The monthly meeting of the members of this Society took place in the Mechanics Institute last evening.

His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor, Charles Joseph La Trobe, presided.

The proceedings of the evening having been opened with prayer, His Lordship the Bishop of Melbourne, Charles Perry, announced that the Moravian mission to the Aborigines in this colony, would form the subject of the address delivered to them that evening by Mr. Browne, who had particularly interested himself in the establishment of that mission in Victoria. His Lordship then gave a rapid historical sketch of the rise and progress of the Moravian church in Europe; from its first rise to the present time, characterising it throughout as an episcopal church, with which the Church of England could therefore hold communion.

Mr. Browne gave some details of the Moravian missions throughout the world, from which it appeared that the Moravian Brethren had at the present time 68 missionary stations in various countries of Europe, Asia, and Africa, &c., and 300 missionaries, occupied chiefly with the instruction of 73,000 individuals, who had almost all been formerly heathen, 50,000 of whom were now communicants of the Moravian Church. These missions were supported at an annual cost of £4,000, which was contributed not merely by the Moravians themselves, but by Christians of other denominations.

Some two years and a half ago, the brethren sent out two missionaries (Rev. Friedrich Wilhelm Spieseke and Rev. Andreas Friedrich Christian Taeger) from the central establishment in Germany, to this colony; they first proceeded to Edward Stone Parker's station on the Loddon, whence they went on to the Murray, in order to establish closer relations with the aborigines, but he regretted to say that the misrepresentations of the missionaries' objects which were made by ill-designing white men to the blacks, deterring the latter for a considerable time from coming near them. They were, however, gradually overcoming these difficulties.

The slender funds of the missionaries had been recruited from time to time by some small private contributions. For instance, £26 had been contributed by a Baptist Congregation, and £100 had been sent by one gentleman. These sums, together with some other small contributions, had helped to defray the greater portion of the expense incurred by the mission, amounting to about £300 or £400 but there still remained a sum of £150 to be paid up.

It had been suggested that the missionaries should form a sheep station, and gather the aborigines around their establishment as shepherds; but that plan had not been brought to any maturity. He trusted then that the appeal now made on behalf of the mission would not be in vain.

The Rev. Charles Thomas Perks also strongly advocated the claims of the mission; and a vote of thanks, on the motion of the Bishop, having being passed to the Lieutenant-Governor for presiding on the present occasion, the proceedings were closed with a hymn.

A collection was made at the doors at the close of meeting, for the benefit of the mission.