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us, we need not despond even in these days. "when clouds and darkness are round about his throne." If He be for us, we may go forward in our holy work fearless of all opposition; and our operations shall continue," till the visions which our faith may regard as about to take place, shall be fully realized; when the idolatry which now darkens and covers the earth shall be no more; when the last triumphs of the cross shall be celebrated in the demolition of the last heathen temple, or in the burning of the last heathen book, the pile of which we may conceive to be set fire to by the hand of the last convert from idolatry, and which shall be accompanied by the shoutings of the triumphant multitude who shall be assembled on that day, and who shall exclaim, Hosanna! the kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign for ever and ever." (Cheers.) letter was also read from a Chinese who had read a tract entitled the Three Pearls, referring to the three great societies, the Bible, Missionary, and Tract Societies; in which the writer, using the Oriental phraseology, says, he sends to the teachers of the congregations, (the Missionary Society;) the society of little books, (the Tract Society;) and the holy book society, (the Bible Society;) and to all the reverend, old, great men, to all the old pastors, he manifests his thoughts. He then stated, Gutzlaff had opened his eyes, therefore he, the "stupid," (so he called himself,) read three years, examining the tracts, to understand a little in the midst of the books; that he had become sorry for his sins, and, being desirous of throwing away wickedness, he dares to supplicate God, and desires to enter the congregation, and to be one of the disciples of the Saviour. The "stupid" being a poor man, earns his money, takes out of it one ta-el, and wishes myriads of welfares to the three pearls, and to the old reverend great men. Tio Chu, being a poor man, repeatedly knocks his head, and bows. (Laughter and applause.)

J. J. Gurney, Esq., Rev. W. Morgan, Rev. N. M. Harry, Rev. J. Alexander, Mr. Sheriff Peek, Rev. W. Wade, Rev. J. Dyer, and Rev. J. W. Alexander, (a converted Jew,) addressed the meeting.

LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY.

THE Subscribers and Friends of this noble Institution held their 39th Annual Meeting at Exeter Hall, on Thursday, May 9th. It was by far the most numerous assembly convened during the present anniversaries. The weather was peculiarly favourable, and at an early hour every seat in the large hall was occupied. Numbers, however, continued to apply for admission, and it was found necessary to open the galleries behind the platform. These were likewise filled; and then the plan adopted on a former occasion was

had recourse to, that of holding a second meeting in the lower hall; but even this would not afford all the accommodation required, and a large concourse of persons were obliged to return, regretting the disappointment. The services were commenced by singing, at the conclusion of which the Rev. Mr. Douglas offered up prayer. On the motion of Mr. Dyer, Thomas Wilson, Esq. Treasurer, was called to preside.

The Rev. W. Ellis read an abstract of the Report. The number of missionary stations and out-stations, belonging to the Society, in different parts of the world, missionaries labouring at the same, &c., is as follows:

South Seas

East Indies

Stations and Out-stations.

Russia

Mediterranean

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Madagascar and Mauritius British Guiana

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making, with upwards of 300 schoolmasters, assistants, catechists, &c. between 400 and 500 persons, more or less dependent on the society, exclusive of families. The number of native churches is 54, and that of native communicants 4,557; of schools the number is 448, and that of scholars 27,257. The number of printing establishments is 13, from nine of which have been printed 250,000 books, including 37,500 portions of Scripture; and from eleven stations, 113,237 copies of books have been put in circulation during the past year.

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The amount of the receipts of the Society, during the past year, including about £3,300, contributed at the stations abroad, is nearly £37,500; and the expenditure, for the same period, including that of the amount of the foreign contributions which are applied to specific missions on the spot, nearly £41,600 leaving a balance against the Society of upwards of £4,000 for the past year. An income of £45,000, or about £10,000 annually, more than the amount contributed in the United Kingdom during the past year, will be required, to enable the directors to carry on the missions of the Society, on their present scale of operation, in an efficient and satisfactory manner. In conclusion, we must again remind our Christian friends, that the calls for help, from the South Seas, India, Spanish America, &c., are numerous, loud, and urgent.

