seventy individuals had been admitted to communion, and two hundred and six baptised, Mr. Haywood proceeds: -On retaraing from Barbadoes I represented to the people at Orange chapel, the expense to which I had been obliged to put the Society, and suggested that they should make a good collection towards defraying the charge. This was readily consented to, and the collection was larger by far than any that was ever made at any chapel in Berbice, viz., 1000 guilders, or 741. sterling. Mission-schools. After the first of August, the number of children instructed at Orange chapel increased to about 90, some of them large boys. Mrs. Haywood now superintends the whole, and instructs the girls in needlework, &c. The Adult Evening School, held at Orange chapel, for Plantations Blyendaal and Anna Clementia, is in a flourishing condition, and the schools on the estates too distant to allow of the scholars coming to this station are doing very well. DEATH OF MR. BARNDEN, AT LETTERS lately received from Huahine have brought the deeply afflictive tidings of the death of the Rev. George Barnden, at Upolu, Navigators Islands, in January last. His labours for the spread of the Gospel among the heathen have been of extremely brief duration, having commenced so recently as the year 1836; but we rejoice to be enabled to state, on the testimony of Mr. Barff, that they were not terminated before satisfactory evidence was given by our departed brother, of an earnest desire to spend and be spent in the service of his Divine Master. No direct intelligence on the subject has yet reached us, but the poignant grief which, under the most mitigating circumstances, the death of one so highly beloved and esteemed as a brother and fellow-labourer in the Lord, would necessarily produce among the brethren, has doubtless received a most painful accession from the peculiarly distressing manner in which it was permitted to take place. In common with the Directors, the friends of the Society generally will regard the death of this young but devoted Missionary, with its attendant circumstances, as no ordinary trial, and offer united prayer that the affliction may be richly sanctified to the brethren and natives in this part of the world. Special meeting for prayer. Last New Year's-day being the first the people would witness in a state of freedom, it was thought well to have a special prayer meeting in the morning. The chapel was full by ten o'clock, and many prayers ascended to heaven that the year then commeuced might be remarkable for peace and prosperity in the universal church of the Redeemer. Our dear brother Kenyon gave us a most appropriate and excellent address, and much of the presence of God was felt amongst us. We have begun the year with God, and we anticipate the prevalence of the principles of the Gospel all around us before it closes. Our souls shall rejoice in God, and we will glory in the rock of our salvation. I am glad and thankful for that restoration to health which I have experienced. I am much benefited by my trip to Barbadoes, and trust and pray that my health and life may be precious in his sight whose I am, and whom I delight to serve. My dear wife is also in good health, and assiduously pursuing the duties devolved upon her. THE NAVIGATORS ISLANDS. Mr. Charter, who has since proceeded to his station in the Society Islands, was sojourning at Apia, the residence of Mr. Mills, in Upolu, when the deplored event occurred, and in a letter transmitted by him under date of March last, the particulars are thus stated: "On Monday, the 31st of January, Mr. Barnden, Mr. Hardie, and Mr. Gill, went to bathe at the usual bathing-place, a short distance from the house of Mr. Mills. Mr. Hardie and our lamented brother arrived at the water-side before Mr. Gill, and Mr. Barnden being ready first plunged in, but in less than two minutes was out of his depth. When Mr. G. arrived, perceiving there was danger, he hastened back for some natives, who speedily went and dived to get Mr. Barnden out of the water. This they soon effected. The body was immediately conveyed to Mr. Mills's new house, and all possible means to restore life were employed. For five hours we continued rubbing the body and inflating the lungs, but all in vain. On Wednesday morning we discharged the painful duty of committing the remains of our dear brother to the silent tomb." DEATH OF MR. RUSSELL IN JAMAICA. telligence of the death of Mr. Henry Russell, his important labours in the educational department of the Jamaica Mission early in 1836, and pursued them with honour to himself and advantage to those placed under his instruction, to the period at which the brief illness that terminated with his death, rendered him