S^GFPfffe (^ 4 1942 MINUTES SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS Cite ifoletfjotitst jHtntetm IN THE CONNEXION ESTABLISHED BY THE LATE REV. JOHN WESLEY, A.M., AT THEIR NINETY-SEVENTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, BEGUN IN NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 1840. , LONDON : PUBLISHED BY JOHN MASON, 14, CITY-ROAD; AND SOLD AT £6, PATERNOSTER-ROW. 1840. 3c London : li. Needham, Printer, Paternoster-Rov. MINUTES. Question I. What Preachers are this year admitted into full CONNEXION WITH THE CONFERENCE ? Answer 1. In Great Britain, (1.) Joseph Nicholson and William Baker, jun., who have travelled five years ; (2.) John Anderson. Samuel Beard, John M. Budden, William Cattle, James Clapham, Samuel Cooke, John G. Cox, Henry Dean, Thomas Denham, William G. Duncan, Jesse Edgoose, Benjamin Elvins, Thomas Garbutt, jun., Hender Geach, Frederick Griffiths, Samuel R. Hall, John Hanson, Isaac Harding, James Harris, Henry Hicks, William Hopkins, George Hughes, John Imisson, John H. James, William Jessop, Zephaniah Job, John M. Kirk, Aaron Langley, James Lees, William Limmex, Thomas Llewellyn, John P. Lockwood, Samuel Lucas, 1st, Thomas Nightingale, James Osborn, Reuben Partridge, William H. Robson, Thomas Rodham, a2 Thomas Rowe, Joseph Sanger, Thomas Standring, William Sugden, Joseph Sykes, John Vanes, John Vine, Thomas J. Walker, Joseph Watson, Joseph Wilkinson, Robert M. Willcox, William R. Williams ;■ N.B. John Harland retires, for the present, for want of health; — 2. In our Foreign Missions, John Addy, George Bingham, James Buckley, Francis Gladwin, George Green, Richard D. Griffith, William C. Holden, John Hunt, Edmund S. Ingalls, Kichard B. Lyth, Thomas Pearson, 3d, John Richards, William R. Rogers, Richard Sergeant, John B. Selley, Francis Taylor, Francis Tuckfield, John Warren, Samuel T. Wilkinson ; Also, Charles Franklin, Charles De Hoedt, Assistant Missionaries ; — N. B. Edmund S. Ingalls was continued on trial last year solely on account of his health ; — 3. And, in Ireland, *Robert Black, Robert Hamilton, John Hughes, James Kennedy, William M'Garvey, Robert Wallace. Q. II. What Preachers remain on trial ? A. 1. In Great Britain, William Andrews, William Baddeley, John H. Beech, Samuel Bowman, William Brailey, Uriah Butters, John Cannell, Charles Carter, James Collier, David Evans, 2d, William Exley, James P. Fairbourn, Henry Graham, George Greenwood, Henry M. Harvard, William Hudson, Elijah Jackson, Edward Jones, 2d, Thomas Kent, Samuel Lucas, 2d, John Luddington, Joseph Marsden, John Maysey, Jabez Palmer, John Parry, Richard Petch, Louis Rees, James Roberts, George Russell, James Sutch, John Shaw, Thomas Shears, William Swallow, Henry J. Thomas, James S. Thomas, Henry Wilcox, Thomas Withington, Jabez Yardley ; — N.B. Robert F. Sansom retires, for the present, for want of health ; — 2. In our Foreign Missions, Henry Badger, George M. Barratt, Peter Batchelor, Thomas Burrows, Charles Churchill, Charles Creed, James England, William S. Fox, Thomas B. Freeman, John Horsford, Samuel Ironside, Thomas J. Jaggar, Henry Lanton, John Lee, Lewis Lewis, 3. And, in Ireland, James Black, James Donald, Robert Lyon, Louis Martin, Frederick Smallwood, William Towler, Benjamin Tregaskis, Charles de Wolfe ; Also, James Buller, Thomas Campbell, Jeremiah V. Jost, Samuel M'Masters, Samuel D. Rice, Philip Webber, Assistant Missionaries ; — Henry Johnson, Robert J. Meyer, 6 David Robinson, Thomas K. Whittaker ;- N.B. John N. Morris retires for want of health ;- These have travelled three years : 1. In Great Britain. Joseph Akrill, Matthew Andrew, William R. B. Arthy, Edward Baylis, Henry Botterell, Edward Bramford, William Bramford, Thomas Brooks, Thomas Brumwell, John R. Chambers, Walter Coates, William J. Dawson, John Dixon, James Emory, James S. Haigh, Robert H. Hare, Henry Hastling, Edward H or ton, Joseph Hudson, Michael Johnson, Thomas O. Keysell, Robert Key worth, Henry Kirkland, Samuel Lawrence, James Little, Josiah Midgley, Benjamin G. Mitchell, Dixon Naylor, Charles North, William North, Henry Owen, Frederick Payne, Joseph Pechey, Joshua Priestley, William T. Radcliffe, Charles Rawlins, John Relph, William Roberts, Edward Sackett, William Shearman, John Smart, Samuel T. Sproston, John Stirzaker, Edward Stokes, Ebenezer Tovey, Samuel Walker, Louis Williams, Thomas Williams, 1st, William Wilson, 5th, Thomas Smith Wood, Frederick F. Woolley;- 2. In our Foreign Missions, John Appleyard, George Arthur, James Bickford, James Calvert, Richard Davies, Thomas Edwards, jun., John Garrett, "William Handcock, Henry Hurd, William Impey, Edmund Lockyer, William Marshall, William Moss, Josiah Mycock, Humphrey Pickard, George U. Pope, Lancelot Railton, William Redfern, John Smith, 4th, Thornley Smith, Edward G. Squarebridge, J. Stewart Thomas, William Webb, 2d, Francis Whitehead, Francis Wilson ; Also, Peter Barbenson, George Leale, Malcolm Macdonald, So W. Sprague, Henry O. Sullivan, Assist- ant Missionaries ; — 3. And, in Ireland, John H. Atkins, Robert Bell, John Donald, Robert Hewitt, Gibson M'Millen, William J. Norwood, John Yv r alker : — These have travelled two years : 1. In Great Britain, Alfred Abbott, Elisha Bailey, W. H. Bambridge, Thomas Beal, Thomas H. Beswick Edwin Blake, George Blencowe, Thomas Bolas, Richard Chapman, George Clement, Thomas Collins, jun., Edward Crofts, William Davenport, J. Wesley Dawson, John Dowty, James P. Dunn, Samuel Durrie, John Dyson, Thomas Flower, Philip Fowler, John Gostick, Joseph Gostick, jun., John Harding, John Hartley, James Haughton, James Hirst, Charles Howe, George Hurst, John P. Johnson, Robert Jones, Francis S. Keeling, James Kendall, jun., Joseph Kirk, Robert Lewis, Alfred Lockyer, James Mayer, 8 George Millsom Charles Nightingale, Robert Nightingale, Joseph Officer, "William Parkinson, George Patterson, Nicholas C. Pridham, Charles Rawlings, Christopher Ridler, Richard Riley, Benjamin Roberts George Savery, Edward Shelton, "William J. Skidmore, James Smith, John T. Smith, William Steadman, John Tucker, Joseph K. Tucker, John Ward, jun., William Way, Samuel Wesley, Joseph B. West, Joseph B. Whitehead, Samuel Wilkinson, William Willan ; — N.B. James Hardwidge, Thomas Vasey, and Richard Waddingion, retire, for the present, for want of health ; — 2. In our Foreign Missions, John Aldred, James Bamfield, George Barnley, Robert Brooking, Josias F. Browne, George Buttle, William English, William Ingram, William James, David Jehu, George Kevern, John Mearns, Henrv Padgham, John Skevington, Gideon Smales, Henrv H. Turton, Richard Weddall, Thomas Williams, 2d ; Also, James Allison, Anthony Berrus, Benjamin Clarke, John Gum, James Lyon, Assistant Mis- sionaries ; — 3. And, in Ireland, John Boyd, James M'Kee : William Brown, These have travelled one year. Q. III. What Preachers are now received on trial A. 1. In Great Britain, William H. Bramwell, William Clegg, jun., George Dickenson, James Findlay, John Fletcher, John Gay, Benjamin Gregory, Philip Guiton, Thomas Hardy, jun., John Hearnshaw, Timothy Jones, Alexander Macauley, John Mollard, Timothy Moxon, Owen Owens, Robert Pargitur, Charles Payne, Benjamin Ridsdale, Edward Russell, Matthew Salt, William Shepherd, Anthony Simpson, John Smetham, Charles G. Turton, Charles Walden ; — 2. In our Foreign Missions, Also, William H. Hann, Peter Massot, James Hartwell, Philip Neel, Assistant Mis- Andrew Kesson; sionaries; — 3. And, in Ireland, John Duncan, John Gilbert, John Hay, William Hoey, 2d, Andrew Huston, Robert Jones, Joseph W. M'Kay, Thomas Orbinson, James S. Waugh. Q. IV. W T hat Preachers have died since the last Conference ? A. In Great Britain, the eighteen following : — (1.) George Lowe. He was born at Leivenshulme, near Manchester, in the year 1750; and was convinced of sin under a sermon preached by the late Rev. Samuel Bardsley, then a Local Preacher. He soon after joined the Methodist society, and commenced his itinerancvin the 10 year 1788. In every Circuit to which he was appointed he made " full proof of his ministry," and " turned many to righteousness." His preaching was marked hy a pe- culiar solemnity and impressiveness ; and his deportment exhibited such seriousness, cheerful piety, benevolence, and rectitude, as greatly endeared him to the people among whom he laboured. In the year 1808 he was compelled, by declining health, to retire from the active duties of the ministry ; and the last thirty years of his life were spent at Congleton, in the capacity of a Super- numerary. In advanced age he continued to be " a burning and shining light ;" and in every thing that involved the interests of religion he displayed the ardour of youth, and the vigour of manhood. During his last illness, which was extremely painful, his mind was kept in perfect peace, He died August 19th, 1839, in the eighty-ninth year of his age. (2.) James Buckley ; who for forty-eight years oc- cupied an honourable rank in the Wesleyan ministry, was greatly beloved by his brethren, esteemed by the people among whom he laboured, and rendered exten- sively useful. Having been converted to God in early life, and manifesting a strong desire for the salvation of sinners, he was called, at the age of nineteen years, to the work of the Christian ministry. His talents were con- siderable ; his preaching was persuasive ; his spirit was affectionate ; his manners were amiable and conciliatory ; and he was distinguished by firmness and decision of character. He took an active part in the formation of the first Wesleyan Missionary Auxiliary Society, and preached the first sermon upon that deeply affecting occasion. The growing success of the Wesleyan Missions filled his heart with thankfulness to the end of his life. After having laboured with acceptance in most of our principal Circuits, and for a period of forty-one years, in 1832 he settled as a Supernumerary at Llanelly, in Wales, where his counsel and co-operation were emi- nently useful, and highly valued. The deep interest which he took in the Centenary movement induced him to attend the Centenary Conference at Liverpool, where 11 he largely participated in the grateful joy of his brethren. His Saviour here granted him the desire which he had frequently expressed, " to die among his brethren." On his return from the Conference sacrament, at which he was greatly comforted, he complained of indisposition ; and although medical aid was afforded, he rapidly grew worse. During a week of extreme suffering, his mind was sustained by the grace of God. With holy cheer- fulness he exclaimed, " What happiness is mine ! I have not one anxious thought. ' For me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.' " To many of his brethren he testified freely of the supporting love of Christ. His last words were, " For me the Saviour died." He calmly fell on sleep, August 24th, 1839, aged sixty-seven years. (3.) Thomas Hutton; who was converted to God in early life, and entered upon our itinerancy in the year 1789. In this work he laboured as an approved servant of Christ for thirty- eight years, during which his ministry was acceptable and useful. In the year 1827 he retired from the regular ministry, but continued to preach occasionally, and by various other means to pro- mote the interests of true religion. After a short illness, he died in great peace and hope, on Friday, October 1st, 1839, in the seventy-third year of his age. (4.) Edward Ford; who was converted to God under the Wesleyan ministry in the twentieth year of his age, and in the year 1824 entered upon the itinerant work. Having had the advantages of a good education, and possessing the gift of ready utterance, his public labours proved very attractive in every Circuit to which he was appointed ; nor did he labour in vain. His sermons, which were carefully studied, and impressively delivered, were adapted to inform the judgment, and to win sinner? to Christ. A melancholy accident deprived him of his beloved wife, and occasioned the fracture of his left leg. His health, always delicate, thus received a shock which it never recovered ; so that he was at length compelled to 12 desist from his work. He enjoyed much divine conso- lation during his affliction, declared his firm reliance on the blood of atonement, and meekly commended his family and his soul to God. He died October 16th, 1839. (5.) Charles S. B. Taylor ; who from a child had a serious concern for religion, and loved the ordinances of God's house. Having obtained "redemption in the blood of Christ, the forgiveness of sins," and having for some time been successfully employed as a Sunday- school Teacher, and a Local Preacher, he was received on trial as an Itinerant Preacher, and was both laborious and useful. He was attacked by fever and ague, which were followed by rapid consumption. He finished his course with joy, October 30th, 1839, in the thirty-fifth year of his age, and the seventh of his ministry. (6.) William Edward Miller ; who was converted to God in a remarkable revival of religion in the town of Sheffield, and commenced his itinerant labours in 1799. He excelled in the art of musical composition, and performed on various instruments. These acquire- ments, with an agreeable person and polished manners, made him a general favourite among his fashionable companions, when he was awakened to a sense of his danger, and led to the cross of Christ. The change was deep, instantaneous, and entire. His standard of faith, spiritual privilege, and holiness, being adopted from the word of God, was elevated; and he never deviated from it, but persevered in his course, "shining more and more to the perfect day." Living faith, a spirit of prayer, fervid zeal, abstraction from the world, love to God, joy in the Holy Ghost, overflowing benevolence, and purity of heart, constituted the prominent features of his re- ligious character. For many years he professed to enjoy the perfect love of God ; and his spirit and habits were in full accordance with this testimony, and declared the exceeding grace of God which was in him. His ministry was remarkable for evangelical doctrine, simplicity, and 13 power. His preaching was eminently " in the Spirit/' God graciously owned his servant ; and in all the Cir- cuits where he travelled great good was done, and in some multitudes " believed, and turned to the Lord." He manifested an earnest desire to see believers seek and enjoy the full salvation of the Gospel, urging them forward, that they might be able to comprehend with all saints what is the length, and breadth, and depth, and height, and to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that they might be filled with all the fulness of God. With tender affection he sympathized with them in their sufferings, visiting them at their houses, and relieving their wants. Age and infirmities obliged Mr. Miller to give up the itinerancy in 1826 ; but his subsequent life was not unhappy, inactive, or useless. No murmur was ever heard from his lips on account of the departure of the exciting scenes of his public life, his comparative obscurity, or the personal afflictions which he endured. To the end of his life he retained the fervour of his first love, and often exclaimed, M Happy, happy, happy ! always happy." He died in the triumph of faith, November 12th, 1839, aged seventy-three years. (7.) George Thompson; a man eminently holy, zealous, and useful ; distinguished by his pastoral habits, even more than by his pulpit ministrations ; much beloved by the people among whom he la- boured, and deservedly of good report in the church of God. After spending about thirty-five years in various Circuits, his increasing infirmities compelled him to retire as a Supernumerary ; but he still laboured to do good, as the state of his health permitted. He had a paralytic seizure, which, in a few days, ended his life. He died in great peace, at his son's house, in Leeds, on the 15th of November, 1839, in the sixty-sixth year of his age, and the thirty-seventh of his minis- try. (8.) Richard Pattison ; who, when about sixteen years of age, was awakened to a sense of his sin and 14 danger ; and soon after, by a faith of the " operation of God," was " justified freely, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus." The Holy Spirit bore witness with his spirit that he was a child of God ; he was trans- formed by the " renewing of his mind ;" and walked through life in a bright path, and in the " full assurance of hope." He offered himself as a Missionary, and in the year 1791 was appointed to the West Indies, where, for fourteen years, he laboured and suffered for the glory of God, and the salvation of souls ; and was the honoured instrument of introducing many of the en- slaved children of Ham into the liberty wherewith Christ makes believers free. After his return to England, he laboured diligently in different parts of the kingdom, highly esteemed for his moral and religious worth, and for the cheerful and indefatigable perseverance with which he discharged the duties of his ministry. In 1835 he became a Supernumerary, but continued to preach till within a few weeks of his death. His piety was deep, uniform, and increasing ; his diligence was unremitting ; and his integrity inflexible. His death was eminently peaceful and triumphant. In his last hours he thanked God, who gave him the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. He died on Sunday, December 29th, 1839, in the seventieth year of his age. (9.) James Sykes. He was converted to God when about eighteen years of age ; and under the ministry of the late Dr. Coke was induced to join him- self to the Methodist society. He was accepted as an itinerant Preacher in the year 1803, and continued his public labours for thirty- two years, when, through the failure of his health, he became a Supernumerary ; yet he endeavoured still to make himself useful by visiting the sick, and was much esteemed on account of his edifying conversation. His preaching was evangelical and in- structive ; and with the gravity appropriate to a Christian Minister he combined great urbanity and gentleness of manners. He was remarkable for the friendliness of his disposition, and was greatly beloved by the people among whom he laboured. During the 15 last five years of his life, he was severely afflicted ; but he was patient, resigned, and happy in God. In the pros- pect of death he was calm and unmoved, and sustained to the last by the grace of the Lord Jesus. He died in great peace, March 3d, 1840, aged seventy-two years. (10.) William Nother; who, after having been usefully employed as a Class-Leader and Local Preacher for several years, was taken into the itinerant work at the Conference in 1803. For thirty-one years he discharged the duties of his office with fidelity and success, his labours being much owned of God. In August, 1834, increasing infirmities compelled him to become a Supernumerary, and rendered him incapable of any other service, than that of exhibiting the power of divine grace in the furnace of affliction. His piety was deep, and his preaching solid and instructive. He was modest and retiring in his spirit, faithful and affec- tionate as a fellow-labourer, a prudent counsellor, and an example of patient suffering. He departed this life rejoicing in hope of a glorious immortality, March 15th, 1840, in the sixty-sixth year of his age. (11.) Richard R. Mole ; who at the early age of sixteen years was convinced of sin, under the ministry of the Rev. John Anderson, and soon after experienced the renewing influence of the Spirit of God, through faith in the blood of Christ. He soon began to call sinners to repentance ; and in the year 1818 entered on the work of an Itinerant Preacher. His preaching was pointed and impressive, fraught with evangelical truth, and crowned with considerable success. He was much be- loved as a Pastor, and highly valued as a friend. A short time before his decease, he expressed his entire reliance on the atonement of Christ, and his full con- fidence in the efficacy of our Saviour's blood, to cleanse from all sin. He remained in a calm and happy state of mind, till his release. He died at Gosport, March 27th, 1840, in the forty-sixth year of his age, and the twenty- second of his ministry. 16 (12.) George Wilson ; who at the age of seventeen years joined the Methodist society, and was enabled to believe to the saving of his soul. In 1808 he was called into our itinerancy, the duties of which he fulfilled with scarcely any intermission for thirty-two years. He was a man of an excellent spirit, of genuine piety, and (though possessed of considerable mental ability) of un- assuming manners. His ministry was very acceptable ; and in some Circuits especially his labours were very successful. As a Superintendent he firmly, yet mildly, enforced our discipline, and diligently strove to promote the welfare of the church of Christ. He was suddenly removed by a fit of apoplexy. During the short interval which elapsed between his seizure and his death, he was composed and recollected, and peacefully entered into the joy of his Lord, April 7th, 1840, in the sixtieth year of his age. (13.) John Anderson, sen. He was born at Gibral- tar, but at an early age was brought to England, and educated in the metropolis, where he resided at the period of his conversion. That event took place in the nineteenth year of his age, when he joined the Methodist society. He entered upon our itinerant ministry at the Conference of 1812, and soon attained a position, which he always preserved, amongst the most respected and useful Ministers of the Connexion. Redemption by the blood of Jesus was a theme which had laid strongly hold of the warmest affections of his heart. The glories of His person, — the efficacy of His atonement, — the sanctifying and renewing power of His Spirit, — were, the great themes upon which he ever delighted to expatiate. Nor could any other person with greater propriety adopt the language of the Apostle, — " God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world." His character as a Minister of the Gospel was, to a great extent, moulded and exalted by his rich expe- rience as a Christian. Being a person of quick and lively apprehension, he was well qualified so to lay hold of the 17 sense of Holy Writ as frequently to bring out in his ministry its nicer shades of meaning, and touches of beauty. And had his powers of discrimination subsisted principally as the characteristics of his mind, they would of themselves have secured to his pulpit exertions a high scale of appreciation amongst intelligent hearers. In addition to these, however, he was richly gifted with imaginative faculties of an order which admirably quali- fied him to illustrate and adorn any subject to which his attention was seriously directed. The remarkably prompt manner in which he could call these powers into action rendered him a valuable and efficient Missionary speaker. On the platform, indeed, it was that he parti- cularly excelled, and almost invariably succeeded in enkindling in the bosoms of multitudes an ardour in that sacred cause which was like unto his own. Pos- sessed of such rare and excellent qualifications, it is not surprising that during a series of years he was appointed to several of the most important Circuits in the Con- nexion ; and by his death our ministerial ranks have sustained no ordinary loss. But it is consoling to know that if the natural term of his life were shortened by the ardour of his spirit, and the energy of his exertions, he died (as the important offices which he sustained at the close of his life abundantly testify) in the full possession of the esteem and confidence of his brethren in the ministry ; and his dying testimony demonstrates that he also departed " in sure and certain hope of the resur- rection to eternal life." This was given shortly before his departure, in these memorable words : "lam upon the Rock ! The blood of Christ, applied by faith, through the power of the eternal Spirit, cleanseth from all sin." He fell asleep in Jesus April 11th, 1840, aged forty-nine years. (14.) James Anderson ; who began to travel in the year 1789, and continued to labour in the itinerancy until 1828, when he became a Supernumerary. His increasing infirmities rendered it necessary for him to retire from all public ministerial duties during some of the latter years of his life. In his last illness he ex- 18 pressed firm confidence in the truth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. He died April 13th, 18-10, in the seventy- third year of his age. (15.) Martin Burrows; who in early life united himself with the Wesley an society, and became a subject of converting grace. He was fervent in spirit ; and on becoming a Preacher, laboured with zeal, fidelity, and success. It pleased the Lord, whose " ways are past finding out," to take his servant to an early rest. A short time before Mr. Burrows expired, he said, " If I live, I live unto the Lord ; and if I die, I die unto the Lord: whether I live, therefore, or die, I am the Lord's." He finished his course in peace, April 21st, 1840, in the twenty-third year of his age, and the second of his itinerancy. (16.) James Ash ; who entered upon our itinerant work in the year 1813, laboured among us fifteen years, and was rendered useful in many Circuits. He was reduced by disease to a state of great weakness, both of body and mind, from which he never recovered. He died May 14th, 1840, aged fifty-one years. (17.) James Wood; who was born at West-Buck- land, in Somersetshire, July 18th, 1751, O. S. At the early age of twelve years he was convinced of his sin- fulness and danger under a sermon preached by Mr. Jesse, a pious Clergyman of the Church of England, and a personal friend of Mr. Wesley. He joined the Methodist society in the year 1769, and soon after found peace with God by faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. His deep piety, active zeal, and promising talents, re- commended him as a suitable person to be employed in our itinerant ministry ; upon which he entered, under the sanction of our venerated Founder, in the year 1773. For the long space of fifty-three years he con- tinued his public labours, enjoying the full confidence and cordial affection of his brethren ; preaching the Gos- pel with great fidelity, earnestness, diligence, and sue- 19 cess ; and exercising the pastoral charge to the edifica- tion of all the societies that were placed under his care. He sustained the highest offices of trust and responsi- bility in our Connexion, being twice appointed to the Presidency of the Conference. Mr. Wood was a man of a meek and quiet spirit, and of sound judgment, a diligent student of the Bible, an instructive and edifying Preacher, and of inflexible uprightness ; walking closely with God, and reflecting in his daily deportment, and in the various relations of life, the power and efficacy of divine grace. On his retirement from the duties of our itinerancy, he was still "an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity." In proportion to his strength, he laboured, to the end of his life, to promote the spiritual good of all around him ; and under the infirmities of protracted age, his holy cheerfulness and resignation never forsook him. On the day of his death he said, "I am in the valley ; but God is with me. I dare not doubt. Blessed be his name." His last words were, "I have