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suffered at the hand of the Chinese. What follows we quote
from the Appendix to Grant's interesting work, 332-334 :
" In China the witnesses continued to ' prophesy,' though
in deep sackcloth. The Romish missionaries were banished
from that empire about the year 1362; but the Nestorians,
though persecuted by the Chinese, and suffering under in-
auspicious influences which gradually diminished their num-
ber, were permitted to remain. The patriarch Simeon sent
a metropolitan into southern China in 1490. About this time
India and China were united into one metropolitan see. •In
1502, the patriarch Elias sent four bishops—Thomas, Jabal-
laha, Denha, and James—into India and China. James was
living in 1510. In 1540, a persecution was raised in China
against the Nestorians.
" It thus appears," says the writer from whose valuable
pages we have drawn so freely, that the Nestorian mission
in central and Eastern Asia continued from about the third
to the sixteenth century. The more active period of their
missions were from the seventh to the middle of the thir-
teenth century : a long period of time, evincing great perse-
verance, and showing, one would think, that the true spirit
of Christ must have been, at least, one of the grand actuat-
ing motives, though the gospel which they preached was not
in all respects the pure gospel.'

they tire now Used

And are all traces of their labours obliterated now ? This
is the question to be solved, but, according to Mr. Grant,
whose work was published in 1841, their countrymen still
cherished the belief that some. at least, of the churches
which they planted had survived :

" The patriarch and his people, during my late visit to the
mountains, often spoke of the early labours and success of
their forefathers, and eagerly drank in the encouragement I
presented to put forth untiring efforts and prayers for a
return, of those golden days, when, as they themselves say,
their missionaries, churches, and schools were spread
throughout the east, even in India and China; remnants of
which they confidently believe may yet be found in those
remote lands. In the bold, independent bearing in the Nes-
torians of the mountains, I saw abundant evidence that they
were the true sons of the missionaries of Balkh and Sa-
marcand,' who, according to the testimony of Gibbon, pur-
sued without fear the footsteps of the roving Tartar, and
insinuated themselves into the camps and valleys of brans
and the banks of the Selinga.'

it In the early age of the church, according to the same
‘r, ' in their progress by sea and land, the Nestorians en-
tered China by the ports of Canton and the northern residence
of Singan,' and were found in great numbers on ' the pepper
coast of Malabar and the isles of the ocean, Socatora and Cey-
lon,' what may we not hope from their dauntless courage and
untiring zeal, when the power of the press and all the increas-
ing means of modern times are brought to their aid ! My
soul is fired on view of the prospect. But then there is a
great preparatory work to be done, and there is no time for
delay. We must not shrink back in view of difficult'es and
.cre dangers. If the Nestorian missionaries `pursued without
qithout fear the footsteps of the roving Tartar,' we mnst without fear

