storm, they visited three small churches; and if at length they might be able to find an asylum in the family of a brave neophyte. M. Chastan had already found a refuge, and M. Maubant had prepared to return, when a message came from bishop de Capse, which invited them to come and join him in prison, and to deliver themselves to their executioners. Our dear associates received this message with a holy joy, and thought they heard the voice of Jesus Christ himself, who called them, through his minister, to receive the crown of mar*yrdom. A price having been placed upon their heads, M. Maubant said, that what they wanted they would have, cost what it would. Bishop de Capse thought that, considering the circumstances, it was better to sacrifice the pastors to spare their flock from many and great vexations. Up to this time, i.e. to the 7th of September, M. Maubant had taken great care of all the prisoners.-Here ends the journal of bishop Imbert; and there remain only incomplete notes from which to compile the account of the persecution. The letters from Corea which I have received of the date of 1842 do not give the name of the different martyrs, and mention nothing in detail. They only announce that our dear associates were put to death on the 24th of the 8th moon or 21st September 1839. The holy prelate delivered himself up on the 11th of August and had to submit to the cruel and bloody bastinado. MM. Chastan and Maubant were taken prisoners the 7th of September. You see that their captivity was not long; would that at least one of these had remained to dry our tears and to restore the ruins of this desolate church! Their precious remains were cast into one common grave: and the king placed a guard around the tomb. Nevertheless, three months afterwards, the Christians were able to remove them secretly: but it was impossible to distinguish them they were there united for eternity. Illustrious Israelites! "they were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in death they were not divided." Already new apostles are ready to march upon the bloody traces of their predecessors. Bishop Ferreol the new apostolic vicar has not yet received the imposition of hands. Wandering hither and thither upon these desert plains without lodging and without refuge, we have not as yet been able to meet. However I hope to arrange, an interview with him to perform the consecratiou during the next winter. M. Maistre is also ready to enter Corea.

This letter, Messieurs, is already very long, and I hasten to conclude it. Ah! without doubt the love of Jesus Christ, which unites your hearts to us will render you sensible to our afflictions without

doubt the simple narrative which I have made will be to you and to all the associates of your holy work a subject of admiration and of prayer. In effect what beautiful examples! What generous faith in these forsaken neophytes, remaining so many years without pastors, as if lost to the other part of the world! What intrepidity! The timid virgins and feeble infants becoming heroes! More powerful than death, the church of Jesus Christ triumphs to the end of the world over hell and its rage. "And this is the victory that overcomes the world, your faith." The christian religion begins to grow old, say the infidels of Europe, and........ Thanks to our divine Savior, who, by his victorious grace, does not cease to preserve in her, and to renew each day, the vigour of its youth!

I have the honour, Messieurs, to be, with a respectful affection and the most distinguished regard, your very humble and obedient servant. Emmanuel J. F. Verroles, bishop of Colombie and

Apostolic vicar of Manchuria.

ART. IV. Notices of the Danish man-of-war the Galathea now on a cruise round the world.

PORTUGUESE ships, it is well known, were the first to lead the way to China. They arrived as early as 1516. Men-of-war and merchantmen came together. The Spanish, the French, the Dutch, the English, the Swedes and Danes followed in close succession. The Dutch trade commenced in 1601; the English about 1635; and that of the Swedes in 1732. The Danes seem to have come to Canton somewhat earlier; but the year in which their trade here began we cannot ascertain. Previously to 1745 the Danes had sent to China thirty-two ships, of which only twenty-two returned-so difficult and dangerous was the navigation of these eastern seas in those early times. In 1751 there were at Whampoa eighteen European ships; 9 English, the Essex, Centurion, St. George, Cæsar, True Briton, Triton, Hardwick, Elizabeth, and the Success Gally (a country ship); 4 Dutch, the Constancy (commodore's ship), Friburgh, Amsleveen, and Geldarmousen; 2 French, the Duke of Chartres and the Duke of Monteran; 2 Swedish, the Gothic Lion and the Prince Charles; and 1 Danish, the Queen of Denmark.

The Danish ships seem always to have come as merchantmen : the Galathea, so far as we know is the first man-of-war that ever came to China from Denmark. This vessel was originally a frigate, but was afterwards altered to a corvett and her number of guns reduced to twenty-six. The object of her present cruise is both scientific and diplomatic.

The Galathea, bearing the Danish flag, is commanded by captain Steen Andersen Bille, chamberlain to her royal highness the princess Caroline of Denmark and commander of the order of Dannebrogue.

The following are the names of her officers and scientific corps, when she left Copenhagen: captains Aschlund and Flensborg; lieutenants Rothe sen., Bruun, Hedemann, Colsmann, Roepstorff, Ravn, aud Rothe jun.; doctors Matthiessen acting first physician, Rosen acting second physician and zoologist, and Diedrichsen acting third physician and botanist; purser Blankensteiner; chaplain the Rev. Aleth Hansen; zoologists, professor Dr. Behn, Mr. Reinhardt, and Mr. Kiellerup; mineralogist Mr. Rinck; first botanist Mr. Bernhard Kamphovener; general painter Mr. Plum; and painter for the department of natural history Mr. Thormann; with a crew of two hundred and thirty men.

