vice of a gentleman at Jaulna, who speaks well of his character. He is in the habit of reading the Scriptures, and performing other parts of worship, on Sabbaths, in a meeting of five or six individuals, professed Christians, from the southern parts of India-one of these individuals, who is a Hindú, applied to us for baptism, but as we were not satisfied with his attainments, we could not receive him.

Asylum.-There have been, during the year, about fifty individuals in this institution, who have been fed, clothed, and regularly instructed in Christianity. Many of them have acquired a considerable knowledge of its truths. They are all aged or diseased persons, except a few children, who are there on account of their parents, and who attend one of the Society's Schools in Hurnee. The Asylum, though under the care of the Mission, is not at all supported from its funds, but from contributions for that express purpose from friends of the cause.

REPORT OF THE POONA STATION OF THE SCOTTISH MISSION.

In giving you the Report of the Poona Station, for the year that has closed, writes Mr. Nesbit, I naturally advert, in the first place, to the departure of Mr. Stevenson for Calcutta in the beginning of October. He had suffered so long from a disordered state of the liver, that a few months' coasting was thought indispensable towards an effectual restoration of health.

His departure has obliged me considerably to abridge the operations formerly conducted at the station. The Tuesday evening lecture has been discontinued, together with one English, and one Murathi service on the Sabbath. I have still two services in English, and one in Murathi, ou that day, and continue to give the usual lecture on Thrusday evening.

During the former part of the year, Mr. Stevenson and I were accustomed daily to preach the Gospel to the Heathen and Muhammedan population, and distribute tracts among them, either in the city of Poona, itself, or in the large native town connected with the British cantonments. Besides the daily instruction of our servants, we visited the Camp Asylum twice, and the City Asylum once a week. Owing to indisposition and other circumstances, this part of our operations has not been regularly attended to since the month of July or August.

A native woman, who afterwards became the wife of a European soldier, was introduced by Mr. Stevenson into the church by baptism. Other women, who had received instruction from him, were baptised by the chaplain of the station.

None of the converts have, as far as I know, exhibited a conduct that belies their profession; and some of them, I am happy to say, distinctly "adorn the doctrine of God their Saviour."

A few East Indians continue to attend my ministrations on Sabbath, and on the evening of Thursday. Those of them, who are members of our church, appear to walk as becomes their profession. The general desire to hear the Gospel, which was manifested by this class of professing Christians some time ago, seems now to be quenched.

Among the European soldiers, on the other hand, a considerable awakening has lately taken place. In the months of November and December, I was visited by seven new inquirers. Two were admitted to the Lord's Supper, which was administered on the 11th of the former month, and almost all the rest I had no difficulty in recognizing as members of the church. The greater part of these men appear to have been urged to a consideration of their personal salvation by the silent suggestions of the Spirit, not while they were reading or hearing the truth, but while they were carelessly following their usual employment, or eagerly pursuing their sinful practices*.

Of Europeans of the higher classes, who have attended Mr. Stevenson's ministrations and my own, some, it is believed, have derived from them essential and lasting benefit. The number of those admitted to the enjoyment of the full privileges of the church is gradually increasing.

The circumstances of the Mission Church at Poona seemed to my brethren and myself to require the formation of a regular Session for the duties connected with it. Lient. R. Shortreed and David A. Eisdale, Esq. therefore, were ordained to the office of the ruling Elder, on Sabbath, the 25th of November, according to the rules and forms of the Church of Scotland.

In addition to more regular operations, several tours have been performed in the course of the year.

The most remarkable of these was one which Mr. Stevenson and myself made to Maligaum in the months of January and February. We took Ahmednugger, and several other important towns and villages in our way, and had daily opportunities of preaching the Gospel to large assemblies of natives, and distributing among them portions of

*This fact is illustrative of the riches and sovereignty of Divine Grace; but it forms no argument whatever for indulging in sin or delaying repentance. Tim. i, 12-16.

Scripture and valuable tracts. Our tour occupied five weeks; and on three of the Sabbaths we were absent from Poona, we were happy to enjoy favourable opportunities of preaching the Gospal to our own countrymen.

In the end of April I visited Khandala, where Mr. Wilson had come for the benefit of his health. I resided there nearly a month, and enjoyed many opportunities of preaching the Gospel to the inhabitants of that village and of those in the neighbourhood.

