will be made to confine the benefits of the school to the really necessitous clergy. Thirteen pupils have arrived, and several others are entered. Above 1200l. is required to cover the purchase, the alterations, and the furnishing of the house, of which about 9201. has already been contributed. Subscriptions are received by the Rev. W. C. Wilson, Tunstall, near Kirkby Lonsdale; or by Messrs. Seeleys, Hatchards, &c. MR. SMITH, The Proprietors of the Institution justly remark ;-"It were indeed to be wished, that the clergy could be relieved from the necessity of accepting such aid as is now proposed to them; but until that object is effected, it is clearly incumbent on the friends of religion, to do what they can in behalf of a class of persons, on whose welfare that of the community at large so much depends." DEMERARA. We noticed in our last the death of Mr. Smith. The proceedings of the Court Martial at Demerara have been printed by order of the House of Commons. They occupy ninety-two closely printed folio pages. Mr. Smith, it appears, had resided between six and seven years in the colony, and there was found in his possession a written book, entitled, " A Journal containing various occurrences at Le Resouvenir, Demerary, commenced in March 1817, by John Smith, Missionary." From this long journal of six years and a half, the Judge Advocate produced on the trial seventeen entries, making about two pages, to prove that the missionary interfered in such a way with the negroes as to produce discontent on their parts against their masters and the government. The mere fact of the smallness of the number of passages selected, in a journal of such a length of busy life, is a strong presumption in favour of Mr. Smith; and, in reality, the passages which are produced prove nothing against him, unless it be a crime to be zealous and humane, and to feel some degree of horror at the oppression of one's fellow-beings. But these passages, though they prove nothing against Mr. Smith, are valuable as throwing light on the slave system of the colonies. We quote, as an instance, the following passage : "November 17, 1821. Yesterday evening we had not more than fifty at the chapel; indeed, I cannot expect more till the coffee and cotton are gathered in. The people have scarcely any time to eat their food: they have none to cook it, eating for the most part raw yellow plantains. This would be bearable for a time; but to work at that rate, and to be perpetually flogged, astonishes me that they submit to it." Again-" September 13, 1817, page 17.-This evening a negro, belonging to -, came to me, saying, the manager was so cruel to him that he could not bear it. According to the man's account, some time back (two or three years), he, with a few others, made complaints of something to the Fiscal, on which account the manager has taken a great dislike to him, and scarcely evermeets him without cursing him as he passes by. The punishment which he inflicts on him is dreadfully.severe; for every little thing he flogs him. I believe Ned to be a quiet, harmless man. I think he does his work very well. A manager told me himself he had punished many negroes merely to spite Mr. Wray. I believe the laws of justice which relate to the negroes are known only by name here; for while I am writing this, the driver is flogging the people, and neither manager nor overseer near." This is the state of the slaves, who are in so much better a condition, as Cobbett tells us, than the English peasantry! We give another passage, which is very curious, though it is difficult to know why the Judge Advocate produced it: Friday, August 8, 1817.