Paul's, Covent Garden, by the Rev. Edward Cooper, M. A., of Hamstall Ridware and Yoxall. At Two o'clock, on Friday, the Eleventh Annual Meeting took place at Freemasons' Hall. The President, Sir Thomas Baring, Bart. after addressing the Meeting, read a Letter from the Bishop of Gloucester, expressive of regret at his Lordship's unavoidable absence. The President read also a striking passage from the Sermon of the present Bishop of Carlisle, preached, in 1812, before the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, strongly expressive of his Lordship's conviction that the Conversion of the Jews and that of the Gentiles are to be mutually subservient the one to the other, and urging attention to the state of the Ancient People of God. After the Report had been read, the Jewish Children were introduced, as usual. The Meeting was addressed by Mr. Wilberforce, Lord Gambier, and the Rev. Messrs. Woodd, Way, Richmond, Owen, Wilson, Simeon, and Marsh. Mr. Way detailed many particu→ lars of his Journey on the Continent, and of his interviews with the Emperor of Russia. We shall bring the Report before our Readers, soon after it appears. NAVAL AND MILITARY BIBLE SOCIETY. ·Thirty-ninth Anniversary. ON Tuesday, May the 11th, the Annual Meeting was held at the King's Concert Room. At One o'Clock, his Royal Highness. the Duke of Gloucester took the Chair. It appeared, from the Report, that the Contributions of the Year had been upward of 2000l.; but that the Disbursements had exceeded the Receipts by the sum of 980., while many requests had been made for Bibles and Testaments which could not be supplied. Among the Mi litary, 6500 copies of the Scriptures had been distributed, during the year; and 2600 in the Navy. Testimonies of the happy influence of the Scriptures had been received from many quarters. Motions were made, and seconded, respectively-by Lord Gambier; and Mr. Wilberforce-by Lord Northesk; and the Hon. and Rev. Gerard Thomas Noel-by the Rev. G. Clarke, Chaplain to the Royal Military Asylum; and the Rev. George Hamilton, from Ireland by the Rev. R. P. Beachcroft; and the Rev. Jabez Bunting-by the Rev. G.D.Mudie, Pastor of the Reformed Church at Hamburgh; and the Rev. Edward Burn, of Birmingham-and by Lord Calthorpe; and the Rev. Daniel Wilson. We quote, with pleasure, the following appropriate remark of Mr. Wilberforce : It is truly gratifying to me, who am old enough to remember former wars, during which we had generally to lament rivalry and differences between the Two Services, that the most cordial agreement has, of late years, subsisted between the Army and the Navy: and I cannot but observe, that this Society seems as if formed for the very purpose, of not only uniting them here, but of leading the Members of these Professions to an everlasting union hereafter. Mr. Noel mentioned some affecting circumstances: After the Battle of Waterloo, when some persons visited the crowded Ho spitals, one of them, after conversing with the wounded Soldiers, asked them if they would have any books to read. With that feeling which frequently arises from extreme suffering and despair, they replied, "No! we want no books to read." As the inquirer was turning away, he again asked, "Would you like to have some Bibles?" They all exclaimed, "O yes! yes! bring us some Bibles! In a Town with which I am connected (Mr. Noel added), a Young Man, whose conduct had nearly broken the heart of his Widowed Mother, entered the army. The regiment first went, I believe, to Malta. A little while afterward, his Mother had an opportunity of sending him a Bible. She did not hear again of her Son till the regiment returned, when she found that he had fallen in battle in Bible at Malta, and it had led him to seriousness and reflection: his vicious habits were reformed, and his soul brought into possession of substantial and enduring peace. But this was not all. At the close of the action in which he received his mortal wound, he was found under a America. But her Son had received her little bush-his Bible open before him, the leaves stained with blood, and his dead hand lying on his Mother's Bible! This was an end which glorified Spirits would rejoice to witness. From such an end, praise redoundeth to the Redeemer blessed pillow to a dying head, and fill of Sinners, who can make that Book the the Believer's soul with joy unspeakable and full of glory. RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY. Twentieth Anniversary. EARLY in the Morning of Thursday, May the 13th, the Twentieth Annual Meeting was held at the City of London Tavern; the Treasurer, J. Reyner, Esq. in the Chair. Upward of 1000 persons assembled at Breakfast, before the Meeting was opened, The Number of Tracts issued during the last year appeared to be FOUR MILLIONS, FORTY-THREE THOUSAND, THREE HUNDRED, AND TWENTY-ONE; of which 150,000 were in the form of Broad Sheets, tories and Cottages, on board Ships, for affixing on Walls, in Manufac&c. 351,000 were Books-and upward of ONE MILChildren's The loss on those supplied to HawkLION were of the Hawkers' Series. ers, added to the amount of Grants, for various for various purposes, both Foreign and Domestic, in the whole exceed the sum of NINE HUNDRED POUNDS; which, together with the increasing demands upon the Society, of a similar nature, strongly claim assistance, both from individuals and Auxiliary Societies. contain evidence of the increasing The Appendix to the Report will desire for Tracts, and