his Master and the good of men in the world which was fading from his view. G. B.

Oct. 17th.-At Oldham, Mrs. Bamford, in the seventy-second year of her age, and the fortythird of her union with the Wesleyan Methodists. She was an upright, devout, and benevolent follower of Christ, and was much esteemed by a large circle of friends. Her end was sudden. Happily she had "oil in her vessel;" and when she heard the premonition, Behold, the Bridegroom cometh," she " arose and trimmed" herlamp,"-which, as He approached, burned brightly she repeatedly exclaimed, "Blessed Jesus! Blessed Jesus!" J. M.

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Oct. 19th.-At Annahilla, Aughnacloy Circuit, Ireland, aged forty-four, Elizabeth, the wife of Mr. James H. Buchanan. Soon after she joined the Wesleyan Society, (about fourteen years ago,) she obtained peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. The sincerity of her religious profession was exemplified in her diligent attention to all the duties of life, and her patient endurance of its trials. She was "a keeper at home," affectionately devoted to the care of her rising family; very industrious in her habits, gentle and retiring in her disposition and manners. Five months ago, soon after the birth of her fifth child, her health began to decline. Her affliction was tedious and exhausting, often causing severe pain. But it was delightful to witness her sweet resignation to the Divine will. I always found her, in my pastoral visits, reposing in the blood of the everlasting covenant, and evidently ripening for her heavenly home. Death, indeed, was before her; but it was, so to speak, unnoticed. She only looked at the bright prospect revealed to her faith and hope. Just before she died, her husband said, "You are suff ring severe pain; but it will soon be over, and you will enter into eternal rest." "Yes," she whispered; and without a struggle her eyes closed in death.

J. H.

Oct. 224.-At Scarrington, in the Bingham Circuit, Mary, the beloved wife of Mr. Thomas Watson, in the eightieth year of her age. More than forty years ago she was brought to the knowledge of the truth as it is in Jesus, under the evangelical labours of the Rev. Mr. Room, a Dissenting Minister. For three days and nights after the great change she had no rest, because of the overflowings of her joy. Her life was one of reliance upon Christ. In her last affliction she spoke frequently and distinctly of her faith in the Atonement. Her last word was an affirmation of the preciousness of Jesus. are the dead that die in the Lord."

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M. J.

Oct. 24th.-At Stoke-Newington, in the Eighth London Circuit, Jane Vazeilie, relict of the late Christopher Sundius, Esq., in her seventy-ninth year. She was a grandaughter of Mrs. John Wesley; and occasionally, during her childhood, was the travelling companion of the Founder of Methodism. In her youth she sought and found peace with God; and, through the vicissitudes of a chequered life, she exemplified a uniform and consistent piety. Chastened by many afflictions,

and sanctified by the truth and grace of God, she attained an eminent maturity of Christian holiness, which powerfully impressed those who were privileged to have an intimate acquaintance with her. During her brief illness she was enabled to testify that "perfect love casteth out fear," and that she had a "desire to depart and to be with Christ, which is far better." She rested firmly on the atonement of the Son of God, and stayed her spirit on the immutable word of God, amidst the sinkings of her natural strength and spirits. Towards the last she had a strong desire to see her glorified Redeemer; and in this she appears to have been indulged, even before her departure. After having been rapt into an ecstasy of unspeakable joy for several minutes, during which her face shone with an angelic brightness, she said, in answer to a question, "I have seen my Saviour." Prayer having been made that she might have a painless departure, she said, (and these were almost her last words,) "None but Jesus can dismiss my spirit:" soon after which she calmly fell asleep in Him. Her removal has broken one of the few remaining links which connect the Methodism of the present day with the era of its fathers and first-fruits; but has added another to the chain which binds together in sympathetic union" the whole family in heaven and in earth.”

T. V.

Oct. 24th.-At Sheerness, William Scutt, aged forty. He was trained in the Sunday-school; became a member of our Society nine years ago; and was, to the end of his life, consistent, diligent in the means of grace, and ready to support the cause of God. He was often in the furnace of affliction. In his last illness he was powerfully assaulted by his spiritual adversary; but he resisted him in praying faith, and finally overcame. In life's last hour he triumphantly exclaimed, "Victory! Victory! I have gained the victory through the blood of the Lamb! Come, Lord Jesus, come quickly: come now, and take me to thyself!" W. W.

Oct. 27th.-At Abingdon, in the Wantage Circuit, Mr. William Taylor, aged fifty-seven years. At the time of his conversion, which took place about 1818, he joined the Methodist Society; and, in his subsequent life, he gave satisfactory evidence that he had not "received the grace of God in vain." His attachment to the people with whom he was united in Christian communion, was both enlightened and earnest. During several years he was a useful Class-Leader; and he always sought the prosperity of Zion. His health was long declining, and very little hope was entertained of his recovery; but he resigned himself with calm submissiveness to the will of God, and his mind was kept in peace. He died reposing an unshaken trust in the everlasting covenant which is "ordered in all things and sure." E. L.

