Satisfactorily answered. I then hesi tated no longer, as her end was apparently at hand; but baptized her in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. I saw her again after family prayer. She appeared quite composed; and spoke a few words, with great difficulty, to express her peace of mind. I visited her once more, and, on asking her how she did, she said with great difficulty,' I pray,' and soou afterward departed in peace."

We may probably take another opportunity of giving a few more extracts from this interesting Appendix.

UNITED STATES COLONIZATION

SOCIETY.

The Second Report was delivered at the Annual Meeting, held, on the 9th of January of last year, in the city of Washington, and has lately reached this country.

The Board have been occupied in procuring information, with reference to a colony on the Western Coast of Africa, for the reception of the Free People of Colour of the United States; and have no doubt that a suitable territory, on the coast of that continent, may be obtained for the purpose, at less expense than had been anticipated. From the kind reception which the deputation of the Society met with, both in Great Britain and in the colony, the Board anticipate the future co-operation of benevolent men, and security to their colony from maritime attack. The friendly treatment, also, which the missionaries experienced from the native tribes and chiefs of the country, with the earnest desire which the far greater part of them expressed for the immediate establishment of such a colony among them, afford a like security against every other external injury.

Continued assurances have been received, in the last year, of the readiness of many of the Free People of Colour in the United States to avail themselves of the contemplated asylum, whenever a suitable territory for its erection shall have been procured. These assurances have proceeded from the most enlightened class of persons; comprehending individuals engaged in all the occupations of civil life, dispersed throughout the United States, and in sufficient number to form the basis of a respectable colony. To these assurances have been added the repeated declarations

of several proprietors, of their readiness to emancipate the whole or a part of their slaves, whenever a suitable abode in Africa shall have been provided for them, on condition that they shall repair to it.

Calumny has not been wanting in mis. representing the objects of the Society; but the Board refer to the successful result of an address made to the citizens of Baltimore, which led to the formation of an auxiliary Society for Maryland, as "a sufficient proof that all such objections have only to be openly resisted in order to be overcome."

The Board state the measures which have been taken to obtain the countenance of the Legislature; and enter at large into the advantages offered by colonization in Africa, for enforcing the laws of the United States against the slave-trade. The Report of the Committee of the House of Representatives, in reference to a memorial from the Di rectors, speaks strongly in favour of the objects of the Society. The following extracts from that Report will manifest their views on this subject:

"America cannot but sympathize in the wish to redeem from ignorance, barbarism and superstition, a continent of vast extent-spread out beneath every climate-embracing every variety of soil-and inhabited by a much injured and degraded portion of the human

race.

"Your Committee cannot forbear to remark, that time is unceasingly aggravating all those domestic evils for which the memorialists propose the only competent remedy; and that the most auspicious circumstances conspire, at present, to promote its successful application."

The Committee of the House proceed, in the remainder of their Report,to urge, on various grounds, the support of the Society, under obligations so plain, and at a juncture so inviting.

In January, of last year, the Committee of the Society, addressed a letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Hon. Henry Clay, who is himself a warm friend of the institution, and was chairman of the meeting at which it was formed. In this letter they lay before Congress an account of the object and proceedings of the Society. This letter was referred to a Committee of the House, and the documents ordered to be printed. This important subject is, therefore, now fairly

before the people and the legislature of the United States.

We are rejoiced to find that the American Government, in order to check the iniquitous traffic of Americans in slaves, have dispatched from New York, the Cayenne, a sloop of war, to watch the African coast, accompanied by a vessel chartered by the Society, and carrying out about eighty Free People of Colour, to form the intended colony. The Sherbro' will probably be the seat of this colony. The Rev. Mr. Bacon is gone with the expedition under an appointment from the Government to receive and provide for such Africans as may be liberated from smuggling vessels. He will act also as the agent of the Society, in the establishment of the projected colony, and is accompanied by several assistants. Another vessel will proceed, with colonists, from the Chesapeake, but will not be dispatched for some time.

NETHERLANDS MISSIONARY SO

CIETY.

At the anniversary of last year, held at Rotterdam, a numerous meeting of the members was convened, and a Report read, containing an abstract of the intelligence contained in the monthly papers of the Society, with the addition of recent information from various quarters.

