Congregations and Schools. Kissey-200 attend Divine Service on Sunday Morning; 100 in the Afternoon; 50 on the two Week-days, when Evening Service is kept-About 30 attend the early PrayerMeeting: Communicants, 71: they meet once a week, males and females separately, when one of the most experienced among them presides: 70 Children, born in the Colony, are in the Schools.

follow, suspension, or exclusion from the number of Communicants, is resorted to-In the Schools are 43 Liberated Africans on rations, 20 Liberated Africans apprenticed, and 47 Children born in the Colony.

Hastings-300 attend on Sunday Morning; 100 in the Afternoon; 60 on Week-day Evenings; 30 on Week-day Mornings: Communicants, 22, who meet once a week, when the Native Teacher presides-Since the time that a Religious Teacher has begun to reside here, a change for the better has taken place: the. Sabbath is observed with decency by about half the population. In the Schools, 43 Children born in the Colony.

Waterloo-140 attend on Sunday Morning; 100 in the Afternoon: the Morning Prayers during the week are attended by the SchoolChildren only: 11 Communicants-It is much to be regretted that they have left off meeting for mutual edification-The people, in general, are extremely negligent in the use of the Means of Grace, though they manifest a desire to have their children baptized-Their means of Christian Instruction have been extremely scanty since Mr. Wilhelm's removal

In the Schools there are 71 Liberated Africans, and 44 Children born in the Colony.

In the River District there are likewise three new Settlements which require to be adverted to; namely, Allen Town, where 19 Liberated Africans and 10 Children born in the Colony are under instruction; and Divine Service is held on Sunday, attended by 48 persons in the Morning and 30 in the Afternoou: Daily Morning Prayers are attended by about 6 Adults, besides the Children. The people are too little acquainted with the English Language to understand what is read and occasionally spoken to them, but they seem to have a desire to understand. The new Settlement of Newland's has no School, nor any provision for holding Public Service. Calmont is the most distant Station of the River District; but it has had the advantage of a pious Headman, a Communicant of Wellington, who has used very laudable exertions to render the inhabitants a religious community: 100 Adults attend Divine Service on Sunday Morning, and 90 in the Afternoon; at Morning Prayers on Week days about 12 Adults attend. There was a School of Liberated-African Boys here part of the year, but they have been removed to Waterloo.

Wellington-475 attend on Sunday Morning; 350 in the Afternoon; 150 on the two Week-days, when Evening Service is kept: Communicants, 142 - The large attendance on Divine Service is so much the more pleasing, as all the accommodation provided consists in a miserable large grass-hut without forms; so that those people who do not like to stand all the while are obliged to bring their seats with them, and afterwards carry them home again-The generality of the people are very decent and orderly in their behaviour, and esteem outward Church-privileges, such as Baptism and Christian Burial: the Sabbath wears the appearance of a sacred season- The Communicants meet once a week, males and females separately, when At Midsummer, Mr. Metzger reported one of the most experienced presides : deof Kissey, that Mr. Haensel had taken partures from the Gospel-path are reported to the Missionary; and if repentance does not a share, from Fourah Bay, of the preach

The number of persons attending Divine Service includes, throughout this statement, the Children.

Recent Notices of the State of the Chief
Settlements.

ing on Sundays: there were 64 Communicants; but he says

I find much difficulty in ascertaining the sincerity of these people, as I do not reside on the Station; and have, in consequence, appointed a Communicant of Wellington to meet them every Sunday Morning after Divine Service, for the purpose of examining and instructing them.

At Michaelmas, he states

Divine Service has been much better attended during the Quarter, and the people seem much more serious at Church than they formerly were: about 250 Adults and 50 Children attend in the Forenoons, and about half the number in the Afternoons, of Sunday. On Tuesday Evening, on an average, 75 Adults and 30 Children attended. The Communicant from Wellington, Corporal in the late 4th W. I. Reg., has continued his services: he considers it his duty to attend to the cause of God; and does not mind a walk to Kissey, for the sake of doing good, without payment. Not being a novice in Christian experience, he renders me much assistance.