Oct. 27th.-At Bridge-Mill, in the Keighley Circuit, aged thirty-one, Mr. William Pickles. He was brought to the knowledge of the truth under the Wesleyan ministry, and for twelve years walked in the light of God's countenance. His amiable disposition, his intelligence, and his

uniform and consistent piety, obtained for him the esteem and affection of all who knew him. He assiduously cultivated his mind, and as a Local Preacher was highly acceptable. Fully relying on the great Atonement, he met death without fear, and his ransomed spirit entered into the paradise of God. H. R.

Oct. 29th. At Great-Bridgewater-Street, Manchester, in her forty-sixth year, Mary, wife of the Rev. William Kelk,-after a most severe and protracted illness, which she endured with great patience. She died in peace, cheerfully reposing in the atonement of her Divine Redeemer. W. K.

Oct. 30th.-At Horncastle, Mrs. Mary Riggall, relict of the late Mr. Paul Riggall, in her ninetyseventh year. She feared God from her youth, and was drawn by the cords of love to believe in Christ for pardon, peace, and joy; but did not continue to exercise this faith, and was often the subject of slavish fear and doubt. She joined the Methodist Church when about thirty years of age, and continued until her spirit took its flight to Paradise. She was diligent and early in attending the house of God twice, and often three times, on the Sabbath; and was present at all the week-night services, until within six months of her decease. She was one of the kindest of mothers; and her kindness extended to all, especially to Christ's ministers, who always had a cheerful welcome at her house when they visited the village where she formerly lived. She was deprived of her speech about six months; but gave satisfactory evidence of a growing meetness for the inheritance of the saints in light. After being insensible for two hours, her spirit took its flight to the paradise of God. F. R.

Oct. 31st.-At St. Helier's, Jersey, aged seventy-three, Mr. William Handcock; who had been a member of the Wesleyan Society about forty years, and a Class-Leader about thirty-six years:-a man who did great honour to the cause of Methodism by the exercise of a vigorous intellect and ardent zeal, coupled with a blameless conversation. His sufferings were great towards the close of life, but his confidence in God was unshaken. He finished his course in great peace, deeply regretted by his numerous family, and by the Society at large. J. S.

Oct. 31st.-At Bedford, in the thirty-second year of his age, and the tenth of his ministry, the Rev. James Hedges. Having been appointed by the late Conference to the Bedford and Ampthill Circuit, he entered upon his new sphere of labour in the true spirit of his office. His public ministrations, which were characterised by fervent zeal, great intellectual vigour, and tender pathos, were accompanied with the unction of the Holy One; and, brief as was the period during which they were exercised, there is reason to believe that, in every place which he visited, gracious impressions were produced. Not quite five weeks after his arrival in the Circuit, his only child was scized with serious illness. For several days life hung in doubt. The afflicted father and

mother watched over the dear little sufferer day and night, with feelings which only the tender parent can understand. Amidst all this fatigue, excitement, and loss of rest, Mr. Hedges was still found at the post of duty. He could not be prevailed upon to employ a substitute, so long as he had strength to stand in the pulpit. At length a violent attack of influenza compelled him to yield. He was at once prostrated, and malignant typhus fever was induced, which left but little room to hope for his recovery. All that professional skill and unremitting attention could do, to save so valuable a life, was done; but the appalling disease was the messenger of Divine love, commissioned to call our brother home. He had little power to converse; but all that he was able to say to his colleague, who repeatedly visited him, was just what one Christian minister would wish to hear from another so near the confines of the unseen world. He "felt himself upon the Rock;" Christ was unspeakably precious;" and he had a "good hope through grace." After patiently suffering a little more than a fortnight, he peacefully fell asleep in Jesus. J. E.

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Oct. 31st.-At Sand-Hutton, in the Thirsk Circuit, suddenly, Mrs. Hanley, aged sixty-seven. She was a truly exemplary lady, and a liberal supporter of Methodism. About a month before her death she was seized with paralysis; and she subsequently suffered a second attack, after which she never spoke or seemed conscious. A few days before her decease she gave most satisfactory assurance of her interest in the Redeemer, and of her preparation to share the triumphs of the blest. In testimony of her undiminished zeal and love, she left £10 to the Missions, and £10 to the Bible Society.

