left in the centre of the boat's bottom, and the basket-work turned up around the same, and also the water-tight leather or cloth cover within it, to the height of the gunwale, so as to form a tight bottomless well-hole in the centre of the gravity of the boat. This boat, carefully preserved, and kept standing on its keels near to places of danger, is furnished with a coil of strong line and a drag, and with a pair of long tongs or forceps, for embracing and pulling up a body, its furniture being so stowed therein as exactly to balance the boat on an horizontal position, when suspended from two handles on the tops of the sides of the well-hole, connected below by straps with the keels. On any emergency a man jumps into the well-hole, and catching up the boat by its handles (the height of which is adjustable to the man's height,) he walks forward, carrying the boat across the land and on to and across the ice, until it is launched in the broken part, over or near to the sufferers; a strong loose strap across the well-hole is provided, across which the man straddles, to secure him from dan. ger of sinking through the well-hole into the water, on the boat's floating, and before he can have time, by resting his hands on the handles, to throw, his legs out of the well-hole, and take his standing or seat in the boat, and proceed to take in or search for the drowning per sons. If the distance on land is considerable, a horse or men can drag the boat on its sledge keels, and the boatman only takes his station in the wellhole, at the edge of the ice. We hope and trust that our parks, the scene most winters of dire distress from dangers of drowning, may be each furnished with ice-boats, as much improved upon as British ingenuity may be able. In cases of attempted suicide at any season, these boats might be applicable to the saving of lives, under the most interesting of circumstances. WORKS PREPARING FOR PUBLICATION. Preparing for publication, The Life and Diary of Lieut. Colonel John Blackadder. By Andrew Crichton, S. T. P. 12mo. Enchiridion of Theology; to consist of a series of the most popular and interesting Religious Works which have been pub lished in the English language. To be printed in 18vo. with a new type, on fine wove paper, and each volume to be embel lished with a fine portrait or emblematical frontispiece. The following will first ap pear: 1. Pascal's Thoughts on Religion, newly translated, and a Biographical Me moir, by the Rev. Edward Craig, A.M. 2. David Brainerd's Life and Diary; by President Edwards, D.D. 3. 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But some years ago we adopted a plan, by adhering firmly to which, we have got quit of the whole evil, excepting the payment of a postage now and then; with regard to which we put it to the consciences of the writers of anonymous letters, who generally profess to be very good Christians, if it is not an act of dishonesty to take money out of other people's pockets in order to gratify their own feelings. (By the way, we got one of these epistles t'other day from Glasgow, post paid!) Our plan is shortly this: When we receive a letter, large or small, the hand-writing of which is unknown to us, we immediately look for the signature, and if it has no signature, or if it has a fictitious one, then, with the greatest speed imaginable, we commit it to the flames. This we did even with the Glasgow post paid letter; and never on any occasion do we act otherwise. Let our Correspondent only exercise this self-denial, and he will escape the annoyance, which he seems to brook so impatiently, from the contents of the letters that are sent to him; and let him take every opportunity of making it known among his friends and acquaintances (for it is by them chiefly that he is assailed) that such is his invariable practice, and he will soon cease to be troubled, even with the receipt of those plaguy passengers that have so cruelly broken in upon his comfort and tranquillity. Biographical Notices of Eminent Ministers of the Church of Scotland. MR. JOHN LIVINGSTONE, He was born at Kilsyth, in the presbytery of Glasgow, on the 21st of January, 1603. His father and grandfather had been successively ministers of that parish. He was, at the age of ten years, sent to the school of Stirling, then taught by Mr. William Wallace, a famed Latin scholar. Under this respectable teacher, his progress was great at the termination of three years. He had acquired so much knowledge in the learned languages, as to be reckoned qualified to enter on his studies at the university. He came home to his father at Lanark, to which he was translated. Sometime after he entered the university of Glasgow, where he devoted him self with unremitted ardour to his studies. "In my third year in the College of Glasgow," says he, "I read more than I think I did any year since; I was then under VOL. XXIII. NO. III. the oversight of precious Mr. Robert Blair, who for two years was my regent, and having got some grounds in logick and metaphysics, a vain thought to be above my equals, set me on to a great pains." He had not fixed what profession he should follow. From his earliest youth he had distinguished himself for a deep sense of piety; in this case, he resolved to set apart a day to seek the Lord's direction. For this purpose he retired to a cave near Lanark; where, after pouring out his heart before the throne of grace, and petitioning guidance and assistance from on high, he was led to apprehend his lot was to be a minister. After several years studying theology, he was licensed to preach the gospel; and preached his first sermon in his father's pul pit, on January 2, 1625. For some time he remained at his father's house, preaching either at home or in the neighbouring parishes. In April 26, he visited Galloway, at X |