Governor MacCarthy, that the design receives his entire approbation.

The Rev. William Garnon, an English Clergyman, having received from Government the appointment of Chaplain to the Colony, Mr. Butscher will be at liberty to devote his attention to the forwarding of the important establishment on Leicester Mountain. Mr. Garnon is anxious to co-operate with the Society in every practicable measure for promoting the good of the Colonists and Natives; and we earnestly hope and pray, that the liberality of his Majesty's Government in this and other appointments may be rewarded by the rapid advance of the colony and of the neighbouring tribes in truth and righteousness.

Leicester Mountain is a part of the range of hills which rises behind Freetown. It is about a mile and a half from the town, and is of considerable elevation. It is, on this account, more salubrious than the lower land; and will, doubtless, when cleared and cultivated, have the advantages which attach generally to the higher lands, so circumstanced, in our West-India Islands.

Mr. Butscher selected the spot which he judged most advantageously situated; and ordered 4000 feet of inch-boards to be sawn by the re-captured Negroes, and a shed to be built under which they might be well seasoned.

Mr. Butscher expresses the utmost readiness to devote himself to the furtherance of this plan. With respect to his present office of Chaplain he says,

I should prefer to reside either on Leicester Mountain, or among my good Kongo people. Though my salary would be smaller, yet, as a Missionary or Teacher, I could employ myself in cultivation between the schoolhours, with the people under my care: and, gathering

the productions of the earth, our expenses of living would be greatly lessened; and a smaller salary would, consequently, suffice, when we had gathered in our first crop: whereas now I have to buy every thing for the many mouths under my care, which goes very deep into my salary.

Our God has again visited me this afternoon, (he writes, under date of July 21, 1815,) in taking my youngest child, Charles, to heaven. He has been lingering since his mother's death, notwithstanding all the care that could possibly be taken in rearing him. Sometimes I think that God is rather hard upon me, although I know I deserve hard treatment, but it appears to me he does not deal so severely with many. Does he take

my wife and child to heaven, that I might have more leisure to erect the Society's Christian Establishment on Leicester Mountain? Has he no other ways? Yes, he has; I am sure of that. My dear Sir, pray, pray for me, that the God of heaven may lead me more and more into his sanctuary, where I may learn to understand his ways. I firmly believe that his ways are good, but I cannot understand them now. Oh! how often do I now wish to enjoy that presence of God which I felt in the Rio Pongas, in the year 1807, when I was sick for two months, no Brother to comfort or to pray for or with me, and hardly any body that could understand me-and having neither a door to my house, nor to my bed-room; the rats and lizards playing on my bed, the frogs jumping on the ground, and the leopard stealing my goat and sheep from near my bed-side: yet I could frequently feel myself happy in my God and Saviour, which I cannot now. Well may I cry out, " When wilt thou come unto me, when wilt thou comfort me, O my God! Oh for an humble resignation to thy Divine Will, and faith to lay hold on those promises which are laid down in thy word also for me! Grant me these, O my God, for I have them not just now. At present I do not consider myself thy Missionary, for I want a good Missionary for myself; and who can be a better one than thy Holy Spirit! Let Him, therefore, lead, guide, and comfort me, O Lord my God!"

Dear Sir, I would not have written so much about myself, but that my mind is full of grief and uneasiness: I trust, therefore, you will excuse me.

From a slave vessel lately brought into Sierra Leone, full of slaves, Mr. Butscher took eighteen fine boys, all about seven years of age, into the Society's protection, under his care. These raised his number to thirty-seven boys and six girls. Two boys and four girls he proposed to maintain, while Chaplain thirty-seven are, therefore, supported by the Society,

By the blessing of God (says Mr. Butscher), I may be able to cut off the rough branches of these children, by 'the time a Settlement is erected on Leicester Mountain; in which case they may then become immediately useful. Six of those boys, Shepherd, Goode, Owen, Marriott, Howard, and Maxwell, whom I took under my care last year, are already sufficiently trained to become the Captains and Monitors of the rest. I have not named all that I have received. This, however, will be done soon, when I will then give some account of their characters and dispositions, and the progress which they may have made in learning.

