for several years, in his solitary, but most interesting labors in translating, into the language of more than three hundred millions of the benighted descendants of Adam, the Scriptures of Truth. Mr. Morrison, whose acquaintance with the Chinese language has, perhaps, seldom been exceeded by any European, has completed his Grammar of the Chinese Language, which he has presented to Lord Minto, Governor General of Bengal; he has printed his translation of the Gospel of Luke, a single copy of which he has sent to the Directors, whose gratitude to the British and Foreign Bible Society, for their second generous donation to Mr. Morrison, in aid of his Chinese version of the Scriptures, induced them immediately to present that copy to the Committee, that they might deposit in their Biblical Library a book of so much interest, and to the production of which they had so liberally contributed. The Directors have also presented to the Committee the only printed copy transmitted from Vizagapatam, of the Gospel of Mark in the Telinga language, translated by our Missionaries. And the Directors feel a pleasure in again acknowledging with unfeigned respect and affection their obligations to that excelJent Society, in whose growing greatness and usefulnes they exceedingly rejoice, for the readiness with which, on every application, they have furnished Bibles for their Missionary stations in different parts of the world. Mr. Morrison has transmitted to us the copy of an Edict, which was issued by the emperor of * China, whereby printing religious books and establishing preachers are made capital of fences. The Roman Catholic Missionaries at Pekin have been silenced, and some of them imprisoned, till they can be transported to Europe. Mr. Morrison however proceeds in his work undismayed, but with all necessary caution and prudence. He has formed a catechism in the Chinese language, and also a tract on the Way of Salvation. "I must," he says, “go forward, trusting in the Lord. We will scrupulously obey Governments, as far as their decrees do not oppose what is required by the Almighty; I will be careful not to invite the notice of Government. I am, though sensible of my weakness, not discouraged, but thankful that my own most sanguine hopes have been more than realized. In the midst of discouragement, the practicability of acquiring the language, in no very great length of time, of translating the Scriptures, and of having them printed in China, has been demonstrated. I am grateful to the Divine Being, for having employed me in this good work, and should I die soon, it will afford me pleasure in my last moments.”- "When I am dead, God may raise up some Chinese who will republish these, and thereby proclaim to the millions of his countrymen the Unity of God, the redemption that is in Christ, with all its preceding and consequent doc trines, and these may lead to the eternal life of many. Little as has been done, I did not expect, * See a copy of this edict in No. XXIV. of the Miss, Trans. four years ago, that by this time so much would have been effected; if the labor had been a million times more, I should not have regretted it." The Directors hope that notwithstanding the imperial edict, (which, there is reason to think, will not be severely acted upon, especially in the provinces) many copies of the translation will, by means of merchants and sailors who frequent Prince of Wales' Island, Java, and other adjacent countries, find their way into the heart of the empire, and that God will bless his own word to the salvation of many, and possibly the very prohibition may excite in the people a greater curiosity to obtain and peruse it. Mr. Morrison, having frequently complained of being left to serve alone in this great | work, and fearing that in case of his death it might be for a long time suspended, the Directors have sent forth Mr. Milne, by the way of the Cape, who they hope will prove an acceptable fellow laborer. The Directors have also, according to Mr. Morrison's earnest recommendation, determined on commencing a Mission to the populous island of Java, in which it is said there are thirty millions of inhabitants, including two hundred thousand Chinese, among whom the Scriptures may be freely distributed. It ought not to be forgotten, that the zeal of our worthy brother has also been manifested by promoting a promoting a mong the European residents at Canton a subscription towards the Auxiliary Bible Society at Calcutta, to the treasurer of which he has transmitted two hundred and eighty-five dollars. WEST INDIES. Tobago. It was the intention of the Directors, as intimated in the last Report, to remove Mr. Elliot to New Carlisle, but they have yielded to his wishes to continue a longer time at Tobago. The chapel erected here, which will seat about two hundred persons, was opened in May last, and a tolerable number of persons, both white and black, attended. Mr. Elliot hopes that his labors are not altogether fruitless; the morals of many of the negroes are improved; and one of the managers informis him that he frequently hears them reproving each other for sin; a few also seem to be truly concerned for the salvation of their souls. A serious gentleman from England who visited the island, and observed Mr. Elliot's labors, has given the Birectors a more favorable report of the Mission than they had before received. There seems also to be a prospect of reducing the expense of the Mission, by the contributions of some of the planters. Trinidad.