vation it would also facilitate the laying it when the wind is high. -A pistol is a safe mode of discharging the mortar; and something may be wanted in a violent gale to secure the priming."

In the same article we are told that the attention of the legislature had been called to this invention; that the House of Commons determined that well attested evidence should be furnished of the practicability and utility of the scheme; that this had been done by reports of a Committee of field officers; that the Suffolk Humane Society had shown anxiety for the success of the invention, and at numerous meetings had witnessed experiments, and become satisfied; that the prospect of success had been

established by the saving of above eighty persons since its adop. tion; that the plan had been communicated to Sweden, and a crew saved by it in the Baltick. At the close of the article, as it appears in the Philanthropist, there is a drawing of the apparatus and the manner of laying the rope.

It must be gratifying to the benevolent to observe the exertions of Humane Societies to save their fellow men from untimely death by drowning; and peculiarly so to see the engines and means of death converted to saving purposes. Perhaps it is the design of God that all the apparatus of war and destruction shall yet be employed as means of saving the lives of men.

THE interesting particulars which are to be exhibited under this head, will be collected from a pamphlet, recently presented, entitled, "A narrative of Five Youth, from the Sandwich Islands, Obookiah, Hopoo, Tennooe, Honooree, and Prince Tamoree, now receiving an education in this country. Published by order of the Agents appointed to establish a school for Heathen Youth."

After a concise account of these young men, of the time and manner of their coming to this country, of the treatment they have received, the proficiency they have made, their promising talents, amiable dispositions, and hopeful conversion to the Christian religion, the plan of a school for the Heathen is brought to view in the following extracts.

Extract from the Minutes of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, at their seventh annual meeting in Hartford, (Con.) September, 1816.

"The committee, to whom was referred the petition respecting the establishment of a school for the education of heathen youth, presented a report which, after amendment, was accepted, and is as follows:

"That the establishment of such a school, as described by these respectable petitioners, is expedient.

"That this school be located in such place, as the agents hereafter named shall designate.

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That the Hon. John Treadwell, the Rev. Dr. Dwight, James Morris, Esq. the Rev. Dr. Chapin, and Rev. Messrs. Lyman Beecher, Charles Prentice, and Joseph Harvey, be Agents of this Board;-that any three of them shall be a quorum for the transaction of business, when all shall have been notified; and that the Hon. John Treadwell, be authorized and requested to

call the first meeting of the Agents, at such time and place as he shall deem expedient.

That the said Agents be empowered and requested to form such a plan for establishing and conducting a school for the education of heathen youth in our country, for the purposes expressed in the petition, as to them shall appear most conducive to the attainment of the object of such school, subject, however, to the revision of the Board.

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That all monies contributed, or hereafter to be contributed for the support of said school, shall be remitted to the Treasurer of the Board, or deposited according to his direction. And, that the said Agents make an annual report of their doings to this Board, and receive from them from time to time such instructions as they shall deem it expedient to give."

Extract from the Minutes of the Agency, appointed as above, to establish and conduct a school for the education of heathen youth.

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At a meeting of the Agency, October 29th, 1816, at the house of the Rev. Dr. Dwight, in New-Haven, (Con.)

"The following CONSTITUTION of a school for the education of heathen youth was adopted, viz.

"Article ist. This school shall be styled the FOREIGN MISSION SCHOOL. "Article 2nd. The object of this school shall be the education of heathen youth in such a manner, as that with future professional studies, they may be qualified to become missionaries, schoolmasters, interpreters, physicians, or surgeons, among heathen nations, and to communicate such information in agriculture and the arts, as shall tend to promote Christianity and civilization.

"Article 3d. Other youth of acknowledged piety may be admitted to this school at their own expense, and

at the discretion of the Agents, so far as shall be consistent with the aforementioned object.

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Article 4th. The school shall be under the immediate direction of a PRINCIPAL, in whom shall be vested the executive authority, and who shall superintend the studies of the pupils. He shall hold his office during the pleasure of the Agents, and shall have a fixed yearly salary.

"Article 5th. The PRINCIPAL shall be furnished with such Assistants, as the Agents from time to time shall judge necessary.

"Article 6th. One of the Assistants shall superintend the agricultural interests of the school, and board the students.

"Article 7th. The school may be furnished with such buildings, as shall be necessary; and such lands as the interests of the school require.

"Article 8th. The students shall be instructed in spelling, reading and writing the English language, in English grammar, arithmetick, geography, and such other branches of knowledge as shall be deemed useful, at the discretion of the PRINCIPAL, subject to the control of the Agents.

