There is a School at Cape Town, || formed by Mr. Van Wageninge, from the Central School of the National Society. Mr. Van Wageninge is dead, but the School is proceeding with success. Ten or twelve thousand Slaves in Cape Town, at present a prey to Ma homedan Priests from the Interior, call loudly for Christian compassion. The frequent intercourse with this country, the protection of the Local Government, and the comparative salubrity of the climate and cheapness of living, are circumstances favourable to Missionary Undertakings in this quarter. LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY. The Society has just sent a Deputation to visit its Stations in this Mission. It consists of the Rev. John Campbell, and the Rev. John Philip. Mr. Campbell has once before executed this important office. Mr. Philip will be settled, for the present, as the Society's resident Director, at Cape Town. Some painful occurrences among the Missionaries, and the extent of the Society's concerns in South Africa, have rendered these measures expedient; and we doubt not but that, with the blessing of God, they will be productive of lasting benefit. Messrs. Campbell and Philip, with Mrs. Philip, sailed from Liverpool, on board the Westmoreland, on the 18th of November. The vessel returning for a new mast, they finally left on the 10th of December. In surveying the Fourteen Stations, which were occupied, according to the most recent accounts, by the Society, we shall proceed eastward from Cape Town, and return by the northern and western Stations. years; and a fund for charitable purposes has been established. Improvements have been made in cultivation, and in roads and fences. In 1817, 70 quarters of wheat were grown. Mr. Latrobe, who visited this Station, says The valley widens near the Settlement, and appears to be a spot well chosen for such an Insti tution. We were received by Mr. and Mrs. Seidenfaden, her mother and brother, and his assistant Mr. Wimmer, with great kindness. Mr. Seidenfaden's gardens are well laid out. The Hottentot Village, at present, consists of one row of huts, on the north side of the valley. The inhabitants were friendly; and expressed their thankfulness for the instruction which they receive, and for the zeal with which the Missionaries endeavour to promote their spiritual and temporal welfare. Mr. Seidenfaden is a man of an active benevolent mind and generous spirit. He has built himself a good substantial house; with a spacious Hall, in which he meets his Con gregation, and keeps School with the Children and Young People. The situation is such, that, in time, a considerable Settlement may be formed. HOOGE KRAAL. About 300 miles E. from Cape Town. Charles Pacalt. The Congregation increases so much, that the Chapel is too small. There are 60 School-Children. Communicants are 34, and they walk worthy of their holy vocation. Others are promising. About 406 rix-dollars were paid in taxes, in the year. The great scarcity of wheat disabled the people from sowing much. This is a flourishing Station. Mr. Latrobe reports of his visit to this Settlement We were received with much friendly attention by Mr. Pacalt. Evening Service did not begin till nine o'clock, to give the Hottentots time to return from their work in the neighbouring farms. Meanwhile, the time was agreeably spent in conversa tion. At nine, the people were called together by the sound of a cow's horn, blown by a maidservant, in place of a bell. About 100 men and women attended. The men and women sit separate, as in most Foreign Churches, on benches; and are addressed from a table and desk, as with us. The Service consisted of two hymns, an exposition of a portion of Scripture, a prayer, and a concluding hymn. The Settlement is, as yet, but small. The cottages are placed in regular rows. The gardens are well laid out; and the Hottentots, both by precept and example, taught diligently to attend to the rearing of garden-produce of various kinds; but there are no trees, nor any plantations or nurseries. Indeed, the elevated situation of the place, and the nature of the soil, are said to be unfavourable to the growth of trees; the shade of which, however, is an almost essential requisite in an African summer. Mr. Pacalt has a small house of two rooms. His labour is great. Every day he keeps School, and meets the Congregation in an evening; being without an assistant, and having the direction and management of all the outward concerns of the establishment. BETHELSDorp. About 500 miles E. from Cape Town. 1802. J. G. Messer, Evan Evans, F. G. Hooper. Erasmus Smit from Grace Hill, and W. F. Corner and J. Goeyman from Hephzibah, were at Bethelsdorp. tical in its form. In the middle of this junction, the Minister's seat and desk are placed: thus he may be seen and heard by the whole audience, though the men and women, who sit separate, cannot see one another. With reference to the disadvantages