meat to eat, that the world knoweth not of." This holy and venerable man, and honoured Minister of the Lord Jesus, entered into the joy of his Lord, on the 17th of June, in the eighty-ninth year of his age. (18.) John Wiggan, a native of Colne, in Lanca- shire. He was brought to the saving knowledge of God at an early period of life, joined our society, and was particularly distinguished by his steady and consistent conduct. After labouring with considerable acceptance as a Local Preacher, he was called into the work of the ministry in the year 1835. He was firmly attached to our doctrines and discipline, a colleague of exemplary prudence and fidelity, unassuming in his manners, of an affectionate disposition, pastoral in his habits, and faithful in the discharge of his ministerial duties. His preaching was plain, practical, and useful. During his affliction he was patient, and resigned to the will of God ; and when informed of his danger, said, " All is right." He died in great peace, July 17th, 1840, in the twenty-eighth year of his age. 20 2. In Ireland, four > viz., — (1.) Alexander Moore. He was of a mild temper, and moral habits ; yet he remained a stranger to experi- mental religion till he was more than twenty years of age. About that period he was induced by a zealous convert from Popery to attend the Wesleyan ministry, whereby he was deeply convinced of sin, and led to feel that he must be pardoned or perish. In his distress of mind he was directed to the blood of atonement, on which he was enabled to repose his weary spirit ; and " being justified by faith, he found peace with God, through our Lord Jesus Christ." Shortly after he began to warn others to " flee from the wrath to come." His efforts to do good in this way were much owned of God in the conversion of sinners. At the Conference of 1788, he received his first appointment to a Circuit ; and continued for twenty-five years to labour with dili- gence and success. But having suffered much through the alarm and perils of the Irish Rebellion of 1 798, his constitution became so enfeebled that in 1813 he was unable any longer to remain in the regular work, and settled as Supernumerary in the "Wicklow Circuit, where he spent his remaining days and strength in the service of his divine Master. In his latter years he endured much personal and family affliction, with patient submission to the will of God. He was a truly pious man, of plain and simple manners, a fervent lover of Methodism, both in its doctrines and discipline, be- loved by those who knew him, and well received and useful in the Circuits where he travelled. During his last illness, his confidence in God remained unshaken : while passing through the valley of the shadow of death, the Lord was with him, to comfort and defend ; and with " a good hope through grace," he finished his earthly course October 3d, 1839, aged seventy-seven years. (2.) Robert Wilson ; who was born at Lislea, near Qmagh, in October, 1778. Through the instrumentality of the late Rev. Booth Cold well, a pious Presbyterian 21 Minister, he was awakened, and led earnestly to seek by faith, until he found, redemption through the- blood of Christ, the forgiveness of sins. Having afforded satisfactory evidence of his conversion to God, and call to the Christian ministry, he was received into the regular itinerancy in the year 1810, wherein he laboured successfully till 1830, when, through bodily infirmity, he was compelled to retire, and become a Supernumerary ; yet he continued to preach, as his health permitted, till within a few weeks of his death. His knowledge of scripture truth rendered Ms sermons, which were plain and pointed, very useful in the awakening and conversion of sinners. The prayer-meetings with which he generally closed his evening services were attended by the unction of the Holy Spirit, and made the means of salvation to many souls. He was distinguished by his happy art of introducing and sustaining conversation to the use of edifying, which tended to increase his usefulness, and made his intercourse truly profitable among the people in the different Circuits where he travelled. " The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ," which he proclaimed to others, supported him during his last illness, preserving his mind in perfect peace, and increasing his foretaste of " the powers of the world to come." On the morning of his death he dressed himself, sat down in his. chair, and without any visible emotion exchanged worlds, Octo- ber 29th, 1839. (3.) John Dinnen. He was born in Lisburn, in the county of Antrim. In early life he was converted to God, and evinced the reality of the change by holy tempers, zeal for the divine glory, and tender concern for perishing men. He was called to the Christian ministry in 1785 ; and for thirty-six years he laboured with much accept- ance, and was signally owned of God in turning many to righteousness. His piety was deep and ardent, his attachment to the doctrines of Wesleyan Methodism strong, and his administration of its discipline prompt and impartial. He was a man pre-eminently " full of faith and of the Holy Ghost." On going to a Circuit, OQ he was in the habit of saying, " Now, we shall have a revival !" Nor did this at all savour of enthusiasm ; for he earnestly recommended, and diligently practised, all scriptural means for the purpose ; and especially laid hold upon the promises of God in the spirit of the patriarch, and cried, " I will not let thee go unless thou bless me;" and, like him, he prevailed. When, through declining health, he was obliged to retire from the itinerant work, as his strength permitted he went about doing good, teaching publicly, and from house to house. Through a long and painful affliction, which he endured with patience, his faith in the atonement became increasingly strong, and his communion with God intimate and un- interrupted. To a friend, shortly before his death, he said, " Blessed be God, I have had neither fear nor doubt these many years." The last words he was heard to utter were, " Precious, precious Jesus !" He fell asleep in Jesus, at Coleraine, in the eighty-sixth year of his age, and the fifty-fifth of his ministry, on the 17th of December, 1839. (4.) John M'Arthur. In his youth he became a member of the "Wesleyan society, and was soon, through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, blessed with the know- ledge of salvation by the remission of sins, and enabled to rejoice in hope of eternal life. Shortly after his con- version, he began to recommend to others the Saviour whom he had found to be precious to his own soul. His labours as a Local Preacher were owned of God in the awakening and conversion of sinners ; and in the year 1792 he was, after due examination, called into the public ministry, and appointed to a Circuit. He con- tinued to travel and labour with great diligence, regu- larity, and usefulness, till the year 1818, when he was compelled, by severe disease, to retire from that field of labour in which his soul had delighted. During more than twenty-one succeeding years, he resided in the Omagh and Londonderry Circuits, preaching as his health permitted, and exemplifying by the holiness of his life and conversation the truth of the doctrines which he taught. As a Christian, his piety was deep and uniform. 23 He was a kind and faithful friend, an agreeable and in- telligent companion, a good experimental and practical Preacher. His sermons were generally enriched by numer- ous and suitable portions of Scripture, which he quoted with the strictest accuracy. He was a man of God, ready at all times to promote to the utmost of his ability the temporal and spiritual welfare of those with whom he had any intercourse. After years of much affliction, the conclusion of his life was calm and peaceful. Blessed with a hope full of immortality, and surrounded by an affectionate and pious family, he fell asleep in Jesus, at Londonderry, March 2d, 1840, in the seventy-eighth year of his age. " Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright; for the end of that man is peace." 8* In our Foreign Missions, Jive have died, viz., — (1.) William Juff. He was a Jollof by birth, and was brought as a slave to the Gambia, in Western Africa. Having come under the sound of the Gospel, preached by the Wesleyan Missionaries, he was speedily freed from spiritual bondage, by obtaining that liberty with which Christ makes his people free. He possessed great teachableness of disposition, and soon attained the elements of an English education. Being full of love towards his perishing brethren, and of zeal for the glory of God, he began to call sinners to repentance ; and having been made useful to several of his countrymen, to whom he preached in his native language, he was called to the honourable employment of an Assistant Missionary. In this high and holy vocation he profited much, whilst his amiable temper and upright conduct rendered him beloved and respected by all around him. He laboured at St. Mary's for about five years, and died on the 1st of March, 1839. (2.) John Bell ; who in early life was converted to God, and at the age of eighteen years began to call sinners to repentance. At the Conference of 1836 he commenced his itinerant labours; and in 1838 entered on the Missionary work, the arduous duties of which, for the few months during which he was spared, he 24 discharged with much acceptance. He suffered with Christian patience and resignation the malignant yellow fever ; and at the end of eight days fell asleep in Jesus, August 16th, 1839, aged twenty-seven years. (3.) James Parkinson; who, at the Conference of 1838, received an appointment to St. Mary's on the Gambia, where his labours were very useful, and will be long remembered. At the time of his decease there was no other Missionary on the station ; but there is suffi- cient evidence that he died, as he had lived, in the exercise of faith in his Saviour, whom he honoured in his life, and in whose service he often expressed his willingness to die. The malignant fever, which termi- nated his life on the 8th of September, 1839, was also fatal to Mrs. Parkinson, who died a few days afterwards. (4.) William Murray. He was a native of Barnard- Castle, Durham, and in early life was made a subject of saving grace. Soon after his conversion, under a conviction of duty to God and his church, he offered himself as a candidate for our Mission work, and was accepted by the Conference. For several years he laboured in New-Brunswick and Nova-Scotia, with benefit to many souls. In 1834 he was appointed to the Newfoundland District, where he preached the Gos- pel with zeal and acceptance in the Harbour-Grace and Port-de-Grave Circuits. During his stay in the latter Circuit, his health became so impaired that his im- mediate removal from the island was necessary. After visiting his native land, and the West Indies, without any improvement in his health, his afflictions were augmented by the death of his beloved wife, who exchanged mortality for life, in St. John, New- Bruns- wick. From that time his affliction increased ; but his consolation in the Lord became stronger. To many of his brethren he gave satisfactory evidence of his well-grounded hope in his Redeemer ; and terminated his extreme sufferings on the 16th of January, 1840. (5.) John Spinney, a young man of undoubted 25 piety. At the Conference of 1835 he was appointed to the Feejee Mission ; and, in the honourable work of preaching the Gospel to those who had hitherto been entirely ignorant of divine truth, he laboured with faith- fulness and success. In October, 1838, symptoms of pulmonary disease made their appearance ; and all attempts to arrest the progress of the malady proved ineffectual. He lingered until the 10th of February, 1840, when he died, at Sydney, in triumph over the fear of death, and in the prospect of eternal life, in the twenty-seventh year of his age. Q,. V. Are there any objections to any of our Preachers ? A. They were examined one by one. Q. VI. What Preachers have desisted from tra- velling ? A. Daniel Blarney. Q. VII. How are our Preachers stationed for the ensuing year ? A. As follows ; viz., — GREAT BRITAIN. [N.B. Each of the Places mentioned in these Stations, and numbered consecutively from 1 to 411, is the head of a Circuit. The Minister or Ministers stationed in, or appointed to, the several Circuits undermentioned, is and are appointed by the Con- ference to preach, and to perform all acts of religious worship and Methodist discipline, in each and every of the Wesleyan-Metho- dist chapels already erected, or to be erected, within each Circuit respectively, within the space of twelve calendar months, at such time or times, and in such manner, as to him or them shall seem proper ; subject nevertheless to the direction of the Superintendent Ministers.] I.— THE LONDON DISTRICT. 1. First London, (City-road, fyc.,) Richard Reece, Robert Newstead, William Kelk, Henry Davies, William Barton, George Osborn ; Henry Moore, Supernumerary. 26 Thomas Jackson is our Editor ; George Cubitt is Assistant Edi- tor ; John Mason, jun., is our Book-Steward. Jabez Bunting, D.D., John Beecham, Robert Alder, D.D., and Elijah Hoole, are the Resident Secretaries for our Missions ; Walter O. Crog- gon is the Superintendent, under the direction of the Missionary Committee, of the Irish Missions and Schools. Dr. Bunting is appointed the Presi- dent of the Wesley an Theological Institution; Richard Treffry, Go- vernor of the Institution-House, at Hoxton ; John Hannah, D.D., the Theological Tutor ; Samuel Jones, A.M., the Classical and Mathematical Tutor ; John Farrar is the Tutor and Governor of the Abney-House Branch of the Theological Institution ; Samuel Wilkinson, John Hartley, Richard Chapman, Robert Nightingale, are Students in the Institution, and regarded as having travelled one year. 2 Second London, {Queen-street, §c.,) Isaac Keeling, Abraham Stead, Robert Young ; William Jenkins, John Kershaw, Supernumeraries. 3 Third London, (Spitalfelds, §c.,) Thomas Martin, William P. Burgess, Frederick J. Jobson. Romford, Francis Ward, who shall change once in four weeks, on the Lord's day, with the Preachers of the Third London Circuit. {Welsh,) Edward Jones. 4 Fourth London, (Southwark, $c.,) William Atherton, 27 William Clegg, sen., John H. James. 5 Fifth London, (Lambeth, $c.,) Edmund Grindrod, Henry Fish, Henry Castle; John Stephens, Supernumerary. 6 Sixth London, (Hinde- street, fyc.,) John Scott, Theophilus Lessey, John P. Has- well, William Peterson ; Joseph Sutcliffe, Supernumerary. 7 Deptford, William Naylor, Stephen Kay. 8 Hammersmith, Joseph Walker, Peter Cooper. 9 Croydon and Horsham, James Aldis, Richard Petch; Edward Chapman, Super- numerary. 10 Leyton, Richard Eland, who shall change once in six weeks, on the Lord's day, with the Preachers of the First London Circuit. 1 1 Bishop- Stortford, William Culcheth, John Vanes. 12 Windsor, James Brownell, William Hudson. 13 Chelmsford, John Morgan, John M. Kirk, John Watson, 3d. 14 Colchester, John Croft, John F. England. 15 Manningtree, John Bell, William Burnett. 16 Ipswich, John Hannah, jun., Jabez Palmer, Anthony Simpson. 17 Hastings, Wm. Bytheway, Joseph K. Tucker. 18 Sevenoaks, Joseph T. Milner, Samuel R. Hall, W T illiam Way. 19 Lewes and Eastbourne, George Oyston, Robert S. Ellis. 20 Brighton, Samuel Young, William P. Dennis ; Jos. Brookhouse, Supernumerary. 21 St. Alban's, Joseph Floyd, John Gay. 22 Guildford, Isaac Harding. N.B, Authority is given by the Conference to the London Financial District- Meeting to make and conclude a new arrangement of the Croydon and Horsham, Lewes and Eastbourne, Brighton, and Guildford Circuits. Jabez Bunting, D.D., Chairman of the District. John Farrar, Financial Secretary. b 2 28 I J. -THE BEDFORD AND NORTHAMPTON DISTRICT. 23 Bedford and Ampthill, Maximilian Wilson, Thomas P. Clarke, John Gostick. 24 Leighion-Buzzard, Joseph Wilson, John Piggott, Joseph Gostick, jun. 25 Luton, George Taylor, Robert Maxwell, Samuel Wesley. N.B. Brother Wesley resides at Dunstable. 26 St. NeoVs, Everett Vigis, John Maysey. 27 Biggleswade and Hitchin, Thomas Staton, William Sanders, Dixon Naylor ; Francis B. Potts, Supernumerary. N.B. Brother Sanders shall reside at Hitchin. 28 Huntingdon, Robert Bryant, William J. Bullivant, William H. Bambridge. 29 Northampton, George H. Rowe, William Hales, John D. Julian; William Hinson, Supernumerary. 30 Towcester, Samuel Brown, sen., Edward Bram- ford. 3 1 Daventry, Thomas Hickson, Thomas J. Walker, Edwin Blake. 32 Newport- Pagnell, Jonathan Williams, Charles Carter. 33 Higham- Ferrers, Moses Dunn, James Lees; Thomas Hewitt, Supernumerary. 34 Wellingborough, W T illiam Piggott, Robert Lewis. 35 Kettering, Thomas Newton, Henry Young ; John Rossell, 1st, Supernu- merary. 36 Market-Harborough, John Haigh, Thomas H. Beswick ; John Wood, Super- numerary. 37 Cambridge, James Ray, Thomas Rowe. 38 Chatteris, John Ingham, Edward Crofts. 39 Stamford, Benjamin Gartside, Samuel Walker. 40 Oundle, John Brown, jun., John W. Dawson. 41 Peterborough, George Birley, Aaron Langley, Philip Fowler ; Isaac Aldom, 29 Thomas Harrison, Supernu- meraries. Maximilian Wilson, Chairman of the District. Thomas Staton, Financial Secretary. III.— THE KENT DISTRICT. 42 Canterbury, Benjamin Andrews, Thomas Baker, Charles Howe ; William Wel- come, Supernumerary. 43 Rochester, John Bicknell, Henry Turner, Wil- liam Williams. 44 Gravesend, John Bustard, James Osborn. 45 Sheerness, John Chettle, who shall change on one Sunday in every six weeks with the Preachers of the Roches- ter and Maidstone Circuits. 46 Margate, John H. Adams, Thomas R. Fisher. 47 Dover, John Geden, Samuel Brown, jun., George Blencowe ; James Jarrett, Supernumerary. 48 Deal, William Wedlock, Samuel Beard ; James Gartrell, Supernumerary. 49 Rye, James Mole, who shall change on one Sunday in every five weeks with the Preachers at Tenterden and Sandhurst. 50 Tenterden, John Knowles, sen., Henry B. Britten. 51 Sandhurst, Thomas Robinson, sen., James Hirst. 52 Maidstone, James Rosser, Richard Cooper. Benjamin Andrews, LL.D., Chairman of the District. John H. Adams, Financial Secretary. IV.— THE NORWICH AND LYNN DISTRICT. 53 Norwich, Thomas Hamer, Thomas S. Monk- house, James P. Dunn. 54 Bungay, Thomas Ballingall, Joseph Pechey. 55 North- Walsham, Daniel Jackson, Henry Owen. 30 56 Yarmouth, 57 Lowes toff, 5S Framlingham, 59 Diss, Benjamin Firth, John H. Norton ; William Fowler, Supernumerary. George North, James Clapham. Richard Greenwood, Alfred Lock- yer. Thomas Stephenson, John M. Joll, John Harding ; John Reynolds, sen., Supernumerary. 60 Neiv-Buchenham, James Baker. 61 Bury St. Edmund 's, James Waller, Henry Graham. 62 Holt, Philip Jameson, Thomas Garbutt, jun. 63 Lynn, William D. Goy, Thomas R.Jones. 64 Swaffham, Henry Cheverton, Joseph Midgley. 65 Downkam, Robert Gover, Samuel Durrie. 66 Walsingham, William Wilson, 1st, John Booth ; James Burley, Supernumerary. N.B. Brother Booth resides at Wells. 67 Wisbeach, Robert Bond, James S. Haigh. 68 Thetford, James Cooke, sen., John Drake. 69 Mildenhall, William Taylor, Elisha Bailey. 70 Ely, William Edwards, William Bramford. Thomas Hamer, Chairman of the District. Thomas Stephenson, Financial Secretary. V.— THE OXFORD DISTRICT. 71 Oxford, Thomas Rogers, Thomas Thompson. 72 High- Wycomb, Isaac Phenix, George F. Driver; Samuel Robinson, Supernumer- ary. 73 Witney, John Roberts, Samuel H. Wardley. 74 Banbury, Joseph Hollis, Thomas Jones, 1st. 75 Newbury, Nicholas Sibly, Robert Dugdale. 76 Reading, James J. Topham, John G. Avery. 77 Hungerford, William Homer, Peter Budd. N.B. Brother Budd resides at Marlborough. 78 Watlington, William Harvie, John T. Smith ; John Langstone, Supernumerary. 79 Brackley, John Coates, Hender Geach, Wil- liam S. Bestall. 31 80 Chipping-Norton, James Lancaster, John Tucker. 81 Swindon, Robert Cooke, Thomas Nightingale. N.B. Brother Nightingale resides at Farringdon. 82 Wantage, Maurice Britton,William Baker, jun. N.B. Brother Baker shall reside at Abingdon. 83 Aylesbury, James Rathbone, Frederick Payne. Thomas Rogers, Chairman of the District. Jamf.s J. Topham, Financial Secretary. VI.— THE PORTSMOUTH DISTRICT. 84 Portsmouth, William Sharpe, Robert M . Macbrair ; Jonathan Edmondson, Supernu- merary. 85 Gosport, John George, Charles Rawlins. 86 Salisbury, Thomas Dowty, Thomas H.Walker. 87 Poole, Samuel Trueman, William Henley, John Bowman. SS Ringwood, John Hanson, who shall change re- gularly on the Lord's day with the Preachers at Poole. 89 Newport, Isle of Wight, Joseph Lewis, James Gold- ing, Henry Groves. N.B. Brother Groves resides at Cowes, and brother Golding at Ryde. 90 Southampton and Winchester, Joseph Pratten, John D. Carey, John Dowty. 91 Andover, John W. Cotton, John Sharman. N.B. Brother Sharman resides at Whitchurch. 92 Chichester, Charles Currelly, Thomas Flower. Thomas Dowty, Chairman of the District. William Sharpe, Financial Secretary. VII.— THE GUERNSEY DISTRICT. 93 Guernsey, (English,) George Jackson, Ebenezer Tovey ; William Fish, Supernu- merary. 94 Guernsey, (French,) John de Putron, Philip Gui- ton ; John de Gueteville, Super- numerary. 32 95 Alderney, Daniel Robin. 96 Jersey, (English,) Samuel Hope. 97 Jersey, (French,) Philip Tourgis, John Renier ; Amice OJlivier, Supernumerary. Samuel Hope, Chairman of the District. VIIL— THE DEVONPORT DISTRICT. 98 Devonport, Corbett Cooke, Thomas W. Smith, Daniel Chapman. William Beal, James Grose. Thomas Bersey, John W. Roberts ; Robert Bentham, Supernumerary. Charles Vibert, William J. Dawson. William Mowat, Robert Pargitur. John Ryan, 2d, Joseph B. West. Oliver Henwood, Benjamin Elvins ; William Sleep, Supernumerary. Thomas Payne, Paul Clarke ; Joseph Armstrong, Supernume- rary. John T. Barr, George Savery. William Hill, sen., James Sutch. William Beckwith, Henry Hicks. N.B. The Junior Preacher resides at Dartmouth. 109 Ashburton, W r illiam Box, Henry Daniels. N.B. Brother Daniels resides at Buckfastleigh. Corbett Cooke, Chairman of the District. James Grose, Financial Secretary. IX.— THE CORNWALL DISTRICT. 99 Plymouth, 100 Launceston, 101 Holdsworthy, 102 Kilkhampton, 103 Lisheard, 104 Salt ash, 105 Tavistock, 106 Camel ford, 107 Kingsbridge, 108 Brixham, 110 Redruth, 111 Camborne, 112 Tuckingmill, 113 Falmouth, 114 Truro, John Hobson, Samuel W. Christo- phers. Samuel Dunn, Thomas Withington ; Joseph Womersley, Supernume- rary. James Akerman, Henry Botterell. James Mowat, John G. Wilson. John Hall, Henry W. Williams, John Smart. 33 115 Grdenna.fi Samuel Timms, who shall change on one Sunday in every four weeks with the Preachers at Redruth. 116 St. Agnes, Elias Thomas, John Dawson. 117 St. Austle, Joseph Fletcher, Edwin J. Sturges, John Osborne. 118 St. Mawes, Charles Williams, who shall change once a month, on the Lord's day, with the Preachers at St. Austle. 1 1 9 Bodmin, John Cullen, Thomas Robinson, jun. 120 St. Columb, Thomas Wood, 1st, George Millsom. 121 Penzance, William Burt, James B. Godden ; John Reynolds, jun., Supernu- merary. 1 22 St. Just, Thomas Jewell, Peter Parsons. 123 St. Ives, John Saunders, William Appleby. Christopher Ridler. 124 Scilly Islands, Battinson Kay. 125 Helstone, Richard Williams, George Beard, John M. Budden ; Charles Col- well, Supernumerary. 126 Hayle, John Smith, 2d, James Cooke, jun. John Hobson, Chairman of the District. Samuel Dunn, Financial Secretary. X.— THE EXETER DISTRICT. 127 Exeter, Joseph Wood, Jarvis Cheesman, James Smith ; Edward MiUward, James Odgers, Supernumeraries. 128 Tiverton, James Allen, jun. , Edward Shelton. 129 Taunton and Wellington, John Wevill, Zephaniah Job ; Francis Collier, Joseph Lysk, Supernumeraries. 130 Bridgewater, James Stott, Benjamin Ridsdale. 131 South-Petherton, Richard Moody, Thomas Collins, 2d. N.B. Brother Collins shall reside at Crewkerne. 132 Axminster, John Robinson, Thomas Furze; John W. Etheridge, Supernume- rary. b 5 34 133 Bridport, John Heap, George F. White. 134 Barnstaple, Benjamin Carvosso, James Mead- more, William Andrews. 135 Bideford, Richard Ray, John Smith, 1st. N.B. Brother Smith shall reside at Great-Torrington. 136 Dunster, Humphrey B. Trethevvey, Thomas Llewellyn. N.B. The Superintendent shall reside at Williton. 137 Oahhampton, John Rogers, Nicholas C. Pridham. 138 Teignmouth, William W. Rouch, Joseph Kirk. Richard Ray, Chairman of the District. Joseph Wood, Financial Secretary. XL— THE BRISTOL DISTRICT. 139 Bristol, North, (King-street, fyc.,) Jacob Stanley, sen., Abraham E. Farrar, Josiah Hill, John Lomas, Frederick Griffiths ; John Woodrow, Joseph Bowes, William Howarth, Joseph Collier, Robert James, Joshua Fielden, Supernumeraries. 140 Bristol, South, (Langton- street, $c.,) James Shoar, Frederick Calder, Joseph Law- ton ; William Radford, Supernu- merary. Ill Kingswood, John Evans, William Hill, jun. ; Robert Smith, Governor of Kings- wood School. 142 Banwcll, Joshua Wade, John Allin ; John Sydserff, Matthew Day, Super- numeraries. 143 Stroud, John Stevens, Samuel Lawrence. 141 Dursley, William Brocklehurst, John Rossell, 2d, William Brailey ; Thomas Fletcher, Thomas Talboys, Daniel Osborne, Supernumeraries. 145 Downend, William Griffith, sen., James Bar- tholomew. 146 Gloucester, William Constable, William Griffith, jun. 147 Tewkesbury, Samuel Sewell, John Fletcher. 35 J 48 Cheltenham* John M'O wan, William R. Williams ; George Robinson, Supernume- rary. 149 Newport, (Monmouthshire,) Thomas Graham, Joseph Wilkinson; Charles Haime, Supernumerary. 150 Monmouth, Thomas Armett, Thomas Bolas, 151 Abergavenny, William Baker, sen., James Collier. 152 Ledbury and Forest of Dean, James Etchells, Joseph Payne, James Roberts. 153 Hereford, Thomas Brothwood, William Hop- kins. Jacob Stanley, sen., Chairman of the District. Abraham E. Farrar, Financial Secretary. XII.— THE BATH DISTRICT. 154 Bath, John Brown, sen., William L. Thornton ; Thomas Ashton, Seth Morris, Supernumeraries. 155 Bradford, (Wilts.,) John Boyd, Jacob Stanley, jun. 156 Midsomer- Norton, John Slater, John Brandreth, Edward Nye ; John Bond, Super- numerary. 157 Frome, Robert Wheeler, John Overton. 158 Warminster, Levi Waterhouse, who shall change on every fifth Sabbath with the Preachers at Frome. 159 Melksham, Henry V. Olver, Matthew Andrew. 160 Devizes, Richard Hornabrook, who shall change on one Sabbath in every six weeks with the Preachers at Melksham. 161 Shepton- Mallet, John Simmons, Thomas Heeley, Joseph Sanger. 162 Sherborne, John Radford, Thomas S. Wood ; John W. Cloake, Supernumerary. 163 Weymouth, Robert Sherwell, John W. Thomas. N.B. Brother Thomas resides at Portland. 164 Dorchester, John Mason, sen., George Clement. 165 Shaftesbury, John Crowe, James Taylor. 36 166 Glastonbury, Robert Colman ; William Tram- pleasure, Supernumerary. N.B. Brother Colman shall change on one Sunday in every six weeks with the Preachers at Shepton- Mallet. John Brown, sen., Chairman of the District, John Slater, Financial Secretary, XIII.— THE FIRST SOUTH WALES DISTRICT. (ENGLISH PREACHING.) 167 Swansea, Paul Orchard, John B. Alexander. N.B. The second Preacher of the Swansea Circuit is to reside at Neath. 168 Merthyr-Tydvill, John Xicklin, Samuel Lucas, 2d. 169 Brecon, Evan Parry, Richard Riley. 1 70 Cardiff, Thomas Webb, Thomas Hardy, jun. ; William Pearson, sen., Supernu- merary. 171 Carmarthen, William Tarr, William Clegg, jun. ; Thomas Warren, Ellis Hall, Su- pernumeraries. 172 Haverford-West, John W. Button, George Southern. 