The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-12-10 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD

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. ; Messrs. T. B.
Horsfall, A. Hodgson, John Howard, W. Rowett, Tho-
mas Forsyth, Charles Cotesworth, 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 bad been offered by the Rev. H. Carpenter)
said he regarded the numerous attendance at this meeting
as an' evidence of the interest felt in the cause. 1 t 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 confined
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
I particularly called I,,rth. For instance, it was when he
I 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 connected 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 Mabomedans, under Mahomet the
First, issued from the mountain fortress of Ghuznee—
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 Hindostan." Its modern-
ized name was Calcutta. He must of course pass over
all the exertions of other societies, and other c'asses 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 be 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 iiito 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), to call a meetng of the society. Mr. Wilberforce
was in the chair, and it was agreed to send a deputation
to his Majesty's ministers. This deputation was alto-
gether unsuccessful, his Majesty's ministers had deter-
mined, at that time, to create an 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 Hcu.e of Commons with consi-
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Society in Northern India :—" It is the opinion of this
committee that it is the duty of this country to promote
the interests and happiness of the natives of the British
proceedings
dominions in India, and that such measures ought to be
f•,
adol.t ed as may tend to the introduction among them of use-
al knowledge, and their religious and moral improvement
and, in the furtherance of that object, every facility should
be afforded by law to persons desirous of going out and
sending to India for the purpose of accomplishing those
benevolent designs." This resolution, simple mid 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 Miltown, 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 was 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 they entered 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 idolaters,
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 whicja upon the
minds of the inhabitants was that they Rd not the
slightest knowledge of the difference between right and
wrong ; their consciences were, in fact, 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
beir 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 though 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, with the most 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, and 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 bad been enabled to occupy. Those
chapels and churches were of the simplest formation ; but
the missionaries went forth and preached during the
idol feasts, in the large fairs, and in places of conti-
nued i esort. One of the .most useful modes in which
they disseminated the gospel was by itinerating ex-
peditions on elephants (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. gentleman narrated an anec-
dote of a Sirdar, who actually seized a missionary, and
retained him in a strong grasp until he gave him a copyl
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 be 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 reported as having been a most affecting sight to
see him strip himself of his fakir dress—first the ring
that was bound round his 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 here
was founded by Lieutenant Stewart. Following the
course of the Hoogley, and proceeding.- towards the

