interesting letter from a young man in the army, who had been educated in one of our schools, in which he expresses his gratitude to the society, and thankfulness to God, for such a valuable institution. Believe me, &c. J. McCARTHY. Poor Caldwell, the husband of our teacher at Cranagh is dangerously ill with the spotted fever. Last week, by his own partienlar request, I visited him, and was much pleased with the interview. He appears to have received the knowledge and the love of the truth; and you will be gratified when I inform you that he told me he was indebted to our Society, under the Divine blessing, for all he knew and felt of the truths of the Gospel. The establishment of our school there first induced him to read the Scriptures, and I really think the Lord has opened his From the Rev. J. P. Briscoe to the Secre-heart to the influence of the truth as it is in taries. Ardnaree, Feb. 12, 1827. MY DEAR BRETHREN, LAST week I received a letter from Mr. West, informing me that you had agreed to my request. Accept of my thanks for your kindness, and also of my assurance that no effort shall be wanting on my part to promote the interests of the Society in the dis. trict in which they have placed me. To-morrow, if the Lord will, I set out on my travels for the purpose of inspecting the schools, collecting the annual subscriptions and preaching as opportunity may offer. This will employ me every day for at least a month to come, Lord's day excepted, when I must be at home. I could not consistently be away from home on the Lord's Day, although, by returning, the number of miles I have to travel is considerably increased; for my congregation is increasing so fast upon me that I think it would be wrong to disappoint them. Yesterday week, in the evening, we were crowded to excess. About the middle of the service a number of Catholics came in, not, I believe, with the most peaceable intentions; but as soon as they entered, the place being quite filled, Roger Mullarky shut the door and stood with his back against it, so that they could not escape till the service was ended. I happened to be preaching from Isaiah Iv. 1-3, and took occasion from the passage to contrast the terms on which the Scriptures offer the blessings of salvation, with the terms on which their priests dispense what they call the privileges of their Church. They appeared to be deeply interested, and departed at the close in the most peaceable manner. The event is in the Lord's hands. However, let us not forget that prayer moves the hand that moves the world." Jesus. Subscriptions and Donations in aid of this Society will be thankfully received at the Baptist Missionary House, No. 6, Fen Court, Fenchurch Street, London: or by any of the Ministers and Friends whose names are inserted on the Cover of the Annual Report. P.S. Our friends in London and its vicinity are respectfully informed, that the Rev. George Gibbs, of Tottenham, has been appointed Collector of the Annual Subscriptions to the Society, now due. BAPTIST MISSION. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. CALCUTTA. from other sources, to the mission, i. e. it supports us, and the surplus goes towards promoting the objects of the Baptist Missionary Society. In the church here we are going on happily and prosperously. I have had the pleasure of baptizing twelve since Mr. Lawson's death, and there are nearly twelve others, who, I trust, will soon come forward. I know not any thing that has given me more pleasure, since I have been in this land of darkness, than I have received from baptizing three young men, the sons of Missionaries, whose fathers are now in glory, toge THOUGH a part of the information contained in the following letter from Mr. Yates to his parents has already appeared, we readily comply with the request for its in-ther with the second son of Captain Kemp, sertion. Calcutta, May 15, 1826. MY DEAR PARENTS, I HOPE my delay in writing will not have led you to conclude either that I am unable er unwilling to write; for, I think I told you before, that the death of Mr. Lawson, and the absence of Mr. Carey, have thrown a great deal of additional work on me, so that till some one comes out from England to our assistance, I must necessarily be a bad correspondent. This argument I must urge on all my friends, and trust it will be satisfactory. Before giving you the news which this country affords, I shall attempt to answer the questions contained in your letter. I am at this time so far well, as to be able to attend to all the duties of my station; but the heat here is now intense, and the weather very oppressive. The salary which I receive as Secretary of the School Book Society, is devoted in common with all we get with whom I sailed from England, and who, I hope, is now in heaven. Another son of the same family received hopeful impressions at the time of his brother's baptism. It is a pleasing thing for me, to be employed in guiding over the ocean of life, the children of the dear captain who conducted me across the dangerous deep. We are now engaged in building missionary premises: we have purchased ground on behalf of the Society in England, for about £2000, for which we have paid; the building will cost upwards of £3000; we have proposed to the Society to pay onehalf, and for them to pay the other, and since the premises will belong entirely to them, we fully anticipate that they will approve of our proposal. They will, I think, now have the best Missionary Station in Calcutta, and this is no small pleasure to us, as they had no regular station here when I arrived. In reviewing the past in all its parts, I feel perfectly satisfied in baving come out to this country, though I have experienced much sickness, and many disappointments in Mis- | amongst the Natives in this city and neighsionary work. Several Natives near Cal-bourhood, has been still farther reduced eutta have lately destroyed their idols, and than at the date of the last Report, and pulled down one of their idol temples, and there is reason to hope have become true Christians. Knowledge is now rapidly spreading among the Natives, and we hope the time is coming, when the Gospel will