cessary to carry out the suggestion | be acted upon, much will be done of the liberal donor. We are glad toward restoring confidence to to find that the Baptist Missionary Europe, and in its wake will come Society has recently had a donation, better trade, lighter taxes, and as a thankoffering, of £2,000. The peace. We devotedly wish it may Attleboro chapel case is decided in not prove too good to be true. favour of the occupants. A dis- Louis Napoleon played a strange graceful scene was recently wit- farce at the beginning of last month. nessed at the funeral of Rev. D. He assisted at the bedizening of a Griffiths, at Trevangon. Mr. Grif- new Cardinal; but then the Pope fiths was well known in Lancashire had sent the hat at the request of and Yorkshire, as a talented Baptist the eldest son of the church,' and minister, and afterwards as princi- an Ablegate to bear it, with his pal of the Accrington College. His mouth full of bad Latin and quesremains were taken to his native tionable compliments. The Em village in Wales, and a Mr. Lewis, peror's reply meant Thank youa neighbouring proprietor, claimed for nothing. The whole affair ina right to the burying ground, and dicates his intention to use the Pope refused to allow the funeral to take so long as he serves his purpose. place without an acknowledgment Italy is still annoyed with bands of his right. A gentleman in the of brigands, who are keeping the neighbourhood took on himself the Piedmontese troops from rusting in responsibility of breaking the lock, idleness. The brigands are chiefly removing the fence, and defying disbanded soldiers of the Ex-King Mr. Lewis. The matter will be of Naples. Belgium has once more decided by an appeal to law. The heard the voice of its astute sov. bi-centenary of 1862 is not to pass ereign. Leopold has opened the unobserved by the Baptists. We chambers in person. His address beg to call the special attention of was manly and liberal. Happy the our readers to the letter of an es- people with such a king, and happy teemed brother in another part of the king with such a people. this Magazine. What the Baptist Poland is in tumult. Churches are Union will suggest as a fit way to closed, houses ransacked, funerals commemorate the event is not yet interrupted, and bridal parties atknown; but be it what it may, we tacked with the grossest brutality. earnestly entreat our brethren to Poland wants to be free, and the think over the hints of the letter Czar's answer is - Lüders. The referred to. The subject will not tale about the twenty thousand be lost sight of in the Magazine muskets found in Count Zamoyski's during the coming year. cellar turns out to be false. Austria is hastening down the easy road to destruction. Hungary is put under military rule, and the diet of Crotia is dissolved. Francis Joseph and young Bomba may yet be com GENERAL. THE mask has fallen. France is on - Russia is not so ter. If the programme of M. Fould quiet as the first telegrams assured us. The University hubbub is combe. Both are no more. The mixed up with other affairs. There Queen has held the first chapter of is a cry for a constitution!' Da- the new order of knighthood, called homey still perpetuates its bloody The Order of the Star of India.' rites. To celebrate the new yam Emigration has been checked by the season the king beheaded two thou- disturbances of America, and trade sand men, and the neighbouring yet suffers from the southern blockcountries were hunted to supply the ade, and from the loss of the northern miserable victims. In the name of custom. At the recent municipal humanity, let the Great Powers put elections there is an increase in the down this barbarity. America is number of dissenting mayors, and no nearer the settling of her quarrel. especially of Baptist. Newspapers The North has suffered another re- tell us strange things. One not verse. M'Clellan has succeeded Scott long since told its readers that as the commander-in-chief. A naval wolves had re-appeared in Essex! expedition of nearly thirty vessels, The extraordinary announcement is with abundance of stores, has sailed thus explained. The master of some for the South. Fears are entertained hounds in that county has been in that the fleet suffered in the late the habit of importing fox cubs. gale. At home, politics are gradu- Now wolf cubs are very like fox ally gaining more attention. One cubs, and some of the former had of the most notable speeches of the been sent over by mistake! The recess is Disraeli's on the Essays severe gales of the last month have and Reviews' and church rates. He caused many disasters on our danis bidding for the clergy. His gerous north-eastern coast. The speech is full of policy which honest life boat at Scarborough was capmen will detect and abhor. When sized, and several of its crew next the House assembles two well-lost. Many vessels have gone known faces will be missed, Sir down with all hands on board-one James Graham and Thomas Dun- in sight of Liverpool. Missionary Observer. JOURNEY FROM CUTTACK TO BY THE REV. W. HILL. Cuttack, Dec. 15, 1860. As the Conference was to commence can generally depend, but he who Journey from Cuttack to Berhampore. leave that station, we could not tell to the day when we could reach it, the distance being so great, and the means of travelling so uncertain and irregular. To see them, however, I was right glad, and though railways may be many, many years before they are introduced into Orissa they will doubtless benefit other districts, and in this we heartily rejoice. Especially were we delighted to see the time tables as we could not but regard them as signs of life, of activity, of progress even in dead, stagnant, stereotyped India. But I must proceed with our journey, or you will think I am going at any, rather than railway speed. We left Jenkia in the afternoon about four, and for nearly two hours we had the pleasure of travelling by day-light. Darkness was hastened by our getting between the mountains which stand on either side the road, and as these are the haunts of wild beasts, the torchbearers soon had their torches blazing, and were running at our palkey sides. With three relays of bearers, in this way we proceeded until four the next morning, when we arrived at Burcool, our next halting place. As it was still dark and cold we remained in our palkeys, but the day beginning we turned out between five and six. With intense delight and rapture we watched the approach of the monarch of