I and several others, therefore, entreat you to condescend so far as to represent our case truly, as I have done to you, either to Mr. Bearcroft or any other gentleman whom you think has interest enough to procure us a minister in Mr. Stouppe's stead, who the English complain has disappointed them very much since I have been to England, and for 9 weeks together, never repeated the service of the Church in English ; but was either sick or gone to New York, or made some excuse always on the Sunday when he should have preached in English.""

In the year 1743, we find the members of the Church addressing the Venerable Society on behalf of their minister as follows : --

"New Rochelle, JrxE 1st, 1743.

Dh. Bearcroft :

Jiev. Sir: -- Our minister, ye bearer hereof, having communicated to us his letter to you of ye ninth of Oct., 1742, wherein he expressed a desire of revisiting his native country, and asked ye Honorable Society's leave for that purpose; we took that declaration as if he had resolved to leave us altogether and to serve our church no longer ; and therefore, made bold to address ourselves unto ye Honorable Society for providing us with another, that we might not remafn destitute.

But learning now from his own mouth that he designs to go no further than London, and is willing to return, with ye Hon'ble Society's permission, for the service of our church. We therefore, upon this consideration, take ye liberty to declare and "cquaintyou that our said minister, since bis first coming, has constantly resided among us. preaching (as directed by ye Hon'ble Society,) two Sundays in French and one in English, much to our satisfaction and edification, his