THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES HISTOKICAL ACCOUNT ntiir Mmk nf AND OF THE SOCIETY IN SCOTLAND FOR PROPAGATING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE, INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER 1709; ESTABLISHMENT .OF THE LONDON BOARD, STYLED BY KING GEOKGE IV. 'THE ROYAL HIGHLAND SCHOOL SOCIETY,' iral Cljart nf tljr I NAMES OE THE PATRONS, PATRONESSES, VICE-PEESIDENTS, AND DIRECTORS, &c., &c., &c. BY CHARLES MACKIE, SECKETAEY TO THE I.OMDN BOARD, AND HON. MEMBER OF THE PAKEM' ESTADL1SIIMENT. ARTHUR HALL, VIRTUE, & Co., 25, PATERNOSTER ROW. 1353. LONDON: Printed by James Truscott, Nelson Square. ROYAL TUB LONDON BOARD OF THE SOCIETY IN SCOTLAND FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE, IN TUB HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS. Uatron. HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY QUEEN VICTORIA. V iteration. FIELD MARSHAL HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE ALBERT, KG. HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUCHESS OF KENT AND STRATHEARN. HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUCHESS OF GLOUCESTER AND EDINBURGH. Ut'ce=1!Jatfonesses. HER GRACE THE DUCHESS OF NORFOLK. 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Item, I give and bequealh the sum of to the Society in Scotland for Propagating Christian Knowledge, (to be applied cither to the general objects of the Institu- tion, or to tuch particultir purposes, consistent nitli thac objects, at the Donor may think proper). N.B. Those who may be pleased to favour this Society with Bequests or Legacies, are entreated to express their intention in the very words above directed, and particularly to take care that the words " in Scotland'' be not omitted. HISTORICAL ACCOUNT THE early history of Scotland, like those of Greece and Rome, is fabulous. Rome is said to have been founded by Romulus and Remus, who received their first nurture from a wolf. The Scottish monarchy in Albion is also stated to have owed its origin and establishment to twin brothers, who received their nurture from the more tender bosom of a daughter of one of the Pharaohs of Egypt. All antiquarian Avriters have adopted the same legendary history of the Celtic or Scots nation, the foundation of which they ascribe to Gathelus, son of Cecrops, king of Athens, the same who, with an army, assisted Phai'aoh, king of Egypt, in his wars against the Ethiopians, who had at that time laid waste the Egyptian dominions as far as Memphis, the chief city. By such powerful aid, Pharaoh soon succeeded in expelling the invaders, and Gathelus, for this and other achievements, was rewarded with great riches ; and last, not least, he received in marriage Scota, a daughter of that king, to whom she bare tAvin sons, Hiber and Himicus. Gathelus with his princess resided at the court of his father-in-law until the death of the latter, when another Pharaoh succeeded, whose oppressions A2 and tyranny induced him to seek his fortunes in another clime. Irvine says that " he was expelled by the Egyptians after the departure of Moses, by reason of the great hatred they bore to all strangers for the Hebrews' sake."* However, all authors agree that Gathelus set sail with his wife Scota, his sages and warriors, from the mouth of the Nile, A.M. 2453. By force of tempest the fleet was driven out of the Mediterra- nean, and after being tossed about at the mercy of the waves, (" Rude as the ships was navigation then, No useful compass or meridian known ; Coasting, they kept the land within their ken, And knew no north, but when the pole star shone,") they happily landed in Spain, and Gathelus gave to the har- bour which received him and his followers the name of Port Gathelus, afterwards called Port-in- Gal, now Portugal ; the suiTounding country was also named after him, Galicia. Here he established his government, and founded a capital city called Brigance, where he was installed king in " ye fatall marbel chayre " which he had brought along with his spoils from Egypt, and which afterwards became the palladium of Scottish regality, and the indispensable symbol of royalty, in conformity with the ancient adage, " Ni fallit fatum, Scoti quocunque locatum Invenient lapidem, regnare te cantat ibidem." Except old saws do fail, And wizard's wits be blind, The Scots in place must reign Where this stone they shall fiiul.t Here he governed his people with princely dignity, calling his people Scots, after Scota his wife ; hence the ancient distich quoted by Boethius and others, " Ex Scota, nata Pharaonis Regis Egypti, Ut veteres tradunt, Scotia nomcn habet." * Nomenclature of Scottish History, 1819, p. 75. t Hector Boethius. Hollinshed. Chronicles of Scotland, 1597, page 9. Of King Pharaoh's daughter, Scots of great fame, The realm of Scotland Hath the original name.* Seeing his people increase, and being informed by " diverse explorators" that there was an isle opposite to Spain on the north, inhabited by a rude race, without laws or manners, ever bent on conquest, Gathelus fitted out a fleet, which he placed under the command of his twin sons, Hiber and Himicus. They set sail, and the winds proving favourable, the adventurers arrived at this terra nova in five days ; and, on taking possession of it, gave it the name of Ilibernia, after Hiber, now called Ireland, where those primitive Scots and the aborigines grew up in such friendly union and benevolence, that they became mutual protectors of each other's persons and pro- perty from depredations at home, and aggressions from abroad. Hiber returned to Spain, and Himicus continued to govern the island in great felicity. Simon Breck, lineally descended from the royal family, was afterwards crowned king, and placed in the fatal marble chair A.M. 3314, 651 years before the Christian era, and 102 years after the building of Rome.f Simon reigned peaceably over Ireland forty years ; his son Fanduf succeeded, and afterwards Ethion, Glacus, Nathasil, and Rothesay. In the meantime, the isles of Scotland fell, one by one, into their hands. Isla, the great isle betwixt Kentyre and Scot- land, which is stated to have been the ancient Thule, was the place where the Scots, before they had founded their kingdom in Albin, kept their great council, and administered laws to the Hebrides. It was the chief of the seven ^Emodas.} The * Hector Boethius. Ilollinshed. Chronicles of Scotland, 1597, p. 9. f The people whom lie brought with him out of Brigancc afterwards possessed that part of Scotland now called Galloway, where the Celtic language continued to be spoken till the sixteenth century. t A name signifying all the Western Isles betwixt Ilona and Ma n, viz., Lewis and Harris, Uist, Skye, Mull, Jura, Isla, and Man. The other 8 other smaller islands or skirrachs were all under the dominion of one or other of these. Having possessed themselves of this " chain of jewels set in silver sea, " they next proceeded to take possession of " Albin." Rothesay, the last-named king, was the first who brought a colony of the Scots into Albin : he landed in the isle of Bute, which he called after his own name, and Ard-Gael, after his father. Rothesay continued for many ages after to be the chief residence of the kings of Scotland, until the period of Robert III., A.D. 1390.* From the Orkney Isles to the Mull of Galloway is reckoned 300 miles, and about 150 miles broad.f But the seat of government was not removed to Albin (now Scotland) until the reign of Fergusius, who was crowned in "ye fatall marbel chayre " which was transported from Hibernia to Dunstaffinage in Argyle.J This was in the year of the world 3641, 330 years before the Christian era, and 421 years after the building of Rome. The kingdom of Scotland being con- firmed, he divided the whole lands amongst his nobles and cap- tains, whose names are enumerated in the chronicles of Scotland; and this was the origin of the chiefs and clans, who were all called after their captains, and of that feudal system of govern- ment which, before the union of the Crowns, was inviolably preserved in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. Having briefly introduced the legendary history of the Highlands and Islands, as subsidiary to our more immediate isles are designated the Orkney Isles, the Shetland Isles, and those of Arran and Bute. * Here he kept his Court, and created his son David the first Duke in Scotland, by the title of the Duke of Rothesay, which has continued to be one of the titles of the sovereign's eldest son. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales is the present Duke of Rothesay. t The whole of this great space is included in the Society's labours, as will be seen from the following statistics of their Schools. t This symbol of Scottish royalty was afterwards removed to Scone, where the Kings of Scotland were crowned. It was captured by Edward I., and, in accordance with the ancient prophecy, rests in Westminster Abbey. 9 purpose, we now come to notice that, with their language, laws, and manners, the Scots also imported the religion of Noah, which is said to have been a great means of subjugating and civilising the original inhabitants. The Druids are said to have been the first clergy of the Scots, and of the same antiquity as the Chaldees of Babylon and Magi of Persia. The word Druid is a corruption of the Celtic Druidh, a magician, conjuror, and philosopher, which term is still used in the Gaelic Bible for the magi, or wise men, who " came from the east to Jerusalem to worship the holy child Jesus." The religion of the Druids, being derived from Noa.h, would be the religion of Nature the worship of one Supreme Intel- ligence, with an altar of turf or stone, and an offering from the increase of the field or the fold.* But the idea of a pure spirit has ever been incompatible with the grovelling mind of fallen humanity. The children of Israel fixed upon a wooden calf, with a fleece of gold,f and, in like manner, the Scots forsook the primitive faith of their fathers : Druidism soon became another word for the grossest superstition, which, in those un- educated times, took the deepest hold on the hearts of an ardent and enthusiastic people.^ Letters were then unknown, for the decalogue of Moses has been supposed to be the first alphabetical writing. Learning was confined to the priests and sages. The Druids committed all their mysteries to memory ; and their studies were not per- fected until after a toilsome probation of twenty years. The religion of Noah having become contaminated by the orgies and ceremonies of priestcraft, the ancient kings so far yielded to their delusions that they were admitted to their * Maclean's lona, p. 24. t Exodus xxxii. 4. \ The Druids worshipped the Sun, which they called Bea' cul, i.e., the source of life. Dr. Smitft's History of the Druids. 10 councils, and they not unfrequently governed the state, to the exclusion of their lawful sovereign, inspiring the utmost awe and terror by their horrible incantations and delusions. The family of Fingal was the first of the royal race who had the temerity to oppose their impiety and tyranny.* Secure in their retreats, they held their high festivals, fiery ordeals, and other murderous and awful superstitions, until the light of divine truth dawned upon the isles of the Gentiles, and the inscrutable and divine method of salvation was pro- claimed amidst the billows of the western main. The holy messenger was Colum M'Felim M'Fergus, a Scot by birth, better known by the classic name of " Columba," who in the year 563 landed in the Hebride Isles, a pilgrim in the service of his heavenly Master. His crew consisted of twelve, the number of the apostles, whose names and history are pre- served in the Cottonian Library, Edinburgh. Here Columba founded a monastery, which for centuries continued to be the first seminary of learning in Europe. During his lifetime he founded 100 monasteries, 365 churches, and ordained 3000 priests, whom he called " Gillean De," i.e., servants or followers of God (for the same reason as the fol- lowers of Christ were called " Gillean Criosd," or Christians, at Antioch) ; and the modern name of " Culdee" has continued to distinguish that sect.f In the character of Columba, talents, learning, and constant * Your voices are no terror to the Bard, Spirits of dark night, pale wanderers around your awful stones ! No ! I tried the strength of your arm when alive. I lifted my spear in battle against your mighty Dargo, against the son of Drui Bh6il! Ossian. f After the example of their fathers Csays Bede), they lived by the labour of their hands ; they cultivated the fine arts, in conjunction with divinity ; they had wives after the usage of the eastern churches, and derived their Christian profession from St. John the Evangelist, according to the usage of the churches of Asia and the writings of Anatolius, who was bishop of Laodicea about the year 280. 