I must therefore beg Leave to recommend him to the approbation of the Society ; upon this occasion I ought to observe that the Missions established at £40 Ster p Ann, are found by Experience in this Country inadequate in the present age, Some of these in the old Settlements, near the Sea, where the Circumstances & Inclinations of the People are more favorable, may enable a Missionary to live tolerably well, but here where the People who are not of the

1' In 1772, the Rev. Mr. Mozley, a Missionary from the Society for the Pro: pagation of the Gospel, at Litchfield, Conn., was presented by the grand jury for marrying a couple belonging to his parish. after the banns were duly published and consent of parents obtained. The court mildly fined Mr. Mozley 20/. because he could not show any other license to officiate asa clergyman than what he had received from the Bishop of London, whose authority the court determined did not extend to Connecticut, which was a chartered government. One of the Judges said, 'It is high time to put a stop to the usurpations of the Bishop of London. and to let him know, that though his license be lawful, and may empower one of his curates to marry in England, yet it is not so in America; and if fines would not curb them in this point, imprisonment should.' (Peter's Conn. 148.) On experiencing this rude treatment Mr. Mozley removed to Jobnstown, whither 30 families from New-England, all dissenters, followed, and settled within fifteen miles of him. He left Johnstown in the spring of 1774. Ep.