Siam, are all open to receive instruction respecting the Way of Salvation, through the means of this Society's publications. Some of its Tracts have been known to penetrate where the Missionary is not permitted to enter: they are conveyed from places of public resort to villages altogether unknown to the European Traveller : they become the subjects of conversation among tribes who have never before had an opportunity of hearing the glad tidings of gospel grace; and it is not chimerical to hope, that many, guided by the light of these messengers of peace, though they may remain unknown to the Church on earth, will emerge from the moral darkness by which they are surrounded, and find their way to immortality and eternal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Com. Calo. Soc.) EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS. CALCUTTA. Some of these Institutions are supported by Government or by Natives; and bear on Christianity chiefly as the general knowledge which they communicate removes the difficulties and prejudice which arise from mere ignorance. Anglo-Indian College-At the Annual Examination, in February, 17 classes were present, comprising nearly 400 scholars, among whom were the children of the principal native inhabitants of Bengal. The first and second classes answered in history, geography, and science with quickness and accuracy. Recitations followed, with Essays on various subjects, and the exhibition of Drawings; in all which great satisfaction was afforded to the Governor-General and those who at tended with his Lordship. Anglo-Indian School-The Annual Examination of this Institution, founded and supported by Rammohun Roy, was held on the 27th of February. The first class acquitted themselves well, in respect of general knowledge. Benevolent Institution-In this Insti tution, conducted by Mr. James Penney under the Serampore Missionaries, and designed chiefly for the instruction of indigent Christian Children, there were, at the last Returns, in Calcutta, 206 boys with an average attendance of 150, and 104 girls with an attendance of 100. Of an Examination held Dec. 24, 1828, before many Ladies and Gentlemen, it is said, "The cheerful aspect of the children, their eagerness to display what they had attained, their ready and satisfactory answers to those questions which were within the range of their studies, evinced the assiduity with which their education had been conducted, and held out the most encouraging prospect as to their future welfare." Ladies' Native-Female-Ed. Soc.-At an Examination held at the Central School, Dec. 17, 1828, about 100 girls were present, selected from the Schools generally. They read the Bengalee Scriptures with ease, and had committed to memory the leading facts and doctrines. The ready and intelligent answers to many questions put by Gentlemen present left a very general impression, that the labours of the Society are increasingly successful. Teachers or Monitors, 25 in number, all educated by the Society, are now exercising and improving their own stock of knowledge, by communicating it to others. See p. 392 of our last Volume for an account of a Society formed in England, by Mrs. Heber, in aid of this Institution. School-Book Society-The Baptist Missionaries remark, in reference to this Society-"Its publications, though not religious, are, we conceive, in their influence, very useful and important. By rendering familiar the printed character, and enlarging the vocabulary of the scholar, they prepare a greater number of individuals to read our Tracts and Scriptures, and to hear our discourses, so as to understand them; they inculcate good morals, and supersede various vicious publications which otherwise would be used in schools; and they imperceptibly, but surely, undermine idolatry, which is founded on, or connected with false notions of Natural Science. In all our Missionary Schools too, they are followed up by Religious Tracts and the Scriptures, for comprehending and reverencing which the pupils are thus prepared." School Society-This Society (see p. 77 of our last Survey) supplies books, with the aid of the School-Book Society, gratuitously, to Native Schools. A regular Bengalee School, of 225 boys, under its care, is so greatly approved, that frequent and earnest solicitations are made by the most respectable natives for the admission of their children. Of the Indigenous Schools, it is said in the Report for 1828: "These are generally held in the houses of respectable natives, where all the children of the family are educated in them, in the vernacular language. In these schools, the boys are usually taught separately, and not in classes: for a long time it was found difficult to correct this defect, on account of the prejudice of custom and the difference of caste and rank of the boys, which ren dered the masters very unwilling to associate their scholars in classes. This obstacle, however, has been overcome, to a considerable extent; and the proficiency evinced by a great number of the students, together with the eagerness with which they strove to be permitted to attend the Examination, was highly gratifying to all who witnessed it.' BOMBAY. Education Society: 1815-John Morgan, Master of Boys'Central School; Mrs. Morgan, Matron - Scholars, 192 boys and 92 girls—The receipts were 33,389 rupees; and the payments 36,372---The managers wish to place