11 application to study were strikingly predominant. Like the Almighty founder of our faith, he "suffered," nay, invited " little children to come unto him ; " and it is recorded that when the Saint made his appearance, the little children sur- rounded him to receive his benediction, and to listen to his teaching. If only the elder children of a family should be presented, he would say : " Have you not some younger than these ?" and they were all sent for. And little Eachan Bui,* (fair-haired Hector), when he saw the holy man, ran up to him and laid his head on his bosom. From this touching passage, we are entitled to infer that Columba was the first Highland schoolmaster, as surely as he was the founder of the Christian faith in the British Isles. Bede takes notice of the colleges of lona, Oransay, Ard- chattan, Uist, Rowdhill, Melrose, Dunkeld, and many others, where the Gaelic language was taught. The bishop of Cam- berskenneth relates that Constantine, king of Cornwall, from his devotion to St. Columba, patron of the whole king- dom, founded a monastery at Govan, on the banks of the Clyde.f Finnan, one of the priests of lona, afterwards bishop of Lindisferne, converted the Middle Angles, Mercians, and East Saxons, whose chief city Avas London, and instructed them in the liberal arts ; and the monastery of Malmesbury was founded by Macduff, a learned Scot, whose pupil and suc- cessor Aldelm, according to Cave, was the first Englishman who wrote Latin. : Cedda, a monk of lona, was bishop of Winchester, and in 670 he was bishop of Litchfield. St. Giles, the patron saint of Edinburgh, a monk of lona, became famous in Switzerland. Catuldus, another monk, was ordained bishop of Tarentum ; * Maclean's History of lona, p. 126. f Ho afterwards suffered martyrdom at Kmtyrc, and was buried within the walls of his monastery. $ Cave, Hist. Lit. Scctil. 7, A.D. 680. 12 and the university of Paris was furnished with monks from lona, under the patronage of Charles the Great ; and Scotus, one of those monks, was employed- by that king in founding a university at Pavia, in Austrian Italy. Thus, from a small speck in the ocean were the glad tidings of salvation proclaimed "from sea to sea," and lona became the instructress of Europe.* For centuries the power of divine truth illuminated Great Britain and the isles, and Scotland was famed alike for its piety and learning, until war, that enemy to every social virtue, involved that devoted country in utter ruin. The Scots had many foes to contend with. In 793, the whole isles were devastated and plundered by foreigners. In 797, lona was burnt by Scandinavian spoilers, who from year to year continued to infest all the maritime coasts of Scotland, and laid waste most of the isles. It was then, " When watch-fires burst from across the main, From Rona, and Uist, and Skye, To tell that the ships of the Dane And the red-haired spoilers were nigh."f These barbarian spoilers again burnt the college of lona in 801,| together with the city of Collum-cille ; and four years afterwards they again laid waste the island, putting sixty-eight monks of lona to the sword. " They lighted the island with ruin's torch, And the holy men of lona's Church In the temple of God lay slain." Notwithstanding the great decline of power occasioned by * In 574, St. Columba, as ambassador for Scotland, attended the Grand Council at Drimceat, and was made Primate of all the Irish churches. f Campbell's Poems. i lona, or "Icolmbkill" although only two miles long and one broad, possessed more than one religious establishment; according to Irvine, there existed a religious house and hamlet called " Sodora" which gave title to the See of " Sodor and Man." Episcopus Monenensis ct Sodoroneiisis. Ulster Annals. 13 many of the alarmed and persecuted monks retiring from a constant scene of carnage, there still were abbots and monks at lona, and the successors of Columba followed his footsteps with unabated zeal for nearly 600 years. The first thing that shook the stability of the college of lona was the defection and perversion of her own venerable sons when the first seminary in the world became a Roman Catholic establishment. For a long period we lose every trace of education or civili- sation : ruin had driven her ploughshare through the length and breadth of devoted Scotland. The revival of learning may be dated from the period of Malcolm III., who, during a long imprisonment in England, had become master of its language. This he introduced into the English court, and, in course of time, it spread over the Lowlands. In the meantime, the Highlands appear to have been utterly neglected ; and it has been questioned whether, by changing the royal place of sepulture from lona to Dunferm- line, he did not insult the bones of his forefathers, and irritate the feelings of the Highlanders, a people so much attached to every relic of their former greatness. National education afterwards became the chief care of King James I. of Scotland. He founded the cathedral of St. Andrews, endowed its university, and established schools to enable his poorer subjects to share in the general boon. At this period the country enjoyed a lucid interval of tranquillity; but in after times Scotland, harassed by invasion and em- broiled in civil war, from being the instructress of nations, became the most savage and ignorant country on the face of the globe. Such was then the sad condition of the Highlands and Islands when the history of "The Society in Scotland for Propagating Christian Knowledge" commences; the success of whose labours, which have been so powerfully aided by the liberal contributions of the London Board, forms the subject of the following pages. 14 Charitable and generous sons and daughters of happy Eng- land, to you the Highlands and Islands of Scotland renew the plea, on behalf of their benighted children, for that Christian instruction now so happily spread among, and so universally venerated by, yourselves; and which, in former times, was first imparted to your forefathers by theirs. You have for many years responded to this call ; and the Directors of the London Board hopefully anticipate a continuance of that munificent patronage which has enabled them to contribute so largely to the prosperity of this ancient and valuable national institu- tion.* And you, benevolent and equally-privileged children of the North, who have found a warm welcome in this happy land, must not forget, amidst the blessings and comforts you enjoy, the woes and wants of your brethren in your fatherland. The heroic deeds of your countrymen the pious and untiring labours of your reforming ancestors, who first planted the Gospel amid the Scottish Isles, and spread its light throughout Britain call upon you to emulate each other in rekindling the torch of knowledge and education, that it may again, and for all time, reflect its holy light from every mountain top, and shine forth in every sequestered glen. By a rivalry in so god- like a cause, you will best perpetuate the good work commenced by your forefathers, and thus sanctify the soil of your birth. * The amount remitted to Scotland since the year 1774 is upwards of TWENTY-SIX THOUSAND POUNDS. 15 ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF THE SOCIETY. ON the accession of WILLIAM and MARY to the British Crown, the state of society was in a most degraded condition. War, that enemy to every social virtue, had involved the whole of the empire in ruin and desolation ; " debauchery had diffused itself over the length and breadth of the land, till at last the morals of the people became so corruptcd,that virtue and vice had changed their names, and it was considered heroic and valiant to despise the most sacred things." Matters were in this desperate condition when a band of vir- tuous men undertook the hazardous enterprise of reforming the manners of the nation. QUEEN MARY, in July, 1691, during the absence of KINO WILLIAM, addressed a letter to the Justices of the Peace in the Coiinty of Middlesex for the suppression of profaneness, debauchery, and vice. When this was the state of London, it would be difficult to conceive the condition of Scotland at that dreadful crisis, still reeking with blood, and smarting from the terrible effects of a civil war. This important subject became a great national concern, and not only occupied the attention of the Lords and Judges of the English Parliament, but also those of the Scottish Parliament, who zealously concurred in the great movement ; in proof of which KING WILLIAM, in a letter to that Parliament, applauded the progress they had made, assuring them that it was " a work most acceptable to him." * The Society in Scotland for the " Reformation of Manners" was formed in 1701, and continued its labours under the auspices of QUEEN ANNE, and the Scottish Parliament, until the treaty of Union between the two Kingdoms was signed in May, 1707 ; and two years thereafter, " The Society in Scotland for the Reforma- tion of Manners" received their charter of incorporation, by which they -were enabled to extend the benefits of instruction to the distant regions of the north, under the title of " The Society in Scotland for Propagating Christian Knowledge in the Highlands * " Account of the Societies for Kcformatiou of Manners," p. 20. D. Aylmer, Cornhill. 1700. 16 and Isles." The philanthropic and benign influence of their exer- tions soon began to be directed towards the inhabitants of those distant highlands, then involved in barbarism and superstition. The founders of the charity laboured assiduously in their sacred vocation, and with a view to encourage industry while they im- parted knowledge, they resolved to found Schools of Industry, for which purpose KING GEORGE II. in 1738 granted a new patent for erecting schools, where the children (chiefly girls) are all occu- pied in suitable employments, and receive at the same time moral and religious instruction. The Schools on the first patent are at present 124; on the second patent, 108 ; total 232, giving daily education to upwards of 12,000 children. In aid of the Parent Establishment, which then very greatly needed additional assistance, a Corresponding Board was formed in London in the year 1773, the munificent support of which has considerably effected the Society's advancement to its present ex- tensive greatness. In 1829, KING GEORGE IV. became its patron, and was pleased to distinguish it by the title of " THE ROYAL HIGHLAND SCHOOL SOCIETY," which regal protection was also vouchsafed by KING WILLIAM IV. and QUEEN ADELAIDE, and of which HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY is now the beneficent PATRON, and His ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE ALBERT is the VICE-PATRON. Of this Board their ROYAL HIGHNESSES THE DUKES OF KENT, SUSSEX, and CAMBRIDGE have been the suc- cessive Presidents ; whilst its Lists of Officers and Subscribers include the names of the most distinguished Noblemen and Gentlemen of the Metropolis ; under whose valuable patron- age its blessings have been still more widely extended. . The Highlands and Islands have ever been, and still are, the fruitful nurseries of Britain's Navy and Army ; since the number of Scotland's Soldiers and Sailors bear a distinguished proportion to those of all England, even with Ireland added ; and nearly all the best and bravest in HER MAJESTY'S Highland Regiments were once Pupils in these Schools. From her heath-covered mountains have descended the most gallant defenders of their Country, who, on every field, and in every climate, have sus- tained the national glory ; and ever stood foremost to protect the dearest rights of Britons and of Christians. Surely, then, this 17 venerable Institution deserves to be encouraged by the munificent patronage of the British public, especially when the economy of this Charity's arrangements is far beyond what can possibly be conceived by strangers ; yet the unavoidable annual expenditure very far exceeds its fixed and certain income. Its funds must, indeed, be estimated, not by their actual amount, but by the ex- tent of the ^lses to which it is applied : nor will its revenue be sufficient, until all the Highlands shall be provided with those means of permanent improvement, with which the Society has so long and so sedulously endeavoured to supply. The population of the Highlands and Islands is about 450,000 souls, amongst whom the blessings of this Charity are daily diffused. It has there improved the morals, influenced the sentiments, and ameliorated the condition of the whole people ; which beneficial effects have been principally accomplished by giving gratuitous instruction to the poor, for whom Schools have been erected wherever they were most required. These seminaries are supplied with able teachers, under the vigilant superintendence of the parochial clergy and catechists ; by whose united means the pupils arc fitted for filling their future stations in society with pro- priety and usefulness. Though chiefly instructed in the English language, the knowledge of which prepares them for intercourse with every quarter of the kingdom, yet the Visiting Committees are particularly directed that "in districts where Gaelic is chiefly spoken, they try the scholars in the translating of Gaelic into English : and whether they understand the meaning of what they read." Almost all the natives of truly highland districts Argyleshire, Invernesshire, Rosshire, and part of Sutherland- shire generally speak Gaelic ; but they can also speak English, and the one language is now, perhaps, as much spoken as the other ; but the true Gael, although he may speak and understand English, yet he " thinks in Gaelic," the language that still comes home to his heart, and hence most effective in all devotional exercises. For them, therefore, the Bible, spelling-books, gram- mars, &c., have been translated, and extensively circulated. The number of Schools where Gaelic and English are both taught is about 120. The Schools have undeniably produced the happiest effects npon the inhabitants at large ; since, to be fully sensible of their 18 real importance, it is only necessary to contrast their former con- dition with the present state of the same people, educated and enlightened. The well-merited reputation for superior intelligence and purity of morals, unshaken loyalty and ardent patriotism, which is now so indissolubly connected with the character of the Scottish peasantry, is owing, in no small degree, to this educational establishment ; since there is not now living a race more poor, more honest, more peaceable, or more truly attached to the Sovereign and constitution of their country, than the Highlanders and Islanders of Scotland. The London Board have viewed with much concern the meagre allowance made to so many of the well-educated and duly qualified schoolmasters, spread over the bleak regions of the north. In the year 1846, they directed 200, out of their remittance, to be divided amongst these worthy men : such a donation, during a period of distress, was most gratefully received, with blessings on their English benefactors. The schoolmasters' salaries have since been raised, but to continue to support so many teachers will require an additional revenue ; and this Board will rejoice, if, through the liberality of the Eng- lish subscribers, they are enabled this year to administer still farther to the comforts of those pious men, who are virtually engaged in carrying out the objects of this extensive Charity, and who have so many immortal souls under their daily care, with no other prospect of reward than the glorious reversion that awaits them in another and a better world. CHARLES MACKIE, Secretary. Gentlemen's Life Subscriptions, 10. 