Canada. The synod in Canada now consists of fifty ordained ministers, divided into eight presbyteries. Several of the ministers have to supply two or more congregations. The synod has eight preachers and twenty-six reported vacancies. Canada, especially the western province, presents a wide and an important field for missionary labor; and the demands for the supply of sermons are numerous. Jamaica. during the year; and the latter, which has Old Calabar. This mission in the Bight of Biafra has four ordained European missionaries, several white teachers, and a number of colored assistants. Fifteen native converts, thirteen young men and two young women, have during the year been admitted into the church. There are now twenty native converts, sixteen males and four females. Several of these are persons of standing and influence; two in Creek Town are the sons of King Eyo; and of those in Duke Town, one is the son of Antika Cobham, a second is the grandson of the late Duke Ephraim, and the third a son of the late King Eyamba. It is highly probable that, if these young men are preserved in the path of duty, and are enabled to carry out their profession, they will exercise a beneficial influence upon the respective towns. stated by Mr. Waddell that there are fifteen young persons on the list of candidates at Creek Town, and by Mr. Anderson that there are eight at Duke Town, or altogether twenty-three seeking admission to the church. It is This mission consists of twenty-four congregations, divided into four presbyteries, which form the United Presbyterian Synod of Jamaica. There are four thousand members, with an average attendance on public worship of upwards of eight thousand persons; 179 have been admitted for the first time, and there are 496 candidates for membership. There are one hundred and twenty-one prayer meetings, with an attendance of 1,662; on the Sabbath there are ninety-five adult classes, with 1,905 in attendance, and one hundred and seventynine classes for children and young persons, with 2,301 scholars, taught by 259 teachers. The ministers have thirty-four week-day classes, attended by 1,078. It appears also that the congregations have raised for all purposes the sum of £2,761, which is an average for each member of 13s. 9d. There is one congregation, to which it is proper to allude by name, the congregation formed in the Grand Cayman, an island one hundred and sixty miles west of Jamaica. That island, which contains a population of about two thousand, was entirely destitute of the It appears that a considerable number of gospel, or any means of religious instruc-persons, natives of Calabar, have lately retion, when the Rev. James Elmslie went to turned from Sierra Leone. These persons it in 1846. "A great reformation in the were sold from the country in the time of character and habits of the people has taken the foreign slave trade, captured by British place. All the magistrates in the island, cruisers, and taken to Sierra Leone, where with two exceptions, are members, and four they have been instructed in the truths of of them are elders in the churches. The Christianity. Now that the slave trade has total membership of the churches is 274, been suppressed, and that they have heard all of whom have been admitted by Mr. that a mission has been set up in their Elmslie, and most of whom have been country, they are finding their way back to brought to the knowledge of the truth as the land of their birth. it is in Jesus, during the period of his ministry. There are forty-seven day schools in connection with the mission, with 3,305 scholars on the roll, and an average attendance of 2,005. The sum of £473 8s. 11d. has been raised for school fees. The academy at Montego Bay was, during the first session ending in June, attended by sixty-three public scholars, and by fifteen missionary students; and during the second session, ending in December, it was attended by seventy-two public scholars, and fourteen missionary students. Trinidad. There are two congregations in Trinidad, Port-of-Spain and Arouca, both of which are yet small. The former, which has eighty-four members, had four admissions But there is evidently a degree of local opposition to the work of the Lord. The elder chiefs are not pleased that the young should seem to act on their own judgment, and join the church. There is much need of grace on the part of these converts. They are exposed to many trials and dangers. Let fervent prayer be offered in their behalf. Several hundreds, both in Creek Town and in Duke Town, have the gospel preached to them every Sabbath, as well as from house to house during the week. Upwards of one hundred and fifty young persons, of both sexes, are attending the day-schools. Various portions of the Scriptures, in the native language, are in circulation, which many educated in the schools can read. Mr. Anderson has translated into