EUROPE. I. German Bible Society, instituted at Nu- Bibles. Test. 12000 5000 2. German Bibles on smaller types II. Bible Society in Berlin, instit. 18051. Bohemian Bible, two editions 8000 2. Polish Bibles and Testaments 8000 4000 III. Bible Society at Stockholm, insti tuted 1809 Swedish Bibles and Testaments (on stand- IV. Finnish Bible Society at Abo, insti tuted, 1812- Finnish Bibles and Testaments (on stand- V. Hungarian Bible Society at Presburg, instituted 1812. VI. Bible Society at Koenigsberg, insti tuted 1812 Lithuanian Bibles: VII. Bible Society at Zurich, instit. 1812. VIII. Wirtemberg Bible Society, instituted at Stutgard 1812. £ German Bibles and Testaments IX. Bible Society at Halle, instituted 1812. XI. Westeras, instituted 1813. XII. Island of Gothland, instituted 1813. 1. Calmuc; the New Testament, in which Bibles. language the Scriptures were never print ed before 2. Armenian New Testament ...... 3. Finnish Bibles and Testaments for the Test, 1000 5000 4. German Bible with standing types 5000 5. Polish New Testament 5000 5000 5000 10000 8. Dorpatian Esthonian New Testament. 9. Revalian Esthonian New Testament 10. Lettonian, or Lettish New Testament. XX. Bible Society at Chur. XXI. Bible Society at Schaffhausen. XXII. Bible Society at St. Gall, esta blished in 1813. XXIII. English Bible Society in Holland, established in 1814. XXIV. Copenhagen Bible Society, esta blished in 1814. N. B. Forty thousand German Testaments have been printed by the Catholic Bible Society in Ratisbon, without the aid of the British and Foreign Bible Society. ASIA. I. Calcutta Bible Society, instituted in 1811. 1 II. Colombo (in the Island of Ceylon) Bible Society, instituted in 1812. III. Bombay Bible Society, instituted in 1813. AFRICA. I. Mauritius and Bourbon, Isles of, instituted in 1813. AMERICA. XXXVIII. Thirty-eight Bible Societies have been established in the United States, several of which have received pecuniary aid from the British and Foreign Bible Society. XXXIX. Louisiana Bible Society, instituted in 1813. XLI. Nova Scotia Bible Society, established in 1813, WEST INDIES. I. Jamaica Auxiliary Bible Society of the People of -Colour, instituted in 1812. Making 404 Auxiliary and Branch Societies within the British Dominions. Bibles and Testaments printed or purchased on the Continent of Europe, and sent to various parts for cheap Sale, or Gift Bibles. Test. 25,940 17,585 CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY *. Previous to the Bishop of Calcutta's departure for India, the Society, of which his Lordship had long been an active and distinguished member, held a General Meeting, for the purpose of delivering to him a Valedictory Address. The Meeting assembled on the 17th of May, at the Society's House. The Bishop of Chester addressed his Lordship, and delivered to him the Valedictory Address of the Society. We shall here present our readers with these documents, together with the Bishop of Calcutta's Reply; as they will rejoice, with us, to witness the increasing exertions of the Members of the Church, under the most favourable auspices, for the extension of Christianity. Our readers will understand, that by this name we shall in future designate the " Society for promoting Christian Knowledge," meeting in Bartlett's Buildings, Holborn. The Society would find no small advantage in adopting a title at once brief and ppropriate. EDITOR. Bishop of Chester's Address to the Bishop of Calcutta. My Lord Bishop of Calcutta,―Though I am sensible, that many members of this Society would discharge the office I have undertaken, with much greater weight and effect; yet still, on every other account, most sincerely do I rejoice, that it has fallen to my lot, to offer to your Lordship this Address, from the Society for promoting Christian Knowledge. In the first place, we hail the appointment of a Bishop in India, as a fortunate and favourable omen to the cause of religion. The establishment of Episcopacy there, will, as we have reason to think, most effectually check every erroneous doctrine, stop the wild progress of enthusiasm, and spread the knowledge of uncorrupted Christianity over a country of great extent and of an immense population. That it is you, who have been singled out for this new and important station, is an additional cause of great and general satisfaction. When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth. This same event cannot also but be a source of the purest pleasure to a mind like yours. A wide field. is opened to your talents and zeal. To you is committed the Apostolical charge of diffusing the light of the Gospel, where its rays have scarcely penetrated; and of becoming, in the hand of Providence, as we hope and pray, the blessed means of establishing multitudes in the faith. But this our joy, both on a public and private account, is mixed, as most other gratifications are, with feelings of a different and opposite nature. We lose the friend the zealous and able advocate of our civil and ecclesiastical establishment-the warm supporter of this excellent Institution. It cannot, therefore, be a subject of surprise, or blame, if, on the present occasion at least, our feelings of this kind too much predominate. The circumstances of this day, may perhaps sometimes recur to your mind, when on the trackless deep, or in a distant clime. But, whenever they do return, be assured, that you are bearing with you the esteem-the gratitude and the affection of every member of this Society. As to myself, it will ever be the source of pleasing recollection, that I have mingled my regrets with theirs, and that I have offered to you, what I never offer but at the shrine of virtue, the tribute of my respect and regard. But, I have too long detained you from the immediate business of this meeting. Let me then, now, in the name of this very venerable Society, present to you their Valedictory Address. Valedictory Address of the Society to the Lord Bishop of Calcutta. The Society for promoting Christian Knowledge desire, with sentiments of profound respect, to offer to your Lordship their sincere congratulations on your elevation to the Episcopal See of Calcutta. The intercourse of a religious character, which has long subsisted between this Society and the British Dominions in the East Indies, had given us abundant reason to recognise the indispensable necessity of the establishment of an Episcopal Government there, in order to secure, in any competent measure, the due celebration of the ordinances of Divine Worship, and the advantages of Christian Instruction to the European Inhabitants: and not less frequent occasions have arisen, to satisfy us, that, without this important additional instrument, the endeavours must be, in a great degree, hazardous, and ineffectual to propagate a pure and reformed Faith, among the Pagan and Mahomedan Nations of that vast Empire. It is with unfeigned satisfaction, therefore, that we saw, in the recent Act for the renewal of the Charter of the Honourable East India Company, a provision made, towards the attainment of this unspeakable blessing, in the power given to his Majesty to erect and constitute a Bishoprick, with such jurisdiction and functions, as should from time to time be limited by his Majesty, by Letters Patent under the great Seal of the United Kingdom. The great benefits, which this Society has derived from your Lordship's counsels and co-operation, in all its undertakings; and not the least, in that department which relates especially to the religious concerns of the Eastern Parts of the World; requires of us to declare, that the measure of our utmost hopes, in this matter, was amply fulfilled, when we saw you called, under the special Providence of Almighty God, by the command of his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, to this high and arduous office, |