62

Hadley, Ms. Chil. of sab. school, Hampden, Me. Cairbar, for Pal. miss. Hamp. Chris. Depos. Granby, (west par.) mon. con. 8; two sisters, 3; west chh. so. by H. W. Gridley, 5,92; Hadley, Widow H. Dickinson, 5; Ludlow, mon. con. by Rev. E. B. Wright, 7; Northampton, 1st mite so. 40; Cummington, av. of beans, by a girl of color, for west. miss.

62c.

2.00

69 54

15 00

13 26

85 55

4.00

22 00

Hancock, N. H. Mon. con. by Rev. A. Burgess, Hanover, N. Y. Mon. con. by Dea. A. Thomas, Hartford co. Ct. Miss. so. J. R. Woodbridge, Esq. Tr. Wintonbury, fem. asso. Mrs. Hannah Mills, Tr. 6,76; Berlin, (New Briton so.) fem. asso. Mrs. C. B. North, Tr. 25,97; Enfield, asso. Dea. L. Pierce, Tr. 32,82; unknown, thank off. of a friend of miss. 20; Highbridge, Va. Coll. in cong. by Mr. S. Moseley, Huntsville, Ala. Eliza Estell, a little girl, fruit of self denial, 2; Maj. A. G. Morgan, for Alexander G. Morgan at Creek Path, 20; Jonesborough, E. Ten. Dr. D. Nelson, 10; a friend, by Rev. D. A. Sherman, 10; Keene, N. H. Mon. con. by Rev. Z. S. Barstow, Kennebunkport, Me. Mon. con. (of which 21,50 for Bombay Chapel,) 50; a la. for west. miss. 2; by Rev. J. P. Fessenden, Lebanon, Ct. Mon. con. (of which for Pal. miss. 1.74; Am. Indians, 2; For. miss. sch. 2,49; hea. chil. in India, 2,26;) by Rev. Z. Ely, 12,75; fem. cent so. Mrs. H. B. Williams, Tr. 23; Lexington, N. Y. Mon. con. by Rev. Dr. Porter, 11 28 Littleton, Ms. A friend, by S. M. Newhall, Esq. Louisville, Ky. W. Miller and J. M. Smith, by Mr. N. Willis,

Lunenburg, Ms. Mrs. H. Custing,

Malta, N. Y. Mr. L. Waterbury, a bal.

Marblehead, Ms. Mon. con. in Rev. Mr. Dana's so. by Mr. J. Hooper,

20 00 10 75

52 00

35 75

2 00

20 00

Putney, Vt. Rev. E. D. Andrews, m. f. 2,57; Mr. Conant, do. 3,78;

Randolph, Vt. Mon. con. (8,33 of which for Bombay chapel,) 28; agri. so. of acad. av. of labor, 6; by Rev. R. Nutting,

Reading, Ms. Widow H. Parker, for Bombay chapel, 1; a friend, 3; by Rev. J. Reid, Ripley, O. Miss. so. by Mr. W. Slocomb, Rochester, Vt. Mon. con. by Rev. S. Hurlbut, Rogersville, E. Ten. J. A. McKenney, Esq. Royalston, Ms. Mon. con. to purchase bibles for Am. Indians, by Rev. E. Perkins, Rupert, Vt. Coll. for Mrs. Graves, by Capt. S. Heath, 86c. an indiv. 3; an indiv. for Am. Indians, 50c. by Rev. W. Jackson, Rutland, (West. Par.) Vt. Praying meeting so. by Mr. J. Chatterton, Tr. 53; Dea. T. Boardman, 10; Mrs. M. Boardman, 5; by Rev. A. Drury,

Salem, Ms. Mon. con. at the Tab. chh. by Mr. D. Lang',

Salisbury, Vt. Av. of corn, by Mr. N. Spencer, Savannah, Ga. Gent. 8,73; Mrs. Harrison, m. f. 2; juv. hea. sch. so. Miss Lewis, Tr. 12; by S. C. and I. Schenk,

Sharon, Ct. A friend, by Mr. W. Holland, Sidney, Fem. for west. miss. by Sarah Cutler, Shrewsbury, Ms. Mr. P. Goddard, by Mr. N.

Pratt,

Snowhill, Md. A lady, by Rev. Dr. A. Green of Philadelphia,

St. Albans, Vt. Mon. con. and indiv. to constitute the Rev. WORTHINGTON SMITH an honorary member of the Board, 50; la. sew. so. for fem. sch. in Ceylon, sem. ann. pay. by Mrs. E. L. Janes, Tr. 14; H. Stimson, Esq. 1; by H. Janes, Esq.