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~rate inquiry than to satisfy it, and because that the during the last week.
..:etude with which the Protestant public are looking to- Joe Smith, the Mormon prophet, has been arrested. He
wards China may render even a brief reference not altogether is charged with shooting with intent to kill.
;table. We learn from Mosheim that the Nestorians,
is they are called—by some supposed to be the descendants A poor woman one hundred years old, was brought up at
of the Ten Tribes—who occupy the very regions of Assyria the Glasgow police-office last week, charged with begging.
add Media whither the Tribes were carried—who profess to Three children and one aged woman were destroyed in
be descended from the ancient stock of Israel, and arc re- London, by their clothes catching fire, last week,
proached as apostates but acknowledged as relations by the The Great Western steam-ship sailed from Bristol for New
Jews residing in the districts where they dwell—we learn York, calling at Madeira, on Saturday. She carried out be-
from Mosheim that these Nestorians (who themselves, ac- tween fifty and sixty passengers and £200,000 in specie.
cording to ecclesiastical historians—if indeed some of them,
The sum of £7OO has been stolen in a very mysterious man-
" Parthians and Medes," were not at Jerusalem on the day tier from one of the overseers of the borough of Wilton. The
of Pentecost—received the truth from, with others. Thomas amount is the produce of a rate.
and Thadeus and Matthew) so early as the seventh century
(636) carried Christianity into China—that from that year to A fire took place on Friday morning, in Charlotte-street,
781, "no fewer than seventy missionaries whose names are Fitzroy-square, when a young woman who was ill in bed was
preserved, laboured in that empire"—that the Emperor Coa- so terrified, that she died immediately iu consequence. 1
" who reigned from 650 to 684, commanded Christian Miss Lucy Campbell, of Caumbelltown, Aryshire, has be-
churches to be erected in all the provinces of China." and queathed £21,500 to the charities of Edinburgh and the neigh-
that " the Gospel was promulgated in ten provinces of the bourhood.
empire and all the cities were supplied with churches." Not- The treasurer of the Preston Corporation has been
withstanding occasional persecutions and massacres the mis- despatched to London with a memorial for the purpose of
sionaries appear to have gained ground, and, if we are to having that town declared a free Dort.
credit a Papal witness whose testimony is mentioned by
Several of the farmers and gardeners in this district com-
menced setting potatoes as early as a fortnight Grant (Appendix, 331)—0n whose work we have drawn for
these facts—they had imbibed somewhat of the spirit which
field Journal.
ago.—Wake-
they suffered from themselves :
he Papal missions to the Moguls and Chinese coin- Robert Ivers, Esq., of Castle hers, county Limerick, was
menced in this century (13th) ; and Corvino, who was sent
accidentally killed by the explosion, while out shooting, of
out by the pope in 1829, describes the Nestorians as having his own fowling-piece, on Saturday last.
departed greatly from their religion, and so very powerful in A bill is about to be brought before parliament for the
China, that they would not allow Christians of any other de- leasing of the Lancaster and Preston Railway to the Lancaster
nomination to erect churches nor to publish their own peculiar Canal Navigation Company.
doctrines. Marco Paulo, who travelled through Tartary into The Earl of Aberdeen has completely recovered from his
China, in the reign of Kublai,"—(who, we may remark, was indisposition. The noble earl was enabled to attend to
grandson to the celebrated Genghis Khan, completed the business on Friday.
conquest of China in 1279, and died in 1309)—" says he then The Princess Mary of Altenburg will make her entry into
found Nestorian churches in Cashgar, Carkam, Tangui,
Hanover, on the 17th of February; and her marriage with
Ergimul, Kerguth, and Tenduck. the Crown Prince will take place on the following day.
The calamities which they probably escaped by the death Mrs. Sharp, of Clare-ball, London, has signified her in-
of Tamerlane while on his march to China in 1405, after tention to give the sum of £2OO towards erectiug a monu-
having wasted the churches which their countrymen had ment, in Banbury churchyard, to -the memory of Grace
- . m--,....„ thpv seem in some degree to have Darlinv.

IttoN BoATs.-Boats wrought in iron instead of wood are
becoming almost universally adopted. We perceive
fly-boats on canals, and are found to
be superior to wood, both as to speed and safety.

DEVONSHIRE HOUSE.—The grand staircase now building
on what was formerly called the terrace, on the north side of
the mansion, will bo entirely composed of statuary marble.
The estimated expense is £lO,OOO.

A Berlin letter states that the King of Prussia has an-
nounced his intention of building a second Roman Catholic
church in his capital, the present being too small for the
Catholics resident in that city.

THE LATE LEVY SOLOMONS.—This benevolent merchant,
emulating his brethren of the Jewish persuasion gone before,
has left by will legacies for charitable purposes amounting
altogether to the sum of £6,850.

It appears from recent statistical enquiries, that though
the number of female servants in England greatly exceeds
that of males, yet that the number of the latter charged with
larceny is nearly three times that of females.
A very splendid meteor appeared over the north of the
county of Nottingham on Sunday week. It resembled a large
body of tire, assuming various shapes. and its velocity was
not less than fifty or sixty miles per minute.
A destructive fire occurred at Brompton, on Thursday
night last, by which the premises of Mr. Wardour, green
grocer were destroyed, and the houses adjoining much in-
jured.

Mr. O'Connell has caused a considerable sensation in the
corporation, by placing a notice on the books that he will
bring forward the subject of the union at their next meeting,
and call upon the house to petition parliament for an imme-
diate repeal.

