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But we must now turn from praising the scholars, to ascertain the cause of their rapid improvement. In the first place, then, it must be ascribed to the exertions and talent of Mr. Clift, the head master, who needs no further commendation than was contained in the extract from a part of the Christian Observer's notice of the last examination of the Takí Academy, as it appeared in our pages about three weeks ago. The successful progress of the school so far must also be attributed to the care bestowed upon it by the Committee and the active superintendence of the Secretary.— Englishman.

BOMBAY.

6.-DEATH OF MRS. RAMSEY, OF BOMBAY.

It is with deep sorrow, that we record the death of Mrs. M. RAMSEY, wife of the Rev. W. Ramsey, of the American Mission in Bombay. This event, so afflictive to her family and friends, and to the cause with which she was connected, took place on the 11th June. Mrs. R. was seized with spasmodic cholera on the morning of that day, and she expired about 8 o'clock in the evening. During the extremity of her sufferings, she expressed an humble faith in the divine Redeemer; and a confident hope, that she would soon enjoy his blissful presence.

7.-ADMISSIONS INTO THE CHURCH IN BOMBAY AND HARNAI.

Two inmates of the Harnai Asylum for the Aged and Infirm Poor, were baptized by the Rev. James Mitchell, on Sabbath the 25th May. On the same day, a Roman Catholic renounced Popery in the Scottish Mission House in Bombay; and, on the subsequent Sabbath, a poor blind woman was baptized by the Rev. John Wilson. The individuals referred to in this notice have for a considerable time heard and professed the Gospel. May they all walk worthy of the vocation with which they have been called !— Oriental Christian Spectator, July, 1834.

POLYNESIA.

8.-PRESENT STATE OF RELIGION IN THE SANDWICH ISLANDS. The following is extracted from a letter in the Chinese Repository, dated Oahu, Oct. 2, 1833.

There are now on the islands 20 ordained missionaries and eight assistant missionaries, and the same number of females. Three of the assistant missionaries are in feeble health, and able to do but little missionary work. These 28 missionaries are located at 10 different stations, and on five different islands. Public worship is regularly maintained at all these places, and occasionally in several other parts of the islands. Our congregations have considerably diminished during the past year. They now vary from 300 to 1500 or 2000.

We have a High-school just going into operation. It has many difficulties to struggle with, as every thing has to be done; we must begin at the very foundation. We cannot, therefore, anticipate with any certainty its results. It contained 63 scholars during the last year. Several more have recently entered. It is under the instruction of Mr. Andrews as principal. The progress of the scholars must at present be slow, owing to the want of books, and other means of instruction.

"The number of marriages during the last year, at eight of the stationsthere were no returns from the other two-was 1290; the number of readers in our schools was 20,184; the number of persons admitted to the church during the year was 72; and the whole number of persons admitted to the church, since the commencement of the mission, is 669. This statement is made out from the reports of the different stations presented at the last general meeting of the mission in June.

"A few have been excluded from our churches for misconduct, and several have died; so that the present number of church members is somewhat less than that given above. Many who have been taught in our schools are not classed as readers, and of course, are not included in the number; and some who are included, are very indifferent readers.

"In iaddtion to our common schools taught by native teachers, (which by the way hardly deserve the name of schools, for they are taught with very little system or efficiency,) we have schools at most or all of our stations taught by some of our own number, and designed particularly to qualify teachers for instructing the common schools. In these station schools, reading, writing, arithmetic, and geography are taught.

"As it regards printing, &c., we have two iron presses, and two old Ramage presses. One of them will soon be removed to Lahaina, in order to facilitate the business of making books for the High-school. The other presses will be used at this place. The New Testament has all been published in the native language; from the Old Testament, most of Genesis, Exodus, and Joshua, and a small part of Leviticus, the whole of Deuteronomy, and 23 Psalms. More of the Old Testament is nearly ready for the press. In addition to the above, we have published several elementary school-books, catechisms, tracts, &c. The whole number of pages printed at our presses during the last year amounted to 9,518,560 : most of them in 18mo. These are eagerly received and read by thousands; but the people need more general knowledge and mental discipline to derive all the benefit from our books which is to be desired. Multitudes cannot read, and of course, have no special desire for books.

