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scized for the rent-these, and a multitude of other items, were thrown into one scale against the 100 dollars, and I thought, far outweighed it.

Having agreed for our passage, we left Rum Key, and the next day arrived at Watling's Island. Here we remained from the Thursday till the Sunday. Of the manner in which I spent this time, and also how my time was passed at Rum Key, I must inform you in a subsequent letter, as I shall not have room in this. We left Watling's, Sunday, the 10th inst., and with a rather favourable passage of ten days, came to anchor in the Roads, off this Key and, if ever I felt grateful to God in my life, I did then, that we had been permitted to return to our home in safety. I felt this more especially when the Health officer boarded us, and I inquired if a gentleman with his family, whom we saw pass Rum Key, a few days before the gale, had yet arrived, and was informed by him, that this gentleman (a resident of this Key), his wife, child, servants, and all the crew except one man, had perished in the gale, and that too, within a day's sail from their home. When we landed, a number of our poor people, who had heard of our arrival, came to the beach, many of them with eyes streaming with tears of gratitude, to welcome our return. Many of them, since the death of poor Mr. Deane and his family, had concluded that we might have met with a similar fate, without one survivor to tell the tale of woe, and had almost given us up for lost-and when we thus met, the mercy appeared so great, we could scarcely believe it true-like Peter, when delivered from prison, we

were ready to wonder if it were not a dream.

The gale had visited these Keys a day earlier than with us. This Key had not suffered so very much but at Salt Key, the loss sustained was very great. But one life (I believe) was lost-several had their limbs broken; but the loss of property was immense. In common with our neighbours, we also have suffered, though not so much as many. I had 2,000 feet of board drying, ready for my chapel, which I have lost; some of it was blown quite away-some was blown with such violence against the chapel as to shiver it into small pieces; and some, I fear, was stolen after the gale was over. The doors and windows of the chapel had many of the hinges wrung off by the violence of the wind. Some pieces of board were carried on the roof of the chapel, and injured it. The body of the chapel is not injured. The loss of board, the damage to the roof, doors, &c., can be replaced for something above 100 dollars. Our loss at Rum Key, in clothes, stores, &c. was about fifty or sixty dollars more. The box lately sent out, containing some clothes for myself, and sundries from Bury St. Edmunds, was sent from Nassau, in the sloop that was lost. The box has since been found broken open, and I have succeeded in recovering a few of the things. Another sloop was lost coming up to Turk's Islands, in which I had a keg of nails, and some other articles for my chapel. Altogether, our loss is above 200 dollars.

Our two chapels at Rum Key, and three at Watling's Island, are levelled to the ground.

Contributions received on Account of the Baptist Missionary Society, from October 20 to November 20, 1837, not including individual subscriptions:

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Mr. Barker, Islington.

Henry Thompson, Esq...

Nearly £500 have been remitted from Wales. Not having particulars of all the places where collections have been made, they will be given in the next Herald.

DONATIONS.

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R. S., Edinburgh, for Translations 100 0 0
Representatives of the late James

Rusher, Esq. Reading...

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Friend, by Dr. Hoby, for Waldensia
School, Jamaica

Miss Grey, Jersey, for Chilpore F. S. 5 0 0

Towards the special object of sending additional Missionaries to India.

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Contributions towards sending out Ten additional Missionaries to India, collected by

J. W. Sherer, Esq., Leamington
J. Gibbons, Esq.,

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Rev. J. A. James, Birmingham...
Miss Hoby, Missionary box and don.
Joseph Sturge, Esq., Birmingham...

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Joseph Adshead, Esq., by do. for do.. 10
Joseph Leese, Esq., by do. for do.... 75
J. Leese, jun., Esq., by do. for do.. 10
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Mr. J. Anderson, do.

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Sums to the amount of £356 9s. have been received from friends in and around London-a list of which, for want of room, must be given in the next Herald.

(Several articles are unavoidably omitted for want of room.)

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

The thanks of the Committee are presented to Mr. Harman, Seven-oaks, for a parcel of Magazines; and to a Friend, by Miss Robinson, 30, Lower Sloane St., Chelsea, for 20 copies of the Life of Swartz. A variety of boxes have been forwarded to Messrs. Burchell and Knibb, among which, we thankfully acknowledge those sent from Norwich, Exmouth, Kingsbridge, and Horsley Street, Walworth. It is more than probable that the box, kindly sent by our Manchester friends, was included in the number; but as no line appears to have been sent to announce its being despatched, it is not easy fully to ascertain this.

