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LZ1 1 H aie):; -g iinririiamrj .wit o.MTvaArj . . . . - ......., ... . ." D.ETOTED TO UELIGIOX,; SIO It A LI I T E U A T U R 13, A. PT D', O.E N II H A ii ' I;TE lili I GE k"' C E...I...T,' BlercdithEdUori''Ifc' Vol. kr. NO. 9. ;' I ' 'TERMS.- ------ v The Recorder & Watchman ispubllshed every Sat nrday, at $2 50 per annum, if paid within six months, C or S3 il paid subsequently to that period. Any person who wilt become responsible for six ' copies, orj who will forward the names of sixsabscri 'bers, shallbe entitled to a seventh cov gratis. No subscription will be received for less than one "YEARunless paid in advance; and no discontinuance will be allowed until arrearages are paid. . ' Persons wishing to discontinue'wilt be expected to VgiTe notice to that effect prior to the commencement of . a new yeaf ; otherwise they will be considered as re--sponsible fpr the ensuing twelve months. , - , : ; 1 - All communications except those oL agents who ac- gratuitously, to secure attention, must be post paid. All remittances regularly made to our. address by . mail, shall be at our risk. ,-s: ' - V ; Advertise raents not incompatible with the objects of the Recoi di r. wilt be.nserted on the usual terms From the.Christian Watchman; ' ( REV. JONATHAN MAXCY. D. EC t SECOND PRESIDENT OF RHODE ISLAND COL- mis oisunguisnea scnoiar ana aivine, 'vno was successively president of three colleges, was born at Attleborougb, Mass, near Providence, Rhode Island, September, 2, 1768.1 He appears to have been early destined to a literary life, and graduated at Rhode Island College, in 1787, at the age of nineteen. Four years afterwards, he was ordained pastor of the fitst Baptist church in Providence, and about the same time was ap pointed professor fof divinity in the college, On the sixth of September, 1792, he was made pres ident of the institution, as the successor of Dr. Manning.! On being invested with this office, he wisely surrendered his pastoral care. .In 1801, he was called to the presidency of Union College, Schenectady, Ney York.to succeed the young er President Edwards. . Hi3 talents and popu- larity had now se him on conspicuous ground; and in 1804, he was elected president of South Carolina College!,' at Columbia in that -State. 'He retained this office fifteen years, till his death on the fourth of June. 1820.- He expired in the .fifty-second year of his age, and had been a col lege officer for thirty years. His wife was a daughter of Commodore Hopkins of Rhode Is land. : I i y - .;. ; 1 , Dr. Maxcy was an accomplished, successful instructor, '.and a preacher of just celebrity. To consummate skill in the severe science of meta physics he added an extensive and ; intimate ac quaintance with polite literature. 'Asa teacher, he was remarkable for the strength and accura- cy of his analytical powers, and with this happy facu!tyhecombined"a singular ability tojm part his views in, the most clear 'and impressive manner; so that nil students declared themselves better able to judge of the character of a book from his description, than from a perusal of the work with ordinary care. A master of criticism, and admirerVf the fine arts, he evinced, by his observation on these subjects, the gift of a ready perception united jwith an elegant and highly cultirated taste. j: H ' . Of his talents as a preacher we cannot convey a better idea than by transcribing) an extract from a biographical notice of him, which ap peared in ja , Charleston paper soon after his death. 1 he testimony seems to be from an eye witness, wblo was evidently inspired, with admi: ration of. his subject, but it has . received abun dant confirmation from the authority of others. "He wasla remarkably powerful and fascinat ing preacher. Fw men have lever equalled him in the impressive solemnity 'and awful fer- vor of his manner. There was notrjing turgid, or affected,! or fanatical. His Idelivery was - founded upon the purest principles' of eloquence, and, like his1 mind, irasat once sublime and sira .ple. His, voice was unquestionably the most clear and articulate I have ever heard. No syl lable of his discoursi was even losti Every por tion ot a word was attered with a clearness and precision, as if, upon the distinctness of.its an nunciation, the efficacy of the whole depended. But though his general manner was rather mild ithan vehement, and father solemn tfian impetu ous, yet he: sometimes exhibited an eloquence animated and impassioned in the last degree, 'and which carried with it, as with the force and -rapidity of a torrent the hearts and feelings of his audience. I shall never forger the sudden bu rst of feel in g with w hie h. h e del i ve red an Apos-- trophe to the Grave, at a funeral discourse upon the death of a student, and which by a spontane ous and electris impulse clotheil the whole as sembly in tears." j-! ' II : ' We regret our inability to, present the reli gious character of Dr. Maxcy. F'rpm the tenor -of his life, however, as exhibited bj such scanty memorials