“Gradual improvements are made by the people, especially by the chiefs, in external appearance, and in the arts and usages of civilized life, but they can be regarded as only just emerging from a state of barbarism. Much time must yet elapse, under the most favourable auspices, before they will deserve to be called a civilized people. It is absurd to suppose, that a nation can be raised from the lowest state of barbarism to civilization in the short space of ten or twelve years, without the intervention of a miracle. A manifest progress, however, is perceptible from year to year; and the means now in operation, and others, which may be put in operation, will, we trust, with the blessing of God, produce the expected result."

9.-A HINDU RETURNED FROM ENGLand.

"By the Triumph, which arrived on the 28th of June, Samuldass Dessabhaee, a Dessace of Neriad, in Guzerat, who proceeded to England viâ Bourdeaux, has returned to this country. He is still in Bombay, and has been visited by several of our countrymen, who were anxious to see a Hindoo who had braved the prejudices of caste, and the perils of the sea, and to hear from his own lips in what manner he lived in England, how he liked the country and its people, and the relation of his adventures in the land of the Mlechas. We have not yet had the pleasure of seeing him; but understand from those who have, that he speaks in raptures of the magnificence of London, and the behaviour of the people whom he saw there. The Englishmen with whom he came in contact in London, appeared to him a different order of beings from the English in India, for, instead of the hauteur and pride of office which distinguish the latter, he met, he says, with the utmost civility and ready attention from all in England with whom he had any intercourse :-all who learnt that he had left his country to seek in England that justice which had been denied to him in India, became his friends, and tendered him every assistance, as if to help one who sought justice was at once a duty and a source of high gratification. If we should learn any further particulars respecting Samuldass, and the prosecution of his claim in which he was so successful, we shall not fail to lay them before our readers.

"We understand that, in obedience to instructions from the Court of Directors, Government have ordered the restoration of his Sookree, or Dessoygeeree huks, in Neriad, with payment of arrears." Bombay Native Paper.

10.-MISSIONARY EFFORTS BY QUAKERS. "A new and instructive page in the History of Missions has just turned to view. It is no less than that the 'Friends' themselves are adopting the principle, and have so far proceeded in the object as to purchase a ship, which is now fitting out to carry some of their members to the South Seas. Mr. Gurney, the banker, informed a friend of our's, that it is a fact. The reason assigned is, 'that the good our London Missionaries effected has been injured, if not destroyed in some instances, by the extravagance of their wives, in the article of dress;' so they are going to set a plainer example, and teach a more excellent way."

MAY.

DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES,

[Where the place is not mentioned, Calcutta is to be understood.]

MARRIAGES.

2. At Madras, Mr. James Reger, to Miss Jessy E. Gray.

6. At Malacca, Rev. C. Gutzlaff, to Miss Mary Wanstale.

15.

9. At Cawnpore, Mr. F. H. Peterson, to Miss Mary Anne Thomas. Captain J. Reid Brown, 6th Light Cavalry, to Margaret Mary, eldest daughter of the late Captain D. Inverarity.

Henry J. Nicholls, Esq. 26th Madras N. I. to Ann Lily, youngest daughter of the late Captain D. Inverarity.

16.

At Madras, Mr. Joseph Hall, to Miss Louisa Simeons.

16. At Bombay, Mr. H. Collins, Solicitor, Supreme Court, to Maria, eldest daughter of Mr. J. Jefferson.

19. At Bombay, J. Skinner, Esq. to Mary Gaven Elizabeth, 2nd daughter of Hope Stewart, Esq. of Bellechior, Perthshire.

24. Mr. W. Price, to Miss Amelia Sophia Pritchard.

27.

At Purneah, Mr. W. Noney, of the Judge's Office, to Charlotte Morley. 28. Ditto, Mr. T. McKenzie, to Miss Charlotte Thomas.

28.

