not be sufficient to condemn him, and, were they to acquit him, it ·would be the worst thing they could do for the colony ;" and Mr. L. added, that as such was the case, they would move earth and hell to procure more evidence against him. Other cases occurred at Lucea; a free coloured man was present when Dr. took a Negro man prisoner, and interrogated him in this manner. Dr. "Did not Mr. Burchell tell you to rebel?" Negro, "No, Sir!" Dr. "Tell me the truth, tell me that Mr. B. did tell you to do so, or I'll BLOW YOUR BRAINS OUT" (at the same time presenting a pistol at his head)! The Negro at last, doubtless fearing that Dr. would put his diabolical threat into execution, said "Ah, for true massa, me forget, the night before Mr. B. go away, him tell me simting tan so." This of course was sufficient to inculpate Mr. Burchell. Miss R. was present when the supervisor of the workhouse at Lucea was superintending the flogging of a rebel Negro. The driver gave three lashes, when the supervisor cried out, "What, no blood yet! tell me, you rascal, did not Mr. Burchell tell you to rebel?" Negro, "No, massa; I don't know Mr. Burchell, I never see him." Supervisor, "Tell me, did not that bloody villain Burchell tell you to do it?" These, and similar questions, were put to the poor unfortunate creature while he was being flogged; but he persisted to the last that he did not know Mr. B. and never saw him. This is the kind of evidence by which we are judged, and by this we are condemned; though it frequently happens, as in the last case, that all their vile attempts are ineffectual, and do not even by such means procure a shadow of evidence against us.

On the 24th, the man Samuel Stennett, who had sworn falsely against Messrs. Burchell and Gardner, and on whose testimony they had been committed to gaol, made the following recantation, in the presence of Messrs. J. Manderson and T. Reaburn, which he declared he was willing to confirm on oath.

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'Jamaica.-Personally appeared before me, Samuel Stennett, of the parish of St. James, county of Cornwall, and island aforesaid, being duly sworn, maketh oath and saith, That the affidavit made by him against the Baptist Missionaries, T. Burchell and F. Gardner, which led to their confinement in gaol, was false and unjust; that he never heard from them such facts as he, the deponent, hath sworn against them. That he was instigated to do so by Messrs. George Delisser, George Mc. Farquhar Lawson, jun., Joseph Bowen, and W. C. Morris, the former of whom assured him that he would be well looked upon by the gentlemen of this place, that the country would give him £10 per annum, and that he, George Delisser, would make it £50. This deponent further saith, that he is induced to make this declaration to relieve his conscience, as he knew nothing against the said Missionaries, and that he never joined the Baptist Society as a member until after Mr. Burchell had left the country. So help me God.

Joseph Bowen, one of the above named gentlemen, is a Magistrate, the very individual who issued a warrant for the apprehension of

Mr. Burchell, one of the two who sat at the time he was brought into the Justice Hall, and joined in committing him, one of those actively engaged in the white rebellion! and the individual who said, the day on which the chapel here was destroyed, "that any man who afforded shelter to the Missionaries that night should have his house pulled about his ears." In consequence of the man Stennett's declaration, he was called upon to appear before the sitting Magistrates, and was asked by one of them if he was willing to swear to the statement which he had made, to which he replied, "Yes." One of the Magistrates then said, "Take care what you are about; you will be sent to the pillory if you swear to that statement", and much more to the same effect. He (S. Stennett) then said, "I do not care ;" and turning to some of those who he declared had bribed him, and who were present, abruptly said, "You know you did tell me to do so." He was not however allowed to swear to the deposition; when Messrs. Manderson and Reaburn sent in their affidavits on oath to the Magistrates, that they had heard him say that he had been bribed by the above named gentlemen, on which he was committed to gaol. Mr. Manderson proposed on the following morning to the Magistrates, that Messrs. B. and G. should be liberated on bail; but the proposition was not acceded to, although the man on whose sole testimony they were committed had thus publicly contradicted his own statement.'

Pp. 24-29.

Our readers have probably heard, that it has been found impossible to convict the persecuted Missionaries; and Mr. Burchell is now on his way to this country, where his personal testimony will have its due weight.

We abstain from further comment. Many subjects of inquiry suggest themselves: er. gr.: Who is to be at the cost of rebuilding the Baptist chapels destroyed by the Jamaica magistrates? Are these magistrates to enjoy impunity, and to retain their functions? Are parties who clamour for compensation for a hypothetical loss, to render none for wilful damage and injury? Are the lives of Christian ministers in any part of his Majesty's dominions, to be at the mercy of such miscreants? Is that infernal system which has now declared open war against Christianity, to be tolerated much longer? Can no better use be made of Jamaica, than to grow sugar in, at a loss to the planter himself, at the cost to this country of a tax, and by means of the heaven-defying crime of oppression and injustice? If so, the sooner we are rid of the island, the better. We can buy sugar elsewhere.

Art. IX. Four Sermons on the Priesthood of Christ. By Theophilus Lessey. 8vo. pp. 174. Price 4s.

THE

HE Author of the present volume appears before the public with credit. The sermons are distinguished for good taste,

judgement, and pathos. A spring of pure devotion keeps welling through every page; and this, though we may be theoretically at issue with the writer on a minor point or two, preserves us not only in a state of good feeling, but enables us to rejoice in the presence of such a Christian labourer in the field. If there be a fault in the preacher, it is to be found in his exuberance;-if a fault in his style, as separate from the matter, it is in the weight of epithet which the sentences are constrained to support;—and if a fault in the book, it is in its typography: but we are borne away from these by the importance of the subject, together with the manner in which it is handled, as a slight blemish in the canvas is lost sight of in a general survey of the work of the artist. An extract or two will shew the state of mind which the Author has brought to the discussion of his texts, as well as the manner in which he brings them home to the business and bosoms of his readers. He remarks, that which operated with considerable 'force' upon his mind in the subjects discussed', was, their in'fluence on the retired experience of genuine Christians'.

