MISSIONARY HERALD. 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 in the Cover of the Annual Report. BAPTIST MISSION. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. CALCUTTA. privileged to do it with unabated satisfaction; and while they desire to express their gratitude to those benevolent friends whose liberality from year to year replenishes their funds, they would thankfully acknowledge the goodness of that gracious Being, who has smiled on their continued efforts, and CALCUTTA. The Juvenile School, the first established for the instruction of Native Heathen. Fe males in Bengal, contains 19 pupils. This school continues to give very great satisfaction; and though its number has been somewhat reduced during the year, the superintendent remarks, that the improvement of Having just received the Sixth given them evident tokens of his approbaAnnual Report of the Female tion. They conceive that a brief account Schools under the direction of our will be acceptable to its immediate supof each school, though necessarily uniform, Missionaries at Calcutta, we pub-porters, and therefore proceed to relate the lish it entire, for the information progress and present state of the various of that large class of our readers, seminaries under their superintendence. who are so deeply interested in this good work. Should any friends discover, on examining the list, that the names of places do not appear as attached to schools, from which contributions have been sent with that view, it is probable that the children does the schoolmistress great such schools may be found in the credit. The elder pupils have become well list of those superintended by the acquainted with the Gospel of Luke, and Missionaries at Serampore, to whom Henry and his Bearer, during the year; a moiety of the sums raised for the ly, and cipher with tolerable ease: a few and can read, write, and spell very correctobject has been sent. It is not also know a little of Geography and plain improbable that, owing to the con- sewing. One of the pupils named Comul, fusion incident on this arrange-solicited permission to become a schoolis deserving high commendation. She has ment, one or more may not yet mistress, and is well qualified for the emhave been established, for which ployment: as she is yet young, however, remittances have been made.- and the mistress of the school is becoming Should this prove to be the case, infirm, it has been deemed advisable for Comul to remain with her at present as an a line to the Secretary will be assistant. esteemed; or the ladies interested During the past year, the Salem School, may find a pleasure in writing di-situated in Hintalee, has varied in number rect to Mrs. W.H. Pearce, Circular from 15 to 25. Road, Calcutta. There are now 19 on its list, whose general conduct and improvement give much satisfaction. Several have In presenting to their kind supporters read the Gospel of Luke, and Henry and and to the public the Sixth Annual Report his Bearer, during the year; repeat by heart of their exertions in Native Female Educa- two Catechisms; have spelt a considerable tion, the Calcutta Baptist Missionaries are part of Jetter's Spelling Book, and can sew There are twenty-four scholars on the list of the Maze Pond School, which is situated at Barnagore. The improvement of the children, however, the Missionaries regret to state, is not so gratifying as that of the pupils in some other schools. very neatly. Those less advanced, have The same remark is applicable to the first Leeds School, situated in Loll Bazar where the attendance is extremely fluctuatAbout eighteen stand on its list. The Broadmead School, near Chitpore, contains thirty pupils, the generality of whom are making pleasing progress in reading, spelling, writing, &c. The master is very active and attentive, and apparently much interested in the increase and progress of his pupils. The Monmouthshire School has about 22 pupils attached to it. The master, though too infirm to be very active, is steady, and always at his post, and the regularity of the children in their attendance is consequently greater than usual. Many can read, spell, and repeat the catechisms usually taught; and several sew very neatly. The Whitchurch Family School, situated at Cossipore, has 30 pupils on its list, who are making gradual improvement, under a master who is active, and generally attentive to his duties. The Birmingham School has experienced very great fluctuation since the date of the last Report. During the former part of the year, the prospect was very cheering: 31 pupils ranked on its list, the master gave great satisfaction, and the improvement of the children was considerable. In July the regular master was absent, partly through indisposition, and partly in consequence of the self-immolation of his sister on the funeral pile of her husband. By the death of both, some property was left, which was claimed by the schoolmaster and another. This gave rise to a lawsuit, which long de. tained the former from his duty. As it was found upon enquiry, however, that he had not apparently been an encourager of this horrid rite in the case of his sister, it did not appear necessary, as it otherwise would The progress of the pupils in the Nailshave been, to discharge him from his situa-worth School, 17 in number, is very gratition; and it was hoped, that when he again fying, considering the short time it has been took charge of the school, the improvement established. of the children would have been as evident as before. In this expectation, however, your missionaries have been disappointed. When he again earnestly requested to be reinstated in his employment, his desire was complied