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Dec. 10, 1844. Co bt Orliti. TO VETERINARY SURGEONS. l EXTE NSIVE PRACTICE IN LIVERPOOL. N consequence of the death of the late Proprietor, Mr. the huts FAGAN V.S. the UNEXPIRED LEASE of PR EMISES occupied by him, consisting of Dwelling • !tpuse, Forge, Sur ger y, L oose B oxes , an d St a bles, with the extensive and well-established PRACTICE attached t hereto, will b e DISPOS ED OF on liberal terms. tift'u'verY informatio n w ill b e a ff or d e d on application to .neBSrEi. LUCAS an d C o., G reat Ch a rlotte-street, Liver- Pool. TO be SOLD, at Burns's Stables, Oldham-street, an excellent Brown GELDING, six years old, 15 hands 0 inches high, warranted sound, a good Hunter, and ex chealleptsoadster ; also, a Roan PONY, six years old, 13 and "us d inches hi g h, warrante d soun d, a goo d roa d s ter, goes well in harness. TO be SOLD by PRIVATE TREATY, a desirable Free hold and Modern-built VILLA, replete with every aaonirnodation for a respectable family, pleasantly situ f 2.9 d in Beech -l ane Aigburth, about three and a half miles !D Liverpool. an ' d two minutes walk to the Omnibus, which runs almost every half hour during the day. The Pfetnises are particularly well drained, and occupy a space about 3,500 yards of land, with an abundant supply of rring and rain 'Water, and Force-pump to the upper cis- Lern. If required by a Purchaser, more Land adjoining be dispo,ed of at a moderate price. A ° r Particulars apply to Mr. W ILL IAM CULSHAW, rchitect, It ofordlace, Liverpool. ut Co be U. ewlN or TWO GENTLEMEN c an be accommodaOted with N Y-Furnished A M PARTENTS and HALF and A.RD, a healn a qui e t F am il y , w h ere th e re are no Children, BoARD with part of the town ; or a YOUTH, to Forte the Fa m ily. T e rms moderate. a dd apply at the Standard-office. ° FURNISHED HOUSE. beLET, that beautifully-situated lIOUSE, on t hon-bill, Cheshire, now occupied by Mrs. Mackrill, Pal n ij; vl( Nristtun, with every article requisite for a small h a tern I mmediate possession may be had, and for such be re — qn 4 i r s e r be agreed on. Satisfactory reference will Aunt • ,-.37 0 .. at me P remises. IN) 1 7------- ' Th e r L ET, in the village of Walton-on-the-Hill, HOUs E e e miles from the Exchange, a good modern . lour and Garden, containing Two Cellars, Two Par - and and lours, Six Bed-rooms, Kitchen, Scullery, Pantry, / 48 h-hous e . nquire,ofOmnibuses pass several times a day. or mi, ~.. DANIeL MoGnEoort, Esq., Walton School, P •'s t;• CLARK'S, Ladies Boarding School, on the re ol ,_ ses, or Co ro _ of Wm. 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Ranelagb-street. ilimaranre o t trrs -------- - N ORTH BRITISH IN SU NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, - COMPANY. N that a GE MEETING of th e PROPRIETORS of NERAL t he NORTH BRITISH INSURANCE COMPANY is to be held, in the Company's Office, No. 64, Prince's-street, on FRIDAY, the 20th day of December current, at Twelve o'clock, Noon, for the purpose (Ist) of CONSIDERING the EXPEDIENCY of an APPLICATION to PAR LIAMENT for an EXTENSION of the COMPANY'S t P OWERS ; and (2d) of DISPOSING of a PROPOSAL h e be su b mitted by the Directors, to the effect of giving PARTICIPATING 'POLICIES a LARGER SH ARE of the SURPLUS or PROFITS than hitherto. -Edinbur g h, 2d JAM De ES 1844. BORTHWICK, Manager. DOUGLAS, WM. DOUGLAS, Secretary, I, Ir_dia-buildings, Liverplol. MARINERS' AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, . 4 . 4 4 11 1 U-R-STREET EAST, LONDON-BRIDGE, Assurances on Lives and SwevivorAkips, Granting -- felerred Annuities. 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ADVANTAGES ON Life Policies, half the premiums may !emainausna paid for Seven Years, and then be continued Permanent loan, if required. Thus a Policy is obtained at half the usual rate, and "nay be dropped, at any time, at halt the usual sacrifice, or continued without fresh certificates, although the health be impaired. LIFE Policies may all be made WHOLE GLOBE ones. To those insuring the lives of others this is often of conse quence. seeing that the person whose life is insured may go out of Europe and cause a forfeiture of the policy. Interest is admitted in all policies on the lives of others. Every MARINER way now, if hr will, derive advantage .front this Institution, either by an Insurance upon his Life; the purchase of an annuity to commence at a pet iod when age or incapacity unfits him for sea ; the Endow ment of Children ; by a Loan ; by depositing spare moneys at int erest ; by means of a fund expressly for destitute or disabled Mariners. The word MARINER • comprehends 2iidi v iduale of every ran k an d gra de, w heth er of the Royal 0 er. Mercantil e N avy, M em b ers o f t h e C oast G uar d , Fish r;,!en, Pilots, o r B oa t men o f G rea t B r it a i n an d I re l an d. ri B ut INSURANCES at this office are not confined , to Ma nerg INDIVIDI) ALS going voyages, or intending to set tle irl or dangerous parts of the globe may insure l ioe8.; RS MILITARY MEN, MEDICAL PRACTI sIici;LkS, aDd CIVILIANS : SO ALL PRRSONS, retiding on T A .' n e ' in England, or an y where in Europe, are eligible. c l nys or IPREeaIuMs for every kind of risk have been o eu ' at ed, and the rates made as low, in each case, astre .Ite'Patible with the particular risk and the pecuniary l ' a r,ty of all varies. de,-u_n Premiums on Policies to cover 17,oyages of every tei',ViPtion and service, in every part of the globe, viz., flZt" Per raission,to go any and every where without for feiture ' Assu l r ower than have ever hitherto been taken. gerioZ antes and Deferred Annuities deserve the take co nsideration of all. How often does death over often n 'en in th e m id st even of hea l t h an d h ope. H ow rents are those most dear to them, wives, children, pa rrospectuses array 1,_, 0 1 other relations, thus deprived of all support. uunon, or be had at the Chief Offices, in of the Agents to the Company. C. F. HAYES and Co. Pemberton-buildings, Fenwick-street, , Liverpool. •••• A }"nxlsten HOTEL.—The walls blazed with rows of coP•Per stew pans, highly burnished; ranging, in nice gradations of size, from comfortable elbow-room for a eak) to boil in, whole, down to the guage you would se • 'ea to do one fritter. Among these hung here and there vessels with implements of a more contorted shape, and apocalyptic meaning —culinary alembics, probably to dis til the finer flavours ; " portentous e ngines and strange gins," applied when deep and obstinate essences are to be tortured forth for princely degustation. They filled me with respect for the chef de cusine- a meagre, th oug h t f ul Ulan ; clad i n p ure w hi te f rom head ' to foot, like to some antique hierarch, surpliced for sacrificial rites. He, with daring hand, had set a-going seventeen simultaneous pans, big doubtless with the fate o f seventeen separate break gfasts. Among them his vigilant eye wandered up and °ll4l —active. y e t serene ; l i k e G oethe ' s planet, " without a ste, without rest." some of the pans were simm er i ng L ,e +aderly ; some f r i zzled i n a louder key ; some rumbled ander cover ; some, lidl ess, b u bbl e d full in view. Each m a d its crisis, and doubtful turning-points—its spe c i a l ai llti ngencies of f a il ure an d success. Yet all these com ated issues his clear mind kept apart, and severally ave r ! ti o ( iked. I noted with delight the nice discrimina- Nt n s af his artistic torches—so fine, and yet so decisive. Anot her °'m h e r s Ike let fall one single drop from the cruet. tre trirecl with a spoon ; frowned, and cast in 1 ` kgoil a sorts of spice. One little one he tasted, and, with gently laid ba c k the lid, one Alagning, AMERICAN ADVERTISEMENT. ftFOREIGN and DOMESTIC COMMISSION and SHIPPING HOUSE, well established, in the City of New York. United Stats, having an extensive corre spondence in every part of the Union, wish to increase their connexions in Great Britain, for the Sale of its Manufactures, for the Purchase and Sale of Stocks, the Negotiation and Settlement of Accounts, and the Ship ment of Produce, of which the Advertisers can influence large *quantities, as well as Orders for the Purchase and Forwarding of Gonds. References will be made to the first Banking Houses in London for whom the Advertisers are now acting. Address, Box 555, Branch Postoffice, New York City, U.S. MODEST.