Our kind friends, who exert themselves to help the cause of negro-education by forwarding articles of apparel, &c. are particularly requested to send distinct advice to

Fen Court, of boxes forwarded thither, stating when, by whom, and from whom sent.
No little inconvenience has resulted from the want of this information.

No box has arrived from Coventry for Mr. Pickton.

ERRATUM.

In our last number instead of £3 2s. 6d. from Norwich for Mr.
Philippo, read £13 2s. 6d.

LIST OF LETTERS LATELY RECEIVED.

EAST INDIES.-Rev. E. Daniel, Ceylon, April 9; G. Bucknar, Samarang, June 1,
21; J. Williamson, Surrey, March 27.

WEST INDIES-Rev. T. F. Abbott, St. Ann's Bay, June 12, July 11, 31; James Reid,
Clarendon, June 29; W. Knibb, Falmouth, July 3, 11, Sept. 6; T. Burchell, Mon-
tego, June 20, July 11, 25, Aug. 1, Sept. 5 (two); S. Oughton, Montego Bay, July
18, Aug. 21, Sept. 18; Josiah Barlow, Annatto Bay, July 11; J. Hutchins, Savanna-
la-Mar, July 6, July 31; Mrs. Baylis, Port Maria, June 7, July 25; B. B. Dexter,
Falmouth, July 4, Aug. 8; W. Dendy, Salter's Hill, July 4, Sept. 11; Do., Bethte-
phil, July 4; Do., J. Clark, Brown's Town, June 20, July 3, July 22, Sept. 18; J.
Clarke, Jericho, June 27, Aug. 23, Sept. 13; H. C. Taylor, Old Harbour, July 26,
Sept. 6; J. M. Phillipo, Spanish Town, Aug. 10, Sept. 18; F. Gardner, Kingston,
Aug. 25, Sept. 7; Mrs. Tinson, Kingston, Aug. 26; J. Tinson, New York, Oct. 7;
S. Whitehorne, Kingston, Aug. 25; United Missionaries, Bethtephil, Sept. 7.
BAHAMAS.-J. Burton, Nassau, Sept. 23; A. Taylor, Aug. 12; E. F. Quant, Turk's
Island, July 15, Sept. 16.

BELIZE.-A. Henderson, July 17, Sept. 6.

Missionaries on their voyage: J. Applegate, at New York, Sept. 3; Thos. Leaver,
Cork Cove, Oct. 3.

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BAPTIST MAGAZINE.

SUPPLEMENT, 1837.

MEMOIR OF MRS. ELIZABETH HARE, OF HULL.

MRS. ELIZABETH HARE, late of the town of Kingston-upon-Hull, was born in the month of July, 1744, at Swanland, in the parish of North Ferriby, in the county of York. She was the daughter of Thomas and Margaret Todd. Her mother's maiden name was Green; who was sister to Mr. Philip Green, merchant, of Hull, and also to Mrs. Stainforth, mother of the gentleman of that name who some time represented the borough in parliament. Mrs. Todd and one of her daughters, were the two ladies mentioned by the Rev. John Wesley in his Journals, as having afforded him a refuge in their carriage from the fury of a mob, by which he was assailed while preaching at Wold Carr in the neighbourhood of Hull. The Baptist church of that town assembling in Salthouse-lane, was founded by Mrs. Hare's ancestors, about a hundred years ago; and her mother also became a member of it, in the memorable year of 1745. She was a woman of emi

nent piety and great understanding, and took much pains in the training of her children.

mother; in which she remained till November 18, 1835, the day of her death.-a period of seventy years save one! A year before her espousals to Christ, she became the wife of Mr. John Hare, of Hull, who died more than a quarter of a century before her. This gentleman, and his brother Marmaduke, were amongst the first converts of Wesley and his coadjutors, and entertained him and them at their houses. Though belonging to different sections of the Christian church, and that at a time when the points of disagreement between their respective denominations were controverted with a bitterness now happily unknown; Mr. and Mrs. John Hare lived together in perfect harmony. Of their numerous children, one, the late Rev. Edward Hare, distinguished himself in the Wesleyan Methodist connexion by his preaching and writings. His Preservative against the Errors of Socinianism, his Caveats against Antinomianism, his Refutation of the exclusive claims of Episcopal Ordination, and his Treatise on Justification, are high

At the age of 22, the immediately esteemed in that community. subject of this notice was received As a burgess of his native town, into the same church with her he uniformly voted for the Whig

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