similar to that of Count von der Recke at Dusselthal.

Poland. His account of the reception he met with coincides with the statements given relative to other places. The Jews visited him

daily in crowds, applying for books or for religious instruction. Some young persons in particular manifested an anxious desire to embrace Christianity. He learned that several Jews met on a stated day for the purpose of reading the New Testament; and that in the public school for the education of Christian boys, free places had been appointed for Jewish children, fourteen of whom attended, and appeared desirous of receiving Christian instruction. He visited, likewise, other towns in Prussian Poland; in which he met with considerable encouragement.

The Missionaries of the London Society have also been steadily prosecuting their work in Poland, in those parts chiefly which are subject to the Russian sceptre. The Missionaries Becker, Wendt, and Hoff, remained principally in Warsaw. They had the satisfaction of finding that several of the Jews who formerly had received books, on hearing that missionaries were there again, began to renew their visits; and that those who had received copies of the Scriptures themselves, came afterwards, bringing other applicants with them. Some came from a great distance to converse with them and to obtain books. They had reason also to believe that the Testaments were read as well as received.

In reference to other places, the Missionaries report,-" The Jews came to us in such numbers that our room and the place round about our house, were quite crowded; and they quietly listened to what we said, and asked for books." They do not, however, disguise that they found at the same time much ignorance among most, and much perverseness among many, of the Jewish inhabitants.

The Posen Society had it in contemplation to form a Jewish colony in the neighbourhood, of a nature

From Warsaw, Mr.M'Caul writes: "The affairs of the mission go on uniformly; Jews visiting us, and being visited by us. We see continually some fresh instance of secret belief amongst them." Mr. M'Caul's ordination promised to contribute to the weight and stability of the Society's mission in Poland. The Polish Reformed Church is episcopal, and has its ordination from the Bohemian brethren. "When I told Professor C.," says Mr. M'Caul, "that I was ordained, he immediately called me his brother; and on presenting him with a copy of the German version of the Prayer-book, after he had read the communion service, he declared he would make use of it. He said also, that he thought many of his brethren would do the same if they could procure copies." Permission was readily granted to Mr. M'Caul, to perform Divine service at Warsaw, according to the forms of the Church of England. On the first day of his officiating there were forty-eight English persons present, and several strangers; amongst others, two Jews who speak good English.

The interests of the Polish mission have been further strengthened by the ordination of the German missionaries, Becker, Wendt, and Hoff; the first according to the rites of the Reformed, the other two to those of the Lutheran Church.

Mr. Moritz, the Jewish convert employed as a missionary among his brethren by the Emperor Alexander, continued to labour with zeal and perseverance, and had been instrumental in awakening, or confirming, religious impressions in not a few Jews in various parts of Russian Poland. The education of Jewish children had begun to engage serious attention in St. Petersburgh; and the Society had determined to make themselves responsible for the expense of the instruction of all the Jewish children who may be admitted into the school in that metropolis.

The Committee next turn to the shores of the Mediterranean, where the operations of the Society are beginning to assume somewhat of a regular and systematic character.

The Rev. Charles Neat and Dr. Clarke had commenced their labours among the Gibraltar Jews; visiting them, discussing with them the main points of difference between Jews and Christians, refuting their objections, examining with them the OldTestament Scriptures, and endeavouring to lead them to a diligent study, with prayer, of those sacred oracles.

Proceeding up the Mediterranean, the Committee report the formation of a society for the spiritual benefit of the Jews, in the island of Malta. The object of this institution is to form a centre of union and communication between Asia, Europe, and Africa, for all purposes and plans connected with the conversion of the Jews. The immediate impulse to this undertaking was given by the Rev. Lewis Way, who had arrived there on his way from Italy to Palestine.

The Committee had received the fullest confirmation of Mr. Wolf's own account of his labours and of the encouragement which attended them.

rusalem, until lately, was thought to be an impracticable place for missionary undertakings; and the Jews, inhabitants of Palestine, were considered as an inaccessible people, from their pride, bigotry, and pretended wisdom. Mr. Wolf, I may venture to say, has cleared the way to these modern Jews, and himself succeeded, in a great measure, with them. Under these circumstances, the Committee felt they ought no longer to postpone the adoption of effectual measures for carrying on the work at Jerusalem. Accordingly, they determined to establish a permanent mission in that city, and directed Mr.Lewis to proceed thither without delay.

