discharge his duty. The fleet touched at Funchal, and at St. Salvador. Of the latter place he thus speaks. Nov. 12." The coast, was beautiful, with much romantic scenery. The town exactly resembled Funchal, but was rather more cheerful. The objects in the streets were strong negro-men slaves, carrying very heavy casks on a pole, with a sort of unpleasant note-negro-women, carrying fish, fruit, &c.-a few palanquins, which are drawn by two mules, the things exposed to sale were turtles, bananas, oranges, limes, papaws, watermelons, tamarinds, fustich wood. I walked up the hill, in order to get into the country, and observed a man standing by the way side, holding out for the people's salutation a silver embossed piece of plate of a small oval size, and repeating some words about St. Antonio. Some kissed it; others took off their hats; but the man himself seemed to ridicule their folly. They were performing mass in one church: it was not so splendid as that of Madeira: many of the priests were negroes. I soon reached the suburbs, on the outside of which was a battery, which commanded a view of the whole bay, and repeated the hymn, O'er the gloomy hills of darkness.' What happy Missionary shall be sent to bear the name of Christ to these Western regions! When shall this beautiful country be delivered from idolatry and spurious Christianity! Crosses there are in abundance; but when shall the doctrine of the cross be held up! I continued my walk in quest of a wood, or some trees, where I might sit down; but all was appropriated: no tree was to be approached, except through an enclosure. At last I came to a magnificent porch, before a garden gate, which was open. I walked in, but finding the vista led straight to the house, I turned to the right, and found myself in a grove of cocoa-nut trees, orange trees, and several strange fruit trees: under them was nothing but rose trees; but no verdure on the ground: oranges were strewed as apples in an orchard. Perceiving that I was observed by the slaves, I came up to the house, and was directed by them to an old man sitting under a free, apparently insensible from illness. I spoke to him in French, and in English; but he took no notice. Presently a young man and a young lady appeared, to whom I spoke in French, and was very politely desired to sit down at a little table which was standing under a large space before the house, like a verandah. They then brought me oranges, and a small red acid fruit, the name of which I asked, but cannot recollect. The young man sat opposite, conversing about Cambridge: He had been educated in a Portuguese University. Almost immediately, on finding I was of Cambridge, he invited me to come, when I liked, to his house. A slave, after bringing the fruit, was sent to gather three roses for me the master then walked with me round the garden, and shewed me among the rest, the coffee plant: wben I left bim be repeated his invitation. Thus did the Lord give his servant favor in the eyes of Antonio Joseph Corre."-pp. 145-147. From the family to which he was thus introduced, he received many kind attentions, and in conversation with Sennor Antonio, with Franciscan friars, and other Catholics, he conducted as became a conscientious Protestant. November 21.-I left him (Sennor Antonio,) in order to go on board; but, finding as I went along, a chapel open, I went in to see the pictures; all of which contained as a prominent figure, a friar of some order. In one, some people in flames were laying hold of the twisted rope which was pendent from his waist: how apt the image, if Jesus Christ were in the room of the friar! At this time a friar, dressed identically as the one in the picture, moved slowly along I followed him through the cloister, and addressed him in Latin. He was a little surprised; but replied. He told me that the chapel belonged to a monastery of Franciscan friars. In a cloister which led round the second floor of the building, he stopped; and by this time we were able to understand each other exceedingly well. I then asked him to prove from scripture the doctrine of purgatory, of image worship, the supremacy of the Pope, the transubstantiation. His arguments were exceedingly weak, and the Lord furnished me with an answer to them all. During our conversation, two or three more friars assembled round and joined in the dispute. I confuted all their errors as plainly as possible from the word of God; and they had nothing to reply, but did not seem disconcerted. A whole troop of them passing in procession in the opposite cloister below, beckoned to them to retire; which they did, taking me along with them to a cell-two before, and one on each side. As we passed along the passage, one asked me whether I was a christian. When we had all reached the cell, and sat down, I asked for a bible, and the dispute was renewed. I found that they considered their errors as not tenable on scripture ground; and appealed to the authority of the church. I told them this church was, by their confession, acting against the law of God; and was therefore not the church of God: besides, I referred them to the last words in the Revelations. They seemed most surprised at my knowl. edge of scripture. When they were silent, and had nothing to say, I was afraid the business would end here without good; and 154. At Nov. 23.