as have survired the oiliterating eff ects of time, it may be inferred tha his devotion was exemplary, it'is most singlar, that after the lapse of a few years so little shdjuld be known respecting an individual so highlydistinguished in his day. He published no wor of considera ble length., I Four discourses appear to' com prise his publications. These wege a discourse on the death of President Mannig, in 1791 : one on the atonement, in 1796;taddres3 to a class, 1797, and a funeral sermon fcefore the le gislature, in 1818. ; li "It ' T.. MINISTERIAL EDUCATION. ' BY REV- J. GOING. i The churches should make prof ision for the proper education of suitable young men . who ffive etidence that God designs them for the min istry. Let os be fully understood on this point. No particular measure of education should be taade a standard of qualification : this ranst de pend on circumstances of age, mental construc tion, means, the condition of the cha rches, fee Still, a good share of mental discipline, a knowl dge of the doctrines arid duties of religion, (de rired, if practicable, from the original scriptures,) with ability to interpret the Bible, and impressive ly urge divine troth upon the minds of men.tnust be deemed important ; and beyond this.the high er the attainments literaryscientific and theolog icalj the better. It is quite immaterial where this pecessary preparation, is obtained : whether by a man's own elTortsr under a private teacher, or at a public Seminary, so that it be obtained. For want of a competent degree of education,' some ministers are, perhaps, injurious to the, cause, more are almost useless,' and very' many are far less useful than they would otherwise be. Othis fact, none is more' sensible than them selves, and none: more deeply, regret it ; and; where opportunity was denied, they are objects of comiruserauon ratner man censure, oucn should be encouraged, and every one should do all the good; in his power. ! Far be it from us to lightly esteem them; it has pleased God that men accoun ted illiterate should be the chief pioneers in the denomination", and doubtless a similar instru mentality will continue to be in future employ' ed. r vv:?;-i.-i ci,-i -nh-ii rr.' v Y-i - ..3 Npw it pleases God to call; many to preach who are indigent for the very purpose ofallow ing Christians the privilege, of-contributing to aid them in their education. Hitherto, indeed, the larger part of Christ's disciples are called by grace, Iromlhe middle and lower ' ranks of life : and it -is according to analogy that ministers should principally be selected from the same classes. But it is : not improbable that, as the love of .Inches i hicuders many from becoming Christians, it may also hinder some from preach ing whose duty, it is to preach. -However this may be, it is certain that the larger part of the young men who feel it their duty to preach.and, of course, to obtain 'a proper education for the purpolse. are unable to meet:all the expenses of such education. Such need assistance: they can expect the neeessary assistance, only. from their Christian brethren, and it is plainly . the duty of the churches to afford it. Under the circumstan ces of the case, provision for the education of ministers, like the translation and distribution of the Scriptures, is in facta part of the appropriate work of preaching the gospel to every creature. The gift of .preaching and the talents for the work belong-to the church, and are designed for its benefit as the chief instrumentality.for accom plishing its great work in the evangelizition of the word. As it is the duty of the people oi God to pray for the. bestowrnent of these talents, so it is their duty to cultivate and foster them, aswell as to afterward employ and eupporl those who possess them. . : ' As the ways of God are equal, there Is' reason to believe that he ordinarily furnishes a sufficient number of men with the necessary-natural and gracious endowments, for the needful supply of the churches. There is : doubtlcsi at this tirae some hundreds of young brethren in the Western churches, who are impressed with the duty of preaching Christ to their fellow men ; but many of them are deterredfrom the work by ai-convic-tion of their want of preparation for it,and a want of the means necessary to secure that prepara tion ; another portion are entering on the work under discouragements; which will retard their usefulness through life, unless the hand of frater nai kindness shall be soon stretched out to aid them ; while by far the smaller part are at d;fTer ent schools and in different stages of study. If we suppose that there are one thousand young men in this deeply interesting state, it would be a large calculation to suppose that one hundred of them are now in a course of study. Now if the sentiments here ad vanced are sound, this fact shows the wide delinquency of the cluirches to wards their sons who are: designed for office bearers j and it farther shows the vast importance of their :immediately awakening to the consider ation ofthe subject, and of their promptly and .vigorously entering on a judicious and liberal system of actionwhich shall, wilh the blessing of God, increase the number and improve the qualification of ministers. 