-A great number of people at chapel. From Genesis, xv. 1. Having passed over the latter part of chapter xiii. as containing a promise of the Land of Canaan, I was apprehensive the negroes might put such a construction upon it as I could not wish; for I tell them some of the promises, &c. which are made to Abraham and others, will apply to a Christian state. It is easier to make a wrong impression upon their minds than a right one." This only shows the desire which Mr. Smith felt to avoid inflaming the minds of the negroes-by what? By reading the Bible. WESLEYAN MISSIONARY SOCIETY. May 8, Monday. The Annual Meeting will be held in the City Road Chapel. The Chair will be taken at Eleven o'clock. CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY. May 3, Monday. The Anniversary Sermon will be preached in St. Bride's Church, Fleet Street, by the Rev. Fountain Elwin, M. A. Minister of Temple Church, Bristol. Divine Service to begin at Half past Six in the Evening. May 4, Tuesday. The Annual Meeting will be held at. Freemasons' Hall. The Chair to be taken at Twelve o'clock. IRISH SOCIETY OF LONDON. May 4, Tuesday. A Sermon will be preached at St. Paul's, Covent Garden, by the Rev. G. Mutter, M. A. Service to begin at Seven o'Clock in the Evening. BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY. May 5, Wednesday. The Twentieth Annual Meeting will be held at Freemasons' Hall. The Chair to be taken at Eleven o'clock. PRAYER BOOK AND HOMILY SOCIETY. May 5, Wednesday. The Twelfth Anniversary Sermon will be preached at Christ Church, Newgate Street, by the Rev. Basil Woodd, M. A. Minister of Bentinck Chapel, &c. Service to begin at Half past Six in the Evening. May 6, Thursday. The Annual Meeting will be held at Stationers' Hall, Ludgate Street. The Chair to be taken at Twelve o'clock. LONDON SOCIETY FOR CONVERSION OF THE JEWS. May 6, Thursday. The Anniversary Sermon will be preached at the Church of St. Paul's, Covent Garden, by the Rev. Legh Richmond, M. A. Rector of Turvey. Service to begin at Half past Six. May 7, Friday. The Annual Meeting will be held at Freemasons' Hall. The Chair to be taken at Twelve precisely. LONDON ASSOCIATION IN AID OF THE MORAVIAN MISSIONS. May 7, Friday. The Annual Sermon in behalf of this Association, will be preached at the Church of St. Clement Danes, by the Rev. W. Marsh, M. A. Vicar of St. Peter's, Colchester. Divine Service to begin at Seven o'clock. LONDON HIBERNIAN SOCIETY. May 8, Saturday. The Annual Meeting will be held in Freemasons' Hall. The Chair to be taken by H. R. H. the Duke of Gloucester, at Twelve o'clock at Noon. BRITISH AND FOREIGN SCHOOL SOCIETY. May 10, Monday. The Annual Meeting will be held at Freemasons' Hall. The Chair to be taken at Twelve o'clock. SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION. May 11, Tuesday. The Annual Meeting will be held at the City of London Tavern, at Six o'clock in the Morning. AFRICAN INSTITUTION. May 11, Tuesday. The Annual Meeting will be held at Freemasons' Hall. The Chair will be taken at One o'clock. NAVAL AND MILITARY BIBLE SOCIETY. May 11, Tuesday. The Annual Meeting will be held at the Argyle Rooms, Regent Street. The Chair to be taken at Twelve o'clock. CONTINENTAL SOCIETY. May 11, Tuesday. A Sermon will be preached for this Society, at the Church of St. Clement Danes, by the Rev. Hugh M'Neill, M. A. Service at Half past Six o'clock. May 19, Wednesday. The Annual Meeting will be held at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, at Twelve o'clock at Noon. LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY. May 12, Wednesday. A Sermon will be preached at Surrey Chapel, at Half past Ten o'clock, by the Rev. H. Townley. Another in the Evening at the Tabernacle, Moorfields, by the Rev. Thomas Smith. May 13, Thursday. The Annual Meeting will be held at Great Queen Street Chapel, at Half past Ten. A Sermon will be preached in the Evening at Tottenham Court Chapel, by the Rev. E. Irving. May 14, Friday. A Sermon will be preached at Christ Church, Newgate Street. RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY. May 14, Friday. The Annual Meeting will be held at the City of London Tavern, at Six o'clock in the Morning. 1 200 Notices and Acknowledgments. Our Number for June will contain a fine Portrait of the Martyr Tyndale. We have never seen the work which an anonymous correspondent desires us so earnestly to review, and therefore can give no opinion whatever upon the subject. The attempts sometimes made to extort a review from us are not very wise; and often the kindest part to an author is to let him alone. How far this is the case in the present instance we know not; when the work arrives, the author may perhaps learn our opinion, either from what we say, or from our entire silence. Insert R. T.-H. Lisson. - Another H. is inadmissible. Under consideration-Zenas-H.---Bandana-2.-J. 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