From India, the Committee continue to receive pleasing accounts of the state of the Jewish schools at Cochin. The Madras Corresponding Committee write respecting them :

mote the edification and usefulness of the native converts at large. Once a week they assemble for improvement in Scriptural knowledge, when they are encouraged to express their own sentiments on chosen passages of the sacred volume, and the Commentary of the late excellent Mr. Scott is read to them in Bengalee. They have even instituted a Native Missionary Society, managed almost entirely by themselves; one result of which is, the publication

of a small monthly work in Bengalee, entitled The Increase of Christ's Kingdom;" and such is already the extent of the native Christian public in Bengal, that the sale of this publication, though at à very low price, nearly covers the

expenses.

"The success of the experiments in female education, first made by our junior missionaries at Calcutta, and afterwards, on a more extended scale, by Miss Cooke (now Mrs. Wilson), having attracted the attention of our senior brethren, they have entered, with their characteristic zeal, on this department also; and at the date of our last communications on this subject, they had established, in and around Serampore, seventeen schools, in which nearly three hundred female children were receiving instruction.

"The general effect, resulting from these combined and persevering efforts to promote the spiritual welfare of the native population, becomes more and more apparent. • The Gospel,' say the Missionaries, is no longer despised among the heathen here. The conduct of those who have professed it has now been witnessed by them through a period of twenty years; and after all that they have seen of their remaining weakness of mind, the conviction is widely spread, that Christianity has made them better men-that it is the truth, and will surely spread. The native Christian brethren are no longer reproached for embracing the Gospel, and renouncing the idolatry of their fathers; they are declared to have acted herein like wise men, who have followed that which they believed to be truth.'” A separate memoir of the Seram

pore translations having been published, and extensively distributed, it is the less necessary to recapitulate the particulars of their progress. That memoir, remarks the Report,

contains a variety of testimonies, from learned natives intimately conversant with the different languages into which the sacred writings have been translated, to the correct and intelligible manner in which this great work has been executed. All who can appreciate the difficulty of such an undertaking will, on reading these attestations, be surprized that, in so early a stage, so much accuracy should have been attained; and will be gratified to perceive that, while unworthy attempts have been made in Europe to represent these versions as spurious and contemptible, such a triumphant body of evidence was preparing in their favour on the spot where opinions are of so much greater value."

The new college, founded by the exertions of the Serampore Missionaries, is advancing towards completion; and ten Brahmins were availing themselves of the advantages it affords for the acquisition of scientific knowledge.

At Colombo, Mr. Chater and his associates have completed the translation of the whole Bible into the Cingalese. The Report states, that after a strict examination by intelligent natives, this translation has been highly approved; and was undergoing a careful revision. The translation of the New Testament into the Javanese had been completed by Mr. Brückner, and some portions of it were being printed at a lithographic press, forwarded for that purpose to Bencoolen.

koo should be threatened with an attack by that strange invading nation. I urged him to call a general meeting of his people, to consider what was proper to be done for their defence, and pointed out the necessity of sending persons into the interior to obtain information of the movements of the invaders; but all my entreaties were unavailing till the 19th of February, when a Peetso, or general meeting, assembled. A long time was taken up by the speakers in urging the necessity of holding fast the missionaries, who were represented to be the preservers of their city.

"March 6th. A man arrived from the north, who informed us that Makkabba, King of Melita, united with two other nations, had attacked and routed the invaders, after fighting three days; but as no dependence could be placed on this account, I determined to take a journey higher up the country, to ascertain the true state of things.

"10th. I collected a small party, consisting of two Hottentots, a wandering Griqua, a Boshuana, and a boy. Having obtained a guide from a chief of old Lattakoo, we set out. "25th. We came to a Borolong town in the evening. Found about 500 men in the public inclosure, and in a short time saw the principal chief and a party come to hear what news I had brought. I told him that I had heard of the approach of the Mantatees, but could obtain no certain information where they were, and had come to inquire of him. He said there were some nations coming, but whence they were he knew not, but heard that they had conquered six nations, or towns; had eaten up all the produce of the ground; that at present they were engaged with a town not far from the Marootzee, whence he supposed they would pass Makkabba, and come directly to his town; but added, whether they will come to Lattakoo or not was uncertain, as they are much afraid of the White people's muskets.

