in his power, no other Superintendant || having been appointed. He still gives but a melancholy account of the influence of the MINISTRY on the body of the people; who have been very con siderably increased by accessions from captured Slave Vessels. The health of Mr. and Mrs. Wilhelm has been such as to enable them to attend throughout the year to their respective duties. The Communicants were 20 at Christmas 1825 at Lady Day, by death and other causes they were reduced to 16 at Midsummer, by the baptism and admission of an Ebo Man, they became 17 and in the Michaelmas Quarter varied from 15 to 18. While the Communicants walk as becomes their Christian Profession, Mr. Wilhelm reports of the body of the people The greater part of the inhabitants not only keep themselves purposely ignorant of the Worship of Jehovah and the way of Salvation, but clandestinely oppose what is good. Mr. Wilhelm writes to the Secretary, in reference to his Letter to David Noah mentioned before It was suitable, not only to Regent, but to all the Stations in the Colony, and has there-fore been read to all the Village Congregations. Many of the Soldiers and Liberated Men here looked very serious when I was reading it to them; and one man returned from backsliding, and joined the Communicants again, after he had heard it. Though good impressions seem with many soon to wear off, yet they may revive with greater force on a future gracious visitation of God's mercy. No Return of the SCHOOLS has been made for Michaelmas, but those of the three Quarters preceding are as follows Christmas. Lady Day. Midsummer. 112 108 -Boys...88 Girls...81 Of the Boys, 3 died during the year, and 30 were apprenticed: of the Girls, 6 died, and 11 were married. The accessions to the Schools were from Slave Ships. A number of Boys and Girls, born in the place and maintained by "their parents, attend the Schools, besides those in the above Returns; but in cases where the parents have ceased to receive food and clothing for them from Government, the attendance is become irregular. Of the Boys apprenticed to the inhabitants, with the view mentioned under the head of Kissey, Mr. Wilhelm says- || Our Elder Boys have been given out to be apprenticed to such inhabitants as have the means of employing and maintaining them; agreeably to an order of the Chief Superintendant to that effect-that, at the free will and request of the Elder Boys in our Schools, they may be apprenticed; and thus be sup ported no longer by Government, but by the inhabitants who receive them. Of one of the Girls who died Mr. Wil helm gives this melancholy account We lost one of our Girls by a painful occured, from eleven to twelve o'clock, to the Class rence on the 23d of May. After I had attendof Readers, they went to the brook to wash, when one of them, venturing too near the stream of the creek, was seized and dragged under water by an alligator, and we could catch sight of her no more! A similar melancholy event happened two years ago to another of the School Girls, and nearly at the same spot. He gives a distressing view of the state of the newly-recaptured Slaves : The men are in a wretched condition-not fit, indeed, to be put to labour; but prepared only to suffer and die! They came from the behold in mercy the low estate of these poor vessel like so many skeletons. May the Lord people; and make them sensible of the evil of sin, and of the suitableness of the plan of Salvation for them! I often converse with them on the words, If the Son shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed. helm relative to the marriage of the Fe The following statement by Mr. Wilmales will shew the obstacles, which, in this respect, the habits of the Natives oppose to their improvement: he writes on the 27th of September Government has sent to Waterloo, since the 24th of June, 56 Women, who were kept on rations; but no man made application to me to marry any one of them. On the 7th of the present month 30 more were sent to me, with an order that they should have rations granted to them for the space of three months only; by which time it was expected that they would be married and be supported by their husbands. I had, on this occasion, to acquaint the Chief Superintendant, that I had no prospect of getting them married in so short a period, the number of Single Women then kept on rations at the Station being 86. On this I received an order from the Hon. Joseph Reffell to send the 30 Women just mentioned to Kent, where there are many men in single life who would ere long marry and maintain them. Mr. Johnstone, the present Superintendant of