The Society has an institution at Barkel, for the preparation of its missionaries for their future labours. Into this institution five students have been admitted from the Bàsle seminary, making the whole number fourteen. In addition to the instructions given in various useful sciences, the Rev. Mr. Kam initiates them in the duties of a minister of Christ, by taking them with him, in turns, to visit the sick, to instruct children, to examine those who are received as members of his congregation, and to assist him in the other duties of his situation. The Directors bear honourable testimony to the diligence and zeal of the students; some of whom have made a respectable progress in Arabic, and have been entrusted with the correction of the proofs of the Malay Bible now printing in Arabic characters.

The Directors reported the arrival, on the coast of Guinea, of six Africans, who, after having had proper instruction in Holland, had been sent home at the expense of the Government, in order to become teachers of their countrymen.

CHINA.

The Rev. Dr. Morrison, in a letter, datedCanton, March 18, 1819, remarks— "I have completed translations of the twelve Minor Prophets, and shall yet have an opportunity to send them to Mr. Milne this spring. Mr. Milne had heard of some of the Testaments, and other books in the Chinese character having been left at Japan, and at Ochotsk on the Russian frontier.

"I received also, a copy of Detached Remarks,' in Chinese, which I drew up with a view to settle the phraseology used in Christian discourses, and to contrast the Buddha, Mohammedan, and Confucian sects, with the true religion.

"The printing in Chinese, at Malacca, is exceedingly satisfactory.

"The writings of the Prophets are strikingly adapted to the state of the idolatrons and sceptical Chinese. 0 that a power from on high may accompany the word of God, revealed by the mouth of these ancient prophets!

"When fatigued and worn out two or three months ago, I wrote a small book, called a Voyage round the World, the object of which was to enlarge the minds of the Chinese poor, in respect to mankind generally, and to introduce the essential truths of Christianity. To this I added a map of the world, which greatly delighted the Chinese printer, who made some copies for himself, but in copying that part in which I mentioned Judea, where Jesus the Saviour of the world was born,' he obliterated the name of Jesus, I believe, through fear. I mention this to enable you to judge of the condition of this people."

BURNING WIDOWS IN INDIA.

Mr. Smith, a Baptist Missionary at Benares, having addressed a crowd of people, assembled near that city, on occasion of a woman being burnt alive with the corpse of her husband; at the close of the discourse a Brahmin said, "Your Scriptures are quite contrary to ours therefore I hope you will not speak much." After they had performed their superstitious ceremonies, they placed the woman on the pile with the corpse and set fire to the wood. As soon as the flames touched her, she sprang off the pile. Immediately the Brahmins seized her, in order to put her again into the flames: she exclaimed, "Do not murder me! I don't wish to be burned!" The Company's officers

being present, she was brought home safely.

Mr. Bowley, who mentions this affecting case in his Journal, adds: "The Hindoos are now preparing to transport her to Juggernauth, there to end

ber days."-Such are pagan cruelly and superstition! We cite the instance, however, chiefly to shew to how great an extent British influence may be exerted among the natives of India, without the suspicion of political danger.

FRANCE.

THE political state of this country seems still unsettled. The liberal party appear to have taken fresh courage from the concession made to them by the removal of the duc de Cazes from the administration; and they are putting forth all their strength to resist the new law of election, which the government seems to regard as essential to its safety. The original projet of this law was lately withdrawn, after having been for some time under the consideration of the chamber of deputies, and another substituted, into which various modifications have been introduced. This proceeding gave rise to a scene of altercation and violence which it would be impossible to describe. After frequent suspensions of the sittings, to afford the stormy debaters time to cool, it was at length resolved to permit the substitution of the modified projet. One-fifth part of the chamber is still to be annually renewed, but the mode of electing the members undergoes certain changes, the effect of which we do not at all comprehend, depending as it does on the peculiar state of property in France.

SPAIN.