the boys out as apprentices, not only in the service of Government, but to learn useful trades. STATIONS, LABOURERS, & NOTITIA OF MISSIONARY SOCIETIES. SERAMPORE missionS. Serampore: a Danish Settlement, 12 miles N of Calcutta, and the headquarters of the Missions: 1799-W. Carey, D.D., Joshua Marshman, D.D.; John Clark Marshman, Mrs. Marshman, Sup. of Nat. Schools; John Mack, Scientific Professor in the College; Nat. As. in the Mission and the College: Dr. Marshman (see p. 526) reached Calcutta, on his return from Europe, on the 19th of May-The Sabbath is now begun by a Bengalee Service, in the Christian Village, before breakfast; other engagements being nearly as before. The Festivals of Juggernaut have afforded valuable opportunities of preaching and distributing the Scriptures and Tracts. The three Native Preachers continue their exertions-Besides the Boys' Schools, there were in attendance at those for Female Children belonging to Serampore and the Out-stations a total of 579-The Missionaries were about to submit to the Bible Auxiliary Six New Versions of the New Testament, accompanied by testimonials to their general fitness for circulation. The King of Denmark has incorporated the College by Charter, securing it from dissolution, and authorising it to receive endowments. At the end of 1828, the Students were 52; viz. 8 in European Habits, 17 in the Sanscrit Classes, 7 in the Preparatory Seminary, and 20 in the subsidiary Grammar School at Sooree: their proficiency, generally, is well spoken of: all the Youths connected with the College, upward of 100 in number from 6 to 16 years of age, are of Christian Parentage, it being with a view to their benefit that the Institution was formed. The Missionaries can now, at the end of 10 years, contem plate with gratitude a body of Young Persons rising up around them, from whom it will be in their power to select promising Assistants in their laboursPp. 77, 78. Sahebgunj: 80 miles ENE of Calcutta: 1807-W. Buckingham; Ramsoonder, Sepulram, Nat. As.-An improved tone of spiritual feeling is manifest in the members. "On seeing the higher class of people,” Mr. Buckingham writes, "attend our worship, and sit and hear quietly the Christian Doctrine (a new thing in the eyes of the Heathen and Mussulmans here), the lower classes are encouraged, and their prejudices in a great degree destroyed. The Doctrines of the Cross have been very minutely examined, both by learned and unlearned who have attended our Meeting"-Besides the 4 Schools for Boys, a Second Female School has been opened, three miles to the eastwardP. 78. Dacca: 170 miles NE of Calcutta: 90,000 houses: 1816-Owen Leonard -An evident blessing has been granted: three persons have been baptizedMuch encouragement of late has been afforded by the Schools-P. 78; and p.164 for an Obituary of Mrs. Leonard. Dinagepore: 240 miles N of Calcutta: 40,000 inhabitants: 1804 — Ignatius Fernandez; Niamtulla, Boodhoo, Nat. As.-Three Members have died in the faith, and three have been added to the Church. Of their own accord, 16 Mahomedans and Hindoos have renounced their caste-P. 81. Benares: 460 miles NW of Calcutta: a vast city; and considered by Hindoos as of peculiar sanctity: 1816-W. Smith -His labours, in journeying and the distribution of books, have been unremitting: he has circulated, in Hinduwee and Oordoo, 144 Portions of Scripture and 600 Tracts-P. 82. Allahabad: 550 miles W NW of Calcutta, at the junction of the Jumna with the Ganges-L. Mackintosh; Setuldas, Nat. As.- Communicants 11: Inquirers 2-Scholars 25; the school being supported by the Chaplain, the Rev. G. W. Crauford, in whom the Missionary finds a very kind friendP. 84. Muttra: 30 miles N by W of AgraRamdas, Nat. As.: in reference to Mr. Richards, formerly at this Station, see under the head of Meerut in connection with the Church Missionary Society P. 86. quire the Sect of the Churundasees attend with great apparent interest and in considerable numbers: above 120 persons have visited him, during the year; among whom, and to the multitudes in the streets and at the fairs, he has distributed 5927 Tracts and Portions of Scripture, in 8 different languages-Pp. 86, 87. Assam-This remote country adjoins Bengal on the north-east, and comes into immediate contact with several barbarous and unknown tribes, who occupy the intervening space from thence to the province of Yunan in China: it follows the course of the Boorampooter, and may be considered as the valley through which that immense river flows-To this country, on which the foot of a Christian Missionary has never trod, the Serampore Brethren have, during the past year, commenced a Mission: the New Testament, in the vernacular idiom, had been, some years since, printed by them. Delhi: 976 miles NW of Calcutta: 300,000 inhabitants-J. P. ThompsonAt Delhi, and at places which the Missionary visits, the people continue to in"We cannot allow this opportunity to pass"-the Missionaries at Serampore observe, in writing to England about four months before Dr. Marshman's arrival in India-" without tendering our grateful thanks to our friends in Britain, both for the affectionate regard which they have shewn to our beloved Colleague, and for the support which they have given to our Missions, Schools, and Translations. The intelligence has often most seasonably come to dispel our fears, and invigorate us in our labours: when spread to