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cerns, and therefore under no bias to give any improper colouring.

The death of the Rev. Henry Palmer, the lastappointed Chaplain of the Colony, was stated in a Note to the former Report. The following extract of a Letter from him to a friend, dated on the 2d of May of last year, only four days before his death, will be heard with peculiar interest, as his dying testimony to the work of God:

Shortly after my arrival here, Mrs. Palmer and myself visited Regent, previous to the departure of Mr. Johnson to England. We went on a Saturday. I was obliged to return for my duties on the Sabbath: Mrs. Palmer remained, and heard Mr. Johnson preach. She received the emblems of our Redeemer's body and blood, in company with 420 Blacks. She wrote to me in raptures on the subject. Since that period, I have preached there three times. I confess to you, that I do not think that the accounts of Regent have been exaggerated. When you first catch a glimpse of the place, a thousand thoughts crowd upon your mind. The situation is beautiful. The picture given in the Register and Quarterly Papers is tolerably correct, though not quite so.

It is truly cheering to see, every morning and evening, as the Church-going bell vibrates through the surrounding mountains, the inhabitants, amalgamated out of every nation of this part of Africa, hastening from their different huts to hear the glorious Gospel of the blessed God. At the same time, the Youths from the Christian Institution ascend, in order, from their habitation, each with his Bible-the Boys and Girls of the Schools parading in lines before the Pastor's door, under their respective teachers, and all concentrating in the House of God. Then to mark their devout behaviour, their earnest ejaculations, and hundreds of Bibles opened at the delivery of the Discourse, to discover whether these things are so, is truly delightful.

Mr. Palmer expresses his delight at the fervour with which the responses are made, in the Service, by the Natives; and his full conviction that our Bishops, Priests, and Deacons, and our gracious Sovereign himself, would cordially rejoice to witness the earnestness with which the petitions of the Litany in their behalf are followed by the response"We beseech Thee to hear us, Good Lord!" He adds the following testimony to the loyalty of the people, and to the grounds on which the British Government justly claims their gratitude:

I find, generally, that gratitude to our King and to our Society are intimately associated: and so it well may. I had no idea, till I came here, that Government did so much. It does a great deal. It builds every habitation for every Missionary: it builds every Church: it builds every School-house: it feeds and clothes every Liberated African: it furnishes every drop of oil for every Church: it gives to every Missionary and Schoolmaster who is a Superintendant, which most of them are, 2001. per annum; and it liberates every African from captivity. I think, therefore, that I am justified in saying that Government does a great deal.

The Committee have been also furnished with the testimony of a Naval Officer on the Station, addressed to a Lady, who put into his hands the statements which had been published relative to Regent in particular, with a request that he would verify or disprove them. An extract from his Letter follows:

Regent, and the other Liberated Towns, have surpassed my most sanguine expectations, in all points of view; and I trust this good work will prosper. If God is on its side, who can be against it? And that His Spirit has wrought wonderfully in the hearts of hundreds, I think there are evident marks. Indeed, I myself found such, in the visits which I made to their huts. Their conduct at Church is, beyond every thing, good. I had the pleasure to see about 1700 in the Church at Regent, and to join with them in praising God from whom all blessings flow. My feelings, on this occasion, were more than I can express. I was present, most likely, at the liberation of many of these people, when I was on this station, some years ago. Then the place was an impenetrable wood, the haunt of wild beasts: and now, to find myself in a good Church, with so large a Congregation, offering up my humble prayers and thanksgivings to that God who has been pleased hitherto so mercifully to preserve me-you may better conceive, than I can express, the feelings of one so situated.

The Children's improvement astonished me much. I passed four days in the mountains. Regent was my headquarters, and I did all in my power to elicit truth; and you may judge what delight I have experienced, from finding every thing so much to surpass my expectations.

Before they proceed to survey the respective Stations, the Committee will give a succinct view of the Labourers at the different places, as they were left by the last Report; and of the changes, which sickness and death have made among them in the course of the year.

