which he may be restrained by prohibition during his incumbency; and for which he or his executors are liable to be prosecuted, after he ceases to be incumbent."

DENMAN C. J. This is an entirely new application. To render the executors of an incumbent liable to an action for dilapidations, there ought to be something of demolition. There is no ground for saying that executors are liable to such an action for mismanagement of the glebe land.

LITTLEDALE J. concurred.

PARKE J. An action lies by a landlord against a tenant for the mismanagement of his farm, on the implied contract between landlord and tenant that the latter shall cultivate the land in a husbandlike manner. Here no

such contract can be implied between the parson and his successor; and there is no authority for saying that such an action is maintainable.

PATTESON J. The action against the executor of a parson for dilapidation is an anomalous action, and appears like an exception to the general rule, that actio personalis moritur cum personâ. The authorities show that such an action is maintainable, where the buildings, hedges, and fences belonging to the benefice are left in a state of decay, or where there has been a felling of timber otherwise than for repairs or fuel. I am not disposed to extend the action to a case like the present.

Rule refused.

We have just received an Appeal for the Protestant Episcopalians in Newfoundland, which we hasten to lay before our readers.

The town of St. John's contains above thirteen thousand souls; about 8000 are Roman Catholics, and the remaining 5000 are principally attached to the Protestant Church; and it is for the poor emigrant Protestant settlers in Newfoundland that this ap peal is made to the British public for the erection of a new Protestant Episcopal Church in the capital of the Island. The present church in St. John's does not accommodate more than 800 persons. There are two dissenting meeting-houses-one a Wesleyan, the other a Scotch place of worship. These chapels contain about 500 in each-thus leaving about 3000 Protestants without any accommodation in a place of worship; whilst a second Popish chapel is soon to be erected in our capital-and this in a colony where the state of society equals, if it do not exceed, in ignorance, superstition, and insubordination, the worst parts of Ireland. This want of church room exists in a town

where intermarriages between Roman Catholics and Protestants are lamentably frequent-in a town where a resident Roman Catholic Bishop and three or four priests are not only most zealous and indefatigable in their spiritual duties, and endeavour to make converts, but where they also use every means in their power to encourage the natural superstition of the people; and by forbidding the children of Roman Catholic parents atter ding Protestant schools, they effectually keep them in that state of ignorance which best suits their false and idolatrous doctrines.

A nunnery has been established, where a variety of fancy work is taught, to induce the Protestant children to attend the school attached to the Establishment; and no scheme of allurement or intimidation is omitted to ensnare the poor and ignorant into the trap laid for them. A number of Roman Catholic females, called "Confraternity Women," are constantly employed about the town amongst the sick and dying, to impress upon the minds of the weak the advantages arising to all who die in the profession of the Romish faith.

Appeal to the English, relative to the suffering Protestants of the High Alps.

IN submitting the following letter to the attention of the English Protestants of Geneva and its vicinity, a few words of explanation may be necessary. The department of France known by the name of "Les Hautes Alpes" contains a race of people who have never from the earliest times been tainted by the errors of the Roman Catholic Church. Their locality, their sufferings and persecutions, during many ages, have (though in reality distinctly separate) so identified them with their neighbouring brethren, the Waldenses of Piedmont, as to have brought them but little into individual notice, and they have only lately attracted the attention of the public from the striking and meritorious conduct of their late pastor, Felix Neff. Since his death in 1829, his charge, which extended over a district of above sixty miles, has been divided by the French government into three parts, under the superintendence of three separate pastors. For the situation of the most populous of these divisions it is now desired to excite the sympathy of the English at Geneva and its neighbourhood. To those acquainted with the character of Mons. Clavel, his statement respecting the parishes will be amply conclusive; but it may not be irrelevant to add that in the course of last year I traversed the whole district, that I am personally acquainted with Mons. Clavel,—that every word in his affecting letter is strictly true,and that if it has a fault, it is in not placing the distressing circumstances of the Protestants of the valley of Champsaur in a still stronger light. A small sum has been already collected, and an addition of above 4000 francs is still required. In most earnestly entreating the English public to contribute "not grudgingly or of necessily" towards this deficiency, I am permitted to state that it has the concurrence and valuable assistance of the Rev. Richard Burgess, and may I be forgiven if I conclude by reminding of the promise,-"Whosoever shall give a cup of cold water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ,

VOL. XVIII. NO. II.