At Ditto, Mr. William Butterfield, to Miss E. Daniels.

30. Ditto, Mr. J. F. DeCruze, to Miss Mary M. Noney.

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At Nautpore, J. Kilwick, Esq. to Miss A. Sager.

31. At Bolaram, S. A. G. Young, Esq. of the Madras Medical Establishment, to Miss Hannah Higginson.

JUNE.

2. John Lackersteen, Esq. to Olivia Adeline, only daughter of the late C. E. Pinto, Esq.

2. At Walter, W. U. Arbuthnot, Esq. Madras C. S. to Eliza Jane, only daughter of Brigadier General Taylor, commanding the northern division of the Army.

3.

Mr. Gent. Aviet, Junior, to Miss Jane Eliza Wigrey, daughter of Captain C. F. Wigrey.

5. At Bolaram, Captain A. Adam, Commanding 7th Regiment, Nizam's Infantry, to Mary Anne, Widow of the late Captain Puget, Madras European Regiment. 6. At Madras, Mr. T. Wilmot, to Miss Charlotte Davis.

9. Mr. W. Skinner, to Miss Ann Gillespie.

10.

At Madras, J. M. Jollie, Esq. to Catherine A. Wilson, fourth daughter of the late J. Ewart, Esq. of Mullock, Galloway, N. B.

11.

12.

13.

diner.

Mr. W. Morley, to Miss Charlotte MacNeelance.

Mr. P. Shaw, to Miss Anne Gunn.

At Madras, Mr. F. Monisse, to Miss A. Gardiner, daughter of Mr. G. Gar

At Ghazeepore, Mr. W. Nowall, of Shahabad, to Miss Eleanor Maria Myles.
At Cape Town, Mr. J. Higgs, to Miss Harriet Fison.

14. Mr. F. Myers, to Miss Frances E. Frederick.

15. At Bombay, Mr. W. Smith, Chief Officer of the Ship Carron, to_Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Mr. R. Bennett, Head Assistant, Political and Secret Department Chief Secretary's Office, Bombay.

At Gorruckpore, by special license, Captain J. L. Revell, 7th Regiment, to Louisa, second daughter of the late Colonel Charles Wale Lamborn, B. A.

16. Mr. F. C. Bolst, to Ellen, second daughter of the late Captain D. D'Cluzeau, of the Bengal Army.

17. At Berhampore, Mr. George Roots, to Mrs. Maria Rose.

25. Mr. H. Turner, of Edinburgh, Surveyor to the Canal Department, to Miss F. Mullins, of Tranquebar.

30. Mr. Joseph Rodrigues, Assistant in the Military Department, to Miss M. D'Silva.

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At Bheendy, the lady of Captain Farrell, 6th N. I. of a daughter.

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At Delhi, the wife of Mrs. E. Parsons, of a still-born son.

11.

At Cannanore, the lady of Rev. J. C. Street, Chaplain, of a son.

13.

At Boolundshuhur, the lady of Captain R. Wilcox, of a daughter.

16. At Trichinopoly, the lady of Major B. M. Master, 6th N. I. of a son.

18. The lady of F. Gouldsbury, Esq. C. S. of a daughter.

19. At Chyntadripet, the wife of Assistant Apothecary W. Morris, of the Madras Body Guard, of a son.

21.

22.

At Barrackpore, the lady of Lieut. Van Heythuysen, of a son.

At Cannanore, the lady of Captain R. Budd, 32nd Regt. N. I. of a son.
Mrs. L. Dufholtz, of a son.

23. At Kampte, the Lady of Capt. T. A. Duke, Madras European Regiment, of a daughter.

24. At Madras, the lady of J. Ochterlony, Esq. of a daughter.

25.

Mrs. J. Ogilvie, of a daughter.

27. At Seetapore, in Oude, the wife of C. Newton, of a daughter.

The lady of Captain A. B. Clapperton, Officiating 1st Master Attendant, of a daughter.

29. The lady of M. Richardson, M. D. Assistant Surgeon, 65th N. I. of a stillborn daughter.

31. At Russapuglah, Mrs. Robert Browne, of a son.

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31.