the different Stations of the Mission, it has had the same effect; and we believe that a careful reader of the Feriodical Accounts will not fail to notice, that, as the year advanced, an increasing spirit of active and devoted labour was indicated. Indeed the past year has been eminently one of cementing union and renovated effort." BAPTIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY. Calcutta: 1801 - W. Yates, W. H. Pearce, James Penney, W. Robinson, G. Pearce, James Thomas, C.C. Aratoon; Gorachund, Chodron, Nat. As. who are very active: Mr. Yates returned from Europe on the 4th of February-European and Indo-British Communicants 110: at peace, but not in such vigour as might be desired-Natives in good attendance at various places, with encouraging regard to the Word: visits are paid in the vicinity; and, in some instances, from house to house-A School for Native Youth is in high request: an Institution has been formed, with good promise, for maintaining and educating the children of native converts: in 20 Female Schools, for 6 of which American Friends pay annually 1000 rupees, there are 414 scholars-founts of types have been prepared, in several languages, for different Societies; and various Works have been printed for Government, Societies, and Individuals: the Missionaries say, "It is to us exceedingly gratifying Jan. 1830. to have our establishment employed in facilitating the labours and contributing to the success of our brethren of various Societies"-P. 74; see pp. 552, 553 for a view of the Mission and of the Native Christians. Cutwa: 75 miles N of Calcutta: 1804 -W. Carey's diligent labours have not been crowned with much success: numbers of Tracts and Portions of Scripture have been given, at fairs, to attentive assemblies; and thousands have heard the Gospel, in some instances under very promising appearances-Mrs. Carey has 120 girls in 4 schools-P. 80. Soory: 45 miles NW of Cutwa, and 50 S W of Moorshedabad-Joseph Williamson; 4 Nat. As.-Communicants 24 In 6 schools there are 50 girls-A Christian Village is forming, for the relief of indigent Christians, and as an asylum for inquirers-Pp. 80, 81. Monghyr: 250 miles NW of Calcutta: 1810-Andrew Leslie-a new place of Worship, in the centre of the population, E is fully attended: some profess Christ; Digah: 320 miles NW of Calcutta: 1809-For the death of Mr. Burton, and an Obituary, see pp. 158, 479, 480 of our last Volume: he had been a blessing to many Soldiers in the neighbouring cantonments of Dinapore; who testified their regard to his memory by requesting permission to carry his remains to the grave, a distance of not less than four miles: the Missionaries at Calcutta say, "In caring for the English Congregation, labouring himself among the natives and directing the exertions of others in this service, and attending to eight schools, his hands and his time were fully occupied"-Pp. 81, 82. In the various departments of our labour generally, we have reason to rejoice; and we feel satisfied, that if you will but aid us by your continued fervent prayers, and by sending out to our help zealous and devoted coadjutors, this wilderness will yet abundantly repay your labour. (Calcutta Miss.) The prospects of usefulness are brighter than ever; and could there be more undivided attention paid to the Hindoo and Mussulman Population, I am persuaded that there would be a return that would gladden every heart. (Mr. Thomas.)—Though the difficulties of our work press on us, they are more than balanced by our encouragements; and we feel NOTHING SO disheartening as the want of labourers. The harvest truly is great, and very promising. We are full of hope: we see the work going on: we are confident of success, if men of ardent piety, and active zeal, and melting love to souls, were but here to carry on the labours now commenced and in progress. We need help in every department, but especially in the PREACHING OF THE GOSPEL. We have, I suppose, a million, within a circuit of four miles. We can procure congregations at all hours of the day; and if we had more Preachers, to declare with patience, perseverance, and affection, the truth as it is in Jesus, we feel assured of success. Oh that Students for the Ministry would consecrate their lives, and Christians their property, to this work! and then we might hope for assistance in some degree commensurate with the object. (Mr. W. H. Pearce.) GOSPEL-PROPAGATION SOCIETY. Calcutta: Bishop's College: 1820—W. H. Mill, D.D. Principal; Fred. Holmes, G.Withers, Professors; W. Morton, W. Tweddle, Matt. R. De Millo, Missionaries; H. Townsend, Printer, is dead, but James Sykes has succeeded him: Mr. Birrell returned on account of health: Mr.Wessing proceeded to the Presidency of Madras no successor is yet found to the Rev. T. Christian, at Boglipore: Mr. Tweddle and Mr. De Millo continue to superintend a large circle of native schools: Mr. Morton has completed a Bengalee Dictionary, and is translating the Liturgy into that tongue. It is stated in the Report of the ChristianKnowledge Society, "The Principal, having paid a short visit home, sailed in August, on his return to Calcutta, accompanied by a Third Professor, Mr. Withers, of Trinity College, Cambridge, and by several Missionaries and Catechists. Advantage was taken of the presence of the Bishop of Calcutta and of the Principal of the College in this country to make such provisions