635

34 00

4.00

1 50

6 00

5 00

12.00

436

68 00

14 83

2 75

22 73

5 00

2 31

10 00

10 00

30

65 00 St. Clairsville, O. Miss. so. by Mr. W. Slocomb,

Stillwater, N. Y. M. f. 30; for Bombay chapel, 3;
by Rev. M. Tucker,

Stockbridge, Ms. A gent. 1; a girl, 68c; by Mr. W.
Holland,

Stockholm, N. Y. Fem. so. Esther Staples, Tr.
16; agri. miss. so. m. f. by Mr. W. Staples, Tr.
38; young gent. agri. miss. so. Mr. J. Hulburd,
Tr. 16;

50

33 00

1 68

70 00

7 00

Nelson, N. H. Char. box, 5; m. f. 2,30; by Rev. G. Newell,

7 30

Stonington, Ct. Mon. con. 14; scholars in sab. school at Mystic bridge, 4; by Rev. I. Hart, Stoughton, Ms. A friend,

18 00

5 09

Newark, O. Rev. S. S. Miles, by Mr. W. Slocomb,

3.00

Sumner, Me. Indiv. for Cher. miss. by S. Barrett, Jr. Esq.

Newark, N. J. Fem. for. miss. so. by A. Beach,

Temple, N. H. A friend,

5 00 2.00

Esq.

32 00

Newburgh, N. Y. A lady, 1; a girl, 12c. by Mr. W. Holland,

1 12

Newbury, Vt. Mon. con. for west. miss. by Mr. L. Jewett,

Newburyport, Ms. Benef. so. for Samuel Spring at Brainerd, 30; for Luther Frazier Dimmick in Ceylon, 12; by Miss L. Bagley, New Hartford, N. Y. Mon. con. by Dea. A. Thomas,

10 00

Tennessee, Mr. Craighead, by Rev. D. S. Butrick, 2; Synod, 30;

Trenton, N. Y. Found in the road, by Dea. A.

Trumbull, Ct. La. miss. so. Rebecca B. Burton, Sec.

Utica, N. Y. A stranger from the west. m. f. 2; his fam. miss. box, I; by Dea. A. Thomas, Waldoborough, Me. So. for pro. chris. among the Jews, Rev. D. M. Mitchell, Sec. for sup. of Jewish chil. in Bombay, 23,72; for Hebrew Testaments in do. 3,83;

Ware, Ms. Mr. L. Sprague, by Mr. W. Holland,

Waterford, Vt. Farmers and Mechs. miss. so. Mr. J. Hale, Tr. by Mr. S. F. Dewey,

42 00 5 34

New Haven, Vt. A friend, av. of flax, by Mr. E. Brewster,

75

Newton, Ms. Char. box of Mr. E. F. Woodward, 1 20 Norwich, Ct. A friend, for Asahel Hooker in Ceylon,

2.00

24 00

Norwich, Vt. Mon. con. in cong. so. by Rev. S. Goddard,

15.00

8 10

North Woodstock, Ct. Mrs. P. May, by Cal. J. May,

1 00

Owego, N. Y. Coll. in Presb. Cong. for Bombay chapel, by Rev. H. J. Lambord,

600

Palmyra, N. Y. Mr. L. North, by Dea. A. Thomas,

West Haven, Vt. Coll. for Mrs. Graves, by Rev. E. Hibard,

1 30

50

Partido del Aguacate, Isl. of Cuba, Mrs. S. Jenckes,

17 00

Perry, N. Y. Mon. con. by Dea. A. Thomas, Petersham, Ms. Mon. con. in ortho. so. by Rev. D. Grosvenor, 17,11; Dea. J. Goddard, for Bombay chapel, 2.11; Philadelphia, Pa. Mr. J. B. Clemson, 2d an. pay. for John B. Clemson at Creek Path, 30; fem. mite so. for South Amer. miss. Miss A. Vaughan, Tr. by R. Ralston, Esq. 55,16; Pleasant Valley, N. Y. A friend, by Mr. W. Holland,

7 00

19 22

Whitehall, (East par.) Vt. Cong. coll. for Mrs. Graves, by Rev. E. Hibard,

425

Williamsport, Md. Coll. in pres. chh. by Mr. S. Moseley,

250

Winfield, N. Y. Mr. J. Kelsey, to purchase Testaments for hea. chil. by Dea. A. Thomas, Windham co. Ct. Char. so. T. B. Chandler, Esq. Tr. (of which 37,57 from mon. con. in North Woodstock; 15 fr. fem. benev. so. Miss P. Corbin, Tr. and 18,62 fr. Newell so. by Miss E. Child;)

4.00

126 33

Windham, Vt. Mon. con. 2; an indiv. 3; a fam. donation, 3; by Mr. N. Aldrich,

8 00

3 00

Crowd, then, into the remainder of the little day of life, all the exertion, all the activity, all the benevolence possible; and those exertions will, doubtless, prove a source of blessings to millions, when your work is done.

