his former success, when the society was first organized, caused him to be greeted with loud applause. "Mr. Moderator," said the old man, “it ish very true I pe no toctor, nor minishter, nor colonel, nor lawyer ; put I pe an old man, vat has live and look apout in dish voorld of care and trouple for many year. Now, in de firsht place, I pe no toctor. My goot friend here, de toctor, he zay dat artent shpirit pe peneficial to lapouring men and oders. Now, I say, I pe no toctor, put I has got seventy-five pretty goot toctor in my pocket." Here the captain pulled out a printed paper, and continued as follows:-" I has just come from de city, vere I has peen to ship for Amsterdam de leetle poy vat I took home after de Mc Fillagin murter. Ven I vas in de city, a friend of de goot cause gives me dish paper." He then read the certificate of seventy-five physicians in the city of Boston, that ardent spirits are never necessary for persons in health, and are often the cause of disease and death. “Vell, den,” continued the captain, “here ish our goot friend von vay, and de seventy-five de toder vay. Who shall tecide ven de toctors dishagree?" Dr. Manna examined the paper, and made a laboured and unintelligible explanation. The captain resumed :-" Mit such a poor old head as mine, I cannot tell vat de toctor mean. He goes mit de seventy-five, or he goes toder vay; he can say vich. For von, if I goes py de toctors, I must go mith de seventy-five, and not mit von toctor, vat ish all alone. I say I pe no minishter; now, de toctor say, dat de Reverend Parson Shillipup pe of de opinion dat ve go too fast and too far. Vat ish he fear'd apout? Can ve go too fast and too far to save our fellow-creatures from de untimely grave in dish voorld, and de judgment in de toder ? How many more vifes and leetle children shall pe made de town paupers, pefore ve pegin again to put a shtop to de rum-trade? De great reform ish de cause of God, and vill pe likely to suffer apout as much from a leetle too much zeal as de first-rate man-of-war from a leetle too much vind in de top-sail. I say, I pe no colonel; and I pe pretty sure I has none of de shpirit in me; put vat ish all de talk apout taking avay de liperties of de people? Ve vants to take avay none of your liperties put these, which I vill name,—de liperty of getting trunk, -the liperty of apusing and murtering your vifes and de children,de liperty of shpending your time like de putterfly, and your money like de protigal,-de liperty of coming upon de town for support ;dese here, and a few oders, are de liperties vat ve vants to take avay. say, I pe no lawyer; if I vas, Í vould make a speech vich should pe contrived like a vale-poat, vat vill row just as vell de one vay as de toder."

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Mr. Hazell sat down amidst loud peals of applause, and his motion was sustained by a vote of three to one.

(To be continued.)

How quick is the progress man is able to make in evil!-mature in the infancy of the world, and advanced to the utmost pitch of guilt in his very first efforts!— the THIRD man a MURDERER !

CONVERSION OF A CAPTAIN AND CREW.

[Written by Captain William C. Downes, of the ship 'Miles,' of Warren, Rhode Island, and dated Zanzibar Island, January 14th, 1841.]

I have nothing particular to write to you; every thing goes smooth and easy. I have as good a crew and officers as ever went on board of a whale ship. The Lord has visited your ship with the outpouring of his Holy Spirit. All my officers and the greater part of the crew have experienced religion. The Miles' is become a Bethel ship. The Bethel flag waves at her mast-head on Sundays, and I have attended to meetings on that day. Last sabbath the American consul came off with a missionary, (the Rev. C. Stone, from Bombay, bound to America,) who gave us a discourse. He leaves this place on Tuesday, in the ship Brenda, of Salem. We had the masters from other ships to attend, with parts of their crews, and several gentlemen from the shore, who took a deep interest in those things. Ten days previous to my arriving here, I spoke the barque Peru,' captain Coffin, of Nantucket. I went on board his ship, and during my stay, I related to him what God had done on board my ship; and it had such a lasting impression on his mind, that it never left him until he found his Saviour to be precious to him. His officers also, and the greater part of the crew, have found the Lord. There is something very remarkable in it,-perhaps there is not another such instance on record. Don't think, now, because your ship has a crew of christians, that we should neglect our duty in whaling; it is Don't let your Warren people call the Miles an unlucky ship. There never was so lucky a ship that ever sailed from Warren. Her cargo is precious; if she is lost, her cargo will be safe, angels will save her cargo. I mention this instance because I believe you all to be friendly to the cause of Christ.

not so.

This is a tedious life to live, separated from society and our families, but not from the Lord: we have a great witness that he is on the ocean! It was a long time before I took up that cross. I found, when I got to sea, I had a crew of ungodly men, given to cursing and swearing, not only men, but my officers. However, I finally took up the cross, and attended to meetings on Sundays, and now I should as soon think of hearing christians in our churches at home swearing, as I should my crew. I shall be glad when I get to sea, there are many temptations here to draw men aside, but I have never seen one that professed to love the Lord the least morsel out of the way. If the good Lord had not visited us with his Spirit, I have no doubt but I should have had some trouble with my crew, but I trust all things will work together for good to them that love God. I will close, wishing you all health and prosperity, and above all, the blessing of heaven to rest upon you.

THE CHRISTIAN SAILOR.

[Extract of a letter from a pious shipmaster, to a friend in New York.]

"I have nothing new to offer, but that my school on board goes on favourably, and one of my officers tells me the men have had it in contemplation to propose to me that they desire all to join the temperance society. We have some very interesting seasons on board, deeply interesting to me, inasmuch as I am induced to think from the strict attention paid during our frequent bible lessons, and their improvement in their replies, that the Lord does bless the efforts I have made to instruct and elevate the character of my crew.

