TRAPALGAR SQUAKE.
May 8, 1837.

"The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts has received a pressing application from the Bishop of Australia, to assist in engaging and sending out Clergymen to New South Wales. The wants and peculiar circumstances of the Colony are thus described by his Lordship in a letter, dated Sydney, 14th October, 1836 :

The question upon which I have most urgent occasion to write to yott, is that of providing us with additional Clergymen. Our obtaining, or not obtaining them, is a matter, as it were, of life or death.

The Government requires from the inhabitants a contribution of at least 300%. towards the erection of a church, and will then appoint a Clergyman, with a stipend (not exceeding 2007. per annum) proportionate to the number of the congregation. The above condition has been, or is" being, complied with in twenty one places, and there is an opportunity for settling nine additional Clergymen with average incomes of 150. per annum, a house, some land, and in most cases some small advantage from fees, &c.'

"In consequence of this representation, the Society has resolved to invite applications from Clergymen and Candidates for Orders desirous of proceeding to New South Wales, and to make some addition to the stipends mentioned by the Bishop of Australia..

The average salary secured to each Clergyman by the Local Legislature being 150l. a year, together with a grant of 1501. from the Colonial Office for passage-money and outfit; a further salary of 50l. a year, together with a like grant of 150l. to defray the cost of settling in a new country, will be paid by the Society. It has been assured that these allowances will enable Clergymen to maintain themselves and their families in respectability and comfort. And it trusts that persons will be found who are ready to discharge the duties of the Christian Ministry in a land where the very existence of religion appears to depend upon the measures which may be adopted at the present crisis.

Applications and inquiries may be addressed to the Society's office, Trafalgar Square, London.

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A. M. CAMPBELL,

SECRETARY.

And in the report of the society, for 1837, we find these truly generous proposals had been very successful, page 57 In answer to the proposals issued on the occasion numerous offers ❝ of service were received; and from these have been selected seven gentlemen who have been appointed to the chaplaincies, " by Lord Glenelg, and are already on their voyage to New South "Wales. It is hoped that the whole number of the proposed "appointments will be completed before the end of the present year." Who will not rejoice most unfeignedly that the needful supply

of spiritual instruction will so soon be afforded to the flourishing Colony of Australia? Still the true disciple of Christ will not fail to look with a sorrowful eye upon the 100,000 utterly destitute Churchmen in Upper Canada, and with the fervent (let it be prayerful and believing) hope that some means of alleviation may also be afforded to them.

EAST INDIES, AFRICA, &c.—It is truly gratifying to behold the unceasing labour of love in which the Church Missionary Society has been so successfully engaged amongst the poor idolators of the East. May the Lord crown their efforts with ten fold blessing! The Church Missionary Society's income amounted to upwards of £80,000 last year; it is admitted indeed that this large sum would not suffice if the enlarged views of the Society should gradually succeed; but at present it is beneficially employed for the support of their several establishments. Assuming that they have 100,000 converts (may they soon be some millions!) we cannot but desire that the 100,000 of the "household of faith" in Upper Canada who are earnestly imploring aid from the land of their birth, may also become the objects of Christian sympathy and partakers of Christian bounty.

Finally I cannot but believe that when the actual state and wants of our fellow countrymen and fellow Churchmen, in Upper Canada, are known to the Christian public, prompt and generous efforts will be made to enable the "Upper Canada Clergy Society" to carry out its pious designs and wishes into full execution, and the Deputation from the Church to return with the intelligence that their appeal for funds to erect Churches, has been liberally and cheerfully responded to. It is in this faith, I commend these pages to Him who can dispose the heart of His people to sacrifice all for His name, for the advancement of His glory, and for the good of His Church.

Donations and Annual Subscriptions will be most gratefully received at the following places:-Messrs. Herries, Farquhar, and Co., St. James's Street; Messrs. Barnet, Hoare, and Co., Lombard Street; Messrs. Hammersley and Co., Pall Mall; Messrs. Seeley, Fleet Street; at the offices of "The Record" and of "The Church of England Gazette"; Messrs. Mortlock and Co., Cambridge; Messrs. Parsons and Co., Oxford; and at the office of the "Upper Canada Clergy Society," No. 13, Exeter Hall. It is requested that any sums deposited at these places as Donations for the erection of Churches, may be placed to the account of "the Deputation from the Church in Upper Canada," or as Annual Subscriptions for the support of Ministers to the "Upper Canada Clergy Society."

[The Author has reluctantly been obliged to increase the price of the Book. His intention was originally to confine himself within much narrower compass; he believes, however, that the importance of the subject, and the documents connected with it, and the increase of original matter, will be a sufficient excuse for the alteration in the price.]