1 ; To dd this effectually, the few public Literary and Theological Institutions. now existing.shoold be far better endowed, and several more should h be established, and all of them should be liberal ly supported. All those, young men who have recently! commenced preaching, or are impres sed with the duty of devoting themselves to'the ministry should feel the desirableness, the great importance and the solemn duty, of securing a jrood education, as a means of greatly increasing the amount of their usefulness in the wdrld.- ;If they possess the pecuniary means, they should, of course, defray the expense of their education. ;But as very many of them do not possess the means, societies' for promoting ministerial edu cation, when they exist, should be rendered more vigorous and efficient, .and they should be im mediately organized where they -are needed, so that the necessary aid may be afforded to these brethren in season, and before" their age or en gagements shall prevent their enjoying the means of education, that the cause may enjoy the bene fit of their increased preparation for usefulness. We hesitate not to say that, in view of the exist ing condition of the denomination, our churches ought to consider these efforts for aiding the education of young ministers, the ; jrita.t duty obligatory on them at the present time. Such are some of the measures which ought fr h-taken bv the churches to procure more preaching: and especially the stated supply of K - 1 lt..L;' . fTt the pulpitevery oaooatn. ineseremarHs ua.r, perhaps, been unreasonably protracted ; but we are deeply impressed; with the importance of the subject, and speak from the abundance of our hearts. If it were our dying testimony, we should wish to leave these statements with .the churches, and beseech them for the love oi Christ, of his bleeding cause, and of perishing sinners to receive them candidly, to ponder them deeply, and to treat them as their consciences shall dictate. t : - - . , - RALEIGH, SATURDAY, MAUCI12, 183 v) ; vs J:;:.From the Presbyterian; ; ' 1; THE FIRST STEP. ' -1 11 "Take care," said a father to his son,' "of the first step in sin." . Good as the advice was, it was forgotten or neglected. The son, confident in his own strength of mind, felt indignant at the implication that he could be guilty of dishon ourable act Years passed on, the venerable fa ther had long been reposing in the grave," and the son at the age' of fifty, reduced ' by disease to the last verge of life, made the following dying confession. "Life dravs to: a close, my career has been miseroble and dealh finds me without hope. A misspent life is about t&be succeededby a terrible reckoning. An affectionate father ear nestly cautioned me in the days of my self-confident youth to guard against the first step in sin. Hi3 advice was thoughtlessly rejected and to this may all my subsequent miseries be traced. While under ray father's roof, and impressed by his ex ample,.! had thought that I could never be indu ced; to utter-a i-falsehood; but when engaged in business, I was tempted to secure purchasers by exaggerating the quality of roy goods, and this so weakened the moral sense, that4 could soon, without compunction, habitually deceive purcha sers by palming upon them inferior articles. -This prepared the way for direct falsehood, and at this, I learned never to hesitate, when I con ceived it to be for my worldly profit, i By con stant practice, I soon '.lost all reverence for the sacred character of truth, and at length, on more than one occasion I perjured myself for cain. withno other counteracting feeling than that of thelear of, detection. Between perjury and my first departure from strict truth there is; a wide difference, and. yet I can now see that the descent was gradual and easy, The first step led to the last. ?:-;-v"t!' ' ' ri:,: -Often have I heard my father express his ad miration of that language of the.New Testament, "let your communicationbe yea, yea ; nay, nay ; for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil." I so far; felt the propriety of the direction as to regard profane swearing as both unnecessary and. disreputable. Mixing however with men of the world. I soon imitated their example in con firming my word with strong asseverations.