The Spanish Revolution has been advancing, hitherto, in a pretty uniform direction. The new Constitution has been proclaimed in all parts of the kingdom, amidst the acclamations of the people. The press being unrestricted, political writings, in addition to an abundance of proclamations and manifestoes, have been circulated with immense profusion. The general Cortes are expected to meet in the mouth of June. Thus every thing proceeds, upon the surface at least, smoothly and without interruption; but it is not to be expected that a revolution so sudden and decisive will be consolidated in a moment. It will naturally be regarded with an

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evil eye, by those numerous individuals and classes of persons upon whose relative condition in society it inflicts a humiliating change. losers in the contest will of course feel inclined to struggle, as far as may be prudent, with their new competitors, at least to watch for favourable opportunities of regaining their former ascendency. In some parts, the people appear unwilling to forget past dif ferences; as at Barcelona, where certain violent individuals, it is said, have drawn up lists of persons to be tried as enemies to the Constitution. The advisers of Ferdinand's unhappy policy are naturally trembling for their fate, and all of them have been dismissed from office. We trust, however, that the leading actors in the recent changes will be disposed to use their power with moderation; and to consider more the interests of their country than the gratification of personal enmity; and that the merciful providence of God may spare that long-distracted kingdom the calamities which usually attend sudden and extensive political revulsions. - We are happy to perceive, that the two Arguelles, who had been banished on Ferdinand's return, have been raised to high situations in the government: one of them is appointed minister of finance, and the other minister of the interior. This last was always the determined enemy of the slave trade.

One most distressing scene, however, occurred at Cadiz, on the 10th of March, during the solemnity of taking the oath of allegiance to the new Constitution. In consequence of some misunderstanding between the inhabitants and the military, the latter fired on the former. The officers appear to have lost all controul over their men, who killed and wounded, to the number, it is said, of several hundreds of the people, before their fury could be restrained. The whole affair is still involved in great mys

tery. The troops, however, who committed the outrage, having been replaced by others, the irritation appears to have subsided, and tranquillity to have been restored.

The effect of the Revolution upon the interests of the South American continent is not yet known. Recent advices from Peru mention, that Lord Cochrane had three several times attacked the Spanish fleet at Callao, and been repulsed. He still, however, continues the blockade.

DOMESTIC.

But it is homeward that we turn our eye, at the present juncture, with the most intense interest. The trialsof Hunt and others, at York, for their conduct at the disastrous Manchester meeting of the 16th of August, which were proceeding when our last month's view of public affairs went to press, terminated on the 26th of March, after a patient investigation of ten days. Moorhouse, Jones, Wilde, Swift, and Saxton, were acquitted; and Hunt, Johnson, Knight, Healy, and Bamford, were found "GUILTY of assembling with unlawful banners an unlawful assembly, for the purpose of moving and inciting the liege subjects of our sovereign lord the king to contempt and hatred of the government and constitution of the realm, as by law established, and attending the same." Thus, the illegality of the meeting, and the seditious designs of those who convened it, are put on record by a solemn judicial decision. So far the result of the trial is conclusive, and in one sense consolatory; but the conduct of the magistrates still remains open for inquiry. Any individual who suffered by their proceedings may still bring his action for damages against them: and till this is done, they ought to be presumed to have acted legally. Judge Bailey, who presided on the occasion, and gave great satisfaction to the prisoners, by his urbanity and indulgent conduct, checked the production of evidence relative to the magistracy and military, as foreign to the question before the court.

It is the intention of Mr. Hunt, and those who were found guilty along with him, to move for a new trial, on the ground that the verdict was contrary to evidence and to the charge of the judge. Until the fate of this motion is known, it would perhaps be premature to enlarge on the subject.

Several other important trials for seditious publications, and seditious practices, have occurred during the month, which have all issued in the conviction of the defendants. And without doubt, it is greatly to the honour of the crown lawyers, that no prosecution has been attempted, without adequate evidence of delinquency on the part of the persons prosecuted. These convictions, we trust, will impose an effectual check on the alarming growth of seditious and other illegal proceedings.

We pass over several trials in dif ferent parts of the country for manufacturing illegal arms, and printing or vending seditious publications, to record the conviction of Knight, Dewsbury, Broadhurst, and three others, for assisting at the seditious meeting at Burnley, on the 15th of last November. The three persons just named have been sentenced to imprisonment for two years; the others for shorter periods.-A still more important conviction, on account of the rank in life of one of the offenders, is that of Sir Charles Wolseley, and Harrison the preacher of Stockport, for seditious language, and inciting the people to tumult and insurrection, at the public meeting held at that place last July. Harrison has since been convicted on two other separate charges (and might, but for the lenityof the prosecutor, have been tried on several more), for seditious language; for each of which he is to be imprisoned twelve months, in addition to the charge in which he was implicated with Sir Charles, the punishment for which is not yet awarded.

