In order more fully to appreciate the result of this protracted contest, it should be borne in mind that the real point at issue was, whether the cause of Protestant Christianity, as represented by Mr. Howe, should be permitted to hold a footing in the island; that Mr. Howe stood alone, unsustained, excepting by a stedfast confidence in the justice of his cause, and the generous aid and sympathy of friends, French, English, and native, who rallied round him in the time of need; that his potent adversary could reasonably calculate on the countenance and encouragement of the authorities, who, as Frenchmen and Roman Catholics, would naturally be disposed to favour the interests of their own church, and to repress what they had been taught to regard as heresy. But in the providence of God, the presiding judges of the French tribunals before which the cause was heard magnanimously regardless of all prejudices on the score of nationality or religion, delivered a judgment which, while completely exculpating the accused, reflected the highest honour upon their own discernment, impartiality, and justice. While, therefore we devoutly recognise the hand of God so conspicuously manifest in overruling and directing this trial, or rather series of trials, to so merciful an issue, we would add the expression of our hope and belief that so long as the cause of Protestant Christianity is represented in Tahiti by men like-minded with Mr. Howe, and so long as the courts of justice on the island are presided over by men who, without fear or favour, dispense their judgments in accordance with the principles of truth and equity, the light of the gospel, which has for so many years made glad the hills and valleys of Tahiti, can never be extinguished. LONDON: PRINTED BY W. CLOWES AND SONS, STAMFORD STREET. * * * * * PUBLICATIONS OF THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY. BIOGRAPHICAL WORKS. THE LIFE OF FRANCIS, LORD BACON, Lord Chancellor of England. By the Rev. JOSEPH SORTAIN, A.B. of Trinity College, Dublin. With a Portrait engraved on Steel. Foolscap 8vo. 3_s._ 6_d._ extra cloth boards. LUTHER: HIS MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL HISTORY. By BARNAS SEARS, D.D. 12mo. with Portrait of Luther. 3_s._ 6_d._ cloth boards. THE LIFE OF AMELIA OPIE. By MISS BRIGHTWELL. With Portrait. Foolscap 8vo. 3_s._ cloth boards; 3_s._ 6_d._ extra cloth boards, gilt edges. MEMOIR OF OLD HUMPHREY; with Gleanings from his Portfolio in Prose and Verse. With Steel-plate Portrait. The Twenty-ninth Thousand. 18mo. 2_s._ cloth boards; 2_s._ 6_d._ cloth extra. MEMOIR OF LADY WARWICK. With her Diary, A.D. 1666 to 1672. With a Portrait. 12mo. 3_s._ cloth boards. THE HENRY FAMILY MEMORIALISED. By Sir J. B. WILLIAMS. 18mo. 1_s._ 6_d._ cloth boards; 2_s._ half-bound.