of this Settlement, the Directors remark We hope that this Station, the external appearance of which has excited so much censure, is now in an improving state. The spot, indeed, was ill chosen, and labours under great disadvan tares: but the spiritual benefits received by many persons have far exceeded, in real importance, all its external defects. In 1817, the state of the Settlement was as follows: Baptized, 15 Adults and 34 Children; excom.. municated, 15; received again, 6; marriages, 24; births, 45; deaths, 16; added to the Settlement, by permission of the Government, 34. THEOPOLIS. About 600 miles E. from Cape Town. J. G. Ullbricht, G. Barker. This Settlement, being but two miles from the sea, and near rivers and a wood, has many advantages for a comfortable subsistence. Much land is cultivated. The cattle are increased. There are upward of 80 gardens, each of about an acre. The Caffres occasionally plunder. Many have been brought to the knowledge of the Lord. The Communicants are 87-39 men, and 48 women. Auxiliary Missionary Society produced, in the year, about 157. KAT REVIER. An In Caffraria, a country to the Eastward of the Colony, beyond the Great Fish River, 700 miles from Cape Town.-Kat Revier (Cat River) is 200 miles N. E. of Bethelsdorp. 1816. Large tracts of land, at some distance from the village, are cultivated. Many trades are carried on. They have now a School House and a Printing Office. Many stockings are knit for sale. Hats, shoes, cord, mats, and baskets are also manufactured. Waggon-makers (who are also smiths) and carpenters seldom want employ; but the most lucrative occupations are those of sawyers, wood-cutters, and bark-choppers. The Settlement has had to contend with many local disadvantages. The Missionaries were, however, encouraged by the success of their labours. In 1816, they baptized 143 Joseph Williams, Missionary, and Jan Adults: in 1817, there were but 15. Tzatzoo, a Native, son of a Caffre Chief, The School, containing upward of 300 settled here, and were well received. Children, was in a favourable state. The principal Chief, King T'Geika, pronew Church is building. The Settlement fessed to be convinced of his sinful state, has 45 well-cultivated gardens. and desirous of receiving the Gospel. A, Mr. Latrobe has placed the natural dis-house was built, a garden formed, and advantages of this situation in a strong ground enclosed for corn. About 100 light. He makes no doubt, however, but Caffres attended Public Worship, with that Dr. Vanderkemp had reasons for his much seriousness. The number at the choice, which would have exhibited to the Settlement was 188. When the Governor mind of a candid inquirer the truly sin visited Caffraria, and expressed a hope cere and religious motives by which he that T'Geika would protect the Missiowas actuated. naries, in case of war, be answered evasively and sarcastically, "It is shameful for the Caffres to steal and murder, now they have got God's Word."-" This T'Geika," says Mr. Messer, "is a particularly deep and politic barbarian king." A The Church, built by Dr. Vanderkemp, is a monument of the peculiarity of his taste. Mr. Latrobe thus describes it The Church 'consists of two buildings, placed together nearly in a right angle. The inner walls meet: the outer are connected by a wall, ellip Jan Tzatzoo left Mr. Williams, and went to Theopolis; and, about the 24th of August, of last year, it pleased God to call Mr. Williams from his labours. His situation has been arduous. There is reason to hope that the Mission will be encouraged and assisted by the Colonial Government. The prevalence of the Gospel among the Caffres would give security to the Borderers, and prevent the lamentable depredations and murders which have taken place. Mr. John Brownlee and Mr. Taylor will probably || be fixed in this Station. HEPHZIBAH. In the Bushmen's Country, North of the Colonyformerly called Rhinoster Fountain, 1816. W. F. Corner, Missionary, and J. Goeyman, Native, were ordered to leave this Station; but the Governor permitted Mr. Moffat and Mr. Kitchingman to proceed thither.-See Bethelsdorp. A piece of land had been purchased, and agricultural implements procured. The people are earnestly desirous of hearing the Word. GRIQUA TOWN. North of the Colony-about 700 miles N. E. of Cape Town-near the Great Orange River. 