These, be it remembered ', continues he, are not doctrines of mere speculation, intended only to furnish materials for controversial debate and extended argumentation, or simply to form the articles of an orthodox creed; they are not questions of critical erudition, on which the learned only may exercise the force and sagacity of their penetration, and yet feel no more during the exercise than if they were performing an algebraical process. No, they are vital, penetrating and transforming; they are not only directive to the understanding, but influential on the heart; they are words of life and spirit, and when brought into the soul by the power of that divine Agent, whose office it is to render them efficient, they are sensibly felt, moving through all the various faculties, enlightening the understanding, actuating the will, and inspiring and elevating all the affections.' Preface, 5, 6.

In further urging the experimental bearings of the general subject, in the body of the discourses, and the propriety of which can only be fully seen by a perusal of the whole, he observes:

Conversion from iniquity, was the grand doctrine, so constantly and urgently inculcated by the Apostles, as the substance of religion; and so powerfully confirmed by the accompanying energy of the Holy Spirit. Whenever the gospel is preached, faithfully and prayerfully, it will be attended by the penetrating and purifying fire of this divine Agent. It is not a mere revelation of general truths, and appropriate rites, which, as objects of speculation only, will but lightly affect us; it is a day of gracious visitation; a ministry of active and transforming energy, by which our iniquity is purged away, and our transgressions forgiven; it is the going forth of our great high priest, clothed in the garments of salvation, to bless the people; wherever he comes, truth springs out of the earth, and righteousness looks down from heaven; his words are life and spirit; his looks impart joy and peace,

while from his sacred form, issue streams of light and glory, which give to the vision of mortals, a manifestation of heaven. In this dispensation of beatitudes, he will pursue his radiant course, till the whole human family is blessed in him, and all nations call him blessed.'

Again: Religion

p. 86.

is not as some have misrepresented it, a mere notion of the mind, an unproductive theory. It uniformly displays itself in the practice of piety, and the exercise of real godliness, filling and enriching the character with whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report. But it is from the abundant treasure of the regenerated heart, that these moral virtues proceed; it is there that the fountain of all these clear and crystal streams subsists, springing up into eternal life. It is in the heart, that the Holy Spirit conducts that new creation, by which it is formed into his own consecrated dwelling-place; and prepared for the fruition of present and everlasting felicity. There he originates and actuates all those spiritual graces, which enter into the constitution of the new creature, and comprise the very essence of its character. There he richly diffuses the love of God, which circulates, in warm and vital influence, through the whole frame; it is there, in short, that the soul of religion dwells, as in the central seat of its existence, supplying to every part of the renewed man, life and animation.'

pp. 153, 4. Experimental truth thus enforced, by a mind thus imbued, must ever have associated with it correct, serious, and elevated views of the Priesthood of Christ.'

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It is no matter of surprise,' says the Preacher, that it should form the leading subject of a revelation from Heaven. For though men, darkened and depraved by sin, can perceive in it nothing excellent to esteem, nothing beautiful to admire,-nothing glorious to anticipate, yet is it (the subject of redemption) the work of God: that on which, more than any other, his heart is fixed; and to accomplish which, he spared not his own Son, but delivered him up, as the only sacrifice by which an atonement could be made. To angelic beings, it is the subject of eager enquiry and intense interest. And, along the whole tract of revelation, from the first age of the world, we perceive the great Restorer of the human race, hastening forward through successive scenes of symbolic instruction, of typical representation, and of prophetic discovery, to that eventful era in the progress of time, regarded by infinite Wisdom as the maturity of preceding ages, and the proper and appointed period for bringing the great plan of human redemption to its full perfection.'-p. 10.

After lucidly stating and defending his subject, he then bursts forth in the following impassioned strain, which is cited only as a

specimen of the many examples we have of the pathetic scattered through the volume.

'Let us cleave to this great doctrine,- the actual atonement made for sin by the death of Christ,-with all the firmness and determination of soul, arising from a conviction of its supreme worth and importance. It was on the cross that the atonement was made. From that cross, on which the agonized sufferer exclaimed, It is finished, did there ascend up to heaven the smoke of a sacrifice, the efficacy of which extends through all periods of time, and comprehends all the successive generations of men, from the first parent of our race, down to his last descendant. In Gethsemane he received from the hand of the Father the cup of trembling, and on the hill of Calvary he drank it off, and thus tasted death for every man. It was there, and then, that he stretched forth his bleeding hand, and gathering toge ther the sentence of death, which had extended over the whole human family, he took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross. the fountain opened for sin and for uncleanness.' p. 46.

Then, was

Without attempting to give an analysis of these discourses, or further extracting from them, we cordially recommend them to our readers, not only as specimens of pulpit eloquence, but as possessing a pure vein of evangelical truth.

NOTICE.

Art. X. Tales of the Saxons. By Emily Taylor. Foolscap 8vo, pp. 234. London, 1832.

A VOLUME of pleasing tales, intended to present children with a 'series of lively pictures of England', in the days of Alfred, Edward the Confessor, and the Second William. The modesty with which the Author speaks of her own performance, would disarm criticism, even were there less to commend in the tasteful execution of her meritorious, but difficult task.

ART. XI. LITERARY INTELLIGENCE.

Shortly will be published, in one volume 12mo, a Treatise on the Universal Headship of Christ, by the Rev. John Jefferson, Stoke Newington.

The Translator of the "Tour of a German Prince", is now translating the Correspondence of Schiller and Goethe, which, in the German, forms six volumes; but large omissions will be made, to adapt it to English taste.