ville rail road, comprised in the contract of Messrs. Neligh, by whom the discovery was made while their workmen were engaged in blasting. It is difficult to account for this extraordinary occurrence, since the rock exhibited no trace of a fissure or opening whereby the lump might have been introduced, but on the contrary, presented the appearance of uniform solidity.

The following recipe is for a pleasant, wholesome and economical beverage, not only for the warm season, but for the year round.

Ginger Beer-Boil a handful of hops in two quarts of water for an hour-take half pint of baker's yeast, a quart of molasses, and five table spoonfuls of ginger tied up in a linen cloth. Strain the hop-water hot upon the ginger, &c., and then add five gallons and a half of cold water-for a greater or less quantity, vary the ingredients in proportion. If made in the evening, it will be ready for bottling in the morning. It should not be corked too tight for fear of bursting the bottles.

FOREIGN.

menced in 1822, by Mr. William Howell, who had previously laboured for several years, chiefly in the capacity of superintendent of native schools, in connexion

for April.

CUDDAPAH.

Cuddapah (or Cudapah) is situated in the Peninsula of India, in north latitude 14° 28', and east longitude 79°; being about 152 miles (travelling distance) from Madras. For many years it was the seat of an independent Palan state, which had survived the destruction of the kingdoms of the Deccan. At present, it forms the chief town, or city, of one of the two great districts, (or collectorates,) into which the Balaghaut ceded territories were divided; Cuddapah being the capital of the eastern, and Bellary, (another of the Society's stations,) being the capital of the western division. Cuddapah is supposed to contain a population of 60,000, of which about twothirds are Gentoos (or Hindoos,) and the rest Mohammedans, Indo-Britons, &c. The name of the place is sometimes written Kirpa, but both Cuddapah and Kirpa are corruptions from the Sanscrit word Cripa, which signifies MERCY. The language chiefly spoken throughout this collectorate is Teloogoo.

The mission at Cuddapah was com

Howell was ordained to the Christian ministry in 1824.

Being already acquainted with the Teloogoo language, he was enabled, immediately on his arrival at the station, to take charge of two native boys' schools, on the invitation of F. Lascelles, Esq. registrar of the Zillah court, by whom they had been previously established; to which he himself shortly afterwards added two other boys' schools, (of which one was an Hindostanee school,) and one for native females; all of them being supported by the liberality of respectable Europeans resident on the spot. These schools have been since much increased. According to the returns of 1830, the number of schools was seven, and that of the children instructed therein 193; of whom 164 were boys, and the rest girls. The Scriptures have been uniformly taught in the schools, and the progress of the children has been very satisfactory. Some of the native youths, who had received their education in these seminaries, have been, from the reading of the Scriptures, so deeply impressed with the wickedness and folly of idolatry, as spontaneously to express their

a place, he was sent some years ago to India, on the part of the Garden of Plants, to enlarge the botanical collection of that noble institution.

In the zealous discharge of this interesting mission, M. de Vancel fell a victim to the climate, after reaping and sending home a plentiful harvest of all that was rare and curious in the vegetable world. His only other surviving relative is Mdlle. Vancel, daughter of Mad. Cuvier, and as all who visited the family can bear wit ness, a great personal favourite of the distinguished individual who has just been lost to science and the world. A subscription has already been opened for the erection of a monument to his memory, and I hope to hear that America is not behind the rest of the world in paying the homage of gratitude and respect to a man, a Christian and a philosopher, who has earned this mark of distinction by so many titles. The funeral of M. Cuvier was extremely different in its character from that of the late President of the Council; in the simplicity of its details it was still more cal. culated to touch the feelings. It was attended by deputations from the four Academies of the Institute, the University, the Royal College of France, the Council of State, the Polytechnick school, the Normal school, and the Central school of Industry.

The procession set out last Thursday, at 12 o'clock, from the Garden of Plants, and proceeded to the Lutheran Church, in the Rue des Billetes, where the usual religious ceremonies were performed. On the arrival of the procession at the place of interment, in the great eastern cemetery beyond the barrier, M. Arago, the colleague of M. Cuvier, as perpetual Secretary of the Academy of Sciences, pronounced an oration over his tomb, in which he spoke of the great scientifick discoveries and the eminent private virtues of the deceased. M. Jouy followed in the name of the French Academy, and addressed himself more particularly to M. Cuvier's literary merits. M. Villemain, the Vice President of the Royal Council of Publick Instructions, spoke of his peculiar talents as a teacher, and showed how

M. Cuvier, after enriching science by his discoveries, possessed the art of propagating and rendering them popular by his publick lessons as a professor. M. Geoffroy de St. Hilaire, confined himself to the services which the creator of comparative anatomy had rendered to the science of zoology, and claimed the merit of having first inspired Cuvier with the knowledge and conviction of his own genius. These orators were followed by M. Dumeril, from the Museum of Natural History; M. Walkenaer, from the Academy of Inscriptions and Belles Lettres;

M. Devaux, from the Council of State; and M. Pariset, from the Academy of Medicine, who each spoke of M. Cuvier's supereminent merit in his own peculiar department.