"Article 9th. Exercises shall be in'stituted by the PRINCIPAL, for the purpose of preserving, to the students, the knowledge of their respective languages.

"Article 10th. Morning and evening prayers shall be attended daily in the school, accompanied with the reading of the Scriptures, and the singing of psalms or hymns.

"Article 11th. At the stated season of morning and evening prayers on the sabbath, the PRINCIPAL shall take occasion to instruct the students in the leading truths of the Christian religion, and at such other times as the Agents shall judge expedient; and he shall see that the students regularly attend publick worship on the sabbath.

"Article 12th. There shall be two vacations of the school each year, one of three weeks, commencing on the first Wednesday of May, the other of

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six weeks, commencing on the first Wednesday of September.

"Article 13th. The Agents shall visit and examine the school annually, on the Tuesday before the first Wednesday of May, and by their committee as much oftener as they shall judge expedient.

"Article 14th. Such rules and regulations for the government and discipline of the schools, shall be adopted, as the Agents, from time to time, shall deem necessary.

The committee who were appointed at the last meeting to make inquiry respecting a suitable place for the location of the school, made their report.-Whereupon

"Voted, That the Foreign Mission School, now in contemplation, be located in Cornwall; provided the terms be found as favourable as they appeared to the committee."

The Agents subjoin some important observations, from which we select the following

"From the extent of our commerce, the natives of almost every heathen country, influenced by curiosity, and various other motives, leave their country, and directed by the provi dence of God, are conveyed to this land of gospel light.

"The number of such youth in the United States, it is impossible, at present, to determine. That it is very considerable, may be inferred from the fact, that there are now in New-England no less than ten from the single island of Owhy hee.

"The great object in educating these youth, is, that they may be employed as instruments of salvation to their benighted countrymen. Should they become qualified to preach the Gospel, they will possess many advantages over Missionaries, from this, or any other part of the Christian world.

"1. They are acquainted with the manners and customs, the vices and prejudices of their countrymen. From ignorance of these, other missionaries have often failed in their attempts to Christianize the heathen.

"2. They will be free from suspicion. Most heathen nations, from their intercourse with those who bear the Christian name, but whose conduct is totally inconsistent with the precepts of the Gospel, have contracted strong prejudices against their more enlightened brethren. To gain their confidence has been as difficult as it is important. By employing natives, this great obstacle in the way of spreading the Gospel, would be removed.

"3. Being united to them by the ties of blood and affection, they must feel peculiarly interested in their countrymen; and having themselves experienced the evils of paganism, as well as the blessings of Christianity, they will be able to recommend the latter with peculiar force. To see their kindred forsaking the religion of their fathers, the religion with which are interwoven, as they imagine, their dearest interests; and embracing that of foreigners, cannot fail powerfully to affect their minds, and excite them to inquire and examine for themselves.

4. Their constitution is suited to the climates of the various countries, in which they shall be employed. Owing to a change of climate, the health of many Missionaries has been impaired, and their usefulness either greatly diminished, or entirely prevented.

5. They are acquainted with the language of their countrymen. A foreign Missionary, when he arrives at the

place of his destination, in consequence of being unacquainted with the language of the heathen around him, is unable to enter immediately on the appropriate work of the mission. He must first acquire a knowledge of the language of those to whom he is sent; to do this, is often exceedingly difficult, and much time is spent, and much money is expended, without any immediate advantage to the mission. A native Missionary, it is obvious, would not be subject to these difficulties.

"6. Students can easily be obtained for this school from almost any part of the heathen world, and to almost any extent.

7. Those native instructers and interpreters which must be had in considerable numbers, before any mission among heathen nations can make much progress, can be educated and fitted for their work, at a much less expense in this country, on the plan proposed, than to send out Missionaries and their families to heathen lands for the same purpose.

8. This institution will be of very great advantage to those Missionaries who are going among the heathen. By spending a season at the school, they might learn something of the manners and language, perhaps, of the very nation to which they are going, and often will find some, from among the pupils, who will be their companions and interpreters on the mission."

ARTICLE 1. There shall be an annual meeting of the Society, on the first Thursday in September, at which meeting the officers of the Society, consisting of a President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, and 12 Directors, shall be chosen by written votes : -And at this meeting, the annual subscription of each member shall be paid

to the Secretary, enveloped in a cover, containing the name of the member who pays it.

ART. 2. Any lady may become a member of the Society, on application to one of the Directors, and paying one dollar to the Secretary; or, by performing three days work, which shall be sent her at the discretion of the