in 29, 1 marriage in 108. The register of deaths includes the still-born. The least annual number of marriages was in the famine year of 1817, when they were 1 in 176, and the greatest in 1819, when they were 1 in 93 persons. Oneeighth of all who are born, die on the day of their birth; one-fifth within the month; one-third within the year, and one-half before their tenth year.

STATISTICS OF ODESSA.

General Description.-Odessa has two ports, one of which is 12 feet in depth, and the other, which is devoted to quarantine purposes, 16 feet. The depth of the roadstead is 22 feet. The navigation is annually interrupted by the ice for a period of 39 days on the average.

The city contains, according to a return made in 1832,

There are 17 places of worship, 3 charitable institutions, 546 corn stores, 900 shops, 4 chief hotels, and 1,535 cellars.

Population. The census of Odessa and its environs, for 1833, gives the following results:

In the above total of 50,312 persons, are included 6,668 Jews, of whom 3,457 are males, and 3,211 females. In 1804 the population was only 15,000, and in 1820, 36,000.

Education.-Odessa contains 18 schools, of which the following are the par

ticulars :

Thus one person in every 28 inhabitants is at school.

Literature and Science.-25,000 volumes were imported into Odessa in 1831, and 40,000 in 1832.

Odessa possesses two public and four circulating libraries, of which latter two are French, one Russian, and one German; reading rooms are attached to these, the subscribers to which, in 1833, amounted to 175 in the French, and to 55 in the Russian and German libraries, making altogether 230 subscribers. There is also a museum of antiquities which were collected in New Russia, The periodical publications of Odessa are,—

The Journal of Odessa" (in Russian) and its supplement.

The "Feuille Litteraire."

The "Bulletin of Odessa " (in French).

The "Odessa Calendar."

In 1832, ten works were published in Odessa, and in 1833, six. Of these sixteen works, six were scientific, four elementary for education, and six on miscellaneous literary subjects.

STATISTICS OF SICILY.

Table

Of Deaths, Births, Marriages, and Population, in the provinces of the kingdom of Sicily, north of the Straits of Messina, for the year 1833.

It is thus seen that in 1833, the births, deaths, and marriages were respectively, in proportion to the whole population, as one in 27, one in 38, and one in 135 inhabitants,

In 1832 the births were 206,344, the deaths 165,753, the marriages 42,932the proportions to the population being, therefore, one in 28, one in 35, and one in 136 inhabitants. In 1831 the births were as one in 152-being respectively 213,031, 192,038, and 37,901.

Hence, in 1831, the population had an excess of births over deaths of 25,993, individuals; in 1832, of 40,591, and in 1833, of 61,687.

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66

66

13,933 14,791 12,354 9,521 21,115 17,355 15,116 11,211 18,981 11,272 3,843 12,506 9,048 2,429 13,172 8,435 2,695 17,234 11,560 3,333| 13,885 10,988 2,617 66 14,954 9,857 2,810 " 8,721 6,572 2,042" 12,387 8,512 2,527 14,445 8,075 3,391 10,743 6,478 2,671 6,388 66 3,640 1,501 9,248 66 6,130 2,113 |215,132 153,445 43,865 858 62,545 5,858,136 5,919,821

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358,994

358,136

2,833 386,396

389,229

3,760 675,349

679,109

3,905 492,228

496,133

7,709 458,242

465,951

3,458 370,930

374,396

4,737 296,793

301,530

5,674 425,706

431,380

2,897 357,205

360,102

5,097 385,360

390,457

BAPTISTS IN GREAT BRITAIN.

FROM the statements presented, it will appear that we have, in England and Wales, about 802 churches in association; 663 of whom have reported 4,261 baptisms within 12 months, and a clear increase of 2,275 members. In 498 churches, we have 40,763 members. In 136 of our Sunday schools, there are instructed 19,480 scholars. These are numbers which may excite our devout gratitude, and which should call forth the most lively effort and earnest supplication in reference to the future. If the 500 of our churches not at present associated have prospered in the same degree, they, with the churches whose numbers we have not ascertained, must contain not less at present than 106,000 members; and their Sunday schools upwards of 180,000 scholars.

INCOME AND EXPENDITURE OF THE PRINCIPAL PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS CONNECTED WITH THE BAPTIST DENOMINATION IN ENGLAND, DURING THE YEAR ENDING JUNE, 1835.