The great anxiety of M. Cuvier, immediately before his death, was to live long enough to complete the work on which he has some time been engaged-the Natural History of Fishes-nine volumes of which have already passed through the press, amounting, as I understand, to about a half of the whole work.

So diligently had he applied himself to this undertaking, that within a month of his death, he had dictated to his amanoensis not less than a volume and a half of new matter. His other writings, as you are aware, consist chiefly of his celebrated treatise on comparative anatomy, his work on fossi! bones, and his history of the ani mal kingdom, which are all monuments more durable in their nature than any thing which his admirers can erect over his remains.

The following anecdote of a French Physician should furnish an example for all practitioners. A duke being restless and unable to sleep, sent for an eminent doctor at midnight, to inquire if he had the cholera. The doctor simply advising him to remain quiet and keep warm, was about leaving, when the duke asked what his fee was-200 francs." The duke in the utmost astonishment inquired what he would have charged if he had had the cholera. The doctor replied, "If you had had the cholera, I would have exerted the utmost of my skill and care cheerfully without charge. But they who call me from my rest when they are in perfect health must expect to pay well." Would not a few such charges be a specifick for many chronick complaints?

Smyrna, met the demon of the plague; A pilgrim travelling on the road to "Whither are you bound," said the pilgrim; "To Smyrna, to kill 3000."-After a time the parties met again. "You killpilgrim: "No, I killed not more than ed not only 3000 but 30,000," said the 3000, fear killed the rest," said the demon.

New York, June 18.

Boring for Water.-In the area in the rear of Holt's marble building, workmen have been employed five months in boring for water. The work is carried on by means of a churn drill, worked by hand. The present depth of the bore is 345 feet, 130 of which was through soil, and 215 was through a solid rock. The water issuing from the rock is soft and of the purest kind, and a plenty of it can be had at the present depth of the drill, for ordinary purposes--say 20 to 30 gallons

per minute, in a perpetual stream. We learn that it is Mr. Holt's intention to find the bottom of the rock if he descends 1000 feet. He will then be able to supply any quantity of water which may be wanted in the lower part of the city. The bore is ten inches in diameter, and lined with iron pipes. The manner of performing the work is very curious, especially that of reclaiming a broken drill, at this great depth. The drill, when broken, is called a thief-the instrument employed to take it up is called a sheriff—and when the sheriff is unsuccessful in the performance of its duties, another, called Hays, is employed, which never fails in drawing the thief to light!—Gazette.

Curious Geological Fact.-We have been informed that a lump of coal weigh ing sixteen ounces, was lately discovered imbedded in the centre of a solid rock, about ten feet in diameter, on a tract of coal land on the Broad Mountain, known as the Pott and Bannan tract. The rock was a displaced fragment lying near the surface of the ground, found in the vicinity of the line of the Pottsville and Dan

ville rail road, comprised in the contract of Messrs. Neligh, by whom the discovery was made while their workmen were engaged in blasting. It is difficult to account for this extraordinary occurrence, since the rock exhibited no trace of a fissure or opening whereby the lump might have been introduced, but on the contrary, presented the appearance of uniform solidity.

The following recipe is for a pleasant, wholesome and economical beverage, not only for the warm season, but for the year round.

Ginger Beer-Boil a handful of hops in two quarts of water for an hour-take half a pint of baker's yeast, a quart of molasses, and five table spoonfuls of ginger tied up in a linen cloth. Strain the hop-water hot upon the ginger, &c., and then add five gallons and a half of cold water-for a greater or less quantity, vary the ingredients in proportion. If made in the evening, it will be ready for bottling in the morning. It should not be corked too tight for fear of bursting the bottles.

FOREIGN.

From the London Missionary Chronicle, for April.

CUDDAPAH.

Cuddapah (or Cudapah) is situated in the Peninsula of India, in north latitude 14° 28', and east longitude 79°; being about 152 miles (travelling distance) from Madras. For many years it was the seat of an independent Patan state, which had survived the destruction of the kingdoms of the Deccan. At present, it forms the chief town, or city, of one of the two great districts, (or collectorates,) into which the Balaghaut ceded territories were divided; Cuddapah being the capital of the eastern, and Bellary, (another of the Society's stations,) being the capital of the western division. Cuddapah is supposed to contain a population of 60,000, of which about twothirds are Gentoos (or Hindoos,) and the rest Mohammedans, Indo-Britons, &c. The name of the place is sometimes written Kirpa, but both Cuddapah and Kirpa are corruptions from the Sanscrit word Cripa, which signifies MERCY. The language chiefly spoken throughout this collectorate is Teloogoo.

