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looking towards the house, so saw the child, and immediately sent for him. After a long talk carried on in Oreah and Hindostanee, he sent his salams to the Men Sahibs, and said he should very much like to see them. We were waiting to go out, bat, of course, gladly remained. He quickly joined us, and seated himself (or rather was seated) by our sides. But I had better describe the process of getting out of the palkey, and how he looked. He appeared to me to be about thirty years of age, a tolerable height, and stout. He wore upon his head a white turban. His forehead, and to the tip of his nose, and the centre of each cheek, was painted scarlet. His ears were loaded with massive gold rings and precious stones. Round his neck he had a great number of gold chains, and something resembling medals. On his arms were gold bracelets, and on his fingers diamond rings. His dress was white, a full skirt, tight body and sleeves. fastened at the wrist. This I observed before he got out. After lowering him very gently from the bearer's shoulders, two of his numerous attendants ran to him and lifted his honourable feet out first, and very carefully placed upon them gold embroidered shoes. Then, as though he had been a helpless child, one took hold of each hand and placed the other hand under

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his elbow, and so assisted his majesty up the steps. They held him so until he had spoken to us, and then, when we were seated, he allowed himself to be placed in a chair, his attendants smoothing every wrinkle in his dress and shawl. I omitted to mention he wore over his shoulders a splendid scarlet cloth shawl. He carried in his hand a sceptre of gold. which he never laid aside. I was sorry Mr. Stubbins was from home, but the Rajah said he should be happy to come again when he returned He remained with us for haif an hour.conversing with Mrs. S on various subjects; and when he went took a number of tracts, also an Oreah Testament. Oh that it may carry conviction and truth to his heart! When he left us he shook hands very warmly, and the same process attended his getting into the palkey as getting out. I perceived, too, he had large gold anklets on his ancles. A trumpeter ran first blowing his trumpet, and next a servant carrying, I suppose, his arms. Another ran near the palkey with his majesty's sword in a scarlet sheath, and about thirty more ran either by his side or behind. Only two were permitted to sit in his presence whilst with us, and they were evidently high caste Brahmins. He promised to come again when Mr. S. came hoine.

GENERAL BAPTIST MISSIONARY BAZAAR, AT THE NEXT ANNUAL ASSOCIATION, DERBY.

We hope most of our churches are now actively engaged working for the Bazaar. I From gentlemen, as well as ladies we expect much help in the shape of manufactared articles ready for sale. We hope that, throughout the next month, they will constantly bear the Mission in mind, and be laying aside anything they can spare from their shops, warehouses, or store-rooms. The difficulty that is often felt in regard to what is left from the Bazaar is entirely obviated by sending them to India, so that the Derby Committee assure the contributors that nothing

ST. MARY'S-GATE CHAPEL, DERBY.On Sunday, March 27th, the Annual Sermons on behalf of the Foreign Mission were preached by the Rev. H. Wilkinson, to large and interested congregations, On the following Monday evening a public meeting was held. when animated

shall be sold below its proper value. They will, however, feel greatly obliged by every one marking the prices on the articles they send; as none are so capable of judging of their worth as those who know the trouble and expense of their manufacture. Whilst guarding against underselling, they will also endeavour not to overcharge the goods, but will, if possible, charge the usual shop prices. Farmers, Gardeners, and Florists must also be kind enough to remember that much of their useful and beautiful produce will be very acceptable. M. S. W.

addresses were delivered by the chairman. R. Pegg, Esq., the Revs. W. Miller, H. Wilkinson, W. Jones, and J. C. Pike. The services were unusually interesting, and the attendance much larger than former years. Amount collected £32 1s. 1d.

THE REV. JAMES SMITH AT DELHI...

Delhi, March 4, 1859.

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received from Rev. J. Smith, by the Editors of the Freeman. We have great pleasure in transferring it to our Magazine.-ED.]