Kent, was directed, at the same time, to send his constables to Waterloo to fetch them. On announcing that the constables of Kent would come to fetch the Single Women to that Station, where they would sooner be married than here at Waterloo, there arose in the place such a stir for espousals, that, in the course of two days, I had not less than 55 couples on the list to publish the Banns of Marriage for them on the next Sunday; and, on Monday and Tuesday Mornings, couple after couple came forward with applications for marriage, so that when the constables arrived from Kent, there were but seven women left for them to carry away. By this means I got them all settled, and struck off from rations: but I could clearly perceive that they had formed private connections, and would have been contented to live together in the country fashion without my knowledge, and let Government support the Women. Mrs. Wilhelm and myself felt often anxious lest this should prove to be the case with these Women; and we now feel thankful to see ourselves relieved at once from this anxiety. manner that deserves to be noticed: Mr. Gerber writes The Wife of a Discharged Soldier, who attended several times the Meetings of one of the Coloured People at Freetown, became powerfully convicted by the Word of God, and determined to spend her remaining days to the glory of God; in which determination After her she has several years continued. return to York, she tried to persuade her husband (who, according to his own confession, lived a very wicked life before) to follow her example: after her patience had been greatly exercised, her prayers in his behalf were answered: he not only became a sincere follower of the Lord himself, but began to entreat his countrymen to flee from the wrath to come: he is about 50 years of age, and lame: he could neither read nor write; A road from Waterloo to Maharra, about 100 miles distant in the Timmanee Country, was begun before the death of General Turner; but the progress of the work was stopped by his decease. The Acting Governor, his successor, resumed it with vigour, and employed 120 men in this labour. Mr. Wilhelm hopes to be able to avail himself of this access to the interior in the circulation of Arabic Tracts: he writes on the 31st of July-but, from his anxiety to read the Word of The road from Waterloo to Maharra is not yet much frequented, owing to the unsettled state of affairs among the Head Men in the interior; some being for, and others against, free commerce: but it is to be hoped, that when our New Governor shall be settled in the Colony, further arrangements will be made to get the free commerce fully established. 1 am of opinion, that Religious Tracts in Arabic, especially parts of the Scriptures, might, through the blessing of God, be rendered a means for conveying the knowledge of Salvation to the tribes in the interior, if I had them at hand for distribution to trading travellers with whom I may from time to time have opportunity of conversing on the subject of religion. The Mediterranean Press will here find a new vent for its valuable labours. YORK. A Town of Liberated Africans, in the Parish of St. Henry, north of Kent, and on the coast of the Atlantic-Inhabitants 560, of whom 150 are Dis charged Soldiers, Mr. Johnstone, Superintendant. CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY. H. Christian, Native Assistant. The Rev. John Gerber has continued, as he has been able, to visit this Station. There is among the people a hungering and thirsting after the Word of God, which promises well for the future labours of a Missionary if one could be placed among them. There are 37 Communicants-25 Men and 12 Women. At Lady Day, there were 72 Boys in the Schools, and 31 Girls had been removed hither from the Bananas: the Native Usher, mentioned in the last Survey, being unequal to the management of the Boys School, John Attarra was appointed; but was afterward placed at Charlotte, and H. Christian appointed to succeed him. Among the Discharged Soldiers a good work is begun, which had its origin in a God, he has, within a short time, improved himself so far as to be now able to read a little in the New Testament. He has built a small, neat Grass-house, in which he holds a Meeting every morning at five o'clock, and also in the evening. The present number of both men and women who have joined with him to follow the Lord is 29; of whom the greater part walk consistently with their profession, and are, according to the testimony of Mr. Johnstone, the Superintendant, the best of the inhabitants. These people, in particular, desire a Minister