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Lambeth, Regent Street......... Rev. T. Winter ...... Rev. J. Bird*.........

Mason's Court, Shoreditch...... Rev. W. H. Elliott
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Rev. J. Sprigg, M.A.

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JUVENILE MEETING, APRIL 26th.

The annual meeting of the young friends of the Society will be held on Monday, April 26th, at Finsbury Chapel. The chair will be taken at two o'clock in the afternoon.

ANNUAL MEETING OF MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY, APRIL 27th.

Preparatory to the public meeting at Exeter Hall, a General Meeting of the members of the Society will be held at the Mission House, Moorgate Street, on the morning of Tuesday, the 27th of April, for the election of the Committee for the ensuing year, and the transaction of other business. The chair will be taken at ten o'clock.

This meeting is for members only. All subscribers of 10s. 6d. or upwards, donors of £10 or upwards, pastors of churches which make an annual contribution, or ministers who collect annually for the Society, and one of the executors on the payment of a legacy of £50 or upwards, are entitled to attend.

ANNUAL PUBLIC MEETING, APRIL 29th.

The annual public meeting of the Society will be held in EXETER HALL, STRAND, on Thursday, the 29th of April: the chair will be taken by JOSEPH TRITTON, Esq., of London, at ten o'clock. Tickets for the meeting may be obtained at the Mission House in Moorgate Street, or at the vestries of the various chapels.

ACCOMMODATIONS.

Ministers and others who intend coming to town to the meetings, and are desirous of being received into the house of some friend, are requested to send an intimation of their wish to the Secretary of the Baptist Missionary Society, not later than the TENTH OF APRIL. He will have much pleasure in making the necessary arrangements.

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Mr. and Mrs. Webley have arrived safely at Jacmel. An account of their voyage and first impressions is given in a letter, dated February 22nd, 1847.

You will be pleased to know that Mrs. Webley and myself have now completed our voyage, and are arrived at our destination. This it was our happiness to do on the 12th instant. Our voyage was characterized by much mercy, and not unfrequently by imminent peril. Indeed, upon three occasions we expected to find a grave beneath the waters of the Atlantic. Upon one of these we were seated in the cabin reading, with all our sails

spread to a steady breeze, when a terrific storm came on almost instantaneously. Here, for nearly an hour, we quite despaired of ever reaching Jacmel, for our captain and his crew told us they had never witnessed anything at all resembling it. You will readily conceive of our position, with all our sails out, the result of which was, that the entire of the forepart of the vessel was buried in the wave by the storm. Our heavenly Father, however, whom

we trust has a great work for us to accomplish here, heard the prayers of our beloved friends in England, and brought us out of danger. Our voyage to Barbadoes was completed in five weeks precisely, as we left the Downs on the 25th of December and arrived there on the 29th of January. This was occasioned by adverse winds and calms, otherwise we should have performed it in much less time. During this part of our voyage I held a service on board four sabbaths out of the six. On the other two sabbaths I was prevented from doing so by storms and a very rough sea.

I am happy to state that the sailors and passengers upon these occasions were very attentive, and I cannot but hope that some good effects will follow these services.

Upon our arrival at Barbadoes we proceeded, immediately upon our landing, to the house of the Rev. Mr. Ranial, the Wesleyan missionary at Bridge Town. Here we found Mrs. Ranial and the Rev. Mr. Brown, another Wesleyan missionary, from whom we experienced excessive kindness; and, after a pressing invitation, remained with them till we again set sail for Haiti. Here too we heard of Mr. Angus and Mr. Birrell, who were also kindly entertained by these friends during their stay at Barbadoes.

Here also I preached at both the Wesleyan chapels on the sabbath, and again on the Wednesday and Thursday following. I had also engaged to preach for them again on the next sabbath, in the morning, and for the Moravian missionary in the evening; but our stay was not prolonged so as to admit of this, as we again embarked for Haiti on the Saturday previous.

