just as Mr. Reid, who was below, was ready to receive another lady, Miss Blatchley, when she jumped, he was hit in the eye with a brickbat and nearly blinded for life. In consequence Miss Blatchley fell upon the stones on her back, and was seriously shaken. Of the terrible doings of that night we cannot tell one half. While in one way the darkness made things worse, yet it also helped the missionaries to escape, and in the good providence of God, when all seemed hopeless, some soldiers arrived and