Er blieb jedoch unterwegs drei Jahre lang in Malakka, wo er das "Anglo-Chinese College" leitete, das die Ausbildung von jungen Chinesen und Engländern zur Missionsarbeit zum Ziel hatte. ###>After studying at the Highbury Theological College, London, he went in 1839 as a missionary to China, but remained at Malacca three years, in charge of the Anglo-Chinese College there.