- These are regarded as innocent by many but they led to greater departures from'the proprie- lies oi speecn. n occasional oaiu seemea to give force-to a declaration, and God was appeal ed to on slight. occan'on-H. ror'the divine name, wore on, and in common conversation it was used in a profane jqd im pious manner. "'-Swearing became a habit, until at length my conversation was interlarded with oaths, and my anger was expressed in the most terrible imprecations. Thus, also, between the first step Jand the last there was a natural con nexion. ' " V-;' - Could I ever commit a wilful fraud T .The time was when I would have spurned the. insin uation. I felt strong in conscious integrity. The artifice of business, however, to which 1 before referred, not only involved a departure from truth, but led tot the abandonment of com mon honestyl " Prafsing goods beyond their val ue to tempt purchasers ' was followed by' more direct and positive frauds ; and from frauds of a minor kind I was finally led to cheat my credit ors out of a large amount by a pretended, but fraudulent insolvency. All the public odium consequent on such a manoeuvre was encounter ed without a blush, and for the sake of present gain I was willing to throw away all the reputa tion:! had. ; ... . .,..; . L I ' Often had I been cautioned against. the insi dious approaches of inleroperance.and my father's maxim was, t they only are positively safe who refrain from taking the first false step.' This caution I soon learned to. ridicule. , ll was well enoughvI thought, for those who had not the pow er of self control to avoid all contact with the exhilerating-cup, but as for myself,. I had too good -an opinion of my own resolution to doubt mypower of abstinence, whenever I pleased to exercise it. I felt no difficulty in enjoyinjg my self in this way in moderation, and even should I, for the sake of goodj:ompanionship, indulge in occasional excessJL could prevent it from degen erating into slavish habit. , Thus ! reasoned, and thus 'I blinded myself. I made the first step; for sointiine, I progressed, but still could per-, ceive no danger. . I began moderately and only increased the quantity as I felt my system, from a little practice, able to bear it, "For several years I was sensible of no very? serious evth resulting from the enjoyment, but at length I suffered the shame of a. public exposure in a stale of beastly intoxication.. For a moment I relen ted, and determined-to tax my resolution for-an entire reform. ' It shall be-o, I said, butit was not so; I feltchained likea galley slave; my ef forts to abstain, only convinced rme that I had placed myself under the power of a demon who could retain his prisoner ; I was in short an irre- claimable drunkard, and each succeeding day only sunk me deeperjnto the abyss of aegrada tion and ruinj from wjiich l might have been saved by guarding the first step. . 'i . Similar has been my career in other vices the lustful thought has entailed dissolute and licen tious habits; angei iff the heart has led to malice and revenge, and here at length lies the victim of these vices, worn out in bbdyr broken down in reputation, lost to self respect, shocked at the re collection ofthe past, affrighted in view of the future. Oh how different might it have been, had I been careful to guard against the Jirstitep in sin 1 J M I v FIFTY SEVEN YEARS AGO V r i TinJiPrt'Railr'! ofGloncesten Eosland, first col in a Sahhath School, the children of the poor people in hi3 native town. LittUe did that eminent Christian and philanthropist then ; i -0 I ginated, was destined to shed its blessine upon the four quarters ofthe Globe. But before his death which occurred thirty years afterwards he was permitted to see Sabbath Schools established in ma ny parts of the British Empire, and in Foreign lands; IW was this all. ; Before he was called to his reward in lory. ; he saw that some of the brightest star which decked the moral firmamont of God, were ihe sons and daughters of the church who received their first- salutary impression in the Sahhath School. But when the immortal founder of this institution died, the eye of faith had hardly pene trated into future ages, to see what conquests over the powers of Hell, Sabbath Schools would be the means of achieving, A very few years have pass ed since -the importance of (hi3 institution ; to ihe: welfare? of nations, and the prosperity and enlarge ment of the church has b?en correctly and fully un derstood. It is for us emphatically ;for us who now live that God hath reserved the blessedness of seeing what a revenue of glory mav accrue to him, by the unwearied and prayerful efforts of his friend, to -teach children and yoch the precious truths of the Bible. : v '-i;.- - .-. - .Parents iwish 4o see their, children respectable,1 when they shall come upon the theatre eflife to act for themselves. Bur how can they be respectable even iff a subordinate sense, unless they are' taught ihe infinite difference between virtue and vice? It cannot he expected or, uf it be expected, it is a vain expectation that an individual will grow up from childhood of8himself to be subject to the dic tates of virlue, and to hate the very appearance of vice. If thi may be, then we might expect to hear how virtuous, bow lovely, how amiable uncivilized nations are.- Rude barbarity, and jsavage cruelty would become mere, names, and we might as well look into the dark regions of paganism for examples of moral excellence as-to enlightened and christian ized America.--.-v .1::;. : ' ! ....;.. ' 1 ; Parents also wish to see their children happy. This is an instinctive feeling of parental nature.