—A gentleman advertises in a New York pa per for board in a quiet, genteel family, where there are two or three beautiful and accomplished young ladies, and where his society " will be deemed a sufficiency for board, lodging, washing, and other etceteras." Four of the largest locomotives ever constructed are about to be built for the Sheffield and Manchester Rail way. The cylinders are to be eighteen inches, the stroke two feet, the wheels, six of them, four and a quarter feet diameter, and all six coupled. The weight of the engine alone, when loaded with fuel and water, is twenty-four tons. It is calculated that on a level they will draw sepa rately from 1,000 to 2,000 tons. A " FAIR" Putt.—l remember (says Lord Eldon) I was coming away from the Quen's drawing-room in my full dress as King's Counsel (Lord Clarendon, then Mr. Villiers, was with me), and we came into t he room where the milliners were collected to see the fashions. 'Said I, " Why, Villiers, think that all the prettiest women are here." One of the girls, and a most amazingly beautiful creature she was, stood up, and said to another, " I am sure that gentleman is a " Judge.' " A TOWN WITHOUT A BRICKLAYER OR A TAILOR.-- It is somewhat -singular that the " occupation abstract" assigns neither bricklayers nor tailors to Burnley. The former are, certainly, not much wanted in a town built of stone ; but the absence of the latter it is more difficult to account for. It is the custom of large numbers of men of this trade to remain only a few weeks in a town, and then move on in search of employ.—Chavlaires „Report on the House of Correction. CRISIS OF THE AFFGHAN TRAGEDY.—Tbe next scene was one of murder and treachery ; of fanatical'trust and neglect ; and many felt, but spoke not the forebodings that arose within them. But there were some whose case was harder than the rest, for they had wives and-children in the city, and these knew what might be their fate; yet the husband went out daily to battle, and returned as oft, wondering that another day's strife had left him alive. He looked upon his wife, whom to-morrow he might leave without a protector; and as he twined his fingers among her disordered hair, alid told who lived and who had fallen that day, the little boy at her knee, finding somewhat of pleasure even in that hour, lifted from the ground his fa ther's clattering-scabbard, and the blade fell out. " Pah ! return it, boy-:" it ran with gore,—there were human brains upon it. ;Lucky was he who fell in any of these va lorous charges; many of those who did not were after wards picked off, unable to defend themselves, by a skulking marksman. The force was ordered forth to the sacrifice remained, so it °be! ed. The gate of Cabool closed immediately behind, the passes lay before, and two feet of snow upon the Huft-Kotul. The well-knit sepoy, soon becoming unable to grasp his musket, abandoned it; kept on a little longer, and then gave his throat to be cut, in accordance with his notions of predestination. The camp-follower threw from his tattoo the boxes of supplies and stock in trade, and trusted to the animal for his own life. That night the army occupied the side of the Huft- Kotul; groups crouched in the snow, and grateful for darkness, for that was even a safeguard ; but the keen blast of the mountain aided the foe, and many fell asleep who ne'er woke again. No tents were pitched; lying in heaps upon the ground, the owners slept beneath them. Day by day, and -hour by hour, the miseries of all accu mulated; it was pitiable. The army was melting away like the snows of the Huft-Kotul in summer; the daugh ters of a white race were surrendered, and the remnant ushed on to fulfil its fate. Tazee n ! Koord ' Ca b o o l !! J ug d u llock's barrier!! ! and Gundamuck's hill, clad with corpses !!! ! But many fell worthily at these. Was not he a gallant soldier who, 'mid a heap of Moslem slain, and when a bullet aimed by one (himself in safety) passed through his neck, could still take three Affghan lives ? That was near the last. They fell with uplifted swords. The tragedy was constimmated:—Asi tic Journal. ADVANCING CIVILIZATION, AND COMPARATIVELY !TNADEQUATE ELEVATION OF NATIONAL TASTE AND ,PURSUITS.—We are perpetually speaking of the march o' intellect, the vast spread of intelligence, the advancing civilization of the world.; and in some respects our boasts are well founded. Certainly, in one particular, society has made a mighty step in advance. The abolition of domestic slavery has emancipated the millions who for merly toiled in bondage.; !the art of printing has multiplied an hundredfold the reading and thinking world. Our op portunities, therefore, have been prodigiously enlarged ; our-means of elevation are tenfold what they were in an cient times. But has our elevation itself kept pace with , these enlarged means ? Has the increased direction of the popular mind to lofty and spiritual objects, the more, complete subjugation of sense, the enlarged perception of the useful and the beautiful, been in pronortion to the ex tended,facilities given to the great body of the people? Alas ! the fact is just the reverse. Balbec was a mere s!ation in the desert, without territory, harbour, or sub jects—maintained solely by the commerce of the East with Europe which flowed through its walls. Yet Balbec raised, in less than a century, a more glorious pile of structures devoted to religious and lofty objects, than London, Paris, and St. Petersburg.united can now boast. The Decapolis was a small and remote district of Pales tine, not larger in proportion to the Roman than Moray shire is in proportion to the British ,empire ; yet it con tained, as its name indicates, and as the remains still attest, ten cities, the least considerable of which, Gebora, contains, as Buckingham tells us in his "Travels beyond ,t he Jordan," the ruins of more sumptuous edifices than any city in the Eritish islands, London : itself not excepted, can now boast. It was the same all overthe East, and in all the southern provinces of the Roman empire. Whence has arisen this astonishing disproportion between the great things done by the citizens in ancient and in modern times, when in the latter the means of enlargedcultivation have been so immeasurably extended ? It is in vain to say, it is because we have more social and domestic hap piness, and our wealth is devoted to these objects, not external embellishment. Social and domestic happiness are in the direct, not in the inverse ratio of general re finement and the spread of intellectual intelligence. The domestic duties are better nourished in the temple than in the ginshop : the admirers of sculpture will make better fathers and husbands than the lovers of whisky. Is-it that we want funds for such undertakings ? Why, London is richer than ever Rome was; the commerce of the world, not of the eastern caravans, flows through its bosom. The sums annually squandered in Manchester and Glas gow on intoxicating liquors, would soon make them rival the eternal structures of Tadmor and Palmyra. Is it that the great bulk of our people are unavoidably chained by their character and climate to gross and degrading enjoy ments ? Is it that the spreading of knowledge, intelli gence, and free institutions, only confirms the sway of sensual gratification, and that a pure and spiritual religion tends only to strengthen the fetters of passion and selfish ness ? Is it that the inherent depravity of the human heart appears the more clearly as man is emancipated from the fetters of authority ? Must we go back to early ages for noble and elevated motives of action : is the spread of freedom but another word for the extension of brutality ? God forbid that so melancholy a doctrine should have a iy foundation in human nature ! We mention the facts, and leave it to future ages to discover their solution : content ing ourselves with pointing out to our self-applauding countrymen how much they have to do before they attain a the level of their rovellysenntaegebs,asobrplutostiwfey4 tuhpecibogi.lels blessings which Algcfr l o94'l? .Magazine. CHURCH MISSIONARARY SOCIETY. A public meeting of the members and friends of the Liverpool Auxiliary to the Church Missionary Society was held last night, at half-past six o'clock, in the Music Hall, Bold-street, for the purpose of receiving informa tion concerning the operations of the society in several of the British dependencies abroad. There was a crowded attendance : upon the platform, besides other friends of the society, we noticed the Rev. Messrs. W. W. Ew bank, Thomas Nolan, Henry Carpenter, B. A. Mar shall, W. R. Hunt, C. W. Lawrence, H. Hampton, Hugh M'Neile, R. Davies, &c. &c.; Messrs. T. B. Horsfall, A. Hodgson, John Howard, W. Rowett, Tho mas Forsyth, Charles Coteswortb, P. 0. Cooper, R. A. Payne, George Jones, George Groom, William Maples, Lord Bangor, &c. &c. The chair was taken by Mr. ADAM HODGSON, who (after prayer had been offered by the Rev. H. Carpenter) said be regarded the numerous