J. C.

Oct. 31st.-At Brompton, in the Rochester Circuit, Mr. Benjamin Buckley, aged seventysix. He was awakened in 1802, under the ministry of the late Rev. Mr. Hobbs, of Birkhampstead, then Minister at the General Baptist Meeting, Chatham; which church he soon after joined. Doctrinal differences arising, Mr. Hobbs left, and settled at Birkhampstead; and Mr. Buckley joined the Wesleyan Society, as did also his excellent wife. For many years he adorned his Christian profession in a responsible situation in H. M. Dock-yard at Chatham, where, as well as in the church of Christ, he was greatly esteemed for his meekness, amiability, and strict fidelity;-impressively exemplifying what St. Paul enjoins, Phil. iv. 8: "Whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things." He sustained a long affliction with extraordinary patience, and met death with holy calmness, attempting to repeat, "Help me thy mercies to extol;" and dying with words of praise lingering on his lips.

J. C.

Nov. 4th-At Teignmouth, William Gidley. He had been ever ready to visit the afflicted; and many are believed to have been

rescued, as brands from the burning, by his visits to their dying beds. In the prime of life, and after a single month's illness, he was called away; but his Redeemer was with him in the valley, and he is now numbered with those who "all died in faith." G. B.

Nov. 7th.-At St. Helier's, Jersey, in great peace, after having served God with great fidelity for almost forty years, Mary, wife of Mr. George Sinnatt. Mrs. Sinnatt was sister-in-law to Mr. Handcock, and was buried the week after her esteemed relative. J. S.

Nov. 7th.-At Curran, in the Enniskillen Circuit, Mr. James Johnston; who, being converted to God in early life, adorned his Christian profession for nearly half a century. During the greater part of this time he usefully filled the office of Class-Leader. He was emphatically a man of God; spiritually-minded, humble, fervent in devotion, upright in all his dealings, "an Israelite indeed, in whom was no guile." Gaiuslike, he received the preachers into his house for many years with open heart, and bid them God speed. He died in great peace. When asked, were his hope of glory bright, to hold up his hand, he held it up, and feebly said, "I feel the Saviour very precious. I have a good hope of glory through Him. That hope is strengthened this morning. O that I had wings like a dove, for then would I fly away, and be at rest!"

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Nov. 7th.-In the Huddersfield First Circuit, Mrs. Hannah Booth, aged sixty-two years. In 1809, under the ministry of the Rev. Robert Newton, she was deeply convinced of sin; and she sought and found redemption through the blood of Christ. She then united herself to the WesleyanMethodist Society, and continued to meet in the same class for forty years. At the commencement of her Christian course, she determined to "lay aside every weight," and at once gave up the world and the love of it. The means of grace became her delight. She loved her class, and the early prayer-meetings; while she most highly prized the preaching of the Word. the various relations of life, she was truly conscientious; and she evinced great anxiety for the salvation of her children. One of them attributes his conversion to God to the prayers of his mother. Her extreme modesty would not permit her to accept an appointment as Leader of a class. In this, however, she feared she had grieved God, and required His correcting hand. In weakness and suffering she learned to say, "Not my will, but thine, be done." For many years she enjoyed the blessing of entire sanctitication. A few days before her death she said, "Glory to God! I feel He is here." When asked, "Do you love the Lord with all your heart?" she instantly replied, "Yes, with all my heart, and soul, and mind, and strength." Her last words were, "Come, Jesus,"-" Not a cloud doth arise," &c.,-" My ransom's paid."

S. B.

Nov. 10th.-At Liverpool, Thomas Wilson, aged eighty-nine. He had been a Class-Leader for upwards of sixty years; and was esteemed by all who knew him as a man of sterling integrity, great benevolence, and uniform piety. Dr. Coke often found him an efficient helper in his applications to the merchants of Liverpool, for aid in behalf of our foreign Missions. Death, to him, had long lost its sting: to depart, and to be with Christ, he deemed far better; and he literally fell asleep in Jesus. P. M'O.

Nov. 10th.-At Acaster, in the York Circuit, aged seventy-three years, Mr. Richard Dawson, brother of the late honoured William Dawson, of Barnbow. He had sat for years under the Wesleyan Ministry; but it was in 1832 that he became a member of the Society. He was sincere, humble, and much esteemed; a lover of Christ's servants for the Master's sake. During his last illness, though deeply humbled before God, his mind was graciously supported. The doctrine he heard at the period of his conversion, in a sermon preached by his brother on Heb. vii. 25, he found sustaining to him on the bed of death. On this he was enabled sweetly to repose, till his redeemed spirit quitted its clay tenement. A. B.

Nov. 16th.-At Portsea, in the Portsmouth Circuit, after a short illness, Priscilla, the beloved wife of Mr. Josiah Groves, aged thirtythree; leaving an interesting family of four young children to sustain a loss of no ordinary character. In her life, the grace of God shone through an exceedingly amiable natural disposition; and in her death, though the solemn event was almost an unexpected one, she was favoured to exhibit the dignity, tranquillity, and holy triumph that belong to those who through grace have believed. W. M. H.