Efik, during the year, the Shorter Catechism and the Acts of the Apostles. Caffraria. Rev. J. F. Cumming has been usefully employed in preaching to the people in the vicinity of Glenthorn, Cape Colony, where there is said to be a very large native population.' The Committee have granted authority to Mr. Cumming for beginning a mission in the tribe of Tyopo, in Tembu- | Italian female school in the same place is in "its land, should circumstances still seem to be wonted high state of efficiency." favorable for doing so. Various considerations sustain this measure. The tribe numbers six thousand, and they are without a a missionary. They ask a teacher. Mr. Cumming was with them before, and it would need urgent reasons to warrant a refusal. Australia. During the winter we have sent out to Melbourne, Port Philip, the Revs. A. D. Kininmont, James Ballantyne, and Hugh Darling; and to Adelaide, South Australia, the Rev. Peter Mercer. Continental Churches. We have given £500 to the Union of Evangelical Churches in France; £250 to the Evangelical Society of Geneva for the Saintonge mission in Western France; and £150 to the Belgian Missionary Church. FREE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND'S MISSIONS. THE Free Church of Scotland has a "scheme" for the conversion of the Jews, and also one for the conversion of the heathen. The committees upon these schemes are accustomed to present their annual reports to the General Assembly. During the recent meeting of this body at Edinburgh, the Jewish Committee submitted a report on the 25th of May, and the foreign Committee presented theirs on the 1st of June. Jewish Missions. The finances of this scheme, in one respect, are in a favorable position, there being a balance of £1,600 in the hands of the Committee. Still there has been no actual increase of the receipts within the year, though the payments have exceeded the income by more than £500; and in the first years after the "disruption," the amount collected was £1,000 greater than it now is. The mission at Amsterdam is among a Jewish population of twenty-six thousand; but "they are nearly all shut up in old rabbinical Judaism,” and great efforts are made to prevent a renunciation of the faith of their fathers. There is preaching in the Dutch language, which is largely attended; and the experiment is most hopeful. Foreign Missions. The Committee on this scheme began the year with a balance of £1,831 for the General Fund, and £5,347 for mission buildings. The contribu tions to the General Fund have since amounted to £12,390; and £11,563 have been received for mission buildings. Including dividends and interest, the income of the scheme for the year is reported as being £31,233. are " Passing to the missions, the Committee say that the prospects of the brethren in Caffraria brightening." At Lovedale forty-four adults were baptized during 1854; and there were many candidates for this ordinance January 1, 1855. The number of communicants was 184. In the schools there were 320 pupils. At Pine, six adults have been baptized, the whole number of church members being thirty. There are also a few candidates for Christian fellow. ship. The schools have sixty-five pupils. The attendance upon public worship at Macfarlan bas varied from 50 to 125; but the school has been quite small. Two persons have received baptism. Burnshill has been restored to the missionaries; and the Governor, Sir George Grey, contemplates introducing a system of education into that neighborhood. The operations of this scheme at Bombay have been conducted "with much energy," and "not a little success." At the last examination, the number of pupils was 1,302. "The appliances of preaching, tract distributing, and other agen. cies, have been largely and zealously employed." In speaking of the missions, the Committee Twelve native adults have been baptized, also say that the school at Pesth is a "marvel," by five children of different ages. About one hunreason of the number of its pupils and the diffi-dred native Christians, of all ages, are under the culties over which it triumphs. Though the mis- care of the mission. At Puna "the work of sionaries have been expelled by the Austrian preaching has been carried on with much earnestgovernment, this little nursery continues to pros-ness; private lectures and classes have also been per. "One cannot help feeling with Dr. Craig of Hamburg, who visited it last winter, that the fiery chariots and horses which the prophet saw around his master, are still hovering around the work." The labors of our Scotch brethren in Constantinople have received a temporary check from the war, a large number of the Jews having turned aside from their usual occupations, that they may secure more lucrative employments. The German school at Galata, however, appears to be more prosperous than ever; while the held; schools have been in active operation; and