The Express.
London, England, 1851-05-06 00:00:00

CHURCH OF SCOTLAND MISSIONS.

Last evening the members and friends of this
institution hold their anniversary at Dieter-hall? the Duke
of ARGYLL in the chair.

Mr. MACBSTII, the secretary, read the report of the
committee, which stated that the sums placed during the
past year at the disposal of the committee for the home
missions—that is, amid the Ilighlinds and islands and des-
titute localities of Scotland—amounted to about 12,6711.
The amount collected for foreign mission., which included
the colonial and India missions, was about 11,6671., and for
the Jewish missions, 3,2321.—ma1ft in all about 27,4701.
In addition to these amounts, a sum had been collected to
form a permanent provision for a number of those churches
which the Home Mission had reared, and this sum
amounted during the past year to 25,0001. It appeared,
moreover, that a sum of 20,0001. was raised annually by
members of the Church of Scotland, which was not men-
tioned in the ordinary lists of the missionary contributions
In the three great branches of the missions 214 schools
were supported by the Assembly, including 'two normal
schools for the training of teachers it. Edinburgh and Glas-
gow. The number of children attending these schools was
between 16,000 and 17,000, all of whom were beyond the
reach of the parochial schools ; 209 male and
female teachers had been receiving during the year
professional training. DT the aid of the schools many dis-
tricts had been supplied with the means of education, so
that in some places one-seventh, and in others one-sixth of
the population were receiving itistruttion. 124 places of
worship were deriving assistance from the home operations
for aiding churches in poor districts, and many of these
churches were becoming gradually self-supporting. In the
foreign department the operations of the uussions were very
extensive, and applications were continually being received
from the British North American provinces, from Jamaica,
Grenada, Mauritius, Australia, New Zzaland, and India,
for more labourers. Four additional missionaries had been
sent out during the past year, and applications had been
made for ten times that number. About 27,000 youths
wise receiving education in the schools of the association at
Banta , Madras, and Calcutta, and these youths were in-
atraeted 26 native teachers under the superintendeneC of
• head English master and two ordained missionaries.
The Rev. Mr. Smarr, of Moffat, moved the adoption of
the report, and the Rev. Dr. ersuarrr• seconded the
resolution.
Several other clergymen addeessed the meeting, and the
report having been adopted, resolutions were passed in se-
comsat.e with the principles advocated, and the meeting
separated.

Bra J. E. TENN-EXT.—Sir James Emerson Tennent
has formally resigned the governorship of St. Helena.
Various considerations have, we believe, weighed with him
in taking this step, in which domestic concerns had origi-
nally the largest sham, determiding him to reside hence-
fbrth in the scenes of his earlier Caere,, and among the
friends for the loss of whose eociety the honours and emolu-
ments of the colonial service but ill requited hint.—Beljost
NomoLetter.