Nov. 18th.-At Yeadon, aged twenty-five years, Mary Ann, eldest daughter of the Rev. Leonard Posnet, after a severe illness of nine months. From the period of her conversion, in her twelfth year, she was a sincere follower of the meek and lowly Saviour; and exhibited in an eminent degree the Christian graces and virtues. Possessing a cultivated mind and

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considerable acquaintance with spiritual things, she was well fitted for usefulness in the church. Though naturally retiring, she was constrained by zeal for God to engage in various important duties in the church; especially as Bible and Tract Distributor, Missionary Collector, and Leader of a class of young persons, by whom she was greatly beloved. In these various spheres of Christian activity her ardour and perseverance were exemplary. In the midst of her last sufferings she anticipated the future with calm delight, and sometimes with rapture. From the 12th to the 18th of November she was in a state of unconsciousness; and, before the Sabbath closed, her happy spirit took its flight to the realms of bliss. L. P.

respecting my progress from day to day during my journey, and also of the character of my intercourse with the King.

"2. On receiving the presents which were sent out by your Lordship's directions, I immediately corresponded with the King; and finding that he was desirous to see me, I at once commenced preparations for the journey.

"3. Our travelling-party consisted of myself, Captain Powell of the 1st West India regiment, commanding a detachment consisting of forty-eight of his men as a guard of honour; the Rev. Mr. Freeman of the Wesleyan Missionary Society, who acted as my Secretary, and about one hundred and fifty men, consisting of the band, hammock-inen, carriers of luggage, and servants.

"4. The most easy and convenient mode of travelling in this part of the world, where the climate is so inimical to all kinds of beasts of burden that they cannot be successfully employed, is a light hammock attached to a pole, and covered with an awning. In this kind of conveyance, the native hammock-men, two at a time, will carry a person of ordinary weight a distance of about four miles; they are then relieved by two fresh men, and thus they continue to relieve and change to the end of a day's journey, the average extent of which is twenty-five miles.

"5. With these brief remarks, I now beg to insert, for your Lordship's information, a copy of my Journal, commencing on the 28th of September last, and closing on the 4th of November.

"September 29th, Friday.-At 6, 15 A. M. we resumed our journey, and travelled through a fine tract of fertile country, studded with silk-cotton trees, palms, and plantations of the plantain and banana. At 8, 15 A. M. we stopped to take breakfast at the village of Assaybu; and after refreshing ourselves, and giv. ing the soldiers and people a little time to rest, we proceeded to Akroful, a village a few miles distant from Assaybu. Whilst we rested a short time in this village, the headmen came to visit me, and present me some palm-wine. In this place there is a small Christian society of the natives, under the care of the Wesleyan Missionaries; and I was pleased to observe a small chapel in the course of erection, and nearly finished, chiefly by the personal labours of this little band of native Christians. At 45 minutes after noon, we reached Dunkwa, and took quarters for the night in the

school-house occupied by the Wesleyan Missionary Society. Here I was received by Otu, a Fanti Chief, and the successor of Payntree, mentioned so honourably by Bowditch in his account of his journey to Kumasi in 1817. He (Otu) had come over from Abakrampa, the place of his residence, distant about ten miles from Dunkwa, accompanied by many of his Captains and people, to meet me, and bid me welcome to that part of the Fanti country, which is under his control. After resting a little from the fatigues of my journey, I spent some time in conversation with Otu and his Captains.

"Shortly after our arrival, I received from Otu a present, consisting of two sheep, some yams and bunches of plantain; with which token of good feeling and attachment I felt much gratified. Dunkwa is well situated on high ground, near to a good supply of water at all seasons of the year, and surrounded by fine plantations of plantain and banana. It is one of the largest of the Fanti krums or villages, and has a population of about 1,200 souls.

"The Wesleyan school here is of recent establishment; but it contains thirty-eight children, and promises well.

"Among the Captains of Otu, who had collected together to meet me at Dunkwa, was Owisi, the Chief of Domonasi, a place about twelve miles distant from Dunkwa. At this place, also, the Wesleyan Missionary Society have a considerable establishment; it being one of their principal Stations or heads of Circuits.

"September 30th, Saturday.-At 6,30 A. M. Ötu and his Captains came to the Mission-house to take leave of me, and we then proceeded to Yankumasi, the chief krum and residence of Assin Chibbu, one of the refugee Captains from the old Assin country, beyond the river Prah. By Chibbu I was also kindly received, and presented with a fine sheep.

"Yankumasi is about half the size of Dunkwa, pleasantly situated and well watered. About midway betwixt Dunkwa and Yankumasi, I found, sitting at the entrance of a little village near the path, Quashie Auka, a very intelligent Fanti Chief, and a neighbour of Otu's. He saluted me as I passed, and presented me with a sheep. His residence is at Donasi, about eight miles distant from the place where I met him.

"At Donasi there is also a Wesleyan school, containing forty-two scholars.