influences of a varied order brought to bear upon the heathen mind." Four adults have received baptism, and the number of church members of all ages is 53, and the whole number of scholars is 766. No special results are reported from Satara and Surat. The work has been pressed forward at Nagpore with zeal. At the last examination, five hundred pupils were present. The average attendance at the Calcutta Institution is between 1,100 and 1,200. All the appliances for which this central institution is famous, EVANGELICAL MIS SIONS. have been in full operation; and the success has | PARIS SOCIETY OF Madras has four "branch stations." The whole CHURCH OF SCOTLAND MISSIONS. THIS Society held its thirty-first anniversary at Paris on the 19th of April, 1855, the President, Count Jules Delaborde, occupying the chair After an address from the President, in which he announced the intention of the Committee to re-open the seminary for the education of missionaries, Dr. Grandpierre read the annual report. Abstract of the Report. This document dwells, first of all, upon the great importance of the action which the Committee have taken in regard to the seminary. It then passes to the state of the mission in South Africa, and presents an encouraging view of the work in that field. The political agitations," it says, "with which the country of the Bassontos has been so long afflicted, are beginning to subside; and the favorable effects of this change THE Church of Scotland has also its two schemes, one for the Jews, and the other for the heathen, the reports of the conveners being sub-are already seen at several stations which have mitted to the General Assembly from year to year. At the late meeting of this body at Edinburgh, a report was read by Dr. J. Macfarlane on the foreign missions, of which an abstract will now be given. Foreign Missions. been most severely tried heretofore, particularly Thaba-Bossiou, Morija, and Hebron. At all the others also we may report some progress. Bethesda has had three baptisms; Carmel, seven; Wellington, nine;""and Beersheba has not less than twenty-four catechumens preparing for baptism." One native convert has received baptism at Facts are mentioned which show "the excelCalcutta ; and others have professed to be earnest lent moral influence exerted by the gospel upon Inquirers after the right way of the Lord. The the natives." M. Pfrimmer, at present doing Committee had hoped to report large accessions missionary work in Algeria, has recently received to the church of Christ; but they do not doubt ten dollars, the value of an ox which escaped that the mission is "leavening an extensive body from his herd at the time of his departure from of the native youth with the soundest scriptural Fridau. Some Koraunas, having found the aniknowledge, using every appliance, whether mal, have sent him the price, though ten years through the chapel or school, to enlighten the have elapsed, and though he was at the distance darkened understanding, and to impress the har- of thirty-five hundred leagues. dened heart." At Madras, eight natives have The chief Moshesh, a man so remarkable in been admitted to Christian fellowship. This some respects, is stil! without the pale of the event is mentioned with special thankfulness. church; but he continues to manifest Christian Only one missionary is laboring for the Church of sentiments, and he also favors the missionary Scotland at Bombay; but this brother is said to work. The death of Madame Casalis afforded have conducted the operations of this scheme him an opportunity of testifying his profound af"efficiently and prosperously." The number of fection for the laborers employed among his peopersons receiving education is increasing, the ple. "Another chief, who has since died glorinames enrolled having reached nearly five hun-ously in the Crimea, General Cathcart, formerly dred already. The Committee propose to estab- Governor of the Colony of Good Hope, also lish a mission at Lahore at an early day, as they paid a beautiful tribute to the character of the have a fund of £1,500 for evangelizing the French missionaries before his departure from Seiks, the avails of a generous donation from Africa." General and Mrs. Campbell, of Lochnell. Jewish Missions. The report of the Committee on the Jewish scheme has not been received. The operations of the Church of Scotland in this regard are continued, however, as in past years Reports from Cochin are of a more cheering character. There is some encouragement also in Germany. Dr. Grandpierre, in closing, glanced briefly at some of the results of missions, in the hope of quickening the courage and zeal of all those who love this enterprise. He cited the islands of Polynesia, New Zealand, Western Africa, India, China, and then made some reference to the efforts of the great English and American societies, and concluded by maintaining, that, without