l»rind|Mai]r tn the sehoola. She iNMeeased candderaUe knowledge of the wrritten Umgiiege, and still greater fkmiliaritj with the cat

loqiiial of the Chinese, and devoted ioyfUlly and successfolly be time and talents to the mission. Daring the last year of lier bfc a new school -honse had been erected, and a school gathered amk her care ,of twenty Chinese boys and six girls, besides her own fcr thildren. ' Her prospecU of nsefhiness had never been greater tlt£ daring this year. Bat in the midst of her highest hope, wfaL- children were seeking^instrnction, and the heathen were inqninsj the waT to Christ, heir Hfb was fuddenly cut short. She died s the 27th. of November, 1847, soon after the birth of her filth chili Under a secret conviction that her end was near, she had "x. her hoase in order,** and was prepared for the event, while, sttte tame time, she prosecuted her daily duties with her usual cheeifDl- ness, and laid out plans for labour which would have required i kmg^life to perform. During Mrs. Shuck's eight years* residence In China she did much to help her husband in his work, besiib giving direct instruction. Her aid and ready sympathy were ahnn offered to the stranger or the afflicted, and she was constsDtij employed in acu of kindness and charity.

TtaB most eminent English tragic actress, was bom. In 1756, « Brecknock, and was the daughter of Roger Kemble, manager of i eompany of itinerant players. At the age of fifteen she becaoe attached to Mr. Siddons; and her parents refusing their coiMfi: to her marriage, she went to*reside with Mrs. Greathead, of Gaft Cliff, as an humble companion. In her eighteenth year she married Mr. Siddons, and retunied to the stage. In 1775, she nude her first appearance on the London boards, but was unsucces^nL Time, however, matured her powers; and, after an absence of seven years, spent partly at Bath, where she was mnch admired, she reappeared at Drury Lane in 1782 ; * and fVom that time ber course was a perpetual triumph. In 1812, having acquired u ample fbrtune, she withdrew into private life. She died, Jane 9th., 1881. Mrs. Siddons possessed considerable talents as a sculptor. A medallion of herself, and a bust of her brother, John Kemble, are among her works. Her character was irreproachable.

An artist of Germany, is a native of Weimar. She has attained tbnsiderable celebrity in her profession.

Was born in Norwich, Connecticut, in the yeat 1791. She was the only child of her parents, and consequently was brought np with great tenderness. Her parentage was in that happy mediocrity which requires industry, yet encourages hope; and the habits of order and diligence in which she was carefilly trained by her judicious mother, have no doubt been of inestimable advantage to the intellectual character of the daughter.

She early exhibited indications of genius. Perhaps the lonelines of her lot, without brother or sister to share in the usual sports of childhood, had an influence on her pursuits and pleasures. We an by no means in favour of establishing precocity of intellect as the