Referees, and also to the three other Referees, the Dean of Chichester, Dr. Dealtry, and Mr. Ogilvie; but, owing to the difficulty which the Editors have experienced in obtaining the assistance of other persons to execute parts of the work, its progress has not been so great as they had anticipated; nor can they expect to proceed more rapidly with the remainder. But,

should the Society be satisfied with the character given of the Commentary, and be willing to wait for the completion of the Gospel of St. John and the Acts, the Editors will be happy to continue it, and look forward to its being completed as soon as the Practical Reflections, some portions of which have been submitted to the Referees, shall be in sufficient forwardness to be sent to the press.

"2. The editors are not receiving any income from the Society on account of the work; no payment having been made to them, as a portion of the salary originally fixed, since June, 1834; and this has been in accordance with their own expressed wish, as they were unwilling to be receiving remuneration for labours, the produce of which appeared to be small when measured by the number of chapters which have been commented upon."

It was then agreed, That the subject of the Bible Commentary be referred to the consideration of the Standing Committee.

The Report of the Foreign Translation Committee for the present year, was presented to the Board at the General Meeting in July.

The Committee, at the same time, presented to the Board the first fruits of their labours, consisting of the New Testament in Spanish, revised and corrected from the well-known version of Bishop Torres-Amat. This work, added to the edition of the Liturgy in Spanish, which is now completed, may contribute, under the Divine blessing, to promote the objects of the Society, not only in our own dependencies, but among the nations both of the Old and New World, who use that language.

The proceedings of the Committee with regard to the other branches of

their operations will be read with interest. They tend to increase the hope that the operations of the Society in diffusing the Word of God in foreign countries, and in making known the principles of the Church of England among foreign nations, may hereafter become much more extensive and beneficial than they have ever yet been.

This Report has been printed on a separate sheet, which may be had by the Members of the Society on appliIcation at the Office. It will also be found in the Appendix to the Report.

At the General Meeting in January, the following Report from the Standing Committee, which had been laid before the Meeting in December, was adopted by the Board. The attention of the Members is requested to the changes which have thus been made in the general rules of the Society.

"The Standing Committee beg to report to the Board, that their attention has been directed to the practical effect of the XVIIth Rule of the Society, by which Members are required to pay, at admission, a benefaction of One Guinea, in addition to a portion of the subscrpition for the current year. The Committee find that this Rule is often misunderstood, and becomes a source of inconvenience to the Members; and that, owing to the exemptions which are allowed in cases recommended by the Diocesan, and by the District Committees, more than one-half of the whole number of Members admitted within the last two years, were excused payment of the benefaction. They, therefore, think it advisable, that the benefaction should be abolished, and that each Member should be required to pay, at admission, a subscription of One Guinea for the current year. They consequently recommend that the XVIIth Rule stand thus:

"That no person chosen to be a subscribing Member be entitled to act as such, till he shall have paid his subscription for the current year.'

"They also recommend that the XVIIIth Rule stand thus:

"That a sum of not less than twenty pounds may be given at any one time, in lieu of future subscrip

tions, or that the said sum of twenty pounds may be paid at different times within a period of four years.'

"They also recommend that the XIXth Rule stand thus:

"That parochial clergymen, with small incomes, having been elected Members of the Society, and specially recommended by the Diocesan, be exempt from the payment of annual subscriptions, and be considered as corresponding Members.'

"They further beg to recommend, that the form of application for books in the XXIst Rule do stand as follows:-I request the following books, on the terms of the Society, agreeably to Rule XXII.'

"And, also, that in Rule XXIV. the words and returned by the booksellers to the Society's Office,' be omitted, as being inapplicable to the present mode of conducting the business of the Society."

At the General Meeting in March it was agreed, That an addition be made to the 22d Law, such as to show clearly that Members may order books, at cost price, for any purpose; and that, in future, that Law stand thus:

"XXII. That Members be at liberty to apply for books, at cost price, for any purpose; but that no Member be at liberty to apply for books, on the terms of the Society, except for his own distribution, or for the use of charitable institutions, with which he is locally or parochially connected; and that a copy of this Rule be annexed to the printed form of application for books."

The following Report from the Standing Committee was read to the Board at the Meeting in July:

"The Standing Committee having taken the prices of the Society's Books and Tracts into consideration, it was agreed to recommend to the Board,

«1. That for the present year such District Committees as wish to be

relieved from the necessity of keeping an account of the Differences,' be allowed the option of paying, in lieu of Differences, a donation of not less than 10 per cent. upon the Members' price, upon all books furnished to. them by the Society; and that this recommendation shall apply to Foreign Committees.

2. That union and other poorhouses be allowed to purchase Bibles and Common Prayer-Books at 10 per cent. less than the present cost price, and Books and Tracts from the permanent Catalogue at 25 per cent. less than that price.

"3. That any surplus, or profits, arising from the sale of the books on the Supplemental Catalogue, be appropriated to the purpose of making grants from that Catalogue."

These recommendations were adopted.

At the General Meeting in April, a letter was read from the Venerable Archdeacon Cambridge, one of the Treasurers of the Society, tendering his resignation of the Treasurership, on the ground of his advancing years, and the increase of labour which has arisen in the duties of that office.

At the Monthly Meeting of the Society, on the 2d of May, the Secretaries reported, that the Committee, after due consideration of the subject, and a communication with his Grace the President, now desired to recommend Williain Cotton, Esq., as a person in all respects well qualified to fill the vacant office. Whereupon it was agreed unanimously to adopt the recommendation of the Standing Committee.

Mr. Cotton was elected accordingly. The remaining part of the Report, as connected with the East and West Indies, will be read with lively interest by every one who has the salvation of his fellow-creatures at heart.

DOMESTIC.-The Canadian Question absorbs all others, at present. Parliament having re-assembled, it has been partially discussed, and a Bill brought in for suspending the Constitution of both Provinces.

The Earl of Durham has been appointed with the most ample powers for the government of these two important Colonies in the mean time, and with directions for giving to them a new Constitution. As was to be expected, the Ultra-Radicals have completely cast off all regard for their former protégées, the Queen's Ministers; but having attempted, and failed, to rouse the sympathies of any portion of Englishmen in favour of the rebellion, cut but a sorry figure.

As a

very short time must decide the course intended to be pursued by Ministers, and about which they seem at present at their wit's end, it would be useless to speculate upon it. Chance, or the exigencies of the present hour, will, assuredly, shape their course, and not any regard for the real merits of the question, or any far-sighted plan of policy, and the good of the empire. The news from the Canadas is of great interest. In the Lower Province, the escape or capture of the principal leaders, and the dispersion of their followers, followed by scenes

of ravage and retaliation on the part of the volunteers among the royalists, seem to have effectually crushed the insurrection. In the Upper Province, one Mackenzie, who had made a dash for the seizure of Toronto, its capital, and been repulsed by the Governor at the head of volunteers alone, and, his followers dispersed, having himself escaped into the United States, has, with a number of men, taken possession of an island in the St. Lawrence, and is fortifying it, and issuing proclamations. The Government of the United States seem disposed to act fairly, and observe a strict neutrality; but the people there are not likely to pay attention to the orders of their Government, should their sympathies be once aroused in favour of the insurgentsa case not unlikely; and the consequences of which may be of the most serious importance.

The last few weeks have been rendered memorable by numerous, and almost coincident fires. The Royal Exchange of London, the Imperial Palace of St. Petersburgh, the Italian Opera-house at Paris, and the splendid Church of the Augustines at Ghent, with numerous other adjoining buildings there, have all, at nearly the same time, become heaps of ruins.