the reductions made in the Parliamentary allowances. Nor do they state this necessity without a serious regret for the difficulties, which many exemplary men will necessarily suffer from the diminution of their incomes.

'With respect to Upper Canada, it appears from letters of his Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor transmitted to the Society by Viscount Goderich, that provision has been made by the Government for the Established clergy in that province. The Committee therefore recommend, that after the year 1834 no payments be made to them from the funds of the Society.

'The Committee recommend that the grants of the Society be, after sufficient notice, entirely withdrawn from the stations of Quebec, Halifax, and St. John's, Newfoundland, where it is reasonable to expect that the clergy may now be maintained without assistance from the mother country.

The committee recommend that reductions in the Society's annual expenditure to the amount of £2500. be made by diminishing the sums now paid to catechists and schoolmasters; and to scholars, and exhibitioners at King's College, Nova Scotia; and by withholding the grant which has been voted for several years towards the maintenance of that institution.

The Committee recommend, that, after the year 1834, £100. be annually paid out of the funds of the Society to each clergyman, who now receives an allowance of £200. a year, and who shall not be able to maintain himself on colonial resources; it being understood, that, as colonial resources shall become available for his maintenance, a proportionate sum shall be withheld from him, and expended in opening and maintaining new missions, and

furthering the great objects of the Society, which the supply of more ample means will enable them to effect. The Committee recommend, moreover, that a proportionate reduction or advance of salary be made in other cases according to their respective urgency.

'It seems desireable that, whatever may be the arrangements which the Society may think it right to adopt, they be communicated forthwith to the North American bishops and clergy, and that each clergyman be required to limit his drafts upon the Society to the amount, which may be specified in the communication.

(By order of the Committee)

'A. M. CAMPBELL, Sec.' We cannot but regret the withholding of pecuniary support from this Society. At the same time we are no way surprised at the circumstance, and are not sure whether eventually it may not be productive of a beneficial effect. The Society has now for many years been a kind of close borough, publishing indeed an annual report, but concealing as much as possible many of its proceedings from public view. It is nominally under the direction of our Archbishops and Bishops, but they, it is obvious, have so many other important duties to perform that the principal superintendance devolves. upon others, and hence, till a very late period, unmitigated slavery prevailed on some of its estates, and some very questionable proceedings were adopted with reference to some of its missionaries, catechists, &c. We trust the existing difficulties will lead to a revision of its constitution and proceedings, and if properly conducted, we see no reason why its funds should not equal those of the Church Missionary, the Wesleyan, London, and other similar Institutions.

FEB. 15, 1883.-I gave public notice that I had a stock of Persian, books for sale and distribution: accordingly, yesterday and to-day, several persons have applied for New Testaments. I made repeated attempts to sell copies at very reduced prices; but there was not a single person to

be found who would give any money for a New Testament. They are willing enough to receive Testaments for nothing. Indeed, on previous occasions, I had caused copies of the Old Testament in Arabic and Turkish, and the New Testament in Persian, to be conveyed,

by my servant and a Mabomedan of this place, to the market-place, and there to be offered for sale; but it was all in vain, not a single copy could be disposed of in this manner. In a similar manner, all our endeavours to effect sales at Shushi, and in various other places, have been fruitless. It is necessary, however, in distributing the scriptures gratis, to take the precaution of not giving them to every applicant indiscriminately, and to let those who obtain them feel that it is a great favour bestowed upon them to put them in possession of the sacred volume.

FEB. 21.-The Persian New Testaments which I have recently circulated have already attracted the notice of the Mollahs. Yesterday, one of them cautioned the people, publicly in his Mesdsched, against them, observing, that every one who received them rendered his fasting and praying of none effect, and drew down the curses of God upon his family.' Another, who is likewise a distinguished Mollah, expressed himself rather more fayourably; and even exhorted his hearers to meet together for the purpose of reading the New Testament; 'because,' as he said, 'the Franks have, in the first instance, conveyed the Korân to their country, where they have read, translated, and printed it; and in the second, they have translated the New Testament into the language of this country, and sent it out to us: from all which,' he argued, it is evident that their intention is to enter into a religious controversy with us, and at some future period to attack our religion. Hence, he proceeded to say, it is of great importance that we should make ourselves acquainted with their books, in order to be able, by them, to refute them.' The Muschdahid, on the other hand, gave it as his opinion, that the books were certainly good, and that it was the duty of Mahomedans to regard the Gospel as the word of God; nevertheless, generally speaking, Mahomedans had no concern with it, inasmuch as it was the basis of religious instruction for Christians, and not for Mahome

dans. It was moreover to be feared, that if they received the Gospel and preserved it, although they themselves might not read it, their children would, and might thus be induced to abandon the faith of their forefathers; so that, under all considerations, he exhorted them not to receive or read the Gospel.

