BARBADOES. 44 COLONIAL CHURCH. The mission over which the rev. J. H. Bernau presides was founded by the Church Missionary Society in the year 1831, and Mr. Bernau commenced his labours in 1837; since which time improvements have followed successively. The mission now consists of about one hundred and twenty inhabitants, who are all located in neat cottages, surrounded by gardens and provision-grounds. I am too well acquainted with the Indian character to expect a perfect reform in adult Indians; and the missionary has, no doubt, reaped a similar experience. His chief object therefore is to inculcate religious precepts, and the benefits of industry and civilization, in the minds of the youth entrusted to his care; and in this his labours are successful. The school is attended by from forty to fifty children, mostly Indians; some of the Indians are maintained by the mission, and instructed in the normal school, that they may hereafter return to their tribes and relations, and assist in working out the great objects of conversion and civilization. Their progress is indeed encouraging. Some of them, in the short space of four months, have learned to read and to write; and the copy books which I saw would not have dishonoured an European school of even higher pretensions. One of the boys, an Arrowack, had advanced to the rule of three in arithmetic. Their psalmody is sweet; and when, on the evening of our arrival, we attended prayers, we were much pleased with the attention which they paid to the exhortations of their religious teachers. Mr. Bernau's great plan is to induce those Indian parents who live at any distance from the mission, to send to him their children when only four or five years of age, that he may thus alienate them from Indian life and manners, and, from their earliest youth, point out to them the beneficial examples afforded by the Christian religion and civilization. An asylum for female Indian orphans has just been erected, and is under the guidance of a respectable female teacher; the house is spacious, and has all the comforts required for such an institution. The orphan boys are under the guidance of a teacher sent from England. It is not, however, religious principles alone which are sought to be implanted in their breasts. The missionary shows them, by example, that the destiny of man is not indolence: they are encouraged to manual labour; they assist in keeping in order the surrounding garden'; and I was astonished when Mr. Bernau told me that the wharf near the mission had been constructed solely by him and his disciples, during leisure hours. The religious service is at present held in a house; but a church, to which the colony has contributed, is in the course of erection; and a hospital for the sick has been added to the house in which the boys are located. This is a cheering picture of the good work which has been commenced among the remnants of the aboriginal tribes; and, if I am entitled to an opinion, it is the only means by which the great objects of the Christian religion and civilization can prosper. a statement of what is done on the part of government for the religious instruction of the convicts specially; of such of them, I mean, as are in confinement under culonial sentences or government employ. In Sydney the new gaol at Wolomoloo has recently been so far completed that the prisoners have been removed to it from the old gaol in the town. The rev. J. Elder is the chap lain, receiving a stipend of 2001. per annum; his services are entirely confined to prisoners belonging to the church of England, or of other protestant communions. There is a Roman catholic chaplain who receives a similar stipend. The prisoners at ten stations in or around Sydney, as well as the patients in the general hospital and the benevolent asylum, are under charge of the rev. J. Edmonston. He officiates generally about twelve times in every week, and indeed is so occupied