1802. William Anderson, Henry Helm. Natives. P. Berend, J. Hendrick, The Missionaries have laboured, at this remote Station, with great success, for many years; and, at times, amidst great difficulties. It has been, of late, in favourable circumstances. A revival has taken place, chiefly among the females. An Auxiliary Missionary Society has been established: the people, having no money, contributed cattle and elephants' teeth. Attendance on Public Worship was good: the hearers had increased. The quantity of land under cultivation increases yearly. Some of the people have begun to build themselves good stonehouses. Preparations have been made for a water-mill. A Printing- Press had arrived'; and a Spelling-Book, in Bootsuanna, was in forwardness. NEW LATTAKOO. North of the Colony-on the Kroomans' Rivera little South of Lattakoo, which is between 7 and 8 degrees North of the latitude of the Cape. 1817. Robert Hamilton. Mateebe, the King of Lattakoo, and part of his people, removed, with the Missionaries, to this spot, and built a town which has been named New Lattakoo. Jan. 1819. There are encouraging appearances at this Station. The Missionaries were in the full confidence of the King and his Chiefs. Many of the Bootsuannas daily attend the preaching of the Gospel: some seem impressed by the Word. A Church, 40 feet by 15, was begun on the 16th of February. In the neighbouring parts, there is an open field among the Corannas. With the Bushmen there was peace all around; and, at two places among them, Native Teachers were employed. At Malapeetze, Cupido labours; and Makoon, who earnestly wishes for a Missionary, visits Cupido for religious instruction. BETHESDA. North of the Colony-about 700 miles from Cape Town-on the North side of the Great River. 1808. Christopher Sass. Mr. Sass judged it expedient to remove his Station to the north side of the Great River, where he finds a number of Bushmen, who are very desirous of a Christian Teacher. Many instances of the power of Divine Grace have been discovered. JERUSALEM. Formerly called Africaner's Kraal; and, after ward, Peace Mountain-beyond the Colony, about 550 miles North of Cape Town, 1815. E. Ebner, Robert Moffat. Mr. Moffat lately joined Mr. Ebner. It was intended to remove to a more eligible situation, further north, and more in the midst of Africaner's people. Prospects were favourable. About 400 attended Worship. Forty persons, Converts and their Children, had been baptized; and 40 couple married. The Converts walk consistently. The School prospers. Civilization and cultivation advance. BETHANY. These Missionaries, who were educated in Wales and afterward studied at Gosport, reached Mauritius on the 9th of July. Governor Farquhar being now in this country, they applied to the Acting Governor; who discouraged their proceeding to Madagascar, chiefly on account of the Slave Trade, in which almost all the Europeans engage, notwithstanding the Treaty entered into with the King of Ova. They ventured, however, to proceed to their destination, and arrived in safety: but it was uncertain whether they would be able to continue; the political relations, which had subsisted between the King of Ova and the Governor of Mauritius, having ceased. A Station, called Grace Hill, formerly Thornberg, and sometimes Vanderwalt's Fountain, in the country of the wild Bushmen, about 500 miles from Cape Town, which was formed in 1814, has been, for the present, suspended. The Missionary, Erasmus Smit, is at Bethelsdorp. The Station is likely to be resumed, on the arrival of the Deputation at the Cape. UNITED BRETHREN. In the List for 1817, under the head of Gnadenthal, we have given a brief account of the commencement and renewal of the Brethren's Mission in South Africa. GNADENTHAL. The principal Settlement of the Brethren-130 miles East of Cape Town. 1736, renewed 1792. Missionaries: Clemens, Hallbeck, Leitner, Lemmertz, Marsveld, and Thomsen. › Our Readers will be highly gratified by the account of this Settlement, given by Mr. Latrobe, in his "Journal of a Visit to South Africa," 4to. Lond. 1818. See pp. 60-95, 107-116, 271-290. They will here see, in action, the peculiar Discipline and Economy of the Brethren's Missions. All the Brethren were living in mutual confidence and love. Their Family-Worship was peculiarly blessed by the presence of their Unseen Lord. The venerable head of the Mission, Father Marsveld, was declining in bodily vigour, but was gathering strength in the Lord. Many Hottentots come, and inquire with eagerness what they must do to be saved. The Children are, in general, diligent. The Settlement is prospering in externals. The trades in which the Hottentots are employed are carried on with success. Improvements are making, since Mr. Latrobe's visit, in several parts of the Settlement; "where," says Mr. Hallbeck, When one of the Hottentot Women was told that there were Six of us going to India to instruct the Heathen, she said, "Now I am sure that God loves all mankind, because He is sending persons to teach them." The Brethren report, that, in the first half of last year, 21 Hottentots had obtained leave to live at the Settlement, 12 had been baptized, and 9 admitted to the Lord's Supper. Mr. Hallbeck writesThough the increase is slower than at Gnaden. "Grace and Nature conspire to declare thal, yet the Lord blesses His work; and the the glory of God." labour of our Brethren is not in vain, through His power and mercy. Mr. Hallbeck had rested at Groenekloof, in his way to Gnadenthal. The new Church was consecrated on the 8th of February. The Governor was much pleased with it, when his Excellency visited the Settlement; and expressed his intention of having some Churches built on the same plan. The Hottentots have, of late, improved much in industry. Several of the new people have built decent huts, and made good gardens. The work of grace advances in the baptized Adults. WITTE REVIER. In the district of Uitenhagen, in the Eastern part of the Colony-upward of 500 miles from Cape Town-on the. Witte Revier (White River), a brook which runs from the East into the Zondags Revier (Sunday River), which runs parallel to the Great Fish River. 