for Liverpool, in the line ship Orbit, Capt. Tinkham. The object of his visit to Britain we understand to be the collection of funds in aid of the missionary society of the diocese under his charge, and for the purpose of founding a school for the education of young men for the ministry within the same.

The Lord Bishop of Calcutta. THE Right Rev Bishop Heber has recently been attending at, and taking his leave of, some of those distinguished insti tutions, which are the ornament and bulwark of our land. His Lordship condescended, on June 9th, to take part in the deliberations of the monthly committee of the Church Missionary Society, and after expressing his warm attachment to that valuable institution,earnestly desired their prayers for the divine blessing on his arduous undertaking. His Lordship preach ed the annual sermon to the charity children at St. Paul's, on Thursday the 12th of June; and on the following day received, at a special board of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, convened for that purpose, a valedictory address from the Bishop of Bristol, to which his Lordship replied with a degree of piety, feeling, and eloquence, deeply affecting all who were present. We would earnestly call upon all our readers to unite in fervent prayer for a blessing on his voyage and his important labours, deeply connected as his prosperity and success must necessarily be with the promotion of the cause of Christianity in the East.-Chr Guard. for July.

Ordinations, Confirmations, &c.

At the opening of the convention of the diocese of New-Jersey, in St.John's church, Elizabeth-Town, on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 1823, Mr. Robert B. Croes, who had lately completed the full course of study in the General Theological Seminary, was admitted, by the Right Rev. Bishop Croes, to the holy order of deacons. Morning prayer by the Rev. Abiel Carter, rector of Christ church, Savannah, Georgia, and the sermon by the Rev. Richard F. Cadle, late -rector of St. John's church, Salem, and St. George's, Pennsneck, New-Jersey-The meeting of this convention was attended by a greater number of clergy than usual.

On Friday, the 5th of September, 1823, the Rev. James Pilmore, deacon, minister of Trinity church, Natchez, Mississippi, was admitted to the holy order of priests, by the Right Rev. Bishop White, in St. Peter's church, Philadelphia. An appropriate exhortation was delivered by the Rev. Dr. Abercrombie. The Rev. Dr. Pilmore, the Rev. Mr. Kemper, and the Rev. Mr. De Lancey, were present and assisting. On Sunday, the 7th, the holy rite

of confirmation was administered, by the Right Rev. Bishop White, at St. James's church, Perkiomen, to 43 persons.

On Friday, the 19th of September, 1823, the Right Rev. Bishop Hobart consecrated church, in the town of Hempstead, to the service of Almighty God, St.George's county of Queen's. Morning prayer was read by the Rev. Evan M. Johnson, rector of St. James's church, Newtown, Long-Island, and the Rev. Henry U. Onderdonk, M. D. rec tor of St. Ann's church, Brooklyn, Long Island; and the sermon preached by the Rev. Benjamin T. Onderdonk, an assistant minister of Trinity church, New-York.

St. George's church is erected near the site of a former edifice of the same name, which had been the parish church for more than eighty years, and the decay of which rendered it necessary to take it than the old one, and for convenience, and down. The present church is much larger combined simplicity and beauty of style, highly creditable to the taste which has been exercised in planning and erecting it. It is the fruit of much praiseworthy libe rality and exertion on the part of the pa rish, and we hope will be found a great blessing to successive generations.

On the 17th Sunday after Trinity, Sept. 21, 1828, the Right Rev. Bishop Hobart held an ordination in St. Paul's chapel in this city, and admitted Henry N. Hotch kiss, Richard Salmon, and Edward K. Fowler, to the holy order of deacons, and the Rev. Phineas L Whipple, deacon, mission ary at Fairfield, Herkimer county, New. York, and parts adjacent, to that of priests. The Right Rev. Bishop Chase, of Ohio, was present, and assisted in the ordination service. Morning prayer was read by the Rev. Benjamin T. Onderdonk, and the ser mon preached by the Rev. William Berrian, assistant ministers of Trinity church,

New-York.