incapable of further exertion. He has left a widow and two children to mourn their irreparable loss. INCREASING LIBERALITY OF THE FRIENDS OF THE SOCIETY. THE Directors rejoice to be enabled to state that they feel greatly encouraged, in their endeavours to augment the funds of the Society, by the cordial expres sions of approbation with which the resolution unanimously adopted at the last General Annual Meeting has been received, and the liberal manner in which it has been responded to, among their constituents in various parts of the country. That resolution, it will be remembered, pledged the Society to employ with prompt and untiring zeal, all suitable means to raise its permanent income to One Hundred Thousand pounds; and, considering the spirit hitherto manifested and the cheering examples which have been set, the Directors indulge a strong hope that, through the blessing of Him whose is the silver and the gold, this pledge will be speedily redeemed. From the gratifying communications with which they have been favoured on the subject now under notice, the following are extracts. Writing to the Home Secretary, in June last, Mr. Knill states: I beg to inform the Directors for their encouragement, that our anniversary services in Suffolk have just ended, and it was stated by the Treasurer of the Auxiliary, that the whole county on an average had more than doubled the contributions of the last year, having raised about 1,4007. This is very cheering, is it not? and I think we may fully expect that many other counties will do the same. I paid a visit to Cambridge for a few days, and from what I saw there, I expect Cambridgeshire will be nearly equal to Suffolk. In another communication from Hull, dated about the same period, a re spected correspondent thus writes respecting the Hull and East Riding Auxiliary Missionary Society : We have just closed a series of delightful services; they were pervaded, I think by much of the very best sentiment and feel The amounts contributed at former been from 2007. to 3007. on an average. ing, and the collections in Hull amount to about 5401., making, with somewhat more than 601. from Beverley, upwards of 6001. anniversary services in this district have The Secretary of the West Riding Auxiliary, Yorkshire, in a communication to the Home Secretary, writes : You will be pleased to learn that our anniversary at Leeds, yielded above 1,0507. besides 1007. from Wakefield, and 351. from Huddersfield, and 51. from Barnsley, all extra. The receipts for the year have been above 3,000Z. The amounts collected at the anniversary meetings of this Auxiliary have ranged from 2007, to 3007. annually. From various individuals, the Directors have received sacred pledges to double the amount of their personal subscriptions. ANNIVERSARY OF THE EAST LANCASHIRE AUXILIARY. THE following communication has been received from an esteemed friend in the country:-" On Sunday, June 16th, sermons were preached in the different Independent chapels in Manchester and Salford, and the cause of Missions was ably pleaded by the Rev. Dr. Heugh, of Glasgow; Rev. W. L. Alexander, A.M., of Edinburgh; Rev. J. Thorpe, of Sheffield; Rev. S. Luke, of Chester; and two of the Society's Missionaries from India, the Rev. W. Campbell and Rev. Micaiah Hill; as well as by several of our own ministers. The collections amount. ed to 1,2371. On Monday morning, a special prayer. meeting was held in Grosvenor-street Chapel, when the Divine presence and blessing were earnestly implored, and the interests of Zion, both at home and abroad, affectionately commended to the care of Him who must reign till all his enemies be made his footstool. In the evening, the Public Meeting of the Society was held in Mosley-street Chapel, J. H. Heron, Esq., the treasurer, in the chair. Very interesting addresses were delivered by most of the ministers beforenamed, and by other ministers and friends who favoured the meeting with their presence and powerfully appealed to all, especially those whom a gracious Providence had honoured with wealth, to come forward on behalf of the perishing heathen. The meeting was also greatly encouraged and interested by the communications of the Rev. Robert Moffat, lately returned from Lattakoo, South Africa, after a separation of 23 years from the church which had the happiness to send him forth as one of their messengers to the heathen. The joy experienced by those present was further augmented, when Mr. Moffat presented an interesting native girl whom he had providentially saved in her infancy from death, after she had been cruelly buried alive by her own mother! ORDINATION OF On Wednesday, July 10, Mr. W. Harbutt was ordained in St. Andrew's Chapel, North