173 Pembroke, Richard Shepherd, Henry M. Harvard. John Nicklin, Chairman of the District. XIV.— THE SECOND SOUTH WALES DIS- TRICT. (welsh preaching.) 1 7-4 Merthyr- Tydvill, William Evans, Lewis Williams, Roberts Jones, 2d. 175 Crickhowell, Evan Edwards, Owen Owens. 176 Cardiff, Robert Owen, John Davies, John Rees ; Morgan Griffith, Super- numerary. X.B. Brothers Davies and Griffith reside at Cowbridge. 177 Brecon, John Hughes, 2d. 37 17 S Llajidilo, David Morgan. N.B. The Brecon Preacher is to spend two Sundays in every six weeks in the Landilo Circuit ; and the Llandilo Preacher is to spend one week in six in the Brecon Circuit. 179 Carmarthen, Hugh Hughes, William Davies, 1st, N.B. Brother Davies resides at Kidwelly. 180 Swansea, William Hughes, John Richards. 181 Cardigan, Thomas Thomas, Timothy Jones. 182 St. David's, Thomas Jones, 2d, who is to spend three Sundays in every quarter in the Cardigan Circuit ; and one of the Cardigan Preachers is to spend two Sundays in every quarter in the St. David's Circuit. 183 Aberystwith, Griffith Hughes. 184 Machynlleth, John Bartley. N.B. The Preachers in the two preceding Circuits are to change on two Sabbaths in every three months. 185 Llanidloes, John Lloyd, Book-Steward ; Isaac Jenkins, Editor. Hugh Hughes, Chairman of the District. John Davies, Financial Secretary. XV.— THE NORTH WALES DISTRICT. (welsh preaching.) 186 Ruthin and Denbigh, William Rowlands, William Powell ; David Jones, Owen Jones, Supernumeraries. 187 Llangollen, John L. Richards, David Gravel. 188 Llanrwst, David Evans, 1st, Richard Bonner. 189 Holywell, John Jones, Methuselah Thomas. 1 90 Mold, Evan Hughes, David Evans, 2d. 191 Llanasa, Rowland Hughes, Benjamin Roberts. 192 Beaumaris, William Batten, Edward Anwyl, John R. Chambers. N.B. Brother Anwyl resides at Amlwch. 193 Carnarvon, David Williams, Lewis Jones. 194 Pwllhely, Thomas Hughes. N.B. The Preachers of the two preceding Circuits shall change quarterly. 38 195 Dolgelly, Lot Hughes, Henry Wilcox. 19G Barmouth, Robert Williams. N.B. 1. Brother Wilcox shall divide his labours be- tween the Dolgelly and Barmouth Circuits. 2. The Superintendents of the two preceding Circuits shall change on two Sundays in every six weeks. 197 Llanfyllin, Humphrey Jones, Robert Jones, 1st. 198 Llanfair, near Welshpool, Richard Prichard. N.B. 1. Brother Robert Jones shall divide his labours between the Llanfyllin and Llanfair Cir- cuits. 2. The Superintendents of the two preceding Circuits shall change on two Sundays in every six weeks. Edward Anwyl, Chairman of the District, John L, Richards, Financial Secretary. XVI.— THE BIRMINGHAM AND SHREWS- BURY DISTRICT. 199 Birmingham, West, {Cherry- street, fyc.,) Philip C. Turner, George B. Macdonald, Charles Prest, Ebenezer Moulton ; Robert Melson, Samuel Loxton, Supernumeraries. 200 Birmingham, East, (Belmont-row, #c.,) Daniel Walton, John E. Coulson, John C. Leppington. 201 West-Bromwich, George Marsland, Robert Leake. 202 Wednesbury, Thomas Eastwood, James Chees- wright, Henry Wilkinson, John Parry. 203 Walsall, William Davies, 3d, George Hobill, Jesse Edgoose. 204 Wolverhampton, Samuel Webb, James Walton, William J. Skidmore. 205 Dudley, Walter Lawry, Simeon Noall, Thomas Hardy, sen. ; James Gill, Supernumerary. 206 Stourbridge, William Davies, 2d, William Drewitt. 207 Stourjwrt, Richard W T addy, Henry Hickman. 39 214 Hind ley, 215 216 Shrewsbury, Madeley, Wellington, 208 Worcester, Joseph Earnshaw, Fred. F. Woolley. 209 Bromsgrove, William Blundell, who shall change on one Sunday in every month with the Preachers at R,edditch. 210 Evesham, David Cornforth, Benjamin G. Mitchell. 211 Redditch, James Miller, Thomas A. Rayner, Jabez Yardley. N.B. Brother Rayner shall reside at Alcester. 212 Coventry, James Brook, Edward Horton. 213 Leamington and Stratford-upon-Avon, George Maunder, William Limmex. Michael Cousin, Reuben Partridge, Thomas Shears ; William Stokes, Supernumerary. Jonathan Turner, Thomas Capp. Edward Sumner, John Watson, John Morris. Aquila Barber, Robert Mainwaring, Thomas B. Harris. Benjamin Wood, Samuel Cook ; Humphrey Parsons, Supernume- rary. William Ricketts, Charles Rawlings. Rhayader and Llanbister, Samuel Lucas, 1st, who shall change once in every quarter with the Superintendent Preacher of the Brecon Circuit. 221 Newtown, Daniel Hateley, Edward Russell. Richard Waddy, Chairman of the District. Daniel Walton, Financial Secretary. XVII.— THE MACCLESFIELD DISTRICT. 222 Macclesfield, William Bird, Jacob S. Smith, John Lambert ; John Hughes, Joseph Meek, Supernumeraries. 223 Buxton, John Yates, John Dixon. 224 Congleton. William Parker, William Lindlev. 225 Nantwich, Peter Prescott, Thomas Stokoe ; George Poole, Supernumerary. 217 218 Ludlow, 219 220 Kington, 40 226 Northwich, Charles Janion, Nathaniel Alston. John Luddington. 227 Burslem, John Baker, George Turner, 228 Tunstall, Adam Fletcher, James S. Thomas. 229 Newcastle-under-Lyne, Elijah Morgan, Joseph Officer. 230 Longton, MylesC. Dixon, Francis S. Keeling. 231 Stafford, John B. Whittingham, William Parkinson. 232 Leek, James Bumstead, Wright Shovelton, Charles Westlake. 233 Uttoxeter, Hugh Carter, John Hearnshaw. Elijah Morgan, Chairman of the District. John Baker, Financial Secretary. XVIII.— THE LIVERPOOL DISTRICT. 234 Liverpool, North, {Brunswick Chapel, fyc.,) John Davis, Charles Haydon, David Hay ; Calverley Riley, William O. Booth, Supernumeraries. 235 Liverpool, South, (Pitt-street, fyc.,) William Vevers, Joseph Beaumont, John Nelson, Richard Brown. 236 Liverpool, Welsh, (Benns Gardens, fyc.,) Thomas Aubrey, William Owen. 237 Chester, William France, Joseph Hargreaves, Edward Jones ; Isaac Lilly, Supernumerary. 238 Holywell, (English,) Henry Hine, George Green- wood ; William Henshaw, Super- numerary. 239 Carnarvon, (English,) George Hughes, John Ward, jun. 240 Wrexham, Luke Heywood, Thomas Denham. 241 Whitchurch, (Saty),) John Squarebridge, Thomas Rodham. 242 Warrington, Samuel Wilde, James Laycock, Walter Coates ; William Jones, Supernumerary. 243 St. Helen's and Prescot, Thomas Slugg, George Dickinson. 41 244 Wigan, Richard Smetham, James P. Fair- bourn. 245 Southport and Ormskirk, Ralph Gibson, George Paterson. 246 Preston and Chorley, William B. Stephenson, Ben- jamin Slack, William Winter- burn ; William M'Kitrick, Super- numerary. 247 Garstang, Moses Rayner, John P. Johnson. 248 Lancaster, Thomas Hall, William Baddeley. William Vevers, Chairman of the District. John Nelson, Financial Secretary. XIX.— THE MANCHESTER AND BOLTON DISTRICT. 249 First Manchester, {Oldham- street, fyc.,) John Rigg, John Smith, 3d, William M. Bunting ; Edward Gibbons, John Thompson, Supernumeraries. 250 Second Manchester, (Irwell-street, fyc.,) James Methley, Thomas Dickin, Henry D. Lowe ; John Taylor, Josiah H. Walker, Supernumeraries. 251 Third Manchester, (Grosvenor- street, fyc.,) Joseph Taylor, James Dixon, Peter M'Owan, Benjamin B. Waddy, William R. B. Arthy. 252 Fourth Manchester, (B r id geivater- street, fyc.,) Barnard Slater, Timothy Ingle ; William Shelmerdine, Supernu- merary. 253 Altrincham, Isaac Woodcock, who shall change on one Sabbath in every three weeks with the Preachers of the Fourth Manchester Circuit. 2)4 Manchester, (Welsh,) Samuel Davis, who shall change on two Sabbaths in every three months with the Welsh Preachers in Liverpool. 42 255 Stockport, North, (Tiviot-Dale, #c.,) William Jackson, sen., William H. Clarkson. 256 Stockport, South, (Hillgate, <^c.,) Amos Learoyd, Louis Rees. 257 New-Mills, Isaac Denison, Thomas O. Keysell. 258 Glos&op, Abraham Watmough, Richard Stepney. 259 Ashton-under-Line, John Raby, Samuel Leigh, James Scholes. 260 Oldham, Roger Moore, Peter C. Horton, James Little. N.B. Brother Horton resides at Middleton. 261 Delph, (Saddleworth,) Thomas Ludlam, who shall change on one Sabbath in every five weeks with the Preachers at Oldham. 262 Bolton, Thomas Stead, John Bedford, Ne- hemiah Curnock; James Hyde, Richard Allen, Supernumeraries. 263 Rochdale, Richard Felvus, William Clough, Joseph Lowthian. N.B. Brother Lowthian resides at Heywood. 264 Burnley, James Heaton, Thomas Powell ; John Phillips, Supernumerary. 265 Bury, James Blackett, Thomas Jeffries, * Joseph Heaton. 266 Blackburn, Thomas Armson, William Exley. 267 Haslingden, Abel Dernaley, Jabez Rought, John P. Lockwood. 268 Bacup, Benjamin Pearce, James Wilson. N.B. Brother Wilson resides at Longholme. 269 Colne, William Levell, Joseph Mortimer ; John Barritt, Supernumerary. 270 Clitheroe, Christopher Newton, James Haugh- ton. 271 Leigh, John Hague, who shall change on one Sunday in every month with the Preachers at Bolton. Joseph Taylor, Chairman of the District. John Smith, 3d, Financial Secretary. 43 XX.— THE HALIFAX AND BRADFORD DISTRICT. 272 Halifax, Joseph Roberts, sen., Francis A. West, Robert Thompson ; John W. Barritt, Supernumerary. 273 Huddersfeld, Robert Wood, Charles Cheetham, Samuel Simpson, John Hob- kirk ; George Highfield, Super- numerary. 274 Holmfirth, Thomas Hill, John Ward, sen., Elijah Jackson. 275 Sowerby-B ridge, Philip Garrett, John Walker, John Relph. 276 Todmorden, Benjamin Frankland, Thomas Eck- ersley, Charles Taylor; William W. Annetts, Supernumerary. 277 Denby-Dale, William Wilkinson, Thomas Richard- son. 278 Bradford, West, (Kir legate Chapel, $c.,) Robert Pilter, William W. Stamp, Wil- liam Wilson, 4th; Stephen Wil- son, John Wheelhouse, Supernu- meraries. 279 Bradford, East, ( Eastbrook Chapel, fyc. 9 ) William J. Shrewsbury, Thomas Rowland. 280 Keighley, James Allen, sen., Samuel Merrill. 281 Bingley, Edward Batty, John Callaway. 282 Shipley, Thomas Key. N.B. Brother Key shall change on one Sabbath in every five weeks with the Preachers at Bingley. 283 Sh'vpton, John Bumstead, Francis Barker. 284 Addingham, Abraham Crabtree, John Shaw. 285 Grassington, George Clarke, who shall change on one Sabbath in every six weeks with the Preachers at Skipton. 286 Settle, Thomas Savage, James Mayer. Robert Wood, Chairman of the District. William W. Stamp, Financial Secretary. 44 XXI.— THE LEEDS DISTRICT. 287 First Leeds, (Brunswick Chapel, fyc.,) Alexander Bell, John Bowers, Thomas Gal- land; John Poole, Francis Derry, Supernumeraries. 288 Second Leeds, (Oxford-Place Chapel,$c.,) Robert Newton, President of the Conference: — Joseph Cusworth, Alfred Barrett, Thomas Penning- ton ; John Simpson, jun., Super- numerary. 289 Third Leeds, (St. Peter's Chapel, $c.,) Edward Walker, Thomas Cutting, John Smetham. 290 Fourth Leeds, (Wesley Chapel, tyc.,) Alexander Strachan, Willson Brailsford, Wil- liam Chambers. 291 Bramley, William. Leach, Samuel Sugden, Henry Smallwood. N.B. Brother Smallwood resides at Stanningley. 292 Wakefield, William Bacon, Samuel Tindall, William Wilson, 3d ; Charles Gloyne, Isaac Turton, Supernu- meraries. N.B. Brother Wilson resides at Rothwell. 293 Birstal, Charles Radcliffe, Alexander Hume, William Pemberton, Thomas Brum well ; Hodgson Casson, Su- pernumerary. N.B. Brother Hume resides at Batley. 294 Dewsbury, Thomas Murray, Samuel Rowe, Thomas Cryer. 295 Otlcy, John Shipman, James C. Hindson ; Matthew Lumb, Supernumerary. 296 Pateley -Bridge, Robert Morton, John Collier. 297 Pontefract, Thomas Moss, Barnabas Shaw, James Carr. N.B. Brother Carr resides at Knottingley. 298 Cleckhcaton, Thomas Padman, Joseph Marsden. 299 Yeadon, 45 William Waterhouse, Thomas. Henry S. N.B. Brother Thomas shall divide his labours between the Yeadon and Woodhouse- Grove Circuits. 300 Woodhouse- Grove, Samuel Allen, Benjamin Gregory, jun. ; George Morley, Governor of Woodhouse- Grove School. N.B. Letters to the Superintendent should be directed to Idle, near Bradford; and Let- ters to the School should be directed to "Woodhouse- Grove, Rawdon, near Leeds. Robert Newton, President of the Con- ference, Chairman of the District. Alexander Strachan, Financial Secretary. XXII.— THE SHEFFIELD DISTRICT. 301 Sheffield, West, (Carver-street, fyc.,) Samuel Jack- son, Benjamin Clough, Joseph Roberts, jun., John Burton; John M'Lean, who is to act, for this year, as Governor and Chaplain of the Wesleyan Proprietary School ; John Walmsley, Thomas Hayes, Supernumeraries. 302 Sheffield, East, (Norfolk-street, <$•96 . 100> ) Fund, Centenary } Kr ? ■> ■ Chapel Relief- Fund, I and Chapel-Build- | lag Committee, J Tuesday, July 20th, at 7 a.m. Friday, July 23d, at 7 A.M. Friday, July 23d, at 10 A.M. Friday, July 23d, at 1 and at p.m. / i#w? \ $ Saturday, July 24th, at 7 (P- 106 ') 1 and at 10 a.m. (p. 115,) Saturday, July 2 1th, at 6 p.m. r Monday, July 26th, at 10 A.M., and at 6' p.m. 135 8. Special Missionary ) ( p 87 ) 5 Tuesday, July 27th, at Committee, ) " ' ,} ( 10 a.m. 9. Theological Institu- ) (pp.112, 5 Tuesday, July 27th, at tion Committee, $ 113,) ( 6 p.m. N. B. 1. The Secretaries of our several Funds are directed to meet in Manchester on Wednesday, July 21st, for the purpose of preparing for the several Committees the accounts of their respective departments. 2. The Rev. Isaac Keeling, and the Rev. John Bowers, our Sub-Secretaries, with the Rev. William Barton, the Journal- Secretary, are directed to attend at the same time, for the purpose of compiling from the District- Minutes various lists, &c, which will facilitate the business of the Committees, and of the subsequent Conference. 3. The Chairmen of Districts are required to bring, or send, in time for the meeting of the Secretaries of our Funds, on Wednesday, July 21st, perfect copies of the District-Minutes, and an account of the Numbers in Society in the several Circuits of their Districts, as taken at the March Visitation in 1841. 4. The amount of the July Collection in each Circuit must be paid by the Superintendent to the Financial Secretary of the District, and by him to the Treasurer of the Contingent Fund, not later than the first day of the Conference. LIST OF GENERAL COLLECTIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR 1840-41. The following are the usual and regular Collections which are to be made in all our Circuits during the ensuing year ; viz., — 1. The Private Subscriptions and Public Collections for the Kingswood and Woodhouse-Grove Schools, &c, are to be made in the month of September, 1840 ; and the amount should be immediately remitted to the Rev. Philip C. Turner, (whose address is, Methodist Chapel, Birmingham,') one of the General Treasurers for the 136 School-Fund, according to the directions given under Q. xii., at p. 93 of these Minutes. 2. The Annual Subscriptions, due January 1st, and occasional Donations for the Wesleyan Theological In- stitution, are to be solicited in every Circuit in the first or second week of January, 1841 ; and forthwith re- mitted to the Treasurer, Thomas Farmer, Esq., at the Wesley an Institution- House, Hoxton, London. S. The Private Subscriptions and Public Collections for the General Chapel-Fund are to be made in the month of February, 1841 ; and the money should be immediately remitted to Thomas Marriott, Esq., and the Rev. William Kelk, the General Treasurers of that Fund, at No. 14, City-Road, London. 4. The Yearly Collection in all the Classes is to be made as usual at the March Visitation, and the money to be paid at the District-Meetings in May. 5. The Private Subscriptions for the Mission-Fund are to be received in all our Circuits, either weekly, monthly, quarterly, or annually, as is most convenient to the Subscribers. The annual Public Collections for that Fund are to be made in all our chapels, and other preaching-places, at the time of the Anniversaries of the several Auxiliary or Branch Societies ; or, where no Public Meetings of that kind are held, in the month of May. The money so raised is to be remitted, through the hands of the District Treasurers, to Thomas Farmer, Esq., and the Rev. John Scott, the General Treasurers, whose address is, No. 77, Hatton-Garden, London. 6. The Private Subscriptions for the Auxiliary Preachers' Fund are to be solicited in the first week of June, 1841, and a list of Subscriptions sent to the Se- cretary, not later than the 24th of that month. (See Q. xix., A. 3, p. 107 of these Minutes.) The money is to be paid on or before the first day of the Conference to the Financial Secretary of the District, and by him to James Wood, Esq., and the Rev. John Scott, the Trea- surers. 7. The Collection in aid of the Contingent Fund, for the support and spread of the Gospel in Great Britain 137 and Ireland, is to be made in all our chapels and preaching-places, not later than the second Sunday in July, 1841, and the money is to be paid, on or before the first day of the Conference, to the Financial Secre- tary, and by him to the Treasurers of the Contingent Fund, Messrs. Ashton and Cusworth. THE ANNUAL ADDRESS CONFERENCE THE METHODIST SOCIETIES. Dearly beloved Brethren, Being permitted by a gracious Providence to see the conclusion of the first year of the second century of our connexional existence, we praise God, and congratulate you on the glad occasion. The prominent place which Newcastle holds in our early history naturally disposes our minds to revert to the time when Methodism was as "a grain of mustard- seed, which is the least of all seeds ;" and it would have afforded us pleasure to trace the means by which that seed waxed a great tree, so that it now affords shelter and healing to tens of thousands in different parts of the earth. The increase which has taken place in our societies of this town is a fair type of our increase in most other places where the Ministers of our Body have laboured for any length of time. But we are prevented from entering on such a review by the pressing claims of subjects connected with our present condition and future prospects. To some of these, therefore, without further preface, we invite your prayer- ful attention. It will be admitted that the present are eventful times ; and the position which we occupy, as a religious community, is commanding, peculiar, and 139 fearfully responsible. From the beginning we have stood pledged to the work of the world's conversion to the faith of Christ ; but by a series of recent events we have of late been brought into more direct collision with Popery, Socinianism, infidelity, and idolatry, in various parts of the world. Against these diversified forms of error we have drawn the sword, and we must throw away the scabbard. The prize for which we and our fellow-Christians of other denominations have to con- tend, is not truth, civil and religious freedom, personal salvation, the evangelization of the world, and the glory of God, separately considered, but all of them together. In addressing ourselves to this great enterprise, we must make God our refuge, and arm ourselves with the same mind that was in Christ. Not only will worldly wisdom, and a time-serving expediency, be insufficient to guide us, and mere natural courage insufficient to sustain us ; but the piety, the zeal, and the intelligence of former times will fall short of the exigencies of these latter days. The entire sanctification of body, soul, and spirit, the unreserved consecration of our time, talents, and influence, to the interests of our Redeemer's king- dom, and the complete subordination of politics, science, and commercial pursuits, to the glorious realities of eternity, must become the objects of our steady aim, and the attainments of each member of our militant host. We give glory to God on your account, brethren, that, through grace, you have already entered on this higher style of holy living, and of disinterested labour. Deeds of spontaneous benevolence, unparalleled in the annals of our religious community, have been performed by you in connexion with our Centenary services : and they are recorded on earth and in heaven as tokens of your gratitude to God for his former favours, and as pledges of your fidelity to his cause in future years. The same spirit of zeal and grateful benevolence which animates our societies at home imbues our Missionary churches abroad ; and the accounts which we have re- ceived of their Centenary meetings prove that the character, principles, spirit, and operations of "VVesleyan 140 Methodism are the same in all the earth. With deep humility and glowing gratitude we cry, " The best of all is, God is with us." And while we continue to honour him by undivided ascriptions of praise, by the cheerful consecration to him of our substance, and by a free, full, and prayerful declaration of his love in Christ Jesus to a lost world, he will not fail to honour us, by strengthening our union, establishing our peace, enlarg- ing our borders, and multiplying our converts. The increase of moral and spiritual power with which he has invested the Connexion, by means of the Centenary movement, has greatly augmented our responsibility : it is designed as a boon to the world ; and instead of being self-complacent, we must labour to improve it by enlarged endeavours to promote the salvation of all for whom our Saviour died. With such responsibilities resting upon us, and such a sphere of labour before us, it is ground of thankfulness that we enjoy peace in all our borders ; that no doctrinal or disciplinary con- troversy distracts us ; but that a tender and fraternal sympathy prevails through the whole body. May the century on which we have just entered be one of unin- terrupted peace, and of unparalleled prosperity ! That this is the will of God, none can doubt ; and each of you, dear brethren, may contribute somewhat towards its realization. Religion is love, pure love to God and man ; and he who permits this holy principle to engross his affections, to constrain his will, and to command the entire energies of his nature, for the service of his Redeemer, is sure to be, not only safe and happy, but useful also, in his generation. Love worketh no ill either to its neighbour, or to the church of God. On the contrary, it is destined, through the preaching of the cross, to subdue, unite, and felicitate the whole family of man. That you may be enabled to exemplify it in your speech, your tempers, and in the general tenor of your conduct, at home and abroad, towards friends and foes, see that you abide in the Son, seek to be filled with the Spirit, and use all the ordinances of God. We greatly rejoice, brethren, that, while Wesleyan Methodism has boldly lifted its voice, and fearlessly 141 exerted its energies, against essential error, and the various forms of ungodliness, it has always, and in the frankest manner, recognised the common brotherhood of " all them that love the Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity." Concerning the Protestant sections of the church of God, whether Episcopalian, Presbyterian, or Independ- ent, our motto has been, " The friends of all, the enemies of none." In executing our commission of mercy to a lost world, we have found such ample occu- pation for our talents, and have been blessed with such a degree of success, that we have had neither time nor inclination to disturb the peace or alienate the members of other churches. If we have ever wielded the wea- pons of polemic warfare, it has been in self-defence ; and even then, while with one hand we have grasped the sword, with the other we have " builded the wall." We wish we could say that our forbearance had been reci- procated by the different denominations in the land ; but we dare not. The Shibboleth of party is still learned ; and in certain quarters its pronunciation is rigorously enforced as the only condition on which the right hand of fellowship can be extended. We need not say that we deplore this as a violation of the law of love, and as a practical renunciation of the fundamental principles of the Reformation. By many our catho- licity has been reckoned our infirmity, if not our sin ; and hence the censures which have been heaped upon us because of our independent position with respect to the established Church on the one hand, and to the different classes of Dissenters on the other. But being fully persuaded that the Most High has chosen our position, and assigned us our work, which is to spread scriptural Christianity through the world, we trust that neither censures nor threatenings, neither honour nor dishonour, will ever induce us to lend ourselves to mere party pur- poses. While we bewail the recent revival of Popery as a national calamity, we are neither surprised nor greatly alarmed at the popularity to which it has at- tained. In the exercise of its ancient " deceivableness of unrighteousness," it has assumed the garb of liber- alitv, and claims to be the friend of education, and the 142 advocate of equal justice. The profession is novel, and it is therefore liked ; the lie is bold, and is therefore believed ; the mask is fair, and it passes with many for her true features. But others, unable to forget, and unwilling to deny, the concurrent testimony of history, believe that her delight in proscription, her hatred of the truth, and her enmity to civil and religious freedom re- main unchanged. The brand of Antichrist is upon her. For she still makes void the law of God by her tradi- tions. She invests her Priesthood with the prerogatives of Christ, and then interposes that Priesthood between Him and the people ; not as a means of leading them to Him as their Saviour, but to teach them that an imme- diate application to Him is in a great measure unneces- sary. She first invests the sacraments with the power of conferring grace and salvation, not mediately, or through faith, but necessarily, and as a thing of course ; and having done this, she places them between our Saviour and his disciples, not as a means of introducing them more fully into an acquaintance with his love, and power to save, but as substitutes in his stead. In these particulars, Popery, and the semi-Popery which is ad- vocated by several Divines who bear the name of Pro- testant, are alike ; and if either be true, we must not only lay aside the scriptural phraseology which we have hitherto used, in declaring what God hath done for our souls ; but we must also blot out a great part of tbe Psalms, and of the apostolic Epistles, and renounce the obvious meaning of the Scriptures generally. Accord- ing to both systems, there is, in reality, no justification by faith, no witness of the Holy Spirit assuring the believer of his adoption, no regeneration for the adult transgressor who may have been baptized in infancy, and no scriptural hope of final salvation for any persons who have not received the sacraments from a man who has been Episcopally ordained. But, brethren, while we regard these systems as essentially opposed to the truth, and as forming an enormous barrier to the evan- gelization of the world, we rejoice that Protestantism is wrought into the very core of our national constitution, and is deep-seated in the affections of the mass of our 143 population ; that the Bible has found its way into the mansions of the rich, and the cottages of the poor ; and that scriptural education is spreading through the land. Believing that our evangelical theology, our concentrated agency, and our constitutional loyalty, qualify us for effective service in this war of principles, we entreat you, in your respective neighbourhoods, and to the utmost of your power, to circulate our religious tracts ; to befriend the Bible Society ; to promote the attendance of the poor on the ministry of the word ; and by the prayer of faith, and an unflinching maintenance of the truth, to seek to dethrone Antichrist, and to effect the