Two persons, Bruce and Magennes, were convicted on the 8th of April, for shooting at Birch, the Stockport constable. The former has been respited, on account of some doubts as to his guilt. The latter has suffered the penalty of the law: he confessed his own guilt, but persisted to the last in asserting the innocence of Bruce. This unhappy man, Magennes, furnishes another proof of the awful tendency of infidel principles, which led him even to exult in the attempt to commit deliberate murder. Even after his doom had been unalterably fixed, he continued for a time to reject all religious aid, and appeared determined to die as he had lived, in hardened infidelity. Before his execution, however, he is said to have been brought to relent, and to have exhibited indications of repentance and of an

earnest desire to participate in the mercies of a Redeemer. We cannot, how ever, in a case of this kind, regard such indications without many misgivings. But the most important of all these painful transactions are the trials, not yet concluded (April 26), of the state prisoners implicated in the Cato-street conspiracy. The court having judiciously prohibited the publication of any part of the proceedings till the whole is over, we suspend our remarks till a future occasion. Thistlewood, who was first put to the bar, has been found guilty, after a trial of several days, of high treason. Ings, and Brunt have since been convicted of the same crime; and eight others remain for trial on this and other charges.

We should have been happy in stating that these numerous convic tions, which fully prove the guilt of the parties, and the determination of our juries to enforce the laws of the realm against the mischievous designs and practices of the disaffected, had wholly prevented the recurrence of riotous and tumultuous proceedings. We grieve, however, to state, that such has not been the case. At Glasgow, and Paisley, and in the adjoining manufacturing villages, a most inflammatory address was posted up, calling upon the people of England, Ireland, and Scotland, "to effect by force, if resisted, a revolution in the government." It was without signature, but professed to be issued "by order of the committee of organization for forming a provisional government." One of the injunctions contained in this address was, that from the beginning of April, the whole population should cease from work; an injunction which was promptly obeyed by fifty or sixty thousand of the manufacturers of Glasgow and Paisley. The idlers crowded the streets, amusing themselves with political discussions, but abstaining from actual violence. The magistrates, indeed, employed such active measures to prevent, or if necessary to repress riot, that the peace of the towns was preserved. A skirinish, however, occurred at Bonnymuir, between a party of radicals and some hussars and yeomanry, in which one man was killed, and several wounded. A still more unhappy affray took place at Greenock, in which nine persons lost their lives, and fifteen were seriously injured. The occurrence originated in the populace attacking the military, who were escort

ing some prisoners from Paisley to Greenock jail. The mob broke open the prison, and liberated all the radical prisoners, leaving the others in confinement. Many of the ringleaders in those disturbances are in custody, and will of course be tried for their offences. In the mean time, the alarm which had been created, has to a considerable degree subsided, and the manufacturers have quietly resumed their employments.-A variety of rumours have been circulated of insurrectionary movements in different parts of Yorkshire; but hitherto there has appeared no clear proof that such rumours were well-founded, however the extent of disaffection in that quarter may justify some degree of apprehension, as well as all proper measures of precaution, on the part of the civil authorities of the district.

Parliament assembled on the 21st inst. Mr. Manners Sutton was unanimously re-chosen speaker, for the third time, of the house of commons. On the 27th, his majesty is expected to open the session in person, by a speech from the throne. We look forward with no small interest to the deliberations of the assembled legislature, and we most earnestly pray, that they may be guided in all their proceedings by that "wisdom which cometh from above," and which is characterised as "pure and peaceable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy." Their task is a very arduous one; and if they discharge it well, they will be entitled to the lasting gratitude of their country. They are called to apply, not mere palliatives, but effectual and permanent remedies to the existing evils. To make adequate provision for the moral and religious instruction of the great body of the people, and for the due education of our youth in right principles and habits;-to reform such circumstances in our internal police as tend to demoralize the labouring classes--our gin-shops, our lotteries, our Sunday newspapers, our prison discipline, and above all our poor laws;-to provide for the present wants of our overflowing population, and to check the ruinous progress of its factitious increase: these are some of the duties which appear to us most imperiously to claim their attention. If they should continue to be overlooked, or postponed to a distant day, in the hope that the expedients employed to maintain the