to be sent among them. KENT. A Town of Africans, in the Parish of St. Edward, at Cape Shilling - Inhabitats, 591, at the end of 1825; but since increased to 751, CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY, 1819. John Gerber, Minister. W. Neville, Native Teacher. Twelve Native Monitors and Sub-Teachers. Mr. and Mrs. Beckley leaving in March, Mr. Gerber removed from the Bananas at the end of that month: from Kent, he visits the Bananas and York. William Bickersteth had continued in charge of the Boys' School; and, on Mrs. Beckley's leaving that of the Girls, it was committed to a Girl who had conducted it under her. In the latter part of May, William Neville and his Wife removed hither from Wellington: they have the more especial oversight of the Schools; that of the Girls is committed wholly to the care of Maria Neville: he himself conducts the Morning and Evening Prayers, and is much esteemed by the people he has been appointed, in consequence, one of the Society's Native Teachers. Mr. Gerber, in the exercise of his MINISTRY, besides the Sunday Services, has Divine Service on Wednesday and Friday Evenings: at Midsummer, he reports that Public Worship was better CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY. 1823. The decrease of Boys from Lady Day arose from the placing of some of the Elder Boys among the inhabitants; and the accession of Girls in the Michaelmas Quarter, from new arrivals from a Slave Vessel. Two days after Mr. Gerber settled at Kent, one of the Commissioners of Inquiry visited the Settlement, and wished an Examination of the Schools to take place. In consequence 166 Boys and 75 Girls were examined: of the Boys, 9 only could read the Scriptures tolerably well, and 14 could read the New Testament imperfectly of the Girls, 11 could read the Scriptures fluently and spell very well, and 13 could read the New Testament imperfectly and were incorrect in spelling. It was stated at p. 27 of the last Survey, that 40 Girls belonged to the Bible Class; which appears to be an error, as not half that number had then read the Old and New Testaments. The Commissioner, on seeing the state of the Schools, advised Mr. Gerber to obtain Assistants more adequate to the proper instruction of so large a number of Scholars. William Neville and his Wife having been placed at Kent with that view, and the Boys being withdrawn from that labour which had for a considerable period left them far too little time for instruction, Mr. Gerber was enabled to report at Michaelmas a remarkable improvement in the Schools. Examinations are now held every Quarter, which plan acts as a great stimulus to the children. BANANAS. It is apprehended by the Society's friends in the Colony, that, even if Labourers could be spared from its immediate service, no attempt can be at present made, with a reasonable prospect of success, to establish a Mission in the newly-ceded territories in these parts: the country must first attain some settled repose; and the people must first acquire, by intercourse with Sierra Leone, better views and feelings than now actuate them. Protection, however, would not be wanting; and the country is tolerably healthy, and will become more so in proportion as it shall be cleared. The Sherbro Bulloms are considered, by the most competent observers, to be more degraded than the other tribes which border on the Colony. The institution called the Purrah (see pp. 227— 230 of our Volume for 1825) greatly contributes to this state of degradation, as it has vast influence among them; and there are a few designing men who manage this institution (see pp. 446, 447, of our last Volume), and contrive by means of it to keep the rest of the people in Islands between 4 and 5 miles west-by-south of such subjection, as to present an almost Kent-inhabitants, by a late Census, 331, F. Campbell, Superintendant. Mr. Campbell was for more than a year withdrawn from the Bananas by being employed among the Sherbros, and the attention of the people suffered in consequence; but he has resumed his place in these Islands. insuperable barrier to their improvement. Liberia. An American Colony of Africo Americans and Liberated Africans, formed at Cape Mesurado. MONROVIA. The Town of the Colony, on the River Mesurado, half-a-mile from its mouth-laid out in lots bordering on one principal street, at the head of which is a strong Fort-Population about 500. AMERICAN COLONIZATION SOCIETY. anticipated, has proved that a few were little LONIZ worthy of the character which they had as 1822. Dr. Peaco, Government Agent and Physician.sumed: but most of them have sustained