Church are discharged Soldiers from the 4th W. I. Reg. This Regiment is remarkable; for wherever these Soldiers are settled in the Villages, there is a great love for religion manifested among them, which is not observable among the Soldiers of the other Regiments.

At Midsummer, he reports—

I have continued to visit this Village on alternate Sundays; and have, from these visits, derived many blessings to my own soul. The people generally come to the Place of Divine Worship before the bell calls them. I have baptized 10 Adults. The Communicants are 31: they walk consistently. Of Waterloo, Mr. Gerber writesThe disposition of the people, in general, gives me but little to say in their favour; from what I have seen, since residing here, I am obliged to state, that there is but little difference between them and the inhabitants of a Timmanee or Sherbro' Village, except in clothing; for drumming and dancing, with all the country-fashions, begin with the night, as in the Native Villages in the country; and these things are allowed.

Of the District he says, generallyI am much surprised to see the great alteration which has taken place, within the last year, in the conduct of the Liberated Africans respecting the Sabbath Day. Before I left the Colony for Europe, I seldom found any at work on that day; but, since my return, in attending every other Sunday at

I had the happiness to admit to holy baptism a number of those who were on trial, after strict examination, last Sunday, in Kissey Church, in the presence of their chosen witnesses, and, after a public re-examination, 15 Males and 7 Females. Our late Br. Nyländer had not to see much of the fruit of his labours, but I think I am now reaping some of the seed that he has sown. One of the Com-Hastings, there has not been one Sabbath municants told me, the other day, to this effect -"I do not know what the matter is: this time, every body, young and old, begin to fear there seems to be an impression on the minds of very many, that they must pray to God or they are lost."

Of Wellington, Mr. Metzger reports at Michaelmas

During the Quarter, I have baptized 19 Male and 16 Female Adults, whom I have| reason to believe sincere. The number of Communicants is 191-Males 67, Females 124: the increase was occasioned by those who were baptized; and by some backsliders who returned, repenting of their sins. One died in the Lord: she had been indisposed for some time; and, early in the morning on which she died, after having attended morning prayer-meeting in the Place of Worship, she retired to the chamber of her dwelling, and was there found dead by her husband, upon her knees, in a praying posture.

In reference to Hastings, Mr. Gerber writes

William Tamba has, by the blessing of God, become very useful among the people in this place, and has gained their affection. The greater part of the Members of the

Day on which I have not met, in my way, with people at work-washing clothes, carrying loads, &c. They appear like persons who had been long confined, and had unex pectedly received their liberty. Such things we must expect in Heathen Countries; but it is painful indeed to witness them in a British Colony !

He adds, in July, speaking of Waterloo

This village is as 'yet, I may almost say, wholly given to Idolatry! Wooden-god makers, and worshippers of these gods made in the likeness of a human figure, are, in great numbers, in the houses of this town. Next to these are the Greegree people; and, after them, there are upward of 100 Mahomedans residing here, who endeavour to make proselytes, and not unfrequently succeed.

At the end of his report at Michaelmas, he says

Since I closed this report, my faint hope of a work of God beginning among some of the people at Waterloo has come to an assurance. Since the beginning of last week, many inquiries after the way of salvation have taken place.

Mountain District.

Missionaries and Teachers.

Rev. Thomas Davey, at Bathurst, superintends this District: at Bathurst, Mrs. Davey conducts a Native Girls' School, and Mrs.

Heighway and Mrs. Taylor an Infant School.

Mr. Edmond Boston, Catechist, removed hi-
ther, at Midsummer, from Bathurst, where
he had first settled on arriving from England:

David Noah, Native Teacher, lives at Regent.
John Attarra was received as a Native
Teacher in the beginning of June.

State of the Settlements at Christmas 1827.

Total.

327

911 1566

158 844
135 891

175

class attend, and 30 Children born in the Colony.

