had embraced the gospel have been enabled publicly to maintain their attachment to it, in despite of the menaces of persecution, or the importunate entreaties of relatives and friends.

The members of the Society, who feel an interest in this infant mission, will be constrained to pray that its future prosperity may correspond with its early promise,—that the spirit of inquiry which has been excited may be directed by the Spirit of Truth,-that the effect of the persecution which has been raised may confirm the faith of the sufferers,—and that those who have already embraced the gospel may be the first-fruits of a rich and abun. dant harvest. From this Salem, as from that of ancient times, may the law of JEHOVAH go forth, and his word, as erst from Jerusalem; here also, henceforth, may a "tabernacle" for his glory be!-peace dwell throughout all her borders, and prosperity within her palaces-the dwellers in her mountains sing, and the inhabitants of her plains praise the Lord! Amen. Austin Friars,

January 18th, 1833,

DEATH OF THE REV. JAMES DAWSON,

MISSIONARY.

January 22.-We are deeply concerned to state that letters have been just received by the Directors from the East Indies, which mention the decease, on the 14th of August last, of the Rev. James Dawson, late missionary at Vizagapatam, at which station he had been a diligent and faithful labourer for upwards of sixteen years. [Further particulars will be given in the next Chronicle.]

ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF PRESENTS RECEIVED.

We extract the following acknowledgment from a letter of the Rev. George Platt, missionary, Borabora, South Sea, dated August 1st, 1831, for the satisfaction of the benevolent friends to whom Mr. Platt refers.

"We have received, by this conveyance, a number of valuable articles from different friends, and beg thus to acknowledge them, and present our warmest thanks for the kind interest they take in our work and welfare, especially to the friends at Sligo, for a va luable and acceptable parcel of linen."

MISSIONARY CONTRIBUTIONS.

The Officers of Auxiliary Societies are earnestly requested to accompany their Remittances with correct Lists, having the Names of Places and Persons alphabetically arranged, as in the Society's Annual Report.

[Collections, Anonymous Donations, and all other Donations of £5, and upwards, received from 1st to 31st December, 1832, inclusive.]

The thanks of the Directors are respectfully presented to the following:

To Mr. Partridge, J. Bumsted, Esq., Miss Martin, Mr. G. Slack, J. T., Mr. W. Benham, and Miss P. H. Maurice, for Numbers of the Evangelical Magazine, Tracts, and Reports. To the Ladies at Manchester; Mrs. Traveller, Jersey; Mrs. Wheelwright, and Anonymous, for Fancy Articles for Schools at the Stations. To the Author of "Letters to his Daughter," for Eight Copies of that Work, and Ten Copies of "Influence of Christian Example;" and to Mr. Ellarby, for a number of Newspapers.

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