spread as rapidly. It is at present opposed by most, but it must and will prevail. Dr. Carey is not dead, as you heard, but is remarkably well for his age. He was very lively in his conversation about Missions, when he breakfasted with us at our last monthly meeting; he quoted Psalm cii. 14, 15. and argued that the heathen would soon fear the name of the Lord, because the saints had begun to take pleasure in the stones of Zion, and to favour her dust. P.S. I think I told you in my last, that I intended to go a long journey up the country; but I have been obliged to relinquish my design through the death of Mr. Lawson. Mr. Sutton, from Cuttack, is now lodging with us for a few weeks; he is about to marry Mrs. Colman, the American lady, who has had the superintendance of our Native Female Schools. FOR the substance of the following account of the Anuual Meeting of the Calcutta Auxiliary Baptist Missionary Society, we are indebted to the Friend of India for August last. The eighth anniversary of this Society was held on the 8th of August, when Dr. Carey took the chair, and the Rev. D. Schmid, Assistant Secretary of the Calcutta Church Missionary Society, offered up the introductory prayer. After the Report had been read, the meeting was addressed by Messrs. Statham, Wade, Penney, Boardman, and Yates, and also by the Chairman. From the Report we shall select the principal passages." The death of Mr. Lawson having deprived the church meeting in this place of a pastor, Mr. Yates was induced, as a temporary arrangement, to undertake the duties of the office; in performing which, he has been most kindly assisted by Messrs. Wade and Boardman, who have been for some time residing in Calcutta, waiting for a favourable opportunity of joining their missionary brethren, whose lives have been so wonderfully preserved in Burmah. Mr. Yates being thus engaged in English labour, the European strength devoted to missionary exertions additional help from England is most urgently required. The Committee are happy to add, that the latest advices from the Parent Society lead them to anticipate a speedy arrival of missionaries from home; as well as to hope, that the health of their esteemed friends, Mr. and Mrs. Carey, will be in time sufficiently restored to allow them again to return to India. They have also to acknowledge the affectionate and zealous services of Mr. Carapiet C. Aratoon, who during the last six months has in every way contributed his valuable assistance in the native department. "During the past year, there have been admitted into the church three members :one by restoration, a second by dismission from the church at Dinagepore, and a third by baptism. Besides these, a fourth was proposed, but was shortly after removed by death. During a few months of his residence in Calcutta, during which his conduct could he observed, it was very becoming his Christian profession, and afforded satisfactory evidence, that he was prepared for the change that awaited him. "The person baptized was the one referred to in the last Report as a serious enquirer. The service took place on Lord's day morning the 9th ult.; and the candidate, at his own request, was baptized in the tank immediately adjoining his dwelling. This his neighbours his love to Christ, and wilhe wished, first, to express in the sight of lingness to give up all for him; and secondly, to remove the erroneous idea prevalent among them, that the eating of cows' flesh and drinking of spirits were necessary parts of initiation into the Christian religion. The morning being rainy, the number of attendants was not so numerous as it would otherwise have been,-sufficient, it is hoped, however, entirely to remove the false prejudices above referred to. "In the Report read this time two years, the number of natives in connection with the church amounted to ten, since which five have been admitted by baptism, one by restoration to communion, and one by admission from another church. Amongst these, however, the two mentioned in the last Report remain excluded, making fifteen in connection with the church at the present time." arrival of the missionaries shortly expected from home, one of them may be induced to occupy this interesting field of labour; and with this impression, bave resolved on rebuilding the Bungalow there, formerly occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Carey. "The pleasing services on Monday and Friday evenings, mentioned in the last Report, as having been commenced here at the request of several Heathen and Mussalman neighbours, have been regularly continued, during the year. During this period, some have declined paying their small subscriptions towards the expense of lighting the place of worship; but the majority still contribute with cheerfulness. regularly ever since Mr. Rowe's death, besides itinerating in many of the surrounding villages, attending the large fairs in the neighbourhood, and distributing tracts, &c. They now preach at six places every Sabbath, twice at Patna, once at a village halfway between that place and Digah, once at my house, and twice at Dinapore. They are generally heard with attention, particularly at Patna, where they have the largest congregations. We have one man who was called to the knowledge of the truth about five months since, and who has long requested baptism, and I suppose will soon join us, as his conduct has hitherto been good. On Sabbath evenings, I preach to about 80 or 100 Europeans, mostly soldiers, at Dinapore. There are three Baptists in a corps of artillery, and six Methodists of H. M.'s 31st Regiment, to whom I administer the Lord's supper." "The frequent services for the Heathen at Doorgapore and Burahnugur have been continued throughout the year. These have been attended by from 30 to 150 hearers, and frequently conducted by Paunchoo, the Native preacher, alone. At such times, at "At this station and in its neighbourhood, these and other places, he has been generally there are also nine native schools, six of beard with great attention and respect." boys and three of girls, which are princiSome information is likewise given respect-pally superintended by Mrs. Rowe.” ing