The Rev. Dr. Wardlaw, J. Davies, Esq., Rev. Dr. Cox, from America, Rev. R. W. Hamilton, Rev. J. Langley, Hon. Capt. Waldegrave, Rev. Mr. Doran, Rev. J. Burder, Rev. J. Roberts, Rev. D. Stewart, Rev. J. Phillippo, and T. Wilson, Esq., addressed the meeting.

(To be continued.)

GLEANINGS.

I did as the rest did-'This tame yielding spirit, this doing as the rest did, has ruined thousands. A young man is invited by vicious companions to, visit the theatre, or the gambling-room, or other haunts of licentiousness. He becomes dissipated, spends his time, loses credit, squanders his property, and at last sinks into an untimely grave. What ruined him?

Simply doing as the rest did.' A father has a family of sons. He is wealthy. Other children in the same situation in life do so and so, are indulged in this thing and that. He indulges his own in the same way. They grow up idlers, triflers, and fops. The father wonders why his childreu do not succeed better. He has spent much money on their education, has given them great advantages. But, alas! they are only a source of vexation and trouble. Poor man, he is just paying the penalty of doing as the rest did.' This poor mother strives hard to bring up her daughters genteelly. They learn what others learn : to paint, to sing, to play, to dance, and several other useless matters. In time they marry; their husbands are unable to support their extravagance, and they are reduced to poverty and wretchedness. The good woman is astonished. Truly,' says she, "I did as the rest did.' The sinner follows the example of others, puts off repentance, and neglects to prepare for death. He passes along through life, till unawares, death strikes the fatal blow. He has no time left now to prepare, And he goes down to destruction, because he was so foolish as to do as the rest did.'Cin. Journal.

Eyes.-The application of a concentrated solution of nitrate of silver to the eye has proved very useful in atonic and obstinate opthalmia, with copious discharge. The method adopted is to insinuate a drop of the solution, with a hair pencil, between the eyelids.-Bulletin des Sciences Medicales.

Melancholy.-There is nothing more selfish than melancholy; and lamentable it is to find, that the sentimental world have invested this absorbing malady with a kind of interest which makes it rather sought than shunned by vast multitudes of young ladies, who, too indolent to exert themselves, hang their heads for weariness; grow sallow for want of exercise, and sigh for want of fresh air; who read novels for want of something else to do; fancy themselves heroines because they are, in fact, nothing; and drawl out, to troops of confidential friends, long histories of imaginary troubles, because they know no real ones. The victims of this disease may be known by their perpetually babbling about palpitations. Nerves occupy their attention when they wake, night-mare when they sleep, and self always.— Pictures of Private Life, by Mrs. Stickney.

Suicide Extraordinary.-We have all in our time heard many wonderful things related in illustration of the extraordinary manner in which the instincts of the brute creation are sometimes permitted to be developed, but we will venture a wager that the choice morsel of the kind we have in store is really and truly the very choicest ever yet spread forth for the gratification of the intellectual appetite. Now, reader, listen.-It is hardly necessary for us to remind any body that the miserable animals which drag the coal-carts about this neighbourhood are just about the most miserable, the most neglected, and the most broken-down phantoms of horse-flesh that it is possible to conceive; but having premised that so much is the fact, we will now proceed with our promised narrative by stating that on some day during the past or present week, it happened that one of the wretched brutes before mentioned was advancing ladenly towards this town upon the Walton side, when its owner conceiving, as well he might, that any attempt to ascend the brow with his load of coals would prove abortive, came to a halt somewhere about the bridge, disengaged the way-worn animal from its burden, and finally left it at large in a neighbouring paddock, there to meditate amid the stunted grass-blades till his return, whenever that might be. Our carter thereupon betook himself to the road, and was gone; but he had no sooner disappeared than, most singular to relate, the poor horse, like one wearied of life, paced pensively towards the river, which was immediately contiguous-stalked onward to the very middle of the stream-calmly laid himself down, and there voluntarily died the death of the drowned! Now this, marvellous though it seems, is a fact, and one for the accuracy of which we can freely vouch. It is unquestionably the most melancholy morceau of march-of-mindism upon record.Preston Pilot.