on every day except Saturday-but he has no extra or parochial duties to discharge. The allowance to Mr. Edmonston is 3301. per annum, paid by government. At Cockatoo Island the prisoners returned from Norfolk Island are confined, and under the spiritual charge of the rev. T. Steele, the incumbent of St. Peter's, New Town. They are visited by him weekly, and he receives for this service an allow ance of 50l. per annum. The rev. C. P. N. Wilton, chaplain at Newcastle, receives, I believe, 251. per annum on account of his attendance on the prisoners there. Besides this, an allowance of 3007. per annum is authorised by government, and is divided among those clergyman who have stations of prisoners to visit, which are so remote as to require the use of a horse. These, I believe, comprise the entire provision granted for the religious instruction of prisoners, so far as relates to the church of England.... At other stations the parochial clergy attend the prisoners at certain times and places, without remuneration. The only exception are the Stockade at Twenty-mile Hollow, the Bathurst-road, the gangs at Paramatta and Pennant-hills, and the new barracks erecting near Sydney; the former of these is too far distant from the residence of any clergyman to admit of his visiting the prisoners without a journey on purpose, and remaining one if not two nights from home. On passing this place in April last, I arranged that the rev. J. Vincent, chap. of Castlereagh, should visit the gangs once a month. His ill state of health, and unfavourable weather, have interfered with the regular discharge of the duty hitherto; but in the present month I trust it will be undertaken, and that there will be no obstacle to its regular continuance. I hope to be able to obtain the services of the rev. W. B. Clarke in attending once every week on the prisoners at Paramatta and Pennant-hills. But it is not yet perfectly certain that Mr. Clarke's other engagements will admit of his undertaking At the new barracks near Sydney I am not able to make any arrangement regarding religious instruction. The rev. Mr. Cowper is totally disabled by blindness; and there are but two other parochial clergymen resident in Sydney whose duties among so numerous a population are too onerous to admit of any addition. For the instruction of convicts in private service, no special arrangements are made. It ought to be the concern of their masters that they attend, in common with the free people, on the public ordinances of religion in those parts of the colony where there are churches, or where the clergy periodically attend to officiate. I am much afraid that so much attention is not paid to this duty as would be satisfactory and proper.-Abridged from letter of the bishop to Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, dated Aug. 17, 1841*. this. on editors to confine themselves as much as possible to statistical facts, The narrow limits of the Ecclesiastical Register compel the and to omit all extraneous matter. TO OUR READERS. We intend at the close of our thirteenth volume to supply a General Index to that and all preceding volumes. London: Joseph Rogerson, 24, Norfolk-street, Strand. On the devotional Use of the Liturgy, Farewell Address to his Flock (hon. Address to the Undergraduates of On the Registration Act, ii. 243. 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Abarbanel Ben Juda (a Jewish rabbi), Abbot, Robt., bishop of Salisbury, Adam, rev. Thos. rector of Win- Ambrose, St., archbishop of Milan, iv. Anselm, Sketch of, xii. 5, 51. Biographies, &c. (continued)- Augustine, bishop of Hippo, i. 67. Bedell, William, bishop of Kilmore, Blosset, sir H., C. J. of Bengal, ii. Boniface, archbishop of Mayence, vii. 270. Bonnel, James, esq., iii. 277. Bray, Dr. Thomas, x. 124. Browne, abp., and the Reformation Buchanan, Dr. Claudius, iii. 83, 117, 132. Burgess, T., bishop of Salisbury, xi. 28, Burkitt, rev. W., vi. 414. Burton, rev. Edward, D.D. (Oxford), Butler, J., bishop of Durham, vii. 93. 