I have just finished a tour to Akalkot, which I commenced in the beginning of December. It presents the same general character as the one made to Maligaum. Mr. Stevenson bad followed the same route in his itinerate labours nearly two years before. The people could scarcely believe that there was another man in the world possessing the same character, and pursuing the same work as he. Most of them, therefore, set it down as indisputable, that their former and present visitant were one and the same person. I discovered the traces of my predecessor in various ways. While I was discoursing of the need in which we stood of a Saviour, and of the character and work of the Saviour that we needed, some of my audience would whisper to each other-" He's speaking of Jesus Christ." On trying whether some of the boys could read the books I was about to give them, I found that they could not only read, but almost repeat them. While I have been engaged in the distribution of tracts, one of the surrounding company has cried out-" Let me have the Vetal Punchvishi, or Punchopakhyan, or Vidur Niti; but I don't want any of those books that speak of nothing but Jesus Christ." As my stages were shorter than those of Mr. Stevenson, I had many opportunities of preaching the Gospel where the sound of it had never before been heard. The people in general listened with interest, and with apparent joy and admiration.

The Brahmans were eager to possess themselves of a tract entitled-"The contents of the Bhagawat Gitâ ;"-and, as a proficiency in Sanskrita was made a condition on which they were to receive it, they were forward to repeat, if not to explain, to me as many verses as possible*.

When at Akalkot I had an interview with the young Raja, and conversed with him a considerable time in Muràthi. He is a promising boy; and under good management, may grow up to be a blessing to his subjects, and to his countrymen at large. He seems to know the dignity of truth, and to be aware by whom it is observed, and by whom it is not. He made some remarks on this subject in the course of conversation, which must have been sufficiently galling to many that heard him.

There have been for some time six schools under the superintendence of the Mission at this station. One of these is supported by private liberality; the rest are kept up at the expense of the Society. In one of these schools the boys and girls seem to be equally divided; and in one or two others a few girls occasionally attend.

Mr. Stevenson had for some time an English School in the Mission House taught by a pious Serjeant named Marshall, connected with the Wesleyan Communion.

Mr Stevenson, in connexion with some Christian friends, set on foot another English School in Poona, in the month of September. The highest class was taught by himself, and read the New Testament with him; the middle classes were taught by a Native Christian; and read elementary books, replete with religious instruction: and the first classes were instructed by Serjeant Marshall in the lowest rudiments of the language. One or two friends united with me in keeping up the school, till the removal of one and all of us from Poona, about the middle of December, left it to the sole unaided superintendence of an East Indian, who had kindly volunteered his services.

The native girls, who attend our school, were under the superintendence of Mrs. Stevenson, before her departure for Calcutta ; and several boys and girls, children of British soldiers, formed a class of Sabbath Evening Scholars, to whose religious education she devoted a part of her time. They now enjoy the instructions of another pious lady residing in Poona.

SIAM AND CHINA.

JOURNAL OF A RESIDENCE IN SIAM, AND OF A VOYAGE ALONG THE COAST OF CHINA TO MANTCHOU TARTARY, BY THE REV. CHARLES GUTZLAFF.

(Continued from page 147.)

Our sailors were natives of this (Soak ah) district, and anxious to see their families after a year's absence. As, however, our junk had no permit, we could not enter the river of Soakah, but had to anchor in the harbour of Nan-aou (or Namoh), whilst passage boats came in all directions to carry the men to their homes. Rice being very cheap in Siam, every sailor had provided a bag or two, as a present to his family. In fact, the chief thing they wish and work for, is rice; their domestic accounts are regulated by the quantity of rice consumed; their meals, according to the number of bowls of it boiled; and their exertions, according to the quantity wanted. Every substitute for this delicious food is considered meagre, and indicative of the greatest wretchedness. When they *This work is sold at eight annas, stitched.