Walking.-Walking is the best 'possible exercise ; habituate yourself to walk very far. The Europeans value themselves on having subdued the horse to the uses of man, but I doubt whether we have not lost

more than we have gained by the use of this animal. No one has occasioned so much the degeneracy of the human body. An Indian goes on foot nearly as far in a day, for a long journey, as an enfeebled White does on his horse; and he will tire the best horses. A little walk of half an bour in the morning, when you first rise, is advisable. It shakes off sleep, and produces other igood effects in the animal economy.-Jefferson.

Taxation.-Taxes upon every article which enters into the mouth, or covers the back, or is placed under the foot, taxes upon every thing which is pleasant to hear, see, feel, smell, and taste; taxes upon warmth, light, and locomotion; taxes on every thing in the earth or the waters under the earth; on every thing that comes from abroad or is grown at home; taxes on the raw material; taxes on every fresh value that is added to it by the industry of man; taxes on the sance that pampers the rich man's appetite, and the drug that restores him to health; on the ermine that decorates the judge, and the rope that hangs the criminal ; on the poor man's tobacco, the rich man's spice; on the brass nails of the coffin, and the ribbons of the bride; at bed or board, couchant or levant, we must pay. The school-boy whips his taxed top; the beardless youth manages his taxed horse with a taxed bridle, on a taxed road; and the dying Englishman pouring his medicine which has paid 7 per cent into a spoon which has paid 22 per cent, makes his will on an £8 stamp, and expires in the arms of an apothecary who has paid a license of £100 for the privilege of putting him to death. His whole property is then taxed immediately from 2 to 10 per cent. Besides the probate of his will, large fees are demanded for burying him in the chancel, his virtues are handed down to posterity on taxed marble, and he is gathered to his fathers to be taxed no more.-Edinburgh Review.

Sleeves.-That very preposterous deformity in a lady's dress, which has been styled bishop's sleeves, and might have been called pudding-bags, is now termed imbècilles. The term is more appropriate to the wearer than the dress, as appears by the danger, as well as the ridiculous effect, which attends this absurdity. To say nothing of its agreeable dippings at the tea and dinner-table, the risk of life at the toilet in the evening and elsewhere, has lately been proved by a confiagration which had nearly termiDated the existence of a beautiful young girl--but those old and ugly, if there are such, stand in the same peril, for they follow the same fashion. These, however, we hope, may be influenced by the admonitions of the Parsons, recently, in the Lessons, where in Ezekiel, chap. xlii. ver. 18. they were told: "Woe to the women that sew pillows to all armholes," or, according to the marginal note, elbows.' These pillowcases (like trowsers amongst men, to conceal knock knees and bandy-legs) were adopted to hide arms skinny, lanky, bony, or mis-shapen. Those whom nature has blessed with fair proportions should not submit to be so bamboozled by fashion.

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Curious Effects of Temperature.-If we immerse the naked body in a bath of water at the temperature of 1209, and after remaining some time imrnersed, pass into a room in which the air and every object is raised to the same temperature, we shall experience, in passing from the water into the air, a sensation of coolness. If we touch different objects in the room, all of which are at the temperature of 120°, we shall, nevertheless, acquire very different perceptions of heat. When the naked foot rests on a mat or carpet, a sense of gentle warmth is felt; but if it be removed to the tiles of the floor, heat is felt sufficient to produce inconvenience. If the hand be laid on a marble chimney-piece, a strong heat is likewise felt, and a still greater heat in any metallic object in the room. Walls and woodwork will be felt warmer than the matting, or the clothes which are put on the person. Now, all these objects are, nevertheless, at the same temperature, as may be proved by the application of the thermometer. From this chamber let us suppose that we pass into one at a low temperature: the relative heats of all the objects will now be found to be reversed: the matting, carpeting, and woollen objects, will feel the most warm; the wood-work and furniture will feel colder; the marble colder still; and metallic objects the coldest of all. Nevertheless, here again all the objects are exactly at the same temperature, as may be in like manner ascertained by the thermometer.-Cabinet Cyclopædia.