east there was a very interesting sphere of Christian
labour, the district of Krishnagaz, (of which he narrated
the well-known history,) containing five stations, five
missionaries, and sixty-three teachers. The next prin-
cipal station was upon the banks of the Ganges itself, in
the city of .Benargs, which had been well called the
Athens of Hindostan, in the immediate neighbourhood of
which there were three stations, I\lanpore, 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 Hemicnalagan 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 Hindoos 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
idolators ! 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 dogs 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
communication 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 few 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. Enhank, is, that while the mother root
remains in the earth, the tree is continually extending
branches which again drop their branches 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 seizes upon the mother of a 1 this progeny. I trust
that this 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 that 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 Gud's blessing shall be more
widely spread upon all the members within her own
pale. (Loud cheers.)
The Rev. THOMAS Noexer, whose rising was greeted
with very great applause, addressed the meeting as fol-
lows:—As theopening observations of myfriend 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 milli
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 England'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-
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Captain Cook, came in sight of it on the 6th of October.
His 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
destro. ed, with all her crew, by the savage is!anders.
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 his countryman, Marion du Frestie, of the Mas-
carins, who sent a boat ashore near the Bay of islands on
the 3rd of May, 1771, afford a sad picture alike of the
disposition cf 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 hanfls 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 blood 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 required 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,"
is no other than the " Bay of Islands" of the Church
Missionary Society. "Not unto us, 0 Lord, but to thy
name, give the glory for thy mercy and for thy truth's
sake."—Amen. It is not until the tenth report of the
society's operations that the account meets us of the in-
tended settlement at New Zealand. In the appendix to
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 for New Zealand.
It sohippened 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
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portance, the previous knowledge of which was indispen-
sible to their conversion and civilization. Nevertheless it
was not allowed tbat 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 home 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 (hid, 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 Islands, divine service was duly performed on her
deck, and by degrees several of the chiefs were brought
to attend it : and in fine some of them returned in the
ship t" Port Jackson, to obtain further information as to
the habits and skill of our countrymen, with which already
they bad become so 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
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-
bath sermon. The day was also Christmas day, and ,
he preached to them from the 2nd chapter of St. Luke's
Gospel, " Behold, I bring you clad tidings of great joy."
Through the happy authority of his friend l)uaterra,. there
been saying was very good : that he (the chief) would
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cwoans gar en guamt
explain it to them by and bye, and that they should soon
be able to understand it for themselves. " In this man-
ner (Mr. Marsden proceeds) has the Gospel beenintro-
duced into New Zealand, and I fervently pray that the
glory of it may never depart from its inhabitants till time
shall be no more." Before Mr. Marsden returned to
New South Wales he completed the legal purchase of
about 200 acres of land near to the adjoining town of
Ranghee Hoo, and left the infant mission, comprising in,
all twenty-five Europeans, including men, women, and
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
part of the natives towards the new settlers. The value
of their improvements, their skill as missionaries and hus-
bandinen was duly appreciated, and, more than all, their
disinterested care and attention to the children in 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 ere on the
part of the European ships' crews towards siliFnatives 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
a church and schools, and as Mr. Butler writes
to the society, " 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-
, teed very far, without experiencing hindrances and inter-
ruptions. Tae 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-5
blished a third missionary settlement at Pyhea, 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 teach-ers : 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 au hundred
fold. The reports about this period of the New Zealand
mission acknowledge the kind and Christian co-operation of
the Wesleyan missionariessettled at Whangaroa. Thewhole
course of the mission at this period, and for years subse-
quent, was such as to demand the exercise of implicit
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 hut 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 hare been preservedfrom
,versonaeljury, 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 forhis people was discoveredin 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." Shangbee, the
powerful chief of all the district in which Kiddee
Kiddee (afterwards Keri Keri) was situate, though be
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 exnectsd, 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 the benign effect of the gospel in subduing the savage
passions of the human heart. A chief of the Bay of Islands
was shot in an encounter with the tribes of some rival
neighbour : and among the natives, nothing but blood
could wash out the stain incurred by the loss of their
chief : the missionaries were under the dread of a bloody
and desolating war ; but it pleased the Lord otherwise ;
and in compliance with some of the chiefs themselves,
Rev. H. Williams, with Messrs. Kemp, Clarke, and
Davis, accompanied them on an embassage 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
intervention of his faithful and intrepid servants. Amid
such scenes, and by such means as these, have our dear
brethren been animated and reserved. They moved to
and fro amongst the savage tribes like Daniel among the
lions, not holding their lives dear unto them, but still pre-
served unhurt. Going forth in tears bearing the good seed,
but time was now approaching when they should come'
agate with joy bearing their sheaves with them. At an exami-
nation held at Pyhea (Pachia) in December, 1831, there were
172 men and boys. and 92 females, The word of God was being
translated into the native language, and eagerly sought alter
by the inhabitants; and whenever the missionaries were able
to make a tour through the villages adjoining their respectiv:
stations. they were kindly welcomed and eagerly followed
while they examined. The years 1832 and 1833 ar remarkable
for the sending out a consular agent, Mr. James Busby, who
took up hi, abode on the northern part of the island. The trade
in timber and flax had increased sufficiently to demand superin-
tendence;professnagndth Christianse furthteer
iobjectt of
spoken) his
was missionto
i,7.(toentthteir shame
ofout-
rages and wrongs hitherto perpetrated by the British subjects to
a frightful extent. How diff.Tent 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 halls done great things for
us, whereof we ate 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. Py the help of a printing
press, and of cop es printed in England. and a magnificent do-
nation of the New Testament, in
. the native language, from the
British and Foreign Bible Society, the missionarie, were able,
to some extent, to satis y the growing desire of the natives 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 be
supplied with a copy of the word of God, " so mightily grew the
word of God, and prevailed." Each stati n 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 40', ; the congregation regularly assembling at
Kaitaia at this period was estimated at6oo. TheChristianseeshere
encouragement not to despise the day of small things: though the
blessing tarry, wait for it; it wail 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
rnent ion ed as the wise and zealous friendzbaeeniandiheld
Zealand.
dtie.roti
In;
legNl
iaeaetnhrwddvesiuZsl
ocaietufsaetsldtathprlteivodhe,s
the
atiniyocsdni.i
:fit henvoedl
father and originator of the mission that now began to bear
much fruit to the glory of God. He had deeply at heart the
tcsf rei
aepasalpdapi
ierniroti
spiritual
adf hlNi odsefemwsftoai Southtti eyers_'ov
Wales
kingdom.Na l
eews years;
of them, he watched with parental tenderness and anxiety over
five times during that period; the account of his last visit in 1836
two years before he was called to his rest and his reward, is
deeply interesting and touching in the extreme. (Here the iev
gentleman read some extractr, for which, we regret, we cannot