Juniata, (Pennsylvania ) Aug. 26. The corner stone of an episcopal church was this day laid in the borough of Lewis. town. The solemnities commenced at the court-house, at 10 o'clock, a. m. where the morning service of the church was performed, and a discourse delivered from the 2d verse of the 84th Psalm, by the Rev. Norman Nash. The procession then moved to the place where the stone was laid, in which was deposited the Bible, the Book of CommonPrayer,and an inscription,

Convention of the Eastern Diocess. The convention of the Eastern Diocess I was held in Windsor, Vermont, on Wednesday, the 24th of September, 1823, attended by 15 clerical and 10 lay delegates. On the 24th, the Rev. Lot Jones, deacon, officiating in Ashfield, was admitted, by Bishop Griswold, to the holy order of priests.

Obituary Notices. JOHN WELLS, Esq.

DEPARTED this life, at Brooklyn, on Sunday, the 7th of September, 1823, after a short illness, JOHN WELLS, Esq.

It would be unpardonable in the Editors of the Christian Journal to omit to mention, that the Protestant Episcopal Church in the state to which he was so proud an ornament, laments in the death of Mr. Wells one of the most devoted of her sons. Attached to this church from principle, the result of an acquaintance with her doctrines and institutions, his powerful mind, his generous purse, and his efficient exertions, were all extended to her advancement. And his diocesan, and his parish minister, mourn deeply the loss of one on whose most important counsel and co-operation they could always depend in all measures calculated to promote the good of the church or the congregation of whose interests they are the guardians.

- In relation to Mr. Wells, we copy from the Statesman the following article:

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On Sunday last, the 7th inst. died John Wells, the enlightened scholar, finished orator, the accomplished jurist; in the prime of life, in the vigour of manhood, and in the midst of his usefulness. This event, so mournful, so unexpected, has produced no inconsiderable degree of sorrow: all seem impressed with feelings of grief for his loss, and surprise at his sudden departure. It was only necessary to know Mr. Wells, to love, and esteem, and admire him: as a lawyer, he was learned and eloquent; as a citizen, ho nourable and benevolent; and, as a friend, ardent and sincere.

It is difficult to decide to whom his de. parture will be the greatest bereavement, whether to the bar, the city, or the poor. By all, his loss will be severely felt; for his duties to all were worthily and properly discharged. His profession has lost its most distinguished ornament; society one of its best members; and the country one of its warmest friends and supporters.

His mind was of no common order; quick in comprehension, capacious and retentive, capable of solving the greatest difficulties, and adorned with the embellishinents of elegant literature. His oratory was pure as his morals, and unaffected

as his manners, forcible and classic, remarkable for correctness and dignity, truth and feeling. To strangers he ap peared reserved, which laid him open to the imputation of pride; but to his friends his character shone forth in all its native honesty and virtue, arrayed in the light of its own inherent goodness.

Posthumous commendation can do little to affect the character of John Wells: eulogy is lost where excellence in virtue, learning and eloquence, is universally known and acknowledged. Its only object on the present occasion must be to soothe the anguish of bereaved affection; to heal the laceration of the bleeding heart. To his friends it must be consoling, that although he has passed away for ever from among them, he has yet left the recollection of his talents and his virtues, both so distinguished, to keep alive his memory.

To the profession, of which he was the distinguished ornament, although his voice will no more be heard in our courts, his learning and research no longer be di rected to solve difficulties, and smooth the path of legal science; although they will no more behold the dignity of his manner, the grace of his movement, or the intelligent glance of his eye; yet, to them, let it be a source of consolation, that while he was among them, his conduct and ability added greatly to the respectability of the bar.

To his fellow-citizens generally, let it suffice to say, that the reputation he ac quired, and the character he has left, will serve to inspirit our youth to emulation and improvement; and favoured will that man be, of whom his friends may say, when stretched upon the couch of death, he possessed the talents of Wells, and the virtues of Wells to direct those talents SEPTIMUS.

to a proper use.

September 9th, 1823.

The proceedings of the gentlemen of the bar on this melancholy occasion are highly interesting, and worthy of preservation in this Journal.

At a very numerous meeting of the gentlemen of the bar, held at the City-Hall of the city of New-York, on the 10th day of September, 1823, convened pursuant to public notice, for the purpose of manifesting their respect for the memory of John Wells, Esq.-on motion of Mr. Baldwin, seconded by Mr. P. W. Radcliff, William Johnson was appointed chairman, and David S. Jones was appointed secretary.

