in this object, a recommendatory certificate of the good effects of religious instruction was given by Messrs. Van Costen and Hamilton, the attorney and manager of the plantation Le Resouvenir. means do not provide for them; but the only time they have for carrying their produce to market is the Sabbath, that being the marketday. "Although," says Mr. S., "this practice is a shameful violation of the Lord's day, and extremely fatiguing to the negroes, who are often compelled to carry their saleable articles, such as yams, Indian corn, bananas, &c. to a distance of six, eight, or even twelve miles; yet the trifling profit they derive from their labour, and the pleasure they find in going to the market in town, strongly attach them to it. With pleasure, however, I see many of our baptized negroes abandon this practice-a practice so specious in its appearance to them, and so deeply rooted by custom, that nothing but the power of religion could cause them voluntarily to relinquish it. Many, very many, now neither go to market, nor yet cultivate their grounds, on the Sabbath; and yet these are the persons that make the cleanest and best appearance, and have more of the comforts of life than most others. The reason is obvious they are diligent in raising live stock, fowls, ducks, turkeys, &c., which they dispose of to persons who go about the country to purchase them. By not going to market, they have less inducement to spend their money in buying useless or pernicious articles; and by a little economy, such as the Bible teaches, they make their money go further than others." After stating that the number of adult negroes baptized during the preceding year was 320; that the number admitted to the Lord's table, during the same period, was 61; that the total number of members of the church was 203, and that of marriages 114;-Mr. Smith observes:-"We have now many candidates, both for baptism and the Lord's supper: our average congregation is 800 persons. We have certainly much cause to be thankful to the great Head of the Church, for the success that attends our labours. We behold, every Sabbath, an overflowing congrega tion, behaving with praiseworthy decorum; and we see them zealous for the spread of Christianity. They are fast abandoning their wicked practices for more regular habits of life, as is evident from the number of marriages, few of which (not as one in fifty) have hitherto been violated. A great proportion of them are furnished with Bibles, Testaments, Dr. Watts' First or Second Catechism, and a hymn book; and these being their whole library, they usually bring them to chapel on the Sabbath. Our congregation, young and old, bond and free, are catechised every Sunday; first individually, in classes, and afterwards collectively. This department is managed by Mrs. Smith." Mr. Smith at the same time added, that the Mission Register contained the names of about 2000 persons, who had professedly embraced the Gospel at Le Resouvenir and the adjoining plantations. His subsequent labours, and those of Mrs. S., who took an active part in the instruction of the female negroes, were attended with the most In the autumn of 1820, as many of the negroes resided at a consi derable distance from Mr. S.'s place of worship, it was proposed to build a chapel at Clonbrook, about 15 m. from Le Resouvenir, and that the Rev. Mr. Mercer, of the L. M. S., then in the colony, should instruct the negroes in that quarter. And, with a view to interest the gentlemen of Clonbrook After Teks bends Capel gratifying results. But, instead of their efforts meeting with that sanction and countenance from the civil authorities, and other leading individuals, which they merited, they had in many instances to contend with increasing opposition and reproach. This, however, was not universally the case. Some of the white inhabitants candidly acknowledged the advantages resulting to the negroes from the labours of the missionary; while several respectable gentlemen, in the neighbourhood of Le Resouvenir became subscribers to the Demarara A. S.; and gave their testimony to the improved character and good behaviour of the negroes who had received the benefit of religious instruction. The contributions of the Le Resouvenir branch of the Demarara A. S. for 1822, amounted to about £200, privileges which belonged to him as a British subject. An immense mass of evidence was brought forward by his accusers, which, instead of establishing his guilt, served, on the contrary, to show the general excellence both of his personal and official characters. The court, nevertheless, thought proper to find Mr. Smith guilty of death! and he was accordingly sent as a felon to the common gaol of the colony. The sentence of the court was referred home for his Majesty's decision. His Majesty was pleased to remit the sentence; but Mr. Smith was required to quit Demarara, and to enter into his recognizance not to reside, in future, in any part of the British West Indies. Before, however, these determinations of his Majesty's government reached Demarara, his happy spirit had ascended to that place where" his judgment shall be brought forth as light, and his righteousness as the noon-duy." To enter into details of those transactions which afterwards occurred, is at present impossible: suffice it to observe, as the report for 1824 states, that Mr. Smith, who, at the period of the previous anniversary, was peaceably and usefully labouring in the midst of an extensive slave-population, by whom he was universally respected and beloved, was, on the 21st of August, 1823, taken into custody; his private journal and other papers seized; and himself and Mrs. S. lodged in the