E. N. E. Colombo. 47, N. lat. 7° 18'. E. long. 80° ceived the thanks of the govern ment for the exemplary attention which he had paid to the Europeans. Mr. B., however, continued his efforts at this station,-conducting Cingalese services, visiting the gaol, in which from 60 to 70 pri soners were confined, and actively A school-house was opened with divine service, on the 19th of Jan. 1826: besides Sunday services, Mr. The directors of the C. M. S. having determined on sending four clergymen to Ceylon, the Rev. Mr. Lambrick was appointed to Kandy. In a letter dated Oct. 27, 1818, he says, "I have had full employment for the exercise of my mi-superintending 5 schools. nistry among the numbers of our countrymen here, both civil and military, and especially in the crowded hospitals; but hitherto IB. has a Cingalese service on Wedhave been precluded from any public missionary exertions. The town, indeed, has been almost deserted by the native inhabitants ever since the rebellion broke out; but we have the greatest encouragement to hope that God is about to restore the blessings of peace, and with it the people will return. I cannot, at present, be permitted to preach to the natives; but I have obtained authority to open schools, and have engaged two of the priests to be the masters of them, as they have promised to conform to my directions. A few days ago, the Governor, in the prospect of the rebellion being speedily terminated, proposed returning to Colombo, and desired that I might be asked whether I would remain here after he had left. And, on my signi- | fying my assent, his Excellency conferred upon me the appointment of assistant chaplain to the forces in Kandy; which, as long as I retain it, will save the society my personal expenses." In this situation, Mr. L. had continual calls of duty among his countrymen, and the best opportunities of studying Cingalese in its purity. He also established a large school on the national system. The Rev. Mr. Browning joined him in 1820; and on the arrival of an additional chaplain, Mr. L. retired from the office he had held to Cotta, on which occasion he re nesday evenings, and one in Por tuguese on Thursday evenings. The attendance at public worship had previously been small; many of the scholars were kept away by their parents; few adult heathen could be prevailed on to attend; and of the prisoners, though some listen to the word, others are indifferent and callous; but he continues to avail himself of various opportu nities to make known the Gospel. Sickness having again disabled the chaplain, it devolved on Mr. Browning, early in the year 1820, to take such part of his duty as could be done without material in jury to his own. At the annual meeting in Sep. tember, Mr. Browning reported that the service in Cingalese was somewhat better attended than it had been a few months before, and particularly by the females; and that there were 5 schools, with an average attendance of 105 scholars. It is gratifying to learn, that the sons of the Kandian chiefs, who attend to learn English, have lately, of their own accord, come forward to purchase the Cingalese and English New Testament, to read and compare at home. KARASS, a large village in Asiatic Russia, situated near the source of the River Cuban, at the northern foot of Mount Caucasus, between the Black and Caspian Seas, and a short distance from Georghiersk. seeketh after God. The missionaries have, however, lately con templated the trial of a school among these people." Of Madchar, a second German congregation of which Mr. L. has the care, he writes:-" With feelings of great delight do I turn to my dear congregation with sure hope The Rev. Messrs. Jack, Patter- station at Karass, which is inson, and Galloway, from the Scot-creasing; and, in consequence, Mr. tish M. S., commenced exertions Fletnitzer was removed from the here in 1802, with a view to intro- neighbourhood of Odessa, to assist duce the Gospel among the Tartars. Mr. Lang. The latter has laThough for some time they had boured with success in the German many difficulties, and discourage- congregations committed to him, ments to encounter; yet they ex- and has itinerated with Mr. Galperienced evident tokens of the loway among the Tartar tribes. divine favour and protection, and Speaking of these visits, he says:great good has resulted from their "In general, the more sensible persevering efforts. Soon after they among them acknowledged, that, had established themselves at Ka- on our side, there is more truth rass, the Russian government, in than on theirs; but also among consequence of an urgent solicita- them it is said, What is truth? tion, gave a grant of land, of more Their indifference toward every than 14,000 acres, for the benefit serious thought is almost unbearof the mission, with certain immu- able. There is not one that, unnities flattering to its future pros-derstandeth: there is none that pects. Native youths, slaves to the Circassians and Cuban Tartars, were early redeemed by the missionaries, and placed in schools, where they received instruction in the Turkish and English languages, and were taught the useful arts and the principles of Christianity. Among those who early embraced the Gospel, was the Sultan, Kata-I am waiting for the day of their gerry, who has rendered essential salvation. At my last visit to this aid to