conversion of the whole world to God. On the great subject of education, we are happy to announce to you, brethren, that the number of our Week-day and Infant Schools has been considerably in- creased during the past year ; and that the happiest results have followed wherever well-qualified Teachers have been employed. Of these, however, there is a felt defi- ciency in the body ; and our Educational Committee have been instructed to devise measures for securing a supply. From the deep interest which our people generally take in this matter, and the preparations which are made in many Circuits, we are induced to hope that ere long every considerable chapel in the Connexion will be associated with a well-conducted day-school ; in which the elements of useful knowledge, at least, shall be taught, in union with " the wisdom which cometh from above," and on such terms as the poorest of our people may reach. But as this period has not yet arrived, permit us to caution you against the popular error, that the education of youth may, without risk, be dissevered from the inculcation of divine truth, the per- formance of devotional exercises, and the enforcement of religious obligations. The Scriptures enjoin, that we bring up our children in " the nurture and admoni- tion of the Lord." They teach, that religion is the one thing needful ; that " the lav,- of the Lord " is the way in which our children should go ; and that the Christian salvation only can cure their spiritual diseases, supply their wants, and qualify them for bearing the afflictions 144 and performing the duties of life. The Lord Jesus has said, " He that is not -with me is against me ; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth." This declar- ation applies to every order of human agency ; but it is especially applicable to the instructers of youth. Their influence over their pupils, whether for good or evil, is all but irresistible. Those parents therefore incur a fearful responsibility who place their children, either as scholars or apprentices, under the tuition of individuals who are sceptical in their views, or lax in their morals. The principles of our creed necessarily influence our practice ; and he who hates the truth will not hesitate to advocate error. A professed indifference to all religious opinions is only a mask for secret infidelity ; and the master who does not openly avow his faith in the Gospel cannot do otherwise than weaken the principles and shame the profession of the young who are under his care. " Every tree is known by his own fruit ; for of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble-bush gather they grapes. A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good ; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil." " The blessing of the Lord is in the house of the righteous." But in those households and seminaries where there is no re- cognition of Providence, no faith reposed in our Re- deemer, and no stated worship offered to God, there can neither be blessing nor righteousness, but " confusion and every evil work." As ye therefore, brethren, desire the salvation of your children, give all diligence to make them acquainted with the truth as it is in Jesus ; enjoin upon them a daily perusal of the Scriptures in private ; and rest not satisfied till you see them savingly brought to God. Being redeemed by the precious blood of the Son of God, and baptized in his name, they have a right to the blessings of the covenant, and may, with the first dawnings of reason, receive the grace of the Holy Spirit. When circumstances require that they quit the paternal roof, be scrupulously careful to place them under the care of those whose hearts are estab- lished in the faith of the Lord Jesus, and who will 145 secure their attendance at the family altar, and on the ordinances of the sanctuary. To do this in the name of the Lord, is to plant them by " the rivers of water ;" and having done this, you may confidently hope that they will bring forth fruit in their season ; that their " leaf shall not wither ;" and that " whatsoever they do shall prosper." While we are most anxious to see religious day- schools multiplied, we cannot join in the language of depreciation which is often levelled against Sunday- schools. Many speak of these institutions as if they had proved failures ; as if they had done little or no good, and were unsuited to the present times. To such sweeping conclusions we are decidedly opposed. On the contrary, it is our opinion that, apart from the ministry of the word, and the other ordinances of the Gospel, no instrumentality now in operation has effected half the good that these schools have done ; and as the Ministers of Christ, appointed especially to care for your interests, we feel indebted to those of you who have, in them, devoted so much of your time and attention to the education of the rising race. In the mean time, we suggest, that the formation of Bible classes, under experienced and intelligent Teachers, ought forthwith to be attempted on a large scale. The number of our scholars capable of appreciating instruc- tion above the common course of Sunday-school tuition, is very great ; and the objects desired in reference to them are, to retain them in the schools ; to increase their knowledge of the word of God ; to guide and gratify their thirst for general information ; to attach them to our ministry and worship ; and, ultimately, to effect their consecration to God, and union with the church. These ends, it will be admitted, are vastly important ; and by the blessing of God they may be accomplished. The great attention which other com- munities now pay to their Sunday-schools, requires that the pious and influential among us should more fully identify themselves with ours. The altered circum- stances of society, too, render this necessary. Formerly infidel principles were found chiefly among the higher G 146 and educated classes ; but now the humblest mechanic is heard denying the immortality of the soul, the inspi- ration of the Scriptures, and, in fact, all religious and moral obligation. Many factories are, to a greater or less extent, nurseries of sedition and heresy ; and in some of our large towns, nearly every street can furnish oracles of atheism, and malignant impugners of revealed religion. Lectures are supported, and publications are circulated, the direct tendency of which is to blaspheme God, to embrute man, and to subvert the foundations of civil and religious society. By these means the best interests of our youth are endangered, and unless we can make them acquainted with the evidences of Christianity, and other subjects illustrative of the Scriptures, and con- firmatory of the Christian faith, need we wonder if they be led away by the error of the wicked ? While, then. worldly politicians are pressing the claims of a godless literature on the attention of the nation ; and while the patrons of infidelity are labouring to bring in a state of things, in which there shall be no worship paid to God, no Sabbath sanctified, no marriages solemnized, no rights of property respected, and no punishment inflicted on evil-doers ; surely it is the imperative duty of all who love God, religion, truth, their country, or their fellow-men, to bestir themselves, to disinter their talents, to throw a defence around the rising generation, and by every means promote their instruction in the truth. Except in a very few instances, Sunday-schools among us are no longer raised into rivalship with the Christian ministry, the public worship of God, or the sanctifica- tion of the Sabbath ; so that the greatest advocates of good order need not dread embarking in their service. Brethren, there are tens of thousands of children in the manufacturing districts especially, who must be taught on the Sunday, or they will grow up untaught ; who must be made acquainted with the principles, evidences, and claims of Christianity in your Sunday-schools, or they will be made acquainted with infidelity elsewhere ; and who must obtain profitable and entertaining books out of your school-libraries, or they will read pages which pollute, and books which teach the way to hell. 147 Another subject to which we earnestly invite your attention, brethren, is the sanctification of the Sabbath. Our proneness to forget this duty is presupposed in the preface to the commandment, " Remember the Sab- bath-day, to keep it holy ;" and our aptness to evade its restrictions is placed under check by the minuteness of its injunctions. The sovereign authority and the paternal love of God shine most conspicuously in this law ; for while he commands the highest to respect his example, and worship him, he gives the meanest servant a chartered right to a weekly rest, on the ground that such a pause in worldly toil is no less necessary to the recruiting of his physical energies, than to the refresh- ment and renewal of his soul in righteousness. That we might be saved from questioning its divine origin, God spake all the words of this law with his own lips, and wrote them with his own " finger ;" to teach us its perpetual obligation, he wrote it in " tables of stone ;" and to show its connexion and harmony with the eco- nomy of grace, it was " sprinkled with blood," laid up in " the ark," covered with " the mercy-seat," and overshadowed with " the glory of the Lord." The Lord Jesus not only fulfilled it, but he magnified it, and made it honourable, by adopting it as part of the law of his kingdom ; and appointed that his Spirit should write it upon the hearts of his people. He called himself. " Lord of the Sabbath ;" and by trans- ferring the festival to " the first day of the week," thereby rendering it commemorative of his ceasing from the labours of our redemption, he made it Christian ; and at the same time furnished additional motives why we should call it " a delight, the holy of the Lord, honourable ;" and should " honour him, not doing our own ways, nor finding our own pleasure, nor speaking our own words." See then, beloved brethren, that you, your sons, and your daughters, your man-servants, and your maid- servants, and the stranger that is within your gates, "remember" to keep this day holy. Endeavour to close your business-affairs, and to complete your domes- tic arrangements, in such time that Saturday evening 148 may be a season of hallowed preparation. Rise early, and follow our good old custom of attending the morn- ing prayer-meeting. In your family worship, be solemn, fervent, and full : suffer nothing, public or private, to induce you to hurry over an exercise which necessarily affects the very core of personal and domestic religion. In your attendance at the house of God, be punctual ; and religiously guard against late attendance. Unite heartily in singing the high praises of God ; pray in the Holy Ghost ; hear the word with docility, and in the exercise of an appropriating faith. Improve the inter- vals of worship by Scripture reading and religious con- versation ; and, either in the afternoon or the evening, catechise and pray with your children. Suffer neither newspapers, history, nor books of science, to form any part of your Sunday reading. Sacredly abstain from trading-journeys and pleasure-excursions ; and neither read nor write letters of business. Discountenance Sunday visiting, and shut out political conversation. If any of you are connected with Rail-road or other Companies, who prostitute the Sabbath to purposes of worldly pleasure or gain, we charge you, before God, to take the first opportunity of protesting against the im- piety. The loss of money must not be put in compari- son with the favour of God. We are strongly impressed, that the present unparalleled commercial distress is an intimation of the divine displeasure, and is designed to turn us from our national sins, of which Sabbath-break- ing is one. The Sabbath is dear to God ; it is essen- tially connected with the honour of his name, and the continuance of his worship ; nor will he permit nations or individuals to profane it with impunity. He is now visiting us for these things ; and a tender regard for his glory, the good of our country, and the salvation of your families, constrains us to say again, " Remember the Sabbath-day, to keep it holy." Connected with this subject is the evil of embarking in extravagant business speculations. The folly of this has been made painfully apparent by numerous instances of failure in all parts of the kingdom. But it is im- portant that you, and all who are called by the holy 149 name of Jesus, should be fully aware of its sinfulness. Such speculations obviously imply a making haste to be rich ; and they argue a want of contentment with such things as we have. They are the natural manifestations of pride and covetousness ; and are directly opposed to the apostolic injunction, " Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world ; for all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world." When such speculations succeed, they infatuate and estrange us from God and his people. When they miscarry, they bring on aggravated distress, and perhaps sink us into the sorrow of the world, which worketh death. If they are undertaken with our own money, we cannot be said to glorify God with the substance so employed ; and we lay ourselves open to temptations to wrong the poor and the cause of God, by so locking up our property as to make it difficult, if not impossible, to meet their claims. But, generally speaking, they are undertaken to a great extent with the property of others ; and when this is the case, it implies a manifest breach of the love we owe to our neighbour, and a deliberate departure from the way of Providence ; for God can never direct a man to do that which implies a violation of his own law. The money borrowed for such pur- poses is almost invariably obtained by false pretensions, and without a fair probability of paying it ; and as is the sin, such are its consequences. " They that wiM be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, w T hich drown men in destruc- tion and perdition. For the love of money is the root of all evil ; which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows." But, beloved, we hope better things of you, and things which accompany salvation, though we thus speak. While others are idolizing the talent of worldly good, see that you faithfully improve it to the glory of God, and the good of your fellow-creatures. Keep in memory that you are only stewards of the manifold mercies of God ; and that laying up treasure on earth is as clearly prohibited, as is the squandering of our Lord's 150 goods by riotous living. The Funds of our Connexion are all important ; and the efficient support of each is essential to the prosperity of the great work in which we as a people are embarked. But our Missionary Fund at present claims particular attention. The Heathen are not only perishing, but perishing with the cry for help on their lips. Ethiopia is stretching out her hands to us, as the almoners of God ; not only that we may protect her from those that enslave and oppress her, but also that we may bless her with the Gospel of peace. The fields, in all parts of the world, are white unto the harvest ; and there are labourers, lingering on our shores, and longing, in the true spirit of Christian enterprise, to preach the Gospel in the regions beyond. But we want the means of sending them forth. Our very successes embarrass us. A wide and effectual door is set before us ; and, though there are many adver- saries, they are restrained. Brethren, our Missionary Committee are in a great strait. The cause is ours as much as theirs. Let us inquire whether we have fully discharged our obligations to God and his cause ? whe- ther our rate of giving be in strict accordance with our vows, our income, the injunctions of Scripture, and the necessities of our perishing fellow-men ? At no former period have we had greater encourage- ment to abound in the work of the Lord than at present. One hundred and three young men have been approved as Candidates for our ministry ; and judging from the recommendation given by the District- Meet- ings, they promise to be blessings to our societies. Fifty-four junior Preachers, having honourably fulfilled the term of their probation, have been admitted into full connexion ; and we earnestly commend them to your prayers. The number of members in our societies throughout the world is four hundred and twenty-eight thousand seven hundred and twenty-nine ; being an in- crease, during the year, of twenty-two thousand five hundred and fifty-one. Of this increase, sixteen thou- sand, seven hundred and seventy-four have been added in Great Britain and Ireland, and five thousand seven hun- dred and seventy-seven on the Mission stations. For this great increase we glorify our gracious Lord. But 151 living in a world of change, and allied to a dying race, ne- cessity is ]aid upon us, that we mingle the note of sorrow with our songs of praise. During the past year, twenty- seven of our esteemed fathers and brethren have departed his life. They died in the Lord, and the voice from heaven pronounces them "blessed;" for "they rest from their labours, and their works follow them." In a great Connexion like ours, many members necessarily change their place of residence in the course of a year, and the schedules of nearly all the Circuits show a considerable deficit in members received, as compared with those that are removed. The benefits of Christian fellowship are invaluable under any circum- stances ; but they are peculiarly so when we have to dwell among strangers. We are therefore at a loss fully to account for the fact that so many of our people who manifest great esteem for the means of grace when at home and surrounded by friends, should, on going to a distance, neglect to apply for the usual " note of removal." Leaving their respective neighbourhoods without this, they lay themselves open to suspicion : they deprive themselves of an honourable introduction to the Ministers of the place where they settle ; and, as hundreds of instances annually prove, they run great hazard of sinking into a state of estrangement from God, and the ordinances of his house. This, brethren, is unprofitable for you, and it is grievous to us. We therefore entreat that in future you will neither suffer business, nor temptation, nor adverse circumstances to keep you from applying, either personally, or by your Leaders, for the certificate of your membership, which it will always afford us pleasure to supply. Our present Conference has been an eminently happy one. The Lord has been in the midst of us ; and his Holy Spirit has come down upon our assemblies. The word has been preached with power ; and we have no doubt that our beloved people in Newcastle, and the neighbouring towns, whose liberality and kindness have been above all praise, will long remember their first Conference as a season of special refreshing to them and their families. Admonished and encouraged by these events, we 152 now address ourselves, in the name of our Lord, to the work of the ensuing year ; and we are deeply solicit- ous that it may be a year distinguished by a super- abounding blessing from the Lord. Some churches regard revivals of religion as gracious singularities in their history ; we regard them as essential to our ex- istence. If a regular series of divine visitations, issuing in the conversion of sinners, be not vouchsafed to us, we must either change the spiritual constitution of our discipline, or we shall pine away from among the tribes of God's Israel. But we have hope in God, though we thus speak. The world is redeemed ; God " will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth ;" it is promised that the Holy Spirit shall be " poured upon all flesh ;" the Lord Jesus has declared that he will be with his servants even to the end. " All things are ready;" and He who cannot lie hath said to his disciples, " If two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven." Brethren, let us " give" ourselves " to prayer ;" and let us live in the confident expectation that God will do as he hath said. If he sends down " the former and the latter rain" on a village, a town, or a Circuit, let us rejoice ; but let us not be satisfied till it takes the sweep of the country, of the kingdom, of the world. For all former effusions of thy Holy Spirit, we praise thee, O Lord J But now, by thy mighty hand and out-stretched arm, and for thy own name's sake, cast down thine ancient foe. Thou hast given thy Son the Heathen for an inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for a possession. Thy people have brought the tithes into the storehouse, and there is meat in thy house ; and now we humbly prove thee herewith, and wait to see if thou wilt not open the Avindows of heaven, and pour us out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. Amen. Signed, by order of the Conference, ROBERT NEWTON, President, JOHN HANNAH, Secretary. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, August 15th, 1840. THE ANNUAL ADDRESS OF THE IRISH CONFERENCE TO THE BRITISH CONFERENCE. Very dear Fathers and Brethren, Having by the good Providence of God closed the first year of the second century of Methodism in peace, we adopt as cur motto the language of Samuel, who, when he set up a stone between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, said, " Hitherto hath the Lord helped us." When we reflect on the evils that have threatened us, the number and diversity of enemies that have assaTIed us, the varied attacks of which we have been the sub- ject, and the scantiness of our earthly resources, our eyes are opened to see as our defence the mountain full of horses and chariots of fire round about us ; and our glory and trust are only in the Lord. Yet, united to you by ties which time has served but to strengthen, we gladly acknowledge the obligations under which we are to your suitable and continued sympathy and aid, for our present position among the churches, and before " the inhabitants of the land." Nor do we exclusively allude to the pecuniary supplies you have granted, and without which, according to human calculations, we must have been overwhelmed by our difficulties. The knowledge of our oneness with you, — the oft-repeated expression of your cordial affection, (which we heartily reciprocate,) — g 5 154 the visits of those who are annually deputed from your Body to come over and help us, — have buoyed up our spirits, strengthened our resolution, cheered our hopes, and animated our efforts, when otherwise we should have sunk as lead in the waters. Your excellent Address was read by us with great in- terest, and received with warm cordiality. It contains a correct analysis of our country's evils, and prescribes their only effectual remedy. Ireland, abounding in the elements of a nation's greatness, is yet impoverished and debased beneath the iron rule of a dire superstition, to the subversion of which, legal enactments, physical force, and political expedients, arc applied in vain. For ages, it has made void the commandment of God by the traditions of men, — sealed up the word of eternal truth from public view, — enthralled the intellect, hardened the heart, paralyzed the energies, and blasted the hopes of our country, which it has wrapped up in a shroud of darkness and of death. Still we do not despair of her final regeneration. Though the kingdom of God cometh not with public observation, they who discern the signs of the times can see, in the pencilling of light with which the horizon begins to brighten, a dim but sure in- dication of a coming day, when " violence shall no more be heard in the land, wasting nor destruction within its borders ;" when, " instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle-tree ; and it shall be to the Lord for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off." The greatest subject of our regret is the disunion of Protest- ants ; and the greatest object of our fear and deprecation is, the betrayal of the high trusts committed to Protest- ant churches by the providence of God. Human policy may be wisely and profitably employed in balanc- ing the differences of human opinions and earthly in- terests ; but when the Almighty speaketh, and the inter- ests of his kingdom are involved, compromise is perfidy, by which injuries are inflicted, incalculable in degree, and eternal in duration. " Brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you." 155 The success with which the Almighty has crowned our labours in the past year encourages our faith and hope. " Our Gospel has not come in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance." Few years have been more remarkable than the last for nu- merous conversions. Many members of our society have been quickened, led to the cross, and introduced into the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free. This we value as the great design of our ministry, without which we labour comparatively in vain. We have lost more than six hundred members by emigration, yet we have a net increase of six hundred and sixty-four. " Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy and for thy truth's sake." We deeply feel the responsibility of our office ; determine to devote ourselves to the work of the Lord whereunto he hath separated us ; and earnestly desire to make full proof of our ministry, " by pureness, by knowledge, by long-suf- fering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love un- feigned, by the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, by honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report ; as deceivers, and yet true ; .... as sor- rowful, yet alway rejoicing ; as poor, yet making manv rich ; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.'" In the different sittings of our Conference we have had much pleasure and profit, to which the presence of our highly esteemed and beloved President largely contributed. Having frequently heard through the course of the year of his severe illness, we scarcely hoped for the favour of his presidency. We received him with gratitude at the hand of the Lord, who k * killeth, and maketh alive ; who bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up." The delight with which we enjoyed his judicious counsels and rich ministrations suffered no diminution, but from a fear lest his recovery to health may be retarded by the arduous duties of his high office. It is our earnest prayer that his valuable life and labours may be long continued to the church, under the guardian- ship of Him " who holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks." 156 You will not think it strange that we felt the absence of our long-known and highly-valued friend, the Rev. Robert Newton, to whom we, and the interests of Methodism in Ireland, are so much indebted, to be a great deprivation. It is, however, gratifying to hear of the kindness and cordiality with which he has been received in America, and the probability of his being made specially useful to an important and interesting- branch of the Wesleyan family. We trust that the Great Head of the church will bring him back safely, in the fulness of the blessing of the Gospel of Christ. We cherished the expectation of seeing the Rev. Dr. Bunting among us, as one of the General Missionary Secretaries ; and though in this instance disappointed, we do hope to be favoured with his presence and in- valuable counsel at the earliest convenience. We were much gladdened and profited by the visit of our dearly beloved Ex-President the Rev. Thomas Jackson, the savour of whose hallowed services at the Belfast Conference still remains on our hearts, and to the instrumentality of which is attributable much of our recent prosperity. Six brethren, having fulfilled their course of trial, have been admitted into full connexion, and separated to the office of the ministry by the laying on of the hands of the Presbytery. This service, always profit- able, was made a peculiar blessing. The Most High manifested his presence in our assembly, and set his seal on the ordination of his servants. The President's excellent address, delivered on the subsequent evening, impressed us deeply with the importance of our office, and the necessity of taking heed unto ourselves and to the doctrine, that we may save our own souls, and them that hear us. Four of our Body, who had been previously obliged through age and infirmities to retire from active service, have been called to their reward. They witnessed a good confession, were sustained in the hour of nature's weakness, and died testifying that Christ is able to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them. 157 Four have retired on the Supernumerary list, and eight have been admitted on trial, who we hope will faithfully and effectively supply the place of those whom the Almighty, in the exercise of his infinite wisdom, has seen fit to remove from the militant to the triumphant church. The waste of life and energies in others is highly admonitory to us, possessing as we do one common nature, and existing under one common administration with them ; and it teacheth us that we " must work the works of Him that sent us while it is day ; the night cometh when no man can work :" while the constant supply of the ministry illustrates the care of the King of Zion for his church, and his design that the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. We are happy to say that the zeal of our people for the extension of Christian Missions still increases, and their liberality to this great cause abounds. Through the organization of Missionary Societies among other denomi- nations, the support of many which was formerly enjoyed by us has been withdrawn ; yet our income is above £4800, being more than £100 above last year's receipts. Your Missionary Deputation, the Rev. Messrs. Scott, Nelson, Lomas, and Clough, and Mr. Wm. Dawson, were received by our societies cordially and gratefully ; and their visits were highly beneficial to the great cause for which they were engaged. Our Irish Missions have been favoured with the divine blessing. In the last year upwards of one hundred and fifty have been united to our society, and many have been brought to a knowledge of the truth. Six additional Schools are established ; and we trust that they will be yet more highly instrumental of cultivating the waste places of our country, till the Sa- viour " make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord." The Conference, with a deep sense of the fidelity, zeal, judicious and ceaseless efforts, and usefulness of the Rev. W. O. Croggon, have passed a unanimous vote of thanks to him for his ser- vices ; and they trust by the blessing of God on his continued superintendence of our Missions and Schools, that they shall more abundantly prosper. 