aspiring to do as much as these powerful associa tions are accomplishing, the duty of the Paris So- | the treasury, therefore, 72,328 fr. on the 15th of ciety of Evangelical Missions is to imitate them April. "This condition of the treasury," it is in doing all that it can. said, "is gratifying; but the duty of fully sustaiaing the work of the society is as urgent as ever." State of the Treasury. The Treasurer, M. Pressensé père, presented the state of the finances. The balance on hand at the beginning of the year was 85,959 fr. The receipts have amounted to 83.242 fr., and the expenditures have been 101,873 fr. There were in Addresses. The reports having been read, several pastors addressed the assembly, among them M. Guiral, of St. Quentin, M. Couderc, of Mas-d' Azil, M. Hocart, of Paris. 31 American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. Recent Entelligence. CHOCTAWS.-From a letter of Mr. Kingsbury, dated June 11, the following extract is taken. April 13, contains the following announcement: "We have lost Láng Afah, who died last evening. He has done a good service for his Master among his countrymen for thirty years past, and has now gone down to his grave with the consciousness that the faith which be professed under Dr. Milne's instruction, was the true one, and worth all the trouble and suffering be has had. For the last few years he has been unmolested, and has increased in unction and urgency in his preaching, although his facilities for becoming well acquainted with all parts of the sacred Scriptures, in his own language, have been very few." You will be pleased to learn that the influences of the Spirit, which were enjoyed by the pupils of this school, and which have been so refreshing the past year, have continued through the present term. On the first Sabbath in May, seven of the older members of the school, with one Choctaw woman, made a public profession of their faith in Christ, and were received as members of the Pine Ridge church. For a considerable time they have Another extract will be given from the same appeared well; but we rejoice with trem-letter: "The city and immediate vicinity of bling. They are inexperienced, and have but Canton have been quiet during the past month; little knowledge. Still they know that they but there are other parts of this prefecture where are sinners; that Jesus Christ came to save sinners; that he is willing to save all who come to him; and they have taken him as their Savior. The influence has been most happy on the whole school. A quiet, subdued, teachable spirit has been generally manifested. We have had no trouble in any department of our labors. SANDWICH ISLANDS.-A letter from Mr. Clark, dated Honolulu. April 2, announces the death of Mrs. Conde, wife of Rev. Daniel T. Conde, at Wailuku. the horrors of piracy and civil war are still exbibited. The troubles in the country have driven thousands to this city; and no small solicitude is felt as to how they are all to be fed, till the rice harvest shall be gathered; for a starving people will soon become turbulent. The imports of bread-stuffs will go but a little way to feed even this city, as its inhabitants daily consume more than eight hundred tons of rice. But the bigh price of grain will induce greater efforts and ventures to bring it from more distant cities and regions; and the sojourners will be obliged to leave. Rice now costs more than four cents a pound; though usually it can be had for two cents or less." ASCENSION ISLAND-Mr and Mrs. Doane arrived at their destination on the 6th of February, accompanied by Kamakahiki and his wife. It was no doubt a sad disappointment to them," Dr. Gulick writes, to find our population so reduced, the natives so distant and unfriendly, and our circumstances so straitened from the burning of Mr. Sturges's house; but I hope their spirits are recovering from the first depression." Their final location is undetermined; for the The pestilence has raged most fearfully, and multitudes have fallen before the present they will remain at Rono Kitti. cholera and small-pox. But the members CANTON.-A letter of Mr. Williams, dated of our church have been most wonderfully CEYLON.