of the benefits which everywhere attend their circulation. We shall, as usual, bring the most important of these particulars before our Readers. LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY. Twenty-fifth Anniversary. THIS Anniversary was held on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, the 12th, 13th, and 14th of May. The Sermons were preached-on Wednesday Morning, by the Rev. John Angel James, of Birmingham, at Surrey Chapel; in the Evening of that day, by the Rev. James Foote, from near Montrose, at the Tabernacle; on Thursday Evening, at Tottenham-Court Chapel, by the Rev. Thomas Jackson, of Stockwell; and on Friday Morning, by the Rev. Robert Cox, of Bridgenorth, at Blackfriars Church. At the Annual Meeting, held on Thursday, in Queen-Street Chapel, the Treasurer, W. A. Hankey, Esq. was called to the Chair. After the Report had been read, the Meeting was addressed-by the Rev. Dr. Bogue, and the Rev. Dr. Collyer; by the Rev. Mr. Orme, of Perth, and Mr. Wilberforce; by the Rev. Mr. Broadfoot, and the Rev. Matthew Wilks; by the Rev. George Clayton, and the Rev. J.A. James; and by the Rev. Jabez Bunting, and Thomas Wilson, Esq. The Receipts of the Year had been upward of 23,0004.; and the Disbursements, 28,6581. This shewed an increase of Income, as compared with the Twentyfourth Year, of 13871.; and an increase of Expenditure, amounting to 86851. 15s. This increase of Expenditure, it was observed by the Treasurer, was a natural consequence of the enlarged sphere of action on which the Society had entered. HIBERNIAN SOCIETY. Thirteenth Anniversary. THE Society changed, this year, the former time of its assembling, from the early part of the Morning, to One o'Clock; at which hour, on Friday, May 14th, a Meeting of the Members was held at the City of London Tavern; Charles Grant, Esq. in the Chair. It appeared, from the Report, that the Number of Schools supported by the Society is 480, and that they contain 46,976 Scholars; being an increase, within the year, of 88 Schools, and of 14,460 Scholars. In Ireland itself, the sum of 800%. had been collected in aid of the Society: but the Funds are still in arrears with the Treasurer, Samuel. Mills, Esq. to the amount of upward of 13007. Many details were given in the Report, which we shall, in due course, bring before our Readers. Lord Calthorpe moved the adoption of the Report; and was seconded by the Rev. George Hathe Rev. R. Wynn (from Ireland), milton. The Rev. B. W. Mathias, Mr. Wilberforce, the Hon. and Rev. G. T. Noel, Mr. Mills, the Rev. H. F. Burder, W. Blair, Esq. and other Gentlemen, addressed the Meeting. About 150l. was contributed. BRITISH AND FOREIGN SCHOOL SOCIETY. Sixteenth Anniversary. ON Saturday, the 15th of May, the Annual Meeting took place at Freemasons' Hall. His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent took the Chair at One o'clock. The Prince of Hesse Philipstall, and Prince Ernest his brother, were present. The Report took a wide survey of the state of Education in various parts of the world, to which the influence of the Society extended, or in which its principles and example had been followed. At home, the efforts were continually increasing; and yet there remains, at this moment, in London alone, 40,000 Children without instruction. The adoption of the Report was moved by the Rev. Dr. Schwabe, in the name of the Royal Relative of the Chairman, the Prince of Hesse Philipstall, who, though he understood English, did not feel qualified to address the Meeting. The motion was seconded by the Rev. G. Hamilton. Other motions were made and seconded respectively-by Lord Ebrington; and the Hon. and Rev. G. T. Noel-by the Hon. H. G. Bennet, M. P.; and the Rev. Christopher Anderson, Secretary to the Gaelic School Society, in Scotland by Mr. Wilberforce; and Dr. Schwabe-by the Rev. John Townsend; and G. Phillips, Esq. M. P.-by Mons. Sigismund Billing, from France; and the Rev. Mr. Kidd, of Aberdeen-by the Rev. G. D. Mudie, of Hamburgh; and Mr. Joshua Van Oven, President of the Parish School-and by Mr. Alderman Wood; and Mr. Luke Howard, of the Society of Friends. The Income of the Year had been 23131. 3s. 6d.; and its Expenditure, 23301. 18s. 4d. The necessary Expenses average 1600l. per annum, while the certain Income amounts but to 8001. The Royal Chairman strongly pressed this consideration on the Meeting. Foreign Intelligence. WESTERN AFRICA. CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY. SIERRA LEONE. Arrival of Schoolmasters & Schoolmistresses. In the Number for November, page 473, we stated the embarkation, on the 20th of that month, of Messrs. Morgan, Taylor, and Bull, with Mrs. Morgan and Mrs. Taylor, on board the Echo, bound for Sierra Leone; and at p. 67 of the Number for February, that of Messrs. Jesty and Barrett, with Mrs. Jesty, on the 10th of January, on board the Mary, for the same destination. Letters have been received from the Colony, announcing the safe arrival of both vessels, all wellthe Echo, on the 29th of December; and the Mary, on the 26th of March. Much information has arrived from the Colony, which we shall lay before our Readers as soon as practicable. INDIA WITHIN THE GANGES. Progress of the Mission. IN the "Survey," pp. 30 & 31, we quoted a few passages, with respect to this Station, from Letters of the Rev. Daniel Corrie. From those Letters, and from the Report of the Calcutta Corresponding Committee, we now extract further particulars of the