FEB. 23. Generally speaking, it affords us pleasure to be able to say that the Mahomedans manifest increased willingness to receive the Holy Scriptures, occasionally making personal applications for them; and that they begin to take more interest in the perusal of them. Nevertheless, the number of those is small who suffer themselves by the perusal, to be led to reflect on the salvation of their souls. Their hearts are, upon the whole, still filled with darkness and indifference; and they stand greatly in need of the prayers of faithful Christians, that the Lord may be pleased to send down his Spirit of grace upon them. The New Testament continues to be much inquired after by Armenian Christians; and one principal cause of this is, the increasing use which is made of it in the schools, which are becoming more and more numerous. At all events, more benefit will be derived for the readers, when the New Testament, together with the modern East-Armenian Translation, shall have left the press at Moscow, by means of which the glorious truths of the gospel will be laid open to the understanding of all who can read. The Greeks who have been sent from Turkey as colonists to Grusia were hitherto left without any supplies of the Scriptures from hence: we therefore rejoice that we shall soon be enabled to furnish them with the New Testament. All our fear is, however, that they perhaps understand no other language than Turkish, and that they may be only able to read the Word of God in Turkish with Greek characters. The Jews in these parts also receive readily the Old Testament in Hebrew; on which account we shall be glad to obtain 100 or more copies of it.

THIS venerable lady died at her residence in Windsor Terrace, Clifton, on Saturday, September 7, in the eighty-ninth year of her age.

Few persons have enjoyed a higher degree of public esteem and veneration, than this excellent and distinguished lady. Early in life she attracted general notice, by a brilliant display of literary talent, and was honoured with the intimate acquaintance of Johnson and Burke, of Reynolds and Garrick, and of many other eminent individuals, who equally appreciated her amiable qualities, and her superior intellect. But, under a deep conviction that to live to the glory of God, and to the good of our fellow-creatures, is the great object of human existence, and the only one which can bring peace at the last, she quitted in the prime of her days the bright circles of fashion and literature, and retiring into the neighbourhood of Bristol, devoted herself to a life of active Christian benevolence, and to the composition of various works, having for their object the religious improvement of mankind. Her pen could adapt itself with equal success to the instruction of the highest and of the humblest classes, and the numerous editions through which her various publications have passed attest the high sense entertained by the public, of their varied utility and excellence. Her practical conduct beautifully exemplified the moral energy of her Christian principles. She was the delight of a widely extended sphere of friends, whom she charmed by her mental powers, edified by her example, and knit closely to herself in affection, by the warmth and constancy of her friendship. She lived and walked

in an atmosphere of love, and it was her delight to do good; the poor for many miles around her felt the influence of her unceasing benevolence, and her numerous schools attested her zeal for the improvement and edification of the rising generation. In these works of faith and charity, she was aided for a long course of years by the concurring efforts of four sisters, who lived with her, who regarded her with mingled feelings of admiration and affection, and towards whom her conduct was ever marked by the kindest and most endearing consideration. It was truly a sisterhood animated by all the social and hospitable virtues. Mrs. Hannah More's last illness was accompanied by feverish delirium; but the blessed influence of Christian habits was strikingly exemplified, even under the decay of extreme old age and its attendant consequences. Not seldom she broke forth into earnest prayer, and devout ejaculation, and invariably met the affectionate attentions of the friends who sedulously watched over her sick bed, by unceasing and most expressive returns of grateful love. The writer of this tribute to her memory saw her only the day before her last seizure, in November, 1832, when she expressed to him in a most impressive manner the sentiments of a humble and penitent believer in Jesus Christ, assuring him that she reposed her hopes of salvation on his merits alone, and expressing at the same time a firm and joyful affiance on his unchangeable promises. In her excellent writings she will long live, not only as one of the brightest ornaments of her sex, but as the benefactress of her species.

THE Schools in connexion with this Society, it is stated, were never at any time more efficient both in numbers and discipline. The scriptural instruction afforded in them, is very considerable, and is constantly in

creasing, and the proportion of Roman Catholics who attend the schools, is fully as great as usual, and they appear equally anxious with the other scholars for Scriptural instruction.

MR. LITTLETON, the new Secretary for Ireland, states that applications have been made to this board, for Scripture Extracts for 209 schools, to which 4,905 copies have been forwarded. He adds that 105,000 children are under instruction in the schools connected with the new board; and comparing these statements, it would appear that only about one twentieth part of the children educated by the board, are favoured with a copy of the Scripture lessons. Had these 105,000 children been in connexion with the London Hibernian Society, at least thirty thousand would have been reading and committing to memory the New Testament, and thirty thousand more would have been reading and committing to memory the Scripture lessons in the Society's Second Spelling Book; so that twelve times

the number of scholars would have been receiving Scriptural Instruction, had they been under the care of the London Hibernian Society, than as they now are under the Government board. It is entirely a mistake to suppose there is any difficulty in inducing the Irish Roman Catholics to attend scriptural schools, the very reverse is the case; provide schools, and the Romanists will attend, and send their children, nor can all the power of Popish priests and infidel Protestants keep them away. The only difficulty of the London Hibernian Society, has been to obtain funds. Scholars, even in the most Popish parts, always gladly attend, and poor Popish Peasants hold fast the Bible, and will not give it up, notwithstanding the mandates and threats of their priests.