-"In the afternoon took leave of my kind friends Sennor and Sennora Corre. They and the rest came out to the garden gate, and continued looking till the winding of the road hid me from their sight. The poor slave Raymond, who had attended me and carried my things, burst into a flood of tears, as we left the door; and when I parted from him, he was going to kiss my feet; but I shook hands with bim, much affected with such extraordin *Interpreters of Scripture-the pious and learned Augustine, Bernard, &c. That I may withdraw myself from the vanity of earthly things, and consecrate myself to the glory of God.' It is an axiom that there is no salvation out of the Catholic Church. I grant it, said I ;-but there is salvation out of the Roman. By no means,' they all cried out. Wherefore?' said I, prove it,' but they could not. ary kindness in people, to whom I had vented him from active duty, but his returning strength was devoted to the same holy employments. We have not time to dwell on the account of the reduction of the fortress. Mr. Martyn was led to the field of battle, by a desire of doing good to the wounded and dying. I lay down on the border of a clump of shrubs or bushes, with the field of battle in my view and there lifted up my soul to God. Mournful as the scene was, I yet thanked God that he had brought me to see a specimen, though a terrible one, of what men by nature are. May the remembrance of this day ever excite me to pray and labour more for the propagation of the Gospel of peace. Then, shall men love one another. Nation shall not lift up sword against ration, neither shall they learn war any more. The Blue Mountains, at a distance to the eastward, which formed the boundary of the prospect, were a cheering counterpart to what was immediately before me; for there I conceived my beloved and honoured fellow-servants, companions in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ,* to be passing the days of their pilgrimage far from the world, imparting the truths of his precious Gospel to benighted souls.-pp. 165-166. At Cape Town, Mr. M. met with Dr. Vanderkemp, and Mr. Read, a circumstance which gave him much pleasure. He took lodgings in the town, and was occupied ir conversing with his brethren, on subjects connected with missionary exertion, and in doing the work of an evangelist. January 30.-"Rose at five and began to ascend Table Mountain at six, with S*** and M***. I had went on chiefly alone. I thought on the Christian life-what uphill work it is- and yet there are streams flowing down from the top, just as there was water coming down by the Kloof, by which we ascended. Towards the top it was very steep, but the hope of being soon at the summit, encouraged me to ascend very lightly. As the Kloof opened, a beautiful flame-coloured flower appeared in a little green hollow, waving in the breeze. It seemed to be an emblem of the beauty and peacefulness of heaven, as it shall open upon the weary soul when its journey is finished, and the struggles of the death bed are over. We walked up and *The Missionaries of the United BrethFen at Grunekloof and Gnadental, and those belonging to the London MissionaSociety at Bethelsdrop. down the whole length, which might be between two and three miles, and one might be said to look round the world from this promontory. I felt a solemn awe at the grand prospect-from which there was neither noise nor small objects to draw off my attention. I reflected, espepanse of sea on the East, which was to cially when looking at the immense excarry me to India, on the certainty that the name of Christ should at some period resound from shore to shore. I felt commanded to wait in silence, and see how God would bring his promises to pass. We began to descend at half-past two. Whilst sitting to rest myself towards night, I began to reflect with death-like despondency on my friendless condition. Not that I wanted any of the comforts of life, but I wanted those kind friends who loved me, and in whose company I used to find such delight after my fatigues. And then, remembering that I should never see them more, I felt one of those keen pangs of misery that occasionally shoot across my breast. It seemed like a dream, that I had actually undergone banishment from them for life; or rather like a dream, that I had ever hoped to share the enjoyments of social life. But, at this time, I solemnly renewed my self-dedication to God, praying that for his service I might receive grace, to spend my days in continued suffering, and separation from all I held most dear in this life-forever.