the James Ashmun, Society's Agent. Lott Carey, Colston M.Waring, Africo-American Missionaries. The Rev. Horace Sessions, the Rev. Calvin Holton, and Mr. C. L. Force a Printer, arrived in the Colony on the 7th of February. Mr. Force died before the vessel which brought him left the coast. Mr. Sessions, who visited the Colony on the part of the Society, died on the 4th of March, as he was returning in the same vessel. Mr. Holton, a Coloured Missionary, entered on his labours, but died on the 23d of July. Dr. Peaco arrived also in the Colony in the early part of the year. It has been ascertained that the climate of this part of Africa is almost as pernicious to Coloured Men from the northern part of the United States, as it is to Whites; but as it is healthy to Coloured Men of the Southern States, || Missionaries and Emigrants are to be sought from that quarter. Information relative to the Colony will be found in various parts of our last Volume-at p. 222, a notice of accession of territory; at pp. 289–291, its Constitution, Plan of Government, and Laws; and at pp.316-318 and 381-383, the State and Progress of the Colony. trial with honour; and are now becoming settled in their circumstances, and fixed and regular in their religious habits and duties. The pains, which this class of Settlers have bestowed on their own religious improvement, have both qualified and stimulated them to advance the spiritual interest of others; and, through the Divine Blessing, their example and exertions have been suc cessful. The Sabbath is almost universally observed with all the outward marks of religious decorum: domestic worship is common : Sunday Schools, both for Native and Settlers' Children, are zealously sustained, numerously attended, and productive of the happiest fruits: there is a general attendance of ship of God; and charitable and pious Assoall classes on the public and occasional Worciations, chiefly for the religious instruction of Native Children, appear to have been undertaken in that spirit of intelligent zeal which promises both perseverance and success. Gold Coast. A decisive victory was gained over the Ashantees on the 7th of August: see p. 638 of our last Volume. The weakening if not destruction of the power of this people seems necessary to the good of this part of Africa, and to the effectual prosecution of that intercourse which is opening to the enterprise of Christians in this quarter: for, assuredly, the glad tidings of the Gospel must, in these days, follow close on the heels of Discovery and Commerce. Wherever it pleases God to open a way for the labours of His servants, and especially into the heart of this long-unContinent, He will give them grace, we trust, to gird up their loins to this labour of love." It is stated by the Committee, that the Colony gives evidence, in every department and relation, of increasing strength and prosperity. Two Places of Worship have been built: Five Schools are in operation; and 60 Native Child-known ren are under instruction. It exercises a growing influence on the neighbouring Natives, and in the suppression of the Slave Trade, and is remarkable for the general piety of the Colonists: on this last topic Mr. Ashmun says Happily a large proportion of the Settlers were, previous to their emigration, the members of religious connections in America. A change of circumstances, the greatest almost that could arrive, has severely tried the sincerity of their profession; and, as was to be We regret to state that the Colonists on this Coast have been deprived by death of the services of their two Chaplains-the Rev. Mr. Denny, whose just views relative to the improvement of the Natives were quoted in the last Survey and the Rev. Mr. Geary, formerly Chaplain in South Africa, but who had lately settled as Chaplain at Accra. South Africa. THE following facts relative to the Population of the Colony, are taken from Returns printed by an Order of the House of Commons of May 9, 1826. In 1812, the Christians were 17,090 Males and 15,617 Females-in 1820, they were 22,592 Males and 20,505 Females. In 1817, there were, of Free Blacks, 918 Males and 958 Females-in 1820, the numbers were 905 Males and 1027 Females. In 1812, there were 9335 Male Hottentots and 9995 Female-in 1820, the Males were 13,445 and the Females 13,530. In 1814, there were 154 Male Negro Apprentices and 29 Female-in 1820, the Males were 1061 and the Females 492. In 1812, there were of Slaves, 18,804 Males and 11,103 Females-in 1820, they had increased to 19,081 Males and 12,698 Females. In 1812, the Total Population was 81,964-in 1820 it amounted to 105,336. The