But when all is done, what I can tell you concerning any Minister, except in tliis County, is only by information from others which is often very uncertain ; for some gentlemen may many times and very deservingly have a fair and good character by the generahty of their neighbours, and yet at the same time, by one misfortune or other not perform much of the service of the Church, in wliich I wUl give you this plain instance.

There is not any Gentleman whom the Society hath sent over that is clothed with a fairer Character than M^". Eartow of West Chester, and truly he is a very good and sober man, and is exti-emely well liked of and spoken of by his parishioners in general ; yet although he has been three years in that Parish not many are added to the Commimion nor baptized, and few Catecliized ; and if he is directed to send an account how he has advanced on each of these heads annually since Ms coming here it will be found accordingly.

For this and many other reasons, I can't help still to be pressing tliat the Society should lay the gentlemen which are sent over under exact rules, and methinks it is no difficult matter to have it ordered so as to know almost as well what is done as if they were present in every parish.

The people of West Chester were verj' angry with me because I was for having this County divided into three Parishes, and evei-y Minister to have =£70 instead of .£50. and I had brought the County except that place to a willingness to have it so, as I formerly acquainted you, and had they permitted that projection to have taken place it would have been a great ease to the Society; for fii'st, what M"" Bartow had more than the £bO. he now hath, miglit reasonably have been deducted at home ; Secondly, M"" Bondet would have been provided forj And thii'dly, one M-" Morgan who was Minister of East Chester promised me to conform ; that there would not have been occasion of another being sent to us, and by that means have saved £bO. a year more