Upon my landing here I found the people anxiously expecting my coming, who appeared gratified to find in me the successor of their beloved Mr. Francies. "The righteous shall be had in everlasting remembrance;" and certainly he will be remembered here as long as there shall be a people to do so, for you have only to mention his name and you at once awaken their tenderest sympathies. Nor is this surprising when we consider the varied circumstances which tended to endear him to all who knew him here. His fervent piety, his restless anxiety for the promotion of their welfare, and the entire consecration of his person to their best interests-all these aided in securing for him the fond affection of the people. But that which undoubtedly greatly contributed to this end was the happy choice of the time for his coming amongst them. At that time" wars, and rumours of wars," were spreading on every hand, and nothing was presented to the expectations of the people but certain destruction. Mr. Francies thought

that these reports would retard the progress of the gospel, but in the sequel it has been shown that they rather tended to prepare their minds for its reception. For, at such a time, with no prospect of comfort or happiness in this life, they received with avidity a religion which promised them these here, and opened up the hope of these in a far higher measure hereafter.

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The four inquirers, of whom Francies spoke in her last letter, still remain stedfast. I have had the great pleasure, too, of adding three more to their number. To some of these I hope soon to administer the solemn rite of believer's baptism. We have, too, several others who are seriously disposed, and of whom we hope that they are not far from the kingdom of God. Our congregations also, which have been declining of late, I am told are somewhat better since my arrival, as many of those who had promised to return when a missionary came, have fulfilled those promises. sabbath school now varies from twelve to thirty children. Our day school has been considerably on the increase of late, as we have now forty-eight children on the books. The English class has very materially decreased since the decease of dear Mr. Francies, but these, I hope, will again revive as soon as I can make arrangements for attending to it myself. At present, however, my time is so wholly absorbed with French, that I have had little opportunity for forming plans of operation. You will confess with me, that I have no small task to perform every week in preparing three French discourses and six French prayers. Yet this I am compelled to do, as so few of the people understand Engglish. If I were to act otherwise, perhaps I should soon have the more painful task of preaching to empty seats.

Eliacine is indeed a lovely specimen of a true Christian, and will be of great service to your mission. Frequently she is found conversing with and endeavouring to instruct, and sometimes praying with, those around her. On the sabbath, after the morning service, seven or eight adult persons stay back for these purposes, and for instruction from other sources.

We are all, I am happy to say, tolerably well. Miss Clark has been ill for some weeks, but her health is now again almost restored. Miss Harris and Mrs. Francies have occasionally been unwell, though not seriously ill, and are now convalescent. At present we all reside at the mission-house, and are all happy in our delightful employment. Respecting Miss Harris and Miss Clark, Mr. Birrell will lay before you some statistical accounts.

NEW PROVIDENCE, BAHAMAS.

Mr. Capern, writing from Nassau, Feb. 12th, speaks of the attendance on public worship as increasing. He says,

Our sabbath-schools are well attended, and some of the teachers feel a pleasure in their work, and are, I believe, truly concerned for the spiritual and eternal welfare of their classes. In both schools there are every Sunday contributions for Africa. Once a month they both unite, on the Sunday afternoon, and addresses are delivered by the teachers. At some of those meetings seven or eight shillings sterling are given by the children for Africa. On Christmas day we hada juvenile missionary meeting, and collected £1 5s. sterling.

As a specimen of the interest felt by some of the children in the welfare of Africa take the following: a little girl had three cents to

put into the mission-box. With a view to create an interest in the mind of another little girl who had nothing to give, she gave her a part of her own, that she might have her name set down as a contributor when the box was brought round.

It is encouraging, too, to think that our financial statement is somewhat better than it was in the preceding year. I am afraid however now, that our income for general purposes will be less this year, in consequence of the money which is being raised for build. ing a new chapel on the site of the old one. The people have set their minds on this object, and during the year they hope to accomplish it.