cannot obtain a sufficient quantity to satisfy their appetites, they supply the deficiency of rice with an equal weight of water. Inquiring whether the western barbarians eat rice, and finding me slow to give them an answer, they exclaimed; "O, the sterile regions of barbarians, which produce not the necessaries of life! Strange, that the inhabitants have not, long ago, died of hunger!" I endeavoured to show them that we had substi tutes for rice, which were equal if not superior to it. But all to no purpose; and they still maintained, that it is only rice which can properly sustain the life of a human being. When most of the sailors had left the junk, I was led to reflect on their miserable condition. Almost entirely destitute of clothes and money, they return home, and in a few days hurry away, again to encounter new dangers, and new perils. But, however wretched their present condition may be, their prospects for eternity are far more deplorable. Reprobates in this life, they tremble to enter into eternity, of which they have very confused ideas. They defy God, who rules over the seas; they curse their parents who gave them life; they are enemies to each other, and seem entirely regardless of the future; they glory in their shame ; and do not startle when convicted of being the servanta of Satan.

It was the 17th of July, when we anchored in the harbour of Namoh. The island from which this harbour takes its name, is mostly barren rock, consisting of two mountains connected by a narrow isthmus, in lat. 36° 28′ N.; long. 116° 39′ E. It is a military station; it has a fort; and is a place of considerable trade, which is carried on between the people of Fuhkeen and Canton, The harbour is spacious and deep, but the entrance is difficult and dangerous.

The entrance of the Soakah river is very shallow; but numerous small craft, princi. pally from Ting-hae, are seen here. The duties, as well as the permit to enter the river, are very high; but the people know how to elude the mandarins; as the maudarins do, the Emperor. Ting-hae is a large place, tolerably well built, and inhabited, principally, by merchants, fishermen, and sailors. The productions of the surrounding country are not sufficient to maintain the inhabitants, who contrive various ways and means, to gain a livelihood. There is no want of capital or merchants, but a great lack of honesty and upright dealing.

As soon as we had anchored, numerous boats surrounded us, with females on board. I addressed the sailors who remained in the junk, and hoped that I had prevailed on them, in some degree, to curb their evil passions. But, alas! no sooner had I left the deck, than they threw off all restraint; and the disgusting scenes which ensued might well have entitled our vessel to the name of Sodom. Parents prostituted their daughters; husbands, their wives; brothers, their sisters;-and this they did, not only without remorse, but with diabolical joy. The sailors, unmindful of their starving families at home, and distracted, blinded, stupified by sensuality, seemed willing to give up ought and every thing they possessed, rather than abstain from that crime, which entails misery, disease, and death. Having exhausted all their previous earnings, they became a prey to wreckless remorse, and gloomy despair. As their vicious partners were opium-smokers by habit, and drunkards by custom, it was necessary that strong drink and opium should be provided; and the retailers of these articles, were soon present to lend a helping hand. Thus all these circumstances conspired to nourish vice, to squander property, and to render the votaries of crime most unhappy. When all their resources failed, the men became furious, and watched for an opportunity to re-emburse their loss, either by deceit or force. Observing my trunks well secured it was surmised by the sailors, that they contained silver and gold; and a conspiracy was formed to cleave my head with a hatchet, and to seize the trunks, and divide the money among themselves. In favour of this scheme it was stated, that I did not understand the use of money, and that they themselves conld appropriate it to the very best advantage. All the persons who formed this plot were opium smokers; the leader was an old sailor, and nominally, my friend. Just as they were about to execute their plan, an old man came forward and declared to them, that a few days before he had seen the trunks opened, and that they contained nothing but books, which they might obtain without cleaving my head. Witnesses were then called, and it being satisfactorily ascertained that such was the fact, in regard to the trunks, they all agreed to desist from the execution of their plot.

In the midst of such abominations, the feeble voice of exhortation was not entirely disregarded. Some individuals willingly followed my advice. A young man, who had repeatedly heard the Gospel, and anxiously inquired about his eternal destinies, was reclaimed; and, covered with shame and penetrated with a sense of guilt, he acknowledg ed the insufficiency of all moral precepts, if no heavenly principle influenced the heart." My visitors were very numerous; they generally thought me to be a pilot or mate, and behaved very politely. In the long coversations I held with them, they seemed attentive, and not entirely ignorant of the doctrines of Christianity; and they frequently noticed as a proof of its power, the mere circumstance, that one of its votaries stood unmoved, while the stream of vice carried away every thing around him. To these visitors I dis

tributed the word of life; expressing my earnest wish, that it might prove the means of their salvation. There was one old man, who stated, that he had two sons, literary graduates, whom, as he himself was hasting to the grave, he wished to see reading the exhortations to the world (so they call our Christian books). I enjoyed myself in the company of some other individuals, to whom it was intimated, that we should endeavour to establish a mission at this place, since so many millions of their countrymen were without any means of knowing the way of salvation.