Freland.

A young lady in Ireland hearing that a young woman had died close to the schoolroom, went to visit her mother, while many, (as is their custom,) were loudly lamenting over the corpse. She asked them if they derived any consolation from this noise, and offered to read to them an account of a young person who had lately died in England. They immediately stopped and listened with great attention; when she had done, they expressed themselves much gratified, and asked many questions. She inquired if they would like her to read some part of the Bible, to which all present (about thirty) agreeing, she read several chapters, and spoke to them of their eternal interests. They said they had never before heard that their souls were to live for ever, and seemed much affected, and as if engaged in private prayer. When she departed; they thanked her, and begged her to come again.

After her departure, they sent for the schoolmaster, who is a pious man, to read the Scriptures and explain them. At night, the house being much crowded, they retired to the school-room, and sat up all night to hear him read the Scriptures and some religious tracts, and explain them.

This occurred just after the parish priest had rendered himself odious by his violent conduet; he had searched every corner of the house in which the girl had died, and in consequence of finding a Testament and some tracts, denied her the rites of the church, and violently abused the school. The schoolmaster, however, perseveres, and many of the people declare, that no priest on earth shall prevent their listening to these good things.

instructions in needle-work. It is but justice to notice here the encouragement afforded to this branch of the Committee's labors by the Marchioness of Hastings. Her Ladyship not only patronised the schools at the beginning, but also gave work to be done by the scholars, and, a few days before her departure, visited in person most of the schools, inspected the classes, commended those scholars who bad made the greatest proficiency, and encouraged them by rewards. The parents were much attracted by her Lady ship visiting lanes and gullies where Europeans are seldom seen, and by her condescension to their children.

Considering how generally Divine Provi dence carries on His designs of mercy to mankind by the instrumentality of each other, it is impossible to say how great may have been the good effected by the silent influence of the example exhibited by one so exalted in rank and station as Lady Hastings. Certain it is that since her Ladyship's visit to the schools, the mistress of the Shyam Bazar School, (the only female teacher the Committee could at first find,) has been called upon to instruct a respectable brahminee, a widow, with two other adult females, at her own house, during the hours she is not occupied in the school; and this widowed brahmiuee, though herself still a learner, attends daily at the house of a brahmin to instruct his two daughters. Who does not hail such an event as a hopeful indication of improvements, which, by opening to widows a means of respectable provision, shall assist to quench the flames of the suicidal Suttee?

Of the persons who were first admitted to the schools, three young women have made sufficient proficiency to be now employed as teachers. They have each charge of a school containing from fifteen to twenty-five girls, and acquit themselves with much credit. Three other young women will be appointed teachers of schools in a few weeks, and ten other women who are under a course of instruction, will soon be able to engage in simi

Fudia.

FEMALE SCHOOLS IN CALCUTTA.

FROM the Sixth Report of the Calcutta Committee of the Church Missionary Society we extract the following account of the success, which has attended the indefatigable labors of Miss Cooke, now Mrs. Wilson, at Calcutta, in the department of female schools.

In the former Report the Committee stated the number of native female schools to be eight; they are now increased to twenty-two. The number of scholars last year was 217; they have now increased to 400. The difficulty of keeping up any degree of order was at first very great, and has not entirely disappeared; but a growing sense of the benefits likely to arise from education is evident, and recently the establishment of schools has been sought from the avowed desire of receiving

In

On Monday morning, the 23d of June, a general examination of the first and second classes of all the female schools took place at the Society's house at Mirzapore. When public notice of the examination was given, it was not known to the superintendent that the day fixed on was a noted Hindoo holiday. It was therefore apprehended that the attendance of the children would be very small. this instance however the parents allowed the children to follow their own inclination, and out of one hundred and twenty children who were requested to attend, not more than ten were absent, of whom, it was afterwards ascertained, more than half were unwell. This little group were then examined in the presence of many of the Society's friends. The first classes read with ease a tract on Female Education, the work of a learned pundit, which is considered a rather difficult book from the number of Sunscrit phrases with which it abounds; others read in books of Fables, and Watts' Catechism, translated into Bengalee.

