366 CONTINENT. In reference to the Sciences and Useful Arts, the Students are instructed in Geography, Universal History, some parts of Physics, Drawing, and Sacred Music. With these objects of instruction, daily exercises are connected; the design of which is, to cherish in the Students piety of feeling, to promote their personal holiness, and to imbue them more deeply with the spirit of their calling. Opportunities are also given to them of exercise in preaching. The Spirit of Love which prevails in the The Students are taken, indifferently, from the various Reformed Communions; but they here cease to be distinguished one from another. No one announces himself as the disciple of Luther, of Calvin, or of Zuinglius. They have no other Master than Christ. The love of this Divine Saviour and a belief of the fundamental truths of Chris tianity, are the points of union among these Young Students, and the sole basis of their religious instruction. In the limited circle of their abode, they present a picture of that Holy Church Universal, which knows but one Saviour, one Faith, and one Baptism. These Young Men, chiefly of narrow circumstances, and without any previous learned education; arriving from various countries, from the North of Europe, Germany, and Switzerland; and differing among one another in customs, manners, age and character-become quickly united in the bonds of charity, and form but one body of Brothers in Christ. The discipline to which the Students are subjected is of the mildest nature: their sole rule is the Gospel-their sole restraint, the fear of God. The principles inculcated upon them are, the mortification of sinful affections, the pursuit of faith and righteousness and charity, peace with all men, growth in humility, the possession of the soul in patience, and the doing of every thing to the glory of God. GENEVA. AUXILIARY MISSIONARY SOCIETY. Formation and Proceedings of the Society THIS Society was formed on the 1st of June of last year. It is auxiliary [SEPT. ciety of which we have just spoken. to the Evangelical Missionary So and awaken zeal in behalf of MisIn order to diffuse information sions, the Committee circulated an Appeal; and printed 2000 copies of a volume of 500 pages, entitled, "An Exposition of the present State of Evangelical Missions among the Heathen.' chiefly of a translation of the Survey of Missions prefixed to our last volume, with additions from other parts of our work; and was printed at an expense of about $700 francs, by the contributions of a few benevolent individuals, aided by a grant Missionary Society-the proceeds of 251. (633 francs) from the Church of the sales to be appropriated to the benefit of the Geneva Society. This volume consists A Meeting of the Society was held on the 11th of April last, the proceedings of which have since been published; with about eighty pages subjoined, of the most recent Missionary Intelligence, chiefly taken from our work, and in continuation of the "Exposition" be- . fore mentioned. The President of the Society, the neated the wretchedness of the A passage in this Address will shew to what a degree of honour, in the estimation of Foreign Christians, the religious exertions of this country have exalted her :— The middle ages beheld the people of Europe uniting together, in order to places where Jesus suffered and died for rescue from the Infidels those sacred nesses of a Crusade, more worthy of the our sins. In our own day, we are wit true disciples of the Gospel, which has for its object, the conquest of those nations for the Saviour which yet know Him not, and the subjecting to his law of so many millions of perishing souls. A nation, truly great in the wisdom of its institutions, in its enlightened philanthropy, and in the fidelity with which it cherishes the flame of piety and guards the faith entrusted to its care; recognizes the duty to which the God of the Gospel calls it, by the power which he has confided to it, and by the extent of its possessions. That nation gives the signal, in lifting up to the view of the Christian World the Book of Life, translated into the languages of a hundred different people; and around this Divine Code of our Hopes, we see rallying in multitudes, in the same spirit and with the like end, Christians touched with the love of their Saviour, and anxious for the salvation of their brethren. From the Report and Statements which follow, it appears, that, by Donations and Subscriptions to the amount of about 1850 francs and the sale of 483 copies of the "Exposition" for upward of 800 francs, the sum of 2656 francs had been remitted to the Society at Bâsle. It was from this Report that we extracted the account of the Seminary at Bâsle given in the preceding articlé. GERMANY. BIBLE SOCIETIES. Distribution of the Scriptures among Catholics. THE following statement is extracted from the communications of the Secretary of one of the Bible Societies in Germany to the British and Foreign Bible Society : A few weeks since we distributed 600 Testaments among the Catholic Pilgrims. Several were affected to tears on being presented with the object of their wishes; and, although unable to express their feelings in words, yet their silence was a still stronger testimony of deep-felt emotion. Some Christian Friends had collected on the spot where the distribution took place, to enjoy so interesting a scene: and they all agreed in the opinion, that incalculable benefit would result to the Catholics