The return of the captain, who had been on shore, checked the progress of vice. Being a man of firm principle, he drove out the prostitutes, and brought the men to order;-his vigilance, however, was in some instances eluded; but when those wretched beings had obtained their money (their great object), they, generally, of their own accord, abandoned the junk. I had now full scope to speak to those around me of the folly and misery of such conduct; and I was successful in applying the discourse to themselves. The Chinese, generally, will bear with just reproof, and even heap eulogiums on those who adininister it.

Here I saw many natives famishing for want of food; they would greedily seize, and were very thankful for the smallest quantities of rice thrown out to them. Though healthy, and strong, and able to work, they complained of want of employment, and scarcity of the means of subsistence*. Urged on by poverty, some of them become pirates, and in the night time surprise and plunder the junks in the harbour. When fourteen days had elapsed, all were anxious to depart, because their treasure was exhausted, and the opportunities for further expenditures were only the means of tantalizing and annoying them. As we were getting under weigh, an old man predicted, that we should have to encounter storms; but this did not deter us from proceeding. Many junks, loaded with sugar for the north of China, left the harbour in company with us

On July 30th, we passed Amoy, the principal emporium of Fuhkeen province, and the residence of numerous merchants, who are the owners of more than 300 large junks, and who carry on an extensive commerce, not only to all the ports of China, but to many also in the Indian archipelago. Notwithstanding the heavy duties levied on exports and imports, these merchants maintain their trade, and baffle the efforts of the mandarins. They would hail, with joy, any opportunity of opening a trade with Europeans, and would doubtless, improve upon that of Canton.

JULY.

(To be Continued.)

DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.

[Where the place is not mentioned, Calcutta is to be understood.]

MARRIAGES

3. At Khatteley Factory, Kishuagur, Theophilus Lloyd, Esq. of Dovracle, Commercolly, to Miss Catherine Anne, daughter of G. Boyd, Esq. of Khatteley, Kishnagur. 15. Lieut. F. Seaton, 66th Regt. N. I. to Eliza, second daughter of Capt. D. Ross, Marine Surveyor General.

JUNE.

BIRTHS.

30. The lady of R. Barlow, Esq. of a son.

JULY.

At Burrah Factory, Tirhoot, Mrs. W. Hickey, of a daughter.

1. At the Mint House, Benares, the lady of R. Hugh Snell, Esq. C. S. of a son and heir.

ter.

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The lady of Leonard Morse Cooper, Esq. Capt. 11th Light Dragoons, of a daugh

The lady of Capt. W. B. Girdlestone, 46th Regt. N. I. of a son.

9. Mrs. S. G. Aviet, of a son and heir.

11. Lady Russel, widow of the late Chief Justice of Bengal, of a daughter.

13. The lady of W. Thompson, Esq. of a son.

16. At Soorah, the wife of James Black, of the Pilot Service, of a daughter.

18. Mrs. H. Smith, of a son still-born.

Mrs. Moffat, wife of Mr. J. Moffat, Asst. H. C. Mint, of a son.

21. Mrs. Henderson, of a daughter.

28. The lady of the Rev. James Hill, Union Chapel, of a daughter.

In the department of the Chow-chow-foo, to which these remarks apply, as also in the neighbouring province of Fuhkeen, and in the adjoining department of Hwuy-chow-foo in this province, famine has very generally prevailed during the last few months. Pirates, consequently, abound, and insurrections have in several cases occurred: numbers of peasants also are induced, by hunger and want of employment, to join the secret associations of banditti which infest China, particularly its southern provinces.

JUNE.

DEATHS.

22. At Goruck pore Parsonage, Thos. Edwin, infant son of the Rev. M. Wilkinson. 24. At Cawnpore, Susan, the infant daughter of Capt. G. J. Bower, H. M. 48th Regt., aged 5 months and 27 days.

26. Captain Hugh MacLatchee, H. M. 26th Regt.

28. Mrs. Margaret Sophia Reid, relict of the late Capt. Hugh Atkins Reid, of the country service, aged 59 years.

JULY.

