relics were removed until a new tomb should be built directly under the present pulpit. This tomb has since been finished, and the remains of Whitefield, Parsons, and Prince are now deposited therein, in wooden coffins, stained red. The lid of each opens sufficiently to allow the upper third part of the relics to be examined. On the inside of each lid are painted, in black letters, the name, age and day of death of each person. On that of Whitefield are the following words:

Rev. GEORGE WHITEFIELD died Sept. 30th, 1770, aged 56 years.

The tomb is very easy of access. Its entrance is from the porch or entry back of the pulpit, through a trap-door about two feet square. The level of the bottom of the tomb is about three feet below that of the entry floor. On lifting up the trap-door, and descending three feet, a door presents itself having about the same dimensions as the scuttle just mentioned. This door is vertical, and kept locked. On opening the door of the tomb, the three coffins are seen lying together. That of Whitefield is placed in the centre. At the right hand of Whitefield lie the remains of the Rev. Jonathan Parsons, the first pastor of the church, procured for that office by the instrumentality of Whitefield. At the left of Whitefield lie those of the Rev. Joseph Prince, in rather a worse state than either of the others, which are, indeed, in a very good state of preservation. This last lost the use of his eyes at the age of fourteen; the sockets of his skull are much smaller than usual.

The skull of Whitefield was lying at the head of the coffin in a manner which indicated at once that it had been removed; it was covered with mould and the damp decomposed integuments. Before venturing to take a mould from it, I carefully compared the condyles of the occipital bone with the superior articular apophyses of the atlas, or first vertebra of the neck. The inferior articulating surfaces of the atlas were compared with the superior ones of the axis, or next vertebra. The surfaces were found to agree perfectly. These vertebræ were found in their natural position, agglutinated by the mass of decom

posed matter. My reason for doing this was, that the skull had been detached from the other bones. To my inexperienced eye, too, there seemed to be a deficiency of the developement of reverence, together with a very large occipital region, and the condyles of the lower jaw were separated too far to form a correct articulation with the glenoid cavities of the temporal bones. This last was probably caused by the jaw being warped. In other respects, the upper and lower jaw coincided, as may be seen from the cast. The skull had been robbed of every tooth, probably by visitors, for relics, and was of the same dark color, till cleansed, as the other bones. The vertebræ show no appearance of having been moved from their situation, but gave satisfactory evidence that they had not been previously disturbed. The bones in general were in an excellent state of preservation, considering they had been buried sixty-three years.

On the front of the pulpit is placed a white marble slab, with the following inscription, in gilded letters:

Under this pulpit are deposited the remains of

The Rev. GEO. WHITEFIELD,

and

The Reverend JONATHAN PARSONS, the first Pastor
of this Church, who died July 19th, 1776. Also of
The Rev. JOSEPH PRINCE, who died 1791.

In the north-east corner of this church, in Federal Street, is placed a very chaste and beautiful monument of white and variegated marble, the present of William Bartlett, Esq., said to have cost $1400. On it is inscribed, in golden letters, the following inscription :

This Cenotaph

is erected with affectionate veneration,
to the memory of

The Rev. GEORGE WHITEFIELD,
born at Gloucester, Eng., Dec. 16, 1714;
educated at Oxford University, ordained 1736.
In a ministry of 34 years,

he crossed the Atlantic 13 times,

and preached more than 18,000 sermons.

As a soldier of the cross, humble, devout, ardent, he put on the whole armour of God, preferring the honor of Christ to his own interest, repose, reputation or

life. As a Christian orator, his deep piety, disinterested zeal, and vivid imagination gave unexampled energy to his look, action and utterance. Bold, fervent, pungent and popular in his eloquence, no other uninspired man ever preached to so large assemblies, or enforced the simple truths of the Gospel by motives so persuasive and awful, and with an influence so powerful on the hearts of his hearers.

He died of asthma, Sept. 30, 1770; suddenly exchanging his life of unparalleled labors for his eternal rest.

True copy.

Attest,

NATH'L B. SHURTLEFF.
NAHUM CAPEN,

Secretary of the Boston Phrenological Society.

