able to read, that he obtained a Testament, and began learning his letters by trying to read that chapter. In a little time he was able to read; and to write, so as to make out dray-tickets, and superintend the shipping of tobacco. In this business, and in overseeing the labour of the other hands in the warehouse, he was particularly useful; so much so, that he received 800 dollars salary in 1820, the last year which he remained there; and could have received a larger sum, if he would have continued. was About the year 1813, his wife died; and, shortly after, he liberated himself and two little children for 850 dollars. The manner, in which he obtained this sum of money to purchase himself and children, reflects much credit on his character. It will be seen from the salary which he received after he was free, and which he relinquished for the sake of doing good in Africa, that his services were highly estimated; but, of their real value, no one except a dealer in tobacco can form an idea. Notwithstanding the hundreds of hogsheads which were committed to his charge, he could produce any one the instant it called for; and the shipments were made with a promptness and correctness, such as scarcely any person, white or black, has equalled in the same situation. For this correctness and fidelity he was highly esteemed, and was frequently rewarded. He was allowed also to sell for his benefit many small parcels of waste tobacco. It was by saving the little sums obtained in this way, with the aid of a subscription by the merchants to whose interests he had been attentive, that he procured this 850 dollars, which he paid for the freedom of himself and children. When the Colonists were fitted out for Africa, he defrayed a considerable part of his own expense; and he still owns a house and lot near this city. Having married again, he lost his second wife shortly after they arrived in Africa, at Fourah Bay, in the Colony of Sierra Leone: of her triumphant death, he gives a most affecting account in his Journal of that date. He has since lost a third wife, the daughter of Richmond Sampson, from Petersburgh, at Cape Mesurado. Soon after he made a profession of religion, he commenced holding meetings, and exhorting among the Coloured People; and, though he had scarcely any knowledge of books, and but little acquaintance with mankind, he would frequently exhibit a boldness of thought and a strength of native intellect, which no acquirement could ever have given him. At the close of his Farewell Sermon in the First Baptist MeetingHouse in this city, before his departure for Africa, he remarked in substance as follows I am about to leave you; and expect to see your faces no more. I long to preach to the poor African the way of life and salvation. I don't know what may befall me, or whether I may find a grave in the ocean, or among the savage men, or more savage wildbeasts on the coast of Africa: nor am I anxious what may become of me. I feel it my duty to go: and I very much fear that many of those who preach the Gospel in this country will blush when the Saviour calls them to give an account of their labours in His cause, and tells them, "I commanded you to go into all the world, and preach the Gospel to every creature- and," with the most forcible emphasis, he exclaimed-the Saviour may ask-" Where have you been? What have you been doing? Have you endeavoured to the utmost of your ability to fulfil the commands which I gave you-or have you sought your own gratification and your own mands?" ease, regardless of my com Mr. Carey is now upward of forty years of age. He is possessed of a constitution peculiarly fitted for toil and exposure, and has felt the effects of the climate perhaps less than any other individual on the Cape. He has always shewn that sort of inflexible integrity and correctness of deportment toward all with whom he may be concerned, which necessarily command their respect; but he will, probably, never be able to divest himself of a kind of suspicious reserve toward White People- especially his superiors-which universally attaches itself to those reared in slavery. The interests of the Colony, and the cause of his countrymen both in Africa and this country, lie near his heart: for them he is willing to toil, and to make almost any sacrifice; and he has frequently declared, that no possessions in this country could induce him to return. One circumstance deserves particular notice. After Captain Stockton and Dr.. Ayres had purchased the Cape, and the Colonists had taken possession, so much hostility appeared on the part of the Natives-the rains were approaching, and their provisions becoming shortthat it was concluded that they must all return again to Sierra Leone. Another day, and the place would have been abandoned: but, on the Agent's going on shore to prepare for departure, he was informed by Mr. Carey that he was determined not to go; and nearly all the Colonists were induced to follow his example. In the event, they suffered severely 800 or 1000 Natives, in November 1822, attacked them, but were repulsed a few weeks after, a body of 1500 attacked them again at daybreak: several of the Colonists were killed and wounded; but, with only 37 