with; but his character and conduct are so entirely changed by the property he has acquired, that he has not only ceased to care for the school himself, but prevents any other person from taking charge of it in his stead. The Missionaries, finding this The pupils of the second Leeds School, the case, and knowing by experience that situated at Shealdah, were children belongwith their views opposed by the former mas-ing to the most dissipated class of Hindoos; ter, no school can prosper under a new one, have been reluctantly constrained to abandon the attempt of re-establishing the school in its former site. As, however, there are other schools near, it is hoped that the children formerly attached to the Birmingham School will avail themselves of the means of instruction within their reach and the missionaries trust, ere the present year revolves, to have under their superintendence, in some favourable situation, another flourishing school designated as above. In the Glasgow School, situated at Cossipore, there are twenty pupils, three of them in the first class, and one in the third, who give much satisfaction to the superintendent. The rest are learning in the Spelling Book, and in Mother and Daughter. The school denominated the Newcastle and Potteries School has been, during the year, necessarily, though reluctantly discontinued. The attendance of the children was effectually prevented by the opposition of a Sircar, who had formerly been employed as master, but discharged on account of his incompetency; and at present no promising situation has been found to establish another bearing this name. and as they procured their subsistence by begging, they were always absent on festivals. There were only three, indeed, who gave any satisfaction, and we felt we were not justified in incurring the expence of a separate school for their benefit: this therefore was relinquished in May. The number of children in the Cheltenham School, situated at Hintalee, has been considerably reduced, owing to constant sickness among the pupils. The situation is low and jungly, and consequently unhealthy; and it is therefore contemplated soon to remove the school to a more healthy and populous neighbourhood, Since the last Report, the missionaries have established two other schools, named the Philadelphia and the New York Schools. The Philadelphia School, situated a little beyond Doorgapore, was commenced in July last, and contains 30 pupils, all of whom are making pleasing progress. The New York School, situated at Coriya, is under the care of an attentive master, and contains 17 children. The residents of this neighbourhood, occupying a retired spot, are more prejudiced than those whose intercourse with Europeans is more frequeut; so much so, that three of the children lately left the school, in consequence of the name of Christ being found in the books given them to read. It is gratifying to add, that such difficulties, which used to be so common, have been during the past year confined to this instance; and that notwithstand ing them, the children have very greatly improved. The school was formed only about ten months ago: yet four pupils have learned the whole of Pearson's Spelling Book, and most of Mother and Daughter, and others are advanced in proportion. The Missionaries desire also to present to your notice another extension of their efforts, from which they anticipate pleasing results. It had long been a source of regret to observe, that in all the schools, almost so soon as any girl was sufficiently advanced to read and spell readily, she was for some cause or other removed from the benefits of the institution; and that just at the period when she excited most interest, and gave most promise, she was taken to another part of the country, where further instruction was not generally procurable, and where she was obliged, for fear of public reproach, to conceal, and hence almost certainly to lose, the knowledge she had acquired. These circumstances, together with the consideration of the idolatrous practices and vicious habits to which the children return between school-hours, convinced the Missionaries of the importance of having some pupils whose instruction they might command for a longer time, as well as keep them more constantly under religious instruction. With this view they have purchased ground, on which they intend erecting a Native Female Asylum, desigued for the support, education, and clothing of Native Christian and Heathen girls. It has been farther resolved, that, subject to the controul of the general superintendent, the institution shall be placed under the care of a native Christian woman, whose conduct, together with that of her husband, who is also a professing Christian, is very consistent with their profession: and in their house, until the Asylum is erected, those children will remain who may be admitted into the institution. In July last, one little girl, named Piyaree, was received as a first pupil. She is the daughter of Christian parents, and is about five years old. She is a very interesting child, being active, and very intelligent for her age. Since her admission, she has learnt all the simple and compound characters, is beginning to spell, and is learning Pearson's catechism. With regard to this Asylum, it was further resolved, as was partly mentioned in the last Report, that any person in Europe, America, or India, who shall subscribe for the support of any child in the institution the sum of £5, 24 Dollars, or 50 Rs. annually, shall be entitled to have the child thus supported, called by any name he or she may direct. We doubt not that many benevolent individuals will be happy to avail themselves of an