-Mr. Howland was obliged to leave his station for a time last year on account of ill health. After resuming his labors, he wrote from Batticotta, March 31, as follows: preserved. Of one hundred and ten com- members of the native church, were presmunicants, only five have died of the pre-ent. The sacrament of the Lord's Supper vailing disease. One was a father, and two was administered on the Sabbath, April 8. were mothers, all leaving bereaved children. The services were peculiarly solemn and The remaining three were young men. One impressive. The annual sermon was preached of the latter, C. Mead, an assistant in Dr. on the evening of the same day by Mr. Green's medical department, gave his testi- Eddy, from Zechariah iv. 6. A large nummony for Christ in his dying moments, in ber were in attendance. such a way as to prove his undoubted sin- At the closing session of our meeting, it cerity to the heathen; and his words seem was recommended that the daily concert of to have made an impression even upon prayer, for the several stations of this misthose at a distance. One of those who sion, be continued as in years past, and that died, was the wife of the catechist at Poon-in view of the state of our mission in this gertive. She fell at her post, and was land, and of the great need of the outburied among the heathen on the sea- pouring of God's Spirit upon curselves and shore. Her happiness in view of death upon those whose salvation we seek, the awakened interest and reflection among the heathen around. Her husband seems to be supported and comforted under his great affliction. first Monday of June next be observed as a day of fasting and prayer at all our stations. The two things that we most need, are more laborers to sow the seed of divine truth in the hearts of those who are waiting to receive it, and the blessing of God upon the seed From many that has already been sown. to us for aid; but our number is small; and places and from many hearts the cry comes Itweakened as our mission is by the absence of some, and the indisposition of others, we cannot do what we would. To the churches of America we look for an increase of numerical strength. Shall we ZULUS-Mr. Stone wrote from Ifafa, February 8, stating that the attendance upon the preaching of the Word at his station was not by any means of an encouraging character. would seem," he says, "as though the men of influence have agreed to stay away. I doubt not that this subject has been often discussed in their gatherings, and that they have come to such an understanding." "But we hope that God will soon open a way of access to this people, and subdue their opposition to his truth" look in vain? With the God of the harvest alone do we plead for a blessing upon our labors; and we would go to him with a strong and loving faith, knowing that in that his word is sure, and his promise yea due time we shall reap if we faint not, and and amen forever. SYRIA.-The twentieth annual meeting of the Syria mission was held at Beirût on the 3d of April. Mr. Smith presented such portions of his translation of the Scriptures as he had then completed. The New Testament is finished; and in addition to those parts of the Old Testament which he had previously reported, he states that Jonah, Joel and Amos are ready for the press. Bhamdun is constituted an independent station; and Mr. Benton is to continue in charge of the operations of the mission at that point. Mr. LyAn Armenian priest boasted to his peoons will be connected with the Beirût station for ple, one Sabbath, that none from among them had become Protestants. But not the current year. Three missionaries are called many days afterward, one of the most intelfor, in addition to those who have been designated ligent of his flock openly declared himself to that field, but are still in the United States a Protestant, and left the church. This the The death of Mrs. Foot is appropriately noticed. Armenians felt to be a great reproach to "The fragrance of her humble Christian exam-them. As the expression is in this country, ple," says the annual letter, "will long linger among us; and her memory is blest." MARASHA letter of Mr. Beebee, written at Aiotab on the 8th of May, describes an instance of persecution at Marash, which may well enlist our sympathies. But such things cannot retard the work which God has commenced in that city. The conclusion of the letter which the brethren have sent to the Missionary House, exhibits the spirit in which their annual convocation has been held. It is as follows: Half an hour preceding each day's ses sion was occupied in devotional exercises. Meetings were held for prayer and social Christian converse, which were attended by members of the mission families and others who are accustomed to worship with ns. A meeting was also held at the house of one of the native brethren, at which most of the missionaries, and several of the "their glory had departed, and passed over to the Protestants." Something, therefore, must be done to retrieve their lost honor. Accordingly two or three Armenians lay in wait for their late brother one Sabbath, against his return from meeting; and just as he was entering his own yard, they set upon him. He escaped from them, however, and locked himself up in his own store-room. His wife besought him "with tears to renounce his Protestantism, and say he was mistaken, as they would else certainly kill him. But he maintained his integrity. The assailants forced open two doors of his house, though they failed to find him. In the mean time many, hearing the uproar, hastened to the spot, among |