411; viii. 71, 147, 172, 251. Clement of Rome, vii. 310. Cowper, William, bp. of Galloway, ii. Biographies, &c. (continued)- Ferrar, Robert, bishop of St. David's, Ferrar, rev. Nicholas, ii. 4, 20, 36. Frith, John, ii. 193, 146. Gibbon, Edward, historian, Sketch Gibson, rev Thomas, vicar of Horn- Gil, Dr. Juan or Egidius, iii. 402. Good, John Mason, M.D., iv. 108, Grahame, rev. James (Sabbath), vii. 395. Grant, Chas., esq., ii. 177. Grant, right honourable Sir Robert, Graves, Dean, ix. 398. Grosseteste, R., bishop of Lincoln, iv. Hacket, John, bp. of Lichfield and Hales, W., D.D., xii. 147, 164. Hammond, Dr. Henry, ii. 275, 306. Hey, Wm., Esq., of Leeds, vi. 296, Hoare, Miss Sophia, vi. 79. 348. Ignatius, St., bishop of Antioch, i. Jerome of Prague, v. 165. Jewell, John, bishop of Salisbury, 1. Johnson, Dr., xiii. 189, 211. Kettlewell, rev. J., xii. 35, 85. Lanfranc, archbishop of Canterbury, Latimer, Hugh, bishop of Worcester, Leighton, Robert, archbishop of Glas- Luther, Martin, iv. 147, 166; Death Middleton, T. F., bishop of Calcutta, More, Hannah, v. 398, 413. Morton, T., bishop of Durham, x. 212. Neile, rev. John, B.D., ii. 19. Nicholson, John, otherwise called Nicoll, rev. Alexander. professor of Nowell, Alexander, D.D., dean of St. Paleario Aonio, vi. 38. Parker, M., archbishop of Canter- Pecocke, Reynold, bishop of Chi- Peterson, Wm., D.D., dean of Exe ter, Philpot, John, archdeacon of W in- Pitro Carnesecchi, ix. 124. 433. Biographies, &c. (continued)- Sautre, William (martyr), iii. 147. Shute, Josiah, archdeacon of Col- Skelton, rev. Philip, v. 77, 93. Symeon, bishop of Jerusalem, ii. 342, Tankerfield, George, vii. 77. Taylor, Dr. Rowland (martyr), i. 35. Trench, Power, abp, of Tuam, x. 380. Usher, J., abp. of Armagh, i. 365, 399. Venn, rev. Henry, i. 390. Vergerio, P. P., bishop of Istria, iii. Walker, rev. R., xiii. 146. Walker, rev. Samuel, Truro, i. 468, Webster, rev. T., ix. 333. Wheeler, sir George, viii. 332. Wicliffe, John, Character of, v. 60; Wilberforce, William, esq., viii. 4, Wilson, Thomas, bishop of Sodor and Wolfe, rev. Charles, vi. 272. C. Cabinet, consisting of select theological Camphire, vi. 262. Canada, Missionary Exertions in, i. 258, Canadian Church [see Addresses]. Canterbury, viii. 425. Peterborough, xi. 137. Christ Church, Oxford, xii. 05. No. 1. xiii. 137. 2. xiii. 209. Ripon, xiii. 409. Cathedrals and Church Service, iii. 102. Chaldee Christians in Tebris, v. 395. Chase, bishop [see Church of England- 106. Cheap Religion--Irish Clergy, vi. 357. Christ our Example, ii. 23. 8. Justice considered respecting 9. Self-denial, xii. 122. 12. General Contrast, xiii. 19. 18. Promises and Prospects, xiii. Church Architecture, xii. 76, 316. Church Catechism, iv. 387. Church and Clergy, value of National, Church of England- Errors corrected as to Revenues, iii. A Short Account of Church of Eng- Apostolic Character of, iv. 102. British Church History, i. 197, 353; British Church-Remarkable Eccle- Dunstan, xi. 214, 229. Bible and Prayer-book- Bible, authorised Translation of, The Value of (bishop Jewell), v. 388. On reading Scripture Lessons, Scriptures the Word of God Tindall's New Testament, i. 260. Bishop Chase, i. 227. Faber, rev. W., vii. 335. Church of England not guilty of Heresy Church of England in the last Century, 214. Church of England in Jerusalem, vii. 44. Baptism as anciently administered, v. The Church and its Corrupters in the Church in India, iii. 48. Church in the Isle of Man, vii. 859. Church Music, xii. 178, 244. Church Order in Things Indifferent (rev. Church Patronage, ix. 106. Church at St. Petersburgh, and the Greek Church Principles, vii. 366. Church Property, ii. 359. Church, the ruined, x. 811. Church Services, Sketches of the- No. 1. Sentences or Verses, viil. 11. 4. Versicles, Doxology, and 5. The Venite Exultemus, viii. 6. The Psalms, viii. 311. 