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intended fo pave some streets in tlie 

 city ill this manner, nnder the anspiees 

 of the patriotic Lord Mayor, and to 

 begin Mith Wood-street. As we pre- 

 sume there can be no doubt but tiiis 

 plan will answer, we may congratulate 

 tlie despairing iron-maslers and their 

 Workmen on a new market for iron ; 

 and all laigc towns, on an immense 

 saving of cxpcn<;e in paving their 

 streets with sfones, and on a great di- 

 minution in the dust and dirt wiiich 

 now arise from their liiclifin and wear. 

 It is computed that an iron pavemcnl, 

 well adjusted, will endure for twenty 



?Tars in a great thorouglifare ; whereas, 

 t is too well known that a stone pave- 

 ment requires rejtairs and re-adjus(ing 

 two or three times in t!ie year, and re- 

 (newing every tiuee or four years. The 

 pieces laid down in Blackfriars'-road 

 Tesemble a batch of eigiit or nine rolls, 

 as taken from the oven, and they are 

 nnited like the parts of a dissected map, 

 ■without interstices or cv«n palpable 

 joints. During many weeks, imder 

 every kind of load, and the roughest 

 usage, the firmness of this mass has 

 "been undisturbed, and no doubt remains 

 of the success of the experiment. 



Besides this new and extensive appli- 

 Isatiouof InoN, another has presented it- 

 'self in the t!olonnades of the Opera- 

 iiousc, wliich, instead of being composed 

 <of the perishable mateiials of stone, 

 wood, or plastered brick, have been cast 

 in iron ; and recommend tliemsclves to 

 admiration, uot le;!s by their beauty and 

 precision than by the defiance they set 

 to tlie ravages of tinic. 



It appears from the Appendix to the 

 Fourth Report of the Bible Society, that 

 the Icelandic Scriptures, distributed by 

 l!ic personal exertions of the Rev. E. 

 Jlenderson, have been gratefully re- 

 ceived by the iiiliabitants of Iceland ; 

 tliat the Societies of Cothenburgh, 

 AVesteras, and (Jothland, which have 

 now become Auxiliaries to the National 

 Bible Society at Stockholm, are all ac- 

 tive within their respective circles; tliat 

 of the thirteen editions of the Scriptures, 

 m whole, or in part, printing in Russia at 

 the last General Meeling, eight have 

 been completed, the remainder arc in 

 •progress, and some nearly finished, 

 making altogether, at least, 110,000 co- 

 pies, actually in the press. The Russian 

 Society is printing tlie New Testament 

 in the language of Jloldavia. a ilialect of 

 tlic modern Greek, for the inhabitants of 

 that country and Wallacliia; and the 

 Missionaries established at AstruoJaau, 

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[Dec. I, 



arc engaged in an edition of the Gospel of 

 St. Luke in the Tartar language. An 

 edition of 5,000 copies of the New Tes* 

 tament in the Saumgitian dialect is also 

 in hand. The Russian Auxiliaries at 

 Astraclian and Theodosia occupy im- 

 portant stations; the former will direct 

 its attention to I'crsia, Georgia, and the 

 countries to the east of the Caspian ; 

 whilst flie latter extends its views to the 

 Crimea, and even to Asia Minor. A 

 translation of tiic Bible into the modern 

 Russian language, promoted by the Em- 

 peror, has been resolved upon. The last 

 Rcjtort noticed, that the muuber of Bi- 

 ble Societies within the United States of 

 Aui,erica amounted to sixty-nine; it ap- 

 pears their number is now increased to 

 one hundred and fifteen. The Esqui- 

 maux are now in possession of the fo»ir 

 Gospels. The translation of the Acts of 

 the Apostles, the Epistle to the Romans, 

 and the first Epistle to the Corinthians, 

 hasalso been finished, and will be printed 

 as soon as convenient. The Committee 

 have sent a suppdy of 200 Dutch Bibles, 

 and an equal number of Testaments, for 

 the use of Christian Hottentots at Bc- 

 thelsdorp, in Soutlsern Africa ; and 

 tlicy have also supplied the Rev. Mr. 

 Latrobe with 200 Dutch Testaments for 

 distribution in that country. At/^'on- 

 groo, in Southern Africa, a disposii.on 

 appears among the Mahomedans to re- 

 ceive the Scriptures in the Arabic lan- 

 guage. The Committee have under- 

 taken to print the Gospel of St. Matthew 

 in the Bullom language. The transac- 

 tions in the easteri! part of the world 

 continue to preserve their importance, 

 both witii respect to the multiplicity of 

 t'leir objects, and the zeal and |)erseve- 

 ranec with which they are carried on. 

 The printing of the Persian and Arabic 

 New Testaments are among tlie ol)jects 

 which occupy the attention and funds of 

 the Corresponding Connnittec. Tiie 

 Gospel of St. John has been translated 

 into the Bengalee language. The resi- 

 due of an edition of 5000 Talmul New 

 TestanKuits have been sent to Madras 

 for distribution; they were thankfully 

 received. The Maiayalim version of 

 the l'\)ur Gospels has been distributed 

 ainoi;g the nieinl>crs of the Syrian 

 Church. The publication of the Arme- 

 nian Bible hilherto unavoi<labIy de- 

 layed, it is hoped, will be completed in 

 the beginning of next year. I'iie de- 

 mand for the Portuguese Scriptures, by 

 the Roman Catholics in India, has very 

 C(Uisiderably increased. Even among 

 th(x luiests at Goa; 1000 Portuguese 

 Testamiuts 



