Friends, 367. Western Theological Seminary, 518. GENERAL ASSEMBLY'S MISSIONS. (List of Annual Contributors continued.) Mrs. Margt. Hutchinson Sarah M'Allister Miss Jane Hutchinson Ann Eliza Hutchinson Nancy Flemming Lewis B. Williamson James Alexander Col. Richard Thomas Mifflintown, Pa. Annual Contributors in Lower Tuscarora Mr. H. Alexander, R. Eld. Wm. Irwin James W. Coulter John Shoaff Samuel Sterrett John Casner James Butler, Esq. Patrick M Kennan, Esq. John Patton John Graham Miss Elizabeth Patterson Molly Patterson John Patterson, Esq. Robert Woods, Esq. Mrs. Eliza Coulter Isabella Sterrett Henry Hackett Nancy McCoy Of 25 cents. Mr. John A. Hamilton Mrs. Cath. Armstrong Donation from Mr. James Church, Pa. David Alexander Of 25 cents. Mr. John Bernard Samuel Millikin James Patton Wilson Laird Josiah M Minn Wm. Martain James Galloway Stewart Law Mrs. Elizabeth Beal Jane Steger Eleanor Knox Mr. John S. Leggett David M Donald Wm. Knox Robert C. Crozer Miss Jane Rodgers Susanna Resler Mr. Samuel Okeson Wm. Endslow Hugh G. Hughes Samuel Telfer James Robinson LIST OF DONATIONS Made to Ezra Stiles Ely, D.D. Agent of the Board of Missions, towards the erection of the New Presbyterian Church in Huntingdon, Penn. August 13, 1828. E.S.Ely, D.D. Phila. $20 00 Jacob Holman, Rev. Jno. Peebles, Phebe Watson, John Logan, Wm. Jacob Miller, James Steel, Jr. 5 00 John Lightner, 5 00 Alexander Stewart, Lot Benlow, John Postlethwaite, 25 Doctor Ward, 12 Daniel Duden, 25 Thomas Reed, 100 John Davis, 1 50 David R. Allison, 5 00 John G. Miles, esq. 25 Samuel Stewart, 12 James Hemphill, 25 Henry Lloyd, sen. 100 Valentine Heffner, 50 William Orbison, esq. 10 50 Michael Householder, 100 Joseph Norris, 25 Benjamin Eugart, 50 Robert Hamilton, 25 Mary Whitaker, 25 A.J. Rothwik, John Henderson, Doct. 5 00 Sarah Peebles, James Miller, John Potter, S. W. Stonebracker, John Simpson, Andrew Neff, James Simpson, 4 00 Mary C. Kerr, 50 Jane M'Guin, 25 Thomas Wallace, 25 25 25 50 Isaac Vandeevender, esq. 25 50 William Reed, 25 John Fisher, 25 Margaret Dorris, 50 Mrs. Evans, 50 Mrs. Glazier, 00 Miss Maria Duffield, 25 Maxwell Kinkead, esq. 100 Miss Sarah Snyder, 50 Miss Sarah E. Marshall, 25 Hannah Postlethwaite, 25 Susanna Woolverton, 25 Sarah Porter, 25 John O. Neal, 50 Mrs. Susan Stitt, 25 Ann Miller, 12 Miss Rebecca Steel, 100 Miss Elizabeth Steel, 25 Prudence Jackson, 5 00 Daniel Dougherty. 2 00 W.Mirrels, (coloured boy) 25 25 50 |