10s. ; Annual Subscriptions, 1. 1. Ladies' Life Subscriptions, 5. 5s. ; Annual, 10s. Gel, Reports gratis to Subscribers. 19 Abstract Report of the Edinburgh Board, 1 852-3. THE SCHOOLS OF THE SOCIETY, TWO HUNDBED AND THIETY- TWO IN NUMBEB, ABE SITUATED IN FOBTY-FIVE PEESBYTEEIES, AND EMBEACE ONE HUNDBED AND THIETY-SEVEN PABISHES. THEY ABE OPEN UPON THE SAME PEINCIPLE AS THE PAEO- CHIAL SCHOOLS AND UNIVEESITIES OF SCOTLAND, TO EVEEY CEEED WITHOUT DISTINCTION. The number of Children who are educated at these Schools, exclusive of many Sabbath Schools and Evening Classes belong- ing to the Society, is considerably upwards of twelve thousand; and the attendance is daily on the increase; but from the difficulty of obtaining frequent accounts of the more distant Schools, it is not easy to give an exact enumeration. The following are the returns made by 203 Schools out of 228 (the remaining twenty-five not having yet reported) viz., 10,474. Of these are 5,185 Boys, and 5,289 Girls. Of the above number are Children belonging to the Established Church . . . 6,595 Children belonging to the Roman Catholics .... 381 Children belonging to the Free Church of Scotland, and Dissenters of various Denominations . . . 3,498 Total reported 10,474 [But the presumed average of 25 Schools not in- cluded in this, would render the numbers thus : Roman Catholics, 400; Free Church and Dis- senters, 3,638.] The number of Scholars attending all the Schools from which returns have been received, gives an aver- age of 51 and a fraction for each School. If the same average is taken for the remaining 25 Schools, from which no returns have been re- ceived, it would add to the number 1,275 Making the total number of Children . 11,749 In addition to those attending the ordinary Schools, several thousand Children and Adults are taught by the Catechists and Missionaries of the Society. The salaries of the Schools, from which returns have been 20 received, are 2,582 ; and the number of Scholars being 10,474, gives, as the average expense of each Scholar, 4*. lie/, per annum! ABSTEACT EXPENDITURE FOE 1852-3. 124 Schools on the first patent 2235 33 Superannuated Teachers on ditto .... 393 9 Missionaries and Quoad Sacra Churches . 590 8 Catechists 63 108 Schools on the second patent 675 24 Superannuated Teachers on ditto .... 108 4064 But the sum total of Annual Expenditure, including the charges for School Books, Gaelic Printing, &c., very far exceeds that amount. The information thus afforded by these returns is highly gratifying, as shewing that, notwithstanding the secession of many of the teachers, and the influence that has been used to withdraw the Scholars from the Society Schools, the number of Scholars has not decreased. The number at present attending the Society Schools is very little short of the greatest number that ever attended when there existed no opposition and no counteracting influence. During the last three years the greater number of the Schools had been visited and examined, and the reports of the visitors have been most satisfactory, as shewing that not only the more EECENT IMPROVEMENTS IN SECULAR EDUCATION have been almost universally introduced, and carried forward with great energy and success, but that the Schools have lost nothing of that which formed their most prominent feature as Seminaries, communicat- ing secular along with sound religious instruction. There was no part of the examination of any of the Schools more satisfactory than the knowledge the Children exhibited in Bible history. And it is gratifying to find, that amidst all the agitation of the present times, the object of religious instruction has never been lost sight of. It is to this, the Society may attribute the blessing that has attended its labours for one hundred and fifty years ; and by steadily persevering in the same course, the Directors would look with humble confidence to the continuance of that countenance which has hitherto been vouchsafed to the Charity. 21 ^Topographical ffifjatt OP THE ESTABLISHMENT. SCHOOLS (FIRST PATENT). No. Presbytery. Parish. Station. Teacher's Name. Salary. 1 Aberlour Inveraven Linn of Shinwell John Cameron 20 2 Knockando Archieston Allan Grant 18 3 Abernethy Dulhil Kinviachie James Cumming 18 4 ., Baddangorum Alexander M'Donald 18 5 Abertaff Kilmaillie Blaich John M'Millan 18 6 . , Corriebeg John M'Callum 18 7 Garvan* Duncan M'Donald 12 8 Ballehulish Triesleg James Rankin 18 9 ,. Coran of Ardgour Malcolm M'Fadien 18 10 Alford Strathdon Corgarfft James Symon 18 11 Till id 11 kr J 18 12 Ardk-r William Crann 13 13 Brechin Lochlee Bridge of Tarff John Mair 18 14 Caithness Thurso Forss Wm. Barlow 20 15 Latheron Clythe R. P. Robertson, In. t. 18 10 Wick Ulster Jeffrey Sinclair 18 17 .. Staxigo John Robertson 18 18 Kiess Kiess George M'Kay 18 19 .. Canisby Isle of Stroma AVilliam Mouat 18 20 ,. .. Mey Donald Paterson 18 21 .. Bower Standstill 8 22 Clianonrjr Cromarty Davids ton John M'Donald 18 23 Dingwall Urquhart Culbokie John Cameron 18 24 Contine Scatwell .. 10 25 Dornoch Assynt Rowstore Donald Stephen 18 28 .. Drumbaig Alexander M'Gilvray 18 27 Elpliin Murdo M'Dougal 18 28 Dumbarton Buchanan Cashel Wm. Barlow 18 29 Dunblane Callander Bridge of Turk Alexander Stewart 18 30 .. Aberfoyle Kinlocliard John M'Beth 18 31 .. Balquhidder Struthyre Robert Ferguson 18 32 Dunkeld Blair-Athole Strowan Malcolm Grant 18 33 ^ ^ Strathtummel Peter M'Farlane 18 84 .. Dalno J. Campbell 18 35 .. Little Dunkeld Balnaguard James M'Gregor 18 30 ,. Dalguise$ John Stewart M 37 .. Drunaourj Alexander M'Leod | 12 * Col. M'Lean of Ardirour gives 61. more. t Corgarff School was built by the late Sir Charles Forbes, Bart. I Sir Charles Forbes, the present baronet (a Vice- President), recently erected a School and Master's house at Tilliduke, and apportioned a piece of ground for the Master's use. The Heritors give W. 13>. KM. more at these stations. 22 No. Presbytery. Parish. Station. Teacher's Name. Salary. 38 Dunoon Lochgoilhead Cairn (low Charles Cameron 18 39 Kil finnan Kilbride Donald M'Arthur 18 40 Dunoon Glenlean Robert Meikle 18 41 Edinburgh Canongate Canongate* Archibald M'PhaU 30 42 Elgin Elgin Clachmarrist James Hay 14 43 Fourdoun Mary kirk Luthermuir G. W. Donald 18 44 Fordyce Cullen Portsoy Thomas Phillip 18 45 . t Rathren Carfurroch Arthur G. Stewart 18 46 Fortes Edinkellie Tullydivie Donald Hanson 18 47 .. Conicavil Alexander Paxton 18 48 Inverary Inverary Glenary John M'Arthur 18 49 Inverness Inverness Raining School Archibald Bremner 40 50 B . William Cameron 40 51 ^ p > CulduthU " Angus M'Innes 18 52 Dores Balnuilt Roderick Chisholm 18 53 .. Moy Dallarossie Donald M'Lean 18 54 Kiltarlity Penellan James Fraser 18 55 Isla and Jura Jura Knockromb Alexander M'Dougal 18 56 .. .. New BoisdaleJ Colin Campbell 13 57 .. Colonsay Scallasaig Donald Downie 18 58 Kincardine ) Birse Forest of Birse Alexander Grant 13 59 O'Niel > Crathie Castleton of Braemar Donald M'Arthur 18 60 Aberarder James Munro 18 61 Kintyre' Campbelton Campbelton Peter Innes 20 62 .. Peniuver Archibald M'Callum 18 63 Kilcalmonel Whitehouse Donald M'Donald 18 64 Southend Glenbreckie John Reid 18 65 Kirkcudbright Balmaghie Bridge of Dee Samuel M'Lellan 20 66 Lochcarron Gairloch Albeatha Hugh M'Leod 18 67 Kintail Dornie ,, 18 68 Meigle Glenilsa Folda Kenneth M'Kenzie 18 69 Mull Ardnamurchan Arisaig Donald M'Kenzie 20 70 .. Kilfinichen CrechichJ John M'Cornaig IS 71 .. Ardchiavaig Angus M'Lean 18 72 .. Kilninian Penmore John M'Ewan 18 73 Strontian Kinlochmoidart Archibald Fletcher 18 74 , Ardnamurchan Achornish John M'Quarry 18 75 .. Tyree Sandaig|| Allan M'Donald 10 76 Nairn Nairn Delnies Donald M'Donald 18 77 .. .. Torrich James Hay 18 78 u i Cawdor Clunas Andrew M'Rae 18 79 Penpont Tynron TynronlT Thomas Sloan 22 80 Skye Kilmuir Kilmaluag Donald Calder 18 81 .. Sleat Tarskvaig 18 82 .. Portree Sconcer** Samuel Nicolson 18 83 .. Duirnish Harlis Kenneth M'Rae 18 84 Stratlibogie Keith Newmiln-tt James Bryson 13 85 Tain Fearn Baluntore William Brodie 18 86 Uist South Uist Benbicula Peter M'Ewan 18 87 9 ^ .. Jachdar Duncan Campbell 18 88 North Uist Cairinish John M'Lean 18 89 .. Harris Bernera Donald Mackay 18 90 Weem Dull Amulree Colin Livingston, In. t. 18 91 .. .. Westpark of Grandtully Robt. M'Naughton 18 92 .. .. Balinluig Robt. Menzies, In. t. 18 93 t Rannoch Auchtarson John Robertson 18 94 B ^ Kenmore Ardtallanaig John M'Intyre 18 95 m u .. Shian of Glenquaich James M'Donald 18 96 ,. Logierait Aberfeldy John M'Lean 18 * This Is on a mortification by the late Miss Gray of II The Duke of Argyle gives \0l. more. Tcasles. f On a mortification by Mr. Gibson. t The Earl of Fife gives 41. more. ** This on a bequest by the late Hugh M'Lean, Esq I Mr, Campbell of Jura gives Si. more. tt Tne Earl of Fif e gives 5J. more. The Heritors give 5J. more. No. Presbytery. Parish. Station. Teacher's Hame. Salary. 07 Cairston Harray & Birsay Harray Samuel Kirkness IS 98 .. Firth & Stennis Ireland Sinclair M'Kay 18 98 ,, ., Quoy Sinclair John Rendal 18 100 .. Hoy Grsemsay Chas. C. Brass 18 101 .. Walls & Flotta Flotta James Hay 18 102 Kirkwall Kirkwall Glitness James Wick 18 103 ., Evie & Rendall Rendall Gilbert Millar 18 104 .. Deerness Deerness Isle John S. Houston 18 105 North Isles Shapinsay Shapinsay David Hepburn 18 106 .. Stronsay Sandybank Scollay Skethway 18 107 .. Westray Kelwick James Scott 18 108 .. Lady Parish Lopness David Towers 18 109 Lurwick Lerwick Gulberwick Robert Laing 18 110 .. Bressay Burra Gilbert Gray 18 111 .. Dunrossness Fair Isle James Cheyne 18 112 .. .. Vatchly .. 18 113 .. Tingwall Weisdale Lawrence Henderson 18 114 ., .. Whiteness Robert Jamieson 18 115 .. .. Scalloway Thomas Jamieson 18 116 ,. Sandwick Coningsburgh John Thomson 18 117 Olnafirth Sandsting Skeld George Henry 18 118 .. .. Sandsound John Moodie 18 119 ,, Walls & Sand ness Foula Isle Thomas Manson 18 120 ,, . . Papa Isle James Irvine 18 131 ^ ^ .. Sandness William Pole 18 122 . . Nesting Lunesting James Smith 18 123 Burravoe Fetlar Isle Still Peter Iiikstcr 18 124 Northmaving Tanwick Christopher Sandison 18 SUPERANNUATED LIST. i Abcrncthy Duthil Kinviachie Alexander M'Kenzie 12 9 Abertarn- Kilmaille Blaich Donald Mathieson 12 3 Caithness Kiess Kiess William Campbell 12 4 ,, Halkirk Assery Adam M'Kay 12 5 Dingwall Urquhart Culbokie Alexander Murray 12 6 Contin Drumfearn Donald M'Kay 12 7 mm Alness Boath Donald Ross 12 8 Dornoch Assynt Stoer Angus M'Kay 12 9 ,. .. Elphin John Gunn 12 10 Dumfries Traquair Whinnyhill John Scott 10 11 Fordyce Rathvt'ii Chapel Enzie John Campbell 12 12 Inverness Daviot Aberarder John Rose 12 13 Isla and Jura Jura Knockcromb John Campbell 12 14 Kintyre Campbelton Peninver William Stewart 12 15 .. Southend Culinglonart Robert Dunbar 12 16 Lorn Kilbrandon Easdale John M'Lean 12 17 Mull lona lona Allan M'Lean 15 18 Ulva Ulva John M'Quarrie 12 19 Kilflnichen Ardchiavaig Dugald M'Donald 12 20 ^ t . . Gribun Donald M'Innes 13 21 Kilninian Penmore Arch. M'Quarrie 12 22 Tain Fearn Baluntore Walter Aird 12 23 ^ t Kincardine Straihcarron Angus Finlayson 12 24 Tongue Eddrachillis Ashire Robert M'Kay 12 25 Weem Killin Ardeonaig Duncan Ferguson 12 W , 9 Rannoch Finnart John Stewart 12 27 Cairston Hoy Greemsay Thomas Rich 12 24 No. Presbytery, Parish. Station. Teacher's Name. Salary. 28 29 30 31 32 33 Lt-rwick North Isles Dunrossnes Walls *' Sandwick Lady Parish Westray Brew Fair Isle Foula Isle Coningsburgh Lopness Medbay William Henry James Cheyne John Fraser Robert Gaudie John Harper James Robertson 10 12 1-2 12 10 12 MISSIONARIES. i 2 3 4 5 6 7 Abertarff Cairston Elgin Turriff Uist Weem Kilmaillie Walls Firth Duffus King Edward South Uist Killin Fort-William* Flotta and Pharrav t Stennis Burghead New Blythe St. Kildaj Strathfillan Rev. Peter M'Lapgan Rev. J. Sinclair Rev. Archd. Fairlie Rev. Alexander Leslie Rev. John Falconer and for Communion ) Elements ) 50 25 60 50 40 50 50 5 QUOAD SACEA CHURCHES, (FORMERLY MISSIONS), TO WHICH THE SOCIETY CONTINUES TO PAY STIPEND. 