158 We send to you as our Representatives the Rev. Messrs. Stewart, Waugh-, and Gillman, in whom we have the fullest confidence. In conclusion, we pray that a double portion of the spirit of our fathers may be upon us ; and may the Lord God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you as he hath promised you ! Signed in behalf and by order of the Conference, WILLIAM STEWART, Secretary. Dublin, June 26th, 1840. THE ANSWER OF THE BRITISH CONFERENCE TO THE ADDRESS OF THE IRISH CONFERENCE. Dearly eeloved Brethren, W e have received with great pleasure the pious and affectionate Address, presented to us by your respected Representatives, the Rev. Messrs. Stewart, Waugh, and Gillman. We were much affected by an intimation from Mr. Stewart, that this may probably be the last opportunity afforded him of appearing before us in his present character. We entertain a hope that this will not be the case ; but that we shall yet have the pleasure of welcoming him in future years as a true representa- tive of the warm and generous friendliness of your country, and of the ability, fidelity, and diligence of 159 your Conference. Mr. Gillman has secured our affec- tion by his amiable deportment, and our respect by his zeal and talent. Of Mr. Waugh we have spoken so often and so highly, that it is difficult to vary our terms of eulogy ; and we need only say, that he continues to grow in our affection and esteem. The faithful performance of ministerial duty in any country, and under any circumstances, will always be attended with difficulties. It is a warfare which is constantly bringing us into collision with the appetites and passions of the carnal mind, and the schemes and systems of worldly men. While, however, we have not been free from this strife, we are fully aware that you have been called to endure its still greater violence. Jn some places among us Popery has assumed unwont- ed vigour and assiduity. Some portions of our labour- ing population have been intoxicated and deluded by the ravings of lawless democrats. But with you these evils are not partial and local, as they are with us, but universal and pervading. And while you fully believe that the holy religion of which you are the Ministers, is the great antidote to the moral and political maladies of your country ; there are others of the same opinion, who, as they are interested in maintaining the present state of things, regard you with feelings of peculiar animosity, and watch all your movements with jealousy and suspicion. The opposition you have to encounter from some professed Protestants, is the more to be deplored as it tends to paralyze your own exertions, to limit your influence, and in some measure to identify such Protest- ants with the avowed defenders of the errors which you wish to oppose ; and as nothing can be more inju- rious to the great cause of Protestantism, so nothing is more painful and irritating to the minds of its devoted adherents. But we thank God on your behalf, that, in the midst of these party excitements and animosities, you have been able to act upon the principles which have ever been recognised in our Connexion, affording effici- ent and unvarying support to the Protestant institutions of the country, the benefits of which were never more 160 apparent than in the present times, when the corrupt and persecuting Church of Rome is making such strenuous attempts to regain her lost ascendancy. We have the fullest confidence that you will continue to pursue, with undeviating fidelity, the great objects of your calling, making full proof of your ministry in the salvation of the souls of men, through evil report and good report ; when reviled, reviling not again ; praying for them that despitefully use you and persecute you. And we would further add, that, while the factious, and variable, and interested means, continually sug- gested for the moral and political renovation of Ireland, are all characterized by the spirit of agitation, it is a wholesome contrast to see the only means by which such renovation can really be effected, marked by the quiet, patient, and peaceable demeanour of its advocates. We sympathize with your regret on account of the extensive emigrations of your people. It is painfully discouraging to witness from year to year the departure of your best people from your shores, to seek in other lands that subsistence and protection which, under a better system of management, their own would so richly produce. This is a loss to your country. The salt is removed before it has fully imparted its savour ; the leaven is separated from the lump before it has had time to leaven it ; the light is taken away, while your land is still in darkness. This is a loss to the emigrants themselves. They leave the scenes and associations of their conversion to God, the churches in which they have been awakened and born again, and the companions and exercises of their first love. Many of them, it is to be feared, lose all sense of religion in the trials and anxieties of a settler, in the absence of the means of grace, and of the fostering care of their Christian Pastors. But while many thus wander and stray, we are encouraged to know that all are not lost : many remain in the fold of Christ. Although lost to you, some go to swell the numbers, and increase the efficiency, of other branches of the great Methodist family ; and some, carrying their 161 religion into the heart of the wilderness, lay the founda- tions of future churches. Under all the circumstances of opposition and emi- gration, we consider your reported increase of six hun- dred and sixty-four as matter of great thankfulness and encouragement. You do not labour in vain, nor spend your strength for nought. You have seen the morning spread upon the mountains ; and there shall yet be a glorious day to Christian, Protestant Ireland. Almighty God has been pleased to crown our labours during the past year with signal success. Our increase of numbers at home is sixteen thousand one hundred and ten ; on the Foreign Missions, five thousand seven hun- dred and seventy-seven ; which, with your own number of six hundred and sixty-four, makes a total increase of twenty-two thousand five hundred and fifty-one. This success has more solemnly impressed us with a sense of our deep responsibility. The results prove that God has placed in our hands a mighty instrumentality : its effec- tiveness depends upon our own personal devotedness, and upon the zeal and faithfulness with which this in- strumentality is used. Who is sufficient for these things ? Brethren, pray for us. A world lying in the arms of the wicked one is before us. God has put into our hands the mighty means to arouse and save it. What manner of men ought we to be in all holy conversation and godliness ? Dear brethren, we invite you to join with us in the determination we have already formed, of dili- gently cultivating our own personal piety and ministerial gifts, that we may be examples of the believers in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity. The religious services of this Conference have been attended by the special influence of the Holy Ghost : a spirit of fervent prayer has been poured out upon us ; and our various sittings have been characterized by great union and harmony. We shall go from this Con- ference with hallowed feelings of devotion to God, and affection and esteem for each other. We are sorry to say that the health of our esteemed Ex- President has not been sufficiently restored to allow 162 of his being present with us. Prayer has been made to God for him continually ; and we hope his valuable life will yet be spared to the church and the world. Death has deprived us of eighteen of our dear fathers and brethren, exclusive of those who have died on our foreign Missions ; but the Great Head of the church con- tinues to raise up other labourers, and send them forth into his vineyard. The number of young men ordained this year is fifty-four ; and the number received as pro- bationers is also unusually large. We have appointed our President, the Rev. Robert Newton, to preside at your next Annual Conference ; and we have appointed the Rev. John Bowers to ac- company him. We have also, according to your wishes, and with perfect confidence in his fitness for the office, re-appointed the Rev. W. O. Croggon as General Su- perintendent of Irish Missions and Schools. The Rev. Messrs. Samuel Jackson and Barnabas Shaw for the North of Ireland, Thomas Martin and Thomas Oyer for the South, and Samuel Young for the West, are appointed as Deputations to attend the principal Meetings of your Missionary Societies. Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace ; and the God of love and peace shall be with you. Signed in behalf and by order of the Conference, JOHN HANNAH, Secretary. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, August I3lh, 1840. 163 ADDRESSES OF THE COMMITTEE FOR GUARDING OUR PRIVILEGES, TO THE QUEEN, PRINCE ALBERT, AND THE DUTCHESS OF KENT, ON OCCASION OF HER MAJESTY'S MARRIAGE. I. TO THE QUEENS MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY, May it please Your Majesty, We, Y r our Majesty's dutiful and loyal subjects, the undersigned Ministers and Members of the Society of Wesleyan Methodists, being the Committee to whom the charge of its civil rights and duties is officially con- fided, most humbly crave permission to approach Your Majesty, and to unite with other 'classes of Your Ma- jesty's joyful people in the tender of unfeigned congra- tulations on Your Majesty's recent marriage with His Royal Highness the Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Gratefully do we hail the testimonies which are pub- licly given to the personal qualities and virtues of Your Majesty's illustrious Consort ; nor can we forget that His Royal Highness is entitled to no small portion of hereditary renown, as the descendant of a memorable ancestry, who provided a most seasonable protection in the hour of jeopardy and dismay for the Great Cham- pion of the Protestant Reformation. We devoutly trust that He who is the Supreme Governor of Nations, and the especial Guardian of Christian Princes, has guided Your Majesty to this happy alliance, — an alli- ance which yields so fair a promise of comfort to Your Majesty's Royal Person, and of security and peace to the interests of Your Majesty's extensive dominions. Our prayers are joined with the prayers of Your Ma- jesty's other faithful subjects that the Lord of Heaven and Earth may bless Y r our Majesty with many and happy days ; that He may direct all Your Majesty's counsels and proceedings ; and that, at a for distant •period, He may, through our Saviour's infinite merits, 164 receive Your Majesty to that better world where no glory fades. In the Address which we thus presume to offer to Your Majesty, we are assured that we express the most cordial sentiments and wishes of the Society of Wes- levan Methodists both at home and abroad. The above Address, signed by the President and Secretary of the Conference, and by more than eighty other Members of the Committee of Privileges, was transmitted to the Secretary of State for the Home Department, from whom the following reply was re- ceived : — " Whitehall, April 8th t 1840. " Sir, "1 have had the honour to lay before the Queen the loyal and dutiful Address, on the occasion of Her Ma- jesty's nuptials, from the Ministers and Members of the Society of Wesleyan Methodists, being the Committee to whom the charge of its civil rights and duties is officially confided. " And I have to inform you, that Her Majesty re- ceived the Address very graciously. " I have the honour to be, Sir, " Your obedient Servant, (Signed) "Normanby. " Rev. J. Beecham, Wesleyan Mission-House, Hatton-Garden." II. TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE ALBERT OF SAXE-COBURG AND GOTHA. May it please Your Royal Highness, We, the undersigned Ministers and Members of the Society of Wesleyan Methodists, being the Committee to whom the charge of its civil rights and duties is officially confided, beg leave to express our sincere con- 165 gratulations on the marriage of Your Royal Highness with our Most Gracious Sovereign Queen Victoria. The illustrious ancestry from which Your Royal Highness is descended, gained itself an enviable distinc- tion in the earlier periods of the great Protestant Re- formation, to which the civil and religious liberties of this country are so deeply indebted. We rejoice in the memory of that ancestry, and in the fair fame of Your Royal Highness's personal character and virtues ; and we gladly unite with Her Majesty's subjects of all classes in bidding Your Royal Highness welcome to these shores as the chosen Consort of our beloved Queen. May Almighty God, the only Fountain of life and good, grant to Your Royal Highness length of days, and a plen- tiful share of all blessings, temporal, spiritual, and eternal. In the Address which we thus presume to offer to Your Royal Highness, we are assured that we express the most cordial sentiments and wishes of the Society of Wesleyan Methodists both at home and abroad. This Address, signed as the Address to Her Majesty, was presented by a Deputation from the Committee, to whom His Royal Highness returned the following answer : — " It affords me much satisfaction to receive these cordial congratulations from the Ministers and Mem- bers of the Society of Wesleyan Methodists. I rejoice that the history of the illustrious House from which I have the honour to be descended, should pre- possess in my favour the hearts of the British people ; and I trust that this favourable impression will be con- firmed by their longer experience of my character." III. TO HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUTCHESS OF KENT. May it please Your Royal Highness, We, the undersigned Ministers and Members of the 1G6 Society of Wesleyan Methodists, being the Committee to whom the charge of its civil rights and duties is offi- cially confided, beg leave to present our sincere congra- tulations to Your Royal Highness on the recent marriage of Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria with His Royal Highness the Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. It is our unfeigned hope, in which we are persuaded that we partake of anticipations common also to Her Majesty's other faithful subjects, that this alliance may at all times eminently contribute to the gratification of those feelings of maternal virtue for which Your Royal Highness has been so honourably distinguished, and which cannot fail to add dignity and worth even to the most exalted station. May Almighty God long preserve Y r our Royal High- ness, and grant to Her Majesty in every relation all true prosperity and glory ; that Your Royal Highness may thus taste the joys which spring from the attain- ment, in the highest degree, of the best hopes which accompanied the exercise of early solicitude and care. In the Address which we presume in this way to ofter to Your Royal Highness, we are assured that we express the most cordial sentiments and wishes of the Society of Wesleyan Methodists, both at home and abroad. This Address, signed as the two preceding, was pre- sented to Her Royal Highness by a Deputation from the Committee, to whom Her Royal Highness returned the following answer : — " I beg that you, and the Society which you repre- sent, will accept my unfeigned thanks for this most ac- ceptable Address. As a mother, I am most grateful for the sentiments it conveys ; and I most fervently unite in your prayer, that the marriage of my beloved child may be blessed in her own happiness, and in that of all her subjects of every denomination throughout her widely- extended dominions." APPENDIX. DOCUMENT REFERRED TO IN THE PRE- CEDING MINUTES.* RESOLUTIONS OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE MISSIONARY COMMITTEE OF REVIEW, HELD AT NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, JULY 28TH, 1840. Present, Rev. Thomas Jackson, Ex-President, in the Chair. The Minutes of the General Missionary Committee during the last year having been read by the Secreta- ries, the following Resolutions were then unanimously passed : — I. On the motion of Thomas Crook, Esq., of Liverpool, seconded by Thomas Walker, Esq., of Stockton, " That this Meeting has heard with pleasure of the progress and prosperity of the Wesleyan Missions during the past year, and expresses its high approbation of the report of the proceedings of the Committee, as now read from their Minutes ; and pledges itself to use its best efforts, both individually and collectively, to remove the pecuniary embarrassment which now presses upon the Committee, by liquidating the debt which now exists, and providing means for carrying on and extending the Society's operations." Mr. Freeman having been introduced to the Com- mittee, and having made his statement, with reference to the Ashantee Mission, it was resolved, II. On the motion of the Rev. Robert Newton, Se- cretary of the Conference, and seconded by William Turner, Esq., of Derby, * Pages 87, 88. 168 11 That this Committee of Review cordially approves of the determination of the General Committee, to attempt the immediate establishment of a Christian Mission in the important kingdom of Ashantee ; fully recognises the necessity and propriety of providing for the commencement and early expenditure of that Mis- sion, by a special Fund, to be raised for that purpose ; and earnestly recommends thai Fund, already so auspi- ciously begun, to the zealous and immediate support of the whole Connexion." III. On the motion of the Rev. George Morley, seconded by Christopher "Wawn, Esq., " That this Meeting recommends to the Conference that the thanks of the Conference be presented to the General Committee, for their very faithful and able direction of the affairs of our Missions during the past year." IV. On the motion of the Rev. Joseph Entwisle, sen., seconded by James Wood, Esq., of Manchester, 11 That this Meeting recommends to the Conference, that the cordial thanks of the Conference be presented to Thomas Farmer, Esq., and the Rev. John Scott, for their important services as General Treasurers of the. Wesleyan Missionary Society during the past year, and that they be re-appointed for the ensuing year." V. On the motion of the Rev. E. Grindrod, seconded by Mr. G. W. Longridge, of Sunderland, " That this Meeting recommends to the Conference, that its cordial thanks be presented to the Rev. Dr. Bunting, the Rev. John Beecham, the Rev. Dr. Alder, and the Rev. E. Hoole, the General Secre- taries, for their very acceptable and faithful services during the past year ; and that they be re-appointed for the ensuing year." 169 THE ACCOUNTS OF THE CONTINGENT FUND TO THE CONFERENCE IN 1840. Y early July CIRCUITS. Nos. Collection. £. s. d. Grants £. s. ' d. Collection. £. s. d. London District. First London. . . . 3286 115 65 11 7 Welsh Society- 63 2 2 27 14 1 2 Second London. . 2141 63 1 10 41 17 Third London . . 2313 57 10 7 38 19 6 Fourth London. . 1732 45 5 30 7 Fifth London . . 1418 40 1 6 29 5 9 Sixth London . . 2409 66 2 9 44 8 11 Romford .... 294 4 5 6 3 Deptford 1084 26 3 19 Hammersmith . . 576 18 15 16 4 6 Croydon 255 5 10 64 5 Leyton 137 4 3 44 4 5 8 Bishop-Stortford 225 5 4 56 4 14 8 Windsor 224 5 11 67 5 17 Chelmsford .... 420 7 10 60 5 10 Colchester 800 16 3 6 14 11 6 Manningtree. . . . 746 16 16 13 10 10 Ipswich 598 9 15 25 8 5 Hastings 320 8 10 44 6 10 6 Sevenoaks 632 14 13 5 Lewes 268 7 5 66 5 10 3 Brighton 433 13 20 9 8 St. Alban's 502 9 50 o 6 9 6 Guildford 84 2 19 80 2 19 Totals 20960 563 14 2 616 14 1 393 10 4 Bedford and North- ampton Dist. Bedford & Ampt- hill 1080 18 14 13 Leighton- Buzzard 979 20 10 8 11 3 3 Luton 1600 31 20 2 170 CIRCUITS. St. Xeot's Biggleswade .... Huntingdon .... Northampton . . Towcester Daventry Newport-Pagnell Higham-Ferrers "Wellingborough Kettering Market- Harbo- rough Cambridge .... Chatteris Stamford Peterborough . . Totals Kent District. Canterbury Rochester . Gravesend. Sheerness . Margate . Dover . . . Deal Rye Tenterden . Sandhurst . Maidstone. Yearly Xos Collection. £. s. d. 362 647 596 913 545 688 396 497 572 315 16 6 3 10 Grants. 60 21 14 30 8 12 42 573 653 980 IS 10 174 28 14 400 11 15 8 314 6 8 676 22 729 20 1 282 8 3 398 9 5 4 532 11 5 6 649 12 12 6 597 13 8 28 Allowed for the support of a newly married man \ Totals Norwich and Lynn District. Norwich Bungay North- Walsham Yarmouth Lowestoff 6731 1221 335 669 722 470 162 3 204 18 21 5 10 8 8 6 19 1 II 17 260 4 15 48 398 ! 7 10 i 37 2 302 6 4 6 49 12 3 11 10 6 20 47 1! 28 21 Julv Collectior . £. s. d. 6 11 3 4 10 10 9 4 4 2 7 5 4 15 4 10 5 7 4 8 6 4 10 10 12 6 7 4 8 12 9 10 6 153 12 ] 12 15 3 10 14 5 15 20 7 5 2 6 6 14 10 10 3 12 5 6 10 19 10 \ 126 16 6 12 3 4 4 6 9 13 8 5 5 171 CIRCUITS. Framlingham . . Diss .New-Buckenham Bury St. Ed- mund's Holt Lynn Swaff'ham Downham "Walsingham .... Wisbeach Thetford Mildenhall .... Ely Totals Oxford District. Oxford High-Wycomb. . "Witney Banbury Newbury Reading Hungerford .... Watlington .... Brackley Chipping-Norton Swindon Wantage Aylesbury Totals Portsmouth Dist. Portsmouth .... Gosport Salisbury Poole Ringwood Isle of Wight . . Southampton . . Andover Yearly Nos. Col ection £. s. J. 400 6 822 15 6 8 470 6 410 6 12 663 8 10 864 15 12 492 6 8 404 6 703 6 5 750 13 3 476 8 220 3 3 6 385 6 1 10506 172 17 8 679 15 466 8 5 535 9 755 15 672 13 6 266 7 757 13 360 5 787 10 327 5 5 127 3 318 6 4 6 466 6 8 6 6515 116 3 6 569 20 1 153 4 IS 6 772 12 2 8 740 14 80 1 2 6 778 9 12 1 497 12 10 327 5 8 Grants. £. 8. d. 27 17 19 2 12 11 20 25 136 19 2 30 25 55 45 9 6 50 70 55 30 360 9 6 29 7 53 16 3 7 21 12 9 68 10 57 11 3 11 July Collection. £. s. d. 5 15 9 3 1 1 4 3 5 6 10 9 3 16 9 3 15 5 10 11 11 6 5 10 7 4 7 4 15 122 13 s 6 10 6 8 14 7 7 16 9 2 10 9 9 7 11 6 10 4 4 7 14 5 10 4 6 6 5 15 8 8 94 5 5 8 17 2 13 6 12 3 10 8 10 1 3 1(1 13 9 2 15 H 2 172 CIRCUITS. Chichester . . Nos. 142 Yearly Collection. £. s. d. 4 Allowed for the support of a newly ) married man ) Totals Guernsey District. Guernsey, English Ditto, French . . Alderney Jersey, English.. Ditto, French . . Totals Devonport Dist. Devonport Plymouth Launceston .... Holdsworthy . . . . Kilkhampton . . Liskeard Tavistock Camelford Kingsbridge .... Brixham Ashburton Totals Cornwall District. Redruth Camborne Tuckingrnill .... Falmouth Truro Gwennap St. Agnes St. Austell St. Mawes Bodmin St. Columb .... 4058 83 11 9 400 1083 81 330 1343 1225 800 960 492 513 1103 696 210 135 198 668 1731 1705 15S6 1003 1924 1090 1210 1604 317 745 634 14 12 5 1 18 110 15 3217 i 54 3 16 11 4 4 2 12 6 3 15 12 6 7060 125 2 6 16 18 10 13 9 6 17 31 15 6 16 25 6 12 15 10 July Granfc? Collection. £. s. d. £. 5. d. 48 11) 9 3 10 24 304 1 6 60 13 2 5 6 s 2 35 10 4 6 8 11 6 35 24 10 8 10 7 10 19 7 6 10 20 2 )0 2 10 6 30 9 40 5 95 2 4 65 2 IS S 55 3 45 6 10 1 350 61 9 10 5 10 5 16 4 S 7 a 12 16 9 3 5 5 10 15 13 4 7 8 6 5 1 3 173 CIRCUITS. Penzance .... St. Just St. Ives Scilly Isles . . Helstone .... Hayle Totals .... Exeter District. Exeter Tiverton Taunton Wellington South-Petherton Axminster Bridport Barnstaple .... Bideford . . Dunster Oakham pton. . . . Teignmouth . . . . Totals Bristol District. Bristol, North . Bristol, South . Kingswood Banwell , Stroud Dursley • Downend Gloucester Tewkesbury Cheltenham Newport , Monmouth Abergavenny . Ledbury Hereford , Totals 1 Yearly Nos. Collection. £. s. d. 1366 38 10 2220 47 2035 48 117 3 3 1478 22 10 2106 29 9 22871 372 9 6 980 27 420 8 5 689 15 16 158 2 2 6 502 7 10 350 4 15 350 10 831 11 10 752 10 320 6 15 260 4 9 288 6 10 5900 114 12 6 2144 100 1215 41 j 1250 25 440 9 10 447 6 10 | 860 12 10 735 14 10 382 8 1 6 323 7 10 563 22 6 6 427 8 10 ! 