state of that Mission. Mr. Corrie remarks: There being but one place for both the Free-School and Congregation to assemble in, I could not see the Scholars at their tasks. Three or four children of parents who can afford it, pay 1 rupee per month; contributions of some of the Pious with which, together with voluntary Soldiers, Mr. Bowley has provided wall-shades for evening worship, and supplies the lights. It seems necessary to increasing usefulness at Chunar, that a more commodious Place of Worship be provided. The Free School being kept in the place at present appropriated, prevents its being always in so orderly a condition as could be desired: and, on particular occasions, there is not room to accommodate those who wish to attend Divine Service; whilst many, hitherto inattentive, will be led, it is to be hoped, to join in the worship of God. The idea of want of room should not be suffered to operate together with their other hindrances to prevent their attendance. The money which Mr. Bowley has laid out on the present premises should, I think, be repaid him: his disinterestedness in applying his own property to render the premises increasingly commodious, is above all praise, I beg explicitly to disclaim the score of the original purchase. It all expectation of remuneration, on will gratify me infinitely more, if the Committee should see, as I do, the propriety of erecting a larger Place of Worship at Chunar on a convenient spot, on as small a scale of expense as circumstances will admit. all, and, as usual, is by some ridiculed, and by others commended. "I also catechized the First Class in the Free School, consisting of seven Boys; who not only repeated On this Letter it is remarked in their Catechism correctly, but anthe Report Whilst the Committee rejoiced in this encouraging report of Mr. Bowley's labours, they entirely concurred with Mr. Corrie, in the expediency of erecting a new Place of Worship there with all practicable expedition. It appeared important that every facility should be afforded to the Ministry of the Gospel, in a place where God had been pleased so remarkably to own the labours of his servant. They were still more confirmed and encouraged in this design by a subsequent Letter from Mr. Corrie, on the same subject, of which the following is an extract: "Benares, March 24, 1818. "I attended at Chunar last week. On Good-Friday, we had Divine Worship in English; first in a Barrack, and afterward in Hindoostanee in the Free School. The number of Communicants after the first Service was seventeen. Of the Native Congregation, twenty-seven females and two men remained to commemorate the death of our Lord. The whole Congregation almost were in tears during the Sermon, in which Mr. Bowley set before them the Saviour's Sufferings; and, during the Communion, the greater number appeared deeply affected, and all of them exceedingly serious and attentive. There was an evident blessing vouchsafed to us; and, in my own case, a lively sense of the Divine Presence, which seemed also to pervade the whole Congregation. "I heard thirty-two adult Native Christians read, who have within these few months most of them, and all of them since Mr. Bowley came to Chunar, begun to learn; some the Persian, others the Nagree Characters; and some of them now read the Scriptures in Hindostanee with fluency, and all of them expressed much delight arising from their new attainments. Indeed, a remarkable tenderness of conscience seems to distinguish most of them; and their altered and exemplary conduct is the talk of May, 1819. swered very intelligently many questions which I asked them, arising out of the Catechism. They also repeated off as tasks; and the whole Class passages of Scripture, which they got repeated, verse by verse, the Thirteenth Chapter of Proverbs. "Some of the Children in the Free School, and their Mothers, who are Bowley's Congregation, are the famiamong the most exemplary of Mr. lies of Non-commissioned Officers belonging to the Native Corps now in the field. It must strike every reflecting mind what a comfort establishments, such as that of the Church Missionary Society at Chunar, must be to Europeans of the above class. If, instead of leaving their wives and children comparatively unprotected and exposed to the temptations of this Heathen Land, they could place them where their children might receive education at little or no expense, and their wives be receiving good instruction instead of being left to every wind of temptation, surely much of the pain arising from separation in time of war would be alleviated. "The School Room being too small to contain the Native Congregation, and encouraged by the Committee's approbation of my wish to build a larger house for their accommodation, I desired Mr. Bowley to look out a proper spot to build upon. A house and premises contiguous to the Barracks, the owner refused to dispose of to us; and this led us to fix on a spot about 200 yards further from the Barracks, and on two sides bounded by the Native Town. The possessor, Mr. Turnbull, was applied to for it, who begged Mr. G. Robinson to go up and fix a price on it. Mr. R. accordingly went with me last week, and valued the premises at 500 rupees. On this being reported to Mr. Turnbull, he generously begged that I would accept the ground for the purpose intended. This, I hope, is a token for good; and may be taken as an encouragement to proceed. "I purpose shortly putting a Sub 2 G |