attendance at this meeting as an evidence of the interest felt in the cause. It was with a view of deepening this interest, and of keeping alive our sympathy for the great object of Christian mis sions, that it had been deemed expedient not to limit these meetings to the anniversary meetings, but to have occasional supplementary meetings at which to give testi mony with regard to the different branches of missionary labour. It had been the particular desire of the com mittee that the proceedings should not be protracted to any great length, and accordingly they would be confiued to two addresses, in relation to two different missions, and he had no doubt the observations upon them would be found to interest the meeting. The Rev. W. W. EWBANK then came forward, amidst much applause. The Chairman, he said, had well ob served that the object of these supplementary meetings was to deepen our interest in the sacred cause of missions, not only in the common way of meetings, but especially by attempting to impress more particularly upon our minds the geography of missions, in order that by direct ing attention to one or two special portions of the world, where it had pleased God to bless our missionary exertions, our minds might be able to rest more definitely upon those portions of the missionary subject, Our blessed Saviour himself, in his own history, gave us a specimen of this feeling; his heart was always deeply engaged for men ; it was to save men that he came down from heaven; and yet we found that upon special occasions his sympathy was particularly called forth. For instance, it was when he saw Jerusalem, and had that city extended before him, that he wept for its coming destruction ; it was when he actually stood upon the, grave of Lazarus that he_wept for the loss of his friend and it was just upon this principle that the committee were anxious to impress the public mind, if possible, with some particular portions of mis sionary enterprise. The subject assigned to him was an exceedingly large one ; and he might just say in the com mencement, that it would be utterly impossible for him to mention even the various stations which it had pleased God to plant for the dissemination of the Gospel in Northern India: but he would simply attempt to do his best, in order to give some general view of what had been done in that important portion of the world. We could scarcely mention India without having our imagination excited by the remembrance of its past history. We re membered that that ancient history was c unected with the name of one of the greatest conquerors in the world, Alexander the Great, who, just before he reached the Ganges, was obliged, by the rebellion of his soldiers, to return into Europe. Long after that time, we found that Ghengis Khan overrun a great portion of the country ; and after that • the Mahomedans, under Mahomet the First, issued from the mountain fortress of Gbuznee— the name of which had now become well known to us— and occupied almost the whole of Northern India, fixing their capital at Delhi, which was now, though not exactly a missionary station, included in one of the principal missionary stations of the Church Missionary Society. To come down to more recent times, and more interest ing for the especial purpose in view, it was not till the year 1599 that a small company of British merchants asked and obtained permission from Elizabeth, the Queen of England, to undertake a trade in India. A royal charter was obtained, and this was the beginning of that East India Company which now ruled over nearly two hundred mil lions of British subjects in India. The first proceeding of this Company was to build a factory near a very cele brated idol temple, called " Caligoot," the meaning of which Ilindostanee term was " the landing place of one of the principal divinities of Hindostaa." Its modern ized name was Calcutta. He must of course pass over all the exertions of other societies, and other c'asees of christians to evangelize Northern India ; very little, how ever, had been done by any body of christians till the year 1812, in which year he first found a notice of the claims of India in the reports of the Church Missionary Society. There was then given a lengthened consideration of its claims ; and it was said " At a time when the mer chants of England are pressing forward to obtain 'the ad vantages of trade, surely the servants of Christ ought not to be behind them in asking for an entrance for the gospel into that benighted region, where there are hun dredS of millions of idolators living without hope and without God in the world." The first step which was taken following that, was in the latter part of 1813, when a requisition was sent to the Rev. Josiah Pratt, then se cretary to the Church Missionary Society (who died very lately), tucall a meeting of the society. Mr. Wilbetecterce was in the cnair, and it was agreed to send a deputation to his Itlajesty's ministers. This deputation was alto gether unsuccessful, his Majesty's ministers bad deter mined, at that time, to create en ecclesiastical establish ment for India; it was determined that one bishop and two archdeacons should be sent out, and they positively, at the time, refused to give leave to any missionary to proceed to India except under the permission of the di rectors of the East India Company. But in consequence of the excitement which was produced —a religious and proper excitement—by this refusal, a petition was after wards addressed to the houses of parliament, and a reso lution was passed by the Eletue of Commons with consi derable difficulty, which be would read, as it formed the foundation of the proceedings of the Church Missionary Society in Northern India :—" It is the opinion of this committee that it is the duty of this country to promote the interests and hainessotuhgehtßrtiotibshe dominions in India, and , that such re pp of the natives easu o s f adoetsd as may rend to the-introduction among themuf use ful knowledge, and their religious a n d moral improvement ; f u rtherance of that object, every facilitseshom 'd be afforded by law to persons desirous of going out and and, in the sending-to India for the purpose of accomplishing those benevolent designs."—This resolution, simple and natu ral though it appeared, was passed with very considerable difficulty.; it was passed by a very small majority, and it was stated by Lord Aliltown, who supported the resolution, that "it was quite a sufficient proof of the necessity of missionaries going to India, to hear the sentiments which were uttered in parliament by no minal Christians who had „just returned from India." The resolution, however, was passed ; and this wee the foundation of the Church Missionary Society's future proceedings. The first station they had in India was at Calcutta. They had there, for two or three years, a corresponding committee, the object of which was to look out for opportunities of usefulness throughout.the whole of northern India. But let him fora short time en gage attention with the difficulties which the missionaries expected toencounter when theyentered upon their arduous work. First, there were the immense numbers in northern India, it being calculated that in the whole of that pen insula there were now about 150 millions of idolators, including the Mahometans, who might be computed at one-tenth. Then there was the religious system of the , Hindoos—which the reverend gentleman explained in a popular manner—the consequence of which upon the minds of the inhabitants was that they had not the slightest knowledge of the difference between right and wrong ; their consciences wen!, in feet, completely asleep, and one of the greatest difficulties which the missionary experienced was to awaken their consciences. How indeed could we expect it to be otherwise, when we found that their gods were continually represented t) them as bait g guilty of the grossest crimes, and the most dis gusting immoralities ? Then look at their religious books. These books were of incalculable size; and it was computed that it would be utterly impossible :for any man to read them through in the whole course of his life. They were divided by Oriental scholars into 18 divisions ; and thought a portion of them seemed to be de rived from ancient philosophy, and contained many beau tiful descriptions of abstract virtue, we found them filled as we might suppose them to be filled, witch the moat dis gustilg narrations of their Gods. It was to attack such a mass of idolatry and wickedness that the friends of the gospel and of the Church Missionary Society went forth, by the strength of God-; and he would now attempt to show what had been