Society; hoping that such circumstances would tend to draw the attention of the Hon. Rulers of their country to this important cause. Such countenance would be no small encouragement to all the Missionaries, who performed their office under various difficulties, for want of assistance from those in power.

They conclude, recoinmending their Mission to the further kind notice and benevolence of the Society; and praying, that God may reward their Benefactors with the best of his Divine Blessings.

Cuddalore.

It is with extreme regret that the Society find occasion to report the dismissal of a Missionary; but, so important to the effectual exercise of such a function is an exemplary and consistent life, and that he have a good report of them which are without, that imperious duty must not give place to tenderness, and the exercise of discipline must be suffered to proceed. Several papers, containing charges of conduct very inconsistent with the true character and deportment of a Christian Minister, having been brought before the Mission Committee, in reference to the Rev. Mr. Holzberg, together with his own observations thereupon, and the whole being sufficiently and fully authenticated, and the matter deliberately taken into consideration and maturely weighed, it was agreed that it would be unbecoming the Society to continue Mr. Holzberg in the number of its Missionaries, and that therefore he be dismissed from the place and station of a Missionary from this Society; and that a notification of the dismissal of Mr. Holzberg be communicated to the Court of Directors of the Hon. East-India Company, with a request that they would inform their Government at Madras of the same. Letters have also been written to the Missionaries at large, both English and Danish, to investigate the state of the Mission Property at Cuddalore, and to take such measures for its preservation as they may find practicable and expedient.

Illness and Death of the Rev. Mr. Jacobi.

Our readers have been already apprised of the decease of this young and promising Missionary. (See

p. 72, of the Number for February.) The Report of the Society details the following circumstances respecting it.

Mr. Pezold, in a letter dated Nov. 27, 1813, acknowledges the receipt of one described as most welcome, from the Secretary, dated Lady-day, 1813, and transmitted to him, through the hands of their new brother, the Rev. Mr. Jacobi, who had arrived there, on board the Union, thank God, in a very good state of health." Having been recommended, in the Secretary's letter, to the brotherly and affectionate attention of the English and Danish Missionaries, he had been received with the utmost pleasure, and accommodated in the Mission House, from the 6th of September to the 3d of October, the day of his departure thence to Tanjore; for which place, the collective wisdom and judgment of the Missionaries in general, to whom copies of the Secretary's letter had been previously communicated, had determined to appoint him, in obedience to the Society's will and pleasure; and for the accomplishment of his journey to Tanjore, pecuniary assistance had been kindly furnished him by Mr. Kolhoff, of Tanjore.

Subsequently, Mr. Pezold had received intelligence, that Mr. Jacobi had spent the 7th of October with Mr. Holzberg, at Cuddalore, and had arrived at Tranquebar on the 9th, from whence he was to depart on the 12th for Tanjore, by way of Cumbagonam, where the late Mr. Swartz had built and established a provincial school. At this place Mr. Kolhoff had engaged to meet Mr. Jacobi, being about twenty miles distant from Tanjore; where he safely arrived on the 15th of the same month. Mr. Pæzold had received no letter from Mr. Jacobi since his arrival at Tanjore; but information had circuitously reached him, that Mr. Jacobi had unexpectedly been seized with a violent cough, of which, however, by God's blessing, they hoped he would soon be cured.

Mr. Pæzold, in a letter dated at Madras, Dec. 12, 1813, encloses the copy of one from Mr. Kolhoff, in which it is stated, that Mr. Jacobi, after his departure from Tranquebar, had found himself unwell, and at Tanjore had suffered much by a cough, and throwing up of phlegm, and a quantity of blood. Their alarm about him was great, as they feared his complaint to be a consumption.

He was carefully attended by Dr. Mitchell, and every thing was done for him that could contribute to his comfort.

Mr Pæzold subjoins, that Mr. Jacobi had appeared to him to be perfectly well to the very day of his leaving Vepery; and that as long as he remained there, he did not cough at all

Mr. Pazold, in another letter, dated the 18th of Dec. 1813, goes on to confirm the communications that had been made of Mr. Jacobi's very alarming indisposition. It is observed that Mr. Jacobi, at Vepery, was very fond of night-studies, reading and writing to a very late hour in the night and that, even in day time, he often shut himself up in the Mission Library, or in the Hall, which had been appropriated for his lodging; where he read the books and MSS. with an almost insatiable eagerness, for several hours, omitting to take exercise, and declining to move out, in the morning and evening, to enjoy the open air. They entertained but faint hope of his recovery; and should his departure take place, a sad disappointment would ensue to the Society in general, and to the Tanjore Mission in particular.