The temporary buildings on Leicester Mountain have been retarded by the rains; but, at the date of the last letters, were proceeding with all practicable expedition. There are three houses in preparation: one for the boys and one for the girls; each of which will be 64 feet by 20, with piazzas in the front, and a small room attached to each house for the Schoolmaster and Schoolmistress. The third house was to be 30 feet by 15, with a piazza all round, for the Superintendant. Kitchens, and other necessary buildings, were to be proceeded with. The whole are probably finished by this time, and will serve the purpose of temporary accommodation, till the large establishment is erected.

State of the Slave Trade.

This inveterate and malignant adversary to African

Improvement is rapidly approaching, we trust, to its entire and final destruction. Mr. Jellorum Harrison, in a letter dated Bashia, June 28, 1815, expresses the best hopes, on this subject, respecting his oppressed countrymen.

We are very sorry (he says) at the grievous news of the French War. But we trust it will not be the means of reviving the inhuman wishes and feelings of the Slave-traders, in this so long distressed part of the world.

Give my best respects to Mr. Wilberforce, and assure him I take it upon me, in the name of all the slaves of 'my unfortunate country, to return both theirs and my own thanks and gratitude for the humane feelings which he has shewn toward our injured land. What a happy thing it is, to see the peaceable state that this country is now in!-quiet, and free from war and slave vessels!no dragging of families from one another!-no innume rable slaves chained together, male and female!-and the enemies of humanity, the Slave-traders, gradually quitting the country! It has struck me forcibly, that, where the Gospel makes its appearance, there Satan's kingdom gradually diminishes. May God give grace and perseverance to his servants to carry on his work; and make them instruments in his hand of bringing it to perfection! And may God raise up some from among us, who will never forget the gratitude which we owe to that Blessed Shore, and evermore be thankful to our distinguished Benefactor!

Our readers will heartily join in these devout wishes of a Native African, who, after receiving at our hands the knowledge of the Gospel, is returned to assist in raising up the waste places of his country. They will pray that he may be humble, wise, diligent, and faithful; and that many of his countrymen may be prepared and called forth of God to be the enlighteners of their native shores.

General State of the Bullom Mission.

Excursions among the Natives (says Mr. Nyländer) with the views which the Committee mention in their

"Instructions," are a very good means of improvement in their language, and of acquainting ourselves with the people to whom we wish to preach Christ and him crucified. I am very sorry that I have never been able to undertake any thing of this kind, though very desirous of seeing my Bullom Friends farther inland, and in Scarcies, Portloco, Rokel, and other rivers. From several of those places there are children at my school; whose parents I never saw. They send their children, merely upon having heard of my good name in their country.

The number of our scholars of both sexes increasing, it became necessary to prepare for them separate houses, and to build a storehouse to keep the rice which we use for the season or the whole year. My house being but lightly covered, it leaked so much in the last rainy season, that I had scarcely a dry place in it. A number of books feil to pieces, and every thing that was glued gave way or loosened. I believe the great dampness of the house brought on me the severe illness which I had last year. Thinking to live a little more comfortable in the ensuing rains, I had the house new covered.

The leopards are so very troublesome here, that it is with difficulty we can keep a goat or a sheep; with which, however, we cannot well dispense. They carried away or killed in the yard, in two weeks' time, three sheep and two goats.

June 26th my good wife went over to Sierra Leone to attend the funeral of her sister, and took our youngest son with her. He was taken suddenly ill, and died, after a few days, aged ten months. I went over to bury him, and was overtaken with a heavy rain on my passage, which gave me such a severe cold that I was for ten days confined to my bed: otherwise, we have great reason to be thankful to our gracious God for the preservation of our health.

The arrangements in our settlement are as follow:We rise at day light. About Seven all are to meet at Morning Prayer, in the Schoolhouse. At Ten the School begins; where Brother Sperrhacken teaches reading, writing, and ciphering, in English. At Two I teach Bullom; for which purpose I have selected eight boys and two girls. My scholars seem to have a great desire to learn to read their own language. At Six in the evening English School is held again, especially for those children that have been working through the day. At Eight,