LITERARY RECORD.

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has a new work in the press for young The Rev. Henry March, of Mill Hill, people, entitled The Early Life of Christ an Example to Youth.

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INTELLIGENCE.

Recent Deaths.

dantly upon the labours of all the Missionary Societies without distinction, and upon the preaching of Christ by his servants of every

DIED, May 7, Robert Steven, Esq. a gentleman well known to the friends of Ire-name, has refuted all the predictions of failand as an active and zealous promoter lure, which formerly were resorted to, to chill of all plans for the moral improvement their exertions. In unity of spirit and in the bond of peace, without contention and of that country; particularly in connec-without rivalry, joying in each other's trition with the operations of the London Hibernian Society.

The Rev. Legh Richmond, M. A. Rector of Turvey, Bedfordshire, departed this life May 8. As the Author of the Dairyman's Daughter, the Young Cottager, and the Negro Servant, his worth is acknowledged in almost every part of the world; and by these his usefulness will be extended till time itself shall be

no more.

Died, May 12, aged 74, the Rev. John Horsey, of Northampton. He had been 52 years Pastor of the Church formerly under the care of Dr. Doddridge.

DOMESTIC.

WESLEYAN MISSIONARY SOCIETY.

Annual Meeting, April 30, at City Road Chapel, Benjamin Thorold, Esq. in the Chair. An encouraging Report of the Society's proceedings was read, from which we quote the concluding paragraph:

umphs, and sympathising in each others difficulties, the "messengers of the Churches" have spread themselves over an immense space, and cultivate, in every variety of climate, the long-neglected minds of men in almost every state of society, and under every profession of false religion; and in every place God has caused them to triumph by Christ, and to manifest the savour of his adorable name-a savour, too, of life unto life, to Jew and Greek, Barbarian and Scythian, bond and free. Thus, in our day has it been even demonstrated, that the conversion of all nations to the obedience of

faith, is not only possible, nor made more probable to the doubtful and hesitating, but even certain, provided the Church of Christ distrusts not the spiritual weapons of her welfare, and constantly recoguizes his hand in this work, whose work in so exclusive a sense it is.

The total amount of subscriptions received during the past year is 45,3801. 17s. 2d., being an increase of several thousand pounds.

The Meeting was addressed by the Rev. Adam Clark, LL. D. Rev. Dr. Henderson, the Rev. Messrs. Ward, Thorpe of Bristol, Wood of Dublin, Robert Newton, W. Ellis, Bowers, Joseph Taylor, and other Gentlemen.

LONDON UNIVERSITY.

Such is the general outline of the character, state and prospects of the different Missions connected with the Society. They The first stone of the London Unioccupy upwards of 100 principal stations in different parts of the world, on which usually versity was laid on Monday, April 30, by a considerable number of other places are His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, dependant, and receive more or less of the in the presence of a very numerous asattention of the Missionaries, and of the sub-sembly. The friends of the undertak

ordinate labourers who act under their di

rection. Their general prosperity calls for the special acknowledgments of the friends of the Society, by whose liberality they have been supported, and in whose prayers they have been offered to God, the author of all good. The labourer abroad has not spent his strength for nought; nor have zeal and charity glowed in vain at home. Happily, the blessing of God, shed abun

ing afterwards dined together at Freemason's Tavern, the Duke of Sussex in the Chair. On this occasion eloquent speeches were delivered by many noble and eminent personages, particularly the Marquis of Lansdown and Mr. Brougham. The following passage is taken from Mr. Brougham's address:

"He should state the intentions of the council with respect to the great task which they had undertaken, One of their principal cares must be in the choice of teachers,

and it was a unanimous resolution of the

council-a resolution to which, as a body, and as individuals, they had strictly adhered, to select no teacher, except on the ground of merit. They were resolved to prefer the worthiest, even though he should happen to be the least known; and to select a candidate whose merits were greater, rather than the better recommended, but less meritorious, competitor. Instead of devoting only three or four months of the year to the education of youth, as other establishments did in this country, it was their intention that the lectures should be delivered during a space of nine months and instead of each day's lecture consisting of an hour on each subject, and being given to the pupils after such a manner, that they might attend to it or not as they listed; in the new university, each lecture was first to last an hour for instruction, and then another hour, during which the professor was to examine the pupils, to see whether he had been understood by them. A third hour was proposed to be allotted three times a week, to such pupils as chose, from a greater zeal for knowledge to frequent the private levee of the professor where he could dispense rewards and titles of honour where he could help their deficiencies open up to them matters which the instruction in the class had failed to expose, and thus encourage persons not only to learn what was known, but to dash into untrodden paths and become discoverers in their turu.

CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY.

Annual Meeting at Freemasons' Hall, May 1, Lord Gambier in the Chair.

The Rev. Edward Bickersteth read the report, which stated that ten new associations had been formed during the past year. The number of students in the institution at Islington was thirty-one. There were fiftysix missionary stations, and nine missions in various parts of the world. Thirty-four English clergymen and fourteen Lutherans were engaged in the work. About fivebundred native teachers were employed in the different missions. The number of schools was three-hundred and fourteen; and of scholars, children, youths and adults, fourteen thousand two hundred and eighty

four.

The Treasurer presented a statement of

the accounts, and said, that it would appear from them, that the funds had increased about 5501.; indeed, the society had never

retrograded from its commencement: the receipt was no less than 43,0881.

The Resolutions were moved and se

conded by Lord Bexley, the Hon. and Rev. Gerard Noel, Sir R. H. Inglis, and the Rev. Messrs. Hoare, Raymond, Cunningham, Simeon, &c.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY.

Annual Meeting at Freemasons' Hall, May 2.

"The report stated that there was a small diminution in the resources of the society, which was occasioned by the secession of its former friends in Scotland; yet as bible societies still exist in that country, it would scarcely be maintained that the funds appropriated by the Christian public to this object had in any degree fallen off. As a proof that the inte rest in the subject had not at all diminished—it added, that 74 new branch and auxiliary societies had been formed during the past year. The total distribution of copies of the scriptures during the year, was 294,000—a larger number than that of any preceding year. The Merchant Seamen's Society alone had distributed 23,000 copies. The wants of the people of this country, and even of Scotland, were yet unsupplied. In Inverness it had been found that 12,000 families were without copies of the scriptures. In Ireland there had been a great demand for copies. Perhaps a million houses in that country were without the sacred volume. In 20 years, from the year 1802, the Bible society there bad circulated a million copies in the last year 90,000. It appeared from recent accounts that in one parish 260 Roman Catholics were reading the Holy Scriptures. On the whole the Committee saw no reason for any thing like despondency; but they felt that whilst called on to rejoice in the Lord, a joy chastened by humility best befitted the friends of every institution, the conductors of which were human."

The Treasurer stated the accounts, from which it appeared that the receipts of the year were 80,2411. and the expenditure 69,9621.

We regret that we cannot insert any extracts from the able speeches delivered on this occasion by Lord Bexley, the Bishops of Litchfield and Coventry, and Llandaff, the Right Hon. Charles

Grant, the Hon. and Rev. Gerard Noel, T. F. Buxton, Esq. M. P. Rev. J. Burnett, &c.

The number of persons employed as genesunday scripture readers, has been reduced ral and cursory inspectors, or as village and during the last year to 49. Your committee cannot but regret this reduction, having received continual testimonies through the year of beneficial effects produced by these persons on the schools in general, and more especially on the ignorant and neglected part of the adult population.

"The report stated, that the amount of the funds actually received during the past year had been 76061. 1s. 7d. The expenditare, including the repayment of 6001. had amounted to 77191. 13s. 11d. It thus apThis was a highly interesting Meeting. pears that the expenditure had exceeded the The speeches were fine specimens of receipts by the sum of 113l. 12s. 4d., to glowing eloquence and manly zeal. which amount the society is now indebted Among the speakers were Lord Carto the treasurer. The sums actually contri-bery, the Earl of Winchelsea, the Earl bated to the institution during the last year had exceeded those of the former to the of Roden, the Hon. and Rev. Gerard amount of 1000l. 17s. 6d. This increase Noel, Revs. J. W. Cunningham, Hugh afforded a pledge that the society was ad- M'Neile, J. Burnett, Carlile, &c. vancing in public favour, and had encouraged the committee to proceed in their present course, without attempting yet farther to reduce the number of your schools.