opportunity of thus relieving at once the temporal and spiritual wants of some destitute object of their compassion. On the 16th January, a public examination of the schools was held at the Baptist Mission Press. It was attended by many of the most active friends of Native Female Education, of various denominations; and was conducted by Messrs. W. Carey, Ray, and W. H. Pearce, with other Missionaries. About 80 children, being as many as could be conveniently examined in the time allotted for that purpose, were assembled; and arranged in five classes, according to their proficiency, from those acquainted only with the alphabet and its combinations, to those who could read, and readily explain the meaning of any book presented to them. In the course of the examination, the lower classes read in easy books very correctly, repeated the whole of the conversations between Mother and Daughter, and Watts's or Pearson's Catechism, and readily answered any questions as to the meaning proposed by the gentlemen who examined them. The higher classes, in addition to these exercises, read various parts, as directed, in the Gospel of Luke, Henry and bis Bearer, and the Parables and Miracles of Christ, with a commentary, and promptly answered all enquiries as to the meaning. All were examined in one of the Spelling-books used by the Society; and those most advanced exhibited specimens of their writing and needlework, and readily pointed out any places mentioned on the map of the world. Throughout the whole, the children acquitted themselves in a manner that excited the surprize and satisfaction of all assembled; and the scene throughout was well calculated to produce, in the mind of every well-wisher to the cause of Native Female Education, the strongest emotions of pleasure and encouragement. In giving an account of the Schools, it is necessary to add, that during the past year we have had to regret the loss of the services of our former superintendent (Mrs.) Sutton) whose arrangements have removed her to a distant sphere. We entertain the highest sense of her past able and unremitted services, and feel assured that her exertions, though lost to Calcutta, will still be devoted to the great object of Native Female Education. Her place has been supplied by Mrs. W. H. Pearce, who with equal activity and success, has carried on Mrs. Sutton's labours since her departure from Caloutta in June. In reviewing their exertions during the past year, your Missionaries, while they acknowledge and lament over the númerous impediments which lie in the way of female education, are by no means discouraged, or led to doubt the ultimate success of their labours: enough has already appeared to convince them, that they shall reap if they faint not; and that every obstacle, if boldly and patiently met, will eventually vanish. To them it appears, that the success which has already attended their labours is beIt will be seen by the above statement, yond what could rationally have been exthat, as at the date of the last Report, there pected, when Female Education first comare 13 schools under our care in Calcutta menced in this country. When it is recoland its neighbourhood. When it is consi-lected, that such a practice is an innovation dered that the two most distant schools are eight miles apart from each other, it will be readily acknowledged that this number furnished a sufficiency of employment for one superintendant; and it hardly seemed adviseable to increase the number of schools, until more superintending aid could be secured. We are now happy to state, that this object has been attained, and that Mrs. Yates who is eminently qualified, by an anxious desire to promote the good of the children, and by an idiomatic knowledge of the Bengalee language, has consented to devote her time and talents, in conjunction with Mrs. Pearce, to this arduous labour of love. upon a system which has been rendered venerable by antiquity, and to which all seem enthusiastically attached,-that it is a complete change in the habits of a people, who, like the laws of the Medes and Persians, do not alter-and that it has been effected chiefly among those whose parents were least able to judge of the advantages that would accrue therefrom, and by no other means than moral suasion: so far from there being any occasion of discouragement, your Missionaries conceive that it is the duty of the friends of this Society to "thank God, and take courage." But perhaps some may be anxious to see the fruit of their labours. All the fruit that ought to be expected, is to be seen. Many of the children can read, write, cypher, and sew: what more is to be expected of them? Some persons, perhaps, ex It is now proposed considerably to increase the number of Schools under the care of these Ladies, and to form them into two divisions, one to the North, including the schools in the neighbourhood of Doorga-pect to hear of conversions to God among pore; and the other to the East, including those in Hintalee, and the vicinity of the new Baptist Missionary premises on the Circular Road. CUTWA. At this station female education presents a brighter aspect than it has ever done, and the hopes of our Superintendant there are quite encouraged. The school she has long had, denominated the Deakin School, does not much increase in number, but the improvement of the chilis in every respect satisfactory. One of them some time ago was removed to Burdwan, where she has been of great use in assisting to form another female school. In the course of the last year, Mrs. Carey has commenced another school, called the Liverpool School, which is placed under an active attentive master, and bids fair to be of great benefit. There