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you presided, when you made some reflections respecting its being the last occasion

when we should all commune together; and true it was with this our departed brother.

DEATH OF THE REV. P. WRIGHT IN SOUTH AFRICA. WITH feelings of the deepest sorrow we fulfil the duty of communicating to the friends of the Society intelligence of the death of the Rev. Peter Wright, our valuable and honoured Missionary at Griqua Town. He died at Philippolis, on the 14th of April, after a short illness of ten days, leaving a wife and nine children to deplore the grievous and sudden bereavement with which it has pleased the Father of mercies to visit them. The Directors deeply commiserate the condition of the sorrowing widow and her family, and earnestly commend them to the sympathies and prayers of all the friends of the Society. Our departed brother has been removed in the midst of his energies and usefulness, at a period when his presence and his agency on the borders of the colony appear to have been most urgently needed. The immediate cause of his death was malignant sore throat, which has made its appearance in the country in the form of an epidemic, and seems likely to prove the occasion of extensive mortality. At the period of his decease, Mrs. Wright and some of her family were suffering under the same complaint, and while we devoutly hope that life may be spared, we are admonished to hold ourselves prepared for the contrary.

Mr. Wright sustained a very important share in the work of our missions beyond the Northern Frontiers of the Colony, for which the wisdom and grace of his Divine Lord and Master had peculiarly qualified him; and the difficulty of finding a successor to his arduous and honourable post is fully indicated in the following testimony to his character, contained in a letter from the Rev. Dr. Philip.

"Mr. Wright united in himself many qualities of high value as a missionary; but the great secret of his usefulness, was the entireness of the consecration of his heart to God. He sought not himself, and he thought nothing of sacrifices when God or a sense of duty required them. Nothing was too great for him to undertake, when he saw the path of duty clearly before him; and he found his reward in his work. That act of service in which he closed his life, affords a striking illustration of the devotedness of his mind. In the midst of a flourishing family, and of comforts which he himself and his excellent wife had created, and with the cause of Christ in a high state of prosperity around him, he no sooner saw that his presence at Philippolis was called for, than he broke up his establishment at Griqua Town, and, with his family, exchanged a state of comparative comfort, for one of privation; and a state of peace, to enter into one of strife and contention. The people asked him to come to them as the only person who could save them from the evils they were suffering,-fears within, and impending calamities without; and, aware of all the sacrifices it might cost him, he consulted not with flesh and blood, nor counted his own personal comforts, nor the comforts of his family, nor even his own life, dear to him, that he might render the required service to the cause of his Divine Master."

DEATH OF THE REV. SAMUEL KIDD.

THIS mournful event occurred on the 12th of June. At their earliest subsequent meeting, the Directors adopted the following resolution, which, as expressive of their feelings on the occasion, and in justice to the memory of their departed brother, it affords them a mournful gratification thus to place on public record :

"That the Directors desire to receive, with unfeigned submission to the will of God, the intelligence conveyed to them of the sudden decease of their valued friend, and former Missionary in Malacca, the Rev. Samuel Kidd, Professor of the Chinese Language and Literature, in University College, London; and they avail themselves of this opportunity to record their deep sense of his moral worth, and the zeal which he manifested in the cause of the evangelization of China; of the eminence of his attainments in the important department of services to which his talents and acquirements were consecrated, and of the great loss sustained by the Christian Church, in his removal at this juncture, when his efficient aid might have been so usefully afforded to Missionaries destined to the great Empire of the East, by instructing them in the language; and that this Board conveys to their esteemed friend, Mrs. Kidd, the widow, and her family, the assurance of their christian sympathy and condolence, and their earnest hope that the God of the widow and the fatherless will afford them all the gracious support they require, and from his goodness abundantly supply all their need."