Speed of Travelling.-The swiftest flight of a carrier pigeon does not exceed the rate of twenty-six miles an hour. It is calculated that the velocity of a high wind is at the rate of about thirty to thirty-five miles an hour. The steam-carriages on the Manchester and Liverpool Railway have been known to travel about six-and-thirty-miles an hour; and it is stated, in the evidence before a Committeee of the House of Commons, that steam-carriages have run on common roads at a speed exceeding forty miles an hour.Cabinet Cyclopædia.

Philosophy of a Fan.-To explain the apparent contradiction implied in the fact that the use of a fan produces a sensation of coldness, even though the air which it agitates is not in any degree altered in temperature, it is necessary to consider that the air which surrounds us is generally at a lower temperature than that of the body. If the air be calm and still, the particles which are in immediate contact with the skin acquire the temperature of the skin itself, and having a sort of molecular attraction, they adhere to the skin in the same manner as particles of air are found to adhere to the surface of glass in philosophical experiments. Thus sticking to the skin, they form a sort of warm covering for it, and speedily acquire its temperature. The fan, however, by the agitation which it produces, continually expels the particles thus in contact with the skin, and brings new particles into that situation. Each particle of air, as it strikes the skin, takes heat from it by contact, and, being driven off, carries that heat with it, thus producing a constant sensation of refreshing coolness. Now, from this reasoning it would follow, that if we were placed in a room in which the atmosphere has a higher temperature than 96 degrees, the use of a fan would have exactly opposite effects, and, instead of cooling, would aggravate the effects of heat; and such would, in fact, take place. A succession of hot particles would, therefore, be driven against the skin, while the particles which would be cooled by the skin itself would be constantly removed.Cabinet Cyclopedia.

Deaths.

Mr. Samuel Ward, schoolmaster, Nottingham; on Saturday morning, May the 11th, aged 59 years.-For many years, Mr. Ward was one of the joint pastors of the Scotch Baptist Church meeting in Park-street, in that town; and in the disinterested and affectionate discharge of the important duties connected with that station, he has seldom, if ever, had a superior in the Christian ministry. Blameless before man in walk and conversation, mild and urbane in manners, easy of access, apt to teach, judicious in counsel, prompt and decisive in action, he was formed for usefulness: and it was at all times his study and labour, so to fill up that sphere of usefulness, which the providence of God had clearly marked out for him, that he might be enabled at last to give up an account of his stewardship with joy and not with grief. As a patriot and philanthropist, no less than as a Christian, it was his constant, endeavour to bring glory to God, and diffuse happiness among his fellow-creatures. The enlightened advocate of civil and religious liberty, a friend to universal peace, and universal educatiou, it was his constant endeavour to disseminate and establish these principles among the youth committed to his charge, and the young persons associated with him in Christian fellowship. In all the relations of life, as a son, a brother, a friend, his conduct was most exemplary. To the church over which he so long and beneficially presided, his loss is, to human eyes, irreparable: he, whom they loved-who was their father, their counsellor. their instructor- is taken away. But, though they are in much heaviness, they sorrow not as those that are without hope. On Wednesday, the 15th, Mr. Ward's remains were interred in the burying ground of the Scotch Baptist Chapel, at New Barford, whither they were followed by a numerous train of weeping and affectionate friends from Nottingham.

Mr. Peter Walsh; on the 7th of March, at New Ross, Ireland, in the 88th year of his age-A celebrated character in the annals of temperance, and, from the commencement of the Temperance Institutions in this kingdom, an honorary member of the New Ross Temperance Society. Up to the age of thirty-six he was a most degraded slave of drunkenness, a bankrupt in health, circumstances, and reputation, having, by indulgence in this hateful vice, squandered a considerable patrimony, and reduced his family to extreme penury and destitution. It is scarcely credible, but a positive 'fact, that he has consumed in drams one gallon of French brandy before 10 o'clock in the forenoon. For the last half century the drink of drunkards never polluted his lips-no fatigue, severity of weather, solicitation of friends, or ridicule of foes, could seduce him from his fixed determination never again to taste the intoxicating poison. He knew from sad experience the influence of strong drink, and felt that his safety required, not only a total abstinence from distilled spirits, but also from all intoxicating drinks of every description. When urged by physicians, in extreme illness, to taste a little wine, as necessary to preserve life, his abiding answer