mak e room.)Thisyear, 1839, is also marked by the vieat otth e Bishop
of Australia to New Zealand, and the very 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 coloniza-
tion of New Zealand was taken up by the British parliament,
and it is not c'aiming 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 snd'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, consisting of a bishop and eight priests, and a
French ship was expected to bring ten more ; but there is com-
-1 fort in the reflection that, before their arrival, the New Testa-
I men t 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 R.omanism make but slow
progress, wl:en 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 tbe New Testament." The report of 1840 gives an account
of 12 stations. 233 communicants, 9760 attendants on pubic
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 2840,
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-
portant 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 passing allusion will be sufficient
to sore of the leading events and circumstances of the
present condition of this wondrous mission. The number of sta-
tions, clergy, converts, schools, Br.c., rendered Episcopal Super-
intendence not only desirable but necessary : and accordingly Dr.
Selwyn, consecrated Bishop of New Zealand, sailed for his remote
dionese in December 1841, and landed in Aukland, on the western
side of the northern Island May 1842, and his early letters, no less
than subsequent accounts, lead us to anticipate great things on the
future, to " thank God and take courage " It was found necessary
to divide the society's stations into districts : there are four dis.
trivia the Northern comprising seven stations, amongst them
Tepuna (to which the first station of Rhagee lion has been trans-
ferred) superintended by Mr. John Ring, 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, and
99 infant baptisms; and Paihia, under the Rev. Henry Williams.
The Middle district containing
_fire stations. The Eastern dis-
trict, under the sole care of Rev. Wm. Williams, the only European
for two years in charge of this immense district. Its ceoleaphical
extent is 180 miles on the map, but from the dia. eultin of the
road it takes twelve or fourteen days to pass through a.. and yet,
"it is not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit saith the Lord of
hosts," the progress is wonderful. The number of worshippers
on the Lord's day amounts to 8,000: there are 1,440 candidates for
baptism under weekly instruction : 878 adult native Christians, and
363 children—Western district, the establishment of which origi-
nated in a request, about the year 1833, from the Chief of Relit',
an island in Cook's Straits, to establish missionaries amongst them :
the request could not becomplied with at the time; about six years
after two sons of the Chief cal e a voyage of 500 miles to the Bay of Is-
lands to repeat the request of their father Ranparatan, 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 neighbourhoed of Nepal. where be 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 Rome are on the alert, though as yet,
thank God, without much success. I must content myself with
repeating the numbers of our schools and stati-ns, as presented in
the last annual report, viz.:-22 stations, 2,851 communicants, 283
schools, 15,431 scholars. Brethren, recal to your minds now 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
out a blessing till there be no room to receive it." We shall reap
if we faint not. We have enough to encourage us. The command
is still in force, "Go to all the world and preach the Gospel"; and
the promise is still unrecalled, " Lo I am with you always, even to
the end of the world." And now, sir, I have done I perceive,
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 1 have been enabled to
do it in any degree worthy of its importance, I have done as I would
wish; but 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 wouhl enjoy
the happy conviction that you would no more think your patience,
than Ido my pains, misapplied. The rev, gentleman resumed his
seat after this 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 rlymn "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...OD 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 lirs ago. The
Right Rev. Prelate took the chair, and explainej the objects
of the society, which, he said, since its commencement, had
expended X 33,000 in assisting in the erection of fifty-
five churches in tne diocese.

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 Forfav, 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 A ccromvrs.—On Thursday an inquest was held
on the body of Thomas Horroeks, aged seventeen, a
sailor on board the ship Washington, whose thigh was
accidentally lerusly!d by the jib-boom against the side of
the vessel; and being removed to the South Hospital,
mortificati in, and caused his death. 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
itdn plates. which he raised as high as his breast, when
the weight over-balanced him, and the iron falling upon
his chest, killed him upon the chest, killed him upon the
f pd.

The melancholy accident which took place on Friday
morning in the drift' mine formo between the north end
of Scotland-street and Canal-sleet, Edinburgh, in the
line of the Edinburgh, Granton, find Leith Railway, cast
a gloom over the city, and tended to excite alarm in the
minds of many persons resident in the vicinity of the
works. In another part of this day's paper will be folio('
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 from
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-
nil o
uc kc
h.
cwoar sr 0 dd iesdc obvye rtehde
ancetai
or n t hoef
tchheu rwchea;th be
weather,
ha
nadr ea vpear yr t
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 ]644. They are now in the possession
of Mr. William Halliday, of the Everton Coffee-house.
NEW STEAM-SHIP 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 be 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;
eying the vessel a speed of nearly 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
Vie British and North American Royal Mail Steam-
Packet Company. She Jeft 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, she 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 theiradmiration with her machinery and accommo-
dations. The Cambria is next on turn for America.
SCENERY IN EGYPT.--Frequently the pyramids of
Sakkarah, Ahousir, 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
ail the accidents of wood and water, rustic. architecture,
lovelyapctwrfl neilolieseatteitr:ruuki
etwodisr
el
areell
it.ats.ehnnoadtT:oT,lbet
artistsheihr eeriselrihteldvedalaasdparivli,
overstepping
date-palm
tnsnE_enhcpgvdaeniaeptgtiirssheir
al eoaennsmnf
ea:tmdteme:sisio,
welvetbdl
edhifeetsofisicco:nsteoeryfnabuerp
eooynrlmmeotfrarsvoe3eme,csnlukoytresaelelsohdglnature,
object,
bmeandbjveeyhaecacsedtouttalutnrawi
efligfdadaouparst
rlsicedn:rnsseaandcotainrotiadee:
eter-
nally barren, must necessarily be insipid and unpictu-
ma
hand,m et el so orti
to
dwetethp
ablue r sdk
oy
f, or
lir
ffaaroisn, against thelon
long
yellowstrin g sands
of
la
doefnfrtoche desert,
a troop of Bedouins passing under it, lance in
constitutes a perfect picture. But when we have before
us whole forests of these trees, of all sizes,
.one hundred feet in height, intermingled with mimosas.
acacius, tamarisks, and Egyptian sycamores, more noble,
if possible, than the oak, disposed in arched echoing
waks, with long green vistas, glimpses of cool 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 landscapes.—Library of Travel.
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