8 Edinburgh DunkcldH Gaelic Church Tenandry " Rev. Ales. M'Gregor Rev. P. Grant 150 110 CATECHISTS. i 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Abernethy Dingwall Dornoch Lochcarron Mull Skje Uist Cromdale Contin Clyne Gairloch Arnamurchan Snizort Strath Harris Grantown Poolewe Acliaracle Harris John Grant William Urquhart George Sutherland Joseph Young John Camerdh Donald M'Kinnon 6 10 6 8 8 10 5 10 * The Heritors give 20/. more. t The Erl of Zetland and the people of the Island par 25/. more. J On a mortification by the late Mr. M'Lcod of St. Hilda. On a mortification by Willitlma, Viscountess Glenorchy. II On a mortification of Mrs. Hay of Scggieden, and others. 25 SCHOOLS (SECOND PATENT). No. Presbytery. Parish. Station. Teacher's Name. Salary. 1 Aberlour Aberlour Cliarlestown Miss Caroline Menzies 6 2 Knockando Kirdells Margaret Mitchell 6 3 Invcraveu Glenlivet Miss Isabella Beid 6 4 .. Invcraven Mrs. Allan 6 5 Uothes Rothcs Miss M. Sutherland 6 6 Boharm Aldernie Miss Elizabeth Forbes 6* 7 Abeniethy Abernethy Ncthy Bridge Miss Jessie Fraser G 8 Duthill Duthill* Miss Ann M'Pherson 12 .. Rothiemurchus Cairn Miss Susan Cowie 6 10 ,, Cromdale Grantown Miss Ann Fife C 11 Alvie Baldow Miss Eliza Grant 6 12 Kingussie Kingussie Mits Betsy Bain 6 13 Abcrtar'ff llallc'lmlish Coran of Ardgour Mrs. M'Fadien 14 Kilmaillie Fort-William Mrs. Mary M'Phee C 15 .. Corpach Mrs. Margaret M'Duff 6 1C f , Blaich Mrs. M'Millan 6 17 .. Kilmanivaig Bunroy Miss Fisher 8 18 .. Glengary G 19 Laggnn Laggan G 20 Urquhart Invermorriston .. 4 21 Alford " Alford Miss Caroline Hunter S 22 Tougli . , Miss Anne Crane 6 28 Caithness Wick Thrumster Mrs Stewart G 24 Latlieron Kast Clythe Mrs. Robertson 6 25 Dingwall Fodderty Christian Scott 6 20 .. Kilmorie Barblair Miss Catherine Fraser 6 27 Dornoch Dornoch Dornoch Mrs. Fraser 6 28 Dumblane Callander Callander Marion Ferguson 6 20 .. . . Bridge of Turk Mrs. Stewart 6 80 Balquhiddcr I.ochearnhtad Mrs. Janet Lament C 31 Kippen Kippen Mrs. Manson G 32 Dumbarton Arrochar Arrocher 6 33 .. Luss Luss Miss Jane Wilson G 34 DunkelU Blair-Athole Struan Janet Robertson G 85 .. Blair-Athole Elizabeth M'Glashan G SO .. Ardclune Miss Jessie Paton G 37 Moulin Pitclochry Miss H. Grant G 38 Dowally Kindalaohy Mifs Ann Low G 39 Dunoon Lochgoilhead Cairndow Catherine Brown 6 40 .. Lochgoilhead Catherine M'Dougal 6 41 Strachur Tajnacretch. Miss Ann Laidlaw fi 42 Kilfinan Kil/inan Mrs. Kerr G 43 .. K ilinoiliui Clachan Mrs. Stewart 6 44 Deer Tyrie New Pitsligo Ms Mary Whyte G 45 Edinburgh Canongate I.ochend's close Miss Rutherford 15 46 F.lgin Duft'us Burghead Mrs. Ogilvy 6 47 Fordyco Rathven Portessie Ann Morrison 6 48 Ordiquhill Cornhill Miss Robina Walker G 49 Doyndie Wliitehill Miss Jessie Dunn G 50 Cullen Scatown Miss Jane Hay G The half of this salary is paid from a mortification by the Rev. Vim. Grant, minister of the parish. 26 No. Presbytery. Parish. Station. Teacher's Name. Salary. 51 Haddington Humbie Leaston Mrs. Baxter 10 52 Inverness Dores Balnuilt Miss Marg. Cliisholm 6 53 .. Inverness Inverness Miss Ann Fraser 10 54 Inverary Inverary Creggans Miss Turner 6 55 Isla and Jura Colonsay Scallasaig Ann M'Lennan 6 56 O'Neil Glenrauick Balnacroft Mrs. Robertson 6 57 Kelso Yetholm Yetholm Miss Elizabeth Dawson 6 58 Kintyre Gigha Gigha Margaret M'Neil C 59 .. Killean Barr 6 60 .. Saddle & Skipness Caridell Mrs. MaryMitchell 6 61 Killean Runaherrine Flora M'Gougan 6 62 .. Kilcalmonel Whitehouse Ann M'Kellar 6 63 Tarbet Mary Johnston 6 64 Lochcarron Glenelg Kirkton Elizabeth M'Lean 6 65 .. Earar in Knoidart Miss Cath. Campbell 6 66 Lorn Glenorchy Glenorchy Grace Cameron 6 67 Lismore & Appin Kingerloch 6 68 .. Lismore Ann M'Gregor 6 69 .. Glenco Mary M' Donald 6 70 .. Kilninver Clachan Mrs. Campbell 6 71 i Kilchrennan ) & Delavich j Ardchonnel Miss Ann M'Tavish 6 72 Kilbrandon Mrs. M'Millan 6 73 Mull Torosay Salen Isabella Duff 6 74 ., Ardnamurchan Kilchoan Mrs. M'Cowan 6 75 Morven Lochalin 6 76 Nairn Cawdor Cawdor Miss Caroline Urquhart 6 77 Skye Portree Portree* Flora M' Queen 7 78 t> Snizort Kelsaleyre Mary M' Queen 6 79 .. Kilmuir Kilmaluag Mrs. Calder 6 80 Bleat Tarksvaig Mrs. Robertson 7 81 Duirnish Dunvegan* Miss Jane Smyth 6 82 Strath bogie Mortclach Kirkton Miss Eliza Menzies 6 83 Tain Kincardine Kincardine Mains Mrs. M'Gregor 6 84 Fearn Baluntore Miss Hughina Brodie 6 85 Kdderton Carriblair .. 6 86 Tongue Farr Farr Miss M'Dougal 6 87 Uist Harris Bernera Mrs. M'Gilvray 6 88 mt Obbe Mrs. Isabella M'Kinnon 6 89 South Uist Benbicula Mrs. M'Quarrie 6 90 Paible Janet M'Donald 6 91 Boysdale Mrs. Ann Ross 6 92 North Uist Jighray Miss Mary Martin 6 93 Weem Dull Auchnafauld Jean Cameron 6 94 Dull Mrs. Cath. M'Gregor 6 95 AberMdy 6 96 Grandtully Grandtully Mrs. M'Naughton 6 97 Foss FohS Mrs. Campbell 6 98 Rannoch Kinlochrannoch Miss Eliza M'Naughton Q 99 Camghouran Catherine Cameron 6 100 Killichonan Catherine M'Gregor 6 101 Glenlyon Glenlyon Frances M'Donald 6 102 Fortingal Kirkton Catherine Butter 6 103 Kenmore Kenmore Maxwell Crerar 6 104 Shian of Glenquaich Elizabeth M'Donald 6 105 Logierait Haugbs of Ballichen Jane Scott 6 JOO Balinluig Jane Ferguson j 107 108 Nortli Isles Kirkwall Shapinsay Halm Shapinsay Jane Grieve Margaret Linklater 6 6 * Those marked are on Mr. M'Lean's Bequest. 27 SUPERANNUATED LIST. So. Presbytery. Parish. Station. Teacher's Name. Salary. 1 Abernethy Abernethy Kincardine Mrs. Ross 3 2 .. Kingussie Altarlie Amelia M'Donald 4 3 Aberdour Rothes Rothes Mrs. Stewart 4 4 Abertarff Laggan Laggan Mrs. M'Hardie 6 5 Kilmaillie Corpach Mrs. M'Master 6 6 Caithness Wick Ulbster Mrs. Tulloch 6 7 Charionry Kilearnan Croftnacreech Mrs. Corbet 4 8 Dornoch Golspie Golspie Mrs. M'Kay 8 9 Deer Tyrie New Pitsligo Mary Smith 3 10 Dunkeld Dlair-Athole Strown Mrs. Barbara Robertson 5 11 Dunkeld Drumour Mrs. Fisher 4 12 Moulin Pitlochrie Isabel Ferguson 3 13 Inverness Moy Isabella M'Intosh 4 14 .. Inverness Abriachan Mrs. Fraser 6 15 Lochcarron Gairloch Tenafiline Mrs. M'lver 5 10 Lorn Ardchattan Ledaig Mrs. M'Callum 4 17 Nairn Ardclach Ardclach Eliza Grant 5 18 Skye Portree Portree Mrs. Kemp 4 19 Tain Fearn Baluntore Mrs. Aird 4 20 Kincardine Strathcarron Mrs. Finlayson 4 21 Tongue Farr Clerkhill Mrs. M'Donald 4 22 Weem Dull Foss Catherine M'Nab 5 23 Amulree Mrs. Dewar 3 24 Rannoch Finnart Elizabeth Cameron 4 LIST OF SUBSCRiBEKS, CORRECTED TO JULY, 1850. Noblemen and Gentlemen who have served the office of Steward are marked*. Patron. HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE QUEEN, 600 50 ANNUALLY. His ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PKINCE ALBEET, K.G., VICE-PATRON, 100. His MAJESTY LEOPOLD, KINO OF THE BELGIANS, K.G., 84. HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUCHESS OF KENT, 125. HEB ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUCHESS OF GLOUCESTER, 10. Ann. Sub. Don. s. s. ARGYLL, His Grace the Duke of . . v ..... 20 Abercorn, Most Hon. the Marquess of, K.G., Tilney- street, South Audley-street . . . ... 30 Abercorn, Most Hon. the Marchioness of, Vice -Pa- troness, ditto . . . . .... 25 Ailsa, Most Hon. the Marchioness of, Vice-Patroness, Whitehall-gardens . . . . . ... 10 **Airlie, Right Hon. the Earl of, Cortchy Castle, Forfar ... 30 Abercromby, Right Hon. Lord, Tullibody . . ... 55 *Antrobus, Sir Edmund, Bart., 146, Piccadilly . . ... 10 10 Adam, John William, Chilton Lodge, near Sudbury . ... 210 Alexander, Boyd, 15, Hanover-terrace, Regent's-park . ... 50 Alexander, W. M., 22, Upper Grosvenor-street . . ... 55 Alexander, James, Somerhill, Tonbridge, Kent. . . ... 10 10 ** Allan, David, 46, Coleman- street . . . ... 15 15 Allan, John B , St. Paul's Church-yard . . . ... 35 *Amy, J. F., 4, St. Dunstan's-passage, Tower-street . ... 10 10 *Annad, Alexander, Sutton, Surrey ' . - '. . ... 10 10 Annandale, W., 3, Great Queen-street, Westminster . ... 55 *Arbuthnot, George, 11, Downing-street . . ... 55 Arkley, Peter, of Duninald . . . . ... 10 10 *Aitken, John, Barnet . . . . .... 50 16 Ann. Sub. Don. s. s. *******BUCCLEUCH, His Grace the Duke of, K.G., Vice- President, Montague House, Whitehall . . ... 770 Buccleuch, Her Grace the Duchess of, Vice-Patroness, do. ... 25 Buckingham, Her Grace the Duchess of, Vice-Patroness, 91, Pall Mall . . . . .... 70 **Breadalbane, Most Hon. the Marquess of, K.T., Vice- President, 21, Park-lane . . . . ... 110 Breadalbane, Most Hon. the Marchioness of, Vice-Pa- troness, ditto . . . . .... 20 *Beresford, Right Hon. Lord Viscount, G.C.B., 16, Ca- vendish-square . . . . .... 10 10 *Brougham and Vaux. Right Hon. Lord, F.R.S., Vice- President^, Grafton-street . . . .... 55 *Bexley, Right Hon. Lord, 31, Great George-street, Westminster . . . . .... 36 10 *Beattie, Wm., M.D., 18, Tavistock-street, Bedford-sq. ... 44 *Brodie, Sir Benjamin C., Bart., 14, Saville-row . . ... 31 10 Bombay, Remittance of a Collection at, by the Rev. Joseph Laurie, D.D. (1831) . ~V" '','- ... 277 12 5 Bacon, Thomas, Freemason's Tavern . . . ... 88 **Baillie, Col., M.P., 34, Mortimer-street, Cavendish-sq. ... 26 *Baillie, David, 14, Belgrave-square . . ... 10 Bain, George . . . . : ... 10 10 *Balfour, John, 18, Curzon-street, May-fair . ... 210 *Barbour, Robert, Victoria-park, Manchester . . ... 10 10 *Barclay, David, M.P., 8, Belgrave-square . , ... 55 Bathe and Breach, London Tavern . . . ... 10 10 Batt, George, 412, Strand . ! .->vv .. v ... 6 6 *Bell, Thomas, F.R.S., 17, New Broad-street . - ; ... 5 5 *Bevan, Charles James, 70, Portland-place . . . ... 10 10 Birch, George, Horley-lodge, Reigate . . . ... 65 Birmingham, Mayor of . . . . . ... 50 *Birnie, George, 12, Great St. Helens . . .... 10 10 Blackheath Golfer, a, by Duncan Dunbar . ;. ... 55 Bonar, James, 2, Gloucester-street, Portman-square . ... 10 10 Bond, Charles ...... . : ... 1 1 *Bosanquet, Samuel, 73, Lombard-street . . ... 55 * Boucher, John, Sergeant's-inn, Chancery-lane . . ... 55 17 Ann, Sub. Don. s. s. Bowman, Charles, 24, Upper Woburn-place . . ... 55 Boyd, Edward, Marston-hall, Galloway . . . ... 10 10 Boyd, James, Breezer's-hill, Ratcliff . . . ... 10 10 *Boyd, John, London Bridge-foot . . . ... 10 10 *Broadwood, Thomas, 17, Cadogan-place . . ... 10 10 *Brooke, Samuel Bendry, Denmark-hill, Camberwell . ... 21 *Brown, Rev. James Reid, D.D., Greenock . . ... 55 Brown, Miss, 42, Devonshire-street, Portland-place . ... 10 10 Bryant, E. N. . . . . . .... 11 * Buchanan, John, Glasgow . . . . ... 15 15 *Bunyard, Charles, Springfield Lodge, Upper Clapton . ... 55 Burn, Edward . . . . . .... 10 10 Buren, Major Van, New York . . . .... 10 CALCUTTA, Remittance from, of a Collection under the Patronage of His Excellency Lord William Bentinck, Governor General of India, by the Rev. James Bryce, D.D. (1829) . . . . ... 471 12 9 Caledonian Society of London (1845, 1848 & 1850) . ... 420 Cholmondeley Charities, by the Archbishops of Canter- bury and York, and the Bishop of London, Trustees (1840), a Grant of . . . . .... 50 Cholmondeley, Most Hon. the Marquess of, 12, Carlton- house-terrace . . . . . ... 21 *Clanricarde, Most Hon. the Marquess of, 2, Carlton- house-terrace . . . . .... 5 5 *Carlisle, Right Hon. the Earl of, E.G., 12, Grosvenor-pl. ... 10 10 *Cawdor, Right Hon. the Earl of, 74, South Audley-st. ... 10 10 *Camperdown, Right Hon. Earl of, Lundie, Perthshire . ... 55 Chester, Right Rev. Lord Bishop of, Clapham-common . ... 44 **Cranstoun, Right Hon. Lord, Albany . . . ... 15 15 "Cockburn, Right Hon. Sir G., M.P., G.C.B., Admiralty ... 88 *Clerk, Right Hon. Sir George, Bart., M.P., 8, Park- street, Westminster . . . .... 55 "Campbell, Sir H. P. Hume, Bart., M.P., 72, Portland-pi ... 10 10 "Clark, Sir James, Bart, M.D., F.R.S., 22, Brook-street, Grosvenor-square . . . . . 1 1 26 5 *Carroll, Sir George, Alderman . . . . ... 10 10 18 Ann. Sub. Don. s. s. Cabbell, Benjamin Bond, M.P., F.R.S., Treasurer, 53, Portland-place (Steward 17 times) . ' "'." . ... 17810 *Chisholm, The, of Chisholm, 37, Chapel-street, Gros- venor-place . . . ; . .... 30 15 *Caldwell, David, 29, Golden-square . . .... 1010 **Caldwell, Robert, 34, Paternoster-row . . '.' ... 66 *Calander, James Henry . ' "." . . ' ... 10 10 **Campbell, Archibald, of Blytheswood . . . ... 25 Campbell, Archibald, Brompton . . . . ... 10 10 *Campbell, John, Mivart's Hotel, Brook-street . . ... 55 **Campbell, James, 14, Highbury-place, Islington . ... 12 12 Campbell, Patrick, 19, Friday-street . . . 1010 *Campbell, William Frederick, of Islay . . V" ... 31 10 Campbell, Andrew (small Subscriptions) . . ... 2 15 Carfrae, James, 2, Copthall-court, Throgmorton- street . ... 55 Carlisle, S. E., Esq. . . . . . ... 11 *Cartwright, Samuel, F.R.S., 32, Old Burlington- street . ... 10 10 *Chalmers, Patrick, M.P., Reform Club . . . ... 10 10 Chambers, Robert J., 9, Keppel-street, Russell-square . ... 50 *Chambers, William Frederick, M.D., 46, Brook-street, Grosvenor-square . . . _ '.' ' . ... 31 10 Cheffins, C. F., 2, Southampton-buildings . . ... 66 Chistopher, Robert A., M.P., F.R.S., 97, Eaton-square . ... 36 15 Clark, Andrew, 57, Brook-street, Grosvenor-square . ... 10 10 Clark, John Patterson, 5, Sackville-street . .11 *Cochrane, A. R. D. W. Baillie, 32, Grosvenor-place . ... 50 *Cochrane, Charles, 26, Devonshire-place .' . ... 50 Cockburn, Wm., of the Atlas paper . . . ... 11 Colburn, Henry, 13, Great Marlborough-street" . .... 55 *Colvin, David, 64, Gloucester-place, Portman-square . ... 170 Conway, Thomas, Upper Tulse-hill, Surrey . . ... 