Proceedings in reference to the East. Previous to their knowledge of the death of Dr. Milne, the Committee had written to that respected individual, as well as to their much-valued Correspondent, Dr. Morrison, authorizing them to print, at this Society's expense, fresh editions of the Morning and Evening Services, the Psalter, and the First Homily in Chinese; and recommending a similiar translation of the Second Homily. In consequence of the decease of Dr. Milne-in the feelings excited by which, few, who heard or read his Letter to this Society recorded in the last Report, will not participate-and the expected return, for a time, of Dr. Morrison to this country, it was at first apprehended that some delay at least, in the accomplishment of these objects, might occur. It having since appeared, however, that Dr. Morrison had, after the death of his colleague, proceeded to Malacca, where it is probable, also, that he is still resident, all apprehensions in that respect have ceased.

Indeed fresh fields of usefulness seem to be presented to the Society, in this quarter of the world. The Rev. C. H. Thompsen, a Missionary among the Malays, in connexion with the London Missionary Society, has expressed his readiness to translate into Malay the same portions of the Book of Common Prayer, as Dr. Morrison had previously rendered into Chinese, should this Society be willing to defray the expense of such editions as they might afterwards find it convenient to print. This proposal extended also to such Homilies as should be selected. Mr. Thompsen

sought for by the class of Christians called Country-born. Mr. Corrie says, that he is frequently receiving applications for copies from such persons; most of the Native Regiments being supplied with drummers and fifers from that class; and some pious Officers being in the habit of assembling these neglected persons for instruction, on which occasions the Hindoostanee Translation of the Church Prayers is used.

A Letter from Madras has also in

formed the Committee, that the proceeds of books sent out three years since, and which, as mentioned in this Society's Eighth Report, were to be appropriated, as seemed most advisable, either to the promotion of a new edition of the Tamul Prayer-Book, or the publication of the Liturgy in Malayalim, would be applied to the latter object.

Societies in the United States. Increased attention to the doctrines and formularies of our Church has been excited in America, during the last few years, by Institutions similar to this. Of the Prayer-Book and Homily Society in Maryland, formed very much upon the model of our own, the Committee have spoken in former Reports. Since the last Anniversary, they have received a printed account of the Homily Society of St. Paul's Church, Philadelphia; an extract from which they have much pleasure in recording:

As Churchmen, we feel the value of our Homilies. Prepared as they were by the Reformers for the instruction of the great body of the people, they form a rich sum

mary of the most important doctrines and duties of our Holy Religion. Though destitute of the polish of modern style, they are like gold seven times purified: they are with their blood. Sincerely attached to the the counsel of men, who sealed their belief principles of our beloved Communion, and desirous of promoting, to the utmost of our power, the extension of those principles, we have entered upon a plan calculated to place the Homilies within the reach of all. Looking unto Him, "without whom nothing is strong," we have ressived to publish the greater part of the Homilies as Tracts; and on such terms, as will enable every Minister sound doctrine to furnish himself. to supply his people, and every lover of

The Rev. Henry Budd, in the Sermon preached before the Soand prefixed to the Report, gives the following

Summary of the Society's Proceedings. With comparatively feeble, but, as

with permanent Masters; and 9 others have received temporary assistance in their re-organization, or while they were destitute of regular Teachers.

A Master has been sent to Montreal, in Upper Canada; and another is under training for St. John's, Newfoundland. Five Missionaries have learned the System, previously to their departure for their respective destinations abroad: and your Committee beg leave to assure the Members of the different Missionary Societies, that it will always give them peculiar pleasure, to afford the means of acquiring a competent knowledge of the British System to those Missionaries who are intended for foreign service, as they are persuaded that such knowledge will be eminently useful in the great cause in which they are engaged.

The Ladies Committee state, in reference to the Girls' Central

School

The Central School naturally forms the primary object of your Committee's care. The number of children on the 7 register is, at all times, complete; and, at this time, there are 76 waiting for admission. This circumstance is truly gratifying, both to the Committee of this Institution, and the neighbourhood at large; as it proves, by the experience of several years, that the desire to obtain education for their children is on the increase among the industrious and the poor. Since the year 1805, when the Girls' School was first opened, 7400 children have been admitted; and received, as far as their stay in the School would allow, the benefits of a Bible Education, with the useful acquire ments of needlework, writing, and arithmetic.