In consequence of the painfully destitute circumstances in which the widow of our lamented friend, and her family of seven children, have been left by this mournful dispen

sation, a subscription has been opened for the purpose of raising a fund to be devoted to their future maintenance. The Committee, to whom its management has been committed, have already had the pleasure of receiving generous benefactions from the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Queen Dowager. Other donations have also been presented, including £100 from the Directors of this Society. It is earnestly hoped a sufficient amount will eventually be raised to meet the urgent exigencies of a case possessing such strong and affecting claims on the resources of christian benevolence.

APPLICATION FOR A PRINTING-PRESS FROM MIRZAPORE. AMONG various means of usefulness which have been brought into exercise at this station, through the energy and devotedness of our esteemed brother, the Rev. R. C. Mather, an institution for the education of native orphan children forms one of the most important as well as the most promising. In April last the establishment contained one hundred children—a number which indicates at once the success of the effort, and the difficulty of sustaining it in an efficient and suitable manner. Mr. Mather is careful to pay great attention to the moral and religious instruction of the children, and he has reason to hope that the spiritual reward of the Society in this undertaking will be equally lasting and abun dant. His chief anxiety is how to provide appropriate and beneficial employment for the orphan boys, as they grow up to active life; and he has made a suggestion on the subject, which, at his particular request, we present, with our cordial and earnest commendation, to the notice of such friends as may have it in their power to assist the realization of his wishes:

"It has struck me after an experience of three years as a lithographic printer, that no plan would tend more effectually to develope the energies of the orphans, besides securing their service in the mission, and effecting a great good to the mission cause, than to combine a type-press with our present lithographic presses. Type-printing is merely a mechanical labour, and many boys would be able to do it who would not be able to lithograph. Now may we not hope that some friend to the Society would present us with a good Columbian press, and as much type of various sizes as would avail to set us going in the first instance; and with the type, the rollers, the ink, &c. &c., which all contribute to make up the apparatus of a press. My assistant, Mr. Danenberg, is acquainted with printing, and he would be able to superintend this work in connexion with other operations that are in progress."

The Directors most gladly offer to take charge of any articles of the description stated by Mr. Mather, on their being forwarded to the Mission-house, Blomfield Street, Finsbury, whence they would be shipped by the earliest suitable conveyance to India.

RETURN OF MRS. LEITCH FROM INDIA.

IN consequence of failure of health, Mrs.
Leitch, wife of the Rev. A. Leitch, of the
Madras station, has returned to her native

country. She arrived in safety by the John Line, Capt. Brodie, on Tuesday, July 11, and has since proceeded to Edinburgh.

MISSIONARIES ON THEIR VOYAGE TO INDIA.

We have the pleasure to state, that Mr. and Mrs. Buyers, and Mrs. C. Campbell, who embarked in June last, in the Ellen

borough, bound for Madras and Calcutta, arrived in health and safety at Madeira, on the 17th of the same month.

EAST LANCASHIRE AUXILIARY.

THE anniversary of this Society was held in Manchester on June 18th and the three following days, when the Rev. Dr. Russell, Rev. Dr. Alliott, Rev. T. Adkins, Rev. T. Archer, Rev. J. Sortain, Rev. J. Raven, and Rev. G. Forward, pleaded the great cause so successfully, that above £2050 were contributed. This sum is considerably more than its most sanguine friends could have anticipated, from the heavy commercial losses which had befallen the town during the past year, and by which many of the friends of the Society had severely suffered. It is gratifying also to observe, that this exceeds the sum,

raised at the last anniversary, by £100'; although several large donations, usually given, have not yet been received; nor is it less so to know, that nearly £1600 of the whole were silently collected in the boxes, after the sermons preached at the different places on the sabbath.

On Monday morning, two prayer-meetings were held, one at Rusholm-road, and one at Chapel-street, which were well attended, and proved seasons of refreshing from the presence of the Lord. In the evening, a public meeting of the members and friends of the Society was held in Grosvenor-street Chapel, Samuel Fletcher, Esq., the treasurer, in the chair; when the cause of missions was powerfully advocated by the Rev. W. M. Kerrow, and most of the ministers already named. The aggressions of the French in Tahiti were signally denounced, and the strongest sympathy excited on behalf of those persecuted for conscience' sake, in every part of the missionary field.