55 Cross, Portion of a Legacy, from the Rev. John, late Vicar of Bradford, Yorkshire, "for furthering and promoting the cause of true Religion amongst the Inhabitants of Great Britain and Ireland," by George Buxton Browne, of Halifax, Executor, with the approbation of the Court of Chancery (1833). Less Legacy Duty 50 . . . . .... 400 19 Ann. Sub. Don. **Cuff, Jolin Jackson, Brighton . .... 15 10 Cuff, John, Derby . . . . .... 55 Gumming, Rev. Dr., 7, Montague-place, Russell-square . ... 55 Collection at a Morning Meeting . . . ... 3 13 Cutcheon, John . . . .... 55 *DUNDONALD, Right Hon. the Earl of . . . ... 10 10 Dunmore, Right Hon. the Countess of . .'11 ** Drumlanrig, Right Hon. Viscount . . . ... 15 Douglas, Right Hon. Lord, 55, Jermyn-street, St James's ... 55 *Dunfermline, Right Hon. Lord . . . . ... 10 *Dalmeny, Right Hon. Lord, Charles-street, Berkeley- sq 10 *Dunboyne, Right Hon. Lord, Reform Club . . ... 55 * Douglas, Right Hon. Lord William . . . ... 55 Dundas, Right Hon. William, Lord Registrar of Scotland, 45, Grosvenor-street . . . . ... 10 Dimsdale, Hon. Baron, Mivart's Hotel . . . ... 10 *^>'Eyncourt, Right Hon. C. Tennyson, M.P., 4, Park- street, Westminster . . . . 55 **Dnke, Sir James, Bart., M.P., 43, Portland-place . ... 1515 *De la Motte, Major-General, C.B., 15, Westbourne-ter. ... 80 Dadabhoy, Pestonjee, Bombay . . . .... 55 D,, per James Thomson (1844) . . . .... 55 *Dallas, William, 29, Austin-friars . . . ... 10 10 *Darling, George, M. D., 6, Russell-square . . ... 10 10 *Davidson, Henry, 24, Bruton-square . . . ... 10 10 *Davidson, Duncan . . . . .... 20 *Davidson, Robert, 6, Lime-street-square . . ... 10 10 Davidson, W. Stephenson, 16, St. James's-street . ... 10 10 Davies, Robert, 190, Shoreditch . . . ... 10 10 *Day, T., 8, Commercial Sale-rooms, Mincing-lane . ... 55 *Dearie, Charles, Highgato- rise . . . .... 22 Dent, Thomas, of Virginia, deceased, by J. Gillatt, J. Dunlop, and J. Muter, Executors, a Legacy of . ... 200 **Dickson, Peter, 24, Chester-terrace, Regent's-park . 11 37 *Dobie, Alexander, 2, Lancaster-place, Waterloo-bridge ... 10 10 *Douglas, Rev. A. Houston, 42, Eaton-square . . 22 Drummond, George, 1 1 , Wilton-crescent , ... 55 B 2 20 Ann. Sub. Don. s. g. Drysdale, William, 3, White Lion-court, Cornhill . ... 1010 *Dunbar, Duncan, East India-road, Limehouse . ... 10 10 *Duncombe, Charles ,.... <:*,,#'' ' f . ;'.... 15 15 Dupony, F., 16, Mincing-lane . . -. . . ... 10 10 Durant, Richard, Jan. . . . ". .... 10 10 EGLINTON, Right Hon. the Earl of ,.;.,. . 10 25 *Egmont, Right Hon. the Earl of, 24, Hill-street . ... 1010 *Eldon, Right Hon. the Earl of, Hyde-park-corner . ... 52 10 Ellenborough, Right Hon. the Earl of, G.C.B., Admiralty, 4, Eaton-place . . . . . ... 55 **Ellesmere, Right Hon. the Earl of 18, Belgrave-square ... 26 Elphinstone, Hon. Mountstuart, 4 A, Albany, Piccadilly . ... 10 East, C., 33, Sloane-street J . . . . . ... 22 *Edwards, Thomas Dyer, Trussley-villa, Finchley New- road, St. John's-wood . . . .... 50 Elphinstone, J. F., 23, York-terrace, Regent's-park . ... 20 *Elder, Alexander, 65, Cornhill . . > . -, . ... 55 Ellice, Russell, 5. Portman-square . . . ... 50 *Evans, Rev. John, 17, Clement's-inn . . .... 15 10 *Ewart, William, M.P. . . . . . ... 55 *Ewing, James, Glasgow . . . . ... 10 10 *FiFE, Right Hon. the Earl of, K.T., Duff House . ... 55 Falkland, Rt. Hon. Viscount, Governor of Nova Scotia ... 10 Farquhar, Sir Walter R., Bart., 45, Grosvenor-square . ... 55 Farquhar, Robert . . . . .... 5 5 Farquhar, Lieutenant-Colonel William . . . ... 10 10 *Farrer, James W., 7, John-street, Berkeley-square . 11 10 10 Fearon, Rev. Dr., Executor of the late Mrs. Anne Gor- don, of Beckenham, Kent, from a Bequest of Property for Charitable Uses . .... % ... 150 Ferguson, Lieut.-Colonel Robert, M.P., 46, Clarges-st. ... 5 Fergusson, J. H. . . . . .... 50 Fine for Intemperate Language, per John Murray . ... 50 **Fisher, Rev. J. M., Chaplain, Brompton -grove ,-. ... 8 8 *Fisk, Rev. John Hammond, Datchet . , . ... 40 10 Fletcher, Alex., D.D., Circus-place, Finsbury-circus . ... 10 10 21 Ann. Sub. Don. *. s. Forbes, Major-General Nathaniel, 21, Sloane-street . ... 10 *Forbes, Charles of Asloun, Vice- President, 1, Hyde-pk.- gate, Kensington = . . . 1 1 24 3 Forbes, Charles John, younger, of Asloun . "; ... 22 Forbes, George Stuart, Asloun . . . .... 22 *Forbes, John, M.D., F.R.S., 12, Old Burlington-street .... 55 *Forbes, George, 26, Chester-terrace, Regent's-park . ... 55 Forbes, Peter, per F. N. Johnstone . . . ... 55 **Forbes, William, Stirling . . . . ... 21 *Forsyth, Osbert, 71, Cornhill . . . .... 12 12 , *Forster, Matthew, M.P., Reform Club, Pall Mall . ... 21 *Foss, Edward, Streatham . . . .... 55 Fraser, Alexander, of Newton . . . .... 55 Fraser, Hugh, of Newton . . . . ... 10 10 *Fraser, John, Hyde-park Hotel . . . ... 55 *Frazer, J. Farquhar, 104, Eaton-place . . . ... 11 11 Friend, a, per James Thomson . . . .... 50 Friend to Education, per James Malcolmson . . ... 50 Friend, per John Hall . . . . .... 10 10 Friends, per Robert Mushat . . . ... 55 GORDON, Her Grace the Duchess of, Vice Patroness, 34, Belgrave-square . . . . . ... 36 15 Galloway, Right Hon. the Earl of, Vice President, Gal- loway-house, Wigtown . . . . ... 35 *Grey, Right Hon. Earl of, 30, Belgrave-square . ... 55 *Guildford, Right Hon. the Earl of, Waldershaie-park . ... 10 10 *Glenelg, Right Hon. Lord, Albany . . . ... 60 *Grosvenor, Right Hon. Earl of, M.P. . . . ... 55 Graham, Right Hon. Sir James R. G., Bart., M.P, 31, Hill-street, Berkeley-square. . . . ... ' 21 *Grant, Sir Alexander C., Bart, Somerset-house . ... 10 10 Grant, Lieutenant-General Sir W. Keir, K.C.B., 20, ... 10 10 Chapel-street, Grosvenor-place . . . ... 10 10 *Galloway, Col. A., 25, Upper Harley-street . ... 10 10 Gothenbergh, Remittance of a Collection at, by the Rev. J. Morgan, 1824 . . . . .... 44 10 6 Gardiner, J. B. . . . . . .... 10 10 22 Ann. Sub. Don. s. s. *Garratt, John, Bishop's-court, near Exeter . . ... 15 15 *Gillespie, Alexander, 5, Gould-square, Minories . ... 10 10 *Gillespie, Robert, 33, York-place, Portman-square . ... 55 *Gilmore, Mungo, Stamford-hill A *> t i - ;.- . ^l- 10 10 Gladstones, John, 22, St. Paul's Church-yard ..- . ... 10 10 Gladstone, Thomas, 1, Upper Belgrave-street :*-j. !,?/ ... 10 10 *Gordon, James E. A . , : .. ,. ;; ,-vnt'v .:>..; >j . - 10 10 Gordon, J. D. Webster, Madeira . ,*ji, rioi. .' 16 5 Gordon, Michael F., of Abergeldie, Blackheath . ': f. ,. ... 1010 Gordon, Francis, ditto .- . . ; i : v i Jt.Js ... 10 10 Grahame, Archibald, 30, Great George-st., Westminster . ... 55 Grant, Charles, Grant Lodge .. i' .. . vr: ,i ... 10 10 Grant, Daniel, Nutting Hall .. ,-..- ,.**?' ..>..:.> ... 10 10 Grant, William, Spring Side, Manchester . ,TO vsA r t-> ... 10 10 Gray, George, New Corn Exchange . ' > .; . .' ]; ,ivi.'. 5 5 Green, Mrs. . . . : t -. ; i ,4--M 50 Green, R. . . . . - i: . ., ... 22 *Guthrie, David Charles, 9, Idol-lane . -;.Ui* . ... 10 10 Guinness, R. . . . ..... 1 1 **HAMiLTON,HisGracetheDukeof,K.G., 12, Portman-sq. ... 10 10 **Huntley, Most Hon. the Marquess of, K.T. --J . ... 1010 *Haddington, Right Hon. the Earl of, Vice-President, Admiralty . . ' ... .... 66 **Haddo, Right Hon. Lord, 7, Argyll-street . '. ... 21 "Hamilton, Right Hon. Lord Claud, M.P., 19, Eaton-sq. ... 55 Howard, Hon. William, 16, Lower Grosvenor-street . ... 55 *Hepburn, Sir T. B., Bart., M.P., Carlton Club . ''",?' ... 50 *Herries, Right Hon. J. C., M.P., 4, Albemarle-street . ... 21 *Hay, Sir Andrew Leith ' ''. % . ; ... 55 Highland Society of London . *' . . : ... 21 *Hall, John, Blackheath ' - '< .-' ' . ... 1515 *Hall, R. S. Howtoa, J 52, Fenchurch-street \ -V ... 5 5 H. B. H., per James Thomson . . . ' .. 22 Hambly, Mrs., Hambly House, West Brixton . ... 22 Hamilton, Andrew, Alliance Office, Bartholomew-lane . ... 55 *Hamilton, William, 127, Cheapside . . : ''-. ... 10 10 * Hansard, Luke J., 7, Southampton-street, Bloomsbury . ... 55 23 Ann. Sub. Don. s. s. Hardy, John, 3, Portland-place . . . .1155 Harrison, F., by Rev. A. Fletcher, 3, Verulam-buildings, Gray's-Inn . . . . . .... 55 *Hare, Joseph, 42, Great Portland-street . . ... 55 **Hastie, Archibald, M.P., 5, Rutland-gate . . ... 15 15 Hastie, Robert, Wapping . . . . . ... 22 *Hathorn, George, 40, Brunswick-square . . ... 10 10 *Hay, Robert William . . . ..... 10 10 Hebbert, Charles, 8, Pall Mail East . . .... 55 "Henderson, Robert, 22, Alfred-place, Bedford-square .11 5 5 *Henderson, Thomas Wingate, Albany . . . ... 55 Henderson, W. T., London and Westminster Bank . 1 1 **Hepburn, Robert, 8, Davies-street, Berkeley-sq. . ... 10 10 Heseltine, William, Stock Exchange . . . ... 10 10 "Hill, Rowland, General Post Office . . .... 55 Hoare, H. M., 31, York-place, Portman-square . . ... 10 10 **Hoare, Henry Arthur, 37, Fleet-street . . . ... 31 10 Hoare, Messrs., ditto . . . ... 21 *Holford, Robert Sterner, 145, Piccadilly . . ... 21 ""Holland, Henry, 46, Montagu-square . . .... 10 10 Holmes, net Proceeds of a Legacy from the late John of Ide, Devonshire, from the Receiver-General of the Court of Chancery ; principally void by the Statute of Mortmain (1840) . . . .... 394 10 *Hope, Henry T., M.P., 1, Mansfield-street . . ... 10 10 *Hossack, George Joseph, 27, St. Mary-at-Hill . .... 55 ""Houston, George, M.P., 92, Jermyn-street, St. James's . ... 10 10 * Hudson, George, M.P., Newby-park, Yorkshire . ... 21 *Hunter, Robert, 173, Fenchurch-street . . ... 55 Hunter, William, M.D, Guards' Club, St. James's-street ... 55 **Hutchison, A. K., 2, Crown-court, Threadneedle-street ... 21 * Johnson, John, Alderman, Vice -President . . ... 10 10 **Johnstone, Sir John, V.B., Bart., 27, Grosvenor- square . . , . .... 21 Johnson, Andrew, Stamford-hill . . . ... 55 * Johnson, J. Lomas, 8, Terrace, Lower-road, Islington . ... 50 Johnson, William W., Limehouse . . . ... 22 **Johnstone, John J. Hope, M.P., 40, Eaton-place . ... 26 5 24 Ann. Sub. Don. f s. s. Johnstone, F. N., 44, Great Tower-street . . ... 10 10 Jones, John, 6, Regent-street, Pall Mall ^ .* " . II *KBMPT, Right Hon. JAMBS, G.C.B., G.C.H., 32, South- street, Park-lane . &% . . ' . ... 10 1O *Kelly, Thomas, Alderman, 17, Paternoster-row i' k ... 21 *Kemble, Edward, Grove, Camberwell . '.'" . - ... 10 10 Kemble, Henry, M.P., Camberwell . . ; f . ' ... 10 10 Ker, John, Glasgow . . . . i ... 50 Kidd, D., per William S. Orr i; > ! ^ ; '. :/ :S .P fr ... 4 4 Kinloch, Miss, by Robert Low . . . .... 55 *Kirk, William, 16, Fleet-street . j'V A '. ' "\ - ... 5 5 *LANSDOWNE, Most Hon. the Marquess of, K.G., 54, Berkeley-square . . . . ' v' l ~' ... 10 10 Liverpool, Right Hon. the Earl of, G.C.B., Fife House, Whitehall . . . ' '. ' l .' : . ' ... 10 *Lawley, Sir Francis, Bart, 18, Grosvenor-square , ... 10 *Lushington, Lieutenant- General Sir James Law, G.C.B., 13, York-street, Portman-square . . , : ... 10 10 ***Laurie, Sir Peter, Knight, Alderman, Vice-President, 7, Park-square, Regent's-park . . .... 78 15 Laing, D. C., Villiers-street, Strand . . . .11 Letts, Rev. John, A.M., Rectory, St. Olave, Hart-street . ... 88 *Lamont, Capt. James, R.N., Piazza Hotel, Covent-garden ... 15 51 Lament, John, Trinidad . . .---^ ^ ^ 10 10 Latham, Alfred, 23, Norfolk-street, Park-lane . ' . ... 5 5 *Lanrie, John, Hyde Park-place ' . : . . ... 10 10 *Law, John, 23, Devonshire-street, Bloomsbury . . ... 10 10 **Lawrie, John, 10, Charles-street, St. James's . .' ... 26 5 *Lawson, Andrew, M.P , 26, Pall Mall . . .... 50 *Leeks. Edward F , 2, Charlotte-row, Mansion House . .. 55 Letts, Thomas, Royal Exchange . . . . ... 55 *Lindsay, Hugh Hamilton, 29, Berkeley-square . . ... 50 Lmklater, Captain Robert, 269, Wapping . . 55 Linton, James, 14, Bath-place, New-road . ". ... 1 1 * Little, William, 15, Bishopsgate-street . ,,' 1 ^ "Loch, James, M.P., 12, Albemarle-street . . ... 1510 25 Ann. Sub, Don. . I. *Lockhart, John Gibson, 24, Sussex-place, Regent's-pk. ... 55 Long, Mrs., by Robert McWilliam . ". ' ' . ... 10 10 **Low, Robert, 330, Strand . . . . 1 1 12 12 *Low, Robert, 24, Keppel-street, Russell-square . ... 12 12 L. M. A., by Messrs. Hoare, Fleet-street . . ... 26 5 Lumsden, Henry, of Auchinder . . . ' . ... 55 Lyde, Lionel, 291, Regent-street '. . . ... 50 *MONTROSE, His Grace the Duke of, K.T., 45, Belgrave- square . . . . . .... 41 10 Mexborough, Right Hon. the Earl of, 33, Dover- street . ... 50 *Manvers, Right Hon. Earl, 13, Portman-square . ... 55 *Morpeth, Right Hon. Viscount, 12, Grosvenor-place . ... 55 Murray, Right Hon. Sir John A., Judge of. the Court of Session, Edinburgh . . . . ... 10 Maule, Right Hon. Fox, M.P., Brooks's . . . ... 55 * Maxwell, Sir William, Bart. . . . .... 50 *Macdonald, Hon. Archibald, 4, Connaught-place . ... 15 10 *Murray, Hon. Charles Augustus, Malta . . ... 10 10 *Montefiore, Sir M., Bart., 7, Grosvenor-gate, Park-lane . ... 10 10 McLeod, Major-General Duncan, 5, Manchester-square . ... 50 *McTaggart, Sir John, M.P., 22, Manchester-square . ... 55 *Macaulay, Major-General Colin . . . ... 21 Macdonald, Major-General Sir J., K.C.B., 21, Pall Mall ... 5 5 *Murchison, Sir Roderick Impey, K.S.A., F.R.S., 16, Belgrave-square . . . . .... 20 Maclean, George, Governor of Cape Coast . . ... 55 Macleay, Kenneth, of Keiss, Caithnesshire . . ... 11 *Macaulay, Colin Campbell, Club Chambers, Regent-st. ... 10 10 Macaulay, Kenneth, 21, South-parade, St. James's-park .11 55 Maclean, Hugh, deceased, late a Master in Chancery in Spanish Town, Jamaica, by Alexander Elder, Executor (1844), for Education in the Isle of Skye, a Legacy of 1,000, less Duty . . . ... 900 Macdonald, R. George, of Clanronald . . . ... 