the general result of, aud what had been the mode of proceeding by, the Church Missionary Society in India. They had built chapels and churches in all the places they had been enabled to occupy. Those chapels and churches were of the simplest formation ; but the missionaries went forth and preached daring the idol feasts, in the large fake, and in places of conti nued resort. One of the moat useful modes in which they disseminated the gospel was by itinerating ex peditions on clephants (some of which were described) and on these occasions it was surprising how anxious the lower orders of the people were to have copies of the word of God. Here the rev. gentlesnan narrated an anec dote of a Sirdar, who actually seized a missionary, and retained him in a strong grasp until he gave him a copy of the new testament. There was, he added, a remarkable story of a fakir, one of the order of individuals who think they will obtain holiness by practising certain ascetical absurdities. This person had been for seven or eight years perambulating the whole of India in order to get rid of his sins; and at the end of the last year of his perambulations he met, accidentally, or rather provi dentially, with a Christian native. This native told him in the simplest manner that all his observances would be of no use, but that if be would believe on the Lord Jesus Christ he would find rest to his soul. The word of God found entrance into his heart ; he at once determined to embrace the religion of Christ ; and it was repotted as having been a most affecting sight to see him strip himself of his fakir dress—first the ring that was bound round bis neck, and then the large iron chain that was fastened round his waist. Mr. Ewbank then described the positions of the various stations of the Church Missionary Society in Northern India at the pre sent time ; following the course of that famous river, the river Ganges, which had its source in the north-western part of India, in the Himinalayan Mountains, the course of which was from north-west to south-east. Beginning at Calcutta, which was situated upon the river Hoogley, an arm of the Ganges, there were five stations, three mis sionaries, and twenty-five teachers. At Burdwan, to the north-west of Calcutta, there were two stations, two missionaries, and fourteen teachers. The mission he r e was founded by Lieutenant Stewart. Following the opus of the Hoog)e,Y) 4471 d yrogteding tofs'enlA the EZlanteD. WANTED, in a Gentleman's Family, an active IRISH WOMAN, as HOUSEMAID, and to assist with Children. She must have a twelve months' character from her last place. Apply at the Standard-office. CLERK WANTED. WANTED, in an Attorney's Office, a YOUTH, be tween fourteen and sixteen years old, who can write a good hand, and has been accustomed to a Solici tor's Office; a small progressive salary will be givers. Apply A. 8., Standard-Office. AGENTLEMAN of respectable connections, and well conversant with most of the leading Articles of Im port (particularly East India produce), is desirous to connect himself with some first-rate House, as an AS SISTANT or PARTNER, where his knowledge and connections might be valuable. Apply to D. D., Standard-office. 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The next prin cipal station was upon the banks of the Ganges itself, in the city of Benares, which had been well called the Athens of Hindostan, in the immediate neighbourhood of which there were three stations, Manpore, Baxar, and Chunar, giving four stations, four missionaries, and twenty-seven teachers. Proceeding north-west, and leav ing the banks of the Ganges, we came to Agra, in the kingdom of Oude, where there was one station, four missionaries, and eight teachers. Then returning to the Ganges, we find another station called Meerat, which contained one station, no missionaries at present, and three teachers. We had now almost arrived at the north of the Ganges. and one of the last and most interesting proceedings of the society had been the foundation of another mission in the Hemimalagan mountains at Simla, concerning which he gave several attractive details. He had thus attempted to give only a sketch of the pro ceedings of the society in northern India ; but after all what had the society, or rather what had we done ? How many llindoos did we think were allotted to the exertions of a single missionary ? Why, if we calculated the popu lation of northern India at forty millions (which was less than the reality) there would be only one missionary, counting all the various sects, to about one million of idolaters ! How could we expect the religion of Christ to make much progress when we did so little to assist its progress? And yet how much had been done ! Rather than be disappointed because more had not been done, we ought to wonder that so much had been effected. We ought to look upon northern India as a most decided proof that it is not by might or by power, but by the spirit of the Lord of Hosts that the gospel had already produced such effects, and that idolatry was actually wailing before the son of righteousness ; when we considered the times which were coming, and looked to what India might become, speaking of the improvements which were continually go ing on in science, in the course of a few years,—when we remembered that from Calcutta it took not many days to proceed to China—when we look at the advantages of com munication India must shortly possess, and recol lected that our last act had been to occupy a station in Gimla, which was the highway to the plains of Tartary, and the whole interior of that great empire, —what might we not expect in the providence of God in the course of a very few years. The most judicious mis sionaries—and he had conversed with one who was not inclined to take the highest view of affairs, thought, as they thought, that not many years would elapse before idolatry would be actually overthrown in India. Therefore if God would bless us in our exertions for a fear years longer, we might expect to see a wonderful change in that country. There was a remarkable tree in India. called the banyan fig-tree. The characteristic of this tree, said Mr. Enlsnk, is, that while the motherroot remains in the earth, the tree is continually extendin g branches which again drop their brunches to the ground, and they take root, so that the tree at last covers an im mense tract of country. This tree has been in some re spects well compared to the proceedings of the Church Missionary Society; but there is one point in which it will be deficient. It is, I believe, a fact, that while the young branches are taking root in the ground, decay at last stip upon the mother of a 1 this progeny. I trust that ellti will never be the case here—(hear, hear, and cheers);—that while influenced by the love of God, and while anxious to send forth the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the most distant regions, the Church of Eng land will exert herself still more, and with increased energy year by year—that she herself shall by the blessings of God propagate her evangelical truth; and tbat while she is reaping the harvest of thankfulness from the re ports of distant missionaries, she shall find among her own members an increasing knowledge of the religion of Jesus Christ, and that God's blessing shall be more widely spread upon all the members within her own pale. (Loud cheers.) The Rev. THOMAS NOLAN, whose rising was greeted with very great applause, addressed the meeting as fol lows : —As theopening observations of rny friend and brother who has preceded me have obviated the necessity, so like wise the wholesome regulation, according to whica we must close this meeting by nine o'clock, precludes the possibility of prefatory observations; therefore, without any further delay, I proceed at once, Mr. Chairman, to say, what is equally well known to most of those assembled as to myself, that the name of New Zealand belongs to two islands in the great S. Pacific ocean, lying between 34 and 48 degrees of south latitude, and 160 to 180 de grees of longitude east from London, about six or eight days' sail east from New Holland, and thus lying at the very opposi e extremity of the globe, the very Antipodes of England. And here, is there not matter of humble and devout thankfulness to our gracious God, that an assembly of Englishmen is met together to listen wilh deep interest to the spiritual condition of that remote region, that, during this dispensation, England seems raised up, and kept up, to be for salvation unto the ends of the earth : is there not something in this reflection calculated to prompt from every English heart the tender earnest prayer for