Of the Teachers appointed to the Freetown Schools, Mr. Bunyer dying on the 20th of April and Mrs. Bunyer and Mrs. Vaughan in June, Mr. Vaughan was the only European Teacher who survived. Mrs. Schemel, having lost her husband, was placed in charge of the Girls' School. Mr.Vaughan dying on the 25th of November, the Schools were left under Mrs. Schemel's care, and that of George Fox and Mrs. Fox, the Native Assistants, who had continued in their useful labours all the year. On the very seasonable arrival of Mr. and Mrs. Pope, in the beginning of December, immediately after the death of Mr. Vaughan, they also were appointed to these Schools; and, in addition to these labours, Mr. Pope was obliged, in the destitute state of the Colony, to render every assistance compatible with his character as a layman, in the duties at Freetown -At Kissey, the Rev. G. R. Nyländer has continued to labour: but was obliged to attend, so far as practicable, after the death of the Rev. Henry Palmer on the 8th of May, to the duties of the Chaplaincy at Freetown; the Schools at Kissey being conducted by George Thomas, John Bannah, and Mrs. Wenzel, all Natives. At Christmas, David Johnson, a Native Young Man, from the Christian Institution, and his Wife, Maria Johnson, who had been lately married, were appointed to assist in the Schools-John Sandy, Native Teacher, continued through the year, under Mr. Nyländer's superintendence, in charge of Wellington-The Rev. John Godfrey Wilhelm and Mrs. Wilhelm, with W. Lawrence, Native Assistant, continued their labours at Waterloo. Mr. and Mrs. Lisk having removed to Regent at Christmas, to supply the place of Mr. and Mrs. Norman who were returning home, John Johnson and his Wife, Native Assistants from Regent, were removed to Waterloo. W. Neville, Native Assistant at Waterloo, left at the end of April, to accompany the Rev. S. Flood to this country-For Hastings no Teacher could be provided-Of Kent Mr. and Mrs. Beckley have remained in charge. Mrs. Renner had the chief care of the Girls' School till she removed, in August, to Gloucester. William Bickersteth, a Native Youth from the Christian Institution, had the care of the Boys' and Men's Schools during most of the year. His Wife accompanied the Rev. W. Johnson, in charge of Mr. Düring's child: on her return, she and her Husband were regularly appointed, at Christmas, as Native Assistants at Kent-At York, the Rev. C. W. Beckauer dying on the 28th of June, no Teacher could be appointed to succeed him: he had entered on this Station at the end of April; but did not preach, through sickness, till Whitsunday, the 18th of May. The Native Assistant, W. Allen, is still at KentAt Charlotte, Mr. and Mrs. Taylor, with John Jackson, Native Assistant, and at Leopold Mr. and Mrs. Davey, have remained in their respective laboursThe Rev. W. H. Schemel being obliged to leave Bathurst, on account of the sickness of which he died on the 25th of April, the Rev. John Gerber and Mrs. Gerber, having resided some months at Kissey, were placed at Bathurst at Lady Day. William Neville, Native Assistant, on his return from England, was appointed to the Schools-On the Rev. W. Johnson leaving Regent, at the end of April, Mr. and Mrs. Norman were placed in charge of the people; the Rev. H. Düring undertaking to assist, from Gloucester, in every way in his power: but Mr. and Mrs. Norman being obliged to leave Regent at Christmas, on a visit home, Mr. and Mrs. Lisk removed thither from Waterloo, to undertake the instruction of the people; Mr. Reffell, Chief Superintendant of Liberated Africans, charging himself for a time with the care of their secular concerns: of the Native Teachers connected with Regent, William Tamba was placed at Gloucester, but William Davis and David Noah rendered great assistance to Mr. Norman. The Christian Institution pressing too heavily on Mr. Norman, John Johnson, Native, was appointed, at Michaelmas, to take charge of it; and continued therein till removed at Christmas, as before stated, to Waterloo-On the Rev. H. Diring and Mrs. Düring leaving Gloucester in August, William Tamba, Native Teacher from Regent, was placed in charge; and Mrs. Renner, from Kent, in care of the Females; Mr. Nyländer undertaking to visit, occasionally, in order to administer the Sacraments. At Lady Day, before Mr. Düring's departure, Mark Joseph Tamba, a Native, had been appointed to assist From Wilberforce, the Rev. G. W. E. Metzger and Mrs. Metzger were, at Michaelmas, removed to Kissey, in order to improve themselves, by Mr. Nyländer's aid, in a knowledge of the best manner of conducting a Settlement; but their place could not be supplied-At the Plantains, Stephen Caulker, Native Schoolmaster, continued in charge of the Schools.

This abstract will shew, most impressively, under what difficulties the Mission has laboured: but it will be seen, by the following extract of a Letter from the Rev. J. G. Wilhelm, that these difficulties are met in the true spirit of Christians :

To the Lord there is no restraint to save by many or by few. He has often upholden and saved His Church under greater conflicts. May it please Him to hear and answer the prayers of our Christian Friends in England, and all over Europe, and bless us abundantly! What a comfort is it to be assured that there are many prayers daily ascending to heaven in our behalf, and rendered acceptable by the Great Intercessor who continually pleads for the reward of His sufferings! May the Lord support and defend the Missionary Cause! It is the noblest in in which we can be engaged. Yet it ought, under the circumstances of our West-Africa Mission, to become a matter of most serious self-examination for us all, whether our motives are simple and pure; for, doubtless, trials are sent to rectify our motives, as well as to purify our faith and other graces.

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