11 11 Mackenzie, Alexander, 36, Devonshire-place . . ... 55 * Mackenzie, Charles Fitzgerald . . . .... 55 Mackenzie, Murdoch, of Stornoway . . ... 10 10 26 Ann. Sub. Don. a. s. Mackie, Charles (late Secretary) . ,,..,.. ... 22 *Mackie, James, 39, Old Broad-street . ., .... 10 10 *Mackillop, James, 11, King's Arms-yard-Lombard-street .. 10 Mackintosh, Eneas, 1 7, Montague-square ... . ... 10 10 **Mackinnon, Wm. Alexander, M.P., 4, Hyde-park-place ... 10 5 Maclean, Donald, 37, Brunswick-square ,-. ... 50 Macleod, George, Stamp-office, Somerset-house . . ... 55 McCormick, William, 17, Upper Gower-street . . ... 33 *McDowall, S., Wood way-house, near Tetbury, Glostersh. ... 55 Mclntosh, David, 39, Bloomsbury-square . . ... 55 McKinnell, John, 17, Mark-lane . . ; ,,.,.,... 10 10 *McLeod, Roderick, M.P., 9, College-st., Westminster . ... 210 McMurray, W. . .'.,. .1 ', '.. ' , ... ... 1 1 McNeill, John, 9, Whitehall-place .,''.'/ . ..',- ... 10 10 McPherson, Richard, 76, Lombard-street . .... 55 ***Maclure, Andrew, Leicester-square . ,, f . . ... 11 11 Macnab, John . . . . . . ... 22 *Mair, Robert . . . . ,, Tr .., .^.^ '. ,. ... 10 10 *Mau-, Thomas, Liverpool . ?.,. , 10 10 *Maitland, Ebenezer Fuller, Henley-upon- Thames . ... 12 12 *Malcolmson, Jas., West-lodge, Campden-hill, Kensington ... 10 10 Mann, J. H. ..... . ... 1 1 Marjoribanks, Edward, 35, Wimpole-street . . ... 55 *Marjoribanks, Stewart, M.P., 6, Charles-st., Berkeley-sq. ... 21 ***Matheson, Sir James, Bart., of Achany, M.P., Storna- way House, Cleveland-row, St. James's . . ... 76 Matheson, Lieut-Colonel, M.P. . 2 *Mieville, Andrew Amede"e, 67, Gower-street . '. ... 1010 *Miller, Boyd . . . ... 10 10 MiUer, Wmiam, Edinburgh . 50 Miller, Captain . . ..j-,, *Milne, Alexander, Whitehall . 5 5 **Monteith, Henry, Glasgow . . .... 42 Moore, Miss, 8, Great George-street, Westminster . . ... 10 *More, R., Springfield Lodge, Grove-hill, Camberwell . ... 1111 Mouat, J. . > , - ( , Mortlock, John, 250, Oxford-street ". . ... 10.10 *Munro, Hugh, A. J., 113, Park-street, Grosvenor-square ... 10 10 27 Ann. Sub. Don. s. s. *Murray, Charles Knight, Whitehall-place . . ... 10 10 ***Murray, John, Strath Isla Cottage, Bow-road . 11 38 17 Mushat, Robert, Stamford-hill . . . .. 55 *NEWCASTLB, His Grace the Duke of . . . 2 2 15 15 Norfolk Her Grace the Duchess of, Vice-Patroness, St. James's-square . . ;.- '-'-j .' 26 Northampton, Most Hon. the Marquess of, F.R.S., 145, Piccadilly . . . . .... 20 Napier, William, Whitefriars' -wharf *- ; . . ... 20 Neale, John, Strand . . . . .... 50 Neill, John, deceased (duty paid by Thomas, William, and James Hay Waugh, Executors), a Legacy of . ... 50 *Nisbet, James, 21, Berners-street, Oxford-street . ... 21 North, Joseph, 8, Artillery-place West . . . ... 55 *Nugee, Francis James, Brighton . . . ... 10 10 OLDBRSHAW, ROBERT, Islington . . . ... 55 Old, Thomas, Lloyds' . . . . . ... 10 10 *01iphant, Major James, Wimbledon-common . . ... 55 Olive, Jeremiah, 4, York-terrace, Regent's-park . ... 15 15 "Oliver, George, Blackheath . . . . ... 10 10 Oliver, Joseph, 286, Wapping . . . .... 10 10 *01iver, Samuel, 83, Hatton-garden . . . ... 55 ***0rr, Wm. Somerville, Amen-corner, Paternoster-row . ... 77 "PORTLAND, His Grace the Duke of, 19, Cavendish-square ... 50 "Poland, Sir William Henry . . . .... 10 10 *Paterson, A. A. W.. 45, Church-street, Minories . ... 77 Payne, Frederick . . . . .... 11 *Paynter, John, 64, Coleman-street . . . ... 10 10 Pearson, Sir Edwin, Bart. . . . .... 22 Pennington, Mrs., Windsor . . . .... 30 *Pennington, Robert R., 15, Portman-square . . ... 52 10 Pennington, W., ditto . . ... 66 "Perceval, Hon. John James . . . .... 55 P. M. L., per Rev. Dr. Manuel . . . .... 50 **Pocock, Lewis, F.S.A., Gloucester-road, Regent's-park ... 21 28 Ann. Sub. Dun. s. s. Potter, William Simpson, 46, Berners-street . ' . ... 55 **Poulter, Captain T., Trinity-wharf, Blackwall : .' : ... 15 15 **Pownall, Henry, Spring Grove, Hounslow '. . ... 10 10 *Prater, Charles, 71, Portland-place . . . ... 10 10 *RUTLAND, His Grace the Duke of, K.G., 7, Bolton-street V.. ' ; 10 10 * Richmond, His Grace the Duke of K.G., Vice- President, 51, Portland-place . "* 1* ! . '"'J ' . '* ... 100 ***Roxburghe, His Grace the Duke of, K.T., Vice- Presi- dent, Clarendon Hotel, Bond-street . f-'tjlt}) .!. ." : - ( vJnvi. ! .^-.<- ,V >H _ 55 **Rosebery, Right Hon. Earl of, K.T., Vice-President, 139, Piccadilly . . *>'-'l '- . -. J ' ... 84 *Redesdale, Right Hon. Lord, Vernon House, 6, Park-pi., St. James's . . . . .... 10 *Riddell, Sir Walter Buchanan, Bart., 13, Lincoln's-inn, Old-square . . . . . : . ' ... 55 *Richardson, Sir W. Henry, Chessell, Hants : .' . ... 10 10 **Reeves, John Russell, F.R.S., Hore-place, Brighton . ... 31 10 *Reeves, James, 4, Lawrence Pountney-place . . ... 10 10 Reid, Andrew, 9, Cavendish-square . . . ' ... 55 Reid, Captain Hugh, deceased, a Legacy of .100 less Legacy Duty 10 . . . . '. ... 90 Reid, Mrs. Hugh, 16, Cornwall-terrace, Regent's-park . ... 55 *Reid, Joseph, Sun -court, Cornhill : ; . . ... 10 10 Renny, David Henry, 57, Fenchurch-street . i i.... : ... 1010 *Rew, John, 37, Tavistock-square . . f> - k ' ... 10 10 Rhind, WiUiam ... ..... 2 2 Richardson, Mrs. D. H., Park-road, Upper Holloway . ... 55 ***Richardson, H. Francis, 4, Belgrave-terrace, Upper Holloway . . . . . .... 15 15 Richardson, Mrs. EL F., ditto ditto ... 55 Riddell, Alexander, deceased (1825), per Rev. John Robinson, John Scott, H. E. Maclea, James Ewing, and Robert Ewing, Executors, a Legacy of . ''* ... 100 Ritchie, Charles . . . . . .... 10 29 Ann. Sub. Don. s. s. Robarts, Curtis and Co., 15, Lombard-street . . ... 10 10 *Robertson, Alexander, 38, Broad-street-buildings . ... 55 Robertson, Benjamin, 47, Albemarle-street . . ... 22 Robertson, Ebenezer, deceased (1826), a Legacy of . ... 100 *Robertson, Patrick F., 10, Hanover-terrace, Regent's-pk ... 12 12 *Robertson, R. Henderson, 10, Watling-street . . ... 10 10 *Rogers, Samuel, F.R.S., 22, St. James's-place . . ... 55 Rose, Hector, 30, Nottingham-place, Marylebone . ... 44 Rose, T., by the late Rev. Dr. Crombie . . . ... 55 Ross, Daniel, 8, Billiter-street . . . .... 33 Ross, Daniel, jun., ditto . . .... 22 Ross, George, 28, Mincing-lane . . . .... 55 *Rowland, Alexander, 20, Hatton-garden . . ... 55 Ruskin, John James, 7, Billiter-street . . . ... 55 **Russell, Jesse Watts, Biggin Hall, Oundle . . ... 3615 Russell, John, per Archibald Hastie, M.P. . . .. 10 10 *SOMERSET, His Grace the Duke of, K.G., Vice-President, Park-lane . . . . . .... 40 9 Somerset, Her Grace, the Duchess of, Vice-Patroness, do. ... 36 15 **Sutherland, His Grace the Duke of, K.G., Vice-Presi- dent, Stafford House, St. James's . . . ... 150 Sutherland, Her Grace the Duchess of, Vice- Patroness, do. ... 210 Selkirk, Rt. Hon. the Earl of, St. Mary's Isle Kirkcudbright ... 10 Stair, Rt. Hon. the Earl of, Oxenfoord Castle, Dalkeith . ... 20 ****Saltoun, Rt. Hon. Lord, K.C.B., Vice-President, Great Cumberland-street . . . . 5 5 152 5 * Sinclair, Rt. Hon. Lord, Grove's Hotel, Albemarle-street ... 1510 Stanley, Rt. Hon. Lord, 8, St. James's-square . . ... 50 *Southampton, Rt. Hon. Lord, 66, Mount- street . . ... 10 10 *Strathavon, Rt. Hon. Lord, 8, Great Stanhope-street . ... 55 *Stuart, Rt. Hon. Lord Dudley Coutts, 34, St. James-place ... 1010 Stevenson, Andrew, the late American Minister . . ... 10 10 Stuart, Sir James, Bart., St. Katherine's, Regent's-park . ... 10 10 *Shaw, Sir John, Bart, 33, Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park . ... 26 5 Sutherland, Col. Sir Jas., 8, Cumberland-st., Portman-sq. ... 55 Scottish Presbytery in London, Moiety of a Collection in 1828, by the Rev. J. Crombie, D.D. . . ... 53 5 7 30 Ann. Snb. Don. s. s. *Salomons, David, 29, Cumberland-st, Portman-square . ... 55 Samuel, S. M., 29, Park-crescent, Portland-place .. ... 10 10 Saanders, Thomas, 1, Queen-st.-pl., Southwark-bridge . ... 55 *Shank, Henry, 62, Gloucester-place, Portman-sqnare . ... 10 10 Shearman, Charles, 2, South-square, Gray's Inn . ... 33 *Simpson, Crawford, 8, Mincing-lane . :! "' .' u ... 10 10 Simpson, John, St. Thomas-square, Hackney . . .. 50 *Smith, John, 22, Grosvenor-square r. h - :; ,'-.' . ... 10 10 *Smith, Adam Freer, Priory, Kew . >(. ' ' '.' ... 10 10 *Sinith, William Henry, 1, Fleet-street . . s.''l$l . ... JQ 10 Sorr, W. . . . :..'"< '-. - ... 33 Sowton, W. M., 24, Lincoln's Inn-fields . .. ' . ... 66 *Spottiswoode, Andrew, 17, Carlton House-terrace . : ... 10 10 *Spottiswoode, J., 16, Great George-street, Westminster ... 10 10 *Stebbing, Rev. Henry, D.D., Chaplain, Hampstead-road. ... 77 *Stewart, John, 22, Portman-- square -. ': ^ . ... 10 10 Stewart, William, 18, Hill-street, Berkeley-square . ... 50 Stocks, Bentley, 1, King's Bench-walk, Temple . . ... 55 *Stratton, William, 206, Piccadilly . . .... 10 10 Struthers, William, 28, Parliament-street ; .11 Stuart, Rev. James, of South Carolina, deceased, by George Grant, Executor, a Legacy of . .... 100 Stuart, J., Q.C., M.P., 19, Hertford-street, May-fair . ... 10 Stuart, Henry Villiers . .' . ' />' \P ; ... 10 Sutherland, Colonel William . . . . "' 55 Sutherland, Charles, 24, Mincing-lane . - < . .... 26 5 *TEIONMOTJTH, Right Hon. Lord, 19, Portland-place . ... 10 10 Tassie, William, 8, Upper Phillimore-place ' -. ; . ... 10 10 Taylor, David, Belle Vue, Hampstead . , .11 *Taylor, William . . -. . ' .' ... 55 *Teague, James Alexander, 18, Aldermanbury . ' . ... 10 10 ^'Thompson, WiUiam, Aid., MR, 12, Whitehall-place . ... 1010 Thompson, William James, Mincing-lane . . ... 10 10 Thompson, Henry, ditto -',' ' ''-,'' . ... 55 * Thomson, James, 25, Fenchurch-street (late Secretary) . ... 122 17 *Thomson, Richard, 25, ditto . . . . ... 1010 Tomkins, John, 3, Essex-court, Temple . . .... 55 31 Ann. Sub. Don. s. .r *Tite, WUliam, F.R.S., 25, Upper Bedford-place, Russell- square . . . . . .... 10 10 *Tooke, William, F.R.S., 12, Russell-square . . ... 10 10 *Trant, William Henry . . . . .... 10 10 ***Tritton, Frederick, Three Crown square, Borough . ... 33 *Trotter, John, Edinburgh . . . .... 10 10 *Truscott, James, Nelson-square . ."" . ... 33 Truscott, F. W. . . . . . .... 11 Tucker, France, & Co., Kensington . . . ... 22 *Tulloch, James, 16, Montague-street, Russell-square . ... 10 10 **Tunno, E. Rose, 19, Upper Brook-street . . ... 52 10 UHQUHART, JAMES, 225, Wapping . . . ,.. 10 10 *VERE, James J. Hope, 20, Park-lane . . . ... 55 *** Virtue, George, 24, Ivy-lane, Newgate-street . ... 12 12 *WELLINGTON, His Grace the Duke of, E.G., Vice- President, Apsley House, Piccadilly . . ... 10 10 *Willoughby De Eresby, Right Hon. Lord, Vice-Presi- dent, 142, Piccadilly . . . .... 20 **Wortley, Right Hon. James A. Stuart, M.P., 29, Berkeley-square .' . . . . ... 100 Waddle, John, White Horse Cellar, Piccadilly . . ... 55 Walker, James, 23, Great George-street, Westminster . ... 15 15 *Warden, Francis, 28, Bryanstone-square . . ... 55 Waugh, Thomas, Ordnance-office, Tower . .11 Waugh, WUliam, 20, Surry-street, Strand . . ... 31 16 *Webb, Frederick, Sheen Lodge, Mortlake . . ... 26 5 *Webster, James G., 73, Great Tower-street . . ... 10 10 * Weeding, Thomas, 47, Mecklenburgh-square . . ... 10 10 *Whittaker, George Byrom, 20, Upper Phillimore-place . ... 50 *Wilkinson, Thomas, 20, Grosvenor-street West . . ... 10 10 *Williams, Benjamin Bacon, 70. Portland-place . . ... 55 Williams, Rev. Edward, Nottingham . . . ... 10 10 Wilson, Thomas, 5, Jeffreys-square, St. Mary Axe . ... 21 Winton, David . . . . . .... 2 2 Wood, Robert, Fulham . . .... 5 32 Ann. Sub. Don. s. #. Woodd, Basil George, 108, New Bond-street ' /S . ... 10 10 Wrench, Robert, London-bridge . . . .... 44 *Wright, John Smith .. . . .li. .', \ ' '* .-.. ... 21 *WyUie, Robert Crichton, of Haaelbank, Ayrshire .. , '. ... 1212 YOOL, WILLIAM, 55, Conduit-street, Bond-street '."itf *Young, John, 27, Finsbury-square . : t . , *ZBTLAND, Right Hon. the Earl of, 19, Arlington-street ... 15 15 THOKPSON and DAVIDSON, Printers, 19, Great St. Helens, London. THE NAME9 OF THE FOLLOWING MUNIFICENT AND DISTINGUISHED DECEASED BENEFACTORS ARE MOST GRATEFULLY RECORDED. HIS MAJESTY KING GEORGE THE FOURTH. HIS MAJESTY KING WILLIAM THE FOURTH. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN DOWAGER. HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF KENT AND STRATHEARN. HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF SUSSEX. HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE. 