effective men and boys and the aid of their sixpounder, they again beat the Natives off with very considerable loss. In these affairs Mr. Carey necessarily bore a considerable part, mounting guard daily in his turn with the rest. In one of his Letters he remarks, that, like the Jews in rebuilding their city, they had to toil with their arms beside them, and lie upon their arms every night: but he declares shortly after this, in the most emphatic terms, that "there never had been an hour or a minute, no not even when the balls were flying round his head, when he could wish himself back to America again." He has been Health Officer and General Inspector since their settlement at Monrovia. During the sickly season of the year, he has usually been wholly taken up in attending on the sick; and, for more than a year past, they have had no other physician among them. The little medical information which he obtained from Dr. Ayres and others on the coast, together with several years experience, have enabled him successfully to contend with the peculiar fevers of the climate. Under date of March 12th, 1824, shortly after the arrival of the Cyrus with 105 emigrants, he writes The fever began about the 24th ult., and on the 28th we had 38 cases; and, by the 2d instant, we had 66 under the operation of medicine at present I have about 100 cases of fever to contend with; but we have been very much favoured, for they appear all to be on the recovery, and we have lost none saving three children. I have very little time to write to you, myself being the only man that will venture to act in the capacity of a physician. A little Church was formed in this city, composed of Lott Carey, Colin Teage, Joseph Langford, and four or five more, before they sailed for Africa. This Church is now settled in Monrovia, and Lott Carey is Pastor. They have had considerable addition by emigrants from Petersburgh and this. place, as well as from a revival among them during the last year; and the Church now probably numbers 60 or 80 members. They have a Meeting House partly built, and are much in want of aid to finish it. Colston M. Waring, from Petersburgh, and John Lewis, from this city, both Preachers, belong to this Church. There is also a Methodist Church at the Cape. They have a Sunday School comprising 18 Native Children. The Natives have always shewn the utmost anxiety to learn to read themselves, and particularly to have their children instructed. by the express appointment of a Home Missionary: to this they have been urged, not only by their own convictions of its importance, but by the repeated solicitations of the friends of the Society in various parts of the kingdom. They do not stop to notice the difficulties which for some time seemed to stand in the way of any measure of this nature, and to delay so desirable an appointment; but they are thankful to be able to state on this occasion, that the Providence of God has opened a door for their exertions in England, and set before them opportunities which they never before enjoyed, and which they would pray for grace and faith to improve to the very utmost. The Rev. J. C. Reichardt, who for four years previously had been labouring among the Jews on the Continent of Europe, was requested by your Committee to visit this country a short time before your last Anniversary, in order that they might personally confer with him on the subject of his future Mission. After spending some time in visiting many of your Auxiliary Societies, which gave him an opportunity of commencing an intercourse with the Jews in several of the most important towns in the kingdom, he turned his attention to the metropolis, where the great body of English Jews are to be found. The result has been, a determination from time to time on the part of your Committee, not to draw back from a sphere of labour interesting in so many points of view, and to which they cannot but think that they were directed by the evident leadings of an overruling Providence. For several months, the time of your Missionary has been fully occupied by his labours among the Jews, as well amongst those of the poorer class, who have justly been considered as in a most degraded state, as among those of a more outwardly respectable class and superior education. A regular time and place of meeting have been appointed, at which a satisfactory number of Jews have at tended-an interchange of kindly feeling has been promoted-a spirit of deep interest has been excited-many persons have come to inquire concerning the way of God more perfectly-and several have been led to request, and to receive, a more regular course of Christian In struction. Besides his regular Missionary Labours in London, it has already been mentioned that Mr. Reichardt has vi sited other towns where the Jews reside, in his character of a Christian Missionary to that people: it is in contemplation to make occasional arrangements of this nature, as opportunity may offer. A new stimulus has thereby been given to the exertions of those friends of Israel, who were desirous to promote the spiritual welfare of their Jewish Neighbours: the number of these continually increases. Many Auxiliary Societies in different parts of England