as were deemed requisite, in order to ensure the most vigorous working of this powerful instrument"-Pp. 71, 72. Bombay-Mr. Birrell, had his health allowed, would have taken charge of the schools in this Presidency: the liberality of the Society's friends in forming the first District Committee, and the appropriation of the surplus of a subscription for a monument to Bishop Heber's memory to the endowment of a scholarship at Bishop's College, give them a claim to immediate attention. Madras-The Committee remark, "It is an object of earnest desire with the Society, to give every possible aid to the Missionary Cause in the south of India. The results, which are now to be seen, of well-conducted efforts, prove that it is no hopeless cause in which they are engaged the same fruits that attended the exemplary career of Swartz, and others, his predecessors and contemporaries, may, with the blessing of God, be expected, if the same energy of character and pious dispositions are exhi bited in the present generation. An impression has already been made upon the native mind; and the Convert sees a numerous body of his fellow-citizens prepared to receive him as a brother, as soon as he acknowledges his errors, and is desirous of professing himself a member of Christ's Kingdom. From the Archdeacon of Madras, the Society are assured that their Missionaries will receive all the encouragement and protection so essential to their success"- No Report appears of the state of the Missions at Vepery, Tanjore, and Trichino poly, under the joint care of this Society, and of that for Promoting Christian Knowledge-Pp. 105-107. CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY. Calcutta: 1816-John Latham; with Country-born and Native Assistants: P. S. D'Rozario, Printer. Mr. Reichardt left the Society in August 1828; and Mr. Deocar Schmid died on the 3d of December Communicants 18: there are 5 Services weekly, the attendance and demeanour at which are very encouraging-The Return of Schools has not been received: see pp. 189, 190 for a careful estimate of their state-40,800 Hinduwee Tracts were printed in the year, with 5000 Bengalee, and 500 Hindoostanee Pp. 72-74. Culna: 47 miles N of Calcutta: 1825A.F. Hampton, As. under Rev. W. Deerr of Burdwan-Six adults baptized-In 6 schools there are 510 boys, of whom 218 read the Gospel-Pp. 79, 313-315. Burdwan: 50 miles NNW of Calcutta: 1817-W. James Deerr; with many Nat. As.-Five adults baptized: at Burdwan and Culna are 33 adult converts; most of whom are intelligent men, and well aware of their obligations -In 14 schools were 860 scholars; of whom 437 were reading the Scriptures, and of these 305 could read with ease: the examination, even in various instances, to nice points of Divinity, was very gratifying. Mr. Deerr's health being reduced by the climate, and no efficient aid to be met with, the Committee have been compelled to shut up 8 of the schools—Pp. 79, 80, 191–195, 279, 315-318. Buxar: On the Ganges, 70 miles below Benares: 1819-Kurrum MesseehThis Native is much esteemed, and happy in his work: he teaches native boys and adults to read: the wives and widows of European Invalids display, under his instructions, knowledge and piety-P. 82. Benares: 1817-Ralph Eteson; R. Steward, As., with Nat. As.-Congregation 50 to 70-Jay Narain's Free School and two Hinduwee Schools continue in activity-P. 82. Chunar: on the Ganges, a few miles above Benares: 1814-W. Bowley : Mr. Morris is returned home.-The Rev. C. Friend, lately arrived, was called very suddenly from his labours on the 12th of June-Six Schools are continued; one of which is for younger Christian Females, and another for those of maturer agePp. 83, 84: and see, at pp. 318-326, an account of Mr. Bowley's proceedings; and, at pp. 365-367, notices, by Archdeacon Corrie, of the Missions at Be. nares and at Chunar-A Missionary Association was formed here by the late Mr. Friend-In reference to the Church at this Station, noticed at p. 97 of the Survey for 1828 and at p. 318 of the last Volume, it should be remarked, that injury to the walls began to appear in 1824, which must have been occasioned by earthquake; as an opening in the ground, into which a hand might be thrust, was found to run across the south-east corner of the Church: it has been put in complete repair, and rendered very substantial. Allahabad: 1828-Mirza Yusuf Bakir, a native of Allahabad, and David Batavia, a native of Ceylon; employed under the superintendence of the Chaplain, the Rev.G.W.Crauford-Congregation 25--Two Schools. Of Yusuf Bakir, Mr. Crauford says, "My own servants, both Hindoos and Mahomedans, have willingly and regularly attended his preaching, and I am not without hopes that the souls of some have been truly affected; while, on the other hand, the former servants who were with me, that were Nominal Christians, have been so wounded and their evil conduct so exposed by his scriptural rebukes and faithful preaching, that they have taken deep offence, and one by one have quitted my service. Goruckhpore: about 100 miles N of Benares: 70,000 'inhabitants: 1824Michael Wilkinson: 10 Nat. As.-The Native Christian Community consists of 105 persons; men, women, and children: 8 adults were baptized in the year: congregation 60 to 70: daily morning and evening prayers are attended by from 40 to 60: public readings and conversations are held in the bazaar usually every |