On Tuesday evening, a juvenile missionary meeting was held in the same place, which was crowded with the teachers and elder children of the various schools; and, on Wednesday morning, a public breakfast, held in the Corn Exchange, James Kershaw, Esq. the Mayor, in the chair, concluded the services of the anniversary.

LETTERS RECEIVED FROM MISSIONARIES, &c.
(Latest Dates.)

SOUTH SEAS, 1842-43. — Tahiti, Rev. J. T.
Jesson, Nov. 25. Rev. C. Barff, Jan. 1. Rev. W.
Howe and brethren, Aug. 24. Rev. R. Thomson,
Sept. 16. Mr. E. Buchanan, Aug. 29. Rev. T.
Joseph, Oct. 10. Mr. J. Barff, July 25. Rev. J.
M. Orsmond, Aug. 16. Rev. C. Wilson, June 20.
Eimeo, Rev. A. Simpson, Oct. 18. Rev. W. Howe,
Dec. 24. Raiatea, Rev. G. Charter, July 30. Rev.
G. Platt, June 20. Rarotonga, Rev. C. Pitman,
September 17. Rev. W. Gill, Jan. 18.
Rev. G. Pratt, Nov. 11. Rev. C. Hardie,
Upolu, Rev. W. Day, Nov. 9. Rev. G.
March 1. Rev. J. B. Stair, Nov. 14. Rev. W.
Harbutt, Sept. 14. Rev. T. Bullen, Nov. 21. Ma-
nono, Rev. T. Heath, June 2. Tutuila, Rev. A. W.
Murray, May 3. Sydney, Rev. Dr. Ross, Jan. 23.
Rev. T. Slatyer, Jan. 2. Rev. Messrs. Chisholm
and Moore, Dec. 16. Rev. H. Nott, Oct. 14.
Johnston, Oct. 17. Rev. A. Buzacott, Sept. 29.
Rev. T. Slatyer, Sept. 17.

Savaii,
Nov. 12.
Turner,

Mr.

ULTRA GANGES, 1842-43. - Hongkong, Dr. Lockhart, Feb. 27. Macao, Dr. Hobson, Feb. 10. Ningpo, Rev. W. C. Milne, Jan. 22. Malacca, Rev. Dr. Legge, Dec. 1. Singapore, Rev. Messrs. Dyer, Stronach, and Keasberry, Jan. 23. Rev. Messrs. Stronach and Dyer, March 10. Rev. S. Dyer, Nov. 30. Penang, Rev. T. Beighton, March 13. Rev. A. Stronach, Jan. 2. Batavia, Rev. W. H. Medhurst, Oct. 28.

EAST INDIES, 1842-43.-Calcutta, Rev. J. A. Shurman, May 12. Rev. W. Morton, April 14. Rev. T. Boaz, April 19. Rev. J. Paterson, Feb. 1. Rev. J. Bradbury, Oct. 3. Chinsurah, Rev. G. Mundy, Nov. 22. Berhampore, Rev. T. L. Lessel, April 17. Rev. Messrs. Hill and Lessel, April 5. Rev. M. Hill, Jan. 12. Benares, Rev. J. Kennedy, April 18. Rev. D. G. Watt, Feb. 16. Mirzapore, Rev. R. C. Mather, April 18. Surat, Rev. W. Clarkson, April 23. Rev. W. Flower, Feb. 25. Madras, Rev. W. Porter, April 20. Rev. A. Leitch, March 25. Rev. J. Smith, March 24 Vizagapatam, Rev. E. Porter, April 16. Cuddapah, Rev. J. W. Gordon, March 21. Belgaum, Rev. W. Beynon, March 28. Rev. J. Taylor, Jan. 27. Bellary, Rev. W. Thompson, April 26. Bangalore, Rev. J. A. Regel, April 24. Rev. E. Crisp, March 24. Rev.

