CHINSURAH. MRS. MUNDY, OF THE LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY.-(Late of Chinsurah.) The subject of these brief remarks became the wife of a Missionary, and arrived in India with her husband, in November 1832. She applied with great diligence to the acquisition of the native language, and established a small native female school, in the vicinity of her residence at Chinsurah. This however afforded her but little hope of usefulness, and her attention was soon directed to the Portuguese population around, who were perishing for lack of knowledge; she began her school amongst them with only four children, and in three years she looked on seventy faces surrounding her in her own and her infant school. Her whole soul was in her work; she loved the children, and was beloved by them; for their welfare she was willing to live and ready to die. Not more than three weeks before her death she was regretting that her labours had been so inefficient, fearing that she had done little good; she also observed that if it was the will of God, she should like to die in Chinsurah, as it might be the means of producing results, which (she thought) by her labour she did not accomplish. Thus far did she exemplify the spirit of Him who said, "greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." As she lived, so she died, full of the confidence of Christian faith and hope. Her funeral was affecting, followed as it was by her sorrowful pupils, together with their parents; near the hearse were her pensioners, the old and poor, for Christian, Musalman or Heathen all shared her bounty. The following is the Inscription copied from her Monument in the Chinsurah Burial Ground : Martha, wife of the Rev. G. Mundy, died July 7th, 1842, aged 57 years. Her life was devoted to the service of Christ, and on him alone in death she rested her hopes. She was the friend of the poor and the instructress of the young; and largely secured their esteem and affection. "The blessing of them that were ready to perish, came upon her; and she MRS. HERKLOTS, OF CHINSURAH. Mrs. Herklots was the wife of Gregory Herklots, Esq., Fiscal of Chinsurah; she was born and educated in this country and rose above all the real or imaginary disadvantages of a whole life spent in India. By the grace of God, her naturally buoyant and lively temper was constrained for the service of Christ, which rendered her at once a cheerful and instructive companion. She was the mother of sixteen living children, the whole of whom were in a great measure reared under her roof; these, together with the parties connected with her family by alliance, and their descendants, amounted to not less than 105 souls. For the spiritual and temporal welfare of all these she was ever on the alert. She was most industrious even up to her last illness; and though nearly blind she was still active, ministering to the temporal necessities of the poor, and endeavouring to benefit their souls. These were her employments. She received and loved all real truth, and all the true disciples of God, and her determination and practice was to live fully to God. In this, his grace helping, she succeeded, holding fast the beginning of her confidence to the end, and that end was peace. In Memory of Mrs. C. C. Herklots, born 12th March 1774, Obit 9th June 1846, aged 72 years, 3 months. Margt. Adelheid, Gregorius Peter, Catharine, Carel, Henry Robert, died in 1795, aged 9 days. died in 1800, aged 5 years, 9 months, 23 days. died in 1812, aged 6 days. died in 1815, aged 1 year, 8 months. Grand-children. Betts,died in 1817, aged 10 months. Luckyn Henry William Sacred to the Memory of Lydia Fulton, wife of Lieut.