-Amen. How vain and transitory are those pleasures which magnifying into real good! The rest of the the worldliness of my heart will ever be evening I felt weaned from the world, and all its concerns, with somewhat of a melancholy tranquillity." January 30" From great fatigue of body, was in doubt about going to the hospital, and very unwilling to go. However, I went, and preached with more freedom than ever I had done there. Having some conversation with Colonel ***, I asked him whether, if the wound he had received in the late engagement had been mortal, bis profaneness would have recurred with any pleasure to his mind on a death bed.' He made some attempts at palliation-though in great confusion; but bore the admonition very patiently." February 4.-" Dr. Vanderkemp called to take leave. I accompanied him and brother Smith out of the town, with their two waggons. The dear old man shewed much affection, and gave me advice, and a blessing at parting. While we were standing to take leave, Koster, a Dutch Missionary, was just entering the town with his bundle, having been driven from his place of residence. Brother Reed, also, appeared from another quarter, though we thought he had gone to sea. These, with Yons, and myself, made up *The Missionary, probably, destined for Madagascar. six Missionaries, who in a few minutes, all Though compelled to listen to this downparted again."—pp. 169–171. In a few days after the occurences recorded in the last extracts, Mr. M. sailed for India. When sailing from Madras, for the Hoogley, "the great Pagoda of Juggernaut now becoming distinctly visible, was a sight sufficient to raise him from almost any depths of depression, either of body or mind. Contemplating that horrid altar of blood and impurity, his soul was excited to sentiments of the tenderest commiseration for the children of wretched India, who had erected such a monument of her shame on the coast, and whose heathenism stared the stranger in the face."" At Aldeen, near Calcutta, he was kindly received by Mr. Brown, in whose family he resided, and near whose residence a pagoda was fitted up for his convenience. He preached at Calcutta; the truths of the gospel were very offensive to many of his hearers, and particularly to some of his brother chaplains. His first discourse at the New Church, on 1 Cor. i, 23, 24, occasioned a great sensation, of a kind very different indeed from that which he heartily desired, but which, from the treatment to which he had been accustomed on board the ship, he was prepared to expect. The plain exhibition of the doctrines of the Gospel was exceeding ly offensive to many of his hearers. Nor did the ferment thus excited subside quickly, as it often does, into pity or contempt. He had the pain very shortly after, of being personally attacked from the pulpit by some of his brethren, whose zeal hurried them into the violation, not only of an express canon of the Church, but of the yet higher law of Christian charity, and led them to make an intemperate attack upon him and upon many of the truths of the Gospel. Even when he was himself present at Church, Mr. *** spoke with sufficient plainness of him and of his doctrines, calling them inconsistent, extravagant and absurd; drawing a vast variety of inferences from them, and thence arguing against them-declaring, for instance, that to affirm repentance to be the gift of God-and to teach that nature is wholly corrupt, was to drive men to despair-that to suppose the righteousness of Christ sufficient to justify, is to make it unnecessary to have any of our own. right heresy; to hear himself described as knowing neither what he said, nor whereof be affirmed-and as speaking only to gratify self-sufficiency, pride, and uncharand holy man thus unjustly aspersed, "to itableness,"I rejoiced," said this meek receive the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper afterwards-as the solemnities of that blessed ordinance sweetly tended to southe administered the cup to *** and ***, with any asperity of mind; and I think that I sincere good will." When exposed to a similar invective from another preacher, who commenced a public opposition to him, by denouncing his last sermon in particular as a rhapsody-as unintelligible jargon-as an enigma; declaring that the epistles of St. Paul were addressed to Heathens alone, and that if St. Paul could look down from Heaven, and see what use was made of his words to distress and agitate the minds of men, he would grieve at such perversions; and who, in addition to this, pointedly addressed Mr. Martyn, and charged him with the guilt of distressing and destroying those for whom Christ died, with taking away their only hope, and driving them to mopishness, melancholy, and despairand finally, with depriving them of the only consolation they could have on a deathbed, he again observes, "we received the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, and I was glad of the blessed ordinance, as it tended much to compose my mind, and soften it to compassion and love towards all mankind." But, if Mr. Martyn had abundant reason to be grieved and pained at the conduct of some