of still more beneficial results. At all events, I consider that our Church is bound, as the Established Church of the place, to make its ministrations available to all who may be willing to accept them."

From Gibraltar his lordship started in the Formidable (84), for Malta, with his sister; but scarcely were they on board when the Formidable was ordered to Barcelona. Here she was present throughout the bombardment, and the French prints say, fired broadsides on the town. Had they been aware that the Anglican Bishop of Gibraltar was on board, doubtless they would have specified that his lordship was particularly active in pointing the guns, and that his sister headed a party of boarders.

In Australia the proposed college will, we doubt not, meet with all the success which it deserves. Bishop Broughton writes concerning it :

"During the past week I have had a gratifying opportunity of accompanying my highly-valued friend and brother, the Bishop of New Zealand, to Liverpool, and of there explaining to him, upon the spot, my views as to the fulfilment of the design of good old Mr. Moore, conjointly with those of the Society, and of other friends to the cause of sound learning and religious education. His lordship, whose great experience in such matters deservedly adds weight to his decision, expresses himself much in favour of the proposed situation of the college, and quite enters into my opinion, that there is an extent of ground provided for the erection of a pile of building amply sufficient for the purposes of a collegiate establishment in this colony for probably a century to come. This will have been rendered manifest to the Society, I trust, by the ground-plan of the property which I caused to be prepared and forwarded to you last year."

In India the chief object which attracts our attention is the cathedral at Calcutta, and the mission at Gujerat. Of the former, the bishop gives a detailed account to the venerable Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, and we extract a part of his lordship's letter:

"As I left the cathedral, I drove to the front, and surveyed it from the road. The great western window was well up: the elegant lancet forms of the adjoining ones (four feet six inches, with a height of twenty-two feet) were beginning to appear; the band of two feet nine inches was running across the whole façade, at thirteen feet above the site; the buttresses had reached thirty-five feet, where their little cottage-roofs, turned sideways towards the walls, hide their retiring dimensions. The whole presented a substantial advance of the works since the report of October 8th, when the walls were only thirteen feet from the place of site. It will, however, be still two years and more before we can hope to see the solemn service of consecration. I had mentioned Epiphany, 1844; but it will be, I find, Epiphany, 1845, before it will be ready. We rise about two feet each month. The great iron-trussed roof, spanning the choir without pillars, will take six months to put up; and the climate is so treacherous, and this summer with such unusually heavy rains, that the works cannot always proceed without slight interruptions."

The mission at Gujerat is proceeding, by God's blessing, favourably;

and the active and zealous Mr. Allen, though he has suffered a severe attack of cholera, is now again in health, and at his work.

CANADA. We notice a design to erect a college in the diocese of Montreal, and we hope, and indeed believe, that the design will be successfully carried into execution. An application was made to the Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge, from the Lord Bishop of Montreal, for a pecuniary grant towards the establishment of a college at Lennoxville, Lower Canada. The Committee recommended, that at the general meeting, on the 6th December, the sum of 500/. be granted for each of two successive years for this object, the several sums to be drawn for by the bishop within the years 1843 and 1844 respectively. This grant has been made, and, by the blessing of God, we hope to see our churches, schools, and colleges multiplying throughout our colonies. The case which follows we look upon as possessing no common interest. The fact that a settler in a distant land deemed a church so essential to his welfare as to build one almost at his own cost, and greatly at his own risk, is pleasing indeed :

"The Lord Bishop of Toronto forwarded a memorial from Captain A. Drew, R.N., and testified to the accuracy of the statements therein made, which he considered worthy of the favourable attention of the Society. The memorialist represented that he had settled, with his family, at Woodstock, a remote part of Canada, in 1832; and that, being thirty miles from any place of worship, except those of Baptists and Methodists, he had taken measures for the building of a church on a suitable scale, for the spiritual benefit of the neighbourhood; that, having been encouraged at the commencement of the work by the sympathy and assistance of friends, and especially by the contribution of a benevolent lady in England, who had subscribed 500, he had, under the advice and direction of the late Bishop of Quebec, built a substantial brick church, which was finished in the year 1835, at a cost of 1,856/. He had subsequently, for good reasons, made the church over in fee simple to the bishop, a deputation from the district having offered to raise 500l. as a remuneration to the memorialist, which, however, through their inability to perform their part of the agreement, he had never received. The whole amount secured to him is 896., a balance of 9601. being left, for which he has become responsible. The circumstances of his family render the debt a serious burden, from the weight of which he begged this Society, and the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, to assist in relieving him. The secretary stated that the latter Society had voted 100l. to Captain Drew.