Rev.

Messrs. Rice and Sewell, Jan. 25. Rev. B. Rice,
Dec. 21. Mysore, Rev. J. Sewell, April 20.
C. Campbell, April 20. Salem, Rev. J. M. Lechler,
Dec. 31. Combaconum, Rev. E. Nimmo, April
12. Coimbatoor, Rev. W. B. Addis, January 16.
Rev. E. Lewis, Jan. 17. Nagercoil, Rev. C. Mault,
April 19. Rev. J. O. Whitehouse, March 15. Ne-
yoor, Rev. E. Mead, April 18. Rev. J. Abbs, Mar.
9. Quilon, Rev. J. C. Thompson, May 25. Tre-
vandrum, Rev. J. Cox, Jan. 19.

MEDITERRANEAN, 1843.- Corfu, Rev. J.
Lowndes, May 22.

2.

SOUTH AFRICA, 1842-43.-Cape Town, Rev. Dr. Philip, Feb. 11. Mrs. Philip, April 27. Rev. M. Vogelgezang, Jan. 15. Rev. R. Moffat, April 14. Paarl, Rev. G. Barker, Feb. 8. Dysalsdorp, Rev. J. Melvill, Jan. 6. Hankey, Rev. W. Philip. Jan. 3. Bethelsdorp, Rev. J. Kitchingman, Jan. Port Elizabeth, Mr. Passmore, March 6. Uitenhage, Rev. W. Elliott, Dec. 7. Theopolis, Rev. R. B. Taylor, Feb. 15. Kat River, Rev. J. Read, Jan. 9. Cradock, Rev. J. Monro, Dec. 26. Colesberg, Rev. T. Atkinson, Dec. 28. Caffreland, Rev. F. G. Kayser, Feb. 17. Rev. H. Calderwood, March 20. Rev. J. Brownlee, Sept. 8. Borigelong, Rev. H. Helmore, Oct. 28. Namacqualand, Rev. J. H. Schmelen, Aug. 6.

AFRICAN ISLANDS, 1842-43.-Mauritius, Rev. D. Johns, March 6. Rev. J. Le Brun, Feb. 2. Mr. Baker, Dec. 5.

WEST INDIES, 1843.-Demerara, Rev. T. Henderson, April 29. Rev. C. Rattray, April 17. Rev. J. Scott, Jan. 13. Rev. S. S. Murkland, Jan. 31. Rev. E. A. Wallridge, March 16. Berbice, Rev. E. Davies, May 16. Rev. A. M'Kellar, May 5. Rev. J. Waddington, May 15. Rev. G. Pettigrew, May 15. Rev. J. Dalgleish, May 1. Rev. J. Roome, March 30. Rev. D. Kenyon, Jan. 14. Rev. S. Haywood, Jan. 9. Jamaica, Rev. W. Slatyer, May 27. Rev. F. W. Wheeler, May 17. Rev. W. G. Barrett, May 3. Rev. E. Holland, April 23. Rev. R. Dickson, April 29. Mr. W. Milne, March 13. Rev. T. H. Clark, April 11. Rev. J. Vine, March 28. Rev. R. Jones, March 14. Rev. W. Alloway, Feb. 20. Rev. G. Wilkinson, Feb. 14. Rev. B. Franklin, Jan. 16.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.

THE thanks of the Directors are respectfully presented to the following, viz. :—

For Rev. W. Gill.To Mrs. Dempster, Turnhamgreen, for a box of slates and pencils; to friends at Tiverton, per S. F. Gervis, Esq., for a box of clothing.

For Rarotonga. To the scholars of a ladies' school in Hawick, for a box of clothes for the orphan children there.

For Rev. C. Hardie.-To the young people of Rev. W. A. Hurndall's congregation, Huddersfield, for a box of useful articles.