1818. Missionaries: Hofman, Hornig, Schmitt, and Schultz. This is the New Settlement of the Brethren, formed on land given by the Govern ment for the purpose. The situation was fixed on by Mr. Latrobe and his companions, after a diligent investigation of the merits of different places. the New Settlement is formed, may be seen at pp. 215-220, and 240, of his Journal. We quote a passage : The Hottentots were much pleased with the situation; and declared that a Settlement might be inade there with every convenience required by a Hottentot Congregation; there being much sweet grass, which, in their opinion, is a point of the first consideration. On leaving the Witte Revier, Brother Schmitt addressed the party on the aim of our visit; and prayed to the Lord, if it were Ilis gracious will, to establish here a place in which His Name might be glorified. He then opened the "Collection of Scripture-Texts for Every Day in the Year;" and the Text which immediately presented itself to his view, is so remarkable, that I cannot help quoting it. It was the 12th verse of the, xxxiiid Chapter of Jeremiah:-Again, in this place, which is desolate, without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, shall be a habitation of shepherds, causing their flocks to lie down. We pray, that, with respect to this desolate spot also, this encouraging prediction may be fulfilled. The Missionaries arrived at the Witte Revier, to begin their establishment, on the 7th of April, 1818. Mr. Schmitt is married: the other Brethren are single. A farm was purchased of Mr. Scheper, to be added to the Glen granted by Government. This farm furnishes a good supply of water. It was, some time back, an English Military Post. The Missionaries report that elephants With a view to this investigation, Mr. abound around them. Herds of as many Latrobe left Gnadenthal, on the 5th of as 50 have come within five minutes' walk March, 1816, accompanied by Mr. Mel- of the Settlement, and drink out of the ville Government Surveyor; the Brethren same pond with themselves. They are Sa and Stein, and Sister Schmitt; timid, and will avoid man. Lions have also with 6 Christian Hottentots. They reach- shewn their faces. Wolves, tigers, and ed the Witte Revier on the 10th of April-wild dogs are numerous; as are antelopes, proceeded forward, a few days' further journey, to the Great Fish River, which divides the Colony from Caffraria-and arrived again at Gnadenthal on the 11th of May. His description of the spot where WESLEYAN With respect to Cape Town, the Committee state Permission to exercise their ministry in Cape Town and its neighbourhood not having yet been obtained from the Governor, no Missionaries have been appointed: but it is still kept upon our list, because we have a small society there; and the Committee hope that the time may arrive, when the present obstructions which lie in the way may be removed. KHAMIES Berg. Among the Little Namaquas-between the Northwest part of the Colony and the Orange River. 1817. Missionaries: Barnabas Shaw, Edward Edwards. Assistant Missionary to the Bushmen : Jacob Links, Native. Appointed to this Station: James Archbell. and other inoffensive animals. A House built by the English Officers when here, is fitted up for a temporary Church. In the beginning of June, 27 Hottentots had come to settle on the land. MISSIÓNS. Mr. Edwards joined Mr. Shaw on the 24th of January, of last year. He will be thereby enabled to enlarge his plans. Of Jacob Links, a Namaqua, who is about 19 years of age and one of Mr. Shaw's Interpreters, the Committee say— Mr. Shaw having very strongly recommended this converted Hottentot, as a Teacher to the Bushmen; and a copy of one of his Sermons having been sent home, from which he appears to have very clear views of Christian Doctrine and a happy method of explaining it; Jacob has been received as an Assistant to the Mission in South Africa. Mr. Edwards says, on his arrival I was surprised to find so comfortable a place. Brother Shaw must have laboured early and late. Here we have a neat little house, and a fine garden. A Chapel has been built, chiefly by the personal labour of the Missionary. Of his proceedings, the Report states He is instructing the people, among whom he has |