It is rumoured in a neighbouring borough, and we have no
reason to doubt the authority of the report, that the ex-mayor
of that town, who is a preacher in the Methodist connexion,
has been suspended for three months by that body for singing
a convivial song at the inauguration dinner of his successor.
So much for corporate honours.—Leeds paper.
BAKEWELL CHURCH.—Tbe Duke of Rutland has given
the additional sum of £l5O to his former munificent donation
of £l,OOO, in aid to the fund for restoring the above ancient
and interesting structure. The Duke of, Devonshire, who
gave £5OO, has since subscribed £lOO more to carry on the
laudable undertaking.

On Monday afternoon, the 6th instant, a party' of gentle-
men went out for the purpose of rabbit shooting near Lon-
don. Amongst the number was a Mr. Mutton. In the
midst of his sport his gun accidentally exploded, the trigger
being caught by a bush, and its discharge killed a young man
of the name of Collins, a drainer of land, upon the spot.
Viscount Melbourne, in his letter refusing the invitation
of the League to attend at the Manchester meeting, says
" I do not altogether concur in the object of the Nat►onal
Anti-Corn League professes to have in view, and I still less
approve of the means taken by that body and its members
for the attainment•of their object."
COAL-PIT EXPLOSION.—A youth, of the name of Joshua
Smith, was killed last week, by an explosion of fire-damp, at

he men had

shted candle into the pit contrary to 'the rules,
which were posted where the men could see them, and in
consequence the jury at the coroner's inquest have found a
verdict of manslaughter against him.

Mr. Pratt, the barrister appointed to certify the rules of
banks and friendly societies, states, in his history of
ks, published last year, with reference to the

official returns of the deposits up to November, 1841, that
" if the amount of investments is compared with the popu-
lation of each county, it will be seen that the average is con-
siderably in favour of the agricultural districts."

INFANTRY.—The term Infantry is said to take its origin
from one of the Infantas of Spain, who, finding that the
army commanded by the king, her father, had been defeated
by the Moors, assembled a body of foot soldiers, and with
them engaged and totally defeated the enemy. In memory
of this event, and to honour the foot soldiers, who were not
before held in much consideration, they received the name of
Infantry.

On Saturday morning last, the. office of the Lincolnshire
Chronicle, at Stamford, was completely destroyed by fire, the
whole of the types, machioes, &c. being consumed, and con-
siderable damage was done to the residence of Mr. Fricker,
the editor. It was discovered about five o'clock in the
morning, and is supposed to have been occasioned by a
patent safety stove on the premises. The estimated damage
is about £1,500.

•
A dreadful attempt at murder and suicide was made at St.
Albans, on Wednesday last, by a man named Williamson.
He was jealous of a man named Briggs, and seeing the latter
about to knock at his door, he discharged a pistol. the con-
tents of which lodged in Briggs' cheek, and he remains in a
precarious state. Williamson then took a small bottle of
oxalic acid, but the stomach pump was applied and hopes are
entertained of his recovery.

BUFFALOES IN SMITEIP:IEOD MARKET.—Considerable
curiosity was excited in Smithfield Market, yesterday morn-
ing. in consequence of the arrival from St. Lawrence of two
buffaloes. Originally they
.were brought from Gibraltar, and
imported into the metropolitan market by an English farmer.
They were in good condition, though their appearance was
not the most fleshy. We understand they were purchased
early in the day for £l5.

FRESH-WATER TROUT.-At this early period of the sea-
son, in the counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland, the
poachers have commenced the unlawful practice of draining
the rivers with nets, and this useful fish Was been sold by
them in large quantities at sd. per pound. The weather
being pretty open and fine during the last two or three days,
a few of those rodsmen who follow the " patient art" for a
livelihood have been out fishing, some of whom killed nice
dishes of trout with a dark fly.