The mission at Cuddapah was com

menced in 1822, by Mr. William Howell, who had previously laboured for several years, chiefly in the capacity of superintendent of native schools, in connexion with the Society's mission at Bellary. Mr. Howell was ordained to the Christian ministry in 1824.

Being already acquainted with the Teloogoo language, he was enabled, immèdiately on his arrival at the station, to take charge of two native boys' schools, on the invitation of F. Lascelles, Esq. registrar of the Zillah court, by whom they had been previously established; to which he himself shortly afterwards added two other boys' schools, (of which one was an Hindostanee school,) and one for native females; all of them being supported by the liberality of respectable Europeans resident on the spot. These schools have been since much increased. According to the returns of 1830, the number of schools was seven, and that of the children instructed therein 193; of whom 164 were boys, and the rest girls. The Scriptures have been uniformly taught in the schools, and the progress of the children has been very satisfactory. Some of the native youths, who had received their education in these seminaries, have been, from the reading of the Scriptures, so deeply impressed with the wickedness and folly of idolatry, as spontaneously to express their

desire that it might be entirely banished from the earth, and the Christian religion be universally established. One of the use ful results (remarked by the missionary) from these schools is, that the children in general, who have been educated therein, grow up with less prejudice against Christianity than those Hindoo youths who have not participated in the same advantages.

From the commencement of operations at this station, the missionary has preach ed the Gospel to the natives with much encouragement and success; and, in 1824, had established four stated weekly services for that purpose. A considerable number of the natives have made an open profession of Christianity, and have been baptized. In the last mentioned year, a native Christian church was formed, consisting of 10 members, which number has been since increased to nearly 30, but with intermediate fluctuations, chiefly occasioned by removals to other places.

The good attendance of the native congregation, and the earnest attention paid to the reading of the Scriptures by many of its members, have been a source of great encouragement to the missionary; and the benefits thence derived by the people have been further increased by the opportunities they have enjoyed of assembling, from time to time, for religious conversation at his house, on which occasions he endeavours, as far as possible, to ascertain their advance in spiritual attainments, and to explain to them the word of God more perfectly.

The itinerant labours of the missionary belonging to this station have been very extensive and not unfrequent; sometimes embracing circuits of 100, 150, 200, and even 250 miles, performed chiefly within the limits of the collectorate. In the course of these missionary tours, he has preached the Gospel in numerous places, and in the more populous towns and villages, to crowded congregations; beside conversing with small groups of the natives, and with individuals, as opportunities have offered. He also, at the same time, distributes numerous copies of the New Testament, and smaller portions of the Scriptures, in Teloogoo, together with tracts in that language. The books distributed are usually received with eagerness, and apparently read with pleasure. To the Scriptures and other books heretofore put into circulation, has been lately added Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, a translation of which into Teloogoo has been made by the missionary, and printed at the sole expense of a respectable European lately resident at Cuddapah. On one of the more recent excursions of the missionary, he was accompanied by one of the native teachers, (se veral of whom have been raised up from

among the Hindoos at this station,) who, in every village through which they passed on their tour, earnestly exhorted the people to put away their idols, and to receive the Gospel; and, in his capacity of reader, read aloud to them out of a work lately composed by the missionary, entitled Criticisms on the Shasters, which excited great attention and inquiry.

Christian knowledge is likewise disseminated, in various and distant parts of the collectorate, by means of the distribution of the Scriptures, and other religious books, at Hindoo festivals; and also among the natives who are summoned every half year to attend the court of sessions, at Cuddapah, together with others who, on these occasions, go there to renew their leases. The people who are thus, periodically, brought up from the country to the capital of the district, remain there in a greater or less number, for a term of nearly two months, during which many of them have the privilege of daily hearing the word of life dispensed by the missionary. Each of them also receives from him a copy of the gospels, or some other portion of the Scriptures. For the means afforded him of making this distribution, the missionary is indebted to the liberality of the Madras Auxiliary Bible Society.

In 1825, an attempt was made to form, under the wing of the mission, a Christian Village at this station, which in a pleasing degree, has succeeded. The population of this village, according to the latest returns, comprises about 150 souls, every family subsisting on the produce of their own labour. Some of the people are spinners, others weavers; some are engaged as paper-manufacturers, and some in agricultural labours. No one, (with the exceptions of children and infirm persons,) is allowed to reside in the village, who does not contribute by his own industry, to his own support. Those admitted as members of this interesting community, beside making a credible profession of Christianity, are required to conform to certain prescribed regulations. They must agree, for instance, to unite in settling all differences and disputes by arbitration. Again, they are required to keep their dwelling-houses in good repair at their own expense; a regulation which must tend at once to render them careful of their residences, and to attach them to the place. A chapel was erected in the village in 1826, the whole expense of which was defrayed by the liberality of European residents on the spot. The stated preaching of the missionary here has been attended with pleasing results.

The families inhabiting the Christian Village have gradually acquired settled habits, and now show no inclination to quit the place; and what is far better, they be