405 9 692 12 7 6 477 7 6 282 6 10642 290 1 6 Grants £. s. d. 40 12 5 6 65 5 6 23 36 51 48 36 3 17 11 71 268 17 11 38 24 34 37 25 25 42 69 40 334 t) July Collection. £. s. d. 10 6 3 10 9 2 5 121 18 Id 16 1 6 7 6 10 9 3 1 11 7 5 3 3 9 5 1 10 7 5 6 3 8 3 9 6 78 14 10 28 17 9 6 7 Q 9 12 5 9 16 7 13 10 7 12 1 5 10 13 6 1 6 4 15 8 4 6 12 4 8 6 140 14 5 174 CIRCUITS. Bath District. Bath Bradford Midsomer-Nor- ton Frome Melksham Devizes Shep ton- Mallet. Warminster . . . Sherborne Weymouth . . . Dorchester . . . Shaftesbury . . . Glastonbury . . . Totals 1st South- Wales District. Swansea Merthyr Brecon Cardiff Carmarthen .... Haverfordwest . . Pembroke Totals 2d South- Wales District. Merthyr- Tydvill Crickhowell .... Cardiff Brecon Llandilo Carmarthen .... Swansea Cardigan St. David's Aberystwith .... Nos. 1112 710 1863 825 469 144 1040 96 521 500 326 656 266 8528 440 599 265 415 250 693 317 2979 594 409 400 153 187 338 221 373 97 532 I Yearly Collection. £. s. d. 32 10 14 10 24 10 13 10 7 12 4 5 16 10 2 10 11 15 6 7 19 13 5 7 17 Grants. £. s. d. 13 55 54 49 15 38 171 6 6 224 9 10 14 10 9 9 11 15 9 10 14 7 69 35 10 18 31 10 48 14 July Collection. £. s. d, 15 10 9 2 6 16 8 7 8 3 7 3 10 10 1 12 8 2 7 7 3 6 10 4 100 8 9 8 6 4 8 5 13 7 6 7 9 6 4 16 75 14 | 202 14 1 45 3 2 11 10 58 9 72 16 ! 39 6 6 36 12 6 \ 91 8 34 16 , 5 14 i 42 7 2 8 6 ! 71 17 6 16 6 I 2 15 2 2 2 7 1 6 2 5 1 13 1 6 17 1 S 175 CIRCUITS. Machynlleth Llanidloes Totals North- Wales District. Ruthin and Den- bigh Llangollen Llanrwst Holywell Mold Llanasa Beaumaris Carnarvon Pwllhely Dolgelly Barmouth Llanfyllin Llanfair Totals Birmingham District. Birmingham, West Birmingham, East West-Bromwich "Wednesbury .... Walsall Wolverhampton Dudley Stourbridge .... Stourport Worcester Bromsgrove .... Evesham Redditch Coventry Leamington and Stratford-upun- Avon Hinckley 538 353 Yearly Collection. £. s. d. 5 5 6 7 2 4195 H. 74 752 604 929 738 439 472 717 919 345 534 401 593 288 7731 1603 1216 703 2121 780 1279 1518 607 592 620 147 359 290 348 369 800 9 19 M 7 11 8 14 8 2 5 12 9 12 1 3 15 6 13 6 4 8 12 6 104 19 44 5 29 7 19 15 35 12 6 17 5 25 10 40 13 13 5 15 10 2 16 6 8 7 10 7 12 8 11 6 12 4 Grants £. s. d. 30 12 43 11 521 15 6 58 9 48 12 75 8 43 3 136 65 6 72 12 40 13 31 5 16 2 28 615 10 58 48 60 40 50 1) 61 40 July Collection £. s. d. 1 10 2 6 21 15 3 9 6 3 2 12 3 2 2 2 3 2 15 1 7 2 2 3 1 12 31 17 6 34 19 21 1 6 7 13 23 16 11 9 20 6 26 3 7 13 12 6 10 18 12 i) 2 3 6 7 6 5 6 (J 3 18 7 12 16 176 CIRCUITS. Shrewsbury .... Madeley Wellington .... Ludlow Kington Rhayader and Llanbister .... Newtown Totals Macclesfield Dist. Macclesfield .... Buxton Congleton Nantwich North wich Burslem Tunstall Newcastle Longton Stafford Leek Uttoxeter Totals Liverpool District. Liverpool, North Liverpool, South Liverpool, Welsh Chester Holywell Bangor "Warrington .... St. Helen's .... Wigan Orm shirk Preston Garstang Lancaster Wrexham Whitchurch .... Totals Nos. 522 1232 850 556 449 100 701 17762 1805 422 981 765 810 954 806 790 580 277 977 650 9817 1131 2100 683 812 271 109 1008 356 359 254 1056 342 403 285 3S2 9551 Yearly Collection. £. s. d. 14 29 5 14 3 6 7 18 8 9 6 2 11 8 Grants. £. s. d, 44 11 44 46 10 10 17 19 10 9 18 12 30 4 6 20 2 7 14 8 12 9 10 25 10 11 64 92 15 15 22 1 6 6 10 4 3 25 10 10 13 7 13 6 6 6 22 2 6 8 12 8 10 6 10 6 8 8 6 384 11 486 5 2 40 34 24 50 32 234 6 ! 180 61 62 307 12 10 28 32 53 25 10 July Collection. £. s. a 10 10 I 15 8 ' 13 I 338 10 7 2 6 4 5 1 1 7 274 11 14 16 6 8 11 10 9 10 10 6 4 6 6 4 14 4 15 10 10 8 6 100 35 32 10 3 19 10 14 3 3 9 14 5 13 9 3 5 7 10 15 4 2 c 5 6 3 6 9 6 11 148 12 177 Yearly July CIRCUITS. Nos. Collection. £. s. d. Grants. £. s. d. Collection. £. s. d. Manchester and Bolton District. 1st Manchester. . 1171 59 21 12 8 2d Manchester . . 1493 45 20 10 3d Manchester . . 1940 101 40 3 4th Manchester . , 804 27 10 10 10 Welsh, ditto 195 4 37 15 8 1 1 Altrincham .... 406 11 5 7 7 Stockport, North 903 26 6 7 5 Stockport, South 815 17 6 New-Mills .... 465 12 24 3 10 Glossop 385 6 12 6 30 4 2 Ashton 956 18 50 8 9 6 Oldham 850 16 22 7 2 5 Delph 226 6 6 37 2 15 3 Bolton 1800 42 17 5 Rochdale 1256 22 55 11 Burnley 990 23 10 6 9 Bury 702 18 8 4 2 Blackburn 580 12 1 6 32 6 18 Haslingden .... 836 15 6 18 6 Bacup 820 15 12 7 Colne 979 408 12 5 10 36 55 6 17 Clitheroe 4 15 Leigh 312 5 7 6 34 3 15 10 Totals 19292 520 15 6 412 15 8 222 1 4 Halifax and Bradford District. Halifax 1811 50 13 18 7 Huddersfield. . . . 2545 55 27 10 Holmfirth 832 13 5 6 9 Sowerby- Bridge 1260 22 13 9 5 Todraorden .... 1273 16 13 70 6 10 Denby-Dale .... 625 11 11 6 5 10 Bradford, West. . 2010 26 2 6 13 3 Bradford, East . . 1539 26 5 15 5 6 Keighley 1507 25 10 8 10 Bingley 1141 13 10 6 8 Shipley 522 7 2 12 V Skipton 750 9 3 20 4 Addingham .... 668 10 5 Grassington .... 288 3 30 1 14 Settle 340 7 10 35 3 3 Totals 17111 297 16 6 155 135 18 3 H 5 178 CIRCUITS. Leeds District. Leeds, East .... Leeds, West .... Bramley Wakefield Birstal Dewsbury Otley Pateley- Bridge . . Pontefraet Cleckheaton .... Yeadon Woodhouse- Grove Totals Sheffield District. Sheffield, West. . Sheffield, East . . Chesterfield .... Bakewell Bradwell Rotkerham .... Doncaster Retford Bamsley ...... Worksop Nottingham and Derby District. Nottingham .... Ilkestone Mansfield ...... Newark Leicester Melton-Mowbray Oakham Loughborough . . CastleDonnington Derby .... Ashbourne Belper AshbydelaZouch Burton&Lichfield Cromford . . 1 Yearly- Nos. Collection. £. s. d. 3967 108 4112 109 10 2080 24 1794 35 1734 25 14 (3 1457 17 10 968 18 16 9 1000 12 12 1350 32 17 6 900 12 8 899 13 14 6 504 9 7 6 20765 419 10 9 2308 67 3 6 2283 67 3 6 746 15 16 470 7 471 7 11 6 : 1400 40 10 ! 1390 27 18 6 i 1210 22 10 719 17 6 425 6 16 11422 279 15 3132 53 718 11 6 1006 14 2 1520 36 13 1212 14 11 882 13 13 324 7 13 731 11 2 600 8 19 1309 38 204 6 4 1820 23 12 926 20 13 554 12 694 : 11 115632 1 282 8 Grants. £. s. d. July Collection, £. s. a'. 32 10 56 18 30 16 15 6 21 15 5 38 10 11 6 11 6 21 12 10 8 4 6 8 20 12 O 6 2 4 13 6 129 18 46 24 28 15 6 69 26 I 4 22 13 7 29 15 6 5. 6 3 15 4 7 19 13 O 16 17 6 11 6 10 18 8 4 7 30 17 7 1 4 12 18 10 13 8 15 4 6 8 12 2 7 8 6 22 10 o io o 13 10 14 10 8 13 6 5 4 193 15 6 181 14 10 179 CIRCUITS. Lincoln District. Lincoln Sleaford , Market-Raisen. Louth Horncastle Alford Spilsby ........ Boston Spalding , Grantham Bourne , Totals Hull District. Hull, West Hull, East Beverley Howden Driffield Patrington Hornsea Grimsby .... Gainsborough . . Epworth Snaith Brigg Barton Bridlington Totals York District. York Tadcaster Pocklington .... Malton Easingwold .... Scarborough. . . . Thirsk Ripon Selby Knaresborough . . Bedale Totals Yearly Collection. £. s. d. 2020 48 1222 25 10 6 1190 18 10 2250 52 1416 27 10 1030 23 10 1302 32 5 1S97 40 1110 14 10 1100 20 294 5 12 14831 307 7 6 1570 46 2 6 1705 44 10 740 20 11 980 21 10 797 16 5 410 8 10 480 7 10 1230 23 10 1150 25 7 727 15 11 738 17 10 830 18 13 1203 24 10 1302 25 6 13862 315 2200 68 869 24 2 1002 18 1206 22 10 1093 19 13 6 1639 33 10 921 23 2 10 890 15 11 893 19 10 850 20 10 931 16 7 12494 280 16 4 Grants. £. s. d. 20 20 40 51 48 27 19 July Collectioi i. £. s. d. 32 10 14 6 6 10 15 21 10 13 10 10 11 11 25 3 12 14 10 5 170 15 6 14 15 12 10 5 11 2 14 10 9 10 5 3 2 6 15 15 10 13 14 2 i 11 10 9 15 10 16 16 145 163 5 30 30 20 27 15 10 2 6 10 5 11 8 12 10. 16 11 11 10 9 11 10 10 13 10 5 5 180 CIRCUITS. Whitby and Darlington Dist. Whitby Stokesley Pickering Darlington .... Stockton Barnard-Castle. . Bishop-Auckland Middleham .... Richmond and Reeth Totals Newcastle Dist. Newcastle, West Newcastle, East Gateshead .... North Shields . . South Shields . . Sunderland .... Houghton le Spring Durham Wolsingham .... Hexham Wark Alstone Alnwick Berwick Morpeth Totals Carlisle District. Carlisle Brampton Whitehaven .... Appleby Penrith Wigton Kendal Ulverstone .... Dumfries Totals ,. Not. 1123 712 865 670 886 724 525 650 973 Yearly Collection. £. s. d. 31 10 16 13 24 31 12 13 9 6 9 15 7128 162 8 1116 889 1006 1131 741 1515 504 1200 571 582 84 810 126 87 128 44 10 15 18 11 6 19 8 10 44 7 2 14 14 7 8 10 15 11 7 8 2 6 2 3 1 10490 j 211 7 8 277 202 763 401 552 205 646 146 60 10 4 3 8 15 6 7 11 9 7 3 11 9 10 3 2 6 1 10 3252 57 10 July Grants Collection £. s. d. £. s. d. 10 12 i) 61 13 9 2 10 7 5 9 7 C) 20 16 6 9 5 5 22 4 10 30 5 u 113 13 80 IS 4 16 4 6 10 30 9 10 9 5 4 16 5 25 1 3 4 10 8 10 6 3 5 5 3 40 10 3 6 6 1 7 6 20 14 10 18 110 o 98 17 6 54 4 12 48 2 66 3 11 2 32 Q 4 7 1 6 52 1 11 6 15 4 12 48 1 4 40 10 355 28 7 9 181 CIRCUITS. Isle of Man List. Douglas Ramsey . Totals Nos. 1441 1419 2860 Edinburgh Dist. Edinburgh 436 Dunbar j 42 Glasgow 1224 Ayr ; 187 Allowed for a newly marri Yearly- Collection. £. s. d. 18 13 1 31 1 15 5 1 3 22 4 18 ed man. . Totals Aberdeen District. Aberdeen Dundee Perth Arbroath Banff Inverness Orkney and Wick Totals Shetland District. Lerwick Walls Northmavin .... YeU Totals 18S9 323 105 71 127 I 63 ; 46 ! 117 i 230 150 139 899 8 14 2 5 2 2 3 1 17 1 9 13 43 6 8 Grants. £. s. d. 10 15 25 138 17 8 125 100 387 17 6 i o o I o I 63 68 66 25 10 10 24 60 58 60 I 852 ! 20 1 i 400 3 15 211 19 1 1 96 8 54 10 6 67 2 6 5 16 ' 430 July Collection. £. s. «'. 5 13 4 4 9 13 4 3 14 6 17 4 4 15 ! ' ° 10 6 10 2 13 fl 1 5 1 5 1 14 15 i 6 7 IS 15 S 4 7 1 1 14 l I 182 GENERAL VIEW OF THE NUMBERS, YEARLY & JULY COLLECTIONS, AND ORDINARY DEFICIENCIES, 1840. DISTRICTS. London Bedford & Nor- thampton. . . . Kent Norwich & Lynn Oxford Portsmouth .... Guernsey Devonport .... Cornwall Exeter Bristol Bath 1st South- Wales 2d South- Wales North- Wales .. Birmingham and Shrewsbury. . Macclesfield . . Liverpool Manchester and Bolton Halifax & Brad- ford Leeds Sheffield Nottingham and Derby Lincoln Hull York Whitby and Dar- lington Newcastle .... Carlisle Isle of Man. . .. ! Edinburgh .... j Aberdeen j Shetland Nos. 20960 11376 6731 10-506 6515 4058 3217 7060 22871 5900 10642 8528 2979 4195 7731 17762 9817 9551 19292 17111 20765 11422 15632 14831 13862 12494 7128 10490 3252 2860 1889 852 Total ,323178 Yearly Collection. £. s. d. 563 14 2 197 2 162 3 172 17 8 116 3 6 83 11 9 54 3 125 2 6 372 9 6 114 12 6 290 1 6 171 6 6 75 14 74 7 6 104 19 384 11 234 6 307 12 10 520 15 6 297 16 6 419 10 9 279 15 282 8 307 7 6 315 280 16 4 162 8 211 7 8 57 10 31 1 43 6 8 20 1 5 16 6839 7 9 July Collection. £. a. d. 393 10 4 153 12 126 16 122 13 94 5 60 13 24 10 61 9 121 18 10 78 14 10 140 14 5 100 8 9 45 3 2 21 15 31 17 6 285 10 6 100 148 12 222 1 4 135 18 3 195 6 6 129 18 3 181 14 10 170 15 6 163 5 9 138 8 4 80 18 4 98 17 6 28 7 9 9 13 4 10 6 10 7 18 6 1 14 687 11 8 8478 Ordinary Deficiencies- £. s. d. 616 14 1 316 6 2 204 18 5 136 19 2 360 9 6 304 1 6 35 350 65 5 6 268 17 11 334 224 202 14 521 15 6 615 10 486 6 2 180 338 10 7 412 15 8 155 30 38 10 11 193 15 6 40 145 80 113 13 110 355 25 387 17 8 400 430 183 EXTRAORDINARIES. 1. —TRAVELLING EXPENSES. £. Brother J. Lancaster, from Guildford to Bishop- Stort- ford 2 J. Hannah, jun., from Snaith to Ipswich 6 J. Knowles, sen., to and from the Conference 6 Maysey, from Stafford to St. Neot's 2 S. Brown, from Swaff ham to Towcester. 7 10 Sanders, from Bungay to Chatteris 2 D. Jackson, from Framlingham to North-Walsham 3 Whitworth, from Redruth to Lowestoff 6 R. Greenwood, from Oakham to Framlingham 3 J. M. Joll, from Huntingdon to Diss 3 3 C. B. Taylor, (late,) from Oakham to Walsingham. .700 North, from North-Walsham to Mildenhall 3 10 D. Edgar, from the Isle of Man to Gosport 3 18 6 Thomas H. Walker, from Barnstaple to Salisbury. .300 J.D.Carey, from Bury St. Edmund's to Southampton 1 10 C. W. Vibert, from Banwell to Holdsworthy 5 Beckwith, fromRomsey, in the Southampton Circuit, toBrixham 5 12 6 Akerman, from Bridport to Tuckingmill 13 15 Meadmore, from Hereford to South-Moulton 5 Hill, jun., from Wells (Norfolk) to Kingswood 8 Wade, from Ledbury to Banwell 2 W. Baker, from Banwell to Ledbury 5 10 Armett, from Wantage to Monmouth 2 10 J. Robinson, from Portland to Shepton-Mallet 2 T. Webb, from Teignmouth to Cardiff. 11 8 Ellis Hall, from Guernsey to Carmarthen 4 J. W. Button, from Bristol to Haverfordwest 4 Evan Edwards, from Carmarthen to Crickhowell. ... 200 J. Hughes, from Machynlleth to Brecon 3 T. Jones, from Llanidloes to St. David's 2 J. Bartley, from Merthyr to Machynlleth 3 T. Jenkins, from Cardiff to Llanidloes 2 10 W. Owen, from Carmarthen to Llangollen 1 W. Batten, from Dongelly to Beaumaris 2 10 W. Davis, 3d, from Hastings to Willenhall 5 M. Cousin, from Epworth to Hinckley 4 4 A. Barber, from Swansea to Wellington 7 R. Mainwaring, from the Isle of Man to Wellington 7 184 TRAVELLING EXPENSES,— Continued. £. s. d. Brother T. Jones, from Bridlington to Rhayader .... 1 H. Hine, from Aberdeen to Holywell 3 Catts, from Kington to Glossop 10 Armson, from Alnwick to Blackburn 3 Dernaley, from Appleby to Haslingden 3 Savage, from Richmond to Settle 5 S. Tindall, from Rochdale to Wakefield 3 G. Clarke, from Shetland to Pateley-Bridge 12 T. Skelton, from Clitheroe to Worksop 5 J. Wright, (late,) towards his travelling expenses from Settle to Bradwell 15 R. M. Macbrair, from Windsor to Newark 3 J. Pontefract, from Ulverstone to Market-Raisen ..10 J. Gostick, from Higham-Ferrers to Spilsby 3 John Felvus, from Watlington to Spilsby 9 E. Usher, from Salisbury to Boston 6 Shaw, from Plymouth to Epworth 5 J. Entwisle, jun., from St. Austle to Tadcaster 19 W. Dowson, on his becoming a Supernumerary. ... 5 Ash, from Whitehaven to Pickering J. Callaway, from Chesterfield to Alnwick 10 J. Pascal!, from Inverness to Brampton 6 W. Harrison, from Easingwold to Ulverstone 5 Shearman, from Ipswich to Ramsey 2 10 J. Gregory, from Manchester to Peel 2 2 Bowman, from Monmouth to Ayr 4 S. T. Sproston, from Brecon in Wales to Aberdeen. .600 Harris, from Wick to Montrose 1 10 Binns, from Banff to and from Liverpool 6 Pilley, from Reeth to Inverness 7 Hooley, from Framlingham to Wick 10 W r ebb, from Evesham to Shetland 12 Edgoose, from Walsingham to Walsall 2 Drewitt, Iron Rhayader to Stourbridge 4 £371 J3 O 2.— AFFLICTIONS. £. s. d. Brother J. Floyd, for continued affliction 15 J. Baker, for severe affliction 8 Haigh, for severe family affliction « 15 W. Wedlock, for severe affliction 18 R. Cooper, for the long and severe affliction and fune- ral expenses of his wife 18 W. Griffith, sen 5 Taylor, (late,) for the severe affliction and death of his child..., 12 185 AFFLICTIONS,— Continued. £. s. a. Taylor, (late,) for the funeral expenses of his child.. 12 J. Overton, on account of peculiar personal and family affliction 10 P. Wilkinson, for severe personal and family affliction 20 T. Jones, for severe family affliction 5 Mole's (late) long and severe affliction 15 Bentham, for long and severe personal affliction . ... 15 H. Turner, for severe and long affliction 10 Mole's funeral expenses 12 J. Osborne, for severe and protracted affliction 10 Cheesman, for long and severe family affliction .... 10 W. Henley, for affliction 8 Simmons, for family affliction 12 Shepherd, for affliction 6 S. Sewell, for domestic affliction 10 Wevill, for severe and long-continued affliction and funeral expenses of his daughter 20 O Clarke, for personal and family affliction 30 R. Bonner, for affliction 15 W. Davis, 3d, for family affliction 5 Mainwaring, for the affliction of his late wife 10 S. Davis, for long and severe personal and family affliction 20 Burrows's (late) funeral expenses 12 W. Annetts, for the peculiar and long-continued affliction of his wife 20 Totherick, for severe and long affliction 10 E. Wilson's funeral expenses 12 E. Ford's funeral expenses 12 Worth, for long and severe family affliction 25 W. Jackson, sen., for severe affliction and funeral expenses of his wife 20 Cranswick for severe affliction and funeral expenses of his wife 10 Dalby, for long family affliction 15 Catton, for severe family affliction 10 W. Pearson, for severe family affliction 20 Ex-President, for affliction 50 R. Warren, for personal affliction 10 T. Sugden, for severe and long-continued family affliction 20 Dav, for severe family affliction, and funeral expenses o"f his wife 22 E. Hall, for affliction 10 Stripp, for affliction 10 £634 186 3.— FURNITURE. £. s. d. Dover 20 St. Just (for two houses) 40 Midsomer- Norton 20 St. David's 20 Carnarvon 20 Barmouth 20 Madeley 20 Hanley 20 Bradford, West 20 Retford 20 Inverness 20 £240 4.— MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES. £ s. d. Supplying brother Floyd's place during his affliction 44 Ditto brother George's place 25 Brother W. "Wilson, 1st, for the keep of a horse .... 10 Brother P. Jameson, towards the keep of a horse. ... 10 Supplying the late brother C. B. Taylor's place .... 25 Brother T. Rogers, for horse-hire 10 Towards law expenses in the Newbury Circuit 16 Supplying the late brother Mole's place 17 10 Expenses of a Minor District-Meeting at South- Moulton 23 2 Supplying brother Sleep's place during his affliction 23 Ditto brother John Osborne's ditto 4 Ditto brother Sansom's ditto 9 6 Expenses of a Minor District-Meeting at Newent . . 2 12 Supplying the place of a Preacher in the Ledbury Circuit 16 Allowed to brother Driver, as a newly-married man, omitted last year 24 Supplying brother Cloake's place 31 10 Ditto "brother Bonner's place 4 10 Ditto the late brother Fairbourn's place 9 8 Ditto the late brother Mortimer's place 5 Ditto brother J. W. Barritt's place, during his afflic- tion 10 Ditto brother G. Clarke's place 10 Carriage of brother G. Clarke's boxes 3 Supplying the late brother G. Wilson's place 6 6 Ditto brother R. Waddington's place 6 Ditto the late brother E. Ford's place 18 18 Ditto brother W. Huddleston's place during his affliction 15 187 MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES,— Continued. £. s. d. Supplying brother Robinson's place during his afflic- tion 15 Ditto brother Warren's place 40 10 6 Brother Harris's deficiencies in the Orkney and Wick Circuit 6 Shetland Representative to and from the Conference 7 Printing Pastoral Addresses, and various other offi- cial documents 131 17 6 President's Assistant 80 Rev. R. Newton's expenses of attending (by the appointment of Conference) the General Confer- ence of the Episcopal Church in the United States ofAmerica 130 Expenses of brother Rogers to the South-Wales District-Meeting 6 5 Ditto of brother Atherton to ditto 8 Ditto of brother Taylor to the North-Wales ditto . . 2 6 Brother Grindrod's travelling expenses as the Presi- dent's substitute to Glasgow, Edinburgh, and Aber- deen 8 Ex-President's expenses attending the Irish Confer- ence , 6 Secretary's letters and parcels 3 15 Interest of Money borrowed 65 12 4 Law expenses for the recovery of property at Llan- bister, Wales 200 Expenses of advertising for Shetland 1 8 Expenses of Preachers on the List of Reserve, in order to attend their conditional examination in London 265 11 Travelling expenses of Preachers supplying for brother Newton during his absence in America . . 6 2 6 President's official letters 5 18 2 Ditto travelling expenses 12 6 9 Letters and stationery 6 10 Harland, on retiring from the work 15 Deficiencies allowed to the Welch Circuit, London. . 20 Alston, a newly-married man, omitted last year .... 20 Amount of Miscellaneous Expenses 1441 19 3 Ditto of Travelling Expenses 37113 Ditto of Afflictions 634 Ditto of Furniture 240 Total amount of Extraordinaries £2687 12 3 188 H 525 H - x »-h Opq o> ° ° o set! s s 3 ° 2 « £ £ M >> :>> >» pqpqp; 05 -, "T* ■T3 .£ >-0 § *-° Q O M r^ O ^ ~ o a* g"! I!) • G a* "« 'C Zj <• O t>- (N O O O O O O o : ^^ : m b s « : c +s . B "U L *-| • t5 ,0 3 ■*! ooO l S • £ w a • 2 fi 5 • 5 ^ ° • s » *» ^S W W - o g .2 > o e n 6 - *a S S 8 2 « 4/ ^~.2 . >>>>Sc ^O 3 tjh, T^ ^ « ^ is >m c SC>W — ft « J) " " o o o o HHHH O o _ J? « o E .2 i>c be a cm Ambrose, Solomon, Assist. Miss., Jaffna 1 1791 Anderson, Henry, Super., Hull, East 1"36 Anderson, John, Oakham 1 1838 Andrew, Matthew, Melk- sham 1 1^14 Andrews, Benj., Canterbury 1 1*37 Andrews, William, Barn- staple 2 Yrs. 1831 Angwin, Thomas, Harbour- Grace, Newfoundland 1 1815 Annetts, William W., Su- per., Tudmorden 1819 Antboniez, John, Assist. Miss., Colombo 1 1808 Anwyl, Edw., Beaumaris 1 1831 Appelbe, William P., Lime- rick 1 1832 Appleby, William, St. Ives 2 1838 Appleyard, John, Umzim- vooboo. &c. 1 1839 Archbell. James, Salem, fyc. 2 1813 Armett, Thomas, Monmouth 2 1»24 Armson, Thomas, Blackburn 2 1816 Armstrong, John, Lurgan 1 1808 Armstrong, Joseph, Super., Tavistock 1805 Armstrong, William, Dun- gunnon 1 1838 Arthur, George, Goobee 2 1838 Aithy, William R. a., Third Manchester 1 1811 Ash, William, Pickering 2 1801 Ashton, Thomas, Sup., Bath 1804 Aslin, John, Hornsea 1 1797 Atherton, William, Fourth London 2 1830 Atkins, James, Bath,Jamaica\ 1838 Atkins, John H , Belfast 1 1»26 Aubrey, Thomas, Liverpool, Welsh 1 1833 Avery, John G., Reading 2 1827 Ayliff, John, Haslope-Hills, &c, Albany 1 1812 Bacon, William, Wakefield 2 1836 Baddeley, William, Lancas- ter 1 1837 Badger, Henry, York, fyc, Sierra-Leone 2 1834 Baines, Thomas D., Barton 3 1814 Baker, James, New Bucken- ham 1 191 IV*. 3 1818 Baker, John, Burslem 1880 Baker, Thomas, Canterbury 2 1835 Baker, William, jura., Wan- tage 1 1808 Baker, William, sen., Aber- gavenny 1 1818 Ballard, Thomas, Dona- ghadee 3 1839 Bailey, Elisha, Mildenhall 1 1812 Ballingall, Thomas, Bungay ] 1810 Bambridge, William H., Huntingdon 1 1831 Bamford, Robert, Lowther's- town 1 1806 Bamford, Stephen, Super., St. John, South, New- Brunswick 1840 Banli-ld, James, St. Vin- cent's, Kingstown 1 1834 Banks, Edward M., Tralee 2 1826 Banks, Mattaew, South- Shields 1 1792 Banks, Robert, Super., Car low 1833 Banni-ter, William, St. Vincent's, Biubou 3 1638 Barbenson, Peter S., Assist. Miss., Nismes, fyc. 1 1821 Barber, Aquila, Wellington 2 1833 Barker, Francis, Skipton 1 1807 Barlow, Luke, Motion 3 1839 Barnley, George, Moose Factory, #c. 1 182$ B;irr, John T., Camelford 1 181« Barr, Ninian, Louth 1 1804 Barr, William, Sup., Louth 1837 Barratt, George M., Ba- thurst, Xew-Brunswick 1 1832 Barrett, Alfred, Second Leeds 1 178-i Barritt, John, Super., Colne 1817 Barritt. John \V., Super., Halifax 18J6 Barrowclough, Jonathan, Appleby 2 1835 Bartholomeuz, T>. L. A., Assist. Miss., Galle 1 1829 Bartholomew, James, Down- end 2 1830 Bartlev, John, Machynlleth 2 1826 Barton, William, f irst Lon- don 1 1834 Bas, Philip Le, Calvados, &c. 4 1837 Batchelor, P., Manaargoody 2 1808 Bate, James, Easingwold 2 1824 Bates, Charles, Tortola 3 1822 Bates, Jonathan J., Edin- burgh 3 1804 Batten, William, Beaumaris 2 1808 Batty, Edward, Bingley 1 1827 Bauduy, St. Denis, Assist. Miss.. Cnpe-Haytien 2 1838 Baylis. Edward, Northmavin and Delting 1 Yrs. 1832 Bayly, Benjamin, Donegal 2 183» Beal, Thomas, Spalding 1808 Beal, William, Plymouth 1835 Beals, Wesley C, St. Ste- pheris, &c. 1833 Beamish, Thomas, Aloira, &c. 1826 Beard, George, Helstone 1836 Beard, Samuel. Deal 1824 Beauehamp, Robert, Omagh 1813 Beaumont, Joseph, Liver- pool, South 2 1814 Beckwith. James, Super., Sunderland 1825 Beckwith, William, Brix- ham 2 1831 Bedford, John, Bolton 1 1810 Beech, Hugh, Beverley 2 1837 Beech, John H., Snaith 18i5 Beecham, John, London 1810 Bell, Alexander, First Leeds 3 1790 Bell, James, Super., Dublin 1811 Bell, John, Manuingtree 1 1838 Bell, Robert, Donegal 1 1800 Bennett. William. Super., Halifax, frova-Scotia 1828 Bent, Joseph F. 1812 Bentham, Robert, Super., Luunceston 1839 Berrus, Anthony, Assist. Miss., La Drome, &c. 1809 Bersey, Thomas, Launces- ton 1834 Best. James K., Madras 1840 Bestall, William, S., Brick. ley 1839 Beswick, Thomas H., Mar- ket- Harborough 1838 B'.ekford,JdniiS,.S7. Vincent's. Bi«bou 1812 Bicknell, John, Rochester 1830 Biggs, Joseph, Demerara, George Town 18-S6 Bingham, George, Lithu- ani 1817 Binning, William, Horn- castle 1834 Binns, Joseph, Houghton-le- Spring 1833 Bird, Mark B., Cape-Huy- Hen 1806 Bird, William, Macclesfield 1812 Birley, George, Peterborough 1833 Bissell, John, Demerara, Arabian-Coast 1837 Black, James, Clones 1836 Black. Robert, Kingstown 1803 Blackett, James, Bury 1835 Black well, John, St. Fin- cent's, Kinyttown 1839 Blake. Edwin, Daventry 1831 Bleby, Henry, St. Ann's, East, Jamaica 1840 Blencowe, George, Dover 192 1812 Brooke, James, Coventry 1795 Brook-house, Joseph, Super., Brighton 1839 Brooking, Robert, Accra 1838 Brookes,' Thomas, Arbroath, fire. 1833 Brooks, William A., Vavou 1825 Brothwood, Thomas, Here- ford 1832 Brown, Henry B., North- Shields 1807 Brown, John, sen., Bath 1822 Brown, John, jun., Oundle Yr*. 1812 Blundell, Win., Bromsgrove 3 ISd-i Bolam, John, Burnsleu 1 18*9 BoUs, Thomas, Monmouth 1 1823 Bond, John, Super., Mid. somer-Norton 1829 Bond, Robert, Wisbeach 2 1834 Bond, William, Newark I 1814 Bonner, Richard Llanrwst 2 J835 Booth, John, Walsinghnm 1 1824 Booth, William O., Super., Liverpool, North 1835 Borland, John, Melbourne, Lower Canada 3 1834 Botterell, Edmund, Shefford, Lower Canada 1 | 1835 Botterell, Henry, Tucking- mill 1 1813 Bowers, John, First Leeds J 1792 Bowes, Joseph, Super., Bristol, North 1840 Bowman, John, Poole 1 1837 Bowman, Samuel, Dunbar, etc. 1 1828 Box, William, Ashbnrtoa 2 1829 Boyce, William B., Graham's Toivn, fyc. 1 1822 Boyd, John, Bradford, Wilts 2 1839 Boyd, John, Skibbereen \ 1837 Brailey, William, Duntey 1 1825 Brailsford, Willson, Fourth Leeds 1 1838 Bramford, Edward, Tow- cater 2 1S38 Bramford, William, Ely J 1840 Br-mwell, W. H., Shotley- Bridge 1 1821 Brandreth, John, Midso- mer-b r orton 2 1834 Branstone, Edward, Bar- badoes 1 1833 Brice, Edward. Darlington 1 1822 Bridgnell, William, Galle 1 1825 Britten, Henry B., Tenter- den 1 1830 Britton, Maurice, Wantage 2 1815 Broadbent, Samuel, Car- lisle 2 1808 Brocklehurst, William, Durs- ley 1 1835 Brocksop, Samuel, Belper 1 1811 Bromley, James, Rotherham 3 Yrs. 1835 Brown, Richard, Liverpool, South 2 1816 Brown, Samuel, sen., Tow- cester 2 1835 Brown, Samuel, jun., Dover 2 1825 Brown, Thomas, Alford 1 1790 Brown, Thomas, Super., Belfast 1839 Brown, SVilliam, Tandragee 1 18 i5 Browne, John R„ Barnsley 3 1839 Browne, Josias F., St. Vin- cent's, Biabou 2 1831 Brownell, James, Windsor 1 18J6 Brownell, John, Hatlcy. $c. 1 1810 Bruce, Robert, Wuterford 2 183-* Brumwell, Thomas, Birstal 2 18 14 Bryant, Robert, Hmiting- don 2 1836 Buckley, James, Assist. Miss., Horton, fyc-, Nova- Scotia 1 1835 Budd, Peter, Hungerford 1 1836 Budden, John M., Helstone 1 1835 Buddie, Thomas. Mokan 1 1837 Buller, James, Port-Nichol- son 1 1832 Bullivant, William J., Hun- tingdon 2 1830 Bumby, John H., Man- gungit, fyc. 3 18"7 Bumslead, James, Leek I 1804 Bum-tead, John, Skipton 1 1799 Buntiig, Jabez, London 1824 Bunting, William, M., First Manchester 3 17:^6 Burdsall, John, Super., York 1824 Burgess, John, Newark 1 1812 Burgess, Joseph, Penrith 2 J 81 4 Burgess, William P., Third London 2 1796 Burley, James, Super., Wal- singham 1834 Burnett, William, Manning- tree 1 1830 Burnside, William, BoyU 2 18<>9 Burrows, George, Longford 2 1805 Burrows, Michael, Super., Carrickfcrgvs 1831 Burrows. Thomas, St. Ann's, West, Jamaica 1 I81»'> Burt, William, Penzance 1 1825 Burton, John, Sheffield, West 2 1812 Bu-by, Sampson, Frederic- ton, New-Brunswick 1 1807 Bustard, John, Gravesend 1 1837 Butters, Uriah, Yell, SfC. 1 1834 Butters. William, Ross, &c, New South Wales 2 1839 Buttle, George, Kawia 2 1821 Button, John W., Haver- fordwest 2 1624 Byrne, Claudius, Carrickfer- gus i 193 1824 Bytheway, William, i ings 1825 Cadman, Jonathan, Return- ing home 1808 Calcier, Frederick, Bristol, South ' 1 1815 Callaway, Tohn, Binghy 1 18-iS Calvert, James, Lakemba, Feejee 2 18-9 Cameron, James, Plaatberg 1 1834 Cameron. John, Dominica 2 1797 Campbell, Archibald, .Super., Dublin 1812 Campbell, John, Brook- boi ough 2 1837 Campbell, Thomas. As^i^t. Miss., Russelton, &c, L. C. 1 1831 Campbell, William G.,Luean and Trim 3 1*37 Canneli, John, Ramsey, &c. 1 1834 Capp, 1 homas, Shrewsbury 3 1834 Cardy, William T., Samana 3 1810 Carey, John, Droglmda 3 1833 Carey, John D., South- ampton, 9ee . 