-Col. Fulton, who departed this life on the 5th Sept. 1843, aged 65 years. died in 1822, aged 1 month, 11 days. She was the grand-daughter of the late Charles Weston, Esq. of blessed memory. Thanks be to God which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ." In Memory of two brothers, Lewis Betts, born 26th Oct. 1786, died 28th August 1838. And Charles (alias) Luckyn Betts, born 15th Dec. 1800, died 10th Sept. 1838. Here repose the remains of William Vant Hart, Esq. Senior, who departed this life on Sept. 7th, 1837, aged 67 years, 5 months and 3 days. Here also rest the ashes of his children, Elizabeth and Henry, who died respectively on May 28th, 1816, and on Sept. 3d, 1821. Not lost but gone before; Yes, and we trust at last, When the long Sabbaths of the tomb are past, We all shall meet in Christ to part no more! This Tablet is erected by Mrs. C. Vant Hart, the bereaved widow, as a tribute of her affection and esteem. Sacred to the Memory of the wife of Captain William Bell, Artillery, who departed this life on the 17th July 1829, deeply and deservedly regretted. Sacred to the Memory of Mrs. Elizabeth Conroy, who departed this life the 16th of July, A. D. 1834, aged 31 years. Sacred to the Memory of Cordelia Sophia Vernieux, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. Vernieux, who departed this life on the 4th July 1845, aged 1 year, 4 months, 9 days. In Memory of Adelaide Vernieux, died 16th Nov. 1844, aged 4 years, 4 months. In Memory of M. Vernieux, died 5th Oct. 1843, aged 35. In Memory of Mr. John Harle, who died 12th Aug. 1822, aged 33 years. Intrepidity, zeal, and love to souls, distinguished his life, and his end was peace. In Memory of Henry Donnithorne, son of the late Henry Donnithorne, Lieut. H. M. 44th Regt. and Jessy his wife, he died at Chandernagore, Feb. 11th, 1843, aged 14 years. Sacred to the Memory of Mrs. Catherine Gertrude Bryne, relict of the late Mr. George Bryne, who died on the 23d March 1845, aged 63. She made religion the business of her life. "This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners!"-1 Tim. i. 15. To the Memory of Sarah, wife of Thomas Betts, who after undergoing a dangerous operation, and for upwards of 15 months enduring severe bodily pain with Christian fortitude and resignation in the firm belief of a joyful resurrection, departed this life on the 16th Sept. 1821, in her 36th year. "O death where is thy sting? O grave where is thy victory?" Sacred to the Memory of Lieut. Charles Johnstone, H. M. 46th Regt. who died on Sunday the 17th Sept. 1826, aged 24 years. Sacred to the Memory of William Higgs, Esq. of Chandernagore. To the Memory of R. W. Hessing, the son of Col. G. W. Hessing, in the service of D. R. Scindiah, who died 27th July 1806, aged 3 years, 8 months and 21 days. A father's tribute to the Memory of his beloved son Sacred to the Memory of Daniel Anthony Overbeck, last Dutch Governor of Chinsurah. Obiit 25th September 1840, aged 76 years. "The Memory of the just is blessed, and he shall be as the light of the morning when the sun ariseth." A husband's tribute to the Memory of Helen Wilhelmina Overbeck, the best of wives who slept in Jesus 18th January 1825, aged 18 years. "Weep not, she is not dead but sleepeth. And Jesus died and rose again, even so, them also which sleep in Jesus, will God bring with Him." To the Memory of Eliza W. Herrold, wife of J. G. Herrold, Pensioner Sergt. H. C. S. who departed this life 7th December 1835, aged 30 years, leaving a husband and 3 children Aula Lucis Johann Friedrick Geissler, Surgeon, died 27th May, 1828, aged 76 years. Johann Friedrick Geissler, Junior, died 6th April 1801, aged 9 years. Sacred to the Memory of Charlotte Adelaide, the wife of Lieut. J. W. Audaine, H. M. 16th Infantry, who departed this life on the 29th day of Aug. 1833, aged 17 years and 10 months. "We mourn not as those who have no hope." Martha, wife of the Rev. G. Mundy, died July 30th, 1824, aged 23 years. Her Christian friends by whom she was much and deservedly beloved, sympathising with her deeply afflicted husband, have, as an expression of their sorrow, and testimony of her worth, united in erecting this tablet to perpetuate her memory. "Be ye also ready." Here repose the mortal remains of and the daughter of the Rev. W. Morton, Not lost but gone before. "For they were washed, they were sanctified, they were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the spirit of our God." Reader, are you? In Memory of J. W. Ultimas, who too early lost, exchanged earth for heaven, Catherine, second wife of the Rev. W. Morton, Obt. 1839, Ætat 29, beloved and lamented. The remains of Maria Beatrice, and of still born male twins, the children of W. and C. Morton. MAJOR GENERAL SIR JOHN WITHINGTON