"26th. A man came from Kurreechane with the intelligence that the men of war in that town had marched out to meet the enemy. I asked the chief if he wished for missionaries, and if he would remove the town higher up the Molopo river, where there was much water. He replied that he wished for missionaries with all his heart.

"Three men from the Boqueen country, which lies twelve days' journey north of Makkabba's, were here, by whom I sent a message to Housey, their chief, to be kind to any White men who might be travelling among them. The nation beyond them, they said, lived on the banks of a fresh water lake, the other side of which could not be seen. In the afternoon, by the consent and in the presence of the chief, and about a thousand heathen, who assembled by his orders, I preached from John iii. 16. The greatest decorum was observed during the time of worship.

"27th. Sabbath. In a land where no Sabbath is known, before morn- . ing service the chief presented me with an ox for food, and gave orders for the people to assemble, when a great concourse attended, and I was invited to take my stand near the chief. After worship, the chief desired to see the Bible laid on the ground before him, which attracted their admiration for a long time. In the afternoon I went to the division of the town, which was under a chief named Kunsey, when I preached on the birth of Christ. The head chief sent to desire me to come and tell him and his people once more the good news before I left them. The people came in great numbers, and continued to do so till worship was almost ended. The subject was Christ's raising Lazarus. After worship, the chief asked again for the Bible, which was laid on the ground and gazed at for a considerable time. The chief sent us milk and water melons every day. This town is situated about three days' journey from a

It consists of about twenty divisions, or districts. The houses are small and neat, and so separated, that, should one be on fire, the flames would not be able to reach the next. The great town of the Wanketzens is only about two days' journey north of it. I would have visited Makkabba had I had beads, which are the only present valued by an African prince.

"I have never witnessed in Africa any thing like what I have seen here. When I was standing amid the heathen multitude, preaching the Great Salvation, and saw the lanes of the towns thronged with crowds coming to hear the word of God, I was ready to adopt the words of Jesus at Jacob's well,Lift up your eyes, and behold the fields are already white to the harvest;' but where are the labourers, the holy men of God in Britain, who have given themselves soul and body to Christ? The princes of Ethiopia are crying, like the man of Macedonia, COME OVER AND HELP US!' Let the cry reverberate from east to west, and from north to south-let it reach England, and it shall not he heard in vain; for some will come over to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord against the mighty.'

"I was only two days in this town, on account of the approach of the invaders. I left it with regret, and with a promise soon to return. After preaching to the wandering tribes on the road, I reached home on the 8th of April."

their minds. They could not view the wonders of science and art, and the advantages they confer on almost every member of society, without contrasting these with their own puerile advances in every part of domestic economy. Probably, when Peclu comes to have the reins of government in his own hands, he may be induced to correct some of the inconsistencies of their system, which tend to check the increase of knowledge and improvement, and keep the weaker sex in a state of comparative slavery. We have reason to hope that they will be led to view their White neighbours in a more respectable light, and be convinced that we are not come here to live on them, but to suffer for their

sakes.

"Since my return, brother Hamilton and I settled with Mateebe about the ground on which we intend to fix the new station, and spent three days on the spot, planning the ground for the buildings, and marking out the course of the canal.

"As it regards our labours, we continue to hope that our apparently fruitless efforts will be eventually crowned with success. At present there seems little probability of our old friends the Mantatees paying us a second visit.

"The Caffres have lately manifested a strong desire of instruction. One of the chiefs sent two of his sons, very fine boys, to our missionary station at Theopolis, requesting that they might be received into the institution, and instructed with the other children in the schools. He also sent some cattle with them, to defray the expense of their board and education. His messenger was charged to say to our missionary, that he would part with all he possessed to obtain a missionary at his kraal, or to be allowed to come with his family, and reside on one of our settlements."