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The first Anniversary of the City and County
of CHRsTEA CHURCH MISSIONARY -ASsOCIATION,
was held in the Town-hall on Wednesday. the
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14th .JOHN FIELDING, Esq. ill the uair,
attended by the Right Worship 'nl the -Mayor,
Aldermen; .Town Clerk, the Re-v. J. U. CUN-
NINGHAM, Rector of Harrow, the Rev. DANIEL
.WILSON, A.M. of St— John's, Bedford square,
London; Rev. EDWARD BICKERsTETH, Rev. C
BURTON of Manchester ; Bey. FREDERICK PARRY
of Sartham, Chtshire ; and a highly respectable
and numerous
,assembla;ge of- the Inhabitants of
that ancient and, loyal City. :
Alter the reading' of .the Report, :,Mr. FoL-
Glort presented hintse:t, .and addressed-0e meet-

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" Mr. Cum am.t..st:,--T certainly should -feel dissatisfied with
Myself, if I merely arose for the purpose -of moving that the
Report yon have read, should be received and
adopted, and that the sante should be printed under the
direction of the Comunttee, without addressing this respect-
able Meeting., on the subject of the City 'and County of Clies•
ter Chnich•Missionary Association, the success and interest
of whichl'have very much at heart;. having been the means
togetwr with many' other Gentlenien establishing:it in
this City; hut seeing myself surrounded -wit h so-loony great
Orators,.] shall take op but little nt your time. lam tree to
confess, that 1 derive inure real satisfaction from the part I
have' taken in foriniug this Society than from ant' iitCer itciitin
of my puolic for theie thirty Icars..past ; for what booit
can we.grant to our ignorant fellow creatures in Africa, anti
the East-, more acceptable jtittii sending unto then] the
Se, iptures-tO be printer] noheir own tongue, winch will ad-•
minister'both to their comforts here and their etertril happi-
ness hereafter? I certainly, Sii,,,.very flinch regret that there
are many Cehtleateit -of great itstiectab;lity and fortune n 1
this City, particularly the Clergy, (fOrTall of whom [base a
high respect, belie.i'ing that there are none emee ,wort by than
themselves to he found), should differ from me on this sub-
ject. I blame thent'irt.for so •doing; they certainly have
right to retain their own opiieinns-.9ton.,tite.suliject;• so have
I rnitie ; and I here declare, that 'froin-tlre opposition it meets
with, I shall on ti'y part double, treble, and quadruple toy
exertions is the cause. I have had much' cOliversotion—lM
Ibis subject, and I 113,C never heard of more thou two ohjec-
tions to Bible ,Societies quid Church Missionory Associa-
tions, , viz. ; that there was .:heady ,t Society formed fur
Propagating the Gospel in Foreign parts, whicti, I.coto cud,
is totally inadequate to promulgate it sufficiently, for, if ten
thousand more klihle Sneieties were formed, there would still
be want of mote for the spread of the GuspelthrongboutAhe
Universe, t..) the millions of People yet in darkness anti
converted, which I ardently hope will at some period.of
world lie done ; though not in our time, or that of our chit-
(hetes chilthen; the other objection is with -respect to. the
selection of Missionaries sent abroad, which is ritually fmi e,
for all that I hare read on the subject convinces me that titer
greatest attention is paicjto their selection. I have recently
had an interview with Sir WM. Evans, appointed Recordci of
Bengal, .who referred met,' Isloore on Infanticide, and who-
mentioned to toe a Native in India who murdered all then'
male childrenutud,inade war upon thi:ir neighbours.to procure
for themselves wives, which horrible catnap- has continued
for More than 2,000 years ; and 1 find So late as the Vifir
1807,. observe, only thirteen years since, 3000 female children
were put to death in Catch atid Guzerat ; and toy highly re-
spected friend and Correspondent; Mr. Wilberforce, for I,
cutisider it au honour to have that Gentleman's acquaint-
ance, iiiforthed the meeting of the Prible.Society held in Lon,
don on the 3d of last month, at which his Royal Highness
theDulie of Gleucesterwas present,that the aholMnable rite;
Lice of infanticide, that had been abolished at Surat, was in
a measure revived. The population of India is 150 millions,
and astonishing as it may appeal', 64 millions were under the
British Sceptre. The Rev. Mr. Ward from 'Serampore, who
had resided twenty years in, India, gave an 'account of
the'fininher of -females burned and buried alive in that coun-
try for three years as follows :
in the years ISt 5, 4 to :'OO
. ISIG, 6 to 700 .
1817, 701$

" So these dreadful scenes hate then' !teen progressively
increasi,g,anal in the kingdom of the Assrotus in Africa, I
alll well informed, though it appears almost imeredible, that
at the tirath of the King's dottier (probaltiZ old woman)
3000 human victims were slatrAhterttl, 2000 criminals, and
1000 innocent persons, and at the death of a Captain, .son ;
and when the King means to send a Message to 'his Friends
In another world, he takes off the head of titre of hiS sub-
jects to be the bearer of it, and being sometimes troubled with
a treacherous memory,' if his Majesty iorgets to send the,‘
whole of the:Message, he orders another htitinin being's bead
off to cad), the Message With greater' accuritcy.—.l.w.,y 11. co
with objections to the Bible Societies and Church Missionary
Associatioms:—l mcict that the itCport bc received and adopt-,
ed,•and printed under the direction of the Committee.
was seconded by the itt:V. EDWARD
BICKRRSTETH, Secretary, and with various Re-
solutions, unanrinonily adopted. • ,litany Of the
Gentlemen present spoke vet y at length.
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Putruns--•Earl Grosvenor, Vice Patron an President, Earl
of Roctisavage ; Vice Presidents, Sir J. Gray Egerton, Bart.,
Sir J. F. Leicester, Bart. John Smith Bairy, E q., W.Eget ton,
Esq., S. Aldersey, Esq:, J.'Fielder, Esq., F. R. Pike, Esq.,
Rev. Olitev Creevy, N. It. Hughes, Esq., ‘Vt.u.N. Worthing-
tun, Esq. &c. &c.

LAW IN I'ELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY, JUNE 17.

COLE BROOKE LEIGH•

The LORD CHANCELLOR—" Jo this matter all
the-iffi(!avits iu support of the petition have been
sent to me ; the language of which, as well as that
of the petition, I ',egret ever found their way on
the records of the Court. It is not my intention
to.make any order on the petition at present. I
shall see Master Cox, to whom it was referred,
to inquire who was a proper person to become
the guardian of the infants, and direct him to pro-
ceed in that ii.quiry in all its parts. 1 think it is of
the greatest importance to the infants that it should
be ascertained whether they are legitimate or ille-
gitimate; and I shall direct the Master's attention
to that subject', and also as to their place of resi-
dence. It is highly moretiol to ascertain the ageS
of these young ladies. According to the peti-
(inn Belinda, the 'eldest; is twenty years of
age ; and Airs. Taafe, her mother, is only
.thirty-four;: and, if that is the fact, accord-
ing to the certificate of baptism, the mother
must have been baptised many years before she
was born. As ,to the mart ia.e of Mr. Stewart
with the infant Belinda, I will depend on the
honour of Mr. S!emart that no further step
will be taken at present. 1 would wish
to see the young Lady, and lolove some conve..sa—
lion with her. I would thank. her to call here on
Tuesday, between nine and ope o'clock, when 1
will speak with her."