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aable to support the population, be-
cause in some parts it was very fertile ; but it was crime which
had emptied the country of its inhabitants. And what was
the crime owing to? It was owing to the circumstance that
the heathens of that country were not acquainted with the
grounds of moral responsibility—because they were unac-
quainted with the first principles of religion ; because they
were ignorant of the being of a God, and did not acknow-
ledge the doctrine of a Providence, or the superintendence
of an invisible Being over the affairs of men, nor believe in
a future state of rewards and punishments. (Hear, hear.)
This being the case, we could easily comprehend how there
could be no restraint to crime—how the passions of men,
being uncontrolled by religion, must break forth and produce
the most disastrous effects ; and the consequence of this had
been, that nation had risen up against nation, tribe against
tribe. They had, by their weakness and their injustice, pro-
voked Europeans to attack them ; and the effect had been,
that society could not in that country hold together, the very
bonds of society were dissolved, and society itself melted
away. This was the reason why there were in that country
so few inhabitants ; and it appeared to him that this was the
reason why we should more abundantly commiserate these
wretched persons. (Hear, hear.) He believed the object
of the committee, in requesting him to attend this anniver-
sary, was, that he should give some account of what he bad
seen with his eyes, and some of the details of the mission,
the unprosperous mission, to the Zooloos. He would remind
the meeting that, although he had retired from the mission-
ary work, it was not because he himself had turned his back
upon it, but because he was not supported in his sphere of
labour by the society which had sent him out, and which
could no longer support him because they were not helped
by the funds of the Christian public. (Hear, hear.) After
the abandonment of the Zooloo mission, and having encoun-
tered great difficulties and perils for a year or two, he could
have returned to the quiet labours of his own country, but
he went to another part of Southern Africa, to the north of
the Cape of Good Hope, where he would have laboured to
this day had the Church Missionary Society been able to
support him there. It was the Zooloo mission, however,
which was more properly the mission of the Church Mis-
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sionary Society
country. He went thither upon his own suggestion; but
when the society received the tidings of his departure to that

country, they felt they were not able to carryon a mission in
that remote region, although there were circumstances which
rendered it peculiarly favourable to missionary enterprise,
hind it would have opened a way into the very interior of
,Africa; for beyond that particular place were innumerable
tribes which had not been explored, and who would, from all
accounts, be, willing to receive missionaries among them.
. _

Brit as he had said before, it was the Zooloo mission which
was the mission of the Church Missionary Society, and with
which the attention of the meeting must be principally en-
gaged. He sailed to that country about five years ago, along
with his friend Capt. Gardner; and having travelled through
the tribes of Caffre land, and a large extent of uninhabited
country beyond, he arrived at the south-east coast of Africa,
from whence he went upon a visit to the Chief. The Chief
might be considered, if the place had no idol, as the great
idol of the nation. He was the object of their worship :
they felt accountable to none but to him ; and the posture in
which they approached him was the posture of worship. They
ns towards him applicable to no human being; they
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death. IN hen, theretote, Le stoke to them concerning a
spiritual being, the creator and ;:overnor of all the world, the
chief supposed he was tllking to him of some deceased king of
England; and when he ene:.era, cd to him the list of kings and
queens of Eng' nd, from William the Conqueror, he asked
which of them tl t r our God;. -le!u-.) Where the mind; there-
fore, was without religion, and it iici eat know the grounds
upon which moral responsibility rested, there was no knowing
to what extent their evil passions might carry them. This
was the case with the king in whc,,e dominions he lived; he
was a tyrant ; he acted aceordine to his own will and fancy ;
Ire was not restrained by any in:A.A. or religious considerations
from putting any of his Stity.:e:S fio death whom he suspected,
or whose cattle he desired to obtain, upon the slightest pre-
tence, either by public ,t-osecutieti, or otherwise by secret
assassination. He WEI 6 the only being to whom his subjects
looked up to with any reverence. They had, indeed, no no-
tion of any being superior to him, and thus they were desti-
tute of all the spirit of liberty. He might have another op-
portunity of giving a detailed account of the actions and
manners of this cruel heathen king, which might not only
interest, but chew what a miserable and unhappy creature man
is without religion, when he is left to his own evil passions.
He felt, however, that he could not at that time, addressing
them at the early part of the meeting, when so many of his
rev. brethren were waiting to speak. He should at the follow-
ing meeting bring before them, on the part of the Church Mis-
sionary Society, the general state of the heathen, and give a
further account of his mission to the Zoloos ; but at present
he should sit down by seconding the resolution.
The resolution was then carried unanimously.