At Howrah, Mrs. J. T. Bagley, of a son.

At Agra, the wife of Mr. G. E. Pool, Assistant Apothecary, Hospital of H. M. 13th Light Infantry, of a daughter.

At Trichinopoly, the lady of Lieut. Eades, Adjutant, 39th Reg. N. I. of a son. At Bombay, the lady of Lieut. Holland, Acting Assistant Quarter-Master General of the Army, of a son.

JUNE.

1. At Chandernagore, the lady of Captain Duganeau, of a daughter.

2.

At Dacca, Mrs. George Wise, of a son.

Mrs. Augustin Pereira, of a son.

Mrs. R. Gordon, of a son.

4. At St. Thomas's Mount, Madras, the lady of Surgeon J. L. Geddes, 4th Battalion, Artillery, of a son.

6. At Madras, the lady of D. Elliott, Esq. C. S. of a son.

6.

7.

10.

11.

Mrs. J. Bolst, of a son.

Mrs. E. B. Gleeson, of a son.

At Mynpooree, the lady of T. R. Davidson, Esq. of a son.

At Bareilly, the lady of W. J. Connolly, Esq. C. S. of a daughter.
Mrs. W. Blackburn, of a daughter.

15. Mrs. John Culloden, of a daughter.

15. Mrs. W. Philipe, of a daughter.

18.

The lady of Capt. H. B. Henderson, of a daughter.

At Rampore Bauleah, the lady of R. Barlow, Esq. C. S. of a son.

At Hoogly, the lady of T. A. Wise, M. D. of a son.

At Bangalore, the lady of Capt. Franklin, Deputy Assistant Quarter-Master General, of a son.

19. At Nusseerabad, Alicia, the wife of Lieut. D. Shaw, 54th N. I. of a daughter. The wife of Mr. P. Neauville, of a son.

19.

At Meerut, the lady of the Rev. J. Whiting, of a son.

The lady of R. Taylor, Esq. of twins.

21. At Chicacole, the lady of Lieut. and Quarter-Master John Merrett, 41st Regiment, of a daughter.

At Allypore, the widow of the late J. Duff, Esq. of a son.

22. Mrs. J. W. Jolly, of a son.

23.

The lady of W. Turner, Esq. of a daughter.

At Burdwan, the lady of A. Laing, Esq. C. S. of a daughter. 25. Mrs. John Wood, of a son.

27.

28.

30.

MAY.

At Midnapore, the lady of A. Dick, Esq. Bengal C. S. of a son.
At Secunderabad, the lady of Capt. W. Watkins, of a daughter.
At Monghyr, the lady of J. F. D'Oyly, Esq. of a son.

The lady of Longueville Clarke, Esq. of a daughter.

DEATHS.

1. At Cuddalore, A. G. Drummond, Esq. C. S.

4. At Cuddalore, Assistant Apothecary C. Skillern, 6th Regiment Light Cavalry, son of the late Mr. M. Skillern of Madras.

5. At Ootacamund, Neelgherry Hills, Anne Boyd, infant daughter of Captain McNeill, 6th Light Cavalry, aged nine months and five days.

9. At Bellary, Mary Theodore, the beloved wife of Anthony E. Angelo, Esq. Madras C. S. aged 30 years and 8 months.

10. At Cape Town, Mrs. Sarah George, wife of Mr. E. George, aged 38 years. 12. At the Sandheads, on board the Asseerghur Pilot Brig, Mr. M. W. Newcombe, H. C. Marine, aged 22 years.

15. At Arcot, the Rev. P. Stewart, A. B. Chaplain of that station.

17. At Benares, Georgiana, daughter of Mr. W. Rawstome, aged 13 years. At Kamptee, Charles Henry, the infant son of Lieut. C. Pooley, 38th Regt. N. I. aged 14 months and 10 days.

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At Dehli, the infant daughter of Lieut. J. Brind, of Artillery, aged 2 months and 8 days.

18.

At Howrah, James McNeight, Esq. aged 56 years.