-At Trinidad Mr. Adam continues to preach to the white and colored people, and to the slaves, in the chapel which he has erected at the town called Port of Spain, as well as in other parts of the island; laboring not only on the Lord's days, but at frequent meetings held in the week, for the purpose of catechising the negroes. We believe that Mr. Adam labors both faithfully and usefully, but through the failure of business, the want of intercourse with A- | year. This Mission, in conse merica, and the extravagant quence of the distressed state of price of provisions, the expense the colony, has become this year of this Mission is extremely far more expensive than before. great. Mr. Davis has finished and opened a large chapel at George Town (formerly called Stae brook) which is attended by a very considerable number of peo posed that about 1000 negroes attend. The inhabitants of the town contributed more than 600l towards the building, and about 60l. was subscribed by the poor negroes, who gave half a bit (or two-pence halfpenny) each. But the debt still remaining on the place is very large. An Auxil iary Missionary Society, including people of color and slaves, has recently been formed at George Town, whose subscriptions amount to 80l. Demarara.-Mr. Wray still labors at Resouvenir, in the colony of Deinarara. Soon after his return from England, a proclamnation was issued by his Ex-ple of different colors. It is supcellency Governor Carmichael, agreeable to the directions issued by the Government at home, by which the liberty of the negroes to attend the instruction of the Missionaries was considerably enJarged. The preamble to this proclamation stated, that the Governor had received instructions from the Prince Regent to recal a former (restrictive) proclamation," and to give every aid to Missionaries in the instruction of religion." This public measure was. accompanied Berbice-A new, and, we trust, with the most friendly assurances a wide door of usefulness appears of the Governor to the Mission- to be opening in the adjoining aries of his support, as he consid- colony of Berbice. distant from ered their exertions to be highly Demarará about seventy miles. useful to the community. His Several estates in this colony Excellency was also pleased to belong to the British Crown, and make a handsome present to- are now under the direction of wards the support of the Mission. Commissioners who are disposed He also desired them to under- to encourage the instruction of take the instruction of the sol- the slaves. These gentlemen, diers' children, for which a small who are well acquainted with salary is to be allowed. The the valuable services of Mr. good effect of this magisterial Wray, have made a proposal to encouragement soon became ap- him to remove to Berbice, and parent in the attendance of the undertake, with the consent of slaves, six or seven hundred of the Directors, the religious care whom attend Mr. Wray's minis- of the negroes, who are very nutry, and some of them from a merous. To this proposal, the considerable distance: from thir- Directors. unwilling as they are ty to fifty slaves attend thrice a to relinquish the services of Mr. week to learn to read, and many Wray, have consented, in hopes more who live at a distance of his more extensive usefulness, teach each other. Several have | and in expectation that his place been baptized and admitted to at Demarara will be well supplithe Lord's Supper during the last' ed, of which they have some pros | pect, three Missionaries who hadden, of such articles as they are been educated at Bertin and Rot- supposed to need. terdam having been sent over to England, by the Dutch Society, in consequence of their own inability to employ them. One of these Missionaries is at present intended for Java, and two oth- | ers for Demarara and Berbice. The whole expense of the Mission at Berbice will be defrayed by the Commissioners. Canada. Mr. Smart, who left England in June, 1811, is now at Elizabeth Town, in Upper Canada, where he found the state of things rather unpromis ing; but he has