2 1832 Cargill, David, Rewa, Fence 1 1808 Carlton, William, Easing- uold 2 1832 Carr, James, Pontefract 2 18<>8 Carson, Kobert, Super., Omugh \S'S7 Carter, Charles, Newport- Pagnell 1 1805 Carter, Hugh, Utto.?»ter 3 1797 Carter, James, dughnacloy 2 18l5 Carver, Robert, Porto-Nuvo, &c. 1 1814 Carvosso, Benjamin, Barn- staple 1 1834 Case, William, Aldervillc, Upper Canada 4 1815 Casson, Hodgson, Super., Birstul 1835 Castle, Henry, Fifth London 1 182y Cather, William, Roscrea 2 1816 Catterick, Thomas, Durham 3 1836 Cattle, William, Market- Raisen 2 1823 Catton, James, Grantham 3 1816 Catts, James, Mansfield 1 l&i8 Chambers, John R., Beau- maris 2 1832 Chambers, William, Fourth Leeds I 1826 Chapman, Daniel, Devonport2 1804 Chapman. Edward, Super., Croydon and Horsham 1836 Chapman, Philip, Lucca 2 1839 Chapman, Richard, Institu- tion 1834 Cheesborough, Hilton, St. Martin's 1 1830 Cheesman, Jarvis, Exeter 3 Yrs. i Yrs. Has- 1S19 Chees wright, James, Wed- nesbwy 3 1818 Cheesewright, Joseph, Pock- lington 3 1823 Cheetham, Charles, Hud- dersfield 3 1832 Chettle, Henry H., Lincoln 2 I 797 Chettle, John, Shenrness I 1807 Cheverton, Henry, Swaff- ham 2 1835 Christophers, Samuel W., Redruth 2 1837 Churchill, Charles, Yar- mouth, Nova-Scotia I 1836 Clapham. James, Low est off 1 1*33 Clark, Paul, Tavistock 1 1839 Clarke, Benjamin, Assist. Miss., Wallace, Nova- Scotia 1 1S12 Clarke, George, Grassing- ton ' 1 1831 Clarke, Thomas P., Bedford and Ampthill 2 1820 Clarkson, WilliamH.jS^ocA:- port, North 1835 Clay, Charles. Scarborough 18J2 Clayton, Benjamin, Grant- ham 18uS Clegg, William, stn., Fourth London 1840 Cleg*, William, Jan., Car- marthen 1839 Clement, George, Dorchester 2 1796 Clendinnen. John, Super., Newtownburry 1808 Cloake, John W., Super., Sherborne 1813 Clough, Benjamin, Sheffield, West 2 1823 Clough, William, Rochdale 2 18'6 Coates, John, Brack-ley 3 1838 Coates, Walter, Warrington 2 ISiO Cobain, Edward, Comber 3 1819 Cocking, Thomas, Houden 1 1834 Coghill, Donald M. R., Super., Glasgow, fyc. 1796 Collier, Francis, Super., Taunton, #c. 1837 Collier, James, Abergavenny 2 1829 Collier, John,Pateley-Bridge 1 1795 Collier, Joseph, Super., Bris- tol, North 1832 Collins, Thomas, sen., Dur- ham ■ 3 1839 Collins. Thomas,jun.,$ , owM- P ether ton 1 1*29 Colman, Robert, Glastonbury 3 1810 Cohvell, Charles, Super., Helstone 1835 Connon. John, Ayr 1 1806 Constable, William, GlouceS' ter J 1816 Cook, Charles, Nismes, $c. 2 1831 Cook, Edward, Nisbett-Bath 8 194 Yr». 18.36 Cook, Samuel, Ludlow 2 1809 Cooke, Corbett, Devonport 2 1828 Cooke, James, sen., ThetfordS 1882 Cooke, James, jun., Bayle I 1835 Cooke, Robert, Swindon" 2 1&32 Cooney, Robert, Stanstead, L.C. 1 1831 Cooper, Peter, Hammer- smith 3 1814 Cooper, Richard, Maidstone 3 1824 Corlett, John, New-Pro- vidence 4 1814 Cornforth, David, Evesham 1 1814 Cornwall, William, Killarney 1 1827 Cotton, John W., Jndover 1 1831 Coulson, John E., Birming- ham, East 1 1810 Coultas, William, Selby 2 18(»4 Cousin, Michael, Hinckley 2 1832 Cowdy, Samuel, Brookbor- ough 1 1823 Cox, James, St. Christo- phers 2 1836 Cox, John G., Castle-Don- nington 1 181 1 Crabtree, Abraham, Adding- ham 1 1829 Cranswick, Matthew, Wain- fleet 2 1834 Crawshaw, John, Alston 1 1837 Creed, Charles, Kaipara (Wairoa) 1 1831 Croft, George, St. Christo- pher's 1 1839 Crofts, Edward, Chatteris 1 1820 Croft, John, Colchester 2 1»17 Croggon, W. O., London 1813 Crompton, Samuel, Tad- caster 3 1804 Crook, William, Wexford 3 1826 Crooks, William, Chesterfield 1 1810 Croscombe, William, Hali- fax, Nova-Scotia 1 1827 Cross, William, Bau, Fejee 2 1816 Crowe, John, Shaftesbury 1 1823 Crowther, Jonathan, Madras 4 1793 Crozier, Robert, Super., Enniskillen 1825 Crump, Joseph, Snaith 2 1828 Cryer, Thomas, Dewibury 1 1813 Cubitt, George, London 1833 Culcheth, William, Bishop- Stortford 1 1809 Cullen, John, Bodmin 1 1825 Cullingford, John, St. Vin- cent's, Kingstow?i 3 1830 Cupidon, John, Assist. Miss., Macarthy^s Island 9 1834 Curnock, Nehemiah, Bolton 1 1S30 (Jurrelly, Charles, Chichester 1 1830 Curtis, Timothy, Mount- Ward, Jamaica 2 180/ Cusworth, Joseph, Second Leeds 2 1827 Cutting, Leeds Thomas, Yrs. Third 1 1807 Dalby, William, Melton- Mo tv bray 1 1830 Daniel, Henry, Mill-Town, New- Brunswick 1 1828 Daniels, Henry, Ashbur- ton 3 1834 Darby, William A., Dublin 1 1839 Davenport, William, Car- lisle 1 1821 Davies, Henry, First LondonZ 1806 Davies, John, Cardiff I 1838 Davies, Richard, Bath, Jamaica 1 1824 Davies, Thomas H., Sydney, Cape-Breton 1 1805 Davies, William, (1st,) Carmarthen 2 1809 Davies. William, (2^,) Stour- bridge 3 1822 Davies, William, (3d,) Wal- sall 2 1802 Davis, John, Liverpool, North I 1807 Davis, Samuel, Manchester 6 18.il Davis, William J.. Butter- worth 1 1S0!> Dawes, Mark, Cromford 1 1833 Dawson, John, St. Agnes 2 lb39 Dawson, John Wesley, Oundle 1 1830 Dawson, William, Grimsby 1 1838 Dawson, William J., Hold»- worthy 1 1811 Day, Matthew, Super., Bun- well 1820 Day, Robert, Glasgow, &c. 3 1797 Deakin, David, Super., Lei- cester 1836 Dean, Henry, Banff 1 1799 Deery, Henry, Super., Water- ford 1836 Denham, Thomas, Wrex- ham 1 1823 Denison, Isaac, New-Mills 3 1838 Dennis, William P., Brigh- ton 1 1789 Denton, John, Super., Lei- cester 1824 Dernaley, Abel. Haslingden 2 1802 Derry, Francis, Super., First Leeds 1822 Desbrisay, Albert, St. An- drew's, New-Brunswick 1 1824 Dickin, Thomas, Second Manchester 2 1840 Dickinson, George, St. Helen's, %c. 1 1812 Dixon, James, Third Man- chester 1 18.38 Dixon, John, Buxton 2 1809 Dixon, Myles C, Longton 1 1830 Dixon, Seth, Fatringlun 2 195 IV*. 1806 Dixon, William, Skaford 1 1837 Donald, James, Tipperary 1 1838 Donald, John, Castlebar 1 1803 Doolittle, Thomas W., Super., Sligo 1793 Douglas, George, Super., Aberdeen 1829 Douglas, Richardson, Anna- polis, #c, New-Brunswick 2 1796 Douglas, William, Super., Lowtherstoicn 1834 Douse, John, St. Clair, Upper Canada 1832 Dove, Thomas, Free-Town, Sierra- Leone 1808 Downing, Samuel, Wicldow 1810 Dowson, William, Super., Selhy 1838 Dowty, John, Southampton 1803 Dowty, Thomas, Salisbury 1835 Drake, John, Thetford 1834 Draper, Daniel J., Bathurst, New South Urates 1833 Drewitt, William, Stour- bridge 1835 Driver, George F., High- Wycomb 1832 Dugdale, Robert, Newbury 1834 Dugmore, Henry H., Mount- Coke 1806 Dunbar, James, Knares- boiough 1840 Duncan, John, Sligo 1819 Duncan, Peter, Hull, East 1836 Duncan, William G., Bever- ley 1839 Dunn, James P., Norwich 1804 Dunn, Moses, Higham-Fer- rers 181y Dunn, Samuel, Camborne 1823 Dunn, Thomas, Barnard- Castle 1839 Durrie, Samuel, Doicnham 1839 Dyson, John, hakewell 1835 Eacott, James, Turk's Is'and 1823 Earnshaw, Joseph, Worces- ter 1812 Eastwood, Thomas, Wed- nesbury 1814 Eckersley, Thomas, Todmor- den 1840 Edgar, David, Doi/glas 183*5 Edgoose, Jesse, Walsall 1786 Edmondson, Jonathan, sen., Super., Portsmouth 1821 Edmondson, Jonathan, jun., St. Anns, East, Jamaica 1828 Edney, James, Mojitego-Buy 1817 Edwards, Edward, Stellen- bosch, &c, Cape 1 1807 Edwards. Evan, Crickhowell 2 1830 Edwards, John, Porr Eliza- beth, &c. 1 Vrs. 1808 Edwards, Thomas, sen., Rotherham I 1838 Edwards, Thomas, jun., Hastings, &c, Sierra- Leone 2 1813 Edwards, William, Ely 3 1834 Eggleston, John, Adelaide 1 1813 Eland, Kichard, Leyton 2 1822 Ellidge, George, B onanist a 2 1809 Elliott, Nathaniel, Super., Sunderland 1340 Ellis, Robert S., Lewes, $c. I 18-0 Elton, William, Ashbourne 3 1836 Elvins, Benjamin, Saltash 1 1838 Emory, James, Bradwell I 1837 England, James, Grand- Bank, Newfoundland 2 1822 England, John F., Colchester 2 1839 English. William, St.Manfs, &c, Gambia 1 1787 Entwisle, Joseph, sen., Sup., Tadcaster 1823 Entwisle, Joseph, jun., Tad- caster 2 1803 Etchells, James, Ledbury, &c. 1 1827 Etheridge, John W., Super., Axminster 1810 Evans, David, 1st, Llanrwst 1 1837 Evans, David, 2d, Mold 1 1834 Evans, James, Norway- House, Lake- Winnipeg 1 1825 Evans, John, Kingsivoed 2 1805 Evans, William, Merthyr- Tydvill 1 1806 Everett, James, York 2 1837 Exley, William, Blackburn 2 1837 Fairbourn, James P., Wigan 2 1807 Farrar. Abraham E., Bris- tol, North 2 1822 Farrar, John, London lt<35 Farrell, John, Cavan 1 1829 Faulkner, William, Carbo- near 2 1824 Faull, John H„ Leicester 1 1821 Feely, John, Rame/ton 3 1820 Felvus, John, Spilsby 2 1823 Felvus, Richard, Rochdale 2 1790 Ferguson, William, Super., Dublin 1818 Ffrench, Patrick, Super., Roscrea 1826 Fiddian, Samuel, Castle- Donnington 1 1824 Fidler, William, Belper I 179y Fielden, Joshua, Super., Bristol, North 1840 Findlay, James, Aberdeen 1 1810 Finley, William, Stmbane 1 1828 Firth, Brnjamin, Yarmouth 2 1823 Fish, Henry. Fifth London 1 1785 Fish, William, Super., Guernsey, (English) 196 Yrs- 1830 Fisher, Thomas R., Margate 3 18o4 Fitzgerald, Thomas M., Whitby 3 1825 Fletcher, Adam, Tuns tall 2 1>"40 Fletcher, John, Tewkesbury 1 1818 Fletcher, Joseph, St. Aust'le 2 1804 Fletcher, Thomas, Super., Dursley 1839 Flower. Thomas. Chichester 1 Ip24 Floyd, Joseph, St. Aldan's 2 1808 Foote, William, Downpatrick 1 1835 Foster, Henry B.,Oraca/>essa 1 1833 Foster, John, Killesundra 1 1812 Fowler, James, Woking- ham 1 1811 Fowler, Joseph, Newcastle- upon-Tyne, West 2 1839 Fowler. Philip, Peterborough J 1798 Fowler, William, Sup., Yar- mouth 1831 Fox, William, St. Mary's, fyc., Gambia 1 1837 Fox, William S.,Negapatam 2 1802 France, William, Chester 1 1808 Frank, Joseph, Super., Pickering 1810 Frankland, Benjamin, Tod- morden 1 1836 Franklin, Charles, Assist. Miss., Mysore 1 1827 Fraser, Edward, Kingston, Jamaica 3 1814 Freeman, Ambrose, Alston I 1837 Freeman, Thomas B., Gold- Coast and Ashantee 1 1835 Furze, Thomas, Axminster 1 1816 Galland, Thomas, First Leeds 2 1835 Gallienne, Matthew, La Drome, fyc. C 1836 Garbutt, Thomas, jun., Holt 1 1807 Garbutt.Thomas, sen., Ret- ford 1 1835 Garner, W. H., Umzimvoo- boo, &c. 1 18/8 Garrett, John, Bangalore 2 1799 Garrett, Philip, Sowerby- B ridge 3 1800 Gartrell, James, Sup., Deal 1825 Gartside, Benjamin, Stam- ford 1 1835 Gaud, Henry H., Launces- tvn, New South Wales 2 1840 Gay. John, St. Albans 1 183*5 Geach, Hender, Brackley 2 18S2 Grddes, Henry, Ballyclare 1 1817 Geden, John, Dover I 1824 George, John. Gosport I 1/90 Gihbons, Edward, Super., First Manchester 1815 Gibson, Ralph, Southport, &c. I Yrs, 1834 Giddy, Richard, Thaba Un- chu 3 1840 Gilbert, John, Castleblancy, &c. 1 1831 Giles, Henry, Carlow 1 17!»5 Gill, James, Super., Dudley 1823 Gillman, James B., Cork 3 1836 Gladwin, Francis V.,Clarke- bttry, South Africa 2 1793 Gloyiie, Charles, Super., Wakefield 1834 Godden, James, Penzance 1 18.^6 Goderich, C. B., Goderich 1 18.3 Gogerly, Daniel J., Colombo 3 1810 Golding, James, Newport, Isle of Wight 2 1808 Goodwin, josiah. Be/per 1 18^9 Gostick, John, Bedford and Ampthill 2 1807 Gostick, Joseph, sen., Spilsby 2 1839 Gostick, Joseph, jun., Leighion-Buzzard 1 1826 Gover, Robert, Downham 3 1817 Goy, William D., Lynn 1 18-17 Graham, Henry, Bury St. Edmund's 1 1802 Graham, Thomas, Newport 2 1835 Grant. G., Waterford 1 1835 Gravel, David, Llangollen 1 1836 Green, George H., Beka, &c. 1 1837 Greenwood, George, Holy- well 2 1829 Greenwood, John, Stoney- Hill, Jamaica 1 1814 Greenwood, Richard, Fram- li fig hum 2 1826 Greer, John, Colerain 3 1815 Greeves, John, Derby 2 1800 Gregory, Benjamin, Super., Belper 1840 Gregory, Benjamin, jun., Wo.dhouse-Grove 1 1832 Gregory, John, Douglas 1 1836 Griffiths, Frederick, Bristol, North 1 1828 Griffith, John, Sunderla?id 2 1811 Griffith, Morgan, Super., Cardiff 1836 Griffith, Richard D., Nega- p a tain 4 1833 Griffith, William, jun., Gloucester 1 1808 Griffith* William, sen., Dounend 1 1806 Grindrod, Edmund, Fifth London 1 1832 Grose, James, Plymouth 2 1831 Groves, Henry, Newport, Isle of night 3 1821 Guard, William, Newtown- limavaddy 3 1840 Guiton, Philip, Guernsey 1 197 Yrs. 1835 Gum, Amadi, Assist. Miss., Barra-PoinL §rc 2 1835 Gum. John, Assist Miss., St. Mary's, Gambia 2 1S03 Hadden. John, Skibberte.n 2 1824 Haddy, Richard, Cape. 'lawn, &c. 4 1815 Hague, John, Leigh 2 1838 Haigh, James S., Wisheach 1 1816 Haigh, John, Market-Har- bo rough 3 1804 Haime. Charles, Super., Newport, Monmouthshire 1823 Hales, William, Nor champ- ton 1 1831 Hall, Ellis, Sup., Carmarthen i-.".i Hall, John, Truro 1 1886 Hall, Samuel R., Sevenoaks 1 1811 Hall, Thomas, Lancaster 1 1813 Hamer, Thomas, Norwich 2 1789 Hamilton, Andrew, Super., Bandon 1335 Hamilton, Rohert, Pettigo, &c. 1 1783 Hamilton, William, Super., Newry 1838 Hanricock, William, Les H antes A I pea 1 1840 Ham. William H., Montego- Bay 1 1814 Hannah, John, sen., London 1329 Hannah, John, jun., Ipswieh 2 183^ I anson, John, Biugu-ood 2 1805 Han well, John, Loath 1 1829 Hardcastle, Philip, ■Stockton 3 1827 Hartley, Samuel, Bangalore 2 18"»fi H irding, Isaac, Guildford 1 I8<9 Harding, John, Diss 1 1834 Harding, Richard, Kings- ton. Jamaica 1 1810 Hardy, John, Warwick, 8zc. 1 1825 Hardv, Robert S., Caltara 1 1826 Hardy, Thomas, Dudley 3 1840 Hardy, Thomas, jun, Car- diff 1 1833 Hare, Robert H., Soat- boTOU°k 1 1829 Hargreaves, Joseph, Chester 1 1810 Harman, Joshua, Super., Cork 1828 Harpur, Edward, Drogheda 2 1826 Harrington, John. Castlebnr 1 1836 Harris, James, Wokingham 1 1813 Harris, Thomas, York 3 1840 Harris, Thomas B.. Wel- lington 1 1812 Harrison, Robert, White- haven 2 1821 Harrison, Thomas, Super., Peterborough 1806 Harrison. William, Super., Ulverston 1339 Hartley, John, Institution Yrs. 1840 Hart well, James, Port-au- Prince t 1837 Harvard, Henry M., Pem- broke 2 1810 Harvard, William M., Mon- treal 1 1825 Harvie, William, Watling- ton 1 18^8 Hastling, Henry. Glasgow. fyc. '2 1812 Haswell, John P., Sixth London 2 1835 Haswell, Thomas, Manaar- guodv, &c. 2 1825 Hateley, Daniel, Newtozcn 1 18-19 Haugh'ton, James, Clitheroe2 1-23 Hawkins, Robert, Montser- rai ! 1812 Hawthorne, Charles, Boston 1 18:-t5 Hay, David, Liverpool, North2 1840 Hay, John. Lisburn 1 1825 Hay don, Charles, Liverpool, North 2 1811 Haves, Thomas, Sup., Shef- field, West 1S09 Hazleton, Edward, Super., Armagh 1834 Healey, Samuel, Bamsey,$c. lfci) Heap, John, Bridport 1 1813 Heape. Richard. Lough- borough 1810 Hearnshaw, John, Utfaxetev 1806 heaton, James. Burnley 1835 Heaton, Joseph, Bury 1»34 He«lev, Thomas, Shepton. MaUet 1824 Henley, John, Sheffield, East 18.-S2 Henley. William, Poole 1826 Hennigar, James G., Bridge- town, &c, Xew-Brunswick 1826 Henry, James, Ga/way l/'y6 Henshaw, William, Sup., Holywell 1812 Henwood, Oliver. Saltash 184t'ey 1828 Lupton, William, Ennis- h/leu 1 1817 Lusher, Robert L., Quebec 1 1808 Lynch, James, Neicry $ 1839 Lyon. James, Assist. Miss., Gibraltar, &c. 1 1837 Lyon, Robert, Nismes, &c 2 18 '8 Lysk, Joseph, Sup., Taunton, &c. 201 Yrs. 1836 Lyth, R. Burdsall, Somo- soma, t'eejee 1 1827 M'Afee. Daniel, Belfast 1 l«40 Macauley, Alrxander, Ayr 1 1833 Macbrair, Robert M., Ports- mouth 1 1802 M'Cord, Charles, Super., Strabane J807 M'Cormick, Charles, Sup., Killaloe, 8:c. 1802 M'Cutchan, James, Pettigo, &-c. 1 1825 M'Donald, George B„ Bir- mingham, Went 3 1888 M'Donald, Malcolm, S7. Armand's 3 1808 M'Dowell, Samuel, Ballin- asloe 1 1801 M'Elwain, George, Super., Wicklow 1836 M'Garvey, William, Kin- sale, &c. 1840 M'Kay, Joseph W., Po/7*- rfoa>M 1813 M'Kenny, John, Paramatta 1826 Mackintosh, Andrew, f/ex- 1839 M'Kee, James, Maghera- felt 2 1803 M'Kitrick, William, Super., Preston and Chorley 1825 M'Lean, John, Sheffield, West 1830 M'Leod, Alexander W„ Bedeque 1 1837 M'Masters, S., Petitcodiac 1 1838 M'Millen, Gibson, London- derry 1 1834 M* Mullen, Thomas, Lake- Simcor, &c. 1 1835 M'Murray, John, Trinity Bay 1 18B4 M'Nab, Alexander, Credit 1 1828 M'Nult, Arthur, Mimmichi 1 1815 M'Owan, John, Cheltenham 3 1817 M'Owan, Peter, Third Man- chester 2 1824 Mainwaring, Robert, Wel- lington 2 1836 Male, Matthew T., Goobee I 1808 Mallinson, Matthew, Super., York 1833 Mann, John, Hexham 1 1830 Manton, John A., Hobart- Town I 1834 Manzie, Alexander, Barba- does 2 1793 Marsden, George, Notting- ham 2 1837 Marsden, Joseph, Cleckhea- ton 2 1807 Marsh, Joseph, Perth 1 1818 Marshall, John, Guysbo- rough, Nova-Scotia 1 1838 1819 1828 1837 1804 1812 1810 1811 1840 1840 1818 1833 1835 1831 1840 1839 1837 1824 1839 1803 1828 1830 1814 18*7 1838 1817 1812 1839 1794 1825 1838 1833 18*0 180H 1840 1831 1808 1771) 1836 1815 1833 1822 Trs. Marshall, William, Perlican, *c. 1 Marsland, George, West- Bromwich 3 Martin, Henry, Lille, &c. i Martin, Louis, Calais 1 Martin, Thomas, Tliird London 1 Masaroon, Robert, Lisburn 1 Mason, John, sen., Dor- chester 3 Mason, John, jun., London Ma«on, William, Lac la Pluie, See. 1 Massot, Peter, Assist. Miss., Les Hautes Jlpes 1 Mathews, John F., Dublin 3 Matthiez, J., Assist. Miss., Point-Pedro 2 Maunder, George, Leaming- ton,^. 1 Maxwell, Robert, Luton 2 May, William, Scvenoaks 1 Mayor, James, Settle. 1 Maysey, John, St. Neot's 2 Meadmore, James, Barn- staple 2 Mearns, John, Kingston, Jamaica 1 Meek, Joseph, Super., Mac- clesfield Melson, Robert, Super., Birmingham, West Meridith, Thomas, London- derry 2 Merrill, Samuel, Ke.ighley 2 Methley, James, Second Manehexter 2 Meyer, Robert, J., Wicklow 1 Midgley, Joseph, Swaff/iam 2 Miller, George, Westmore- land (Point de Bute) 1 Miller. James, Redditch J Millsom, George, St. Columh 1 Millward, Edward, Super., Exeter Milner, Joseph T., Sevenoaks 1 Mitchell, Benjamin George, Evesham 1 Mitchell, James, Dundee 3 Moister, William, Trinidad 4 Mole, James, Rye 2 Mollard, John, Alnwick, &c. i Monkhonse, Thomas S., Norwich 3 Moody, Richard, South Pe- therton 3 Moore, Henry, Super., First London Moore, Hugh, Enniskillen 2 Moore, Roger, Oldham 1 Moorhouse, Joseph, Edin- burgh 1 Morgan, David, Llandilo 1 i5 202 Yrs. 1809 Morgan, Elijah, Kewcastle- under-Lyne 3 1820 Morgan, John, Chelmsford 1 1792 Morley, George, Woodhouse- Grove 10 le35 Morris, John, Madeley 2 1812 Morris, Seth, Super., Bath It 14 Mortier, John, Demerura, Mahaica 1 1827 Mortimer, Joseph, Cnlne 2 1813 Morton, Rohert, Fateley- Bridge 1 1815 Moss, Thomas, Pontefract 1 1833 Moss, William, AJacurthy's Island 2 1835 Moulton, El.enpzer, Bir- mingham, ft est 2 1829 Moulton, James E., North Shields 2 1819 Mowat, James, Falmouth 1 1812 Mowat, William, Kilkhamp- lon 2 1812 Moxon, Thomas, Driffield 1 1839 Moxon, Timothy, Kendal 1 le>29 Mulloy, William, Manor- humilton 3 1790 Murdoch, Archibald, Sup., A Ih lone 1833 Murdoch, James, Strabane .1 17t8 Murphy, Michael, Super.,* Dublin 1822 Murray, Thomas, Dewsbury 1 1838 Mycock, Josiah, Cape-Coast Castle 1 1824 Nash, John, Cove 1 1838 Naylor,Dixon, Biggleswade, &c. 1 1802 Naylor. W T illiam, Deptford 3 1821 Neal, Francis, Bishop-Auck- lund 1 1840 Neel, Philip, Assist. Miss., Les Cevennes 1 1819 Nelson, John, Liverpool, South 3 1609 Nelson, John, Sligo I 1801 Nesbit, John, Lowtherstoivn 1 1815 Newstead, Robert, First London 1 1813 Newton, Christopher, Cli- theroe 2 1830 Newton, John, Bakewell 2 1799 Newton, Kobert, President of the Conference, Second Leeds 1 1808 Newton, Thomas, Kettering 2 1830 Nicholson, John, Shotley- Bridge 1 1840 Nicholson, Joseph, Brid- lington 1 1825 Nicklin, John, Merthyr- Tydvill \ 1622 Nightingale, Adam, Port-de- Grave 2 Yn. 1839 Nightingale, Charles, Z^wgA- borough 1 1636 Nightingale, Thomas, Swin- don 1 1839 Nightingale, Robert, Insti- tution 1824 Noall, Simeon, Dudley 3 1810 Noble. Arthur, Cavan 1 1838 North, Charles, Hull, East 1 1825 Noith, George, Lowestoff 1 1838 North, William, Matton 1 1835 Norton, John H., i ar mouth 2 1838 Norwood, William J., Coler- aine 1 1815 No well, John, Grimsby 2 1828 Nye, Edward, Midsomer- Rorton 2 1808 Odgers, James, Sup., Exeter 183y Officer, Joseph, A'ewcastle- under-Lyne 1 1805 Olliffe, James, Balieboro' 3 lfcOJ Ollivier, Amice, Super., Jer- sey 1812 Olver, Henry V., Melksham 3 1640 Orbinson, Thomas, Omagh 1 lsl3 Orchard, Paul, Swansea 2 lt26 Orton, Joseph, Returning home 1829 Osborn, George, First Lon- don 2 1815 Osborne, Daniel, Super., Dursley 1836 Osborn, James, Gravesend 1 1835 Osborn, John, St. Auslle 1 1813 Overton, John, Frome 1 1838 Owen, Henry, N orth- Hal- sham 1 1811 Owen, Robert, Cardiff A 1840 Owns, Owen, Crickhowell 1 1835 Owens, William, Liverpool ( Welsh) 1832 Oyston, George, Lewes, £c. 1 1639 Padgham. Henry, Demerara, George-Toam 1 1806 Padman, Thomas, Cleckhea- ton 2 1837 Palmer, Jabez, Ipswich 1 1826 Palmer, Samuel, Morley, South Africa 9 1840 Pargitur, Robert, Kilkhamp- ton I 1825 Parker, William, Congleton 3 1832 Parkes, John, Antigua 3 1839 Parkinsou, William, Stafford 1 1806 Parry, Evan, Brecon 1 1837 Parry, John, Wednesbury 2 1796 Parsons, Humphrey, Super., Ludlow 1833 Parsons, Peter, St. Just 2 1836 Partridge, Reuben, Hinckley 2 1835 Parys, John, Assist. Miss., Goddapitija 1 1833 PascaU, Joseph, Ulverston 1 203 1624 1 840 1638 1836 1816 1815 1832 1835 1833 1823 18S5 1836 1794 1800 1838 \mi 1795 1826 1829 1833 1925 1828 1810 1827 1793 1804 1830 1838 1814 1827 1813 1822 1832 1829 1603 1824 1809 Yrs. Paterson, George, South- port, &c 1 Patterson, James, Armagh 3 Payne, Charles, Gold Coast and Ashantee 1 Payne, Frederick, Aylesbury 1 Payne, Joseph, Ledbury, &c. 1 Payne, Thomas, Tavistock 2 Pearce, Benjamin, Bacup 3 Pearce, John, Cromford 1 Pearse, Horatio, Amavelelo 1 Pearson, John M., Newcas- tle-upon-Tyne, East 2 Pearson, Thomas, (1st.,) Spalding 3 Pearson, Thomas, (2d,) Abaco 2 Pearson. Thomas, (3d,) Tortola 1 Pearson, William, sen., Sup., Cardiff Pearson, William, jun., Bridlington 1 Pechey, Joseph, Bungay 1 Pedley, Harry, Epworth 1 Pedlow, Daniel, Sup., Cork Pemberton, William, Birstal 1 Pengelly, John Carey, Not- tingham 3 Penning ton, Thomas, Second Leeds Percival, Peter, Jaffna 7 Pereira, Daniel D., Assist. Miss., Negombo 5 Petch, Richard, Croydon, &c. 1 Peterson, William, Sixth London 1 Phenix, Isaac, High-Wycomb 2 Phillips, John Sanmuggam, Assist. Miss., Batticaloa 1 Phillips, John, Sup. ,Bumley Phillips, Richard, Clough- jordan 2 Philp, John, Calais 2 Pickard, Humphrey, St. John South, New-Bruns- wick 1 Pickavant, John, St. John's, Newfoundland 2 Pickles, Michael, Sheffield, fyc, New-Brunswick 1 Piggott, John, Leighton- Buzzard 1 Piggott, William, Welling- borough 3 Pilcher, Jesse, Nevis 1 Pilley, James, Inverness 2 Pilter, Robert, Bradford, West 3 Pontefract, Jeremiah, Mar- ket-Raisen 2 Poole, George, Super., Nantwich Yrs. 1799 Poole, John, Super., First Leeds 1838 Pope, George U., Madras 2 1814 Pope, Henry, JJorton, £c, Nova-Scotia 2 1810 Possnett, Leonard, Barton 3 1808 Potts, Francis B.,Super.,J3ii/- gleswade and Hitchin 1825 Poulier, John A., Assist. Miss., Mutura 1 1823 Powell, Thomas, Burnley 1 1829 Powell, William, .ftwMin.&c. 1 1813 Powis, Henry, Leicester ) 1808 Pratt, James C, Ennis- killen 1 1815 Pratten, Joseph, Southamp- ton, &c. 3 1811 Prescott, I'eter, Nantivich 6 182y Prest, Charles, Birmingham, West 1807 Pretty, Joseph, Burton, fyc. \ 1823 Price, Henry, Roscrea A 1808 Price, Richard, Super., Longford 1S39 Price, William, Walpole 1 1832 Prichard, Richard, Llanfair 1 1839 Pridham, Nicholas C, Oak- hamjiton 1 1838 Priestley, Joshua, Grimsby i 1827 Pugh, Theophilus, Bermuda 5 1815 Putron, John de, Guernsey 1 1786 Queteville, John de, Super., Guernsey 1833 Rabone, Stephen, Haabai 2 1811 Raby, John, Asldon-under- Lyne 1 1810 Radcliffe, Charles, Birstal 1 1838 Radcliffe, William T., New- castle-upon-Tyne, East 1 1S07 Radford, John, Sherborne 2 1803 Radford, William, Super., Bristol, South 1838 Railton, Lancelot. Antigua I 1834 Raine, John, Assist. Miss., Russelton, &c, L. C. 3 1833 Randerson, John, Stewart's Town 1 1812 Ranson, HenTy, Gains&orougV* 2 1833 Ranyell, George, Tobago 4 1&22 Kathbone, James, Aylesbury i 182-« Kattenbury, John, York 1 1836 Rawlings, Charles, Kington 2 lt>38 Rawlins, Charles, Gosport i 1808 Rawson, John, Super., Thirsk 1829 Ray, James, Cambridge 1 1823 Ray, Richard, Bidefoid 1 1814 Raynar, Joseph, Darlington A 1814 Rayuer, Moses, Garstang 1 1835 Kayner, Thomas A., Red- ditch 1 1838 Redfern, William, Grand Caymanas 2 204 Yrt. 1787 Reece. Richard, First Lon- don 1 1S34 Rees, Jobn, Cardiff 2 1837 Rees, Louis, Stockport, Smith 1 1810 Reiliy, William, Portadown 1 J838 Relph, John, Sowerby- Bridge 1 11*30 Renier, John, Jersey 1 1807 Rennison, William, Super., Stokesley 1786 Reynolds, John, sen., Super., XNxs 1799 Reynolds, John, jun., Super., Penzance 1857 Rice, Samuel D., St. John, South, New Brunswick 1 1834 Richards, Johu. Swansea 2 1838 Richards, John, Graham' s- Town, &c. 2 1825 Richards, John L., Zfon- gollen 1 '833 Richardson, Henry, Notting- ham 2 1833 Richardson, Thomas, Denby- Dalc 1 1815 Richev, William, Tullamore 1 1829 Ricketts, William, Kington 2 1789 Ridge way, Thomas, Super., Belfast 18 9 Ridler, Chistopher, St. Ives 1 1^4^ Ridsdale, Benjamin, Bridge- water 1 18-38 Rigg, John, First Manches- ter 3 1834 Rigglesworth, William, Do- minica 2 1810 Riley, Calverley, Super., Li- verpool, North 1839 Riley, Richard. Brecon 1 1831 Ritchie, William, Grateful- Hill, Jamaica 2 1808 Roadhouse, John, Super., Se>by 1840 Roberts, Benjamin, Llanasa 1 1837 Roberts, James, Ledbury, &c. 1 1823 Roberts, John, Witney 1 1832 Roberts, John W., Laun- ceston 2 1814 Roberts, Joseph, sea., Hali- fax 3 1818 Roberts, Joseph, jun., 57^/- JfWrf, West 2 1838 Roberts, William, Durham 1 1821 Robin, 'Daniel, Alderney 1 1837 Robinson, David, Killnsan- dra 1 1821 Robinson, George, Super., Cheltenham 1813 Robinson, John, Axminster 1 1814 Robinson, Samuel, Super., High- Wycomb 1&15 Robinson, Thomas, sen., Sandhurst 2 Yrs. 1840 Ro'-inson, Thomas, jun., Bodmin 1 1821 Robson, William, Chesterfield 2 1836 Rohson, William H., #«//, »V.s< 1 1836 Rodham, Thomas M., Whit- church, Salop 2 1827 Roebuck. George. Lincoln 3 1807 Rogers, John, Oakhampton 1 1803 Rogers, John, Super., Long- ford 1799 Rogers, Thomas. Oxford 2 1836 Rogers, Willi am R., 67. Chris- topher's 3 1831 Rogerson, Thos., Brigg 1 1831 Rossell, John, (1st,) Super., Kettcriixi 1831 Rossell, John. (2d,) Dursley 3 1813 Rosser, James, Maidstone 3 1834 Rostan, John L-, Les Ceven- nes 1 1824 Rouch, William W., Teign- mouth 1 1835 Rought, Jabez. Haslingden I 1795 Rought, Thomas, Super., Burton and Lichfield 1834 Rouse, Nathan, Bridling- ton 1 1830 Rowden, James, Morant- Bay 1 1808 Rowe, George H., North- ampton 1 1826 Rowe, Samuel, Dewsbury 2 1836 Rowe. Thomas, Cambridge 1 1813 Rowland,Thomas, Bradford, East 2 1829 Rowlands, William, Ruthin and Denbigh 1 1825 Rule, William H., Gibraltar, §c 9 1840 Rundle, Joseph, Edmonton and Reekie-Mountain House 1 1840 Russell, Edward, Newtown I 1837 Russell, George, Melton Mowbray 2 1802 Rutledge, James, Super., Clones 1834 Ryan. John, (1st,) Sunder. Land 3 1834 Ryan. John, (2d,*. Liskeard 2 1834 Ryerson, William, Grand River 2 1829 Rymer, Richard, Boulogne 2 1838 Sackett, Edward, Spilsby 1 18sl Saltan, Pierre, Assist. Miss., Macarthy's Island 8 1840 Salt, Matthew, Workington I 1831 Samuel, Peter, Falmouth, Jamaica 1 1835 Sanders, William, Biggles- wade, 8fc. 1 1836 Sanger, Joseph T., Shepton- Malltt 1 205 Tra. 1832 Sargent, William H., Derby 1 1831 Satchell, William, St. Eusta- tins 2 1820 Saul, John, Dundalk 2 1824 Saunders, John, St. Ives 2 1813 Savage, Thomas, Settle 2 1839 Siivery, George, Camelford 1 1827 Schofield William, Sydney, New South Wales 2 1835 Scholes, James, Ashton- under-Lyne 1 1830 Scott, George, Stockholm 11 181 i Scott, John, Sixth London 2 1835 Scott, Robiuson, Bandon 2 1837 Scott, William, Amherst- burg 2 1811 Scurrah. Ralph, Boston 1 1833 Seccombe, William. Fal- mouth, Jamaica 2 1808 Sedgwick, John, Doncaster 1 1836 Selley, John B.. Quebec 1 1839 Sergeant, Richard, Kings- ton. Jamaica 1 1803 Sewell, Samuel, Tewkesbury 3 1812 Shackleton, W., Super., Bedale 1835 Sharmara, John, Andoner 1 1813 Sharpe, William, Portsmouth 2 1810 Shaw, Barnabas, Ponte- t'ract 1 1836 Shaw, John. Addinyham 1 1820 Shaw, William, Graham's- Toivn, &c. 5 1838 Shearman, William, Appleby 1 1837 Shears, Thomas, Hinckley 1 1739 Shelmenline, William, Sup., Fourth Manchester 1839 Shelton, Edward, Tiverton 1 1828 Shenstone, William E., Barrinyton 2 1811 Shepherd, Richard, sen., Pembroke 1 1830 Shepherd, Richard. Jan., Westmoreland (Sackcille) 1 1840 Shepherd. William, Lerwick 1 1827 Shepstone, William, Um- pukani 1 1815 Sherwel), Robert, IVeymouth'i 1810 Shipman, John, Otley 2 1813 Shoar, James, Bristol, South 3 1825 Short, Thomas, Whitby 2 1832 Shovelton, Wright, Leek 1 1815 Shrewsbury, William J., Bradford. East 3 1806 Sibly, Nicholas, Newbury 1 1789 Simmonite, Thomas, Super., Horncastle 1802 Simmons, John, Shepton- Mallet 1 1831 Simmons, Samuel, King- ston, Jamaica 1 1831 Simon, John, Glasgow 1 1835 Simons, Samuel, New-Pro- vidence 1 Yrs. 1840 Simpson, Anthony, Ipswich 1 1790 Simpson, John, sen., Sup., Newark 1805 Simpson, John,jun., Sup., Second Leeds 1832 Simpson, Samuel, Hudders- field 2 1829 Simpson, William, Hobart- Toicn 1 1806 Skelton, Thomas, Worksop 2 1839 Skevimrton, John, Kapiti 2 1839 Skidmore. William J., Wol- verhampton 1 1829 Slack, Benjamin, Preston, See. 1 1803 Slater, Barnard, Fourth Manchester 3 1811 Slater, John, Midsomer- Norton 2 1834 Sleep. Peter, Sussex-Vale, New- Hrunswick 1 180G Sleep, William, Super.,Salt- ash 1807 Sleigh, William, Malton 1 1834 Slight, Benjamin, Guelph, Upper Canada \ 1832 Slight. Frederick, Ashby-de- la-Zouch 2 1804 Slugg, Thomas, St. Helen's, &c. 2 1839 Smales, Gideon, Orongattu 2 1837 Smalhvood, Frederick, Rich- ibucto, New-Brunswick 1 ; 1834 Smalhvood. Henry. B ram ley 1 1*38 Smart, John, Truro 1 1816 Smedley, John, Belper g 1835 Smeeth, James, Cape-Town. &c. 2 1812 Smetham, James, Ilkcstone 2 j 1840 Smetham, John. Third Leeds 1 I 1806 Smetham, Richard. Wigan 2 j 1825 Smith, Jacob d.. Macclesfield 8 1839 Smith, James, Exeter \ | 1813 Smith, John, (1 st,) Bideford 1 1816 Smith, John, (2d J Hnyle \ 1824 Smith, John, (3d,) First Manchester 3 1838 Smith. John, (4th.) Fort- Beaufort 2 1S89 Smith, John T-, Watlington 1 [ 17:-»2 Smith, Robert, Kingswood 1840 Smith, Thomas, Montserrat 1 1822 Smith, Thomas W., Devo?i- port 2 1838 Smith, Thorneley. Hu.bntau 1 1812 Smith, William, Hull, West 2 1832 Smith, William, Charlotte- Town 3 1828 Smithies, John, Swan-River 2 1821 Smithson. John, Retford 1 1825 Smithxon, William, St. Stephen's, ffc \ 1819 Snowball, John, Driyus, Newfoundland 4 206 Yrs. 1827 Southern, George, Haver- fordwest 2 1838 Sprague. S. W., Island-Cove, Newfoundland 2 1838 Sproston, Samuel T., Bar- nard-Castle \ 1812 Squance, Thomas H., Sun- derland 1 1838 Squarebrirtge, Edward G., Coonghul 1 1806 Squarebridge, John, Whit- church, Salop 2 1820 Squire, William, Montreal 1 1821 Stamp, John S., Sheffield, East 2 1823 Stamp, William W.,Bratf/o/-rf, West 2 1836 Standring, Thomas, Pat- rington 1 1797 Stanley, Jacob, sen., Bristol, North 2 1829 Stanley, Jacob, ixLX\.,Bradford, JVilts 1 1836 Stanton, Samuel, Belize, *c. 8 1830 Starkey, William, Aughna- cloy 1814 Staton, Thomas, Biggleswade and Hitchin 1818 Stead, Abraham, Second Loji- don 1812 Stead, Thomas, Bolton 1839 Stedman," William, Wain- fleet 1813 Stephens, Francis, Magher- afelt 1792 Stephens, John, Sup., Fifth London 1822 Stephenson, John, Newcas- tle-upon-Tyne, East 1824 Stephenson, Thomas, Diss 1821 Stephenson, William B., Preston, $c. 1835 Stepney, Daniel, Anguilla 1835 Stepney, Richard, Glossop 1813 Stevens, John, Stroud 1807 Stevenson, Humphrey, Bourne. 