THE following Protest signed by nine magistrates, eleven clergymen, and two hundred and seventy other inhabitants of Cheltenham, against the races in the town of Cheltenham, points out in very striking terms the evils generally resulting from such meetings, and is deserving the attention of those who possess influence in other places which are annually demoralized by those melancholy scenes. We understand the Protest was respectfully received by the Cheltenham Turf Club, and that some hopes are entertained, that if the races are not entirely discontinued, they may be removed to a greater distance from the town.We are however, fully convinced that no regulations can prevent horse races being the scenes of most disgusting, disgraceful, and ruinous profligacy, and would therefore call upon all to exert themselves to the utmost for their entire suppression.

PROTEST AGAINST THE RACES.

'We, the undersigned magistrates, clergy, and other inhabitants and visitors of the town of Cheltenham and its vicinity, desire by this public declaration to express our

conviction that the races annually held at this place are become an intolerable nuisance.

They have for several years driven away many of the most respectable residents from the town during their continuance, to the great injury of the proprietors of lodging-houses, and of all who are interested in the trade and prosperity of the place; and in their stead are assembled hordes of blacklegs, gamblers, swindlers, pickpockets, and vagabonds of the very worst description, who seem to lord it over the turf. During the week of the races, and for some time after, the patience of the magistrates has been nearly exhausted by the numerous cases of felony, fraud, riot, and assault, which have been brought before them, and they have had great difficulty in preventing gambling to a great extent from being carried on in the heart of the town.

'Such evils are the inseparable consequences resulting from the manner in which races are conducted, and they introduce into a place which is avowedly, at other times, one of the most orderly and peaceable in the kingdom, every

tion, and will see the necessity of discontinuing them in future.

We, the undersigned, at the same time declare our united determination to employ all legal means to effect their immediate and entire suppression.'

THE Calcutta Courier of March 27, states, that Mr. Wolff commenced his lectures at the Town-hall at half-past seven o'clock on Monday evening. A kind of pulpit or reading desk was placed for the purpose immediately before the statue of Lord Cornwallis, in the great room, on the ground floor, and a large assemblage of persons was attracted by the expectations he had raised, crowding the hall to that degree that even the loud voice of Mr. Wolff was not distinctly audible to half the congregation. Among the company we observed the Lord Bishop, the Archdeacon, and several other clergymen, Mr. Ross and his family, and many other distinguished members of the society of Calcutta of both sexes. The lecture occupied an hour and a half, and during the whole time appeared to be

listened to with much attention. Prefacing his lecture with a few words respecting the disadvantage he laboured under as a foreigner, Mr. Wolff made the subject of it the ninth chapter of the Acts of the Apostles, attempting to illustrate the preaching of Ananias and St. Paul. Mr. Wolff's manner was impressive, and his language never at fault. His elocution is certainly very peculiar. He speaks with great vehemence, both of voice and action, occasionally striking with great force the table before him. The Bishop shook hands with him when he descended from his reading-desk.'

The same paper also contains the information that Mr. Wolff had received testimonies of respect from the Grand Mogul, and the King of Oude.

THE following extract from the Hartford Christian Secretary, an American newspaper, containing an account of the reception of the President of the United States in that place, conveys a more favourable idea of his regard for religion, than has generally been entertained.

At his quarters he received some presents, among which was an elegant Quarto Bible by Messrs. Andrus and Judd, of this city. On one side of the cover was inscribed in letters of gold- Andrew Jackson, President of the United Statespresented by Andrus and Judd, Hartford, Conn.' On the reverse side, Righteousness exalteth nation.''

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'I fervently unite with you in your prayer for our beloved country, and I supplicate Providence to incline the hearts of all our citizens to keep its holy law-to realize the inestimable blessings we enjoy—and to become as distinguished for genuine piety among the nations of the earth, as they are for the high favours, national and political, which have been vouchsafed to them.

For myself, Gentlemen, I humbly rely upon the blessing of God to guide me in the performance of the high duties which my countrymen have assigned to me- commending all, with all their requests, to His care, and not doubting, as He led our fathers to acquire the independence we enjoy, he will lead our sons in his own good way to defend and maintain it.

I am, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,

ANDREW JACKSON.