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country, and philosophers, or patriots, or poets and orators, in what condition would not Greece find herself now! No battle would remain for her to fight, torrents of her best blood would not have been shed, because, had education enlightened her mind, it would have been as vain for barbarians to have usurped Grecian sway, as it would have been for them in such a case to attempt to stop the progress of knowledge ; an impossibility as great as to command the

tion. He could, he repeated, inform them, that a selection equally exemplary, incalcating character, duty, and obligation upon the authority of Holy Writ, and in no other words but those of Scripture, not a syllable being added thereunto, had been prepared and transmitted to the Irish Commissioners of Education, calculated to do infinite good in promoting the

had made, and the result of it; with which he was anxious to trouble the meeting. He particularly alluded to the introduction of the pay system into their central school; upon that point he was quite convinced that while it was the undoubted duty of the higher orders to extend the principle of education in every way to the lower, it was also their duty in wisdom not to extend it gratuitously to those who had the opportunity, or the means of acquiring it for themselves. It was their duty, undoubt-light of day to arise at midnight, or bid the edly, to diffuse education, and to instil sun be dim in the meridian of his glory. He moral principles into the minds of the poor, then pronounced a warm tribute of praise but it was equally their province to uphold upon the selection from the Scriptures which a spirit of independence among that class. was read in their schools, and had to inform To make, in fact, their system of education them that a similar selection had been made not a badge of pauperism, but an improve-in a quarter in which he rejoiced to find a coment obtained by their own money. He operation for the great purposes of educahoped the pay system would soon he generally extended to their schools throughout the kingdom, and would put it to them, whether there could be a greater impulse or stimulus in the human mind, than that which prompted the care and cultivation of their offspring. In enabling those who were not prosperous in the world to effect such a purpose, charity ought only to supply that which the means and exertions of the indi-system which they were charged to supervidual were incapable of doing; the moment it passed beyond that mark, it was calculated to deaden exertion, and to produce not a good, but a permanent evil. On former occasions he had gone into some length touching the foreign relations of the Society and the progress which it had made abroad; at present he would forbear any allusions to that quarter, for he knew they would be handled by abler and more competent persons. He could not, however, help illustrating the view which he bad always taken on this subject by a reference to one particular country-he meant Greece. If they wish to bring to a test the advantages of education, they had only to compare the past with the present times. There was a time when, according to the notions of some men, ignorance and virtue went hand in hand, and teachers of letters were re-fessor Schroeder, from Upsal. garded as the forerunners of vice; that delusion had, however, disappeared, and no man now in England, nor even on the whole surface of Europe, was called upon to argue the benefit of the general principle of education. Its utility was universally admitted; education led to morality, and what was its next best advantage-that the education should be based upon religious feeling. By the adoption of that principle they implanted the very best feelings in the heart of manhis attachment to his country, his independence of character, his indignation at baseness, his resolution to detect and resist oppression and tyranny. Now, had education been centuries ago introduced into that

intend; and would the meeting allow him to tell them what he was sure could not fail to diffuse universal satisfaction, that this was done by the unanimous assent of the Roman Catholic prelates of Ireland, as their act and deed, and as a proof of their anxious desire to promote education upon the basis of scriptural knowledge, and to circulate the Word of God in every school throughout their juricdiction."

The other speakers were Sir George Rose, Count Mandelsloh, the Wirtemburg Ambassador, George Phillips, Esq. M. P., Charles Barclay, Esq. M. P., Dr. Vanoven, Rev. Rowland Hill, G. Clayton, Dr. Philip, J. Burnett, Dr. Andrews, W. Williams, W. Way, and Pro

The resources of this excellent Institution are very inadequate to its labours and opportunities for usefulness. Donations and Subscriptions will be thankfully received by William Allen, Esq. Treasurer, Plough Court, Lombard Street; Rev. J. M. Cramp, Secretary, Paternoster Row; and Mr. J. Pickton, at the Central School, Borough Road.

LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY.

The Annual Sermons on behalf of this Society were preached by the Rev.