- But if parentes do really ;wish to see their children Ipppy. in all coming time,' and ; to have a pledge of their felicity beyond the grave, surely it would seem all the warm sympathies of their-hearts would be excited in favor of having them enjoy the best .pos sible advantages for biblical instruction such ad vantages as areeqjoyed in a Sabbath School. ; For no beiDg ever was, or ever could bd happy unless correct moral principles ; were well.' rooted in his heart. And an evangelical Sabbath School is the very nursery which Heaven most evidently-designed for this holy implanting.,- Here, hfrre is the place, where , the tender mind is 1 tutored I in the things which make for its - present and future bliss. : li is the holy religion of our blessed Lordj as taughtand enforced in the Sabbath School, which alone can open to the soul new and lasting ,joy. ' -Her fruil3 ,.-u. nuiu of xigbteousness, and her gems are the gems of immortality. I . r : o From the Family Newspaper. CHARACTER OF CROMWELL. I Claiming to govern mankind by-a pretended; amne ngnr, or a pretended exclusive possession of all the virtues and talents, the hereditary mon arch and' the aristocrat become habitually the enemies of their species'. ; -J ealous of the artifi cial or adventious adjantnges 1 which they posr sess, and the more so in proportion as they know and feel the injustice of their pretensions, they can not hear the least investigation of theircon duct, the least inquiry in the foundation of their exclusive right to govern, or the least movement on the part of the people, or of any-brave and pa triotic individuals, to throw off their yoke, and establish a mdrejjust and equaljorder of men and things.. , Hence they have, in all past times, ! en trenched themselves in power by' standing ar mies, composed of ignorant and brutal ruffians; or mercenary hirelings, or by codes or laws of treason, conceived in arrogance arid iniquity, and written in blood :; and hence, also, they have made ita part of their policy to persecute and hunt down every ibrave and noble-spirited man who has dared to pppose them, by every species of calumnies and detraction ; and-finally, when ever by arts orby larms.they ha ve had such men in thei r power, to qonsign them jto the gallows or the scaffold, as traitors to their country, when their only crime- was a just and rational opposition to arbitrary power, persecution, and oppression. In a, history, perhaps, there has not been aimore illustrious or ajmore persecuted victim of this raeanaiid malicious spirit of mbn-. archy and aristocracy than Oliver--GaoM well; not a victim, it is true, on the gallows or scaffold.; for they never, thanks be to a gracious JGod! had it in their power to take off his head, or to lead' the sage and the hero.with a ropeabout his neck, to a still more ignominious death. ' .In spite of all their malice, he closed his glorious career 'on a peaceful death-bed ; conscious; of ha yjng nobly performed his- duty, and calmly and cheerfully resigned to the will of Heaven having wrthin his breastthe immortal hope wjiich springs from the Christian's faith, and from that alone. It is, indeed, a grand illustration of the democratic spirit, that one great and; good man, possessing it in its genuine purity, was able to redeem the glory of his country, and set at defiance all the crowned heads of his dayi - f As to his ambitionjhe probabjy had a sufficient of it: but herefased the crownj whenit wasiir gedon him, with many plausible arguments, by' Parliament, and when, as Hume intimates; a large part of the nation vould; have acquiesced. His personal and domestic habits are acknowl edged, by all parties, to "have been pure and ami able. .His court was perhaps the most.moral and decorous that England has ever seen.! : j ! The Protector was a friend of toleration, and this single trait in his, character is sufficient" to entitle his memory to respect, jile was hot en tirely consistent, it is true, but no,public man at that day, except Roger Williams, was so. Crom well was surrounded .with difficulties ; and the "Instraments of Government," under vsihtch he held the Protectorship, excluded the Episcopali ans and Catholics from the enjoyment of that re ligious liberty which it granted to all others.- But the spirit ofthe Protector was more tolerant than the laws; and he often jconnived at the .meetings of the Episcopalians. A man, who at YHOLEiNO. 