most of the stations in India immediately connected with the Parent Society in England. Of Cutwa, it is said, "from a communication received from Mr. W. Carey, a short time ago, it appears that he had had no additions to the church for a considerable time. He remarks, however, that a person, formerly a Brahmin, had come from Burdwan, and expressed his desire for religious instruction; and that there are at Cutwa two or three others who have expressed a wish to join the church, though Mr. Carey is not yet quite satisfied as to their piety." Of Monghyr, the Report says, "Your Committee are happy to find, by recent communications from Mr. Leslie, that the work of God is still advancing at this station. None had fallen away, nor had any been removed by death, with the exception of Mrs. Leslie, during the year; while Mr. Leslie had had the pleasure, during the early part of last month, to admit four persons into the church by baptism. The church now consists of thirty-five members, of whom twenty belong to the native branch. The Native and English congregations are also well attended, and appearances in general are very pleasing. Eight native schools have been established in the town and neighbourhood, and are in a prosperous state. Amongst the scholars 30 can read the Scriptures well, and many more can read tracts and easy books, and repeat considerable portions of Watts's Catechism in Hindooee." Of Digah Mr. Burton writes: "The native church here consists of four members. Many that were baptized here are now settled at Monghyr. Two of those remaining are employed as preachers, and bave kept up the worship of God at three or four places HOWRAH. Ordination of Mr. Statham. ABOUT five years ago, Mr. Statham com- and stating the nature of a gospel church describing the character of its members, the functions of its officers, the objects of its appointment, and the rule of its conduct. He then received from Mr. Statham a narration of those events which had led to the formation of the church, and the choice of himself as pastor; and likewise such a statement respecting his religious experience and doctrinal sentiments as is usual on similar occasions. The ordination prayer was then offered up by Mr. Robinson, of the Lall-Bazar Chapel: after which Dr. Carey delivered a solemn charge to Mr. Statham from 1 Thess. ii. 8. "So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the Gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us.' The service was concluded with prayer by M. Wade, American Missionary. The Congregation again assembled in the evening, when Mr. James Hill commenced the service with the reading of Scripture and prayer. church and congregation most suitably, from the Apostolic exhortation, "Pray for us." Mr. Swan concluded with prayer. Mr. Yates then addressed the DELHI. Horrible Sacrifice of Women. THE following is an extract from a recent letter from Mr. Thompson, which we are sure will deeply affect our readers. "Some strangers from Nahn, in the hills, were one morning at the jogee's whither I had gone to read the gospels and pray. They consisted of two Vukeels from the Nahn Raja, with their attendants. Our books are not new to these people; Sookha having been amongst them, and read and distributed pretty widely. Some who had not an opportunity then, now took tracts. One of the Vukeels had taken tracts in 1818, at Kurnal, and was entrusted with the books (Punjabee Scriptures) which Capt. Bird had obtained of me for the Nahn Raja, his masThese people lend an attentive ear whenever I have reading at the jogee's, or they attend at my house. ter. "These Vukeels and their attendants gave me a horrible account of the sacrifice of eight and twenty human lives under the fallacious name of Suttee, which took place not two months ago in the hills. The individual who died was Isree Sein, the Raja of Mundee, a town and Raja-ship in the hills; and the persons who were thus cruelly burnt were not all wives or concubines, but some of them slave girls. One Ranee, being pregnant, has escaped the flames for the present; another, through good interest, perhaps, was emboldened to declare her determination not to be burnt, and they have not dared to immolate her. Some thirty years ago, a Raja having been slain in battle, twenty-five women were burnt with his corpse. Twelve years ago, the betrothed wife of a brahmun, only seven years old, was cruelly burnt with his corpse. Many more instances of murders under the cloak of suttees, were related by them, as having taken place in the hills, of which they were either eye-witnesses or received most certain information." KINGSTON, (JAMAICA.) THE following letter from Mr. Tinson to the Secretary affords gratifying proof that the cause of the Redeemer is still on the increase in this very important portion of the field occupied by the Society. It is dated the 8th of January last. MY DEAR SIR, I believe I promised in my last to give you some account of our proceedings after Christmas, which I then anticipated would be of an interesting kind; nor have my anticipations been disappointed. The year 1827 has commenced with prospects in reference to our Mission in this quarter, calculated to gladden, not only the hearts of your Missionaries here, but of all who feel interested in the Saviour's canse. 14 The premises we engaged in the city about three months since, for a place of worship, being nearly ready for use, were opened for divine service on the 24th ult. Mr. Phillippo preached in the morning from Psalm li. 13. And sinners shall be converted unto thee." Mr. Flood in the afternoon from John iv, 21-23. The introductory services were conducted by Mr. Knibb. The congregation was large, and very attentive. The collection was not great, but, considering the season of the year, and what our own people had already done, it was nearly as much as we could have expected: it amounted to something more than 301. The alterations, repairs, and fitting-up of the chapel only, has cost above 6007., more than 300l. of which has been collected by one of our deacons, whose praise is, deservedly, in all our churches here. Yesterday we formed the church, elected three new deacons, and |