LETTER OF THE PASTOR CLAVEL, PROTESTANT MINISTER OF THE VALLEY OF CHAMPSAUR, &c. &c.

To the Friends of the Gospel, and principally to those who dwell at Geneva. Report of the Condition of the Protestents of the Valley of Champsaur, (in' The High Alps.)

Forest, July 14, 1835. GENTLEMEN, AND MOST HONOURED BRETHREN IN JESUS CHRIST.The compassion of the Redeemer for our souls encourages me to lay before you the urgent wants of your brethren of the Alps,-for there is no qne who has received as a free gift eternal life who is not anxious to please God by labouring to extend his kingdom. You would not wish me to conceal from you the distresses of your brethren; you would not wish me to deprive you of the happiness of reliev ing them. One half of my flock dwell in the Valley of Champsaur, which was the birth-place of Farel, and lately heard the words of the gospel from the lips of the sainted Neff, my father in the faith. Formerly the Protes tants in this place were numerous and plentifully nourished with the word of life; the messengers of the Lord there Occupied several pulpits, whilst now I alone am left to declare salvation to these beloved remains of many once flourishing churches.

These brands snatched from the fire of persecution, scattered over the communes of Forest, St. Julien, the plain of Orciere, Chabotte, Chaillot, St: Bonnet, La Motte, La Fare, and Gap, come to St. Laurent to hear the words of eternal life. The children of these beloved brethren, in number about 140, dragging out a miserable existence in utter ignorance, almost entirely under the control of Papists, at each return of winter are crowded into an unwholesome and infectious outbuild ing, forming a semicircle against a damp wall, and are only able to collect upon a dirty book a few rays of light, obtained with difficulty through a little hole, in lieu of a window, furs nished with oiled paper, and very often

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this new species of glazing is replaced by straw and rags; and even these panes are carried away by the fowls or wind.

Those who learn to write, placing themselves by turns opposite an old door supported by four pegs fixed in a dunghill, find it impossible to move without disturbing all the writers. Upon leaving this vapour bath our dear children are exposed to an intense cold, which very often proves fatal. It is in these hovels that an ignorant pretender of the village undertakes to teach what he does not understand; to form the minds of these young pupils by the reading of "La Belle Hélène,"" du Petit Poncet," or“ de la Barbe Bleue," and enliven their hours of recreation by the recital of tales of ghosts and witches; no one to speak to them of their souls, and conduct them to the foot of Him who says, "Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not."

Surely such a state of things cannot fail to wound the heart of the philanthropist and Christian! My ardent desire is to establish a good christian school in St. Laurent, with the view of drawing thither the greatest possible number of children for the improvement and cultivation of the mind and heart, and to prepare them to fulfil their duties as citizens and immortal beings. The wife of the master will teach the young girls the works adapted to their sex, so that, with the expense of one school, I shall have the benefit of two: but above all, the stable must be abandoned.

A school-house will cost about 4500 francs, and I have only nineteen hundred; namely, 800 from the commune, 100 from a generous Englishman, and 1000 from the government. Next to the house itself, a good master is most indispensable, that we may be able to attract the children from the neighbouring communes. But a good married master will not come here for less than 800 francs a year, whereas I have only 400 to offer him. Last year I made the attempt; I induced a good master to come, who succeeded in collecting fifty-two pupils, but I am quite assured that, although unmarried, it is impossible for him to live

here with 400 francs. If he remains a second year, it will either be from gratitude, or devotion to the cause; and if our prospects do not brighten, I shall have the grief of seeing all our dear children returned to their respective villages, and under the guidance of ignorant Papists.