THE following letter, recently received from Batavia, directed to Mr. Holbrook, the former editor, is so interesting, that we feel greatly obliged to the gentleman who gave us permission to publish it.

BATAVIA, (JAVA,) JAN. 9, 1834.

DEAR SIR-You wished for an account of the state of education, &c. in this island, as soon as convenient after our arrival. Your kindness in furnishing us gratuitously with a set of school apparatus, complete files of the Family Lyceum up to the time of our embarkation, a quantity of minerals, &c. &c., adds to the desire of communicating useful information, another motive for complying immediately with your request. Of course, amidst all the hurry and bustle we have constantly been in, I have but a few words now to say, but hope hereafter to be able to communicate something more to the point.

The number of inhabitants on Java are nearly as follows:

The proportion of children is about the same as in the United States. As the inhabitants are divided into classes

so distinct in point of character, I shall consider them separately.

The Europeans are mostly Dutch and their descendants. There are also a few English and French. The schools, except that of the London Missionary Society, under Mr. Medhurst's care, are Dutch, supported by government. I will defer a particular notice of these till a future time. Having had the promise from one of the School Directors of a minute account, but not yet having received it, I will merely state that morals and religion form no part of the branches taught. The Bible is not permitted to be read. The masters are, many of them, profane, vicious men, who care only for their rupees and the pleasure of spending them. Those parents who have any regard for the morals of their children do not send them to these schools; they prefer instructing them at home or sending them to Europe. A few days since I met with a lady who was weeping at the recent departure of her daughter for Holland, for there was not a school in Batavia,' she said, 'where she could trust her (Mr. Medhurst's being full) with any kind of hope that her morals,' to say nothing about religion! 'would not become contaminated.' 'O tempora! O mores!' who would not exclaim?

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In China, particularly in Canton and Hokien, great attention is paid to education, not only in schools, but rents teach their children at home. They are incited to this because education, as in the United States, is the path-way to civil office. Most of the Chinese on this island are from these provinces, and although they are mostly pedlars and mechanics, they have retained some of the spirit of the Celestial Empire.' Nearly or quite one half of them are unable to read and write. Their schools are abundant, attended mostly by boys, although many girls are sent, dressed in boys' clothes, till eleven years of age. The teachers are supported by their scholars, as in the private schools with you, each one paying about $10 per annum, more or less, as the case may be. These

For an account of Education in China, see the Chinese Repository, at the Missionary Rooms, somewhere between July and October.

teachers are well instructed after the Chinese mode of doing things, being able to repeat their own books from memory, write, make verses, &c.

No arithmetic is taught, and yet every Chinaman is a first-rate accountant. They will add, subtract, multiply and divide, and find the difference in exchange more rapidly than Europeans can on paper. The acquisitions of the scholars consist in learning the books by heart so as to be able to repeat them from beginning to end, without missing a word. After a boy has learned the characters of a book, the master condescends to explain to him its meaning. The boys are not divided into classes; each one learns as fast as he pleases. After one has heard the master read the lesson twice, he goes to his seat, and cons it over aloud, at the highest pitch of his voice, till he is able to repeat it; having the liberty, if he forgets any character, to inquire it out. As you may well suppose, the noise of so many reading different lessons is not small. As the roar of a waterfall leads you from a long way to the spot, so you are aware of your approach to a Chinese school long before you reach it. Besides this parrot-like exercise, the master gives out to each scholar two Chinese characters per day, which he explains to him, and also requires of each to repeat to him, before leaving school, the year, the month, and the day of the month.

In and about Batavia, the proportion of Malay schools and scholars is about equal to that of England. About one quarter or one third of the population are able to read. A majority of the scholars are boys, although there are many girls. I ought rather to call these Mohammedan schools, because all that is done is to teach the children the Arabic character, (in which the Malay is written,) and the Koran is not explained at all to them.

These schools are taught by priests or pilgrims, (pilgrims are those who have been to Mecca,) who receive no stipulated salary. The Malays consider teaching youth a meritorious action, and for the sake of performing a meritorious action these men are willing to teach. There are, however, one or two minor considerations, which make this willingness more perfect: e. g. every master raises