was, "I am satisfied to die by this disease, if such be the will of God; but I am not satisfied to die of drunkenness, which I well know would be the inevitable consequence of my using anything stronger than tea, coffee, or milk." Peter Walsh was the only honorary member of the New Ross Temperance Society. The honour was conferred on him, not because of his wealth, rank, or property, but because he was a hero who conquered himself-a liberator from the most ignominious and and galling) bondage that enslaves our countrymen-because he consistently kept the even tenor of his way for above fifty years, an example useful to all, and worthy of imitation of the most patriotic and excellent of the land.

The Rev. William Thorp, Bristol.-It is our painful duty to announce the decease of this eloquent, popular, and useful minister, who died at his residence in Pritchard-street, on Tuesday May the 6th, about one o'clock. He was, for upwards of twentyseven years, pastor of the Independent congregation assembling at Castle Green Meeting in this city, having attained his 62d year, and the forty-fifth of his public ministration, which he commenced at the unusually early age of seventeen years. Mr. Thorp's style in the pulpit was characterized by a masculine and nervous eloquence, which combined great argumentative force with powers of vivid description, and a rich and often irresistible pathos. In this venerable and excellent man, his family have sustained an irreparable bereavement, society has lost one of its sweetest examples, and religion one of its bright

est ornaments.

Literary Notices.

Just Published.

Bishop M'Ilvaine's Evidences of Christianity :forming Vol. IX. of the Select Library; published under the Superintendence of Olinthus Gregory, L.L. D. of the Royal Military Academy. Cloth, 6s.

Part XXVIII. of Baines's History of Lancashire :Subject, the Cotton Manufacture; of which, a complete history (the only one extant) is now in progress. Part L. of the Portrait Gallery, (New Series,) presents Likenesses and Memoirs of Sir William Jones; Rev. Robert Hall; and Sir John Leslie.

Part VI. of Westmorland, Cumberland, and Northumberland, Illustrated.

Part I. of an entirely New Edition of the National Portrait Gallery :--containing Portraits and Memoirs of the King; Lord Exmouth; and Dr. Gray, Bishop of Bristol.

A Map of the Voyages and Travels of St. Paul; for Schools and Bible Classes, intended as a Companion to the Map of Palestine.

Also, a New and Corrected Edition of the Map of Palestine in the time of our Saviour, illustrative of the Books of the Evangelists, and containing the principal places mentioned in the Old Testament.

Valpy's Shakspeare; with the whole of Boydell's 170 Plates. Vol. VIII.

Valpy's Classical Library, No. XLII. Cicero, Vol. 1.

Prometheus Bound: translated into English ; and Miscellaneous Poems.

Seager's Græcorum Casuum Analysis, 12mo.

The Third Series of M'Gregor's True Stories from the History of Ireland; from the Accession of James I. to the Revolution of 1688, including the great Rebellion of 1641.

Woman,' the Angel of Life; a Poem in Three Cantos. By Robert Montgomery, author of the Messiah. Dissent, the Cause of God and Truth. By John Watson, author of Internal Evidences of Christianity.

Life of Dr. Adam Clarke, L.L. D. F. A. S., &c. By a Member of his Family. Vol. II. 8vo.

Life and Correspondence of the Rev. Wm. Lavers, late of Honiton, Devon. By J. S. Elliot, small 8vo. Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopædia.

A Gift for Mothers. By the Author of " Aids to Development, &c." 12mo.

The Family Classical Library, No. XLI., Ovid. Vol. II.

Evangelical Synopsis, Part V. By Ingram Cobbin, A. M. A Father's Present to his Son.

In the Press.

Sharpe's Peerage of the British Empire, in 2 Vols. A Survey and Map of Mary-le-bone, engraved by R. B. Davies, under the direction of J. Britton, F.SA.

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