A new Settlement has been formed in the Mountain District, and is called Grassfield: it includes 21 Children, born in the Colony, under instruction; but no Congregation of Adults has been formed as yet.

The Infant School, spoken of above as opened at Bathurst, began in October 1827. Mr. Davey thus speaks of it, at Christmas

It is attended by 37 Boys and 34 Girls, 'between the ages of 2 and 7 years: the progress made by them since the opening of the School has been not only satisfactory, but very encouraging. Those Europeans, and those of my Brethren who have visited the School, have expressed their approbation of the system of education; and have suggested the propriety of the same system being adopted generally with the children in the Colony. It is hoped that the children have not only been amused, but profited, by their attendance: they are variously engaged in their lessons, from learning the Alphabet to reading the New Testament, Writing, and the first branches of Arithmetic, as near to the system practised in England as circumstances will allow. Colonel Denham visited the School, and appeared much pleased with the system he ordered 10 Liberated-African Boys to be sent every morning from Regent, and 16 from Charlotte.

The Communicants above stated as at

Gloucester and Regent must be regarded, to a considerable extent, as nominal. Of 105 names on the list at Gloucester, Mr. Davey, on resuming his labours after his return from England, was not able to collect more than 45 to attend the meetings for private edification; and, of 216 on the list at Regent, he could not assemble more than 95 at any one time. Of these, however, he says

I have, on these occasions, been much pleased with their simple statements-their lamenting the want of more Means of Grace; and the neglect of social Prayer-Meetings, which were formerly kept up among them, but have been for some time laid aside-their mourning their want of brotherly love and Christian communion-and the sin of some in not attending Church, unless the person officiating was one who pleased them, thus looking more to the creature than the Creator.

We have before stated Mr. Davey's wish for more help in this district: of the application of the present means he gives the following statement

I have endeavoured to supply the various places on a Sunday in the following manuer : Regent and Gloucester, alternately, at 10 in the morning and 3 in the afternoon- Lei

cester Mountain, at 1 in the afternoon-and
Bathurst and Charlotte, alternately, at 10 in
the morning and 3 in the afternoon: David
Noah taking the former three one Sunday,
and the latter two on the other Sunday; and
myself doing the same, with the addition of
early Prayers at Bathurst, and an exhorta-
tion in the evening.

Recent Notices of the State of the chief
Settlements.

Gloucester-At Midsummer, there were
in the Schools, 70 Boys born in the Colony,
with an average attendance of 55; and 46
Girls, with an attendance of 15- Communi-
cants, 95- Attendants on Sunday Worship,
- Baptisms, 8
140; and at Daily Prayers, 25-
--Marriages, 2. M. T. Harding, the Govern-
ment Schoolmaster, makes himself in various
ways useful, particularly in visiting the peo-
ple at their own houses.

The inhabitants had very much fallen back into heathen practices: the drum, the dance, and the gun were almost constantly to be heard; but the effects of Mr. Boston's removal to this place at Midsummer were very visible, in the increased attendance on the Means of Grace and marked seriousness of deportment. The average attendance on. Sundays was, at Michaelmas, 220 in the morning, and 160 in the afternoon; and, on Week-days, 50. An Infant School has been formed; containing 84 Boys and 47 Girls, with an average attendance of 93: they make good progress, and appear highly delighted.

The Communicants were, at Michaelmas, reduced to 70, unsound members having been dismissed: four of the more experienced

watch over the others. There is much to encourage; but the people are not what they were in the time of the late Mr. Düring: most useful were his labours: the people still speak of him with affection.

Regent-At Midsummer the following Return was made: Liberated-African Scholars, 193; with an average attendance of 174Scholars born in the Colony, 61 Boys with an attendance of 49, and 66 Girls with an attendance of 47-Attendants on Sunday Worship, 370: at Weekly Lectures, 137; and at Daily Prayers, 125-Baptisms, 24-Marriages, 8. David Noah has, in a measure, re-established a plan adopted by the late Mr. Johnson, of appointing a person to overlook every 20 or 30 Communicants: there were 227 Communicants on the list at Midsummer.