"The board agreed that 100%. be granted on this application." We next come to three notices from the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, and on these we purpose to make a few remarks.

The Society have determined to take immediate steps for establishing a mission at Hong Kong, and will be glad to receive contributions towards a "special fund" for this object.

The Bishop of Jamaica has requested the Society to state, that he has still some vacant incumbencies in his diocese, for which he is anxious to procure the services of well-qualified clergymen. The value of each appointment is between 300l. and 4001. sterling per annum. The Bishop of Bombay has commissioned the Society to recommend

a clergyman who might be willing to undertake the duty of superintending a school for the children of Europeans. The number of boys at present is about one hundred and thirty, chiefly the sons of soldiers.

First, then, there is the Chinese mission, and a call is made which will not be sluggishly responded to: it becomes our especial duty to give the Chinese the advantages of the Gospel. We have poisoned them with our opium, we have battered them with our cannon, and now, at all events, we are bound to afford them the benefits of our religion. We hope soon to see a bishop at Hong Kong. Secondly, we have the diocese of Jamaica brought under our notice by the request of the bishop of that diocese to the Society. The only reason why there are any vacancies, when the posts themselves are so desirable, must be the fear of the climate. Now we are happy to assure our clerical friends, who may by this reason be deterred from accepting the liberal provision made by the Church in Jamaica, that though there are parts of that island peculiarly unhealthy, yet that this is by no means the general character of the climate; in fact, there are large districts quite as healthy as the healthiest in England. Again, living is by no means expensive; society is good; and altogether we must say that we consider the incumbencies in the island of Jamaica very eligible pieces of preferment. Lastly, as to the diocese of Bombay, we are glad to see schools being established where the hitherto neglected children of our soldiery may receive the elements of a religious education.

We shall conclude our observations on the colonial dioceses by giving an extract of a letter lately received from the Anglo-Prussian Bishop at Jerusalem; it is dated October 1, 1842 :

"It is not unlikely I may have to go to Alexandria to hold a confirmation. I hope to-morrow week (D.v.) to hold my first confirmation here, when from fifteen to twenty converts, &c., are expected to avail themselves of this sacred ordinance of our Church. Soon after that I hope to make arrangements for Mr. Tartakover's ordination.

"The only printing press here is the property of a very clever and ingenious Jew. He has just received an additional press, a present sent to him from England by Sir Moses Montefiore, but of course he confines himself to Rabbinical. Ours might, under the divine blessing, become the instrument of diffusing scriptural light and knowledge, not only in the East, but throughout the world. I know there are many difficulties in the way; but He, who will again make Jerusalem a praise in the earth, can remove them easily, as He has already done in many respects. What apparently insurmountable difficulties has He not removed during the short period of the present year! and I must say, to my mind it is a most extraordinary, and I must add, a most encouraging fact, that, through the instrumentality of the Society, a Hebrew-Christian congregation, in its complete form, is now established on Mount Zion! and before the completion of one year we shall (D.V.) have performed all the ordinances of the Church.

"May God enable us to see the greatness of apparently little things; and thus, in not despising the day of small things, may we be truly thankful for what He has done, and be sure that all his purposes of mercy shall be accomplished!"

These beautiful observations require no comment, and we shall therefore leave them without.

BLASPHEMOUS PUBLICATIONS.

We are glad to see that the Government has at length stepped forward to suppress the open sale of blasphemous publications. One example made of the miscreants who carry on such trades will be of far more service than all other expressions of public indignation put together.

NEW PROFESSORSHIP AT OXFORD.

The late Dr. Ireland, Dean of Westminster, has left by will the interest of 10,000/. for ever to the University of Oxford, for the purpose of establishing a new professorship. It is to be one of exegetical divinity, and is obviously intended not to be a sinecure. It is left to the decision of the Oxford Convocation to decide what shall be the duties of the professor, and we doubt not that they will take measures so as to render the liberality of the late Dean of Westminster a permanent blessing to the Church.