MY DEAR SIRS,-Having arrived at my journey's end, I hasten to fulfil my promise of writing to you. I cannot tell you how thankful we are to be once more settled in a place we can call home. Our voyage from Australia was a very tedious one of eight weeks, with scarcely any society besides that of horses. However, through the goodness of God, we landed early in January, at Calcutta, and at once made arrangements for our journey to Agra, a distance of some 900 miles. Calcutta tells nothing of the story of the Sepoy mutiny, and the only change I could at all realise was an increase of bustle and noise, with a considerable advance in the price of everything wearable or eatable. We left Calcutta by horse dak on the 26th of January; and, notwithstanding stories of straggling bands of marauding Sepoys, we took with us neither revolver, sword, pistol, nor even stick, until, at Sheerghatty, I got my foot crushed by the carriagewheel going over it, and was obliged to get both stick and crutch in order to proceed on our journey. The grand trunk road is almost filled with European goods sent to supply the want caused by the wanton destruction perpetrated by the Sepoys, and the great increase in consumption from the presence of such vast numbers of English troops. Produce is also commencing to flow towards Calcutta; we met with large quantities of hides, and, as we approached Agra, the cotton crop having just been housed, we met some hundreds of well-laden hackeries with that important article. One thing appeared to me very striking. When I went down the country three years ago on my way home, the whole country was armed; every man I met carried a sword, pistol, or matchlock-not a few all three. Now such a thing is not to be seen. This one result will eventually save as much life as the mutiny has destroyed.

There is nothing very particular to be seen as regards the destruction of property by the mutiny until we arrived at Allahabad. Here we found many old friends, who have come down from Agra in consequence of the change in the seat of Government. Mr. Reid kindly received us, and we remained with him three days.

the infantry 'mess-house, in which the 6th Native Infantry so treacherously massacred their officers before they proceeded to Delhi. Allahabad has suffered a good deal; all the Europeans' resi lences have been destroyed, and in return we have made havoc of the native houses, sweeping away hundreds of them without leaving one brick upon another. Great improvements are being made in the station, in order to make it worthy the name of the North-West Provinces. New streets are being opened and old ones widened, and the English part will be a great improvement on the past.

Here we took rail to Cawnpore; and, oh! the crowd of painful feelings that rush into one's mind on entering the Nana's slaughter-house. Would that the remembrance of Cawnpore could be effaced from the memory; but it is impossible. On entering the station I was completely bewildered: such is the destruction of household property, that it is impossible to recognise scenes among which I resided for five years; whole piles of buildings are gone, and nothing but the level ground on which they stood remains. The respectable inhabitants assured me that many natives were mutilated by the Nana, for trying to carry provisions to the famishing Christians; and a friend of ours here saw one on his way up to Allahabad with ear, nose, and hand cut off. The man himself stated that he was one out of hundreds thus treated at Cawnpore, because they were suspected of favouring the British; but more of this subject at some future time. We were thankful to turn our backs on Cawnpore, and try to forget the terrible humiliation to which our countrywomen, as well as men, were there subjected.

We were most warmly received by our friends at Agra, and hospitably entertained by brother Gregson. I was glad to find most of my old Chitoura flock gathered together under the pastorate of Bernard, the valuable native preacher whom I left in charge when sickness forced me to go home. I could not help comparing former times with present. When I left India, not a native Christian could get employment even in the meanest situation, notwithstanding Mr. Halliday's declaration to the contrary. Now, if there were thousands more in every town, they would be immediately employed. I everywhere met our people no longer the dejected, downcast beings

REV. JAMES SMITH AT DELHI.

they once were, but clean and smart as to their attire, and manly and bold in bearing. The mutiny has accomplished the disenthralment of the native Christian community; and we may reasonably hope that, in future, they will not only be able to sustain themselves in independence, but aid on the cause of the Redeemer among the perishing heathen. I visited Chitoura, and found it deserted, with the exception of Thakur Das, who, with Bernard, labours among the villages in the district. Thus, with two missionaries in Agra, and two native brethren in the district of Chitoura, the ground appears to be pretty well occupied; and hence, with Delhi loudly calling for a missionary, and totally unoccupied by any society, I felt I must leave my peaceful house and luxuriant garden, with my former field of labour, and again seek a home among strangers. There were other reasons for my choosing Delhi, which I need not here mention.

On our arrival, I at once commenced preaching in the city, where I am never at a loss for a congregation of attentive listeners. I feel it to be a privilege to proclaim the Saviour's message of mercy to the people of Delhi. Here Thompson laboured and died, and here Walayat Ali, Chuman Lal, and others, sealed their testimony to the truth of Christ's gospel with their blood. A few months since nothing but the cannon's roar and the smash of houses, intermingled with the groans of the dying and wounded, was to be heard. How different the sounds of mercy and pardon, and how pleasant to convey such sounds to the multitudes who have suffered so much, whatever

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their faults may have been! Pray that God's grace may abound where cruelties not to be mentioned have been perpetrated on unoffending women and helpless childhood!