"Almost every soul on board, of the seamen, attended nightly school, and my second officer teaches navigation, ciphering, reading, writing, spelling, and the alphabet, according to their necessity. We have among others a Swede, who could not speak or understand a word of English when we left New York, and he now reads and answers questions in a Bible class, I might almost say with any of them. Just imagine eighteen or twenty seamen, cook, steward, and boys, seated at a long table, headed by the captain, each man his Bible and prayer. book before him, to open a lesson, with a verse alternately, of the Psalms; after which, we take our bibles and read, and so on. Our Sunday services are very interesting, and we sometimes have company from other ships."

LESSONS FOR SEAMEN.

In a circle of truly christian connexions or acquaintances in any place or neighbourhood, you are like a ship in a good harbour; you are safe, and not exposed to strong currents; in a worldly one there is always a stream of one kind or another, and frequently undercurrents, which you cannot but feel, and sometimes greatly to your disadvantage.

As the best chart, compass, or other nautical instrument are of little avail, beating through narrow dangerous channels, without a pilot; so the best knowledge of the sacred scriptures will be of little avail in the hour of temptation, unless Christ be on board with his Spirit and

presence.

If a ship be ever so ready, with her sails set, and her crew willing for sea, still, without the wind to fill her canvass, and the tide make to lift her up, she must remain immoveable, in spite of all human power. So it is with the sinner. Mercy's tide must flow in, and lift the sinner out of his bed of mire, mud, and filth of sin; and the wind of the Spirit must blow, and influence all his powers of hope, fear, and love.

DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

THE friends at Cape Town, with the full sanction and co-operation of the clergy of different denominations, are now actively engaged in the erection of a SAILORS' HOME and CHAPEL. And we have great pleasure in introducing the following APPEAL, which is immediately addressed to the christian community of that town, in behalf of the spiritual wants of the sailors visiting the port of TABLE BAY; but which may excite the generosity of some of our friends at home, in favour of this particular department of labour :

It was from this ancient class of men that Christ chose his earliest disciples; but alas! his followers have sadly neglected to imitate his example, in attending to their spiritual interests. By them, sailors have been viewed as a different race from other men, and have been passed by as unworthy of notice, farther than serviceable beasts and brave tars, extending her commerce, and fighting for old England! And even in the present enlightened age, it is frequently and boldly asserted, that preaching to, and endeavouring to convert sailors, is labour in vain, as if God were not able to convert them as well as other classes of men.

In whatever light they are viewed by prejudiced and unenlightened men, still it is universally admitted, that the world at large derives great advantages from them. We are dependent upon them for many of the comforts and privileges which we possess. They have, therefore, a claim—a strong and just claim-upon the public at large; and more especially upon merchants and ship-owners, who are daily supplied with the means of existence by the exertions of this neglected class of men.

If persons, notwithstanding these claims, continue to treat them with indifference, and make no effort for the promotion of the temporal and spiritual good of these men, we may rest assured that we shall not be held guiltless by the Creator of the world, but that their blood will certainly be required at our hands.

It is pleasing to the friends of sailors, that it is in contemplation to erect a light-house at Cape Agulhas for the temporal safety of those passing that dangerous cape. The object of this appeal is to endeavour to obtain a light-house in Table Bay for their eternal safety; and surely those who have come forward so promptly and so liberally in behalf of the former object, will not fail to promote the latter. For, important as is the object contemplated, in the erection of a light-house at Agulhas, still every man that possesses right feelings, will see the infinitely greater importance of eternal than temporal safety.

The necessity of a Sailors' Home and Chapel, may be seen from the fact that there are, on an average, from four hundred to four hundred and fifty men (inclu

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ding boatmen) in our bay the whole year round. These men would, when they come on shore, be able to obtain a respectable place to lodge in, where no intoxicating liquors would be presented to them, and all temptation to sin be removed as far as possible from them. Captains, also, would know where to find their men, when the "liberty" granted them had expired; instead of having to seek them throughout the town, and having to search canteen after canteen, in order to discover them."

Another advantage would be, that here the sailor could worship his Creator on the Sabbath, as well as other classes of Christians. At present, great difficulty is found in collecting congregations on board ships when ministers go off to preach on the Sabbath, owing to objections which most sailors have to going on board strange ships. This objection will be removed if the Home and Chapel proposed should be erected, as every sailor will then regard that chapel as peculiarly his

own.

The establishment of such a place has been attempted for sometime past; but the building, though begun and considerably advanced, upon a piece of ground liberally granted by government for the purpose, cannot be proceeded with for want of funds. For proceeding with the building, £121 have been received, and £276 expended; and for the purchase of boats, which have been more or less broken, £36 have been received, and above £70 expended at present. And for some time past, the minister has been taken off to ships in the trunk of a tree, want of funds preventing a more suitable vessel from being procured. On two occasions has this frail vessel been upset.

It is hoped that the above representation of the necessity of a Sailor's Home and Chapel at Cape Town, will call forth the assistance of many persons who have not hitherto considered the subject.

"Cape Town Sailors' Home, Sept. 1840."

PORT OF ABERDEEN.

Extract of a Letter from the Rev. J. Longmuir, A.M.

I have been thinking that, as I find a difficulty in inducing seamen to come to church on Wednesday evening, I might be able to do more by means of a Bethel flag. Pray on what terms could you send me one?

I trust that our labours here for the welfare of seamen are not without success, and I wish to have nothing undone that seems to be calculated for their welfare. I know not whether I have already stated to you that we have got two of the public-houses along the quay shut, and in one of them we have got a Mariner's Coffee House and Reading Room-to the latter department I regularly furnish a of your Magazine.

* During the years 1838 and 1839, 232 sailors were admitted into Somerset hospital.