DISCHARGED

Accidents
Medical and Surgical cases
Upon recommendation

The Rev. THOMAS NOLAN said that, by the arrangements
for the meeting, lie found himself privileged to introduce the
next resolution :

" That the success which it has pleased God to vouchsafe
to the labours of our missionaries during
thepast year,rpfe-
cially in Western Africa, India, and New Zealand
devout thankfulness and renewed prayer that the Lordcalls
o; the
Harvest would continue to own this in gathering souls
from among the heathen."
To every true Christian the terms of the resolution affirmed
only what he acknowledged at once to be an obvious duty,
and felt, in the discharge of it, to be an exceeding treat and
happy privilege—to offer prayer and to render thanks. It was
a good and pleasant thing to give thanks. The heart that is
constrained, by an abiding sense of mercies past, to praise
and bless the Lord for his goodness and the wonders that he
doeth for the children of men, is the most likely to engage
again with cheerfulness and vigour—the best elements of
success—in fresh efforts of practical. benevolence. and
.active
love. So that the frame of mind, implied in. the spirit of
this resolution, while it is the only becoming one for the
Christian, is unquestionably
heseeks the best also for the interests of
the cause whichto advance. A spring of latent
energy is detected, a fountain of exhaustless. hope is opened,
an ardour is awakened in the mind, duly thankful for the
past, and humbly trustful ase regards‘ the future, that will
neither be deterred by difficulty, chilled by delay, nor even
defeated by disappointment, inya'shmeuach as the cause to which
they are devoted must needs good one, and the zeal
thus tempered must certainly be according to knowledge.
When the uncertain future 'is contemplated through the
prayer of faith, the buoyancy, excessive of hope is
that might. arise from a remePmebbrannPese
tempered,
of former
is
highpoured out
success; and, as the tide of pious thankfulnessan
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for that success, new energies are enlisted
, n
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it,of
as holy resolves are formed, the harbinge'rs
as
welloo
renewed and increased triumphs again. This,
was the great principle of missionary enterprise,
'
the great secret of missionary success. Believino• it to be
sound and scriptural, he give it an humble but most cordial
support. The Church Missionary Society went forth in
obedience to the command of the Lord Jesus, " Go ye unto
all nations and make Christians of them," nor would it cease
from its labour of love so long as that command was uncan-
celled ; and certainly they could not for a moment doubt of
eventual success, so long as the accompanying promise was
unrecalled, " Lo, I am with you always even to the end of
the world." Without further trespassing on the time and in-
dulgence of the meeting, he begged leave to propose the re-
solution.
Mr. Jon
eGurse of his obsery

HowAtln seconded the resolution, and in the
, ations, he stated that some years ago, a
gentleman, a friend of his from York, named Graham, on
hearing that Liverpool only then contributed £BOO per
annum to the Church Missionary Society, said he was as-
tonished at it, especially as the little town of York, with a
pcpulation not exceeding 30,000, remitted £lOOO, whilst
Liverpool, with 200,000 inhabitants, sent only £BOO. Mr.
Graham threw out the hint, and it was not without its use,
for the contribution eventually reached £2OOO. This cir-
cumstance showed that Liverpool only wanted to be stirred
up in order to do more ; and the best argument to address
to her on the subject was the word of God, expressed in
the command of our Saviour, " Go ye into all the %odd,
and preach the gospel to every creature. for there is joy in
Leaven over every sinner that repenteth." (Hear, hear.)
The resolution was then unanimously carried.
The Rev, A. R. C. DALLAS proposed the next resolu-

Wind at Holyhead, E.S.E. moderate in the morning ; South, at
noon, and S.W. light breeze in the evening,
tOtT Point Lyons, outward bound, at 5 p.m. No. 1468, Black Cat,
schooner.
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LIVERPOOL INFIRMARY REPORT—Mar 21

In-patients cured
Relieved and at own request II
Made Out-patients . ...•
Irregular . .
Dead .