the mission, and advocated people, I examined more partiits cause in the metropolis of En- cularly into their real state; and gland. In 1805, a reinforcement oh, how delightful was it to my of missionaries, with a printing- soul, to find many a precious plant press, was sent to this place. The in this garden of our God-in this New Testament, which had been otherwise barren field! What feeltranslated into the Turkish lan- ings of adoration and thanksgiving guage by the assiduous labours of filled my breast, when I heard, Mr. Bainton, together with some during divine service, the sacrifices tracts written by him against Ma- of prayer and praise rise with deep hommedanism, were immediately veneration to God Almighty, from printed, and circulated among the this newly awakened people! How people. Some, perceiving the great lovely sounded the voice of the superiority of Christianity, little children! And how many a nounced their former superstitions, heart exclaimed, O Lord hear us! to embrace it; while the confidence O Lord have mercy upon us! The of others in the truth of their sys-zeal among the school-children is tem was greatly shaken, among whom were some effendis, or doctors. One priest is said to have exchanged his Koran for the New Testament. re The German M. S. has also a very great. The spelling-book sent from Bâsle is already committed to memory; and it is with difficulty the parents can keep the children from school. The Lord'sday is kept holy; dedicated to the Painful circumstances arrested his labours, and Mr. Renner was in consequence appointed to the sta tion. The sum of 21. 13s. 11d. was contributed by a missionary as sociation, formed here in September, 1820, in the first 4 months. A singular circumstance occurred on this occasion, in the opposition of an African, which, however, he soon withdrew: his country peo ple, he said, had sold him for a slave; he had no wish, therefore, to do them any good, who had done him so much injury; but he relented, after a suitable admonition, and became a subscriber to its funds. Mr. Renner being removed by death, Mr. Beckley was ap pointed his successor, while Mr. Renner was left in charge of the females. exclusive worship of God our Saviour, and to the building up in our holy faith and religion. The defaults of a few members of the congregation were noticed by the Elders of the chapel; and reproved in Christian love, according to the Gospel. The flourishing state of this church is the more interesting, as it is surrounded with numerous tribes of Tartars, to whom their Christian conversation, by the grace of God, may become a light to guide their feet into the way of peace." KAUNAUMEEK, formerly an Indian settlement between Stockbridge, Massachusetts, and Albany, New York. Here the Rev. David Brainerd commenced his missionary labours among the Indians, April 1, 1743, under the patronage of the C. K. S. in Scotland; and laboured a year, when he persuaded the Indians to remove to Stockbridge, and attend on the ministry of the Rev. Mr. Sergeant. Mr. Brainerd was ordained as a missionary at Newark, New Jersey, June 12, 1744; and on the 22nd of the same month entered on his labours at Sakhauwotung, within the Forks of the Delaware. He visited, for the first time, the Indians on the Susquehannah, and commenced his labours at a place called Opeholhaupung, Oct. 5, 1744; whence he removed June 19, 1.745, to Cross-this time Mr. Beckley remarks:weeks. The official return of scholars, in January, 1821, was 35 women and 58 men and boys. A large stone building, the floor of which was to be appropriated to divine worship, was finished; the liberated negroes were making progress, and cultivation was extending. The average number of adult scholars, through the year 1824, was between 89 and 90. Both the boys' and men's schools continued to improve under the care of a native youth from the Christian Institution. At KENT, a town of Africans, in the parish of St. Edward, at Cape Shilling, about 40 m. S. Freetown, Sierra Leone, W. Africa. Population, in 1823, 418, of whom 318 were liberated slaves. "With much sorrow I state, that this settlement has received injury in spiritual things, on account of my frequent absence from it. The church is by no means so well at tended as before, though, at the same time, I have great reason for thankfulnesss. It has pleased God to continue his grace in the upholding of such as profess to love him. In outward things, such as building and cultivation, the settlement has prospered. A wall has been completed, enclosing the superintendent's house, with boys' and girls' school houses in-the This station was commenced by the C. M. S, in 1819. About 200 people were placed under the care of Mr. Randle, who was brought to a serious concern for his own salvation under the ministry of Mr. Johnson at Regent's Town. He had at this time an evening school of nearly 70 boys and adults. to si G. for b and estin " &str Made 1030 ed Ba from KEN respective wings, containing 10,200 feet of mason work, and the boys' school is so far finished, as for them to be able to live and keep school in it. The quantity of cassada purchased by government during the last two quarters, has been 3620 bushels; which, contrasted with the state in which the settlement was when I first came, gives me much satisfaction: a bushel of cassada, not quite 3 years since, was