INCORPORATED SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING THE ENLARGEMENT, BUILDING, AND REPAIRING OF CHURCHES AND CHAPELS.

This useful Society is continuing its noiseless way. Since the last meeting three thousand additional sittings have been provided by the Society; but we find that their engagements more than equal their income. We trust that the friends of the Church will look to this.

TEMPLE CHURCH.

This elegant structure is now again open to the public; and, costly as it is, we confess with regret that we are not among those who greatly admire it. We have no objection to the seats; they are good as well as correct commodious as well as antique. We quite agree as to the position of the organ, and we greatly delight in the painted windows; but we cannot admire the roof, nor the altar, gorgeous as it is. We think it, in fact, too fine; and we moreover see an objection which will by-and-by be seen by the templars, to their cost, viz., that in this country the fresco, or water-colour painting upon stone, will not be durable, more especially in a situation at once so foggy and so smoky as the Temple. In a few years we fear that the gorgeous roof will be faded and dirty!

ST. SEPULCHRE'S CHURCH, CAMBRIDGE.

A subscription is now being raised to preserve and restore, or rather restore and preserve, this interesting monument of antiquity. It is one of the five round churches in this country, that of the Temple being another; and, as we find that the Cambridge Camden Society have taken up the cause of its restoration, and the Ven. Archdeacon Thorp is very active in its behalf, we feel assured that the desirable object which they have in view will be accomplished. At the same time, we recommend the cause to all lovers of ecclesiastical antiquity, and especially to members of the University of Cambridge. Is it true that fears are entertained about the roof of King's College Chapel-that wonder of the world? We are afraid that it is so, and we call upon all whom it concerns to see to this in time.

CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY FOR BUILDING CHURCHES, ETC.

As many of our readers may be ignorant of the existence of this useful though unpretending institution, we take the liberty of bringing before them a few particulars concerning it, extracted chiefly from the reports of the Committee presented to its first annual meeting, held at Derby on the 8th of March last. The plan of the Society is at once novel, simple, and calculated to be productive of very beneficial results. It embraces three distinct objects-the building of churches, their endowment, and the erection of parsonage-houses. To use the words of the Committee, "the Society originated in a persuasion that much interest might be excited throughout the country in the important work of church extension, if the sympathies of the great mass of the population could be enlisted in the cause." Accordingly, "subscriptions are limited to one shilling for each church, and may consist of any sum below that amount." They are payable quarterly; lists of the proposed churches approved by the Committee (none of which ever become the subject of a second contribution) being furnished on the 1st of January, April, July, and October, to the receivers, of whom there are at present thirty-six, principally clergymen, located in fourteen dioceses of England and Wales. These lists are then distributed to the collectors, who number two hundred and twelve, and have two thousand and seventy subscribers. They are returned by the collectors, with a remittance, on the 1st of March, June, September, and December, to the receivers, who furnish a statement of their contents, and forward the total sum in their hands, on the fifteenth of those months respectively. The number of churches aided by the Society during the first year of its existence was eighteen, and the amount supplied to them 410. 14s. 4d., being an average of 227. 16s. 4d. to each. This is a hopeful beginning; and when the Society shall have become more generally known (to effect which desirable object we cheerfully lend our assistance), we may expect to see a considerable augmentation in its resources. The names of the Bishops of Llandaff, Chester, Gloucester and Bristol, Norwich, Peterborough, Lichfield, St. David's, Worcester, and Chichester, all of whom appear among its patrons, will bear a stronger testimony on its behalf than any sentiments of our own: we would merely, therefore, in conclusion, confidently commend to the support and the prayers of our readers this admirable and promising institution.

THE REV. HENRY ERSKINE HEAD.

The suit which this gentleman and the Bishop of Exeter have lately had-or rather, we should say, the suit promoted by the Bishop against this rather troublesome Presbyter-has at last been decided, as it ought to be, in favour of the diocesan; but Mr. Head, in consequence of an informality, has been spared the costs of the action. We much wish that persons who hold such opinions as does Mr. Head would retire from their benefices; or, if this be too much to expect, appoint orthodox curates, and withdraw from the active exercise of their profession. They would save themselves much uneasiness, the bishops much trouble, and the Church much reproach.

W. E. Painter, Printer, 342, Strand,