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mighty as it is, it must be effected, if at all, in the order and by the rules 

 which reason and experience have proved to be alone effectual. If we 

 attempt to reverse the order or alter the mode, we shall not only fail our- 

 selves, but make it impossible that any should succeed." 



We have long been of opinion that it is only gradual measures pro- 

 ducing gradual improvement, and by the sound doctrines and sober 

 views of the clergy of the English and Scottish churches (to the Mora- 

 vians, also, we have no objection) in the colonies, that the Chris- 

 tian religion can ultimately be spread in the West Indies ; and when 

 we perceive the most respectable and influential individuals in Jamaica, 

 accompanied by their labourers, zealously aiding and assisting in the 

 erection of new chapels, we can easily perceive the dawn of a bet- 

 ter state of society in the colonies, and can account for some of the 

 spleen presently displayed by the sectaries, and their great activity in 

 slandering the colonists. We extract the following from the Jamaica 

 paper above mentioned. At laying the foundation stone of the new 

 chapel in Darliston district, to be built on four acres of land, given for 

 the purpose by P. Ferguson, Esq., of Cliefden, the bishop and principal 

 clergy, the governor and his staff, and the respectable proprietors in the 

 district, were present. " The negroes belonging to the neighbouring 

 properties had ' the day' given to them ; and they shewed, by their 

 numbers in attendance, and the neatness of their apparel, the interest 

 they took in the ceremony " This is as it should be. But while such 

 cheering prospects are gradually opening in the colonies, the sectaries 

 at home are endeavouring to move heaven and earth for the immediate 

 destruction of the colonists. We may shortly have occasion to notice 

 their present unconstitutional efforts all over the country, to procure 

 petitions to overawe the Legislature ; and should they not be firmly 

 and decisively met by his Majesty's ministers, the West India body, 

 and every sensible member of both Houses, we may expect to see some 

 modern Pym, as in the days of sectarian ascendancy, come to the door of 

 the house, to thank old female zealots for their petitions, and hypocriti- 

 cally " entreating their prayers" for the destruction of the West India 

 colonists. 



PETERSBURG!!, MOSCOW, AND THE PROVINCES.* 



REVOLUTION is now the prevailing topic in polite circles. Murder 

 and rebellion form the prominent ingredients in the small-talk of the 

 hour; and not to gossip upon such subjects is to be voted unfashionable. 

 We prefer, however, a quieter theme, if it be only for a little relief; and 

 while half Europe is in a state of political frenzy, and all eyes are 

 directed to the movements of the mighty engines of anarchy and dissen- 

 tion, it may be quite as profitable and far more pleasant to take a glance 

 in a more peaceful direction, and make a short tour through the capital 

 of Russian civilization. This may be found more desirable, inasmuch as 

 the Russians are a people of whom we know but little. Their wars, their 

 triumphs, their military annals, we have traced through the page of 

 history : we have a distant knowledge of them, as a nation, out of doors, 

 if we may use that expression, in the same manner as we have sometimes 



* Petersbourg, Moscow, et les Provinces, ou Observations sur les Mocurs et les Usages 

 Russcs, au Commencement du xix'nc siecle ; par E. Duprc de St. Maurc. 3 vols. Paris. 