Colony-house. After a painful imprisonment of 7 weeks, during which period he was refused all communication with his friends, Mr. Smith, a minister of the Gospel, was summoned before a court-martial, to be tried on 8 charge of conspiracy against the peace of his Majesty's government, and for abetting the late disturbance among the slaves of the cofony. Being thus made amenable to a military tribunal, he was deprived In the Sabbath-school there are of those ordinary civil rights and 300 adults and 100 children. Most The congregation of Mr. Davies suffered greatly from these distress ing events: it, however, revived in the course of 1824. The last report states, that the average attendance at the chapel on the Sabbath, is about 400 :"but as the congregation consists chiefly of negroes from the adjacent country, the fluctuations in the attendance, arising from the seasons of the year, are considerable. Those who attend the Wednesday evening services, amount to about 140. The number in church-fellowship is 130, of whom upwards of 50 have been admitted since Mr. Davies's return to the colony in 1823. Most of them had been his hearers for many years. Beside the services above mentioned, there are, during the week, two catechetical meetings, and two meetings for religious conversation and prayer. of the teachers, who were educated | Nor has the regular administration of the word and ordinances among this people been in vain in the Lord. A considerable number have been added to the society, chiefly young people of both sexes; and it is a matter of great joy to several of our old members, and to us also, to see their children, for whose conversion they have long and ardently prayed, giving themselves to the Lord. During the last year increased exertions were made among the slaves belonging to this station.". A distressing bereavement was, however, in reserve for this station; Mr.Davies departed this life, after a comparatively short illness, on the 20th of April, 1826. Mahaica. "Here many are in quiring their way to Zion, with their faces thitherward. Since the repeal of martial law, and the res toration of religious ordinances, the congregations have much in creased, and a considerable addition has been made to the society: many more are anxious to be added; but the want of chapel-room obliges the missionary to refuse them, or to put them off and only select a few. The Wesleyan missionaries have also laboured for some years in Demarara. Their cause greatly suffered from the events to which allusion has been made. The existence of martial law for some time prevented their evening meetings; and a hostile spirit against missions of every kind prevented the attendance of the slaves, and many others, on the Sundays. The chapels, especially in the country, were for some time nearly deserted-the societies were greatly scattered,~ and though the two missionaries escaped the hand of legal violence, they were exposed to many obloquies and insults. One of them, indeed, but narrowly escaped a base attack from certain white people, who waylaid him on his return by night from his duty in the country. The clouds began, however, afterwards to disperse. In 1824-5, there was much cause for gratitude; and in the last report the following statements are made : "We continue to preach at Gla zier's Delight, about 5 m. up the coast, and there we have an increase in the congregation, and also of members to the society. Mr. CO DIG "The little place fitted up as a chapel at Mahaicony, continues to be well attended; the society has increased, and several are on trial. Numbers in society -9 Whites, 182 Free coloured, and 1392. Slaves. Total 1583." the ter s 316, 31 Schools." There are, in the Sunday-school in George Town, about 126 scholars. Most of them are free children, attending the or dinary week-day schools, which are very numerous here. We direct the children, without exception, to remain in the chapel during our Sunday forenoon service. The visitor for the day also catechises them; and this is done likewise more largely by the preacher in town on two mornings of the week, "In George Town, our course has been unobstructed, nor have we been without considerable encouragements. Our congregations throughout the year, and at each of the different services, have been large, attentive, and orderly; they consist of persons of all the varieties of grade and station of which the colony is composed; but chiefly of slaves and free coloured people. 220 ed Ja Paing terestin of these bentpo He was Cath, We have several young people quite devoted to the work of teaching, of whose piety we have pleasing evidence." DETMOLD, a town of Westtphalia, in the county of Lippe, with a fortified castle, 17 m. N. NN. W. Paderborn. Here is a Jews' Society, in conrenexion with that at Berlin, kept in operation chiefly through the exerthe tions of the venerable Baron von Blomberg. Mr. Petri, formerly the missionary of this society, has been received under the patronage and control of the L. S. He has been for some time at Hamburgh; but, upon the pressing solicitations of Baron Blomberg, the committee have resolved that he should be again stationed at Detmold, where he may be the means, on the one hand, of carrying on the work already commenced amongst the Jews in that neighbourhood, and on the other, of awakening afresh the zeal and the energies of professing Christians on behalf of their Jewish brethren. Mr. Petri has probably before this commenced his tour through the Westphalian provinces, which are the proper sphere of the Detmold Society's operations. shone upon him, he was picked up by the native brethren by the way side. Another is a native of Joypore, which is still