The labouring population, with the mercantile classes, everywhere hail the return of British power, and every inquiry convinces me more and more that the mutiny was confined to the military tribes and Mahommedans. There is the strongest proof that the masses of the people had no sympathy with the revolt, and, where left to their own voluntary action, they stood aloof from it. Peace may now be said to be everywhere restored, and now for the work of reconstruction and reform. Her Majesty's proclamation was, generally speaking, all that we could desire; but the impression it was calculated to produce has been negatived by a course of action totally contrary to both its letter and spirit. Men tried and condemned are pardoned; noted leaders among the rebels have had restored both possessions and power; and thus, the suffering European community has been brought almost into a state of rebellion; and, what is worse, many of them speak of the natives with the greatest contempt and hatred. But notwithstanding the clouds that hang over our horizon, I trust we have a bright day yet before us. There is something in the individual character of Englishmen that counteracts the blunders of the State, and so it will be in India. Hence I hope for the best. But I must conclude. And believe me, ever yours truly,

JAMES SMITH.

AN AMERICAN ROMAN CATHOLIC | BISHOP AND PUBLIC OPINION.-A circumstance has also occurred in New York, which shows that the power of the church is not what it once was. It seems that a difficulty has occurred between Archbishop Hughes, and one Rev. Mr. | Dayman, a Catholic priest. The latter is said to be a man of stern mould and tegrity, of great uprightness, and very popular with the people. He has become disgusted with the manner in which the clergy live, and has not hesitated to denounce them. Recently, he finished a course of sermons on the Pains of Hell, using among other expressions that of

St. Chrysostom, "Hell is paved with the skulls of bad priests." This gave great offence to the "bad priests," of whom there are not a few, and the faithful preacher was suspended, interdicted, anathematised, and the Catholic people ordered not to furnish him with food, fire, or lodgings. The priest went and in-appealed to the people, who restored him, and the mighty prelate has been compelled to resort to the press, and explain matters to clear himself from public and well-merited abuse. It is a new thing for Catholic bishops in this country to write explanations of their conduct to satisfy Protestant communities.

Foreign Letters Received.

ASKA.-W. Hill, Feb. 7th

BERHAMPORE.-W. Bailey, March 3rd

CUTTACK.-Mrs. J. O. Goadby, February 17th.

CUTTACK.-J. Buckley, February 18th, DITTO.-G. Taylor, February 18th.
March 3rd,

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Subscriptions and Donations in aid of the General Baptist Missionary Society will be thankfully received by Robert Pegg Esq., Derby, Treasurer; by the Rev. J. C. Pike. Quorndon, near Loughborough, Secretary; and by the Revs. H. Wilkinson, and W. Miller, engaged, during their sojourn, in England, as Travelling Agents for the Society.

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MISCONCEPTIONS IN OUR ESTIMATE OF THE CHARACTER OF ST. PAUL.

INDISCRIMINATE admiration is often quite as unjust to those who are the subjects of its praises as even the most unthinking prejudice. Just as men have been condemned for faults they never committed, or failings from which they were utterly free; so others have been praised for qualities which formed no part of their character, and claimed as the advocates of opinions of which they had not the most distant conception. "The eye sees what it brings with it the power of seeing," and different eyes have different ranges of optical potency. It would astonish many an historical hero to read the comments of his friends upon his doings, and many a philosopher or theologian of antiquity would stare aghast at the results which have been educed from his writings by the ingenuity of a tortuous criticism.

The character of St. Paul is a striking illustration of the truth of these remarks. Not now to refer to the fact that every theological school claims him as the exponent of its tenets: it is curious to note what contradictory views are presented of his literary qualities. He is boldly speculative, and he is modestly practical-he is strictly and formally logical, and he is simply didactic-he is eloquent and poetic, and he is plain and unadorned. There may, no doubt, be a colour for all these representations, arising from the proverbial versatility of every highly gifted mind; yet, as distinguishing peculiarities, they can scarcely all be true. The fatal objection is, that they exclude each other. And it is a decisive proof that a great man is misunderstood when he is represented as "everything by turns, and nothing long."

It would be beyond our ability, if it were not impossible to our present opportunity, to enter with any fulness into an exposition of the true mental greatness of this grandest of christian heroes. But there are one or two remarks it may be allowed us to make, which will tend, perhaps, to a more sound and rational conception with regard to some of the chief misapprehensions as to his mental character.

First, It seems to be very generally assumed, that St. Paul is what we commonly understand by a logical writer, and that this is his chief characteristic. It has been alternately the theme of enthusiastic praise, and the plea for something like disparagement, according to the viewingpoint of his several commentators. One points to the clear pellucid argu

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