Mr. Jacobi himself, in a letter dated at Vepery, Sept. 22, 1813, reports, that, after a most agreeable voyage, he had arrived at the place of his destination, which he mentions with expressions of pious gratitude to the Giver of all good things. He expresses also his warmest thanks for the kindness and attention which he had received from the Society and the Secretary; and, particularly, that so much pains had been taken that he might have comfortable accommodations in his voyage. His cabin he found to be very good, and Captain Younghusband, encouraged by the recommendation of the Society, had treated him, during the voyage, with peculiar kindness. The letter goes on to detail little occurrences in the course of his voyage, and his observations thereon; of his landing at Madeira, and there having had some interesting intercourse with a priest of the Romish Communion, with whom he had conversed in Portuguese, and in Latin; and of their having on board some Lascars of the Mahoinetan Religion, with whom he conversed in the Arabic Language.

On leaving the ship, on the 6th of September, the captain, many officers, passengers, and sailors, were much

affected. Nobody, he trusted, would have to say, that he had done any thing on board not suitable to the character of a Missionary. "The eyes of the world," he observes, 66 are very sharp. They may at first laugh at us, in order to try if we have true Christian spirit to suffer it; but, when they see that, notwithstanding their scoffing, we walk immoveably and circumspectly, they change their minds, and cannot but have esteem and affection towards those who live suitably to their calling. We should rather give thanks to them, who give us an occasion to exercise the most difficult Christian Virtues, as patience, true charity, and the command of our passions."

On his arrival at Vepery, he was met by his countryman, the Rev. Mr. Pæzold, who received him with the utmost kindness and friendship. Communications having been made to the other Missionaries, and Tanjore determined upon as his station, he determined to set out on the following Sunday, volente Deo, after having performed his devotions at the English Church. Dr. John, of Tranquebar, had been very anxious to see him; having heard that a new Missionary was on his passage: but he died a few days before Mr. Jacobi's arrival. Some Dutch Gentlemen, at Sadras, a place on the road to Tanjore, having heard of Mr. Jacobi, wrote to inform him, that there were some children at Sadras to be christened: that office, therefore, for the first time in his life, he had engaged to perform there. "As for my health," he observes, “I never enjoyed better than on board. Of seasickness I felt nothing at all: some days I had head-ache, but this was a trifle. I lived temperately, and rose very early; my heart was not disquieted by evil passions. I never felt myself happier, than when in my cabin, engaged in my studies.

Now I live in India; and though all things around me are strange, yet they give me not much trouble. I am often so deeply engaged in my studies, that I scarcely know if I am in India or not. I do not regret that I have left Europe, where I could have lived in great comforts. I do not wish to return, though I am sure my relations and friends would receive me with open arms. I am above such things. This is not the affected indifference of a cold philosopher: not at all; it is an indifference which only can be produced by the grace of God. I have

now done my duty.I gave you, Reverend Sir, an account of my agreeable voyage Whatever may befal me I am prepared for the worst. I expect a life of trouble and af fliction. I shall go through good and bad reports, but none of these things move me. Christ does not forsake the servant for whom he hath already done so much. I see now fulfilled, in my twenty-second year, what I desired as a boy of seven years. What have I already gone through! Gracious God! thou knowest it! I look for more, but I know in whom to believe he gave me à mind which fears no man. Certainly, the present time requires the utmost caution. God alone can give wisdom, and keep us in sincerity and uprightness of heart. I have been in the school of God, and time will shew whether I am truly his servant or not. May God please to look down graciously on the most blessed and honouråble Society for promoting Christian Knowledge! He will do it. I think it an honour to belong to this venerable Society. May God preserve you, Rev. Sir, and yours! With the most hearty wish, that you may always hear of me good reports, I have the honour to remain, &c. &c."

INDIA.

CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY.

The Committee have had much conference with the Rev. Daniel Corrie; and have acquired from him important information respecting India, and the state of the Society's Mission.

We do not wonder to hear, from all quarters, that our readers have been deeply interested by Mr. Corrie's Journals of Abdool Messee's proceedings. That Journal will be continued, during Mr. Corrie's absence, by Mr. Bowley, who has been called to assist in the work of the Mission, and is now placed on the Society's establishment at Agra. Mr. Bowley has surrendered a situation of considerable emolument,