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THE VALUE OF THE HUMAN SOUL. 3 Sermon DELIVERED ON LORD'S DAY MORNING, OCTOBER 17, 1852, BY THE REV. A, FLETCHER, D.D. IN FINSBURY CHAPEL, FINSBURY CIRCUS. On behalf of the " Royal Highland School Society," the London Branch of the " Society in Scotland for Propagating Christian Knowledge." " For what shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and lose his own soul 1 Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?" Mark viii. 36, 37. AFTER a very short discourse on the value of the soul, I propose to present before my friends some information respecting the Highlands and Islands of Scotland the history and present state of that' interesting portion of this kingdom, in connection with the object we have in view, of giving our con- tributions to assist one of the most ancient societies in connection with the education of the young in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. I shall therefore endeavour to abbreviate my discourse as much as possible. " And when they had called the people to him, with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross and follow me." We have a remarkable instance at this moment in Tuscany. A gentleman and lady became converts to the faith ; they have now been imprisoned and linked with the lowest and most degraded of felons, simply because they read the Bible, which was found in their house ; and because they acknowledged the effect produced upon their minds by the Holy Spirit accompanying the reading of the word. I shall not enter into the details of this case on the present occasion, as I shall take a future oppor- tunity of going minutely into the transaction. The fact, is, however, that two persons, in respectable circumstances, Francisco Madiai,and Rosa Madiai, his wife, are now thrust into a position of the most painful degradation, and they have nobly " taken up the cross," as they were here enjoined to do. " For whosoever will save his life, shall lose it ;" that is, " Whosoever will save his natural life, and deny me, shall lose it ; and whosoever will lose his life, for my sake, shall find it ; for what is a man profited if he gain the whole world, and lose his own soul ? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul ?" There are some particular times when we are more impressed with a sense of the value of the soul than others. 1 remember on a certain occasion to which I liave adverted before, in this place, when I saw the particular spot on which the bed of Louis XIV. of France stood on which he breathed his last, reflections incidentally and naturally arose in the mind. Where is the soul of that royal personage, who was designated " Louis the Great ?" And wherefore " Great J" For what did he receive the title I I answer, because of his numerous, splendid, and expensive wars wars chiefly of aggression wars connected with the bitterest and most tragic pages of history ! There is something awfully afflicting when we think of the soul of I THE VALUE OF THB HUMAN SOUL. a departed hero of a departed conqueror, or king whose lives have been closely associated with numerous and sanguinary engagements ; the question naturally arises, in what circumstances did they find their souls when sepa- rated from their bodies, and introduced into the immediate presence of God ? There are other circumstances, of a pleasing nature, which are equally cal- culated to impress us with the value of the soul. Who can think of the discoveries of Sir Isaac Newton, and the immense power that Christian philosopher possessed, by which he could measure the heavens, and tell the magnitude of those revolving orbs, and point out to a certainty their distance from our globe who displayed, for the first time by the law of gravitation, how it is that all these great and magnificent objects of the divine creation are preserved in their places, and perform their wondrous revolutions ! Who can think, my beloved friends, upon the mind of such a man on the attain- ments of such a philosopher without acknowledging at once the wondrous nature and character of the human soul ? How valuable was the mind capable of such attainments ! We may look, also, dear friends, at the attain- ments of other philosophers, and of our great divines. Look at the long list of English theologians, many of whom were connected with the hierarchy of the land, and others who followed the various sections of the Church of Christ they have left productions of immense value, exhibiting divine truth in all its variety, loveliness, richness, and eloquence. Who can examine the productions of a Gill, an Owen, a Home, a Taylor, or a Tillotson, without exclaiming, how precious is the human soul, when adorned with grace, and enlightened with wisdom from above ! Here, then is a question proposed ; who was it that said, " What shall a man give in exchange for his soul ?" I answer the Great Creator of that soul- he who made it, who called it into existence by the breath of his omni- potence who knows its nature and its structure, and who has impressed it with immortality : it is he who puts this question " What shall a man give in exchange for his soul !" He who made it, and who died to redeem it, alone knows its full value. I wish my own mind to be, from this day, more impressed with the value of the soul. A man should never enter the sacred office, whatever his learning and attainments, unless he be im- pressed with a deep and abiding sense of the soul's worth. Those ministers, parents, aud teachers, who have the richest stores of knowledge, without a deep impression of the soul's worth, are of little importance. All this may lie possessed when not in connection with a sense of the soul's worth, and the individuals will be comparatively useless. It is in proportion as we are impressed with the value of the soul, that we are stimulated to exertions we are filled with compassion for souls, and roused to action for the eternal interests of these never-dying spirits. With these few introductory observations, I shall now proceed to furnish a few particulars illustrative of the value of the soul. This will appear I. IF WE CONSIDER THE NATURE OF THE SOUl. There is something in the nature of the soul in its original constitution, so etherial, and so spiritual, that it is impossible for us to furnish any adequate idea of its real value. Chemists may speak of the intrinsic properties, and beautiful qualities of gold and silver, and other metals and substances ; but it is most difficult to speak of the nature of the soul. In its original consti- tution, the soul is spiritual, bearing an impress of that God who made it, aud has called it into existence. It is so spiritual, that there is no resem- THE VALUE OF THE HUMAN SOUL. 3 blance * betwixt it and visible objects. There is not one single point of resemblance between the soul and the body, as to their original properties ; the body is from the earth, and the soul from heaven ; the body bears resemblance to that earth from which it sprang, and to which it must return, but the soul bears resemblance to that God who made it. The body is a casket which contains the jewel ; but there is no resemblance between the external casket and the internal jewel. Oh how wondrous is the worth of the soul spiritual in its nature ; how astonishing is the union of the soul with the body { There is an actual resemblance between many substances which are allied to each other, and have mutual attractions. We find iron is attracted by the loadstone ; there is something in the nature of the one corresponding with the nature of the other; there is, therefore, an alliance between them. Two liquid substances are poured into a vessel, and suddenly assume an appearance the most remarkable that which was liquid to the eye a moment ago, now takes the appearance of gold or silver, according to the alliance of the substances. But, my beloved brethren, there is no natural alliance between the soul and the body, which is not only the house of the soul, but the servant of it. God has enabled the body to render the soul the most eminent service ; the body is the medium through which knowledge is conveyed to the mind, the physical substances forming, as it were, a channel for spiritual blessings, divine light entering into the mind by the omnipotent power of the Spirit, through the medium of the ear, or through the medium of the eye. I shall quote two passages Genesis ii. 7, " God breathed into his nos- trils the breath of life, and he became a living soul." I had the curiosity yesterday to look out the Hebrew word which is here translated soul it is " nephesh," and I found what I expected ; it was not God breathed into his nostrils the breath of life and he became a living animal. The word signifies " soul," or " spirit," and has no reference whatever to the body of man, so that when God breathed into his nostrils, he not only imparted animal life to the body but communicated to it the spiritual mind, the soul as it were, the breath of the deity, and bearing a resemblance to himself. I quoted a passage last Sabbath Job xxxii. 8, "There is a spirit in man, and the inspiration of the Almighty will give him understanding." May you and I, therefore, my beloved friends, be impressed with the noble and divine nature of the soul ! I, of course, use this expression in a cautious sense. In speak- ing of the nature of the soul, I speak of the mind as originally constituted, bearing a resemblance to that Almighty Divine Spirit which called it into existence. When we consider the valuable materials with which we have to deal the minds of these little ragged highland children, we should remember that, notwithstanding all their poverty, they are possessed of minds allied to the greatest philosophers who ever existed they are allied to angels, and allied to God ! II. WE MAY SEE THE VALUE OF THE SOUL IN ITS RELATIONS TO SCIENCE. Upon this point we must not dilate, still it is needful to mention some of the most transcendent attainments of the human family. When we look upon a splendid palace in the distance, we are astonished at its beautiful exterior and become anxious to see its galleries, apartments, and their furni- ture ; but no palace ever built by man is to be compared with the body of man. We are fearfully and wonderfully made, and we naturally inquire into THE VALCK OF THE HUMAN SOUL. the internal furniture of this earthly house, and what do we see there ? We find the understanding and the judgment. These are distinct faculties. Using the ordinary terms employed in speaking of the constitution of the mind, it is by the understanding we receive knowledge ; the understanding, therefore, has been designated the mind's eye. The understanding is the great seat of intelligence. The teachers of our schools, pious parents, and ministers their great business is to convey, to the understanding of those who are commited to their care, the light of divine knowledge. It is within our power to convey these treasures, if we have not power to render them saving. A minister or teacher has the natural power of conveying knowledge to the mind of a child, and the child has a natural power of receiving that know- ledge ; but there it stops unless the Holy Spirit come to apply it to the heart. The knowledge with all its value is dead the Bible, with all its worth is a dead letter without this. Hence we speak of the eye of the understanding being opened. Another faculty is the judgment. It is by the judgment that we compare one thing with another, and endeavour to ascertain the comparative worth of those various truths, things and objects which are presented to the mind. My judgment tells me that a piece of gold is more valuable than a piece of silver by comparing the one with the other. This is the faculty which is exercised in the comparison of the truths of religion when we compare them with the facts which science has revealed. If that judgment is under the influence of the Spirit of the living God, then we perceive that there is a sentence pronounced the sentence of the judgment is this, that the know- ledge of God, and things divine, infinitely transcends and surpasses all other kinds of information. There is another faculty with which God has endowed the mind it is the faculty of memory a faculty of immense value, which is the natural power of retaining truth or knowledge communicated. This is a mystery we cannot understand. How it is that the engraver's tool can make a permanent im- pression on a copper-plate, or the pen of a ready writer upon the white page, we can all comprehend ; but how can we understand the method by which knowledge is inscribed upon the tablets of the memory ! This is purely spiritual in its nature, but it is there as really as if there was a tool employed in the engraving process. I mention this to point out the glorious mystery of our nature. How invaluable a faculty is memory ! How great its contribu- tions to our happiness ! Should it be obliterated, our position would be most deplorable. And what a blessing it is when this invaluable faculty is sancti- fied by divine grace! Without this, it retains what is trivial, and forgets that which is good. By divine grace, it easily retains what is holy divine truth when once engraven on the memory, can never be fully erased. Then there is the faculty of the will, which is closely connected with the understanding and the judgment. It is by the will that we chose, and it is under the influence of that choice the whole movements of society, upon the approaching day (Monday) in this great metropolis will be directed. The merchants and the tradesmen, and those who are engaged in the various pro- fessions, are governed by it. The will is the great motive faculty which will direct the whole. And, oh ! my friends, what a blessing it will be when this will is universally sanctified by divine grace ! The will of man, in its natural state, resembles an iron sinew in the neck ; but when it is sanctified and blessed with a holy sensibility, it bends, and moves, and turns, and acts just THE VALUB OF THE HUMAN SOUL, 5 God directs. May we all, therefore, earnestly supplicate the Most High for a sanctified will ! Then there are the affections. What would the soul of man be without the sun of the affections glowing within him ? It would indeed be even as a firma- ment without a sun. But, by nature, these affections are " earthly, sensual, and devilish." These are St. Paul's words. But when they are sanctified, it is not more natural for flames to have an upward tendency when the fire of the affections is purified by divine grace, the