In a recent Letter, Mr. Jowett requests to be furnished, as early as possible, with founts of Ethiopic and Amharic Types: he also states that Mr. Schlienz was about to prepare an Amharic Spelling Book, with Reading Lessons from the New Testament.

It will be heard with pleasure, that the British and Foreign Bible Society is now printing the Acts of the Apostles, and the Epistles, in Amharic and Ethiopic.

Turkey and Greece.

The Rev. John Hartley's visit to Malta at the beginning of last year, and his return to Constantinople, were noticed in the last Report. Early in June, he removed to the Island of Prinkipo, in the Sea of Marmora, for the purpose of intercourse with Mr. Brewer, one of the American Missionaries; and, in July, he accompanied Mr. Brewer to Smyrna. Dr. Korck, whose arrival at Malta has been noticed, left that place on the 11th of August for Smyrna, where he joined Mr. Hartley on the 26th. During his residence at Smyrna, he was engaged in the study of Turkish, and the circulation of the Scriptures and Tracts. His health had for some time been declining; but appears, from the last accounts, somewhat better.

Mr. Hartley's chief reason for removing to Smyrna was, that he might take the place of the Rev. Mr. Arundel, the Chaplain to the British Factory, in order to enable that Gentleman to visit England; but circumstances occurring to prevent his visit, Mr. Hartley engaged in a Modern-Greek Service every Sunday, in the Chapel of the Dutch Consulate.

The last Report noticed the painfully affecting condition of the Jews who had confessed Christ at Constantinople. Full particulars have been given in the Missionary Register (pp. 205, 210, and 328, 329,) by which it will be seen, that, while one of them has returned to Judaism, the others have been enabled, by Divine Grace, to remain firm in avowing themselves disciples of Jesus of Nazareth, and have witnessed a good confession. There seems but little hope of the termination of their sufferings: on this subject Mr. Hartley writes

The two Converts, John B. Castro and John Cohen, are still faithful. They have suffered six months' imprisonment for the sake of Christ; but we have great reason to fear that they will either be delivered into the hands of the Jews, or have their imprisonment perpetuated.

In a subsequent Letter he remarks—

I have not the shadow of hope that they will ever emerge from the walls of their prison. The diabolical hatred of the Jews against Jesus of Nazareth, the deadly hostility which the Turks at present cherish against the English, and doubtless the malice of that Evil Spirit who is the original source of all sin-these are all combined to effect the ruin of our suffering friends.

He afterwards adds

Men, who enjoy all the rights, the privileges, and the comforts of England, can form no conception of the weight of misery which crushes the human race in these unhappy countries. My heart is sick with the habitual instances of flagrant injustice which pass within my observation. Do not imagine that the sufferings of the two Converts are a solitary example. It appears, from Mr. Hartley's communications, that many other Jews have secretly embraced the Christian Faith.

The state of things at Constantinople is thus noticed by Mr. Hartley, in a Letter written in the month of June

The Roman Catholics are exceedingly violent. A young Roman Catholic from Poland visits me continually, and is embracing the truth in a very zealous manner. Ever since I came, I have been engaged, as much as I could attend to, in conversation, reading, and prayer, with Greeks and Catholics, Jews and Armenians: thus has some seed been scattered; but we must earnestly entreat God to bring about a great change without this, there will be but little good done.

The sale of Books is but little: we distribute, however, a considerable number, not without hopes of benefit. Send me a moderate supply of Greek Books. We must, if possible, do something for Bucharest. I am informed that 30 Jews were baptized there, not long since, by the Greeks.