20. The wife of Mr. J. Kiernander, aged 27 years, 6 months, and 1 day. Mrs. Louisa D'Rozario, aged 45 years.

At Berhampore, the infant daughter of Mr. J. Marshall Rose, Assistant Apothecary, aged 5 months.

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nance.

23.

25.

26.

At Rajapettah, Major R. W. Sheriff, 32nd Regt. N. I.

Mrs. Mary Atkins, relict of the late Mr. R. Atkins, H. C. Marine, aged 61

At Allahabad, Matthew Johnson, son of Mr. W. Thorpe, Conductor of Ord

At Bair, on his way to Simla, Lieut. A. Horne, 62nd N. I. aged 23 years.
At Benares, Captain E. Jackson, 68th Regt. N. I. aged 29 years and 5 months.
Mr. J. Aris, aged 33 years.

At Madras, R. Cathcart, Esq. Acting Sub-Collector of Gangam.

26. At Allahabad, Mrs. Elizabeth Blackett.

At Purneah, J. William, infant son of Mr. W. Botelho, aged 4 months. At Allahabad, Thomas, son of Mr. J. Tresham, Conductor of Ordnance. 27. Mrs. H. Botelho, wife of Mr. W. Botelho, aged 21 years and 8 months. At Berhampore, Lieut. A. M. Glas, 49th Regiment.

27.

28.

At Moulmien, Lieut. A. Fry, H. M. 41st or Welch Regiment.

At Petoragurh, in Kumaoon, R. Adair, son of Captain W. Payne, 30th N. I. aged 11 months and 10 days.

28.

At Berhampore, Mr. J. Marshall, Assistant Apothecary, aged 26 years and

8 months.

At Ditto, E. Elson, son of Mr. A. Bethune, Sub-Conductor of Ordnance.
At Muttra, Mrs. C. Wrenn, aged 50 years.

At Almorah, J. William, son of Lieut. Glasford, Engineers, aged 2 years and 9 months.

At Allahabad, Martha, daughter of Serjeant J. Lightowler, of the Department of Public Works.

At Etawah, W. Cracroft, eldest son of J. C. Wilson, Esq. C. S. aged 3 years, 6 months, and 29 days.

29. Mr. W. Thorpe, Conductor of Ordnance,

At Allahabad, Charles, son of Mr. D. Smith, of the Medical Department.
Mr. T. Hodgson, aged 21 years.

Miss Letitia Ann Broders, daughter of Mr. James Broders, aged 1 year, 6 months, and 23 days.

Mr. J. David, aged 27 years and 5 months.

Peter and Frances, the only sons of Mr. P. Dissent, the former aged 4 years,

7 months, and 9 days, the latter 3 years, 8 months, and 13 days.

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31. Master W. C. B. Williams, son of Mr. W. Williams, aged 1 year and 16 days. Mr. J. Lloyd, Chief Officer of the Brig Westoe, aged 27 years.

31.

Mr. R. Kaberry, of the Ship Princess Victoria, aged 22 years.

At Humeerpore, R. M. Tilghman, Esq. C. S.

At Futtehghur, Ensign J. W. Tomkins, 1st Regt. N. I.

At Madras, killed by a fall from his Buggy, Captain James Currie, formerly of H. M. 89th Regiment, and latterly commanding the 2nd Regiment of His Highness the Nizam's Infantry.

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At Cawnpore, Capt. A. H. Wood, 15th N. I. aged 44 years.

1. David Mills, Esq. Watch-maker, aged 69 years.

days.

Mr. W. A. Youngs, of the H. C. Marine, aged 20 years, 10 months, and 2

Theodosia E. Hill, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Hill, aged 2 years

7 months.

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At Allypore, Lavinia Josephine, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bowser, aged 1 year and 10 months.

At Ghazeepore, Helen Sophia, daughter of Captain Carmac, H. M. 3rd Buffs, aged 6 months.

2. David, the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Baker, aged 1 year and 7 months. Mr. J. Barrett, aged 34 years and 6 months.

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