England's Church and E ngland's self, " Destroy her not, for a blessing is in her." There is reason for supposing that New Zealand may have been visited by Juan Fernandez, in the year 1576; but we are certain that it was so by Abel Jansen Tasman, the enter prising Dutch navigator, in 1642, and the character of the reception he experienced at the hands of the natives may be inferred from the Dame lie gave to the only place he New " Zealand From F rom t a i t l t e e t m im pt e ed of to Ta pru sa t ia in n — no " a l u 'h t e he ß nt a i y e a o c f co N u l n u t rd o e f r N er e s meets us till 1769, when our own celebra ed countryman, Captain Cook, came in sight of it on the 6th of Octobe;e 11 is first experience of the disposition of the natives to wards foreigners was any thing but prepossessing; and the communications of the natives with him subsequently, in 1774 and 1777, left the conviction on his mind, that previously to his first visit, an European ship must have put in to New Zealand; and, as nothing was ever heard of her afterwards, that she must have been destrored, with all her crew, by the savage islanders. This is confirmed by the evidence detailed in Captain Cruise's journal. About this time also a French vessel, the St. Jean .Baptiste, under the command of M. de Sur ville, came in sight of the same part of New Zealand as that visited by Cook. The accounts preserved in the narrative of Abbe Rochon of de Surville's voyage, and that of hisfountryman, Marion du Fresne, of the Mas carin, who sent a boat ashore near the Bay of Islands on the 3rd of May, 1771, afford a sad picture alike of the disposition of the natives, as of the character of the treat ment they met for the most part at that time, and for years after it, at the hands of the Europeans that visited them. Du Fresne, after living upon terms of the utmost confidence, and interchanging acts of the utmost kind ness with the natives for a space of five weeks, was, with a boat's crew of sixteen, including four superior officers, suddenly set upon, barbarously murdered, and their bodies devoured, after being brutally mangled, by the infuriate savages. This led, of course, to a sad and severe repri sal : whole villages were burnt, and the musquetry of the enraged marines dealt ample vengeance for the bluod of their butchered countrymen. Apologists and exagge rators will be found, as might be expected, on both sides of the question ; some imputing the blame of these un happy deeds to the cruelty and injustice practised by Europeans towards the natives ; others, again, ascribing it all, to the ferocity and bloodthirstiness of the natives themselves : happily, however, we are not requited to decide the point on either side; ours is to come to the chronicle of more pleasing events ; but it was necessary that these facts should be stated, in order that a proper estimate might be formed of the difficulties by which we were surrounded. It will at once be felt and admitted how far the blessing of God bath been with us, in ena bling us to surmount them, when it is known that the Scene of the tragedy just referred to, and called in conse quence by Crozet (du Fresne's first officer, in whose nar rative the account is given), " the Bay of Treachery," ts s eone n die o etdy other than the " Bay of Islands" of the Chur c h s i n s Missionary sir e Av y em Society, tr tyiNhs ' a ` ef ton not N wrt t:euhuaytinct account Zealand.i mercy eutuhrncset,y meets aeneiniL,e tenth o ihsi r feo d ruer , saptp b oolpi u rfyet t ntt t ohdr o fuei xt t tii h ihnt, y oe: operations settlement that report there is given an important letter from the Rev. Samuel Marsden, principal chaplain of New South Wales, a name that must for ever remain gloriously associated with the first efforts to erect the banner of the cross above the wastes of heathenism, and to pour in the light of the gospel upon the darkness of New Zealand. This devoted servant of Christ was returning to Port Jackson in the summer of 1809, and took along with him William Hall and John King, the first christian settlers bound fur New Zealand. It so happened that on board the same ship was also a young New Zealander, Duaterra, related to some of the most influential chiefs, between whom and the chaplain, and settlers, a close intimacy was contracted, the result of which was fou d afterwards greatly to promote the in. terests of the settlement. All seemed to promise well for the immediate and successful commencement of the work of God. The letter of instructions from the Rev. Josiah Pratt, in the name of the Committee of the Church Mis sionary Society, abounds with exhortations to holy con versation such as becometh the gospel—to discreet and cautious intercouse with the natives—animating them to prudent zeal in the great work they had undertaken—and sustaining them with the power and sympathy of fervent prayer, to be strong and of good courage in the Lord and in the power of his might. From Duaterra, Mr. Mars den received information, regarding the habits, prejudices, traditions, and gods of his countrymen, of the utmost im portance, the previous knowledge of which was indispen sible to their conversion and civilization. Nevertheless it was not allowed that the work should commence so soon. At this period the melancholy affair of the ship Boyd took place at Wangaroa ; the crew was treacherously murdered with the exception of eight persons, and the ship herself burned by the infuriated natives, in revenge for the cruel ties practised during the voyage from Port Jackson, by Captain Thompson, on the son of a New Zealand chief, who was working his passage borne from New South Wales. This sad event, joined to other causes, and the difficulties that are always in the way of every great or good undertaking, caused nearly five years to elapse be.. fore the attempt could be made with any prospect of suc cess of settling permanently in the country ; and so it was not till March, 1814, that the missionaries of this society, the most effectual pioneers of civiliza tion, sailed from Port Jackson, in the ship Active, purchased by Mr. Marsden for the purposes of the missionary settlement. Duaterra, the young r hirf, had previously returned to his own country from New South Wales, and to him Mr. Marsden, whose , name was even then familiar and beloved in New Zealand, gave letters to the missionaries, as also to another chief, by whom they were kindly received. The first attempt was to teach the natives the value of the Christian sab• bath : accordingly, while the " Active" remained in the Bay of Wands, divine service was duly performed on her drck, and by degrees several of the chiefs were brou g ht to attend it t and in fine some of them returned in tht ship to Port Jackson, to obtain further information as to the habits and skill of our countrymen, with which already they bad become ao favourably impressed, This visit was one of trial, and so far under God it was abundantly successful. I dwell with perhaps tedious minuteness upon the early history of this important mission, even though by doing so I must be compelled to pass with great 1 rapidity over succeeding years until we come to the actual state of things now existing in New Zealand. The effect of this visit was to encourage the settlers to banish their fears, and to make them thenceforth eager to be settled, and to commence vigorously their first work. Mr. Mars den, with the sanction of Governor Macquarrie, to whose kind and judicious co-operation he was all along much indebted, sailed with the Messrs. Kendall, Hall and King, in November of the same year, for the purpose of aiding in their final settlement in the place of their destination. The account in his journal of this voyage, and his first visit to the land for which he had so long been anxious, and which occupied so large a place in his heart and prayers, is deeply interesting, especially of his first sab bheatphresaecrimleodnt.3 th T em he fr d o a m y w the as 2 a n l d so ci C m h p r t i e s t t . m of as s d t. a L y, uk a e n , d a Gospel, " Behold, I bring you glad tidings of great joy." Through the happy authority of his friend Duaterra, there in telligent congregation a numerous and orderly, though not yet very congregation : but the chief informed them what be had been - saying was very good: that he (the chief) would explain it to them by and bye, and that they should soon be able to understand it for themselves. " In this man ne e w Zealand, proceeds ) a ndl has the fe r v entls: Gospel pray been that intro duced t the r - glory of it may never depart from its inhabitants till time h u a rc l d b e no more." Before Mr. Marsden returned to Marsden (Mr. into New South Wales