flames which formerly had a unnatural tendency in a downward direction towards the earth, arise towards heaven. Blessed, blessed, blessed are they whose affections, and whose souls arise to the Deity are centered in Christ the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost the God of our salvation ! Allow me to show the value of the soul, III. BY ITS DESIRES. There is one thing with regard to the desires of the soul which is a paradox ; they are bound up within a mind which is limited, while its desires are unlimited. The soul, under the direction of corruption, centres its desires on objects which can never satisfy the heart. It is the great object of the Saviour to draw away the soul to that which can make it great, noble and holy, blessed and happy. No individual, from the days of Adam to the present time, as recorded on the pages of history, with all the pleasures, wealth, and honours of this world, ever was, or ever could be satisfied in his mind. How amazing is the delusion of man, who, while he knows by experience, that no earthly thing can satisfy his desires, yet he follows his vain projects with as great an earnestness as if they were the only sources of felicity ! It is a delusion a spell which can never be broken but by the power of grace. It is when the Holy Spirit does the work that the desires of the soul arise to God, to Christ, and to paradise. Now, in proof of this, hear what the Psalmist says ou this subject " Oh ! Lord, thou art my God. Early will I seek Thee Thee my soul thirsteth for Thee, and my flesh longeth for Thee as in a dry and thirsty land where no water is !" He had collected 800,000,000 worth of bullion towards the erection and furnishing of a temple ; and yet he says what he knew to be true of this world, of its gold, of all that it produces it was but "a dry and thirsty land in which no water is." He says " My soul thirsteth to see thy power and thy glory as I have seen it in the sanctuary ; because thy loving-kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee !" " My soul shall be satisfied" satisfied is the word " My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness, and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips, when I remember thee upon my bed, and when I meditate upon thee in the night, watches !" Then there is another passage it is the last verse of Psalm xvi., " In thy presence" and nowhere else "is fulness of joy" a sufficiency to fill all the desires of the immortal mind " and at thy right hand are pleasures for evermore." Again, Psalm Ixxiii., " Whom have I in heaven but thee ; and there is none upon earth I desire besides thee." Thus you see the value of the soul from its immortality ! It shall never, never die I could employ an expression yet stronger than this it can never die. God can only take away its life, by taking away its existence, and that he will never do. He has made it to live for ever, and live for ever it will ; and when our most stupendous monuments of strength have passed away when England's castles, palaces, fortresses, mountains, and hills are no more for ever the soul which is regulated by grace divine shall flourish 6 THE VALUE OP THE HUMAN SOUL, in immortal bloom ! My friends, to a well constituted mind there is no contemplation so delightful as this an immortal mind living in the eternal enjoyment of that God and Saviour who made it infinite time and infinite delight ! Oh ! it is most important to think of those thousands of little children of whom I am about to speak. Let us remember the value of their souls arising from its nature, faculties, desires, and immortality. The value of the soul appears, IV. FROM ITS REDEMPTION. I cannot enlarge here, and shall confine myself to a few words of illustra- tion. Who was the Redeemer of the soul ? The God who made it. And what did he become and do to redeem it ? He became a man, and died iu our room and stead ! Allow me to read a verse or two from Watts on this subject. Seeing the value of Christ, and drawing the conclusion from pre- mises of such value : ' Infinite pity touch'd the heart Of the eternal Son, Descending from the heavenly court He left his Father's throne. Aside the Prince of Glory threw His most divine array, And wrapp'd his Godhead in a veil Of our inferior clay. His living 1 power, and dying love Redeem'd unhappy men, And rais'd the ruins of our race To life and God again." " How condescending and how kind, Was God's eternal Son! Our misery reach'd his heavenly mind, And pity brought him down. When justice by our sins provok'd Drew forth its dreadful sword, He gave his soul up to the stroke Without a murmuring word. He sunk beneath pur heavy woes To raise us to his throne ; There's ne'er a gift his hand bestows But cost his heart a groan. This was compassion like a God, That when the Saviour knew, The price of pardon was his blood, His pity ne'er withdrew." Thus, my friends, I have endeavoured to address you this morning on this weighty subject which has formerly occupied your attention in this place, and will again, I trust, in times to come. I have spoken of the soul's nature, of its powers, its faculties, its desires, its immortality, and its redemption. As it is said, (Psalm xlix. 8.) "the redemption of the soul is precious." I shall now proceed to say a few things in connection with these schools. That great portion of our country in which these schools are situated, is in the Western parts of Scotland, commonly called the Highlands. This dis- trict of our country (such of us as belong to Scotland) is about two hundred miles in length, i.e., as far as from London to York, and a little further than from London to Paris ; and the breadth of this interesting region is from fifty to one hundred miles. This will give you some idea of the geographical extent. In addition to this, which is called the Main-land, there is a remark- able number of Islands ; and immediately to the West of our country they are called the Hebrides. They are very contiguous to the mainland ; one of them, the Isle of Skye, is distant only about a quarter of a mile, about the width of the Thames. I have passed through it, and if you examine the map of the country, you cannot fail to be astonished at the number of the Islands and the loveliness of their situation. Some now present have visited a con- siderable number of tfese Islands, sailed past and around them ; and they are, without exception, the loveliest specimens of what is called "insular beauty." They are remarkable for their varied appearance. Some have their surface covered with rocks, while others are rich and lovely. Some are beautifully encircled by the most stupendous cliffs. The farthest distant THE VALUE OF TUB HUMAN SOUL. 7 is St. Kilda, which has no school in connection with this society, as they are otherwise provided for. This is more than one hundred and fifty miles from the Main-land, and contains eighty-three families, eight of which have lately left this Island for Australia. The influence of a visit to the Highlands on a pious mind is most remarkable, calling forth the most delightful emotions. For a religious man to visit the mountainous districts of Scotland is a divine study, and no true believer can pass through these regions without finding the very devotion of his heart becoming more ardent. You are aware, my friends, that the inhabitants of that country are Celts, they are some- times called Gauls, as it is probable they came originally from France. They are peculiarly divided into clans, by which we are to understand distinct tribes or communities; and these are distinguished by different names to which I need not refer. They originally took their names from their chiefs, to whom they were in military subjection. The head of each clan possessed a kind of kingly authority, and held the power of life and death in his hands, which was undisputed by the superior authorities of the country. So lately as the days of my grandfather, the feudal system existed in the Highlands, and I can remember some aged members of my father's church particularly one pious and excellent woman who was more than eighty years of age, nearly fifty years ago when I entered the ministry and she saw the funeral of Rob Roy's son, whose grave I myself have seen, and who was the last of this species of authorities. One of the greatest blessings arising out of the Union with England was the complete destruction and extirpation of feudal authority. I stated some time ago, that the number of the inhabitants of this region was some 400,000 or 500,000, but this has been considerably reduced by emi- gration. The Highlands of Scotland furnish some remarkable facts of history. Some of my young friends may not be aware that Ireland was once the most cultivated and best educated portion of Europe. I need not tell you how much it is changed, and how its glory has passed away ; there was a time when the Highlands and Islands of Scotland belonged to the same category. The great OSSIAN who has justly been called the " Homer of the Highlands," flourished in the third century. He was the son of FRIOM, which signifies " t/ie fair Gaul." He was the most remarkable poet that ever appeared oil the face of the earth. In his productions there is not an impure sentence. There is nothing said of Christianity, it is true ; but there is nothing said of the Pagan deities, and this looks favourable. The probability is, that the great Bard was disgusted with the Druidical worship ; and he has not debased his poems with one single allusion to the heathen gods. During his period education must have been considerably extended. We come now to St. Columba, who came over from Ireland. He was as eminent for his deep learning:, as for his transcendent piety. He came to the isle of lona a name which signifies a dove, which is also the Latin meaning of Columba. That little island occupies a place in history of the most astonishing interest. St. Columba was the means of training up mis- sionaries of great learning and earnest piety, who went over England, Scot- land, Holland, and Germany, and were instrumental in diffusing gospel light to a remarkable extent over many nations. But alas, these lovely days passed away, and for a considerable period Popery prevailed there. This was sue. ceeded by Presbytery, which is characteristic of the establishment of Scot- laud, and its principal religious bodies iu the present day. 8 THB VALUE Of THE HUMAN SOUL. The parishes, some of them, are exceedingly large, extending for twenty or thirty miles. You can conceive the difficulty of attending the parish churches and schools, when situated at such a distance, when they have to go over lofty mountains, and across tempestuous lakes. So that, though there is a church and school to every parish, these are insufficient in the lowlands for the education of the juvenile population, much less in the Highlands : there- fore, pious Christians, commiserating their state, formed a Society for the purpose of opening schools in those Highlands, and of appointing scripture readers, to go from place to place. They got a charter in 1709, and the Society has existed ever since, and has been instrumental in the education of thousands and of tens of thousands. These children are educated by pious men, many of whom were ordained for the church, but have not found suit- able spheres as parish ministers. There are 11,749 children under this instruction. The constitution of this Society is truly liberal, as all the educational organizations of Scotland are. You may boast of your English liberty, if you please, and we rejoice in it ; but I assure you, that the spiritual liberty of the Scotch far surpasses that which is enjoyed in this country ; and what is more, there is greater spiritual harmony. The children of all denomina- tions go to these schools. The statistics are these. There are children be- longing to the Established Church 7,711 ; Roman Catholics 400 ; Free Kirk and Dissenters 3638 ; total 11,749. In addition to these there are employed by the Society Catechists and Missionaries who perambulate the country from place to place, where the benefits of education are not enjoyed. My friend, Mr. Charles Mackie, the London Secretary, who has lately resumed that office, informed me that he visited several of the schools incognito, with a view to ascertain by per- personal observation, how far the objects of the charity in relation to education are carried out ; and he assures me he that was much delighted with his visits. The schoolmasters he found to be most intelligent, and the schools supplied by such efficient teachers, at such pitiful salaries, few of them more than 20 a-year, for which you could not get a London porter. Some years ago, during the famine, the London Board set apart 200 to be divided amongst them in addition to their little regular incomes ; and their salaries have lately been raised a few pounds ; but still these excellent men are poorly provided for. Many of them are unbeneficed clergymen, trained for the church. I am one of the Directors of the Society, and there is an excellent friend, now present, which has been so for many years. I am happy to call on all our friends to assist this valuable institution. Remember that every 4$. lid. given this day will pay for the education of one child for twelve months ; and above all for a good religious education. I hope therefore our friends will assist us. May God the Spirit bless what has now been delivered, for Jesus' sake ! 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