At Delhi, Charles Houdder, Conductor of Ordnance.

2. At Mirzapore, the infant daughter of Lieut. Col. W. W. Davis, aged 17 days. At Chirrapoonjee, Capt. J. S. Pitts, Bengal European Regiment, aged 33 years. At Sultanpore, Benares, Lieut. Edmund Stuart, H. M. 44th Regt.

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7. At Ghazeepore, Lieut.-Col. Henry Hautry, of the 3rd Regt. of Light Cavalry. At Ghazeepore, Charlotte, wife of Lieut. Martin, H. M. 38th Regiment, aged 24

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years.

10. At Benares, W. A. Brooke, Esq. Senior Member of the Bengal Civil Service, Agent to the Governor General, &c.

11. At Bogwongolah, Georgiana Caroline Adelaide, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rose, aged 14 months.

14. Miss Mary MacArthur, aged 22 years.

JUNE.

Shipping Entelligence.

ARRIVALS.

25. Leda, (Bark,) George Robb, from Cape of Good Hope 23rd April, and Madras 18th June.

Passenger:-Mrs. Robb.

27. Agnes, (Bark,) J. Thomas, from Port Jackson 17th Feb., Java and Singapore no date, and Penang 5th June.

Passengers from Sydney:-Mr. R. H. Scott, late Commander of the Schooner Byron Mr. W. Green, 1st Officer of ditto; Mr. T. Fisher, Mariner. From Penang :— Senr. Fr. Joze and Rebeiro De Carvello, Catholic Missionary.

28. America, (Amr.) A. Eldridge, from Boston 27th March.

Buckinghamshire, (H. C. S.) C. Shea, from London, (no date.)

Passengers:-Mrs. C. Fullerton, Mrs. C. Learmouth, Mrs. J. McKillop, and Mrs. C. Gibbons; Misses Fullerton, Eliza Learmouth, A. F. Woollet, Eliza Gibbons, S. Dawson, and Eleanor McKillop; Jno. Fullerton, Esq. Geo. McKillop, Esq.; Capt. Gibbous, H. M. 46th Regt. Mr. D. Gibbons, Mr. Thomas Vokes, Mr. E. Vokes, Mr. C. J. Birch, Free Merchants, and Master J. McKillop.

Allerton, E. Gill, from Liverpool 21st February.
William, (Bark,) Hamley, from Greenock 13th do.

Passengers:-Mrs. Erskin and child, Mr. Wm. McNaught, and R. Erskin,

Engineers.

28. Patriot King, J. Clarke, from Liverpool 17th March.

29. Renown, G. MacLeod, from Greenock 16th February.

30. Gentoo, (Bark,) J. Black, from do. 28th December and Bombay 7th June. Passenger from Bombay :-Lieut. R. Lowe.

JULY.

2. David Clarke, R. Rayne, from Rangoon 8th June.

Passengers:-Mrs. Pittar, P. Pittar, Esq. Merchant, from Singapore; Capt. Tozer and nine Lascars, from Rangoon, Commander and part of the crew of the late Brig John Foster, of Calcutta, wrecked to the westward of Rangoon Bar on the 21st ultimo. Exporter, (Bark,) R. Anwyle, from the Mauritius 18th May, Covelong (no date), and Madras 26th June.

Passengers from the Mauritius :-D. McCornish, M. D. Dr. Nash, Assistant Surgeon, Mr. Parker, Cadet, B. I. and Mr. M. Clemart.

3. Indian Oak, E. Worthington, from Covelong 26th June.

4. Larkins, W. Campbell, from London 20th March and Madras 27th June. 5. Imogen, J. Richardson, from Liverpool 12th March.

Passengers - Mrs. Gillet and child.

Orontes, W. Canney, from London 7th January and Ennore 27th June.
Passenger:-Mr. F. S. Mathews, Surgeon, B. C.

Arab, (Bark,) J. S. Spaikes, from London 1st Feb., Portsmouth (no date), and Madras 28th June.

Passengers:-Mrs. Hodges and an infant, Mrs. A. Campbell, Miss W. Hodges, Miss E. Walker, Capt. C. W. Hodges, Bengal Cavalry, Surgeon Roe, H. M. 38th Regt.