he completed the legal purchase of d sl e about 200 acres of land near to the adjoining town of R and Europeans, th eincluding infant comprising wom n in alland children. Their first care was wisely directed to the es tablishment of schools for children and adults ; mean while there was a growing respect and confidence on the twenty-five part of the natives towards the new settlers. The value of their improvements, their skill as missionaries and hill bandmen was duly appreciated, and, more than all, their disinterested care and attention to the children. their schools rapidly gained on the affections of this people, so long regarded with hopeless dismay. The chief hindrance now experienced to the progress of the work, and the chief atrocities by which the island was disgraced, were on the part of the European ships' crews towards such natives as happened to be in their power. The accounts of them are shocking, and enough to make a Christian's heart bleed at the thought of the frauds and cruelties practised upon benighted heathens by persons bearing the aspect of men, and calling themselves by the name of Christian. In 1819 Mr. Marsden made his second visit to New Zealand, along with Mr. Butler and his associates. He succeeded now also in making a second settlement, having pur chased from a leading chief, Shunghee, 13,000 acres, for 48 axes, situate near the fortified native town of Kiddekeddee. This settlement of the society has been named Gloucester. Very soon ground was measured for church and schools, and as Mr. Butler writes to the zooiety, " many parents have been with me seeking admission for their children to the school before a plank is prepared for its erection ; the cry for missiona ries was great, and the anxiety to receive them throughout the entire of that district. But it was hardly to be ex pected that such a work could continue very long, or pro ceed very far, without experiencing hindrances and inter ruptions. Toe disposition of the Chief Shunghee, acting upon the warlike character of his misguided followers, proved a serious impediment from time to time, and exhi bited itself under different forms, to the success of the set tlers. The great desire of the natives was to become pos sessed of fire arms and gunpowder: these the missiona ries refused to supply : hence proceeded estrangement and annoyance, under the plea of retaliation, for a native New Zealander never forgave or forgot an injury, real or imagi nary. In this state of things the indefatigable Mr. Mars den made his fourth visit to that country, in 1823, accom painied by the Rev. M. 'Williams, who ultimately esta blished a third missionary settlement at Pybea, a very fa vourable situation in every respect, lying about 16 miles to the south of the Bay of Islands. Although we are ready to believe that all hindrances and 'difficulties have been and shall ultimately be overruled to the furtherance of the gospel, yet we cannot but lament, when the hin drances arise from the infirmities or even the unfaithful ness of the labourers in the cause, who ought to be en samples as well as teachers : from this hindrance also the work in New Zealand was not exempt; but still the Lord left not himself without a witness. Although the progress for a time was slow, and though little or no fruit appear ed, yet the work was advancing, the moral soil was gra dually being broken up, and prepared for the reception of the good seed, that ere very long was destined to take root, and bring forth some thirty, some sixty, some an hundred fold. The reports about this period ot' the New Zealand mission acknowledge the kind and Christian co-operation of the Wesleyan missionaries settled at Whangaroa. The whole course of the mission at this period, and for years subse quent, was such as to demand the exercise of imi licit trust in the goodness of their God, and the blessedness of their work : they walked by faith, indeed, for little was as yet vouchsafed to them over which sight could rejoice. It is not simply that the number of their converts was not as numerous as ardent minds might have looked for, nor yet the backsliding of some who had made profession of the Gospel ; but they were actually in peril of their lives and property, and actually harassed sometimes with ap prehensions that they should be compelled to abandon their mighty undertaking altogether. When in 1826 the commotions in the northern part of the island were so great, owing to the wars and deadly feuds of Shunghee with some of the neighbouring chiefs, that the Wesleyan settlement. at Whangaroa, was completely destroyed, they had little other expectations but that the savage tribes, in the transport of victory, would descend upon our settle ment also at Kiddee Kiddee. Nevertheless, several from the Church Missionary settlement, accompanied by a band of friendly natives, went to the aid of the Wesleyan brethren; and in reference to that sad event, the Wes leyan missionary notices for that month contain the fol lowing announcement :—" By divine goodness, our brethren and their companions have been preserved from personal injury, and brought safely under the protection of their kind and hospitable friends of the Church Mis sionary Establishment." But it is most true that no dis pensation so dark bath ever been allotted to any child or work of God out of which light may not be found to arise at last. An instance of God's overruling Providence and care for his people was discovered in thisalso : fifteen months after it was felt and acknowledged how the hand of the Lord unseen was guiding and controlling so that all things were working for good to them that love God and put their trust in his promise—" Fear not, I am with you, be not dismayed I am thy God."- Shanghee, the powerful chief of all the district in which Kiddee Kiddee (afterwards Keri Keri) was situate, though he never embraced or professed the gospel, yet tacitly countenanced the missions, principally for the sake of the civilization that he observed to follow in their train : he was dangerously wounded just before the sacking of the Wesleyan settlement, at Whangaroa, his death was hourly expected, the tidings of which, they knew would be the signal for a general uprising of the natives against them • but this was mercifully delayed for a space of fifteen months, during which period the excitement was allayed, the missionaries were more firmly established, and their influence so far prevailed that even the barba rous sacrifice of slaves, usual on the death of a great chief, was now for the first time in such a case dispensed with. About this time also another incident took place which is worth relating, as illustrating the habits of the country and pa ss i t o h t e benign i s of ft i h g effect en human of h h e t ar e gospel t .A chief n subduing aftteß a h Bay tofesay alslandsge etealwashone chief and in shot fhdi ),uahoser i nh n :nlo a ,aliu n nisatsd e ni ot n chna c eera o a u a,is n ientt t shag e iv, r n,steh w orienen i t icu l e i nunarod t tr h feei v e rdtehta t ibe, r l e i yn b cod : s of some rival ds b v, u o, t afs b bt l he O ie o ni d gr ofth themselves, v o e d s y , and desolating war; but it pleased the Lord otherwise; Rev. H. Williams, with Messrs. Kemp, Clarke, and Davis, accompanied them on an embas s age of peace. The account is touchingly interesting ; the negotiations were opened on a Saturday, and, at the solicitation of the mis sionaries, could not be concluded until Monday. The sacred Sabbath was spent by the men of God in preach ing to natives on both sides the blessings of the Gos pel; they had a congregation of five hundred ; they prayed with them, and contrasted with their own bloody habits, the glorious triumphs of the Prince of peace. In this way, one of them writes, " We spent our Sabbath in the midst of an army of savages without the least fear or apprehension." On the next day the white flag of peace was hoisted. Peace was solemnly ratified on both sides, and much carnage and bloodshed thus mercifully obviated, under God's blessing, by the happy brethren n iuro t ecn e itl r sb v .rs e nec n noe t tn i b o ehes n oe,l o nda f i nna n dgn i tmb f : a ae i ti t er ! i dul f ei u vai s a dm n der d eeaasnr i es n ru t asvn r e e td p ot .i i l d tehs s eeT e rn, r h v h a aby n vu t etm s . osotuivrl A el dd m eat id o pre served ab a l 7gnu2atdimt,hiterewnoui with nnt : hi:ou o :v otba g :es s s a t :Gna t i onn h ow,g e l savagen9tg2h approachingferoei rrmtsahhleei nas v.t tribes ea r when like n bearingDaniel ti. e they h e shoulda g m o o o d n g eo t m he e, e o s mTile with ed waon t traidiehtrilmieeoleeiafan.rdsglGgoe4,lsotyan followed exami nation were e r; a e a n ( k