Mr. Hoffman addressed the meeting in nearly the following terms :

"We are assembled to deplore the loss of one of the most distinguished men of our country-of the pride and ornament of the New-York bar-John Wells is no

more. A few days since his voice was heard within these walls, and the vigour of his mind and the power of his eloquence were here displayed-alas! he is no more, and this city, in common with ourselves, is left to mourn the man whom all delighted to honour.

"I mean not to pronounce his eulogy; for that is seated in the heart of each of

us-an intimate acquaintance with him, for upwards of thirty years, brought me to a perfect knowledge of his character; the remembrance of which is now my pride and my consolation-I knew him well-I could tell you of the nobleness and purity of his heart-the generosity and liberality of his mind, and the acts of his disinterested kindness and benevolence. You all know him as one of usyou all do justice therefore to his profound legal learning-his superior attainments his splendid eloquence—and, above all, to the undeviating respect and solicitude he ever manifested for the independence, the integrity, and the honour of our profession. In the history of the bar of New-York, the name of John Wells will be commemorated on its pages among the most eminently distinguished; and we, his contemporaries, cannot hesitate to place him in the rank of pre-eminence.

"I knew him well-my tongue could not do justice to the feelings of my heart, were I to attempt to speak of his private virtues of the constancy and strength of his personal attachments-of the ardour and sincerity of his friendships. In his domestic relations the just tenor of his life created love and admiration-as a Christian, a husband, a parent, he was surpassed by none.

"I can say no more-but as a feeble expression of our respect for his talents -of veneration for his character-and, as a small tribute to his memory, of our deep sorrow and regret-I offer the following resolutions ·

"Resolved, That the members of this bar, deeply deploring the great loss which they, as well as the public, have sustained in the death of JOHN WELLS, will long cherish the remembrance of one so justly admired as the pride and ornament of their profession. Nature had endowed him with her choicest gifts, which he improved by the most diligent cultivation. Possessing talents of the first order, he rose, without any adventitious aid, to the highest point of professional eminence. As an advocate, his speeches were finished models of forensic eloquence, displaying, in the purest and most correct language, the powers of a vigorous and discriminating mind, fraught with the soundest principles, and enriched with the varied stores of classic and legal learning. Equally dis. tinguished in private life for all those virtues and accomplishments which ennoble

and adorn our nature, and give dignity and grace to the human character, he inspired unbounded confidence, and commanded universal regard.

Resolved, That as a mark of our high esteem for his character, and our sincere respect for his memory, we will wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty days."

Boyd rose, and seconded the motion to After the resolutions were read, Mr. nearly the following terms:adopt them, and expressed his feelings in

"This numerous and solemn meeting proclaims no common grief! We may not, and we would not, arraign or question the wisdom of that dispensation of the Divine Providence, which has called us together; but our hearts must be filled with sorrow; and sadness will mark the countenance, while we contemplate the great, sudden, and unexpected loss we have sustained. If I felt disposed, and was competent to the task, this would not be the proper time to pronounce an eulogy on him whose death we mourn. The resolutions which have been read, and which I have the melancholy satisfaction to second, are, I am sure, expressive of the sentiments of every member of this bar: and while we thus unite, in paying a just tribute to the memory of departed greatness and worth, let his example excite us all to an endeavour to emulate his virtues, and the junior members of the profession to imitate his patient and persevering industry.”

He was followed by Mr. Griffin

Returning this morning from a jour ney," said he, "I had contemplated to remain a sad and silent listener at this meeting. But my feelings on the occasion irresistibly impel me to ask the indulgence of the chair, and of my bereaved brethren of the profession, whilst I add, in a very few words, my humble though sincere mite of respect to the tribute that has been so deservedly bestowed on the memory of the deceased.

"Our bar has indeed sustained no common bereavement.

"We have lost a profound jurist; a jurist not only thoroughly versed in all the technical learning of the law, but who also drank deeply at those hidden and pure fountains of wisdom, whence flows all that gives to the law its value and its dignity.

We have lost a most able advocatean advocate in whom nature seemed to have concentrated her richest gifts-person, voice, genius, It was recreating to the eye to see him while animated by some lofty and spirit-stirring theme-it was recreating to the ear to hear the melody of his accents-it was recreating to the soul to feed on the substantial and never-sa

tiating banquet of his rich and manly eloquence.