Shields, as a Missionary to the Navigators Islands, in the South Pacific. Rev. W. Scott, theological tutor in Airdale academy, delivered an introductory discourse, setting forth the warrant for Christian Missions to the heathen, the great need of the labours of evangelists among them, and the certainty of success in the enterprise. Rev. R. Caldwell, of Howdon Pans, proposed several questions to Mr. Harbutt, which were suit On Tuesday evening, the Rev. Dr. Vaughan, of London, preached the annual sermon, in Grosvenor-street Chapel, when he most eloquently advocated the Missionary cause; and on Wednesday morning, a Public Breakfast was held in the New Corn Exchange; the appeals put forth at the public meeting were there renewed, and a most delightful feeling pervaded the whole assembly. Several affecting references were made to the lamented decease of the Rev. Dr. M'All, who, on occasions like these, had so often enlivened and stimulated our zeal in this noble work. Notwithstanding the very depressed state of trade here at present and the great sufferings of many, it is encouraging to find that the whole pro. ceeds of the anniversary reached the sum of 2,4337., an offering most cheerfully consecrated to the God of all our mercies, and the glory of his kingdom among the children of men. When the juvenile contributions shall have been received, it is hoped that, excepting a legacy of 1257, included in the last year's return, the present year will nearly equal the preceding one. MR. HARBUTT. ably answered. Rev. A. Jack offered the ordination prayer. Rev. W. H. Stowell then addressed Mr. Harbutt in a powerful and eloquent charge to be faithful in doing "the work of an evangelist," wherein the duties devolving upon him, the difficulties, trials, and temptations, with which he might expect to meet, were affectionately stated, and the support and consolations on which he might depend were also fully set before him. The services were concluded with prayer. RETURN OF MISSIONARIES TO ENGLAND. On the 18th of May, Mr. B. H. Paine, who REV. R. B. TAYLOR. The Rev. Robert Barry Taylor, from Leguan Island, Essequebo, has arrived in this country. Having landed at Greenock on the 23rd of May, he reached London on the 3rd of the following month. REV. M. HILL. On the 22nd of May, the Rev. Micaiah Hill arrived in London, from his station at Berhampore, Bengal Presidency, after an absence of eighteen years from his native country. REV. R. MOFFAT. On the 12th of June, the Rev. Robert Moffat, Mrs. Moffat, and family, arrived in London from South Africa. Mr. Moffat has been 23 years absent from his native land. ARRIVAL OF MR. MILNE, AT JAMAICA. On the 20th of April, Mr. William Milne, appointed as schoolmaster, in connexion with the Jamaica Mission, arrived at the port of Kingston. From thence he pro ceeded to Four Paths where it is probable he will remain, and reached that station on the 24th of the same month. LETTERS RECEIVED FROM MISSIONARIES, &c. SOUTH SEAS, 1838.-Sydney, Rev. J. Williams, Oct. 11, 23, 24, 25, (three letters.) Rev. J. Williams and Brethren, Oct. 25. Rev. W. Day, Oct. 24. Rev. T. Joseph, Nov. 30. Rarotonga, Rev. C. Pitman, Aug. 11, Sept. 24. Rev. Messrs. Pitman and Buzacott, Sept. 28, Oct. 9. Rev. A. Buzacott, Dec. 8. Marquesas, Rev. G. Stallworthy, June 26. ULTRA GANGES. 1838.-Malacca, Rev. Messrs. Evans and Dyer, Dec. 1. Pinang, Rev. T. Beighton, Dec. 27. Batavia, Rev. W. H. Medhurst, Dec. 6. EAST INDIES, 1838-39.-Calcutta, Rev. G. Rev. J. Bilderbeck, Nov. 15. Belgaum, Rev. J. Dec. 7. Neyoor, Rev. J. Abbs, March 9. Quon, RUSSIAN EMPIRE, 1839.-Ona, Rev. W. Swa". MEDITERRANEAN, 1839. Corfu, Rev. 1. Lowndes, April 24, May 10. SOUTH AFRICA, 1839-Cape Town, Rev. Dr. Philip, Feb. 20 (two letters) Feb. 22 (2 letters.) Mar. 15 (two letters) Mrs. Philip, Mar. 16. Mrs. titman with Messrs. Howe, Pratt, and Bari, Jan 22, Feb. 2. Tulbagh, Rev. A. Vos, Feb. 11. Kat River. Rev. J. Read, Sen., Feb. 8, Feb. 10. Griqua Tean, Rev. Messrs. Wright and Hughes, Jan. 8. Phip polis, Rev. G. Schreiner, Jan. 19. Lattakoo, Res. R. Moffat, Feb. 20, (from Cape Town.) AFRICAN ISLANDS, 1838-39. Mauritius, Rev. D. Jones, Nov. 20, Nov. 24. Jan. 2, Jan. 23. WEST INDIES, 1839.-Demerara, Rev. C. Paray, March 18. Rev. Messrs. Watt and Rattra, March 7. Berbice, Rev. H. S. Seaborn. March Mr. J. Morris, Jan. 26. Rev. G. Forward, Jan. 16, Jan. 26. Rev. S. Haywood, Jan. 25, three let ters.) Jan. 29, Mar. 11, (two letters) Jamaica, Rev. J. Vine, March 5. Rev. W. Slatyer, April 2. Rev. W. G. Barrett, March 11. Rev. R. Jones, Marth 13. Rev. J. Wooldridge, March 19. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. THE thanks of the Directors are respectfuly pre- Jun. Esq., for a model of an Indian hut, f |