For Rev. R. Jones. - To Mrs. Strutt and friends, Belper, for a box of clothing and other articles. For Rev. J. Dalgleish.-To friends in the congregation of Rev. J. V. Thompson, Slateford, for a box of clothing.

For Mrs. Johns. To Mrs. Gladstone and Miss Lawrie, Lincoln, for a box and parcel of clothing. For Rev. R. Moffat. To Mr. W. Evans, Shoreditch, for a case of paper hangings: to Mrs. Ann Chappell, Newport, for a parcel of clothing; to the Sherborne Ladies' Missionary Working Society, for a parcel of useful clothing.

For Rev. J. G. Messer.-To Mrs. Shelly and friends, Yarmouth, for a box of clothing and haberdashery.

For Rev. H. Helmore. -To friends of Missions at
Stratford-on-Avon, for a box of clothing, &c.
For Mrs. Edwards, Lattakoo. To Mrs. Flower,
Tottenham, for a bale of dresses and useful ar-
ticles.

For Mrs. Atkinson, Colesberg. -To Mrs Medwin and friends, at Union-street Chapel, Borough, for a case of useful articles of new clothing, &c. For Rev. J. Monro. To friends of Missions at Arundel, for a box of clothing and useful articles. For Rev. E. Crisp.-To the Young Ladies' Missionary Working Society in connexion with the Old Meeting and Princes-street Chapels, Norwich, per Miss Sayer, for a box of useful and fancy articles.

For Mrs. Porter's Orphan School. To friends at
Forres, for a small box of fancy articles.
For Mrs. Lechler.-To Friends at Bury and Ips-

wich, per Mrs. Buck, for a box of useful and fancy articles.

For Mrs. Mather. - To Mrs. Shelly and friends, Yarmouth, for a box of fancy articles.

For Rev. W. and Mrs. Buyers, and the schools under their care. To the Ladies' Working Committee connected with Spencer-street Chapel, Leamington, for six dozen garments; to the Teachers and Scholars of Mill St. Chapel, Leamington, for three dozen garments, slate pencils, &c.; to the Ladies' Working Committee, Great George-street Chapel, Liverpool, for a box of useful articles; to Mrs. Jack, Bristol, for a parcel of fancy articles; to the Ladies of Tunbridge Wells Missionary Society, for a box of useful and fancy articles.

To an Old Subscriber, for a large parcel of books; to D. E. P., for a parcel of books and magazines; to Mr. E. Kemp, for seven vols. Evangelical Magazine; to the Silk Mill congregation, Chesterfield, per the Misses Boden, for 16 vols. Evangelical Magazine, to Rev. John B. Grey, Youghal, for three branch chandeliers; to Mr. W. J. Lewis, for seven vols. Evangelical Magazine; to Mrs. Bailey, for a large parcel of books; to Mr. W. Lees, Camberwell, for 27 vols. Evangelical Magazine; to C. E. S., for a parcel of books, magazines, &c.; to Miss Ann Hawkes, Coventry; to a friend at Stoke Newington; to Mrs. Payden; to the Sabbath-school teachers in connexion with St. Nicholas-street Chapel, Weymouth; to Mrs. Pearcy; and to the Misses Hollett, for numbers of the Evangelical Magazine, Reports, &c. &c.

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MISSIONARY CONTRIBUTIONS,

From the 13th April to the 31st of May, 1843, continued from last month.

SCOTLAND.

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Glasgow Aux. Soc. per J.

Risk, Esq.

H. B. Duncan, Esq. for

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A Friend, S. D.......... 0 10 0 J. Henderson, Esq....... 5 5 0 J.W. Picken, for Bellary

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J. Rankine, Kilsyth, for Chinese Mission ...... R. White, Carmunnock, ditto

Campbleton Cong. Ch.

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2 Miss Bury, for the Chinese

4 Miss E. Bury, ditto.........

NOVA SCOTIA.

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