IMPORTANT TO AUCTIONEERS.—At a meeting of the In-
come-tax Commissioners at the Shire Hall, Woodbridge,' on
Friday, the 10th ult., for the purpose of hearing appeals
against assessments under schedule D, the surveyor of taxes
decided that the business of an auctioneer is not a bade ;
that an auctioneer cannot make any bad debt, and is not en-
titled, under section 191 of the Property and Income Tax
Act, to deduct or set off from the profits of his profession any
part of his rent for his office or business room connected with
his dwelling-house, although such room be used solely for
the purpose of his business.—Suffolk Chronicle.
&snot, lIORSLEY OS CALVINISM.—Take especial care,
before you aim your shafts at Calvinism, that you know what
is Calvinism, and what is not ; that in the mass of doctrine
which it is of late become the fashion to abuse, under the
name of Calvinism, you can distinguish with certainty be-
tween that part of it which is nothing better than Calvinism,
and that which belongs to our common Christianity, and the
general faith of the reformed churches; lest, when you mean
only to fall foul of Calvinism, you should unwarily attack
something more sacred and of higher origin.—Bishop
Horsley's Last Charge.

On Wednesday last, at the half-yearly meeting of the Edin-
burgh and Glasgow Railway, a dividend of 255. per share on
the general stock, and 2s. 2d. on the new stock, was declared.
The receipts of the half-year amounted to £59,094 ls. 4d.,
and the expenses, and interest on borrowed money, to
£30,621 16s. Bd., leavirig at the disposal of the company a
balance of £29,369 lls. 8d- The extension of the line to the
North Bridge was abandoned. A motion was then made for
the discontinuance of the Sunday trains, and, alter a long
discussion, in which Sir Andrew Agnew took part, it was
negatived by a majority of votes of 1329.

THE WINE TRADE.—Lord Aberdeen has replied to the
memorial addressed to him by the wine merchants of Oporto,
complaining of the losses sustained by them in consequence
of the protracted negotiations carrying on between the Bri-
tish and Portuguese Governments. His lordship says, that
Her Majesty's Government are fully aware of the inconve-
nience which the wine trade has unavoidably suffered from
the delays to which you refer. Her Majesty's Government
greatly regret that this should have been the case ; and I am
to inform you that they have taken measures for bringing the
negotiations in question to an early termination.

TARIFF CATTLE.--We gather, from an official source,
that, since the
passing
importation
of
foreign
o thef tariff
cattle to tihsea3slfsotl
follows :-Beasts,
1843
the total
3,055, at 20s. per head
duty £554 55.; sheep, head, duty £3,055 ; cows, 739, at 155.,
55 at 35., duty £ll3 ss. ; and pigs,
875, at ss. per head, duty £218: 12s. 6d. Total, £3,941 2s. 6d.,
duty, under the new tariff. The The following were the prices of
meat at Smithfield in 1842, :_Be, 4s. 6d. to 4s. Bd. ; mut-
ton, 4s. 10d. to 55.; veal 55.. to ss. 10d. ; pork, ss. 2d. to
ss. 6d. On Monday, February 6, 1143, beef, 3s. 4d. to
4s. 6d. ; mutton, 3s. 4d. to 45. 6d. ; veal, 4s. 6d. to ss. 6d.
pork, 4s. to 55., per stone of 81b., sinking the offal.

A SOCIALIST'S NOTION OF MAILIZIAGE.—On Thursday
week, Charles Mac Kay,' a Scotchman, a journeyman
tailor, was brought before the sitting magistrates at the Court
House, Leeds, charged by the overseers of Leeds with hav-
ing neglected to maintain his wife. The defendant, who pro-
fesses Socialist doctrines, said that there was neither affinity
of feeling nor unit of action
therefore he would gladly pay the expense of her marriage to
another person. The magistrates told him that he could not
be permitted to treat her thus, and that for his neglect he
y between him and his wife, and
must be committed to the House of Correction for a month.

THE MURDER AND MUTILATION AT LEEDS.—lnforma-
tion has been inserted in the Government Police Gazette,
offering a reward of twenty guineas for the discovery of the
murderers of the female, parts of whose body, mangled and
partly burnt, were found on the 29th ult. in a cut of the
canal at Knostrof, near Leeds. It is stated also that means
will be used to obtain her Majesty's pardon for any accom-
plice (not the person who actually committed the murder)who shall give sueh information as may lead to the conviction
of the perpetrators. The deceased is supposed to have been
of middle stature, 20 to 25 years of age, and her death was
believed to have occurred about a fortnight before the dis-
covery of the remains.