P di a n cwdhl whenever a e )nue.i ev n lecr De th ee e m m b i e s r s , io t n s a 3 r l i , es th weerree were e b t s r ty a a i tt is ho l en a translated into d ta i hnbaett inhabitants; the native language , and eagerly ought after to make a tour through the villages adjoining their respective while they examined. The years 1832 and 1833 ar remarkable for the sending out a consular agent, Mr. James Busby, who took up his abode o n th e northern part of the island. The trade in timber and flax bad increased sufficiently to demand superin tendence ; and the further object of his mission (to the shame of professing Christians to it spoken) was, to prevent the out rages and wrongs hitherto perpetrated by the British subjects to a frightful extent. How different this, the, establishment of an agent, from the state of things fifteen years before, when the settlers went to explore, and examine, and feel their way. Truly might they say, "The Lord bath done great things for us, whereof we are glad." From this time the work went on rapidly increasing. The next year four new stations were formed south of the Bay of Islands, and more missionaries were stationed among the people. By the help of a printing press, and of copes printed in England. and a magnificent do nation of the New Testament, in the native language, from the British and Foreign Bible Society, the missionaries were able, to some extent, to satis'y the growing desire of th e nat i ves to , become possessed of a copy of the word of life. Many of the natives were now able to read, and rejoiced in teaching their fellows ; and so it happened that frequently some of our mis sionaries, on visiting, for the first time, a remote tribe or dis trict, found many of them able to read, and only anxious to he supplied with a copy of the word of God, " so mightily grew the word of God, and prevailed." Each station now became, more and more, the centre of an influence that was felt upon the surrounding districts, when congregations used to assemble of from 200 to 400; the congregation regularly assembling at Kaitaia at this period was estimated at 600. The Christian sees here encouragement not to despise the day of small things: though the blessing tarry. wait for it; it w.ll come, and not tarry. Though time presses, and much remains still unsaid, I cannot pass without notice the death of the Rev. Samuel Marsden, so often mentionedas the wise and zealous friend of New Zealand, and the father and originator of the mission that now began to bear much fruit to the glory of God. He had deeply at heart the Iris regret, last visit s x . i i t n cannot sv3r spread of his master's kingdom in the i s l an d s o f the Pacific ; for a period of forty-five years he held th e ar d uous pos i tion of chaplain of New South Wales ; and, d ur i ng t h e last twenty-five fi o g ve f ne ttlithem,gentleman as hed during re watchedianagstot,some te wi th period; extract,p a r thn the oarl accounttenderness whi ch, o we s i and a v y e e e 6 the spiritual destinies of New Zeal an d . H e v i s i ted the island two years before he was called to his rest and hi s reward, is, deeply interesting and touching in the extreme. ( H ere the rev. make room.) This year, 1838, is also marked by the visit ofthe Bishop ofAustralia to New Zealand, and thevery gratifying testimony he bears, in a letter to the society, to the character of the mission aries, the numbers of their converts, and the work generally of the mission; in this year as well, the question of the colonize tion of New Zealand was taken up by the British parliament, and it is not ealming too much for the mission to that country to ascr.be to it, under God, the first step in the movement to wards that grand and available tract of country, and towards the civilization and improvement in every way of the noblest and finest race of men to be met with in the annals of heathen.... ism. But, in the next year, we find a Romish settlement making its appearance, consistieg of a bishop and eight priests, and a French ship was expected to bring ten more ; but there is com fort in the reflection that, before their arrival, the New Testa ment was in rather extensive circulation amongst such of the natives as could read, and the history of the mission at that period shews us that the delusions of Romanism make but slow progress, when it was brought In contact with the word of God ; verifying the wise saying of one of our bishops, that " the best book of controversy ever written against the church of Rome was the New Testament." The report of 1840 gives an account of 12 stations, 233 communicants, 8760 attendants on public worship, 72 schools, containing a total of 1796 scholars under Christian instructon. Each successive year adds to the im portance of this colony, for such it is and has been since 1840, when Lieutenant-Governor Hobson assumed the sovereignty of both islands in the name of England's Queen. His testimony to the help and Christian kindness he experienced at the hands of our society's missionaries, and especially his grateful acknow ledgments to Mr. Davis are as honourable to the Governor, as they are creditable to him who deserved and received them; and the confidence he reposed in the character and trust-wor thiness of the mission generally, is evidenced by his appoint ment of Mr. Clarke, for sixteen years the faithful and la borious catechrist of the Mission, tto the responsible and im portent office of Protector of the Aborigines. The rapid growth of the colony in every respect of late years is so fami liar to most of you that a rassing allusion will be sufficient to some of the leading events and eircumAances of the present condition of this wondrous mission. The number of sta tions, clergy, converts, schools, &c., rendered Episcopal Super intendence not only desirable but necessary: and accordingly Dr. Selwyn, consecrated Bishop of New Zealand, sailed for his remote diocese in December 1841, and landed in Aukland, on the western side of the northern Island May 1542, and his early letters, no less than subsequent accounts, lead us toknficipate great things on the future, to " thank God and take courfige " It was found necessary to divide the society's stations into districts : there are four dis tricts the Northern comprising seven stations, amongst them Tepuna (to which the first station of Rhagee Hoo has been trans ferred) superintended by Mr. John King. the society's oldest labourer, and who has been in the mission from its very com mencement. Waimate the principle station of that district : where there were in 1841 381 native communicants, 24 schools with 781 scholars, and during the preceding year there were 252 adult, anti 99 infant baptisms ; and Paihia, under the Rev. Henry Williams. The Middle district containing ,free statwns. The Eastern dis trict, under the sole care of Rev. Win. Williams, the only European for two years in charge of this immense district. Its r eur - aphical extent is 180 miles on the map, but from the dig' eulti?,s of the road it takes twelve or fourteen days to pass through so and yet, 1 " it is not by might nor by power , b u t by my Spirit saith the Lord of hosts," the progress is wonderf u l. The number of worshippers on the Lord's day amounts to 8,000: there are 1,400 candidates for baptism under weekly instructi on : 878 a d u lt nati v e Christians, and 363 children— Western district, the establishment of which origi nated in a request, about the year 1833, from the Chief of Kevin, an island in Cook's Straits, to establish missionaries amongst them the request could not hecomplied with at the time; about six years after two sons of the Chief ca•Le a voyage of 500 miles to the Bay of Is lands to repeat the request of their father Banparatan, it was found that those young chiefs could read well ; nay more, it appeared that in many of those villages the Lord's-day was observed, public wor ship was held, and so forth. And all this was owing, under God, to the labours of a native named Matahan, who had formerly lived with the Rev. H. Williams at Paihia, and subsequently proceeded to the neighbourhood of Kapiti, where he continued to be actively employed in diffusing a knowledge of the Gospel. Many incidents preserved in the society's reports attest the spread of vital truth amongst the natives, and the deep desire they entertain to be pos sessed of copies of the Word of God. Within four years the num ber of professing Christians advanced from 2,000 to 35,000 Cha pels and churches and schools are in progress, and the wilderness is gradually beginning to look glad, and the desert to blossom and bloom as the rose. It is needful, however, to be active both at home and abroad: the emissaries of Home are on the alert, though as yet, thank God, without mush success. I must content myself with repeating the numbers of our schools and stations, as presented in the last annual report, viz. :-22 stations, 2,851 communicants, 283 schools, 15.431 scholars. Brethren, recal to your minds HOW the unpromising aspect of this mission for many a tedious year after its first commencement. Would even the sainted and heroic Mars den himself have ventured to anticipate a state of things so full of bright promise for a blessed future? And shall not our hearts beat high in the hope of greater and better things yet in reserve? Mis sionary work more than any other tries the faith and patience of those engaged in it. Brethren, be instant in prayer for our dear brethren employed in the Lord's work afar, that His word may have free course and be glorified. " Prove me now," saith the Lord, " if I will not open the windows of heaven, and pour you e ro fa m in i t se n i o s t. sti l l : We have g ,, b L t o o l en am eou w ra i g th e y u o s u . a T lw h a e y c s o , in ev in en an t d c, out a blessing till there be no room to receive it." We shall reap world." f o o all An i t i h the o world w , s i and I preachh ydoneth e perceive, t i l t ee s ' t still fforce,the from the indulgent tone of the meeting, that I have their sympathy in the arduous task of compressing the history of more than thirty years within the compass of an hour. If I have been enabled to do it in any degree worthy of its importance, I have done as I would wish; hut if I have fallen far short, I have done it at least to the best of my ability. If I could suppose that you, sir, and this meet ing would derive as much profit from my address, as I myself ex perienced delight in the labour of preparing it, then I would enjoy the happy conviction that you would no more think your patience, than Ido my pains, misapplied. The rev, gentleman resumed his seat after tins admirable address, (the preparation of which must have cost him inconceivable labour and research,) amidst tumul tuous demonstrations of the meeting's gratification. The CHAIRMAN said he was quite sure the meeting must feel deeply thankful to the two reverend gentlemen for their most able and interesting addresses. They had, themselves, proved the utility of these supplementary meetings. • The hymn "All hail the powers of Jesu's name" was then sang ; and the proceedings terminated a few minutes before nine o'clock. DIOCESAN CHURCH BUILDING SOCIETY.-00 Mon day, the 2nd instant, a meeting was held on behalf of the Diocesan Church Building Society, at Bolton, established by the Lord Bishop of Chester, about eight y 'ars ago. The Right Rev. Prelatetook the chair, and explained the objects of the society, which, he said, since its commencement, had expended £33,000 in assisting in the erection of fifty five churches in tne dicLese. CASE OF STABBING.—At the Town-hall, Ashton under-Lyne, on Wednesday last, a man named Thomas Moss was brought before the magistrates, and committed to the Liverpool assizes, for having stabbed another man, named James Forfay, on the Saturday previous. From the evidence of complainant, who was assisted into court and supplied with a chair while he was giving his evi dence, it appeared the wound had been inflicted in a "repeal" row. FATAL ACCIDENTS.—On Thursday an inquest was held on the body of Thomas Horrocks, aged seventeen, a sailor on board the ship Washington, whose thigh was accidentally !crushed by the jib-boom against the side of the vessel ; and being removed to the South Hospital, mortification, and caused his deatb. Also, on view of the body of - George Brooks, publican, opposite Duke's Dock ; the deceased was a blacksmith,' and being a very strong man, he attempted, by himself, to lift a quantity of iron plates. which he raised as hieh as his breast, when the weight over-balanced him, and the iron falling upon hiq chest, killed him upon the chest, killed him upon the f pot. Tae melancholy accident which took place on Friday morning in the drift mine formed between the north end of Scotland-street and Canal-street. Edinburgh, in the line of the Edinburgh, Granton, and Leith Railway, cast a gloom over the city, and tended to excite alarm in the minds of many persona resident in the vicinity of the works. In another part of this day's paper will be found a report by Mr. Grainger, civil engineer, which establishes satisfactorily that the company are blameless, and that there are no grounds for uneasiness as to the future. We understand that a subscription has been set on foot on behalf of the families of the unfortunate sufferers, who are in destitute circumstances. £3O has already been attest ed; and we shall be happy to receive contributions, how ever small, in aid of this charitable object. ANTIQUITIES AT EVERTON.—A few weeks ago, during the operations which have been going on in connection with the new park at Everton-brow, two relics of mili tary warfare were found in the earth, about a foot front the surface. One of them, the remains of a large sword, or sabre, was taken up in a garden belonging to Mr. Hal liday, at the back of a small house known as Prince Rupert's Cottage ; the other, which is a portion of a fire lock, was discovered near the church ; both are very much corroded by the action of the weather, and a part of the sword appears to have been broken off. The most probable conjecture is, that they have been embedded in the soil since the period when Liverpool was besieged by Prince Rupert in 1644. They are now in the possession of Mr. William Halliday, of the Everton Coffee-house. NEW STEAM -Stile CAMBRIA.—This fine vessel, just fitted out by Mr. Robert Napier, made her first trial trip on Tuesday, from Greenock to beyond the Cumbraes, and back again, and proved to he quite successful. The stroke of her pistons is seven feet and a half, and the revolutions of the 'paddle were in number seventeen per minute; giving the vessel a speed of need) fourteen miles per hour. This vessel is a counterpart of the Hibernia, built about a year ago, which is considered the perfection of transatlantic steamers ; and now completes the fleet of the Biitish and North American Royal Mail Steam- Packet Company. She left the tail of the bank on Wed nesday for Liverpool, and will arrived here at eleven o'clock on Thursday morning after a passage of fifteen hours. After she had anchored in the Sloyne, sbe was visited by Sir William Stanley, Bart., the Hon. Mr. Baring, one of the Lords of the Treasury, the Hon. J. Stanley, of Alderley, and John Stanley, Esq., who ex pressed their admiration with her machinery and accommo dations. The Cambria is next on turn for America. SCENERY IN EGYPT.—Frequently the pyramids of Sakkarah, Abousir, and Dushour became visible in the distance towards the south ; but though they are many in number, I could discover no more than seven. The ap pearance of the country continued exceedingly fine; and the rocks and gray sand-hills of the desert, which bounded our view towards the west, seemed only to enhance by contrast the splendour of the intervening landscape. It would appear to be mere prejudice to suppose that a fine level country like Egypt contemplated through an atmos. phere of extraordinary purity, with a surface diversified by all the accidents of wood and water, rustic architecture, flocks and herds, and hemmed in by rocks and sands eter nally barren, must necessarily be insipid and unpictu resque. The landscape now before me was beautiful ; and there are artists in England who, from such materials, and without overstepping the modesty of nature, could create pictures to rival the softest scene among the words of Claude. The date-palm itself is a lovely object, far more lovely than I have ever seen it represented by the pencil; and when beheld in its native country, relieved against a deep blue sky, or aga i nst the yellow sands of the desert. with a herd of b u ff a l os, a long string of laden camels, or a troop of B e d ou i ns passing u n d er it, l ance i n h an d, it constitutes a perf ec t p i cture. But when we have before us whole fo rests of these trees, of all sizes, from ten to one hundred feet in height, intermingled with mimosas. acacias, tamarisks, and E gyptian sycamores, more noble, if possible, th an t h e oak, dispose d i n arc h ed echoing walks, with l ong green v i stas , g li mpses o f coo l shady lakes, villages, mosques, pyramids, the whole over-cano pied by a sky of stainless splendour, and glowing beneath the pencil of that arch-painter, the sun, nothing seems to be wanting but genius to discover the elements of the most magnificent landscapee.—Library of Travel.