not to be found throughout all Cape Shilling." The number of communicants was 13. The Rev. Mr. Gerber at present labours at this place. Besides the Sunday services, he has others on Wednesday and Friday evenings. The average attendance is, at the former about 120, and at the latter about 15. At Midsummer, 1826, there were 10 communicants, but at Michaelmas he had felt it his duty to exclude 3. The heavy rains which had fallen between Midsummer and Michaelmas, and frequent indisposition, had prevented him from regularly visiting the neighbouring stations. At Michaelmas there were in the school 146 boys and 95 girls. "The increased average number," says Mr. G." inclusive of children, is, on Sundays from 369 to 419, and on week-days, from 229 to 239. Our present place of worship has become too small to contain so large a number, so that many have to sit outside in the piazza." Mr. G. had also 30 persons preparing for baptism and the Lord's supper, and mentions the following interesting case of one of them : "A woman at Housa, who was a strict worshipper of two idols made of wood, in the figure of a man and woman, whom she called Bacumbagee, and to whom she from time to time sacrificed a fowl; when convinced by the Spirit of God that she was thus ignorantly worshipping the devil, cut her KHA idols to pieces and threw them away, and is now worshipping God in spirit and truth," Two days after Mr. G. 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. The commissioners, on seeing the state of the schools, advised Mr. G. 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. G. 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. KHAMIESBERG, a station of the L. M. S., on the Khamies Mountain, Little Namaqualand, S. Africa, S. Orange R., and near Cape Colony. As early as 1809, Mr. John Sydenfaden made an attempt to establish a mission among the Namaqua Hottentots, and soon succeeded in gaining 4 or 500 followers; among whom many seemed to serve the Lord in sincerity. Owing to numerous ments, however, his stay was short. embarrass At this place, and in its neighbourhood, two Wesleyan missionaries are employed. A large part of the tribe of the Little Namaqua Hottentots have been reduced from migrating habits to the Lord's day, there is a congregation of 300 or more assembled; but hear or hearts to understand. However, seeing so many precious souls assembled before me, I am often refreshed in speaking to them, and encouraged to continue in the dejected because I see no fruit, as others do. 'cultivation of the ground, to the practice of useful arts, and, above all, have wholly renounced super-none, as yet, seem to have ears to stition and idolatry. Buildings, fields, and gardens, have taken the place of the former Hottentot kraal, and the chapel and the school are regularly attended by the christianized adults and their chil-work; though sometimes much dren. From almost the first commencement of the mission, the most satisfactory instances of true conversion have taken place, and they still occur. One converted Hottentot family alone has furnished three native teachers, of decided piety and suitable knowledge of the truth, and others have acquired such a maturity of religious experience as to be useful to their fellows. KILKENNY, capital of a county of Ireland of the same name, where the W. M. S. has placed one of its labourers. KILLALOE, a town in Ireland, in Clare county, where the W. M. S. has a missionary. KISSEY, a town of liberated Africans, the parish of St. Patrick, Sierra Leone colony, W. Africa, about 3 m. E. Freetown, on the Sierra R. Inhabitants in this town and its vicinity 1500. "The school is carried on by Stephen Caulker and another lad from Rio Pongas. We have also an evening and a Sunday school and if I could spare a little time, I would introduce a Bullom school here; as there are about 50 Bullom and Sherbro children, who understand one another, and converse in their tongue. "Here are about 500 people, young and old, on rations from government; and, of course, under my immediate care. About 450 more live in scattered huts, near Kissey, and the Timmanees and Bulloms are in our neighbourhood; so that if a missionary were not so confined by the care and management of the affairs of the settlement, he might make himself useful in visiting all the places the vicinity. I have introduced a weekly prayer meeting, on Wednesday evenings: about a dozen adults attend." In 1822, the number of inhabitants being greatly increased, Mr. N. says "Divine service is at tended on Sundays by 600 people and upward; and about 400 attend morning and evening prayers on week days. About 50 mechanics The C. M. S. commenced its benevolent efforts here in 1816. By an official return of April 1, 1817, it appears that the Rev. C. T. Wenzel had the charge, at that time, of 404 negroes, of whom 74 | males and 77 females attended school. On Mr. W.'s death, soon after, the Rev. G. R. Nylander, from the Bullom shore, and Stephen Caulker, a native usher, pro-attend evening school: 100 boys ceeded to this station. In 1819, Mr. N. gives the following account of his situation and labours:"I have family prayers, morning and evening, with about 200 adults and children; and, through the day, my time is taken up with the affairs of the settlement. On the and 100 girls are at the day In March, 1826, Mr. Metzger |