by this means; but, at the same time, they lamented, that more than three hundred of the Pilgrims could not be provided with copies, which they so earnestly wished to possess. We could not bind more than we did, in consequence of our funds having decreased to 170 guilders, and we have besides many other expenses to pay. Not many days since, we had an oppor tunity of extending our operations to America by the distribution of 26 Bibles and 39 Testaments among a party of several hundred people emigrating from these districts to the Brazils, and who embarked at this place. May they employ their leisure time on this tedious voyage for their spiritual advantage! The demand for Bibles and Testa ments, as well as our endeavours to meet it, still continue uninterrupted; and since we last balanced our accounts on the 1st of February, we have dispersed 489 Bibles, 1619 Lutheran and 1382 Catholic Testaments. We understand from the Publicans, at whose houses the travelling mechanies put up, that the latter read with great assiduity the Testaments given them by our Society. A Catholic Young Woman, who bought a Bible a few years back at the reduced price, publicly joined the Protestant Church last year; and now makes it a point of duty to contribute the full value of a Bible to the Society every year: this is really a large donation on her part, as she labours hard to support herself by the needle, and has, moreover, to struggle with a weakly constitution. Western Africa. Sierra Leone. Sierra Leone Almanac for 1822. We noticed at p. 235, an indication of the improving state of the Colony in some publications which appeared at Freetown. We have since received a copy of an "Almanac for the year 1822, calculated for the Meridian of Freetown." This is a well-printed pamphlet of about 70 pages: and, in addition to the usual Monthly Tables, contains Lists of the Civil and Army Departments under the Government of Sierra Leone; and much useful information relative to the Vegetable Productions of the Colony and the Average Price of Articles in the market of Freetown, with Nautical and Meteorological Observations. As a very general interest is excited among our Readers in reference to this rising and important Colony, we shall give an abstract of a few articles. Vegetable Productions of Sierra Leone. The following List of these productions is given in the Almanac: bread, 6d-arrow root, 3s. 9d.-country butter, 1s. 4d.-starch, Is. 4d.— grapes, 1s. 3d.-coffee, 1s.-gum copal, 1s.-turtle, 3d. per oz. Ginger, 2d.-country snuff, 2d. each. Fowls, 1s. and 1s. 6d.-ducks, 3s. 6d. and 5s.-turkey, 17. 5s.—cocoa nuts, 6d. bananas, d.-plantains, Id.-oranges, d.-pine apples, 2d.-pumpkins, 9d.yams, 3d.-sugar canes 1d.-bullock, weight about 180lbs., 41.-good sized sheep, 17. 5s.-sucking pig, 12s. 6d.— kid, 7s. 6d. small deer, 5s.- turtle, about 140lbs., 17. 10s.-flounders, 3d. conger eels, 1s.-mullet, large, 6d.mackarel, 6d. to 2s. 6d.-lobsters, 3s. 9d. -crabs, 6d. per quart. Rice, clean, 7s. 6d.-rice, red, 5s.Malaguetta pepper-red, or cayenne, millet, 5s.-cassada, 1s.3d.-cocoa, 2s.28. pepper-water melons-ground nuts gambia corn, 5s.-sweet potatoes, 2s. 6d. -pine apples-papay tree -orange-ground nuts, 2s. 6d.-limes, 1s. 3d. tree-lemon tree-cocoa nuts - palmoil tree-coffee-sweet potatoes-purging nut-yams-cotton tree-guayaves -millet-indigo-cassada-arrow root - plantains — bananas — rice — guinea corn-date tree-castor-oil tree-sugar cane - tamarind tree-common vineIndian corn, or maize-ginger. It is added Cocoa, called "Edo" in the West Indies and "Tenga" by the French, is a most nutritious and valuable vegetable, eultivated to a great extent in the mountains of Sierra Leone. Almost all the Culinary Vegetables of Europe are annually cultivated by the inhabitants of the Peninsula, and can frequently be purchased of them at a moderate rate. Some Gentlemen have turned their attention to Horticulture and Ornamental Gardening. In the neighbourhood of Freetown, there are several Farms, which, from their state of cultivation, do great credit to the proprie. tors of them; but, in the Mountain Villages, the Reverend Superintendants have set the most laudable examples of useful Horticulture. Honey, Is. milk, 8d.-onions, 1s. palm wine, 2d.-palm oil, common, Is. palm oil, clear, Is. 3d. per pint. Pepper, bird, 2d.-pepper, malaguetta, 2d.-beans, itd.-plums, wild, 2d.-salt, 2d.-oysters, 6d. Meteorological Observations. › The Almanac contains Meteorological Tables, kept at Freetown in the years 1793, 1819, and 1820; the general results of which are as follows: Thermometer. In 1793-highest 95, in March and April: medium, 83: lowest 71, in May, June, and September. medium 80: lowest 734, in June and In 1819-highest 87, in January: July. In 1820-highest 87, in February: medium 81, lowest 75, in August. Barometer. In 1793-highest 30.09, in October: medium 29.95 lowest 29.81, in Ja nuary. In 1819-highest 30.30, in June and Average Prices of Articles in the Market July: medium, 29.70: lowest 29.10, of Freetown. Beef, 6d.-salt beef, 9d.-mutton, 1s. pork, 1s.-salt pork, 9d.