Magdalene Stouppe, the widow of the late missionary, desired me to recommend her to the Venerable Board, hoping to receive their usual bounty."

The Rev. Andrew Fowler, in his MSS. Biographies of the Clergy, says of Mr. Stouppe, that " he was a worthy clergyman, and greatly beloved by his congregation. When I read prayers and sermons in that place (New Rochelle) in 17S4 and 1785 and 1786, as a layman, I heard him often spoken of in the highest terms of respect by some very aged people, upon whose veracity I could depend." a

Mr. Stouppe was succeeded by the Rev. Michael Houdin, A.M. He was born in France circ, 1705, and bred a Franciscan friar. On Easter day, 1730, he was ordained priest by the Archbishop of Treves, and aftenvards preferred to the office of superior of a convent of Recollects or Franciscan friars, at Montreal in Canada.6 Disgusted with the monastic life, he left Canada in the beginning of the French war, and retired to the city of New York, where on Easter day, 1747, he made a public renunciation of the errors of popery, and joined himself to the Church of England. He aftenvards lived with very good character, and attained great proficiency in the English language. In June, 1750, he was invited by the inhabitants of Trenton, and other places in New Jersey, to go and officiate among them, whereupon he addressed a letter to the Venerable Society, from which we extract the following :