1 1835 Stevlnson, William, Barnard- Castle 2 1829 Steward, George, Newcastle- upon-Tyne, West 1 1800 Stewart, William, Bandon I 1838 Stirzaker, John, Bishop- Auckland 1 1838 Stokes, Edward, Horncastle 1 1811 Stokes, William, Super., Hinckley 1826 Stokoe, Thomas, Nanlwich 1 1822 Stott, James, Bridgewater 1 1828 Stott, Ralph, Batticaloa 2 1815 Srachan, Alexander, Fourth Leeds 1 1826 Strawe, John, York 3 1813 Strong, John B., Windsor, Sfc, Nova-Scotia 1 1834 Sturges, Edwin J., St. Austle * 1809 Sugden, James, Middlehatn 3 1809 Sugden, Samuel, Bramley 1 1836 Sugden, William, Ilkestone 2 1838 Sullivan. H. O., Assist.Miss., Goobee 2 1824 Sullivan, James, Youghal 2 1817 Sumner, Kdward, Mude.ley 1 1835 Sumner, John, Whitby 2 1834 Sunday, John, Rice-Lake, Upper Canada 2 18;% Sutch, James, Kingsbridge 1 1832 Sutcliffe, Ingham, Black- head, Newfoundland 2 1786 Sutclitfe, Joseph, Super., Sixth London 1837 Swallow, William, Gold- Coast and Ashantee 1 1834 Sweetman, Edward, Sydney, New South Wales 2 1796 Sydserff, John.Super., Ban- well 1836 Sykes, Joseph, Alnwick, &c. 1 Tabraham, Richard, Selby 1 Tackaberry, Fossey, Cork 1 Taft, Zechariah, Super., Ilkestone Talbot, John, Workington 1 Talboys, Thomas, Super., Dursley Tarr, William, Carmarthen 2 Tatham, Daniel S., Sleaford 1 Taylor, Charles, Todmorden 1 Taylor, Francis, Mating 2 Taylor, George, Luton J Taylor, James, Shaftesbury 6 Taylor, John, Super., Second Manchester Taylor, Joseph, Third Man- chester 3 Taylor, Samuel, Honghton- le-Spring -S Taylor, William, Mildenhall 1 Taylor, William H., Rother- ham 3 Temple, William, St. John, South, New-Brunswick 1 Thomas, Elias, St. Agnes 2 Thomas, Henry S., Yeadon 1 Thomas, James Stewart, Wesleyville 2 Thomas, James S., Tunstall 2 Thomas, John, Haabai 2 Thomas, John W., Weymouth 2 Thomas, Methuselah, Holy- well 1 Thomas, ThomaB, Cardi- gan 3 Thompson, John, Super.. First Manchester Thompson, Robert, Halifax 3 1 1815 1822 3 1801 3 1831 6 1808 1 1826 1821 2 1834 1836 1814 1»33 2 1798 2 1803 1 1 1834 2 1 1809 1832 1820 1815 1837 1838 1837 1824 1822 1832 1810 1825 207 Yrs. 1833 Thompson, Thomas, Oxford 2 1834 Tliorneloe, William B., Gainsborough 2 1830 Thornton, William L., Bath 3 1827 Timms, Samuel, Gwennap 1 1832 Tindall, John, Atmotck, &c- 1 1825 Tindall, Samuel, Wakefield 2 1804 Toase, William, .Pom 4 1829 Tobias, James, Tandragee 2 1792 Tobias, Matthew, Super., Belfast 1827 Tomkins, John, Dunham, Lower Canada 1 1827 Topham, James J., Reading 3 1823 Totherick, Robert, Bradwell 2 1820 Tourgis, Philip, Jersey 3 1838 Tovey, Ebenezer, Guernsey 1 ^37 Towler, William, Port-au- Plaat 3 1830 Toyne, Elijah, Returning home 1817 Tracy, Richard T„ Limerick 2 1801 Trampleasure, William, Super., Glastonburu 1803 Tranter, William, Bedale 2 1792 Treffry, Richard, London 1836 Tregaskis, B., Dominica I 1824 Trethewey, Humphrey B., Dunster 2 1804 Triffitt, Anthony, Super., Bedale 1817 Trueman, Samuel, Poole 2 1831 Tucker, Charles, Vavou 2 1839 Tucker, John, Chipping- Norton 1 1839 Tucker, Joseph K., Hastings 1 1836 Tuckfield, Francis, Buntmg- Dale 1 1824 Turner, George, Bur stem 3 1824 Turner, Henry, Rochester 1 1811 Turner, Jonathan, Shrews- bury 3 1821 Turner, Nathaniel, Laun- ceston, Van Diemen's Land 1 1829 Turner, Peter, Tonga 2 1820 Turner, Philip C, Birming- ham, West 2 1822 Turner, Thomas, Three- Rivers, Lower Canada 1 1840 Turton, Charles G., Easing - wo Id 1 1839 Turton, Henry H., Man- gungu, &c. 2 1798 Turton, Isaac, Super., Wake- field 1823 Usher, Edward, borough Knares- 18X5 Vance, G., Dublin 1 1836 Vanes, John, Bishop-Stort- ford 1 1796 Vaughan, Martin, Super., Hull, Went Yrs. 1813 Vevers, William, Liverpool, South t 1826 Vibert, Charles, Holds- worthy 2 1827 Vigis, Everett, St. Neot's 1 1836 Vine, John, Alford 1 1834 1793 1825 1815 1840 1826 1831 1838 1811 1804 1838 loll 1836 1824 1836 1802 1833 1797 1814 1834 1814 1828 1834 1823 1830 1806 1834 1825 1836 1805 1834 1809 1835 1811 1830 Waddy, Benjamin B., Third Manchester 2 Waddy, Richard, Stourport 3 Waddy, Samuel D., Hull, West 1 Wade, Joshua, Banwell 2 Walden, Charles, Gold- Coast and Ashantee 1 Walker, Edward, Third John, Sowerby- John, Mountrath, Joseph, Hammer- Leeds Walker, Bridge Walker, &c. Walker, smith Walker, Josiah H., Super., Second Manchester Walker, Samuel, Stamford 1 Walker, Thomas H., Salis- bury 2 Walker, Thomas J., Daventr// 1 Walker, Thomas, Notting- ham 2 Wallace, Robert, Belfast 1 Waller, James, Bury St. Edmund's I Wallis, James, Waingaroa 3 Walmsley, John, Super., Sheffield, West Walsh, John, North Shields 1 Walters, John, Burton and Lichfield 2 Walton, Daniel, Birmingham, East 3 Walton, James, Wolver- hampton 1) Ward, Francis, Romford 2 Ward, John, sen., Holmfirth 2 Ward, John, jun., Carnarvon 1 Ward, Samuel, Super., Bull, Went Wardley, Samuel H., Witney 1 Warren, George, Super., Douglas Warren, John, Kaipara Heads \ Warren, Thos., Sup., Car- marthen Warters, Edmund B., Stokesley \ Waterhouse, John, Hobart- Town 3 Waterhouse, Levi, Warmin- ster 1 Waterhouse.William, Yeadon 1 Watkin, James, Taranaki 1 208 181 1 1823 1840 1836 1800 1840 1808 18lt8 1839 1833 1824 1»34 1808 J81S 1827 1835 1838 1S37 1839 1828 17-J8 18*9 1835 1822 1819 1835 1831 1813 1801 1805 I KM 1838 1839 1823 1832 1837 1S21 1810 1819 1836 1837 1811 1825 1835 Vrs. Watmough, Abraham, Glos- sop 1 Watson, John, Madeley 2 Watson, John, (.'3d,) Chelms- ford 1 Watson, Joseph, Edinburgh 3 Waiu'h, David, Super., Moira, &c. Waugh, James S., Carrick- fergus 1 Waugh, John, Castleblaney, >Vc. 1 Waugh, Thomas, Duhlin 1 Way. William Scnenoaks 1 Waymouth, William T., Antigua 2 Wears, William, Aberdeen 1 Weatherstotie, John, Port- Arthur, Van Dinntii's Land 3 Webb, Samuel, Wolverhamp- ton 1 Webb, Thomas. Cardiff 2 Webb, William. (1st,) Lunen- kargk, Nova-Scotia 2 \ Webb, William, (2d,) Ler- wick Webb, William, (3d,) Haabai Webber, Philip, Assist. Miss., Coonghul Weddall, Richard, Belize, &e. Wedlock, William, Deal Welborne, William, Super., Canterbury Wesley, Samuel, Luton West, Daniel. South Shields West, Francis A., Halifax West, Joseph B., Lis/eeard West, William, Elenlhera Westlake, Charles, Leek Wevill. John, Taunton, fyc. Wheeler, Robert, Frome Wheelhouse, John, Super., Bradford, (Vest White, George F., Bridport 2 Whitehead, Francis, Span- ish-Tou/i 1 Whitehead, Joseph, Hornsea 1 Whitehouse, Isaac, Bar- hadoes 1 W hiteiev, John, Kawia 2 Whittaker, Thomas K., Wexford 2 Whittingham, John B., Stafford 2 Whitworth, Tames, Thirsk 1 Wijesingha, Cornel i us, Assis. Miss., Uondra 1 ^Villcox, Robert, Nottingham 3 Wilcox, Henry, Dolgetly 2 Wilde, Samuel, Warrington 1 Wilkinson, Henry, Wednes- buru 1 Wilkinson, Joseph, Newport 1 1834 1821 1836 1839 1822 18*9 1828 1*10 1832 1828 1809 1805 1838 1813 1832 1838 1839 1833 1836 1807 1810 1S38 1821 1832 1814 1802 1832 1823 1804 1835 1801 7791 1810 1820 1825 1827 1838 1835 1799 1837 1837 Yrs. Ar- Wilkinson, Joseph T., broath, Ike. 1 Wilkinson, Peter, Ripon I Wilkinson, Samuel, Lo-xer- Hawkestnry, Australia 2 Wilkinson, Samuel, Insti- tution Wilkinson, William, Denb?/- Dale 1 Willan, William, Lincoln J Williams, Charles, St. Mnv.es I Williams, David, Carnarvon ! Williams, Henry W., Truro 2 Williams, John, Killulue, &e. 1 W T illiams, John, Port-Antonio 1 Williams, Jonathan, New- port' Pagnell 1 Williams, Lewis, Merthyr- Tydvill 2 Williams, Richard, Helstone 1 Williams, Robert, Barmouth 2 Williams, Thomas, (1st.,) Gla.sgoiv, &c. 1 Williams, Thomas, (2d,) La- kem/j'i 2 Williams, William, Rochester 3 Williams, William R., Chel- tenham 1 Willis, John, Spalding 1 Wilson Edward, Super., Wig ton Wilson, Francis, Tonga 2 Wilson, James, Bacup 1 Wilson, Jeremiah, Clones 2 Wilson, John, Brisrg 1 Wilson, John, Super., Tan- dragee Wilson, John G., Falmouth 1 Wilson, John S., Lurgttn I Wilson, Joseph, Leighton- Buzzard 1 Wilson, Matthew, Tonga 1 Wilson, Maximilian, Bed- ford and Ampthill 3 Wilson, Stephen, Super., Bradford, West Wilson, William. (1st,) Walsingham 1 Wilson. William, (2d,) Parrs- borough, §c. 2 Wilson, William, (3d,) Wake- field 2 Wilson,William,(4th,; Brad- ford, West 2 Wilson, William, (5th,) Whitehaven 2 Winterburn, William, Pres- ton and Charley 2 Wintle. Richard, Sup., Derby Withington, Thomas, Cam- borne 1 Wolfe, Charles de, Halifax, Nova-Scotia I 209 Yrs. 1804 Womersley, Joseph, Super., Camborne 180^ Wood, Benjamin, Ludlow 3 1886 Wood, Enoch, St. John, North, New-Brunsuick 7 1795 Wood, John, sen., Super., Market- Hurborough 182^ Wood, John, jun., Grenada 2 1826 Wood, Joseph, Exeter 3 1811 Wood, Rohert, Hudders- fie/d 3 1788 Wood. Samuel, Super., Do- nazhadee 1834 Wood, Thomas, 5/. Columb 2 1838 Wood. Thomas Smith, Sher- borne 2 1825 Woodcock, Isaac, Altrin- cham I Yrs. 1787 Woodrow, John, Sup., Bris- tol, North 1838 Wo. .Hey. Frederick F., Wor- cester 1 1821 Woolsey, William, Newark 3 1830 Woon, William, Mangmitfu 1 1805 Worth, William, Ashby. de- la- Z ouch 2 1837 Yardley, Jahez, Redditch 1 185*2 Yeates, John T., Buxton ] 1810 Young, Henry, Kettering 1 1820 Young, Robert, Second Lon- don 2 1822 Young, Samuel, Brighton 3 1831 Zylva, P. G. de, Assist. Miss., Caliura \ AN ALPHABETICAL LIST OF THE CIRCUITS. The figures at the end of the lines refer to the order in which the Circuits are placed on the Stations. GREAT BRITAIN. Aberdeen, 401 Abergavenny, 151 Aberystwith, 183 Addingbam, 284 Alderney, 95 Alford, 331 Alnwick, Berwick, and Morpeth, 384 Alstone, 383 Altrincham, 253 Andover, 91 Appleby, 389 Arbroath and Montrose, 404 Ashbourne, 321 Ashburton, 109 Ashby-de-la-Zouch, 323 Ashton-under-Line, 259 Axminster, 132 Aylesbury, 83 Ayr, 400 Bacup, 268 Bakewell, 304 Banbury, 74 Banff, 405 Banwell, 142 Barmouth, 196 Barnard-Castle, 368 Barnsley, 308 Barnstaple, 134 Barton, 350 Bath, 154 Beaumaris, 192 Bedale, 362 Bedford and Ampthill, 23 Belper, 322 Beverley, 340 Bideford, 135 Biggleswade and Hitchin, 27 Bingley, 281 Birmingham, East, 200 Birmingham, West, 199 Birstal, 293 Bishop-Auckland, 369 Bishop-Stortford, 11 Blackburn, 266 Bodmin, 119 Bolton, 262 Boston 333 Bourne, 337 Brackley, 79 Bradford, East, 279 Bradford, West, 278 Bradford, Wilts, 155 Bradwell, 305 Bramley, 291 Brampton, 386 Brecon, 169 Brecon, Welsh, 177 Bridge water, 130 Bridlington, 351 Bridport, 133 Brigg, 349 Brighton, 20 Bristol, North, 139 Bristol, South, 14j Brixham, 108 Bromsgrove, 209 Bungay, 54 Burnley, 264 Burslem, 227 Burton and Lichfield, 324 Bury, 265 Bury St. Edmund's, 61 Buxton, 223 Camborne, 111 Cambridge, 37 Camelford, 106 Canterbury, 42 Cardiff, 170 Cardiff, Welsh, 176 Cardigan, 181 Carlisle, 385 Carmarthen, 171 Carmarthen, Welsh, 179 Carnarvon, 193 Carnarvon, English, 239 Castle-Donnington, 319 Chatteris, 38 Chelmsford, 13 Cheltenham, 148 211 Chester, 237 Chesterfield, 303 Chichester, 92 Chipping-Norton, 80 Cleckheaton, 298 Clitheroe, 270 Colchester, 14 Colne, 269 Congleton, 224 Coventry, 2 2 Crickhowell, 175 Cromford, 325 Croydon and Horsham, y Darlington, 366 Daventry, 31 Deal, 48 Delph, Saddleworth, 261 Denby-Dale, 277 Deptford, 7 Derby, 320 Devizes, 160 Devonport, 98 Dewsbury, 294 Diss, 59 Dolgelly, 195 Doncaster, 307 Dorchester, 164 Douglas, 395 Dover, 47 Downend, 145 Downham, 65 Driffield, 342 Dudley, 205 Dumfries, 394 Dunbar and Haddington, 398 Dundee, 402 Dunster, 136 Durham, 3~9 Dursley, 144 Easingwold, 356 Edinburgh, 397 Ely, 70 Ep worth, 347 Evesham, 2l0 Exeter, 127 Falmouth, 113 Framlingham, 58 Frome, 167 Gainsborough, 346 Garstang, 247 Gateshead, 374 Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock, Glastonbury, 166 Glossop, 258 Gloucester, 146 Gosport, 85 Grantham, 336 Grassington, 285 Gravesend, 44 Grimsby, 345 Guernsey, English, 93 Guernsey, French, 94 Guildford, 22 Gwennap, 115 Halifax, 272 Hammersmith, 8 Haslingden, 267 Hastings, 17 Haverfordwest, 172 Hayle, 126 Helstone, 125 Hereford, 153 Hexham, 381 Higham-Ferrers, 33 High-Wycomb, 72 Hinckley, 214 Holdsworthy, 101 Holmfirth, 274 Holt, 62 Holywell, 189 Holywell, English, 238 Horncastle, 330 Hornsea, 344 Houghton-le-Spring, 378 Howden, 341 Huddersfield, 273 Hull, East, 339 Hull, West, 388 Hungerford, 77 Huntingdon, 28 Ilkestone, 312 Inverness, 406 Ipswich, 16 Jersey, English, 96 Jersey, French, 97 Keighley, 280 Kendal, 392 Ketterintr, 35 Kilkhampton, 102 Kingsbridge, 107 Kingswood, 141 Kington, 219 Knaresborough, 361 Lancaster, 248 Launceston, 100 Leamington and Stratford-upon- Avon, 213 Ledbury and Forest of Dean, 152 Leeds, First, 287 Leeds, Second, 288 Leeds, Third, 289 Leeds, Fourth, 290 Leek, 232 Leicester, 315 Leigh, 271 Leighton-Buzzard, 24 Lerwick, 408 Lewes, 19 Leyton, 10 Lincoln, 326 Liskeard, 103 212 Liverpool, North, 234 Liverpool, South, 235 Liverpool, Welsh, 23b" Llanasa, 191 Llandilo, 178 Llanfair, near Welshpool, 198 Llanfyllin, 197 Llangollen, 187 Llanidloes, 185 Llanrwsf, 188 London, First, 1 London, Second, 2 London, Third, 3 London, Fourth, 4 London, Fifth, S London, Sixth, 6 Longton, 230 Loughborough, 318 Louth, 329 Lowestoff, 57 Ludlow, 218 Luton, 25 Lynn, 63 Macclesfield, 222 Machynlleth, 184 Madeley, 216 Maidstone, 52 Malton, 355 Manchester, First, 249 Manchester, Second, 250 Manchester, Third, 251 Manchester, Fourth, Ys2 Manchester, Welsh, 254 Maniiingtre*', 15 MansfieTd, 313 Margate, 4H Mark"t-Harboroug\ 36 Market Raisen, 328 Melksham, 159 Melton-Mowbrav, 315 Merthvr-rydviil, 168 M*rthyr-Tvdvill Welsh, 174 Middleham, 370 Midsomer-Norton, 156 Miklenhall, 69 Mold, 190 Monmouth, 150 Nantwich, 225 Newark, 314 New-Buckenham, 60 Newbury, 75 Newca^tir-under-Lyne, 229 Newcastle-upon-Tyn», East, 373 Newcastle-upon-Tyne, West, 372 New-Mills, 257 Newport, I^le of Wight, 89 Newport, Monmouthshire, 149 Newport-Pagnell, 32 Newtown, 221 Northampton, 29 Northmavm and Delting, 410 Nnrth-Walsham, 55 Northwich, 22r> Norwich, 53 Nottingham, 311 Oakham, 317 Oakhampton,137 Oldham, 260 Orkney and Wick, 407 Otley, 295 Oundle, 40 Oxford, 71 Pateley-Bridge, 296 Patrington, 3J3 i Pembroke, 173 , Penrith, 390 \ Penzance, 121 ! Perth, 403 j Peterborough, 41 Pickering, 365 Plymouth, 99 Pocklington, 354 Ponte tract, 297 Poole, 87 Portsmouth, 84 Preston and Chorley, 246 Pwllheli. 194 Ramsey and Peel, 396 Reading, 76 Redditch, 211 Redruth, 1 10 Retford, 309 Rhayader and Llanblster, 220 Richmond and Reeth, 371 Ringwood, 88 Ripon, 359 Rochdale, 263 Rochester, 43 Romford. 3 Rotherham, 306 Ruthin and Denbigh, 186 Rye, 49 St. Agnes, 116 j St. Alban's, 21 St. Austle, 117 St. Columb, 120 St. David's, la'2 St. Helen's and Prescot, 343 St. Ives, 123 St. Just. 122 St. Mawes, 118 St. Neot's, 26 Salisbury, 86 Saltasb, ld4 Sandhurst. 51 Scarborough, 357 Scilly Islands, 124 Selby, 360 Settle, 286 Sevenoaks, 18 Shaftesbury, 165 Sheerness, 45 Sheffield, East, 302 213 Sheffield, West, 301 Shepton-Mallet, 1-61 Sherborne, 162 Shields, North, 375 Shields, South, 376 Shipley, 282 Shotley Bridge, 382 Shrewsbury, 215 Skipton, 2S3 Sleaford, 327 Snaith, 348 Southampton and Winchester, 90 Souih-Petherton, 131 Southport and Ormskirk, 245 Sowerby-Bridge, 275 Spalding, 335 Spilsby, 332 Stafford, 231 Stamford, 39 Stockport, North, 255 Stockport, South, 256 Stockton, 367 Stokesley, 364 Stourbridge, 206 Stourport, 2u7 Stroud, 143 Sunderland, 377 S waff ham, 64 Swansea, 167 Swansea, Welsh, 180 Swindon, 81 Taiicaster, 353 Taunton and Wellington, 129 Tavistock, 105 Teignmouth, 138 Tenterden, 50 Tewkesbury, 147 Thetford, 68 Thirsk, 358 Tiverton, 128 ToJmorden, 276 Towcester, 30 Truro, 114 Tuckingmill, 112 Tunstall, 228 Ulverston, 333 Uttoxeter, 233 Wainfleet, 334 Wakefield, 21»2 Walls, 409 Walsall, 203 Walsingham, 66 Wantage, 82 Warminster, 158 Warrington, 242 Watlington, 78 Wennesbury, 202 Wellingborough, 34 Wellington, 217 West-Hromwich, 201 We v mouth, 163 Whitby, 363 Whitchurch, 241 Whitehaven, 387 Wigan, 244 Wigton, 391 Windsor, 12 Wisbeach, 67 Witney, 73 Wokingham, 380 Wolverhampton, 204 Woodhouse-Grove, 300 Worcester, 2<)8 Workington, 3»8 Worksop, 310 Wrexham, 240 Yarmouth, 56 Yeadon, 299 Yell, &c, 411 York, 352 IRELAND. Armagh, 46 Athlone, 17 Aughnacloy, 27 Balllna, 22 Ballyclare, 37 Bandon, 10 Belfast, 36 Boyle, 23 Brookborough, 29 Carlow, 6 Carrickfergus, 39 Castlebar, 21 Castleblaney and Monaghan, 26 Clones, 24 Cloughjordan, 15 Colerain, 40 Cork, 9 Cove, 9 Donaghadee, 38 Downp itrick, 43 Drogheda, 2 Dublin, 1 Dundalk, 3 Dungannon, 45 Enniskillen 28 Killesandra, 25 Kingstown, 1 Limerick, 13 Lisburn, 42 Londonderry, 33 Longford, 19 Lowtherstone, 31 Lurgan, 47 Magherafelt, 41 Manorhamilton, 30 214 Moira and Dromore, 48 Mountratb. and Maryborough, 18 Newry, 44 Newtownbarry, 7 Omagh, 25 Pettigo and Ballyshannon, 32 Portadown, 50 Roscrea. 14 Skibbereen, 11 Sligo, 20 Strabane, 34 Tandragee, 49 Tralee, 12 Tullamore, 16 Waterford, 5 Wexford, 8 Wicklow, 4 MISSIONS. Abaco, 173 Accra. 128 Adelaide, 61 Alderville, 180 Amahala, 104 Amavelelo, 102 Amherstburg, 192 Anguilla, 139 Annapolis and Digby, 234 Antigua, 130 Bailieboro', 2 Ballinasloe, 11 Ballycastie, 18 Ballymena and Antrim, 17 Bangalore, Tamul, 48 Bangalore, Canarese, 49 Barbadoes, 149 Barony of Erris, 12 Barra- Point and Jillifree, 124 Barrington. 211 Bath, Jamaica, 158 Bathurst, New-Brunswick, 240 Bathurst, New South- Wales, 56 Batticaloa, 43 Bau, 86 Bedeque, 221 Beka and Gwanga, 98 Belize and Charibb-Town, 169 Bermuda, 140 Blackhead, 244 Black-River, ;63 Bonavlsta, 248 Boulogne, 22 Bridgetown and Aylesford, 233 Brigus, 249 Bunting-Dale. 60 Buntingville, 106 Burin, 251 Butterworth, 101 Calais, 23 Caltura, 34 Calvados, L'Orne, and La Blanche, 25 Cape-Coast Castle, 127 Cape-Haytien, 176 Cape-Town and Wynberg, 88 Carbonear, 243 Cavan, 13 Chambly, 207 Charlotte-Town, 220 Clarendon, Jamaica, 164 Clarkebury, 103 Colesberg, 119 Colombo, 32 Comber, 19 Coonghul, 52 Corannas, 114 Credit, 183 Demerara, Arabian Coast, 147 Demerara, George-Town, 146 Demerara, Mahaica, 148 Dominica, 131 Dondra, 37 Donegal, 14 Dunham, 201 Edmonton and Rocky-Mountain House, 256 Eleuthera, 171 Exuma, Long Island, and St. Sal- vador, 174 Falmouth, 155 Fermoy and Mallow, 6 Fort- Beaufort, 95 Fredericton, 225 Free-Town, &c, 120 Galle, 35 Gal way, 10 Gibraltar, &c, 30 Goddapitija, 3a Goderich, 186 Gold-Coast, and Kingdom ofAshan- tee, 129 Goobee, 50 Graham's-Town and Lower Alba- ny, 92 Grand- Bank, 252 Grand Caymanas, 168 Grand-Manan (Island of), 239 Grand-River. 184 Grateful-Hill, 154 Grenada, 143 Guelph, 190 Guysborough, 217 Haabai, 79 Habatau, 112 Halifax, 208 Harbour-Grace, 242 Harbour-Island, 172 Haslope-Hills and Cradock, 9ft Hastings, Wellington, &c, 121 215 Hatley and Compton, 204 Hawkesbury (Lower), 57 Hobart-Town and New-Norfolk, 63 Horton and Cornwallis, 213 Hunter's River, 58 Island Cove, 245 Inkatla, 118 Inniue, or Savage Island, 82 Jaffna, 40 Kaipara (Wairoa), 70 Kaipara Heads, 71 Kapiti, or Entry Island, 77 Kandian Province, 39 Kawia, 73 Khamies-Berg, 90 Kilkenny, 3 Killaloe, Ennis, and Kilrush, 9 Killarney, 8 Kingston, Jamaica, 150 Kinsale and De Courcy Country, 7 Korannas, 114 Korannas (Gnyp), 110 La Drome and Vancluse, 27 Lake-Superior, 1H2 Lakemba, 84 Lake-Simcoe, Barrie, and Cold- Water, 189 Launceston, 65 Lac-la-Pluie and Fort-Alexander, 255 Les Cevennes, 29 Les Hautes Alpes, 28 Lille and Roubaix, 24 Lishuani, 113 Liverpool and Mill's-Village, 210 Lucan and Trim, 1 Lucea, 161 Lunenburgh, 209 Macarthy's Island, 125 Madras, 44 Malta, 31 Manaargoody and Melnattam, 47 Mangungu and Waima, 67 Mating, 117 Matura, 36 Melbourne, New South Wales, 59 Melbourne, Lower Canada, 205 Mill-Town, 227 Miramichi, 236 Mokau, 74 Montego-Bay, 151 Montreal, ly5 Montserrat, 132 Moose-Factory and Abittibe, 254 Morant-Bay, 153 Morley, 105 Mount-Coke, 100 Mount- Ward, 16S 'Mparani, 116 Muncey-Town, 155 Murray- Harbour, 222 Mysore, 51 Negapatam, 46 Negombo, 33 Nevis, 133 Newark, New-Zealand, 68 New-Ireland, 206 New-Norfolk, 59 New-Providence, 170 Newton-Dale and D'Urban, Fingoo Mission, 97 Newtownlimavady, 16 Niaufoou, Rotuma, 81 Nisbett-Bath, 91 Nismes, La Vaunage, and Switzer- land, 26 Norway House, Lake Winnipeg, 253 Odell-Town, 199 Oracabessa, 162 Orongatta, 69 Paramatta, 54 Paris, 21 Parrsborough and Meccan, 215 Perlican. &c, 246 Petitcodiac, 232 Plaatberg, 111 Point-Pedro, 41 Port-Antonio, 160 Port-Arthur, 6fi Port-au-Plaat, 177 Port-au-Prince, 1/5 Port-de-Grave, 250 Port-Elizabeth and Uitenhage, 94 Port-Natal, 10S Port- Nicholson, 76 Port-Novo and Chilumbrum, 45 Quebec, 194 Rameltou, Letterkenny, and Stra- norlar, 15 Rewa, 85 Rice-Lake, 181 Richibucto, 237 Ross and Campbell-Town, 64 Russelton and Hinchinbrook, 198 St. Andrew's, 229 St. Ann's, East, 157 St. Ann's, West, 156 St. Armand, 200 St. Bartholomew's, 137 St. Christopher's, 134 St. Clair, 193 St. Eustatius, 135 St. John, North, New-Brunswick, 224 St. John, South, New-Brunswick, 223 St. John's, Newfoundland, 241 St. Martin's, 136 St. Mary's, &c, Gambia, 123 St. Stephen's and St. David's, 228 St. Vincent's, Biabou, 142 St. Vincent's, Kingstown, 141 Sahgeeng, 188 Salem and Farmerfield, 9i Samana, \7» Savannah-la-Mar, 165 216 Sheffield and Gageton, 226 Sheffurd, 202 Ship-Harbour, 219 Somosomo, 87 Spanish-Town, 152 Stanstead, 203 Stillenbosch and Somerset, 89 Stewart's Town, 167 Stockholm, 20 Stoney-Hill, 159 Sussex-Vale, 235 Swan River, ri2 Sydney. Cape-Breton, 218 Sydney, New South Wales, 53 Taranaki, 75 Thaba-Unchu, 109 Three-Rivers, 196 Tipperary, 4 Tobago, 145 Tonga, 78 Tortola, 138 Trincomalee, 42 Trinidad, 144 Trinity-Bay, 247 Turk's Island, 179 Uea, or Wallis's Island, 83 Umpukani, 115 Umzimvooboo, &c, 107 Vavou, 80 Waingaroa, 72 Wallace and River-John, 216 Walpole, lwl Warwick aad Adelaide, 187 Wesleyville, 99 Wesleyville, Lower Canada, 197 Westmoreland (Point de Bute), 231 Westmoreland (Sackville), 2^0 Windsor (New ^outh Wales), 55 Windsor, &c. (Nova-Scotia), 214 Woodstock and Wakefield, 23S Woolli, 126 Yarmouth, 212 York, Plaintain's Island, &c, 122 Youghal, 5 INDEX. Address, Pastoral, 138 — Address of the Irish Conference, 153 — Answer to ditto, 158 — Address to the Queen, &c, 163 Address of residence of President and Secretary, 134 — of officers of Committees, &c, 93, 95, 98, 101, 103, 107, 112, 135, 136, America ( United States of ), number of members in, 82 — President's late visit to, 118 Appendix, 167 Auxiliary Fund, 106— New, 109 Book-Affairs, 95 Canada, Mission stations in, 66 Canada (Upper), 82, 119 Centenary Fund, \\6 Chairmen of Districts, duties of, 89, 94, 99, 100, 102, 107, 118, 131, 133, 135 Chapel- Affairs, 96, 100 Children's Fund, 102, 189 Collections, &c. for 1840-41, 135 Committees. Committee of Privi- leges, 84. See also the List of Committees on p. 134 Conference of 1841, when and where to be held, 133 Contingent Fund, 104, 169 Districts, children to be provided for by, 103 — grants to, for Ordi- naries, 105— jurisdiction of, 118 Education, Resolutions on, 114 Freeman, (Rev. T.,) visit of, 88, 167 Financial Secretaries, duties of, 94, 135, 136 General statement of accounts, 188 General view of the numbers, &c, 182 Ireland, stations of the Preachers in, ,Y2— number of members in, 74— number of Preachers and Missionaries in, 82 — the next Conference in, 83 — Missionary Deputations to, 91 July Collection, 135 /Members in society, number of, in the Circuits and Mission stations, 69, 74— total number of, 82 — regulation respecting the re- turn of, 129 Miscellaneous orders and resolutions, 129 Missions, 85, 167 Preachers admitted Into full con- nexion, 3 — on trial, 4 9— who have died since the last Con- ference, 9 — who have desisted from travelling, 25— total number of, b'A &cra7ne«^,administrationofthe,117 Schools, 91 Scotland, President's visit to, 83 Slavery, 119, 128 Superintendents, directions to, 93, 94, 101, 102, 108, 109, 112, 114, 116, 117,132, 133, 136 Thanks of the Conference to Com- mittees, officers, &c, »5, 87, 88, H4, 96,97, 100, 103, 107, 111, 112, 115, 130, 131— to friends, for donations, 95, 99, 108, 109, 117, 131 Th eological Institution, 1 1 1 Wales, District-Meetings in, S3 London : R. Needhara, Printer, Paternoster- Row.