have come forward to take a more active share in the work; and, in some instances, their labours have received an evident blessing ..... From various Auxiliaries, the Committee have receiv. ed accounts of the conversion and baptism of Individuals of the Jewish Nation, as it were one of a city and two of a family within a few months they have received particular accounts of six Jewish Individuals thus received as members of the Christian Church. Your Committee feel that the encouragement which God has thus vouchsafed to afford, has frequently far exceeded the expectations of His servants. Your Committee desire to commend these Christian Converts to the watchful and affectionate care of the friends of Israel. They have their peculiar trials to encounter, of which persons educated as members of the Christian Community know nothing: they are exposed to strong temptations, and are too often objects of unjust suspicion: their aban. donment of Judaïsm often leaves them in a state of worldly destitution: their former habits render them ill qualified for laborious occupations: they are cast off by the Jews, and are yet scarcely owned by Christians. On this subject, your Committee rejoice to find, that Christian Kindness has received an im pulse, which they would endeavour to encourage: they witness its effects al ready, in connection with their own labours, both in London and throughout the country at large. They hear likewise of the patient and believing efforts of private Individuals unconnected with any public body; and of the rise of Christian Institutions distinct from your own, for the purpose of seeking the welfare of the Jews in these kingdomış. Your Committee desire to implore the blessing of Israel's God upon them all; and to pray that a spirit of holy union, fervent zeal, Christian devotedness, and simple dependence on the Lord Jesus Christ, may rest on all those who engage in such a work. Schools. The number of Children now under instruction is, 40 Boys and 43 Girls. Three boys and eight girls have been admitted since the last Anniversary : four boys have been apprenticed: one girl has died-six have been put out to service-and five, your Committee regret to say, have been expelled on account of disobedience, after every milder method had been tried in vain. On the whole, however, there is great encouragement in this department of your Society's labours; and your Committee have had much comfort, not only in the satisfactory testimony generally borne to the conduct of those young persons who have been placed out by your Society, but also in the evidence afforded, in several instances, that the good seed sown in their hearts, under the roof of your Institution, has not been left with out a blessing. In establishing Schools in other parts of the world, your Committee have acted upon the simple principle of giving Scriptural instruction to all the Jewish Children who were willing to attend, without affording any other inducement whatever. The Schools at Hamburgh, Posen, Pinnè, Dresden, Madras, and Bombay, were mentioned in the last Report. Others have since been established, at Dantzic, Margonin, Schlichtensheim, and Warsaw, to which more particular reference will be made when your Committee come to notice the Missionary Stations of your Society. They would only now add, that, although they are not accurately informed of the precise number of children in the different Schools, they have every reason to believe that it exceeds five hundred. Publications. During the past year there have been issued 2020 complete copies and 20,327 portions of the Old-Testament Scriptures in Hebrew, 919 copies of the Pentateuch in Judeo-Polish, 27 of the Prophets in German-Hebrew, and 127 of the New Testament in Hebrew and German-Hebrew. Your Committee continue to attach great importance to the circulation of the Old-Testament Scriptures in the Original Hebrew: there is a considerable body of Jews who would probably re ceive them in no other form, especially among the Rabbinical Jews in Poland. But their chief importance consists in the fact, that they are the Divine Standard, to which, in their discussions, Jews and Christians refer, and from which there is no appeal. Translations into their vernacular dialects are, for the most part, only acceptable to the Jews, in connection with their possession of the Original; and those, who cannot fully understand that language themselves, will often solicit the aid of their more learned brethren, in ascertaining the fidelity of a translation, which at first excites their suspicions, because it contradicts the interpretations of the Rabbinical Writers. On late occasions, certain Rabbies have denounced the translation into Judeo-Polish, as unfaithful and dangerous, and have forbidden the Jews to read it: this had the desirable, though not contemplated effect, of increasing the interest which was already excited, and of leading to a more earnest and diligent Hebrew Text. comparison of the translation with the A new demand has arisen upon the resources of your Society, in the willing. in the Modern Languages of Europe; ness of the Jews to read the Scriptures have, in this respect, been largely sup. and many of your Missionary