In-patients
Out-patients
Casuals during the last week 2
2 Reinaininthe house lB9

Consulting Surgeons, Mr. Forshaw and Mr. Dawson.
Chaplain Rev. IL Davies.
House Visiters, Jas. Bold and C. W. Heade, Esqrs.
Apothecary, Mr. W. Burgess.
House Surgeon . Mr. Brandreth.
E. W. JACKSON. Treasurer

NORTHERN HOSPITAL, MAY 21.
ADMITTED. DISCHARGED

II } Cured
Attending as Out Patients
16 Irregular
Died

Remainingin th

Le Hospital... ;0

House Visiters, Daniel Neilson and Walter 0. Heywortli, Esqrs
Treasurer, R. W. Bateson, Esq.
Chaplain, Rev. E. Idaginnis.—House Surgeon, Mr. Parker.

The Toulonnais of the 17th instant states, that it As re-
ported in Algiers, that General Bedean had defeated the
army of the Emperor of Morocco, with the loss of 300 killed
and a great number of prisoners.
Some further failures have taken place at Oporto, and let-
ters from that city charge a large proportion of these disas-
ters on the Oporto Bank, who, at a crisis of great embarrass-
ment, had contracted their credits in a very extraordinary
degree.

The Moniteur publishes a decision of Marshal Soult to in-
stitute a committee, charged with preparing a grammar and
a dictionary of the Kabyle or Berbere language. The Duke
de Montebello, Ambassador of France, in Naples, landed at
Marseilles on the 15th, on his way to Paris.
Ti-iE PRUSSIAN MINISTRY.—The Augsburg Gazette of
the 17th instant states, that M. de Rochow would continue
to direct the Ministry of the Interior at Berlin until the Ist
of July, when Count Arnim would succeed him. M. de Sa-
vigil), is to preside at the Council of State, in place of Gene-
ral Muffling, who is about to resign. It is said that the
King had offered the Senate of Hamburgh a million of crowns
for three years, without interest.
THE ALLEGED FATAL DUEL AT PALERMO.—A letter
has been received from Mr. Johnson, of the 88th Regiment,
dated at Malta, the 27th of April, at which period that gen-
tleman was in good health. He had not been absent from
his regiment at all, and, of course, could not have been at
Palermo ; the story of his having fallen in a duel there is,
therefore, completely disproved, and there remains no doubt
that it was the heartless invention of some mischievous per-
son.

FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—An accident, attended
with a fatal termination, occurred at the Glasgow terminus
of the Glasgow, Ayrshire, and Greenock Railway, on Satur-
day last. One of the men employed in the coke-house, it
appears, was coming out of that place when a waggon was
being run into it, and, the entrance being narrow, he placed
himself in a perpendicular position close to the wall, to avoid
its coming in contact with his person; but, owing to an in-
clination of the waggon towards that side of the entrance,
some part of it caught hold of him by the face and breast,
and he was so severely lacerated that he survived only an
hour after the occurrence of the accident. The deceased was
a young man, named Fitzgerald.—Glasgow paper.
MURDER.—On Thursday last, as a respectable farmer,
named Foley, residing in the parish of Comragh, in this
county, was returning home from the fair of Kilmacthomas,
which was held on the 12th instant, he was attacked at half-
past 10 p.m. by a party of persons, one of whom struck him
a violent blow of a stone on the head, which caused a dread-
ful fracture. The poor fellow lingered for a few hours, when
death terminated his sufferings. Owing to the praise-
worthy exertions of that very efficient officer, head-constable
Johnson, together with the activity of his party, two persons
have been made amenable to justice—namely, Martin Slice
and Thomas Power who are now lodged in the Waterford
gaol, for the homicide, by virtue of the coroner's warrant.
Sufficient
praise cannot be given to the police on the occa-
sion. No cause has been assigned for this outrage.— Water-
ford Mail.

SHRIMPS.—The office of shrimps seems to
it be anala-
gous to some of the insects on laud, whose task is to clear
away the remains of dead animal matter after the birds and
beasts of prey have been satiated. If a dead small bird or
frog be placed where ants can have access to it, those insects
,
will speedily reduce the body to a closely-cleaned skeleton.
The shrimp family, acting in hosts as
speedily remove all
traces of fish or flesh from the bones of any dead animal ex-
posed to their ravages. They are, in short, the principal
scavengers of the ocean ; and notwithstandins their office,
they are deservedly and highly prized as nutritious and deli-
cious food.