Births and Deaths of two of the above classes are thus stated In 1812, there were BORN, of Christians, 523 Males and 528 Females-in 1820, the Males were 881 and the Females 898 in 1812, of Slaves, 78 Males and 66 Females-in 1820, Males 463 and Females 464. : In 1812, there DIED, of Christians, 226 Males and 229 Females-in 1820, Males 375 and Females 264 in 1812, of Slaves, 149 Males and 72 Females-in 1820, Males 248 and Females 130. Total Births of Christians and Slaves, in 1812, were 1425, and 3124 in 1820. Total Deaths of the same classes, in 1812, were 811, and 1406 in 1820. In our last Volume, pp. 276, 277, evidences appear of the acceptableness and influence of the Scriptures in this quarter of our Survey; and, at pp. 421-423, various incidental but striking proofs of the blessings conferred on the Natives by the establishment of Missions among them. CAPE TOWN. The Capital of the Colony-Inhabitants, at the end of 1818, were 18,173: consisting of 7160 Whites, 1905 Free Blacks, 810 Apprentices, 536 Hottentots, and 7462 Slaves. No accounts have appeared relative to the proceedings of the South-African Bible and Missionary Societies, or of those of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in this quarter. LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY. Richard Miles, Superintendant of the Missions. The Rev. Dr. Philip is now on a visit home: he left the Cape, with Mrs. PhiJip and their family, in the Coromandel, Captain Boyes, on the 26th of January, and arrived on the 7th of April of last year. In contemplation of this voyage, he visited, in the summer and autumn of 1825, all the Society's Stations, both within and beyond the Colony, except the Missions in Namaqualand, which were too distant and are at present of too fluctuating and migratory a character to compensate, by any benefit which could result from his inspection, the unavoidable expenditure of time and money. After a journey of about 2500 miles, Dr. Philip reached Cape Town in the middle of November. He thus speaks of the state of the Missions which he visited Reviewing the blessings which I have to enumerate, I cannot omit the rising prosperity which I found among our Missions. When we say religion prospers in a country, we do not mean to intimate that it prospers equally in every congregation; and when I express a favourable opinion as to the state of our Missions in South Africa, it is not to be understood that I represent every single Mission as in a state of prosperity: Missions so widely separated, and under such a variety of circumstances, must necessarily differ in various respects; but, taking the aggregate of good done, there is much reason for thankfulness. The Lord has done great things for us; and, I trust, these are but the pledges of greater blessings. Mr. Miles, with Mrs. Miles and their family, arrived at the Cape, in the Pa tience, Captain Kind, about ten days before Dr. Philip left: they had sailed from Gravesend on the 2d of October. The superintendence of the Society's affairs is confided to him, during Dr. Philip's absence. WESLEYAN MISSIONARY SOCIETY. Of the Missions, generally, the Committee state The Missions in Southern Africa continue to present most cheering indications. Their present success is generally encouraging; and sion of the civilizing, intellectual, and spiritual. their prospects are connected with the diffueffects of Christianity over large tracts of that continent and its scattered and degraded population. For the reason assigned at p. 31 of the last Survey, we subjoin an alphabetical List of the Missionaries employed at the different Stations. Archbell, James Kay, Stephen Young, Samuel. Of the Missionaries enumerated in the last Survey, Mr. Broadbent has returned home in ill health, Mr. Threlfall (see p 446) has fallen a victim to a treacherous guide on a journey to the Damara Country, and of Mr. Whitworth no mention is made. Mr. Shrewsbury, late of Barbadoes, has been added to the number. On the Mission at Cape Town, where there are 56 Members, the Committee remark— It is more important in its connection with the interior Missions, than in itself: but here, the opportunities of usefulness are not few; and the preaching to the Slaves and the School for Slave-children have conveyed to many of this class the knowledge of Christ, and brought them under its moral influence. RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY. It is stated in the last Report Your Committee forwarded, by the Rev. Tracts; and also granted about 5000 of their Mr. Morgan, proceeding to the Cape, 3000 Publications to an old friend of your Institu |