"We have lost an accomplished gentleman. I speak not simply of polished manners, of blended grace and dignity of deportment; I allude principally to those higher attributes of the gentleman to those chivalrous sentiments and feelings, to that very soul of honour' which so strikingly characterized him, who, but one short week ago, was indeed the pride and glory of our bar.

"In him our country has lost an unpretending but inflexible patriot. In him literature and religion have lost one of their firmest pillars. He was the kind and generous patron of all that deserved patron. age; and if he ever approached the Roman austerity of character, it was only when his withering frown was directed against what was vicious and grovelling.

"Such is the luminary that it has pleased a wise but inscrutable Providence to extinguish in its meridian splendour!"

Mr. Caines also enlarged upon the virtues and great endowments of the deceased and regretted member of the profession; of the gratitude due to his memory by the bar, whose dignity he had at all times so fully understood and maintained-whose private virtues, and whose conduct through life was an example worthy to be cherished, and as near as possible to be imitated. Mr C. proposed the erection of a tablet to the memory of Mr. Wells, but afterwards withdrew his motion in favour of the resolution to ap. point a committee to consider of a biogra phical notice.

Mr. Sampson rose, he said, "from the impulse of the moment, but it was to express sentiments neither new nor sudden, but long rooted in his heart. If it was natural for those who had enjoyed the most constant intimacy and frequent intercourse with the object of our general regret, it was also right that those less swayed by personal and partial sympathies, should declare their full concurrence in the honours paid to his memory.

This was not indeed one of those meet

ings got up by the zeal of a few, and coldly assented to by the many; nor was the elo quent panegyrick pronounced upon him beyond the willing tribute that every hearer was disposed to yield. The social qualities of this amiable and distinguished man must live in the remembrance of his social friends; his charities, of those on whom they were modestly and secretly bestowed; his domestic virtues, in the hearts of the bereaved; his talents, in the fame which they have earned: but there is a moral in his life and death precious to all, but chiefly to the profession he adorned. His bright example is a light to

guide the course and cheer the way of the aspiring student. Those of the rising ge. neration may learn from him that prema ture gain or ill earned success should never be the object of their ambition; that virtuous endeavour and arduous labour will meet with their reward; and that the direct path of honour is that alone which leads to that eminence which he obtained, who gained every suffrage when alive, and united every heart and every voice in mourning for him when he was no more, I might, indeed, partake of the excite. ment which private friendship has breath. ed into the accents of the mover of the re solutions which I rose to approve; for I might boast, I think, of some little place in the kind thoughts of Mr. Wells, if I may trust to indications which, without profession or parade, are felt and under. stood, and which death brings to full life; but I wish to separate my motives from all usual affections or accidental partiali. ties, and I shall, if not anticipated, when the question on these resolutions is disposed of, move for the selection of some person qualified to prepare a biographical notice of the deceased, which may record his virtues and his worth when our fleet. ing words shall be forgot."

On motion of Mr. Sampson, seconded by Mr. Miller, Resolved, "That a committee be appointed to consider whether any further measures ought to be taken by this bar to testify their respect for the memory of the deceased, either by an eulogium to be pronounced on his character by some member of the profession, or by any other mode they may think most suitable.

"Resolved, That such committee consist of Judge Edwards, Mr. Sampson, Mr. Boyd, and the chairman and secretary of this meeting."

On motion of Judge Edwards, Resolved, "That the proceedings of this meeting be signed by the chairman and secretary, and published in all the newspapers printed in this city."

The question being put upon the resolutions, they were unanimously adopted.

In justice to many of the principal and most distinguished gentlemen of the NewYork bar, it ought to be made known to distant readers, by way of accounting for their not appearing and taking a part on this heart-rending occasion, that they were absent from the city.

Mrs. SARAH OGDEN.

Died, on the 9th day of September, 1823, at the seat of her son-in-law, Joshua Waddington, Esq. near Westchester, NewYork, Mrs. SARAH OGDEN, in the 79th year of her age.