had the satisfaction of seeing the congregation much increased, from about sixty to two or three hundred, and their attention to the word Otahcite. From the Mission- greatly improved. He has reaaries who returned to Otaheite son to hope that his labors have from New South Wales in May been useful to the souls of his or June, 1811, at the earnest hearers. "Their attention," he request of the King of the island, says, " to the preached gospel, the Directors have not yet re- for the last six or nine months, ceived any letter; nor have they is such as I never witnessed in been favored with any informa- England; their anxiety for my tion concerning them from the comfortable and permanent setRev. Mr. Marsden at Port Jack-tlement was also very great." son, since his letter of Septem- This pleasing prospect, however, ber 21, 1811. The last inform-is for the present beclouded by ation is from Mr. Davies, who the breaking out of the war behad embarked for Otaheite, da- tween America and Britain, and ted Paramatta, Oct. 14, 1811, in unhappily Mr. Smart's station is which he fully states the reasons at the very seat of it. Battles which determined him and sev-have been fought in the immeeral more of the Missionaries to resume the undertaking, their willingness to encounter any difficulties which might occur, and their cheerful expectation of ultimate success. Mr. and Mrs. Davies have probably followed their companions to Otaheite. The Directors have been longer he has been preserved, and he anxious to hear of their safe ar- entreats the prayers of the Socierival and agreeable reception at ty. His preaching circuit is conthe island; but so difficult is it siderable, extending fifty miles to maintain a communication in length, and twenty-five in with this distant part of the breadth; but his strength has earth, that they and the Society been proportioned to his labors. nust still exercise their patience. The Directors, however, have repeatedly written to the Missionaries, and have also sent out supplies, to the care of Mr. Mars diate vicinity, and a ball from an American fort at Oswegatche passed between the neck of his horse and his own body, as he was returning from preaching in the neighborhood. When he wrote last it was within sound of the cannon; hitherto howev Mr. Cox, who was intended for St. Mary's Falls, received so discouraging an account of that place that he thought it his du ty not to proceed to it until he heard from the Directors; who, where he might have an opportu nity to learn the Italian language and to perfect himself in modera Greek, as well as to obtain the best information concerning the place to which he might afterwards direct his course. Mr. Blomfield applies himself diligently to the modern Greek, and has made progress in writing He is anxious on the consideration of the sub- to pursue the principal object of his Mission, and has had pressing invitations to the island of Zante. In the mean time he preaches to a number of Englishmen resident at Valetta, and it is believed with spiritual advantage to many. He is also active in distributing copies of the Scriptures, of Dr. Doddridge's Rise and Progress in Italian, and religious Tracts, some of which are sent to Sicily, &c. He was informed that a gentleman who visited Morea, left two Greek Testaments at a convent, with which the inhabitants were so delighted, that they rang the bells for joy, and performed some extraordinary religious ceremony. Malta appears, from its commercial and local circumstances, to be an important Missionary station, and if Mr. Blomfield proceeds to the continent or to the Greek islands, it seems desirable that he should be succeeded by an able and active minister of the gospel, who may have The Directors have not yet opportunity to render essential been able to send a minister to services to the cause of true reNew Carlisle, though the peo-ligion in all the countries borderple in that country are very de-ing on the Mediterranean. sirous of hearing the word. The Directors, yielding to the solicitations of some pious friends deeply interested in the religious welfare of Newfoundland, have consented to send Mr. Hyde, who was for a short time at Gosport, to St. John's, at present destitute of a minister, where he is to preach for a year or two, till the people are provided with a settled pastor; and then to labor in other parts of the island, where the gospel is most needed, and to which the providence of God may appear to direct. Malta. Mr. Blomfield, who was sent out in 1811, to promote the knowledge of the gospel among the Greeks, was directed to reside for a time at Malta, Seminary. The present num ber of the students at Gosport is nine. Five of these, Mr. Skinner, Mr. Dawson, Mr. Kempton, Mr. Thompson, and Mr. Fyvie are regular students. Mr. Le |