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Guerier; the southern citizens are marching on the capital, and declare that they will treat with none but General Guerier, of pure African descent; and the citizens in the capital have positively refused to march to join the President's army.

It has, therefore, appeared to the citizens of Port-Republican, that the only way to save the republic from destruction was, to name another President. This has actually been done; and the man who was named by the northern and southern citizens, General Guerier, was proclaimed by the western citizens, at Port-Republican, in the open air, with loud acclamations. This took place on May 3d. What the result of this measure may be, time alone can develope. Some fear that the republic will be divided into states, and perhaps unite under a federal government; but all is, at present, conjecture.

The change which has taken place seems, for the present, to have calmed the public mind; but how the return of Riviere and his army may affect the case, remains yet to be seen. We are expecting their return every day.

I am thankful to say, that, notwithstanding the unhappy state of things, our congregations keep up as well as, and even better than, might be expected under such circumstances.

Our day-school has suffered much from the closing of the municipality, by which it was entirely supported. This circumstance has so thrown the school upon the hands of the Missionary, that I have felt it necessary to propose to the School-Committee here, that the school should be henceforth considered the

school of our own Committee in London, in order that I might consistently devote my time and labour in furthering, in every possible way, the interests of the school. However, the one-half of the School-Committee consisting of the Ministers and members of the American Church, this was not agreed to; but a Resolution was passed, that the Committee should dissolve.

The school is, therefore, now entirely the school of the Parent-Committee in London. In order to keep it up, I have been necessitated to address myself to the friends of education in general. My appeal has not been in vain; but still we need help. Cannot anything be done for us? Here is a school of nearly two hundred scholars, most of whom are the children of Catholic parents, and the number still increasing. I consider the institution to be vitally allied to Protestantism, and, indeed, to the cause of God generally. We are greatly in want of a school-room. Do, I beseech you, help us, if it be possible. It is a very weighty addition to the labours of the Missionary; but the importance of such a school in such a community is so incalculable, that, as far as I am concerned, I should reckon no labour or sacrifice too great to keep it in operation.

Mr. Hartwell is still at Port-Republican, there being no possibility of his getting to Port-au-Plaat, which, as you are aware, is now his Circuit. I received a letter the other day from Mr. Towler, informing me that the new Spanish authorities had formally assured him that Protestantism would be fully tolerated in the Spanish part.

MISSIONS IN BRITISH NORTH AMERICA.
NEW-BRUNSWICK DISTRICT.

POINT DE BUTE.-I doubt not but you have heard of the good work of God in this place. Last Lord's day was the 66 great day of the feast." All those who had received good during the protracted meeting were requested to meet at three o'clock; and, having been assembled round the altar, and addressed at some length, were requested to evince their desire of church-fellowship with us by a show of hands, which they did, one and all, to the number of thirty-six. It was a solemn and interesting season. I have formed two classes. When I received the Committee's Circular, I was roused to action, and determined to call

a meeting of the Stewards and Leaders; which I did on Monday evening last, when I read the printed Circular and handwriting, recommending economy of expenditure, and pressing the grave contents upon my consideration, which I endeavoured seriously to impress upon the minds of the gentlemen who were the officers of the society, and who came to the noble determination, if pos sible, to raise the whole of the Circuit supplies. A new subscription-paper was headed with this object in view, and the Circuit and Society Stewards each subscribed £15; which, with five other persons present, at once amounted to the

sum of £54. 10s.-Rev. S. Busby, February 16th, 1844.

requested as many as wished to join our church to raise their right hand. Most of them did so; and one woman raised both hands, her husband having been converted, or reclaimed, during the meeting. One striking circumstance occurred: there were three generations in one family, all standing side by side, the old lady upwards of eighty-two years of age. I enjoyed such a sense of the divine presence and blessing to my own soul, as well as what I witnessed in the enjoyment of others, that for the loss of it the wealth of worlds would have been no kind of compensation.—Idem, March 30th,

Since I last wrote to you, I have held a protracted meeting at Cape Tonentine, thirty miles from our house, one of the most powerful and successful I ever witnessed. At the close of the eighth day, during the whole of which we had meetings twice a day, when the penitents frequently filled up the space around the communion-rails, I requested all those who had received good during the meetings, to evince their gratitude to God by standing up; when about forty came forward, beside a number who stood up in the congregation; and, after an address at some length, I 1844.

DEPARTURES AND ARRIVALS OF MISSIONARIES.

WEST INDIES.-The Rev. H. B. Britten, who, with Mrs. Britten and two children, sailed for Jamaica early in February, safely arrived at their place of destination on Friday, the 15th of March.

The Rev. W. B. Binks sailed for Demerara, on the 2d of May. The Rev. James Cox, Chairman of the Antigua District, sailed, on his return to Dominica, on the 17th of May. The Rev. John Mearns and Mrs. Mearns proceeded to Jamaica at the same date.

WEST AFRICA.-The Rev. Robert Brooking and Mrs. Brooking, who sailed for Cape Coast in February, arrived there on the 17th of March. Mr. Joseph Wright, Native Missionary, who sailed for Sierra-Leone in April, has also reached his destination.

EAST INDIES.-The Rev. James Gillings sailed for Jaffna, in Ceylon, on the 2d of June. The Rev. Robert Pargiter arrived in Ceylon in January; and in the same month, the Rev. John Gostick and Mrs. Gostick, and the Rev. Messrs. Pinkney and Little, arrived in Madras.

DEATH OF MISSIONARIES.

CAPE COAST.-We very deeply regret that we have to record the death of the Rev. Benjamin Watkins, at Akra, on the 7th of February. JAMAICA.-Mrs. Rowden, the wife of the Rev. James Rowden, of Morant-Bay, closed her useful life on the 12th of March.

Contributions to the Wesleyan Missionary Society, received by the General Treasurers, since our last announcement, up to the 18th of June, 1844.

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The Right Honourable Sir George Rose, Bart., G. C. H.

15 0 0

Mr. Thomas Morgan, for Sierra-Leone Institution

15 0 0

C. M. Broad, Esq., by Rev. William Arthur, for a new Fount

of Canarese Type

10 10 0

A Friend, Islington......

10 0 0

J. C., Ramsgate

10 0 0

B. A., from a Member of the Church of England; a token of

10 0 0

regard to the Wesleyan Missions (Rom. x. 3, 15)

William Lee, Esq., Exeter

5 50

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James Wood, Esq., Bristol, for a new Fount of Canarese Type

500

330

220

1 10 0

100

Rev. R. Sergeant, for the Re-erection of Chapels in the West
Indies

J. M. Camplin, Esq., for West-India Missions

Miss Toms, Bocadon, for Feejee

Miss Toms, Peline Falland, for Feejee

Special Contributions to aid the Income of 1843, in Answer to the Appeal made by the Treasurers and Secretaries of the Wesleyan Missionary Society, dated December 22d, 1843, in addition to Sums announced in preceding Numbers of the "Notices."

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The following is a correction of previous announcements :—

£. s.d.

Mrs. Kettlewell, Fulford, near York, by Joseph Agar, Esq.
Mr. C. Robinson, Acomb, towards Special Effort
Friends at Bishop's Thorpe, ditto..

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LONDON:- PRINTED BY JAMES NICHOLS, HOXTON-SQUARE.

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