of his brethren at Calcutta, he had no small satisfaction in the wise and temperate line pursued by another ChapTain in this season of doubtful and distressing disputation; who, perceiving that the doctrines of the Church of England were becoming a matter of warm and general controversy, adopted the admirable plan of simply reading the Homilies to the congregation-thus leaving the Church authoritatively to speak for herself, and affording to all classes, an opportunity of deciding which of the parties was in accordance with her incomparable formularies—Mr. Martyn or bis opposers. Mr. ***, he says to the great satisfaction of all serious people, began to read a Homily by way of sermon; after stating the diversity of opinion which had lately prevailed in the pulpit, and again" at the New Church, I read, and Mr. *** preached the second and third parts of the 'Homily on Salvation." The very clear exhibition of divine truth which was thus presented was very rejoicing to our hearts."—pp. 189–191. (To be concluded.) Literary and Philosophical Intelligence. In press, and will be published by Sherman Converse of New-Haven, and Silas Andrus of Hartford, 'A New Universal Gazetteer, or Geographical Dictionary: by Jedediah Morse, D. D. and Richard C. Morse, A. M.' Sir HUMPHREY DAVY, has been chosen President of the Royal Society of London. Sir WALTER SCOTT, Bart. has been unanimously elected President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, on the resignation of Sir James Hall. Mason on Self Knowledge, has been translated into Modern Greek, by Mr. Lowndes, at Zante. Mr. L. has also been engaged in compiling a Dictionary in English and Romaic. Cleopatra's Needle, a celebrated monument of antiquity, has been presented to the king of England, by the Pacha of Egypt. It is to be set up in Waterloo Place, opposite Carlton Palace. The weight of the column is two hundred tons. The diameter of the Pedestal seven feet. The following article is interesting, and probably entitled to credit, but we do not know in what publication it first appeared: It is announced from Rome, that M. Mai, the principal librarian of the Vatican, has made several discoveries interesting to the lovers of ancient learning. Among these are parts of the books usually designated as lost, of Polybius, Diodorus Siculus, and Dion Cassius; fragments of Aristotle, Ephorus, Hyperydes, and Demetrius Phalerius. Fragments of various other ancient works have also been discovered, but the names of the authors are not known. Some fragments have been found of the Byzantine writers, such as Europius, Menander of Byzantium, Priseus, and Petrus Protector. The fragments are of precisely the most interesting parts of these historians. M. Mai has also found several harangues of the rhetorician Aristides, and seven books of the Physician Oritorius, which are a valuable acquisition to the History of Natural Science. The fragments discovered of Polybius contain the 39th book, in which he announces that the 40th, and last, will treat of Chronology. Scio. In letters addressed by Messrs. Fisk and Parsons, American Missionaries to Palestine, and now residing in the Isle of Scio, to the Rev. Mr. Dwight of Boston, there is some information which will be interesting to the friends of religion and learning. They are pursuing the study of the modern Greek language, and enjoy opportunities of distributing religious tracts among the inhabitants of Scio, and of other islands. They write, "the Isle of Scio is separated from the continent of Asia by a channel eighteen miles in width. On the north, is a distinct view of the Isle of Mytelene; on the east, of the shores of Asia, the city of Ichesme, near to which was destroyed the Turkish fleet; on the south-east of the Isle of Samos. The length of the island, it is said, is thirty miles; the breadth, from twelve to eighteen. A high range of mountains, composed principally of limestone, runs through the whole length of the island, like the green mountains of Vermont. On the east side is an extensive and highly cultivated plain; upon which is the principal city, Scio, a number of fine villages, and numerous summer seats of respectable merchants. The low lands are covered with fruit trees, as orange, lemon, fig, olive, pomegranate; but the mountains are barren, except now and then a small grove of pine-trees. As to the population, we depend upon the statements given us by the Greek Bishop. They are as follows: the entire population 60,000, or 70,000; of these not less than 3000 are Turks; 800 or 900 Catholics, a few Jews, and the rest Greeks. The Turks live most of them in a large castle on the sea-shore, separated from the city by draw bridges. They have in the city twelve mosques, all of which are still occupied as places of worship. During Ramizan, the Mahomedan fast, the minarets are illuminated in the night. Bells are not in use among the Turks, but a person is employed to give notice of the different hours for prayer, by crying aloud from a high part of the minaret. In |