day, and sincerely do I wish I could give even a faint idea of the matchless splendour of that morning scene. The bungalow where we stood is within a few yards of the Chilka Lake. Behind, and on either side were mountains, here covered with trees and brushwood, and there rugged and bare. Rippling at our feet, and stretched out before us lay the Chilka. In some directions as far as the eye could reach nothing but water could be seen, but in others, on the far off shores the tall graceful cocoa-nut tree could just be distinguished. The clouds were wrought in the most fantastic shapes, appearing here like rugged mountains, and there like ancient castles, with summits and roofs of the finest burnished gold. The gilded waters 465 of the lake reminded one of " a sea of glory "-glory which was not eclipsed till the sun himself rose out of the waters and outshone all his rivals. Devoutly did we wish that the Sun of Righteousness might soon arise on this benighted land, and annihilate those false and flickering lights of heathenism which appear only to delude, and delude only to destroy. Not Four o'clock in the afternoon found us again on our journey, and as the cantonment gong was striking four the next morning our palkeys were set down at Mr Bailey's house. As I was pay-master my fellow-traveller was not much disturbed, and when at the end of the journey I shouted and asked if I should pay the bearers and let them go, he had the consciousness to say-a consciousness always desirable when dealing with natives-"Be sure you are all right." To hear that we had reached the end of the journey, and did not require bearers, he was not a little surprised, saying he "was not aware we had crossed the Ganjam river." wishing to disturb our friends thus early we remained in our palkeys till day-dawn, soon after which we were glad to find and to see that all our friends were well. The same morning I went over to the village, and was delighted to find our dear native christians well also. Their earnest inquiries and smiling faces plainly indicated how pleased they were to see me. The appearance of the village I was pleased to find was very much improved, indeed never did I see it look so neat and clean as it did then. Several of the old houses have been pulled down and others erected in their stead. The walls too, instead of being cleaned by smearing them with cow-dung, had been white-washed, which gave the houses quite a cheerful appearance. Great preparations had evidently been made for Conference, and indeed this, our annual meeting, is viewed with increasing interest by our native christians. To them it is the event of the year, and is more thought of and talked about than the opening of Parliament, or the debates of both Lords and Com-, and I preached on being buried with mons put together. In two of the houses of native christians I was glad to see the new looms at work, brought out by Mr. Miller, and made up by Mr. Goadby. The christian women had evidently not learnt to throw the shuttle properly, but when they do, the saving of time and labour will be immense. The heathen, I understand, are very much astonished with the new looms, and want to know, if the christians use them, how they are to live. With the remarkably clean appearance of one small house, that of a widow with an only son, I was particularly pleased. Both renounced heathenism just before we left Berhampore. Until she saw the missionaries the mother had never seen the faces of any white people. One day soon after her arrival she was at our house when our children were undressed and being washed. Their white skins very much astonished her, and she asked the servants whether they had not been lime-washed, they looked so white. In reply to my question are you happy she replied, Happy, yes! if I am not happy among christians, and where Sabbath by Sabbath I can hear God's word, when can I be happy?" Would that thousands in England prized their religious privileges as much as this poor Hindoo widow. 66 From the village I went to the Girls' Asylum and received a hearty welcome, and truly delighted I was to see the dear children formerly under our care. Three well-known faces were absent, as Jenny, Lucy, and Rhoda had been removed by death. Dear Ootama appeared rather unwell, but with her spiritual conversation I was much pleased. LETTER FROM REV. J. BUCKLEY. Cuttack, September 16, 1861. We had a solemn and interesting service last evening. Four dear friends were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus by brother Miller, Christ in baptism, from Rom. vi. 4. We had a larger congregation than is usual at an English service, and, I trust, the Lord was with us of a truth. One of those baptized is the daughter of a Baptist minister (I believe employed by the Home Mission) in Kent. She came more than two years since to Cuttack with Mr. Cockburn's family, and shortly after their departure she was married. We have felt much interest in her welfare, and cannot but heartily rejoice that the precious fruit of the religious instruction first received in her father's house is gathered in this heathen land. Thus wonderful are the ways of the Lord. It is pleasing to add, that her husband confessed his Lord at the same time. The other two candidates were young persons of East Indian families that have been long connected with us, and were pupils of Mrs. Goadby's when she was at Cuttack. May they all be preserved stedfast and faithful unto the end. I On Friday and Saturday last we had a bazaar for the benefit of the Girls' Asylum, and realized from the sales about four hundred rupees (£40), which we think very good. have just seen "Thacker's Overland News," of August 16, and notice the name of Rev. Thomas Bailey among those who are to come out in the steamer of October 20. We shall heartily welcome him, aud pray he may be an eminently holy, faithful, and successful missionary. I wish it had been practicable for him to reach in time for our Conference. that A few days ago a murderous 83sault was made on Mr. Wavell, the European magistrate at Khoords, while he was asleep. I am sorry to say that the ruffian inflicted two or three dreadful wounds, but it is satisfactory to state that Mr. W. is now doing as well as can be expected. It seems that the musquitoe curtains were, under God, the means of saving his life. He was at once brought into Cuttack. I have never heard of such an assault being made in Orissa on a European magistrate since we took possession of the |