Stations plied by the British and Foreign Bible Society. The Missionaries at Warsaw are, at present, proceeding with the translation of the Judeo-Polish Version of the Old Testament, of which the Pentateuch has already had an extensive circulation. The language of this translation is spoken by at least two or three millions of Jews; of whom a large proportion, including the females, have a very imperfect knowledge of the Hebrew, if they understand it at all. Your Committee are anxiously looking for the completion of a translation of the Scriptures into Jewish-Spanish, which is the language spoken by the Jews of Spain, Portugal, and Turkey, and round the shores of the Mediterranean. The translation of the New Testament was effected under the superintendence of the Rev. H. D. Leeves, during his residence at Constantinople; and the printing is now taking place at Corfu, under the care of the Rev. Mr. Lowndes, on account of the British and Foreign Bible Society. The revision of the Hebrew NewTestament by Dr. Neumann, a learned Christian Jew of Breslaw, has almost arrived at its completion; and your Committee were desirous to take immediate steps for producing an Improved Version, which might be, at once, intelligible and acceptable to the Jews, and likewise faithful as a translation of the Word of God. Further attempts are, however, suspended for the present, in consequence of the application of an eminent Publisher of the Scriptures in various languages, (who is now preparing an edition of the New Testament in Hebrew, as part of a large Polyglott Edition of the Scriptures,) to have the use of the present Version, with all the proposed emendations and corrections of some of the most learned Hebrew Scholars in Europe, which are at present in the possession of your Society. Your Committee readily granted this request, in the hope of deriving great assistance from the publication of another Version under such advantages, and in which their responsibility is in no respect involved. Your Committee have likewise undertaken to print an edition of the Haph. torah, or Selections from the Prophets, with Hebrew and German on opposite pages, as used in the Synagogue Service of the Jews; adding a few other selections of the chief prophecies relating to the Messiah, printed in the same manner, the whole to be bound together with the Hebrew Pentateuch, 12mo. edition. Several of your Missionaries have long felt the importance of this work, as likely to be very acceptable and useful to the Jews. During the past year, about 14,000 Tracts, in various languages, have been issued from your Depository for circulation among the Jews; besides a much greater number published on the Continent, under the superintendence of your Missionaries, in German, French, Italian, and other languages. Students and Missionaries. In the course of the year, Ten Students have been under instruction, of whom four have been appointed to the Missionary Work. Five have been admitted since your last Anniversary, and three more are shortly expected to arrive from Berlin. The number of Missionary Agents, at present in connection with your Society, is 36, of whom 12 are of the Jewish Nation; besides subordi nate teachers, employed in the various Schools. LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY, We have had occasion, of late, to record various instances of unwonted zeal in the support of Missions; and rejoice to witness the steady growth of this spirit, so strongly enforced on all real Christians, by the rapid course and marked tendency of events around us. We quote with pleasure the following very judicious and sensible communication to the Society, indicative of the Enlarged Liberality of the Essex Auxiliary. The Committee of the Essex Auxiliary Missionary Society in aid of the "London Missionary Society," to the Board of Directors of that Institution. CHRISTIAN BRETHREN We have, through successive years, exerted ourselves to co-operate with you in the great work for which we are all equally associated in that great Christian Union, the London Missionary Society; chiefly for the purpose of obtaining from our Christian Friends in this County as large an amount as possible of pecuniary aid, without, as an organized branch of the Society, seeking any direct intercourse with you or making any direct communication to you: nor should we, on this occasion, have deviated from our usual practice, or broken the silence which we have hitherto maintained, had we not felt desirous, when remitting to your Treasurer the amount of those Extra Contributions which we have recently obtained, to express the views and feelings with which we have, in this particular instance, co-operated with our Brethren in Manchester, London, and other places. We beg to assure you, Christian Brethren, that, as we repose a confidence, which is as pleasant to ourselves as it is honourable to you, in the wisdom, fide. lity, and energy with which you conduct in general the affairs of this great Institution; so we entirely concur in that opinion and spirit which induced you, during the last year, and on some former occasions, to draw largely on the Reserved Fund of the Institution, rather than diminish the operations of your |