9. The Hymn called Benedicite, 10. The Hymn after Lessons at 11. The Creeds, ix. 294. 14. Prayers after Third Collect, 15. The Litany, x. 389. 17. Conclusion of Litany, xi. Church Services in Ohio, viii. 296. Churches of England and Rome, iv. 22. Churchwarden's Office and Duty, iv. 371. Civil Government-its Connexion with Comfort under Loss of ungodly Relatives Communion Meditations (dean Comber)- Ascension-day, ii. 285. Constraining Influence of the Love of Consecration of Water in Russia, iii. Continent, State of Religion on the, i. 26, Conversion of Infidels [see Infidelity]. Cyperus Papyrus of Egypt, iv. 258. Daily Prayer, ix. 7. D. Dairyman's Daughter (Isle of Wight), i. Darkness at the Crucifixion, xii. 188. David, Saint, account of, iv. 287. Definition of religious Terms, ix. 411. Dialogue on Forms of Prayer, ii. 387. Dissent, Position of, viii. 101. Disquisitions, Scriptural, x. 100, 411; xi. Divine Grace in a Youthful Heart (by a 164. Divine Illumination, i. 5. Divine Power, Immensity of, viii. 255. Duelling (bishop Meade), x. 382. E. Ecclesiastical Intelligence (see end of each Education, necessity of a religious, viii. Education on the Continent, i. 388. Egypt (Mr. Macrae), xiii. 219. Elizabeth, Queen, viii. 38. Energy of the Church, ix. 286. Address to his Parishioners (rev. J. No. 1. ii. 337. 2. ii. 353. Apollos mighty in the Scriptures 2. vii. 161. Autumnal Contemplations (rev. H. S. Baptism at Windsor, the late, xii. Believer's Peace, the- Christian, the Name of, to be Hon- Christian Union, ii, 193. Christian Union (rev. Thomas Bow- Christian's Obligation to seek the Christ one with the Father, and Christ the Light of the World (rev. Church of England (rev. Robert No. 1. General Character of, xi. Claims of the Jews on the Sympathy Clergy the Pillars and Bulwark of Comfort in time of Sorrow (rev. Compassion of the Saviour, the (rev. No. 1. xiii. 177. 2. xiii. 193. Connexion of the Truths of Religion, Consistency of Conduct a Test of Christian Character (rev. John Consistency of the Scriptures, on the Wildbore), ix. 121. Corruption of Heathen Systems made Danger and Duty of private Judg- No. 1. xii. 145. 2. xii. 161. Duty of communicating to the Dying a Knowledge of their Situation, the, Duty of Life Insurance, on the, iii. Duty of Prayer for our Rulers, on the Duty of those who have been "bought Duty of Watchfulness, the (rev. C. Entrance of the King of Glory, the No. 1. viii. 146. 2. viii. 161. Essays (continued)-- Fear of God, the-Mistakes concern- Gospel Message, the (rev. R. More- Go-pel, the, to be preached to the Grace of Christ's Humiliation, the Great Salvation, the (rev. C. Raw- Growth in Grace (rev. H. S. Rich- Guidance of Human Conduct in con- Heaven the Growth and Effect of Hints on Friendship, ix. 265. 2. xii. 49. Holy Scriptures, the (rev. R. More. Holy Scripture, the Test of Public Household Conduct of Abraham, the, Household Conduct of Joshua, the 2. xiii. 161. No. 1. iii. 193. 2. iii. 209. Inexterminable Nature of Christ's Infidelity the Common Characteristic No. 1. iv. 161. Internal Evidence of the Truth of Jericho, Rebuilding of (rev. T. Bed- Jesus the Strength of the Poor (rev. King's Supremacy in the Church, Essays (continued)- Last Harvest, the (rev. T. Bissland, Law our Schoolmaster, the (rev. W. No. 1. ix. 49. 2. ix. 65. Letter Writing, on (rev. Charles Lively Influence of the Gospel ap- No. 1. xii. 393. 2. xii. 409. Lukewarmness in Religion, on (rev. No. 1. v. 145. 2. v. 161. Lukewarmness (rev. John Ayre), ix. Manifestation of Christ to the Gen- Man's Mind, the Cause whereby it Meditation on God's Works (rev. Meetness for Heaven, (rev. John Ayre, Ministerial Succession, iii. 145. No. 1. vii. 33. 2. vii. 49. Mistakes as to the Character of real Mistakes on Christian Charity, i. 65. Missions to the Heathen (rev. T. Gib- Mortality (rev. John Chandler, A.M.), Mutual Recognition of Glorified Mysteriousness of some of the Divine Nature and Origin of Christian Cha- |