ADAMS, G. C. B. Major General Sir John Withington Adams was greatly beloved by all who were under his command or associated with him during his long and glorious Military career in India. Who has been under Sir John Adams' command, and not felt the kind and affectionate attention, the sympathies of a friend? All who knew him, will recollect the gentle, though persuasive, tone of his admonitions the kind manner in which he always expressed himself, and acted as if he felt an interest in the welfare and happiness of the individual with whom he was conversing. His consideration for others, and the real active benevolence of his heart; such were the qualities which made him beloved by all. It is well known that the natives were sincerely and devotedly attached to him, and that they fondly styled him Baba Adams. He never turned a deaf ear to a complaint or tale of sorrow, and was not only liberal in actual donations, but on every occasion soothed the sorrows he could not altogether alleviate, by a tender sympathy, and showed that he felt another's woes. The following is a brief sketch of the gallant veteran's military career :- Major General Sir J. W. Adams entered the service in 1780; he was present at the battle fought with the Rohillas, under Sir R. Abercrombie in 1794; in 1799 he was present at the battle of Mallievellie; under General Harries at the storm and capture of Seringapatam; and at the taking of several Forts. In 1809 he commanded his Regiment, attached to the force under Major General St. Leger, on the banks of the Sutledge, shortly after which he successfully commanded a detachment in the Bhutte country; in 1813, he commanded the field force in Rowah, and captured by storm the Fort of Entaree, for which he received the thanks of Government. In 1815, was made a Companion of the Bath and obtained the command of the Kumaon province. In 1816 he was selected to command the Nagpore Subsidiary Force. In 1817, he commanded the 5th Division of the army of the Dekhin. In the following year he totally defeated the army of the Peshwah at Sonee, and afterwards took by storm the strongly fortified city of Chandah. In 1826, Brigadier General Adams, C. B. commanded the reserve at the siege of Bhurtpore, which concluded his active services in the field. He was appointed to the command of the Sirhind Division on the 3d May 1828, promoted to the rank of Major General, by Brevet in 1830, and subsequently made a Knight Commander of the Bath, and resigned the command, having completed his tour on the Staff on the 17th April 1837. Major General Sir J. W. Adams died on the 9th March 1837, and his remains were interred at Subathoo. The following Inscription, copied from his Monument, marks the grave : Sacred to the Memory of Major General Sir John Withington Adams, G. C. B. Honorable East India Company, departed this life on the 9th March 1837, in the 74th year of his age. Sacred here rest the remains of Edward William Mairis, Ensign in the 1st Bengal European Lt. Infantry, who died of fever at Subathoo Sept. 14th, 1843, in his 20th year, 9 months and 2 days after his arrival in India. Reader-respect this grave, it is that of one whose disposition was eminently noble, and whose character was based on the righteous desire of guiding his feet in the way of peace; no proud desire is here to mar the simple tale; thy life imparts enough for thee, and dearer far, the Monument of aching hearts. This Tablet has been placed on this Monument by his bereaved father, Captain Mairis. Sacred to the Memory of Ensign Dunlop, 1st European Light Infantry, who died at Subathoo July 31st, 1843. This Monument is erected by his brother-officers, as a mark of their esteem. Sacred to the Memory of Surgeon James Gilbert Gerrard, who departed this life on the 31st March 1835, In Memory of Constance, the beloved wife of R. D. C. Hamilton, Esq. Secretary to the Government, North Western Provinces, and daughter of General Sir George Anson, G. C. B. Sacred to the Memory of Alexr. Horne, who departed this life May 24th, 1834, Sacred to the Memory of Sacred to the Memory of the beloved daughter of Captain S. D. D. Bean, who departed this life 6th Oct. A. D. 1838, Sacred to the Memory of Frances Isabella, |