With regard to the children themselves, your Committee have reason to believe, that, in general, they have discharged the duties of their several stations so faithfully as to prove, that a lasting impression has been made on their minds from the religious principles which they have been taught in the School.

The plan of providing clothing for the children, by weekly payments of one penny, continues to answer the valuable purpose intended. At the last distribution, by the addition of the value of the usual rewards for diligence and good conduct to the pence thus

weekly collected, the Committee were enabled to distribute very useful articles of wearing-apparel to 280 Girls, as the produce of small savings, which, if committed to the children's eare, would have been spent in useless articles, while their persons would have been left in slovenly neglect. They are: also taught, by these means, the great advantage of care and economy.

The essential benefits which Females derive, from instruction in needlework and economy in cutting out garments, appeared so valuable to your Committee, that they have been induced, during the last year, to publish the set of questions and answers described in -the Manual, in large type, and in the tabular form; considering this mode of intruction well calculated for Monitors of Schools, and easily learnt by adopting the mode of reading them in semicircles. had, at the small charge of one-shillingA complete set of them may now be and-sixpence.

The

The Training Establishment is, of course, an object demanding the anxious solicitude of your Committee. selection and preparation of suitable persons to be intrusted with the nurture and instruction of the youthful mind, must call for the greatest attention. Your Committee have not, during the past year, received so many applications for Teachers, as in some former years. Eleven Schools have, however, been supplied with Mistresses; and various others have received assistance in their organization. In this branch your Committee have derived great encouragement, from the general good conduct of the Teachers, 'and the satisfactory manner in which they have discharged their duties.

The Reports from various parts of the kingdom are highly satisfactory. They uniformly bear testimony to the moral effects produced by education on the youthful mind.

Improvement of the Madagascar Youths. At the last General Meeting, it was stated that there were Eight Mada gascar Youths placed under the care of this Committee by the London Missionary Society, and boarded at the expense of Government. One of them was soon after ordered home, on account: of the impaired state of his health: he died before the vessel was out of sight of land. They have all proved, without

exception, tractable, diligent, and amiable in their conduct. The progress which they made was such, that four of them were considered fit to leave the School, in order to learn the different manufactures for which they were destined by their King, Radama: two of them are gone to Manchester, one to Birming.ham, and one to Waltham Abbey; leaving three still in the Society's .House.

The very great improvement of these Youths is, at once, highly creditable to themselves, and supplies a striking -proof of the facility with which instruction is communicated by the British System, and of its efficiency in bringing into action the powers of the human mind. Two years ago, they knew not a word of English, and were totally ignorant of Christianity. They have now reached the highest class in the School: they have attained a respectable proficiency in reading, writing, and arithmetic; and their ready and suitable answers to the questions proposed to them, at the late Examination, proved that their knowledge of the leading truths of Scripture is clear and correct

Support of Local Schools. Experience has proved, that the most effectual method of supporting Local Schools is the demand, in addition to the aid of the benevolent, of a small weekly sum from each Scholar. And the desire for instruction on the part of the industrious poor is generally so great, that, in most cases, nothing more is needed for the establishment of a School, than the co-operation and activity of a few zealous persons, whose exertions can scarcely fail of being crowned with success. In proof of this, your Committee refer to the state of the Schools in Spicer-street, Hackney, Pimlico, Wilson-street, Richmondstreet, and Lambeth.

Foreign Proceedings. The Committee remarkGladly would the Committee have supplied more extensive aid to their zealous and indefatigable coadjutors in other countries, but the deficiency of their funds has prevented them. Notwithstanding, however, this painful restraint, they have always communicated such advice and information as appeared to them likely to be beneficial; and they are happy in being able to say,

that their feeble endeavours have been crowned with success.

In the next Article of this Number will be given the statements of the Report in regard to the Continent: other foreign notices will be reserved for the Survey.

Conclusion.