They then exhibited their proficiency in needle-work, and the composure and seeming

delight with which the little creatures went through their task, sitting on the mat at the feet of their kind patronesses, much exceeded what had been anticipated at the first public examination.

A native gentleman, well known as the friend of education, and of the improvement of his countrymen, addressed the children at the conclusion of the examination, on the advantage of education, both for time and eternity; and assured them that, as soon as they are qualified, the native gentlemen will employ them to instruct their daughters. Rewards were then distributed from a stock supplied by Lady Hastings on her departure from the country.

The Committee beg to observe, that seventeen months previous to the examination none of these children, nor even the young women who have qualified themselves to become teachers, knew a letter of the alphabet, nor could they have been persuaded to enter an European house. The idea of learning to sew they also at first received reluctantly, considering it degrading; now, on the contrary, their instructress is frequently accosted with, "What, no work for us to-day?" The effect of this altered feeling on the society at large begins to appear, not only in the case of the brahminee widow already mentioned, but in the facts that one of the scholars, eleven years of age, is instructing her two elder sisters at their own home; and in another quar. ter of the town, a girl, about the same age, has taught her little sister, a child six years old, to repeat nearly the whole of Watts' Catechism. On this head the Committee will only add, that a Rajah, near whose house one of the female schools is situated, lately visited the school, and himself examined a little girl in Watts' Catechism, and after inquiring into the state of the school, expressed himself well pleased with what he saw and heard.

Mrs. Wilson, on first entering on her arduous work, was usually accompanied by a brahmin youth, who had learned English in one of the Society's schools, both to explain any difficulties that might occur, and to enable her to inspect a greater number of children. This has now become unnecessary, both from Mrs. Wilson's better acquaintance with the native language, and from the eagerness of many of the scholars to oblige and assist her.

It was

made known in the schools, that, if the best readers were present and neatly dressed, when Mrs. Wilson should call at an early hour, some of them should accompany her in the palankeen carriage to visit the other schools, and assist her in hearing the classes. This plan has succeeded far beyond expectation. By 6 o'clock the best girls are in school, clean and neat, waiting for Mrs. Wilson, and the favored ones, selected to attend their instructress, with manifest pleasure teach classes in the other schools.

BAPTIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY.

Extract of a letter from Dr. Carey, dated, Calcutta, July 13, 1823. I HAVE reason to think the work of conversion goes on and prevails gradually among the

natives. I received a letter from Monghyr a few weeks ago, giving an account of the baptism of several persons. Sister Chamberlain says, "What happiness would it have given my late husband to witness what I have seen. A letter received yesterday from brother Thompson of Delhi, mentions a number of highly interesting circumstances. One received from my son William, a fortnight ago, informs me that his encouragement lately has been more than for a long time past. Brother Fernandez has baptized nearly twenty persons within the past year; and brother Fink has baptized some of the Mugs and Arrakenese, and expects soon to baptize more.

Schools for the education of native female children have been successful beyond expectation. There are a great number of large schools in Calcutta, raised by Mrs. Wilson (formerly Miss Cooke.) I think we have twelve or more at Serampore and its neighborhood, which are regularly visited by our young ladies every day; and I am happy to see the lively interest they take in this department. At the late festival of drawing the car of Juggernauth, which, by the by, ends this day, I think our brethren dispersed 8000 pamphlets in the Bengallee language. Brother Mack was highly gratified by seeing one man mounted on the car near the wooden horses securing a tract with the utmost care. We trust some of this seed will spring up; at any rate the gospel is more known and read among the natives of India. [Bap. Mag.

Demerara.

CASE OF REV. JOHN SMITH. THE sheet of our last number which contained the article relating to the Insurrection of negroes in the colony of Demerara, and the condemnation of the Rev. John Smith (See p. 158) had just gone to press, when the London Missionary Chronicle for March arrived. This number contains a statement respecting Mr. Smith's case, occupying, with accompanying documents, nearly twelve pages, which confirms the impression that Mr. Smith was innocent. The Directors of the London Missionary Society, after stating some circumstances relative to his trial, says:

The Directors having stated these points of serious objection (and more might easily be found,) to the proceedings on the trial, conclude that the members of the Society, and the candid beyond its circle, will ap prove of their declaring that they retain the conviction formerly expressed, of the moral and legal innocence of their missionary, Smith; that they do not withdraw from him their confidence; and that they are "not ashamed of his bonds." They regard him as an unmerited sufferer, in the diligent and faithful, and it may be added, useful discharge of his duties, as a missionary; and they earnestly wish the divine forgiveness may be extended to those who have been instrumental in causing his sufferings.