But neither does this embrace all the troubles of our brethren of the Alps. During the three years and a half that I have had the happiness to be their pastor, I have inhabited a place which is neither barn nor stable, although it partakes of both the one and the other; inasmuch as, from the impossibility of preparing my food therein, I have been obliged to borrow the table of a neighbour, where I am seated beside servants and labourers. The happiness of being in the midst of my flock amply compensated me for these inconveniences. This habitation, however, is no longer at my disposal-I am compelled to desert my flock, to reside in a neighbouring commune, where I live in a public house; therefore this place will be without a pastor, or nearly so, since there is not a hut in St. Laurent to shelter me.

But a moderate parsonage house would cost about 5000 francs. The government has promised to do something, provided the commune and department raise the principal sum. The department has at present done nothing; the commune, being princicipally Catholics, will not do any thing. When the Protestants saw that their pastor was obliged to remove himself to a distance from them, to the great satisfaction of the Papists, to whom he has become a laughing-stock, they opened a subscription, which amounts already to 1200 francs, although their means have been exhausted by the erection of a place of worship, and the enormous repairs of the Catholic church. Thus in their distress they look to their more fortunate brethren, in the hope that they will assist in relieving them from a situation so painful and humiliating.

Accept, &c. &c.

(Signed) G. J. CLAVEL, Pastor of the Reformed Church of St. Laurent du Cros, Gap.

S.P.G.-Bath District Committee. THE Annual Meeting of the Incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts was held on Tuesday, January 19, at the Assembly Rooms, Divine service having been previously performed at Christ Church, where an eloquent discourse was delivered before the Lord Bishop of the Diocese, the principal resident Clergy, and other friends of the Institution, by the Rev. J. H. Pinder, M.A. late principal of Codrington College, in the Isle of Barbados, from John viii. 12: "I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life."

At the meeting which took place at the Rooms, and which was very numerously and respectably attended, the Lord Bishop of the Diocese presided, and, after the usual prayers, commenced the proceedings of the day by expressing the sincere pleasure he felt on every occasion of meeting his friends of this city, and particularly on one so gratifying as the present, which was for the purpose of conveying to the poor in foreign countries the knowledge of those truths which lead to salvation.

The Annual Report was then read, and some powerful and instructive appeals were respectively made by Sir W. Cockburn, the venerable Archdeacon Broughton, the Rev. Messrs. Algar, Seymour, Mount, and Willis, and by Captain Muttlebury. The collection at the church and at the rooms amounted to 78l. 15s. 10d.

S.P. C. K. & S.P.G.-Peterborough Diocesan and District Committee.

AT a Quarterly Meeting holden at the Palace, on Tuesday, the 5th day of January, 1836, the Very Rev. Dr. Turton, Dean of Peterborough, in the chair:

The Treasurer's and Secretary's accounts were laid before the Committee; from which it appeared that the receipts ending with the 5th of January, 1836, amounted to 206/. 13s.,

which, with the balance of 637. 13s. 7d. in the Treasurer's hands on the 6th of January 1835, make a sum total of 270l. 6s. 7d.

It appeared also from the Treasurer's and Secretary's accounts, that the disbursements for the year ending with the 5th January 1836, amounted to 230l. 13s. 2d., leaving a balance of 391. 13s. 5d. in the hands of the Treasurer.

From the Secretary's Report it appeared that during the same year, 353 Bibles, 188 Testaments, 680 Prayer Books, 593 other bound books, and 4971 unbound books and tracts on the Society's list, were distributed by this Committee.

JOHN JAMES, Secretary.

S.P.C.K.-Huntingdon District Committee.

Ar the General Annual Meeting of the Huntingdon District Committee of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, on Wednesday, Jan. 13, it appears by the statement furnished by the Librarian, that 640 Bibles, 404 Testaments, and 946 Prayer Books, had been issued to subscribers during the year; whilst of other books and tracts 4859 had been distributed, making a total of 6849.

The Fourth Annual Report of the Society for Promoting the due Observance of the Lord's Day.

THE exertions of this Society since its establishment in 1831 appear to have been very successful. The Report abounds with many pleasing facts of the good effected, particularly in the cessation of labour on the Mersey and Irwell Canal during the Sabbath. Many other anecdotes are related sufficient to show the utility of the Society, and to induce those who are alive to the sacred importance of keeping the Sabbath day holy to become subscribers, and thus aid by their pocket the benevolent exertions of the Committee.