The Galathea, after having been visited and inspected by his majesty the king of Denmark, the duke of Schleswig and Holstein, and the royal family, left Copenhagen June 24th 1845. Through the Kattegat and North seas she experienced heavy gales, and on the 9th of July touched at Plymouth, whence dispatches were sent home reporting her progress and safety. Taking her departure on the 11th (after a stay of only two days) she arrived at Madeira on the 20th July, and sailed again on the 27th, and reached Tranquebar October 12th. On the 16th she sailed for Pondicherry; on the 17th for Madras; and on the 22d for Calcutta, where she remained from the 7th of November till the 25th of December. While there many of the crew were sick, and three died.

During the corvett's stay at Tranquebar and Calcutta, a formal transfer was made of the Danish possessions on the mainland to the British authorities.

Before leaving Calcutta the expedition was joined by a commercial agent, who had been appointed by his Danish majesty and had arrived viâ Suez. This gentleman, Mr. W. H. Nopitsch, and Dr. Behn, are both Germans from Holstein.

From Calcutia the steamer Ganges, purchased, on account of the

Danish government, from the honorable the east India Company, was placed under the command of captain Aschlund with lieutenants Roepstorff and Rothe jun, and dispatched to Pulo Penang to carry a number of Chinese laborers to the Nicobar Islands. These officers with a number of seamen and Mr. Rinck, the mineralogist, were to remain at the islands. From Calcutta also some transports were sent for coal, and to bring up his excellency, governor Hansen, from Tranquebar to the Nicobars.

Having touched at the "Barren Island," where the scientific gentlemen went on shore to examine the volcanic soil,-the Galathea reached the Nicobars on the 6th of January and remained there till the 25th. During this interval, every effort was made to explore these long neglected islands. The results of these researches were committed to Dr. Philippi, a Prussian botanist, who while at Calcutta volunteered to join the expedition, and now to carry the results of the exploring parties, on the Nicobars, to the government of Denmark. These results, it is expected, will soon be published.

The search for coal, made by the mineralogist Mr. Rinck, is said to have been successful.

At Penang the Galathea remained from the 7th to the 21st of March, and her crew regained the health which was wanting on their arrival, though a few of them died, and Mr. Kamphovener was obliged to return to Europe on account of his indisposition.

Eleven days were passed at Singapore, when on the 9th of April the corvett weighed for Batavia; and after a stay there of 21 days she proceeded on her voyage to Manila, where she remained from the 5th till the 10th of June. She reached Macao on the 21st, and Hongkong on the 23d of June, and Whampoa on the 10th of July. Her marines came soon after to Canton, in consequence of the late riot. So much for the outward voyage of the Galathea.

From Hongkong she sailed about the end of July, intending to visit Amoy, Shanghái, the Sandwich Islands, Sydney, the west coast of America, pass round the cape to Rio and then back to Copenhagen, where she is expected to arrive about the end of next year, 1847, While in Canton captain Steen Bille had an interview with the Chinese authorities, and arrangements were made for hoisting the Danish flag, by a consular authority, which we see has been carried into effect.

While they remained in Canton we had the pleasure of an introduction to several of the gentlemen, and have to regret that their stay

here was so short too short for the accomplishment of their scientific objects. They spoke in the highest terms of the kind and generous reception given them at all the places where they had touched on their voyage. The crew as well as the officers were, while here, in good health and high spirits. The Galathea had on board a band of excellent musicians, but as they did not come up to the city we had not the pleasure of hearing them perform. While at Whampoa an old Chinese made his way on board, speaking the Danish language, and was found to have been once compradore to the old Danish Asiatic Company's ships.

ART. V. Remarks regarding the translation of the terms for the Deity in the Chinese version of the Holy Scrpitures. By a correspondent.

MR EDITOR: Your correspondent about the Chinese terms for Deity has proved to every impartial reader, that Sháng tí, E, is the most apposite term for rendering the word God into Chinese. If he had quoted Milne's cogent reasons, which were republished in the Repository a few years back, and numerous other native passages, in which "omnipotence," omnipotence," "omnipresence," and "omniscience" ascribed to Sháng tí, he would have rendered the case still stronger. He might have added, that the best educated Chinese of the present day, when making a solemn appeal, always appeal to Sháng ti, the God of all.

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To the wellwishers for the advancement of the knowledge of the true God in this country, the writer has done a great service. For the grief one feels, when Shin, T, is used both in writing and in speaking, on seeing the natives point to their own gods, is such as almost to dishearten one in the circulation of tracts. Did there exist no other reason, but the use of this word being the same as that which designates idols, this would be sufficient to expunge it from every page of Christian books, as conveying the idea of the only true God. Still it has been retained, and even Shin ming,, have been used for God, the creator of the world. Such being the the case, is this not inculcating reverence for the gods? Can any pagan judge otherwise from the literal meaning of the word?