The following copious extracts from a private journal, dictated by Mr. Venn during seven of his most active years, make us regret that unavoidable hindrances should have broken it off so early. The letters which succeed are the only other record of his busy life:

Thursday, November 29, 1849.—Breakfast with Sir R. Inglis at 9.30; only Lady Inglis and Miss Briscoe. To the C. M. House at 12. Incessant callers (by which I mean that in every case a fresh person came in before another had left the room) till 4 o'clock. Miss A. consulted me about a young lady who went out as governess to Monrovia. I arranged with Miss A. that Mr. Beale, of Sierra Leone, should convey to her the instruction of her friends in England to remove at once to Sierra Leone. Mr. Bultmann, from Sierra Leone, fresh and vigorous after six years' residence. Mr. Hough (Colonial Church Society), to consult about sending out a lay agent to Melbourne. Mr.——, the lay agent. Mr. Dugmore, Q.C.: long conversation with him about missionaries' licenses. Consultation with Greenway upon the Association arrangements for next year. Rev. E. G. Marsh: long and earnest discussion with him upon the case of Archdeacon H. Williams. 4 to 5, writing letters, nine in number. Home to dinner.