further beyond Agra. He was arrested by divine grace on his return from Jugunnath, by meeting with the brethren Brindabund and Kureem. Two others were Byraggees from those parts of the country; one of them was a Gooroo, who had made many disciples. He had been under a conviction of his sins for some time before he heard of Jesus and his salvation. He told us, that he had, from the pressure of his sins upon his conscience, been accustomed to go out into the fields, and call upon God to shew him the way of salvation. Upon which he declared, that, at a certain time, he saw, in a vision, a form much like a European, which told him to go to the Europeans, from whom he would learn the true way to obtain safety. This wrought so much upon his mind, that he told his disciples what he had seen and heard, and that he had determined to act accordingly. Many of them endeavoured to dissuade him from his purpose, but he invited his disciples to a farewell feast before he left them. A few attended to his invitation; and these were very DIGAH, a populous town in Bahar, Hindoostan, on the S. bank of the Ganges, near the ex-urgent, persuading him not to act tensive cantonments at Dinapore, 320 m. N.W. Calcutta. so rashly. The result was, that he, and one who cleaved to him, left all, and came to Dinapore in quest of salvation to be gained from the Europeans. Here they, at different times and places, met with the native brethren, who proved the waymarks to conduct them to the ful Two native brethren connected with the Bapt. M. S. were sent hither several years since. In 1816, Mr. Chamberlain visited the station, and says in his journal dated Jan. 3-"We assembled this evening to hear four natives de-filment of their wishes." Mr. C. clare what God had done for their souls. Their declaration was very interesting and encouraging. One of these persons is a native of Bhurutpore, a town beyond Agra. He was on his way so far for Jugunnath, but here divine mercy afterwards sat down with 23 persons, 9 of whom were natives, at the Lord's Supper. After this the Rev. Mr. Rowe was appointed to this station, and native schools were opened. The missionaries procured the discharge from the army of a serious young | to see how he was going on, after man of the name of Stewart, who which we would consider the proassisted Mr. Rowe in his school, priety of his baptism. A few days and made much progress in the ago, two of his relatives came Hindoostanee. "Of late," says Mr. hither. They say Narion works R. in.1819, "we have had three or at his trade, and reads and exfour inquirers, who examined the plains the Scriptures to some of Gospel message with considerable his relations and neighbours daily. attention; but there is not one From their account there are 10 among them of whom we can say, of his family who have renounced 'Behold, he prayeth!' I was lately idolatry, and are of one mind revisited by a rich Mussulman of specting the Gospel. He is perPatna, into whose hand I put an secuted by many, and especially Arabic Bible, which I had for sale by those of his own caste; but he on account of the Bible Society. is determined to persevere. He He was much pleased with the wishes to be baptized in his own printing, read the first chapter of village, that he may make a public Genesis, and was so delighted that profession before those who know he immediately purchased it." him." ach In 1820, female education was In the following year, the num making progress. Mrs. Rowe had ber of schools under the direction compiled a Spelling-book and of Mr. and Mrs. Rowe, was 1, Grammar of the Hindoostanee containing in all 178 boys and 46 language, which were published female pupils. After continuing by the Calcutta School Book So- his labours and superintending ciety. The station had sustained those of native itinerants with still a loss by the death of Mr. Stewart, greater success, Mr. R. was re-e and some other circumstances had moved by death in 1823. Mr. Bur occurred to exercise the faith and ton was appointed, since that pea patience of the missionaries; but riod, to this station; the schools still they met occasionally with having been superintended in the table incidents, such as the following, interim by Mrs. Rowe. Several m adapted to cheer them with the members of the native church hav hope that their labour would not ing left the neighbourhood, the be in vain in the Lord. "Some- number, according to the last acc time ago," say they, "a man of the counts, is reduced to 4. This in 1 name of Narion came from Chand- cludes the 2 itinerants, who are pore, a village about 60 m. N. of constantly engaged among their us. He was then very anxious to be countrymen at fairs, and other baptized, and appeared to be equally places of public resort, besides reanxious to obtain a salary, and to gularly preaching at six places, inbe employed as an itinerant. We cluding the city of Patna, every thought his latter request rather Sabbath day. Mr. Burton, while premature, and could not help acquiring the language, is not doubting the sincerity of his pro- without more congenial employe fession on account of it. We ment; preaching at Dinapore to a therefore advised him to return to number of Europeans, chiefly sol his village, to follow his occupa- diers, and superintending the tion-a smith,--and to do all in his schools, which were under the dipower for the good of his neigh-rection of Mrs. Rowe, who has bours; and promised that one of lately found it necessary to return our native brethren should visit to this country. him in the course of a few months, DINAGEPORE, a city of Bengal, P Femand Se at of t &fac at Sa reside educti Chris procla Barket ninity. Several of been mad |