Besides the public exercise of his MINISTRY at Smyrna, Mr. Hartley has pursued his accustomed plan of private instruction. Of his proceedings he gives the following account, in September:

I have found opportunities of visiting families from house to house, to a considerable extent; and I have given regular instruction in religion to some of the younger individuals of the Dutch Congregation. Amongst the Greeks, I have had the

satisfaction to find, that many of those who had had their attention directed to the Scriptures by Mr. King and myself, during my former visit, have continued to study them: and, though I should hesitate to pronounce them converted Christians, it must be acknowledged that they have at least attained to some degree of light, and have been brought in some measure to feel the importance of the subject. I shall bring forward the conduct and character of a young Greek, as a proof that truth does not fail of producing some effect in Smyrna. I had been in the habit of reading the New Testament and of praying with this young man, during my former visit; and I was glad to find, on my return, that he had remained stedfast to what he had learned and heard. Having had his mind awakened to the pursuit of truth, he has read with great diligence the books with which I have furnished him; and, by the Divine Blessing, he has been saved by this means from infidelity on one hand, and superstition on the other. Not long ago, he came to inform me that he was going to take the Communion in the Greek Church. "What," said I, "can you reconcile it with your conscience to partake of that Sacrament, when you know that its celebration is coupled with the most gross idolatry, and when you are totally at variance with the. ideas which are entertained in the Oriental Church on that subject?" "I have spoken my mind freely to the Priest," he replied. "In compliance with our Lord's injunction to do this in remembrance of Him, I go to partake of the symbols of His body and blood. I told the Priest most positively that I did not believe it right to worship pictures, or to pray to saints; and therefore, after such a declaration, I conceive that I have nothing to do with any such performances. The Priest did by no means, in consequence, refuse to administer the elements to me, but made use of expressions which shewed that my conversation had produced considerable impression on him." It was with these views that he partook of the Sacrament; and I was far from feeling at liberty to condemn his conduct.

Towards the close of September, Mr. Hartley left Smyrna; and, accompanied by Mr. Brewer, made a tour among the Islands of the Archipelago and in the Peloponnesus. He visited Mycone, Tino, Delos, Syra twice, and Hydra; afterwards landed at Napoli di Romania, and thence proceeded by land to Argos and Corinth; crossed the Isthmus at Cenchrea; and at the date of the last accounts was at Egina, where he purposed passing the winter, and appeared to have a wide field of usefulness. He was joined by Dr. Korck early in January.

Mr. Hartley writes from Egina in November

Our travels have not been without benefit, and they hold out the prospect of still greater. We have established depôts for the sale of the Scriptures in almost every place of importance which we have visited; and we are glad to find that there is an encouraging demand for them. In the island of Mycone we left 35 copies of the New Testament: THEY WERE ALL SOLD THE VERY FIRST DAY. The Malta Publications we have also distributed to some extent, and I feel confident that I never before dispersed books with such good effect. Finding of what great importance it is at this moment to present the greatest possible check to the progress of infidelity, we have made great use of Bishop Porteus's Summary of Evidences, of Lord Lyttleton's Treatise on the Conversion of St. Paul, and of Leslie's Easy Method with the Deists. I find such books as these not only extremely suited to the present exigencies of Greece, but also much more readily and attentively read than works of a less argumentative character. A work of infinite value for Greece would be a good History of the Reformation.

In connection with this last subject, Mr. Hartley writes from Syra

We have made most interesting acquaintance with Theophilus, whom you will remember as Professor at Haivali; and with Eustratius, and many other well-informed Greeks. Almost all seem favourable to the work of Reformation, though deficient, at present, in those qualities which are requisite for carrying on such a work with vigour it is not improbable, however, that it may please God to prepare some of them for this so great an undertaking.

By a Letter addressed by Mr. Hartley to Mr. Brewer from Egina, it appears that there was a considerable demand for the Scriptures there: Mr. Hartley had sold all the copies which he had taken with him, and had written for two hundred more.

Egypt and Abyssinia.

In the last Report it was stated, that the German Brethren had all assembled at Caïro, and had adopted the following plan for their proceedings: the Rev. W. Krusé and the Rev. J. R. T. Lieder, with Mrs. Krusé, were to remain in Egypt; and the Rev. S. Gobat, Rev. C. Kugler, and Rev. T. Mueller, with Girgis the Abyssinian, had proceeded as far as Beyrout, on their visit to Syria and Palestine.

Mr. Lieder spent from the 19th of May to the 20th of June in a visit to the Province of Faioum, in the Desert to the west of the Nile.