-flour, 6d in January. In 1820-highest 30.99: in April: medium 30.095: lowest 29.20, in November. The Table of Weather for the year 1820 is not complete; but these two Tables will enable the Reader to form a judgment of the usual state of the Weather, A Meteorological Table is also given, which was kept at St. Mary's in the Gambia, in the year 1821: from which it appears, that the range of the Thermometer was from 89 in September, down to 75 in January and February; and that of the Barometer, from 30.20 in April, to 29.46 in August. Succession of Governors of the Colony. The following List of the Governors of Sierra Leone from the date of the Charter of Incorporation of the Sierra-Leone Company, may be useful for future reference:John Clarkson, Esq. sworn in as Superintendant of the Colony, March 10, 1792. William Dawes, Esq. administers the Government, Dec. 31, 1792. Zachary Macaulay, Esq. administers the Government, pro tempore, April 1, 1794. W. Dawes, Esq. returns to the administration of the Government, 1795. Z. Macaulay, Esq. sworn in as Governor, 1796. Thomas Ludlam, Esq. ditto, pro tempore, 1799. W. Dawes, Esq. ditto, Jan. 4, 1801. Capt. William Day, R. N. ditto, Feb. 15, 1803. T. Ludlam, Esq. ditto, Aug. 28, 1803. Capt. Columbine,R.N. ditto, Feb.12,1810. Lieut. Col. Maxwell, sworn in as Governor-in-Chief, July 1, 1811. Lieut. Col. MacCarthy (LieutenantGovernor) ditto, July 11, 1814. Lieut.-Col. Mac Carthy first sat as Governor-in-Chief, Nov. 29, 1815. Capt. Grant, Second West-India Regi ment, sworn in to administer the Government pro tempore, July 25, 1820. Brigadier-Gen. Sir Charles Mac Carthy returned from England, Governorin-Chief of the British Settlements on the West Coast of Africa, from 20 deg. N. to 20 deg. S. Latitudes, Nov. 28,1821. 3 B GRAND BASSA. AMERICAN COLONIZATION SOCIETY. Manners and Superstitions of the Natives. FROM the Journal of Mr. Ephraim Bacon which we have before quoted, we shall collect some account of the state of the Natives, in reference to their Manners and Superstitions. The people all live in little villages, or clusters of cottages; in each of which is a Headman, who has a plurality of wives. If a Native have but one wife, it is because he is very poor. The Head. man owns all the people in his town. The inhabitants of each town cultivate in common. The men seldom labour, except fishing a little, and hunting: the females and small boys cultivate the land: the men trade, and direct those who are under them. I saw a fine-looking female with iron fetters on her feet. I made inquiry concerning the cause of her confinement, and was told that she was taken in adultery. It is said by the Natives, that "Wife Palaver very bad Palaver." It is punished with death, red water, or slavery; but most commonly with slavery. The people wear about a yard-and-a half of narrow cloth round their loins. The men often wear hats; while the children are not burthened with any kind of clothes, but frequently, like the adults, wear many beads. Leopard's teeth are thought to be very valuable ornaments. : The King when in General Palaver, was clad in his robes, which covered his whole body he had on, also, an elegant cap at other times, he wore a drabcoloured broad-cloth great coat, with a number of capes. His Headmen were partially clad; some with blue cloth round-abouts, with military or naval buttons: they wore no shirts: many of them had belts of beads, which contained one or more pounds each. These people are very kind, but are in a dreadful state of Heathenish dark ness, depending upon their Greegrees and Devil Worship. A town is not complete which has not a Palaver House and a Devil House. The Devil House has a small post standing near it, six or eight feet high, with a strip of white muslin, about threefourths of a yard in length and two or three inches wide, tied round the top. There they daily offer sacrifice, and dedicate a part of their food to the. Devil. They profess to believe that there is a good and merciful Deity, who can and will do them good and not evil; but that the Devil is all powerful, and that it is necessary to appease his wrath. Every town has its peculiar Devil. read the Twentieth Chapter of Exodus, and spoke to the people on the state of their souls, they were very attentive: their reply to him, after he had ceased speaking, was-" Very well. We hear you. All very good what you say. We think 'bout it. We no sabby White Man fash-we sabby greegree." In one of the towns, while W. Davis All the people wear greegrees, or charms. Some of these are brass rings, which they wear round their ancles and wrists. One is a feather, tied with a consider most valuable, is the horn of a What they string round the neck. goat or a sheep, which the "Dibbleman,” as they call him, prepares by filling it with a kind of glutinous substance, intermixed with pulverized charcoal or black sand. Some wear a little ball of clay, tied up in a piece of white muslin. The body of King John, who has been dead four moons, is not yet buried. He is laid in state in a Palaver House, dressed in a fine robe, with a pair of fire is kept burning in the room. His new English boots on the feet: a brisk grave is dug it is eight feet square for the purpose of admitting the body and the form on which it lies; together with bullocks, goats, sheep, tobacco, and pipes, as sacrifices! O Lord, when shall these superstitions cease! Mediterranean. AMERICAN BOARD OF MISSIONS. FROM various communications, including those published in the Twelfth Report of the Board, we shall abstract such chief particulars relative to this Mission, as have not already appeared in our pages. In our last Volume, p. 435, we stated the arrival of the late Rev. Levi Parsons, at Jerusalem; and shall now digest under appropriate heads, from different parts of his Journal, the details which he has given respecting the Holy City, |