are about 30 children on its list, and their improvement is very satisfactory. The eldest daughter of the late Mr. Grant, one of the early Missionaries of the Baptist Society, these children; but such expectations are rather the offspring of an impatient spirit, than of a mind whose judgment is formed from a knowledge of the condition of Hindoo children, and of the religious conduct of children in Christian countries. How seldom is it that we can pronounce with confidence respecting the conversion of children, who have had all the advantages of a religious education! Much less, then, can we expect to hear of the conversion of children who are necessarily so little under the care of a Christian lady, and before whose eyes so bad an example is constantly exhibited as a Hindoo family is known to present. But your Missionaries are happy in being able to advert to the fact, that the principles of the Christian religion are implanted in the minds of the children, by means of the Catechisms which they learn, and the Gos. pels and other books which they read; and hence they can safely say, that all these girls are wiser than many millions of Hindoos of adult age, who have yet to learn the nature and character of the God who made them. In this there is a foundation laid in the mind, that will prove of immense advantage to the individual, whose lot it may be to in struct them afterwards, when arrived at the Him whose cause they are engaged age of maturity. The importance of this in promoting, in sending out anofoundation every Missionary feels, who has had much to do with the depraved inhabit-ther missionary into that extensive ants of this country. And if after the chil-field. dren have left the school, they should meet with no living Christian instructor, yet those new and correct ideas respecting God, being entirely at variance with the degraded notions of the multitude, will frequently lead them to reflect, and from thence to investigate that holy book, which through the instrumentality of your exertions they have been taught to read. The Rev. Joseph Burton, late pastor of the church at Canterbury, was designated to this important work on Monday evening, June 25. The Scriptures were read, and Prayer was offered at the commencement of the service, by the Rev. Edmund Clarke of Truro; after which the Rev. Thomas Middleditch of Biggleswade, made some remarks in reference to the design of the therefore, while they do not expect to hear service, aud requested Mr. Burton to assign of general conversions to God among this the reasons why he preferred devoting himpeople while children, do yet confidently self to the service of the gospel abroad, raindulge the hope, that when the time of re-ther than continuing to exercise the Chrisflection shall come, instances of this will not be wanting. Your Missionaries As another instance of success beyond what could have been so early expected, the Missionaries would advert to the case of the girl Comul, before mentioned, who is already qualified (age only excepted) to take charge of a school, and is desirous of doing so. This we conceive to be as the dawning of brighter days on Female Education, since it is the introduction of a new, and infinitely tian ministry at home. To this enquiry Mr. Burton returned a full and interesting reply, at the close of which the Rev. Samuel Nicholson of Plymouth, commended him to the divine protection by prayer. An exhortation was then addressed to Mr. Burton by the Rev. John Birt of Manchester, founded on Acts xv. 26. Men who have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ; and the service was closed in prayer by the Rev. William Hawkins. more effective set of teachers than those who Mr. and Mrs. Burton left London in the are now of necessity employed in the schools. same week for Liverpool, where a free pasThrough the instrumentality of well-instructsage was kindly secured for them in the ed females, whose number every successive William, Capt. Jamieson, a vessel belonging year will increase, and the new sentiments, to our generous and tried friends, Messrs. both with regard to religious, and domestic, G. F. Augas and Co. His ultimate destiand social habits, which every child educat-nation is Port Maria and Annotta Bay, ed by your bounty, when it becomes a pa- though it is not improbable that circumrent, will instil into the minds of her family, stances may render it desirable for him to the Missionaries venture to predict, that if remain at Kingston for a reason. these efforts be persevered in, the cause of Female Education will in a few years be making rapid advances, of which it is now impossible to conceive. With these sentiments your Missionaries would close their remarks, praying, that the blessing of God may enable the friends of Hindoo Females to realize all that their hopes so confidently anticipate. HOME PROCEEDINGS. DESIGNATION Notwithstanding the present uncertainty which hangs over our Mission in Jamaica, the prospects in that island are so inviting, and the calls for help so importunate, that the Committee have felt themselves justified, humbly relying on CORNWALL. THE Seventh Anniversary of the Auxiliary in this county was held in the month of July, when Dr. Steadman, of Bradford, and Mr. Griffin, of London, very kindly afforded their services, as a deputation from the Parent Society, and advocated its claims with their well-known zeal and ability. Public meetings of the Associations of which this Auxiliary is composed were held at Falmouth on the 16th, Truro 17th, Redruth, 19th, Penzance 23d, and Helston 24th.— Nineteen Sermons were preached on behalf of the Mission; nine by Dr. Steadman, at Truro, Grampound, Falmouth, Penryn, (where |