The death of this excellent lady ought not to be recorded without some testimony

to her eminent worth. With a vigorous and improved understanding, a taste highly cultivated, an imagination lively and correct, a temper uniformly cheerful, and conversation and manners sprightly and interesting, her society was a source of high improvement and gratification to the numerous circle of acquaintance and friends who had the happiness to enjoy it. And the lustre of her character was brightened and exalted by the display, in an eminent degree, of the Christian graces -of a piety fervent yet chastened-of an humble and deep resignation, and of a firm and active faith. Her death was the death of the righteous, and her end was in peace.

Death of the Rev. W. A. B. Johnson.

THE readers of the Christian Journal have frequently noticed on its pages the name of the Rev. Mr. Johnson, the active and zealous missionary of the Church Mis sionary Society, at Regent's-Town, SierraLeone. Family concerns, and a wish to refresh his health and spirits, induced him at the close of the last year to apply for leave to make a visit home; to which the committee assenting, he embarked on Saturday, the 26th of April, 1823, on board the Betsey and Ann, Captain M'Clough. In this vessel Mr. During and his family had returned from England; the Captain who then commanded her died on the 1st of April. Mr. Johnson had in charge Mr. During's daughter, his only surviving child: a young native woman, one of Mr. Johnson's communicants, accompanied them to take care of the child. This was mercifully ordered; as in the afflicting and final scene which soon followed, this native Christian administered to his comfort, and received his dying words and testimony.

On Tuesday, the 29th, the third day af ter they sailed, his sickness began: though he appeared in health when he embarked, there can be no doubt but that he carried with him on board the seeds of the fatal disease which so soon discovered itself. On Wednesday, the fever increased, and he thought his end was near. On Thursday, a blister was put on his chest to relieve his pains; but he continued to grow worse. On Friday he could not turn in bed: hiccough came on; and he said to his mourning convert, "I think I cannot live." He suffered much under the black vomit,

On Saturday, May the 3d, the day of his death, he would call, in intervals of delirium, for David Noah, his active and laborious assistant, and for his friend Mr. During, and endeavour to tell them what he had to say before he died. He expressed his earnest wish to see his wife; and encouraged his attendant, bidding her not to fear, and giving her directions how to

proceed on her arrival in London. He then desired her to read to him the 23d Psalm; when she had read it," he told me," she says, "I am going to die. Pray for me. I prayed the Lord Jesus," she adds," to take him the right way." He charged her to take good care of Mr. During's little girl, and to desire the society to send a good missionary to Regent's Town as quickly as possible, or the peo ple would be left in darkness; but added, "If I am not able to go back, you must tell David Noah to do his duty: for if Noah say, Because Massa dead I can do nothing,' he must pray, and God will help him, and so we shall meet in heaven." His last intelligible words were-" I cannot live! God calls me, and I shall go to him this night!"

Many other deaths have occured among the Europeans at Sierra-Leone the present season; it is said not less than eighty in the short space of six weeks-and among them many who were zealously and actively engaged in promoting true religion, particularly the Rev. S. Flood, the Rev. Mr. Palmer, and the Rev. Mr. Schemel, missionaries, and Mr. Bunyer, school-master; also, the Rev. Mr. Lane, of the Wesleyan Mission.

Death of the Pope.

Rome, August 20th-The 15th, the holy father had been somewhat more easy. The mechanical bed, sent to him by the care of H. M. C. Majesty, had been very useful. After being raised up, he had taken his chocolate, and then fallen into a sleep. The holy father was affected with the liveliest gratitude at the attention of the king of France. On the 16th, however, the feebleness of the august patient increased, and was accompanied by some alarming symptoms. He was in a sort of delirium, and imagined himself at Savona and Fontainbleau. On the 17th, the malady became more alarming still. The holy father desired that the communion might be administered to him, remarking, that it was becoming in the Pope to communicate during the week of Assumption. The 18th, at 5 o'clock, Cardinal Bertalozzi administered to him the sacrament of the Eucharist. His holiness had an impression of his danger: he was asked to take some drink to support him; he answered, "My only care now is to prepare my soul to render an account to God of my long life." The 19th, at half past one o'clock, the holy father received the extreme unction. He soon after lost his speech, and it was only by some inarticulate sounds that it could be perceived that he was in inward prayer. As soon as this intelligence was spread, the churches were filled, and an universal sentiment of grief and of regret pervaded Rome. Finally, at