Your Committee trust, that the sketch now given will be sufficient to convince their friends, that the cause of Scriptural Education is gradually advancing, and increasingly successful. And, when they recollect how much limited means, they cannot refrain good has been effected by their very from offering a tribute of acknowledgment to Him, by whose allwise disposal the weak things of the world confound the things which are mighty, dently vouchsafed to this Institution. and whose blessingh as been eviStill they would remind the supPorters of the Society, and the public at large, that the work in which they are engaged is, as yet, only begun. A large part of the earth is still, in a spiritual sense, barren and waste. Here and there a few fruitful spots appear, whose verdure and beauty attest the advantages of moral cultivation; but, in order that the other parts of the desert may become as the garden of the Lord, the benevolent energies of the Christian World must be called into action. In this great and good work, each of us may do something. Young persons who have enjoyed the benefits of religious instruction-parents, who know the importance of imbuing the youthful mind with heavenly knowledge-and Christians of all classes, who confess that the Scripture is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, and instruction in righteousness, are called upon to labour in this department of enterprise; and, in this, they will surely be aided by all who are anxious for the well-being of civil society, who must be convinced that the best means of preserving social happiness and peace will be the diffusion of the truths of Holy Writ. The early and sedulous communication of these truths to the tender minds of the young will, doubtless, prove happily effectual, in preventing the spread of those pernicious principles, of which the fruits are crime, anarchy, and violence.

The astonishing efforts which have been made of late years for the extension of Christianity, and the success which has attended those efforts, may serve to stimulate and encourage. We see, in these latter days, a greater wonder than the philosophers of yore ever anticipated. We see that the world itself is moved: the Book of Truth is the lever by which, through the Divine power and blessing, this mighty achievement is accomplished; and Education may be not unaptly represented as the fulerum, on which that lever rests. The time is come that prophecy predicted-Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased. To labour in this cause, and thus to be instrumental in accomplishing the gracious plans of Heaven, is the highest honour which man can reach: of this honour, let us be ambitious: let us resolve to consecrate to the Most High the talents, energies, and opportunities with which we are intrusted: and let us determine never to be at peace with ignorance and sin; but to carry on this holy and honourable war, till the enemy is driven from the field of battle, and it shall be no longer necessary that every man should teach his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord, because ALL shall know Him from the least even unto the greatest.

Continent.

EDUCATION SOCIETIES.

State and Progress of Education. THE following details are collected from the Eighteenth Report of the British and Foreign School Society.

FRANCE.

The Report of the last General Meeting of the Society for Elementary Instruction at Paris has not yet reached your Committee; on which account they are unable to furnish exact particulars of the present number of Schools in France. They state, with much regret, that the communications which they have received during the past year are of a discouraging tendency. The aid, hitherto granted by the Government, has not been regularly supplied; and this cause, together with the efforts of individuals hostile to the dif. fusion of knowledge, has contributed to weaken the hands and depress the

spirits, of the promoters of education. Several Schools have been discontinued. As, however, some New Schools have been opened, your Committee hope that this will prove to be only a temporary check; and that the ardour and benevolence of enlightened men will find means of supplying the deficiency now felt. At the same time, they cannot help expressing their conviction (should these difficulties unhappily continue) of the impolicy, on the part of the Government of France, of withdrawing support from an Institution, the object of whose labours is to disseminate those principles, which teach righteousness to rulers and obedience to subjects, and which furnish the only security for the maintenance of peace and social union.

It is gratifying to be able to state, that, though opposition has been thus encountered, much good has resulted from the exertions of our friends in France. The Schools in Paris continue to maintain their high character. Adult Schools are established in various parts, and with great success. The Protestant Schools in Bourdeaux and the South of France are, generally, in a flourishing state. Education is much needed among the poor of the Protestant Persuasion; but the pecuniary resources of that community are not adequate to their wants.

Your Committee also learn with pleasure, that great numbers of copies of the New Testament have been distributed among the Schools, in the past year, by the Paris Committee.

SWITZERLAND.

The Treasurer, in a late visit to Geneva, found the Schools upon our system in a flourishing state. Beside the Original School for 230 Boys, and the School Committee of Ladies, a new stone buildfor Girls superintended by an active ing has been erected for a School of 320 Boys, at an expense of 2000l. which was opened towards the close of the last year.

NETHERLANDS.

There is reason to believe that the Schools in the Netherlands are prospering. During the past year, several Masters have been trained in the Model School at Brussels, who are now occupying important stations in various parts of the country.

DENMARK.

Mr. Abrahamson, an active pro