21 i; that time, and inrhisposVcould act, so far aSi he did.onthe principle of-aoequitable toleration of all religious opmionvcould not have been either a fanatic or a despot. , , , i.: . , , , '-RPS Williams wai a friend of CromWell. Vr has been supposedahdthe was allied to him by-" birth. He wascertainly.xlrawn to him byaccnV munion ofspi nt on the subject df reiigtous'libeT- ly. : . In his letters he repeatedly alludes tafarail- lar conversations with Cromwell. The frienii ship of Miltonand Roger Wiliiims may bo view ed as an honorable testimony k? the charactrcTr the protector, a It h diCcult to belie vethat these men ;wouid have -yielded their! confidence and esleem to a hypocrite, either iq , religion or ia politics. : Is it more easy to believe that such a man as Cromwell ; has ; been described, would have admitted men so sagacious! and upright' as Milton and Williams to a cUse; scrutiny .of his, actions, or that, by all the cunning , whrch-has been ascribed to him, -he could have deceived them? Jf f j.v,.; - V-Hli j; : These three men, in fact, resembled each other iVtheir character, in their dpiriions, and in the-treatment.which-they received.5 Each was mis understood; each has suffered obloquy ; and each is rectiving, from the calm and enlightened! judgment of, the present' age, ihe just sentence, .' which, sooner or later, will reward him who aims to advance the happiness of rnen,.and who perseveres, through evil and! good report, ia upholding the: persecuted causeipf truth and free- dom. - k " r" " "; ' -: -. ' The Protector's exertions toirelieveaniJpro tect the unhappy Waldenses, who were at that -trtne suffering a merciless persecution, claim for him the gratitude of every friend of religion and liberty.;; He appointed a day ofaatiooal humiir ation and prayej; throughout 'al "England anU Wales, and ordered that a collection should be made in all the houses of worship for the relief " of the sufferers. He himserfheaded a subscrip tion with the liberal donation ! pf two thousand pounds, and in a short time the Jarge sum of nearly forty thousand pounds.1 WasTaised and transmitted. .-Not contented with this measure, he sent letters to the Duke of Savoy; the inhu man persecutor, and to several of the princesof Europe for the purpose of procuring deliverance for the miserable remnants of the Valdeftses.- The potent voice of the formidable : Protector, -hich none of the monarchs of that day ventured to despise, uttered, as it was, by the powerful pen of Milton, the Latin Secretary, bad some efecJ, though less than he hoped, to sofien the rage df bigotry and persecution.; The following sonnet was written by Milton on this occasion: ON THE LAT MASSACRE Jtt PIEDMOXT. 0 cAvenge, 0 Lord, thy slaughtered saints, ivhow ' Z 1 Lie scattered bhthe'Alpine mountains, cold; s i E'en them, who kept thy truth! so pure of old - When all our fathers ftvorshipped - sticks .and ' stones, - : p;j;;;,U y- 7 Forget not : in thy book record err groans, ; ' , Who were thy sheep, and in tlieir ancient fold ,:: Slain Dy the bloody Piedmontete,that rolled Mother and infant down ih6 ro?lr J.ti,.:. , ' moans.i - ---i-...,i.4L,.u. ' -. Thevales redoubled tothe'hills, and they ' To heaven. Their, martyred bipod, and ashes sow"'"",V -"-- i:' ;V ' . ' , ' -'I O'er all the Italian fields, where still doth sway -f.-. ; ... ,; . l - ' The triple tyrant ; that from these may grow : - A h indred fold, who having learned thy way, Early may fly the Babylonian wei" Judging from the rapid progress of free prin ciples in .England, it would not be surprising if Cromwell should, ere long, be recognized as one of the great leaders in the struggle pf freedom. Mr. I vimey, in bis life of Milton," (p. 131) says of Cromwell; HFor whose statue I venture to be speak a niche among the illustrious dead in "Westminster Abbey ; not' doubtiDgV from recent events, but the time will come .when the gover nors of the nation will be so-sensible of the obli gations of Bn'tian to that illustrious ruler and his noble compatriots, as, maugre the meanipow er of ignorance and prejudice, will decree him a monumental inscription in the sepulchres of our kings!"-" : ' ?vrr -.. ; ; From the Baptist Magazine; : 4 EXTRACTS FROM A LETTER OF MR. S1M0N3, DATED v RANGOON,-.joke 20. 183S. Relations between Burmdh and British India -- The "heir apparent1 and others put to death, v ' ; The king of Burmah J has latterly, through his ministers, tacitly signified his royal pleasure that the same. friendly understanding, which existed in his brother's reign bet weenuhe two countries; should be continued. iAt the same time it is dif ficult to say what are the real intentions of , his Barman majesty.' ' The governor of Rangoon, who. has charge of the lower country from, Prorae, and is also empowered to settle any diffi culties that'may arise with the Enghsb,has more than once intimated to Mr. -Bayfield, the acting resident, that it would not he prudent to send & resident to the court just yet ; that thdktng might consider it an insult offered to hint, and,1 getting angry, serious difficulties might arise between the two governments. He therefore recom mends that the resident, who may be appointed by the go verno r-gene raI,-sho u Id remain at Han goon ; and he has no doubt that, in two or three years, when the palace is.finbhed,the king will receive him in a suitable manner at court. Should the governor-general in council be' as ready to meet the wishes of this officer, andj- of coursei of. his; royal master, as the acting iczent ap pears to be, we may consider the ; difilcolty be tween the two governments, respecting the treaty, as settled lor the present. ; - i -
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