•IcTsejj UTid &ueTnss2ji 
Lapii^nd to the Cape of Good Hope 
and V"an Dieuteids land ;-*-Rast and 
West, from IJincloostan and tlie Caspian 
Sea to the River Plata and great lakes 
of .North America, 
To be more particular 20,000' 
Bibles aiid 30,000 Testaments liave 
heen stereotyped m Cambridge in the 
Welsh language, and clistnhuted in the 
principality. The Highlands of Scot¬ 
land iiave been supplied with Testa¬ 
ments in the Gaelic language 5 and in 
Ireianti tlie riistribuliun of Bibles and 
Teitamenis has not been less exten- 
&ive. 
The expcnce of printing in thisonun- 
iry, and of carriage through the con- 
tiiient, parlicuiarly in thf.^e times of 
ui-iexairi[)ie(^„ifxc!osion, prcsenied obsta~ 
e'es to thb ddfusion id' tiie Scriptures. 
To obviate these diftifcul'tics, tiie So- 
siely have, by muniheenc donations of 
immey, and sometimes of types, en- 
couragcii the esLabli>hment of .similar 
associations on the continent. Oil tiiis 
foundation Institutions have been formed 
at Nuremberg, in Bavaria, Swabia, and 
Prussia; and 250,000 Bibles and Testa¬ 
ments have been distributed in the 
German states. 
At Sarepta, types have been purcliase-rf 
for printing Cainiuck Bibles; and the, 
banks of the Woiga are already cheered 
with the sounds of the Gospel. Two 
thousand copies of St. John’s Gospel in 
t!\e Mohawk language iiax’e been sent to 
America. To insure the accuracy of 
tlie restameut in the Icelandic tongue, 
the Society made an arrangement, by 
which 5000 copies have been printed at 
Copenhagen, and sent to the island. 
he various casts and languages in India 
have received the Word of God. The 
bleak countries of the Nortfi, of Nevy;- 
foundland and Nova Scotia, fiave been 
warmed with religious zeal by the study 
of the Scriptures. To close tlie climax 
of the efforts which have been mane, 
tiie New restament is now translating 
into the Chinese language. 
JERSEY and Guernsey. 
The importance of the islands of Jersey 
and Guernsey to tiiis country has not 
always been duly appreciated. lu time 
of war, their situation affords the most 
effectual means of annoyance to the 
ships of the enemy, and of protection to 
those of England. The effects of their 
hostility were so severely felt by the par- 
hanrentariang in the ITth century, that; 
681 
in the memorials presented by the Lon¬ 
don merchaius to g'jvernment for protec¬ 
tion against those actiVe, defenders of the 
monarchy, they declared that trade could 
not exist, il u wore not secured against 
the depredations of' tiie “ Jer-ey pirates. 
In tiie Ainericaii war, when the com¬ 
merce o.f our enemies excited the ardor 
of enterprise, upwards of 70 privateers,' 
carrying 3,500 men, were sent to sea 
from the isiaiuis, exclusive of the num»* 
hers employed in the navy. During 
more than seven centuries, .since England 
was conquered by their ancestors, they' 
have mamicsted the most heroic and in¬ 
flexible attachment to tiiis country, wliich 
they regarded as their parent state, since 
the reduction of Normandy to a province 
of hranee. They have repelled everr 
attack, to winch their situation exposes 
them, in the words of Edward HL 
‘‘ witii firmness and magnanimity.” They 
will maintain their aifectinnate lovaltv 
to the crown of England to the last gasp 
of their existence. 
Sensible or this disposition, many of 
the English monarchs have granted them 
charters for the protection of their righis 
and immunities, and lor the security of 
tlieir commercial advantages. Tliesa 
privileges have been since tlie revolution 
ratified by parliament, in order, in the 
woids of an Act of the 3d. of George 1. 
to encourage the said inhalntants to 
continue that steady and firm loyalty to 
tne crown of Great Britain, which they 
have formerly steadfastly shown to the 
crown of England, and for their better 
support.” 
But these privileges referred to the 
commodities of their own growth and 
manufactnre, to the imporration rif the 
necessaries of life, and of a certaiii quan- 
;ity of wool, from England ; their exter¬ 
nal commerce was cramped by many 
1 esti lotions. That of Jersey was con¬ 
fined to the Newfoundland fisheries; 
and Guernsey became the emporium of 
contraband articles. In order to extend 
the Imiits of their legal trade, the islaiid.s 
petitioned, in 1785, for permission to 
trade to tlie West Indies, and other parts 
of the British empire, with proper securi¬ 
ty to the revenue. This permission w-as 
refused by a minister, fora reason,.which 
displayed a remarkable instance of cau¬ 
tion and prudence, because it might: 
lead to consequences, wliich he could 
not at that time foresee !” Vfhat added 
to the mortification of tlie'islands^ was, 
that they had lately seen a proposal in 
parliament; to admit the Americans, 
aliens 