TURKS' ISLAND, BAHAMAS.

Mr. Littlewood having been disabled by long-continued affliction, Mr. Rycroft has been appointed to this island. He writes as follows, from Grand Cay, Jan. 16th:

You will have learned before this that I left Nassau for this station on the 26th of December. Our voyage was a long and dangerous one. We could but feel thankful to God for journeying mercies when we passed the wrecks that lay on these reef-bound islands. One vessel only left Nassau a few days before us. Stress of weather obliged us, when we could, to make harbour. This at Bird Rock gave me an opportunity of seeing our friends on Crooked Island. It was cheering to my mind to find our brethren progressing toward perfection-endeavouring to edify each other, and to lead their neighbours to Jesus' feet.

On the eighth ultimo we came in sight of

this island. Our usual signal, a white flag, filled the hearts of our people here with gladness. We looked upon them anxiously and prayerfully, and with the hope that our resi dence amongst them, through the divine blessing, shall be for their advancement in the things of God, and for the salvation of many who, alas, blindly stray from God, purity, and happiness. Here I find abundance of work in connexion with our great and Godglorifying object. May it ever be ours, as missionaries of the cross, to enter into the feelings of Him who in the days of his humiliation, and now on the throne of his glory, could have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way.

JAMAICA.

The intelligence brought by the last mail, which arrived on the 22nd of March, leads to a confident hope that our friends, Messrs. Angus and Birrell, are on their homeward voyage. They were both well on the 20th of February, and intended to embark for England on the 8th of March. They may therefore be expected in London about the 6th of April.

FOREIGN LETTERS RECEIVED.

AFRICA ...........CLARENCE

AMERICA .........BOSTON

..............Clarke, J. ...............May 21.
..Peck, S............ February
..Cramp, J. M. ....Jan, 28, Feb. 24.

MONTREAL..................

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COLOMBO.....................Davies, J. ...January 16 and 21.

Lewis, C. B.......January 15.
.Thompson, J. J...January 19.
.Morgan, T. ....... January 5.

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Allen, J...................................January 12 (2 letters).
..Dawson, C. C. ...January 15.
.Phillips, T.......... January 20.
..Beddy, H...........January 15.
..Brückner, G....... September 8.
.Fink, J. C...... ...January 4.
.Capern, H......
.February 12.
.Rycroft, W. K....January 16 and 27.
...........Jenkins, J................February 18.
....Henderson, A. ....January 13.

Kingdon, J........January 19.

TRINIDAD ......PORT OF SPAIN.............Cowen, G.......... January 29.

Law, J.

.February 6.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.

The thanks of the Committee are presented to the following friends

R. V., New Park Street, for a parcel of magazines;

Mrs. S. Hobson, Lambeth, for a parcel, for Africa;

Friend unknown, for a parcel of magazines;

F. Westley, Esq., for a parcel of Magazines and numbers of the "Patriot;"

Miss Kilvington, Ilford, for a parcel of magazines, for Dr. Prince, Western Africa;
Ladies of Mission School, Walthamstow, for a parcel of magazines;

E. C., New Park Street, for a parcel of magazines;

Friend unknown, for a parcel of magazines;

Mrs. Clements and Miss Sargeant, Leytonstone, for a box of clothing for Belize, and a box of clothing for Nassau;

Mr. T. Allan, Hackney, for a parcel of magazines;

Miss Springett, Earl's Colne, for a parcel of magazines;

Mrs. A. Cropper, Dingle Bank, for a box of clothing and school materials, for Trinidad; British and Foreign School Society, for two cases of school materials, for Rev. J. Hume, Jamaica;

Friends at Paradise Chapel, Chelsea, by Mrs. Archer, for a parcel of clothing, for Rev. J. Clarke, Western Africa;

Master J. J. Hartley, for a copy book, for Western Africa.

CONTRIBUTIONS,

Received on account of the Baptist Missionary Society, during the month of

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