At Michaelmas, appearances among the Adults had improved. The number of Communicants on the list was 248; and they had been regular in their weekly meetings, and were well reported of by David Noah. The Scholars born in the Colony had increased and were improving, chiefly owing to the atten

Bathurst-The Return at Midsummer was as follows: Liberated-African Scholars, 179; with an average attendance of 130- Scholars born in the Colony, 42 Boys with an attendance of 30, and 33 Girls with an attendance of 25-Attendants on Sunday Worship, 300; at Weekly Lectures, 170; and at Daily Prayers, 160-Communicants, 6-Baptism, 1 -Marriages, 11.

At Michaelmas, the attendance on the Means of Grace was rather on the decrease, and the concern of the inhabitants for their salvation appeared to be but little.

tion of David Noah: the others had decreased, || every Evening in a Chapel which they have by various causes, to 65. built for themselves-Much inconvenience has arisen from the bad state of the grass-hut provided by Government for a Place of Worship, and from the steepness of the hill on which the Government House, in which the Missionary resides, is built; added to the impaired state of his health, and strict orders given by the Chief of the Liberated-African Department, that Public Worship be not held in that house-The people, however, have shewn mach attention to the Word preached to them since the time that the Missionary entered upon his residence among them, which took place about the beginning of the The Infant School, under Mrs. Heighway year; and they manifest a concern about the and Mrs. Taylor, had 142 Children, with an state of their souls-Three of the Communiaverage attendance of 130. Nearly half their cants watch over the rest, conduct Prayers time is given to Spelling, Practical Grammar, in the absence of the Minister, and keep a Natural History, Tables, Hymns, and Cate- very laudable Church-Discipline; reproving chisms: the other half of their time, they are such as act inconsistently, and reporting to divided into classes for reading, when every the Missionary any that fall back and live child finds its level. Some can read the Tes- in open sin, in order that he may strike tament. The progress is encouraging. them off the list of Communicants until they The returns of the smaller Settlements repent-The number of Communicants is 61 in this District, added to those just Liberated- African Girls' School, containing - In this Settlement is the Sea-District given, form the following totals, at Mid-23 Girls, besides 38 Girls born in the Colony.

summer last

Liberated-African Scholars, 404; with an average attendance of 332-Scholars born in the Colony, 226 Boys with an attendance of 187, and 187 Girls with an attendance of 115 -Attendants at Sunday Worship, 1030; at Weekly Lectures, 307; and at Daily Prayers, 358-Baptisms, for the last Quarter, 47; and Marriages, 25.

Sea District.
Missionaries and Teachers.
Rev. W. Keeling Betts, at Kent, has been
Superintendant of this District since the end
of December 1827, and is assisted by W.
Neville, Native Teacher.

State of the Settlements at Christmas 1827.
Population.

Kent-200 attend on Sundays: number of Communicants 25, who meet twice a-week at the house of one of the number-There used to be formerly a very commodious Place of Worship here, which, however, has Civil Authorities having removed the pulpit ceased to be devoted to that purpose; the to the Girls' School-House, which will be by no means sufficient for the Congregation, when a regular attendance shall be again obtained by some one of the Society's Servants residing here- Here is the principal Liberated-African Boys' School for the Sea District, containing 92 Scholars.

Bananas-Divine Service was not held at the time when the island was visited by the Missionary, the people being engaged in attending their farms whilst the rice was standing in ear-Before that time the Schoolmas→ ter used to read the Liturgy to the people on Sundays: 14 Children under instruction.

Recent Notices.

Mr. Betts reports on York, at Michael

mas

The people of York are, in general, regard-· less of the Sabbath and their souls; nor am I sanguine in hoping that much improvement will take place in their spiritual condition, till they can have the advantage of pastoral visits at their houses; which appears to me the most likely means, by far, of drawing the minds of the Africans, generally, to reflect on those things which are unseen and eternal. That select body of professing Christians in this town, mentioned in former reports, still conduct themselves in a praiseworthy manner;

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