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him, he stated that he had been brought up in a christian family, and 

 had spent the greatest part of his life amongst christians ; that in his master's 

 house religious service was performed every night, but he was not allowed 

 to be present, and that he was unconscious of having committed any 

 other sin than that by which he had forfeited his life to the laws of his coun- 

 try. He met his end with amazing firmness, ascended the scaffold with 

 great steadiness, knelt down and prayed with much fervor and devotion, 

 and the last words he was heard to utter, were— "The grace of our Lord 

 Jesus Christ is every thing, I feel it, I feel it." He appeared quite unmoved 

 whilst the executioner performed the preliminaries of his task, and he yield- 

 ed up life without a struggle. 



School of Industry. — " A School of Industry, under the patronage of Lady 

 Frances Cole, will open in the course of this month (January, 1830). — 

 Parents who may wish their children to be admitted must apply to the 

 •School Mistress, Mrs. Hoskyns, at the School house, No. 13, Grave-street. 



Infant Schools.— A Committee for the Management of Infant Schools 

 at the Cape of Good Hope, was chosen on the 28th Jan. 1830, and the rules 

 and regulations by which the establishments should be governed, were de- 

 cided upon the same day. — Patroness, Lady Frances Cole 



Deaths.— As Journalists we have the painful task of recording the death 

 of Messrs. Cowie and Green, the former on the 4th, and the latter on the 

 8th April, 1829. They were two most enterprising travellers, and certainly 

 were the first Europeans that ever crossed from the Cape of Good Hope to 

 Delagoa Bay. The deaths took place a little on this side of the latter, as 

 they were in the act of returning to the colony, and doubtless were the 

 consequences of fever created by exposure to the putrid effluvia arising 

 from the swampy country towards the Bay. We are in hopes of having the 

 means of recording their deeds at full length in a future number of this 

 Journal, and of giving such an account of them, as their characters justly 

 demand. 



Table shewing the Maximum, Medium, and Minimum of the Thermometer 

 and Barometer at Cape Town, for each mouth of 1829, together with the 

 prevailing winds and the character ot the weather. 



lu the next Number the daily observations will be inserted. 