*It is important here to remark, that the ordinary income of the society during the past year was about £10.200. The remaining portion arose from contributions of about £14,000 from the public for rebuilding the chapels in Jamaica, and a grant from the Government for the same purpose, of £11,705. In addition to this income, stock to the amount of upwards of £5,000 has been transferred to the trustees of the society, under the will of the late H. Cock, Esq. of Colchester.

Scotland and Ireland.

Mr. M'Lean is the acknowledged founder of the "Scotch Baptists." Their leading peculiarities, in the early part of their existence, were a plurality of elders or pastors in each church, and weekly communion. A considerable number of Baptist churches exist in Scotland, some of which are large and respectable, that are constituted on the same principles as the English Baptist churches.

The churches in Ireland are also constructed on the same general form. The probable number of churches in both countries is 120-members 10,000.

BAPTISTS IN THE UNITED STATES.

WE find the following summaries in vol. ii. of the Rev. I. M. Allen's excellent Triennial Baptist Register.

From the statements presented in the preceding pages, it will appear that we have in the United States 365 associations, 252 of which reported 25,224 baptisms within 12 months, and a clear increase of 27,718 members. In 6,319 churches we have 452,000 members. The Free Will Baptists are not included in this enumeration. In 750 churches they have 33,882 members. In British America, we have 172 churches with 25,195 communicants. In 1,038 of our Sunday schools, reported by unions or associations in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and North Carolina, we have 62,333 scholars. This enumeration is very imperfect. Many of our churches in these States and throughout the Union have flourishing Sunday schools and Bible classes in operation, whose numbers have not been reported. The whole number may be safely computed at 3,000 with upwards of 170,000 scholars.

It is probable that we have not less than 50 churches in association and about 200 unassociated, whose numbers we have not ascertained. The number of their members may be computed at 10,000. Including these, we have in the United States and British Possessions in America 7,549 churches, and 527,523 members.

Income and Expenditure of some of the principal Public Institutions connected with the Baptist Denomination in the United States, during the past year.

CLAIMS OF FOREIGN MISSIONS.

Communicated by a Foreign Missionary.

It has been said from high authority, that the missionary question, in whatever way decided, is momentous. Should the verdict of Christendom be favorable, results will ensue without delay, and instead of the limited experiments now making, a few more years may witness the stupendous spectacle of Europe and America transplanting their religion into Africa and Asia, and the islands of the deep; baptizing the savage in the bosom of Australia; erecting churches in the valleys of Himmaleh, or rearing the cross upon the mountains of the Moon. If, on the other hand, the judgment be adverse, what resources will be husbanded, what efforts will be saved for the successful furtherance of wiser plans?

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And why should not all Christendom speedily decide this question, and act without delay, according to the dictates of truth? It is admitted that it is momentous. Every man, then, is called upon to examine the claims of missions on his attention. He who proudly turns away from it has no claim-I do not say to the character of a Christian-he has none to the character of a candid and unprejudiced mind. In this paper, I propose to examine the ground of sending missions to the heathen; the necessities of the unevangelized; and the encouragement to engage in this work.

To all who acknowledge the authority of the Bible, I need scarcely say, that in the commission of Jesus Christ to his disciples, we have ground for proclaiming the gospel to pagan nations.

Sin interrupted the intercourse which man once maintained with his Creator. In approaching God, after the violation of his holy law, there was a constant and striking allusion to the necessity of a propitiatory sacrifice. Altars, smoking with the blood of victims slain to atone for guilt, indicated that without the shedding of blood there could be no remission. At length Jesus Christ appeared to take away sin, or to lay the foundation of its being forgiven by the sacrifice of himself. That the design of his mission was to benefit the world, is evident from the annunciation of his nativity. "Behold I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people." That all should be benefited by his death, the Saviour plainly declared, "And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto By the grace of God," declares an apostle, "he tasted death for every man.' "He is the propitiation for the sins of the whole world." The death of Christ opened a medium of intercourse between heaven and earth. God can now be just while he extends mercy to the penitent. Nor is there any other method by which sinners may obtain the divine favor. "There is no other name under heaven given among men, whereby any may be saved." Jesus ascended the mediatorial throne, and being at the right hand of God, exalted to give repentance and remission of sins, he is ready to shed forth the Holy Spirit. While he holds the mediatorial throne, there is ample ground for proclaiming the gospel to every creature.

me."

Nor is this all. In consequence of the atonement, Jesus Christ has a

See American Quarterly Review, 1831.